News From Previous Years
March 10, 2005
The Engineering Advisory Council convened continue to provide
guidance and feedback to Union Engineering concerning Academics,
Development and Service/Community Outreach.
March 2005
Congratulations to Dr. Jeannette Russ on her recent
promotion to Associate Professor! We are very proud of her
achievement!
May 2005
Union Engineering was the co-sponsor of the Memphis Area Science
and Engineering Conference. This conference was held in Memphis
on May 11, 2005 at CBU. Dr. Van, Engineering department Chair and
professor Smith of the Biology department contributed to the
conference with a presentation "The Effect of Nickel on Thermophilic
Bacteria in Industrial Wastewater Treatment". For more information,
please access the following link.http://www.maesc.org/maesc05/track2.html
August 2005
Welcome Prof Ilyoul (Walter) Lee. Union Engineering is honored
to have Prof Lee with us in 2005-2006 as a visiting professor of
Electrical Engineering. He is from Yanbian University of Science
and Technology in China. He's here to teach Electrical Engineering
laboratories, to regularly give lectures to expose our engineering
students and faculty to international teaching and learning of
Engineering (esp. in China), and to share his experience in the
integration of engineering learning and mission. Prof Lee is an
inventor and has over 40 years of professional experience in
Engineering in the US.
October 2005
Another milestone was made!!! In the first week of October
(the 2nd through the 4th), The Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology (ABET) conducted a thorough review of the Engineering
program for accreditation. We expect excellent results when the
Board convenes for an official decision by mid July 2006.
December 2005
Engineering students conducted presentations of their
engineering projects during the week of December 5, 2005. To
highlight the learning during the semester, the following project
presentations were given: Robotics, OpAmp circuit design, Virtual
bridge design and analysis, Design of experiment using actual data
from the manufacturing floor, Virtual Basic for Application as it
applies to engineering education, Solar energy design project with
sun tracking mechanism, Industry-sponsored capstone design I
project.
Last updated 4/4/06
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