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October 2, 2007
*MEDIA ADVISORY*
CONTACT: Missy Corley
(301) 405-6501
mcorley@umd.edu
 WHAT: The A. James Clark School of Engineering inducts its 2007 honoree into the Innovation Hall of Fame, which celebrates technological innovations by Clark School alumni, faculty and friends and serves as an inspiration to students. Past members pioneered such technologies as the universal product code (bar code), Doppler radar, the flexible coronary artery stent and retractable airplane landing gear.
WHO: Raymond J. Krizek (left), M.S. '61 in civil engineering, has made essential contributions to geotechnical engineering and the field of slurry mechanics, creating the standards that guide such environmentally challenging projects as marine dredging, port management, and island restoration in the Chesapeake Bay and around the world. U-Md. Provost Nariman Farvardin will be on hand to confer the 2007 Innovation Hall of Fame medallion to Krizek.
WHEN: October 4, 2007
4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
To be immediately followed by the Charles & Helen White Symposium on Engineering Innovation
WHERE: Kim Engineering Building Innovation Hall of Fame
A. James Clark School of Engineering
University of Maryland College Park Campus, College Park, MD 20742
MORE: Event web site and Innovation Hall of Fame
Seagirt Marine Terminal near Baltimore—a project that benefited from Krizek's work.
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