Student accused of cheating using Facebook Mar 7, 2008
The 18-year-old computer engineering student faces an expulsion hearing Tuesday before the engineering faculty appeals committee. Avenir, who is still attending classes at the Toronto school pending his hearing, can take his case to the university senate if he loses that appeal. (CNN -- Tech)
First St. Patrick’s re-enactment set Mar 6, 2008
Maybe the engineering faculty forgave the students because they thought it was funny that St. Pat was the patron saint of engineers, Haynes said. Or maybe Lew and George colluded and planned the whole thing. (Rolla Daily News, MO)
McMurtry named chancellor of York U Mar 4, 2008
York's new president, Mamdouh Shoukri, who came to the school last summer from McMaster University in Hamilton, has made the new medical school and a more robust science and engineering faculty central to his plans. York's main campus, in the troubled northwest corner of the city, was a focus of news media attention after an alleged sexual assault in one of its residences last fall and racial tensions earlier this year. (Globe and Mail -- National)
New VC backs Cusat upgrade Feb 8, 2008
He said the engineering faculty in most of the foreign universities did a lot of research, while here it is more teaching. Teaching is being driven by good research. (Hindu)
Minister presents bags of cement towards school projects Jan 31, 2008
The community intends to hand over the existing block to the Presbyterian University College (PUC) for the establishment of a computer engineering faculty of the University in the town. Presenting the cement, Mr Affram Asiedu said he would continue to donate towards the projects to ensure its early completion. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Picarro Technical Advisory Board Enhances Development Efforts Jan 30, 2008
Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Picarro, Inc., a leading manufacturer of ultra-trace gas analyzers, has announced formation of a Technical Advisory Board (TAB) to further enhance the breadth of its internal expertise in engineering, physics, and chemistry. The board includes world renowned experts in technologies most closely aligned with Picarro's products and applications. (PR Newswire)
Garabedian inducted into math teachers Hall of Fame Jan 10, 2008
In this program, Garabedian worked with mathematics and engineering faculty from both Boston University and UMass-Lowell. In this region and for a significant period of time, Garabedian has been an influential leader in mathematics education. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Former chancellor Thomas dies Jan 3, 2008
Prior to joining UMR in 2000, Thomas was a member of the electrical engineering faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark. He served as NJIT s provost and senior vice president of academic affairs from 1990-1998 and held several other administrative positions at the university. (Rolla Daily News, MO)
Mark Dobbin: In a swashbuckler's footprints Dec 25, 2007
It's got a world-class geology department, the Centre for Cold Ocean Research, an engineering faculty and faculty of business, a good computer science department. Anywhere else, all this would be covered by a plethora of venture capitalists and investment angels, but there is very little of that here. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Engineering Faculty Develop Solution To Cell-Tracking Riddle Dec 20, 2007
20, 2007) Time is money, especially in the race to discover new anti-inflammatory drugs and bring them to market. Pharmaceutical companies typically spend years in the pre-clinical stage of the drug development process, incurring millions of dollars in costs. (Science Daily)
Communications Between the Sexes Nov 15, 2007
A male associate dean told her, then the director of academic technology, that he didn't think it was a good idea for a woman--her--to talk to his engineering faculty about computers. This remark was made in front of three other faculty development colleagues. (Entrepreneur)
Presby University College to establish faculty at Obo Nov 13, 2007
Obo (ER), Nov. 12, GNA - A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Obo Traditional Council and authorities of Presbyterian University College to establish a computer engineering faculty next academic year at its Obo campus. The chiefs and people of Obo are constructing a 500,000 Ghana cedis, one storey 12 classroom block, offices and stores for the Presbyterian "A" and "B" Kindergarten Primary and Junior High schools (JHS). (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Computer Program Reduces Wasted Time For Deliveries Oct 19, 2007
18, 2005) Johns Hopkins researchers, using a novel birthing simulator designed by biomedical engineering faculty, staff and students at the University, have identified what may be the least forceful way to. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Professor files complaints Sep 12, 2007
