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January 16, 2009

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. ME Department Report and Special Projects Joseph J. Rencis, Professor and Head Arkansas Academy of Mechanical Engineering Board of Directors Meeting. Russellville, Arkansas. Entergy. January 16, 2009. New Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

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January 16, 2009

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  1. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ME Department Report and Special Projects Joseph J. Rencis, Professor and Head Arkansas Academy of Mechanical Engineering Board of Directors Meeting Russellville, Arkansas Entergy January 16, 2009

  2. New Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs • Sharon L. Gaber from Auburn U. • Starts May 1, 2009 • http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/14064.htm

  3. External Faculty Search Status • Cancelled Across Campus 1/8/09 • 1 Position • Assistant/Associate Professor • Potential $0.5M Professorship • Committee Members • Chair: Min Zou • Matt Gordon, Doug Spearot, Steve Tung • 4 Candidate Visit Campus Early Spring Semester

  4. Internal Faculty Search • 2 Positions • $0.5M Twenty-first Century Mechanical Engineering Professorships • 3 Years • Not Renewable • Overall Requirement: Active in Technical Research and/or Educational Research • Established from $1.5M Chair

  5. Internal Faculty Search • Search Committee • PaneerSelevan, James T. Womble Professor of Civil Engineering, Committee Chair • Ed Clausen, Ray C. Adams Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering • Ajay Malshe, 21st Century Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering • VasuVaradan, George and Boyce Billingsley Endowed Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering

  6. Student Recognition • Two Scholarships! • 2008-2009 ASME Marjorie Roy Rothermel Scholarship • 2008-2009 ASME Foundation Scholarship • Michael Schulte, M.S. Student

  7. Student Recognition • Hengyu Wang, Ph.D. Candidate • Best Paper Award (1st Place) • STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference (IJTC) • Miami, FL, October 20-22, 2008 • Advisor: Prof. Min Zou

  8. Student Recognition • Rahul K. Rajgarhia, Ph.D. Candidate • Best Poster Award for Symposium on Computational Materials Design via Multiscale Modeling • 2008 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting • Boston, MA, December 1-5, 2008 • Advisors: Profs. Doug Spearot and Ashok Saxena

  9. Student Advisory Committee • New • Established Spring 2009 • Limited Membership for Spring 2009 • Spring 2009 Goals • Establish Charter: Charge & Membership • Establish TA of Year Guidelines • AAME Special Projects Spending • Website

  10. Student Advisory Committee • Student Members • Cory Thompson, Current MEEG Ph.D. Student, UA B.S. MEEG ‘09 • Julis Morehead, UA B.S. MEEG ‘09 • Johnathan Conley, UA B.S. MEEG ‘10

  11. COE Distinguished Alumni Mechanical Engineering Awardees • Saturday Evening, April 11, 2009 • Embassy Suites Hotel Northwest Arkansas, Rogers • COE Hall of Fame – Highest Award • None • Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award • Sam Cummings, B.S.M.E. ’71 & AAME • Young Engineering Alumni Award • Dr. Roger Cordes, B.S.M.E. ‘91 • Future AAME Candidate • Bill Schmidt is Committee Chair for AAME

  12. When? Yearly Day of AAME Banquet 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Friday, April 17, 2009 Where? Engineering Research Center Free Parking Poster Competition Judges AAME Members Jim Kimzey Coordinator Awards 1st & Honorable Mention M.S. & Ph.D. Categories 3rd Annual AAMEGraduate Research Symposium Ing-Chang Jong, AAME Member and Coordinator

  13. ME Regional Alumni Events • Goals • Short Term: Develop Relationships • Tell alumni about exciting activities • ME, • COE, and • UA. • Long Term: Fund Raising – Not done at event.

  14. ME Regional Alumni Event • Pleasant Valley Country Club • Little Rock, AR • Wednesday, January 14, 2009 • 12:00 PM Lunch • COE Development: Emily Williams • AAME Support in LR • Ed Harvey • Joe Gillespie

  15. Future ME Regional Alumni Events • February 2009 in Oklahoma City • March 2009 in Memphis or Fort Smith • September 2008 in Tulsa

  16. AAME Scholarships • Students Recognized at AAME Banquet in April • How much can we give out this year?

  17. Special Projects • $5,000 Each to: • Department Student Advisory Committee • Faculty • Department Head • Details at AAME Business Meeting April 18, 2009

  18. Thank You for Listening! Joe Rencis V-mail: 479-575-3386 (Direct Line) FAX: 479-575-6982 E-mail: jjrencis@uark.edu

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