Northeastern University - Cauldron Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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College of Engineering Quality Change Transforms NU into a Power Degree School Increases in faculty, more co-op jobs and an Innpresslvely builr new home con be rocked on to the lisr of latest developments within Norrheostern ' s College of Engineering. At a time when enrollment is leveling off ond the search for a permanent dean goes on, Acting Dean Soul Nomyet soys, The quality is still improving. One major step is the building of the new 5nell Engineering Center, which provides 30 new laboratory areas, five multi-purpose classrooms, two lecture halls and plenty of office space for faculty and odministrotion members. The increase in faculty has moinly been seen in the elearicol and computer science engineering deportments. The new lobs also provide students with more opportunity to conduct reseorch. Dean Nomyet said that although NU isn ' t In the top ten of engineering schools in the country, it is a good school, competitive, and the grods do well in the market place. He added, NU Is not a highly theoretical school, compared to Stanford or MIT. The students ore more practice oriented and con go out and get o job done. Where os most grods from regular four year schools need extensive training when they start working in the reol world, NU students hov e a better advantage at getting o job, soys Deon Nomyet. It ' s (NU) great, sold junior Michael Lynch of NU ' s Engineering Council, and with the job experience you con ' t beat it. Co-op advisors, John Mullholl and Elizabeth von Szilossy claim the list of companies being added to the co-op progrom is growing. These ore big name companies, von Szilossy sold. As for as educotion is concerned, The students will be getting a better moth background with the new curriculum, Mulhollsoid, which is updated every four yeors to keep things current. Students hove commented on the new lobs being o lot better, sold von Szilossy. She also noted the terrific acoustics in the leaure holls, ond the ease of putting on lob and oudio visuol presentotions. As for her own purposes she sold, There is great improvement in organization. Like the students, von Szilossy olso oppreciates having all the offices in one building. It ' s ' ; rc. all the professors you need ore right . -T: in the building, said engineering Aaing Deon Soul Nomyet soys, The qualify Is still Improving. He maintains this even though he is the second acting deon since June 1 965 and the search for o permanent dean continues. Student Joyce Knezevich. Prior to the opening of Snell, the departments of engineering were scattered around the campus. However, now they ore all under one roof. Dean Nomyet feels there may hove been o lost intimacy within specific deportments, such OS civil engineering, which was formerly locoted in Doltolph (now Cullinone). The deportment wos very tight knit, occording to Dean Nomyet. So much so that they even referred to themselves as students of Boltolph University. However, Dean Nomyet soys things ore getting bock to normol. Most of the engineering students speak positively about Snell, noting moinly its convenience, ond as junior Gene Guiliono soys, It ' s comfy. However, senior Ed Bell noted, You ' re limited to meeting only engineers, which isn ' t optimal for sociolizing. To this, Guiliono replied, He shouldn ' t hove time to socialize anyway. Seniors Mork Worren and Steve Torbouer suggested mixing nursing with engineering. This resolution brought a smile to Bell, who then sold now that ' s a goodideo. The reasons for building Snell weren ' t purely cosmetic, although Deon Nomyer pointed out that when parents come here they don ' t like to see pavement and gray brick buildings. He admits the building isn ' t on answer to the lack of clossroom space, but it is o great help In increasing facuify and bringing more research into the program. The College now offers more reseorch jobs as co-op, which up until now hod been minimal. Under the odministrotion of Harold Lurie, who wos dean from 1981 to June of 1965, the College of Engineering underwent improvements in industry and college relations. When Lurie retired from his posifion he was reploced by Acting Deon Elizabeth Drake, who wos the first womon ever appointed deon of o college of engineering. She took a leave of absence for medical reosons, which wos effective Oct. 5, 1964. Nomyet was then appointed octing dean. He has been a civil engineering professor at NU for 25 years ond will continue to hold the position os acting deon until Droke returns, or until o

