Summer 2019

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Inside This Issue:Chairman’s Message 1Industry Projects 2Faculty Grants 3Entrepreneur’s Corner 4 Alumni Focus 5KUME Impact 72017-19 Graduates 8Donor Recognition 10

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In the most recent issue of Vibrations, I conveyed my appreciation to the countless KUME alumni and individuals from industry who have supported the mechanical engineering department through the years. In large part, it has been through their dedication and enthu-siasm that many of our initiatives and accomplishments have been made possible. I also indicated that the 2017 issue would be the last one published during my time as chairman. As with many things in life, unexpected turns occur. I was asked to resume my service as chairman of KUME on an interim basis beginning in the summer of 2018, and then on a permanent basis starting in January of 2019. I was honored to accept these renewed responsibilities. My decision to return as chairman was heavily in-fluenced by the many ongoing achievements of our alumni, students

and faculty, some of which are featured in the pages that follow. Overall, in the 2017-2018 biennium our faculty members authored 130 refereed journal articles and book chapters, nearly all of which were co-authored with student advisees. Four new books were published. KUME faculty members also secured 8 patents, and founded four private companies. In 2017-2018 the faculty’s published work was cited nearly 13,000 times by students and research-ers around the globe. This impressive number of citations demonstrates the influence of our books, scholarly articles, and patents far beyond the KU campus. Collectively, KUME faculty members hold 15 Fellow appointments in various professional societies, including three in the American Associa-tion for the Advancement of Science, a paramount distinction afforded to only 25 faculty members throughout all of the University. As described in more detail in the pages that follow, industry sponsorship of KUME experiential learning and research activities continues to expand. Our faculty members have advised hundreds of undergraduate students on dozens of industry sponsored design projects during the last two years. Industry support of the research performed by KUME students and faculty members has also grown, with sponsors ranging from large multi-national corporations to startup companies. The Department of Mechanical Engineering continues to be committed to, and focused on the generation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge. I hope you enjoy learning more about, and are inspired by the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and alumni that are featured in this edition of Vibrations.

Sincerely,

Theodore L. BergmanCharles E. & Mary Jane Spahr ProfessorChairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Message from the Chairman

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Industry support of KUME experiential learning and research activities continues to expand. In terms of experiential learning, KUME’s undergraduate capstone design program has a vibrant industrial component, with students generating creative solutions to problems posed by their sponsors. Coordinated by Tom DeAgos-tino, the P.J. and Barbara Adam Associate Pro-fessor of the Practice, mentors from companies ranging from large multi-national firms to start-ups with just a few employees engage with teams of seniors over a two-semester period. Just a few examples of recent projects include the design and prototyping of one-of-a-kind machinery to be used in complex manufacturing operations, development of devices to test extruded ma-terials and measure their properties, and cre-ation and demonstration of novel drug delivery concepts. About 25 industry sponsored projects are conducted each year. According to Professor DeAgostino, “Sponsors value the out-of-the-box approaches taken by our student teams to iden-tify solutions to real-world problems. In turn, our students benefit from the experience and guidance provided by our colleagues in industry. It is not unusual for the sponsoring industries to ultimately hire their student team members as full time employees. This is the ultimate win-win proposition.” Industry support of graduate student research has also increased. Some recent and current sponsors include Archer Daniels Midland, Boeing World Headquarters, Hyundai, and the United States Poultry & Egg Association.

The Principal Investigator for the Poultry & Egg project, Assistant Professor Gibum Kwon, is using first principles to develop advanced mem-branes that have properties such as selective wettability, and include capabilities including photo-catalytic decontamination and photo-voltaic self-cleaning. Dr. Kwon’s membranes provide a one-step approach to separate waste streams that consist mainly of water, oils, and pathogens into separated streams of pure water and concentrated waste. “Our KUME mem-branes can potentially replace more expensive and complex separation hardware, and contrib-ute to the safety of our nation’s food supply,” said Kwon.

According to Ted Bergman, KUME Depart-ment Chair, “I am routinely asked by individuals from industry how they can get more exposure to our students and faculty. Sponsorship of a capstone project is the most effective way to engage with our undergraduates for a relatively long period of time and at a highly personal and deeply intellectual level. Funding of research is the most rewarding way that industry can work with our faculty members and graduate students on more advanced projects. KUME values the relations we have established with our visionary industrial partners, and gives them priority in terms of student exposure. We are always in-terested in developing new, mutually beneficial relationships.”

