Future Women Engineers Learn School, Life Lessons During Internship

After a four-week summer internship, 15 engineering hopefuls will soon start their first year at Old Dominion University. The students took part in the Early Engineering Advantage Program for Women (eEAPw), which is designed to enhance future academic and career opportunities in engineering. The program is now in its eighth year at ODU. Participants this year did the bulk of their work at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) under the director of Research Director John Sokolowski and GIS Lab Manager Will Richards.

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BCET Enters into Aggreement with Pakistani University

US, Pakistani universities enter into agreement for cooperation at PhD level (Associated Press of Pakistan, August 27, 2008) WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (APP): Pakistan's University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar and America's Old Dominion University, Virginia have entered into an academic agreement for mutual cooperation in teaching and research at Ph.D. level. Under the split program of PhD, teaching and research would be undertaken in both universities. The ODU will help the UET for the development of PhD teaching courses, a news release said.

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ODU'S Gheorghe is the Organizer of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Eastern Europe

Adrian Gheorghe, the Batten Endowed Chair in system of systems engineering at Old Dominion University, is part of a team of critical infrastructure experts who have won a $60,000 grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to organize and present an Advanced Research Workshop later this year on "Energy Security in the Black Sea Area."

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Engineering Faculty Go Back to the Classroom - As Students

In a complete role reversal, here were top faculty members from the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology sitting at desks while quickly scribbling notes during class.

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Kaine Wants Technical Education Off the Back Burner

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine grew up working in his father's Kansas City welding and iron working shop. So he's the first to admit he has a personal interest in promoting technical training for Virginia's work force. Kaine visited New Horizons Regional Education Center Wednesday morning as part of his Cabinet Community Day. … Joe Johnson, executive director of New Horizons, said the new academy's initial focus on engineering technology addresses a need in the local work force. Kaine and Johnson want to get information on the available training and career possibilities out to students starting at the seventh grade level. "We are in the process this year of having a $500,000 renovation to create a robotics and fiber optics lab," Johnson said. "The pathway also will go from the high school to the community college to the Apprentice School and to Old Dominion University, all of which offer programs in mechanical and electrical engineering."

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Laroussi Edits Special Journal Issue on New Field of 'Plasma Medicine'

Mounir Laroussi, Old Dominion University professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the university's Laser and Plasma Engineering Institute (LPEI), is a guest editor of a first-of-its-kind journal issue exploring the new field of "Plasma Medicine."

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Batten College of Engineering and Technology Faculty Promotions

Batten College of Engineering and Technology Faculty promotions announced.

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Olympic Swimmers Shattering Records in ODU Engineering Graduate Tested Suit

Swimmers from around the world are setting world and Olympic records in Beijing this month and most are doing it wearing a swimsuit made of fabric tested at NASA.

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News of Mars Water Discovery Is Just What ODU Aerospace Engineer Wanted to Hear

The announcement by NASA on Thursday, July 31, that its Phoenix lander had identified water in a Mars soil sample was just what Old Dominion University aerospace engineer Robert Ash has been waiting to hear.

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Nguyen Awarded NSF Grant to Support Course in Civil Engineering Computation

Duc T. Nguyen, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Old Dominion University, has received a sub-contract grant worth $500,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project titled "Holistic Numerical Methods: Unabridged."

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Moore Receives Fulbright Scholarship

Pittsylvania County native and Tunstall High School graduate Jason K. Moore has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in The Netherlands. Moore graduated from Tunstall High in 2000 and received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with minors in mathematics and philosophy from Old Dominion University in 2004… In Norfolk, while at Old Dominion, Moore became interested in more sustainable living practices. He became a vegetarian and started riding a bicycle for transportation instead of driving a car."I led a bicycle design team my senior year of college in which we designed, constructed and raced a human powered vehicle," said Moore. "This helped fuel my interest in bicycle design and technology."

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New Program

Doctor of Engineering Program (D.Eng.) to provide the Commonwealth and the nation with exceptionally educated engineering practitioners. These individuals will have developed the highest possible capability to provide innovative solutions in specialized engineering endeavors. Visit the Program web page for additional information.

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