Engineering Group Lands Awards at Education Conference; 2025 Meeting to Be Held at U of A

The group attending the conference included Heather Walker, teaching associate professor; Seyram Kwame, graduate assistant; LaShall Bates, NWACC professor; Jay McAllister, engineering associate librarian; Ed Clausen, University Professor; Leslie Massey, advanced instructor; Heath Schluterman, associate director; and Aysa Galbraith, teaching associate professor.
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The group attending the conference included Heather Walker, teaching associate professor; Seyram Kwame, graduate assistant; LaShall Bates, NWACC professor; Jay McAllister, engineering associate librarian; Ed Clausen, University Professor; Leslie Massey, advanced instructor; Heath Schluterman, associate director; and Aysa Galbraith, teaching associate professor.

A group of 11 College of Engineering faculty members and students attended the 2024 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conference Sept. 8-10 in Lawrence, Kansas, earning the "Mile Award" for greatest person-miles traveled to the conference.

Two groups were recognized for their entries in Best Paper Awards and Student Poster Awards:

  • Jose L. Vega, M.S.Ch.E. '85, Ph.D. '87; Michael W. Mourot, B.S.Ch.E. '76, M.S.Ch.E '77; and Edgar C. Clausen, University Professor of chemical engineering, won second place for the paper "Preparing PhD Students for Jobs in Industry."
  • Students Chinmaya Joshi, Clancy Milam, Corbin Russ, Stephen Pierson and Ying Sun — led by Han Hu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering — won second place for the poster "Development and Calibration of a Thermal Resistance Testing Facility."  

Also at the conference, Aysa Galbraith, a teaching associate professor with the college's First-Year Engineering Program, moved from chair-elect to become chair of the Midwest Section.

The society's 2025 conference will be held Sept. 14-16 at the University of Arkansas.

Contacts

Jennifer P. Cook, director of communications
College of Engineering
479-575-5697, jpc022@uark.edu

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