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Anthony and Carole Fielek Establish Endowed Scholarship
He was going to be an engineer; she was going to be a teacher. They met in a computer class at UM-Dearborn, married a year after graduation, and have been married 43 years since.

And now, Anthony and Carole Fielek have established an endowed scholarship to help today’s students. Thanks to a 100,000 contribution to the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the Fieleks will be making life a little bit easier for students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Education.

“We’re trying to make sure promising students can at least get a little bit of help,” said Anthony Fielek, who graduated in 1964 with a bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering.

The merit-based scholarships will benefit engineering or education students who are in financial need, said Michael Stein, director of development for CECS. Carole Fielek graduated from the School of Education in 1964. She went on to obtain her Ph.D. and become the head of the math department at Edsel Ford High School in Dearborn.

Anthony Fielek held a number of management jobs, eventually retiring from Robert Bosch as vice president of strategic planning for North America. He holds an M.B.A. and a law degree—both of which he completed at night school while working.

Fielek said the couple made the decision to establish the scholarship after talking to students who were having trouble affording tuition. He said he remembered working through college, making just enough money to pay his bills and buy a car.

“We’ve been reflecting back on our time when we were students going to college. The only way I got through it was working—and ultimately, getting a good co-op program,” he said. “I was lucky. My wife wasn’t driven off by the fact that when I’d invited her for coffee, she’d buy half the time.”
Alumnus Honors Professor with Named Scholarship Fund
When Professor George Kurajian joined the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s School of Engineering (now the College of Engineering and Computer Science) in 1964, he was assigned a student assistant: Roy Rennolds.

Rennolds learned a lot from Kurajian. And now, four decades later, Rennolds is giving back: He recently established a scholarship named for Kurajian, who retired in 1990.

“I received a quality education at UM-Dearborn, largely due to the work and dedication of the instructors I had,” Rennolds said. “When the idea of an endowed scholarship fund came up, I just thought of Professor Kurajian. It was natural to name it for him.”

Kurajian, who now spends winters in Florida, said he enjoyed working with Rennolds years ago and is honored that the new fund is named for him.

The George Masrob Kurajian Scholarship will benefit undergraduate mechanical engineering students. Kurajian asked to include his middle name in the fund’s name to acknowledge his father—whose first name was Masrob. Kurajian said his father was obsessed with education and learning.

“I can’t find the words to express how privileged I am,” Kurajian said. “I think it’s great that Roy has initiated this scholarship, but in addition to that, to honor me by naming it for me, I’d have to go through Webster’s Dictionary to find the proper words. I am deeply indebted to him.”

Rennolds, who worked full time while he was in school, said he hopes the fund will make it easier for students to obtain their degrees. He is hoping fellow graduates from UM-Dearborn’s early days will join him in honoring Kurajian and giving back to a future generation of students.

“Professor Kurajian really stuck out in my mind. His teaching method put students at ease and made us want to learn. He was easy to talk to; you never saw him without a smile on his face,” Rennolds said. “I’m hoping we can grow this into something nice. Professor Kurajian is a great man; I can’t think of anyone else I’d like to see this named for.”

This endowed fund may be added to by Professor Kurajian’s students, colleagues, friends and family members at any time with gifts of any amount. If you would like contribute to this scholarship fund, you may do so at www.umd.umich.edu/makeagift. For additional information, please contact Mike Stein, director of development, at mjshd@umd.umich.edu or (313) 583-6744.
CECS Professors Recognized for Excellence
Two faculty members from the college were honored for their contributions at the 26th annual Honor Scholars and Faculty Awards dinner in late March. The Distinguished Teaching Award recipient in the tenured category was Bruce Elenbogen, associate professor of computer and information science (CIS). Bruce Maxim, also an associate professor of CIS, was presented with the Distinguished Service Award.

Elenbogen was recognized for being one of the most popular, creative, entertaining, and effective teachers on the campus, according to nominations. “Bruce is an extremely popular professor in our department,” said one nominator. “I once observed a meeting room filled to capacity and wondered what was happening there. I discovered that it was Professor Elenbogen asking for volunteers for an extra-curricular programming competition, designed to attract more computer majors to the university.”

In addition, nominators mentioned Elenbogen’s incorporation of new technology into his classroom to enhance his lectures and software to reduce the sharing of code in his classes, which “forces students to learn and tends to steer them away from cheating and unauthorized help.” “Bruce Elenbogen has high standards and is able to effectively communicate material sufficiently to support his students to achieve these standards,” said one nominator.

