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A team of students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering represented the University of South Carolina with a first-ever invited display at the Hilton Head Concours d'Elegance October 30 through November 1. learn more >
University names top researcher to CoEE leadership
Dr. Jochen Lauterbach, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, will be the CoEE Endowed Chair of Clean Coal. Lauterbach, who will join the college's faculty in August 2010, also will be the director of the CoEE in Strategic Approaches to the Production of Electricity from coal. learn more >
Engineering students turning vintage MGB into electric car
Dr. Roger Dougal took his personally-owned 1972 MGB convertible out of retirement and turned it over to electrical engineering students at the University of South Carolina’s College of Engineering and Computing. He gave them the opportunity to turn the British Leyland Motor Corp. vehicle into a car of the 21st century – a car not run on “petrol,” but electricity." learn more | photos >
The Greenville (SC) News reports that USC reached a $210.3 million record for research funding in fiscal 2009. Among the school's grants are $12.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy and $4 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, both of which were awarded to the College of Engineering and Computing. The Greenville News notes, "The health-sciences colleges...received $90.8 million in grants, and the College of Engineering and Computing had nearly $25 million in research funding." learn more >
Once again, engineering and computing tops the list of the best salaries of jobs for grads! more
Congrats to Dr. Abdel Bayoumi (ME) on being awarded two $250,000 grants by the SC National Guard/DOD for continued research in Condition-Based Maintenance Program: Aircraft Components Testing FY 10 (CLIN 0007 and CLIN 0008) (011210)
Congrats to the following appointments recently approved by President Pastides: Dr. Tony Reynolds (ME) has been appointed as the Frank B. Herty Biocentennial Chair in Engineering, and Dr. John Weidner (ChE) has been appointed as the CEC Campaign for Excellence Professor of Chemical Engineering. (102209)
Congrats to Trey Foster (Jr, CEE) on receiving 2nd Place in Engineering/Physics for his oral presentation on ground response to tornado-borne projectiles at the SCAMP (South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation) Research Conference held on Fri, Oct 9! (102209)
USC President Pastides' has appointed two new Professorships in the College: Dr. Jasim Imran has been appointed as "CEC Distinguished Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering" and Dr. Chris Li has been appointed as "CEC Distinguished Professor in Mechancial Engineering." Congrats to both! (102209)
Congrats to Yuh Chao (ME) on being awarded Outstanding Technical Paper Award in ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference 2009, Material and Fabrication Technical Committee, for the paper entitled, "Numerical Simulation of Cup-Cone Fracture in a Tensile Bar" (with Y. Kim and PS Lam) presented at the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference. (092809)
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College of Engineering and Computing offers a scholarship program that covers the difference between tuition costs and LIFE scholarships for qualified in-state freshmen majoring in engineering and computing.
“At a time when our state and nation face an alarming shortage of engineers and computing professionals, this program will enable us to recruit the state’s best and brightest students into a career field that offers lucrative job opportunities,” said Dr. Michael Amiridis, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing.
“Business and industry look to universities to educate the engineers and computer scientists who are needed for today’s workforce and the workforce of the future. Clearly, we have an obligation to meet their needs and to meet the concerns of students who don’t want to leave college in debt,” he said. “It is our goal to make education accessible and affordable to more students, and this program is a major step in that direction.” more
Beginning in September 2009, we will begin to introduce the students who have received the ECELS scholarships and their benefactors.
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January 2010
Alek Wagner
Biomedical Engineering
Recipient of the College of Engineering and Computing Expanded LIFE Scholarship
- December 2009: Benjamin Haggard, Electrical Engineering
Recipient of the Santee Cooper Engineering and Computing LIFE Scholarship
- November 2009: Mark Williams, Computer Science and Engineering
Recipient of the Mustang Engineering and Computing Expanded LIFE Scholarship
- October 2009: Brandon Boyd, Chemical Engineering
Recipient of the Eastman Engineering and Computing Expanded LIFE Scholarship
- September 2009: Taylor Lucas, Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Recipient of the Bert Storey Associates Engineering and Computing Expanded LIFE Scholarship
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Mark Williams, president
Meetings every Thursday, 5 pm, 2A17 (SWGN). Open to all. Come join us!
