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Maseeh College Featured News:
February 2008
Edible Cars, Mouse Traps and More at Portland State's Design Competition
Nearly 500 middle and high school students from across Oregon and Southwest Washington will compete in Portland State University’s 2008 Engineering Design Competition, sponsored by Portland State’s Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. Students from more than 22 schools including Beaverton, Gresham, and Marshall, will compete in teams of four, building edible cars, egg drops, straw towers and mousetraps. The competition will be judged by student groups and organizations within the college.
The design competition gives students the chance to see engineering in action and get hands-on experience. Throughout the competition, students will also be encouraged to participate in the Maseeh College Interactive Showcase. The showcase will include the Microgravity Capstone in conjunction with NASA, humanoid robots as well as assorted wireless devices.
The competitions, as well as the interactive showcase, will be held on Friday, February 22, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the small gymnasium of the Peter Stott Center, room 114 (930 SW Hall St.). The award ceremony begins at 2:00 p.m. For more information e-mail info@cecs.pdx.edu, or visit www.pdx.edu/cecs/events.html. Media interested in attending should contact Molly Lane at 503-807-7503.
January 2008
MCECS Professor Earns CAREER Award
Nirupama Bulusu, assistant professor of Computer Science in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University, has received a five-year $450,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. “I was really excited to receive this award.” said Bulusu, “It provides a significant boost to my research activities.”
Bulusu’s proposal, “Towards Trustworthy Participatory Sensing”, focuses on providing trust to a grassroots approach to sensor data collection and sharing through a pre-existing communication infrastructure, such as the Internet. Such a data-collection approach can benefit many urban sensing applications, including intelligent transportation. Undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students will have the opportunity to assist Bulusu with her research. The proposal also includes outreach through educational demonstrations at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Bulusu and her research team will investigate the design and implementation of a trustworthy participatory sensing system, including solutions for certifying the integrity of published sensory content, so users can trust it; sensory content protection, so more users contribute data, and anonymous content sharing between users. These solutions will be based on the use of a novel trusted-hardware platform.
Nirupama Bulusu joined the Computer Science department in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University in September of 2004.
The Faculty Early Career Development award is one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of the early career development of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education.
December 2007
Founding Dean of Engineering Honored
Chik Erzurumlu, founding dean of Portland State University's Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, was honored along with three other alumni as a Distinguished Engineering Graduate of the Cockrell School of Engineering at University of Texas at Austin. The annual selections are based on outstanding professional records, public service, and support of education. Complete article
November 2007
PSU Professor Lisa Zurk Accepts Presidential Award at D.C. Ceremony
Portland, Ore. November 1, 2007 – Lisa M. Zurk, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University, will be honored today by President George W. Bush with the 2006 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Complete article
Portland State Hosted Johns Hopkins Talented Youth 2007 Science and Technology Series
Portland State University, Johns Hopkins University and ONAMI have collaborated for an amazing program that allowed participants to explore the depths of their potential. The Center for Talented Youth's comprehensive family Academic Programs provide CTY students and their families with the unique opportunity to mutually discover, grow, and learn. Designed for academically talented 7th-10th graders and their families, the Science and Technology Series introduced students to innovative and exciting professionals in the fields of math and science. Complete article
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