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STATE OF THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: 2016 Godfrey Mungal Dean

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This is who we are:

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● Second highest enrollment of 22 Catholic Schools with Engineering ● Ranked #12 in USN&WR

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Character-Driven Education

4 EMPHASES:

Rigorous Academics Collaboration Skills

Entrepreneurial Mindset Ethical Discernment

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1. Rigorous Academics Educating the Whole Person

● deep engineering knowledge ● project-based ● hands-on ● research opportunities ● communication skills ● cross-disciplinary teamwork ● ethics and global ethos

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Senior Design: hands-on, project-based learning Bioengineering: Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy Detecting Pathway Signaling in Mammalian Cells Civil Engineering: Nicaragua Water Distribution System Traffic Analysis and Redesign Computer Engineering: Mobile Glaucoma Detection App Distributed Backup System Electrical Engineering: Smart Aquaponics System Wireless Healthcare Monitoring System Interdisciplinary: Autopilot Drone Control System (coen/elen/Intel) Solar Thermoelectric Evaporative Fridge (mech/coen) Mechanical: Thermoelectric Phone Charger Remotely Operated Search and Rescue Rover

Electrical and mechanical seniors test MARV, their marine autonomous research vessel

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Contests, competitions, and more...

Elise Herrmannsfeldt ’16 WDE eWeek t-shirt designer

Conary Meyer ’16 BIOE iGEM Silver Medal

Knightscope Challenge Winners 2nd Place, ASC Competition Determining Project Risk

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Research Opportunities

● Kuehler Undergraduate Research

● Latimer Energy Scholars

● Robotics Systems Laboratory

● Frugal Innovation Hub

● Center for Nanostructures

Our students regularly co-

author published research

in respected journals and

present their work at

conferences

around the world.

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2. Collaboration Skills

• Engineering 1

• Senior Design

• Latimer Energy Lab

• Robotics Systems Lab

• Tiny House Team

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Tiny House Competition

An interdisciplinary team of undergraduates

is designing and building a fully functional,

off-grid home on wheels for the

October 2016 Tiny House Competition in

Sacramento, California

Following the competition, rEvolve house will be donated to Operation Freedom Paws in San Martin, CA.

3. Fostering an Entrepreneurial Mindset Couple an entrepreneurial mindset with engineering thought and action

Design Thinking Core Curriculum Pathway - The most popular pathway among engineers and throughout the University 12 courses this year – 2 new 1-unit courses: - Social Entrepreneurship - Corporate Intrapreneurship Quarterly Extracurricular Activities - Lunch w/an Entrepreneur - Design Competitions - Industry Seminars/Tours - Movie Nights - Business/Law Seminars EDVenture Lab

Engineering + Design + Ventures

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Students and faculty attend a Lunch with an Entrepreneur talk by the CEO of Knightscope

Student-Mentor speed dating at a quarterly mentoring reception

Much of this program is supported by a $1.4M grant from the Kern Family Foundation

Engage students and faculty in real world enterprises that provide innovative engineering products and services to real customers in the marketplace.

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4. Ethical Discernment

● Courses and Modules

● Authentic Projects

● Global Engagement

● Frugal Innovation Hub

● Markkula Center Crossover Brian Green Assistant Director Campus Ethics Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Adjunct Lecturer Engineering

Computer Engineering

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Global Engagement

SCU Global Fellows

Paula Back ’17 Civil Engineering

Moscoso Arquitectura

Catherine Murray ’18 Mechanical Engineering

Bright Generation

Makena Wong ’17 Civil Engineering

Assn. for Social and Environmental Development

David Kim ’18 Mechanical Engineering Indonesia Institute of

Energy and Economics

Sukhmander Singh Civil Engineering Kazakhstan-USA Geotechnical Workshop

Mahmudur Rahman Electrical Engineering

Presentations at Tecnologico de Monterrey in

Morelia, Leon, and Queretaro, Mexico

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External Partners – A Sampling

• ARRIS Group, Inc. • Blach Construction • BNBT Builders • CanmetMATERIALS, Canada • China Electric Power Research Institute • Cupertino Electric • Devcon Construction • Google – sponsor Summer Institute for Humanitarian Computing • Auro Robotics • Knightscope • Rudolph and Sletten • SC Builders • XRS Consulting

• Indiana University • McMaster University, Canada • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore • Saint Louis University • Shanghai Jiao Tong University • Shanghai University • Southwest Jiao Tong University, China • St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India • St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India • Tianjin University, China • University of Waterloo, Canada • Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications

Industry Academia

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SCU Engineering Around the World

faculty and student research, immersion, presentations…

27+

COUNTRIES!

