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Melsa elected to national office Dean James L. Melsa has been elected to a two-year term as vice president for public affairs of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). In this role, Melsa will chair the group’s projects board and also serve as a liaison to various governmental agencies. He will be a member of the board of directors, executive committee, and finance committee of ASEE. ASEE is a nonprofit association of more than 12,000 engineers dedicated to promoting excellence in engineering and engineering technology education. “I am very pleased to have been elected to this position, and I look forward to working with the membership and board to develop strategies to meet ASEE objectives,” said Melsa. He added that gathering ideas for new programs for engineering faculty and students, as well as feedback on existing efforts, would be a priority. Jahren’s teaching, research honored  Charles Jahren, professor-in-charge of construction engineering in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, has been named the first recipient of the W. A. Klinger Teaching Professorship. The appointment recognizes Jahren’s teaching and research leadership in construction process improvement and scheduling.The W. A. Klinger Teaching Professorship was created by a gift from the estate of William and Catherine Klinger. Klinger was the founder of W. A. Klinger Inc., an Iowa-based construction company. In the 1950s, he was deeply involved in helping to create Iowa State’s construction engineering curriculum. Brown named to endowed position  Robert C. Brown has been named the first Bergles Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. A professor with joint appointments in the mechanical engineering and chemical engineering departments and director of the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies (CSET), Brown has a record of exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession, including eight patents, one of which—a carbon-in-ash monitor—won an R&D 100 Award in 1997.Arthur Bergles, who served as department chair from 1972 to 1983, created the Bergles Professorship with a $500,000 endowment. It was established to provide leadership and mentoring in developing faculty, curricula, and programs in the thermal sciences as well as to pursue interdisciplinary thermal science opportunities and promote Iowa State’s leadership in this area. Greimann continues as CCEE chair Lowell Greimann has been reappointed to serve another five-year term as chair of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. Upon completing the term, Greimann’s tenure as chair will have totaled 18 years. The reappointment comes after last year’s announcement that Iowa State’s undergraduate program in civil and construction engineering was among the top 25 programs in the country, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report. In order for a faculty member to be appointed chair, he or she needs to be nominated by another faculty member. In Greimann’s case, it was Dean Melsa who put his name in nomination. “I appreciate Jim Melsa’s recognition of the gains we’ve made in this program,” said Greimann. “It’s especially gratifying since these gains were measured not by me, but by my peers.” |
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