Calendar and News
April 2012
April 30 — Guest speaker, Lorraine A. Bolsinger, president and CEO of GE Aviation Systems, spoke at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting today and talked about GE Aviation's new $51M EPISCENTER that will open on the University of Dayton campus next year. She referred to it as the "intellectual heart and soul" of the company's electrical power business. Go to Article >>
April 21 — Students from the U.S. and United Kingdom put their aircraft design skills to the test at the University of Dayton's College Park Center during the Merlin Flight Simulation Group's second annual IT FLIES USA competition.
April 21, 2012 — Congratulations to Greg Roeth, senior, chemical engineering major for winning the All-Ohio Track and Field Championship's 10,000-meter run in 31:03.93. Go to Article >>
TopMarch 2012
March 19, 2012 — Congratulations to the Electro-Optics Graduate Program, Dr. Vorontsov and Dr. Weyrauch for the $1.5M, 3-year cooperative agreement with the Army. The research, Characterization, Mitigation, and Exploitation of Volume Turbulence Effects in Army Tactical and Long-range Optical Systems, will support researchers, faculty, and graduate students.
March 16, 2012 - Dayton Daily News: Congratulations to the ECE department for being featured on the front page of the DDN with the Robotics Lab and Robotics education and to Dr. Guru Subramanyam, Dr. Raúl Ordóñez and their students for their leadership. Go to Article >>
March 13, 2012 - U.S. News & World Report: For the fifth straight year, the University's School of Engineering graduate program ranks second nationally among Catholic colleges and universities and third among Ohio colleges and universities. Nationally, the graduate program tied with Ivy League Dartmouth College at No. 60. Go to Article >>
TopFebruary 2012
February 27, 2012 - WVXU Radio Station: New research center at the University of Dayton will help develop advanced transportation systems. Professor Danny Eylon, Materials Engineering Graduate Program Director, says UD is teaming with the Fraunhofer Institute of Non-Destructive Testing in Germany to form a new center housed at the university Go to Article >>
February 21, 2012 - Philadelphia Business Journal: Kern Family donates $2.4M to get engineering students thinking like entrepreneurs. Go to Article >>
February 21, 2012 - Dayton Business Journal: UD Partners with German Institute on Research Center. Go to Article >>
February 20, 2012 - UD News: The University of Dayton is teaming with one of Europe’s leading research organizations to help develop advanced transportation systems. Go to Article >>
February 20, 2012 - UD News: The University of Dayton School of Engineering will work with the Fraunhofer Institute of Non-Destructive Testing in Dresden, Germany, to research advanced materials, electro-optics and sensors as they relate to fracture, fatigue and failure of materials. Go to Article >>
February 6, 2012 - UD News: The University of Dayton School of Engineering will honor the inaugural class of inductees to the engineering Hall of Fame during the School's 100-year anniversary gala at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in the Kennedy Union ballroom. Go to Article >>
TopJanuary 2012
January 27, 2012 - Aviation News: The latest addition to the University of Dayton's Merlin Flight Simulator Laboratory will enable students to appreciate not only the vital position of the Air Traffic Controller, but the need to design aircraft which have good handling qualities on critical phases of flight. Go to Article >>
January 23, 2012 - Please help me welcome back into our School of Engineering family the Center for Competitive Change (CCC). The move was effective January 1, 2012. CCC director, Paul Piechota leads a team of internal members and an outreach emeritus base of over 20 highly respected and recognized industry leaders in Lean, Sigma, ISO/Quality, Leadership, Organization and Team Development, and Culture/Cultural change. Teri Stemley, full-time team member, assists Paul with administrative, marketing and logistics. Go to Announcement (PDF) >>
January 19, 2012 - UD News: Professor Partha Banerjee has joined the ranks with U.S. Department of Energy secretary and Nobel laureate Stephen Chu as an Institute of Physics fellow. Go to Article >>
January 9, 2012 - U.S. News & World Report: The School of Engineering's online graduate programs are ranked second in the nation in faculty credentials and training, 26th in student services and technology, and 35th in student engagement and accreditation. Master's degrees in engineering management and management science can be earned totally via distance learning. Go to U.S. News & World Report Article >> and Go to UD News Article >>
January 4, 2012 - UD News: The University of Dayton will be part of a three-year, $2.4M grant from the Kern Family Foundation to develop ways to educate engineers to contribute to the entrepreneurial cultures of their companies. Go to Article >>TopDecember 2011
December 27, 2011 - UD News/Dayton Daily News: As it observes its 100th anniversary, the University of Dayton School of Engineering is maintaining its focus on being a national leader in the aerospace industry and energy research. The university's leadership in educating engineers and nurturing innovation over the past century has aided local job creation for years and contributed to millions of dollars in economic impact around the state. "It's the spirit of innovation in this country that got us to be the economic leader globally," said Tony Saliba, dean of the School of Engineering. "If we can nurture that spirit of innovation into our students and our graduates, that's where the new jobs are going to come from." Go to Article >>
