NCR College of Engineering Interdisciplinary Research Committee

Members: Lamine Mili, Pamela Murray-Tuite, Hazhir Rahmandad

Main points: Given the small size of each program and the growing interest in interdisciplinary work across funding agencies and scholarly circles, there is great need and value in pooling together the VT resources in the Northern Virgina for different collaborative activities. This committee will work on creating a structure to facilitate interaction between different departments that can lead to a better collegial environment for faculty and graduate students and more collaborative research. The following general areas were identified for facilitating collaboration:

• Seminar series
• Research collaborations
• Sharing courses
• Social activities

Current active seminars in the area include:

• ARI bi-weekly Bio seminar
• Occasional infrastructure seminars by Fred Krimgold
• CEE weekly seminars 3:30-5pm on Fridays (broadcast from Blacksburg)
• CS seminar series, 2-3 per semester o ISE/CEE seminar, supposed to be weekly, but in practice more like monthly, usually Friday afternoons

Published by Bill Frakes on January 24 of 2008