Industry Sponsorship of KUME Projects Grows

KUME Seahawk capstone design team (see page 7 for more information).

KUME membrane research.

Fang Conducts Leading Re-search in Batteries and Robotics

Huazhen Fang, Assistant Professor, is develop-ing new control methodologies and applying them to battery management and cooperative robotics. One of his three federal grants, to-taling over $1.3 million, is a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. The CA-REER program was established in 1994 to both acknowledge and promote the research and teaching conducted by outstanding junior fac-ulty members. The application of interest associated with Fang’s CAREER Award and a second NSF grant is battery health and safety. “Our goal is to im-prove the performance of batteries, and extend their service life. We take data that can be easily measured, such as temperature, electric current, and electric power, and feed it to models that we are developing to predict the expected ser-vice life of the battery pack and ensure its safe operation under various operating conditions,” explained Fang. Fang is also supported by the Army Research Laboratory to develop new computational

methodologies that will allow swarms of robots to communi-cate simultane-ously in order to most efficiently accomplish a task. “Imagine a group of robots

in a fulfillment center, or a fleet of drones tasked to fight a fire,” suggested Fang. “Our research is enabling the autonomous coordination and cooperation among all the robots or drones to accomplish their assigned task without any hu-man intervention.” In addition to his laboratory research and his classroom teaching responsibilities, Fang works with incarcerated youth in Douglas County to

inspire them to ultimately pursue careers in science and technology. According to Fang, “My dream is that someday some of these young people will make their own contributions to a brighter technological future.”

High Energy Density Batteries and Fuel Cells Developed by LiXianglin Li, Assistant Professor, is leading a multi-university ef-fort to develop a new type of fuel cell that will consume liquid methanol as its en-ergy source. Working with colleagues at the University of Buffalo, Carnegie Mellon, and Kansas State, Li’s team aims to design new fuel cell cathode and anode structures that will lead to energy conversion efficiencies approaching 50 percent. “The benefit of direct methanol fuel cells compared to, for example, hydrogen-pow-ered fuel cells is the low cost of the methanol and the ease with which the fuel can be trans-ported and stored,” explained Li. “These features allow power generation in remote areas for, for example, military or telecommunications ap-plications.” The three-year, $1 million research project led by Li is funded by the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy. In addition to his work involving fuel cells, Li and his students are developing Lithium-air bat-teries and investigating new thermal manage-ment approaches with $400,000 funding from the National Science Foundation and NASA. If successful, Li-air batteries could supply the same energy and power as today’s best Li-ion batter-ies, but with a 75% reduction in size and weight relative to the state-of-the-art. The challenge with developing such batteries, according to Li, is their inherently low power density which

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Entrepreneur’s CornerCharles E. Miller (BSME, 1960) is Founder and President of CEM and Associates LLC, a tech-nology, real estate, and economic development investment company in Louisville, CO. Charles is also Chairman of Instrutech, picoSpin LLC, and FlowPro LLC, all of which he co-founded. He began his career as an entrepreneur in 1967 when he was President and CEO of Engineer-ing Measurements Company (EMCO), a public company he founded to develop and market advanced instrumentation for the measurement and control of liquids and gases. In addition, Charles has served on the Boards of Directors of a number of technology startups including Measurement Auditors Company, Tienet Inc., Marcum Natural Gas Services Co., and Regional Air Group. He was principal negotiator in nu-merous corporate acquisitions, including Digital Valve Company (DVC), Data Communication Systems, Inc. (DCS), Fluidyne, Inc., and Univer-sity Instruments Company.

limits the rate at which the batteries can be dis-charged or charged. Li’s team is taking creative approaches to control the flow of O2 within the battery in order to accelerate charging and dis-charging rates. Li is engaged in multiple community ser-vice activities that are related to his research. For example, he is a regular participant in the two-week School of Engineering-hosted sum-mer camps for high school students. He is also involved with the KC STEM Alliance project, helping high schoolers with their own design projects and serving as a judge in high school design competitions. “It’s important to let kids experience the excitement and sense of achieve-ment that comes from engineering and science,” shares Li.

