2011 STATE OF THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Godfrey Mungal Dean
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“Engineering With a Mission” The School of Engineering will be known and treasured, in Silicon Valley and beyond, for the impact of its graduates and faculty on improving the human condition through engineering education, practice, and scholarship. …while supporting SCU’s Strategic Plan: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Excellence in Jesuit Education Global Understanding Engagement with Silicon Valley Justice and Sustainability Academic Community
…and celebrating our past, present and future SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
1. Excellence in Jesuit Education Educate leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion
T-model of education
Values-based education
Project-based learning
Innovation and entrepreneurship
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T-Model of Education Deep technical core (hard skills – left brain)
– Math, Science, – Engineering, Design, … Broad range of soft skills (right brain)
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Communication Ethics, Integrity Entrepreneurial mindset Creativity Global view…
Consistent with:
– Jesuit education of the whole person – Engineering in the context of a liberal arts education – ABET accreditation SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
Values-based education “It’s gratifying seeing our students’ work put to such good use in the world.” Mark Aschheim, chair, civil engineering
Core curricula designed to educate the whole person Student research focused on doing good in the world International travel: study abroad, immersion trips, senior design Graduate core; minor in Science, Technology, and Society
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Project-based learning: Senior Design Projects I love the Senior Design project. People say you learn more in a week on the job than you do in all your classes; this gives you the opportunity of having that ‘week on the job’ type of experience you don’t get in class or lab.” Nick Bergseng ’11
Manufacturing test fixture for Sadra Medical’s prosthetic aortic heart valves
Stem cell research for muscle regeneration
Gravity-fed water distribution system in Malawi
Web-based satellite mission operations dashboard
LED optical wireless communication
Autonomous network of robotic kayaks for environmental research
Nick Bergseng and Ricky Franchi developed a traffic controller that could save millions of hours of productivity from being lost and tons of auto emissions from entering our air. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
Innovation and entrepreneurship focus - KEEN “I love these innovation challenges—I’m going to do every one!” Joe Burke ’14
$1.142M KEEN grant; network of 20 universities nationwide
Chris Kitts and Ruth Davis co-direct KEEN Program
Expanded curricula, speakers, mentoring, co-ops
Quarterly undergraduate challenges (BMW, nVIDIA)
Interdisciplinary, hands-on engineering; collaboration with business students
Produce real products and services for real customers
Building a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
Innovation and entrepreneurship focus Building a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking. Pathway for Undergraduates – Design Thinking; The Digital Age –
Technical innovation, design process, enterprise strategies
Kuehler Undergraduate Research –
Summer research with faculty
Graduate Education –
Core curriculum supports entrepreneurship
Collaboration with Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Speakers –
New Methods for Solar Energy Conversion
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Adobe Co-founder Chuck Geschke
Ring Knockers –
Networking opportunities
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Encouraging and promoting entrepreneurship
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2. Engagement with Silicon Valley Increase learning, service and research opportunities
Faculty research and scholarship
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Applied Technology Council Ecological Building Network HP Labs NASA/Ames SolarTech
Speakers from Industry
– Rick Wallace, KLA-Tencor – Cloud Computing Panel – Chuck Geschke, Adobe
Adjunct Faculty from Industry Outreach
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More Engagement with Silicon Valley
Department Advisory Boards
Student field trips to area companies – – – – – –
BAE Systems Cisco eBay Google HP Tigo …and more
Senior design collaboration – Local partners from industry (Sadra, PEAK, Walden West) – Alumni mentors – 100+ alumni judges
Need to optimize our alumni network SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
Outreach More demand than we can supply
Summer Engineering Seminar (SES) – Acquaints high school students with engineering, university life
Spring Engineering Education Days (SEEDS) – High school students explore engineering Saturdays in April
Get Set – 4-year mentoring program for underrepresented H.S. girls – Sponsored by SWE
Girls Achieving in Non-traditional Subjects (GAINS) – Success Camp hosted by SCU’s Student Chapter of EWB
One Step Ahead – Female high school students explore hands-on engineering
