WSU recognizes CECS faculty and staff
Each year, faculty and staff who have provided continuous service to Wright State University are honored during a special ceremony. The following employees from the College of Engineering and Computer Science were recognized by President David Hopkins for their service to WSU at the recognition ceremony on November 3, 2009.
10 Years
Cynthia Boone (CSE)
Tonya Davis (CSE)
Ghozhu Dong (CSE)
Paula Esken (MME)
Nathan Klingbeil (MME)
John Lawless (Instrument Shop)
Vickie Slone (EE)
Valerie Smith (CSE)
15 Years
S. Narayanan (BIE)
20 Years
Soon Chung (CSE)
Leo Finkelstein (Dean's Office)
Jennie Gallimore (BIE)
Lang Hong (EE)
Jack Jean (CSE)
T.K. Prasad (CSE)
25 Years
Ramana Grandhi (ME)
Wayne Massey (Instrument Shop)
Blair Rowley (BIE)
30 Years
Kuldip Rattan (EE)
Also recognized at the ceremony were December 31, 2009 retirees Blair Rowley (BIE) - 25 years and Dick Rathbun (Dean's Office) - 27 years
Congratulations to all of the honorees!
(03 Nov 2009)
Need help with your classes?
Just come to the CECS Help Room! It's the Best Kept Secret In Russ!
Free Tutoring is available in all the subjects that are stressing you out. The Help Room is located inside the Study Lounge on the 1st Floor of Russ - no appointment needed.
Help Room Hours for Fall
- Monday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00
- Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00
- Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00
- Thursday: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00
- Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00
WAIT! You can't visit the help room during open hours?? - get quick help by emailing the tutors at: helproom.wsu@gmail.com!!
The CECS Help Room is staffed by an excellent group of upperclassmen! Please stop by and meet this group of friendly, knowledgeable and dedicated students!
CECS Help Room Tutors: Josiah Dierken, Jaswnder Singh, Anum Barki, Sameera Sarfara, Costa Alimonos, Arpan Patel, Taylor Frantz, and Neha Kalra
(05 Oct 2009)
Josh Deaton named STEM Student of the Month
Josh Deaton (ME), was named the Dayton Defense STEM Student of the Month for June. Josh is a graduate student studying mechanical engineering. He is an active member of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and the 2009 WSU SAE Mini Baja team. Josh has also served as a student representative on the College of Engineering and Computer Science scholarship committee. (27 Aug 2009)
Call for Abstracts
5th Annual Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium
October 26, 2009
Sponsored by the Dayton Section of ASME, the symposium is designed to facilitate communication between members of the regional technical community, as well as to provide a forum for students, both undergraduate and graduate, and researchers/practitioners to present their work.
The symposium program will include several parallel sessions in the morning and afternoon, a luncheon, an industry exhibition, and a Keynote Address. Presentations are limited to 20 minutes, including time for questions. No written paper is required. The Dayton Section of ASME will confer "Best Presentation" awards at the annual Section Awards Banquet in late Spring, 2010.
Dr. Jay Baron, president and chief executive officer for the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), and director of CAR's Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology group will give the Keynote Address. The automotive industry is confronted with manufacturing challenges like never before. Markets are fragmenting, production volumes cyclical, and demand is shifting away from large vehicles to smaller less-profitable ones. Legislative pressures to significantly increase fuel economy call for a host of new technologies involving power train, electric motors, and new, light-weight materials. Manufacturers are deploying flexible manufacturing systems to cope with lower volumes and future uncertainty. What business and manufacturing strategies from today will continue into the future and what new ones will emerge? This address will provide an overview of these issues and suggest what the future holds for automotive manufacturing.
Registration:
All symposium registrations must be processed online through the conference website. Registration rates are as follows:
General Registration: $100
ASME Member Registration: $75
Luncheon and Keynote Address Only Registration: $30
Students and Unemployed ASME Member Registration: $25
Undergraduate Student Presenter Registration: Free
Student Presenter Registration: Free
Luncheon and Keynote Address Only registration includes box lunch. All other registrations include admission to all technical sessions, conference program and booklet of abstracts, continental breakfast, all day coffee and refreshments, and choice of box lunches.
(19 Oct 2009)
MME professor receives ASME Lifetime Achievement Award
Ramana V. Grandhi, Ph.D., University Professor and director of the engineering Ph.D. program at Wright State University, has received the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dayton section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Grandhi received the award during a joint annual awards ceremony held by ASME and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dayton-Cincinnati section, on Thursday, May 28, in Dayton.
At Wright State University, Grandhi has launched an internationally recognized research program involving faculty, staff engineers and graduate students and several externally funded projects. Grandhi's research sponsors include the U.S. Air Force, the Federal Aviation Administration, National Science Foundation, NASA, the Center for Artificial Intelligence Application, General Motors, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Caterpillar, Inc., and UES, Inc., among others.
Grandhi has notable accomplishments in metal forming, process control, computational mechanics, structural optimization and structural reliability design.
Grandhi received his doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984. He has also been honored as a Brage Golding Distinguished Research Professor at Wright State and AIAA fellow.
(01 Jun 2009)
