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E/WEEK
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News about
The University of Iowa College of Engineering
Week of May 19, 2013

E/WEEK College Staff:
Editor: Wendy Brentner, director of alumni relations and communications
Contributing Writer: Gary Galluzzo, UI News Services
Technical Consultant: Susan Beckett, director, Desktop Services
College Web Site: www.engineering.uiowa.edu

IN THIS EDITION:

1. Engineering Graduates Recognized at Commencement
2. Stern Appointed George D. Ashton Professor of Hydroscience & Engineering
3. Iowa NSF EPSCoR Student Poster Competition Deadline is May 31
4. Ozbolat and Yu Receive Best Paper Award
5. Learn LinkedIn from an Expert on June 4
6. Events for the Coming Weeks
7. About E/Week
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1. Engineering Graduates Honored at Commencement

College of Engineering commencement ceremonies were held May 18 at the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. Gary F. Seamans (BSEE 1971), Chairman and CEO, IDx, LLC, gave the charge to the graduates. Elizabeth Risius gave the graduating senior address. Thomas Rocklin, Vice President for Student Life conferred 233 degrees.

Cyril Ayangbile of the Engineering Student Council presented the graduating senior award, chosen through nomination by the senior class, to Caitlin Andersen.

Candidates graduating with highest distinction were Brianna Knoll, Zihan Zhu, Tyler Bedhun, Anna Flessner, Mark Gansen, Ethan Gingerich, Dustin Greif, Hudson Francis, Kristen Spurrier, and Joseph Tank. Graduating with highest distinction requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.85 or higher.

Graduating with high distinction were Brittany Woodin, Scott Shields, Nicole Larson, Cami Kieler, Jacob Skinner, Drew Hannah, Albert Depman, Kelsey Kaufman, and David Svac. Graduating with high distinction requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 – 3.84

Graduating with distinction were Natalia Cardona, Kevin Dibbinn, Tim Gascho, Michael Hector, Braden Jensen, Matthew Gosse, Xin Qi, Mohammed Azmeh, Melanie Knusil, Hannah Taylor, Danielle Wright, Alex Jessee, Brian Kass, Brian Wigg, and Christopher Bauer. . Graduating with distinction requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.65 – 3.74/4.0.

Students graduating with honors were Natalie Cardona, Tatiana Correa, Haniya Khalid, Jonathan Bachman, Matthew Grosse, Xin Qi, Haowen Xu, Chenxuan Cui, Hannah Taylor, Hudson Francis, and Kory Nelson. . Graduating with honors requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.33 or above, and completion of an honors project under the supervision of a faculty member.

Four candidates graduated with second major:
Eden Englert (BSE biomedical engineering and BA computer science)
Thomas Kasang (BSE civil engineering and BA Russian)
Matt Vonderhaar (BSE electrical engineering and Bachelor of Business, Finance)
Carl Christiansen (BSE mechanical engineering) and BA political science)

One-hundred-nine candidates graduated with a minor: mathematics (57);
business administration (24); computer science (19); chemistry (11); Psychology (4); Spanish (7); business (1); cinema (1); dance (1); economics (1); environmental sciences (1); French (1); German (1); Latin (1); music (1); and physics (1). Of these, twenty-three graduated with a double minor.

Brett Zimmerman earned a Technological Entrepreneurship Certificate.
Samantha Westerhof and Nicole Larson earned a Sustainability Certificate.

Thirty-two candidates received M.S. degrees from the Graduate College:
biomedical engineering (7); chemical and biochemical engineering (1); civil and environmental engineering (9); electrical and computer engineering (5); industrial engineering (3) and mechanical engineering (7).

Seventeen candidates received Ph.D. degrees from the Graduate College.
Biomedical engineering: Laofamg Du; Jacob Elkinis; Vijay Govindarajan; and Paul Jermihov.
Chemical and biochemical engineering: Brian Dillman, Amir Mohammad Farn; and Bradley Forney.
Civil and environmental engineering: Seyed Mohammad Hajimirzaie; Aditsuda Jamroensan; Caylyn Lanzl, and Shen Qu;
Electrical and computer engineering: Richard Downe and Sharada Jha.
Industrial Engineering: Seyed Mohammad S. Mirghorbani.
Mechanical engineering: Pengfei Du; Akira Hanaoka; and Thad Michael.

The following faculty were recognized by seniors in their discipline for
Nicole Grosland, professor of biomedical engineering; Charlie Stanier, associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering; James Stoner, professor or civil and environmental engineering; Anton Kruger, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering; Pavlo Krokhmal, association professor of industrial engineering and Justin Garvin, lecturer, mechanical engineering.

2. Stern Appointed George D. Ashton Professor of Hydroscience & Engineering

Dr. Fred Stern had been appointed the George D. Ashton Professor of Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa, effective July 1, 2013. Dr. Stern has a world renowned reputation for his teaching and research work in computational and experimental fluid dynamics and ship hydrodynamics.

