The March 2010 copy of Prism, the journal of the American Society of Engineering Education, named CECS the fastest-growing engineering school in the country between 2005 and 2008. During that period, the college increased the number of bachelor’s degrees it granted in engineering by 96%. (Computer science majors were excluded from the tally.)
As part of its mission to advance the art and science of engineering for the general welfare of humankind, the Engineers’ Council recognizes engineers and scientists from industry and academia for their contributions. On February 20, at its annual awards banquet, the organization honored six CECS faculty members.
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Hamid Johari, ME department chair, received the John J. Guarrera Engineering Educator of the Year Award.
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Bruno Osorno (ECE) and 
George Wang (CS) both received Distinguished Engineering Educator Awards.
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Ramin Roosta (ECE) received a 2010 Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award.
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Dale Conner (MSEM) and 
Amine Ghanem (CEAM) both received Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Awards
In addition, the team lead by Tom Brown, CSUN’s executive director for facilities management in the Physical Plant Management department, received a Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award for the Satellite Chiller Plant and Sub-Tropical Rain Forest project. This design, build and construct project has received numerous awards, including the best sustainable project award at the UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference in 2009. In conjunction with the campus’s 1 mW fuel cell—currently the largest of its kind on any university campus in the world—this project positions CSUN at the forefront of sustainability programs. Team members from CECS included Alvaro Olague, Varoon Bahri, Zekil Patel, Mohamed Alzarouni, Marouane Berny and Ashwin Krishnan. CECS professor Sidney Schwartz and ME professor Robert Ryan served as faculty advisors. Alumni Mikhail Yefimov and Shawn McConomy were also part of the team.
Shoeleh Di Julio (ME) assumed the role of associate dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science in August 2009. Diane Schwartz, who served as associate dean from 2007–09, returned to teaching and research in the Computer Science department.
Barbara Caganich assumed the role of development director for the colleges of Engineering and Computer Science and Science and Mathematics in April 2010. Former director Tammy Glenn continues in her role as a development officer with University Central Advancement.
SAYING GOODBYE IS HARD TO DO
On May 14th the College celebrated the retirement of Professors Brenda Timmerman, Larry Caretto, Mike Macias, and Sid Schwartz, pictured here with Dean Ramesh (center)