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Here’s what’s been happening...

Guadalupe Hall - Expanded Facilities

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● Dean’s Office ● Graduate Programs Office ● Graduate Research Space ● EdVenture Lab ● Frugal Innovation Hub ● IDEAS - Community Projects Space ● Maker Lab ● Robotics Systems Laboratory

20,000 sq. ft. new space

Center for Nanostructures

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increases in projects, space, and use Rich Barber

External partner collaborations lead to student internships/placements

36 # of students, faculty, and collaborators who currently access the CNS facility

• a Scanning Electron Microscope • an Atomic Force Microscope • a Cascade Probe Station • a lithography/processing lab insect (embiid) silk

microfluidic devices

carbon nanostructures 6 # of departments (3 SoE and 3 A&S) with research in CNS utilizing …

TENT Laboratory

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Cary Yang

Nanocarbon Interconnects

Research = CNT On-Chip Interconnects = Thermal Interface Materials = Nanoscale Electrothermal Transport = Ultracapacitors = Contacts in Flexible Devices

Funding: AMAT; Hitachi

Facilities & Equipment Santa Clara University EC100

● Class 100 Clean Room ● Wafer probe stations, parameter and

network analyzers, SEM, nanoprober, AFM Nanostructure Characterization Laboratory (NASA Ames)

● PECVD, magnetron sputterer, SEM, E-beam-Induced Deposition System

Recent Partners and Sponsors = NASA = Department of Defense = Applied Materials (AMAT) = Hitachi = John and Susan Ocampo = HK U. of Science & Technology = HK Polytechnic University

Education BS/MS/PhD students

● Courses on Nanoscale Science and Technology: Nanomaterials, Nanoelectronics, Introduction to Nanotechnology; core course on Nanotechnology and Society

● Internship Programs for college and high school students

Richie Senegor '17, 2015 Kuehler grant recipient, working on growth of carbon nanotubes using a

plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system in the TENT Laboratory at NASA Ames. A magnetron sputtering system for metal

deposition is in the background.

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Silvia Figueira

Engaging engineering faculty and students in humanitarian projects through programs and partnerships

Examples of programs, partnerships, and events: •Frugal Innovation Gatherings, Talks & Networking Events: Collaborate for Africa, IEEE, Social Enterprises, Universities, etc… •New Course in Humanitarian Engineering (Fall 2016) •Engineering World Health Club: Public Health Department & School of Engineering Collaboration

Interdisciplinary Frugal Labs - Global Partners - Impactful Programs

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Silvia Figueira Graduate Certificate in Frugal Innovation

Summer Institute for Humanitarian Computing

ENGR 135 Humanitarian Engineering for Undergraduates (Interdisciplinary)

Dr. Hohyun Lee Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Panthea Seperhband Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Silvia Figueira Computer Engineering

Dr. Ashley Kim Bioengineering

Dr. Mark Aschheim Civil Engineering

Latimer Energy Lab

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innovation to solve real-world problems

Summer 2015:

Tim Healy

Pay-As-You-Go Microgrid Solar Condensation Thermoelectric Fan

● 3 Projects, 10 weeks ● 12 Students, 4 disciplines:

computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering environmental science

● 3 Project Mentors ● Instruction, self-guided research, field trips, industry collaboration

= Moved to new location in June 2015 – 1,512 square feet

= Supports courses, capstone teams, and personal projects

= Equipment: – 3D Printers and Laser Cutters – Circuit Board Fabrication Machine – CNC Routers – Traditional hand and power tools

= 400+ students/staff/faculty certified

= Maker Club & Product Challenges

= Company partnerships & Community outreach

Maker Lab

Easy-access, hands-on prototyping for everyone

Chris Kitts

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Anne Mahacek

= K-12 and after school programs – Initial focus on High Schools – Expand to Junior High and Elementary

= 28-foot trailer with equipment – 3D Printers – Laser Cutter – Other prototyping tools