Maxim was recognized for his outreach efforts as the champion of the gaming track within the undergraduate computer science concentration and the minor in game development. “He has done extraordinary outreach in promoting these, as well as our other programs, to the outside community,” said one nominator.

Last year, Maxim received a grant from Verizon Foundation to create a game that teaches handwriting to children using a Tablet PC. In addition, Maxim used a grant from the Association for Computing Machinery to offer three summer camps to attract pre-college students to study computer science at the collegiate level. “Maxim has supervised more than 200 community-based student software projects since 1997,” nominators said. ”He is the principle contact for a majority of these project clients and spends much time each semester cultivating clients for future semesters.”
Taehyun Shim Honored by SAE
Taehyun Shim, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has been named a 2008 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient by SAE International. He and five other scholars were honored during a ceremony at the 2008 SAE World Congress in Detroit.

The Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recognizes outstanding engineering educators, who are selected based on their academic training, contributions to teaching and research, and participation in extracurricular student involvement.

Since joining the college’s faculty in 2001, Shim has developed two new graduate courses on automotive systems modeling and vehicle stability and control. He also has significantly improved the curriculum of the simulation of dynamics systems, vehicle dynamics, active vehicle safety, and vibration control.

Shim has worked with Ford Motor Company on several projects related to developing active safety systems. In addition, he has interaction with General Dynamics Land System for advanced hybrid vehicle controller development and high-fidelity brake-system modeling. He has also served as the student advisor for UM-Dearborn’s SAE student chapter and SAE Formula Team.

Shim has authored 41 publications, including 20 peer reviewed journal articles and 21 conference papers. He is a member of SAE International, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society for Modeling and Simulation International.
Prechter International Travel Fellowship
Engineering and Computer Science undergraduate students enrolled in a degree program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science may be eligible for a travel fellowship to help them defray some of the cost of travel associated with approved international studies. The travel fellowships are made possible by a gift from Ms. Waltraud (Wally) Prechter to the Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems. Students who are planning to participate in international studies as part of their CECS degree program should contact Mr. Reinaldo Perez, the Director of CECS Academic Services to see if they qualify for the Prechter International Travel Fellowship. Mr. Perez can be reached in person at his office, 2000 HPEC or by telephone on 313-593-5510 or by email at rperez@umd.umich.edu.
New, Named Scholarship Fund Honors Dr. Kachhal
Every couple of years, the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) makes a special effort to bring groups of alumni back to campus. This year all IMSE alumni were invited back--and enjoyed a very special surprise.

The event on September 14, hosted by Drs. Swatantra Kachhal and Adnan Aswad, drew about 30 alumni and emeriti faculty back to campus for dinner to reminisce, catch up and see what the department is doing. Alumni who attended included Tom Helzerman (BSEIE ’67, MSE ‘91), Marlin Thomas (BSEIE ’67, MSE ’68, Ph.D. ’71), Dennis Kirchoff (BSEIS ’79), Phil Lavender (BSEIE ’68), Keith Talbot (BSEIS ’80), Richard Anderson (BSEIE ’76, MSE ’82) and Bob Matsura (BSEIE ’72, MBA ’77).

The highlight of the evening was the announcement of a new, named scholarship in honor of Dr. Kachhal. This endowed fund will provide support for future IMSE students for many years to come. Dr. Kachhal was quite surprised. “I had no idea anything like this was going to happen,” he said. “I am so pleased and very proud of our alumni for supporting future students. That the endowed fund will be in my name is very humbling.”

Dr. Kachhal has been chairman of the department for 25 years and has always been highly regarded by his students. “Dr. Kachhal has had such an enormous impact on so many Engineering students at UM-Dearborn,” said Dennis Kirchoff, a former student. “He’s been here for half the life of the campus, so he’s been an integral part of the lives of hundreds of IMSE alumni. This scholarship fund is our way of saying thanks for all he’s done.”

