The objective of ESP is to increase the number of students entering engineering programs in Arkansas through exposure to hands-on engineering projects, plant trips, and interaction with industry engineers. In addition, the two-week residential summer program includes counseling and advising sessions to assist students in preparing for college. In summer 2009, the second year of the program, 16 high school students spent two weeks at UALR studying with professors.

The exposure to engineering and counseling and advising sessions helps high school students make informed choices on appropriate course work during their high school years for pursuing future careers in engineering.

The relationship between the two institutions was forged by Dr. Seshadri Mohan, the chairman of the Systems Engineering Department at UALR with his long-time colleague Dr. V. Prithiviraj of PEC. The agreement includes exchange of faculty, exchange of students, joint research activities, lectures, lectures via e-learning, participation in seminars and academic meetings, exchange of published academic materials, and special short-term academic programs.

Departments of both institutions involved in the agreement are electronics and communication engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer science engineering, information technology, and mechanical engineering.

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Faculty Excellence Winner News Posts: 

• [http://ualr.edu/www/2009/05/04/yoder-al-rizzo-flinn-win-faculty-excellence-awards/]
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• [http://ualr.edu/facultyexcellence/index.php/home/winner-archive/university-level-winners/professor-building-through-real-life-experience-hussain-al-rizzo/]

“E-SPART Analyzer for Mars Mission: A New Approach in Signal Processing and Sampling”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 43, no. 4, July/Aug 2007, pp. 1084 - 1090.

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Summer 2008 Engineering Scholars Program

 The presentation will be followed by a demonstration of the vehicle.

 Best regards,

Professors Jung H. Kim and Ibrahim H. Nisanci

Chris Wyatt is a graduating senior from the UALR EIT Systems Engineering program with an emphasis in mechanical systems. He has had the opportunity to perform undergraduate research in the field of Mars Rover dust mitigation and interned during the summer of 2007 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. During this internship, Chris pursued advanced research in dust mitigation practices. He has served several positions in campus organizations including as president of INCOSE. Chris has been the proverbial “thorn in the side” for getting the SAE Baja collegiate design competition started at UALR; and in 2007-08, has joined a group of 5 other seniors, as well as underclassmen from several other disciplines, to bring UALR’s first Baja racing buggy to life. This summer he is set to intern for Lockheed Martin in Colorado Springs and then go on to a graduate research assistantship position and work towards a Masters of Aerospace Engineering degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Noting the experience of his undergraduate career, Chris feels that the Systems Engineering program has allowed him to go far beyond that of any other program in Arkansas. “This program has an amazing potential, and businesses are starting realize that we are the future of the ever-growing complexity of engineering solutions.”