me newsletter winter 05

MechanicalEngineering

News

Winter 2005

Managing EditorNathan Cloud

Contributing WriterDiane Kukich

Layout & EditingLiz Dunkle

University of Delaware

Inside: Faculty focus and research • Focus on students and undergraduate education • Alumni • CareerCelebration • Outstanding Alumni • Alumni Support

CareerCelebration

Engraving appeared in Mechanics Magazine, London, 1824

Dr. Thomas S. Buchanan

This is an exciting time for theDepartment of MechanicalEngineering. Our students are goingon to do great things and we shall becelebrating those accomplishments atour Alumni Careers Celebration Day.We are looking forward to joining ourfriends and trading old stories inApril, as described on page 7. Pleasejoin us if you can.

We have two new faculty memberswho just began and are in the processof hiring three new faculty membersthis year. These are tremendousopportunities to grow MechanicalEngineering in new and exciting waysat the University of Delaware.

Our two newest faculty membersneed to be introduced. Dr. JillHigginson joins us from StanfordUniversity where she did her doctoralwork on musculoskeletal biomechan-ics. Dr. Higginson uses computationalmodels to study the coordination ofmuscles in people who have hadstrokes. She is a great addition to ourCenter for Biomedical EngineeringResearch, which is described on page4 of this issue.

Dr. Xinyan Deng is our other newaddition to the faculty. She did herdoctoral work in robotics at UCBerkeley. Her research focuses on thedevelopment of centimeter-scalemicrorobotic underwater vehicles.These small “robotic fish” havetremendous potential for underwatersensing and we are very pleased tohave her join us.

We look forward to a year of growthand renewal as we bring new facultyonboard with great, new ideas. Thesepresent terrific opportunities for us toexpand both our academic andresearch activities and challenge ourstudents in new ways.

Thomas S. BuchananChair of Mechanical Engineering

Cheers from the Chair

IN THIS ISSUECheers from the Chair ..........Pg 2

Faculty and Staff Highlights ..................................Pg 3

Faculty Focus and Research....................................Pg 4

Center for BiomedicalEngineering Research..........Pg 4

Contacts..................................Pg 5

Undergraduate education ....Pg 6

ME Seniors Showcase Design Solutions ..................Pg 6

Christine Tate ........................Pg 7

Jared Wray ............................Pg 7

Alumni ........................................Pg 8

Alumni Career Celebration Day ....................Pg 8

Alumni Career Survey ........Pg 9

Distinguished Alumni Citations ................................................Pg 12

Alumni Feedback ................Pg 17

Alumni Suport ......................Pg 18

Feedback Form......................Pg 20

Editor’s Notes

We hope you enjoy this issue of ME News! As you will see, much of it is devoted to our Alumni Career Celebrationproject. However, on pages 4 and 5, we also highlight the exciting research that is taking place in the Center forBiomedical Engineering Research, targeting the reduction of the impact that disease has on our lives. Two of our cur-rent Senior Student leaders, Christine Tate and Jared Wray are highlighted on page 7.

We hope to bring all of these elements (Alumni; Faculty, and Students), together on April 29th, to celebrate yourcareers, facilitate stronger relationships, and provide career examples for our students.

Planning of the April 29th event is ongoing, and you will be receiving an invitation in the mail in early March. Weare looking forward to seeing you on 4/29 to renew acquaintances with classmates, and and enjoy a day of learningand networking at the Alumni Career Celebration.

Nate Cloud ‘64, ME Alumni Relations Coordinator

Faculty/Staff Highlights

In August of2004, MechanicalEngineering facul-ty Suresh Advani,Anette Karlsson,Ajay Prasad, Mike Santare, andLian Ping Wangwon a Departmentof Energy grant todo research on fuel cells.

Dr. Anette M. Karlsson organizedtwo mini-symposia at the 2004 ASMEInternational Mechanical EngineeringCongress in Anaheim, California,November 13-19, 2004, entitled“Damage and Durability Tolerance ofHeterogeneous Material Systems” and“Multifunctional Materials andMaterials Systems.” Together, thesesymposia constituted more than 40 pre-sentations.

Dr. Karlsson gave an invited talk atthe Special Seminar on Thermal BarrierCoatings for Advanced Gas Turbines atSiemens-Westinghouse in Finspong,Sweden, on October 29, 2004. The talkwas entitled “Failure evolution in aclass of EB-PVD coated thermal barriersystems.”