An anonymous gift was made to start the fund. But it can be added to at any time, in any amount. Those interested in making a gift to this endowed fund should contact Mike Stein, Director of Development, at mjshd@umd.umich.edu or (313) 583-6744.
CECS Mail Server Changes
The CECS Mail servers have changed with the migration that occured over the weekend. Please visit http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/ecs/help/mailservers.php for information on the new settings.
2007-08 Scholarship Awards
Detroit Edison Scholarship
Jessica Steffke
Frederick P. and Violet Sharpe Endowed Scholarship
Kevin Armbruster 
Vaishali Chaudhari
Aaron Curley
Steven Dietz
Enrik Fetolli
Ryan Garris 
Meer Hossain 
Ryan Mazur
Muthana Muhsen 
Evan Musu
Michael Rice
Luke Rizik 
James Sheets
Eric Stancato
Thomas Stedman
Yao-Ting Tsai
Steven Woodruff
Michael Wyzlic 
Kevin Yorick 

DaimlerChrysler Women and Minority Scholarship
Luis Benavides
Maggie Faligowska
David Frey
Walter Hill
Melissa Kaczmarczyk
Lauren Liske
Alexis Reyes
Katherine Slater 
Marie Stawasz
Danielle Sturdivant
Monyata Taylor 
Ashley Wright 

Henry W. Patton Endowed Scholarship
Faris Alami
David Anderson 
James Andrews
Christopher Bailey
Chelsey Baker
Peter Bankwitz
Lydia Bates
Jessica Billingslea
Raymond Brikho
Lawrence Chan
Mahmoud Chirazi 
Daniel Coyne
Samuel Crowley
Brandon Dohn
Michael Ehlert 
Mohamad Elfarran 
Mike Eskew
Mark Fielhauer
Kushal Gargesh 
Neelotpal Gulvadi 
Anthony Gutierrez
Imane Haidar
Cory Havlicsek
Aamir Hussain 
Nevien Iwies 
Cicily Joseph 
Daniel Kellezi
Matthew Kerry 
Hassan Khalil
Bradley Lajoye
Daniel Lambert 
Gierad Laput 
Michael Lash
Raymond Llonillo
Laura Lloyd 
Nicholas Lopez
Derek Mackenroth
Chahdi Mahdoui
Daniel Malik
David McCulloch 
Ashley Middleton
Ahmed Mohamed 
James Montante
Farouq Mozip 
Malek Musleh 
Charles Neil
Matthew Nitz 
Andrew Novotny
Andrew Noyes
Khaled Omar
John Papke
Theodore Rabban 
Daniel Ryan 
Sumitha Santhanam
Ryan Schultz
Ebrahim Sharif
Noah Sharkus 
Nasser Shuaibi 
Michael Sider
Steven Silverman
Simranjit Singh
Vimlesh Skukla
Petar Slabakov
Joseph Sloan 
Michael Sonk
Nathan Styles 
Thomas Stevens  
Gerti Tuzi
Takanori Watanabe 
Lindsay Yaros 

CECS/Ford Freshman Scholarship
Ibrahima Bah
Bridget Burke 
Elisa Cauley
Jhonatan Ferrer
Lindsay Gerst 
Carolyn Kaufmann 
Suzanna Nuculaj
Justen Sames
Loreal Shead
Fadia Shuayto
Tyronza Snowden
Urooj Yousuf 

Engineering Scholarships
Jonathan Masnari 
Otis Wagner 
Account Migration Announcement
Since early August of this year, ECS has been actively working to create a new computing infrastructure from the ground up, with special focus on providing more reliable, sustainable, longer lasting and easier to maintain computing. A number of goals for hardware and software replacement were set and are actively being met. While CECS faculty, staff and students experience one set of network services, currently there are really two infrastructures being maintained. There is one that you currently use every day, and one that has been developed and tested and will be used in CECS starting January of 2008.

Some of the areas that you will notice significant improvements starting in January are:
* E-Mail Services: Faster; more reliable; redundant; storage increase; webmail; address books; aliases
* File Storage: LARGE file storage increase; user-accessible backups; long-term backups; more reliable
* Authentication: One set of credentials (within CECS) for labs, department machines, e-mail, file storage

As we start this important transformation, we need your help in the process that we are simply calling an account migration. What this process effectively does it holds a spot for you in the new infrastructure once it goes online. By migrating, when the new semester starts, you will have hopefully completed the most work you need to do for this entire transition. We have worked hard to test this migration process and automated it as much as possible.

Finally, improvements for CECS are vast, but many won\\\\\\\'t ever be seen or utilized by most ECS-serviced users. Focus areas such as reliable storage backups, service monitoring, quality of service baselining, security scanning, and the alike will rarely be noticed, but are working hard to provide the best and most reliable service for everyone that we take pride in working with.

