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Faculty/staff achievements The Rise of Urban Placemaking in Contemporary America by Dr. Michael Carriere, Humanities, Social Science and Communication Department, and David Schalliol has been published by the University of Chicago Press Books. The book builds off the work Carriere has been doing at MSOE for the past decade. Dr. David Howell, Humanities, Social Science and Communication Department, recently wrote a book, The Serenity Experiment, published by Blue Ear Books. It is geared toward a general audience as well as students in Howell’s Ethics class. Dr. Christopher Raebel, chair of the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department, was elected president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s Architectural Engineering Institute. Elizabeth Taylor, director of STEM, was named a Milwaukee Business Journal 40 Under 40 winner. Dr. John Walz, president, was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). He will represent Region V (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin). Dr. Wujie Zhang, associate professor in the Physics and Chemistry Department, became an editorial board member for the Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering.
Race against the machine Two MSOE teams took home second and eleventh place in the International Competitive Programming Regional Contest (ICPC). The teams raced against the clock, battling for the top score against more than 85 teams. The ICPC is the oldest, largest and most prestigious contest in the world and challenges teams of three to work together to solve real-world problems with creativity and innovation. Jim Lembke, instructor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, served as the faculty advisor for the teams. The Kotlinaughts took second place: Kiel Dowdel (CS), Nick Johnson (CS) and Jacob Huebner (SE). CinCity took eleventh place: Mitchell Johnstone (CE/CS), Jonny Keane (CS) and Sam Keyser (CS).
Amazing accolades MSOE was the recipient of two Excellence in STEM Awards, or “Stemmys,” from STEM Forward. In the education category, the university’s K–12 outreach programs to improve the STEM competency of students in SE Wisconsin and the creation of the We Energies STEM Center at MSOE were recognized. In the partnership category, MSOE and the Argosy Foundation were recognized for the FIRST Ambassadors Program. This initiative provides MSOE student mentors, materials, and expertise to enable 25 underserved K–12 schools in the city of Milwaukee to implement robotics education programs.
The American Sports Builders Association has recognized MSOE’s Raiders Stadium as a 2020 Facility Award Winner in the Single Field category.
