-COE News
-Awards and Honors
-Seminars and Events
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-COE News
-Awards and Honors
-Seminars and Events
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Dear alumni and friends:
Many exciting things continue to happen here at UIC’s College of Engineering. During the last six months I have been positively impressed by the vast array of College of Engineering student organizations and their meaningful activities. These groups help build a strong sense of community among our students, while enhancing our educational programs and community outreach. A few examples include the following:
Our UIC Engineers Without Borders chapter has continued its excellent work in Cerro Alto, Guatemala with a group of students, faculty, and staff traveling to Guatemala to begin plans for the next work project. This organization was recognized for its outstanding work at the University of Illinois Board of Trustees’ meeting on January 17, 2008.
Our IEEE Student Branch had a three-page feature article on its rebuilding activities in the January/February issue of the IEEE Potentials magazine. The article described the efforts of our UIC IEEE Student Branch’s leaders to build a vibrant and active student branch. The article was written to provide a positive example to other IEEE Student Branches around the world, and included a list of 13 tips from our IEEE Student President Amir Zohar.
On January 15th I had the privilege of visiting our Engineering Design Team’s laboratory, to see and discuss their intense preparations for the Jerry Sanders Robotic Competition next month. This EDT student group consists of students from the Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science focusing on interdisciplinary efforts in robotic engineering.
These are just a few of the many examples of student groups and activities in the College of Engineering.
On Friday, February 1, despite a record breaking snowfall, the Engineering Alumni Association and the Engineering Career Center hosted another successful Engineering Career Prep Day, which is now in its 11th year! Over 100 engineering students and 17 alumni mentors braved the inauspicious weather and attended a fun filled and informative day. Rick Schmidt and Yvonne Liebelt moderated the morning panel discussion, which delivered expert insights and many amusing stories from our alumni panel's personal career adventures. Thank you again to Rick Schmidt, Yvonne Liebelt, Edward Yousif, Frank Riordan, John Molburg, Kam Liu, Keith Alsburg, Lauren Zavadsky, Tomasz Szelewa, Michael Goluszka, Michael Hoag, Nancy Rocha, Raj Patel, Truman Chua, Vishal Shah, Eric Gesell, and Dan Hernadez for making this such an extraordinary day for our students. A special thanks to Kate Kaplan, Director of the Engineering Career Center, and her student assistants, Jade Webber and Peter Tek, for another successful event.
Sincerely,
Peter C. Nelson
Interim Dean, College of Engineering
EAA TechTalk - 100 Gigabit Ethernet - To Support Scholarships
The Engineering Alumni Association invites the UIC engineering community to the Spring 2008 UIC Engineering Alumni TechTalk in support of the EAA Scholarship Award Fund. Tellabs Fellow Rick Younce will present "100 Gigabit Ethernet" on Tuesday March 11, 2008 at One Tellabs Center, 1415 West Diehl Road, Naperville, lL 60563. A reception begins at 6:30 followed by the presentation at 7:15 PM.
Rick Younce (MS UIUC 1985) contributes to the IEEE Ethernet standard 802.3 (HSSG) committee for 100 GbE, to boost current performance by 10X, with an expected go-to-market time of 2010. Rick will explore the market drivers as well as technology challenges to supporting Video on Demand, HDTV and spiraling levels of Enterprise Traffic and expanding Data Centers.
We invite you to join alumni, students and College of Engineering leaders, for an evening of food, networking, and timely technology, kindly hosted by Tellabs. Reservations appreciated by March 7. To make reservations, contact the EAA at UIC-EAA@comcast.net. $20 Contribution to support EAA Scholarships, checks preferred. Please make checks payable to the UI Foundation. A tax receipt will be provided by the University of Illinois Foundation for the applicable portion as allowable by the IRS. Prior to March 7, checks may be mailed to the EAA c/o UIC College of Engineering Office of Development (mc 159), 851 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607. Additional information is available through alumnus Jerry Meyerhoff at UIC-EAA@comcast.net
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Professor G. Ali Mansoori receives invite to become Associate Editor of JAD
Dr. G. Ali Mansoori, Professor of BioEngineering and Chemical Engineering was invited to become an Associate Editor of the JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (JAD) This comes as a result of his upcoming major publications on "Applications of Nanotechnology for Detection and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.”
