Greetings, everyone!
As we begin to reflect on this past year and all we’ve been through in 2021 (and we’ve been through a lot!), I for one am looking forward to welcoming the new year with renewed vigor.
As a college, we have much to be grateful for from 2021. We’ve graduated another group of students, we’ve been able to offer many of our courses in-person, our COVID-19 numbers have not exploded, the reorganization proposal was modified to remove the parts that would have really hurt our college, we have a new permanent Provost who really listens and accepts feedback, our donors this year have been amazingly generous (some news releases about that will be coming soon), the Governor is pushing hard to get a salary raise for all state employees (including UW), and we’ve been able to communicate to the Board of Trustees and to the legislature how we need to reverse the college’s downward trend in resources… and this isn’t a complete list!
In a year that is continuing to be affected by the global pandemic, not to mention feeling the effects of the economic downturn and increased inflation, I continue to draw renewed energy from the impressive dedication and hard work of our faculty, staff, students, and supporters of the College.
I believe that our indomitable spirit and resilience will continue to be strengths for our College as we move forward in the year to come.
I greatly enjoyed seeing so many of you at the CEAS Holiday Party! The food, music, prizes, and of course the company and conversation were just great. I hope you think so, too.
I hope you all have a happy, healthy, and relaxing holiday season. I look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!
Warm regards,
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Welcome to the December "Fast Facts Feature" a quick, fun and funny way for the college to learn a little bit more about each other. |
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STAFF SPOTLIGHT | Baillie Miller |
Department: Susan McCormack Center for Student Success
Title: Coordinator of Alumni and Government Relations for CEAS
If you could take a week off from your regular life to immerse yourself in learning something new, what would it be?
Suba diving, snorkeling and studying marine life; anything to do with the ocean I’m in!
What is one weird fact or tidbit that you still remember from school?
A sprained ankle, crutches and falling on the ice on Prexy’s trying to get to class. Zoom was not an option! lol
If you could win an Olympic medal for any sport, real or fake, what would it be?
Saddle bronc riding
Do you put your cereal in the bowl before the milk or the milk in before the cereal?
Cereal before milk; however, I will always add more cereal if there is milk left.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My daughter Ainsley! I am very lucky to have such a hardworking, amazing daughter.
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FACULTY FEATURE | David Bagley |
Department: Chemical Engineering and the Dean's Office
Title: Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Research, and Professor of Chemical Engineering
If you could take a week off from your regular life to immerse yourself in learning something new, what would it be?
I would like to learn to fly an airplane.
What is one weird fact or tidbit that you still remember from school?
0.0821 which, as all my students should know, is the gas constant in the funny units of liters-atmospheres per mole-Kelvin.
If you could win an Olympic medal for any sport, real or fake, what would it be?
I swam breaststroke in high school and used to dream about being fast enough to win an Olympic medal (but I was barely fast enough to not sink!) Now that I am more mature, I want to win an Olympic medal in luge.
Do you put your cereal in the bowl before the milk or the milk in before the cereal?
I put cereal in the bowl first, of course! Then add milk until the cereal just starts to float. Perfect!!
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Being the father of two UW Graduates - Megan (2010) and Stephen (2013).
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Welcome to the CEAS Team Bailey Sparks!
Please join us in welcoming Bailey Sparks to the College of Engineering and Applied Science! Bailey is the new Office Associate, Sr., for the Department of Chemical Engineering.
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CEAS Alumnus Harry Patterson Has Passed Away
Harry Patterson passed away on Dec. 2, at the age of 91. Harry attended the University of Wyoming and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1960. To learn more about his extraordinary life, please keep reading here.
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UW "I Am A Cowboy" Video Series Is Now Open For Submissions
The University of Wyoming Institutional Marketing team is looking for submissions for anyone interested in or looking to nominate someone to be potentially featured in the new "I Am A Cowboy" video series. Visit here to submit your name and/or someone you feel would be a great feature for the project.
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Ann Jones Wins Emeritus Award with MPACE
The UW College of Engineering and Applied Science would like to congratulate Ann Jones on her recent Emeritus Award with MPACE. Way to go Ann!
