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Einsteinum at TU
Einsteinum, a new chapter of
Iota Sigma Pi (a national honor
society for women in chemistry),
has been established in Tulsa and
will be housed at The University of
Tulsa. Officers were installed in a
formal ceremony April 25.
The society’s objectives include
promoting professional development
and personal growth of
women in chemistry and related
fields.
Hybrid Car Wins
Engineering Award
A hybrid electric vehicle
designed and built by University
of Tulsa engineering students has
been presented the Outstanding
Engineering Achievement Award
in the student category by the
Oklahoma Society of Professional
Engineers. The award recognizes
an outstanding achievement
designed by engineering students,
that captures the “innovative and
dynamic spirit of the profession.”
TU students drove the Proxima
in the May 22-25 Tour de Sol race,
competing against 18 teams driving
hybrid-electric, battery-electric
and alternative fuel vehicles. The
TU car took part in more than 240
miles of rallies and in public displays
in Trenton, New Jersey, and
New York City.
TU Awarded Grant To
Help Develop Cleaner,
More Efficient Vehicles
TU is among 17 universities
chosen for “Challenge X: Crossover
to Sustainable Mobility,” a national
student engineering contest to
improve existing automobiles and
fuel usage to reduce pollution and
energy consumption.
TU received a one-year grant
of $10,000 and next year should
receive further funding and a new
2005 Chevrolet Equinox that the
students will transform into a
hybrid electric vehicle that is powered
by both fuel cells that convert
hydrogen gas into electricity, and
by its existing engine that will be
fueled by a blend of diesel and
plant-derived oil. The goals are to
reduce energy consumption and
decrease emissions, while maintaining
the performance and utility
features of the original vehicle.
Hall of Fame Inductees
Four alumni and Bob Lawless
were inducted April 15 into
the College’s Hall of Fame.
Ron and Jean Hinn, Houston;
Wayne Rumley, Tulsa; and
Jonathan Detwiler, Phoenixville,
Pennsylvania, were honored.
Detwiler, who earned his
degree in petroleum engineering
in 1953, specialized in the refining
side of the discipline. He retired in
1998 when he sold his businesses,
which had about 450 employees.
Rumley graduated in 1960
with a bachelor of science degree
in chemical engineering. In 1965
he started Air Cooled Exchangers,
which he sold in 1968, then established
R & R Engineering, which
designs and manufactures air cooled
exchangers.
Ron and Jean Hinn both
majored in petroleum engineering.
She graduated in 1976 and he in
1977. They were married in 1978.
Jean Hinn began her career as
a production engineer with Amoco
Production Co. In 1994 she led a
team that evaluated the feasibility of
forming a joint venture with Shell
in the Permian Basin. The venture
became Altura Energy, the largest
oil producer in Texas.
Ron Hinn’s career began with
Mobil. He joined Occidental at
the time of the Altura sale, and
now serves as the Knowledge
Management Lead in Occidental’s
worldwide engineering and technical
services organization. He has
held many positions in the Society
of Petroleum Engineers, including
chairman of the Gulf Coast Section.
He is a past recipient of SPE’s
Distinguished Member Award and
its Outstanding Young Member
Award.
The induction of Lawless was
a surprise, presented to him for his
strong support of TU’s science and
engineering education.
Pictured at the April 15 induction ceremony for TU’s College of Engineering and
Natural Sciences Hall of Fame are (left to right): Steven Bellovich, dean of the
College of Engineering and Natural Sciences; Jean Hinn, Ron Hinn, Jonathan
Detwiler, Wayne Rumley and TU President Emeritus Bob Lawless.
Conference to Examine
Supreme Court and
International Law
The world’s pre-eminent legal
scholars and political scientists will
explore “The Supreme Court’s
2003-2004 Term: Building Bridges
or Constructing Barriers Between
National, Foreign and International
Law?” at a conference presented by
the Comparative and International
Law Center (CILC) at The
University of Tulsa College of Law,
Oct. 28 and 29. From the rights
of enemy combatants detained in
Guantanamo to the rights of foreigners
to use U.S. courts the in
the face of human rights violations
committed abroad, the 2003-2004
Term’s banner headline cases bear
significantly on the relationship
between domestic and international
law.