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dministratioff ollege of Computer Scieni In 1985, rhe demand already exceeds the supply ir skilled workers who program, design and operate jmpurers. Experts in the field ore estimating that by ?90, more than holf-a-million new jobs will be mailable for individuals trained in computer use. any professionals in the computer field see the im- Drtonce of computer education now, in order to in- ire computer advancement in the future. One in- vidual, Dean Paul M. Koioghan, sow this need for eater education in computer related areas and has icceeded in applying his ideas ot Northeastern. Koioghan is an astronomer, physicist and computer ientist omong other achievements. He wos a lecturer Northeastern University in the college of Engineer- g from 1967 through 1973, becoming o full-time culty member in 1981 . Computer courses were odd- d to the curriculum beginning in the lote 1950 ' s. As e computer become more important in society, Nor- eostern exponded the ovailibility of computer ience courses. In 1977, a progrom in computer ience was estoblished in the College of Engineering. J introduced its first formol program in 1980 as o joint ?nture involving the College of Arts and Sciences ond e College of Engineering. Kologhon realized the need for a separate college computer science due to the fast paced direction of e computer industry. He drew up a plan for the col- ge and presented his plon to the administration, ongly believing that computer science could get the pport and funds it needed to compete as a college. In July 1982, after Northeostern brought in a review am and Kologhon ond his colleagues struggled to ?t the college opproved, the first and currently only dependent College of Computer Science in the US, OS instated at NU with Kologhon os dean. The College of Computer Science is designed to train ospective scientists to develop the ability to cognize and solve problems arising from rhe use of imputers in business, educational and research ivironments. Major research interests of the faculty include: or- iciol intelligence applied to expert systems; natural nguoge processing and pattern recognition; Derating systems and parallel processing techniques; 3tQ base system design for monogement information ' Stems; computer networking and communications; -id computer graphics opplicotions. The college provides students with hands-on ex- ' rience in the use of modern time-shoring ond micro- )mputer systems. Facilities include about 170 Corvus oncepr microcomputer systems as well as various fher systems. The newly renovated Cullinone uilding, formerly Botolph, contains about as much mputer capability as in NU as a whole. Expected nrollment in the College of Computer Science, after This student is working on one of rhe 1 70 Corvus Concept microcompurer systems tioused in Cullinone Hall. the initial five year enrollment cycle completes itself, is P expected to be 1100 students. Groduate along with under-groduQte curriculums ore now being offered, with a master s program in the works. Kologhon, quoting o colleague, exploined com- puter scientists as the tool builders for other trodes. He believes, the role of rhe college is not to train com- puter technicians or technocrots, but to educate the next generation of informed and responsible techno- logical leaders. Being t he only college in America dedicated ex- clusively to the study of computer science, the College of Computer Science sees itself in o singular position to be o force of change. With o faculty thot has grown 300% in the lost two yeors, ond a dean os committed to the odvoncement of computer science as Kologhon, the college will become o positive ond welcomed example for change in the computer in- dustry. — Kim Moizner All photo s by William Scheidegger

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permanenr dean is appointed. The changeover of deans hos nor hod an offecr on rhe srudenrs. We get rhe job done, Namyer said. Things do seem a litrle srognonr, bur rhings ore definirely improving with fhe building of Sneil. There are updated computer systems, and new cad-coms. With all this going on you wouldn ' t even notice any changeover, said Lynch. There has been steody improvement. He also notices more input from students and the administration ' s willingness to respond. There are plans to build on extension to Snell in five years, soys Nomyet. At the moment, the school of engineering is on the upswing and as Lynch put it, There is on optimistic outlook among students. Things must be going pretty well if on engineering student ' s greatest complaint is that there ore not Dutterf ingers in the candy machines in Snell, sold junior Gene Guiliono. — Kothy Fazio The Snell Engineering Center, new equipmenr. increases in rhe foculry and on updated curriculum all add up to more co-op jobs for engineering students. This is one of two new lecture holls which are loved by both students and faculty alike for their comfort and excellent acoustics. All photo ' s by Jim Karoion