University of Virginia Engineering
Spring 2006, Volume 18, No. 2
Faculty Notes
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SEAS Alumni in 16 U.S. Cities |
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In receptions held across the country, Dean Aylor is sharing his vision for the Engineering School with SEAS alumni and friends. The dean brought with him news of progress—the hiring of “star” faculty Joe C. Campbell and Toby Berger, new partnerships with universities in Brazil and with China and the School’s growing momentum in fi elds like nanotechnology and biomedical engineering. The dean’s tour began in December, when he hosted a holiday celebration in Richmond. In January, Dean Aylor trekked to Atlanta, where SEAS leaders and alumni welcomed him with open arms. In February, the Dean’s schedule included stops in Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington and Baltimore as well as a stop back home in Charlottesville. In March, Dean Aylor headed out West with visits to Seattle, San Francisco and Palo Alto and then returned to his native Virginia, where he joined alumni for receptions in Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke and Tidewater. In April, the dean rounded out his spring visits with trips to Washington, D.C.; Houston; and Boston. |
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Toby Berger Silvia S. Blemker Ginger M. Davis Gregory J. Gerling Avik Ghosh David Green Sudhanva Gurumurthi |
Benton H. Calhoun Joe C. Campbell Kim Hazelwood Richard W. Kent Steven McIntosh Nina Mishra Westley R. Weimer Julie B. Zimmerman |
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Researcher Chris
Sherwood of the U.Va. Automobile Lab co-authored a
report on child car seat safety with Basem
Henary (MAE) and Jeff Crandall (MAE).
Their study found that children under
age 2 in forward-facing car seats are more
than four times as likely to be injured in
side crashes than children of the same
age who are in rear-facing car seats.
Sherwood presented the study at the
American Academy of Pediatrics Conference in Washington, D.C., in October 2005.
The study was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as
part of a project to investigate the benefit of having children older than 1 year of age
remain in rear-facing car seats.
The Virginia
Economic Development Partnership, a department of the
Commonwealth’s Secretary of Commerce, learned about U.Va. research in
morphogenesis and organogenesis,
cardiovascular medicine, chemistry
and pathology, materials science
and ultrasound technology during a
recent tour to explore the potential
for attracting high-tech industry to
the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.
The visit included a breakfast
hosted by Ariel Gomez, vice
president for research and graduate
studies, and tours of several key
labs in the Medical Center and
Engineering School, as well as the
Institute for Advanced Technology in
the Humanities.
In February, the
National Science Foundation Partnerships for
Innovation program made a twoyear,
$600,000 award to six schools
in Virginia for shared graduate
engineering courses in nanotechnology.
The program will involve the
College of William and Mary, George
Mason University, Old Dominion
University, the University of Virginia,
Virginia Commonwealth University and
Virginia Tech.
Starting in January 2007, the
six schools will use distance-learning
technology to share—with one another
and with working engineers in Virginia—
six graduate courses per semester
in nanotechnology ranging from
nanoelectronics to nanobiotechnology.
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