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TheWhere Innovation is TraditionVolgenau SchoolUpdating the IT & Engineering Community @ MasonNewsvolgenau.gmu.eduNo. 10A New Face For Undergraduate ProgramsTSharon CaraballoUpcoming EventsJanuary 21, 2012Alumni tailgate partyFebruary 2, 2012Engineers DayFebruary 21, 2012Women Role ModelsIn Engineering5:30 -7:30Mason InnApril 11, 20122nd AnnualTechnology SymposiumMason InnMay 4Annual Awards GalaMay 22-23Computer ForensicsConferenceFollow us onTwitter@volgenauschoolhe Volgenau School welcomes one of itsown to the front office, Sharon Caraballo,the new Associate Dean for UndergraduatePrograms. Caraballo came to Mason in 2004from Georgetown University. She was seeking a more student-facing position, and inher role at Mason she was both teachingand coordinating the undergraduate ITprogram. She says that though she enjoysteaching, she quickly found a true affinityfor her new administrative position. As anadministrator actively involved in studentaffairs, and working closely with the thenAssociate Dean Bernard White, it was anatural fit for Caraballo to take over thejob when White retired last year.Caraballo has a big job ahead of her. Sheexcitedly reports that undergraduate enrollment is at 2,700, up 33% from four years ago. If you apply and are accepted tothe Volgenau School, you will be given thesupport you need to stay and succeed.She attributes this to an increase in adultstudents, a more national profile for Mason,and the reality that Volgenau School studentsget great jobs after graduation. Her job is toserve as recruiter to bring in top studentsfrom both high schools and communitycolleges, act as advisor for individual studentissues, set policy, and work to keep the studentretention rate high. And with 2,700 studentsand more each year, the job will only becomebigger. She’s well suited for it though with abright, approachable manner that can calmthe most nervous freshman or senior battlingfinancial concerns. She says she strives tomake sure that students are more than filesand numbers and that their concerns andpersonal stories are heard. She’s quick toacknowledge the tremendous work of herassistant Susan Brionez who worked forBernard White and who now is her sourcefor all facets of the new role.continued on page 2Student Organization, AFCEA,Offers Scholarships andProfessional OpportunitiesVolgenau School students have manystudent organizations tochoose from, but not allorganizations are createdequal. The Armed ForcesCommunications andElectronics Association(AFCEA) offers studentsscholarships, professionaldevelopment, and networking with someof the hottest technology leaders andcompanies in Northern Virginia. Andthough Armed Forces is in the name,“you don’t have to be a member of thearmed forces to join, and there are manybenefits to becoming a member ofAFCEA-GMU,” says Shavon Clanagan,the current AFCEA president and asystems engineering major.The group’s mission is to promotecontinued on page 2
The Volgenau School News No. 10volgenau.gmu.eduNew Face, from page 1 Caraballo cites the importance ofscholarships, even small amountsas life changing for studentsand credits corporate partners andprivate donors in making a differencein student retention and success.If you apply and are accepted to theVolgenau School, you will be giventhe support you need to stay andsucceed. Caraballo’s role amongmany others is to coordinate thatsupport. She cites the importance ofscholarships, even small amounts, aslife changing for students and creditscorporate partners and private donorsin making a difference in studentretention and success.The growing demands of both thestudent population and the increasein new undergraduate programs, suchas the new bioengineering degree,Page 2AFCEA, from page 1Undergraduate SuccessOne of the hallmarks ofundergraduate educationat the Volgenau School,says Caraballo, is thatthere is “no second gateto study a particularmajor.” She explains thatin some schools, studentsare only admitted to theuniversity and then mustapply to the program oftheir choice. If studentsdon’t qualify for theprogram they had beenhoping for, they are lostwithout a major. Thatisn’t the case at Mason. Undergraduate Peer Advisorscaused the department to take a newlook at how undergraduate serviceswere managed. Caraballo says herrole is now more student focused.Two huge programs that fall underthe student services umbrella, distancelearning and the AFCEA scholarshipprogram, are now being managed byPeggy Brouse and Andrew Loerch.Each has expertise in these programsand by working together can domore for students than Caraballocould alone.Caraballo welcomes the abilityto focus on the task ahead. She is avisible face on campus, speaking atevents and checking in on classesduring the start of a new semester.She no longer has time to teach butdoes see that as something she willdo again in the future. She hasn’tstepped out