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Kenneth Lutchen Named Dean of Engineering
By Michael Seele
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| Kenneth Lutchen, Dean, BU College of Engineering |
Biomedical Engineering Department Chairman Kenneth Lutchen has been selected as the new dean of the College of Engineering, announced BU President Robert A. Brown.
“As chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, he has demonstrated the vision, creativity and drive needed to lead in a world-class academic research environment,” Brown said. “With Ken’s leadership, engineering at Boston University is well positioned to increase in quality and visibility in the years ahead.”
Solomon Eisenberg, a professor of Biomedical Engineering, served as ad interim dean since last fall.
Called “an inspiring leader” and “a dedicated and creative educator” by Provost David Campbell, Lutchen joined the university’s faculty in 1984 and became department chair in 1998. He has developed a significant list of accomplishments during his tenure at the college, most recently helping the biomedical engineering department obtain a $2.9 million Translational Partnership Award from the Coulter Foundation, designed to help bridge the gap between biomedical engineering and patient care. He was the principal investigator and chief architect of a $14 million Leadership Award from the Whitaker Foundation in 2001, used in part to construct the Life Science and Engineering Building.
“He has demonstrated all the characteristics of an outstanding academic leader,” said Campbell, the former dean of the college. “President Brown and I are very confident that he is the right choice to take the College of Engineering to still higher levels of excellence.” READ ENTIRE RELEASE HERE
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Monday,
September 25th
Woodland
Golf Club
Auburndale,
MA
5th Annual Excellence in Engineering
Golf Classic & Fundraiser
For
more information about available packages, the
day's events, and to register for this great
event, visit: www.ltsevent.com/bostonnorth/bueng
Sponsorships are still available!!
Contact ENG Alumni Officer, Davi Axinn at
daxinn@bu.edu or 617.358.0500
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BME Marks Strides Made Through Whitaker Grant
by Chhavi Sachdev
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BME Chair Kenneth Lutchen, President Robert Brown, and Dean ad interim Solomon Eisenberg cut the ribbon for the Core Facilities. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky
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It is not often that a ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the conclusion of an enterprise, but, at a reception held at the Biomedical Engineering Department on June 21, the end signaled a fresh beginning.
In the last five years, the Whitaker Leadership Award has helped Boston University reach “the cusp of having a global impact,” said BME Chair Kenneth Lutchen. “With our human — and facilities — firepower, we are poised to really understand and impact human life,” Lutchen said.
Boston University President Robert A. Brown said the conclusion of the award “marks a pivotal point in the history of BU and Biomedical Engineering at BU,” adding that the Whitaker Foundation grant had been instrumental in establishing Boston University and its Biomedical Engineering program as one of the best, nationally and globally.
The Whitaker Foundation, named for the late scientist and inventor Uncas A. Whitaker, established Leadership Awards in the late 1990s for “institutions that have already demonstrated national leadership in biomedical engineering and have articulated a clear and exciting vision for enhancing their leadership position.”
Under the deanship of Charles DeLisi and then David K. Campbell, the University applied for an award, and was one of only three institutions to win one. The foundation granted BU $14 million in 2001 with an $18 million cost-share investment from the University.
The grant was used in part to build the Life Science and Engineering Building at 24 Cummington Street, as well for the hiring of 12 new faculty members with secondary appointments in eight other departments such as Opthamology, Pharmacology, Physics, Genetics and Genomics. With the grant, the College of Engineering also built laboratories and created dynamic new courses that are cross-disciplinary and innovative. The catch was that they had to get it done “soup-to-nuts in five years,” said Lutchen.
This month, BU completed the implementation of the award, an event that coincides with the planned dissolution of the Whitaker Foundation. “With the tremendous effort of BME faculty, staff and BU administration, we have completed the project on time and on budget,” said Lutchen.
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 Career
Development Office
The
College of Engineering
Career
Development Office
is
for ALUMNI too!
All
resume review, job search, and consultation
services are available to you as an alumnus/a
of the College - in fact, there are job listings
specifically for alumni only! If you are
looking for a job, or simply some advice about
making a change, this is the place for you!
For
more information about how the Career Development
Office can assist you in reaching your goals,
contact them the number listed above!
CLICK
HERE
for
links of interest
including alumni job postings!
Contact:
BU College of Engineering
Career Development Office
44 Cummington Street, Room 112
Boston, MA 02215
careers@bu.edu
617-353-5731
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BOSTON
AREA ALUMNI EVENTS
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REGISTER TODAY!!
4th
Annual Alumni Wine Tasting
Saturday
August 26, 2006
2:00-7:00pm
$25
per person
Please RSVP by
August 18th
In
what has fast become a summer tradition, alumnus
Nick Lippis (ENG '84) once again opens his home in Chatham, MA to ENG
alumni and their guests for our 4th Annual Wine
Tasting.
Come
and enjoy a late summer afternoon with fellow
alumni and guests; learn from wine instructor Ian McFadden and sample delicious wines
and hors d'oeuvres while surrounded by the beauty
of Cape Cod.
Register for this event
using our
secure online form
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Keep an eye out for other fun alumni events such as:
Alumni Hockey Games
Boston Red Sox Games
Alumni Pub/Pool Nights
Winterfest 2007
More information will be posted on the ENG ALUMNI WEBSITE as events are announced.
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CALL FOR
ALUMNI PHOTOS
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Do you have any pictures of you or your fellow alumni enjoying your favorite activities?
Would like to see your photos in the next issue of the BU Engineering Magazine?
Email your photos and captions to engalum@bu.edu or mail to:
College of Engineering
Office of Development & Alumni Relations
44 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
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