Volume 5, Number 4, January, 2009
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Learning the Design Process. Your freshmen students were in a team poster competition last December 10th as a wrap up to a segment of their Engineering Discovery 1 course. During fall semester, students in the Engineering Graphics & Design class, taught by Dr. Hyunjae Park, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, were busy making virtual computer models of the machinery located in the current Discovery Learning Center (DLC) shop.
First they measured the machinery in detail, with each student responsible for creating a virtual copy of a component of a machine. Then the members of each team “assembled” the components on computer to make the models. The winning models will now be included in a model of the entire DLC shop, which will be used in designing and promoting the proposed new building.
Designing Clausing Mill Machine was the winning poster by the team “As a Whole,” with team members as follows (each design team selected Captains, Lieutenants and Infantry Members):
Captains: Matt Plank, Natanael Ramos and Manny Villa
Lieutenants: Matt Brennan, Dustin Bodine and William Gross
Infantry: Kerry McBride, Ian Tannehill, Luyang Gao, Zak Okray, Jack Sweany, Roy Tellier, Nick Kruzel and Nestor Valconi
From hand sketching to component modeling to assembly modeling, all of the students were exposed to real world challenges, team building, and expertise in design.
Lead Picture: Presenting a team's design work.
Graphic Design Competition Poster
OPUS Dean Jaskolski viewing students' posters
Celebrate Valentine's Day with Your Fellow Alumni.
St. John’s wears RED
Marquette wears BLUE
Spend Valentine’s Day with US
As we cheer on MU!
The College of Engineering Alumni Association (COEAA) invites you to the Marquette vs. St. John’s game on Valentine’s Day - Saturday, February 14, 2009 - for its annual Auction & Basketball Game event. Join us for an opportunity to meet, greet, and outbid fellow alumni, with auction proceeds benefiting the College of Engineering Endowed Scholarship Fund.
Afterwards, cheer on the Golden Eagles as they take on the St. John’s Red Storm. Let’s show St. John’s that “We Are Marquette!” Tickets are limited. Click here for complete details and online registration, please visit or call 414-288-8440.
College of Engineering in the Headlines. Whether it’s bacteria and microbes converted to energy featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel or a biodiesel analyzer that’s been recognized as a top product in 2008 by R&D Magazine, your College of Engineering is in the news. For the full stories, click here and visit “Media Coverage of the College of Engineering” below the “What Others are Saying” headline.
Deadline Extended - Still Time to Nominate a Luminary! As Marquette College of Engineering marks its Centennial Year (1908-2008) we wish to uniquely honor our distinguished alumni, the leading lights who transform technology, industry, education and everyday life through advances, and through service and leadership.
We invite you to nominate Luminaries of Marquette Engineering
Eligibility
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Marquette alumni – living or deceased
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Innovators and achievers in the field of engineering, technology and industry
A committee comprised of Marquette University faculty and administrators will select final candidates, and the naming of the Luminaries of Marquette Engineering will be recognized in the Fall of 2009 as we enter the next 100 years of the College of Engineering at Marquette University.
Please click here for an online nomination form or call 1-800-344-7544 to nominate a Marquette Engineering Luminary by March 1, 2009.
Promoting S.T.E.M. Marquette Engineering Outreach will offer 15 engineering academies for its winter/spring schedule, commencing with “Engineering is a Family Affair” on January 17th. Five new academies will be offered: “ENERGY,” “Electrical Engineering – A SHOCKING EXPERIENCE, “Mechanical Engineering – CATAPULTS,” “The Physics of CARS,” and “Civil Engineering – TRUSSES, BRIDGES, & TOWERS.”
Some of the most popular academies from past years will also be offered: “Engineering for Young Minds,” “Engineering for Young Women,” “Engineering…It’s a Girls Thing,” as well as beginning and advanced programs in robotics engineering with the Mindstorms RCX and NXT.
For a complete list of the engineering academy offerings, please click here. The mission of the Engineering Outreach Program is to enhance the S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) skills of the children and adults in the M7 (economic development) region, and better prepare them for the challenges of competing in a global economy driven by innovation. For more information, please call 414/288-6720 or email.
Two young engineers program their robot during the
"Robotics Engineering" academy held at MU during Thanksgiving vacation
The Next Generation. The January 2009 issue of The Milwaukee Magazine features Dr. John LaDisa, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, as one of the “smart, creative people under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the city.”
Dr. LaDisa studies the cardiovascular system and his research has led to the creation of tools such as a newly designed stent to restore blood flow and help remedy heart defects. His laboratory is looking at changes in blood flow through the cardiovascular system and how that relates to disease. The results could affect knowledge of diabetes, stroke, heart disease and other diseases. Dr. LaDisa also has three medical patents pending.
News From China. Dr. Michael Johnson, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, reports that he was a featured speaker at the ShARE World Seminar which was held jointly at Tsinghua University, where he currently is a “Senior Visiting Professor,” and Beijing University.
ShARE is a multicultural, non-profit, student organization which strives to better understand the complexities of local socio-economic issues. Created in Shanghai in 2002, members gather regularly to discuss the economy in Asia and Europe.
Dr. Johnson is on sabbatical in China this academic year and we’re hoping to hear more from him about his teaching and scholarly experiences there.
Dr. Michael Johnson (front row center) with ShARE World Seminar colleagues
A Loss in Our Family . Your College has been notified that Dr. Louis Cartz, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, passed away on December 23, 2008. His funeral took place on December 26th in the village of Saint Priest Taurion, France, where he and his wife were residing.
Dr. Cartz was a long-time faculty member at Marquette in the area of Materials Science before retiring in June 1996. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Collaborating on Energy Research. Representatives from industry and from three Milwaukee academic institutions met here on campus on December 8th to begin defining potential collaborative research programs in the field of energy. OPUS Dean Stan Jaskolski; Dr. Hermann Viets, President of MSOE, and Dr. Michael Lovell, Dean of the College of Engineering & Applied Science at UW Milwaukee, hosted the meeting.
Leading the meeting, including four breakout sessions, Stan explains that it is hoped that this initiative will result in a proposal to the Department of Energy for seed funding for four to seven collaborative research projects. This is an effort to integrate the M7 (The Milwaukee 7, launched in September 2005, was formed to create a regional, cooperative economic development platform for the seven counties of southeastern Wisconsin: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha and Washington) area industries and academic institutions; to initiate pre-competitive and sustainable research in areas of energy that attracts long term growth in funding; to ultimately develop the Milwaukee area as a center for leading edge research in energy; and to enhance the standard of living in the M7 region.
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