Engineering
Awards and Rankings
August 30, 2024
University of Portland’s innovative new building brought home two Awards of Merit at the recent ‘2024 Regional Best Projects’ competition sponsored by Engineering News-Record Northwest.
Engineering
January 22, 2024
The $40 Million Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation Opens as a Collaborative Space to Spur Creativity and Hands-On Education.
Engineering
Portland Magazine
June 1, 2023
When Khalid Osman ’16 isn’t teaching engineering classes at Stanford University, he works on issues around water equity.
Engineering
Awards and Rankings
November 1, 2022
The University of Portland will play a key role in giving K-12 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) teachers more support and professional development through a multi-institution, $4.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Engineering
September 8, 2022
Construction Will Enhance Iconic Campus on “The Bluff” Overlooking the Willamette River
Engineering
July 23, 2022
As our students and faculty prepare to arrive on the University of Portland campus to begin the 2022-23 academic year, we want to make you aware of a construction project that will bring temporary changes – and ultimately a new center for design and innovation – to our beautiful Bluff.
Engineering
Awards and Rankings
July 23, 2022
Jordy Wolfand, Professor in Civil Engineering in the Shiley School of Engineering, in partnership with Portland State University and Utah State University, was awarded a National Science Foundation sub-award grant to focus on the Microplastic Cycle Across the Columbia River Basin to the Ocean.
Awards and Rankings
Engineering
Education
January 31, 2022
Nicole Ralston, College of Education; Tim Doughty, School of Engineering; and Heather Dillon at the University of Washington Tacoma, were awarded a four-year grant from the Kern Family Foundation related to the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN network) which is a community of more than 3,000 engineering faculty and staff across North America who aim to graduate engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset (EM).
Engineering
College of Arts and Sciences
Business
Nursing
May 26, 2020
The University of Portland’s Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is pleased to announce the 2020 Faculty Award winners.
Engineering
April 6, 2020
As a participant in the Civil Engineering Cooperative Program (CECOP), Erin McConville spent the last 6 months working in the City of Forest Grove’s engineering department.
Nursing
Engineering
April 6, 2020
The Shiley School of Engineering and Portland- area organization Community Vision have come together in a partnership with sponsored Maker Challenges and capstone projects. Community Vision’s mission is “is to make Oregon a place where people with disabilities can live, work, and thrive in the communities of their choice.” Engineering students are working together to further this mission by working on projects with Community Vision’s Assistive Technology (AT) Lab.
Engineering
April 6, 2020
At Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), trauma surgeon Dr. Albert Chi has a vision to make low-cost or free 3D printed protheses for children. A group of four Shiley School of Engineering students are helping Chi make this vision into reality. The interdisciplinary student team, with the help of Chi’s lab, are designing a 3D printed lower arm myoelectric prosthesis that will be given to a specific user at the end of the project.
Engineering
April 6, 2020
Four seniors in the Shiley School of Engineering are designing a renewable energy powered irrigation system for the 600 girls at St. Mary’s Secondary School for Girls in Karonga, Malawi. The irrigation system will serve the seven-acre farm at the school and would allow for planting and harvesting three times a year. Civil engineering students Kim Dorr and Madi Wernke and mechanical engineering students Aymon Klem and Nadine Prentice are working with two Portland-based organizations, TeamLift and Green Empowerment.
Engineering
March 30, 2020
Following a comprehensive national search, the University of Portland (UP) has named Dr. Brian Fabien as the new Dean of the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering effective July 1. University President Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., and Provost Dr. Thomas Greene announced the new appointment today. Dr. Fabien joins UP from the University of Washington in Seattle where he was most recently Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the College of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Engineering
February 21, 2020
Martin Cenek, associate professor of computer science, loves to solve problems. With a background in machine learning and complex systems, Cenek is solving problems with his students in the Shiley School of Engineering.
Engineering
Portland Magazine
January 24, 2020
Steve Johnson was born with a congenital heart disease for which he recently had heart valve surgery. As a prospective student, he learned that University of Portland is the alma mater of heart valve pioneer Donald P. Shiley, and his college choice immediately become obvious.
