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Engineering News
Message From the Dean
We are well into the new year and have many reasons to feel optimistic about the future. While we work hard to meet the demands of a new economic reality, progress in the College of Engineering continues. Our research funding in 2008-09 held firm at nearly $85 million and this fiscal year already looks strong.
New Device for Ultrafast Optical Communications
A new device invented by Professor Ben Yoo and his research group could make it much faster to convert pulses of light into electronic signals and back again. The technology could be applied to ultrafast, high-capacity communications, imaging of the Earth's surface and for encrypting secure messages.
NSF CAREER Award for Klaus van Benthem
Klaus van Benthem, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award totaling approximately $535,000 over five years.
Maria Ly Receives Chancellor’s Award for Diversity and Community
Biomedical engineering student Maria Ly '11 received a Chancellor's Award recently for her efforts to build community and champion diversity. Ly established a mentoring program for young women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.
Idriss Receives 2010 Ralph B. Peck Award
Izzat M. Idriss, professor emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received the 2010 Ralph B. Peck Award for contributions to the geotechnical engineering profession.
Engineering Building Named for Dean Emeritus Ghausi
Engineering III will be named Mohammed S. Ghausi Hall, honoring the distinguished service of the former dean who led the College of Engineering from 1983 to 1996.