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Biomedical Engineering News:
Of special note, Egleide Elenes was awarded an NSF predoctoral fellowship; she joins Duong Nguyen in the small group of undergraduates who have brought this distinction to the undergraduate program. Internships, which about a quarter of our students have bring a special dimension to their educational experiences, to those of their teammates, and enhance their senior design projects. We (faculty and students) find these experiences to be invaluable. Can your company provide an internship for a biomedical or other engineering student? If so, please call me or any of our faculty members! Remember, we’d love to have you visit the department and Herff College, especially when you bring along a potential applicant. Those visits help increase interest and fill America’s engineering and innovation pipelines. Civil Engineering News:
On April 6th, the Department celebrated the grand opening of the Thomas S. Fry Soil Mechanics Laboratory. Over $350,000 was committed to this effort, and the renovated laboratory looks wonderful. Look for detailed coverage of this event in the College's up-coming Annual Report. In 2009, our ASCE students participated in the Deep South Regional Conference Competition, sponsored by the ASCE. The 2009 competitions were held in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The contest featured entries from nine schools including Louisiana State University, Arkansas State University, and Ole Miss. I am pleased to inform you that our concrete canoe team placed first overall. As a result, U of M won the right to participate in 2009 ASCE Canoe Competition, which was held June 10-13 at the University of Alabama. One of this year's national sponsors was Baker Concrete Construction. Dan Baker, founder and several of his associates talked to scores of canoe team members from around the country and selected five of them to receive $1,000 scholarships. This is an outstanding accomplishment when you consider that there were 22 canoe teams at the finals and each team had 10-20 members. Our ITE student chapter will represent the Tennessee Section in the Traffic Bowl for the Southern District ITE meeting in April. They were selected as the Robert Stammer Outstanding Student Chapter last spring based on their annual report, which is how they were selected to proceed to this year’s Traffic Bowl event. We are excited about our highly motivated and talented students who go on to become supportive and dedicated alumni. A strong and generous alumni base is another reason for our great success. We have an outstanding Advisory Committee who continuously helps us with all aspects of our curriculum, recruiting, outreach, and with our most recent accreditation evaluation. Furthermore, they volunteer to help with various activities, such as E-Day, CanStruction, our annual Career Fair, and many others. Thank you for your support of our program. Electrical & Computer Engineering News:
Although the loss of four professors is unsettling, the leadership of the department is in good hands. Dr. Eddie Jacobs will become the interim department chair, effective July 1, 2010. Eddie has gained extensive management and leadership experience while working for the U.S. Army’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate. Dr. Peter Lau recently transferred from the department of engineering technology to EECE and he is ramping up his research activities to complement his teaching contributions. The department continues to enjoy success in securing new research awards. Although we face difficult times with base budgets cuts and the challenge of replacing several key faculty members, the department’s teaching and research programs remain strong. Also, our students continue to be very successful in obtaining top job offers or pursuing opportunities for graduate study. We are grateful for your continued help in conveying to prospective students the vibrant career paths that an EECE education provides. Engineering TechnologyEngineering Technology continues its mission to produce the highest quality graduates.
David Kennedy, a combination senior/graduate student in Engineering Technology, won second place in the University of Memphis Student Research Forum for his “Mobile Robotics” project. The forum is an annual event which showcases the diverse research of undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Memphis. David plans to continue his research in this area during the course of his graduate studies in Engineering Technology. David also serves as IEEE Student Chapter Chair and was selected by the faculty as the 2010 Featured Engineering Technology Student during Engineers Week in February. After having served as Engineering Technology Department Chair since Fall 2004, Professor Deborah Hochstein will be assuming the duties of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College of Engineering on July 1. Professor Scott Southall will assume the duties of Interim Department Chair at that time. We would also like to thank all of our alumni who participated in our recent alumni survey. This input and your continuing support of Engineering Technology allows us to continue to offer a quality educational program. Mechanical Engineering
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