Our engineering Graduates get jobs!
Here's a list of where some of our 2012 graduates went to work:

Upcoming Freshman attends technology summit in CA
Upcoming freshman, Trey McGinnis (EE'16), recently returned from Stanford University, where he attended a People to People Leadership Summit on Technology. McGinnis, along with fellow delegates from around the world, participated in hands-on activities such as building a robot, workshops,  professional speakers, and visits to famous technology companies. The program gave participants an insider’s look at the world of technology. Some of the notable speakers at the Summit were John Calhoun (Producer of the Dead Space games), Mark Randall (Chief Strategist at Adobe), and Eric Ly (Co-founder of LinkedIn). They visited companies such as Adobe, Zynga, and the Sprint Collaboration Center. They were given a robotics project that challenged them to build a prototype of a robot with two Lego Mindstorm NXTg kits that would help to solve a world problem. McGinnis’s team came up with an idea to build a robot that would plant trees and other plants. 

Trey McGinnis (pictured above) said “Overall it was a lot of fun, and it was an awesome experience to hear from people from big companies like Adobe and EA.”

Congratulations to the newest engineering Alumni!

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• Raquel Edwards (ChE’12) married Joshua Stevens on June 2.
• Boris de Souza (EE'09) earned a Master's degree in Computer Science specializing in Human Computer Interaction from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Boris is currently the lead designer & frontend engineer at a Y Combinator backed startup called Cardpool.com.
• Navin Prabhu (EE’08) (pictured right) earned a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering focusing in Digital Signal Processing from the University of California Los Angeles. Currently, Navin is a Senior Engineer in Electronic Design in the Advanced Read Write Technology Department at Western Digital. He is responsible for the design, validation, and testing of error correcting codes such as LDPC (Lower Density Parity Check ) and RS (Reed Solomon codes). In simpler terms, when digital data is written onto a media (in addition to the user data), additional “error correcting” data is added which assists in the read back process if the user data cannot be fully recovered. His department is in charge of maximizing this effort and also researching to see if better techniques/codes/signal processing methods can be implemented to achieve maximum capacity on the drive without compromising data integrity.
• Buccaneer golfer Taylor Stinson (CE'12) was named the Bucs' first Academic All-Gulf South Conference golfer since 2009, and 38 more CBU student-athletes joined him on the GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll. CBU's total of 39 athletes on the Spring Academic Honor Roll ranks second in the GSC, and the Bucs' full-year tally of 93 is the most in the GSC.

Saturday, November 17
The Hilton Memphis Hotel
939 Ridgelake Blvd.
6:00 p.m.

This exclusive event will honor CBU’s past presidents while giving alumni and supporters an opportunity to celebrate 140 years of Lasallian tradition. Guests will enjoy fine dining, cocktails, an auction and the opportunity to mingle with CBU luminaries past and present. Tickets are $150 each. For more information on how you can participate, and receive an alumni discounted rate, get in touch! If you would like to support the event, please take a look at our Sponsorship packet.

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Pre-college events fall calendar
This fall, Christian Brothers University will host a series of pre-college events:

PRE-COLLEGE ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS

• September 25 -- Create a 3D Animation Using Alice (high school)
• October 23 -- Kick Stick: Simple Circuits (middle school)
• November 8 -- Cryptography: Ciphers to Cybersecurity (high school)

ADMISSIONS EVENTS

• September 29 -- OPEN HOUSE: Discover CBU
  Come visit to see what being a CBU student is really like.
• October 26 -- Science & Engineering Day
  Sign up for a day of informational sessions & events for those of you who are interested in Science and Engineering.
• November 12 -- OPEN HOUSE: Discover CBU
  If you missed our September date, here's another chance for you to come visit.
• November 29 -- Residence Life Preview Day
  A great way to take a look at some of our housing options and learn more about living on CBU's campus.

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• Dr. L. Yu Lin (CE) continues his work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fulfill the agreement between the USACE Memphis District and University under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act.
• Dr. L. Yu Lin (CE) has completed the installation of the monitor system for the stormwater retention system in CBU's soccer field. The purpose of this project is to reduce/relief flood in the Lick Creek drainage watershed area.
• Mr. Gene McGinnis (CE) (pictured right) will serve as the new CE Department Chair replacing Dr. Madhavan who retired this past May. This is McGinnis' second stint as department chair having served as chair from 1999-2008. He will begin his twenty-fourth year as a CBU professor this fall. Mr. McGinnis teaches courses in transportation engineering, construction engineering, surveying and CAD. He is currently serving as project manager of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens Geomatics Project.

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New Packaging Department @ CBU

• Education Programs

    - B.S. Engineering Management (Packaging Concentration)

    - Undergraduate Packaging Engineering Certificate

    - Undergraduate Packaging Minor

    - M.S. Engineering Management (Packaging Concentration)

    - Graduate Packaging Certificate

• Healthcare Packaging Consortium
• ISTA Certified Commercial Package Testing Lab
  

TAPPI Board Approves Two New Student Chapters at Packaging Schools
TAPPI’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the creation of two new student chapters - Christian Brothers University and Washington State University. Robert Hammond, Chair of TAPPI’s PLACE Division said, “Traditionally the TAPPI Chapters have only been at paper schools. This represents a significant step for TAPPI in the reaching out to all sectors of the Packaging Industry.”

