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American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) PK-12 educators convened at Maseeh College while in town for hhe convention. Over 100 educators visited the building, and we we gave tours to a few dozen local educators and demonstrated Maseeh's outreach impact with donors, as well. A successful event all around.
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On May 17th, Portland State University hosted MESA Day 2024. Over 300 students, teachers, volunteers, and community members gathered at the Viking Pavilion to celebrate the end of the MESA year. The day was a great success, featuring a student invention showcase themed around Designing for Environmental Conservation, exciting competitions, and a college and career fair in the afternoon. Students from across Oregon came to the PSU campus, demonstrating their dedication to innovation, environmental sustainability, and a brighter STEAM future. Check out photos from the event and learn more about our students’ experience.
- The Undergraduate Research and Mentorship Program (URMP) kicked off on June 21 for the summer. Fourteen students will present their research posters at the New Student Welcome in September (more details about in the Upcoming events section below).
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Tim Anderson (ETM) lead a campus-wide effort to successfully provide 90 Native students attending the Unity Conference the chance to tour Portland State. Tour stops included Maseeh College, Native American Student and Community Center (NASCC), Indigenous Traditional Ecological & Cultural Knowledge (ITECK), the Oak Savannah, and the School of Business.
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- The Academy of Distinguished Alumni event was emceed by Erin O'Roak (Development Director), while Dean Joseph Bull handed out a raft of deserving awards to Maseeh Alumni. Learn more about the awards and check out all the photos here.
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- Don’s party was a chance to bid a bittersweet farewell to everyone's favorite Facilities Manager, Don Mueller, and mingle with faculty and staff before the end of Spring Term.
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The Wedge Awards ceremony offered another opportunity for congratulating Maseeh Faculty and Staff on their stellar work this past year. (Read more and see more pictures on our webpage.) Kudos to the year's winners:
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Excellence in Teaching
- Thomas Schumacher (CEE)
- Yuchen Huang (ECE)
- Karla Fant (CS)
- Alexander Hunt (MME)
- Excellence in Diversity
- Stephanie Allen (CS)
- Banafsheh Rekabda (CS)
- Excellence in Service to the Maseeh College
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Excellence in Service to Students
- Linda Wasson (Pathway Advisor)
- Excellence Through an Extraordinary Action
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Graduate Advising and Mentoring Excellence
- Mark Jones (CS)
- Xiaoyu Song (ECE)
- Kunpeng Liu (CS)
- Honorable Mention Excellence in Teaching
- Diane Moug (CEE)
- Andrew Greenberg (ECE)
- Jesse Chaney (CS)
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Members of the Electronics and Computer Engineering department presented six papers at the ASEE conference:
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"An Industrial Tool Based Graduate Class in ECE Design Verification Curriculum" by Shruti Sharma, Xiaoyu Song, Mohamed Ghonim, and Jin Zhang (Synopsys Inc.)
- "Assessing Sophomore Cornerstone Courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering" by Branimir Pejcinovic, Melinda Holtzman, and Andrew Greenberg
- "altREU: An Alternative Online Research Experience Broadens Opportunities for Undergraduates" by MacKenzie Gray, Erin Shortlidge, and Christof Teuscher
- "Board 445: Work in Progress: Structuring Engineering Internships to Support Community Benefits Plans" by Robert B. Bass and Jen Lindwall
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"Tinkercad—Not Just for Kids by Branimir Pejcinovic and Melinda Holtzman
- "Wireless Environmental Sensing Electronics Framework Development with Successive Capstone Projects" by David Burnett
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We have some recent additions to our YouTube channel from our growing stable of video stars:
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Speaking of which, make sure you're following Maseeh College on our social media channels for updates and more.
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The Academy of Distinguished Alumni event was emceed by Erin O'Roak (Development Director), while Dean Joseph Bull handed out a raft of deserving awards to Maseeh Alumni. Learn more about the awards and check out all the photos here.
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- Don’s party was a chance to bid a bittersweet farewell to everyone's favorite Facilities Manager, Don Mueller, and mingle with faculty and staff before the end of Spring Term.
