Academic Affairs http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs Purdue University Calumet | Academic Affairs Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dr. Chenn Zhou appointed as Director of the new Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation. http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/2009/07/10/dr-chenn-zhou-civs/ http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/2009/07/10/dr-chenn-zhou-civs/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:08:00 +0000 Tim Longacre http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/?p=23 Dr. Chenn Zhou has been appointed as Director of the new Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS).  Dr. Zhou has accepted this responsibility in addition to her role as Professor and Department Head for Mechanical Engineering.   Dr. Zhou has been instrumental in leading the team in the successful development of the CIVS on our campus.  CIVS has attracted recognition from our Congressional and Senate representatives as well as from private corporations and other universities.  We look forward to Dr. Zhou’s leadership as she continues to develop and expand the vision of CIVS in its mission to use simulation and visualization to provide innovative solutions to the engineering challenges facing industry and government.

 

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Zhou in her new position.

]]> http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/2009/07/10/dr-chenn-zhou-civs/feed/ 0 Dr. George Nnanna appointed as the Director of the Purdue Calumet Water Institute. http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/2009/07/10/dr-george-nnanna-pwi/ http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/2009/07/10/dr-george-nnanna-pwi/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:04:38 +0000 Tim Longacre http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/?p=24 Dr. George Nnanna has been appointed as the Director of the Purdue Calumet Water Institute.  Dr. Nnanna has acted as interim director for the Purdue Calumet Water Institute for the past three years.  During these past years, he has led the Water Institute to regional prominence and has acquired continued grant support from the Federal government as well as from private sector industry.  In addition, Dr. Nnanna will maintain his role as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University Calumet.

 

Please join us in giving congratulations to Dr. Nnanna as he accepts the directorship of our Water Institute.

]]> http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/2009/07/10/dr-george-nnanna-pwi/feed/ 0 Dr. Judith Pennywell will join the Academic Affairs Leadership Team http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/2009/07/10/dr-judith-pennywell/ http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/2009/07/10/dr-judith-pennywell/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:04:11 +0000 Tim Longacre http://webs.calumet.purdue.edu/acadaffrs/?p=22 On August 3, 2009, Dr. Judith Pennywell will join the Academic Affairs Leadership Team as Executive Director of International Programs Office on our Calumet campus.   Dr. Pennywell brings with her a high level of professional knowledge and broad operational experience in the field of international program development and management.   She currently holds the position of Executive Director for the Office of International Initiatives at the University of Houston, Clear Lake in Houston, Texas.  Dr. Pennywell has a lengthy resume of university experience dealing with international program development and also in the arena of student services. 

 

Dr. Pennywell received her BA in Spanish, and her MS in Education from Indiana University, Bloomington.  She earned her Doctor of Education degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

Join us, please, in welcoming Dr. Judith Pennywell to our Calumet campus.

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