Pott College of Science and Engineering

SwISTEM Early Undergraduate Research Program
Applications Due February 5, 2010

Pott Foundation Tri-State Science and Engineering Fair
will be held March 11-12, 2010

Pott College Strategic Plan 2008-1013

Pott College Newsletter: The Periodic Review
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Volume 2 Issue 1
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Pott College of Science
and Engineering Office
Science Center 2206

812-464-1977
Science @ USI

Scott Gordon, Ph.D.
Dean

Shelly B. Blunt, Ph.D.
Associate Dean

Courtney Klingelhoefer, Administrative Associate

Sunday, November 08, 2009
ALL DAY
USI Biology Club Poinsettias

Monday, November 09, 2009
ALL DAY
USI Biology Club Poinsettias

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
ALL DAY
USI Biology Club Poinsettias

Why should I major in Science and Engineering

USI Engineering Students set Lofty Goals with Balloon Launch (click here)

Lilly Endowment grant will fund collaboration in business and engineering (click here)

USI Applying Research to Local Needs (click here)

Area High School Chemistry Students Celebrate Mole Day with USI's Chemistry Department (click here)

Helfrich Park Students Get a Taste of College Chemistry at USI (click here)

USI kicks off partnership with Wesselman Nature Society at Howell Wetlands (click here)

Engineering students win Indiana Space Grant Consortium scholarships (click here)

Groundbreaking for USI’s Business and Engineering Center was held in July (click here)

Pott College receives NSF grant of $1.2 million; to partner with Ivy Tech (click here)

Chemistry class takes a closer look at local water sources (click here)

Hundreds of geologists descend upon Evansville in wake of quakes (click here)

INDOT offers new scholarship for UE, USI engineers (click here)

Dr. Shadow J.Q. Robinson, Assistant Professor of Physics, receives Award for Outstanding Teaching by New Faculty (click here) and (Evansville Courier Article)

USI Chemistry Major earns Academic All-America honors in volleyball (click here)

Pott College DVD "Learning Science by Doing Science" wins international awards (click here)

University of Southern Indiana and Pott College sign Educational Partnership with NSWC Crane (click here)

Pott College Dean invited to participate on Indiana STEM Education Team (click here)

Dr. Kent Scheller, Associate Professor of Physics, earns Cooper Core Curriculum Teaching Award (click here)

2007-08 Baccalaureate/Doctor of Medicine Scholarships announced (click here)

Chemistry major Jamie Johnson appointed USI Student Trustee (click here)

Biology professor and USI students travel to England (click here)

Dr. Paul Doss, Associate Professor of Geology, earns Integra Distinguished Professor Award (click here)

Geology Student spending summer with National Park Service (click here)

Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners Announced (click here)

Public invited to view science fair exhibits (click here)

Adrian Gentle: Teaching the powerful ideas of mathematics (click here)

USI Board of Trustees receives design for new Business and Engineering Building (click here for press release)

Pott Foundation Tri State Science and Engineering Fair registration deadlines approaching (click here for story)

WNIN TV in Evansville (cable channels 9 and 12) to air Pott College of Science and Engineering DVD "Learning Science By Doing Science"

12/30/06        6:30pm-7:00pm    Channel 9
12/31/06        7:00pm-7:30pm    Cable 12
1/4/07             8:00pm-8:30pm    Cable 12
1/5/07             3:00pm-3:30pm    Cable 12

Governor Daniels announces USI receives a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Planning Grant to continue developing partnerships with neighboring school districts (click here for press release)

USI and Pott College to host Tri-State Regional Science and Engineering Fair in March (click here)

Science and Engineering Fair has a title sponsor (Click here)

Faculty (Paul Doss, Jim Durbin, and Norm King) and students (Laura Bordelon, Scott Waninger, and alum Penny Greer) from USI's Department of Geology and Physics presented papers at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. This meeting was held October 22-25, 2006 in Philadelphia, PA. (click here for abstracts)

Dr. Kent Scheller and Dr. Shadow Robinson, faculty members in the Department of Geology and Physics, presented papers at the 2006 Division of Nuclear Physics Annual Meeting. This meeting was held October 25-28, 2006 in Nashville, TN. (click here for abstracts)

