2016 - Engineering College Focus - 2/4/2016

Description

This engineering program will allow companies interested in engineering talent to learn about the various programs offered and how the schools differ in their engineering programs; how to develop an internship program; and how best to recruit engineering talent for your company.  

Come and hear first- hand about the various engineering programs at U of New Haven, Quinnipiac University, Central and Southern Connecticut State Universities, and Bridgeport University.  Together these schools offer engineering programs in Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical, Civil, Manufacturing, Computer, Electrical, and Software. In addition, related programs are provided in Computer Science, Materials Science, and Technology Management.

The format will allow each panelist to describe its school’s offerings and ample time for questions from the attendees about the programs and to offer any suggestions related to unmet needs by the existing engineering offerings described.

The panelists are:
W. David Harding, Ph.D., P.E. Prof. Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Accreditation at University of New Haven
 
Dr. Harding joined the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at University of New Haven in 1993. He has developed and taught several courses in chemical engineering, foundational engineering, and environmental engineering. His areas of specialization are transport phenomena, catalysis, and air pollution control. After 21 years of teaching, research and department management he assumed the role of Associate Dean in 2014. Prior to joining University of New Haven Dr. Harding worked in chemical manufacturing (6 years) and environmental consulting (3 years).
 
 John J. Reap, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Founding Faculty Member, Department of Engineering Quinnipiac University.
 
John Reap holds PhD and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech as well as a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette College. Prior to joining Quinnipiac University, he served for two years as an engineering instructor at Virginia Tech.  His research areas include: environmentally conscious design and manufacturing, applications of thermodynamics, life cycle assessment (LCA), industrial ecology, biomimetics and motivation of engineering students. 
 
Christine Caragianis Broadbridge, Ph. D., Director of STEM Initiatives, Southern CT State University (SCSU)

Christine Broadbridge, Professor of Physics and Director of STEM Initiatives at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) received her M.S. and Ph.D. in engineering from Brown University. She is a senior researcher and education director for the Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (CRISP) and NSF MRSEC at Yale and SCSU. Dr. Broadbridge is the founding Director of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Center for Nanotechnology and the SCSU Office for STEM Innovation and Leadership, and is also a Visiting Fellow, Yale University, Electrical Engineering
 
Peter F. Baumann, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Engineering Department Central Connecticut State University

Housed in his department are Mechanical Engineering (with general, aerospace, and manufacturing concentrations), Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology and Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs.  Prior to academia, Dr. Baumann’s industrial experience as a materials and processes engineer spanned 20 years, primarily with GE. He is a past and honorary Chairman of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee B7 on Light Metals and Alloys.  He is also a past Chair of Southern CT ASM International.  Dr. Baumann received a B.S. in Metallurgy at Penn State, earned an M.S. from MIT in Mechanical Engineering, and completed a Ph.D. in Materials Science at Polytechnic University.

Dr. Elleithy, Ph.D, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Bridgeport.
 
Dr. Elleithy’s research interests include wireless sensor networks, mobile communications, network security, quantum computing, and formal approaches for design and verification. Dr. Elleithy is the editor or co-editor for 12 books published by Springer.
 
Dr. Elleithy received the B.Sc. degree in computer science and automatic control from Alexandria University in 1983, the MS Degree in computer networks from the same university in 1986, and the MS and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from The Center for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Louisiana - Lafayette in 1988 and 1990, respectively.
 
Prof. Elleithy has more than 20 years of teaching experience. He is the recipient of the "Distinguished Professor of the Year", University of Bridgeport, academic year 2006-2007. He also developed new teaching / research laboratories in his area of expertise.