The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction received a 2018 National Council Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Engineering Education Award and a $10,000 prize.
Students from The Durham School's Master of Architectural Engineering (MAE) program carried out the project in their Team Design course, under faculty adviser Clarence Waters, professor of architectural engineering. This year’s award is the third for The Durham School in the past four NCEES competitions, including a 2016 grand prize.
The Durham School’s submission was titled, “Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Expansion,” a proposed $290 million, 390,000-square foot addition to the existing structure.
The project was structured around the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Student Design Competition, for which students from this same group earned runner-up awards in structural systems design and mechanical systems design.
For the project, electrical, structural, and mechanical engineering students worked as part of a team that also included licensed faculty, more than 50 licensed professional engineers and architects from industry, and many other allied professionals who served as mentors for the students.
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Jay Puckett, director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction, was awarded the Wyoming Eminent Engineer for 2018 on behalf of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi.
This award is presented annually and honors someone who has provided significant service to the College of Engineering or the State of Wyoming in the field of engineering. A student panel of 8-10 Tau Beta Pi members selects the recipient of this prestigious award.
Puckett was a long-term educator, researcher and administrator in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming. He served the University of Wyoming in varying capacities, ranging from assistant professor through associate dean, from 1983-2015, before starting as Durham School director in 2015.
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Christos Argyropoulos, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elevated to the status of Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA).
This distinction provides individuals recognition for their experience and professional accomplishments within the field of optics and photonics.
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A paper – titled "Growth Mechanisms of Anisotropic Layered Group IV Chalcogenides on van der Waals Substrates for Energy Conversion Applications" and co-authored by Peter Sutter, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Eli Sutter, professor of mechanical and materials engineering – was chosen for the cover of ACS Applied Nano Materials.
Read the paper at: https://go.unl.edu/2oao
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Jenny Keshwani, assistant professor of biological systems engineering, received the 2018 Early Achievement in Education Award at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.