Robert Oswalt, Biology Major from Beech Grove, IN, is the 2006 recipient of the Victor H. and Elizabeth A. Barnett Research Award. (click here)

Internships benefit engineering students, local businesses (click here)

Engineering professor’s name applied to USI’s first GPS control point (click here)

Pott College associate, assistant deans named (Click here)Robert Oswalt, Biology Major from Beech Grove, IN, is the 2006 recipient of the Victor H. and Elizabeth A. Barnett Research Award. This award supports undergraduate research and is given to a student in good standing who submits a successful research proposal in collaboration with a sponsoring faculty member. Under the direction of Dr. Eric McCloud, Robert will be sequencing rDNA of an unknown fungus found exclusively in the Holly Berry Midge, Asphondylia ilicicola.

The Department of Mathematics welcomes:

Dr. Yalcin Sarol, who will be joining our department in the fall of 2006. Dr. Sarol holds both Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in mathematics from Purdue University. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, his research areas include probability and stochastic processes, as well as applications in financial mathematics. While at Purdue, he received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2001 and 2004, and the Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching in 2002 and 2005. He has most recently taught as a post-doctoral assistant at Iowa State University. His research involves the use of fractional Brownian motion in stochastic analysis and applications.

Mrs. Heather Ervin, who returns for the fall 2006 semester after teaching in a temporary position at USI during the 2005-06 academic year. Mrs. Ervin holds a Master of Science degree in statistics from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Prior to her arrival in Evansville, she was a teaching assistant at Lehigh University and an actuarial intern with Geisinger Health Systems. Her areas of research include statistics and genetics, bioinformatics, data mining, functional genomics and DNA microarrays.

Ms. Mary Shen Knust, who returns for the fall 2006 semester after teaching in a temporary position at USI during the 2005-06 academic year. Ms. Knust holds a Master of Science degree in theoretical mathematics from the University of Akron in Ohio, where she taught as a graduate teaching assistant and part-time mathematics instructor. Ms. Knust’s research is in integration on fractals and planar solidification.

Dr. Jon Stenerson, who will be joining our department as an assistant professor of mathematics. Dr. Stenerson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky with major areas of emphasis in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. Prior to his arrival at USI, he was a computer programmer at MacKichan Software/TCI Software Research in Las Cruces, New Mexico. His previous teaching positions were at Sul Ross State University, Minnesota State University and Transylvania University.

The Department of Chemistry welcomes:

Dr. Ken Walsh, who will be joining our department in the fall of 2006. Dr. Walsh holds both Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in organic chemistry from the University of Bristol (UK). Upon completion of his doctorate, Dr. Walsh received a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Emory University. He has most recently been a visiting assistant professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Dr Walsh’s research involves the syntheses of b-C-glycoside 2-amino sugars. These compounds are vital for cell recognition processes involving cell-cell recognition including immune system control, the initial contact of infectious disease, and the spread and detection of cancer cells.

The Department of Biology welcomes:

Dr. Rex Strange, who will be joining our department in the fall of 2006. Dr. Strange holds a Master of Science in Zoology from Southern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Alabama. Prior to his position at USI, Dr. Strange has taught at Southeast Missouri State University. Most recently, Dr. Strange has worked as a Post-Doctoral Scholar and Research Associate in the Great Lakes Genetics Laboratory at the University of Toledo.

The Department of Geology and Physics welcomes:

Ms. Carrie Wright, who will be joining our department in the fall of 2006. Ms. Wright holds a Master of Science in geology from Miami University (Ohio) and a Master of Science in Teaching: Earth Science from Wright State University.

The Department of Geology and Physics would also like to congratulate Dr. Joe DiPietro who was recently promoted to Full Professor and Dr. Norm King, who has accepted the position of Department Chair of Geology and Physics.

The Department of Engineering welcomes:

Dr. Mamunur Rashid, who will be joining our department in the fall of 2006, holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Utah and a Master of Science degree from Idaho State University. Dr. Rashid was an adjunct faculty member at Salt Lake Community College and a graduate research assistant at the University of Utah. Dr. Rashid's field of study includes water, wastewater and water resource engineering, and systems analysis techniques.

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