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  USU Seeks Computer Science Department Head | College of Engineering

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  Utah State University seeks applications for the Head of the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering.

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  Dr. James L. Moore Presents BPE Program Seminar at USU | College of Engineering

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  Dr. James L. Moore III will visit Utah State University on Jan. 30 as the guest speaker at a seminar on the Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) program.

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  USU College of Engineering Development Director Sworn into Legislature | College of Engineering

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  The Utah State Legislature welcomed several new lawmakers to its ranks on Monday, including Val K. Potter, the executive director of development at Utah State University’s College of Engineering.

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  USU Engineering Students Receive Design Award | College of Engineering

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  A team of USU student engineers were awarded a plaque for being the Runner Up at the WEF Student Design Competition at WEFTECH 2016.

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  SELECT Partner Proterra Makes Debut in Park City | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  The Research Center for Sustainable Electrified Transportation (SELECT) is pleased to announce that partner Proterra is established in Park City, Utah.

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  USU Engineering Faculty Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Grant | College of Engineering

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  News Release – Dec. 26, 2016 – A Utah State University professor who specializes in the emerging field of engineering education has been selected to receive a major grant from the National Science Foundation for her ongoing research into improving engineering teaching practices.

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  Mannequin Challenge | Biological Engineering

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  Who says that learning about the various properties of Biomaterials is boring? Clearly, they haven't taken Dr. Yu Huang's BENG 2330 Properties of Biomaterials course. Not only do these students know how to distinguish the differences between natural and synthetic biomaterials.They know how to have a good time bringing the mannequin challenge into their lab clean up.

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  Defense Company Donates $5,000 to Society of Women Engineers | College of Engineering

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  News Release – LOGAN, UTAH, Dec. 14, 2016 – The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at Utah State University was presented with a check for $5,000 from defense company Northrop Grumman on Dec. 1.

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  USU Classroom Outfitted for Student Stress Research | College of Engineering

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  News Release - LOGAN, UTAH, Dec. 12, 2016 – Utah State University will soon be home to a specialized classroom designed to measure the triggers and effects of student academic stress.

  Dr. Idalis Villanueva, an assistant professor of engineering education at USU, is the principal investigator and is targeting her research around engineering programs.

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  Creating Tomorrow - Engineering Stories Heard on Utah Public Radio | College of Engineering

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  Changing the Conversation

  Our perception of who engineers are and what they do is a little skewed. And now, engineers are trying to change that.

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  USU Engineering Professor Wraps Up International Speaking Tour | College of Engineering

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  News Release – Nov. 30, 2016 – Engineers around the world are getting a glimpse into the latest electrical engineering research taking place at Utah State University thanks to the ambitious speaking tour of USU Associate Professor Dr. Rose Hu.

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  CEE Dept. Announces Water Cluster Hire | College of Engineering

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  The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) seeks talented applicants for a cluster hire of three tenure eligible positions at the assistant or associate level whose research will yield more holistic approaches to solving water problems in natural, built, and/or agricultural environments. We seek bright, creative and interdisciplinary researchers who can increase Utah State University’s (USU) capacity to lead and develop the next generation of resilient solutions to water problems in these linked environments. We especially seek applicants with the passion and ability to work with others from a broad range of disciplines to advance fundamentally new and innovative ideas to study and solve unanticipated and emerging problems.

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  BE Students Visit NASA | Biological Engineering

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  Early in November students from Utah State University's Biological Engineering program presented their research project, Eden, to the Scientists and Engineers employed by NASA.

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  USU Students Outshine Peers in National Scholarship Challenge | College of Engineering

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  News Release – LOGAN, UTAH, Nov. 15, 2016 – Students and faculty at Utah State University’s College of Engineering are celebrating an unusual success. This fall, eight engineering students received prestigious scholarship awards from the American Nuclear Society – a significant accomplishment considering USU does not have a nuclear engineering program.

  But the university is no stranger to the topic. Two engineering researchers here recently received major research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling $5.8 million, and several other engineering faculty at USU are considered top experts in nuclear engineering fields.

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  Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Center for Integrated BioSystems | Biological Engineering

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  The goal of my research group is to develop and investigate methods and tools to understand and detect diseases. We currently have 3 research thrusts: modeling subretinal tissue, simulating microgravity and radiative effects on skeletal muscle, and separating and identifying bacteria. We use micropatterning and 2D cultures with spider silk to model normal and diseased layers of the subretina. For our muscle research, we are currently using a rotating cell culture system and Cesium disks to replicate the conditions during spaceflight. To identify mycobacterial strands, we are combining dielectrophoresis with Raman spectroscopy for fast and accurate detection. In each of these projects, we asses a wide variety of properties that are important to disease or detection, such as growth factor expression, permeability, double stranded DNA breaks, and classification accuracy. Each of these projects and their results will be discussed in detail.

