LEED Gold: Caruth Hall Awarded LEED Gold Status - Caruth Hall matches precedent set by Embrey building, earns LEED Gold Status.
(11/15/2010)  

Video: Aart De Geus ('85) Gives Hart Center Inaugural Lecture - Aart de Geus (¹85), co-founder, chairman and CEO of Synopsis Inc. gave the innaugural lecture at SMU's celebration of the grand opening of the Hart Center for Engineering Leadership. (10/26/2010)  

New Approach: Center aims to develop the new American engineer at SMU - Traditional engineering education is a technical journey, but Lyle students will also tap creativity, adaptability and ethics to prepare for leadership through the Hart Center for Engineering Leadership. (10/13/2010)

It's time for TED!: Inaugural “Idea Week” Launches as Lead-In to and Extension of TEDxSMU - Monday marks the beginning of the inaugural “IDEA WEEK” culminating next Friday and Saturday in the much anticipated TEDxKIDS and TEDxSMU. (10/8/2010)

Top of Class: Lyle Students Win National Design Competition - Lyle students top other student teams at WEFTEC national competition. (10/2/2010)  

Orsak Chosen: Lyle Dean Named to National Energy Policy Study - Dean Orsak to serve on committee to study future transportation fuels and their impact on long term national energy policy through the year 2050. (9/21/2010)

NSPE: National Society of Professional Engineers Elects Dan Wittliff National Vice-President - Lyle alumni and current CEE Department Advisory Board member was recently selected at the NSPE National Vice President and will also serve as NSPE president in 2012–13. (9/21/2010)

 ESPN.com: Why magic numbers are imprecise - Lyle Prof. Eli Olinick and colleagues from Cal-Berkeley developed an advanced software package named "RIOT" that uses linear programming to accurately predict pennant races in Major League Baseball. (9/20/2010)

Leadership: Leaders push themselves past their comfort zone - Linda Perez of the Hart Center for Engineering Leadership takes up the challenge of jumping with the Army's elite Golden Knights. (9/10/2010)  

 Design News: Op-Ed - Patent Quality Precedes Quantity - Dean Orsak argues that innovation is the battleground for the future and the U.S. is in danger of losing the home field advantage. (9/9/2010)

New Research: SMU-led Research Center Aims to Connect Brain Signals to Robotic Limbs - Connections between robotic limbs and the brain may be within reach for injured soldiers with the establishment of a research center led by Lyle engineers. (9/8/2010)

Student Profile - Kristina Jones: Southwest - The Flight of My Life - (8/17/2010)  

Student Profile - Carson Linstead: My Co-op Experiences - A “round-about path” to the perfect destination - (8/16/2010)  

New Faculty: Lyle Engineering announces new assistant professor for ENCE Dept. - Andrew Quicksall's research focuses on aqueous geochemistry and environmental mineralogy and he will also have joint appointment to Huffington Department of Earth Sciences. (8/10/2010)

New Faculty: Lyle Engineering announces new assistant professor for CSE Dept. - Jennifer Dworak's research focuses on correct operation of integrated circuits and systems through advances in manufacturing test and online error detection. (8/9/2010)

 Wall Street Journal: Op-Ed: Government and the Uncertainty Trap - Professor Tom Siems addresses the role of uncertainty in our current economy. (8/6/2010)  

Star Telegram: Texas middle and high school teachers learn how to teach engineering - More than 100 Texas teachers participated in The Infinity Project's training this summer to learn how to teach engineering to high school students. (8/6/2010)  

 Design News: Op-Ed - Too Much Oil, Not Enough Engineering - Gulf of Mexico disaster brings energy problems to forefront (7/31/2010)

Crime Solving: SMU Lyle Engineering camp allows girls to try CSI technology - SMU’s Caruth Institute hosted an eye-popping, hands-on camp that allowed middle school girls to try the technology behind biometric identification, security and crime solving. (7/30/2010)  

Forbes.com: 4X4 Hits Texas School Districts this Fall - The Infinity Project readies for Fall 2010 when engineering begins counting as a 4th year science graduation credit in Texas. (7/23/2010)

Student Adventure - Jessica Maxey: Annapolis: Research and the RED Algorithm - (7/23/2010)

Federal Reserve: Federal Reserve promotes Lyle Faculty member Siems - The Dallas Fed has named Thomas F. Siems as senior economist and director of economic outreach for its Financial Institution Relationship Management Department. (7/22/2010)

Student Adventure - Ben Klingler: Programming, learning, and amazing seafood: My trip to the Naval Academy - (7/19/2010)

Innovative Thinking: Students Bring Ideas to Life for Lyle School's first Innovation Competition - Three student teams turned their ideas into reality during the SMU Lyle School of Engineering's first Innovation Competition. (7/2/2010)  

 Design News: Op-Ed - Energy Independence Is More Important Than Ever - The U.S. needs to implement strategies to utilize the energy that is available from domestic sources (6/30/2010)

Frisco Enterprise Star: Camp breaks down gender barriers in engineering - Camp for female students aims to increase number of women engineers attending U.S. universities. (6/29/2010)  

Lyle Research: Lyle Engineering faculty receives grant to help doctors treat cancer patients - Dr. Edmond Richer, in collaboration with UT Southwestern Medical Center, has received a prestigious NIH Grant aimed at treatment of bone cancer. (6/17/2010)