Habib Sadid, a longtime ISU Department of Engineering faculty member, sent the EEOC and ACLU a 97-page compendium of documents, which include email correspondence with ISU President Arthur Vailas and other administrators. In a cover letter to his complaints, Sadid specifically mentions ISU Provost Robert Wharton and former College of Engineering Dean Jay Kunze as those who committed the harassment. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
State audit finds fraud at N.C. A&T Aug 25, 2007
Among the findings of the state audit and internal university reviews:* $500,000 in questionable expenses in the university's HBCU Future Engineering Faculty Fellowship Program, funded by the federal Office of Naval Research. A program manager made improper payments, including more than $66,000 in stipends in one year to her husband, who was in the program. (News & Observer)
News in brief Aug 14, 2007
The award, given in June by Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN), acknowledged Barbara Bogue, associate professor in engineering science and mechanics, and Rose Marra, an associate professor of learning technologies at the University of Missouri and a former Penn State engineering faculty member. Katie Rung, interim director of the Women in the Sciences eering Institute, said the awards are good for Penn State. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Woman with Sullivan ties aids in medical research Aug 3, 2007
UW-P industrial engineering faculty provided extra credit to students who collected data from their parents or relatives. Shea is the daughter of Jack and Luann Shea of Sullivan. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Varsity gets help from EON on hybrid car research Jul 27, 2007
2 to the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Faculty of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) to be used for research on motorised battery-operated vehicles (MBOVs). The research will focus on developing technology for an electric-powered car. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Arboretum gets boost of 'green' from alumnus Jul 9, 2007
H.O. Smith graduated from Penn State in 1920 and worked in the department of architectural engineering faculty before starting the State College Construction Co.. Today's Headlines. (Daily Collegian, PA)
FISH on a chip offers quicker, less costly cancer diagnosis Jun 20, 2007
" ### The work is being published this month in IET Nanobiotechnology. It is also being presented at the 11th International Myeloma Workshop, a medical conference being held in Greece June 25-30. Backhouse and Pilarski are part of the Alberta Cancer Diagnostic Consortium (ACDC), a multidisciplinary team at the University of Alberta and the Cross Cancer Institute that links engineering and medicine. The FISH and chip technology is one of several projects the group is developing and... (EurekAlert!)
Ban on YouTube Jun 12, 2007
Athikom Rurkbutr, the dean of the engineering faculty at Mahanakorn University of Technology, the institution that Sitthichai founded, says he never imagined his former boss in a political job. "He doesn't have any political blood at all," Athikom said. (International Herald Tribune)
ASU archer Pian going places May 24, 2007
After dating by mail, Richard left Ithaca, N.Y., to join the civil engineering faculty at Michigan State in 1948. He and Mabel married that same year and began their own family that grew to four children. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Tech dean outlines success, plans May 10, 2007
Techs engineering faculty said they are also offering their customers a special: good-paying jobs. If charted on graph paper, the recent history of Techs engineering school might show some ups and downs. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Francis Moffitt, leading figure in photogrammetry, dies at 84 UCB, May. 03 May 4, 2007
In 1951, he joined the UC Berkeley engineering faculty as an assistant professor, rising to the ranks of associate professor in 1957 and professor in 1964. He retired in 1987 as a professor emeritus of civil engineering. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Broadband not up to par Apr 24, 2007
The team, from the engineering faculty at MMU, chose to study broadband because it can potentially have a large impact on society. The team has already visited Singapore and will be in Japan in early June. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Virginia heroFriend's tribute to professor who died protecting his students Apr 22, 2007
Gedeon Dagan is Professor Emeritus of Hydrology, at the engineering faculty of Tel Aviv University. EYEWITNESS. (BBC News -- Americas)
Disgraced Nanyang Technological University don resigns Apr 20, 2007
Ngoi had been on no-pay leave from NTU's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty since September last year. - CNA/yy. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
'I watched classmates get mauled in front of me' Apr 18, 2007