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ECE Team Receive Patent Approval
Congratulations to Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering members Suresh Muknahallipatna, Bradley Riotto and John McInroy and Dr. Joseph McGinley, MD, from Casper, WY, on their AR Ultrasound patent being approved.
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Want to Honor Someone?
The CEAS Awards and Recognition Committee is looking for nominations for our Hall of Fame, Distinguished Engineer/Scientist and Distinguished Service Award. Complete details about award descriptions and nomination forms are available online here.
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Catch Up On Past CEAS Dean's Newsletters
Missed any of the previous CEAS Dean's Newsletters? Discover all of the CEAS Dean's Newsletters here.
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Who Do You Contact For Building Issues?
If you encounter or hear of any building issues please contact CEAS Facilities Manager Steve Salmans at (307) 766-6170 or by email.
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New Year's Holiday
January 3
Offices Closed
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Martin Luther King, Jr. / Wyoming Equality Day
January 17
Offices Closed
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Spring Semester First Day
January 18
Classes Begin
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Professional Development Corner |
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Well-Being In The Workplace |
When we're laser focused on productivity and achieving new milestones in our career, it can be easy to brush aside feelings of unhappiness. But our mental health matters.
Join Lianne Weaver, the founder and director of Beam Holistic Therapy and Beam Development & Training Ltd., as she shares practical techniques for alleviating anxiety, worry, stress, and other common mental health issues. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll be ready to take steps towards feeling happier and healthier at work.
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Cline Chair Haibo Zhai Publishes New Research on Energy Transition
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Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Roy & Caryl Cline Chair of Engineering, Environment and Natural Resources and Associate Professor Haibo Zhai has two new energy studies accepted for publication in Applied Energy and Environmental Science & Technology. Zhai's Applied Energy study examines the tradeoffs in water savings, capacity shortfall, and cost from switching wet to dry cooling systems at existing fossil fuel-fired power plants to reduce the consumptive freshwater use in the water-stressed Western United States. Zhai and his collaborators also share their viewpoint on the U.S. energy transition and emphasize the potential role of abated fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage while transiting to a carbon-neutral energy future, which will appear soon in a new issue of Environmental Science & Technology.
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Dejam Receives NSF Grant to Lead Research on Underground Hydrogen Storage
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Department of Petroleum Engineering Assistant Professor Morteza Dejam, as a Sole-PI (Principal Investigator), has received about $210,000 from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for a research program in underground hydrogen storage.
This Federal Funding provides support for cutting-edge research on the fundamental understanding of hydrogen geostorage from reservoir engineering perspectives.
The purpose of this research project is to experimentally study the phase behavior and transport of hydrogen and its mixtures with a base or cushion gas (including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen) in porous media under low/high temperatures and pressures. This can take a big step forward and provide a unique opportunity for the University of Wyoming to play a significant role during the energy transition.
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CEAS Recruiting Wraps Up 2021 Events And Shifts Focus to 2022 |
The University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Applied Science Undergraduate Recruiter Alex Farley has been busy wrapping up events for 2021.
This past October saw the inaugural Computer Science Focus Friday event with 12 prospective students attending. (Photos 1 and 2 from top)
While in November, CEAS participated in the Discovery Day event, which is a free Saturday event designed to introduce prospective students and parents to the UW experience in a group setting.
Students get the opportunity to speak with representatives from academic colleges, campus organizations and admissions. Families also have the option to tour Prexy’s Pasture and a residence hall. And lunch is provided at Washakie Dining Center.
This year, the CEAS hosted 34 prospective students and 63 family members for the event. CEAS provided lab tours and a student ambassador panel segment. (Photos 3, 4, 5 and 6 from the top)
CEAS undergraduate recruitment event planning is well underway for the upcoming Spring 2022 semester, with events such as CEAS-sponsored webinars, participation in on campus events and off campus school visits.
For more information about our College of Engineering and Applied Science virtual visit opportunities click here.
To explore our College of Engineering and Applied Science upcoming engineering recruitment events, please contact Alex Farley.