Therapies for Macular Degen-eration Developed by YangXinmai Yang, Associate Professor, recently received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel laser and ultrasound-based therapeutic method for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is one of the leading causes of blindness in the U.S., with an increasing number of people suffering from the disease due to the aging population. Yang’s team, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Michigan, is developing a non-invasive, safe, and precise treatment method to control the progression of advanced forms of AMD in elderly people. “The key to control the progression of AMD is to stunt the abnormal growth of microvessels at the bottom of an eye. Current therapy requires expensive, monthly injections of drugs into the eye. Still, about half of these patients will suf-fer from significant vision loss or become totally blind after 5 years. Our new approach, termed photo-mediated ultrasound therapy (PUT), is non-invasive, and may help patients for whom the current therapy has failed. The potential im-

pact of this new therapy is enormous,” said Yang. Based on the same laser- and ultrasound-based technology, Yang has also received

$300,000 fund-ing from the Department of Defense to apply PUT to relieve joint contracture caused by post-traumatic scar tissue.

Yang is working to translate his technology to commercialization by establishing two early-stage start-up companies. One recently received a Small Business Innovation Grant to test the commercial feasibility of Yang’s technology. As shared by Yang, “As a researcher in the biomedi-cal field, my ultimate goal is to see my research commercialized on a wide scale in order to improve the quality of the life of thousands of patients.”

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Artist rendering of Kingdom Tower.

Joe Fischer: Industry - University Innovator

Joe Fischer grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Although he excelled academically and graduat-ed as the top science student in his high school class, he was not intending to go to college. In fact, he was not aware of anyone in his family who had done so. Joe had made “good” money during summers working in construction as a la-borer, and thought he might become a carpenter or a bricklayer. But many of his friends, includ-ing his high-school girlfriend (whom he later married), were opting for college. So Joe asked himself “Why not?” and enrolled at Central Missouri State College “because it was the least-expensive option.” There, he concentrated on math, physics, and chemistry. However, he had visited Lawrence several times and, attracted by the beauty of the University of Kansas campus and the diversity of its student body, Fischer transferred to KU and received his bachelor’s de-gree in mechanical engineering in 1962. Upon graduating with highest distinction, Joe was offered a three-year doctoral fellowship in mechanical engineering from KU. He was also awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship, along with multiple fellowships from various universi-ties. Ultimately, Joe chose to attend Rice Univer-sity in Houston and received his M.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 1964. This was fol-lowed by an M.A. degree in Engineering (1965) and a Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1967 – funded by an NSF Graduate Traineeship. Having focused on solid and fluid mechan-ics as well as applied mathematics in graduate school, Dr. Fischer considered numerous em-ployment opportunities in various industries. He ultimately joined the research division of Shell Oil Company after being attracted by the wide range of unique and challenging problems being faced by the petroleum industry. His Ph.D research focused on elastic-shell theory, so it was no surprise that his first assignment was to compute the stresses in large-diameter,

thick-walled steel tubular joints (shell struc-tures) found in enormous offshore production platforms. This was prior to the availability of sophisticated finite-element programs. These platforms would have to survive water depths of thousands of feet and severe hurricane condi-tions, and fatigue failure was a real concern. From 1967 to 1978, Dr. Fischer was at the leading edge of the development of mathemati-cal models and computer programs that would provide information needed for a variety of in-dustry activities. Problems associated with these activities included: the behavior of complex drill strings in curved boreholes (for directional drilling); the nature of faulting in the vicinity of enormous, underground salt domes (natural “traps” for petroleum); the thawing and subsid-ence of permafrost (important for production wells in arctic regions); flow-induced vibrations of cylindrical structures (causing complica-tions for offshore operations); and the design of petroleum-storage caverns in underground salt domes. In 1978, Joe was promoted to a supervisory position, first focusing on pipeline fluid me-chanics, and secondly on the full breadth of drilling operations. Two-phase flows, flow of waxy crudes, leak detection and pipeline clea-nout were addressed in the first assignment. In drilling, research involved the design and evalu-

KUME Alumni Focus

Dr. Joe Fischer.

