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USU Engineering Students Take Top 3 in Human-Powered Vehicle Race | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
April 28, 2016 – Mechanical engineering undergraduates from Utah State University landed several top-three awards earlier this week at a human-powered vehicle competition in California.
Two USU teams entered the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) with their custom designed three-wheeled cycles, going up against long-running champions including Cal-State, Northridge and University of California-Berkley. The race was April 22-24 in San Jose.
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Engineering PhD Student Wins AWRA Competition | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
April 27, 2016 — Civil and environmental engineering and Water Lab PhD student Ayman Alafifi won first place in theAmerican Water Resources Association Utah Chapter student paper competition on April 13.
He received the award for his research work, "Systems Modeling to Improve River and Riparian Habitat Quality." The presentation was given at the Utah Division of Water Resources offices in Salt Lake City.
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BE Makes High Impact on 2016 Annual IBE Conference | Biological Engineering
USU College of Engineering
The BE Department made a high positive impact at the 2016 International Annual Conference of theInstitute of Biological Engineering, which was held in Greenville, South Carolina, from April 7 through 9. BE was represented by ten students and six faculty members. PhD student Anna Doloman received an award (3rd place) for her research poster “Microbial Dynamics During Anaerobic Digestion of Algae Biomass and Sodium Acetate in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor.”
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Rethinking Stormwater: USU Researchers Receive Major Grant to Study Aquifer Recharge | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
April 20, 2016 – Researchers at Utah State University are taking a fresh look at stormwater management as part of a federally-funded study to improve water reuse in the western U.S.
The team of engineers, scientists and sociologists are among a growing group of water quality experts who say it’s time for new ideas in stormwater management. Their research proposal was chosen among five nationwide to receive part of an Environmental Protection Agency grant totaling $3.3 million. USU will receive $774,283.
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NASA Selects USU Engineering Team for Small Rocket Motor Research | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
April 18, 2016 – Aerospace engineering students at Utah State University are leading exciting new research into the future of small rocket motors. The team of undergraduate students, led by Professor Tony Whitmore, will get a $200,000 NASA grant to better understand how a new generation of “green” rocket motors could help revolutionize the space industry.
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Remembering MAE Professor Emeritus Edward Vendell | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
April 13, 2016 — Faculty, students and staff members at USU's College of Engineering shared their sympathies in learning of the passing of Mechanical Engineering Professor Emeritus Dr. Edward Vendell. Dr. Vendell died Saturday April 9. He was 83.
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Dr. Idalis Villanueva Highlighted in Utah State University's Undergraduate Teaching Fellow's Blog | EED
USU College of Engineering
Dr. Idalis Villanueva is a professor in the College of Engineering at Utah State University. She is a faculty mentor for the UTF program. Below, she describes her experience with the UTF program and why she believes it is helping students elevate their education. Enjoy!
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Aggie Engineers Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
April 1, 2016 – A Utah State University Aggie from the College of Engineering has been selected to receive the prestigious National Science Foundation Fellowship Award that will help cover the costs of graduate studies. A second engineering alumnus also received the award.
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Congratulations A-Pin Recipients | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
March 29, 2016 – Dean Christine Hailey and department heads from across the College of Engineering on Tuesday recognized 13 students for receiving the prestigious A-Pin award.
The A-Pin is one of the oldest awards at Utah State University. Initiated in 1910, it acknowledges and rewards students who achieve a straight-A grade point average while carrying 15 graded credit hours for two consecutive semesters.
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Student from REU Project Wins Presentation at Emerging Researchers National Conference | Engineering Education
USU College of Engineering
A student from last year’s REU project, Bethany Fronhofer, attended the 2016 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference. Where she spoke about the work that she did along with Sarah Schott in Dr. Idalis Villanueva’s lab. Bethany’s presentation won first place for the Science and Mathematics Education/Social and Behavioral Sciences Undergraduate Oral Presentation category.
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Winning the Water War Starts with Winning the Battle on Data | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
March 3, 2016 – The water meter buried in your front yard isn’t exactly the most cutting-edge piece of technology. While they are accurate, most residential water meters are read only once per month, resulting in rough usage data – often rounded to the nearest 1,000 gallons. With the limited data, water utility managers can’t distinguish individual uses, such as sprinklers versus toilets, or determine usage by time of day. This limits their ability to spot costly leaks or see opportunities for water conservation. And it gives water users no useful information about how and when they use water.
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Spring Runoff Conference 2016 - Call for Abstracts | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
March 2, 2016 — Utah State University’s Spring Runoff Conference is just weeks away. The annual spring runoff conference brings together researchers, scientists, and top experts in Utah and Intermountain West to discuss water issues. This year’s conference will take place April 5-6, 2016 at the Eccles Conference Center on USU’s Logan campus.
