Dr. Baki Cetegen, Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, has been elected a Councilor to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE). He will serve a five-year term commencing July 1, 2014. Dr. Cetegen joins colleague and fellow Council member Dr. Harris Marcus on the prestigious 11-member Council; professor emeritus Dr. Lee Langston serves as Chair of the CASE Energy Committee. The CASE Council comprises members from industry and academia and is responsible for a variety of activities and decisions, including setting the procedures governing election of new members, overseeing staff, confirming presidential appointments to committees, establishing the annual budget and dues, recommending changes to the CASE bylaws, hosting symposia and approval of CASE studies and the distribution of study reports.

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