May 2002
Briefs
Distinguished Alumni Scholars
Charles C. Nguyen, dean of the School of Engineering at Catholic University,
(MS in 1980 and DSc in 1982), and S. David Young of INSEAD, (BBA, 1977),
recently were presented with the 2002 Distinguished Alumni Scholar award.
Nguyen joined Catholic University in 1983 as deputy director of the
Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, School of Engineering
and Architecture. He has received numerous summer fellowships from NASA
and has served as principle investigator or co-principle investigator
on more than $1.5 million worth of research projects.
Young has published numerous books and journal articles on management,
finance, economics, and accounting. His most recent book, co-written
with S.F. OByrne, was EVA and Value Based Management: A
Practical Guide to Implementation, (McGraw-Hill in 2001).
Nguyen and Young received their awards and a $1,000 honorarium at a
luncheon in April.
GW Names Soloway as Welling Professor
Elliot Soloway, an internationally known advocate for the use of technology
in education, has accepted a two-year appointment as a James Clark Welling
Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Soloway is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science
at the University of Michigans College of Engineering. He also
has appointments at the University of Michigans School of Education
and School of Information. His scholarship in the use of technology
in education has included research in artificial intelligence and immersion
learning environments.
The Welling visiting professorship, founded by President Trachtenberg
in 1995, brings internationally distinguished scholars to the GW campus
to interact with students and faculty and to contribute to the intellectual
life.
Elliott School Reappoints Fuerth as Shapiro
Professor
Leon Fuerth, who served as national security adviser to former Vice
President Al Gore, has been reappointed as a J.B. and Maurice C.
Shapiro Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs through
the end of 2002.
Fuerths contributions in the classroom include: two senior seminars
entitled US National Security Policy: Two Administrations
and US Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration; and
two capstone projects for graduate students titled Long Range
Issues in National Security and Forward Engagement.
Harry Harding, dean of the Elliott School, says he is pleased Fuerth
is willing to serve out the full length of a Shapiro Professorships
maximum two-year term. Professor Fuerth has added a new dimension
to the Elliott Schools curricula. For example, his capstone course
is designed to give graduating masters candidates the hands-on
problem-solving skills they will need to address the broad range of
global, regional, and national concerns confronting us now and in the
future.
SBPM Students Awarded Francis J. Lyons Riggs
Trust Prize
MBA students Denchom Dolruedej, John Mogg, and Earnest Mingzhuo and
Lei Qiao won first, second, and third places, respectively, in the Francis
J. Lyons Riggs Trust Prize Competition. The awards recognize the best
papers about investment analysis and portfolio management for students
enrolled in FIN 223, an MBA investment course taught by Assistant Professor
Robert Savickas. The papers were judged by Gary Lyons, Riggs senior
executive director, and Terrence Burns, vice president and portfolio
manager at Riggs. The awards were presented at a luncheon hosted by
Henry Dudley, president of Riggs & Co.
Students Win Green Medal
Mary Shaffner, a part-time MBA student, took the grand prize and $1,000
at the Earthweek-Plus Student Environmental Research and Project Competition
held on Earth Day, April 22.
Shaffners project, titled Khmer Sunshine: A Proposal for
the Development of Rural Electrification in Cambodia, suggests
that Cambodia use solar energy to electrify rural villages, and thus
keep some of the rural population from moving into the already-crowded
cities.
The competition was hosted by the Department of Strategic Management
and Public Policys Environmental and Social Sustainability Initiative.
Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy Mark Starik
directed the initiative.
Four $250 second place prizes were awarded to Jeff Kohn and Eric Myers,
part-time MBA students, for Urban Solar Initiatives: A Renewable
Energy Solutions Broker Business Plan; Daniela Lattes, a full-time
MBA student, for Environmental Practices and Corporate Image:
A Closer Look at the Agriculture Biotechnology Industry; Hyoung
Do Lim, an MPP student, for Policy Alternatives to Reduce Sulphur
Dioxide Emissions in Northeast Asia, and Tim Schaeffer, a full-time
MBA student, for Marketing and Organic Agriculture.
Make the Connection with the Georgetown Metro
Shuttle
Those royal blue or white shuttle buses you see around Foggy Bottom,
Dupont Circle, M Street, and Rosslyn are the newest means to get in
and around Georgetown the Georgetown Metro Connection Shuttle.
Created by the Georgetown Partnership (Georgetowns Business Improvement
District) to offset a lack of affordable parking, the shuttle has been
gaining in popularity since its introduction last September.
Shuttle fares are 50 cents (one way) and 25 cents with a Metrorail transfer.
Monthly passes also are available for $15/month.
There are presently two routes:
Route 1: The Wisconsin Avenue line, travels between Georgetown
and the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station via Wisconsin Avenue, the Georgetown
Waterfront, and K Street.
Route 2: The M Street line, travels between the Rosslyn Metro
station, Georgetown, and 19th Street and Sunderland Place via the Key
Bridge, M Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, L Street, and New Hampshire Avenue.
Hours of operation mirror those of Metrorail.
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