Alexander Fergusson, president
Caitlin Buckhaults, president
engineering honor society
honor society for the computing sciences
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Ken Allen joined the University of South Carolina in the fall of 2008 to pursue his Ph.D in nuclear engineering. He is a U.S. Army active duty major with an undergraduate in civil engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Master's of Science in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida. Ken has served in the Army for 16 years. He began his career as a UH-60 helicopter pilot . After 8 years and over 1,000 hours of flight time, he changed career fields to become an Army Nuclear and Counter-proliferation officer. Following his Master's program, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Program in the Department of Physics at West Point where he taught core physics, reactor analysis and reactor design. His most recent assignment was at the Armed Forces Radiobiological Research Institute in Bethesda, MD where he was the Reactor Division Chief and the Senior Reactor Operator Training Officer for the Institute's 1.1 MegaWatt TRIGA research reactor. While at AFRRI, Ken was selected by West Point to return to school for his Ph.D and become a permanent senior faculty member in the Department of Physics.
Ken's primary research interests surround transmutation of transuranics in sodium-cooled fast reactors. He is focused on computer simulation and design of fast reactor cores that will help destroy and reduce long-lived radioactive wastes in used nuclear fuel from current and future light water reactors. Ken began research in the area while teaching at West Point and believes that it holds the key to long-term nuclear power sustainability. He is working under a subcontract with members of the Idaho National Laboratory using their high-performance computer (HPC) cluster "Helios" as well as using the University of South Carolina's HPC "Nick" to perform reactor modeling using the latest in discrete ordinate and Monte Carlo transport codes. He is also collaborating with members of Argonne National Laboratory's reactor group for benchmarking of computer codes on fast reactor models.
When Ken was selected by the Army to get his Ph.D he looked at several graduate programs. He choose USC because it provided him the ability to work on research that he was passionate about and gave him the opportunity to collaborate with National Laboratories while receiving excellent new instruction that has broadened his expertise in the field. Ken stated that, "After getting a Master's, being a licensed Senior Reactor Operator and a licensed Professional Engineer, it is great to get new insight and observe innovative techniques in solving engineering problems. Attending USC has provided me the insight that I will be able to take back to West Point as an Academy Professor."
- Matt McCoy, Electrical Engineering, December 2009
- Joel Chrisfield, Mechanical Engineering, November 2009
- Trey Daniels, Electrical Engineering, October 2009
- Nick Stiffler, Computer Science and Engineering, September 2009
- Chris Houston, Civil and Environmental Engineering, April/May 2009
- Jeff Barnhill, Chemical Engineering, February/March 2009
- Paul Fazzino, Mechanical Engineering, January 2009
- Other new faces of engineering and computing
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Friday, January 29
12 noon to 2 pm, Remote resume review, Lobby of 300 Main
See CEC Career Center for more info.
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- Monday, February 1
Deadline to apply for graduation
Undergrads should submit your applications to be reviewed by the Student Services Office in advance of this date so you can meet the application deadline. Graduation applications are available in the Student Services Office or in Petigru College. Contact Becky Mayo in Student Services with questions.
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- Monday, February 8
FE Exam application deadline
The next exam date for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) is Saturday, April 17, 2010. Applications can be found on the Labor, Licensing, and Registration website at http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Engineers, at the Applications/forms/FE link, and applications are available in the Student Services Office, Swearingen Room 1A00.
Please do not send your application directly to LLR. Student candidates must be approved through the Student Services office to submit an application. If you will be graduating within the 2010-2011 academic year (May 2010, August 2010, or December 2010), you are eligible to register for the FE.
It is the student’s responsibility to print out the application and fill it out legibly. These applications must be received in Student Services, Swearingen Room 1A00, no later than Monday, February 8, so we can turn them in to LLR for processing.
Applicants will be able to access to ELSES payment site anytime after February 15, 2010. The deadline for the payment to ELSES testing service is February 26, 2010. There are no extensions!! Students WILL NOT be sent a separate e-mail reminding them to go online and pay the fee. The exam fee is $135.00.
Please review the calculator policy on the ELSES website to make sure you have the correct version allowed.
