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Graduate School News Archive

College of Engineering Names New Head of Civil Engineering Department
-- Posted by tfisher on Wednesday, August 31 2005

Kevin Hall, a professor in civil engineering at the University of Arkansas, has been named head of the department. He succeeds Bob Elliott, who stepped down from the position after 14 years, and who will resume teaching duties.

"It's been quite a full circle experience for me in the department," said Hall. "I started as an undergraduate student, completed my master's program and became a faculty member. Now I have the opportunity to see it from the other side of things."

After a stint with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hall pursued his academic career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, receiving his doctorate in 1993. He returned to the College of Engineering as assistant professor that year, receiving promotions to associate professor in 1998 and professor in 2003.

"I knew I wanted to teach, but only if it was at the University of Arkansas," said Hall, who received the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Teaching from the Arkansas Alumni Association in 2004.

To read the full release, please go to http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/5195.htm

UA Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Develop Packaging for Micro-Electromechanical Systems
-- Posted by tfisher on Tuesday, August 30 2005

A team of engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation and a private company to develop novel electronic-packaging technologies for micro-electromechanical-system (MEMS) devices. The research will apply to products used for telecommunications, homeland security, biomedical devices, automotive and aerospace sensors, and fuel cells.

The UA team, led by Ajay Malshe, professor of mechanical engineering, will collaborate with researchers at wiSpry, a private company that produces MEMS devices, and Sandia National Laboratories, a U.S. Department of Energy lab, to develop the technologies. Other members of the UA group are Fred Barlow, associate professor of electrical engineering, and Bill Brown, distinguished professor of electrical engineering.

The $508,016 grant is part of an NSF initiative called Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry, which provides research funds to support university and industry partnerships. The research will help technology companies manufacture MEMS more efficiently and at a reduced cost.

"Today, the cost of MEMS products is dominated by packaging, and this research will contribute to reducing the cost significantly," said Art Morris, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at wiSpry.
To read the full release, please go to http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/5185.htm

Graduate School Unveils New Web Site
-- Posted by tfisher on Monday, August 22 2005

The University of Arkansas Graduate School is pleased to unveil its new Web site. The site is reorganized for comfortable navigation by prospective students, current students, faculty and staff. Enhancements to the site include closer adherence to the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act, better print document abilities, dynamic Graduate School news, graduate student profiles, and links to a myriad of other Web sites that users may find helpful. For maximum benefit from the site, we encourage users to upgrade their browsers to the most current version. For comments and questions about the site, please contact David Boddie, webmaster, at dboddie@uark.edu.

Webmasters wishing to continue linking to the Graduate School web pages should contact the webmaster to determine what links have changed.

The URL for the main Graduate School Web page remains the same at http://www.uark.edu/depts/gradinfo/

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