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Civil and Environmental Student Wins Award at National AGU Conference | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Feb. 29, 2016 – Tyler King, a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah StateUniversity, received an outstanding student paper award in hydrology at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
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Senior Alumni and Industry Luncheon 2016 | Biological Engineering
USU College of Engineering
The 3rd Annual Senior, Alumni, & Industry Luncheon (SAIL) will be on Friday, March 25, 2016 in room 326 of the Engineering Building (ENGR) at 11:30 AM.
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Applications for Elections | Electrical and Computer Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Elections are upon us! The USU student chapter of IEEE is run by volunteer students, and we're glad to have you participate with us. Consider the positions that will be available for this coming election and how you can contribute.
The positions of Chair and Vice Chair will be decided based on votes from the entire electrical engineering department. The runner up will be the Vice Chair. The elected Chair and Vice Char will then review the applications for other positions.
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USU Biological Engineer Patents Method to Make Natural Blue Dye | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Feb. 22, 2016 – A Utah State University researcher has taken a big step toward making a safer, more natural dye that can be used in the food, textile, cosmetic and other industries.
Dr. Jixun Zhan, an associate professor of biological engineering at USU, has secured a patent for an innovative method to produce the deep blue dye known as indigoidine. The tint was originally synthesized from a bacterial strain found inRhode Island and offered a promising alternative to the synthetic dyes used to color jeans, leather, food and paper.
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Undergraduate Research Assistant Wins a EURP Award | EED
USU College of Engineering
Jorge Espinoza, an undergraduate research assistant working with Dr. Idalis Villanueva in Engineering Education has been awarded a College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Program (EURP) award for the 2016-2017 academic year to conduct research in developing MATLAB codes to real-time biometric data used in the classroom. Biometrics involves the analysis of metrics reflective of human characteristics. An example of a metric can be physiological markers such as skin temperature and electrodermal activity or biological markers such as hormonal levels.
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Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Fellow for the College of Engineering 2015-16 | Engineering Education
USU College of Engineering
Jose Campos has earned the 2015 - 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Fellow (UTF) for the College of Engineering.
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Two College of Engineering Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Feb. 17, 2016 – February was a banner month for Utah State University’s College of Engineering.
Two faculty members were chosen by the National Science Foundation to receive the prestigious CAREER Award. The two grants, approximately $500,000 each, will help advance fundamental research in areas of water resources engineering and computer science.
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Combating the Sinister Side of Crowdsourcing | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Feb. 16, 2016 – Sometimes computers just can’t solve the problem. How would a computer, for example, decide which image in a stack of photos is the prettiest, or know which retail store is more fun to shop in? When a task requires a human touch, problem solvers turn to online crowdsourcing tools for the solution.
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Engineering Week Award Ceremony | Biological Engineering
USU College of Engineering
The Biological Engineering Department invites you to our annual Recognition Ceremony.
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Ryan Summers Seminar Presentation | Biological Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Upcoming Seminar:
"Production of High-Value Methylxanthines by Metabolically Engineering E. coli."
ENGR 406
Friday: 2/19/16
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Presented by BE Alumni of the Year 2016, Dr. Ryan Summers.
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Walking on Water: USU Researchers Unravel Science of Skipping Spheres | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Feb. 4, 2016 – It takes a perfect flick of the wrist and just the right angle to get a disk-shaped stone to skip across the surface of the water multiple times. So why is it so easy to get such impressive water-skipping performance from an elastic ball with only a mediocre launch?
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Cracking the Code: Driverless Cars vs. Hackers | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Feb. 3, 2016 – Electrical and computer engineering researchers at USU are finding ways to defeat the safety and security measures in place to keep driverless cars rolling safely down the road.
And while it’s a complex exercise, the group says it hasn’t found a single layer of security they haven’t been able to defeat. It’s all part of a four-year study led by Assistant Professor Dr. Ryan Gerdes who was recently awarded a major grant from the National Science Foundation to study the security of autonomous vehicles and incorporate what he calls ‘adversarial thinking’ into the design process.
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College of Engineering Undergraduate Advisor Receives National Award | College of Engineering
USU College of Engineering
Jan. 27, 2016 – An undergraduate advisor in the College of Engineering has been selected to receive a major award from the National Academic Advising Association, or NACADA.
Katherine Grover, who advises biological and mechanical engineering students in the College of Engineering, will receive the 2016 Region 10 Excellence in Advising – New Advisor Award at an upcoming conference in Santa Fe, N.M.
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