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ation of drilling fluids (muds) and cements; design and certification of premium-casing threaded connections; measurement-while-drilling technology; and well-blowout-control methodologies. His assignments took him to Europe, the Middle East, Japan, and the Arctic. From 1985 to 1999, Joe was a Senior Staff Research Engineer and a Research Advisor at Shell where he led a team in the development of sophisticated, proprietary software used to compute the dynamic response of enormous offshore floating structures such as tension leg platforms and spars. These motions could subsequently be employed to compute internal forces and stresses throughout the structures and, thus, fatigue lives. Joe also investigated the possibility of applying advanced (carbon-fiber) structural composites in offshore operations. He helped form and then co-supervised an indus-try-university-government program to develop a high-performance marine conductor. A truly distinguishing feature of Joe’s career, however, was his long and deep engagement with university researchers. As Dr. Fischer’s stellar reputation blossomed within Shell, it grew exponentially outside of Shell. It was early on that Joe ”had the luxurious opportunity to engage lots of universities and rub shoulders with some of the world’s top faculty members” in the pursuit of answers to difficult questions of mutual interest. He established long-term relationships with leading institutions – first as a Ph.D. recruiter, then as an invited speaker at universities such as MIT, UC Berkeley and Mich-igan, and ultimately as a scientific collaborator. He also served on multiple advisory boards at UT Austin and the University of Michigan. As a testament to his leadership in both industry and academia, in 1991 Dr. Fischer was named Presi-dent (only the second President from industry) of the Society of Engineering Sciences, a premier international organization that “promotes the development and strengthening of the inter-faces between various disciplines in engineering, sciences, and mathematics.”

In 1999, Dr. Fischer retired from Shell to spend the next 5 years of his career at the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology. He was initially a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Ocean Engineering. However, Dr. Fischer spent the ma-jority of his time as MIT’s Manager of Corporate Relations for engineering and energy, where he built and maintained substantial collaborations with industry partners through MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program. After an illustrious career as an applied researcher in industry and academia, and as a holder of multiple patents and author of nearly 50 journal articles, Dr. Fischer left MIT in 2004. He currently resides in Houston with his wife, Sharen. The Fischers enjoy the California wine country in the summer, New England in the autumn, and “love Boston any time of the year” where they were limited partners in UpStairs on the Square, a restaurant in Harvard Square. When asked for his advice for students, Dr. Fischer first recalled that which was given to him by his Ph.D. advisor, Bernard Budiansky, to “be bold.” He went on to elaborate “when things look tough and the ideas seem too far-fetched, don’t give up. If you’ve had broad exposure to technology and how other people think, you’ll develop your own ‘bag of tricks’ and will learn to embrace new challenges that might at first seem insurmountable.” Truly wise advice for all.

One of Shell Oil’s tension leg platforms being readied for installation in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico.Photo courtesy: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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KUME Impact

• A team of undergraduates placed 2nd in the in-ternational Harvard Soft Robotics Competition. The students’ Seahawk prototype incorporated advanced control systems and soft materials in a submersible vehicle. Abdulhadi Alghafli, Su-laiman Alsahhaf, Logan Lickteig, Ario Maleeq, and Enrique Palafox competed with teams from throughout the world. They were advised by Tom DeAgostino, P.J. and Barbara Adam Associate Professor-of-the-Practice.

• Zach Pessia (KUME graduate student) and Craig Cunningham (KUME alumnus and cur-rent bioengineering graduate student) won the 2019 Society for Biomaterials Business Plan Pitch Competition in Seattle. Student teams were judged by experts from the investment, indus-trial, and regulatory communities in addition to faculty members from academia. Messrs. Pessia and Cunningham are advised by Professor Lisa Friis.

• Candan Tamerler, Wesley G. Cramer Professor, was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), becom-ing the third AAAS Fellow in Mechanical Engi-neering and only the 25th AAAS Fellow at KU. Election to the grade of Fellow is a lifetime honor “in recognition of extraordinary achievements in advancing science.”

• Professors Lisa Friis and Steve Soper (University Distinguished Professor) were elected Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biomedi-cal Engineers, “having distinguished themselves through their contributions in research, indus-trial practice and/or education.”

• Associate Professor Sara Wilson was elected Fel-low of the American Society of Mechanical Engi-neers “for significant engineering achievements.”

• Paulette Spencer, Ackers Distinguished Pro-fessor, received the 2019 Clemson Award for Basic Research from the Society for Biomateri-als. Clemson Awardees “have contributed to the basic knowledge and understanding of the interaction of materials with tissue.” Dr. Spencer also recently received Life Fellow status from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

• Huazhen Fang, Assistant Professor, was named a 2019 Army Research Laboratory Research Associate. This ARL program is designed to “increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Army.”

