On Campus, October 2012

In January 2012, Dr. Mason A. Peck, NY D ’94, was named NASA’s chief technologist and charged with the task of “communicating how NASA technologies benefit space missions and the day-to-day lives of Americans.” This week, he was at Purdue University leading a discussion with faculty and students related to “space technology and where the future is headed.”

Dr. Peck is also an associate professor of aerospace engineering at Cornell University. Read the article from the Journal and Courier (IN) to find out what new opportunities and plans NASA has to “get the best people involved in (our) programs.”

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The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) recently announced the addition of several new faculty members, including Dr. Hope L. Weiss (NY D 2006). Dr. Weiss joins the mechanical engineering department as an assistant professor. Click here for more information on Dr. Weiss and the other recent full-time and part-time faculty hires at MSOE

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An engineering professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) recently wrote a special report article for The Chronicle of Higher Education on new hardware that allows for hands-on learning with a studio approach. The technology is called Mobile Studio and was developed by RPI with assistance from Howard University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Due to its lower cost, “every engineering student gets his or her own (electronics) board” to be able to perform engineering labs wherever they would like. It also allows professor to create new modules anywhere, even at home.

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