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2001–2002, by ASCE’s G-I Institute, 2003–
present; Geotechnical Testing Journal, published
by ASTM, 1988–present, Computers
and Geotechnics, published by Elsevier Applied
Science Publishers, Ltd., London, England,
1984–present; member, International
Editorial Committee, Soils and Foundations,
published by the Japanese Geotechnical Society,
1998–present; member, Editorial Advisory
Board, International Journal of Numerical and
Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, published
by Wiley, 1984–present; reviewed 45
manuscripts submitted to the above journals
as well as to Journal of Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE; Journal
of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE; International
Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE; Geotechnique,
ICE; Geotechnical Engineering, ICE;
Soils and Foundations, Japan; International
Journal of Solids and Structures; European
Journal of Mechanics—A/Solids.
■ Lucko, G., Ph.D., specialty editor for the
Journal of Construction Engineering and
Project Management, Korea Institute of Construction
Engineering and Management,
2011, and (project planning and design) for
the Journal of Construction Engineering and
Management, 2010–2011; reviewer for
Computer Graphics Forum, Papers in Regional
Science, Canadian Society for Civil
Engineering, Journal of Management in
Engineering, Construction Management
and Economics, Journal of Computing in
Civil Engineering, Automation in Construction,
Journal of Construction Engineering
and Management, 2010–2011; session
chair, Expanding Modeling and Analytical
Capabilities for Construction Projects, for
the Winter Simulation Conference, Baltimore,
Md., 2010; lead mentor for the ACE
Mentor Program of Greater Washington at
Alexander Graham Bell Multicultural Senior
High School in Columbia Heights, Washington,
D.C., 2010–2011.
■ Lum P.S., Ph.D., served on the NIH study
section National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development Study Section: Function,
Integration and Rehabilitation Sciences
Program, Washington, D.C., June 2010, Oct.
2011, March 2011; holder of U.S. provisional
patent application — Inventors Peter
Lum and Elizabeth Brokaw, “HAND SPRING
ACTUATED MOVEMENT ENHANCER”; Application
No. 61/349,305 ; filed May 2010.
■ Massoudieh A., Ph.D., reviewer for Journal
of Hydrology; Environmental Modeling &
Software; Environmental Science & Technology;
ASCE Journal of Water Resources
Management and Planning; Transport in
Porous Media (TIPM).
■ Mathews, S., Ph.D., organized students to
design and install a 1.4 kWatt, 2-axis tracking,
solar array and associated electronics
at the Franciscan Monastery; executive
committee chair for the 13th International
Congress on Laser Precision Microfabrication,
to be held at CUA in June 2012; adviser
to first group of students to graduate
from the Alternative Energy Program.
■ Mavroeidis, G.P., Ph.D., reviewer for Journal
of Structural Engineering—ASCE, Earthquake
Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Engineering
Structures, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake
Engineering, Advances in Structural
Engineering, and Earthquakes and Structures;
review panel member for the National Science
Foundation, Arlington, Va.; member of
the ASCE Seismic Effects Committee.
■ Nguyen, C.C., D.Sc., dean, visited the University
of Macau (UM), Macau, China on
April 1, 2011, and signed a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) with the Faculty of
Science and Technology of UM.
■ Nguyen, C.C., D.Sc., met the officials of the
Faculty of Engineering of the Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China on
April 4, 2011; discussed with the acting
dean of the above faculty about the renewal
of the student exchange program between
CUA and PolyU.
■ Nguyen, C.C., D.Sc., together with a delegation
from the School of Engineering visited
several universities in India from April 5 to
April 11, 2011, to explore research and educational
opportunities; the visited universities
included University of Burdwan in Burdwan,
The University of Calcutta in Calcutta, Christ
University in Bangalore, and the Ansal Institute
of Technology (AIT) in New Delhi; signed
several MOUs with the above institutions; and
the delegation also visited InfoSys, one of
major IT companies in the world, in Bangalore
on April 2011.
■ Nguyen, C.C., D.Sc., together with a delegation
from the School of Engineering traveled
to Mexico and visited several Mexican
Catholic universities from May 24 to May 27,
2011, to explore educational opportunities.
The universities the delegation visited were
Universidad Popular del Estado de Puebla
(UPAEP), Universidad Anáhuac México Norte,
and Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM). MOUs
were signed with these universities.
■ Nguyen, C.C., D.Sc., served as the Honorary
Co-Chair of 20th Anniversary Gala of the Viet-
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namese Culture and Science Association
(VCSA), Houston, Texas, October 2010.
■ Pan, T., Ph.D., member, Transportation Research
Board Committee, 2010, Committee
AHD40: Polymer Concretes, Adhesives, and
Sealers, Committee AFN20: Properties of
Concrete, Committee AHD45: Corrosion,
Committee AFP60: Engineering Properties
of Unsaturated Soils, American Society of Civil
Engineers Geo-Institute Pavements Committee.
■ Plaku, E., Ph.D., associate editor of the
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems, 2011; member of
the steering committee of IEEE RAS Technical
Committee on Algorithms for Planning
and Control of Robot Motion 2010 and 2011
and the program committee of Robotics:
Science and Systems, 2010 and 2011.
■ Sun, L., Ph.D., reviewer of Advances in Civil
Engineering Journal; Automation in Construction;
Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure
Engineering; Computers and
Structures, Construction & Building Material;
International Journal of Numerical and Analytical
Methods in Geomechanics; Journal of
the Transportation Research Board; Journal
of Transportation Engineering, ASCE; hosted
two program directors from the National Science
Foundation, during which a presentation
was made to highlight the activities and
sponsored research by these two programs
in recent decades, the 14th Annual Landmine
& Buried Explosive Object Detection
Research Review Meeting, Feb. 2–3, 2011,
and Washington, D.C., chapter meeting for
the Acoustical Society of America, Feb. 28,
2011; session chair, Engineering Acoustics,
161th meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America, Seattle, Wash., May 23–27, 2011.
■ Tran, B.Q., Ph.D., reviewer of the IEEE T
ransactions on Information Technology in
Biomedicine and Computer Methods and
Programs in Biomedicine; interviewed for
and highlighted in the book 90 Days to
Success in Grant Writing by T. Kachinske
and J. Kachinske; served on grant review
panel on the National Institutes of Health’s
Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 AARRH 52,
2010; chaired the 2011 3rd Annual Engineering
Senior Design Day at The Catholic
University of America; member of the International
Program Committee for the 6th
IASTED International Conference on Biomechanics
to be held Nov. 7–9, 2011, in Pittsburgh,
Pa.; initiated with B. Dutta (physics) a
new master’s degree program in materials
science and engineering.
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