Dean Geoffrey Orsak writes that the U.S. Dept. of Energy says 75 percent of energy is used by “off ” appliances (November 12, 2009)

 Lyle engineering student Jerrold Dash beat cancer, a double lung transplant and H1N1 flu while earning a one degree and pursuing another. (November 12, 2009)

  The Environmental Protection Agency sent a strong message with its appointment of Al Armendariz to the region's top post: It's time to clear the air. (November 11, 2009)

Al Armendariz has been named the regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Dallas offfice where he'll oversee federal environmental policy in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. (November 5, 2009)

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• Design News: Op-Ed: Where’s the Off Switch? (November 12, 2009)  
• WFAA-8: Lyle's 'Miracle Man' overcomes cancer, swine flu (November 12, 2009)  
• Dallas Morning News: Editorial: EPA appointment could be coup for clean air (November 11, 2009)  
• Fort-Worth Business Press: SMU professor who linked air pollution, gas industry, named local EPA head (November 6, 2009)
• Star-Telegram: SMU professor named EPA regional head (November 5, 2009)
• Dallas Morning News: SMU professor named new EPA regional chief for Texas, four other states (November 5, 2009)
• Leading the Way: SMU Lyle Professor Al Armendariz announced by White House as EPA Region 6 Administrator (November 5, 2009)
• NPR: Health Issues Follow Natural Gas Drilling In Texas (November 3, 2009)    
• TEDxSMU was a resounding success: See the video and slideshows from TEDxSMU (November 3, 2009)  
• To Infinity and Beyond: The Infinity Project Helps Texas High Schools Meet New 4th Year Science Requirement (November 4, 2009)
• D magazine: Dr. Jeff Talley - A New Kind of Engineering Professor (October 26, 2009)  
• CNET News: SMU students win innovation competition with biometric keyboard (October 15, 2009)  
• New York Times: Curbing Climate Change by Sealing Gas Leaks (October 14, 2009)  
• Design News: Op-Ed - Moonshot 2.0 - No American achievement has come close to the first lunar landing (October 14, 2009)  
• Dallas Morning News: TEDxSMU upends conventional wisdom (October 14, 2009)
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas Industries Worry About EPA Crackdown (October 14, 2009)  
• NBC5: Digital electric meter security questioned (September 21, 2009)  
• The Daily Campus: Students 'engineer' help for South Dallas residents, third world nations (September 14, 2009)  
• The Year in Defense - Interview: Delores Etter, Ph.D. (September 1, 2009)
• Design News: Op-Ed - City on a Hill - Engineers must marry strength, beauty, community building (October 9, 2009)  
• The Kipplinger Report: Defense Needs Drive Tech Innovation (mentions SMU research) (August 25, 2009)
• KERA: Orsak debates D Magazine chief about engineering (August 17, 2009)  
• Denton County Record: Denton County air at quality threshold (August 3, 2009)  
• Design News: Op-Ed - The Next Einstein- Two men prove they can make a difference, despite the odds against them (August 1, 2009)  
• Fort Worth Star Telegram: At SMU, rising general’s new mission is to apply engineering to global poverty (July 29, 2009)
• Systematic Thinking: Lyle School introduces Ph.D. in System Engineering (July 23, 2009)
• Dallas Morning News: TED's intellectual circus of ideas to come to SMU in October (July 22, 2009)
• Design News: Op-Ed - Everybody's Gotta Have One - Geoffrey Orsak’s top 10 “can’t live without” technologies (July 14, 2009)  
• Dallas Morning News: Op-Ed - Dallas-area clean air plan failing. Now what? (July 13, 2009)  
• CW33 News: SMU Develops High Tech Micro Camera (July 8, 2009)  
• Global Perspectives: New certificate programs from Mechanical Engineering Dept. (July 2, 2009)
• Wired magazine: Darpa’s Smart, Flat Camera Is Packed With Beady Eyes (July 1, 2009)  
• New Certificates: Four certificates in Project Management offered through ENCE Dept. (June 25, 2009)
• CBS11: Lyle Engineering Camp Reaches Young Girls (June 23, 2009)  
• NBC5: Camp at Lyle School of Engineering Creating Female Engineers (June 23, 2009)  
• Fox4: Young Girls at Lyle School of Engineering Learning About Engineering (June 23, 2009)  
• KERA Radio: Women Engineers Still In Extreme Minority (June 23, 2009)  
• Dallas Morning News: Engineering camp brings science to life at SMU (June 19, 2009)  
• Design News: Op-Ed - Dean Geoffrey Orsak - Engineering the Peace (June 13, 2009)  
• DefenseNews Sharper Image: Multiple Tiny Lenses Combine for Surveillance Clarity (June 8, 2009)
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram: SMU prof was right about Barnett Shale pollution (June 8, 2009)  
• Battlefield to Classroom: Renowned military engineer joins Lyle faculty (June 8, 2009)
• Office of Naval Research: Navy Announces 2009 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Awards (May 19, 2009)
• D magazine: SMU Dean of Engineering Geoffrey C. Orsak On Setting Minds Free (May 20, 2009)
• Design News: Op-Ed - Fail Fast, Fail Early (May 1, 2009)  
• The Times Picayune: Lyle Engineering’s Morstead Taken In NFL Draft by New Orleans Saints (April 26, 2009)
• WFAA-8 News: Student engineers design for the disabled (April 20, 2009)  
• Design News: Op-Ed - Dean Geoffrey Orsak – They Said What? (April 1, 2009)  
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram: SMU launches partnership with Lockheed’s Skunk Works (March 19, 2009)
• Design News: Op-Ed - Banish the Mundane: It's TED Time (March 16, 2009)  
• Fort Worth Business Press: SMU professor, energy industry debate pollution study (February 23, 2009)  
• Fox 4 News: Students Plan to Power Schools in 2030 (February 14, 2009)  
• Design News: Op-Ed - Top 5 Reasons to Stop Whining (February 1, 2009)  
• Designated Research Partner: Lyle Systems Engineering Program tapped to join research efforts (January 27, 2009)
• SMU Research magazine: Points of Light: Don’t blink, or you might miss the next big (quantum) thing (January 23, 2009)  
• Fort Worth Business Press: SMU professor awarded EDF contract to study Barnett Shale pollutants (January 15, 2009)  
• Design News: Op-Ed - My Breakfast with Amory Lovins (January 5, 2009)