Saturday, January 20 - Sunday, January 21

January sparkles once again, at BU’s second annual weekend of winter family fun!

See old friends and meet new ones, learn something unexpected in Alumni College classes, and root for Terrier men’s hockey and basketball teams as they take on visiting rivals! Warm your hands with a cup of hot chocolate as you stroll the promenade of student and alumni ice sculptures—or jump in and sculpt a creation of your own. Enjoy festive food, ice skating at the Agganis Arena, and kids’ activities, along with courses on Hitchcock’s films, personal finance, and much more. Come celebrate your alma mater, and create winter memories to cherish.

Visit the Winterfest Website to register or for more information!

ENG alumni at the ice sculpting competition, Winterfest 2006

Men's Hockey:

Terriers vs.

Merrimack Warriors

Saturday, January 20th

7pm

Men's Basketball:

Terriers vs.

UMBC Retrievers

Sunday, January 21st

1pm

Call for Nominations!

Each year, during Reunion Weekend, the College of Engineering presents alumni whose accomplishments have set them apart with the Distinguished Alumni Award.

This year's ENG Awards will be presented in conjuction with the College's Awards ceremony on Saturday, May 19th.

Past honorees have represented the broadest array of talent and experience and we hope to continue this tradition of quality in 2007. We need your help in identifying alumni (even yourself) who have made outstanding contributions in the following three categories:

Service to Profession

Honors an alumnus/a whose work has significantly contributed to the advancement of their profession and brought them recognition within their field. Involvement in engineering societies, as long as they are active members who have made a significant contribution to the field, counts as service to the profession.

Service to Community

Honors an alumnus/a who, whether through volunteer service or paid work, has made exceptional contributions to the betterment of their community or the circumstances of a group of people.

Service to Alma Mater

Honors an alumnus/a who has enhanced the stature of the College of Engineering through their voluntary association with the University.

To nominate someone:

Please send us an email to engalum@bu.edu with as much information as possible about the candidate, including:

•  Your candidate's contact information

•  Which award you are nominating them for

•  Your reasons for nominating the individual

•  A resume, press clippings, or other helpful information if available

•  Please be sure to include your contact information as well

Please send your nomination by Friday, March 9, 2007 to:

EMail: engalum@bu.edu

Mail: 44 Cummington Street, Room 114 Boston, MA 02215

Fax: 617-358-2728.

If you have further questions, please feel free to call Jackie Iaconelli, ENG Development Officer, at 617-358-0500.

Voigt to Lead International Organization

Professor Herbert Voigt, BME

By Katelyn Boller

Herbert F. Voigt, a professor in the biomedical engineering department, was recently voted president-elect of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.

IFMBE is a non-governmental agency that brings together national and international medical and biological engineering organizations to encourage research and collaboration.

While Voigt will not be inducted as president until the 2009 World Congress in Munich, Germany, he will act as vice president under the current president, Makoto Kikuchi of Japan.

READ MORE

Castanon Named to Air Force Scientific Advisory Board

By Michael G Seele

Professor David Castanon, ECE

The Air Force has asked Professor David Castanon (ECE) to bring his expertise in signals and systems to bear as a member of the service’s Scientific Advisory Board. Castanon’s appointment to a two-year term on the board became official last month.

The 50-member board provides a link between the Air Force and the nation’s scientific community. It advises Air Force leadership on scientific and technical issues that may enhance the accomplishment of the service’s mission. The board includes members of the military, as well as scientists and engineers working in other areas of government, industry and academia.

READ ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE

WISE Symposium Mulls Report on Women in Science and Engineering

By Chhavi Sachdev

Provost of the Medical School, Karen Antman, University of Washington's Eve Riskin, University Provost David Campbell and NRL's Debra Rolinson at the WISE panel discussion

On the heels of a report released by the National Academies on barriers and

biases against women scientists and engineers in academia, Boston University’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) held a symposium, “Transforming the Culture of Academic Science and Engineering” on Nov. 13.

According to the report, though more and more women are matriculating in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, very few are moving into academia after graduation — a trend that the National Academies have noted and investigated.

Forty years ago, only 3 percent of America’s scientists and technicians were women. In 2003, that number was closer to 20 percent. Still, the number of women is much lower than that of men and governmental reports and congressional committees have noted it of significance for both the economy of the nation as well as its national security.

At the College of Engineering, women make up 13 percent of the faculty, said Dean of Administration Richard Lally. In the last five years, seven out of 41 new hires were women, as compared to two hires out of 28 in the five-year period before that.

READ ENTIRE STORY HERE

Turning Medical Research into Reality

BU and German firm commit $5 million to get devices from drawing board to market

By Chris Berdik

Venture capitalist panel will help decide which research the alliance will support.