Engineering
Portland Magazine
Alumni
November 1, 2019
Juliana (Flores) Baza '13 earned a degree in mechanical engineering. After an internship at NASA, she took a job engineering bike helmets and was recruited by Nike to join its team as a shoe product engineer.
Engineering
Portland Magazine
November 1, 2019
Civil engineering alum Kevin Kelly '12 was the project engineer for Dundon-Berchtold Hall.
Portland Magazine
Business
Engineering
September 26, 2019
Two years after a devastating fire in the Columbia River Gorge, Pamplin School of Business economics professor Ruth Dittrich—an expert in the economics of climate change adaptation—and a team of students spent the summer conducting research to help the US Forest Service better understand where to focus trail maintenance and rehabilitation efforts.
Awards and Rankings
Engineering
September 10, 2019
University of Portland’s Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering was ranked 26th in the nation in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Undergraduate Engineering rankings released this week. The Shiley School of Engineering is ranked among universities schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a bachelor's or master's.
Engineering
Awards and Rankings
July 15, 2019
Shiley School of Engineering mechanical engineering professor Heather Dillon has been named Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education by Fulbright Canada. Dillon will test a STEM faculty peer observation protocol at the University of Calgary from August to December 2019.
Portland Magazine
Alumni
Franz Center
Engineering
June 21, 2019
Devin Ajimine recently graduated from University of Portland. He credits the Entrepreneur Scholars program with teaching him how to travel globally, network, and communicate clearly. Now a product manager at T-Mobile, Devin is also pursuing a master's in human centered design and engineering.
Alumni
Engineering
Portland Magazine
International Languages and Cultures
Franz Center
June 20, 2019
A 2015 graduate with degrees in engineering management and Spanish, Fatima Ruiz Villatoro's Entrepreneur Scholar student project of decorating hospital rooms for terminally ill children turned into a career project managing medical facility construction.
Engineering
Franz Center
June 20, 2019
The University’s new campus-wide minor in innovation will be led by Salvador Orara, who has been hired as a Franz Center professor of practice. Orara’s experience includes UX (user experience design) roles and considerable teaching experience.
Engineering
April 17, 2019
Shiley School of Engineering alum Khalid Osman ’16 has received a prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in construction engineering and project management from the University of Texas, Austin, Osman will receive three years of support through the fellowship.
Engineering
April 15, 2019
University of Portland president, Fr. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. has announced that Matthew R. Kuhn, Brother Godfrey Vassallo, C.S.C. Professor of Civil Engineering, will serve as interim dean of the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering beginning June 30 until a permanent successor is named. Kuhn has requested that he not be a candidate for the permanent position.
Engineering
April 8, 2019
Shiley School of Engineering dean Sharon Jones has accepted a position at University of Washington Bothell as vice chancellor for academic affairs effective July 2019.
Engineering
April 8, 2019
U.S. Highway 101 is world-renowned as a scenic marvel situated close to the Oregon coast, wending its way some 300 miles between the north and south boundaries of Oregon. But that scenic beauty comes at a cost: 101 crosses at least 14 coastal river estuaries on fill, not bridges, disrupting salmon runs, bird migration, and natural water flow.
Engineering
April 8, 2019
Tucked in a corner of University of Portland’s physical plant building, you can find innovation leader Edmund Stilwell of Hyster-Yale Group Inc., surrounded by work stations, rolling whiteboards, and student interns who drop in and work on projects as their schedules allow.
Engineering
April 8, 2019
Through the Multiple Engineering Cooperative Program (MECOP), Elias Paraiso ’19 was based in Daimler’s IT infrastructure department and worked on a wide range of software projects relating to server configuration, automation, web-development, and robotics.
Engineering
April 8, 2019
As a participant in the Civil Engineering Cooperative Program (CECOP), Abbey Hill ’20 spent the last six months at NW Natural supporting the management of two construction projects.