Dr. Stern, who also is professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and faculty research engineer at IIHR- Hydroscience & Engineering, employs computer modeling and on-the-water testing in IIHR's state-of-the-art Hydraulic Wave Basin Facility to create software codes that analyze the flow of water around hulls of ships. He was recently named the 2012-13 Georg P. Weinblum Memorial Lecturer. The lecture series is sponsored in Germany by the Institut fur Schiffbau of the University of Hamburg, and in the United States by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, along with the Naval Studies Board of the National Research Council.

Dr. Stern received a BSE degree (summa cum laude) in 1975, MSE degree in 1977, and a doctorate in 1980, all in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan. He joined the University of Iowa in 1983 after the retirement of Dr. Louis Landweber, professor of mechanical engineering and research engineer at IIHR, former head of the David Taylor Model Basin, Naval Surface Warfare Center; a member of the National Academy of Engineering; and one of the founding fathers of ship hydrodynamics. As a young researcher, Dr. Stern trained at SAIC, Inc., Annapolis, MD, where he developed strong ties with Dr. William Morgan, another UI Engineering alumnus and director of the David Taylor Model Basin.

Engineering alumnus Dr. George D. Ashton is an international expert on the study of ice jams, ice control, flooding, snow drifting, snow loads, and river ice. Now a resident of New Hampshire, Dr. Ashton was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1939, received a BSCE degree in civil engineering from the University of Iowa in 1961 an MSCE in civil engineering from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona in 1963, and a PhD in mechanics and hydraulics from the University of Iowa, in 1971. From 1962 to 1964 he was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. From 1964 to 1967 he worked as a Structural Engineer for Bechtel Co. in San Francisco. After earning his PhD, he joined the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire and held various research and management positions with his research concentrating on river ice processes and problems. From 1990 to 1998, he was Chief Research and Engineering Directorate. He retired in 1998 and now works as a private consultant in Lebanon, New Hampshire, dealing primarily with river ice problems. Dr. Ashton has received the Straub Medal from the University of Minnesota, the Hilgard prize from ASCE, the Stevens Award from ASCE and most recently the 2002 Ice Research and Engineering Award by the International Association for Hydraulic Research. He is the author of numerous papers and book chapters dealing with ice problems. He was Editor of the Journal of Cold Regions Science and Technology from 1995 to 2006.

3. Iowa NSF EPSCoR Student Poster Competition Deadline is May 31

A research-focused student poster competition will be held at the annual Iowa EPSCoR Annual All-Hands Meeting at the University of Northern Iowa on July 23, 2013. The competition provides an opportunity for students to showcase their current or completed research and earn a cash prize.
Students currently enrolled or affiliated with any Iowa high school, community college, college or university are eligible to participate in the Iowa NSF EPSCoR Poster Competition. Students with research that focuses on energy or STEM-related fields are strongly encouraged to apply.
All submissions will be shown at the Iowa NSF EPSCoR Annual All-Hands meeting. However only the top 40, as determined by a pre-competition of the abstracts, will be judged. Attendance and staffing of all posters is required.
All abstracts must be submitted online by May 31, 2013 for consideration. Preference is given to posters not previously shown. Judging will be based on poster design and presentation, effective communication of research, and how the research impacts or has the potential to impact the goals of Iowa NSF EPSCoR.
June 21 – Notification sent to Top 40 winners. Even if your poster is not selected you may still show the poster at the meeting.
July 8 -- Complete the annual meeting preregistration
July 23 -- EPSCoR Annual All-Hands Meeting at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
For More Information contact Robert Mills, Iowa NSF EPSCoR, rmills@iastate.edu
515-294-4459

4. Ozbolat and Yu Receive Best Paper Award

Ibrahim Ozbolat, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and co-director of the new Advanced Manufacturing Technology Group at the Center for Computer-Aided Design, and biomedical engineering doctoral student Yin Yu, who received the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference Manufacturing and Design Track Best Paper Award at the Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference and Expo 2013 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The announcement also is available at http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/ozbolat-yu-receive-best-paper-award-iie-conference-expo.

5. Learn LinkedIn from an Expert on June 4

LinkedIn: there’s no doubt it’s the social media choice for building professional relationships. With 225M+ members, LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network helping people find and share opportunities every day.

John Hill, the LinkedIn evangelist for higher education will be on The University of Iowa campus, June 4, 2013, to demonstrate the networking power of LinkedIn.

Two seminars will be offered:
Alumni Relations and LinkedIn 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
John will demonstrate LinkedIn’s alumni tools to locate alumni, document their success, connect with their companies, and build a powerful network that builds on the UI brand and increases their engagement with The University of Iowa.

Career Services: How LinkedIn Can Help Career Services Professionals and Your Students 2-3:30 p.m.
John will share how to build and enhance your own professional brand; enhance the brand and services of your career center; attract more organizations to recruit your students and alumni and find answers to questions and share resources with colleagues.

Seats are limited and are available on a first-come-first served basis.

To register, go to https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cCubtkMGhtc4Nxj

For more information, contact Wendy Brentner 319/335-5340
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6. Events for the Coming Weeks

May 27 – University Holiday
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