Chandan Kumar (Ph.D., ESMCH) has been awarded a University Graduate Fellowship for 2007-08. University Graduate Fellowships support graduate students of the highest caliber whose goals are to develop and contribute to scholarship and creative accomplishments.

Mr. Kumar is conducting doctoral research under the supervision of Professor Lawrence Friedman.

Mr. Kumar is one of only five engineering graduate students to receive a University Graduate Fellowship for 2007-08. We congratulate him on his outstanding success.

The Student Society of Engineering Science recently elected their 2007-08 officers. The officers are:

SES President - Dana Scott
Undergraduate Council President - Abdalla Nassar
Vice President - Bobby Parchuri
Secretary - Nghia (Dai) Nguyen
Treasurer - Stacey Pagliocca
Social Chair - Aaron Todd (1st semester) & Brittany Hedrick (2nd semester)

Congratulations to the new officers! We look forward to working with you next year!

Mr. Alan Berger, engineering science senior had the opportunity to serve as a symposium assistant at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting held April 9-13, 2007, in San Francisco, California. As a symposium assistant, Mr. Berger provided technical support for presenters as well as interacted with them throughout the symposium. Mr. Berger participated in the MRS Spring meeting with his faculty research advisor Dr. S. Ashok, Professor of Engineering Science.

Congratulations to Mr. Alan Berger who will represent the engineering science class of spring 2007 as the engineering science student marshal. Mr. Berger is completing concurrent degrees in both engineering science and physics. He is also completing a minor in mathematics.

Mr. Berger has chosen Christine Masters, assistant professor of engineering science to be his faculty escort.

Congratulations to Engineering Science senior Luke Breon for his recent success in the Penn State Undergraduate Research Exhibition held April 4, 2007, on the University Park campus. Mr. Breon's poster titled "Guided-Wave Tomographic Imaging of Wall Thinning in Pipes" placed first in the engineering category. Mr. Breon is conducting his senior capstone and design research project under the guidance of Joseph L. Rose, Paul Morrow Professor, and the Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Evaluation Laboratory.

John Waldeisen, Engineering Science senior, has been awarded a John W. White Graduate Fellowship by the Senate Committee on Student Life.

Instituted at Penn State in honor of former University pastor John W. White, the $1,000 fellowship was established to aid graduating seniors who are planning further study.

The award winners are selected through interviews conducted by the University Faculty Committee on Student Life, are seniors who have completed four years of undergraduate study at Penn State and are graduating with highest distinction.

Mr. Waldeisen will be recognized for his outstanding achievement at the next meeting of the University Faculty Senate which will be held on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at 112 Kern Graduate Building beginning at 1:30 PM.

Congratulations to John on his outstanding success.

Engineering Science undergraduate Jesse A. Rodgers has been selected for a summer 2007 internship in China. He will be involved with applied research at the China University of Mining and Technology in Beijing China.

Mr. Rodgers has also been selected to participate in the German Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS7) Study Abroad program in Germany this fall semester. The program runs for ten months and is comprised of three phases including an orientation, language study, and a semester at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. At the conclusion of the semester, Mr. Rodgers will participating in an internship with a German company for roughly four months.

We congratulate Mr. Rodgers on his outstanding achievement and wish him the best of success in his new endeavors.

Spring cleaning was done this last week as engineering science and mechanics students worked in conjunction with Penn State's Office of Physical Plant to paint the hallway outside of the department's laboratories in the Research West Building. Thanks to engineering science and mechanics senior research technologist Ardell Hosterman for coordinating the activities and photographing our paint bespeckled crew that included Brittany Hedrick, Dustin Bauknight, Nathan Simmons, Matthew Verlinich, Brian Bontempo, Ngia Nguyen, John Mulry, and Jeffrey Witmer.

The Research West Building houses the Center for Innovative Sintered Products, the Composites Laboratory and the Center for Multi-Scale Waver Materials.