Engineering
April 8, 2019
With offices in more than 100 countries, BIOTRONIK is a global leader in developing innovative medical technologies to support cardiovascular and endovascular health. Fortunately, for University of Portland students, one office is located just outside the city of Portland and company engineers Eric Austin and Habib Homayoun ’79 BSEE, ’81 MSEE, agreed to sponsor capstone projects with the Shiley School of Engineering.
Alumni
Engineering
Portland Magazine
February 22, 2019
J'reyesha "Jay" Brannon '15 is a construction manager with the Portland Water Bureau and dedicated to mentoring young children and women of color in the engineering field.
Alumni
Engineering
Portland Magazine
February 22, 2019
Joel Rosinbum '04 is a software engineer for Black Locus in Austin, TX, and a member of the board of directors for USA Triathlon.
Awards and Rankings
Engineering
February 15, 2019
Shiley School of Engineering computer science professor Andrew Nuxoll has been named a Fulbright Specialist by the Fulbright Specialist Program at World Learning. Nuxoll will take part in a faculty exchange to Thailand for three weeks this July and will teach at Khon Kaen University. During his exchange, Nuxoll will be researching, teaching a workshop, and giving lectures on ethical issues in software and artificial episodic memory.
Awards and Rankings
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Engineering
Physics
December 10, 2018
The University of Portland was recently ranked no. 18 in “The Top 25 STEM Colleges of 2018” by Forbes.com.
College of Arts and Sciences
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
August 6, 2018
Research reveals that students enjoy better success in creative, active learning environments versus traditional, lecture style classes. In a three-year National Science Foundation funded project, UP’s REFLECT team (Redesigning Education for Learning through Evidence and Collaborative Teaching) is informing STEM faculty (science, technology, engineering, math) about how to introduce student-centered, evidence-based learning methodology into their classrooms.
Biology
Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
Engineering
Psychology
Awards and Rankings
Alumni
International Languages and Cultures
Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement
Chemistry
June 19, 2018
University of Portland alumni Julia Meng '16, Shannon Danforth '16, Katherine Cummins '17, and Brett Bankson '14 have been awarded $34,000 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation to fund graduate tuition, fees, and research.
Engineering
May 7, 2018
Shiley School of Engineering valedictorian Chris Hampel ’18 made the most of his time on The Bluff. From studying abroad in Austria to his active participation in on-campus life, Hampel looks back at his time at the University fondly and described commencement weekend as a “bittersweet” celebration of his time at UP.
Engineering
May 7, 2018
Trenton Langer ’18, who graduated with an electrical engineering degree and a computer science minor, was both honored and surprised when he was named the recipient of the Shiley School of Engineering Dean’s Award.
Engineering
May 2, 2018
Hyster-Yale Group design engineer Jimmy Anderson ’14 is working with mechanical engineering students to develop an alternative steering design for forklifts. The team hopes to create a smaller and less obtrusive steering wheel.
College of Arts and Sciences
Engineering
Alumni
May 1, 2018
Peter Chamberlain '14 is the founder of WalkSmart, a company developing mobile apps that gather information through devices attached to walkers. This information can be used to help families care for their elderly loved ones.
Engineering
April 25, 2018
Three electrical engineering students have teamed with Tektronix for their senior design project. With guidance from Tektronix principal engineer Kyle Bernard ’85 and electrical engineering professor Joe Ho beck, the team is working to locate a transmitter near the University’s campus using Tektronix RSA500 devices.
Engineering
April 3, 2018
At Oregon Health & Science University, Dr. John Ma, chair of emergency medicine, is the co-founder with co-directors Dr. David Sheridan (’04, Biology) and Dr. Matt Hansen, of IDEA EM, a team of emergency medical physicians tasked with developing clinically relevant, and eventually commercial, medical innovations.
Engineering
March 14, 2018
Sherrie Caltagirone founded the Global Emancipation Network (GEN), a Seattle-based nonprofit data clearinghouse that aims to eradicate human trafficking, in 2016. Sherrie knew her husband, Sergio, who works full-time for an industrial cybersecurity firm, could help GEN in uncovering the well-hidden online activities of human traffickers. Sergio, who earned degrees in computer science and theology from UP in 2003, also serves as GEN’s technical director.
