SEAS EventsAlumni Reunion WeekendRegistration is now live! Alumni Weekend 2008 is full of events - over 80 events, in fact! Here are some highlights:
Check out all of the events on the Alumni Weekend registration page or the Alumni Weekend website! Please contact Stephanie Medwid, associate director of classes and reunions, at reunion@gwu.edu or 1-800-ALUMNI-7, with questions. Meet the Dean: A Reception to Welcome David Dolling, the New Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science
Please join your fellow alumni and friends for a cocktails and hors d’oeuvres reception in honor of the new dean of SEAS, David S. Dolling, PhD. Dr. Dolling comes to GW from the University of Texas, Austin, which is ranked fifth among public university engineering schools and 11th overall by U.S. News & World Report, where he was the associate dean for academic affairs, Joe C. Walter, Jr. Chair in Engineering, and professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the Cockrell School of Engineering. He is a fellow of both the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the United Kingdom's Royal Aeronautical Society. Additionally, he is currently the principal investigator on a five-year, $5-million program sponsored by the U.S. Air Force on scramjet propulsion technologies. Earlier in his career, he developed the high-speed wind tunnel laboratory at Pickle Research Center at the University of Texas and built an internationally recognized research program in experimental gas dynamics. Dr. Dolling graduated from London University with an undergraduate degree in aeronautical engineering in 1971. He received a NATO scholarship and spent three years at the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Brussels, Belgium. In 1977, Dr. Dolling earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from London University. He was invited to join the University of Texas faculty in 1983 after six years at Princeton University as a researcher and lecturer. This event is free and open to all alumni, faculty and friends of GW. Click here for more information and to RSVP your attendance. Second Annual GW Entrepreneurs Roundtable and Award for Distinguished Entrepreneurial Achievement
You are cordially invited to an event that will celebrate entrepreneurship at GW and honor Asghar Mostafa, B.S. ’81, M.S. ’82, with the 2nd annual Award for Distinguished Entrepreneurial Achievement. The celebration will also include an address from President Knapp on his vision of entrepreneurship and research at GW, an address from Mr. Mostafa, and a panel of GW Entrepreneurs sharing their experiences. AGENDA
4:00 Welcome from the deans 4:15 Panel of Alumni Entrepreneurs, followed by Q & A 5:30 President Knapp presents Entrepreneurship Award Acceptance and reflections on being an entrepreneur by Ashgar Mostafa 6:00-7:00 Closing and Networking Reception Please click here for more information or to register. This event is sponsored by The George Washington Entrepreneurs Round Table (GWERT), the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the GW School of Business. SEAS Alumni Reception & Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Please join the Engineer Alumni Association and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for a reception during the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C. Alumni will have the opportunity to reconnect with former classmates, faculty, and current students. Professor Steve Kan, Director of the National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC), will also discuss the award of more than $16 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for “Advanced Crash Analysis to Improve Safety and Security.” The NCAC at GW received this openly-competed, major award as part of a five-year effort and as a continuation of their current research with U.S. Department of Transportation. This event is free of charge for all GW alumni and their guests. Click here to register.
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