UDC Professor Pradeep K. Behera Named American Society of Civil Engineers Fellow
Professor Pradeep K. Behera, Ph.D., PE, F. ASCE, D. WRE—Chair of UDC’s Department of Civil Engineering—has been named an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) fellow. ASCE
The 2023 Women of Color STEM Award Winner Is UDC Assistant Professor Dr. Briana
First Ph.D. graduates in UDC’s history from SEAS and CAUSES celebrated
First Ph.D. graduates in UDC’s history from SEAS and CAUSES celebrated Dr. Juan F. Ramirez Rochac, Dr. Carletta S. Hurt, Dr. Temechu G. Zewdie, Dr. Camille P. Range
Mechanical engineering graduate student wins first prize at ERN Conference
Marzieh Savadkhoohi, an NSF-CREST supported Ph.D. candidate, won first prize at the Emerging Researchers Network (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), which was held in Washington, DC from February 9-11.
First-year civil engineering graduate student places second in xTech competition
February 10. The competition finals were held at the 2023 Black Engineer of the Year Award Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics Conference. Mandjoupa presented her work on climate change: “Ground-based remote sensing for Airdrops precision system: A data acquisition approach to mitigate supply chain and climate change risks.” The faculty advisor was Dr. Max Denis, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering programs. The top three winners will potentially have an opportunity to develop a prototype or seek a patent for their designed solutions.
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty member awarded at 37th Annual BEYA STEM Conference
Dr. Bryan Higgs was recognized as a BEYA Modern-Day Technology Leader at the 37th annual BEYA STEM Conference, held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center from February 9-11. Modern-Day Technology Leaders are men and women who are demonstrating outstanding performance in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The BEYA STEM Community “offers K-12 students, college students, corporate, government, military professionals, business, and industry employers with three days of learning, networking, celebrating excellence, and showcasing STEM career opportunities.”
SEAS students win second place at AMIE Design Challenge
The UDC School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) team placed second in the 2023 Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) Design Challenge held at the Gaylord Resort on February 10. The Design Challenge was part of an industry collaboration with AMIE to demonstrate emerging technologies and how they are used to solve real-life problems. Each university team was judged on their design, problem-solving, communication and business model.