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NEW:
October 2009: The following MET students were awarded
distinguished scholarships for the year 2009-2010. MET
department congratulates these students and wish them well in
their future endeavors.
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Student |
Scholarship |
| Zach Hope |
Society
of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers |
| Jim Dyal |
Paul T.
Martin Scholarship |
| Jamal S.
King |
Shaw
Industries Scholarship |
| Pedro
Luis Gonzales |
Goizueta
Scholars Fund |
| Jose Luis
Villarreal |
Goizueta Scholars Fund |
An annual scholarship event was held on October 20th at the
Marietta Conference Center to celebrate these MET students'
accomplishments and the accomplishment of other scholarship
recipients across campus, as well as to give them an opportunity
to enjoy a dinner with SPSU President Lisa Rossbacher, some
faculty members, key
alumni and members of the SPSU Foundation Trustees.
April 2009:
Manufacturing Week success
The
SPSU
Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
hosted a successful Manufacturing Week on April 6-9.
Mechanical Engineering Technology faculty advisor,
Dr.
Simin Nasseri, along with Jim Dyal, Trent Phillips
and Kelly Gray, organized this diverse program designed to
increase awareness of manufacturing engineering as a career
path.
The event was well attended by
students and faculty, as well as several campus officials
seeking up-to-date information. Events included two cookouts
for networking, an airplane competition, a tour at
Lockheed-Martin and two seminars.
NEW:
April 2009:
SPSU students
win at American Society of Mechanical Engineers conference
Thirteen students from the
SPSU chapter of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) attended the 2009
Student Professional Development Conference held at the
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa on April 3-5.
Mechanical Engineering Technology junior, Chris Saleh and
senior, Thien Nguyen, participated in a Mystery Design
competition, winning first prize for their team. The contest
required randomly assigned teams to construct a support
structure to carry a container of liquid for a distance
without spilling.
The purpose of the conference
is to introduce students to the ASME and provide networking
opportunities as well as a forum for technology transfer for
undergraduate and graduate students.
NEW:
April 2009:
Faculty of the Year
Professor Norman Russell was elected as the
"Faculty Members of the Year". MET department congratulates
Prof Russell and wishes him success in his future semesters.
April 2009:
Manufacturing Week
(April 6th to 9th)
SME
student chapter is proud to present Manufacturing
week:
1- Opportunities in
Manufacturing sectors in our regions at 12 noon.
2- Putting up wind turbines in
Texas; a successful internship by Dewayne Fulton at 12:30
PM.
March 2008:
FSAE Team wins competition
Congratulations to SPSU’s Formula Society of Automotive
Engineers’ (FSAE) Race Team for earning first place
in all events at the 2nd Red Bull sponsored FSAE race
competition at Barber Motor Sports Complex in Birmingham
this past January. Dr. Ken Fleming, Mechanical Engineering
Technology department, is the faculty advisor for the team.
The competition tests the car’s acceleration and braking,
cornering, overall road performance and endurance.
March 2008:
Dean Jeff Ray
receives award
Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Ray, dean of the School of
Engineering Technology and Management, on receiving a Best
Session award at the 2009 American Society of Engineering
Education (ASEE) Conference on Industry Education
Collaboration held in Orlando last month. The award was given
for his session held at the 2008 conference, of the same name,
in New Orleans and was presented by the Cooperative Education
Division (CED) of ASEE. The title of the award-wining session
was "National Academy 2020 - Engineering Skills Needed for
the Future."
Feb 2009:
Dr. Kenton Fleming obtains PE License
Congratulations are in order for Dr. Kenton Fleming of the
Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) department for
obtaining his certificate of Professional Engineer (PE). Dr.
Fleming adds this professional licensure to his B.S., M.S, and
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.
Dr. Fleming has been teaching at SPSU in the MET department
since 2004 and is also the advisor to the Southern Poly FSAE
(Formula Society of Automotive Engineers) Race Team.
Before joining academia, Dr. Fleming worked in industry as
a researcher and consultant, particularly in the field of
computational fluid dynamics. He developed computer code
during his doctorate studies to include the effects of surface
roughness in computer calculations of fluid dynamics.
