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Accolades:
Week of Feb. 5, 2001
Partha
Dutta, assistant professor of electrical, computer, and systems
engineering, received $150,000 from Lucent Technologies to initiate
optoelectronics education and research at Rensselaer. Dutta will
use the funds to set up an optoelectronics laboratory in the ECSE
department to complement his graduate-level optoelectronics course,
develop a new course for undergraduates in the area of optical
engineering and optoelectronics, initiate Undergraduate Research
Projects in the area of optoelectronics, and use the laboratory
resources for graduate research. He plans to build the laboratory
by the end of this summer. The first course in this laboratory
is planned for spring 2002. 1/29/01
Lester
Gerhardt, associate dean of engineering, was invited to speak
at the National Press Club in Washington Jan. 26 on the subject
of the Global Engineering Education Exchange Program (Global E3).
Gerhardt played a key role in founding and developing the Global
E3, which was established to promote international
opportunities for undergraduate engineering students, and he is
founding chair of the Executive Committee. 1/29/01
John
Gowdy, professor of economics and head of the Ph.D. program
in ecological economics, is president-elect of the United States
Chapter of the International
Society of Ecological Economics
for 2001-2004. Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field
that explores socially and ecologically sustainable economic development.
1/29/01
Daniel
Walczyk, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, aeronautical
engineering, and mechanics, had one of his doctoral students capture
first place in the sixth annual Student Manufacturing Design Competition
at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
2000 Conference in Orlando. The design competition is sponsored
by the Manufacturing Engineering Division of ASME. Yong-Tai
Im's paper and presentation were titled "CAM Software
Development for Profiled-Edge Laminated Tooling: An Innovative
Rapid Tooling Approach for Dies and Molds." He will receive
a $1,000 award and a plaque. 1/29/01
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