Grant received
Charles Williams, senior research associate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has received a $400,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a Web server that will enable geophysicists to make use of powerful modeling techniques.
RPI ranked
The Princeton Review’s 2002 issue of the "Best 331 Colleges" guide recently ranked RPI seventh in professor accessibility, eighth in town and gown relations, and 15th in "more to do on campus."
Colloquium held
The Department of Mechanical, Nuclear, and Aerospace Engineering will hold a colloquium on "Measurement of Shear Using Hot Wire Anemometry, Mass Transfer, and MEMS on Friday from 10:30 am to 11:30 am in Amos Eaton 214.
Chair named
Kenneth Conner, acting chair and professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering, was recently named the chair of the department.
Appointment made
Mark Holmes, chair and professor of mathematical sciences, was appointed to the Board of Associate Executive Editors for the Journal of Engineering Mathematics.
Flu shots offered
The Gallager Health Center will be administering flu shots to students, faculty, and staff on Wednesday in BARH from 4-6 pm, on Thursday in Russell Sage Dining Hall from 11 am-1 pm, and on Friday in the DCC from 11 am-1 pm.
The shots are free to students and are $10 for faculty and staff. Since supplies are limited, they will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information on the flu shots, contact Katrin Wesner at 276-2936.
Professor honored
J. Keith Nelson, professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering, was recently named the Philips Scorn Professor of Electrical Power Engineering.
Research supported
The National Science Foundation has awarded Ron Eglash, assistant professor of science and technology studies, a $543,000 grant for the development of Web-based tools that will help Troy
K-12 students to understand mathematics from a cultural perspective.
Eglash thinks that the culturally-based tools could increase student interest in careers in mathematics, science, and information technology.
Symposium scheduled
A symposim on "Frontiers in Information Technology" will be held on November 2 from 8:15 am to 3:30 pm in CII room 4050.
It will feature a discussion of "Future Chips: Revolutionary Computing and Leapfrog Device Technologies."
There is no registration fee to attend the event, but advance registration is required because attendance will be limited to the capacity of the room.
For more information on the symposium, contact Suzanne Gutmann at gutmas@rpi.edu.