As well as the two guns and ammunition, the killer had locked the doors of two of the entrances to the building in an apparent attempt to prevent anyone from leaving and impeding police from getting into the complex, which is part of the engineering faculty. As the police investigation continued, the university's president, Charles Steger, faced faced difficult questions yesterday about the university's handling of the emergency and whether it did enough to warn students and protect them after... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Students and community grieve for victims during campus vigil Apr 18, 2007
One of several Virginia Tech alumni on the ECU engineering faculty, Kauffman compared watching Monday's news broadcasts to seeing his home vandalized. "When something like this happens, it's almost like your family has been invaded, your home's been invaded," he said. (The Daily Reflector)
Fair wind blew UC Santa Cruz a big donor Apr 18, 2007
Establishing an engineering faculty was always on Baskin's mind, but it wasn't until he donated $1 million to launch a computer engineering program in 1983 that he found the impetus and support to move forward. Patrick Mantey, a former Stanford professor, was lured over the hill from IBM Almaden research lab to chair the program. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Killer suspected of bomb threats Apr 18, 2007
Dr Bill Knocke, head of the civil engineering faculty whose staff and students were among the dead, said he understood that Cho had gone on Monday morning to the dormitory of a female student, Emily Hilscher, 19, who was not his girlfriend but with whom he may have been infatuated. He confronted her and shot her. (Guardian Unlimited)
Drumbeat of shots, broken by pauses to reload Apr 17, 2007
"I am outraged at what happened today on the Virginia Tech campus," wrote Huy That Ton, a member of the chemical engineering faculty, in an e-mail message. "Countless lives could have been saved if they had informed the student body of the first shooting. What was the security department thinking?!". (International Herald Tribune)
RDN Publisher to retire on 65th birthday Apr 17, 2007
Dave Dearth retired (2002) as head of the UMR computer department, and Jack Boone, longtime electrical engineering faculty member at UMR, has been retired (2000) just a little longer than Dave. Banker Chris Killian has been retired for three-plus months and has had only one operation since (appendectomy; he s fine), San Diego transplant Mike Elliott is retired and so is State Farm Insurance claims adjuster Ken Loy. (Rolla Daily News, MO)
OSU officials worry about effects of proposed higher ed budget Apr 10, 2007
Part of the Engineering and Industry Technology Counsel funding request included money to double OSU s engineering faculty during the next five years. The co-chairs funded the program at 7 million, less than one quarter of what the board wanted. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The light of innovation Apr 4, 2007
Soon, the company was talking to others on campus, primarily engineering faculty, about how to market this new lightning, he said. They have the knowledge firsthand. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Business)
Programme to promote health and safety awarness among engineering undergrads Mar 26, 2007
The students had attended a two-day workshop organised by Shell in collaboration with Unimas engineering faculty, Department of Environment and Department of Safety and Health at the Bau staff training centre near here over the weekend. The workshop helped the students get an insight into Shell Malaysia's business operations as well as inform them of job opportunities in the company once they graudate. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
IEEE Computer Society Honors Internet Pioneer and Calit2 Director Larry Smarr UCSD, Mar. 22 Mar 23, 2007
Smarr joined the Computer Science and Engineering faculty at UC San Diego in 2000, and the same year became founding director of Calit2, a partnership between UC San Diego and UC Irvine. Previously, he was the founding director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Asad Abidi Elected to National Academy of Engineering UCLA, Feb. 27 Feb 28, 2007
Abidi has been an electrical engineering faculty member at the Samueli School since 1985, where he, in collaboration with other engineering colleagues, led the way in the creation of the field of study and research now known as integrated circuits and systems. "The work I conducted with my colleagues has always had the overarching theme of industry impact," Abidi said. (University of California Newswire, CA)
MIT bioengineer advances survival, promise of adult stem cells Feb 28, 2007
"Continuing, careful, methodical work will lead to improved therapies based on adult stem cells. We are aiming to expand the range of therapies that work in the clinic." Griffith is one of several MIT biological engineering faculty members who work with adult stem cells but not human embryonic stem cells. Griffith is also one among many scientists around the world who have at least some objections to creation of human embryonic stem cells, for a variety of reasons. (EurekAlert!)
