Awards and Publications Announced

Dr. Chittaranjan Sahay, professor of Mechanical Engineering and Vernon D. Roosa Endowed Distinguished Professor in CETA, has received a grant of $20,000 from Pratt & Whitney, a division of the United Technologies Corporation. He will use the grant to study the single crystal rate independent plasticity model and develop a new model to integrate a rate-independent slip-based plasticity model and creep.

In addition, Dr. Sahay, along with Ted Doiron and Sami Farooqui, has published a paper in Measurement (vol. 42, no. 4, May 2009, Elesvier), an official journal of the International Measurement Confederation. The paper is titled “Uncertainty Analysis of Cylindricity Measurements Using Bootstrap Method.”

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CETA students have been named Regents Scholars for the 2008–2009 academic year. Seniors Sara Murray, Architecture, and Tiffany Cartier, Civil Engineering, received the honor. Seniors in any college of the University who have demonstrated excellence and accomplishments related to their studies at the University, including projects and papers, presentations, publications, independent studies, internships and community service, are eligible for the award.

Murray, who is in the studio-intensive track in Architecture, has also been involved in the campus television station, STN. She has served as the station’s general manager and organized the 15-year Anniversary Celebration for the station. She has also received a Student Leadership Award in 2008 for her work at STN. She is an active member of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) and has been recognized at the national convention of that organization for her efforts to recruit new members. In addition, her senior thesis Project, a redevelopment plan for her home town of Burnt Hills, New York, has been presented to the Town Planning Board of Burnt Hills and is now on display in the Town Hall.

Cartier has been active as a researcher. An energy study she helped to conduct for the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) was presented to the Connecticut Legislature. With the support of a NASA Student Fellowship she received through the Connecticut Space Grant Consortium , she has conducted research for which she built a pilot-scale system. The project, a Vapor Phase Catalytic Ammonia Removal (VPCAR) system, is intended for water recovery on long-term space missions. Cartier’s most recent internship was with the URS Corporation, which provides businesses with professional planning, engineering and architectural design, environmental, construction, and program, construction management and other specialized technical services. Cartier has accepted a position with URS that will begin after her graduation in May.

In addition to Cartier’s and Murray’s awards, two juniors were named recipients of Junior Regent Awards: Kimberly Powell, Audio Engineering Technology, and Neftali Torres, Civil Engineering, received the awards as ranking members of the Junior class in CETA.

CETA congratulates those students on their outstanding achievements.