The University of Texas at San Antonio has announced plans to build a visualization wall (Vis-Wall), funded by a three-year National Science Foundation grant.
The Vis-Wall “will display computational models and enhance engineering and technology-related education.” Dean of the UTSA College of Engineering, Mauli Agrawal (TX M ’82), says that “the grant will give our researchers a place to display their data, test their models, and draw conclusions with extreme accuracy.”
One of the principal investigators on the proposal was associate professor Harry Millwater Jr., TX M ’81.
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Vanda Ametlli, MI E 2010, is the lead in a story about the Engineering Student Faculty Board (ESFB) at Wayne State University.
For Ametlli being the leader is nothing new. She is currently president of the ESFB, chapter president of the IIE, and vice president of the SWE.
Read the news story to learn more about Ametlli and engineering at Wayne State.
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced its award winners for its research competition.
Among the winners was CyPhy Works Inc., which will partner with the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Corp. to “improve the inspection and monitoring of civil infrastructure.”
Helen Greiner, MA B ’89, is the founder of CyPhy Works and understands the need for research of the U.S. civil infrastructure.
“There are 600,000 bridges in the United States,” Greiner said, “and there is a mandate for inspection of each of them every two years.” Read full story
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