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Balk Named Chair-Elect of American Society for Engineering Education Division

Balk Named Chair-Elect of American Society for Engineering Education Division

Ilka M. Balk, Director of Engineering Co-op and International Programs in the UK College of Engineering, was recently named Chair-Elect of the Co-operative and Experiential Education Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. She will assume her responsibilities as Chair in February, 2012. Balk served as Secretary of the division from 2009-2011. The Experiential [...]

Mechanical Engineering Student Assists on NASA Robot

Mechanical Engineering Student Assists on NASA Robot

Austin Lovan, ME ’11, College of Engineering Co-op student and future NASA employee was among a group of people at the Johnson Space Center who worked on Robotnaut 2. Delivered by Space Shuttle Discover on its last flight, Robonaut 2, or R2, is a humanoid robot that will perform useful work on the International Space Station.

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