Appointments, honors and activities

• Alumni honors:

- Christopher L. Woods, a College of Engineering alumnus, was appointed a vice president of Sargent & Lundy LLC. He is a project director in the fossil power group and directs environmental compliance upgrades, coal-to-gas conversion projects and new generation. He is a 1996 graduate of the materials science and engineering program and is a licensed professional engineer.

- Jan Cervelli, an alumna with a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture, has been elected the 12th president of Saint Mary's College. Currently the dean of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture and professor of landscape architecture at the University of Arizona, she previously was dean of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities at Clemson University, and also had served as associate dean for undergraduate students and director of the Teaching and Learning Center at the University of Kentucky. St. Mary's current president, Carol Ann Mooney, will retire May 31. For more, visit https://www.saintmarys.edu/president-elect

• Student honors:

- Two College of Liberal Arts graduate students have been named 2016 Humanities Without Walls fellowship recipients. The students will participate in a three-week summer workshop to learn from leaders in humanities fields, such as organizers of public humanities projects and experts in the various digital humanities. The workshop is facilitated and directed by the Chicago Humanities Festival and will be held in July in Chicago.

Purdue's recipients are:

* Katie Whitmore, a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology. She is examining social and political change, health and identity.

* Kadari Nzinghalisa Taylor-Watson, a doctoral student in the American Studies program in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies. She is studying race, gender and material culture.

More information about the students and their academic projects is available online. (APN)

- Seniors Gary Sung and Thomas Richardson have won second and third place, respectively, in the International Housewares Show 2016 Student Design Competition. Senior Eugenia Lee received an honorable mention. The challenge to students is to redesign a current housewares product to meet the needs of the future. Steve Visser, industrial design professor, served on the panel of judges.

• Rankings:

- The College of Engineering online MSE with a specialization in engineering management and leadership program has been ranked No. 2 in Top Management Degrees' list of top 50 online engineering management programs. Purdue's program focuses on increasing engineering and technical skills at the systems level, and building strategic management skills, particularly those associated with leadership. The engineering courses are taught by Purdue's College of Engineering, and business courses are taught by the Indiana University Kelly School of Business.