The requirements for obtaining a PE license are stringent
and exhaustive. There is an educational component whereby a
four-year degree (minimum) issued by an ABET (Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited program is
required, in addition to several years of progressively
responsible engineering experience. Once these requirements
have been fulfilled, a candidate must also pass a written
examination on the principles and practice of engineering.
MET department congratulates Dr. Fleming for achieving this
prestigious certification and continuing to advance personally
and professionally in the engineering field.
Dec 2008:
80% of the students
who took the
Certified Manufacturing Technologist Exam on Nov
22nd, passed this exam. SME student chapter which organized
this exam congratulates these students and wish them well in
their future careers:
- Michael Buchanan
- Albert L. Cousins
- Nicholas Scott Conner
- Michael Crisci
- Michael Flenniken
- Jesse Guzowski
- Matthew Guernsey
- Michael Haley
- Jonah Moon
- Francis Palkoska
- Trong Duc Tran
- Bryant James Tuten
- William Stukas
- Jerrit G. Wilkinson
If you are willing to take this exam in
2009, contact the
SME advisor.
Nov 2008:
SME Student Chapter Special
Presentation:
WHY ARE YOU
HERE?
AN EXAMPLE OF
EDUCATION APPLICATION
By: James Scott Walker
MET student and employee of a major medical device
manufacturer describes real world challenge to design and
build a production machine for a fast paced manufacturing
environment.
Wednesday November 19, 2008
12 Noon -1 PM,
Classroom K 160
Light refreshments
are provided.
Nov 2008:
Certified Manufacturing Technologist Exam is on
Saturday Nov 22nd. For more info, check the
SME student
chapter yahoo group.
Oct 2008:
The SME
student chapter arranged a Lockheed Tour for Oct 9th.
This tour was a big hit.
There were 48 attendees to the tour and every single one
enjoyed the tour!
Many MET students, students
from Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at SPSU and members of
the SME Atlanta senior chapter visited the C-130 J / F-22
production lines.
Lockheed is impressed with the
response so they are interested in doing another tour. Stay
tuned for the tour in Spring 09 and check
the SME yahoo group and
students' organizations board.
To see the pictures
taken on that day,
click here.
Oct 2008:
On Oct 1st, MET scholarship
committee selected " Jesse
A. Guzowski " to receive the
"Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers Scholarship."
Congratulations
to Jesse for this achievement, which represents his hard work
and his determination!
Sep 2008:
Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers Scholarship
The society of Tribology and Lubrication Engineers is offering
a $1000 scholarship to Southern Polytechnic State
University students for Fall 2008 semester. Eligibility
for this scholarship is based on the following criteria:
- Mechanical Engineering
Technology student,
- SPSU GPA- 3.0 or higher,
- Junior or Senior standing,
- An interest in
manufacturing.
Please write a letter and list
all your accomplishments and explain why you are interested in
manufacturing and why you think you deserve to get this
scholarship. Send your letter to
Dr.
Simin Nasseri. MET scholarship committee will
review all the applications. The deadline for applying is
Sep 26, 2008.
Sep 2008:
On Sep 9th, the MET Scholarship Committee selected the following
students to receive the academic year 2008-2009 scholarship from two
of our endowed scholarships:
1- Enplas Scholarship
2- Benjamin Jason Thomason Scholarship
- Awarded to: Matthew
Sissom and Jamal S. King
An annual scholarship event will be held soon to celebrate
these students'
accomplishments as well as to give them an opportunity
to enjoy a dinner with SPSU President Lisa Rossbacher, key
alumni and members of the SPSU Foundation Trustees.
Congratulations to Bryce, Patrick, Matt and Jamal on being chosen as
scholarship recipients by the MET Scholarship Committee!
Sep 2008:
Join SME Wed 9/10 for Celebration
The
SME
(Society of Manufacturing Engineers) student chapter
has been awarded a $5,000 Education Grant from the
SME Education Foundation.
You are invited to join SME for
an Opening Meeting and CELEBRATION!!
Date: Wed, Sept 10th
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: MET Main Lobby (K-2)
FREE PIZZA and SODAS will be
provided. Please show-up and join SME.
