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TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Dean..........................1 Commencement..............................2-3 Tau Beta Phi News.............................2 Bellarmine winner..............................3 Math & Science awards.....................3 New grants.........................................4 HSEA inspires students.....................5 SOE freshman workshop....................5 Faculty achievements........................6 Farewell, Dr. Dukkipati.......................7 New board members..........................7 MSMOT news.....................................8 www.fairfield.edu/engineering Winter 2010 Letter from the Dean January 2010 At the May 2009 Commencement ceremonies, and for the second time in the last three years, an engineering major, Noah Benjamin, was awarded the Bellarmine Medal for the highest academic record compiled during the four years of undergraduate studies. Noah had a straight 4.0 GPA. Two years ago it was Anthony Kunz, a student in mechanical engineering, who won the Bellarmine Medal. We are understandably savoring the success of these two SOE graduates, and of all our other students who excel in academic work, in industrial internships, senior design projects, and in the workplace after graduation. At 134 credit hours, the undergraduate engineering curriculum is not an easy one to navigate. Similarly, the curricula of the SOE master’s programs, with a year-long capstone class as a graduation requirement, can be quite challenging. It takes perseverance on the part of the students, and a desire to succeed academically based on their vision of their future life as creators of original technology that will advance the human cause. We are fully aware that the six billion individuals on Earth, separated by ethnicity, language, faith, culture, and national self-interest, constitute a very complex social system. While 20th-century technology in communications and transportation could bridge the physical separation among peoples and establish multiple lines of interaction, the current consensus is that in the 21st century, technology divorced from social engagement, will not solve the world’s problems. Hence, the responsibility of engineering educators is being reconfigured, from just imparting to their students technical skills and engineering knowledge, to adding a foundation of social responsibility, environmental sensibility, and economic values that spans national borders. This is a duty that all practicing engineers in the academy and industry who serve as teachers and mentors to the younger generation must undertake without reservations. It is my hope that their Fairfield education has empowered our own engineering alumni to heed this call. Given limited earthly resources, it is proper to ask what are the main challenges that 21st-century engineering must tackle in the interest of humanity. The National Academy of Engineering has recently identified 14 such challenges awaiting solutions in this century, with clean water for all and the mapping of the human brain prominent among them. The 2009 issue of Engineering in the National Academies lists research reports and symposia proceedings FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY continued on page 4 A PUBLICATION OF THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Object Description
Title | Owl - Winter 2010 |
Originating Office | School of Engineering |
Date as Text | Winter 2010 |
Date | January 2010 |
Description | The Owl is published once a year by Fairfield University for alumni, students, benefactors, and friends of the School of Engineering, as well as selected corporations. |
Notes | Editorial Board: Dr. Evangelos Hadjimichael, Dean, School of Engineering; Meredith Guiness, Owl editor; Jean Santopatre, University photojournalist; Roberta Reynolds, Designer, Printing & Graphics Services; Meg McCaffrey, contributing writer. |
Type of Document | Newsletter |
Original Format | Digital document (PDF) produced using Adobe PDF Library 9.0; color; ill.; 8.5 x 11 in.; 8 pages; 1.19 MB |
Digital Specifications | This digital file exists as an archived PDF available for general use. |
Publisher | Fairfield University |
Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
Source | Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections |
Copyright Information | Fairfield University reserves all rights to this resource which is provided here for educational and/or non-commercial purposes only. |
Identifier | OWLWINTER2010 |
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SearchData | TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the Dean..........................1 Commencement..............................2-3 Tau Beta Phi News.............................2 Bellarmine winner..............................3 Math & Science awards.....................3 New grants.........................................4 HSEA inspires students.....................5 SOE freshman workshop....................5 Faculty achievements........................6 Farewell, Dr. Dukkipati.......................7 New board members..........................7 MSMOT news.....................................8 www.fairfield.edu/engineering Winter 2010 Letter from the Dean January 2010 At the May 2009 Commencement ceremonies, and for the second time in the last three years, an engineering major, Noah Benjamin, was awarded the Bellarmine Medal for the highest academic record compiled during the four years of undergraduate studies. Noah had a straight 4.0 GPA. Two years ago it was Anthony Kunz, a student in mechanical engineering, who won the Bellarmine Medal. We are understandably savoring the success of these two SOE graduates, and of all our other students who excel in academic work, in industrial internships, senior design projects, and in the workplace after graduation. At 134 credit hours, the undergraduate engineering curriculum is not an easy one to navigate. Similarly, the curricula of the SOE master’s programs, with a year-long capstone class as a graduation requirement, can be quite challenging. It takes perseverance on the part of the students, and a desire to succeed academically based on their vision of their future life as creators of original technology that will advance the human cause. We are fully aware that the six billion individuals on Earth, separated by ethnicity, language, faith, culture, and national self-interest, constitute a very complex social system. While 20th-century technology in communications and transportation could bridge the physical separation among peoples and establish multiple lines of interaction, the current consensus is that in the 21st century, technology divorced from social engagement, will not solve the world’s problems. Hence, the responsibility of engineering educators is being reconfigured, from just imparting to their students technical skills and engineering knowledge, to adding a foundation of social responsibility, environmental sensibility, and economic values that spans national borders. This is a duty that all practicing engineers in the academy and industry who serve as teachers and mentors to the younger generation must undertake without reservations. It is my hope that their Fairfield education has empowered our own engineering alumni to heed this call. Given limited earthly resources, it is proper to ask what are the main challenges that 21st-century engineering must tackle in the interest of humanity. The National Academy of Engineering has recently identified 14 such challenges awaiting solutions in this century, with clean water for all and the mapping of the human brain prominent among them. The 2009 issue of Engineering in the National Academies lists research reports and symposia proceedings FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY continued on page 4 A PUBLICATION OF THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING |