Dan
Fleetwood, Chair of the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was honored as a
Distinguished Alumnus of the Purdue University College of
Science on April 6. In announcing Fleetwood's selection, Purdue
noted his electronics inventions and highly influential research
throughout his career. Fleetwood, who earned his bachelor's,
master's and doctoral degrees from Purdue, joined the Vanderbilt
engineering faculty in 1999.Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Greg
Walker has been named the recipient of a
Young Faculty Award (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA), the primary research and development
agency for the Department of Defense. Walker is one of only 24
promising researchers who have been recognized with an award by
the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), the division of DARPA
that emphasizes technology development in electronics, MEMS,
photonics, nano, architecture, and algorithms. The program is
designed to promote innovative ideas from tomorrow's research
leaders.
Dean of Engineering
Kenneth F. Galloway
chaired the American Society for Engineering Education's Public
Policy Colloquium, held Feb. 27-28 at the National Academy of
Engineering in Washington, D.C. The colloquium titled,
"Engineering Colleges: Critical for America's Future," explored
the role engineering must play to ensure a secure, stable future
for the nation. Featured speakers included Dr. Bill Wulf,
President of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Arden
Bement, Director of the National Science Foundation, and
Congressman Bart Gordon (D - TN), Chair of the House Science
Committee.
Edward
L. Thackston, Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Emeritus, was appointed to the
National Academies Committee on the Mississippi River and the
Clean Water Act. The Committee will study the effect of
implementation of the Clean Water Act along the 10-state
Mississippi River corridor. The National Academies advises the
U.S. government on science, engineering and medicine.
Sanjiv B. Gokhale,
professor of the practice in civil engineering, was given a
Distinguished Faculty Award by the Vanderbilt Department of
Student Athletics during the Jan. 27 basketball game against Ole
Miss.
Associate Professor of Computer
Science
Doug Fisher received the
2006 Chancellor’s Cup on Oct. 18 for his or her extraordinary
contributions outside of the classroom to foster relationships
between undergraduate students and faculty. The Chancellor’s Cup
is bestowed annually during homecoming week in a surprise
ceremony.
School of Engineering Senior Associate Dean
K. Arthur Overholser
received the Thomas Jefferson Award during the Vanderbilt Fall
Faculty Assembly on Aug. 24. Overholser, professor of biomedical
and chemical engineering, was given award "for distinguished
service to Vanderbilt through extraordinary contributions as a
member of the faculty in the councils and government of the
university," according to the inscription on the goblet
presented to him.
During the
Fall Assembly, three engineering professors received
Chancellor’s Research Awards. They were:
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G. Kane Jennings, associate professor of chemical engineering,
for his article “pH-Responsive Copolymer Films by
Surface-Catalyzed Growth,” published in the Journal of the
American Chemical Society.
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Duco Jansen, associate professor of biomedical engineering
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Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, associate professor of biomedical
engineering, for their paper “Optical Stimulation of Neural
Tissue In Vivo,” published in Optics Letters.
Karl
B. Schnelle Jr.,
professor of chemical and environmental engineering, received
the 2006 Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award in
recognition of inspirational teaching at the annual meeting of
the Air and Waste Management Association in New Orleans.
Dean
Kenneth F. Galloway has been elected to a
second two-year term on the Executive Board of the American
Society for Engineering Education's Engineering Deans Council.
He served on the EDC Board from 2003 - 2005 and is also chair of
the EDC Public Policy Committee.
Sankaran Mahadevan,
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor
of Mechanical Engineering, received the 2006 Joe B. Wyatt
Distinguished University Professor Award for his work on risk
and reliability engineering. He was presented the award by
Chancellor Gordon Gee during the Spring Faculty Assembly.
David S. Kosson, professor
of civil and environmental engineering and chair of the
department, will receive the first School of Engineering Medal
of Excellence for Alumni Achievement in Academia from Rutgers,
the State University of New Jersey. According to Rutgers Dean of
Engineering Michael T. Klein, Kosson was selected for the award
for his "widely recognized research and extensive scholarly
publications." Kosson will accept the award in a ceremony at
Rutgers on May 17.
Sanjiv Gokhale, associate professor of the practice of
civil and environmental engineering, received the the 2006 North
American Society for Trenchless Technology 15th Anniversary
Industry Achievement Award to recognize his contributions to the
development and support of "trenchless technology" during the
past 15 years.
He accepted the award at the NASTT annual meeting held March 28
at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Trenchless
technology refers to techniques used to install, replace and
repair utility lines with minimum excavation from the ground
surface.
L. Roy Xu, assistant professor of civil and environmental
engineering, co-authored an article that became one of the top
five most-frequently downloaded articles in the 2005 Journal of
Composite Materials. The article, "Mechanical Property
Characterization of a Polymeric Nanocomposite Reinforced by
Graphitic Nanofibers with Reactive Linkers," was co-authored by
Vikram Bhamidipati, Wei-Hong Zhong, Jiang Li, Charles M.
Lukehart (Vanderbilt University), Edgar Lara-Curzio, Kenneth C.
Liu, and Michael J. Lance (Oak Ridge National Laboratory).
