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‘Cluster champions’ to help college meet 2050 Challenge
From the CyberInnovation Institute to the Bioeconomy Institute, the college is rising to the “2050 Challenge” to meet critical national and global needs that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries and ways of thinking.
The college is currently in the second year of a five-year program to fill as many as 30 new faculty lines in five cross-disciplinary clusters. To assist in the growth and development of the clusters, the college has appointed 10 “cluster champions.” The five clusters and the champions are: Biosciences--Julie Dickerson and Jacqueline Shanks; Energy--Rob Anex and Mark Bryden; Engineering for Extreme Events--Z. J. Wang and Terry Wipf; Information and Decision Sciences--Srinivas Aluru and Jim Oliver; and Sustainability--Richard LeSar and Sarah Ryan. The champions’ responsibilities include such activities as promoting the clusters internally and externally, identifying and grooming candidates, facilitating communications between cluster faculty and prospective hires, and supervising seminars and monthly meetings for faculty that comprise each of the clusters. To learn more, please see the Web feature, “College faculty ‘champion’ hires across disciplinary boundaries to enhance teaching, research.”
Students, faculty, and staff honored
The Engineering Student Council sponsored the 8th annual Engineering Student Leadership Banquet on February 18. Edward J. Jaselskis, director of the Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute and Professor-in-Charge of Construction Engineering, gave the keynote speech. Charles R. Fisher, MAT E4, and Cory L. Simon, CPR E4, received the Dean’s Student Leadership Awards.
One or more outstanding members from each of 23 engineering student groups was honored, as well as these faculty and staff members: Jim Bernard, ME; Scott Chumbley, MSE; Larry Cormicle, CON E; Tim Ellis, CCEE; April Franksain, CON E; Douglas Gemmill, ME; Jim Heise, ME; Mani Mina, ECpE; Brad Perkin, CON E; Katy Rice, Engineering Administration; Reginald Souleyrette, CCEE; Tim Stout, CCEE; Kelly Strong, CCEE; and Shihwu Sung, CE.
ADVANCE networking event is today
Faculty are invited to an ADVANCE networking event, “Lessons from the Big XII Faculty Development Conference,” on Monday, February 25, from noon to 1 p.m. in 240 Bessey Hall. Iowa State faculty members David Oliver, Marty Spalding, Thomas Baum, Jan Thompson, Chuck Glatz, and Bonnie Glatz, who attended the Big XII Workshop on Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Leadership at the University of Oklahoma in January, will share their insights from the conference. You may bring your lunch. Cookies and beverages will be provided. For more information, please contact advance@iastate.edu.
Iowa State 25-Year Club members recognized
Eight engineering faculty and staff members were honored by Iowa State University at the 2007 25- and 35-Year Club banquet on February 21. Congratulations to 25-year members Sylvia Anderson, ABE; Stephanie Drake-Zierke, ECpE; Fouad Fanous, CCEE; Steven Mickelson, ABE; Palaniappa Molian, ME; Michael Pate, ME; and Lynne Weldon, MSE; and 35-year member Gary Bridges, ECpE.
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USA Today names engineering senior to All-USA Academic Second Team
Chris Deal, a senior in mechanical engineering, has been named to the All-USA Academic Second Team by USA Today. In his entry essay, Deal wrote about his experiences as co-executive director of Iowa State’s 2007 Dance Marathon. Deal, who will graduate in May, has also been named a 2008 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, receiving a full scholarship for a year of graduate study at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. At Makerere, he will build on his previous internship experience at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Palo, and Iowa State’s Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies. (News release)
Students build spaghetti and gumdrop towers
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Burlington High School team members work on their tower, which came in second at 182 cm.
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Ten Iowa high school teams competed in the 11th Annual Tower Building Competition over the Iowa Communications Network last week. The event, which is coordinated by Engineering Enrollment Services and Precollegiate Programs, is directed from Engineering Distance Education. Two student hosts--Eco Mariano, ChE4, and Greg McGrath, ME4, moderated the event. Larry Cormicle, CCEE; Diane Rover, associate dean; and a number of student groups--the Society of Women Engineers, Associate General Contractors, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Engineering Ambassador and Mentoring Program--also participated. The Lynnville-Sully team took first place with their tower measuring 322 cm. After the competition, the classes discussed the engineering principles that affected the success of their construction. For more information, please see Tower Building.
College hosted scholars
About 170 students and their families visited the college last weekend. On Friday, February 22, 26 multicultural students participated in an “Evening with Engineering.” The purpose was to give the students, who came from across the United States and Puerto Rico, an opportunity to experience campus life and learn more about the diversified curricula in the college. On Saturday, these students joined 140 other students for Scholars’ Day. After a welcome from Dean Mark J. Kushner, the students, who have all been awarded university or college scholarships for next fall, and their families spent the day exploring engineering topics and careers through workshops and tours. These events were coordinated by Engineering Enrollment Services and Precollegiate Programs. For more information, please see Scholars’ Day and Evening with Engineering.
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