Radana Dvorak

Shiley School of Engineering Hosting “SQL Saturday,” Nov. 3

October 26, 2018

The Shiley School of Engineering is hosting SQL Saturday, a training event for data professionals and those wishing to learn about SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and other data advances, on Saturday, November 3, in Franz Hall. Registration forms and specific times and offerings can be found at this link.

According to organizer and computer science professor Radana Dvorak (pictures), there will be a number of 101 hands-on sessions specifically for students and those who are relatively new to data systems, meant to help bring more young people into the data-oriented professions. This event and the workshop sessions are free to all faculty and students.

The event will need student volunteers to help speakers and organizers. It’s a great way for students to meet experts and potential employers. To volunteer, students should register at this link. Volunteers work in two hour shifts, the rest of the time they can attend hands-on workshops or listen to the presentations. All volunteers receive a free t-shirt.

Anyone interested should register as soon as possible, since a free lunch is provided, and organizers need to have numbers for catering (and to order volunteer t-shirts).

For more information contact Radana Dvorak, computer science, at x7156 or dvorakr@up.edu.

Get To Know New UP Faculty Members

October 12, 2018

This week, the Office of the Provost is pleased to introduce three new UP faculty members:

Faith Claman, associate professor, School of Nursing
Radana Dvorak, instructor, Shiley School of Engineering
Christy Stauffer, visiting instructor, mathematics.

Visit the 2018 New Faculty Profiles page and get to know all our new faculty members.

For more information, contact Jericho Knight, provost’s office, at x7848 or knight@up.edu.

Andrew Lafrenz, integrative health and wellness, presented “The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students Mental Well-Being and Physical Activity Levels” a poster presentation at the 2020 Oregon Public Health Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR, October 12-13, 2020. Conference provided virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, wrote “Building and Sustaining Community by Centering Affective Learning Goals.” (with student coauthor Branwen Schaub) in Assessment Update Special Issue on the theme of “Adapting Assessment Methods to Rapidly Changing Circumstances,” Volume 32, Issue 6, Nov. 2020. Retrieved from https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/au/index.html.

Rachel Wheeler, theology, had her article, “The Revelatory Tide: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Water Crises,” published in Spiritus 20, no. 2 (Fall 2020): 176-193.

Jakob Kotas, mathematics, served as editor for Advances in Nonlinear Biological Systems: Modeling and Optimal Control, Applied Mathematics Series Vol. 11, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Oct. 2020). Available at this link. He also cowrote “An alternative model to prion fragmentation based on the detailed balance between PrPSc and suPrP” (with Monique Chyba, Vincent Beringue, Human Rezaei, Angelique Igel-Egalon, and student coauthors Yuliia Kravchenko, Christopher Eblen) in “Advances in Nonlinear Biological Systems: Modeling and Optimal Control, Applied Mathematics Series Vol. 11, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Oct. 2020).

Christina Ivler, Shiley School of Engineering, presented “Hover Handling Qualities of Fixed-Pitch, Variable-RPM Quadcopters with Increasing Rotor Diameter” (with Farhan Gandhi and student coauthors Ariel Walter, Michael McKay) and “Development and Flight Validation of Proposed Unmanned Aerial System Handling Qualities Requirements” (with Truong, K., Kerwin, D., Otomize, J., Parmer, D., Tischler, M.B., Gowans, N.) to the Vertical Flight Society 76^th Annual Forum, Oct. 6-8, 2020.

Susan McDaniel, performing and fine arts, presented three art songs attributed to Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), one of the earliest known Western classical composers of African descent (with Arwen Myers, soprano) as part of “Celebrating Every Voice! A concert featuring music of BIPOC composers” at CollabFest, the online conference of the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society, 15 October 2020.

Rebecca Smith, education, had her article, “Flipped learning during a global pandemic: Empowering students with choice,” published in International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 5(1), 100-105. See the article using this link.

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