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ABET’s visit last month was a success While the ABET team identified a few issues that Maseeh College will need to resolve in the coming year, the overall results were very good, and all programs will maintain their accreditation. In sharing their draft findings with President Cudd and Interim Provost Chabon, the ABET Review team was complimentary of the excellent participation from faculty and staff and enthusiasm for our students. A thank you to those who were involved in the process of preparing for and hosting the ABET team, including all of the work last year preparing the self-study reports.
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- Tong Zhang (Assistant Dean for Inclusive Innovation) received a $14,000 grant from University of Pittsburgh for the research "STEM Push Network".
- Wu- Chang Feng (CS) and Ameeta Agrawal (CS) Computer Science faculty, received a $262,900 grant from National Science Foundation for their research "Education DCL:EAGER: Re-imagining the Role of Humans in Security Education".
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Miguel Figliozzi (CEE) received two grants from the Oregon Department of Transportation. One for $163,000 for the research "E-commerce Impacts on Oregon Household Level Deliveries, Trips, and VMT" and another for $70,000 for the research "Improving Guidance for Automated Speed Enforcement".
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Diane Moug (CEE) and Arash Khosravifar (CEE) received a $296,278 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research "Collaborative Research: Efficacy and Durability of Microbially Induced Desaturation to Mitigate Liquefaction in Fine-grained Soils".
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Diane Moug (CEE) received a $10,289 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research "RAPID: Collaborative Research: Subsurface Characterization of Liquefaction Case Histories from the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence".
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David Burnett, Electrical & Computer Engineering faculty, received a $27,854 grant from the Schmidt Family Foundation for the research "Development of a NanoCTD Prototype for Oceanographic Use".
- James Pankow (CEE) received a $220,000 grant for the research "Electronic Cigarettes: Emerging Ingredients, Acids, Toxicants, and Indicators of Non-Tobacco Nicotine."
- Chien Wern (MME) received a $164,438 grant from Oregon Institute of Technology for the research "OMIC: Spur Gear Testing".
- Jim Hook (Associate Dean & CS) received a $54,516 grant from Oregon Department of Education for the research "Well-Rounded Computer Science (WRCS) Project".
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Martin Siderius (ECE) received a $466,244 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research "Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: ETAUS Passive Localized Underwater Transiting Observing Systems( PLUTOS)".
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Jerian Abel (Co-Director of Portland Metro STEM Partnership) received a $871,617 grant from ED US Department of Education for the research "STEM Hub GEER Governor's Computer Science Initiative".
- Sayan Bandyapadhyay (CS) received a $162,970 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research "AF: Small: New Challenges and Approaches in Clustering Algorithms".
- Chistopher Monsere (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs) and Sirisha Kothuri (CEE) received a $90,000 grant from Oregon Department of Transportation for the research "Developing Guidance on Leading Pedestrian Intervals and Curb Extensions to Improve Pedestrian Safety at Signalized Intersections".
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Portland General Electric and the Warm Springs Tribe just landed this $250M DOE GRIPS award, of which PSU is a part; our role is to prepare and provide two PSU interns to the engineering teams per year for the next seven years.
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Banafsheh Rekabdar (CS) has just received a Medical Research Foundation New Investigator Grant. This is for a one-year, $50K project on “A Machine Learning Method to Identify Drivers of Quality of Life Among Diverse Groups of Autistic Adults” that will start in November.
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The Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets (AITO), the organization that puts on the European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP) series of conferences, selected a paper co-authored by Andrew Black (ECE) for the 2023 "Test of Time" award and to give a keynote talk at the conference.
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Tim Anderson (Chair ETM) proudly accepted the AISES Professional Chapter Award. You can read the PSU newsarticle here.
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CEE doctoral student Kayla Sorenson was awarded the 2023 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship presented by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Learn more about Kayla and the award.
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Thuy “Kin” Le recently joined the Maseeh College development team as Assistant Director of Development. Kin is joining us from DoveLewis Veterinary and Specialty Hospital where she served as Development and Campaign Coordinator. Kin’s experiences in higher ed include roles advising international students at Reed College, supporting the Lewis and Clark advancement team, and advising new students at Portland Community College. She will be managing a portfolio of alumni, donors, and organizations and also serve as our Day of Giving liaison and liaison for student groups with fundraising needs.
- Chi Nguyen has been hired as our new Accountant starting December 4. Chi is a CPA and has worked as the Senior Accountant at the Oregon Community Foundation for the last eight years.
- Bob Williamson, Assistant Dean for Finance and Administrative Services, will be leaving the Maseeh College to pursue other opportunities in Vancouver.
- Tricia Hutchins, MME Department Manager, will be the new Assistant Dean for Finance starting next month.
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The SPARK program kicked off its first meeting this month. Part of the FUTURES initiative geared at developing a more inclusive and innovative technology future, SPARK is a specialized cohort program that serves students in their first two terms, equipping freshmen and transfer students from diverse backgrounds with the skills and resources needed to successfully earn a degree.
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Nine graduate students from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in Nanjing (NJUPT), China transferred this fall to Maseeh College's Masters program in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a focus in Signal Processing. These students are part of a joint master's program between PSU and NJUPT, through which they will earn degrees from both institutions at the end of a three-year program of study. Recently, Linnea Spitzer (Education Specialist) brought in some guest speakers to help the students navigate the challenges of being n international student at PSU.
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Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS) will be at OMSI discussing their upcoming rocket launch. They'll be talking about the space environment, how they and tested their satellite, and the upcoming launch in March.
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Jim Hook (Associate Dean for International Partnerships, CS) and Julia Babcock (Senior Project Manager) are traveling to Vietnam as part of a State of Oregon, Port of Portland, Business Oregon trade delegation. They will be participating in a round table discussion on semiconductor workforce development that will be hosted at Vietnam National University.
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Maseeh's 50th Anniversary kicks off with a viewing of "The Story of Vanport," with comments by Franz Rad (CEE Emeritus) in EB92 today.
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Maseeh Dean Joseph Bull appeared on KOIN discussing the importance of his heritage in his quest to make PSU a destination for Native STEM.
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Antonie Jetter (Assistant Dean of Research) was on air to discuss PSU's heading of a clean energy storage hub backed by federal funding
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Christof Teuscher (ECE) is collaborating on a $2M NSF grant to develop new energy-efficient AI applications.
- Daimler Truck North America has made a $1.3 million philanthropic investment to support faculty and students in Maseeh College and the School of Business, including endowing professorships. Stay tuned for more details.
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