Accolades: Week of October 22, 2001

Mark Holmes, chair and professor of mathematical sciences, has been appointed to the Board of Executive Associate Editors for the Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 10/22/01

Lester Gerhardt, associate dean of engineering, was the honored guest and keynote speaker at the International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, in Anaheim in July. He spoke on the future directions of concurrent engineering. Gerhardt also was a keynote speaker at the European Society of Engineering Education in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September. The title of his address was "The Changing Paradigm of Global Engineering Education."

Gerhardt and Deborah Kaminski, associate professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, presented a paper titled "Engineering Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer" at the First International Colloquium sponsored by ASEE and SEFI, Sept. 15-18 in Berlin, Germany.10/22/01

Brian Bradke, a junior in biomedical engineering, recently represented the Northeast region in the inaugural USA off-road triathlon championships in Lake Tahoe. Bradke, who competed alongside more than 100 other professional and amateur athletes from France, Australia, and the USA, was named national champion and qualified for the World Championships in Maui. 10/8/01

Alan Balfour, dean of architecture, has been invited to be a scholar in residence at the American Academy in Rome. Officially a "Director's Guest," Balfour also will work on a book project he's developing. With the working title "Reality and the Need to Know God," Balfour's project is based on St. Augustine's attitude to Rome in his work City of God. Balfour will be in Rome from November through January, and again for the month of March. 10/8/01

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