The student enrollment for 2009 was 264 (Fall Semester) undergraduate, 37 MS students, and 16 Ph.D. students. The MEEP faculty had a very productive year with 24 peer reviewed journal articles, two book chapters, 36 international and national presentations. The MEEP department has been accredited by ABET for 6 years. The MEEP students have had very successful year for collecting prestigious awards:


• _AbilityOne Network Design Challenge__: _Congratulations to Eric Hoffman, Lisa Furby, Ronnie Mays, Samir Shah, Bryan Whitney Belt, along with faculty advisor Dr. James Mathias; they had first place for a Calendar Production Device (http://news.siuc.edu/news/May10/052010tjc10042.html).

• _Moonbuggy__: _Congratulations to Zachary Leffler, Hunter Wickland, Phillip Orman, Dustin Kurtz, Jeongyong Choi, along with faculty advisor, Dr. Tsuchin Chu, and Tim Attig; they placed 6th in the 2010 Great Moonbuggy Race (http://news.siuc.edu/news/May10/050310tjc10035.html).
• _Racecar:_ Congratulations to Ryan Vojtech, Frederick Holmes, Ryan Siriann, Brad Wilson, Brian Hanson and Brad Bainbridge, along with faculty advisor, Alan Weston; they placed second in the Gateway Rush Competition.

• _25 Most Distinguished Seniors:_ Lisa Furby, Felipe Pinchera Valdez, and Jared Willard, each are graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, were recognized as distinguished seniors at SIUC. Congratulations to them.

• _Fifty for the Future:_ Justin Behrens and Phillip Orman were awarded “Fifty for the Future”. The award is given by the Illinois Technology Foundation to 50 college students throughout Illinois. The awards were given in Chicago, IL.