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. O’Byrne, 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 Michigan’s College of Engineering. He also has appointments at the University of Michigan’s 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.

Fuerth’s 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 Professorship’s maximum two-year term. “Professor Fuerth has added a new dimension to the Elliott School’s curricula. For example, his capstone course is designed to give graduating master’s 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.

Shaffner’s 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 Policy’s 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 (Georgetown’s 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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