Third Street Community Center – Engineering undergraduates volunteer at after-school program
Summer Alice Program – Training for high school computer science teachers – Computer camp for high school students SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
3. Global Understanding and Engagement Provide global learning opportunities, partner with other universities
Undergraduate Experience
Graduate Curricula
Faculty Research
Faculty Exchange
Frugal Innovation Lab
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Global Understanding and Engagement: Undergraduate Experience Hands-on, meaningful projects: Strong, affordable homes for Haiti Lab-on-a-chip for safe water in rural areas Sustainable construction for Ghana Water distribution system for Malawi Water filtration system for Nicaragua Engineers Without Borders Student Chapter
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Global Understanding and Engagement: Undergraduate Experience Collaborators: BlueEnergy California Expanded Metal Company EBNet (Ecological Building Network) Necessity Housing Sureboard USA WellBilt International World of Good Organization
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Global Understanding and Engagement: Graduate Curricula An expanding array of courses: ENGR 271 Global Environmental Change ENGR 302 Managing in the Multicultural
Environment
ENGR 304 Building Global Teams ENGR 336 Engineering for the Developing World
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Global Understanding and Engagement: Faculty Research Partners Australian National University
National University of Ireland, Galway
BMW, Germany
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
Cambridge University, UK
Southeast University, China
Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina
St. Xavier’s Colleges, Mumbai and Kolkatta, India
Catholic University of Uruguay
Swedish Defense Research Agency
IIT Delhi
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
IT Research Center of Ajou University, South Korea Universidad Centroamericana, El Salvador Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan
University of Granada, Spain
Monash University, Australia
Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mumbai, India
National Technical University of Athens
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Global Understanding and Engagement: Faculty Exchange SCU Faculty Guest and Consulting Professors at:
– National University of Singapore – Shanghai Jiao Tong University – Zhejiang University Visiting Researchers from:
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Chungnam National University, South Korea Hitachi Center for Nanostructures Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Southeast University, Nanjing, China Institute of Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
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Global Understanding and Engagement: Faculty Education China Trip
– 15 faculty – 2 weeks – The Beijing Center – Beijing & Shanghai Presentation to Deans of Jesuit Universities
Cordoba, Argentina – The Profile of an engineer of a Jesuit University: competencies and abilities
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Global Understanding and Engagement: Frugal Innovation Initiative “… a tremendous opportunity to innovate for social impact.” Radha Basu, dean’s executive professor
Collaboration with CSTS, Business School
Addresses need for products and services in emerging countries
Ruggedization, simplification, sparing use of local, raw materials
Not high-tech — appropriate tech
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Global Understanding and Engagement: CSTS Funding – 2010 Roelandts Fellows
Faculty –
Daniel Strickland, Mechanical Engineering: develop a portable solar/hydrogen fuel cell generator for off-grid electrification
11 Student Projects –
Bamboo Truss and Frame Connection Design/Construction Project
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Compressed Air Powered Bicycle
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Detection of Pathogens Using Electrochemical DNA Sensors in a Microfluidic Setting
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EBNet Haiti Natural Masonry Program
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Efficient Cook Stove
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Fair Trade Mobile Application
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LED Optical Wireless Communication
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Mud Brick Press
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Passive Water Management System for Fuel Cells
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SCU Solar Water Purifier 2011
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Sustainable Design in Ghana
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4. Justice and Sustainability Enhance curricula, promote research, be a model for other academic institutions
Solar Decathlon
Graduate Certificate and Master’s Degree in Sustainable Energy
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Solar Decathlon Building the future.
2007 – 3rd Place Overall 2009 – 3rd Place Overall 2011 – Taking a needed break 2013 – Planning a bid – with USF ??
