Department News & Events
UNH Marks National Engineers Week with Innovators, Entrepreneurs
The Tagliatela College of Engineering has scheduled an impressive lineup of speakers for National Engineers Week, including alumnus Dr. Richard Deslauriers, inventor of a bone screw and, most recently, bone cement, and founder of Doctors Research Group Inc., of Oxford, Connecticut. All presentations will be held in Schumann Auditorium in Buckman Hall, home of the College of Engineering. Admission is free. For a complete schedule of the week’s events, click here. For more information, contact Professor Ismail Orabi at 203.932.7144 or iorabi@newhaven.edu.
Come to an Innovation Breakfast To See How Creativity Thrives
Begun in November 2007 with a breakfast meeting sponsored by Schick Wilkinson-Sword, the Innovation Initiative at UNH continues with a breakfast at 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Upper Lounge of Bartels Hall, the campus center. Two more meetings are set for March 27 and April 24, both at 8 a.m. in the Upper Lounge of Bartels Hall. The meetings are sponsored by Pitney Bowes, IBM and United Illuminating. A new university-industry collaborative program aimed at addressing the concept of innovation in all its forms, the Innovation Initiative at UNH fosters an exchange of practical ideas to help participants enhance their competitive edge. Future plans may include seminars, courses, internships, certificate programs, research, awards and special events. Click here for your invitation and to RSVP.
Young Women Investigate Futures in Engineering
The University has been awarded a $21,550 grant from the Pitney Bowes Literacy & Education Fund for the 2008 Summer Institute for Young Women, a residential science and engineering program for young women in grades six through nine sponsored by the Tagliatela College of Engineering. This year’s dates for the Institute are August 3 - August 7. The Institute is run by Dr. Nancy Ortins Savage, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Enroll your daughter by emailing kfarren@newhaven.edu. Click here to read about this past summer's program.
A Magnet School Takes Shape
Tagliatela College of Engineering Dean Barry Farbrother was recently appointed chairman of the coordinating committee for the magnet school, which is set to open in Fall 2008 in a temporary location until a new state-of-the-art school is built. The coordinating committee comprises UNH faculty, teachers and administrators from the New Haven and West Haven public school systems. Each year a new grade level will be added until students are able to attend from sixth through twelfth grade, with 88 students being admitted to the sixth grade each year.
Creating a Center for Engineering Practice
The Tagliatela College of Engineering is developing a new paradigm for engineering education through the innovative Spiral Curriculum and through the planned construction of a Center for Engineering Practice. The Center would enable the theory and practice of engineering to be highly integrated. An ambitious initiative, it would allow the professionals-in-residence to work with engineering students on actual projects supplied by employers.
Friday, May 2: Come to an Industry-University Symposium:
"A New Paradigm for Engineering Education"
Leaders from business, industry, local and state government and the academic community will be discussing solutions to Connecticut’s technical talent shortage. This symposium, set for Friday, May 2, will examine possible solutions to the issue. It will also address how well educational institutions are preparing graduates to succeed in the complex, technology-driven 21st Century workplace. This symposium will take place in the Schumann Auditorium (Room B120) of Buckman Hall, home to the Tagliatela College of Engineering. Invitations will be mailed in March.
Professional Engineer To Reside on Campus
Renovations are finished to the Tagliatela College of Engineering to accommodate an engineer-in-residence. Room B101 will house a professional engineer from a local Fortune 100 company. The program allows students to complete their degree in four instead of five years while also gaining a powerful co-operative education experience.
Fueling Interest
The new Corporate Partners Program is addressing the declining numbers of engineers graduating with B.S. degrees. Become involved! The Tagliatela College of Engineering wants to form corporate partnerships to keep the academic engineering community better informed on challenges in the workplace, to enable us to design new programs that are more effective in meeting corporate needs. Click here for more information. Those interested in serving on the Tagliatela College of Engineering Advisory Board should contact Dean Barry Farbrother at BFARBROTHER@NEWHAVEN.EDU.
New! Bachelor of Science in System Engineering
The University’s newest undergraduate degree program in System Engineering offers an interdisciplinary engineering major. The program was designed and developed with the needs of the customer as the priority. It consists of 127 credits, including a final six-credit yearlong design project. An internship is also required. A dedicated state-of-the-art laboratory for System Engineering is scheduled to be completed for fall 2008 occupancy.
Taking Engineering Education into the Community
Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a national program that forms partnerships between public schools, higher-education institutions and the private sector, will be held July 6-July 18 at the Tagliatela College of Engineering. PLTW seeks to expand engineering awareness among high school students; to provide professional development programs for teachers; to inspire less motivated high school students from diverse backgrounds to seek science and engineering education; to help high schools to integrate engineering principles and innovative engineering topics into their classrooms. The Tagliatela College is the sole regional affiliate for the training of teachers; during the past four years, about 100 Connecticut teachers have been trained in the STEM pre-engineering curriculum. About 5,000 Connecticut students from 55 schools in 35 school districts are being taught engineering curricula by teachers who were trained at the University of New Haven. PLTW courses are team-taught by a UNH faculty member and a master teacher from a high school. Participants have the option to choose among the course offerings based on their needs. High schools are given four years to implement the entire curriculum, which is provided to them free of charge. For further information contact Dr. Ali Golbazi at agolbazi@newhaven.edu
Research & Innovations
Brainy Engineers Pack Robotics Club:
Click here for the story.