of the classroom completely as she serves as the facultyadvisor to the Society of WomenEngineers. Her second semester inher new role will soon begin andshe’s opening her door wide to allthat she will find.industry-government cooperationin developing effective intelligenceand information management,including the development,manufacture, and operation ofequipment and systems, andprovision of services in the fieldsof signals, communications,electronics, computers, intelligencesystems, command and control,and imagery.Andrew Loerch is the group’snewly appointed faculty advisor.He explains that each semester,up to ten 1,000 scholarships areawarded to Volgenau Schoolstudents. The funding comes fromthe Northern Virginia AFCEAchapter, and the awards are givenbased on academic merit. Studentsdon’t have to be AFCEA members,but members are given preferencewhen awards are considered. Oneof the bigger benefits to students,explains Loerch, is the professionalnetworking. Each month AFCEANOVA hosts a networking luncheon, and student members areinvited to attend free. The luncheons are well attended and putstudents directly in contact withemployers looking to hire internsand full-time employees.AFCEA also has a communityservice mission, and Clanaganexplains, “Recently we’ve hadmembers participate in the adopta-school program organized byAFCEA-NOVA. We judge sciencefairs and help students withprojects. In the past, we havedemonstrated our unmannedaerial vehicle (UAV) to childrenin grades K–12 at schools and theSmithsonian National Air andSpace Museums where we tryto promote interests in science,technology, engineering, and math.AFCEA-GMU has regularluncheons and events and invitesstudents to attend to learn more.Visit them online atwww.gmu.edu/org/AFCEA/.
The Volgenau School News No. 10volgenau.gmu.eduProgram SpotlightNew Executive MS inManagement of Secure Information SystemsPractical, relevant, and leading technological programs have alwaysbeen a hallmark of the VolgenauSchool, and the newest master’sprogram is leading the way. TheVolgenau School has joinedresources with the Schoolof Management andthe School of PublicPolicy to create aninnovative MS inManagement ofSecure Information Systems.DanielMenascé, SeniorAssociate Dean,Professor of ComputerScience and program liaison,explained the genesis of this newdegree and how it differs from the CSDepartment’s existing technical MSISA program. “We [the school] cameto the conclusion that cyber securityproblems are not just technical problems but problems that affect enterprises and governments. In order fororganizations, both public and private, to have proper cyber securityprotocols and plansto keep systems safe, secure, and efficient, there need to be both technicaland management solutions.” Thisnew degree combines the robusttechnology experience of the AIT, CS,and ECE departments with the depthand experience of modern-day management and public policy trainingfound at the School of Managementand School of Public Policy.The CS department has othercross-university collaborations suchas computer game design with theCollege of Visual and PerformingArts. However, this new ExecutiveMasters was designed from theground up taking into considerationreal-world needs and demand,necessary steps for the program toreceive certification fromthe State Council ofHigher Education forVirginia (SCHEV).Menascé explains,“We took extensivesurveys to assessdemand and thefeedback from alumniand area companieswas really high. Wealso determined thatthere were significant jobopportunities and growth withthis degree.”Another important feature that setsthis program apart from others acrossthe nation is that this is a balancedprogram taught by twenty-eight fulltime faculty across the three schools.Menascé says that this program is a“true collaboration between schools.”The program is ideal for studentswho have some experience in any ofthe program areas and who are looking for a broader education that willallow them to become CIOs, cybersecurity managers, and executiveswho know how to bridge the dividebetween the technical challenges ofcyber security and the managementand policies issues that guide them.The new program is anExecutive MS that follows a cohortprogram where students come tocampus every Saturday, with oneSaturday off after every threeSaturdays, for 15 months and complete a one-week global residency.For more information visit onlineat: http://som.gmu.edu/msis. Page 3Mason Goes theDistance For EducationOnline, distance education is oneof the fastest-growing trendsin higher education. As studentsbecome more comfortable withonline courses and the technologyimproves, more universities aredeveloping online curriculums.The Volgenau School is no exception.Peggy Brouse, the new CommonwealthGraduate Engineering Program(CGEP) Director for the VolgenauSchool, points out that distanceeducation has been around for manyyears and that the CGEP program,a collaborative distance educationinitiative involving George MasonUniversity, the University of Virginia,Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University,and Virginia CommonwealthUniversity has been around since 1998.Peer advisor, Mariet Kurtz,University ScholarThe program allows studentsinterested in a graduate engineeringdegree to take courses from all of theparticipating schools. They mustmeet enrollment requirements andthey will ultimately receive theirdegree from their home university.However, the program allows themto build their program from any ofthe schools. Students attend lecturesprimarily using two-way digitalcontinued on page 4