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The Wedge Awards ceremony offered another opportunity for congratulating Maseeh Faculty and Staff on their stellar work this past year. (Read more and see more pictures on our webpage.) Kudos to the year's winners:
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Excellence in Teaching
- Thomas Schumacher (CEE)
- Yuchen Huang (ECE)
- Karla Fant (CS)
- Alexander Hunt (MME)
- Excellence in Diversity
- Stephanie Allen (CS)
- Banafsheh Rekabda (CS)
- Excellence in Service to the Maseeh College
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Excellence in Service to Students
- Linda Wasson (Pathway Advisor)
- Excellence Through an Extraordinary Action
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Graduate Advising and Mentoring Excellence
- Mark Jones (CS)
- Xiaoyu Song (ECE)
- Kunpeng Liu (CS)
- Honorable Mention Excellence in Teaching
- Diane Moug (CEE)
- Andrew Greenberg (ECE)
- Jesse Chaney (CS)
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Members of the Electronics and Computer Engineering department presented six papers at the ASEE conference:
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"An Industrial Tool Based Graduate Class in ECE Design Verification Curriculum" by Shruti Sharma, Xiaoyu Song, Mohamed Ghonim, and Jin Zhang (Synopsys Inc.)
- "Assessing Sophomore Cornerstone Courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering" by Branimir Pejcinovic, Melinda Holtzman, and Andrew Greenberg
- "altREU: An Alternative Online Research Experience Broadens Opportunities for Undergraduates" by MacKenzie Gray, Erin Shortlidge, and Christof Teuscher
- "Board 445: Work in Progress: Structuring Engineering Internships to Support Community Benefits Plans" by Robert B. Bass and Jen Lindwall
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"Tinkercad—Not Just for Kids by Branimir Pejcinovic and Melinda Holtzman
- "Wireless Environmental Sensing Electronics Framework Development with Successive Capstone Projects" by David Burnett
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- A hearty welcome to our new staff members:
- Justin Traughber (MME/ETM Academic Program Administrator)
- Caden Diamond (ECE Administrative Coordinator)
- Justin Zuschlag (ECE Academic Program Administrator)
- Ben Crall (CEE Development Engineer)
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Charles Holland (ECE) $682,561from Office of Naval Research for “Advanced geoacoustic inference and imaging from the SBP29”
- Andrew Greenberg (ECE) $24,965 from Oregon State University (Prime: NASA)for “Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Infrastructure for Small Satellite Labs/Oregon/NASA Space Grant Consortium” ,
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Kunpeng Liu (CS) $174,811 from National Science Foundation for “Towards Traceable, Affordable and Explainable Automated Feature Generation for Tabular Data"
- Raúl Bayoán Cal (MME) $330,669 from National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Coordinated LES Modeling and Wind/Water Tunnel Experiments for Elucidating Wind/Wave Effects on Floating Wind Turbine Wakes and Farm Performance"
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Dean Joseph Bull has just been awarded the AISES 2024 Executive Excellence Award. The award is symbol of AISES’ appreciation of his hard work on behalf of Indigenous people in STEM. Congratulations, Dean Bull! Maseeh College Dean Joseph Bull has just been awarded the AISES 2024 Executive Excellence Award. The award is symbol of AISES’ appreciation of his hard work on behalf of Indigenous people in STEM. Congratulations, Dean Bull! Learn more about the organization and the honorees.
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Thanks in large part to hard work of Emily Hahn (Student Success and Recruitment Coordinator), the t-shirts are here, and the New Student Welcome is happening September 25th from 10 am to 3 pm. Victor E. Viking will be helping Maseeh Ambassadors and staff welcome our new students. Campus partners, resources, and student groups will be tabling in the atrium. and department offices will be holding open houses. Dean Joseph Bull will speak, lunch will be provided, and to speak at 11:30, followed by lunch for all, and finally department-specific orientations will be offered in the afternoon. Come stop by the photo booth, high-five PSU's mascot Victor E. Viking, check out the new swag, and potentially pet an animal friend as part of the festivities!
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The STEM Transfer Student Summit will take place on September 20th from 9am to 2 pm in the Native American Student Community Center (NASCC). Maseeh is partnering with the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) to bridge the gap for new STEM transfer students attending in Fall 2024. This Summit will include networking for new transfer students, information about internships and other opportunities to pursue at PSU, and community building.
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Our College will host almost 100 pre-college students for summer camps and research internships this summer, including the reboot of CyberPDX. Partner organizations include Girls Inc. Eureka! Camp, Saturday Academy, and the Institute for Computing Research.
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