December 11, 2002

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CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR HONORED BY ASCE
UH civil engineering professor Jerry Rogers was preparing to give a presentation at the 150th Annual Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers when he was surprised with a framed resolution from the ASCE National History & Heritage Committee. The Resolution thanked Rogers for his work with the Annual History conferences, co-editing four volumes outlining Civil Engineering History and Heritage and serving as National Chair of the History & Heritage Committee. Full story...

ON THE WATERFRONT: ENGINEERING PROFESSOR PROFILED IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF COLLEGIUM MAGAZINE
Hanadi Rifai, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, credits her love of the ocean as a deciding factor in choosing a career that has led her to head a $3.2 million study funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. She will study dioxins in the Houston Ship Channel, one of the busiest waterways in the U.S. Full story...

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
The Department of Chemical Engineering launched its redesigned website with the help of designers Harriet Yim and Alejandra Trivino in the Cullen College of Engineering's Office of Communications and Karen Coym in Chemical Engineering. Visit the redesigned site...

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ENGINEERING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS...

Approximately 200 engineering alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends came out to EAA’s annual Homecoming tailgate party Nov. 9 to eat barbecue and reunite with old classmates. Even the children were entertained for hours in the Moonwalk. During the live auction, Bill & Pam Fendley once again won the Four Seasons Suite, perhaps unofficially renaming it the “Fendley Suite.” A special thank to following sponsors that contributed to the raffle and auction: Four Seasons Hotel, Radoil, Inc., Klotz Associates Inc., Lockwood, Andrews, Newnam, Inc., ABB Vetco Gray and Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc.

The Homecoming tailgate was also a gathering of great minds. EAA past presidents Bill Fendley, Leo Garcia, Mike Lacy, Mark Loethen, Ray Scheliga, Jim Sikes and Tom Sofka made plans to create a formal EAA Past Presidents Advisory Board.

For its active involvement this year, EAA received HAO’s 2002 Red Banner Year Award at its Annual Meeting on Nov. 9. This was the fourth year that EAA has won this prestigious award. Visit the Engineering Alumni Association online at http://www.egr.uh.edu/alumni

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.