Faculty News
Media Mentions:
Prof. Tarek El-Ghazawi (ECE) was quoted in the February 15 news article, Computer Takes On Quiz Show Championson SKY.com.
Other:
On February 11, Prof. Baoxia Mi (CEE) was invited to visit the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to talk with project leaders and research scientists in the Polymer Division of the NIST Material and Measurement Laboratory. She also gave a seminar entitled "Advancing Membrane Technology for Water Sustainability." NIST is launching a new project on water filtration membranes and has expressed an interest in future research collaboration with Prof. Mi on various membrane topics.
ENGINEERS WEEK 2011
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DATE |
TIME |
SPONSOR |
EVENT |
LOCATION |
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Monday, |
12-3:00 |
Alpha Omega Epsilon |
Non-Newtonian Fluids |
Tompkins Lawn |
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2:00 |
GW Robotics |
Movie: Blade Runner |
Tompkins 201 |
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5-8:00 |
SEAS Student Peer Advising Network (SPAN) |
Bowling, Billiards, & Board |
Marvin Center Hippodrome |
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All day |
Tau Beta Pi |
Professor Trivia Contest |
*Trivia Sheets Found in Tomp 104* |
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Tuesday, |
12-3:00 |
American Society of |
Build a Mini-City |
Tompkins Lobby |
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3:30-5 |
Allyn Kilsheimer, SEAS '63 |
The Phoenix Project: The Story of Rebuilding the Pentagon after 9/11 |
1957 E St. Room 113 |
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3:30-6 |
Engineers Without |
Filtration System Experiment |
Tompkins Lobby |
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6-8:30 |
SEAS |
Seminar of Entrepreneurship: "Managing Growth" |
Funger Hall Room 103 |
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6-9:30 |
Institute of Electrical |
"Tech Night" with the |
Verizon Center |
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All day |
Tau Beta Pi |
Professor Trivia Contest |
*Trivia Sheets Found in Tomp 104* |
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Wednesday, |
11-5:00 |
Society of Women |
Penny Boats |
Tompkins Lobby |
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3-6:00 |
SEAS |
5th Annual Research and |
Four Seasons Hotel |
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All day |
Tau Beta Pi |
Professor Trivia Contest |
*Trivia Sheets Found in Tomp 104* |
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Thursday, |
11-12:30 |
Pi Tau Sigma |
Guess the Weight of that "Pi" |
Tompkins Lobby |
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12:30-3 |
American Institute |
Paper Airplane Contest |
Tompkins Lobby |
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3-5:30 |
SEAS, GW Career Center, and Office of Alumni Relations |
2nd Annual Engineering Industry Expo |
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom |
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All day |
Tau Beta Pi |
Professor Trivia Contest |
*Trivia Sheets Found in Tomp 104* |
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Friday, |
11-3:00 |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Egg-Drop Contest |
Phillips Hall, 7th Floor |
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11-1:00 |
Society of American Military Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers |
Seminar on Building Information Modeling and Commissions |
Marvin Center, Room 413-414 |
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3-5:00 |
National Society of Black Engineers |
The Amazing Race: Battle of the Orgs |
Various Locations; Meet in Tompkins Lobby |
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7-9:00 |
Theta Tau |
Starcraft: Brood War Tournament |
Tompkins 410 |
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All day |
Tau Beta Pi |
Professor Trivia Contest |
*Trivia Sheets Found in Tomp 104* |
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Saturday, |
7:30-midnight |
The Engineers' Council |
The Engineers' Ball, 2011 |
Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue |
SEAS Events
The Phoenix Project
Allyn Kilsheimer, SEAS '63
Tuesday, February 22
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Room 113, 1957 E St.
Registration is not required and alumni are encouraged to attend.
ECE Colloquium/IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecture Series: "Magnetic Soft X-ray Microscopy: A Path Toward Imaging Magnetism Down to the Fundamental Length and Time Scales"
Dr. Peter Fischer, Center for X-ray Optics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tuesday, February 22
4:00 pm
640 Phillips Hall
More info . . .
The Fifth Annual SEAS Student R&D Showcase
Wednesday, February 23
3:00 - 6:00 pm
The Four Seasons Hotel
2800 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Register at: http://www.seas.gwu.edu/RDShowcase
Note: Shuttles leave Tompkins Hall every half-hour (at the top and bottom of the hour) from 2:00 to 6:30 pm.
SEAS Engineering Expo: An Engineering and IT Career Fair!
Thursday, February 24
GW Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
3:00 - 3:45 pm - Q&A Panel; 3:45 - 5:30 pm - Expo
Registration is now open in GWork to SEAS students and alumni.
Register at: mygwork.gwu.edu
GW Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management (ICDRM) Forum: Drilling Under Duress: Reaching the 33 Chilean Miners with a Rescue Borehole
Brandon Fisher, Center Rock, Inc
Thursday, February 24
4:00 - 6:00 pm
309 Marvin Center
To RSVP, email Sergio De Cosmo at [email protected].
ECE Seminar: "Graphene Nanoelectronic Devices"
Dr. Osama M. Nayfeh, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate
Wednesday, March 2
2:00 - 3:00 pm
640 Phillips Hall
More info . . .
SEAS Presents: Mario Cardullo
Wednesday, March 2
3:00 - 5:00 pm
310 Marvin Center
To RSVP, email Prof. Julie Ryan at [email protected].
MAE/GWIBE Seminar Series: Engineering Feedback Control Systems in Microbes
Dr. Mary J. Dunlop, University of Vermont
Thursday, April 14
1:00 - 2:00 pm
640 Phillips Hall
More info . . .
Entrepreneurship Events
Follow GW Office of Entrepreneurship activities on: Facebook: GW Office of Entrepreneurship, Twitter: GWInnovate, and www.gwu.edu/entrepreneurship.
$50K BizPlanComp: Workshop - Product Strategy
Tuesday, February 22
6:00 - 7:00 pm
453 Duques Hall
RSVP to: http://bpcworkshop6.eventbrite.com
SEAS Seminar on Entrepreneurship: "Managing Growth"
Tuesday, February 22
6:00 - 8:30 pm
103 Funger Hall
SEAS Seminar on Entrepreneurship: "Marketing: How to Find Your Customers"
Wednesday, March 23
6:00 - 8:30 pm
103 Funger Hall
Academic Success Events: March
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Monday, March 7
4:00 - 5:30 pm
405 Marvin Center
Job Search Strategies for Graduate Students
Tuesday, March 22
4:00 - 5:30 pm
309 Marvin Center