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Master’s Degree in Sustainable Energy Education for a sustainable future
– Help professionals update skill set – Serve Silicon Valley employers Technical Courses
– Alternative Energy Systems – Intro to the Smart Grid – Power Systems Sustainability Core
– Quality of life; Economic financial models – Energy and ethical issues Specialization Electives
– Civil, Mechanical, Computer and Electrical
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5. Academic Community Excellence in teaching and scholarship, partnerships, alumni network
Program Snapshots
Faculty Achievements
Student Achievements
More Partnerships
Alumni Achievements
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Applied Mathematics Honors Mathematics Courses: 22 students enrolled
– Honors Differential Equations – 7 students – Honors Probability and Statistics – 15 students Master’s Degree with Concentration in Mathematical Finance
– 7 enrolled, 1 graduating as first degree conferral this June – Graduate courses in Applied Mathematics and Leavey School of Business
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Bioengineering 100+ Students - 18 seniors, 18 juniors, 70 freshmen
and sophomores Specialization tracks: Medical Device and
Biomolecular / Pre-Med Minor in Bioengineering (or Biomedical Engineering) $357,416 in faculty grants New Faculty Hire: Prashanth Asuri, Fall ’11 5 Advisory board members: Medical device, medical
imaging, biotechnology, clinical research
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Civil Engineering
Undergraduate Program – 160 declared B.S. students – New focus Construction Management 2011/12 – Competitions: steel bridge and concrete canoe
Graduate Program – 18 M.S. students
New Faculty, Lab Improvements
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Civil Engineering - Faculty Hires
Assistant Professor – Hisham Said will expand our offerings in Construction Management. Post-doc at Purdue; Ph.D. from University of Illinois.
Academic Year Lecturers: – Tonya Nilsson; previously tenured at CSU Chico, PhD from UC Davis. Licensed P.E. – Sikandar Khatri; previously Associate Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia, PhD from University of New South Wales, Australia. Licensed P.E.
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Civil Engineering - Laboratories
New Structures Test Lab – built this summer – on-site testing of intermediate size structural components
Off-site Structures Laboratory Annex – high-bay servo-hydraulic test facility for structural components up to 26 ft high.
New Surveying Equipment – one GPS-based RTK (Real Time Kinematic) system – three total stations – three digital theodolites – three automatic levels
New instructional shake table for earthquake simulation
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Computer Science and Engineering
B.S.CSE 115, B.S.WDE 22
216 M.S. students, 25 Ph.D. students
Total New External Funding: $2.356M
New Tenure-Track Faculty Member – Ahmed Amer
Senior Design Lectures – Intellectual Property – Ethics – Entrepreneurship – Societal/Economic/Political concerns
ACM Field Trips to Local Companies
Design Center Equipment Upgrades SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
Computer Science and Engineering 1 Mac Lab (Solaris Lab being converted Summer ’11)
– COEN 10, 11, 12, 70, 174 2 Linux Labs Windows Labs (shared) General Design Center upgrade – Summer ’11
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Electrical Engineering EC 100 Lab
Robotics Systems Laboratory Satellite Mission Control
Students
– 73 declared B.S., 112 M.S., 27 Ph.D.
New Equipment totaling $180,000 Atomic Force Microscope Latimer Energy Lab
– Communication and Microwave Lab – Senior Design Lab
New MSEE Core New Graduate MS Degree in Sustainable
Energy
– Begins Fall 2011, coordinated by S. Mourad
Sponsored Projects Expenditures in 2009-10
– $1.1 Million
Latimer Energy Lab
– Expansion to 600 sq. ft. providing for three complete measurement stations SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
Engineering Management & Leadership 247 M.S. students Developing the management skills required to compete
in a global marketplace
Applying the knowledge of mathematics, science, and
engineering in the management of projects and complex systems
Added new courses in Advanced Leadership and
Technology Entrepreneurship
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Mechanical Engineering 230 B.S.! 76 M.S., 5 Ph.D. students $166,649 of internal funding $801,000 of external funding 8 journal articles, 22 conference papers 2 patents (Beitelmal) 1 new faculty hire, fall 2010 – Dan Strickland 1 additional faculty hire for fall 2011
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Mechanical Engineering
Laser Flash System – characterize thermal conductivity and heat capacity up to 1000C – TSC funding and Dean's matching funds ~$150K.