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  BE Students Attend BMES Conference | Biological Engineering

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  The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) is a society of professionals devoted to developing and using engineering and technology to advancing human health and well-being. This year students from the Biological Engineering department at Utah State University attended the annual BMES conference. Here is what one of our students, Ian Wadsworth had to say about the conference.

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  The Pop-Up Effect: Why Buoyant Spheres Don’t Always Leap Out of the Water | College of Engineering

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  News Release – LOGAN, UTAH, Nov. 2, 2016 – It’s a common swimming pool game: Force a buoyant ball underwater and let it go. The ball springs to the surface and jumps into the air. But, submerge the ball deeper underwater and the effect is often disappointing. Contrary to intuition, increasing the release depth often leads to a decreased pop-up height.

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  USU AWWA Tour | Civil and Environmental Engineering

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  The newly formed student chapter of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently went on tours of two water facilities. In early October, ten students attend a tour of the Utah Water Research Laboratory here at USU. The students enjoyed seeing applied research that is conducted at the lab. This week, the chapter also visited the Franklin Idaho Drinking Water Treatment Plant. This exposure to the industry has been a remarkable professional and academic experience for the Chapter.

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  New Scholarship Endowment Honors Former USU Civil Engineering Professor Roland Jeppson | College of Engineering

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  News Release – LOGAN, UTAH, Oct. 26, 2016 – A newly-established scholarship endowment for USU College of Engineering students will honor former professor Roland Jeppson and his wife, Mary Anna, of Providence, Utah.

  The Jeppsons established the fund to help civil and environmental engineering undergraduate students successfully complete their degrees and pursue careers in water resources engineering.

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  New Visiting Scholar | Engineering Education

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  Professor Jacek Uziak is currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. He is helping the Department in the design of a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education to be offered as an online program starting next fall. He is also collaborating with different faculty in various areas of Engineering Education research including the teaching of mechanics, engineering leadership, and application of learning management systems (LMS).

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  Annual Pumpkin Toss Combines Fall, Physics and Fun | College of Engineering

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  News Release – LOGAN, UTAH, Oct. 20, 2016 – Autumn is in the air. Er, no wait. ... That’s a flying pumpkin.

  Engineering students from across Utah will compete Saturday, Oct. 29 to see who can hurl their ripening jack-o’-lanterns the farthest.

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  Congratulations A-Pin Recipients | College of Engineering

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  Oct. 18, 2016 – Interim Dean Jagath Kaluarachchi and department heads from across the College of Engineering on Tuesday recognized 28 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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  It’s an Aggie Thing | College of Engineering

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  Published in Creating Tomorrow – Oct. 15, 2016 – A group of USU alumni who work at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., are doing something to pass along the same benefits they received as students. The team created a scholarship fund that has awarded up to $1,000 per year to multiple recipients. Henry Coakley (BS ’06, MS ’08) initiated the fund.

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  Union Wireless Supports Engineering Students at Utah State University | College of Engineering

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  NEWS RELEASE – OCT. 17, 2016 – Erik Sargent and Landon Wilcox are the two recipients of the 2016 Union Wireless Scholarships awarded to Utah State University Engineering students. Erik and Landon were honored at a recognition luncheon hosted by Union Wireless in Logan, Utah on Thursday, October 13, 2016. In attendance at the luncheon were Erik Sargent (scholarship recipient), Landon Wilcox (scholarship recipient), Shelly Wardell (Sr. Staff Assistant to the Dean of Engineering), Suzanne Sumison (USU Career Coach for the College of Engineering), Sophie Bassett (USU EmployeeRelations Specialist), Autumn Williams (Recruiter for Union Wireless), Amber Kerr (Applications Supervisor for Union Wireless), Mike Ostrander (Network Operations Manager for Union Wireless) and Frank Draney (Human Resources Director for Union Wireless).

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  Aggies in the Arctic: USU Environmental Engineers Decode Icy Watersheds | College of Engineering

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  Published in Creating Tomorrow – Oct. 15, 2016 – When it comes right down to it, scientists and environmental engineers will tell you that nearly every ecosystem on Earth is driven by one simple thing: temperature.

  Oceans, rivers, forests and deserts are a product of the chemical and biological processes that depend on a predictable mix of hot and cold. Even in the Arctic, where shallow soils are frozen most of the year, tiny variations in temperature can impact entire regions.