Purdue News Roundup
Purdue News Roundup
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June 19, 1998
Sign-up begins for continuing engineering classesWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Registration for Purdue University's fall Continuing Engineering Education classes begins July 1.The 18 graduate-level classes will be taught at Purdue during the fall semester and broadcast via the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System to more than 100 industrial and public access sites in Indiana and other states, including Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Wisconsin. One course, on the industrial applications of statistics, will be offered via the Internet. More than 500 engineers are expected to enroll. Engineers working in industry and continuing their education can register for the for-credit classes through Aug. 17. A late fee will be applied to registrations received after July 26. The fall courses will cover topics in civil, chemical, electrical, industrial, mechanical and materials engineering, as well as mathematics, computer science and statistics. For a complete list of courses, fees and participating sites, contact the Continuing Engineering Education office, (765) 494-7015; e-mail, cee@ecn.purdue.edu; Web, http://cee.www.ecn.purdue.edu/cee/
Purdue NotebookAppointments and promotions:-- Thomas N. Farris, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, has been named head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, effective July 1. He will replace John Sullivan, who will return to teaching. Farris joined the Purdue faculty in 1986 and has taught courses in aerospace structures and materials. His research areas include fatigue and fracture, manufacturing processes, and tribology, the study of friction. In 1990 he won a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. -- Vickie J. Maris has been hired as the new communications specialist in personnel services. She is responsible for communicating the changes that will occur with Purdue's implementation of a new human resources information system, InPower. Maris, a Purdue graduate, formerly owned and operated Creekside Communications in Battle Ground. She continues to operate her Connemara pony farm there.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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