News about the TAPPI Student Chapter establishment appears in the digital magazine of Packaging Europe, a UK based company featuring Europe's premier packaging publication, with continent-wide coverage and a global reach. Click here to read the digital magazine

Siripong Malasri, Ph.D., P.E., Chair of the Packaging Program said, “Having a TAPPI Student Chapter will galvanize our packaging students. The Packaging Department at CBU will become official on June 1, 2012, even though we have had packaging programs for many years. Recently CBU Packaging has moved forward significantly with its ISTA Certified Packaging Lab (2009) and Healthcare Packaging Consortium (2010). We are now in the position to grow our packaging enrollment.”  Here are our student chapter founding officers:

• President: Alvin Siow (ChE & Pkg Minor)
• Vice President: Mallory Harvey (CE & Pkg Minor)
• Treasurer: Rhett Jordan (ChE & Pkg Minor)
• Secretary: Phyo Aung (CE & Pkg Minor)

Healthcare Packaging Consortium

• The Healthcare Packaging Consortium is one member stronger! In June 2012, The Pallet Factory, Inc. joined Evergreen Packaging, FedEx, Medtronic, Merck, Plastic Ingenuity, Smith & Nephew, and Wright Medical as a member of the consortium. Michael Doyle, President and CEO of the company, serves as its representative on the consortium. Mr. Doyle has been a board member of the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association for 15 years and a former Chairman of the Board of the organization. He is one of the principal shareholders and founding member of PALNET, a one source, one point-of-contact pallet provider.
• Dr. Pong Malasri presented a two-hour seminar on CBU Healthcare Packaging Consortium and some of its R&D projects at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand) on May 25 and at Khonkaen University (Khonkaen, Thailand) on June 7 while he was on vacation in the country.

Tee It Up with TAPPI for CBU
TAPPI plans to host a golf event raising scholarship fund for CBU engineering students who are interested in a career in pulp/paper/packaging. The event is tentatively scheduled for October 22, 5:30 - 9:00 p.m., at Vantage Point Golf Center, a brand new facility on Macon Road, Cordova. It is open to the public. For more information, please contact Dr. Pong Malasri at pong@cbu.edu.

Other packaging News
Mr. Noppadol Krairiksh, VP of the Thai Packaging Association, visited CBU ISTA Certified Packaging Lab on Friday, August 17. He is also Managing Director of a packaging-related company in Thailand, C.G.S. (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Pictured on right, Mr. Krairiksh presented Dr. Pong Malasri (CE & Packaging) a copy of the latest issue of The Thai Packaging Newsletter, the official magazine of the Thai Packaging Association.

Packaging Publications
Since its inception on June 1, 2010, the Healthcare Packaging Consortium R&D project results have appeared in the following publications and more are in the pipeline:

• Ray Brown, Asit Ray, and Samuel Tsai, "Correlating Peel & Burst Test Data for Unrestricted Pouches with Fin Seal Edges," Proceedings of the MAESC 2012 Conference, Memphis, TN, May 1, 2012
• Kalli Powers, Matthew Warren, and Ray Brown, "Packaging Analysis," Proceedings of the MAESC 2012 Conference, Memphis, TN, May 1, 2012.
• Siripong Malasri, Ali Pourhashemi, Robert Moats, Mallory Harvey, and Phyo Aung, "Water Absorption of Wooden Pallets: A Preliminary Study," Proceedings of the MAESC 2012 Conference, Memphis, TN, May 1, 2012.
• Siripong Malasri, Alvin Siow, Katy Moser, Mallory Harvey, Phyo Aung, Matt Warren, Rhett Jordan, Evan Edwards, and Paul Shiue, "Estimating Drop Height from Saver's Impact Acceleration," Proceedings of the MAESC 2012 Conference, Memphis, TN, May 1, 2012.
• Siripong Malasri, Phyo Aung, Katy Moser, Matt Warren, Rhett Jordan, Mallory Harvey, and Alvin Siow, "Subsequent Impact Acceleration Analysis of Air Pillow Study," Proceedings of the MAESC 2012 Conference, Memphis, TN, May 1, 2012.
• Siripong Malasri, Phyo Aung, Evan Edwards, John Archer, Katy Moser, and Paul Shiue, "Distribution Tote Testing: A Weight Study," Proceedings of the MAESC 2012 Conference, Memphis, TN, May 1, 2012.
• Siripong Malasri, Robert Moats, John Archer, Paul Shiue, Ray Brown, and Larry Rutledge, "Plastic Tote Drop Impact Study," Journal of Packaging, Institute of Packaging Professionals, January 2012.
• Siripong Malasri, "Undergraduate Research in Healthcare Packaging," Proceedings of the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 29, 2011.
• Siripong Malasri, Paul Shiue, Anthony Lawrence, Larry Rutledge, and Robert Moats, "Preliminary Study of Plastic Tote Drop Impact," Proceedings of the MAESC 2011 Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, May 3, 2011.
  Siripong Malasri, Asit Ray, and Larry Rutledge, "Healthcare Packaging Consortium," Proceedings of the MAESC 2011 Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, May 3, 2011.
• Larry Rutledge, Siripong Malasri, and Anthony Lawrence, "Distribution Tote Testing," Proceedings of the 2011 International Transport Packaging Forum, International Safe Transit Association, Orlando, Florida, April 18-21, 2011.
  

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