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CEAS K-12 Outreach Has Jammed Packed Finish to 2021 |
On Nov. 30, CEAS Student Ambassadors Nathaniel Miner, Nick Zalewski, Dayne Bradley, and Brennan Ruth, travelled to Casper, WY, to facilitate a lesson on "Motion" with two classes, a 6th-9th grade group and a 9th-12th grade group, at the Wyoming Behavioral Institute. The teacher sent this feedback, "I just wanted to let you know that your ambassadors did a great job! I appreciated that they asked the kids a lot of questions rather than giving them answers. They did a great job leading the activity. The activity was perfect. I followed up the next day and we reviewed Newton's Laws as it applied to the activity they had done...and that set us up very well to extend the activity to making Newton's cars. It was perfect and the kids enjoyed seeing someone new!" It doesn't get much better than that! (Photo 1 from top)
Computer Science Education Week 2021, took place Dec. 6-12. CEAS Student Ambassadors, Brennan Ruth, Nick Zalewski, Beckham Carver, Allison Davis, and Nathaniel Miner facilitated synchronous lessons virtually in every classroom (K -12th grade) at Farson School in Sweetwater County ISD; the 3rd grade classes at Wyoming Indian Elementary; and in multiple classes at Thunder Basin High School in Campbell County. Due to the high demand, the K12 Outreach Office could not accommodate all the requests with a live lesson. To meet the needs of Wyoming's learners, two CEAS Student Ambassadors - Nick Zalewski and Beckham Carver - made multiple "Introduction to CS" videos and "Tutorials for Coding Activities" videos for four levels of learners: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. These videos were shared with CS teachers and librarians in Wyoming, and the feedback from them has been amazing. We estimate that over 40 classrooms in Wyoming used the CEAS Student Ambassador created videos! Way to go CEAS Student Ambassadors! (Photos 2 and 3 from top)
On Dec. 8, three members of the CEAS team, David Mukai, Nathaniel Miner, and Cindy Jones, visited Laramie High School to judge and provide feedback for Ms. DiRienzo's engineering class's thermodynamics recyclable insulation project. All three were very impressed with the quality of the projects presented as well as the presentation skills demonstrated. There are some fantastic, future engineers at Laramie High School! (Photo 4 from top)
On Dec. 9 and 10, Cindy Jones along with Professional Land Surveyor Cevin Imus, owner of Land Surveying, Inc (Gillette)., and Jessica Maycock, GIS Technician for Land Surveying, Inc. facilitated the very first GeoSpectrum Outreach activities at Thunder Basin High School in Campbell County School District.
The purpose of this newest K-12 Outreach initiative is to raise awareness about the land surveying and GIS professions while supporting Wyoming's teachers and learners by demonstrating real-world applications of Wyoming state standards in science, social studies, technology, engineering, and math.
This initiative provides Wyoming's learners an amazing opportunity to learn from professionals in the field while utilizing online maps - created by PLS and GIS professionals - to dive deeper into their content.
The six inaugural lessons were a huge hit, and requests for more visits keep coming in. (Photos 5 and 6 from top)
If you are interested in learning more about our CEAS K-12 Outreach efforts, please contact Cindy Jones.
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Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Team Wins Spot to Compete in NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge |
The Cowboy Claw is a Lunar Reusable Surface Anchoring Device currently being designed for a NASA Micro-g NExT challenge.
The Cowboy Claw, along with the senior design group known as the Space Wranglers, will be competing in Phase II of the 2022 Micro-g NExT challenge. This device is designed to assist robots and astronauts in the Artemis program in obtaining samples of the lunar surface.
Additionally, the Cowboy Claw will act as an anchoring mechanism to secure astronauts during sample collection and to support structures on rocky surfaces. The Space Wranglers team is excited to be travelling to the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in the Johnson Space Center to test the Cowboy Claw in June of 2022.
In case you missed it, you can watch the selection show and cheer loud when the Space Wranglers were selected at the 19:25 time mark.
Be sure to stay tuned as more develops with this exciting news over the coming months!
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December Phone Background |
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Click the button below to download and save this image to your phone! |
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