• KUME faculty members have been co-inven-tors on 8 patents over the past two years: (i) Lisa Friis for “Piezoelectric composites and methods of making,” (ii) Gibum Kwon for “Apparatuses and methods for energy-efficient separations including refining of fuel product” and “Devices and methods for electric field driven on-demand separation of liquid-liquid mixtures,” (iii) Steve Soper for “Biomolecular processing platform and uses thereof,” “Polymeric nanopillars and nanotubes, their manufacture and uses,” and “Methods and devices for DNA sequencing and molecular diagnostics,” (iv) Candan Tamerler for “Reagents and methods for treating dental dis-ease, and (v) Sara Wilson for “Medication access device for prevention of medication reservoir contamination.”

• Karan Surana, Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor, has authored his fourth first-edition book in the last five years entitled Numerical Methods and Methods of Approximation in Sci-ence and Engineering, published by CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.

We congratulate the following individuals for their contributions to, and recognition by the university, national, and international communities.

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Undergraduate StudentsAbbadi, Saleh TalatAbraham, VarunAgnew, Gregory PAlantari, Hussain JabrAlazemi, AbduallahAlbert, Cade DillonAlcaine, Austin JamesAldrighetti, Michael WilliamAlenezi, Meshal SAlghafli, Abdulhadi AhmedAlharbi, Rayed M.Alhathal, Michel MoqhimAllison, Jacob JeffreyAlrayya, Faisal EmadAlsahhaf, Sulaiman FAngel, Aaron JAppino, Austin JarrettAskari, ImanBailey, Vincent BBarber Jr, David LeeBeck, Jacob WilliamBenson, Russell EmersonBethel, Sarah KathrynBiju, NikhilBin Seif, Abdullah Seif ABlock, Grant KBousfield, George EBrentano, Jack RyanBreshears, Lauren ElizabethBrocato, Matthew RBrooks, Aaron SBrown, Bryson RichardBrown, Matthew Gregory

Brzon, Emily HBurbrink, Wyatt ThomasBures, Jacob PBurge, Timothy ColeBurton, Jeffrey Allen JrButler, Jacob RCarranza, Celso HenriqueCollins, Jack HCostello, JasonCunningham, Craig ADecker, KevinDelgado, James ScottDennis, Austin RodyDerks, Austin EdwardDominguez-Aguirre, JonathanDotterweich, Jacob MichaelDownes, Laken HDowning, Ryan CharlesDrake, Austin CDuncan, Michael AlanEddings, Brian WEllison, Thomas Morgan IVElmer, Jordan DavidFelton, Thomas MichaelFerguson, Eric MFishman, Chandler AFlax, Jesse WilliamFornicola, Garrett CFornicola, Jay DFreeman, HannahFriesen, Brandon ChristopherGarcia Lopez, Jose AlbertoGariglietti, Ryan Patrick

Gatotho, Denis MGerken, Chandler JayeGier, Brian PatrickGolder, Kendall JohnGuidry, Jeffrey PaulHahn, Yong HyunHalberstadt, Jaret WHamm, Matthew GillHarvey, Joseph DoyleHeald, Rachel MaryHeaney, Jacob PHedrick, Russell BensonHeim, Mark RobertHerouy, Brook IssayasHerring, Savannah JHines, Alexander RobertHollocher, Richard Joseph IIIHolz, Fred Carl IIIHomann, Quailan NikolaHood, James AHoward, Aaron MichaelHupp, Adam DHutchins, Jared DJames, Christopher LJanes, Michael AlanJardon, ValerieJenia, Nicholas AnthonyJobe, Tyler AJohnson, Michelle LJones, Carson DouglasJones, Collin BJones, Zachary AdamJorns, Alec James

2017-2018 & 2018-2019 Graduates

AlZeeby, KhalafAnusuri, Rupesh Challa, Sharath Kumar ReddyCoates, Kyle TCole, Matthew DavidGaire, AnmeshGessler, Brian Gregory

Joy, Aaron DavidKamath, ArjunKlein, Nathan FreemanMaharjan, AnjanaMoradi, MohammadmoeinNeupane, SohamO’Malley, Ryan Anthony

Sarikaya, RizacanShanbhag, Rajat RamdasSpickler, Bailey AnnStark, John RobertSuresh, Ramakrishna KamathTeo, Tabitha Hui TingWang, Fangzhou

Graduate Students

The following students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019.