= Hands-on activities based on interest and educational requirements

– Demonstrate equipment – Curriculum to supplement the classroom – Support with fulfilling student projects in Maker Lab

Mobile Maker Lab

Trailer with hands-on equipment for outreach with local schools

Chris Kitts

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Anne Mahacek

Robotics Systems Laboratory

New Grants Satellite mission control (NASA)

Multi-robot adaptive navigation (NOAA) Autonomous boat for Arctic (NOAA) UAV Autopilot Development (Intel)

Product Design & Prototyping (Intel) Design of Env Sensing Satellite (NASA) Patent: Multi-robot adaptive navigation

A world-class field robotics program for air, land, sea, and space

RSL relocates main lab space to the 3rd floor of Guadalupe Hall

Students prepare to control 3 new NASA spacecraft launching in Spring 2016

Chris Kitts

Students use marine robots to map/study Lake Tahoe with internationally acclaimed geologists –

new discoveries on tsunami

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New, portable, autonomous boat for marine exploration in the Arctic

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New Faculty: Tenure-Track

Ben Steichen Computer Engineering

Yuhong Liu Computer Engineering

Emre Araci Bioengineering

Leyna Zimdars Computer Engineering

Hayang Kim Computer/Electrical

Engineering

Michael Taylor Mechanical Engineering

Bill Lu Bioengineering

Angela Musurlian Computer Engineering

New Faculty: Annual Year Appointments

Future Trends

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Applied Mathematics

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Serving School Of Engineering Students and Faculty

• Undergrad and grad courses • Collaborative research • Consultation, expertise, and assistance • Master’s degree program • Mathematical Finance concentration within M.S. degree

Stephen Chiappari

Bioengineering

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Yuling Yan BIOE enrollment over past 6 years

BIOE by the numbers: ● 6-fold increase in

enrollment since 2008 ● 34 enrolled in MS program ● 6 tenure-track faculty ● 1 academic year lecturer ● 9 quarterly appointed

lecturers ● 1 lab manager

New BIOE Labs

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Active faculty mentor students, advance research

Bioengineering

Summer exchange program with SJTU

Faculty and student publications in AY 2015-16: One edited book, 10 journal papers & 1 conference paper Student researchers: 38 undergraduate & 12 graduate

Research collaborations (Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF, UCSD, Kaiser - Redwood City, TSRI, Cornell, Mount Sinai Hospital, Saint Louis, Clemson, UT, China, Japan, Europe)

iGEM Competition (2nd place in world, 1st place in US)

Civil Engineering

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Yuling Yan

Mark Aschheim Revised Senior Design Sequence (to take effect in Spring 2017) • Better coordination with other departments for multidisciplinary projects • More emphasis on professional development and preparation for EIT/FE exam • Better connection with industry and professional societies

Interlocking Concrete Block Wall, intended for use in earthquake-

prone countries

Senior Design Projects:

Testing the strength of bamboo-plywood gusset

plate connections

Bridge design project in Ghana

Civil Engineering

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Renovation of Environmental Laboratory to provide dedicated storage and relocate lab manager to a separate space

New lab equipment and renovation:

Water treatment coagulation-flocculation system

Hydraulic Accumulator

Special Civil Engineering

Career Fair held in addition to

general engineering career fairs

(~ 25 employers)

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Growth, Industrial Collaboration, External Funding

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= Strongest Growth in Enrollment – Experienced the highest enrollment tsunami – Undergrads: 335 students, another 11% growth from last year – Grads: 501 students, another 3.3% growth from last year

= External Funding & Industrial Collaboration – Dan Lewis and Silvia Figueira: $5,500 grant from Google for SIHC – Other external fund and existing grants from industry

= Video Coding Research Team Patents Results since May 2015: – Led by Nam Ling, with Huawei/Hisilicon researchers, SCU students, & post-docs – Guichun Li (PhD student) and Nam Ling: Three U.S. patents granted – Four non-provisional U.S. patents filed – One PCT patent filed – One European patent filed – One provisional U.S. patent filed

Computer Engineering Nam Ling

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= New Full-time Faculty – Ben Steichen, Assistant Professor – Yuhong Liu, Assistant Professor – Angela Musurlian, Lecturer – Hayang Kim, Lecturer (ELEN/COEN) – Leyna Zimdars, Lecturer

