{"id":471,"date":"2011-02-21T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/?p=471"},"modified":"2023-02-27T19:58:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:58:46","slug":"college-news-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/2011\/02\/21\/college-news-4\/","title":{"rendered":"College News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Engineers\u2019 Council Award Recipients<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As part of its mission to advance the art and science of engineering for the general welfare of humankind, the San Fernando Valley Engineers\u2019 Council recognizes engineers and scientists from industry and academia for their contributions. On February 26, at its annual awards banquet, the organization honored five CECS faculty members.<\/p>\n

Distinguished Engineering Educator Awards<\/h4>\n

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\nMichael Kabo(left)<\/em>\u00a0Steven Stepanek(right)<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Outstanding Merit Achievement Awards<\/h4>\n

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Susan Beatty(left)<\/em>\u00a0Aram Khachatourians(center)<\/em>\u00a0Jeffrey Wiegley(right)<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Welcome to our New Staff Member<\/h4>\n

\"bekir_nagwa.jpg\"Nagwa Bekir (ECE) assumed the role of
\nassociate dean of the College
\nof Engineering and Computer Science
\nin January 2011. Shoeleh Di Julio,
\nwho served as associate dean from
\n2009\u201311, returned to teaching in
\nthe Mechanical Engineering
\ndepartment.<\/p>\n

We Will Always Miss you\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"John_Jo.jpg\"Josephine \u201cJo\u201d Guarrera, 1920-2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our dear friend Jo Guarrera passed away on January 4. Jo was the wife of the college\u2019s friend and colleague, the late John Guarrera. Jo and John were great supporters of the college, and upon John\u2019s retirement, they created the John and Jo Guarrera Endowment for Engineering, which every year provides scholarships for many students in the college. Jo was known for her loving spirit, generosity and vivacious love of life. She will be greatly missed by all.<\/p>\n

\"timmerman_brenda.jpg\"Brenda Timmerman, 1939-2010<\/strong>
\nEmeritus professor Brenda Timmerman passed away on December 5, 2010. Brenda first joined CSUN in 1987 and retired from teaching in 2009. During her time with the Computer Science Department, she held positions as a lecturer and later as a tenuretrack professor. Her area of specialization was computer security. Brenda was a very caring and dedicated person who will be greatly missed by all her colleagues and the staff in the College.<\/p>\n

\"David_Rankin.jpg\"David Paul Rankin, 1979-2010<\/strong>
\nThe faculty and staff of the College were saddened by the news that CSUN alumnus David Rankin (BSME, 2007) passed away in September 2010 after a long battle with brain cancer. Most of David\u2019s professors and fellow students were aware of his courageous attitude toward his medical situation. He had to withdraw from the university during the fall 2005 semester to receive treatment but returned in spring 2006 and graduated in May 2007. He was a valued member of the 2007 human-powered vehicle design team, under the supervision of Robert Ryan. Dr. Ryan recalls that \u201cDavid was very forthright about his disease and was determined to beat it. He was a pleasure to have as a student, and it was great to see him achieve his goal of attaining an engineering degree. I saw him a couple of years ago at a local ASME Student Section tour at the Anheuser-Busch plant, and he looked great, so it was definitely a shock to hear of his passing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Engineers\u2019 Council Award Recipients As part of its mission to advance the art and science of engineering for the general welfare of humankind, the San Fernando Valley Engineers\u2019 Council recognizes engineers and scientists from industry and academia for their contributions. On February 26, at its annual awards banquet, the organization honored five CECS faculty members. Distinguished Engineering Educator Awards Michael Kabo(left)\u00a0Steven Stepanek(right)   Outstanding Merit Achievement Awards Susan Beatty(left)\u00a0Aram Khachatourians(center)\u00a0Jeffrey Wiegley(right)   Welcome to our New Staff Member Nagwa Bekir (ECE) assumed the role of associate dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science in January 2011. Shoeleh Di […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecs.csun.edu\/spectra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}