Fall/Winter 2008
Welcome Note
I
continue to delight in the accomplishments and outstanding efforts of our
faculty, students and staff. I hope you will enjoy reading about the many events
and innovations that are enhancing Stony Brook University’s remarkable College
of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Yacov Shamash,
Dean
News and Announcements
College Receives $500,000 Endowment for Excellence:
Long Island business leader and philanthropist, Dr. Leo Guthart has
endowed our College with $500,000 to form the Leo Guthart Endowed Fund for
Excellence in Engineering and Applied Sciences...
New PhD Program in the Dept. of Technology and Society: Our Department of Technology and Society has established a new Ph.D. program in Technology, Policy, and Innovation (TPI). The inclusion of educational technology and education in engineering and applied sciences among the research areas makes our Stony Brook University program unique...
CME Receives ABET Accreditation: Our program in Chemical and Molecular Engineering has recently received accreditation retroactive to the Fall 2006 semester from the Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). This program graduated seven students in 2008 and has grown from only two students in 2005 to enrolling forty students this fall...
Events
CEWIT 2008 Conference on Wireless and Information Technologies:
On October 16th, 2008 our Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information
Technology (CEWIT), held its Fifth Annual Conference on Cutting Edge
Wireless and Information Technology. The goal of the conference was to
explore new technologies for wireless applications and also to give CEWIT’s
many partners and sponsors...
Advanced Energy Conference: Solutions to a Global Crisis: Our Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center celebrated its second year of operation with a two day conference held on November 19th and 20th, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Windwatch Hotel in Hauppauge...
Faculty/Staff Awards and Accomplishments
CME Faculty Member Wins NSF Grant to Establish the Center for
BioEnergy: Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of our
program in Chemical and Molecular Engineering, Dr. Devinder Mahajan
has been appointed as the site Director of a new Center for BioEnergy
Research and Development (CBRD). This center has been established through a
grant from the National Science Foundation which...
MEC Professor Wins Prestigious Frocht Award:
Department Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Fupen
Chiang, was selected to receive the 2009 Frocht Award. This award honors
the Experimental Mechanics Educator of the Year and also recognizes the
students that Dr. Chiang has produced over the years who are pursuing the
art of experimental mechanics...
CSE Professor Wins IBM Faculty Award:
Dr. Erez Zadok of our Computer Science Department was awarded, for the
second time, the IBM Faculty Award 2008-2009. This international competition
honors faculty who foster collaboration with...
BME Professor Named NYSTAR Distinguished Professor:
Dr. Yi-Xian Qin of our Department of Biomedical Engineering was named as one
of seven New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR),
announced that Yi-Xian Qin, Director...
MEC Faculty Members Honored:
Dr. Imin Kao, Associate Dean of our College and Professor of Mechanical
Engineering was recognized for his Presidential Mini-Grant in Innovative
Teaching Project at the University Awards Dinner on October 14th, 2008...
...Dr. Jon Longtin, also of our Department of Mechanical Engineering
was honored at the University’s Faculty Achievement Dinner for his R&D 100
Award from R&D Magazine for his work on Direct Write Thermal Spray...
CEAS Professors Mentor Winning Students in Siemens Competition:
Dr. Miriam Rafailovich of Materials Science has mentored an outstanding
twenty-five regional finalists and semi-finalists in this year’s Siemens
Competition, one of the top nationwide competitions for high school
researchers...
Student Achievements
CEAS Continuing Scholarship Winners: Congratulations to the following CEAS students who have won continuing scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. Recipients of these scholarships must demonstrate exceptional academic achievement as well as demonstrate innovative research, dedicated community service...
SBU Motorsports Wins Again!:
Adding to an impressive record of national and international successes, our
Motorsports team took 2nd place out of a field of 120 collegiate teams at
the 2008 Baja SAE International Design competition in Montreal, Canada...
AMS Student Wins Teaching Award:
The 2008 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
was presented to Steven Welsh, a doctoral student in our Department
of Applied Mathematics and Statistics...
