March 14, 2002

JUDGES NEEDED! Would you like to meet and encourage some of the engineers of the future? Volunteer to serve on the Engineering Alumni Association's judging teams for the 2002 Houston Science Engineering Fair. Commit one evening, Friday, March 22, to help judge projects developed by students in grades 7-12. To participate, contact Linda Pechacek by Tuesday, March 19.

Latest College News…

UH engineer Fazle Hussain's recent acquisition of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fluid Dynamics Award for 2002 establishes him as the world's most highly decorated scholar within the field of fluid dynamics. [Only two other scholars have ever claimed as many as two of the four widely coveted awards that Hussain has received for career achievement or most original contributions in the field.]

Biochemist Susan Hardin and four UH colleagues (including chemical engineering professors James Briggs and Richard Willson) are developing a new technology for direct molecular sensing that could be used to gather all the genetic information contained in a person's DNA in less than 24 hours. They have filed a patent on a new process to sequence the human genome.

UH Cullen College of Engineering alumnus Jimmie Schindewolf, P.E., led a group of 22 students from the UH American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter on a tour of the new Reliant Stadium Feb. 22.

A $51 million construction project at UH for a new Science, Engineering and Classroom building - which will provide a pedestrian "gateway" to the west side of campus - was approved at a specially called meeting of the UH System Board of Regents. The 200,000-square foot facility will consist of 11 classrooms, a 550-seat teaching theater, and science and engineering research labs.

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Events (also visit the college's calendar)…

2002 Houston Science Engineering Fair
Friday March 22, 2002
Serve as a judge for this city-wide science fair. Judge projects developed by students in grades 7-12. To volunteer, contact EAA judging team coordinator
Linda Pechacek (1985 BSCE, 1993 MSCE).

13th Annual Engineering Golf Tournament
Monday, April 1, 2002
12:30pm shotgun start, Hearthstone Country Club

14th Annual ASME/UH Cajun Crawfish Boil
Sunday, May 5, 2002
1-5pm, Lynn Eusan Park, UH campus

Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards Dinner
Friday, June 7, 2002
Four Seasons Hotel, Downtown Houston

Engineering Alumni Association Annual Meeting
Thursday, August 8, 2002
6pm, Athletics/Alumni Center, UH campus

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Get involved with your Engineering Alumni Association today! Volunteers are needed throughout the year to help with a variety of activities. For more information or to get involved e-mail alumni@egr.uh.edu, or call Michelle Stevenson-Shaw at 713-743-4215.