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October 2002
Friends of
the College of Engineering,
Hearst
Mining's New Beginning: The music of the Cal Band filled
the Betty and Gordon Moore Lobby as guests enjoyed a champagne
reception. (Click for larger
image.)
Peg Skorpinski photo
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Certainly the
highlight of this month was the rededication and opening of our
extensively renovated Hearst
Memorial Mining Building. With nearly 1,000 guests in
attendance, a distinguished group of faculty and alumni supporters
opened the doors for the return of our Materials Science and Engineering
(MSE) Department, the home for our new Center for Nanosciences
and Nanoengineering, and the temporary headquarters for CITRIS.
With the Cal Band in full force on the first floor of the Betty
and Gordon Moore Lobby, we determined that the building has excellent
acoustic properties as well as unparalleled beauty! Congratulations
to the many supporters, alumni, staff, faculty, students and crews
that helped us achieve this important milestone in the history of
our College and the campus. We have included some of the history
of Hearst and the role it has played in the College over
the years in this issue of Lab Notes.
Another highlight
of the past month was the launch of our new College
of Engineering web site, which we hope will provide more
convenient and informative access to the College and its many activities
and resources. You will note the mission of Berkeley Engineering highlighted throughout the site: Educating Leaders, Creating
Knowledge, and Serving Society.
The
College's new web site features new information, dynamic
photos, and engaging stories about the people who make the
College great.
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Please don’t forget our Homecoming
and Parents event on October 19th. A highlight of this celebration
will be a lecture by our own Professor
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, titled Collapse of the World Trade Center: Lessons
Learned.
Professor Astaneh-Asl has been studying the structural
remains of the towers since the first few hours of this tragic event.
He will report on the causes of the collapse itself and possible
measures that can be taken to mitigate the effects of such a disaster
in the future. One of our very best speakers, Professor Astaneh-Asl
has presented to Congress and has reported to a number of national
agencies regarding his findings.
Petra and I also look forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming
Distinguished Engineering
Alumni Award celebration and dinner on Saturday November
16th at the Claremont Hotel. You can register
online and join us for this real highlight of the Engineering
Alumni Society calendar.
Thank you again for your support of Berkeley Engineering and Go
Bears!
/rich
A. Richard Newton
Dean, College of Engineering and
the Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering
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