The following web site is your link to account migration and additional information and updates about this migration process: https://migrate.engin.umd.umich.edu/

You will notice that we ask for your username and password. Please enter your existing username and password for ECS services (sometimes referred to as NIS or your engineering credentials). If you have a problem migrating your account we WILL be notified, and we will do our best to contact you via e-mail or otherwise to fix whatever problem you may be having.

NOTE: Migrating your account does NOTHING to your existing data or e-mail. These systems are separate in every way from the current systems online. Migrating has no effect on you until January 2008.

Please migrate as soon as possible and remind other members of your departments to do so, as well as students in your classes. E-mail reminders will be sent out every 2-3 weeks with updates (if needed). Please read the aforementioned web site for additional information.
CCC Member Phil Roussey Builds Relationships in California
It all started with dinner. In August 2006, Phil Roussey (BSEEE ’66), who had recently secured a donation of equipment from his company Bell Microproducts to UM-Dearborn, decided he wanted to get more involved with the campus. That month he and his wife, Mona, held a small dinner at their home in Monte Sereno, attended by a number of UM-Dearborn alumni from the area and Chancellor Dan Little.

Phil’s work didn’t stop after the dinner. He continued to talk to alumni who attended to try to find ways to bring the talent of UM-Dearborn’s Engineering students to California. This past July, Dean Subrata Sengupta arrived in California, where Phil had arranged visits with seven leading Silicon Valley employers.

While Michigan continues to struggle with economic uncertainty, Silicon Valley is in the midst of a boom. In fact, employers there struggle to fill positions with qualified electrical engineering and computer science graduates. UM-Dearborn’s ability to work with these employers will enormously benefit our students, through internships, co-op appointments and full-time jobs after graduation.

Thanks to Phil’s work and the Dean’s visit, UM-Dearborn is well on the way to forging new relationships. We have agreements with three companies already, some well-established and some start-ups. Phil will continue to network with alumni in the area to find new sources of experiential opportunities and employment for our students.
New CECS Distance Learning Graduate Program Offered for Fall 07
The College of Engineering & Computer Science will offer its Industrial & Systems Engineering graduate program (MSE-ISE) via distance learning technologies beginning with the Fall 2007 semester.

I&SE courses scheduled for the Fall semester include Human Factors & Ergonomics and Probability & Statistics. Students currently enrolled in the campus-based program are eligible to register for these courses. Prospective students that would like additional information about this or other distance learning programs offered through CECS may contact Susan Guinn at 313-593-4000, by email at sguinn@umich.edu or visit http://dln.engin.umd.umich.edu.
BorgWarner Auditorium dedicated
The College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn dedicated its newest state-of-the-art audio/visual facility--the BorgWarner Auditorium--with a ceremony during the campus’s annual Technology Day event on June 6.

Timothy Manganello, chairman and CEO of BorgWarner Inc. was on hand to join CECS Dean Subrata Sengupta and Provost Susan Martin in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 220-seat auditorium, housed in the new Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems building.

“BorgWarner is pleased to celebrate the opening of this facility, which we believe will breed creativity, innovation and collaboration,” Manganello said at the dedication. “Students with these skills will be in high demand in the automotive industry in the future, and we’re proud to be associated with UM-Dearborn.”

Manganello earned his master’s degree in engineering from CECS in 1975, after completing a bachelor’s degree in engineering at the U-M Ann Arbor campus.

The IAVS building, which was designed by the firm of Lord, Aeck & Sargent and completed last year, recently received an honor award from the Huron Valley chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

UM-Dearborn’s Technology Day, an annual research review conducted by CECS faculty members in collaboration with industry partners, also featured a panel discussion with William J. Coughlin III, president and CEO of Ford Global Technologies, and Walter Bryzik, chief scientist at U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) on \\\"Technologies for Sustaining Michigan\\\'s Economy.\\\"

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CONTACT: Jennifer Sroka PHONE: 313-593-5644 The Office of University Relations Room 1040, Administration Building University of Michigan-Dearborn
Director of IDP Awarded Stirton Professorship
Pankaj K. Mallick, director of interdisciplinary programs (IDP) and professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected as the recipient of the 2007-2012 William E. Stirton Professorship. His appointment will be effective September 1, 2007, pending Regental approval. This prestigious award is for a term of five years and is accompanied by a stipend of 3,000 per year.

The recipient of the Stirton Professorship is evaluated by faculty peers and must be extraordinarily distinguished in scholarly activity, teaching, and professional service. The professorship was established in 1979 and is named for a University of Michigan vice president who became the first director of the Dearborn campus, serving from 1959-68.

