College of Information Technology
and Engineering
and Engineering
For more photos of the Spring 2012 CITE Graduation Reception, click here.
Dean Wael Zatar
Dr. Wael Zatar, who served as interim dean of Marshall University’s College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE) the past 8 and a half months, has been named permanent dean of the college, effective May 1.
Dr. Zatar has been at Marshall since 2006. He previously served at the University of Kentucky and West Virginia Tech.
“It’s a great honor and a privilege to be chosen dean of the College of Information Technology and Engineering,” Zatar said. “As interim dean I learned a lot and now I am ready to hit the ground running.”
“I share my vision with their vision,” he said of university administrators. “CITE houses one of the fastest growing programs in the university and I will make sure to put every possible effort to continue CITE’s momentum. I want to advance the college in a way that will match the university mission. I feel well positioned to pursue the CITE mission for educating our students and for graduating professionals who could participate in the economic development of our state and the region.”
Congratulations Dean Zatar!
For the full Marshall University article, click here.
Clemson University
On the week of the 21st of February, Marshall University sent four Computer Science students to the National EPSCoR Cyberinfrastructure Student Engagement Program at Clemson University. The four students were exposed to many exciting cyberinfrastructure opportunities, including high performance computing, high throughput computing, virtual organizations, visualization and cloud services. Alex King, Mitchell Browning, Finley Hammond and Brendon Posey were the four students that were chosen for the EPSCoR event.
“While we were there we got to learn about Cyberinfrastructure from multiple speakers, including the current president of Tuskegee University. Also, we got to take a tour of the Palmetto Cluster, the 61st largest supercomputer in the world, and we got to tour CU ICAR; a $120 million dollar automotive research facility funded by BMW” said Alex. “Perhaps the best part of the program was getting to meet students from all over the country, including Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.”
Mitchell found the EPSCoR event as a great experience and enjoyed listening to the different speakers they had at the event: “This was a great learning experience and a way for us to make friends with people from all over the country. We also listened to speakers from different Cyberinfrastructure fields: Jim Bottum (CIO, Clemson University), Gilbert Rochon (President, Tuskegee University), Barr Von Oehsen (EPSCoR Director), and Laura McGinnis (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center)” stated Mitchell. “The EPSCoR meeting in Clemson is the most fun and exciting thing I've ever done in my life. I really enjoyed meeting all of the people and making new friends.”
Brendon Posey had a similar experience: “It was great to be able to be around so many people that share the same passions as you, and discuss what each of us are doing at our respective universities. I also am really excited to take the knowledge that I learned at this conference back to Marshall University and try to implement some of things that we saw down at Clemson. I cannot wait to go to Salt Lake City, Utah this fall for SC12, it is going to be a great trip with a great group of people.”
What Finley enjoyed most about the event was that “…for three days I got to leave my hometown to see the cutting edge of Computer Science. I met some of the most interesting and intelligent people in the country, and I got to bring that experience back to the students and faculty. It renewed my passion for what I am trying to accomplish here at CITE. I cannot wait to reunite with the new friends I have made through the EPSCoR program, and I know I will have a similar experience in Salt Lake City, Utah this Fall at SC12.”
These four students will attend the next conference in Salt Lake City, Utah where they will participate as certified “Technical Student Volunteers” assisting in booths on the Exhibit Floor and performing other technical duties.
All four students would like to thank Dr. Wahjudi and retired Professor Fuller with their help in being accepted into the EPSCoR program.
Good job representing Marshall University and good luck with the upcoming conference in Salt Lake City!
Warren Shelton
On January 26, several Marshall University Computer Science students participated in the 9th annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Charleston.
The research day took place at the Charleston Capitol rotunda. Members of the state Legislature and the executive branch were able to talk to the students who created the posters in order to better understand the importance of undergraduate research.
“I am very impressed with the level of expertise shown by our Computer Science majors at the Undergraduate Research Day. I am proud to have them represent the College and Marshall University,” said Interim Dean of CITE, Dr Wael Zatar.
Thirty-two students from Marshall participated and of the nineteen student posters ten were our own Computer Science Students!
The following is a list of the Computer Science participants, along with their home counties or cities, disciplines, research posters and advisers:
The Dean's List for the Fall 2011 semester is out and the College of Information Technology and Engineering would like to congratulate all the students who made it. To make the Dean's List, students must hold a 3.3 GPA or higher while taking at least 12 credit hours.
Congratulations to everyone on the great work!
For the names of the students who made the Dean's List, click this link.
Wind Turbine Winners
Students in the Engineering107 class were tasked with the challenge to create a wind-turbine that produces energy. Various factors such as turbine blade length, weight and shape had to be taken into account in order to achieve a maximum energy throughput.
On the day of the competition, the students were graded according to many defining factors such as amount of energy generated as well as the quality and design of their turbines.
After two days of testing the final results were in! Joshua Lockard, Cody Queen, and Patrick Castro were the three students whose turbine generated the most energy!
Congratulations to all the students who worked hard on their projects and came up with innovative and exciting designs!
For more photos of the participants and their turbines, click here.
William Reuschel
William Reuschel, a research intern from the Computer Science Department has been recognized as a co-author on the first peer reviewed paper created by Marshall Universities' Optic’s Lab.
William is currently a senior at Marshall University, pursuing degrees in Computer Science and Chemistry. He works with technical consultants to develop the specific procedures used in the Optics Lab measurements and wrote the software that interfaces with the lab’s instrumentation, gathers data, and stores results.
The paper, entitled Character-contrast measurements on reflective displays using replica masks appeared in October’s issue of Journal of the Society for Information Display.
The journal deals with the replica-mask method that measures the contrast of character strokes on reflective displays. It provides measurements of the diffuse reflectances, both with specular included and excluded.
Congratulations on the co-authorship William and good luck with the upcoming paper!