Forbes.com: Camp interests girls in engineering - For the 6th year, the SMU Lyle School of Engineering will challenge middle and high school girls to realize their potential as part of summertime's Camp for Girls. (6/14/2010)

 Dallas Morning News: 'Borrowing to live' weighs on families, firms, nation - Lyle EMIS faculty member Tom Siems talks about people, companies and the nation having too much debt. (6/14/2010)

 P.E. magazine: Op-Ed: Has Engineering Lost its Mojo? - Dean Geoffrey says engineering's mojo can be found again if we take risks and strive to solve the problems that matter today. (6/11/2010)

 Discovery Channel: SMU Lyle Engineering Dean Provides Expertise for Discovery Channel Documentary - Dean Geoffrey Orsak has an integral role in explaining the challenge facing engineers as they struggle to harness technology against a deepwater oil and gas blowout. (6/10/2010)  

 Oil Spill: Lyle Dean Geoffrey Orsak weighs in on challenge of stopping spill - Lyle School of Engineering Dean Geoffrey Orsak, a member of the National Petroleum Council, is quoted in Cheryl Hall's column examining the BP Oil Spill. (5/26/2010)

Commencement Address: Why Dilbert Exists - This spot-on address offers some very candid advice to future engineers. A must read! (5/20/2010)

 Design News: Op-Ed - Triumph of the Uncluttered Mind - Winning a war against an innovative enemy will take the thinking of young minds not fettered with predefined solutions. (5/14/2010)

Dallas Morning News: $1 million gift will fund atrium in SMU building - A $1 million gift will pay for a major component of the new Caruth Hall in Southern Methodist University's Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering. (5/4/2010)

 Moving Forward: New Caruth Extends SMU Engineering Outreach - The Lyle School of Engineering will gain a powerful platform for developing innovation for a global society with the dedication of new Caruth Hall on Friday, April 16. (4/16/2010)

 Design News: Op-Ed - Dr. Emmett Brown Lives on - Dean Orsak shares his thoughts on inventors who ho embrace the outlandish and the brilliant every day. (4/14/2010)

 Tiny Cameras: DOD funds tiny cave camera and iris recognition technology for military, homeland security - $1.6 million grant to expand Lyle researchers expansion of new miniature camera technology for military and security uses. (4/14/2010)

Join Us: Caruth Hall Dedication and Open House - You are invited to the April 16 ceremony dedicating the newest LEED building built by the Lyle School of Engineering. (4/13/2010)

Award Winner: Lyle alumnus Michael Bunnell wins an Oscar - Michael Bunnell graduated from SMU Lyle in 1985 and now has a 2010 Sci-Tech “Oscar” for his work in the field of computer animation. (3/16/2010)  

 Design News: Op-Ed - We Failed Haiti Once - Haiti will be rebulit, but Dean Geoffrey Orsak hopes this time it will be done right. (3/14/2010)

Teachers.net Gazette: Middle School Students Design Wheelchair Ramp for Unique Engineering Project - Student's using the curriculum of The Infinity Project integrate science and math lessons using hands-on projects like real engineers. (3/5/2010)

Chronicle of Higher Education: Work in Iraq Puts Engineering Professor on the Fast Track - SMU Lyle sought out Jeffrey Talley in part because of his experience as the Army's chief engineer in Baghdad. (2/28/2010)

Innovative Thinking: SMU Lyle Engineering Announces Innovation Competition - SMU Lyle establishing an annual Design Competition to bring together the people necessary for dynamic innovation needed to solve humanity’s problems. (2/24/2010)

 Design News: Op-Ed - I've Got an App for That - Dean Orsak argues we need to get past the "gadget" phase of e-Readers, and start developing the intelligent services that we really need. (2/14/2010)

Great Honor: Dallas engineer of the year is member of Lyle School faculty - Lyle adjunct professor will be honored as Dallas Engineer of the Year during National Engineering Week Feb. 14-20. (2/9/2010)

Dallas Morning News: Bobby Lyle to get Volunteer Center of North Texas' Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr. Bobby B. Lyle will receive the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hearts of Texas Awards Luncheon by the Volunteer Center of North Texas. (2/3/2010)

 EPA: Lyle Professor Al Armendariz sworn in as EPA Administrator - Lyle professor Al Armendariz has been sworn in as the EPA's Region 6 Administrator overseeing the agency's operations in five states. (2/3/2010)

 Eye on Future: DOD adds $2 million to Lyle's faculty's camera research - The Department of Defense invests $2 million in Dr. Marc Christensen's ground breaking camera research. (1/15/2010)

 Design News: Op-Ed - Leave Room for Serendipity - Was it hard work or serendipity that got a famous podium to TEDxSMU? Maybe it was both. (1/12/2010)

Reaching for the Stars: SMU Lyle Engineering Student Awarded NASA Internship - Lyle senior EE student Ceena Hall has been chosen to participate in the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP. (1/6/2010)

Wired magazine: Silent speech and atomic batteries: the future of phones - Wired article on the future of cell phones that features the path breaking research of Prof. Marc Christensen and his group of Lyle researchers. (1/4/2010)