Jinjie Shi, a doctorate candidate in engineering science and mechanics, has recently been awarded the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation award. The award provides funding and recognition to outstanding full-time doctoral students who have passed their comprehensive exams and have received approval of the dissertation topic in their final year. This award is considered to be among the most prestigious available to Penn State graduate students and recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship and professional accomplishment.

Daniel Ahmed of the Engineering Science and Mechanics Graduate Council has announced that ESM Today 2009 will be held on Saturday, February 14 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. The abstract submission date is February 2, 2009.

ESM Today started four years ago with the intention to provide a common platform for the students of our department to share/show-case their research work to their fellow graduate students. With the kind cooperation of faculty members, ESM Today has been a tremendous success over the past few years.