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Joseph, Alita AKack, Austin JamesKawamoto, Matthew SamuelKeller, Gregory PKendall, Jacob KellerKitchen, Michael DKoger, Jackson WKoilpillai, Caleb StewartKoski, Joshua AllanKovich, Anthony JosephKrull, RyanLatham, Michael HLatimer, Nicholas RaymondLau, TacLawson, William BenjaminLeban, Brian DavidLee, Janelle KatherineLee,Carson MLesko, Joseph PaulLi, YilinLickteig, Logan AnthonyLierz, AlexLindemann, Luke SLing, Parker EdwardLogan, Chase LouisLu, Bo HuaLugo Parra, AndreinaLutz, Joseph VMackey, Lucas JMaleeq, ArioMar, Cody DMartin, Ryan TMastenbrook, Mitchell SMathi, Sri Sai CharanMaxwell, Travis JurgenMcBride, Sean RobertsonMcEllhiney, Dedan WendellMcGillivary, Mariya OMcLaughlin, Mary ClareMcNichols, William MMiller, Payton AllenMispagel, Dalton JMittman, Deven ReneeMotsonashvili, Mikhail

Muehlberger, Joe RobertNichols, Paris JosephNick, Daniel PatrickNorris, Gunnar LNungester, Kyle MatthewO’Hara, Emmile BeatrizO’Neill, Kelly ROlson, Patrick COpliger, Dane MarcusOrr, Keaton ROutlaw, Eric AOverbey, Dante EliPalafox-Vazquez, Edher EnriquePatel, Anish RPaterson, Cody Gary JoePatterson, Gary LPerez, Marcela A.Phillips, Eric LPope, Aaron JosephPoppe, Keaton CatherinePowell, IsaacQuilla, NathanaelQuiring, KonradRanda, Trey MichaelRaper, TonyRaskar, Sai VikasRegester, Brandon SReitz, Brogan MichaelReynolds, Lucas EugeneRich, Daniel D.Roberts, Brian DavidRoby, Clayton LeeRocha Arandia, Jose RamonRohleder, Michael HRopson, Colton ToddRussell, Charles HRussell, Michael CSacco, Grant ThomasSalerno, Sean CSawatzky, Kyle PSchaller, AmandaSchartz, Ian PatrickSchmank, John PScott, Allison C

Seratte, Jacob ScottSevart, Chadwick DSeybert, Joshua CShamet, Phillip MShaw, Lucas MShepherd, Ashley KayeSherard, Thomas LoganSherwood, Lauren EShuey, Caleb ChristopherSim, Brandon MichaelSimpson, Tyler JSingh, RamanpreetSliva, Tyler NealSloan, Chandler RSmith, Jacob RaySnow, Christopher RyanSorem, Justin RStubbs, Timothy AllenSubirana Matamoros, AndreaSundeen, William AndersTeegarden, Troy RobertThomas, Jack RyanThornbrugh, Robert DThurber, Glen JTideman, Grace ElizabethTrefz, Hunter FrederickTsang, Angela AUhlig, Evan MVan Auken, Joshua CVila, Evelyn DanielaWaller, Brent MWasinger, Joseph MurphyWestervelt, Emily MarieWiklund, Theodore CWilson, Alexander RobertYao, JinfeiYoung, Austin GregoryYu, Steven PingZayyad, Nadir NabilZebley, Halston BradfordZhou, Michael TianyiZolotor, Ethan Marshall

Undergraduate Students (continued)

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Mechanical Engineering Donor Recognition - Fiscal Year 2018

$100,000 or moreJames W. Straight & Roberta Straight

$50,000 to $99,999Roger A. Munsinger

$25,000 to $49,999 Michael C. Noland & Karen Dicke NolandThomas T. Hirst & Alisa S. HirstSteve H. Nguyen