The Volgenau School News No. 10Inside the Volgenau SchoolVolgenau SchoolWelcomes Caitlin HarboldCaitlin Harbold hasjoined the Development Team of theVolgenau School ofEngineering. Caitlinwill serve as the newDevelopment EventManager working toraise the school’s socialmedia profile and manage events andbranding.Caitlin is a native of Baltimoreand recently moved to Virginia.Jennifer, Linda, and Pete arepleased to have her round out theirteam, along with their new assistantMeghan Blydenburgh.Volgenau SchoolAdvisory Board UpdateThe Volgenau School’s AdvisoryBoard is entering its third year inhelping the school move toward thetop rank of engineering schools inthe country. The Board’s 15 at-largemembers are senior executives fromNorthern Virginia technology companies. These executives are joined byrepresentatives from advisory boardsserving the school’s departments andresearch centers. The Board has established several working task forces.One effort reviewed the school’sresearch programs and organizationand made recommendations in keyareas. Another obtained graduateassessments of the school’s effectiveness in preparing students for work.A third began examining how intellectual property created at the schoolcan be commercialized. These effortswill continue along with additionalsubjects by teams of board membersvolgenau.gmu.eduand school personnel.One major new effort will be aregional symposium scheduled forApril 2012 on the role of wirelesscommunications in supporting emergency operations at the local, stateand national levels. The symposiumwill bring together Volgenau Schoolresearchers, industry providers, usersand policy officials to examine themany complex facets of this subject.“Many of our Board members areinvesting substantial time and talentin support of the School,” said BoardChair Charles Joyce. “We expect thatthe collaboration that is taking placewill lead to productive partnershipsbetween the School and the localtechnology community.”“This Board is a fantastic asset forthe School,” noted Dean Lloyd Griffiths,“and we are grateful for the commitment of so many corporate leaders toincreasing the value of the VolgenauSchool of Engineering to the region.” Page 4Distance, from page 3videoconferencing technology. Mostof the courses are taught simultaneously to students on-campus and atonline conferencing sites.Additionally, the VolgenauSchool has other distance educationprograms including a degree program for the Applied InformationTechnology Program and a SystemsEngineering program that is beingdeveloped with the outside onlineeducation company Colloquy.Brouse has been working tointroduce online teaching toVolgenau faculty as well as providingtraining and online course development assistance. She recognizes thepower that online teaching has toreach more students, especiallyworking professionals seekingadvanced engineering and technicaldegrees.Alumni Corner2nd AnnualAlumni DinnerOn October 28, over fiftyVolgenau School alumni gathered at the Mason Inn to a warmwelcome and a wonderful dinnersponsored by Orchid Technologies& Management, a local IT servicesfirm and long-time supporter ofthe Volgenau School. This annualdinner is becoming a must-attendevent for Volgenau School alumnito meet and discuss ideas aboutthe future direction of the school.Our host this year was HadiRezazad, PhD ’09, Chair of theAlumni Development Board,along with members of the AlumniDevelopment Board. The event wasdesigned to open the door for moreactive alumni participation in theschool and in particular for alumniPeter J. Farrellto find more ways to mentorstudents and serve as an entrypoint for students into the localbusiness community.You can gauge how successfuland fun an event is by how longpeople stay to socialize after theformal program has ended. TheVolgenau School alums were stillthere kicking around ideas to helpour students and ideas on usingsocial media well after the dinnerended. It is a unique networkingevent that allows Volgenau Schoolalumni to stay involved in the schooland the community and is alreadyon the calendar for next fall.Our next big event is a VolgenauSchool alumni and family tailgateparty and beer tasting at the MasonInn before the Mason versusTowson basketball game Saturday,January 21, 2012.
