Archive for March, 2011
Just as Charlie won a golden ticket to the chocolate factory, junior Riddhiman Das secured a golden ticket – a two-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Microsoft world headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Das is a Computer Science student in the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Computing and Engineering. On April 15, 50 computer science students [...]
Congratulations to Taya Upkes and Zane Potts! They are UMKC SCE’s 2011 Student 2011 Leadership Excellence Achievement Program (LEAP) Award winners and are featured on the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers Western Chapter (MSPE WC) webpage! Each year, the student LEAP award is earned by the two MSPE student chapter students that write the best [...]
Congratulations to Daniel Leon-Salas, Assistant Professor in SCE’s Computer Science Electrical Engineering Department, and winner of the annual Leadership Excellence Achievement Program (LEAP) Award which was established by the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers Western Chapter (MSPE WC) in 2005. The LEAP award recognizes annually the SCE faculty, as determined by MSPE student chapter members [...]
Deb Chatterjee, associate professor of Electrical Engineering, has been selected for an Office of Naval Research (ONR) fellowship for the third year in a row – 2009, 2010 & 2011. He will be working for the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Radar Division, Electromagnetics Branch from May to August, 2011. Congratulations, Dr Chatterjee!
Assistant professor Reza Derakhshani’s research was featured in UM’s Research and Economic Development Annual Report, providing UM System readers an example of the exciting research being conducted by UMKC faculty. SCE is proud to have one of our faculty represent our campus. This same story has also been chosen for a publication UM System Vice [...]
Deep Medhi, professor of computer science, was Interviewed about hidden geotagging codes in photographs that reveal the location where the picture was taken. The interview, is now on Youtube and has been viewed over 530,000 times. Additional information, including how to deactivate your camera’s geotagging can viewed at NBC Action News.
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has just approved a student chapter at UMKC and several students are preparing for the student competition in Tampa, FL in April. Professors Ceki Halmen and John Kevern are faculty advisors.
It’s convention season again and Dr. Kevern is on the road lecturing about pervious and sustainable concrete across the US. So far this year Dr. Kevern has been the invited and key-note speaker at conferences in Washington D.C., Baton Rouge, LA, Kansas City, and Rapid City, SD. Pervious concrete is a popular topic for stormwater [...]
Dr. Deb Chatterjee, has accepted an invitation to provide the keynote presentation at The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) 7th Military Antennas Summit. The summit will be held in San Diego CA, from March 21 – 23, 2011. Dr. Chatterjee is well known for his experience in the military communications field and is [...]
Seven SCE students helped participants with parking and displays and then visited with the attendees arriving for the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Greater Kansas City Post 3rd Annual Industry Day Education and Training Workshop at UMKC on March 9, 2011. Despite the am temperature being around freezing, the students arrived at 6:30 am! [...]
