St. Petersburg Times, 2/17/08, USF engineering ingenuity on display

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TAMPA - Former engineering professor Rudolf Henning walked among the robots and poster boards at the 35th annual USF Engineering Expo on Saturday, stopping to shake hands with those who remember him from his teaching days.

Back then, the University of South Florida's Engineering Expo was just starting up - the first one was in 1973, and there weren't nanotechnology or nuclear fusion demonstrations like there were on Saturday. Instead, computers that used punch cards were the new, exciting thing, he said.

"Engineering always changes," Henning said.

Though children could still construct model buildings with gumdrops and spaghetti in a civil engineering display, newer fields such as nanotechnology and bioengineering also were showcased.

Robert Tufts led tours through the 2-year-old nanotechnology laboratory, where he described his field as the study of things that are smaller than the width of a strand of hair.

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http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/17/Hi...ng_ingen.shtml

[Natasha]

Rudy was an amazing Engineering Professor! It's good to see this retired educator mentioned in the article. He's a wonderfully kind and loving gentleman, too!