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March 31, 2003

 
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James Tien ’66, the Yamada Corporation Professor in the Departments of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems (DSES) and Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, has been elected vice president of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB). In this capacity, he serves as a member of the IEEE Board of Directors and Executive Committee. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society, with more than 380,000 members in over 150 countries.

The EAB develops educational programs to help ensure the technological literacy of pre-college students, provides accreditation services to colleges and universities in the United States, develops continuing-education products and services for technology professionals worldwide, and helps to educate the public about the engineering profession. Tien has held numerous leadership positions in the IEEE, including being on the board of directors as vice president of Publication Services and Products from 2001-2002. An IEEE Fellow, Tien has been a member of the IEEE since joining as a student in 1966. 3/31/03

Kevin Croxton ’05 has been selected to the 2002-03 Division I Men's Hockey All-Rookie Team. A freshman forward, Croxton led the Engineers in both goals (15) and points (30) and was second in assists (15). He also notched 17 penalties for 34 minutes in 39 games played. A native of Calgary, Alb., he ranked third among all-league rookies in scoring, third among all ECAC players in power
play goals, and sixth in game-winning goals. Croxton is the first freshman to lead Rensselaer in goals and points since Craig Hamelin tallied 21 goals and 40 points during the 1991-92 season. He is the fourth Rensselaer player to be named to the All-Rookie team in the past five years. 3/31/03

Nine Rensselaer student-athletes have been named to the 2002 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III National Academic Squad. Those recognized are Katie Baratta, Marie Grieco, Alison Haefele, Amanda Lund, Jessica Pearson, Elisa Prange, Bridget Rice, Patty Rodziewicz, and Sondra Sherman. This past season, Rensselaer posted a school record-tying 13 wins (13-7) and advanced to the finals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Mid-Atlantic Tournament. 3/31/03

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Tyler Hinman ’06 took first prize in his division in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament March 14-16 in Stamford, Conn. Hinman competed in the Division B category, which is for top contestants who haven’t won a Division A (the top grouping in the contest) or Division B prize in their past seven tournaments. The IT major, who solves an average of six crossword puzzles a day and constructed one of his own four years ago that was purchased by The New York Times, came in 20th overall out of 495 participants from around the world. 3/31/03

Vikram Agrawal ’02, founder and CEO of etransmedia Technologies Inc., has been named one of The Business Review’s “40 Under Forty” winners for 2003. For the past four years, the weekly business publication has recognized 40 local professionals under the age of 40 as the Capital Region’s future business leaders. etransmedia Technologies Inc., which has offices in Rensselaer’s Incubator Center and in Bangalore, India, won first prize in the sixth annual Rensselaer-Lucent Technologies Business Plan Competition in 2001. According to The Business Review, “[the winners] set the pace of the local business landscape now and into the future” and “each brings something special to the work they do and the community they live in.” Agrawal and his fellow honorees will be recognized at a luncheon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albany May 1. 3/24/03

 

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