Nihad Dukhan, professor of Mechanical Engineering, has left a lasting mark on Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Istanbul, Turkey, with his artistic Arabic calligraphy. Dukhan’s figure of “pen” (at right) inspired the ITU’s 250th anniversary sculpture that greets campus visitors on ITU’s Ayazaga campus. His interest in Arabic calligraphy began when he was in the …
Engineering students at University of Detroit Mercy will benefit from one of the largest gifts ever given to the University by an alumnus. Bernard A. Schlaff, who died in 2015 at the age of 95, left $3 million to the University in his will to establish an endowed scholarship for …
Congratulations to alumna Kathleen Walker ’08, ReBUILDetroit student success coordinator, who received Detroit Mercy’s 2016 Commitment to Excellence Award for an administrator for her dedication to student success. The award, given each December, recognizes outstanding staff and administrators who provide excellent service, promote Detroit Mercy’s mission and go beyond the expectations …
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Matthew Mio ’97, was elected as a full member of the Society Committee on Education (SOCED) within the American Chemical Society (ACS), which supports the development and implementation of programs that bring the wonder, excitement, opportunities and challenges of modern chemical science. “This is a …
Each year, the University honors one alumnus from each of its schools and colleges for an Alumni Achievement Spirit Award. These honorees are leaders in their fields and have made their marks in other ways, too. The 2017 Spirit Award recipients who will be honored at a special event on …
Support for scholarships within the College of Engineering & Science is strong, as evidenced in three recent gifts that will support students today and into the future. Alumnus Bernard Schlaff ’44, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering and worked at Lockheed Missiles & Space Company and the Ames …
Later this year nonprofit organizations and volunteers may be able to connect and work together thanks to an app being developed by students and faculty in the College of Engineering & Science. The $200,000 Bill Ford Better World Challenge grant is an innovative global program in which Ford employees work …
University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Engineering & Science will hire a new female professor to take on the task of creating an assistive technology program thanks to a major grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Clare Boothe Luce Program. The Clare Boothe Luce Program is dedicated to increasing the …
College of Engineering & Science students are learning in two new state-of-the-art facilities thanks to a generous gifts and funds from a major grant from the National Institutes of Health. Both were completed in early fall and are being used by students nearly every day since they were officially dedicated. …
University of Detroit Mercy’s new Center for Automotive Systems Engineering Education (CASEE) has received a major boost with a $1 million gift from William L. Kozyra ’80 in July. “There is no doubt in my mind that today I have a fabulous career and life as a result of the …
