Accolades: Week of October 29, 2001

Faye Duchin, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of economics, delivered a plenary lecture about a global perspective on the challenges faced by regional economies at the community forum, "Learning Sustainability: Achieving Environmental, Economic and Social Well-Being," Oct. 10-12, in Buffalo. The event was organized by the University at Buffalo in collaboration with various community partners and is intended to launch a long-term discussion about a sustainable path for Buffalo and the region through the 21st century. 10/29/01

G.P. "Bud" Peterson, provost, is being honored by ASME International (the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) with its Heat Transfer Memorial Award. Peterson is being recognized for outstanding contributions in the area of phase-change heat transfer and pioneering investigations of microscale heat pipes. The award will be presented to Peterson during the 2001 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition Nov. 11-16 in New York. 10/29/01

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

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