2021
Meet Hannah Clark '23, a Lyle mechanical engineering major and NASA intern. Clark never dreamed NASA would be in her future and now she’s completing her second stint with the space agency.
Lyle CEE student wins Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
CEE PhD student Collin Yarbrough has been selected by the Federal Highway Administration as one of the 2021 Dwight. D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellows.
SMU students place 5th in Water Environment Federation's Student Design Competition
At the Water Environment Federation's 94th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, the SMU Team took 5th Place in the Student Design Competition! Julia Nolan, Fatema Sahwi, and Harshada Pednekar represented SMU's Lyle School of Engineering in the competition in Chicago, Illinois.
Lyle prof Jianhui Wang listed among most "Highly Cited Researchers" for 2021
The annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in Clarivate’s Web of Science citation index.
OREM Chair Sila Çetinkaya Elected President of INFORMS ACORD
Department Chair and Cecil H. Green Professor of Engineering Sila Çetinkaya has been elected as President of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Association of Chairs of OR Departments (ACORD).
We can prepare better for Hurricanes. Here's how.
Lyle Professor Halit Üster in the Operations Research and Engineering Management department was recently featured in the Tampa Bay Times with his op-ed titled, "We can prepare better for hurricanes. Here's how."
Jessie Marshall Zarazaga receives VentureWell Grant in Sustainable Design
Dr. Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Sustainability & Development Program at Lyle, has received a VentureWell Faculty Grant in Sustainable Design.
Nicos Makris named a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Congratulations to Dr. Nicos Makris who has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers! Dr. Makris is the Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering at Lyle.
Frosty: A micro-fabricated optical seismometer to measure minute forces in a mighty environment
A NASA-sponsored team at Michigan Aerospace Corporation and SMU is developing a microfabricated all-optical seismometer called Frosty that can gather data in the harsh environments encountered on icy worlds such as Europa.
The culmination landing will begin at noon on June 18 at L. D. Bell High School Auditorium
HEB ISD and SMU are partnering to host the Mars 2021 Mission this summer, with the culmination landing beginning at noon on June 18.
Janille Smith-Colin awarded National Academies 2021 Early-Career Research Fellowship
Dr. Janille Smith-Colin, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named one of the seven recipients of the 2021 Early-Career Research Fellowships by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Richard Duschl will join the National Academy of Education
Richard A. Duschl, a leader in SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering known for his continuing contributions to science education through research, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Education (NAEd).
CEE researchers are modifying existing navigation algorithm systems used in apps such as Google Maps and Waze to meet the specialized routing needs of first responders.
Researchers estimate the “Lab on a Chip” test could detect immune responses to coronavirus in two to three minutes, with just a drop of blood.