contents

VUSE Team Takes Nuclear Remediation Expertise Around the World
Working to correct and contain environmental damage of the Cold War

Dilts Comfortable Straddling Two Different Worlds
Director of the Management of Technology program connects engineering and business disciplines

Vanderbilt Partners with Air Force's
Arnold Engineering Development Center

campus news
Lott and Thackston Say Their Formal Goodbyes I Vanderbilt Launches Online Research Exploration I Now Showing on the Web... I DOE Reappoints Parker to Board

VUSE Breaks Ground for State-of-the-Art Building

Construction Progress Report: Full Speed Ahead

student news
Navy Helped Scholarship Recipient Set the Right Course I Goldberg Participants Try to Make the Simple Look Difficult I Stewart Stands Out Both in the Classroom and on the Field I Vanderbilt NSBE Chapter Shines in Regional Competition I Sophomore Has the Answers on National T.V. I SAT Scores for Incoming Freshmen Rise Significantly

Williams Builds Community as
New Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Handle with Care: Students Compete to Avoid Scrambled Cargo

Racer Answers the Call of His Family's Need for Speed

faculty news
Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards for Research

Retired Professor Deepens Legacy with Scholarship
Bruce Bayer Offers Aid for New Generations of Engineers

Faculty Notes

alumni news
Building on a Foundation of Leadership
Members of the VUSE community celebrate the people and deeds of the School at the annual Leadership Dinner
Distinguished Alumnus Monroe J. Carell at a glance

Dorris Brings Lifelong Love of Vanderbilt Engineering
to His Work as Futaba President

Alumni Use Engineering Backgrounds and M.B.A.s to
Move to the Front Lines of the New Economy

Reunion Approaching: June 1-2

VUSE research section
Identifying Even the Most Subtle Cries for Help
Working to save lives through more sophisticated listening

Researchers Offer Reality Checks for Critical Systems
Developing better methods to predict performance,
safety and reliability

Building Better Audio Beacons
Developing systems to help the blind navigate busy intersections

Vanderbilt Mechanical Engineers
Pump Up the Volume
Drawing from the power of sound to move matter

Paving the Way to Smarter Streets
Designing intelligent transportation systems
for traffic safety and efficiency

Students Spend Their Summers Conducting Research

departments
Career Corner
Students Find Just the Right Fit at Dell

From the Dean
The Ranking of Engineering Schools

EAC On...
Strengthening Ties Between Students and Alumni

Volume 42,
Number 1, 2001

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Engineering News, the newsletter of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, is published in cooperation with the Office of Alumni Publications for alumni, parents of current students, faculty and other friends of the School of Engineering.

Please send news items and changes of address to:
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Class Notes are published only in the print edition of Engineering News.

Editor:
        Gene Cook
Editorial Assistant:
        Nelson Bryan
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        Arlene Samowich
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        Gene Cook
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        Bob Brown
        Linda Carter
        Gene Cook
        Vivian Cooper-Capps
        Peggy Culp
        Kenneth F. Galloway
        Lew Harris
        Jessica Hathaway
        Art Overholser
        David F. Salisbury
        Anthony J. Spence
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        Neil Brake
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Dean:
        Kenneth F. Galloway
Associate Dean:
        Art Overholser
Administrative Officer and Coordinator of Business and Industry Outreach:
        Katy Brandt
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        Linda Carter
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        Vivian Cooper-Capps

Executive Director for Alumni Communications and Publications:
        Anthony J. Spence