The Volgenau School News No. 10volgenau.gmu.edu Page 5AccoladesInside the Volgenau SchoolFacultyJeremy Allnutt published his thirdbook, Satellite-to-Ground RadiowavePropagation, second edition. The bookwas published by the Instituteof Engineering and Technology.Mike Hieb (PI) and Mark Pullen(co-PI) received 148,580 of additionalfunding from Northrop Grumman fortheir project “Common Ground JointCapability Technical Demonstration.”Anticipated total funding is 2,001,939.Outstanding Scholarship recipients with Dean Griffiths: from left to right:Brad Peterson, John Mooney, Lakshmi Meyyappan, Zach NalboneBest and Brightest LuncheonOn October 13, the VolgneauSchool hosted the annual Best andBrightest Luncheon at the Mason Inn.This event recognizes individuals andcompanies who support our scholarsand it also honors the students whodirectly benefit from these generousdonations. It was a great eventwith wonderful testimonies by ourstudents and donors. These donorssupport more than 50 students at theVolgenau School with both endowedand unendowed scholarships. We arefortunate to receive and foster theserelationships and we are excited to seewhat our students will accomplishwith these opportunities.Dimitrios Ioannou received 57,998with an anticipated funding of 181,588 from the National Instituteof Standards and Technology for hisproject “Metrology of Spin/Interfere- State Interaction in Spin - PolarizedTransport CMOS - like SiliconDevices.” The performance period isAugust 1, 2011 through July 31, 2014.Sushil Jajodia (PI), Brent Kang(co-PI) and Kun Sun (co-PI) received 199,380 from the Army ResearchOffice for their project “A Laboratoryfor Cyber Situation Awareness UsingHeterogeneous Virtual MachineReplication.” This award comesthrough the Center for SecureInformation Systems. The performance period is October 1, 2011through September 30, 2012. Jajodiaalso received 167,024, with a 12month option amount of 185,804,from the National Security Agencyfor his project “InformationAssurance Scholarship Program.”The initial budget period is August17, 2011 through November 16, 2013.Outstanding scholarship recipients:Ashiquillah Ateeq, RanjeetaPaudel, Donor: Joan Mancuso,SSPI MidAtlantic Regional ChapterBrent Kang received 49,258 fromthe National Science Foundation forhis project “Collaboration Research:Hands-on exercises on DETERTestbed for Security Education.”This award comes through the Centercontinued on page 6
The Volgenau School News No. 10Accolades, from page 5for Secure Information Systems. Theperformance period is December 1,2010 through August 31, 2012.Jana Kosecka received 39,291 fromthe Army Research Office for herproject “Acquiring SemanticallyMeaningful Models for RoboticLocalization, Mapping and TargetRecognition.” Anticipated totalfunding is 365,917. The performanceperiod is August 13, 2011 throughAugust 12, 2014.Fei Li received 69,872 from theNational Science Foundation for hisproject “CCF:AF:EAGER:IntegratingChip Reliability in Designing EnergySaving Scheduling Algorithms.” Theperformance period is September 1,2011 through August 31, 2012.Qiliang Li received 59,358 from theNational Institute of Standards andTechnology for his project “Tri GateNanowire FET Test Structures toInvestigate Short Channel Effects andBallistic Transport.” Anticipated totalfunding is 185,365 and the initialbudget period is August 1, 2011through July 31, 2012. Li also receiveda National Science FoundationCAREER award, the 2011 MasonEmerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award, and is the PI/co-PIin a 1.7 million research award.Qiliang Li, Dimitris Ioannou, andformer PhD students Yang Yang andXiaoxiao Zhu received a U.S. patenton their nanowire field effect junctiondiode on August 2, 2011.Qiliang Li (PI), Nathalia Peixoto(co-PI), Erhai Zhao (co-PI), RobCressman (co-PI), and DimitriosIoannou (co-PI) received 251,950from the National Science Foundationfor their project “MRI: Acquisition ofElectron Beam Evaporation Systemfor Multidisciplinary Research andEducation.” The performance periodis September 1, 2011 through August31, 2013.volgenau.gmu.eduJyh-Ming Lien received 48,487 withan anticipated funding of 384,666from the University of Arizona forthe project “FHWA/DOT/AdvancedResearch: VASTO EvolutionaryAgent Systems for TransportationOutlook.” The performance period isMay 22, 2011 through March 31, 2012.Andy Loerch won the 2011 Vance R.Wanner Memorial Award given bythe Military Operations ResearchSociety (MORS), an annual awardgranted to a military operationsresearch professional who playeda major role in strengthening theprofession.Sean Luke (co-PI) and Paul Schopf(co-PI), led by Cioffi-Revilla (PI),received 1.68 million from theNational Science Foundation for theproject “KRASNOW: CDI Type II:Cyber-Enabled Understanding ofComplexity in Socio-EcologicalSystems via Computational Thinking.”The performance period is September1, 2011 through August 31, 2015.Rao Mulpuri received 180,000 fromthe Army Research Office for hisproject “High Performance, ExtendedShort Wavelength Infrared HgCdTeMaterials and Detectors.” Theperformance period is August 1,2011 through July 31, 2013. He alsoreceived 20,000 from the ArmyResearch Office for his project“Ultra fast Microwave Annealingto Increase Acceptor Activation inin situ and ion implantation dopedZn0.” The anticipated total fundingfor options 1–3 is 240,000. The initialbudget period is October 1, 2011through November 30, 2011 withthe anticipated option end date onSeptember 30, 2014.Nathalia Peixoto (PI) and VasilikiIkonomidou (co-PI) received 125,000 from the National ScienceFoundation for their project“GARDE:EQuaLS:Enhancing Qualityof Life of Students through SeniorDesigns.” The performance period is Page 6January 1, 2012 through December31, 2016.Siddhartha Sikdar received threeawards: the 2011 Mason EmergingResearcher/Scholar/Creator Award, aNational Science Foundation CAREERaward, and a National Institutes ofHealth Research Project Grant.Bob Simon (PI) and Hakan Aydin(co-PI) received 430,000 from theNational Science Foundation fortheir project “CSR:Small:EnergyHarvesting for Performance SensitiveWireless Sensor Networks.” Theperformance period is August 15,2011 through July 31, 2014.Bob Simon received 137,690 fromVECTARE for his project “WirelessSensor Network Research.” Theperiod of performance is October 1,2011 through September 30, 2012.Angelos Stavrou (PI) and AnupGhosh (co-PI) received 205,983 fromthe Army Research Office for theirproject “A VPN Proxy Cloud forDetecting HTTP & VolP Malware.”The performance period is August 8,2011 through August 7, 2012. Stavroureceived 259,662 out of an expected 511,323 from DARPA, throughAterrasys, for his project “SecuringAndroid Mobile Devices.” Theperformance period is August 26,2011 through August 25, 2012.Stavrou also received 100,000 fromthe National Institute of Standardsand Technology for his project“Automated Tools and Methods forTesting of Network-enabled MobileApplications.” The performanceperiod is September 1, 2011 throughMay 31, 2012. All three awards comethrough the Center for SecureInformation Systems.Anand Vidyashankar (PI) andGuoqing Diao (co-PI) received 100,000 from the National ScienceFoundation for their project“Statistical Inference for Randomcontinued on page 7
