UH System welcomes new board members. Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Nandita V. Berry (’91, J.D. ’95), Tilman J. Fertitta, Jarvis V. Hollingsworth (J.D. ’93) and Kristen Lindley to the UH System Board of Regents. “With their diverse backgrounds, considerable talents and strong leadership abilities, I am confident that each of these appointees will make outstanding contributions to our board and to the University of Houston System,” says UH System Chancellor and UH President Renu Khator. The appointments of Berry, Fertitta and Hollingsworth expire Aug. 31, 2015. They replace Calvin Stephens (’72), Dennis Golden (’76, O.D. ’77) and Lynden Rose (’83, J.D. ’89), whose board terms expired. The 10-member Board of Regents is the governing body of the UH System, which includes UH, UH-Clear Lake, UH-Downtown and UH-Victoria as well as UH System at Sugar Land and UH System at Cinco Ranch multi-institutional teaching centers and KUHT television and KUHF radio stations. Berry, of Houston, is senior counsel at Locke, Lord, Bissell and Liddell LLP.
She received a bachelor’s degree from Mt. Carmel College in Bangalore, India, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston and a law degree from the UH Law Center. Fertitta, of Houston, is chairman and CEO of Landry’s Restaurants Inc. He attended the University of Houston. Hollingsworth, of Sugar Land, is a partner at Bracewell and Giuliani LLP. He received a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was co-captain of the Army football team, and his law degree from UH. Earlier this year, Kristen Lindley was appointed as the student regent for a one-year term expiring May 31, 2010. Lindley graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from UH-Victoria and has entered UHV’s M.B.A. program this fall. She is the first UHV student to be named to the board.Gov. Appoints Regents
UH forges intricate partnership. Bellamy insists that “UH enabled a can-do mindset and provided a neutral environment in which issues were discussed openly and resolved.” SWTC, which is dedicated to research and education in the area of public safety technology and homeland security, entered into an agreement with the county and port authority to plan, develop, design, construct and implement security projects, says center executive director and engineering professor Steven Pei. Local officials, including U.S. Rep. Gene Green (’71) and County Judge Ed Emmett, note the instrumental role UH played in creating a security apparatus that also will protect residents and workers, deter theft and mitigate man-made and natural disasters. “In an area such as the security of the Port of Houston, there can be no weak link in the chain. Every facility must cooperate and contribute to harden the port from terrorists,” says U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Bill Diehl, adding that Bellamy married “the intellectual knowledge of the University of Houston with the industrial might of the facilities along the ship channel to make a security ring of steel.” Patients in study get customized contacts. The development of the Houston Ship Channel Security District, a public-private partnership that will fund enhancements to technology, infrastructure and processes along the ship channel, was done in large part by Pat Bellamy (’76), chairman of the Houston Ship Channel Security Council and director of UH’s Southwest Public Safety Technology Center. Bellamy insists that “UH enabled a can-do mindset and provided a neutral environment in which issues were discussed openly and resolved.” SWTC, which is dedicated to research and education in the area of public safety technology and homeland security, entered into an agreement with the county and port authority to plan, develop, design, construct and implement security projects, says center executive director and engineering professor Steven Pei. Local officials, including U.S. Rep. Gene Green (’71) and County Judge Ed Emmett, note the instrumental role UH played in creating a security apparatus that also will protect residents and workers, deter theft and mitigate man-made and natural disasters. “In an area such as the security of the Port of Houston, there can be no weak link in the chain. Every facility must cooperate and contribute to harden the port from terrorists,” says U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Bill Diehl, adding that Bellamy married “the intellectual knowledge of the University of Houston with the industrial might of the facilities along the ship channel to make a security ring of steel.” Free iPhone app helps burn calories. What can’t the iPhone do? Thanks to a UH computer science professor, it can count the calories burned through the Walk n’ Play download. Available from Apple’s App Store, users can have fun while burning calories. The game allows players to keep track of their physical activity through their iPhones. “You attach the phone to your waistband or carry it in your pocket, and it records every motion — from walking to climbing stairs — and translates it into calories burned,” “You attach the phone to your waistband or carry it in your pocket, and it records every motion — from walking to climbing stairs — and translates it into calories burned,” Pavlidis says. “The game tallies everything daily.” A defining characteristic is the competition aspect. Users can employ the buddy system with a friend who also carries an iPhone or challenge themselves with a simulator programmed to follow an ideal routine for maintaining or losing weight through healthy activities. While similar devices, like pedometers, are not new, this iPhone application is unique. Pedometers communicate measurements with steps. Calories, however, are metabolic units and the best measure of physical activity. But, people don’t sweat through everyday tasks anymore. Walk n’ Play allows the user to treat the world as a treadmill, giving a more accurate calorie count. “Modern conveniences have changed our way of life,” says Pavlidis. “The basic idea behind the application we’ve developed is for people to get motivated and back to living more active lifestyles.”Creation of the Ship Channel Security District
The development of the Houston Ship Channel Security District, a public-private partnership that will fund enhancements to technology, infrastructure and processes along the ship channel, was done in large part by Pat Bellamy (’76), chairman of the Houston Ship Channel Security Council and director of UH’s Southwest Public Safety Technology Center.Designer Lenses
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Designed by a team of researchers led by Ioannis Pavlidis, Eckerd Pfeiffer Professor, the application’s co-developers include postdoctoral researcher Pradeep Buddharaju (M.S. ’05, Ph.D. ’07) and doctoral student Yuichi Fujiki.
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