Dr. Ajay Prasad participated in theMechanical Engineering Fall SeminarSeries on Friday, October 10, 2004. Histalk was entitled “The Role Of Mixingand Dispersion in Environmental andBio Fluid Mechanics.”

Dr. Ajay Prasad hosted a meeting ofmajor fuel cell manufacturers and rep-

resentatives of the Federal TransitAdministration at Clayton Hall onOctober 22, 2004, to explore the forma-tion of a consortium to research, devel-op, and demonstrate a fuel cell pow-ered transit vehicle on the University ofDelaware campus.

Dr. Prasad and LaboratoryCoordinator Roger Stahl recentlyreceived a patent for laboratory appa-ratus under the title “Transient HeatConduction Using Thermocouples,Thermochromic Liquid Crystals, andNumerical Simulation” (USP No.6,783,368 B2).

Dr. Kausik Sarkar gave an invitedtalk at the NewJersey Institute ofTechnology onSeptember 8, 2004on “MicrobubbleBased UltrasoundContrast Agents.”He gave a similarinvited talk on thesame topic atBoston University

on December 10, 2004 and he chaired asession on Microfluids in ASMEInternational Congress on November 14, 2004.

Dr. Sunil Agrawal was the ProgramChair for the 2004ASMEMechanisms andRoboticsConference, whichwas part of theDesignEngineeringTechnicalConference, in Salt

Lake City, Utah, from September 28through October 1. A total of 170 tech-nical papers were presented at this con-ference. One of his technical papers“Biologically Inspired Design of SmallFlapping Wing Air Vehicles Using 4-Bar Mechanisms and Quasi-SteadyState Aerodynamics,” was awarded theBiomimicry Prize at the 2004Mechanisms and Robotics Conference.The paper was coauthored with hisstudents R. Madangopal and Z. A.Khan.

Dr. Agrawal is the Conference Chairfor the 29th ASME Mechanisms andRobotics Conference, part of the

International Design EngineeringTechnical Conference in Long Beach,California, for the year 2005.

Dr. Agrawal is plenary speaker at theNational Conference on Control andDynamical Systems (NCCDS 2005)organized by Indian Institute ofTechnology, Bombay, held duringJanuary 26-28, 2005.

Dr. Agrawal was elected an ASMEDistinguished Lecturer for the years2004-2007. His lecture is entitled“Biomimesis and Design - FlyingRobotic Birds and Robotic StrokeRehabilitation” (described athttp://www.asme.org/member/dlp.html#agrawal). He presented this lectureat the University of Washington,Seattle, on January 12 and at VirginiaPolytechnic University on January 17,2005.

Dr. Agrawal was elected a Fellow ofASME in 2004.

Dr. Agrawal was the Chair of theRobotics Technical Panel of the ASMEDynamic Systems and Control Divisionfor the year 2004. He organized eighttechnical sessions at the ASME IMECEin Anaheim on the theme of robotics inwhich 40 papers were presented.

Dr. Agrawal’s work on “FlappingWing Robotic Birds” was featured bythe Science Channel of the DiscoveryNetworks in their series“TechKnowledge” in March 2004. Hewas invited to be a speaker in a work-shop in Brisbane on “Insect Sensorsand Robotics” in August 2004.

Dr. Agrawal published a book,Differentially Flat Systems, in theControl Engineering Series of MarcelDekker in April 2004. This book wascoauthored with Prof. Hebertt Sira-Ramirez from Cinvestav, Mexico.

STAFF

The Department announces a newsenior secretary, Lisa Katzmire as ofNovember 8, 2004.

Dawn Johnson was promoted fromRecords Analyst to AdministrativeCoordinator as of July 16, 2004.

Ann Connor was promoted fromSenior Secretary to Records Analyst asof September 20, 2004.

Center forBiomedicalEngineeringResearch (CBER)by Diane Kukich

Prospective students looking for anacademic program in biomedicalengineering won’t find one at theUniversity of Delaware, but they willfind a top-notch research center inthis rapidly growing area. TheCenter for Biomedical EngineeringResearch (CBER) is an interdiscipli-nary organization whose mission isto provide engineering science andclinical technology to reduce theimpact of disease on the everydaylife of individuals.

Graduate as well as undergraduatestudents benefit tremendously fromthe breadth and depth of expertisehoused within CBER. Most earntheir degrees through theDepartments of MechanicalEngineering, Health Nutrition &Exercise Sciences, Physical Therapy,or Biological Sciences.

According to Director Kurt Manal,some 30 faculty are affiliated withthe Center. While CBER is housedwithin ME, faculty appointments arein not only the College ofEngineering but also the College ofArts and Sciences and the College ofHealth and Nursing Sciences.

