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SMU cultivates a community of leading voices in fields from engineering to eschatology, calling students to their highest potential. Read here about some of the alumni, students, and faculty whose achievements create opportunities to reach new heights.
The cost to support
the U.S. military is staggering. But imagine reducing the cost to
produce aircraft parts from $500,000 to $500.
That is just one example of how multi-fab technology could transform
manufacturing, saving businesses and the government untold millions. At SMU’s
Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing, led by Dr. Radovan Kovacevic (shown
right), graduate students and faculty
members are working on a machine that can produce workable parts from a digital
design file. Rapid manufacturing is housed in the SMU School of Engineering,
which is cultivating leaders who will change the world and make a difference.
In the wake of
September 11 and in the midst of Middle East wars, many Americans are wondering
if we are witnessing the end times. But we should leave behind the Left Behind
series. So says
Professor Frederick Schmidt, whose outspoken commentary in the
national media
about the NBC miniseries Revelations made him the most quoted
critics this year of end-time beliefs. His recent book, Conversations with
Scripture: Revelation, is an important addition to the study of the apocalypse,
or eschatology.
What if children
with mental retardation could learn to read? Suddenly, filling out job forms
and
enjoying books would be within their grasp. Teaching this special population
to read will be the goal of researchers nationwide this fall when they apply
proven
methods to mentally retarded students. SMU’s Institute for
Reading Research, led by Dr. Patricia Mathes (shown right), which developed the intervention model, has received a $3
million federal grant to conduct its study with the Fort Worth Independent
School District.
When the hit movie
Robots is released on DVD this fall, the imagination of William Joyce will again
fascinate the minds of adults and children around the world. Robots is the first
full-length feature from the SMU alumnus, who is the author and inspiration of
many modern classics for children, including the
Rolie Polie Olie series of books and TV shows. “SMU taught me life,” the
author said last year on receiving the
Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater. On his work he added, “I
have no idea what it’s like to organize a circus but I have a feeling it might
be something like what I do.”
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