= New Part-time Term Lecturers – Hired 9 new part-time term lecturers (huge enrollment growth)

= New Visiting Research Scholars – Da Ai, China (Nam Ling’s research group) – Shanxi Li, China (Nam Ling’s research group)

= Tenure-Track Faculty Hired (to start Fall ’16) – Behnam Dezfouli, Assistant Professor

= Newly Tenured – Ahmed Amer, Associate Professor

= New Appointment – Silvia Figueira, Director of Frugal Innovation Hub

Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering

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Samiha Mourad

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi and Shoba Krishnan promoted to full professor

Cary Yang Lifetime Member, IEEE

Seniors Jacob Leatherberry and

Nico Metais design and install a solar microgrid

for a village in Benin.

New courses: ELEN/BIOE 167 Medical Imaging Systems ELEN 184 Power System Stability and Control in the works: energy topics, controls, embedded systems, RF/Internet of Things, networks...

Electrical Engineering

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Award Winning IEEE Student Chapter Outstanding Small Student Branch for Santa Clara Valley Section and Region 6

Innovative and Creative Programs:

career panels and networking, soldering workshops, field trips

speakers, tutoring, social events, more...

Engineering Management & Leadership

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Frank Barone

= Managerial Accounting for Operating Managers – Developing the skills to understand the story behind the numbers for

new managers

= Marketing of High-Tech Products and Innovations – Acquiring the skills for successfully marketing high-tech products and

ventures

New Courses:

Universidad Católica del Uruguay: = Continued support for their EMGT MS program

Ranked by Eduniversal in 2015-16 in the top 25% of the Best Masters in Engineering and Project Management Programs in North America

Mechanical Engineering

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Drazen Fabris • New hires –

– Michael Taylor, assistant professor (fall 2015) – Gaetano Restivo, RTL (fall 2016)

• 7 research journal papers, 10 conference papers • 1 book chapter • Nearly $700k in new grants

Mechanical Engineering

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• New wind tunnel successfully installed (~$200k) • Donated K&S Wire Bonding Machine ($100k) for faculty and student packaging research

Panthea Seperhband, Assistant Professor

Sustainable Energy Ethics Course: = ethical implications of energy production, distribution, consumption

= ethical and social considerations motivating energy policies, technologies, practices

= taught by Shannon Vallor, Chair, Philosophy Dept. (winner 2015 World Technology Award for Ethics)

"This course gave us a new way of thinking about how we as engineers can help towards sustainability.”

Sustainable Energy M.S.

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SCU Energy Club installed a residential solar array for a needy family:

● 66.98 tons of carbon offset ● $32,557 estimated system lifetime savings ● hands-on experience for students

GUEST SPEAKERS - FIELD TRIPS - ENERGY CLUB

Samiha Mourad Maryam Khanbaghi

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Bioengineering: 16%

Civil Engineering: 9%

Computer Science and Engineering: 34%

Electrical Engineering: 7% Mechanical Engineering: 23%

Web Design and Engineering: 2%

16% 9%

34%

7%

23%

2% 8%

Undeclared: 8%

General Engineering: 1%

9

2015-2016 Undergraduate Enrollment

Undergraduate Trends

= 1002 undergraduate engineering students (27 w/double majors)

= 256 women students; 26%

2015-2016 Undergraduate Snapshot

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31% women

2015-16 Graduate Departments and Degrees

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Graduate Trends

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8%

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Faculty Award Recipients

SCU Awards:

Shoba Krishnan (electrical engineering) SCU Brutocao Family Foundation Award

for Curriculum Innovation

Christopher Kitts (mechanical engineering) SCU President’s Special Recognition Award

Ruth Davis (computer engineering)

SCU Faculty Senate Professor

External Awards:

Ron Danielson (computer engineering) William O’Hearn Service Award, AJCU CITM

Silvia Figueira (computer engineering)

Inspiring Women in STEM Award

Terry Shoup (mechanical engineering) ASME Honorary Member

School of Engineering Awards

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Kristen Purdum Markle Award

Hien Vu Adjunct Lecturer of the Year

On Shun Pak Teacher of the Year

Prashanth Asuri Researcher of the Year

Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards:

Robin (Senigaglia) Beck ’77 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Major General Michael Wehr ’85

B.S. Civil Engineering

NASA Ames Research Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Tenure and Promotion

