Widener University - Pioneer Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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These Engineers DON'T Drive Tram Dr. Nickander J. Damaskos lf you have seen high school students trying to get their catapult device to shoot baskets in the gym, or are ac- quainted with a hard-working student who has taken Statics or Electro- magnetics, you know engineering is a challenge for the students who sacrifice long hours endeavoring to get a grasp of the concepts. For them, the sacrifices they make now are the price they have to pay for the hope of a well-paying job in the future, or the satisfaction of help- ing others. The future relies on how well Widener's engineering curriculum prepares students. When Dr. Groesburg assumed the position of Dean of Engineering he instituted some changes he felt would be beneficial to the stu- dents. One ofthe most notable areas of change was in the problems laboratories. In these laboratories the students get practical experience by ap- plying their knowl- edge and develop- . ing their communi' cation skills. Dr. Groesburg was in the process of making the system more industrially oriented when he resigned from the position over the winter break. With Dr. Groes- burg gone the posi- tion needed to be 28 Dr. Raymond P. Jefferis '-mv-....... Joseph A. Arbuckle X - Charles A. Meyer 1.1. . 21- .+2r,.v L fr J 1 r 'r-' .. ,vga 4 i5?e.'5'?p ?fr. Y' ff ni? , ' ' '73 e?M.ef?.f fa-Lg. - 1 B QP ., 1 .wi bf , 1453 . ,vx--,- rs fu, N 2? ff? it If ,.fw2fj4wM, J' . . llvl ' g A if li, J Al 7 zvivumwmr. l Y7 c P Dr. Yash A. Gupta M. B. Parker Louis A Madonna XJ , x z ,uv -ix

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9 veal' I Dr, Blanche Kauffman 153' Dr. Robert Melzi Dr. Martin Goldstein Dr Kathleen LArmand -l Mark Kirszner Dr. Howard W Dr, Martha Schleifer John Matulis, Jr. Dr. Edmund Biddle Margaret Christensen

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S -c Wx mv' Dr. Brian J. Savilonis L ... DI-519,931 -4' -. www' Dr. Nathanial R. Komfield L. Dr. Alfred T. Johnson, Jr. 3. ...A s.. 1 ' s1s.'sQ1:s.. s W. . s A. t EL: Ns T lk. : .. ,.. . . . ... . fs. . .. .. . K 'XS t - Q. t??s. .fi a-. X r A . Q. Qs., gs? .. .. .-rf.-. surf, f .. 3 M ' ' JJ-, if 3 it iw fr QE,:, Q,jQ. 9:5k,.m.. . . .Qu - .vlan-r 2' . . Mig? ,S .. -f t 1 .. 1 ff ,.....r..f- :Q .. ...R 1, filled to maintain a balanced program. The Dean of Engineering is a demand- ing job. The dean must be well-rounded in the engineering fields to provide leadership and a solid curriculum. Managerial skills are essential for maintaining a positive attitude among professors and students. It is also vital that the dean not be prejudiced towards any of the professors. A committee has been established to find the new dean, who will assume responsibility in the beginning of the 1980-81 school year. In the in- terim, the Associate Dean of the Col- lege, Joseph Ar- buckle, has the re- sponsibility of pro- viding leadership to the engineers. The new dean can be expected to change certain programs. For example, the graduate program might be altered to meet the needs of the changing engineering community. The dean will doubtless have ideas about the Senior Projects and Problems Laboratories, which provide experience but consume a great amount of time and effort while being limited in credit. With the D1Taranto new dean's arrival and the implementa- tion of his ideas the engineering cur- riculum can be expected to become even more challenging. - ,, - . i-rr - -'fs Dr. Francis S. Chambers l Sandor n n .1 n I Gift Dr. Michael P. Smyth Dr. Gopalakrishna Nadig Matthew S. Polk