Harold Hongju Koh, dean and
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe
Smith Professor of International
Law, Yale Law School, will give
the conference keynote speech at
7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28 in the
Great Hall of the Allen Chapman
Activity Center, Fifth Place and
South Gary Avenue. “This Term
was the most significant international
law Term in my lifetime,”
Koh said, citing 10 cases involving
international law. His address will
be the 9th annual John W. Hager
lecture, named for a former TU law
professor.
Eric Posner, Kirkland and Ellis
Professor of Law, University of
Chicago, will reflect on broader
conference themes at Friday’s
luncheon session. Three panel
discussions will complete the
conference schedule. The first,
“The War on Terror, Executive
Power, and International Law:
Detaining ‘Enemy Combatants’
in Guantanamo and at Home”
will feature Bradford A. Berenson,
Sidley and Austin, former Associate
Counsel to President; Laura
Dickinson, associate professor of
law, University of Connecticut;
and Mark Dow, author of American
Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration
Prisons (2004).
The second panel discussion,
“Sosa v. Alvarez Machaim and
the Alien Tort Claims Act,” will
bring together Sarah Cleveland,
Marrs McLean Professorship in
Law, University of Texas; Gary
Hufbauer, Institute of International
Economics; and William Dodge,
professor of law, University of
California Hastings.
In the final panel discussion,
“The Supreme Court,
Constitutional Courts, and the
Role of International Law in
Constitutional Jurisprudence,”
participants will be Paul Schiff
Berman, professor of law,
University of Connecticut; Bruce
Carolan, acting head of the
School of Social Sciences and
Legal Studies, Dublin Institute of
Technology, Dublin, Ireland; Janet
Levit, associate professor of law,
University of Tulsa College of Law;
and Melissa Waters, assistant professor
of law, Washington and Lee
School of Law.
For more information or to
register, contact Kim Fryer at
kim-fryer@utulsa.edu or (918) 631-
5604.
Friedman’s Work Focus
of Symposium
Participants at the fourth
annual Legal Scholarship
Symposium at The University
of Tulsa College of Law will
discuss and critique the work of
Lawrence M. Friedman, Marion
Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law
at Stanford Law School. Friedman
and 11 other notable legal scholars
from around the country will
take part in the event, scheduled
for Thursday and Friday, Sept. 30
and Oct. 1, in the Price Turpen
Courtroom in John Rogers Hall.
To register, contact vickijordan@utulsa.edu
or (918) 631-
2429. For more information,
contact rita-langford@utulsa.edu or
(918) 631-2560.
Effects of International
Family Law on Local
Practices
A two-part seminar, “Creating
and Dissolving Families Across
Borders: How International Family
Law Affects Your Practice,” will
be presented Oct. 15, 2004, at the
College. Attorneys can earn CLE
hours for the workshop, which is
presented by the Comparative and
International Law Center and the
Oklahoma Bar Association Family
Law Section.
The morning session will cover
international adoption with presenters
John M. O’Connor, Newton
O’Connor Turner and Ketchum;
Mark J. Leblang, Leblang and
Ashbaugh; and Anna Mary Coburn,
attorney, U.S. Dept of State.
The afternoon program will
discuss international child support
and custody disputes with presenters
John J. Sampson, the William
Benjamin Wynne Professor,
University of Texas; Robert G.
Spector, the Glenn R. Watson
Centennial Chair and Professor
of Law, University of Oklahoma;
Patricia E. Apy, Paras Apy and
Reiss; and TU Professor of Law
Marianne Blair.
For more information, contact
Terry Saunders at (918) 631-2430
or terry-saunders@utulsa.edu.
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