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

Kel Hahn — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:59:29 +0000

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 Education Division has approximately 200 members representing industry, education and government. The division will also organize the next Conference on Industry and Education Collaboration.

Congratulations, Ilka, on this influential appointment!

Mechanical Engineering Student Assists on NASA Robot

Kel Hahn — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:24:24 +0000

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 Discovery on its last flight, Robonaut 2, or R2, is a humanoid robot that will perform useful work on the International Space Station.

“It has been extraordinary working on this project and gratifying to know that R2 is now orbiting the earth at 17,200 MPH aboard the International Space Station,” says Lovan.

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

Mechanical Engineering Student Assists on NASA Robot