Engineering News - Spring 2008

In This Issue:

Astronaut Alums Take SEAS to New Heights

Biomedical Engineering Meets Art at MoMA

SEAS Establishes New Advisory Board For Entrepreneurship

Philips Electronics Honors Professor Gertrude Neumark

Deodatis Is Named First Calatrava Family Professor

Engineers Without Borders Brings “Power to the People”

Programs That Create Engineers Who Care

Doing Well by Doing Good

BOTWINICK MULTIMEDIA LEARNING LABORATORY

Faculty Notes

TWO SEAS PROPOSALS RECEIVE UNIVERSITY FUNDING

Nayar Elected New Member of National Academy of Engineering

Undergrads Contribute to Research

University Announces New Financial Aid Plan

SEAS Parents Program Formed

SEAS Goes West, Brings Columbia to CA

Reunion Program

Alumni Notes

In Memoriam

Cover Story: Astronauts Take SEAS To New Heights

Two SEAS alumn make history as they participate in two separate space missions this year, the just-completed STS 123 and STS 125, slated for takeoff on Aug. 28. [More]

New Philips Electronics Professorship Established

Philips, the international electronics company, has established the Philips Electronics Professorship in honor of Professor Gertrude Neumark's pioneering role as a woman engineer. [More]

Engineers Without Borders Gives “Power to the People”

Columbia SEAS students create a micro-hydroelectric power plant for a rural village in India, using water from a local stream to spin a turbine in a power station. [More]

Engineers Without Borders
Give “Power to the People”

CTICE Contains SEAS's Community Programs

The Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement (CTICE) is the new umbrella for all communitybased learning initiatives for the School. [More]

CTICE Contains SEAS’s
Community Programs