Shoba Krishnan Electrical Engineering

Promotion to Full Professor

Jonathan Zhang Bioengineering

Tenured Associate Professor

Ahmed Amer Computer Engineering Tenured Associate

Professor

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi Electrical Engineering

Promotion to Full Professor

Ashley Kim Bioengineering

Associate Professor with Tenure

Tonya Nilsson Civil Engineering

Promoted to Senior Lecturer

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Faculty Achievement – A Few Highlights Ahmed Amer Computer Engineering Best Paper Award for MSST 2015

Nam Ling Computer Engineering APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer Award Cuiying Chair Prof., Lanzhou Univ. Guest Professor, Tianjin University

Mark Aschheim Civil Engineering Updated requirements for strawbale walls resisting wind loads approved for 2018 International Residential Code, 2019 California Building Code

Dan Lewis Computer Engineering

40 Years

Sally Wood Electrical Engineering

30Years

Mahmudur Rahman Electrical Engineering

30 Years

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi Electrical Engineering

25 Years

Years of Service

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Remembering James “Papa” Reites, S.J., 1937 - 2016

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Faculty Grants Silvia Figueira (computer engineering) Ashley Kim (bioengineering), Shoba Krishnan (elecrtical engineering): $5,000 - VentureWell $9,121 - IEEE SIGHT “Aquasift: Water Contaminant Sensing Ecosystem” Christopher Kitts (mechanical engineering):

$32,000 - Univ. of Alaska joint NSF grant - Developing Advanced Marine Robotics Systems $50,000 - NASA - Satellite Mission Control Operations and Research

$65,000 – Intel Corp. - Product and Technology Prototyping; UAV Autopilot Development $115,000 - Sparkfactor - Mobile Maker Program $150,000 - KEEN - Workshops on Maker Education and Design Thinking $200,000 - KEEN - Enhancing Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking In-kind equipment grant - NVIDIA - 360° panoramic 3D imaging and localization system

Dan Lewis and Silvia Figueira (computer engineering): $5,500 – Google

Summer Institute for Humanitarian Computing for high school students

Edwin Maurer (civil engineering): $250,000 – NSF - “Assessing Climate Change Impacts” with colleagues from ESS, Economics $65,000 - U.S. Department of Energy (subaward from UCLA) “Food and Water Security in Nicaragua in the Context of a Changing Climate”

Hisham Said (civil engineering):

$9,883 – MCA Inc. - Tracking systems and processes for flexible production operations of prefabricated building products and assemblies

$29,880 contract - ELECTRI International - “Identifying BIM Related Costs Due to Changes” Sarah Kate Wilson (electrical engineering):

$11,609 – Memorial University of Newfoundland - “OmOptics – Signal Processing for Optical OFDM” Sally Wood (electrical engineering):

$35,002 - SA Photonics - “Low-Latency Embedded Vision Processor”

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Faculty Authors, Editors

Alka-Shah Jarvis Computer Engineering

Aleksandar Zecevic Electrical Engineering

Book Chapters:

Yuhong Liu, Nam Ling (computer engineering): "Security, Privacy and Trust for User Generated Content: The Challenges and Solutions,” Big Data Management, Architecture, and Processing On Shun Pak (computer engineering), Eric Lauga: “Theoretical Models of Low-Reynolds-Number Locomotion,” Fluid-Structure Interactions in Low-Reynolds-Number Flows

Yuling Yan and Krzystof Izdebski Editors

Bioengineering

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi Editor

Electrical Engineering

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Faculty Journal Editors

Ahmed Amer (computer engineering) Associate Editor ACM Transactions on Storage

Mark Aschheim ( civil engineering) Associate Editor Earthquake Spectra Yi Fang ( computer engineering) Associate Editor Int’l Journal of Data Analysis Techniques & Strategies International Journal of Web Science

Unyoung (Ashley) Kim (bioengineering) Associate Editor IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine Christopher Kitts (mechanical engineering) Associate Editor IEEE Access Editorial Board International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems Nam Ling (computer engineering) Associate Editor Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

Yuhong Liu (computer engineering) Associate Editor IEEE Signal Processing Magazine e-Newsletter Tokunbo Ogunfunmi (electrical engineering) Associate Editor Electronics Letters Sukhmander Singh (civil engineering) Associate Editor International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society Sally Wood (electrical engineering) Editorial Board Proceedings of the IEEE Toshishige Yamada (electrical engineering) Advisory Panel Board Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