The Center currently is funded at alevel of close to $10M over fiveyears, primarily through two majorgrants from the National Institutes ofHealth. Key ME players in thesemultidisciplinary programs areProfs. Sunil Agrawal, Tom Buchanan,John Novotny, Andras Szeri, MikeSantare, and Kurt Manal.

“CBER is very broad,” says Manal,“but it’s primarily a collaborationbetween mechanical engineering onthe one hand and clinical and reha-bilitation applications on the other.Life scientists provide knowledgeabout biological systems, whileresearchers in physical therapy sup-ply clinical expertise. This type ofcollaboration allows us to writebroad-based technically sound pro-posals and carry out effective cross-disciplinary research.”

Examples of CBER projects includethe development of rehabilitationrobots to aid patients with neurologi-cal and musculoskeletal impair-ments, the use of a “virtual arm” forstudying neural control, determina-tion of force generation properties inelectrically stimulated skeletal mus-cle, and investigation of airflowproblems associated with sleepapnea.

Facilities and equipment include amotion capture lab to enable careful

Faculty Focus and Research

CBER director KurtManal instructs a sub-ject to walk and makecontact with the forceplatform embedded inthe walkway. The retro-reflective markersattached to the foot andleg are recorded usinghigh-speed video cam-eras and combined withmeasurements from theforce platform to esti-mate joint forces at theankle, knee and hip.

Professor JohnNovotny (left) andgraduate studentChristina Turka use anInstron mechanicaltesting device to meas-ure the mechanicalresponse of articularcartilage to load. Thestress and strainresults of the experi-ment are used to char-acterize changes inmechanical behaviorthat occur inosteoarthritis.Biological and tissueengineering treatmentsare investigated torepair the damaged car-tilage.

examination of biomechanics andnew imaging methods and software.

In June of 2004, CBER hosted itsfirst research symposium. This one-day event featured 50 presentationsfrom the University of Delaware bio-mechanics community and a regis-tered attendance of 89 people.

Manal is a research professor inCBER and is also a faculty memberin the Biomechanics & MovementScience Program. He earned hisbachelor’s degree in exercise scienceat the University of Massachusettsand then completed his master’s

degree at McGill University inCanada. He came to UD to earn aPh.D. in the Biomechanics &Movement Science Program. Hestayed on to do a postdoc and thenbecame a research professor here.

Manal’s research interests includemusculoskeletal modeling, gaitanalysis, and rehabilitation. He isthe inventor of a dental retainerequipped with sensors to enablepeople with disabilities to control acomputer by sliding the tongue overthe roof of the mouth.

Manal admits that he was a bit

apprehensive about taking on theposition of CBER Director whenBuchanan became Department Chair,but he also acknowledges that heknew it was a great opportunity. “Itforced me to learn a whole new setof skills,” he says, “including han-dling administrative responsibilitiesand multi-tasking. Before, I couldfocus on specific projects that I wasdirectly involved in, but now I haveto be aware of everything the Centerdoes.”

The gravity balancing leg brace devel-oped by professor Sunil Agrawal andhis group members helps individualsfollowing a hemiparetic stroke to walkwith improved function. The linkageand springs balance the weight of theleg, effectively eliminating gravity anddecreasing the muscular effort requiredof walking. The novel design allowsthe mass of the leg to be re-introducedgradually as the subject regains mus-cle strength.

ContactsContact information for

faculty/staff features in thisnewsletter is included below.We urge you to contact thesepeople if you have any ques-tions or would simply like totalk with them about the topicsin this newsletter.

Chairs CornerThomas [email protected]

CBERKurt [email protected]

Senior DesignNate [email protected]

Jim [email protected]

Mike [email protected]

Dick [email protected]

Alumni RelationsNate [email protected]

DevelopmentDeirdre [email protected]

Undergraduate Education

Mechanical Engineering Events

2/20-2/26 National Engineers Week2/21 Last day free add/drop for Spring 2005

2/22 Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony

2/23 Senior Design Appreciation Night3/25 Spring Recess4/14 Registration for Fall Semester 2005

4/14 ASME Distinguished Lecturer

4/29 Alumni Career Celebration Day

5/6 Honors Day - modified class schedule5/18 Spring 05 Last Day of Classes5/19 Reading Day5/20 Spring 05 Final Exams Begin5/21 & 22 Reading Days5/27 Spring 05 Final Exams End

5/28 Commencement5/30 Memorial Day - University offices closed

ME seniors show-case engineeringsolutionsby Martin Mbugua

Photo by Kevin Quinlan

2:52 p.m., Dec. 20, 2004—A team offour mechanical engineering seniors,who redesigned a recycling containerfor the Delaware Solid Waste Authority,won top honors at the senior designpresentation on Monday, Dec. 13.

