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Friday, August 31, 2007

America's Best Engineering Colleges and Universities, as reported by U.S. News and World Report

The U.S. News and World Reports rankings of Engineering colleges and universities for the year 2008, are available to the Notre Dame community.

To access the information, a Notre Dame NetId and password are required.

Also available are the Webometrics Ranking of the World Universities - July 2007. more

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Opening Mass to launch 2007-08 academic year

By: Gail Hinchion Mancini

Date: August 22, 2007

The ceremonial opening of the 2007-08 academic year at the University of Notre Dame will take place with the opening Mass at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 28) in the Joyce Center arena. A procession of faculty and student representatives will precede the Mass beginning at 5:20 p.m.

The opening Mass is the one time each year when all members of the community join together to welcome new members. Notre Dame’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., will celebrate the Mass and deliver the homily.

All students, faculty and staff and their family members are invited to the Mass and a picnic dinner that will follow the liturgy.

Unique to this academic year, the Notre Dame community’s attention is turning to the beatification of the Venerable Basil Moreau, C.S.C., the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, whose members founded and continue to serve Notre Dame.

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Fein named director of CEST

By: William G. GilroyJeremy Fein
Date: August 20, 2007

Jeremy B. Fein, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences and director of the Environmental Molecular Science Institute at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed director of the University’s Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST). He replaces Patricia A. Maurice, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences, who had served as director since 2003.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

N.C. State researcher appointed College of Engineering dean

Peter Kilpatrick

By: Dennis Brown

Date: August 10, 2007

Peter Kilpatrick, currently chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering at North Carolina State University, has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame by Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., the University’s president.

Kilpatrick succeeds Frank Incropera, who had served as dean since 1998 and remains at Notre Dame as the Brosey Professor of Mechanical Engineering. James Merz, interim dean of the college for the past year, will continue in that capacity until Kilpatrick begins in January.

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Monday, August 6, 2007

Clean Coal Technologies: The Domino Effect at Work

Edward J. Maginn

By: William G. Gilroy
Date: August 3, 2007

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have a proven track record in energy related research, but with the creation of the Notre Dame Energy Center in 2005, they joined the many other institutions actively pursuing clean energy technologies. What is unique about one of the most current projects is that it evolved from unrelated research ─ creating a domino effect.

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RSC names Bohn North American associate editor

Paul Bohn

By: William G. Gilroy and
Nina Welding
Date: August 2, 2007

Paul W. Bohn, Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the North American associate editor of The Analyst by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

A journal of the RSC, The Analyst publishes original research discussing the fundamental theory, practice and application of analytical, bioanalytical and detection science. Its readers include academic and industrial researchers working in a variety of areas, including analytical chemistry, bioanalytical science, biomedical science, biotechnology, detection science, pharmacy, physics, materials science and engineering.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

It's Time! Book and Electronic Reserves

Each semester you can place materials that you want to make available to
your students on reserve in the Engineering Library
These materials may include library books, your personal copies,
homework solutions, or other hand-outs. We will also attempt to
buy titles for reserve if we do not already own them.

Please let us know IMMEDIATELY about any books that we may need to
buy for your course.

Engineering can now assist with Electronic Reserves , a possible
alternative to Course Packets.

Want to give your students more of a choice? Let them decide what to
buy, print or read online?

For many materials that comprise a “course packet”
the Engineering Library staff can supply faculty with a persistent link
to that article or a scanned version. These links can be listed in the
traditional Library “eReserve” system.

Students can then click on these links and read them online or print the
materials and have the costs deducted from the University print
allocation. It’s their choice.

We are not suggesting this as necessarily a substitute for course
packets, but rather offering faculty another option in support of their
teaching.

Benefits include:

  • Copyright clearance is assured and instantaneous since materials are already part of the Engineering Library/University Libraries’ virtual collection
  • Instant access at the click of a link
  • Student chose what to print at their expense or read online
  • Save trees
  • Less weight to carry in their backpacks – how much DOES a “link” weigh?

Note: the "materials" most easily linked or scanned are journal
articles or papers that the Libraries subscribe to. The Engineering
Library can use the "eReserves" system to make a variety of other
materials available to your students as well.

Please notify any of your teaching assistants who may wish to put
material on reserve about this request also.

You may send us your reserve requests three ways:
1. Our online form for books, please specify location as Engineering Library
2. email the Engineering Library at engrlib.1@nd.edu
3. fax the list to 574-631-9208;
4. or bring your list to any staff member in the Engineering Library.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.

Thank you.
Tracey Morton
Engineering Library