The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is pleased to announce that the 2020 Scholarship Award winner is Heather Dillon, Shiley School of Engineering. Known as a dedicated and talented researcher among her peers, she has had a prolific record of scholarship in her eight years at the University of Portland. Dillon created her UP research […]
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Fulbright Canada Appoints Heather Dillon Research Chair in STEM Education
Shiley School of Engineering mechanical engineering professor Heather Dillon has been named Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education by Fulbright Canada. Dillon will test a STEM faculty peer observation protocol at the University of Calgary from August to December 2019. The goal of the Fulbright project is to significantly increase the use of highly […]
Announcing Monthly(ish) Joy of Teaching Lunches
If you’ve taught for more than eleven minutes, according to Heather Dillon, engineering, you know that teaching is not for the faint of heart. It is important for professors to rekindle their flames from time to time, and to share the ups, downs, joys, and puzzles of their shared mission. A small grant from Collegium has […]
Grants To Fund Research in Environmental and Sustainability Issues
The Shiley School of Engineering has received three grants totaling $45,000 for undergraduate student research projects dealing with environmental and sustainability issues. The research involves collaboration with other schools and organizations, and each project is funded by a $15,000 grant from the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities (The Alliance) and the Katherine Bisbee […]
Three Katherine Bisbee II Fund Grants in Engineering
The Shiley School of Engineering has received three Katherine Bisbee II Fund OCF Grants of $15,000 each to support undergraduate conservation research projects. Heather Dillon, Jordan Farina, and Cara Poor will use the grants to support the following undergraduate conservation research projects: Solar Thermal Energy Production Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration (University of Portland, George Fox […]
Shiley School Receives Grant For Student Research Collaboration
The Shiley School of Engineering has been awarded a Katherine Bisbee II Fund OCF grant of $15,000 to support the Solar Thermal Energy Production Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration by the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities. The grant will fund a project which combines the University of Portland’s solar-thermal collection system and the electrical […]
$250,000 Keck Foundation Grant
The University of Portland has received a $250,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to enhance the laboratory experiences of undergraduate students in the Shiley School of Engineering. The grant will allow the Shiley School of Engineering to develop 10 new laboratory modules that support developmental and technical learning objectives. Engineering professor Heather Dillon is […]
Engineers Week 2013
The 2013 Engineers Week at the University of Portland started with bridge building, flag football team battles between programs, and the Honduran Culture booth sponsored by UP’s Engineers Without Borders. Other activities included a water balloon launch in the quad, robotics demonstrations, tug-of-war, an Engineering Olympics, and more. Heather Dillon’s thermodynamic class, ME 322, created […]