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College of Engineering Awaits New Facility
The University broke ground in May 2011 for a new, 39,000-squarefoot
research building that will house the National Center for
Education and Research on Corrosion and Materials Performance.
The center was launched in 2010 and offers the first baccalaureate
program in corrosion engineering in the U.S.
The building, scheduled to open in winter 2011-12, will be home
to the National Center for Education and Research in Corrosion
and Materials Reliability. It will contain laboratories and faculty
offices supporting the delivery of the University’s undergraduate
program in corrosion engineering, part of the Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
The facility also will house the Timken Engineered Surfaces
Laboratory (See “Open Innovation on p. 16), as well as other
labs that will conduct sensors research funded by the Ohio
Third Frontier initiative, through the Wright Center for
Sensor Systems Engineering. The departments of Electrical
and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
will direct the sensors research.
UA President on Inside Business Power 100 List
Dr. Luis Proenza appeared once again in 2011 on Inside Business’
“Power 100” list of the most influential leaders in Northeast Ohio,
coming in at No. 18. In its list, Inside Business noted Proenza’s
participation on the national Council of Competitiveness and
the University’s shared-services arrangement with Lorain County
Community College, which the magazine said “could become
a model for regional cooperation in education.”
Center for Child Development Earns National Accreditation
The Center for Child Development (CCD) through The University
of Akron’s College of Education, jointly sponsored with the
College of Health Sciences and Human Services (HSHS), has earned
accreditation from the National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC) – the nation’s leading organization
of early childhood professionals. The accreditation is valid for
the next five years.
To earn NAEYC accreditation, the CCD went through an
extensive self-study process, measuring the program and its
services against the 10 NAEYC early childhood program
standards and more than 400 related accreditation criteria.
The program received NAEYC accreditation after an on-site
visit by NAEYC assessors. The CCD received an excellent
rating, meeting all standards and criteria.
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