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Spring 2023 | Issue 5 | March 31
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Herff Engineering Dean's Student Success Challenge starts Monday
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As part of the University of Memphis Driven by Giving campaign, April 3-7, Herff College
of Engineering Dean Dr. Okenwa Okoli is encouraging members of the Herff College of
Engineering to participate. The campaign is a five-day, University-wide event for students, faculty, staff, alumni and community partners to show their support
through philanthropy. Dean Okoli has pledged to match, dollar-for-dollar, each student donation to the Herff College of Engineering General Fund.
The dean's match is listed on the Driven by Giving challenges page, which contains a leaderboard that will share fundraising activities from all challenges
across campus.
"I am excited to be part of my first Driven by Giving Campaign at the University of
Memphis," said Dr. Okoli. "This is an excellent opportunity for us to help create
a culture of student success now and for the future."
The campaign will officially begin Monday, April 3. A link to donate will be sent
out to the college Monday. |
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Students present papers at AIAA, place first as team
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| Mechanical Engineering students attended the AIAA regional conference in Knoxville.
Pictured from top left to right: Austin Aguilar, Dr. Daniel Foti, Eric Enright, Zach
Perry, Sean Hopkins, Dr. Jeff Marchetta. Pictured from bottom left to right: James
Liu, John Hamer, Sophie Wood, Ross Jenner. |
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Eight mechanical engineering undergraduate students presented papers at the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Region II Student Conference held
March 27th-28th, 2023 in Knoxville, Tennessee. James Liu, John Hamer, Ross Jenner,
Sophie Wood, Sean Hopkins, and Zach Perry won 1st place in the team category with
their paper and presentation on their senior design project, “Team Flying Tigers Design/Build/Fly
Competition.”
As first place winners the student team received a cash prize and will advance to
the AIAA Foundation International Student Conference, which will be held next January
at the AIAA SciTech Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Jeffrey Marchetta is serving
as the faculty mentor for the team project.
Sophie Wood also presented her research work entitled “Validation and Sub-grid Scale
Characteristics of an Upwind, Five-equation, Two-phase Model for Cavitating Flows”
in the undergraduate division and Eric Enright and Austin Aguilar presented their
research work entitled, “Multi-fidelity Assessment of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observations
Through Clustering Machine Learning,” in the team division. Dr. Daniel Foti is the
major advisor for the three research students.
AIAA is the world’s largest professional society devoted to the progress of engineering
and science in aviation, space, and defense. The AIAA Student Conference is a technical
paper competition for AIAA student members at the undergraduate and graduate levels
from regional campuses throughout the southeast including the University of Tennessee,
Vanderbilt University, Auburn, Georgia Tech., University of Florida, University of
Alabama, University of Alabama- Huntsville, Florida Institute of Technology, North
Carolina State University, Mississippi State University, and Tuskegee. |
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Herff studets attend NSBE conference
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| NSBE students and advisors and Herff dean at the NSBE national convention in Kansas City, Mo. |
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Last week, students from the University of Memphis chapter of the National Society
of Black Engineers (NSBE) attended the organization's national convention in Kansas City, Mo. They were joined by Dr. Okenwa Okoli, dean, and advisors Shelia
Moses, Co-op & Internship coordinator; Dr. Alexander Headley, Mechanical Engineering;
and Dr. Aaron Robinson, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
During the convention, students participated in professional development and leadership
workshops, regional meetings and had the opportunity to network, secure internship/co-op
positions and full-time employment offers, as well as explore graduate school programs.
Events such as these are fulfilling NSBE's mission "to increase the number of culturally
responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively
impact the community." |
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Meier named outstanding reviewer by ASCE
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| Dr. Claudio Meier, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, was selected as Outstanding
Reviewer by the editor of ASCE’s Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, a mainstream journal for the discipline. This is the second time that Dr. Meier
has received this honor. He also received this award in 2017. |
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Lewis receives distinguished teaching award
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Congratulations to Dr. Gladius Lewis for receiving the 2023 University of Memphis
Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award!
Each spring, this award honors four outstanding faculty for this highly competitive
campus-wide recognition. The formal announcement and information about the recognition
ceremony will be sent at a later date. |
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Civil professors receive MVP nods
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| Pictured: Dr. Charles Camp (left) and Dr. Joseph Delaney (right) |
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| The University of Memphis baseball team held a Most Valuable Professors night on March
28 where Professors Charles Camp and Joseph Delaney were nominated to participate.
Designed to honor professors who have made an impact on them, student-athletes Cade
Hennemann and Brennan Dubose nominated Camp and Delaney, respectively. Hennemann and
Dubose acted as catchers for the MVP first pitches before the game. |
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CyberCorps Scholarship for Service
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The federal government is paying for cybersecurity degrees!
CyberCorps SFS is a unique program designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of federal information
assurance professionals that protect the government’s critical information infrastructure.
Scholarship Details
- All tuition and education related fees paid
- Up to 3 years of support for undergraduate and graduate (MS or PhD) education
- Academic year stipends of $25,000 for undergraduate students and $34,000 for graduate
students
- Professional allowance of $6,000 for SFS Job Fair and other travel, professional certification,
etc.
- Summer internships
- Post graduation government service requirement for a period equivalent to length of
scholarship
Eligibility
- U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Full-time student with a commitment for a career in cybersecurity
Deadline to Apply
2023 Fall and 2024 Spring Cohort Applications (one round of applications):
February 1 to April 15, 2023
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APPLY NOW!
Go to Tiger Scholarship Manager.
Select CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service.
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Open house held for new AutoID Lab
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| Video created by: Kevin Zubovic, Herff Marketing & Communications intern |
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| Yesterday, the AutoID Lab celebrated its new location at 4050 South Park Loop, Building
29 on the University of Memphis Park Avenue campus. During the event, Dr. Kevin Berisso,
director, shared research they are doing with GS1, and students participated in demonstrations.
Visitors also received information on how to use barcodes and RFID technology to their
advantage. |
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Emotional Intelligence Workshop
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May 9, 2023 | 9 AM to 1 PMHerff faculty, postdocs and graduate students are invited to attend. Lunch is included.  Training will be conducted by Otto Kroeger Associates (OKA), an organization helping
to develop leaders and teams with top Emotional Intelligence, Personality Type and
Talent Development certifications and advanced workshops. Workshop made possible by Departmental Climate Change Awards through the NSF ADVANCE
ASPIRE grant.
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Construction Management Lecture
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Class: Construction Engineering
Topic/Delivery: Project Closeout
Company: Grinder, Taber & Grinder
Monday, April 10, 2023
5:30 to 6:55 p.m.
EA 102D |
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Research Town Hall Meetings
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Join us for Research Town Hall discussions led by Herff College of Engineering faculty
with expertise and active research in each focus area. The intent of the series is
to stimulate discussion and help determine strategic direction for the college, as
well as identify areas with the greatest potential for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Manufacturing
April 7 | 12 to 1 PM
Infrastructure
April 14 | 12 to 1:30 PM
The location for each discussion is 203 Engineering Administration (Auditorium). |
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