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Greetings, everyone!
The fall temperatures are dropping and the campus is busy! The bike paths are packed with students heading to and from classes, and everyone is settling into the new school year.
The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences has had several reasons to celebrate this October. While we may not have beat the College of Business in our UW Giving Day donor challenge, we did see an amazing $181,743 raised from 266 donors for the College that will have a direct and positive impact on scholarships, fellowships, professorships, research, facilities and technology, outreach and extension, and so much more! I was especially pleased to see that the Engineering Student Enrichment Fund - Paul Schwieger Memorial received enough donations to unlock a generous $50k match from alumni Kent Westedt.
The excitement continued with the great success of all of our CEPS Homecoming events. A huge thank you to Teddi Freedman, Sarah Prather, Jeanne Moede, Mēgan Barber, David Mukai, Laurie Bonini, Shawn Griffiths, our CEPS Student Ambassadors, and volunteers for all their hard work in making each event such a wonderful experience for our College family and friends.
Please be sure to read the College’s news, accolades, and more in this month’s e-newsletter. We are so proud of the many remarkable things happening across our College of Engineering and Physical Sciences community.
Warm regards,
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Welcome to the October "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 | Amy Reed | |
Department: Mechanical and Energy Systems Engineering
Title: Office Associate Senior
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be either a vet or an artist as a child.
How do you motivate yourself to take on difficult tasks?
I like challenges and checklists. I break up big tasks into smaller tasks and check them off as I go. I get a nice little burst of dopamine with every item I am able to literally check off my “to do” list.
If you could write a book, what genre would you write it in? Mystery? Thriller? Romance? Historical fiction? Non-fiction?
If I could write a book it would likely be a non-fiction book. I would write an autobiographical account of my time as a K9 handler for Search and Rescue.
What would be the most surprising scientific discovery imaginable?
I do not know what would be the most surprising, but I love reading about research others are doing. There is so much about our world we still do not know.
You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick?
I would never ask a group of people listen to me croak my way through Karaoke!
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT | Kim Frith | |
Department: Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management
Title: Assistant Lecturer
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A lifeguard.
How do you motivate yourself to take on difficult tasks?
I try to find enjoyment in doing difficult things, whether that's grading papers with candy & music, or scheduling a fun night out after a marathon grading session.
If you could write a book, what genre would you write it in? Mystery? Thriller? Romance? Historical fiction? Non-fiction?
Non-fiction. I read a book every week and I love learning new things.
What would be the most surprising scientific discovery imaginable?
I would be surprised to discover any simple interventions to affect human behavior - people are so complex!
You have to sing karaoke, what song do you pick?
Chandelier by Sia.
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Former UW CEPS Dean Pell Has Passed Away
Kynric Martin Pell, Sr. has passed away this past June 2022. Pell served as a faculty member of UW Mechanical Engineering ('71-'89), and then became Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department until serving as Dean of the College of Engineering ('96-'99). Discover more about Pell's legacy here.
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UW Distinguished Alumnus' Company Has First-of-its-Kind Drill Rig
Offshore drilling company Transocean's Deepwater Atlas, the world's first 8th generation drillship, has started its first contract, with Beacon Offshore Energy, where UW Distinguished Alumnus Joe Leimkuhler is COO. Discover more here.
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Dept. of Geology & Geophysics Shares Thanks For Multiple Event Successes
The Dept. of Geology & Geophysics would like to thank everyone for their help in making the department's Homecoming Alumni Reception and annual Geological Society of America meeting such a success. Check out the Dept. of Geology & Geophysics' Facebook page for photos from the events.
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Dept. of MESE Publishes on Area of Additive Manufacturing
Dept. of Mechanical & Energy Systems Engineering Asst. Professor Xiang Zhang and student Zhuoting Chen have published a paper on additive manufacturing. If you are interested in collaborating in the area of additive manufacturing, contact the researchers here.
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Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Holds Annual WIRO Open House
The Dept. of Physics & Astronomy held its annual Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO) open house on Oct. 14, hosting approx.150 visitors, who had the opportunity to see through the eyepiece on a 2.3-meter telescope. Learn more about the event here.
