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The Department of Computer Science is hosting a reception to celebrate this award on Wednesday, September 28, 4:30 to 6 p.m., in the Duffield atrium. Members of the Engineering Community are invited to attend.
Research showcase in Duffield today
Members of the Cornell community are invited to attend "Accelerating Innovation, 2005 Cornell Engineering Research Showcase." The event will showcase a wide range of work from over 100 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, project teams, and research centers. It will be held in the Duffield Hall atrium today (September 21) starting at 3 p.m., with a welcome from the Dean of Engineering at 5 p.m. and a food reception at 6 p.m.
For more information:
http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/student-services/orgspe/research_showcase.cfm
Faculty and student awards and honors
Technology Review magazine has named Asst. Prof. Matt DeLisa, CBE, and Assoc. Prof. Rajit Manohar, ECE, to their 2005 list of the world's 35 Top Young Innovators (this list was formerly the TR top 100). DeLisa and Manohar were chosen by a panel of judges from a field of candidates under the age of 35 whose innovative work has transformed the nature of technology and business. For more information: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/issue/feature_tr35.asp?p=1
Prof. Ken Hover, CEE, is featured in the September 2005 issue of Concrete Construction as one of "The 10 most influential people in the concrete industry -- changing the concrete industry in 2005." The ten were selected in ten different categories; Hover was selected as "the teacher." Winners will be recognized at a reception during the World of Concrete conference in January 2006 in Las Vegas.
Prof. Christopher Ober, MSE, has won the American Chemical Society 2006 National Award in Applied Polymer Science. He will be honored at an awards ceremony on March 28, 2006,in conjunction with the ACS national meeting in Atlanta.
Asst. Prof. Yong Joo, CBE, was selected as a DuPont Young Professor for 2005-2007. The program is designed to provide start-up assistance to promising young and untenured research faculty working in areas of interest to DuPont's long-term business.
Drew Lebowitz '05 CE was recognized as one of ten finalists (receiving a cash prize) for the 2005 Philip E. Rollhaus Jr. Essay Competition, a worldwide essay competition on the topic of roadway safety. Lebowitz is serving with the Peace Corps in Panama this year.
CIT announces planned outage of computing services
Cornell Information Technologies has announced a planned outage that will affect several computing services from 4 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 24, through 12 noon on Sun., Sept. 25. Many central computing services will be unavailable, including e-mail, Cornell University Library online services, CUinfo, uPortal.Cornell, Blackboard, the Electronic Directory, and Cornell mailing lists.
For more details:
http://baltic.cit.cornell.edu/net-cgi/states
Lashley-Renison joins DPE
The office of Diversity Programs in Engineering (DPE)is pleased to announce that Hilary Lashley-Renison '05 ME has joined the staff as diversity programs adviser, beginning September 19. As an undergraduate, Lashley-Renison was active in several project teams and student organizations such as Odysseus, Formula SAE, and NSBE; she also served as a physics tutor and CIT lab operator.
In her new role, Lashley-Renison will work with the current DPE staff to support academic advising, counseling, and community development goals. She will assist with the coordination of special initiatives such as orientation, pre-freshman summer program, and diversity hosting weekend. In addition, she will also serve as the key DPE liaison for the AISES, NSBE, SHPE, and SWE student organizations.
CEAA seminars open to all
Each semester the Cornell Engineering Alumni Association partners with ORIE and MAE to invite alumni speakers to participate in the Enterprise Engineering Seminar. This is a required course for some M.Eng. students, but the talks, held on Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. in Phillips 101, are often of broad general interest and are open to anyone. Upcoming seminars are listed below; check the CEAA web site for the complete schedule.
Sep 21: Antonio Anselmo, PhD '81 EE, senior managing member, Altametric LLC, "Business Logic: A Systems Approach to Setting Corporate Strategy"
Sep 28: Douglas J. Roll, P.E., '81 ME, plant manager, AES Greenidge, "How engineering decisions and technology selection are affected by economics and regulatory pressures: A case study of Multi-Pollutant Control Project at AES Greenidge" (a power company)
Oct 5: Chris Jones '80 ORE, M.Eng. '81, MS '83, PhD '85, software development engineer, Amazon.Com, "Where's my Stuff? Order Fulfillment at Amazon.com"
Peace Studies sponsors technology and security seminar
Cornell's Peace Studies Program is sponsoring a new seminar series that will focus on technology and security issues. The first lecture will feature Robert Nelson, Ph.D. '91 (physics), senior scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists. His topic will be "The Future of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile." The talk is scheduled for 3 p.m. on September 29 in 153 Uris Hall.
For more information on this event, contact George Lewis, 255-8914,
gnl3@cornell.edu
SCE will collaborate on off-campus and distance courses
College of Engineering faculty members interested in developing credit and non-credit courses and programs to be offered on campus, by distance, or at locations anywhere in the world should consider collaboration opportunities available with the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions.
For information about SCE logistical and technical services and financial support, please contact Bud Jermy, 255-7393,
cwj1@cornell.edu
College mourns the lost of Emeritus Professor Ray Thorpe
Dear Friends,
As I'm sure you've heard, we lost a very special member of our Engineering community last week. Emeritus Professor Ray Thorpe died peacefully at home on September 6, surrounded by his family. He was 84.
Ray was a member of the faculty in the School of Chemical Engineering (today's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) for 39 years; he was an excellent teacher who won many awards and had a special talent for reaching students. He brought that gift back to the college after retirement when he joined the staff of the Engineering Advising office, where he was a source of support, guidance, and inspiration for a generation of engineering students.
A memorial service for Ray was held September 19 at 1:00 p.m. in Sage Chapel to honor a remarkable individual whose life modeled the standards of integrity and commitment that have come to define the College of Engineering.
Sincerely,
Kent Fuchs
Dean of Engineering
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