“University research only gets you to a certain point,” says Andre Sharon, a College of Engineering professor of manufacturing engineering, “because universities generally don’t have the infrastructure to turn that research into real, working machines on the factory floor or in patient rooms in hospitals.” 

In recent years, Boston University has been working to address this need, known as “translational research,” the specialized manufacturing, engineering, and business know-how that every high-tech innovation needs to go from bright idea to commercialized product. In January it will launch another major initiative to speed innovation to market: an alliance with the German R&D nonprofit, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft.

Read the rest of this article on BU TODAY

Find out more about the Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation

CHECK IT OUT! Find out more about each department's research:

For university-wide research visit: www.bu.edu/research

ENG 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

Giving Back to BU

Your support is essential to keeping the College of Engineering on the leading edge of higher education. 

Alumni donations to the ENG Fund help provide programs and projects that directly benefit College of Engineering students, ensuring that tomorrow's leaders of technology and society get the very best education today.

Your generosity has a very real and vital impact on the College of Engineering's continued success! 

We hope you will consider making a gift today by using our secure online form. 

If you have any questions regarding your donation, please contact our Development Officer, Jackie Iaconelli, in the College of Engineering Office of Development & Alumni Relations, at 617-358-0500 or jiaconel@bu.edu.

Want to know more?

Check out the new "What is the Annual Fund?" website!

~ Find out more about the Annual Fund and its impact on BU

~ Get answers to frequently asked questions

~ View the online University Donor Honor Roll 

~ Make a gift

College of Engineering EKafe

Each semester, the Office of Development & Alumni Relations sponsors a series of afternoon "EKafe"s for students and faculty to encourage them to interact outside of the classroom, creating a richer experience overall for all of our engineering students. 

This past semester, Fall 2006, students enjoyed pizza lunches in the W. Bradford Ingalls Engineering Resource Center and scooped their own sundaes at the Photonics Center.

Special Offer for ENG Alumni

Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions has teamed up with the Boston University College of Engineering to offer alumni and their immediate family members a $75 discount on GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, PSAT, SAT, and ACT Classroom Courses, Premium Online Courses, Private Tutoring Programs, and Deluxe Programs.

For more information or to enroll, visit http://www.kaptest.com/bueng or call

1-800-KAP-TEST and use promotional code BUENG75

Alumni College Lecture: An Evening with Robert Pinsky

Boston University Trustee Ballroom
One Sherborn Street, 9th Floor
Boston, MA
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Cost: $15 per person, includes the lecture and reception immediately following.
RSVP by 01/22/07

Please join the BU Alumni Club of Boston and the Stanford University Alumni Club of Boston, for an evening of poetry and discussion with Robert Pinsky.

Pinsky teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University, and in 1997 was named the United States Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. His honors include an American Academy of Arts and Letters award, Poetry Magazine's Oscar Blumenthal prize, the William Carlos Williams Award, and a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. He is currently poetry editor of the weekly Internet magazine Slate, and is the author of six books of poetry

RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations by January 22nd by calling 617-353-5261 or 800-800-3466. Please note that payment is required at time of reservation.

Nationwide Alumni Events

Click HERE for BU events happening nationwide!

Including upcoming January Presidential Town Meetings in Oregon, California, and Florida!

CALL FOR

ALUMNI PHOTOS

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

NEW ENG DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Jackie Iaconelli joins College of Engineering

Jackie Iaconelli, ENG Development Officer

Early in December, Jackie Iaconelli joined the College as the Office of Development & Alumni Relations' new Development Officer.  

Jackie received her degree in business management from SMG in 2000. After graduation she began working in the central BU Development and Alumni Relations Office. She was promoted from program coordinator to Regional and then Senior Regional Manager, where her responsibilities included managing volunteers and planning events for alumni who live in the New England, Mid Atlantic, Midwest and the Southern parts of the country. 

By all accounts Jackie has both cultivated the relationships with many different alumni living in various cities while also building and/or enhancing the regional alumni boards around the nation -- now she brings this expertise to the College of Engineering.

SUBMIT A

CLASS NOTE!

Are you wondering where your classmates are now? Maybe someone is looking for you!

We have spoken to many ENG alumni over the past few months and they have said that they would like to know more about where fellow alumni are now - but we need your help!

Submit your class notes online now and let your classmates know what you've been up to since graduation!

All class notes will be published in the Fall issue of BU Engineering magazine.

Submit your note today!

Click Here

Visit the Alumni Web!

The Alumni Web and the Alumni Link are here to give you opportunities to stay in touch with BU, Boston, and each other, no matter where you are in the world.

Visit the Alumni Benefits page to find out about great benefits that you can receive just by being an alum!

Many of the benefits require the use of your alumni card. 

Request

a replacement card.

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