The NDSU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is planning a farewell reception for Daniel Ewert, professor and chair, on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Union Room of Nations.
Ewert is leaving NDSU to become the director of Arrowhead University Consortium Iron Range Engineering through Minnesota State University, Mankato. He will start his new position in January.
Ewert joined NDSU in 1990 and has developed several courses in the biomedical engineering area. A nationally recognized researcher who involves his students with his work, Ewert has a long history of working with companies and other universities in modeling the heart and cardiovascular system. Ewert and his students also have developed wireless sensor systems for NASA’s upcoming Mars mission.
Ewert has served as the chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2001.