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Electronic Visualization Laboratory launches YouTube Channel
Electronic Visualization Laboratory launches YouTube Channel to make its research videos available to the general public. http://youtube.com/evltube
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Adler Planetarium showcases Mercury photos from NASA
Adler treats its visitors to the newest high-resolution images of the planet Mercury snapped by the space probe MESSENGER, displayed on EVL-developed tiled display walls.
Read more: http://www1.cs.uic.edu/CSweb/public/news.php?audience=public&label=&ind=262
Professor Derong Liu of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department publishes a book
Derong Liu recently published a book entitled Stability of Dynamical Systems: Continuous, Discontinuous, and Discrete Systems. Authors: Michel, Anthony N., Hou, Ling, and Liu, Derong, A Birkhuser Book 2008.
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Professor Professor K. Mohammadian of the Civil and Materials Engineering receives two awards from the National Academies Transportation Research Board
The National Academies Transportation Research Board announed two Wootan and Burggraf awards for Professor Kouros Mohammadian together with two of his PhD students, Yongping Zhang and Taha Hossein Rashidi.
Read more: http://www.engr.uic.edu/coenews/MohammadianTRB.htm
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Professor Karl Rockne of the Civil and Materials Engineering department receives two awards
Karl Rockne is the recipient of The 2008 Teaching Recognition Program Award from the Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and The 2007-08 COE Faculty Research Award.
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Work published by Professors Alexander Yarin and Constantine Megaridis of
the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department is highlighted in
publications of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
A.V. Bazilevsky, K. Sun, A. L. Yarin and C. M. Megaridis on “Room-Temperature, Open-Air, Wet Intercalation of Liquids, Surfactants, Polymers and Nanoparticles within Nanotubes and Microchannels,” J. Materials Chemistry (2008),” has received unsolicited coverage by the magazines Chemical Technology and Chemistry World, both published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK. The related article can be found at
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2008/01/capped_carbon_nanotubes.asp
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Professor Pat Banerjee of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department is nominated Associate Editor of IEEE
Pat Banerjee has been nominated to become an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine.
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2007-2008 College Of Engineering Faculty Research Award Winners
Seven professors were named as 2007-2008 College of Engineering Faculty Research Award winners.
Read more: http://www.engr.uic.edu/coenews/FacultyResearchAwards08.htm
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Professor G. Ali Mansoori of the BioEngineering and Chemical Engineering department is elected Academician of the IACE
Dr. G. Ali Mansoori is elected to full membership (Academician) of the International Academy of Creative Endeavors (IACE). The Academy of Creative Endeavors began its activities in 1992, in Moscow, as an internationally orientated body embracing science, the arts, and social issues in keeping with the principles of progressive academies of the world.
As a new initiative in the field of science and the arts, the Academy of Creative Endeavors enhances and promotes various human activities on the basis of creative contributions by its members to scientific and social enterprises in their respective areas.
Department of Computer Science
2007-08 Distinguished Lecturer Seminar Series
Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida
“Data Structures and Algorithms for Packet Forwarding and Classification”
Thursday, February 14, 2008
11:00 a.m.
Room 1000 SEO
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Carlos Cabrera, President of UOP, Inc
“A Key Building Block for Energy and Environmental Challenges”
Friday, February 15, 2008
10:00 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.
Room 1043 ERF
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Engineering Career Fair 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Illinois Room, Student Center East
750 South Halsted Street
Full-time, Internship & Co-op opportunities with over seventy companies from the local area and nationwide! Check our website for a regularly updated list of participating companies and preferred majors. Open to current UIC students & UIC Alumni. All Engineering, Computer Science, IDS, MIS and related majors are encouraged to attend.
http://www.engr.uic.edu/co-op/careerfair.htm
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Department of BioEngineering
Professor M.A. Oghabian, Ph.D.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
“Monoclonal Antibody conjugated USPIO Nano Particles for Tumor Specific Imaging”
Friday, February 22, 2008
12:00 pm
Room 236 SEO
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