May 9, 2008
The Dallas Morning News – SMU breaking ground on new Caruth Hall engineering building
Engineering education at Southern Methodist University will take a major step forward today at a groundbreaking for Caruth Hall at the School of Engineering. Read More>>
May 1, 2007
CBS 11 – Chair of Mechanical Engineering discusses aerodynamics and fuel efficiency
CBS 11 interviews Volkan Ortugen, chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department, about the impact of North Texas winds on the fuel efficiency of cars.
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April 2008
April 27, 2008 The Dallas Morning News/CBS 11 - Coverage of Sally Ride Science Festival
About 800 girls launched marshmallows, collected autographs and learned about science and math careers on Saturday at the Sally Ride Science Festival at Southern Methodist University.. Read article >>
April 16, 2008 CBS 11 - SMU Student Show Off ‘Disabled Designs’
A group of Southern Methodist University mechanical engineering students showed off their designs of the future Wednesday Some of their inventions may eventually become products used to help disabled people live better lives.. Watch the video >>
March 2008
March 10, 2008 The Dallas Morning News - TI endows engineer chair
The Texas Instruments Foundation has given Southern Methodist University $2 million to endow a distinguished chair in engineering education, and the holder will also serve as director of the school's Caruth Institute for Engineering Education. Read article >>
March 5, 2008
Dean Orsak interviewed by Design News
A frequent speaker and expert on engineering education, Geoffrey C. Orsak, Ph.D, is dean of the engineering school at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, TX. Design News Editor-in-Chief John Dodge conducted the interview. Read article >>
August 2007
August 1, 2007
The Bridge – SMU Electrical Engineering graduate profiled by Eta Kappa Nu – Electrical and Computer Engineering National Honor Society
Stephen V. Minshew, Vice President, Digital Phone Systems Operations at Time Warner Cable, Inc., and a graduate from the SMU School of Engineering is profiled in the latest edition of The Bridge, the Read More>>
August 3, 2007 CBS News – Dean Orsak discusses America’s aging infrastructure on “The Early Show.”
Harry Smith asks Geoffrey Orsak, dean of engineering at Southern Methodist University, about aging infrastructure and whether the I-35W bridge collapse was an aberration or a wake-up call.
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October 2006
October 2, 2006
Texas Governor Rick Perry announced at the SMU School of Engineering $10
billion dollars worth of new private development in wind energy for Texas.
Read the article >>
September 2006
Texas Construction Magazine, an industry leading commercial construction
publication, awarded the SMU School of Engineering's newest building, the
Embrey Engineering Building, a "2006 Excellence Award" in Higher
Education. Read the article >>
August 2006
August 28, 2006
Dallas? A leader in the green movement? What in the world is going on? As
it turns out, on SMU’s campus, plenty. Read
the article >>
August 22, 2006
SMU Engineering student, Charles Taylor, shares $3 million grand prize with
his SMU team mates on NBC's reality show "Treasure Hunters". Read
the article >>
May 2006
May 1, 2006
Susan Vandiver, Ph.D. Applied Science Systems Engineering, is the winner
in the competition for the INCOSE / Stevens Doctoral Award for promising
research in Systems Engineering and Integration. Congratulations!
April 5, 2006 "Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers attends
conference," SMU Daily Campus. Read
the article >>
March 2006
March 27, 2006
...MP Media’s Electronics Group today announced that Geoffrey C. Orsak,
dean of the Southern Methodist University School of Engineering and executive
director of the Institute for Engineering Education at SMU, is the recipient
of the EE Times ACE Award for Educator of the Year. Read
the article >>
March 9, 2006 "Robert Miller: SMU to get green donation",
Dallas Morning News. Read
the article>>
February 2006
February 17, 2006
"Comment: Good science teachers key to progress" an article
by Dean Geoffrey Orsak published in San Antonio Express. Read
the article>>
February 1, 2006
Dean Geoffrey Orsak was quoted by Robert Dodge in a recent Dallas Morning
News story titled “Bush to visit magnet school Dallas : President plans
to push science, math proposal, learn a little.” The article appeared
in the Metro Section of the Dallas Morning News.
Dean Geoffrey Orsak wrote an op-ed titled “Engineers: The New Leadership
Class.” It is in the February edition of Electronic Business
Magazine . Click here to read the
op-ed.
January 20, 2006
"Visioneering 2006: Athletics of the Future", EWEEK newsletter.
