Dr. Judith A. Todd, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department Head has announced the winners of the 3rd Annual ESM Today Graduate Research Symposium. ESM Today is a showcase for the research done by the graduate students of the Engineering Science and Mechanics department. <View photos from this event>

The 2007 winners are as noted below.

GRAND-PRIZE WINNER:
Matt Kelly "Quantitative Structural Analysis of Thermal Barrier Coating Produced by Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition with Relations to Processing Parameters".

PRESENTATIONS
Joint First-Prize Winners:
Jonathan Pitt "A Dynamic Parallel Finite-Element Implementation of a Linear Thermo-Elastic Material with Damage",
and
Yun Zhu "Aircraft Ice Detection and Deicing with Ultrasonic Guided Waves".

Third-Prize Winner:
Luke Breon "Tomographic Imaging of Wall Thinning in Pipes".

POSTERS
First-Prize Winner:
Matt Kropf "Ultrasonic Magnetostrictive Transducers for Guided Ultrasonic Waves".

Joint Second-Prize Winners:
Nick Chernyy "Prototype for Low-Frequency, Sub-Threshold Neural Stimulation and Recording",
and
Guneet Sethi "Development of Structure-Property Relationships in Amorphous Zirconia Thin Films for High Energy Density Capacitors".

ESM Today is organized by the ESM Graduate Student Council. Special thanks are given to this year's organizers:

Jonathan Pitt : President
Jason Van Velsor : Vice-President
Matt Guers : Secretary
Eric Hauck : Treasurer

Dr. Judith A. Todd, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department Head, is pleased to announce that fifty-four Engineering Science students achieved Dean's List status for fall semester 2006. Congratulations to the following students:

Daniel Ahmed, Michael Anderson, Hitesh Basantani, Dustin Bauknight, Alan Berger, Brian Bontempo, Luke Breon, Shaun Campbell, Elise Corbin, Carolyn Denomme, Mukul Dixit, David Engels, Nicholas Fieldhouse, Matthew Frank, Kevin Graves, Michael Hayward, Brittany Hedrick, Miranda Hitchcock, Cory Hixson, Matthew Hollander, Kevin Howorth, Scott Jacobs, Eli Katz, Sarah Klinetob, Scott Kozlowski, Lydia Krefta, Kevin Lawler, Shane Lani, Wei Luo, Louis Mangino, Marc McNeill, Brandon Montemuro, Abdalla Nassar, Ruth O’Hehir, Chad Ostrowski, Stacy Pagliocca, Bobby Parchuri, Brendan Purcell, Nicholas Pytel, Jesse Rodgers, Benjamin Russo, Katelyn Smith, Sally Smith, Stanton Sollenberger, James Strand, Zackary Stratton, Aaron Todd, Aimee Tu, Jacqueline Van Pelt, Matthew Verlinich, John Waldeisen, Thomas Walker, Daniel Weaver, and Christopher Winter.

The ESM Department is very pleased to have you honor our department with your outstanding academic achievement.