University of Portland - Shiley School of Engineering - Latest News

Poster Presentation Garners Third Place at PNS-AWWA Annual Conference

Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Colin Sherrill, '13, Environmental Engineering, (pictured left) presented a poster at the Pacific Northwest Section - American Water Works Association's annual conference May 7-10 in Spokane, WA. The poster, titled “Time of Travel Study and Water System Design for Rural Honduran Communities,” placed third, and is the work of senior civil engineering students Sherrill, Julia Sheets, and Olivia McCracken. The poster highlighted the group’s work during the summer of 2012 for Water For People: Honduras as a part of the National Science Foundation International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program.

Charles Howard Vollum's 100th Birthday Celebration - May 31, 2013 in Shiley Hall

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering will celebrate the 100^th birthday of Charles Howard Vollum, co-founder of Tektronix, on Friday, May 31, from 3-5 p.m. on the second and third floors of Shiley Hall, according to Aziz Inan, engineering.

The celebration will include an invocation by Rev. David Sherrer, C.S.C., welcoming remarks by engineering dean Sharon A. Jones, presentations by former and current Tektronix employees and Vollum’s sons Don and James Vollum, and the unveiling of an extremely rare vintage Tektronix 511 Oscilloscope found recently in storage in

Shiley School of Engineering awarded $446,307 grant from National Science Foundation; one of nine universities selected nationwide

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

University of Portland has been awarded $446,307 by the National Science Foundation to increase retention in engineering and computer science with a focus on at-risk first year and sophomore students. The University was one of nine universities and colleges nationwide -- and the only one in Oregon -- receiving NSF grants as part of a public-private partnership called Graduate 10K+.

NSF has partnered with Intel and GE to stimulate comprehensive action at universities and colleges to help increase the annual number of new graduates in engineering and computer science by 10,000. This effort is funded with $10 million in donations from Intel and the GE Foundation as well as a generous personal donation from Mark Gallogly.

“As one of only nine institutions to receive this award, I am very pleased that the National Science Foundation

Celebration to honor 100th anniversary of the birth of Howard Vollum, founder of Tektronix; set for 3-5 p.m. Friday, May 31

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Howard Vollum, one of Oregon’s most prolific and innovative leaders would have been one hundred years old on May 31, 2013. To celebrate the centennial of this great man’s birth and legacy, VintageTek Museum, Tektronix and University of Portland’s Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering invite the public to a celebration on Friday, May 31 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Shiley Hall on the University of Portland campus.

Charles Howard Vollum was born in Portland, Oregon, on May 31, 1913 and died on February 5, 1986 , at age 72. He enrolled at the University of Portland in 1931 and completed a two-year pr

Colin Sherrill to Present a Poster at PNWS-AMMA

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Senior civil engineering student Colin Sherrill will present a poster at the 2013 Pacific Northwest Section-American Water Works Association Conference in Spokane, May 7-10, 2013.

The poster, titled “Time of Travel Study and Water System Design for Rural Honduran Communities,” is the work of senior civil engineering students Sherrill, Julia Sheets, and Olivia McCracken.

In August, Sherill will start a six month volunteer internship in Honduras with Water For People, an affiliate of the American Water Works Association (AWWA).

More information about PNWS-AWWA can be found at www.pnws-awwa.org.

Matthew Dally Nabs Second Place in Sigma Xi Engineering Poster Competition at PSU

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Matthew Dally, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, placed second in the engineering poster competition at the 9th Annual Sigma Xi Columbia-Willamette Chapter Research Symposium on April 12 at Portland State University.

Matthew’s poster, “Nonlinear Parametric Health Monitoring of a Slender Cantilever Beam Subject to Non-Stationary Excitation" described a method to accurately track the health and predict the catastrophic failure of an aluminum beam subjected to vibrations called NMT. The method deals with changing forcing frequency in beams of different geometries, choosing steady state frequencies for optimal system accuracy.