$10,000 to $24,999Edward R. Cheramy Jr.John E. Sundeen Jr. & Ann Lowry Sundeen

$5,000 to $9,999Ronald E. Hill & Sue HillBill P. Sterbens & Dana L. Sterbens

$3,000 to $4,999Nancy E. Lambros

$1,000 to $2,999Robin J. BayerTheodore L. Bergman & Patricia S. BergmanLaura Colebank & Kevin L. ColebankJames P. Gillespie & Ruthie B. GillespieRobert L. Henderson & Judyth B. HendersonStephen E. KibbeeBrian G. Larson & Edie Carpenter LarsonBillie J. Lindburg & Merl J. LindburgDeborah K. MarkleyMichael E. MeakinsBethany Anderson Pearson & James D. PearsonCharles W. Salanski & Margaret Clark SalanskiJames R. Sorem Jr. & Gentra Abbey SoremCarla Cochran Stallard & Scott Stallard

$500 to $999Russell E. BensonT. Michael Garrison & Roberta Johnson GarrisonFrank E. Gordon & Lynda L. GordonHelen Kay Haskin & George R. BousfieldKimberly Sedberry Hess & Marc T. HessTimothy S. Isernhagen & Beth IsernhagenBruce A. JackmanWendell G. Kaiser, Sr.

The Mechanical Engineering Department wishes to thank the following generous donors who have contributed from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

($500 to $999 continued)Richard J. Martin & Janet L. MartinTanner J. RinkeRachel E. SaundersGregory S. Towsley & Julie Ann Towsley

$300 to $499David M. Barber & Katherine V. BarberLouis C. Burmeister & Rosalyn E. BurmeisterColin P. Davidson & Mary D. DavidsonTracey L. Graziosi & Joseph E. GraziosiAndrew J. Hineman & Elizabeth J. HinemanJenifer Sorem Rivera & Robert C. RiveraNorvel L. Smith & Linda Lecture SmithCarl R. Von Fange & Linda D. Von Fange

$100 to $299Robert R. Balsbaugh & Nancy W. BalsbaughAlison J. BrownJames BuchananLovely CherianKari Cronbaugh-AuldThomas H. DeAgostino & Laura L. DeAgostinoS. L. EberleinKenneth J. Fischer & Sandra K. FischerAlan G. Fransen & Judy K. FransenBrian GarfieldCraig Garfield, Jr.Craig L. Garfield, Sr.Alan Hall & Jennifer HallCarolyn R. HallPaul D. HancockPatricia HerdaBarton M. Hoglund & Marilyn S. HoglundRobert C. HolderDavid A. JonesMichael W. Karr & Janet Phelps KarrBrian Kitchen & Leann KitchenPaul W. LeupoldJianhua Li & Cuiping ZhaoErin Lewis MannenCathy L. Martin & Joseph F. MartinJohn A. Mascarello & Cheryl A. MascarelloJames I. Metzger Jr. & Joyce B. MetzgerLarry B. Morgan & Deborah L. MorganSean A. O’NeillEdwin R. Phelps III & Sara D. Phelps

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Mechanical Engineering Donor Recognition - Fiscal Year 2019

$100,000 or moreNorman L. Carroll & Virginia Morie Carroll

$25,000 to $49,999 Steve H. NguyenMichael C. Noland & Karen Dicke Noland

$10,000 to $24,999Barbara Mills Adam & P. J. AdamPaul H. Mitchell & Nancy Mauree Mitchell

$5,000 to $9,999Ronald E. Hill & Sue HillAlisa S. Hirst & Thomas T. HirstJane Esser Jordan & Nelson L. Jordan

The Mechanical Engineering Department wishes to thank the following generous donors who have contributed from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

($100 to $299 continued)Tracey PlorinsScott PorterCindy PowellMichelle Robinson & Mac A. RobinsonJames SchneiderWilliam A. Sorem & Shelly Staus SoremRon Stitt & Karla Jo StittBruce E. VaughnHans W. WaltherMark A. Willis & Hilde Siegmann Willis

Up to $99Brady BlumaPatrick W. Burke & G. Jolene BurkeMeredith B. ButlerPatrick L. CannyRandy J. CloverDawn CramerDennis DownesMichele FryKelly GalbraithChristopher P. GardnerRobin GarfieldMerlin B. Halverson & Judith M. HalversonChristopher S. HayenRobert A. Heacock & Sandra HeacockStephanie Daniel Hebert & Thomas O. HebertStephanie L. HenryJim Herda

($5,000 to $9,999 continued)Bill P. Sterbens & Dana L. SterbensJames W. Straight & Roberta Straight

$3,000 to $4,999Robert L. Henderson & Judyth B. HendersonTimothy S. Isernhagen & Beth Isernhagen

