Graduate Students Honored

A group of CETA graduate students were honored by inclusion in the poster session for the Graduate Research/Creativity Symposium held Wednesday, April 29. The purpose of this symposium is to showcase the wide variety of original scholarship (for example, research projects, case studies, artistic performances, or exhibits) conducted by graduate students at the University of Hartford.

The students who presented posters are

• Chih-Chieh Chang, Master of Engineering program–Mechanical Engineering; “Effect of Mesh Size in the Prediction of Residual Stress in Machining”; faculty sponsor: Dr. Chittaranjan Sahay
• Vishal C. Edake, Master of Engineering program–Mechanical Engineering, and Deepthi Teegala, Master of Engineering program–Electrical Engineering; “Desalination of Salt Water”; faculty sponsors: Drs. Chittaranjan Sahay and David Pines
• Gregory Mellor, Master of Engineering program–Civil Engineering; “Experimental Evaluation of FRP/Masonry and FRP/Concrete Fracture Properties”; faculty sponsor: Dr. Christian Carloni
• Elizabeth Yang, Master of Engineering program–Mechanical Engineering; “Opportunities for Energy Savings at Wastewater Treatment Plants: Conservation and Cogeneration”; faculty sponsor: Dr. Chittaranjan Sahay

Gregory Mellors with Dr. Christian Carloni, his faculty sponsor

During the symposium, another CETA graduate student was named a recipient of the Regents’ Honors Awards for Graduate Students. Tyson Douglas Dorman, a Master of Architecture student, received this award, which acknowledges exceptional accomplishment in coursework (only students with a GPA over 3.8 are invited to apply), professional training, and capstone projects; scholarly productivity; academic and professional positions and honors; community outreach; and placement or promotion. Dorman has previously received the Tai Soo Kim traveling fellowship for Architecture students and now works as an architect and teaches in the Architecture department here in CETA. His faculty sponsor is Dr. Michael Crosbie.

Tyson Douglas Dorman receiving his Regents' Honors Award from University Provost Lynn Pasquerella.

CETA congratulates all of these graduate students and their faculty sponsors.