• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

  • Home
  • Academics
  • Athletics
  • Campus Services
  • Events
  • Human Resources
  • University Relations

Mark Kennedy

Shiley School Joins National Grand Challenge Scholars

March 2, 2017

The Shiley School of Engineering has been accepted to the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program (GCSP), according to engineering dean Sharon Jones. Jones credits associate engineering dean Mark Kennedy for much of the work needed to make the Shiley School’s membership a reality.

Shiley School engineering students will focus on five components of the GCSP’s mission:

  • Hands-on Project OR Research Experience: Related to a Grand Challenge
  • Interdisciplinary Curriculum: A curriculum that complements engineering fundamentals with courses in other fields, preparing engineering students to work at the overlap with public policy, business, law, ethics, human behavior, risk, and the arts, as well as medicine and the sciences
  • Entrepreneurship: Preparing students to translate invention to innovation; to develop market ventures that scale to global solutions in the public interest
  • Global Dimension: Developing the students’ global perspective necessary to address challenges that are inherently global as well as to lead innovation in a global economy
  • Service Learning: Developing and deepening students’ social consciousness and their motivation to bring their technical expertise to bear on societal problems through mentored experiential learning with real clients.

The GCSP program is a combined curricular and extra-curricular program with five components that are designed to prepare students to be the generation that solves the grand challenges facing society in this century. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), at the request of the National Science Foundation, convened a committee of leading technical thinkers to create a list of the grand challenges and opportunities for engineering facing those born at the dawn of this new century. The committee’s final conclusions were released on February 15, 2008, and were presented at a public event at the NAE in October 2008.

 For more information, contact the Shiley School at x7292 or engineering@up.edu.

Filed Under: 03-06-2017, Academics Tagged With: Mark Kennedy, National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program, Sharon Jones, Shiley School of Engineering

Mark Kennedy Named Oregon Engineer of the Year

September 21, 2015

Staff and faculty portraits
Staff and faculty portraits

Engineering professor and associate dean Mark Kennedy has received the 2014-2015 Oregon Engineer of the Year Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Kennedy was nominated and approved by unanimous vote from the ASCE board. According to ASCE Oregon president Jason Magalen, those awarded best exemplified dedication to profession, public service and continuing education.

During his 19-year tenure at the University, Kennedy has created many opportunities for Shiley School of Engineering students to work and study abroad. He has worked with students on major research projects both in the Shiley Hall labs and in the field, traveling internationally with students to help provide people access to clean water.

For more information contact engineering at 7292.

Filed Under: 09-21-2015, Academics, Shiley School of Engineering Tagged With: Mark Kennedy, Shiley School of Engineering

UP Graduates in the Global Community

March 9, 2015

hThe Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) Executive Committee invites faculty and staff to attend listening sessions to give their thoughts and input into potential global learning outcomes which have been drafted by a CISGO subcommittee. The sessions will take place on Tuesday, March 17, from 4 to 5 p.m., in Franz Hall room 111, and Wednesday, March 18, from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., in Franz 111. A listening session for students will take place on Thursday, March 19, from 7 to 8 p.m., with free pizza served.

An invitation and draft of the potential learning outcomes for global learning are available at this link: http://tinyurl.com/p7zwr45.

For more information contact the CISGO Executive Committee (Laurie McLary, chair; Mark Kennedy, Norah Martin, and Lisa Reed).

Filed Under: 03-09-2015, Academics Tagged With: CISGO, Laurie McLary, Lisa Reed, Mark Kennedy, Norah Martin

Tapman Scholarship For UP Engineering Student

May 19, 2014

jarrettUniversity of Portland engineering student Jarrett Okita has received the 2014 Samuel Fletcher Tapman American Society of Civil Engineering Student Chapter Scholarship, according to Mark Kennedy, engineering. Kennedy serves as the ASCE Student Chapter faaculty advisor. The $3,000 scholarship is highly competitive, according to Kennedy, and is limited to 12 undergraduate civil engineering students annually. The scholarship was established through the bequest of Samuel Fletcher Tapman, M.ASCE, in 1961, with the first awards in 1962-1963.

For more information contact Kennedy at 8070 or kennedy@up.edu.

Filed Under: 05-19-2014, Academics, Shiley School of Engineering Tagged With: Jarrett Okita, Mark Kennedy, Samuel Fletcher Tapman American Society of Civil Engineering Student Chapter Scholarship, Shiley School of Engineering

Primary Sidebar

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • YouTube

News Categories

UpDate

Dave Houglum, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, completed a six-year commitment on the Board of Directors for the Maybelle Center for Community, with two of those years serving as the Executive Board Secretary. Founded by Fr. Richard Berg, C.S.C. (former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at University of Portland from 1978-1991), the Maybelle Center disrupts social isolation so we can all experience a healthy, connected life and contribute to a thriving Portland.

Chloe Littzen, nursing, co-presented “Pronoun recognition for inclusive excellence across the UACON.” [Abstract]. LGBTQ+ National Symposium.

Eli Goldwyn, mathematics, published “Calculating prescription rates and addiction probabilities for the four most commonly prescribed opioids and evaluating their impact on addiction using compartment modelling.” Mathematical Medicine and Biology: A Journal of the IMA, dqab001.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, published the article titled, “Numerical curiosities for Bob Moore’s 92nd birthday,” in Clackamas Review, Pamplin Media Group, Portland, Oregon, February 16, 2021.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, was a manuscript reviewer for Springer’s Journal: SN Social Sciences.

Barbara Braband, Amber Vermeesch, Corey Pressman, nursing, published “Piloting the perfect Storm: A vision for the vital practitioner.” Journal of Nursing Education (accepted/in press).

Barbara Braband, nursing, published “Working with community populations to increase wellness.” In A. Vermeesch (Ed.), Integrative health nursing interventions for vulnerable populations, (pp. 73-87). Springer.

Update Archive

About

UPbeat is a newsletter for University of Portland faculty and staff published through the marketing & communications office; submit information to Marc Covert, upbeat editor, at 8132 or upbeat@up.edu. Submission deadline is noon the Thursday prior to publication. Submissions may be edited for clarity, consistency, brevity, or style.

Copyright © 2021 · University of Portland