Engineering
February 19, 2018
Get Sadie Schroeter’s perspective on her internship in the Port of Portland's engineering department as she prepares to graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from University of Portland.
Engineering
January 3, 2018
Shiley School of Engineering alumna Jennifer Belknap Williamson ’01 loves to problem solve. As the engineering director for the Port of Portland, Belknap Williamson works with her team of 85 staff members to deliver solutions on a wide range of issues.
Engineering
December 13, 2017
The UPMars STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering & Math] program recently hosted a day-long STEM camp for elementary school students in the Portland community.
Engineering
December 12, 2017
The Shiley School of Engineering held the first annual programming marathon known as "Game Jam," a competition challenging student and alumni programming skills.
Engineering
Awards and Rankings
September 14, 2017
Shiley School of Engineering was ranked 29th nationally in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Undergraduate Engineering rankings.
Awards and Rankings
Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Mathematics
Engineering
August 28, 2017
The University of Portland has received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve teaching environments for undergraduate students in STEM classes by increasing student-centered, evidence-based learning methodologies.
Engineering
Development
July 25, 2017
The University of Portland has received a $25,000 grant from the Esco Foundation of Portland for the development of an interdisciplinary makerspace in the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering.
Engineering
June 20, 2017
The Shiley School of Engineering will be welcoming five new faculty to campus this August.
Engineering
May 25, 2017
Alumnus David Allstot ’69 has accepted a faculty position as a senior research professor at Oregon State University’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Allstot graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from the University of Portland in 1969.
Engineering
May 22, 2017
The Shiley School of Engineering is proud to honor three retiring professors. Professors James Male, Wayne Lu, and Zia Yamayee retired at the end of the spring 2017 semester.
Engineering
May 9, 2017
When Christine Chen ’17 arrived at the University of Portland, she had no experience in programming or calculus. Four years later, Chen has graduated from the Shiley School of Engineering as valedictorian with a degree in computer science.
Engineering
May 8, 2017
Civil engineering graduate Reyn Stisher ’17 is the Shiley School of Engineering’s 2017 Dean’s Award recipient.
Engineering
May 2, 2017
Students from the Shiley School of Engineering participated in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation’s annual $100K Challenge Venture Competition, held at the University of Portland on Saturday, April 29.
Engineering
May 1, 2017
Civil engineering graduate Ashley Martinez ’17 was awarded a prestigious Fulbright student grant and will be moving to Mexico City this Fall.
Engineering
April 28, 2017
Electrical engineering student Quentin Ward ’17 was one of 60 students from around the country to present research at the annual Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C.
Engineering
March 13, 2017
The University of Portland’s Shiley School of Engineering has been accepted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenge Scholars Program, a combined curricular and extra-curricular program with five components that are designed to prepare students to be the generation that solves the grand challenges facing society in this century, according to Sharon Jones, Shiley dean of engineering.
Engineering
February 27, 2017
Shiley School of Engineering students Alec Kauffman, Jean Paul Mugisha, Jeremy Revlock, and Elizabeth Rowe have completed University Innovation Fellows training offered by Stanford University' Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.
Engineering
February 9, 2017
The University of Portland’s acclaimed Shiley School of Engineering has become the first institution of higher education in Oregon to join the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), a small group of universities working together to help engineering students graduate with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Engineering
December 13, 2016
Shiley School of Engineering professor Shazib Vijlee is working to develop a one-semester pre-engineering course for seniors from De La Salle North Catholic High School who are interested in pursing engineering careers.
Engineering
December 6, 2016
The Shiley School of Engineering recently sent student teams to compete in the 2016 Pacific NW Regional Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Programming contest as well as the William C. Kloos Traffic Bowl this past month.