According to Provost Susan Martin, “UM-Dearborn is privileged to benefit from Professor Mallick’s efforts and accomplishments in successfully fostering our mission to serve students, the campus, and the community.”
Academics, fun and games
New Alumni Content
Non-resident Graduate Tuition Scholarships
2004-2005 Scholarship Awards
CECS/Ford Freshman Minority Scholarship
Ricardo Castano
Bresheena Davis
Dekendrick Dix 
Julian Edgar
Willie King
Richard Suarez Lopez
Donna Medrano
Rukayat Oyedele
Darius Peek
David Saenz
Ivan Vazquez

DaimlerChrysler Freshman Scholarship
Steven Medrano
Miguel Velazquez

DaimlerChrysler Minority and Women Scholarship
Lina Bazzi
Rose Chambers
Adam Crumpler
Zainab Fardous
Salina George
Anna Lee
Lauren Marzolf
Tyra Sampson
Hyun-Jeong Seok
Susanne Sommer

Detroit Edison Minority and Women Scholarship
Adekunle Adams
Stephanie Askew
Jignasa Patel

Frederick P. and Violet Sharpe Endowed Scholarship
Bilal Alasry
Hassan Al-Khatib
Lars Anderson
Winford Bishop
Hyunwook Cho
Charles Cinpinski
Jason Cipolletti
Zaher Elkhansa
Philip Gerrity
Omar Haddad
Samer Ibrahim
Yehia Muhsen
Hassan Nasrollahzadeh
Ebrahim Nasser
Paul Novak
Mohsin Panchbhaiya
Christopher Piechocki
Tirthesh Shah
David Sherman
Jonathan Swartz
Yuichi Watanabe
Joseph Wolford

General Motors Minority/Women Scholarship
Eric Benton
JMai Bishop
Yolanda Haynes
Olorunlotosin Ihimodu 

Henry W. Patton Endowed Scholarship
Daniel Borener
Elizabeth Chatila
Bryan Fontenot
George Hatty
Phillip Justice
Daniel Kastner
Laura Lloyd
Michael Pearson
Daniel Reaume
James Roberts
Allison Ryan
Alexandr Satanovsky
James Styles
Aaron Terreault
Ryan Zachary


Professor A. Adnan Aswad Endowed Scholarship
Eric Lammers
SDC 2003-2004 Winners
First Place: is a tie between the following projects:

CIS Project:  Parametric Model Converter (PMC)
Team members: Don Barnes, Paul Bowers, Seema Kapur, and Inna Stashko
Faculty Advisor: Professor Maxim

ME Project: Arm-disabled and Amputee Friendly Bicycle Design
Team members: Justin Black, Aron Grajek, Sam Seldon, and Jim Szymusiak
Faculty Advisors: Professors  Argento

The winner among ECE projects is: Design and Development of Non-Contact Metrology System Based on Laser Triangulation Principle Team members: Philip Lechowicz, and Dustin Willaim, Faculty Advisor: Professor Zhao Congratulations to the winners and all the participants.
US News and World Report: 2003 College Rankings
CONTACT:	Terry Gallagher
PHONE:	(313) 593-5518
DATE:	Sept. 8, 2003

UM-Dearborn rates high in magazine survey
	
DEARBORN---UM-Dearborn was rated among the top
10 public universities offering master's degrees
in the Midwest in the annual guide to American
colleges published last month by U.S. News.  In
addition, the campus's College of Engineering 
and Computer Science was rated among the top 
undergraduate engineering programs in the 
country.

In the magazine's ratings, UM-Dearborn is 
compared with universities that offer a full 
range of undergraduate and master's degree 
programs, but few if any doctoral degrees.  
Those institutions are listed by region because 
they tend to draw students from their 
surrounding areas, according to the magazine.

Other universities included in the list of top 
10 public institutions offering master's degrees 
in the Midwest region include five campuses of 
the University of Wisconsin, Truman State 
University in Missouri, the University of 
Minnesota-Duluth, the University of Northern 
Iowa, Eastern Illinois University and Washburn 
University in Kansas.

UM-Dearborn's engineering program was ranked 
among the top 30 schools in the country without 
doctoral programs, based on a survey of deans 
and senior faculty members around the country.  
The ratings appear in the magazine's annual 
guide to America's best colleges, published in 
August.

In specialty areas, UM-Dearborn's undergraduate 
program in industrial and manufacturing 
engineering was ranked fifth in the country.

