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Maseeh College Featured News:
June 2008
US Navy Commander and Astronaut Sunita Williams to accept award from PSU June 13, 2008 – United States Navy Commander and Astronaut Sunita Williams and Maseeh College graduate student Diana Laboy-Rush will be inducted into the Denice Dee Denton Women Engineers Hall of Fame at the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University on Friday, June 13. The induction ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Maseeh College’s All College Graduation Reception. Upon accepting their awards, both Ms. Williams and Ms. Laboy-Rush will briefly address the members of the Maseeh College’s graduating class. “We are tremendously pleased to have inductees of such a high caliber for our inaugural induction,” states Maseeh College Dean Robert D. Dryden. “Ms. Williams and Ms. Laboy-Rush are very accomplished women and serve as role models for those students, particularly female students, who wish to pursue careers in the fields of engineering and technology.” Complete article
Dean of Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science Steps Down June 30. Dick Knight named Interim Dean Robert D. Dryden, dean of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science (MCECS) for the past 13 years, has announced that he will step down, effective June 30, 2008. Dick Knight, a 32-year veteran of the high tech industry, will be the interim dean during the search for Dryden's replacement.
February 2008Edible Cars, Mouse Traps and More at Portland State's Design Competition
Nearly 500 middle and high school students from across Oregon and Southwest Washington will compete in Portland State University’s 2008 Engineering Design Competition, sponsored by Portland State’s Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. Students from more than 22 schools including Beaverton, Gresham, and Marshall, will compete in teams of four, building edible cars, egg drops, straw towers and mousetraps. The competition will be judged by student groups and organizations within the college.
January 2008 MCECS Professor Earns CAREER Award Nirupama Bulusu, assistant professor of Computer Science in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University, has received a five-year $450,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. “I was really excited to receive this award.” said Bulusu, “It provides a significant boost to my research activities.” Bulusu’s proposal, “Towards Trustworthy Participatory Sensing”, focuses on providing trust to a grassroots approach to sensor data collection and sharing through a pre-existing communication infrastructure, such as the Internet. Such a data-collection approach can benefit many urban sensing applications, including intelligent transportation. Undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students will have the opportunity to assist Bulusu with her research. The proposal also includes outreach through educational demonstrations at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Bulusu and her research team will investigate the design and implementation of a trustworthy participatory sensing system, including solutions for certifying the integrity of published sensory content, so users can trust it; sensory content protection, so more users contribute data, and anonymous content sharing between users. These solutions will be based on the use of a novel trusted-hardware platform. Nirupama Bulusu joined the Computer Science department in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University in September of 2004. The Faculty Early Career Development award is one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of the early career development of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education.
December 2007Founding Dean of Engineering Honored Chik Erzurumlu, founding dean of Portland State University's Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, was honored along with three other alumni as a Distinguished Engineering Graduate of the Cockrell School of Engineering at University of Texas at Austin. The annual selections are based on outstanding professional records, public service, and support of education. Complete article
November 2007PSU Professor Lisa Zurk Accepts Presidential Award at D.C. Ceremony
Portland, Ore. November 1, 2007 – Lisa M. Zurk, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University, will be honored today by President George W. Bush with the 2006 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Complete article Portland State Hosted Johns Hopkins Talented Youth 2007 Science and Technology Series
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