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PSU's Summer Transportation Camp with the Transportation Research and Education Center helped "students think more critically about transit" and prepared them for future careers in civil engineering.
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PSU's Summer Research Symposium, a National Science Foundation funded research program managed by the teuscher.:Lab and led by Christof Teuscher (ECE) provided students with mentorship and the opportunity to develop unique research projects.
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Spacetech company AscendArc recently visited PSAS and toured our facilities with their venture capital partners, Seraphim Space and KSTAT. As PSAS works with AscendArc on their Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract, it highlights the critical role of local collaboration to advance Portland's aerospace future.
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The 3rd annual Maseeh Staff Retreat was held on August 13th. This year's theme was "Joy as an Act of Resistance". Staff discussed implementing trauma-informed practices, and how centering joy in our work will help to serve students and staff alike in an upcoming year when the only certainty is uncertainty. Key takeaways were goals for increased staff collaboration with peers in similar roles, supporting international students, improving the climate and culture for engineering and CS students, and a commitment to CRUSH Walktober as a whole staff (faculty welcome, too!).
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- Thank you to everyone who participated in the inaugural Maseeh College Bow-Wow Competition! Congratulations to Miranda Morgan (DO) and her mutt Russell for representing Maseeh College in the PSU-wide competition and making it into the Top 8.
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Tim Anderson will be presenting at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, “Hearing Loss in Academia: Using STEAM to turn Lemons into Lemonade,” in Minneapolis. Dean Joe Bull, Suzanne Estes, and Anderson will also be at the AISES Conference College and Career Fair’s PSU booth to help with student recruitment across the university.
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ETM and the PSU School of Business helped lead the Cascadia R Conference this summer. This Pacific Northwest conference about applications of data science will return to Portland next year. Contact Jing Zhao (MME) if you are interested in getting involved.
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Bob Bass (ECE) was awarded $43,033 from Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Inc. for “Nascent Technology Identification”
- Raul Bayoan Cal (MME) was awarded $306,177 from the National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: CBET-EPSRC: Unwinding Entrainment Processes in Wind Farm to Wind Farm Interactions”
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Yi Xia (MME) was awarded $344,743 from the National Science Foundation for “First-Principles Simulation of Lattice Thermal Transport Beyond the Quasiparticle Approximation”
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James Pankow (CEE) was awarded $59,438 from UC Riverside / National Institutes of Health for “Study of the Synergy and Additive Effects of Benzaldehyde and Veratryl Aldehyde on the Cytotoxicity of Acrolein, a Toxic Chemical Formed During Use of Electronic Cigarettes”
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Joshua Mendez (ECE) was awarded $14,283 from the University of Oregon / National Science Foundation for "Aggregation and Electrification in a Laboratory-scale Volcanic Plume”
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(Grant information available as of of September 10th.)
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Please share with your undergraduate students that the Discover Internships in Semiconductor Careers (DISC) program is now accepting applications for paid internships at local semiconductor companies.
- A key priority for PSU this coming year is to restore our pre-pandemic levels of campus vibrancy. As President Cudd noted, increasing our face-to-face interactions is essential for building trust and strengthening our community. The Provost’s plan takes effect on November 17th:
- Four Days On-Campus: This will be our new standard, giving us more opportunities to connect, create, and support our students in person.
- One Flex Day: You will still have one remote day per week. We will coordinate schedules within our teams to ensure we always have coverage.
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Leadership Presence: Department and unit leads will be on campus at least four days a week to model this engagement and support their teams.
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Portland State University is a sanctuary school, and it protects student confidentiality under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). ICE activity is not permitted on closed school property: this includes card-access academic buildings, such as the Engineering Building (EB), the locked down areas of the Fourth Avenue Building (FAB), and Fariborz Maseeh Hall (FMH). PSU Campus Public Safety (CPSO) will not consent to or facilitate immigration enforcement on campus, and Oregon state or Portland city police enforcement officials are not legally permitted to assist ICE. If you see ICE or federal immigration authorities on the premises, it should be reported to (CPSO) at 503.725.5911 or to the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) hotline at 1.888.622.1510. Further information and resources are available here:
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Doctoral students from Maseeh College and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) are invited to the Welcome PhD Student Lunch on 9/22 from 12:30-2 pm in Vernier Science Center 105 to welcome new doctoral students to PSU on September 22nd. Invitations to students will follow, please encourage new and current PhD students to attend.
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Your favorite photobooth and animal friends will return on September 12th for the annual Maseeh College New Student Welcome. There will also be new surprises this year so join us as we welcome new students to Maseeh College. Please RSVP to the event.
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Save the date for our first Maseeh Exchange on November 12th from 5-7pm. Our focus for Fall term will be highlighting our work around Power & Energy. We will have more amazing faculty Ignite talks, open labs, and the unveiling of our new mural, We will be sharing more details soon, but it's not too early to RSVP and mark your calendars.
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Dean Joseph Bull's annual State of the College will be held at the Native American Student and Community Center (NASCC) on October 17th at noon, as part of our second annual Teaching & Mentoring Symposium. Faculty and staff will share insights on improving student success and share updates on progress from the 2024 symposium. Please RSVP for the event.
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On Thursday, September 18th, the Employee Resource Fair will take place at the Walk of the Heroines from 2-3 pm, followed by the President's Convocation 3-5 m at Hoffman Hall. The President and Provost will answer submitted questions for a moderated session about PSU’s greatest opportunities and most pressing issues.
- On September 19th, from 10-11:30 am at the Lincoln Performance Hall (LH175) all Portland State employees are invited to a Town Hall on the financial sustainability plan. This is a valuable opportunity to learn about the university’s budget and our path forward as a thriving university. President Ann Cudd and Provost Shelly Chabon will be presenting and answering questions.
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After 11 years as ETM Department Chair, Tim Anderson is stepped down to enjoy his first sabbatical after 30 years at PSU. The ETM Department is in great hands though as Maseeh's Associate Dean of Research, Antonie Jetter, will serve as Interim Department Chair. Jetter is only the third chair in ETM’s 38 year history.
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Martin Siderius (ECE) will be joining the Dean's Office as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, replacing Jim Hook who will be off on sabbatical and an eventual return to teaching in CS.
- ECE is welcoming two new hires, Jamel Tayeb Assistant Professor of Practice in Computer Architecture and Jamie Kennedy Assistant Professor of Practice in Embedded Systems.
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Rosemary Fama started in September as our new Academic Services & Retention Administrator. This is a new role in the college but will focus on supporting cohort programs, student groups, student employee training, and other retention efforts in the college. Rosemary is new to the Maseeh College but not new to PSU as she was previously the Partnership Coordinator for Center for Internships and Mentoring (CIMR).
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Outgoing ETM Department Chair, Tim Anderson was recently profiled as an academic leader that uses a cochlear implant in Mind Hears. Mind Hears is an National Science Foundation (NSF) supported blog is written by and for academics at all career stages with some degree of hearing loss. He agreed to be profiled in an effort to help destigmatize hearing loss and other disabilities for students and others.
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