Nearly 1,500 undergraduate students are 
currently enrolled in the College of Engineering 
and Computer Science, pursuing degrees in 
computer and information science, electrical and 
computer engineering, industrial and 
manufacturing systems engineering, and 
mechanical engineering.  The school also offers 
master's degree programs, which currently enroll 
about 950 students.

"These polls are not scientific, and their 
results cannot be considered accurate measures 
of the quality of a school," according to 
Subrata Sengupta, dean of the UM-Dearborn 
College of Engineering and Computer 
Science.  "But it is nice to know that we enjoy 
a good reputation among faculty members at 
schools around the country."

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Distance learning courses now available!
Two CECS graduate level programs are currently available in an online format: Automotive Systems Engineering and Software Engineering. Courses in these programs utilize video with audio, text, and graphics. Students can interact with the instructor, and with other students synchronously and asynchronously from personal computers through chatrooms and threaded discussions.
2003-2004 Scholarship Awards
2003-2004 Scholarship Awards

DaimlerChrysler AMP

Joshua Bruton
Tina Hewlett
Robert Hill
Robert Milton, Jr.
Brian Rodriguez

DaimlerChrysler Minority and Women Scholarship

Rhita Boufelliga
Ann Marchuck
Susanne Sommer
Inna Stashko

Richard A. Csonka Memorial Scholarship

Mark Hebert
Jack Leich

CECS/Ford Freshman Minority Scholarship

Branden Oden
Aristide Bechi
Matthew Maxey
Carl Saenz
Gabriel Scruggs
Aaron Stokes
Anthony Waller

Detroit Edison Minority and Women Scholarship

Rania Al-Sakka
Shefali Bhavsar
Melissa Cinpinski
Alpana Patel

National Science Foundation Scholarship

Bilal Antar
Marlene Assenmacher
Muhammad Azimi
Ahmed Bazzy
Mohamed Bazzy
Nadeem Bhatti
Paul Brda
Lawrence Chan
Igor Fudym
Joey Granz
Vanessa Harp
Samer Ibrahim
Kiran Jadia
Mark Leich
Casey Lewis
Brian Lynn
Andrew Malburg
Mehul Master
Yehia Muhsen
Andrew Penny
Brittany Pullum
Kyle Saarela
Michael Sidor

Frederick P. and Violet Sharpe Endowed Scholarship

Aaron Akel
Joanna Awad
Dmitry Bekkerman
Ibrahim Beydoun
Winford Bishop
Robert Boczkay
Erik Brown
Andrei Cioaca
Timothy Habib
Renee Henderson
Phillip Lechowicz
Mustafa Nurmuhammed
Adam Shomsky
Eric Zelman
2002 Ranking - US News and World Report
UM-Dearborn's engineering program was ranked among the top 25 schools in the country without doctoral programs, based on a survey of deans and senior faculty members at schools around the country. The ratings will appear in the magazine's guide to America's best colleges, due out Sept. 16. In specialty areas, UM-Dearborn's undergraduate program in industrial and manufacturing engineering was ranked fifth in the country. Nearly 1,500 undergraduate students are currently enrolled in the UM-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science, pursuing degrees in computer and information science, electrical and computer engineering, industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. The school also offers master's degree programs, which currently enroll about 870 students. "One of the keys to this rating is the opinions of faculty members at schools around the country, and it's nice to know that we have a good reputation among our peers," according to Subrata Sengupta, dean of the UM-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer Science. "But a far more accurate measure of our quality can be found in the work of our faculty and students in the lab and classroom, and of our alumni in their professional careers," Sengupta said.
2002/03 Scholarship Awards
CECS/Ford Freshman Minority - Nicole Brown, Autumn Fields, Jasmine Mark, Matthew Maxey, Branden Oden

Chrysler Scholarship - Lina Bazzi, Melissa Cinpinski, Andrea Iacoban, Anna Kagan, Dongja Kwak, Martina Moro, Evrard Ohou, May Putrus, Rania Saman

Csonka Scholarship - Winford Bishop, Ismail Hamieh

Detroit Edison Scholarship - Melissa Abellana, Aristide Bechi, Maureen McGinnis

Violet Sharpe Scholarship - Walid Aldee, Jalal Jawany, Wissam Joumaa, Peter Law, Redhwan Mawari, Antoine Mordovanaki, Raymond Ng, Ripal Pitel, Luke Reisner, Sonali Sathe, Blendi Sullaj, Douglas Waineo, Eric Zelman