The Volgenau School News No. 10volgenau.gmu.eduCorporate ConnectionsPage 7Accolades, from page 6CATSR and Senior Design Projects Exemplifies the Benefitsof Partnership for Students, Companies, and GovernmentFor students, faculty, and corporatepartners, the Volgenau School’sCenter for Air TransportationSystems Research (CATSR) providesthe perfect environment forresearch, collaboration, and development in systems engineeringissues in air transportation.CATSR is an FAA Center ofExcellence and its resources holdsignificant value for governmentagencies like the Federal AviationAdministration (FAA) as it worksunder contract on analysis for severaldivisions including Air TrafficOperations, Policy, NextGen, SystemOperations, Data Communications,and Human Factors Research. LanceSherry, director of CATSR says, “ForNextGen, we design, build, and usesimulations that fly 60,000 flights aday in the United States. We insertweather and see what the airlines doand how air traffic control responds.We insert new concepts of operations,new procedures, and new technologies and explore the unintendedconsequences.”CATSR also seeks to educatefuture systems engineers to analyze,manage, and solve the complexissues facing the air transportationindustry. “Our partners are particularly delighted with students whocan hit the ground running on thefirst day on the job,” Sherry says.“With their skills from Mason classes,internships, and research opportunities, all our graduate students havereceived job offers before theygraduate.” Corporate partners, suchas Metron Aviation have leveragedCATSR’s unique research capabilities.Sherry says, “With Metron Aviation,we developed and tested algorithms Recursive Equations.” Theperformance period is August 1,2011 through July 31, 2014.Vidyashankar has also just joinedthe Statistics department as atenured associate professor.StudentsFrom left to right: Naseer Rashid, CihanYilmaz, Joel Hannah, Chris Saleh,Danielle Hettmannto manage the flow of the traffic inthe air on the airport surface.” Theresearch that Metron Aviation fundedhas now been incorporated into aproduct that uses these algorithmmethodologies for airspace designconfiguration, resulting in moreefficient air traffic control operations.Real Projects, Real OutcomesSenior Design projects throughoutthe entire Volgenau School provideanother way for students, faculty,and corporate partners to collaborateon research. In these two-semesterprojects, students work in groups toapply their knowledge to a complexPhD IT student Chun-Kit Nganreceived a Best Student PaperAward at the 14th InternationalConference on EnterpriseInformation Systems, in Beijing,China, for his paper “A ServiceFramework for Learning, Queryingand Monitoring Multivariate TimeSeries,” co-authored by AlexanderBrodsky and Jessica Lin.PhD IT student Faisal Sibaireceived a Best Paper Award atthe SECUREWARE 2011 conference for his paper “A ScalableArchitecture for CounteringNetwork-Centric Insider Threats,”co-authored by Daniel Menascé.PhD CS student Bo Zhang andhis co-advisors, Bob Simon andHakan Aydin, received a BestPaper Award at the 14th ACMInternational Conference onModeling, Analysis andSimulation of Wireless and MobileSystems in Miami, Florida, fortheir paper “Maximal Utility RateAllocation for Energy HarvestingWireless Sensor Networks.”continued on page 8Volgenau School Corporate PartnersAccenture; Aerospace; Beck Foundation; C5i; CACI; CGI; CSC; ENSCO,Inc.;Freddie Mac; General Dynamics - AIS; GTSI; Harris; Knowledge ConsultingGroup; Lockheed Martin; ManTech; Metron Aviation; Micron; MillenniumEnterprise; MITRE; MTCSC; Noblis; Northrop Grumman; Raytheon; SegueTechnologies,Inc.; the Si Organization; SRA,International; TASC; Telos; Vangent;Volkswagen Group of America; WidelityTo learn what career opportunities the Volgenau School corporate partners areoffering, please follow this link to their individual corporate logos on our website athttp://volgenau.gmu.edu/corporate community partners/corporate partners.php
