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Exemplar Online March/April 2014

Satyendra Rana to enhance College of Engineering's collaboration with big data industry

Satyendra Rana, Wayne State University computer science research professor and big data expert, joined the College of Engineering faculty in 2013 to help enhance the university’s collaboration with a growing big data industry. 
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Live in the D: College students help with medical records in Haiti

Check out this Live in the D segment featuring the relief efforts of Wayne State students following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Students Sarah Draugelis, a graduate of Wayne State’s pre-med program, Erik Brown, a M.D./Ph.D. student, and a team of computer science students including Kevin Zurek, established an electronic medical record system that they used in mobile clinics throughout Haiti.
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Wayne State students win entrepreneur innovation prize

A team of Wayne State students won a $10,000 Mobile/Web award from the Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize program, announced Feb. 14 at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.  More than 81 teams from across the state applied for the program and about 20 were selected to compete. Among those selected was a team of students with DragAroundMe, which provides a simple and easy way to share, transfer and receive files without having to register for an account. 
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STEM education provides options for ESFB president

Maria Guido, a mechanical engineering junior and president of the Engineering Student Faculty Board (ESFB), is interested in pursuing a career in hybrid vehicles. She’s also interested in aviation. And architecture. With her education in mechanical engineering, Guido is preparing for all three and keeping her options open.  
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Ford teams up with College of Engineering to speed mentor students

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Ford Motor Company’s Women In Manufacturing (WIM) groups joined together for the College of Engineering's first Speed Mentoring Event on Thursday, Jan. 23. Eighteen professionals from various organizations who hold careers in engineering in the Detroit area mentored almost 40 Wayne State students ranging from freshman to Ph.D. level. Nine out of the 18 mentors were from Ford Motor Company. Both men and women attended the event.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Engineering Alumni Association Networking Reception

May 8

Integrated Automotive Safety Workshop

April 7

Spring Engineering & Technology Job Fair

April 7

Business Over Breakfast: The Science Behind the Michigan Science Center

March 27

Nano@Wayne with Marie-Claude Senut

March 25



ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Hitesh Handa, '08

Handa will be joining the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia in January 2015 as a tenure-track assistant professor. Handa received a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Wayne State in 2008 and then worked for two years as a development engineer at Accord Biomaterials. Handa also received a master's degree in materials science and engineering from Wayne State in 2007.

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Kesho Leach, ’02 and Frenae Smith, ’05, ’10

Leach and Smith continue to encourage young women to pursue careers in STEM. They played vital roles in a March 8 event on Wayne State's campus that was hosted by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Detroit Section and its Girls Engineering Exploration (GEE) event. “The purpose of GEE is to expose middle school-aged, inner city girls to engineering and science,” says Smith, who works at DTE Energy Gas Operations as a supervisor in Codes and Standards and is co-chair of the parent/teacher session at GEE.

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