Purdue Notebook
April 28,2006
Faculty and staff honors
— Mete A. Sozen, Purdue's Kettelhut Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, has been selected as one of the "top seismic engineers of the 20th century" by an independent panel commissioned by the Applied Technology Council, a non-profit corporation based in Washington, D.C. The award was issued to Sozen on April 17 in honor of his "substantial contributions in earthquake engineering," according to a statement from the council.
Student honors
— Purdue's Hilltop Apartments and University Residences recently honored several of its residents. Jennifer Lindemer, a sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts and College of Education from Crown Point, Ind., was named the Hilltop Hall Council Executive Officer of the Year. Nicole Ligon, a sophomore in the School of Nursing from South Bend, Ind., was honored as the Outstanding Student Office Staff Member. Jon Murphy, a sophomore in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering from New Castle, Ind., was awarded Hilltop Hall Council Senator of the Year. Delano Palmer, of Houston, who is earning a second degree from the College of Technology, was named Hilltop Hall Council Member of the Year. All awards were for work done during the 2005-06 academic year.— Purdue senior and Army ROTC cadet Laura B. Lane, from New Albany, Ind., attended the George C. Marshall Foundation's National Security Seminar in Lexington, Va. Lane was other cadets selected from Army ROTC units across the country for this senior cadet distinction. She is the top-ranked cadet in her commissioning class and in the sixth percentile on the national order of merit lists for Army ROTC. Lane will graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in accounting. She will be commissioned as a second lieutenant of aviation in the U.S. Army. Her first assignment will be the aviation basic officer leader course followed by flight school. The George C. Marshall Foundation was established to honor the former World War II Army chief of staff and secretary of state. Cadets chosen for this honor attend the annual national seminar and participate in roundtable discussions. (kk)
— Himabindu Pucha, a doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering at Purdue, is one of 19 recipients of the 2006 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, a national award for women in engineering. Pucha, from Bombay, India, earned a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue in December 2003. The scholarship winners were selected from a pool of 324 applicants from 90 universities across the nation. The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Anita Borg and her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in computer science and technology. The award is a $10,000 scholarship for outstanding female undergraduate and graduate students completing their degrees in computer science or related fields. The winners were announced on April 7.
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