2007 News Archive
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –
Process Dynamics Inc. has announced the sale of the intellectual property rights for IsoTherming technology to DuPont, a world-leader in science-based products and services. Process Dynamics was founded in 1993 by Michael Ackerson, a University of Arkansas associate professor of chemical engineering.
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The University of Arkansas' National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission has received a National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Award worth $370,000. This money will be used to acquire specialized power electronic equipment for a state-of-the-art test facility.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -
The National Science Foundation has announced that it will continue funding the Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution for the next five years. CELDi is a cooperative research center, comprising eight universities and led by the industrial engineering department in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -
Two University of Arkansas researchers and their nanotechnology companies will be presented with Recognition of Excellence in Innovation certificates by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology Robert Cresanti on Aug. 7 at the Bailey Alumni Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.-
Heather Nachtmann has been appointed as the new director for the Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center. Nachtmann is an associate professor in the department of industrial engineering at the University of Arkansas.
Fayetteville, Ark.
— Edward A. Pohl, associate professor of industrial engineering at the University of Arkansas, has been appointed director and chair of studies for the master of science in operations management program.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
The Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center has been named as one of six transportation research centers that will split $18 million annually for four years to study ways to protect the security of America’s transportation system. The University of Arkansas research center, which has been named a National Transportation Security Center of Excellence, was included in the Improving America’s Security Act of 2007, which President Bush signed on Aug. 3.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -A.P.J. Abdul-Kalam, D. Sc., president of India from 2002-07, will visit the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville Friday, Oct. 19. Kalam will present a public lecture titled "Dynamics of Peace and Prosperity" at 3:30 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Center auditorium. This lecture is part of the Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — An assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Arkansas has been awarded a 2007 Ralph E. Powe Faculty Enhancement Award by Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Douglas Spearot will receive a $5,000 grant from the award, which will enhance his research and professional growth. In addition, the University of Arkansas will match the $5,000 to bring the sum of the award to $10,000.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -
Two assistant
professors in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Arkansas have been awarded individual Faculty Early Career Development awards for 2007 by the National Science Foundation. Min Zou and Sulin Zhang will each receive approximately $400,000 over five years to fund their research projects.
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Working with an organic semiconductor, electrical-engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have fabricated and tested two similar but slightly different biosensors that can measure important physiological signs. Integrated into "smart" fabrics - garments with wireless technology - the sensors will be able to monitor a patient's respiration rate and body temperature in real time and thus provide point-of-care diagnostics to health-care professionals and greater freedom for patients.
Shannon G. Davis, Ph. D., CRA has been named as the new assistant dean for research for the UA College of Engineering. Dr. Davis will be responsible for assisting faculty with the search and application process for research grants and contract initiations. In addition, Davis will assist by acting as the fiscal project manager for new and existing grants and contracts.
Leslie Lannutti has been named as the director of communications for the UA College of Engineering. Lannutti will manage publications and media relations. She will serve as the editor of Arkansas Ingenuity, a biannual College of Engineering publication. In addition, Lannutti will write engineering related articles for other UA publications as requested by University Relations.
Prof. Ron Rardin, Distinguished Professor and the John and Mary Lib White Chair, will be the Interim Head of Industrial Engineering effective July 21, 2007.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas solar boat team came up short in its bid to repeat as world champions at Solar Splash 2007. The Arkansas team, composed of electrical- and mechanical-engineering students, placed second behind Cedarville University.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have discovered a novel nanomachining process that will help manufacturers produce superior nanoscale devices to perform important functions such as detecting DNA and precisely controlling drug release.
Dr. Samir El-Ghazaly
has accepted the position of the next Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering. Samir M. El-Ghazaly received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1988 from The University of Texas at Austin. He joined Arizona State University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, where he became Associate Professor in 1993 and Professor in 1998. He has been a Professor and the Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville since August 2002.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - People in Northwest Arkansas will get a look at the sustainable future of boating,
thanks to the University of Arkansas College of Engineering. Nineteen racing boats will compete for three days on Lake Fayetteville, and they won't burn a drop of gas or diesel fuel. They are all-electric boats, powered by solar energy. With fuel prices at area lakes even higher than the record prices at local gas stations, boaters will have a chance to take a serious look at the possibilities offered by the racers in Solar Splash 2007.
Dr. Susan Gauch has accepted the position of Department Head,
Computer Science and Computer Engineering effective August 13, 2007. Dr. Gauch also will hold the
Rodger S. Kline Endowed Chair in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. Dr. Gauch received her PhD from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in 1990, and her current research is focused on investigating personalized and conceptual information retrieval within the context of the Citeseer archive of computer science literature. She has been a faculty member at the University of Kansas - Lawrence Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 1993.
University of Arkansas researchers,
in partnership with a local company will develop a probe for future planetary rovers that will help scientists study the history of the solar system by examining the properties of layers of material beneath the surface of the moon, Mars, comets and other planetary bodies. Scientists at the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences and officials of Space Photonics Inc. received a $403,000 grant from the Planetary Instrumentation Development branch of NASA, which will allow them to create an optical probe that can be used to determine the composition and amount of ice beneath the surface of a planetary body.
Mr. Charles Zimmerman ('85 BSCE) of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
will be the keynote speaker at the kick-off to the 2007 International Solar Splash Competition. Please join us on Wednesday, June 13, at 5:30 pm in Giffels Auditorium, Old Main, to hear Mr. Zimmerman’s presentation on what strategies the world’s largest retailer is implementing to increase energy and materials efficiency across its global network of big-box stores and distribution centers. The lecture will take place from 5:30 – 6:15, with time allowed afterward for Q&A from the audience. This lecture is free and open to the public.
The initial success of last week’s graduate research symposium in mechanical engineering should provide momentum as a recruiting tool and a showcase of the range and quality of student research, says the department head. “It was a big success. It gives us a foundation for growth and improvement,” Joseph J. Rencis, professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said.
At the Student Involvement & Leadership Award Ceremony held on April 17, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) was awarded the Outstanding Professional Registered Student Organization of the Year, and the chapter president, Thet Soe, was awarded the Outstanding Professional Registered Student Organization Member of the Year.
Alley began his career with Westinghouse in Baltimore,
Maryland and worked there from 1968 – 1974. In 1974 he joined ACS & Associates in Ft. Worth, Texas. He continued his educational endeavors in 1976 by completing an MBA at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. From 1976 until 1979 he served as vice president of Galloway & Herron, a commercial real estate brokerage firm in Dallas. Then in 1979 he co-founded Con-Real Support Group, a construction and real estate firm. He continues to serve the company as executive vice president. He is a member of the College of Engineering Advisory Council.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –
The University of Arkansas College of Engineering announced Thursday, Jan. 18, that Ronald L. Rardin, a renowned professor and researcher in industrial engineering, has been named as the inaugural incumbent of the John and Mary Lib White Systems Integration Chair in Industrial Engineering.
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