The Volgenau School News No. 10Corporate ConnectionsCATSR, from page 7real-world problem, many timessponsored by a corporate partnerneeding in-depth research andanalysis assistance. During the firstsemester, students perform conceptdefinition and requirements analysisand develop a project plan. Duringthe second semester, students executethe project plan and conduct thedesign and tradeoff analysis. RecentSenior Design projects have analyzedand tackled issues in health care(a cost-benefit analysis of lifestylemodification programs), water quality (a computer model to uncover themost cost-effective way to improvetwo rivers), and airline fleet maintenance (a trade-off analysis of alternateaircraft maintenance approaches).Senior design projects for CATSRhave resulted in wide-reaching effectson anything from passenger experience and economic policy to safetymechanisms and security procedures.Sherry emphasizes the opportunitiesthat these collaborative relationshipshave for students, faculty members,government agencies, and corporatepartners. “Companies and agenciesget the benefit of working withtalented, promising new engineerson research that directly affects theirwork,” notes Sherry. He continues,“Through CATSR, graduate studentscut their teeth on real-world hardprojects that answer the toughquestions our industry partners face.”More and more industry partnersare reaping the benefits of beingclosely aligned with the VolgenauSchool in terms of linking recruitment and program support. Thepartnership creates a win-win forboth the company and our School.volgenau.gmu.eduGeneral Dynamics –Advanced Information SystemsWe are consistently impressed with thestudents who have participated in parttime internships or became full-timeentry-level employees.Harris CorporationOur corporate partnership has providedus with the means to have a nearconstant presence on campus andinvolvement with students and facultyhas provided us with unparalleled accessto established and emerging thoughtleaders.CSCWe appreciate the one point of contactat the School as well as invitations toDean’s Advisory Board symposiums,faculty lectures and seminars, advanceinvitations to Engineers Day/career fairsto name a few and we appreciate seeingthe CSC logo prominently displayed inthe entrance to the Engineering School.The Volgenau SchoolWelcomes OurNew Corporate PartnerThe Si OrganizationThe Si is a leading provider of fulllife-cycle, mission-focused systemsengineering and integration servicesto the U.S. intelligence community, Page 8Department of Defense, and otheragencies. “The Si Organization sharesin the same foundation of researchand knowledge as the VolgenauSchool of Engineering, and ourcustomers value the technicalcapabilities. We are excited andlook forward to forging a long-termrelationship with the VolgenauSchool students and faculty,” saysMarshall Keith, Vice President.The Si is delving into this newpartnership with great results. Thereare currently fifty-seven Masonalums working for the company andthere is an active internship program.Additionally says Keith, “We areworking closely with a senior capstone class to provide them potentialreal-world challenges to analyze.”The Si feels the partnership benefitsthe company by “having the abilityto access students for recruiting andeducational purposes. The partnership benefits the school by havingthe ability to access industry professionals to ensure that course anddegree curriculum translates to theprofessional level.” The companysees the school as a strong partnerdue to its technical reputation andrecommendations from recentgraduates currently working at thecompany. This is an opportunityfor the Si to “have a direct influenceon developing the next generationof engineers and leaders for theintelligence and Department ofDefense industries.”Keith wants students to knowthat the company places a high valueon its employees and their educationwith a strong t
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