Dr. Cliff Lissenden, Associate Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will present a paper titled “Integrated Structural Health Monitoring with Guided Waves from Piezoelectric Fibers.” The paper will be presented at the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems in Ellicott City, Maryland on October 28 - 30, 2008. To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.

Ambuj Sharma, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics, under the advising of Dr. Charles E. Bakis, is to present a paper at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), October 31 - November 6, 2008 in Boston, MA. To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.

Engineering Science seniors recently announced their Senior Research Design Capstone Projects for the 2008-09 academic year. The names of the students, their research titles, and their supervising faculty members follow below. The Senior Research Design Capstone Project is a graduation requirement for students enrolled in the Engineering Science major.

Selina Roman-White, a 7th grade student at the Indian Valley Middle School in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, along with her teammates, competed in the Future Problem Solving Program International (FPSPI) held on the Michigan State University campus summer 2008. Selina's team placed 2nd out of 68 teams internationally in the written booklet portion of the program and 4th in the skit portion of the program.

During a break in the competion, the students participated in a momento exchange including ESM memorabilia and Penn State Paterno masks, shown here.

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

David Klodowski, Kathryn Barber, Miranda Hitchcock, Hitesh Basantani, Brennan DeCesar, Rukan Shao, Minna Ranjeva, Adam Ostrich, Abdalla Nassar, Keith Stern, Paul Sauter, Arwen Kandt, Nghia Nguyen, Benjamin Russo, Scott Kozlowski, Sean Stokes, Justin Hammond, Michael Anderson, Stephen Koytek, Kevin Howorth, Matt Lanagan, Windsor Bisbee, Zackary Stratton, Matthew Verlinich, Scott Jacobs, Shane Lani, Timothy Byrne, Brendan Purcell, Jillian Woolridge, Benjamin Koch, Aimee Tu, Tristan Helms, Christopher Winter, Brian Bontempo, Michael Ulizio, Kevin Graves, Marc McNeill, Jessica Bogniak, Stanton Sollenberger, Nicholas Bugos, and Ravendra Nohar.

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

Daniel Ahmed, Graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, with advisory, Dr. Tony Huang, James Henderson Assistant Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanic, will be presenting a research paper on “Ultrafast Mixing” at the 2008 MicroTAS conference in San Diego, California on October 12 - 16, 2008. To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.