Engineering school launches 10th anniversary celebrations Feb 26, 2007
UCSC's engineering faculty have pioneered new areas of research and created exciting opportunities for students. New buildings, combined with renovations of the Baskin Engineering Building, have greatly expanded and improved the school's research and teaching facilities. (US Santa Cruz Currents, CA)
UCR Officials Inaugurate Supercomputer UCR, Feb. 06 Feb 7, 2007
"My hope is that it will bring together physicists, chemists, biologists with our engineering faculty to improve the level of funding for the campus, overall." ... Also involved in the proposal were Department of Computer Science and Engineering faculty members Gianfranco Ciardo, Stefano Lonardi, Thomas Payne, Frank Vahid, and Jun Yang. (University of California Newswire, CA)
ENG seeks to up female student, faculty numbers Feb 1, 2007
The Daily Free Press. Issue date: 1/31/07 Section. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
At Princeton, female engineers still a rarity Jan 22, 2007
"There's been a dramatic increase in the last 15 years that is quite significant. We believe it is just a good idea overall to have more women engineering faculty and more women engineering students, and both things go together.". Tough transition. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Israel grows beating heart tissue, blood vessels Jan 15, 2007
Beating cardiac tissue has been created in the lab from human embryonic stem cells by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's biomedical engineering faculty and the Rappaport Medical Faculty. In addition, resea 0000055D rchers Dr. Shulamit Levenberg and Prof. (Jerusalem Post)
EDA visionary remembered Jan 9, 2007
He earned his PhD in electrical engineering and computer sciences in 1978 and was appointed to the engineering faculty the same year. Subsequent research with his students yielded the first iterative timing analyzer and the first multiprocessor-based circuit simulator. (EETimes)
Ground Control to My Imam Dec 7, 2006
From The Determination of Prayer Times and Direction of the Qiblah in Space, by Dr. Zainol Abidin Abdul Rashid, a member of the engineering faculty of National University of Malaysia ... From The Determination of Prayer Times and Direction of the Qiblah in Space, by Dr. Zainol Abidin Abdul Rashid, a member of the engineering faculty of National University of Malaysia. (Harper's Magazine)
Categories Selected for the 2008 (24th) Japan Prize Nov 17, 2006
TOKYO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan Announced Today the Two Categories for the 2008(24th) Japan Prize, and Determined Their Definition as Follows: Field I: Information/Communications "Information Communication Theory and Technology" The advance and wide-spread use of computers and networks has brought about a cyberspace heretofore unknown to humankind. It has made the social structure flexible and promoted borderless economic activities, extensively... (PR Newswire)
School of Engineering recognizes 28 faculty members for teaching Nov 8, 2006
The School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Awards are given each year to School of Engineering faculty members based on student responses in teacher evaluations ... The School of Engineering Innovative Teaching Award is given to School of Engineering faculty members who demonstrate innovation in their classroom teaching ... The award is presented based on project proposals that are reviewed by a committee of School of Engineering faculty members. (Rolla Daily News, MO)
Taliban behead US spy in Pak Nov 4, 2006
Mr Gill is an active member of the University of Toronto Chemical Engineering faculty advisory board and works as an international consultant IANS. New York, November 3 An Indian American surgeon, who immigrated from Madhya Pradesh, has been selected for the Physician of the Year Award by the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. (The Tribune)
Ward of the future, today Oct 20, 2006
They decided to take advantage of expertise in the university's engineering faculty. The Calgary Health Region was receptive. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Number of female engineers show gains, but work remains Oct 15, 2006
Though regardless, even without university provided daycare and other programs, which many professors say would be a welcome addition to any department, MSU is still steadily increasing its female engineering faculty, where women make up a higher percentage of the faculty base than might be found in some other engineering programs around the country ... MIT leads the nation with 51 women in engineering faculty positions, followed by Pennsylvania State with 44, and Georgia Tech with 41, according... (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
UTA student records stolen Oct 13, 2006
UT-Arlington said the records were stolen during a Sept. 29 theft at the home of one of its computer science and engineering faculty members. The records contain certain class rosters between fall 2000 and fall 2006. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Why here? Quebecers search for reason Sep 16, 2006
It's a question Quebecers have begun asking after the third shooting at a school in 17 years, including one of the most deadly in history 14 women murdered at an engineering faculty in 1989. Is there a link between the province's high suicide rate among young men and disturbed loners like Kimveer Gill who storm public buildings to kill and wound as many people as possible before killing themselves. (Toronto Star -- Canada)
Being Michael Ignatieff Aug 26, 2006