Launch and mission control of 4 satellites: – 2 NASA satellites for which we are performing mission control – 2 student-built satellites developed with UT Austin
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Electrochemical Device Lab Directed by Professor Dan Strickland
Ongoing projects:
Bubble-actuated micropumps for biomedical applications
Dramatically simplified reversible fuel cells for energy storage
Simplified fuel cells for efficient energy conversion Equipment: • 4-axis milling machine for rapid prototyping • Full chemical wet lab • State-of-the-art fuel cell characterization test stand
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Center for Nanostructures New Plan for Leadership Transition from School of Engineering Alternate between SoE and College of Arts & Sciences Rich Barber, Professor of Physics, Fall ’11 Facilities and New Equipment Mask Aligner in EC 100
24 total publications, one among top 20 monthly downloaded from Applied Physics Letters
Electron beam deposition in S-3700 SEMs Completion of Thermal Reflectance Measurement Apparatus for temperature profiling
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Undergraduate Snapshot
~ 807 undergraduate students
~ 219 women students; 27%
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Undergraduate Enrollment May 1
Applied
Admitted
Deposited
Enrolled
2007
998
725
136
179
2008
1072
843
199
213
2009
1104
807
147
187
2010
1490
1076
282
278
2011
1940
1220
175
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Undergraduate Enrollment 2011 Admitted Student Majors
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ABET - Update Evaluation Team visited SoE October, 2010 Evaluated 4 undergraduate engineering degree programs
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Civil Engineering Computer Science and Engineering (2X) Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Concerns and weaknesses identified (no deficiencies)
– Related to available resources SoE has responded and is addressing noted areas
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Graduate Programs Enrollment Trends Master’s Degree in Sustainable Energy New Interdisciplinary Courses International Collaboration: China, India and
South America
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Enrollment History and Trends ENROLLED UNITS 19952011 16000
15,719
15,323 15,155
15000
14,916
13,967
14000
13,727 12,918
13000
12,470
12,562 12000
11000
10000
12,042 11,413
11,471
11,631 11,015 10,094 9,929
FY 9 5
/9 6 FY 9 6/ 97 FY 9 7/ 98 FY 9 8/ 99 FY 9 9/ 00 FY 0 0/ 01 FY 0 1/ 02 FY 0 2/ 03 FY 0 3/ 04 FY 0 4/ 05 FY 0 5/ 06 FY 0 6/ 07 FY 0 7/ 08 FY 0 8/ 09 FY 0 9/ 10 FY 1 0/ 11
9000
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M.S. Student Summary FY 2010-2011 (820 Total – Reflects currently enrolled students only)
OPEN UNIVERSITY, 83
AMTH, 25
CIVIL, 18
CERTIFICATE, 43 (ALL DEPTS)
MECH, 76
COEN, 185
SOFT, 31
ELEN, 112 EMGT, 247
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M.S. Students by Department, FY 2010-2011 (694 Total – Excludes certificate and open university; reflects currently enrolled students only)
AM TH, 25 M ECH, 76
CIVIL, 18
COEN, 185
EM GT, 247
SOFT, 31
ELEN, 112
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Ph.D. Students by Department (57 Total – Reflects currently enrolled students only) MECH, 5
COEN, 25
ELEN, 27
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New Interdisciplinary Courses Designed to help students gain a deeper understanding of the
influence that engineering has on society (and vice versa)
Primary focus in 2010 -11: sustainability and frugal innovation Courses developed and taught in 2010-11:
ENGR 261 ENGR 310 ENGR 334 ENGR 336 ENGR 337 ENGR 338
Nanotechnology and Society Engineering Ethics Energy, Climate Change and Social Justice Engineering for the Developing World Sustainability and Green Information Technology Mobile Applications for Emerging Markets
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International Collaborations China Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) An MOU has been in place since the fall of 2009. In the fall of 2011, we expect to host a faculty exchange visitor from (SJTU), who will be working with Dr. Nam Ling in Computer Engineering.