Graduate students will need to contact the board office for approval. We do not certificate graduate student applications to register for the FE.
If you have any further questions, you may contact Tiffany Conelly or Melissa Jones at the LLR office, phone: 803.896.4418, fax 803.896.4427; www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Engineers
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- Tuesday, February 9
2 to 4 pm, Remote Resume Review, Lobby of 300 Main
By the CEC Career Center
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- Wednesday, February 10
Deadline to submit proposals for the URS Engineering and Computing Week Competition
The URS Corporation is sponsoring a competition for student organizations during Engineering and Computing Week. The prize is $1,000 to each of 3 student organizations that participate! Students, this is your opportunity to raise some money for your organization!
Request For Proposal (RFP): URS Corporation (including Washington Safety Management Solutions and Savannah River Remediation) would like to invite you to participate in a RFP competition during Engineering and Computing week. The competition is to come up with an engineering or computing research project on URS processes and procedures that your organization could work on with the URS Corporation. Also include an explanation as to why your project should be chosen.
Please prepare a written proposal of no more than 2 pages along with visual aids (such as posters, etc…) that can be displayed in the lobby during Engineering and Computing week. Please email the written proposals in a word document to wilsonal@cec.sc.edu by 5:00pm on Wednesday, February 10. Be prepared to present your proposal to a committee of URS employees on Monday, February 15 at 4 pm in the Faculty Lounge.
Prize: URS will "judge" the proposals and presentations and the top 3 will be awarded $1,000 each for their student organization. The winning teams will also be given the opportunity to visit URS and network with their staff.
Support: Please be sure to invite members of your organization to support you during the presentations on 2/15/10. This will be their opportunity to learn more about URS Corporation and to meet directly with URS staff. Pizza will be served to those attending the presentation.
Questions: Contact Amanda Wilson at wilsonal@cec.sc.edu or 803.777.4091
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12 noon to 3 pm: ECELS Companies to host Information Tables (CSC, Santee Cooper and Eastman), Lobby of Swearingen
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6:30 pm, Employer Information Session with Domtar, AMOCO Hall
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- Thursday, February 11
12 noon to 2 pm, Remote Resume Review, Lobby of 300 Main
By the CEC Career Center
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- Friday, February 12
Deadline to apply for the International REU program in Smart Structures
This collaborative REU program between the University of South Caroliona, the University of Akron and the University of Connecticut is accepting applications to perform research in smart structures during the summer of 2010. The program provides undergraduates with an opportunity to perform research in structural health monitoring and structural control. Students will travel to the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) as part of the program. More info and the online application form is available at the program's website.
1 to 2 pm, Ready, SET, Go, Faculty Lounge (SWGN)
Career Fair Preparation
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- Sunday, February 14 through Saturday, February 20: Engineering and Computing Week
- Monday, February 15
12 noon to 4 pm, Career Fest and SET Career Fair, Columbia Convention Center
See CEC Career Center for more info.
7 pm, Employer Information Session with NAVSEA, Location: TBA
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- Wednesday, February 17
4 pm, Udall Scholarship workshop, Honors Residence Hall, Room B110
Available to rising sophomores and juniors with at least a B or equivalent GPA who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment, or Native Americans and Alaska Natives who have outstanding potential and are in fields related to health care, the environment, or tribal public policy. This highly competitive scholarship provides one year of support for eligible expenses up to a maximum of $5,000. Must be nominated by the University. USC Nomination Deadline: November 2010
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- Thursday, February 18
3 pm, Ms. Field's Cookie Drop In and Minute Clinic, CEC Career Center
Minute Clinic Topic: Phone Interview
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- Monday, February 22
Last day to drop/withdraw a course without a grade of "WF" being recorded
Stop by the CEC Career Center for free cookies sponsored by Ms. Helen Fields, assistant director of the CEC Career Center.
4 pm, Rotary Scholarship workshop, Honors Residence Hall, Room B110
Available to students at all class levels who are interested in serving as ambassadors while studying issues of hunger, health and sanitation, education, and peace in any country where Rotary clubs are located. Application Deadline to local clubs: Spring 2010
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- Monday, February 22 through Friday, February 26
Experiential Education Week
Details to come from the CEC Career Center
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