Happy Engineers Week 2012!

The theme of Engineers Week 2012 is "Engineers turn dreams into reality." Here at the engineering library we are here to provide resources, tools, and information to help engineering students, faculty, and staff achieve their dreams. We provide a vast number of journals, books, databases, and documents to help current and  future engineers create, innovate, learn, explore, research, and contribute to society. In celebration of Engineers Week, the library will give away ID holders to all Notre Dame College of Engineering students, faculty, and staff on Wednesday, February 22, 2012! Come stop by and say hi and let us know if there is anything we can help you find. Happy Engineers Week 2012!

Celebrating the Challenges of Science

Science: It's Really, Really Hard, and that is something to celebrate

This NPR article from Adam Frank speaks directly about how hard science and math really are and why we should celebrate this fact. Enjoy!

New paper examines seawater’s effect on nuclear fuel // News // Notre Dame News // University of Notre Dame

New paper examines seawater’s effect on nuclear fuel // News // Notre Dame News // University of Notre Dame

Introduction to Knovel and Information Literacy

Here at Notre Dame the school is back in session and the Engineering Library is busy everyday. The library gets lots of use in between classes and in the afternoons. Today we are having an Introduction to Knovel webinar for students, faculty, and staff at the new engineering building (Stinson Remick).

Join Us for an Introduction to Knovel on January 26, 2012!
Title: University of Notre Dame Engineering Library - Introduction to Knovel
Date:     Thursday, January 26, 2012
Time:    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Stinson Remmick Room 109
Open to all ND engineering faculty, staff, and students

I've created a subject guide for first year engineering students to help them find resources for their end of semester projects.
I'm also working with fellow librarians to put together an information literacy toolkit for faculty. This semester we have 3 goals for engineering students:

1. Students know the Engineering Library Website.
2. Students know about and use 3  library resources in their area of study.
3. Students properly use citations  in their papers, presentations, and research. 

Here are the basics of information literacy that we want to encourage faculty to share and teach students.

 

Define and determine the extent of information needed by asking questions

Access the needed information effectively and efficiently 

Synthesis

Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base 

Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose

Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally 

Evaluate information and its sources critically 

•ACRL Information Literacy Competency  Standards for Higher Education

http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency (accessed January  2012). 

Teaching students these basic skills will help them in their everyday lives and their academic life, but teaching also includes a practical application of knowing what resources and tools are there to use. Within every subject area there are special databases and electronic resources to help students and faculty do research. Understanding and knowledge about library materials and resources can help students produce quality work and innovative solutions. 

Wikipedia may be going dark

Wikipedia may be going dark,but our library resources like IEEE, ACM Digital Library, and Knovel are alive and well, thanks to library subscriptions!

 Visit the Engineering Library Homepage at www.engineering.library.nd.edu

Read more about Wikipedia going Dark at NPR.org

Professor Porod to review U.S. nanotechnology

Notre Dame Electrical Engineering Professor, Wolfgang Porod, was appointed to serve on a committee conducting a comprehensive strategic review of the U.S. government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). See the link below to read more about Professor Porod and Nanotechnology efforts at Notre Dame.

http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/28309-notre-dame-engineering-professor-to-help-review-u-s-national-nanotechnology-efforts/

Engineering professor named IEEE fellow

Congratulations to Professor Flynn for being named a fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to biometric identification!

"A  faculty member since 2001, Flynn’s interests include computer vision, biometrics and 3D sensing and modeling. He directs the biometrics research group with Kevin W. Bowyer, the Schubmehl-Prein Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Flynn, his students and collaborators have been researching the feasibility of image-based biometrics and multi-biometrics since 2001.
Federal agencies have frequently used the Notre Dame biometrics research group’s expertise to obtain objective analysis of commercial biometrics technologies.

In addition to this most recent honor, Flynn is a fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition, a distinguished member of the Association for Computing Machinery, a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, and an associate member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the International Association for Identification. He has also received numerous teaching awards throughout his career.

He joins several other Notre Dame faculty who have been named IEEE fellow, including: Panos Antsaklis, Peter Bauer, Gary H. Bernstein, Kevin Bowyer, Daniel J. Costello Jr., Thomas Fuja, Yih-Fang Huang, Peter M. Kogge, Ruey-Wen Liu, James L. Merz, Anthony Michel, Wolfgang Porod and Alan Seabaugh."

http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/27579-computer-science-professor-named-fellow-for-biometrics-contributions/