South America Catholic University of Uruguay One student is completing her MSEE degree at SCU in June, and another visited in the fall quarter of 2010. We expect a third Master’s student in the fall of 2011.
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International Collaboration (ctd.) Catholic University of Cordoba In December of 2010, professor Shoba Krishnan from the Department of Electrical Engineering visited the Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina, where she taught a short in course in analog design.
India
Memorandum of Understanding was signed with IIT Delhi, which focuses on the exchange of faculty and Ph.D. students.
This spring, we are hosting faculty visitors from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkatta, and the Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mumbai.
Possible MoU with St. Xavier’s College, Kolkatta, is currently being discussed. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
International Conferences BAIPAEIC
– April 22-23, 2011 – 50 international experts – Bioengineering applications in the performing arts and entertainment industry – Health, efficiency and performance safety, focus on voice “Bridges to Infinity: Humankind, God and the Scientific Enterprise”
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May 6-7, 2011 Jesuits from: Argentina, Colombia, India, U.S., Uruguay How can Jesuit universities facilitate dialogue on science, religion Explore global science and religion training for Jesuit universities
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and
2010 School of Engineering Faculty Awards Aaron Melman, Researcher of the Year
Reynaud Serrette, Award for Teaching Excellence
Michael Thorburn, Adjunct Lecturer of the Year
Warren Garrison, Gerald E. Markle Award
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Faculty Achievement Tim Hight – SCU President’s Recognition Award for Solar
Decathlon Leadership
Dan Lewis – SCU Brutocao Family Foundation Award for
Curriculum Innovation; SJUSD Advisory Committee for Career-Technical Education
Sarah Kate Wilson – Tenure and promotion to Associate
Professor
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Faculty Achievement
Nam Ling, IET Fellow
Ed Maurer – 2011 Google Science Communication Fellow (21 selected); Fulbright Visiting Scholar Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Terry Shoup – Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame; ASME Distinguished Service Award
Sally Wood – ABET Evaluator SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
Staff Achievement
Scott Andrews Senior Assistant Dean
LeAnn Marchewka Director of Records and Operations, Graduate Programs
Stacey Tinker Director of Admissions and Marketing, Graduate Programs
Heidi Williams Director of Communications
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Adjunct Faculty Achievement Arun Banerjee presented a seminar at UC Davis (mech) Rance DeLong is serving on the External Oversight Group for the DARPA
Crashworthy Trustworthy Systems Research and Development project (coen) Kim Parnell is chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section (mech) Marian Stetson-Rodriguez was a featured author at Venture Outsource (engr) Peter Woytowitz presented a paper at Nanomechanics Symposium of the
Society of Engineering Science’s 47th Annual Meeting, Ames, Iowa (mech)
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Faculty Publications More than 110 papers and journal articles, 8 book chapters, 1 patent submitted, 2 patents granted
Advances in Engineering Education (Wood)
Biochemical Journal (Yan)
Civil Engineering Magazine (Maurer)
Combustion and Flame (Mungal)
Current: The Journal of Marine Education (Kitts)
Engineering Structures (Aschheim)
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Wilson)
Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences (Maurer)
Journal of the American Water Resources Association (Maurer)
Journal of Communications and Networks (Figueira, Holliday)
Journal of Applied Physics (Lee)
Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship (Kitts)
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Faculty Presentations
AAS/ AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, New Orleans (Ayoubi, Banerjee, Goodarzi)
AIAA-ASM 49th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando (Mungal)
APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference, Singapore (Pantoja, Ling)
Coastal Engineering Practice Conference, San Diego (Khatri)
IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop, Sedona (Wood)
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology, Chengdu, China (Yan)
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, in Hong Kong (Ogunfunmi)
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ling)
IEEE Green Computing Conference, Chicago (Figueira, Tseng)
International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, New Delhi, India (Singh)
Oceans Innovations Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland (Kitts)
World Steel Association, Tokyo, Japan (Serrette)
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Faculty Grants Chris Kitts and Ruth Davis - $1.142M KEEN Grant promoting an entrepreneurial mindset Unyoung (Ashley) Kim (and others) - $500,000, Fletcher Jones Foundation; “Advanced
Bioscience Initiative” Dan Lewis and Ruth Davis – $380,928 (3 year $988,593 grant) NSF; "Special Project:
Expanding the Impact of Computer Science in Silicon Valley High Schools and Facilitating Adoption of the ECS Curriculum Elsewhere" Nam Ling - $125,000, Droplet Technology, Inc.; "Adaptive Bit-Rate Control for Wavelet-
Based Video Coding" School of Engineering Summer Engineering Seminar - $30,000, The Verizon Foundation Yuling Yan - $53,505, UC Berkeley; "High-Contrast Imaging of Single Molecules in Live
Cells"
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Other Partnerships On Campus: Center for Science Technology and Society Leavey School of Business Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education
Off Campus: Milwaukee School of Engineering St. Louis University Stanford University University of Alaska UC Berkeley UC Davis UC San Diego
…and many more SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
Student Achievement Ryan Hinds ’11 (mech) – scholarship and internship from NASA for aeronautics research Mark Allison, Haley Dickson, Urvashi Reddy selected for Business School’s Global Fellows
Program Sophomores Suzanne Lien and Samantha Pham selected to the Computer Research Association’s
Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research Guy Hotson ’11 accepted Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department PharmaSat Mission Team – NASA Group Achievement Award for engineering excellence in design
and operation of PharmaSat spacecraft Freshman engineers take 3 of 7 top prizes in Engineering Education Service Center’s “Sing the Song
of Engineering” contest
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Alumni Achievement Richard P. (Rick) Wallace (MS EMGT ’89): CEO
KLA-Tencor, SCU 2010 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award James Foley (BSCE ’68): NCEES Distinguished Service Award
for dedicated service to the engineering and surveying professions Todd Goolkasian, S.E. (BSCE ’85): ASCE Award for
Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Service Vishal Gurbuxani (MSCOEN ’03): Co-founder Mobclix Vijay Reddy (BSCOEN ’03): Ph.D. from Harvard; 7 interviews,
6 offers, including Georgia Tech, Brown, UT Austin, and Duke 2007 Solar Decathletes successfully sold their start-up
Valence Energy to Serious Materials SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - 2011
More Great News! Professor Ahmed Amer (computer engineering) was
sworn in as a United States citizen Michael Neumann ’03, mechanical engineering Ph.D.
student, started a library in Tanzania SoE is #1 for percentage of women tenured/tenure track
faculty in engineering (ASEE Profiles in Engineering Programs)
Engineering dominates the list of top-paid majors,
according to NACE’s Spring 2011 salary survey
SCU is #33 overall in Businessweek’s ranking of 850
American colleges and universities by “return on investment” Anne Mahacek (mechanical engineering graduate
student) won a competition for the CBS television show Big Bang Theory
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Conclude: we have a strategic plan and vision that produces exceptional engineers Just look at what combining an excellent Jesuit education, with active engagement with Silicon Valley, a focus on global understanding and engagement, and a commitment to justice and sustainability brings about
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…now just imagine what the next 100 years will bring!
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THANK YOU for your contributions to our success Enjoy the Presentations!
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