Computer Science Students Win in ACM International Collegiate
Programming Competition: The Department of Computer Science sent
three programming teams to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
International Collegiate Programming Competition Greater New York Regional.
SBU’s teams competed among 45 teams, and claimed 1st, 3rd, and 16th
places...
CME Student Mentors Siemens Semi-finalists:
Christina Kalarickal, a major in Chemical and Molecular Engineering
mentored three high school students this summer whose projects were selected
from among 1200 other projects as Mid Atlantic finalists in the SIEMENS
Westinghouse competition...
Applied Math Students Invited to Elite Competition:
A team of five students, led by Professor Alan Tucker, from our Department
of Applied Mathematics and Statistics competed with seven other universities
in the Travelers First Annual Actuarial Case Competition, presenting
innovative solutions to real world issues facing the property and casualty
insurance industry today...
Citigroup Recognizes WISE Women: Three students in our Women in Science and Engineering program, Nina Han, Manushi Shah and Kimberley Tomlinson were selected to receive $6,000 Citigroup scholarships this year. In addition, four students from WISE and the Society for Women Engineers (SWE), Nancy Cheng, Deena Ghoul, Sihui Peng, and Manushi Shah, were...
Research Grants and Highlights
AMS Receives Multiple Funds for Energy Research:
Three professors in the department of Mathematics & Statistics, Dr. James
Glimm (Chair), Dr. Roman Samulyak and Dr. Xiaolin Li, are
developing software tools for petascale computation in order to conduct
energy research...
BME Faculty Members Receive over $4.5 million in Research Funding:
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Clinton Rubin,
with colleagues Dr. Stefan Judex and Dr. Yi-Xian Qin have
received a five year $1.8M grant from the National Institutes of Health for
their proposal entitled “Augmentation of Trabecular Bone by Low Magnitude
Strain.”...
Computer Science Professors Win Multiple Awards:
Dr. I.V. Ramakrishnan, along with Dr. Amanda Stent and Dr.
Susan Brennan, were awarded a $1.5M grant from the NSF, Human Health
Care division for their proposal “Using the Internet without using the Eyes:
Models of Online Transactions for Non-Visual Interaction”. Dr. Radu Sion
of Computer Science was awarded $870K...
Research Highlights
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Awarded Wide-Ranging
Grants: Dr. Serge Luryi, Chair of Electrical and Computer
Engineering has been awarded $995K from the Department of Homeland Security
for his project “Semiconductor High-Energy Radiation Detector with Excellent
Isotope and Directional Capability,” and $193K from...
Materials Science and Engineering Professor Wins NSF Grant:
Dr. T.A. Venkatesh of Materials Science has been awarded $83.5K from the
NSF for his proposal entitles, “Fatigue Response of Nanostructured Metallic
Materials.”
MEC Faculty Members Awarded Grants:
Dr. Imin Kao, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean of
CEAS has won over $230K from the NSF for his proposal entitled, “Contact
Interface Modeling And Stiffness-Based Biomedical Diagnosis With Sensing
Technology Towards A Better Quality Of Life”...
Technology and Society Chair Promotes Engineering and Technology
Education: Dr. David L Ferguson, Professor and Chair of Technology
and Society, has won several awards supporting ongoing efforts to encourage
students to pursue the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) disciplines...
NSF supported Nanotechnology Program Awarded Interdisciplinary Grant: An interdisciplinary group has been awarded an implementation grant from the Science Education through New Civic Engagement and Responsibilities program (SENCER) to consider the impact of socio-economic diversity on nanotechnology development and engineering education...
Correction: In our spring newsletter
we reported that ten students from the College of Engineering and Applied
Sciences were acknowledged for their exceptional contributions to campus at
the annual Undergraduate Recognition Awards. In fact, twelve of our students
were award winners! Nancy Shum, an Engineering Science Major and John
Baglione also in Engineering Science both won Recognition Awards. Our
apologies to Nancy and John for the oversight!
Calling All CEAS Alumni
Do you have any recent accomplishments you would like to share?
Please contact Assistant Dean Elyce Winters at elyce.winters@stonybrook.edu
or at 631-632-8381.