by crn002 | May 30, 2024 | Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty, Fall 2023
The College of Engineering said goodbye over the summer to two long-serving department heads — Juan Balda, who was head of electrical engineering for 13 years, and Lalit Verma, who was head of biological and agricultural engineering for 21 years. Juan Balda Balda’s...
by crn002 | May 28, 2024 | Faculty, faculty appreciation, Fall 2023, Industrial Engineering
Two professors in the Department of Industrial Engineering received prestigious awards from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers during the group’s annual meeting in May. Professor Chase Rainwater, who also serves as department head, was awarded the...
by crn002 | Oct 17, 2022 | Faculty, Fall 2022, Research
Xianghong Qian and Ranil Wickramasinghe first met in 1991 through a mutual friend and classmate. At the time, Wickramasinghe was earning his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota, and Qian was earning her Ph.D. in physical and theoretical...
by crn002 | Oct 14, 2022 | Faculty, Fall 2022, NSF Career Awards
Two assistant professors of engineering landed prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development awards that come with more than $500,000 to support their research. Lu Zhang, assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering, and...
by crn002 | Oct 14, 2022 | Faculty, Fall 2022, In the News
Ride for SMILIES bike stations have been deployed in areas of Fort Smith. A civil engineering researcher and community partners have deployed stations equipped with regular and electric bikes in low-income Fort Smith neighborhoods where 65% of residents don’t have a...
by crn002 | Oct 13, 2022 | Faculty, Fall 2022, Research
RANU JUNG, Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering and executive director of the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society...
