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Gschneidner receives top materials award
Karl A. Gschneidner, Jr., senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and MSE Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, has been selected to receive the Acta Materialia Gold Medal, considered by many scientists and engineers to be the top award in the field of materials research. Gschneidner will receive the award during the 2008 annual meeting of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society in New Orleans next March. The honor is just the latest of many for Gschneidner, who earlier this year was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. (News release)
Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute established
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From left, Greg McGrath, Engineering Leadership Program student leader, and Ed Jaselskis, EPLI director
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The College of Engineering has received a $500,000 gift from IMSE alum James Balloun and his wife, Julie, to establish the Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute (EPLI). The goals of EPLI are to help engineering students and faculty learn more about current legislative policies and understand how their expertise can help inform and shape public opinion, and for more engineers to achieve leadership roles in public policy development.
Ed Jaselskis, CCEE professor, has been named the first director of EPLI, which has three major components: the Engineering Leadership Program, the Engineering Faculty Fellowship Program, and the Engineering Thematic Year.
Balloun, a 1969 graduate, is a retired CEO of Acuity Brands, a company that specializes in providing chemical products to institutional, industrial, and retail markets. (News release)
Homecoming festivities planned
The College of Engineering will host its annual alumni tailgate on Saturday, October 20, prior to the Iowa State-Oklahoma game. Registrations are due October 12. Click here for details and to register.
Mark your calendars for Friday, October 19. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a special breakfast buffet at 8:30 a.m. in the Howe Hall Atrium to honor engineering alumni award recipients. More information about the award recipients will be included in the next E-News.
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Alum prepares for busy month in space
AerE alum Clay Anderson’s final six weeks onboard the International Space Station (ISS) will be filled with activity. Anderson and his two Expedition 15 crewmates are working on station maintenance in preparation for the arrival of two spacecraft and a major addition to the ISS in October. A new ISS three-member crew from Expedition 16 will arrive via a Soyuz spacecraft on October 12. On September 27, the Expedition 15 crewmates moved their Soyuz spacecraft from a port on the Earth-facing side of the ISS to a port on the opposite side. While Anderson’s crewmates will return to Earth onboard the Soyuz on October 21, he will remain on the ISS. The space shuttle Discovery, with seven astronauts onboard, is scheduled to launch on October 23 and dock with the ISS two days later. It will deliver Harmony, the first new U.S. pressurized component to be added to the ISS since 2001. Anderson is scheduled to return to Earth onboard Discovery at the completion of its mission around November 5.
E-Week draws to successful end
The Engineers’ Ball on September 22 marked the official end of 2007 E-Week activities. For E-Week general co-chairs David Lantz, a senior in aerospace engineering and materials science and engineering, and Megan Morrissey, a senior in industrial engineering, it was a good ending to a year of preparation. “We are very happy with the overall outcome and wouldn’t exchange the experience for anything,” says Lantz.
A 16-member central committee, along with 28 subcommittee members and 80 ambassadors, helped plan and carry out the week of activities aimed at publicizing and celebrating the engineering profession. The biggest event of the week was the career fair, attended by 4,500 students and 1,110 recruiters.
Proceeds from E-Week events such as the Engineers’ Ball, along with donations from companies and alumni, are given to the Minds of Tomorrow fund. Grants from this fund are awarded through an application process to K-12 Iowa schools to enhance math and science programs. In addition, proceeds from the fall and spring career fairs are given each year to the college for scholarships. While this year’s totals have not been tallied yet, last year’s contribution totaled $225,000.
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