Cliff Lissenden
Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
3:35pm - 4:25pm
114 EES Building

Jayant Kumar
Department of Physics & Applied Physics
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Wednesday, April 20, 2011
3:35pm - 4:25pm
114 EES Building

Sylvia Ranjeva, ESM junior and Schreyer scholar has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

Sylvia's commitment to Global Health has taken her to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where she shadowed an orthopedic surgeon at the CURE pediatric orthopedic hospital for several weeks in summer, 2009. Sylvia serves as Vice President of the Penn State Chapter of GlobeMed and Chaired the 4th Annual Penn State Global Health Conference in 2011.

For the last two years, Sylvia has conducted research with Dr. Stephen Schiff in the Center for Neural Engineering. She is co-author of the paper “Association of Bacteria with Hydrocephalus in Ugandan Infants”, authored by Li L, Padhi A, Ranjeva SL, Donaldson SC, Warf BC, Magamba J, Johnson D, Opio Z, Jayarao B, Kapur V, Poss M, Schiff SJ, and published as the featured cover article in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, January 2011.

Sylvia is a member of the Women in Engineering Program, Sigma Kappa Sorority (as Activities and Philanthropy Chairs and THON Family Action Team member), Center Volunteers in Medicine, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Center County. Fluent in French, she has also spent time as a medical volunteer at an orphanage in Madagascar. ESM Congratulates Sylvia Ranjeva!

Amber Black, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechancis, has been awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her research on Laser-Sustained Plasma Induced Nucleation and Growth Processes. Amber is conducting her research with Judy Todd and Steve Copley in the Center for Multiscale Wave-Materials Interactions. Amber is the second NSF Graduate Fellow in the group. Abdalla Nassar received a NSF Graduate Fellowship in 2009. Congratulations Amber!

Al Segall, Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is to travel to Cranfield University in the United Kingdom on April 16 to attend and present at the Gun Tubes 2011 conference. This conference is aimed at defense engineers, metallurgists, scientists and designers, academics, procurement workers, serving officers, specialists and planners. The conference will cover experimental methods, modeling and design (including cost-benefit) work in the Mechanics and Materials aspects of gun tube design. To learn more, please visit their web site.

Shantanu Chakrabartty
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michigan State University

Wednesday, April 13, 2011
3:35pm - 4:25pm
114 EES Building

Sz-Chin Lin, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has received a Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award. This prestigious award carries an honorarium of $1,000. Sz-Chin will be recognized on Materials Day 2011. Congratulations!

Dr. Sulin Zhang, Assistant Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has received a Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award. This prestigious award carries an honorarium of $1,000. Sulin will be recognized on Materials Day 2011. Congratulations!

Yonggang Huang
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
3:35pm - 4:25pm
114 EES Building

Dr. Christine Masters, Associate Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, was nominated by first year students whom she made a positive impact, transitioning them from high school to their college careers. The students feel that Dr. Masters has served them in a greater capacity outside of the classroom by being a mentor and a support system. First year students were asked to reflect on classes and interactions with faculty and they identified Chris as instrumental to their success during their first year.

Dr. Patrick Lenahan, Distinguished Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will be attending the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEEE) International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) on April 9 – 15 in Monterey, California. To learn more about the conference, please visit their web site.