Aug 2008:
Enplas and Benjamin Jason Thomason Scholarships:
1- Enplas Scholarship
Amount Available for Academic Year 2008- 2009 = $1,584
Criteria:
- Applicants must be pursuing a
bachelor degree in MET and must be at least a junior with 60
credit hours completed.
- Applicants must have a minimum
cumulative GPA of 2.8.
- Preference will be given to
applicants who have an interest in pursuing a career in the
plastic industry.
- Based upon satisfactory academic
performance and compliance with criteria, the scholarship
may be renewed for an additional year.
- Scholarships will be awarded without
regard for race, religion, marital status, gender, age, or
disability.
Academic year 2007-2008 recipient: Bryan M. Wright
Please write a short letter and list all your
accomplishments and explain why you are interested in pursuing
your career in the plastic industry. Send your letter to Dr.
Simin Nasseri (snasseri@spsu.edu). MET scholarship committee
will review all the applications.
The deadline for applying is September 5th, 2008.
________________________________________________
2- Benjamin Jason Thomason Scholarship
Amount Available for Academic Year 2008- 2009 = $1,790
Created in memory of Benjamin Jason Thomason, BS MET 2000 who
passed away on 4/3/2001.
Criteria:
- Applicants should be Georgia
residents pursuing a bachelor of science degree in MET.
- Applicants must have a minimum
cumulative GPA of 2.5 and may be at any class level,
including entering freshman.
- Preference will be given to
applicants with financial need and to those who have
participated in some form of community service.
- Based upon satisfactory academic
performance and compliance with criteria, the scholarship
may be renewed for up to four years.
- Scholarships will be awarded without
regard to race, religion, marital status, gender, age,
physical or mental handicap or veteran status.
Academic year 2007-2008 recipient: Joshua D. Gunn
Please write a short letter and list all your accomplishments
and explain why you deserve this scholarship. Send your letter
to Dr. Simin Nasseri (snasseri@spsu.edu). MET scholarship
committee will review all the applications.
The deadline for applying is September 5th, 2008.
April 08:
Certified Manufacturing Technologist Exam, on
Saturday May 10th, at 9 AM
For more information, click here.
March 08:
SME Student Chapter Special
Presentation:
CASCAD-e
Interactive Graphical Software for
Project Management
By: Prof Glenn Allen
It is intended that this software
be used by students at upper level courses, such as Tool
Design, and Machine Design. So students are encouraged to
attend this informative seminar and learn how to use this
software.
Monday March 31st, 12
Noon -1PM, Classroom K160
March 08:
On March 13th, MET scholarship
committee selected "Brian Wallace Yoder" to receive the
"Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers Scholarship." Congratulations
to Brian for this achievement, which represents his hard work
and his determination!
Feb 08:
Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers Scholarship
The society of Tribology and Lubrication Engineers is offering
a $1000 scholarship to Southern Polytechnic State
University students for the Spring 2008 semester. Eligibility
for this scholarship is based on the following criteria:
- Mechanical Engineering
Technology student,
- SPSU GPA- 3.0 or higher,
- Junior or Senior standing,
- An interest in
manufacturing,
- Recommendation letter from a
faculty member (or your advisor) is desirable but not
required.
Please write a letter and list
all your accomplishments and explain why you are interested in
manufacturing and why you think you deserve to get this
scholarship. Send your letter to
Dr.
Simin Nasseri. MET scholarship committee will
review all the applications. The deadline for applying is
Feb 22, 2008.
“The
Society of
Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) is an
international engineering society founded in 1944. STLE's
mission is to advance knowledge and application of the science
of tribology (lubrication, friction, wear and related
technologies) in order to foster innovations, improve the
performance of equipment and products, conserve resources and
protect the environment.”
Dec 2007:
4 students from SPSU's MET program took the
SME Certified Manufacturing Technologist
Exam on Dec 1st and passed this exam.
They are:
-
Joseph Bruce Hooper
-
Kenneth Barra
-
Zdenka Knezevic
-
Frank Gifford
MET department and
SME chapter at SPSU Congratulate these students and
wish them well in their future careers!