Mr. Ignatieff took part in a sit-in to protest against recruiting at U of T's engineering faculty by Dow Chemical Co., supplier of incendiary napalm and the Agent Orange defoliant to the U.S. military. And as a second-year student, he and Jeff Rose, later Ontario president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and a deputy minister in the NDP government of Premier Bob Rae, took charge of organizing the U of T teach-ins. (Globe and Mail)
Racehorses get better footing through science Aug 23, 2006
Michael -- you can call him Mick; everybody does -- Peterson of the University of Maine mechanical engineering faculty likens his device to the apparatus the phone company uses to locate utilities and clog roads. It's a series of antennae a few inches off the ground to determine whether the base is flat and the cushion is consistent," he says.Translated, this means bettors at Del Mar outside San Diego, Peterson's latest laboratory, can thank the good professor when they step to the windows... (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Mirek Topolanek to Become Seventh Czech PM Aug 18, 2006
He graduated from the Brno Technical University Engineering Faculty and then took a job as a amanager. He is married and has three children. (Ocnus.net)
iQ Power Occupies Initial Site in Dortmund to Establish Modelling and Design Production Aug 17, 2006
This facility on the University of Dortmund campus provides iQ Power an ideal interim solution since it enjoys both ready connections to and is only a very short distance from the engineering faculty and the Department of Plant and Factory Organization. The agreed term of use extends until the spring of 2008, which is when plans call for completion of the land development and construction of iQ Power's own factory at the future PHOENIX West site, located only a few kilometers away at a former... (PR Newswire)
Iran's president goes blogging Aug 16, 2006
One of the few personal details he reveals is his memory of the national examination for university entrance, when despite a nosebleed he gained a good mark and was admitted to the civil engineering faculty of Tehran University. He remains discreet about his early politics, saying only that "three years before the revolution I was involved in certain activities against the illegitimate monarchy regime of Iran, the mercenary and puppet of the US and Britain". (iAfrica.com)
MARIESA CROW NAMED FINLEY PROFESSOR, TO LEAD ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER Aug 11, 2006
Crow joined the UMR faculty in 1991 as a member of the electrical and computer engineering faculty. An expert in energy storage applications, Crow s research includes the development of flexible AC transmission systems, or FACTS, to improve the reliability of electrical power systems. (Rolla Daily News, MO)
The Ivory Tower Gets More Flexible Jul 2, 2006
But when a task force surveyed science and engineering faculty there a few years ago, it found that many faculty were afraid to take advantage of this benefit. "There was a lot of anxiety, particularly among women assistant professors, that it would be interpreted as a sign of weakness," says Joan Girgus, a psychology professor and a special assistant to the dean of faculty, with a focus on gender equity. (CBS News)
Ousted Dean Rips UConn Leadership Jun 30, 2006
Among those, he said he opposed plans to create a UConn-Dubai engineering branch, saying UConn's first priority should be to Connecticut residents, and he also warned of a negative research environment developing at UConn that affected the retention and recruitment of quality engineering faculty. He said he also voiced concern about the mismanagement of the university construction program that has been plagued with fire- and building-code problems and has led to investigations, governor-ordered... (FOX61, CT)
Dean protests ouster from UConn School of Engineering post Jun 14, 2006
His aggressive manner alienated a significant portion of the engineering faculty, his detractors say, citing a petition that circulated this year calling for his removal. In an e-mail sent to UConn faculty last week, Provost Peter J. Nicholls, who removed Faghri from his post as dean, wrote that it was a "difficult decision.". (Journal Inquirer, CT)
Unpar discusses road improvement Jun 11, 2006
The Civil Engineering Faculty of Parahyangan Catholic University (Unpar) will hold a seminar on Prospects and Challenges of Road Development in Indonesia on June 24. Taking place at the Savoy Homan Bidakara Hotel in Bandung, West Java, the seminar will feature several experts on road construction, including the director general of regional and spatial planning of the Public Works Ministry, A. Hermanto Dardak. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
A push for partnerships (Sally Sternbach) Jun 1, 2006
A 2005 Sigma Xi publication, "Doctors Without Orders," concluded that "growth in the number of science and engineering postdocs over the past decade (2.8 percent per year) has outstripped the rate of increase in the number of full-time science and engineering faculty positions (0.8 percent per year)...Most of the postdocs we surveyed will probably not become faculty members at a research university. Indeed, they will likely end up outside of academia altogether." Herein lays an opportunity for a... (Washington Times, DC)
Preliminary diversity survey results presented May 29, 2006
Engineering faculty comprise 12 percent of campus faculty but only 7 percent of respondents. By comparison, social sciences faculty make up 28 percent of faculty and represented 31 percent of respondents; humanities faculty make up 18 percent and comprised 30 percent of respondents; and arts faculty make up 12 percent and were 16 percent of respondents. (US Santa Cruz Currents, CA)