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Adjunct Faculty Achievement – A Sampling

Marian Stetson-Rodriguez Engineering

Brought “Building Global Teams” course to Singapore

and Taiwan

Alexander Clemm Computer Engineering

Developed standards for next generation

management and SDN technology

Suchitra Abel Computer Engineering

Presented research at Berkeley Institute for

Data Science

Bonita Banducci Engineering

Inspiration Award Powerful Women

International Connections Conference

Alka Jarvis Computer Engineering

Colleague of Distinction Award

US Technical Assistance Group to ISO/TC176

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New Staff/Positions

Nicole Morales Director of Digital Media

Technologies

Cecilia (Cici) Sinohui Records Coordinator, Graduate Programs

Cindy Phongadith Administrative Asst.,

Electrical Engineering

Maxine Baulknight Administrative Asst.,

School of Engineering

Anne Mahacek Research Associate,

Mechanical Engineering Dept.

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Student Achievement Grand prize ($5,000) winner: Riley Parsons ’16 (bioe)

Spree CTO, and Marco Ciccone, undergraduate business student and Spree CEO 2015 CIE Business Plan Pitch Competition for Spree

2nd place at Student Construction Competitions of the ASC: DPR Team and coach Hisham Said 1st place in alternates competition: Ari Govan ’16 and team from other schools Outstanding Student Achievement award: Matt Millsaps ’16 Martina Sbicca, Marie McNamara, and Andrew Porter (civil engineering seniors) won Best Overall Design, Most Aesthetic Design, Best Deck in ASCE’s 2016 National Timber Bridge Competition - U.S. and Canada Best Student Paper Award: Matthew Chin and Michael Neumann (Robotics Systems Lab)

Advisor Christopher Kitts (mechanical engineering) International Conference on Intelligent Automation and Robotics

Best Student Paper Award: Jose Acain and Kamak Ebadi (Robotics Systems Lab) Co-authors Thomas Adamek, Mike Rasay and Christopher Kitts (mechanical engineering) 2015 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications

1st place at NFL Hackathon: Vishvesh Shah (MS computer engineering) and his three external

teammates Kamak Ebadi, electrical engineering Ph.D. candidate invited to White House celebration of Nowrus, the

traditional Iranian Festival of Spring

Scott Hunter, mechanical engineering MS student, published “Never Fear, Robots are Here,” in Re/code

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Alumni Achievement - Just a Few Preet Anand (Solar Decathlete) and Colby Moore '10 (mechanical engineering): Their Bluelight app was picked for President Obama's "Smart Cities" Initiative Melissa Bica ’14 (B.S. computer engineering): Developed RendezView, a social media mining tool to help manage response to disasters Claudia Chen ’15 (M.S. sustainable energy) and colleagues: “Influences of mass loading and rapid dilution of secondary organic aerosol on particle volatility,” published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics William (Bill) Holt ’79 (MS electrical engineering): 2015 Robert N. Noyce Award for Longstanding Accomplishments on Behalf of Industry, the Semiconductor Industry Association's highest honor Avery Lu ’95 (electrical engineering), featured speaker at CIE Entrepreneur Forum Diane Keng ’14 (BS computer engineering, graduate student in engineering management): "System Design Requirements for Net-centric Device Management in Internet of Things," accepted for publication and presentation at the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering Allison Kopf ’11 (Solar Decathlete): Won the $50,000 grand prize at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield Casey (Kute) Schulz ’08 (mechanical engineering) finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield Todd Goolkasian's ('85 civil engineering) company Cornerstone Structural Engineering Group won a National Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies for their bridge redesign. Alexandria Shearer ’13 (B.S. computer science and engineering): NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Nayana Dawalbhakta ’00 (MS computer engineering): Master Technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprises, presented at the OpenStack Summit Aruna Ravichandran ’98 (M.S. computer engineering) MBA ’09 and Carol Reiley ’04 (computer engineering): Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2016 Women of Influence

Defining STEM Education at SCU

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Forging the Future of SCU Engineering

• Visioning process with College of Arts & Sciences - completed

• Validation of programming - in progress

• Design of new facilities - slated for this summer

STEM

THANK YOU!

Questions?

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