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UW School of Computing Appoints Founding Adjunct Faculty
The UW School of Computing has appointed their founding adjunct faculty where CEPS has received strong representation. Click here to view all of the UW School of Computing founding adjunct faculty members.
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UW Social Media Team Looking for Student Volunteers for 'Day in the Life'
The UW social media team is looking for graduate and undergraduate students that participate in something unique that would be visually exciting in a video, such as research, a big project or awesome extracurricular activities. Interested? Contact here.
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Want to Honor Someone?
The CEPS 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 CEPS Dean's Newsletters
Missed any of the previous CEPS Dean's Newsletters? Discover all of the CEPS 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 CEPS Facilities Manager Steve Salmans at (307) 766-6170 or by email.
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Fall Semester Break
November 21 - 23
Learn more here.
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Thanksgiving Holiday Break
November 24 - 25
Learn more here.
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Professional Development Corner | | |
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Communication Foundations | |
Learn how to communicate more effectively. Your communication skills affect your career prospects, the value you bring to your company, and the likelihood of your promotion.
This course helps you communicate better in a variety of professional situations, including meetings, email messages, pitches, and presentations.
Instructors Tatiana Kolovou and Brenda Bailey-Hughes introduce the four building blocks of communication—people, message, context, and listening—and show how they apply in different circumstances.
Through the use of vignettes and applied tools, the course shows how to build this core competency and communicate in a way that effectively and professionally conveys your message.
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UW’s Zhang Receives $1M Grant to Study How Forests Naturally Recover After Disturbances | |
A University of Wyoming professor has received a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to study how forests in the Rocky Mountains of North America recover naturally -- with the help of wetlands -- after disturbances such as drought, insect outbreaks and wildfires.
Read more here.
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UW’s Wyrkshop Mobile Makerspaces Prepare to Hit the Road | |
Rural and remote communities and schools in Wyoming soon will have access to robots, 3D printers, drones, laser cutters and all kinds of other STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) educational electronic tools and equipment. That is because the University of Wyoming’s Wyrkshop Mobile Makerspace program is ready to roll.
Discover more here.
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UW’s Cheadle Teaches Geology, Granites to Female Graduate Students in India | |
Michael Cheadle, a professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, spent two weeks in September teaching young female scientists in India about geology and granites.
Learn more here.
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UW Research Scientist Aids Hurricane Response in Dominican Republic | |
On Sept. 20, the University of Wyoming senior research scientist in the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) was tapped by the International Charter Space and Major Disasters to be the project manager for its hurricane response efforts. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiated the response and nominated Sivanpillai as the project manager...As project manager, Sivanpillai’s job was to evaluate the quality of the satellite images and oversee data collection and map production before sending the information to the end users and agencies after Hurricane Fiona rocked the Dominican Republic.
Discover more here.
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UW Selected for Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition
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The University of Wyoming is among 30 colleges and universities selected to participate in Phase 1 of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 Collegiate Wind Competition.
Learn more about the competition here.
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After being closed since Aug. 9 due to electrical-related damage to its theater equipment, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is now fully operational and will soon resume its regular monthly programming schedule.
Discover more here.
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UW Undergraduate’s Research Leads to Invention of Technology for Telerehabilitation | |
Working in a University of Wyoming lab six years ago, undergraduate computer science student Russell Todd, of Baggs, sought to merge a state-of-the-art virtual-reality system with a cutting-edge motion-capture system to understand human-computer interaction.
Visit here to learn more.
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New UW Energy, Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree to Incorporate Blockchain Courses | |
A new master’s degree program in energy and petroleum engineering will be the first to offer graduate courses in blockchain starting in fall 2023 at the University of Wyoming.
Learn more here.
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Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering Dejam’s Research Reported Novel Transport Phenomena in AIChE Letters | |
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering Associate Professor Morteza Dejam has recently published an article entitled, “Advection and dispersion induced by an interface between two immiscible fluids in a laminar flow” in the prestigious American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Letters, which reports novel transport phenomena arising from an interface between two immiscible liquids in a laminar flow.
In the context of the Taylor-Aris dispersion theory, a quantitative description is provided and it is demonstrated that the planar interface between two liquids in a laminar flow can lead to uphill advection and dispersion, dispersion barrier, as well as osmotic dispersion.
Learn more about the research here.
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