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CEEM News
Dr. Haaren Albert Miklofsky (November 25, 1920-October 2, 2011) Haaren Miklofsky was born in Rochester, New York, on November 25th, 1920. With a lifelong passion for education, he took night classes to get a BS in Civil Engineering from George Washington University then got his MS and PhD from Yale. He taught at many universities, the last being the University of Arizona, where he retired as Professor Emeritus. He was a member of Civic Orchestra of Tucson on violin and Tucson Concert and Shrine bands on trumpet. Haaren directed three groups of his own: a dance band called The Rhythm Gang and most recently the Music Samplers, who gave him a musical send-off to a Sousa march. Haaren is survived by his wife, Esther Shannon, children, grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. To view Dr. Miklofsky's obituary, follow the link:
UA Engineering Leads Haiti Earthquake Survey Team
Congratulations to the CEEM Student Showcase Winners: 1st Place: Real Time Freeway Experienced Travel Time Prediction Utilizing K-Nearest Neighbor and N-Curve Method by Brenda Bustillos (Chang). 2nd Place: Utilization of Mine Tailings as Construction Material Through Geo polymerization by Saeed Ahmari (Lianyang Zhang, Jinhong Zhang) 3rd Place: Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of Flow and Sediment Transport Around a Series of Spur Dikes by Anu Acharya and Jennifer Duan. The first place winner was awarded $100
Congratulations to Lianyang Zhang on his appointment to the
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Assistant Professor Yi-Chang Chiu has received a generous donation from Cambridge Systematics to support his laboratory research and graduate students. Dr. Chiu specializes in traffic modeling and is currently assisting the Federal Highway Administration with traffic rerouting following the Minneapolis bridge collapse. Cambridge Systematics Inc. specializes in innovative policy and planning solutions, objective analysis, and technology applications for the public transportation sector.
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