VCU College of Engineering, partners develop plan to strengthen emerging business cluster
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A coalition of regional economic development, private business and higher education leaders is mobilizing to build a global cluster of advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing, research and development in Richmond and Petersburg.
Under a planning grant from Growth and Opportunity for Virginia, a state-funded initiative administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering and its team this week announced a strategy for the region to nurture and grow an interrelated network that would drive new businesses and job growth and ultimately improve access to safe, effective a
QU hosts seminar on humanitarian engineering and health innovations
21 Apr 2021 - 8:41
Snapshot of speakers during the seminar on Humanitarian Engineering and Health Innovations.
The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar University’s (QU) College of Health Sciences and College of Engineering recently hosted a virtual seminar titled “Humanitarian Engineering and Health Innovations: Experience from AUB.”
Presentations were delivered by Aline Germani, Director at the Center for Public Health Practice, the Health Sciences Faculty at the American University of Beirut, and Dr. Imad Elhajj, Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut. The event started with an opening remark by Dr. Khalid Naji, Dean of the College of Engineering, followed by Dr. Hanan Abdulrahim, Dean of the College of Health Sciences.
Katherine Banks, Ph.D., will step into her role as the 26th President of Texas A&M beginning June 1. Banks will be the second woman to serve as president of the university. Soon-to-be university President Banks spoke with The Battalion news reporter Aubrey Vogel; read their Q&A below.
THE BATTALION: How did you get to Texas A&M, and what has your role looked like up until this point?
KB: I arrived at Texas A&M in January of 2012. I was [formerly the] department head at Purdue University in the department of civil engineering. I moved to Purdue from Kansas State University in 1997 where I was a professor for seven years. I joined Kansas State University after I received my Ph.D. from Duke University in 1989. The position for which I was hired when I arrived here in January of 2012 was Dean of the College of Engineering, Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Vice-Chancellor of Engineering, which included oversight of the three engineering agencies. My office al
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This photograph was taken before the coronavirus pandemic necessitated health measures such as wearing masks and social distancing. Babatunde Ogunnaike, the William L. Friend Chaired Professor of Chemical Engineering and former Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware, is the newly appointed director of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program.
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Former Engineering dean takes the helm of UDâs Grand Challenges Scholars Program
For engineers, the ability to understand and solve a wide range of technical problems is only one part of the job, said Babatunde Ogunnaike, the William L. Friend Chaired Professor of Chemical Engineering and former Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware.