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November 2023
Volume 2 Issue 1
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Message from the Dean
Dr. Richard T. Schoephoerster
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What a tremendous Fall it has been for the Washkewicz College of Engineering! Our centennial celebration events were a huge success and they have generated a significant amount of excitement and support from the University and throughout the community. Our kickoff event in August attracted a thousand faculty, staff, and students from around campus, and our student organizations were out in full force to recruit new members and initiate new activities as we finally fully emerge from the pandemic. Our Centennial Lecture Series is showcasing our amazing alumni and community partners, and it will continue through the Spring term. Our culminating event, in conjunction with the CSU Homecoming, was our Centennial Open House and celebration of the Distinguished Alumni Award. The 250+ people in attendance were able to see the activities of our student organizations, teaching laboratories, and key research programs in action during the open house. And how appropriate it was to honor the college’s namesake, Donald E. Washkewicz ’72, with the distinguished alumni award.
As we continue to honor and build the Fenn name and brand through our Fenn Tower and Fenn Hall buildings, the Fenn Academy, and the Fenn Co-op Program, we now focus our efforts on building the Washkewicz name and brand over the next 100 years that will be deserving of its namesake. We have just completed a strategic plan for the college that we believe will do just that. You can see that plan here.
It is my hope that you enjoy the coming holiday season.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Distinguished Alumni Award
and Open House
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Congratulations to Mr. Donald E. Washkewicz '72, recognized with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award. He was honored at the Centennial Program on November 9, 2023. Shown above with his wife Pam and Dean Richard Schoephoerster. |
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Recent awardees of the Washkewicz Scholarship pose with Don and Pam Washkewicz (center) and Assistant Dean Dr. Susan Carver (far right, second row) at the Centennial Awards Program. |
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During the open house we welcomed alumni, faculty, current students and friends to tour our buildings, take in a wonderful historical display of Fenn College, exhibit table and demonstrations as depicted above. |
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Fall 2023 Valedictorian, Shereen Elfadil |
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Shereen Elfadil, electrical engineering major with a minor in mathematics was named the Fall 2023 Washkewicz College of Engineering Valedictorian. Shereen has maintained at 4.0 each semester since she enrolled, fall 2019. In addition to this honor, her Senior Design team won first place with their Autonomous Nursery Cart this past spring semester. (Read the story in our current Washkewicz Magazine.) Shereen has received an offer to work full time for ABB Process Automation in Highland Hills, Ohio as an Associate Hardware Engineer after graduation. Read more here.
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Meshack Mihayo Wins 1st Place in Clifford Spiegelman Student Paper Competition |
Meshack Mihayo, civil engineering major, won first place in the Clifford Spiegelman Student Paper Competition for his paper, "Leveraging Mixture Density Networks for Modeling Crash Clearance Duration: A Case of Ohio Freeways". The award, presented by the Transportation Statistics Interest Group, sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA), is a nationally recognized award on the application of statistics in transportation engineering. Learn more here.
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Hamza Bani Khalaf Places in the Institute of Transportation Engineers and Federal Highway Administration Competition |
Hamza Bani Khalaf, civil engineering major, placed third in a paper competition organized by the Institute of Transportation Engineers and Federal Highway Administration. Universities across the United States competed for the award, which recognizes outstanding work in the field of transportation safety data research. Hamza was recognized for his achievement at the ITE Annual Meeting and conference in Portland, OR in August 2023. Learn more here.
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Akshat Shah, New Student Appointee to CSU Board of Trustees
Electrical Engineering major Akshat Shah (left) has been named to a two-year term as Student Representative for the Board of Trustees. “I am very honored to have been chosen for this role,” said Shah. “I look forward to working to represent all of the various, diverse student communities that make Cleveland State such an incredible place to learn.” Read more here.
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New NRT Doctoral Students Creating Technologies that Empower People with Disabilities |
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Luci Duncan: From CSU's REU Program to Leading a Journal Club - A Rising Star in Rehabilitation Engineering |
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Engineering Beyond Borders: CSU's Breanne Welsh, Biomedical Engineer, Takes Global Approach to Tackling Medical Challenges |
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CSU's Erin Clark: From High School Shadowing to Pioneering Spinal Cord Injury Research - A Journey in Biomedical Engineering |
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Claire Foley Joins CSU's Urban Affairs College, Bringing DEI Expertise and Public Policy Passion to Disability Advocacy |
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In 2022, CSU was awarded a $2,000,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The heart of the program is to create teams of engineers, therapists, psychologists, and urban experts who collaborate on physical rehabilitation teams. The end goal is to create technologies that empower people with disabilities. This fall we accepted our first cohort of doctoral students into the traineeship program. Not only are the above students interacting with faculty across colleges at CSU, but they are assembling transdisciplinary research teams that actively partner with people with disabilities. Read more here.
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Dr. Sathish Kumar Funded by Department of Energy to Collaborate on AI Research Talent Development |
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Dr. Sathish Kumar, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been awarded $600,000 by the Department of Energy under a collaborative grant to develop diverse talent to support the training of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers and developers. Read more.
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Dr. Tushar Borkar Awarded Two Grants from the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining worth
over $2.5 million
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Dr. Tushar Borkar, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded two grants for research and development of additive manufacturing (AM) methods via America Makes through its Improvements in Manufacturing Productivity via Additive Capabilities and Techno-Economic Analysis (IMPACT) program. Read more.
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Dr. Prabaha Sikder Files New Patent Application |
Patent Application No. 17/706,997 titled “Infection-Resistant And Bioactive Interbody Device, And Associated Composition And Method” and submitted by Dr. Prabaha Sikder, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MCE), has been published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Read more.
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One disclosure was provided by Dr. Antonie van den Bogert (retired) and Dr. Michael Gallagher, Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Mechanical Engineering, titled: Cable-Driven Exoskeleton Device. The invention provides for an assistive walking device for individuals suffering from conditions affecting their gait.
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The second disclosure was provided by Dr. Zhiqiang Gao, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and was titled: Generic PID Design and Tuning. The invention provides an improved method for tuning and scaling a proportional-integral derivative controller (PID).
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On July 24, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office allowed U.S. Patent 2021/0123007 titled Perfusion Plate for Microarray 3D Bioprinting that names Dr. Moo-Yeal Lee, a former assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (ChBME).
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Contact Jack Kraszewski for assistance with a disclosure to begin the process of protecting your invention or intellectual property. Read about these patents and more here.
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Tuesday, December 5th 11:30am - 12:30pm with 3x alum Dr. Daniel Raible, '06 '08 '11. He is an Electronics Engineer with NASA John H. Glenn Research Center. Topic: "Realizing the Solar System Internet with Laser Communications". Register here and download flyer here.
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Spring Connections Fair
February 22, 2024. Visit here for details |
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Hooding and Induction Ceremony Saturday, December 16, 2023. Visit here to learn more. |
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Commencement Saturday, December 16, 2023. Visit here for protocols. |
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Save the Date: Giving Day
Thursday, February 29, 2024
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We want to know your story. As part of our 100th anniversary, we would like to know what our alumni have been doing. Please share what you have been doing since you left CSU/Fenn. Whether you have retired or just graduated, we want to hear your story. Visit csuohio.edu/fenn100 to tell your story.
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