Racing To Make a Concrete Canoe:
Find out more here.
Faculty
Retirements:
Dr. Roger Frey, professor of Computer Science, retired as of January 2007.
Dr. Norm Hosay, professor of Computer Science, retired as of August 2007.
Deaths:
Daniel C. O’Keefe, Professor, Electrical Engineering. Click here to read the obituary that ran in the UNH Alumni Magazine.
Faculty Papers:
Papers presented at national meetings of the American Society for Engineering Education
ASEE 2007 National Conference & Exposition
"The Current Generation of Integrated Engineering Curriculum", Innovations in Teaching and Learning, Session 1430, by Collura, Michael; Daniels, Samuel; Harding, W. David; Nocito-Gobel, Jean
"A Hybrid First-Year Science Course for Engineering Students – Integrating Biology with Chemistry", Multidisciplinary Experiences, Session 3553, by Harding, W. David; Koutsospyros, Agamemnon; Nocito-Gobel, Jean; Schwartz, Pauline
"Civil and Mechanical Engineering Students Learning Mechanics in a Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral", Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects, Session 1430, by Broderick, Gregory; Collura, Michael; Daniels, Samuel; Nocito-Gobel, Jean; Stanley, Richard
ASEE 2006 National Conference & Exposition
"A Multidisciplinary Modeling Course as a Foundation for Study of an Engineering Discipline", Emerging Trends in Engineering Education, Session 1693, by Collura, Harding, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
ASEE 2005 National Conference & Exposition
Curriculum Reform Team Papers "Introducing feedback control to first year engineering students using LabVIEW", Emerging Trends in Engineering Education, Session 1793, by Collura, Harding, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
"Are Attitudes Toward Engineering Influenced by a Project-Based Introductory Course?", Emerging Trends in Engineering Education, Session 1793, by Collura, Harding, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
"Adapting a Traditional Chemical Engineering program to Follow a Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral", Curriculum and Assessment in ChE, Session 3613, by Collura, Harding, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
ASEE 2004 National Conference & Exposition
"Learning the Methods of Engineering Analysis Using Case Studies, Excel, and VBA", Computers in Education: Session 1520, by Collura, Aliane, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
"Project-Based Introduction to Engineering - A University Core Course", Technological Literacy: Session 1661, by Collura, Aliane, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
"Project-Based Introduction to Engineering – Course Assessment", Emerging Trends in Engr Education: Session 1793, by Collura, Aliane, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
"Development of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral", Curricular Change Issues: Session 2630, by Collura, Aliane, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
"Project Planning & Development for Engineering Freshman", Freshman Programs: Session 3153, by Collura, Aliane, Nocito-Gobel, Daniels
Papers presented by Dr. Ismail Orabi, professor Mechanical Engineering
| = | “Gender Differences in Student Academic Performance and Attitudes in an Introductory Engineering Course,” presented and published in the proceedings of the 2007ASEE Annual Conference, June 23 – 27, 2007, Honolulu, Hi. | |
| = | Orabi, I.I. “Assessment of Modes shapes of Space Structures,” presented at the13th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV13), July 2 to 6, 2006, Vienna, Austria. | |
| = | Corinne, L. and Orabi, I.I. “Assessing Student Outcomes of NASA Research into Undergraduate Engineering Education,” presented and published in the proceedings of the 2006 Annual Conference, June 16 – 19, 2006 Chicago, Il. | |
| = | Orabi, I.I. “A Comparison of Student Performance in an Online with traditional Based Entry Level Engineering Course, “presented and published in the proceedings of the 2004 Annual Conference, June 20 -23, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT. | |
| = | Orabi, I. I. “Designing Buildings to Resist a Variety of Potential Threats,” presented and published in the proceedings of 16th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, July 16 – 18, 2003, University of Washington, Seattle. | |
| = | Walsh, S, and Orabi, I. I. “Application of LabVIEW for Undergraduate Lab Experiments On Materials Testing,” presented and published in the proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, June 16 – 19, 2002, in Montreal, Canada. | |
| = | Murphy, K. Orabi, I. I. “Structural Response in the Frequency Domain using LabView,” presented and published in the proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, held June 24 – 27, 2001, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. | |
| = | Orabi, I. “Prediction and Measurement of Joint Damping in Scaled Model Space Structures,” presented and published in the proceedings of the 2000 Engineering Mechanics Annual Conference, ASCE, Austin, TX. | |
| = | Orabi, I. "Application of LabView for Undergraduate Experiments," presented and published in the proceedings of the 2000 annual ASEE Conference, June 2000, St. Louis, MO. |
September:
Dr. Richard Snyder, president and founder, RS Microwave Co., Inc., Butler, New Jersey
“Practical Aspects of Microwave Filter Development”
October:
Dr. B. Aliane, professor of Electrical Engineering, University of New Haven
“Getting Started with MatLab”
Mike Ambrose, general manager, Precision Machined Components, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Connecticut
“Skills Diversity Role in the Field of Manufacturing Engineering”
November:
Dr. Jeffrey N. Denenberg, Denenberg Technology Services, Trumbull, Connecticut
“Active Noise Cancellation”
Mike Seibert, engineer, Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, California
“Mars Rovers: Engineering Challenges from Earth to Mars”
Theodora Saunders, Systems Engineering Process group lead, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Connecticut
“Systems Engineering Process and Implementation”
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