Professor Anna Dollár served as one of six invited speakers at the main plenary session at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition held in Vancouver, BC, in June 2011. The Main Plenary is traditionally the most highly anticipated session at the ASEE Annual Conference, with more than 2,000 attendees enjoying [...]

Dr. Douglas W. Coffin of the SEAS Chemical and Paper Engineering department was awarded the Corrugated Packaging Division Technical Award and Harry J. Bettendorf Prize by TAPPI on September 26, 2011.   The ceremony took place at TAPPI’s CorrExpo2011 in Fort Worth, Texas.   
TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries.  It is a registered non-governmental [...]

Michael Bailey-Van Kuren, associate professor of mechanical and manufacturing engineering, worked with Donna Scarborough, associate professor of speech pathology and audiology, to develop a medical device to suppress the gag-reflex of the throat muscles. The glove-like acupressure device diminishes the gag-reflex in speech therapy and in people who are sensitive to activities such as dental [...]

During the Feb. 4 meeting, Miami University’s board of trustees approved recommendations for promotion and tenure effective July 1, 2011.
For Promotion to PROFESSOR:
For TENURE and promotion to ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR:

The School of Engineering and Applied Science is proud of the recent awards and accomplishments of Professor Yu Tong (Jade) Morton.

Professor Morton was recently elected as the 2011 President of the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Global Positioning Systems (CPGPS).  CPGPS is an international professional organization established in 2001 to serve members in Global [...]

Involving students in international research collaboration

Friction Stir Welding research
The research in friction stir welding (FSW) of Dr. Carter Hamilton, assistant professor of mechanical and manufacturing engineering has played an important role in involving students in international collaboration with the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland.

Kevin Korus, Palatine, IL (left) and Bryan Hennessey, [...]

With the help of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), Miami University has launched an iPhone application that provides up-to-date campus news, events and general information.
The app, which was approved by Apple this past Spring, was designed with the help of three students:  David Alson (Harrison, NY), a senior electrical engineering major, Thomas [...]

Janet Burge, assistant professor of computer science and software engineering, is one of four Miami University professors who recently received a Distinguished Scholar Award.
She is a specialist in software engineering and conducts research in design rationale, a subfield of Artificial Intelligence in design. She is the lead author of a research monograph, Rationale-Based Software Engineering, [...]

Brooke Flinders, assistant professor of Nursing, received a five-year $405,575 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Adolescent Health for the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (TTP) replication of evidence-based programs.

The mission: Design and build a “Wire Skimmer,” a self-propelled device that will speed along a 24-gage metal wire over an expanse of twenty feet. Your power source? A single rubber band.