Women in Engineering: Emily Beagle

Originally from Sheridan, WY, Emily Beagle has finished her first year as a Mechanical Engineering graduate student.  In 2012, she finished her B.S. with dual majors in Mechanical Engineering and Energy Systems Engineering (ESE).  The unique ESE program integrates courses from outside of the CEAS.

Two UW Professors Share in Award for Outstanding Rotorcraft Research

Dimitri Mavriplis, a UW professor of mechanical engineering; and Jay Sitaraman, a UW assistant professor of mechanical engineering, are part of the HELIOS software development team that won the 2013 Schroers Award for Outstanding Rotorcraft Research from the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Helicopter Society (AHS).

Dr. David L. Whitman Named to the H.T. Person Professorship in Engineering Education

Dr. David Whitman, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASEE, has been appointed to the H.T. Person Professorship in Engineering Education.  Dr. Whitman brings substantial experience as a teacher and a national leader in engineering education.  Dean Rob Ettema, in coordination with the H.T. Person Engineering Excellence Search Committee, launched an internal search for the next H.T. Person Engineering Excellence Chair in early spring.

2013 Engineering Summer Program, June 16-26

Next Monday marks the beginning of the 2013 Engineering Summer Program.  The camp will take place on the UW campus from June 16 – June 22.   This is a week-long, residential program for students currently between their junior and senior years of high school, and requires a competitive application process.  Students are each placed into two engineering courses for the week.

Twenty-Four UW Students to Receive EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowships

Through the Wyoming EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) office, 24 UW students received Undergraduate Research Fellowships worth up to $3,500 each to conduct research. To receive the fellowships, students wrote successful proposals to work on scientific research related to the Wyoming Center for Environmental Hydrology and Geophysics (WyCEHG).

Speed Keys

Liqiang Wang and Po Chen found that no matter the method for running their codes, the input/output (I/O) was too great; just reading and accessing their data became an issue. That is when the team turned to Blue Waters, a sustained petascale powerhouse.

Liu named Wyoming Excellence Chair in Climate Science at UW

An internationally recognized scientist in climate modeling, aerosol-cloud reactions and aerosol modeling is the newest endowed chair at the University of Wyoming. Xiaohong Liu currently is senior research scientist at the Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division of the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, located in Richland, Wash.