News

Jun 28, 2010
Congratulations
Beverly Jaeger, Susan Freeman, Rich Whalen, & Rebecca Payne won Best Paper for PIC III as well as Best Paper Overall at the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference for their paper “Successful Students: Smart or Tough?”. Both awards will be announced in the November issue of Prism.
Jun 09, 2010
Upmanyu Receives ONR Grant
MIE Associate Professor, Moneesh Upmanyu received an $93K grant from the Office of Naval Research for his research “Particle Strengthening of Alloyed Interfaced”
May 14, 2010
Congratulation Aislinn Weldon
Aislinn Weldon, a junior in Industrial Engineering, has won the AREMA Committee 37 – Signal Systems Scholarship provided by the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA).

May 14, 2010
Keeping Loved Ones Safe
Under the advisement of Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio, a team of ECE capstone students, created a wireless wrist device that contacts emergency officials if a person falls or has changes in their vital signs.

May 11, 2010
CHN Receives More Funding
The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) has received an additional $350K in funding from the National Science Foundation to continue its industry-leading research.

May 10, 2010
Benneyan Joins Forces
MIE Associate Professor James Benneyan, has received $232K from the National Science Foundation to join the Center for Healthcare Organization Transformation (CHOT), which is currently hosted by Texas A&M and Georgia Tech.

May 10, 2010
Turning Plastic into Clean Energy
A team of MIE undergraduate and graduate students, under the advisement of Professor Yiannis Levendis, have developed a way to convert non-biodegradable plastic into clean energy without releasing harmful emissions.
Apr 28, 2010
Isaacs Wins Best Paper Award
MIE Professor Jackie Isaacs received the ASEE Best Paper Award for the paper “Assessing the Effectiveness of Using a Computer Game to Bridge a Research Agenda with a Teaching Agenda”.