The presentations are the results of arequired capstone engineering practicecourse, in which student teams developreal engineering system designs basedon specific customer requirements,develop engineering specifications andgenerate concepts that they can justify.The teams then design, fabricate, assem-ble, test and improve an actual proto-type.

Under the supervision of facultyadvisers, the projects are sponsored bybusinesses or government agencies,which work closely with the studentteams throughout the process.

“Some of the units go into productionright away. Some of them will gothrough further testing with the sponsorand some of them, we have learned,might not be good designs to imple-ment,” Dick Wilkins, professor of

mechanical engineering and one of theadvisers, said.

During the program, 40 students inteams of three and four made presenta-tions on a variety of concepts, from apolyvinyl-alcohol dissolver to a bond-integrity tester and an industrial air-fil-tration system.

The teams explained their conceptsusing charts, graphs, slide presentationsand, in some cases, working models ofthe prototype.

Three judges—engineering profes-sionals Kevin Perdue, 1995, GlenSimmonds and Judy Hodgson—award-ed points for different aspectsof the presentation, includingcommunication, and alsoasked follow-up questions.

“Being able to communi-cate is extremely important;you can have the best solu-tion in the world, but, if youcan’t tell someone what it is,it’s worthless,” Simmondssaid. “The technical content ofall the presentations is excel-lent.”

“They are very good,”Perdue said. “That’s why Ikeep coming back here. Thisis my ninth year doing this.”

Nate Cloud, ’64 EG, theproject sponsor coordinator,

said the benefits for a sponsor of a sen-ior design project are intimate aware-ness of student potential as prospectivebusiness associates or partners anduncovering the business potential of anidea that has exciting but undefinedpotential.

“Other benefits for sponsors includegoodwill and additional marketing andexposure with students and the commu-nity at large, as well as connection toadvanced research and technology atUD,” Cloud said.

Teammates (from left) Dante Gabrielli, AnthonyDavis and Mike Kutzer check their prototype indus-trial filtration system in preparation for their presen-tation at the senior mechanical design competition.Teammate Clifford Cieslak is not shown.

Jared Wrayby Diane Kukich

Jared Wray admits that he wasn’tcrazy about academics when he was in

highschool,but hedid like“hands-onthings”andknewthat hewouldworkhard onsome-thing ifhe liked

it. Based on his interest in math and sci-ence, Wray decided to major in mechan-ical engineering at UD, and he turnedout to be a top student in his class. “Iworked hard because when I decide todo something, I get very competitive,”he says.

Wray’s competitive nature was stoked

by sports as well. A native of Virginia,he was recruited to play football atDelaware. “I was recruited by severalother schools, too,” he says, “but I choseUD because I knew the engineering pro-gram was good. I also really liked theatmosphere that I felt here when I visit-ed. I liked the small town, and the fansupport here is tremendous.”

Red-shirted as a freshman, Wray isnow in his fifth year and could still beplaying football, but his career was cutshort by injuries. Although disappoint-ed that he can no longer play, Wray ishappy to have been a part of the 2003championship team, and the extra yearworked out well for him academically.Left with only Senior Design to take thisyear, he has been able to work for anengineering firm several days a week.

That part-time job will probably turnout to be his first post-graduation careerchoice. Greenstone Engineering, a smallcivil engineering firm located in theWilmington, Delaware, area owned andoperated by two UD alums, has offereda Wray a full-time job when he gradu-ates in January. “They’re trying to turnme into a civil engineer,” he says, onlyhalf kidding. The company, which spe-

cializes in stream restoration, is actuallya good fit for Wray. “My joining themwill enable them to take on moremechanical engineering–oriented proj-ects,” he says.

Wray credits Prof. Ajay Prasad withigniting his interest in fluids. “He reallyworked hard to get us interested,” hesays. I enjoy professors like that whoare able to get students excited aboutwhat they’re teaching.”

As for football, Wray enjoyed it butnever intended to make a career out ofit. He is glad that he had a chance toplay for Tubby Raymond before the leg-endary coach retired. He also foundthat football and engineering played offwell against each other. Although chal-lenging to manage the two, Wray saysthat each one took his mind off the otherand provided relief. “I did give upother things, like partying on Fridaynights, but I’ve always done best when Ihave a lot of things to do.”

