Engineering Dean Leo Kempel was tapped as a national resource on the merger between Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot. He told the live-streaming financial news network, Cheddar, that mega-mergers are complicated things, saying: "You can't stop the train, get it all right, and move again - you have to create the next car on the train while it's still moving."
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Christopher Mancuso told MSUToday about the computational analysis of biomedical data he does as a postdoc researcher in the Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering in a column: Computing For a Cause. The former Marine works with Assistant Professor Arjun Krishnan in the Krishnan Lab for Genomics and Computational Biology.
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James Klausner has received the 2019 Heat Transfer Memorial Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME, for advancements in thermal engineering research. Klausner, MSU Foundation professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was honored during the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Salt Lake City, Nov. 10-14.
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Robofish and tracking antibiotics in the Great Lakes. "The idea is to put sensors on the robots so that you can gather data from different locations in an automated manner," said Xiaobo Tan, an MSU Foundation professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. By understanding the antibiotic levels in different parts of the lake, it should be easier to work out where they are coming from."
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Students
Wes Berry, a junior in computer science, is among those featured in the Lansing State Journal showcasing Michigan State as an ecosystem that foster entrepreneurs. Berry's company, Ayuda, is testing robots that guide customers at MSU Libraries. MSU is ranked #16 in the nation for undergrad programs for entrepreneurs - and one of the reasons for that growing success is The Hatch.
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Scott Piper, a senior in biosystems engineering and member of the Honors College, was nominated by MSU for a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. He is an award-winning scholar-athlete, MSU Swimmer of the Year and is on the Academic All-Big Ten honors list.
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MSU was mentioned in both the Detroit Free Press and USAToday in the story, "Should UAW workers accept $60,000 bonuses to retire from GM, Ford?" Steven Seybold, 61, told reporters his daughter hopes to graduate from MSU in chemical engineering in 2021 - which is complicating his decision whether to retire or not.
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MSU Pride Points
• Nov. 4: Chemical engineering students won four more national recognitions at this year's American Institute of Chemical Engineering Student Design Competition. MSU has the best record for placing in this national contest since 1967.
• Nov. 7: A senior in electrical engineering is making some noise for MSU with studies in object detection. Jorge Mateus will receive a Robert W. Young Award for Undergraduate Student Research in Acoustics in 2020.
• Nov. 11: Scientific breakthroughs don't always happen in labs. For Sophia and Richard Lunt, researchers in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, many of their breakthroughs happen during daily walks. Their approach has revealed a new way to detect and attack cancer cells using technology traditionally reserved for solar power.
• Nov. 20: Christopher Mancuso, a postdoctoral researcher in MSU's Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering recently received a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health for his work in computational biology.
• Nov. 21: Tanvi Nikhar, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, has been selected for the highly competitive two-week national seminar hosted by the U.S. Particle Accelerator School. She will study high brightness photocathode and photoinjector physics and applications.
• Nov. 25: For achievements in the advancement of thermal engineering research, MSU Foundation Professor James Klausner has been honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the 2019 Heat Transfer Memorial Award. He is chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.