Feb. 4, 2003
Briefs
Nominations Open for the 2003
GW Award
The Joint Committee of Faculty and Students is accepting nominees for
the 27th Annual GW Award. Members of the GW community are encouraged
to submit names of individuals who have made exceptional contributions
to advance the University toward realization of one or more of the following
objectives:
•Utilization of the University’s historical, geographical,
and functional relationship to the nation’s capital and Washington,
DC, community;
•Enhancement and development of students’ abilities;
•Provision of superior instruction and facilities;
•Provision of a balanced program of student extracurricular activities;
or
•Demonstration of exceptional competence, integrity, and goodwill
in the performance of University responsibilities.
To nominate or recommend an outstanding GW community member for the
2003 GW Award, send your nomination form and supporting documentation
to the GW Award Selection Committee of the Joint Committee of Faculty
and Students, c/o Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Office,
Rice Hall, suite 401. To maintain the integrity of the award process,
please make sure nomination forms, personal statements, credentials,
and letters of recommendation (no more than two) are placed in a sealed
and confidential envelope. Nomination forms and guidelines are also
available at the Student Activities Center, Marvin Center 427, and on
the first floor lobbies of the Academic Center, Marvin Center, and Rice
Hall. The deadline for nominations is 5 pm, March 7.
SBPM Hosts Nobel Economist as Maxon Lecturer
Nobel Prize winning economist Vernon Smith will present this year’s
Robert P. Maxon Lecture on “Markets, Globalization, and Prosperity,”
Feb. 19 at 7 pm in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom. The annual lecture
hosted by the School of Business and Public Management is free and open
to the GW community. A reception will begin at 6 pm.
Smith, a professor of economics at George Mason University, won the
2002 Nobel Prize in economics for his accomplishments in the field of
experimental economics. Smith has developed an array of experimental
methods, setting standards for reliable laboratory experiments in economics.
In his own experimental work, he has demonstrated the importance of
alternative market institutions, such as how the revenue expected by
a seller depends on the choice of auction method.
SBPM Professor Wins Fulbright
Reid Click, associate professor of international business and international
affairs, received a Fulbright senior specialist grant to advise at the
Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Mining and Metallurgy
in Krakow, Poland.
He will travel to Poland in late February to spend six weeks advising
the mathematics department on how to create a curriculum in financial
economics. He will work with administrators at the university and lead
faculty development activities.
Click’s Fulbright scholarship is the fourth such award for a GW
faculty member this school year. With this grant, he joins colleagues
Hernan Gustavo Abeledo, associate professor in School of Engineering
and Applied Science’s Department of Engineering Management and
Systems Engineering; James Deutsch, adjunct professor in the School
of Media and Public Affairs; and Steven M. Suranovic, an associate professor
of economics in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences as a Fulbright
scholar.
GW CIO Named Premier IT Professional
GW Chief of Information Officer David Swartz has been recognized by
the weekly newspaper Computer World as one of the business world’s
Premier 100 Information Technology (IT) Leaders, an award that honors
creative use of applied technology.
The Premier 100 IT Leaders award, now in its fourth year, recognizes
exceptional technology leadership, innovative approaches to business
challenges, and effective execution of comprehensive IT strategies.
Swartz will be honored at the Computer World Premier 100 IT Leaders
Conference, held in Scottsdale, AZ, from Feb. 23–25.
“Dave’s leadership and can-do attitude are well known at The
George Washington University,” says Louis Katz, executive vice
president and treasurer. “I am extremely pleased that his contributions
have been recognized by the larger IT community.”
Swartz was chosen from hundreds of nominees based on those leaders who
closely match Computer World’s Leadership Index, a set of characteristics
that describes business and technology people who guide effective use
of IT in their organizations.
AOL Honors Four from GW
Four researchers from GW’s Virginia Campus received cash awards
from America Online, Inc. (AOL), in recognition of their outstanding
presentations during AOL-CIT University Research Day, a conference for
AOL technologists hosted by Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology.
Jerald L. Feinstein, assistant professor of management science, School
of Business and Public Management (SBPM), received the grand prize of
$5,000 for his presentation on the technology judged to have the most
significance to AOL.
William E. Halal, professor of management science, SBPM, received first
prize for his presentation, “TechCast: A Virtual Think Tank for
Tracking the Technology Revolution.”
Jose-Luis Hernandez-Rebollar, research assistant, School of Engineering
and Applied Science (SEAS), won second prize for his poster display
“American Sign Language Interface.”
Robert W. Lindeman, assistant professor of computer science, SEAS, was
awarded third prize for his poster display, “Tactile Feedback for
HCI.”
NCAC Wins $12-Million Award From DOT
The FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) of the GW Transportation
Research Institute received a $12-million award from the US Department
of Transportation (DOT) for continued research in transportation safety
for the next five years.
NCAC was founded and established in 1992 at the GW Virginia Campus under
the direction of Nabih Bedewi, associate professor of engineering and
applied science, who also served as director of the center from 1992–98.
The center was established under a three-way contract from Federal Highway
Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and
GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science to assist government
and industry to solve critical transportation safety problems. Today,
the NCAC is directed by Azim Eskandarian, associate professor of engineering
and applied science, and has become world renowned as one of the nation’s
leading centers for automotive and highway crashworthiness research.
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