$1,000 to $2,999Theodore L. Bergman & Patricia S. BergmanAngela M. Chammas & George A. ChammasLaura Colebank & Kevin L. ColebankGeorge L. Cooper & Ruth Jean CooperChristopher D. DepcikJames P. Gillespie & Ruthie B. Gillespie

(Up to $99 continued)Kyle P. HerdaMaynard M. HerronCarl F. HoodTrent M. Hudak & Christy A. HudakDeanne D. HughesMatthew B. KitchenMichael D. KitchenBart LawsonJulie A. Lawson & Bret LawsonDeeDee L. LittleDavid MapesRyan T. MartinKaren MCallaEmily R. McElhaneyKevin McGillivaryMariya O. McGillivaryChelsey Derks Modde & Roger ModdeSusan OldfatherMary OldsonJulian B. PattersonKimber ReddickDiane Reilly & Joseph ReillyBrian A. Rock & Kristie M. RockRuth SchneiderCharles E. Sprouse & Patricia Huber SprouseWilliam A. SundeenPaul J. Van Benthem & Sharon Jensen Van BenthemJeff WaltersRichard H. Witte

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($1,000 to $2,999 continued)Matthew A. Goering & Vanessa R. GoeringGreg Graves & Deanna GravesNancy E. LambrosBrian G. Larson & Edie Carpenter LarsonBillie J. Lindburg & Merl J. LindburgDeborah K. MarkleyMichael E. MeakinsBethany Anderson Pearson & James D. PearsonJames R. Sorem Jr. & Gentra Abbey SoremCarla Cochran Stallard & Scott StallardGregory S. Towsley & Julie Ann TowsleyJulian A. Zugazagoitia & Nathalie D. Zugazagoitia

$500 to $999Hilda T. Delgado & B. PourladianFrank E. Gordon & Lynda L. GordonKimberly Sedberry Hess & Marc T. HessPaul W. LeupoldDavid A. QuillaTanner J. RinkeAlejandro SanchezCarl R. Von Fange & Linda D. Von Fange

$300 to $499David M. Barber & Katherine V. BarberAlison J. BrownThomas H. DeAgostino & Laura L. DeAgostinoHelen Kay Haskin & George R. BousfieldCathy L. Martin & Joseph F. MartinLarry B. Morgan & Deborah L. MorganNorvel L. Smith & Linda Lecture SmithIan R. Thompson

$100 to $299Robert R. Balsbaugh & Nancy W. BalsbaughPam BeardColin P. Davidson & Mary D. DavidsonDennis D. Depew & Shirley K. DepewJordan J. FaltermeierRobin M. Fox & Dale W. Fox Jr.Christopher S. HayenRobert A. Heacock & Sandra HeacockDeborah A. Heaney & James P. HeaneyMary M. Hildreth & Robert W. HildrethRobert C. HolderBruce A. JackmanZachary A. JonesMadhan Sai KallemStephen E. KibbeeBrian Kitchen & Leann Kitchen

($100 to $299 continued)Theodore L. Langrehr & Cynthia Dent LangrehrJianhua Li & Cuiping ZhaoErin Lewis MannenSheila Miller & Jeff MillerSean A. O’NeillScott PorterPatricia L. QuillaAnn Regnier & Robert D. RegnierDiane Reilly & Joseph ReillyCharles B. RichardsonJenifer Sorem Rivera & Robert C. RiveraMichelle Robinson & Mac A. RobinsonWilliam A. Staggs III & Maxine Mitchell StaggsRon Stitt & Karla Jo StittL.G. Suelter & Micki K. SuelterCandan TamerlerBruce E. VaughnPaul J. Wallen & Jana Michelle WallenMark A. Willis & Hilde Siegmann Willis

Up to $99Asim BharwaniFarrah BrennanJoseph W. Camenzind & Jane CamenzindNicholas M. DavisMerlin B. Halverson & Judith M. HalversonDaryan M. HerrickCarl F. HoodTrent M. Hudak & Christy A. HudakShawnda IvyMichael D. KitchenRyan T. MartinRichard D. ProhaskaJeanette M. RichardsonBrian A. Rock & Kristie M. RockBailey A. SpicklerHenry TreftzPaul J. Van Benthem & Sharon Jensen Van BenthemKrisada K. Virojanavat

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