Nov 2007:
One of our MET students; John Edmund Rice
received the Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship 2007
from Share America Foundation. This is a scholarship
for young musicians who keep the mountain style music going.
MET department
congratulates this special achievement. You can read the whole
story
here and watch John's
performance!
Oct 2007:
On 1st
of October, the MET Scholarship Committee selected the following
students to receive academic year 2007-2008 scholarship from two
of our endowed scholarships:
1- Enplas Scholarship (Valued at $1500 for Fall
and Spring)
2- Benjamin Jason Thomason Scholarship
(Valued at $1650 for Fall and Spring)
- Awarded to: Joshua D. Gunn
An annual scholarship event was held on October 18th at the
Marietta Conference center to celebrate Joshua and Bryan's
accomplishments and the accomplishment of other scholarship
recipients across campus, as well as to give them an opportunity
to enjoy a dinner with SPSU President Lisa Rossbacher, key
alumni and members of the SPSU Foundation Trustees.
Congratulations to Joshua and Bryan on being chosen as
scholarship recipients by the MET Scholarship Committee!
Aug
2007:
MET
has a new website! The new website has
useful features like the search engine, advising tools, research
groups, resources for faculty, students and industry partners, etc. The previous
pages have been revised to reflect the latest changes.
For
questions or problems regarding our new website contact
Dr Simin Nasseri.
Summer 2007:
News about faculty members:
Prof Glenn Allen has been
promoted to "Full Professor" effective Aug 1st.
Congratulations to Glenn for this well deserved promotion!
Erhan Ilksoy has joined
MET department as a temporary Assistant Professor. He has an
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and an MS in
Engineering (Thermal/ Fluid Sciences) from Mississippi State. He
has many years of industrial experience, and formerly has taught
at Georgia Perimeter College and Gwinett Technical College.
Dr Kenton Fleming is now an
Assistant Professor in the MET department. He has been an
instructor at SPSU since 2005. He has PhD in Mechanical
Engineering from Mississippi State University. His main research
interests are developing curriculum pertaining to CAD/CAM.
Prof Julio Santander has
retired from Department of MET. He was hired in 1983 and taught
various courses such as Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and
HVAC. He was the Faculty Advisor for the ASHRAE Student Section.
MET department wishes him a happy retirement!
Sadly,
Miss
Todashia
Taylor (Miss Dee) died of a heart attack this morning
(May 2nd) at 5 AM. She had recently started her job
as program administrative secretary at MET. She was a nice,
hardworking, and kind-hearted woman. She lost her husband when
he was only 42 and she raised her three kids by herself. She
will be remembered and sorely missed. Peace
be with her!
Open position for an HVAC
designer/ CAD operator on part time/ full time basis at
MEP
Design Engineers Inc, Norcross, GA. (HVAC experience is
required).
SPSU Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers has organized
a tour of NYPRO.
THURSDAY April 19th, 11 AM.
Click here for more
information.
Shaw Industries
will be here on campus Wednesday, March 14 conducting interviews
for 2 full-time MET positions. If you would like more
information, contact the Career and Counseling Center at
678-915-7391 or stop by their office in the Student Center.
Georgia Engineers’ Week
The Georgia Engineering
Alliance recognizes outstanding individuals in the field of
engineering each year. For 2007, Jeremy Pence of MET has
been selected as the Engineering Technology Student of the
Year. Mr. Pence is a senior with a 3.94 GPA. He will be
recognized at the E-Week luncheon on the SPSU campus on February
19, 2007.
Certified Manufacturing
Technologist (CMfgT)
FREE SME Certification for Students
With an SME Certification, you earn the following
benefits:
• Industry-recognized credential
• Differentiator from other job interview
candidates
• Proof that you know your stuff
Requirements:
In order to qualify for FREE Manufacturing
Technologist Certification
you have to email us by March 5, 2007 at
sme_spsu-owner@yahoogroups.com and tell us:
• If you are SME Member (mandatory)
• Write a short memo why should we pick you as
SME member of the semester and include your GPA
• You must be Junior or Senior
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Deadline : 03/05/2007
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