Engineering
December 5, 2016
Alumnus Mark Pillers ’83, ’86 never imagined he would spend the better part of his successful engineering career, going on 35 years, in the “frigid Midwest.” The University of Portland graduate (B.Sc. ME 1983, M.Sc.ME 1986) is the Vice President for Cab Sales and Marketing at Crenlo, Inc., in Rochester, Minnesota, a company best known for designing and manufacturing industrial and agricultural vehicle cabs for OEM (original equipment manufacturer) clients such as Caterpillar and John Deere.
Engineering
November 30, 2016
Senior civil engineering majors Antonia Molina and Jacob Whitfield each received a 2016 Douglas P. Daniels/Coral Sales Company Scholarship.
Engineering
November 22, 2016
Civil engineering professor Mehmet Inan was interviewed by KOIN channel 6 about the earthquake in Fukushima, Japan on Monday, Nov. 21.
Alumni
Engineering
November 7, 2016
Eric Daniel Arakawa '02 has been presented with the 2016 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement.
Engineering
October 11, 2016
The University of Portland's Shiley School rises in prominence among schools of engineering as it builds a reputation for drawing women and underrepresented minorities.
Engineering
October 3, 2016
The Shiley School of Engineering held a Summer Project Showcase in September to highlight industry-based research projects completed by students.
Engineering
Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement
September 28, 2016
Cara Poor, civil engineering professor, and her team of two students recently finished their project “Sustainability of Ecoroofs: An Evaluation of Runoff Water Quality from Ecoroofs in the Portland Area.”
Engineering
Education
Nursing
Business
Awards and Rankings
September 12, 2016
For the 22nd consecutive year, the University of Portland has received a top-ten ranking by U.S. News & World Report, which today released its 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. The University is 7th out of 124 institutions listed in the “Regional Universities – West” classification.
Alumni
Physics
Engineering
Development
August 29, 2016
University of Portland alumnus and longtime benefactor Donald T. Galarneau ’49 passed away on Saturday, August 20 after a sudden illness. A Portland native, Don generously gave the University $1.5 million during his lifetime, including matching gifts from General Electric (GE), for whom he worked his entire career.
Mathematics
Biology
Engineering
Physics
Awards and Rankings
Chemistry
July 26, 2016
UP ranks no. 18 in Forbes.com's list of top STEM schools.
Alumni
Engineering
May 4, 2016
Dennnis L. Hartmann, a 1971 graduate of the University of Portland's mechanical engineering program and a professor of atmospheric sciences at University of Washington, is one of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates elected as a fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Engineering
Development
February 23, 2016
University of Portland has received a gift from engineering alumnus Dick VanGrunsven '61, for $30,000 to establish a new term professorship in the Shiley School of Engineering. Over the three-year term of the project, mechanical engineering professor Timothy Doughty will have the title “The Richard and Diane VanGrunsven Professor of Engineering.”
Engineering
January 11, 2016
University of Portland Shiley School of Engineering has received three separate grants totaling $45,000 for undergraduate student research projects dealing with environmental and sustainability issues. The research involves collaboration with other schools and organizations, and each project is funded by a $15,000 grant from the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities (The Alliance) and the Katherine Bisbee II Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation.
Engineering
Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement
November 17, 2015
Two University of Portland engineering students have been named University Innovation Fellows by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation.
Engineering
Awards and Rankings
September 3, 2015
Mark Kennedy, University of Portland civil engineering professor and associate dean for the Shiley School of Engineering, has received the 2014-2015 Oregon Engineer of the Year Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Engineering
Development
July 6, 2015
University of Portland alumnus Donald T. Galarneau, a 1949 University graduate, has donated $50,000 to the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering for the purchase for a high speed camera.
Engineering
Awards and Rankings
Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement
March 30, 2015
Chika Eke, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, has been awarded a prestigious graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
Engineering
March 18, 2015
University of Portland’s Shiley School of Engineering is one of 122 schools who signed a letter of commitment presented to President Barack Obama announcing a plan to educate a new generation of engineers expressly equipped to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society in the 21st century.
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