Two Texas Tech Faculty Members Receive Fulbright Grants
February 27, 2008
Two professors in Texas Tech University’s Department of Engineering recently received Fulbright Grants.
Two professors in Texas Tech University’s Department of Engineering recently received
Fulbright Grants.
Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and the department’s director of graduate studies; and Jordan Berg, a professor of mechanical engineering and associate director of the university’s Nano Tech Center, are Texas Tech’s recipients for 2007-2008.
The two were chosen with approximately 800 other U.S. faculty and professionals to lecture and conduct research in 140 countries around the world.
Ekwaro-Osire recently returned from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, where he taught a new graduate-level course, collaborated with professors at different Turkish universities and presented three papers at the International Global Colloquium on Engineering Education Conference.
"I feel both proud and grateful to have received this prestigious fellowship," Ekwaro-Osire said. "Hopefully, I made some contributions to Turkey through my academic and professional interactions. On the receiving end, the exposure to a different culture is always stimulating and thought-provoking. I’m hoping for a continued exchange between Texas Tech University, and the Turkish universities and their students."
Berg will serve as a visiting senior lecturer in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department at the University of Ruhuna in Galle, Sri Lanka. While there, he will conduct collaborative research on applying analytical mechanics and geometric control theory to problems of current interest in nanotechnology. Also, he will teach an undergraduate course in which students build autonomous wheeled robots that compete to best navigate a pre-defined path.
In the last two months of his trip, he will teach a short course on micro- and nanotechnology at the University of Peradeniya in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
"As a lecturer I hope to introduce a course featuring open-ended goals and emphasizing creativity, teamwork, and self-directed learning over memorization and replication of the instructor’s lectures," Berg said. "As a researcher, I hope to, in a small way, encourage Sri Lankan contributions to cutting-edge research in nanoscience and technology.
"And as a Texas Tech faculty member, I hope to further advance ties with the
Universities of Ruhuna and Peradeniya."
CONTACT: Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, associate professor of mechanical engineering and the department’s director of graduate studies, (806) 742- 3563 or stephen.ekwaro-osire@ttu.edu; Jordan Berg, a professor of mechanical engineering and associate director of the university’s Nano Tech Center, jordan.berg@ttu.edu.
Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and the department’s director of graduate studies; and Jordan Berg, a professor of mechanical engineering and associate director of the university’s Nano Tech Center, are Texas Tech’s recipients for 2007-2008.
The two were chosen with approximately 800 other U.S. faculty and professionals to lecture and conduct research in 140 countries around the world.
Ekwaro-Osire recently returned from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, where he taught a new graduate-level course, collaborated with professors at different Turkish universities and presented three papers at the International Global Colloquium on Engineering Education Conference.
"I feel both proud and grateful to have received this prestigious fellowship," Ekwaro-Osire said. "Hopefully, I made some contributions to Turkey through my academic and professional interactions. On the receiving end, the exposure to a different culture is always stimulating and thought-provoking. I’m hoping for a continued exchange between Texas Tech University, and the Turkish universities and their students."
Berg will serve as a visiting senior lecturer in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department at the University of Ruhuna in Galle, Sri Lanka. While there, he will conduct collaborative research on applying analytical mechanics and geometric control theory to problems of current interest in nanotechnology. Also, he will teach an undergraduate course in which students build autonomous wheeled robots that compete to best navigate a pre-defined path.
In the last two months of his trip, he will teach a short course on micro- and nanotechnology at the University of Peradeniya in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
"As a lecturer I hope to introduce a course featuring open-ended goals and emphasizing creativity, teamwork, and self-directed learning over memorization and replication of the instructor’s lectures," Berg said. "As a researcher, I hope to, in a small way, encourage Sri Lankan contributions to cutting-edge research in nanoscience and technology.
"And as a Texas Tech faculty member, I hope to further advance ties with the
Universities of Ruhuna and Peradeniya."
CONTACT: Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, associate professor of mechanical engineering and the department’s director of graduate studies, (806) 742- 3563 or stephen.ekwaro-osire@ttu.edu; Jordan Berg, a professor of mechanical engineering and associate director of the university’s Nano Tech Center, jordan.berg@ttu.edu.