That trait should stand him in goodstead working for GreenstoneEngineering, where he will undoubtedlybe busy as the only mechanical engi-neer.

Christine (Chrissy)Tate

by Diane Kukich

Christine(Chrissy)Tate, a grad-uate ofBrandywineHigh School,was attract-ed to theUniversityof Delawarebecause ofits proximityto her home

in North Wilmington, its prestigiousengineering program, and its exemplaryStudy Abroad Program.

She chose mechanical engineering asher major because it allowed her to com-bine her two favorite subjects—math andphysics. “Even when I was reallyyoung,” she says, “I always excelled inmath. I remember being in secondgrade, and the teacher called my motherin to express concern about how muchbetter I was in math than in reading andwriting.”

But Tate ended up excelling in all of

her academic subjects, enabling her tocomplete high school as valedictorian ofher class while also competing on thetennis team, participating in the march-ing band, and performing in schoolplays.

At UD, she has taken full advantage ofthe Study Abroad program, traveling toBremen, Germany, for materials science;Tasmania, Australia, for fluids; and CostaRica for philosophy. “These have justbeen great experiences,” she says. “Ilove to travel, and I think it’s importantfor all Americans to travel—it’s anopportunity for us to show others thatAmericans are basically good people andalso to get an idea of how the rest of theworld sees us.”

Tate especially enjoyed Australia,where she made several friends withwhom she stays in touch. “Their cultureis similar to ours,” Tate says, “but they’remore laid back and they have a wonder-ful sense of humor.” She would haveliked to return to Australia for WinterSession of 2005 but did not get the teach-ing assistant position she applied for. Soshe opted to take an elective philosophycourse in Costa Rica focusing on theenvironmental ethics of the rainforest.

Like many top students, Tate has beenbusy as an undergraduate, serving onthe boards of three resident studentorganizations and doing research. Her

service is an eclectic mix of engineeringand social causes including holistic livingand women’s issues. Her research beganwhen she was only a freshman, readingand marking muscles on magnetic reso-nance images for a doctoral studentunder the advisement of Prof. TomBuchanan. Her initial work resulted inher being a first-author on a paper to bereviewed for publication by an MSSE(Medicine & Science in Sports andExercise) journal. She later initiated anindependent research project based on arelated topic that is serving as the basisfor her senior thesis.

The research experience will serve asthe basis for the next stage of Tate’s life—graduate school. She is considering com-pleting her Ph.D. in the area of biomed-ical mechanical engineering and thenseeking an academic position. Her topchoices for grad school include StanfordUniversity, the University of California atBerkeley, and Duke University. She’sexcited about the opportunity and abouther plans to eventually teach at the uni-versity level but admits that it’s not aneasy choice. “It’s difficult because I alsowant to get out there and actuallywork—for example, in making prosthet-icsdesign.”

It’s a sure bet, though, that whateverChrissy Tate decides to do, she will puteverything she has into it and do it well.

Alumni

Alumni CareersCelebration Day

by Diane Kukich

On April 29, 2005, UD-ME will holdits first Careers Celebration Day. Thegoals of the event, according toDepartment Chair Tom Buchanan, areto celebrate the careers of the universi-ty’s ME graduates; facilitate the build-ing of stronger relationships among MEalumni, the department, and currentME students; and increase students’awareness of the variety of careeroptions available to them.

“We realized that we have about 2700active alums,” says Nate Cloud ’64,coordinator of alumni relations for theDepartment, “and probably close to 300of them are in high leadership positionsas CEOs, owners, vice presidents, anddirectors. This is a significant numberof people who have achieved success,and we want to hear their stories.”

To prepare for the event, a surveywas sent out to alumni (see Survey arti-cle below) to provide insights intocareers, the effect of the ME degree oncareer experiences, and significant chal-lenges and achievements of ME alums.

According to Deirdre Smith, Directorof University Development for the

College ofEngineering, the eventwill include students,faculty, and alumniand will provide anideal opportunity fornetworking. The one-day program will alsofeature awards, talksby alumni, anoverview of theDepartment, andtours. “We’d like tosee this become a con-tinuing event,” saysSmith.

“One of the side ben-efits,” says Tom Frey’84, a member of thecommittee formed toplan CareersCelebration Day, “isthat it will introducecurrent undergradu-ates to the diversity ofcareer possibilities within and outsideengineering. It’s also a way to promoteinternships.”

“Judging by the response to the sur-vey mailing,” Frey continues, “wesense that there’s an untapped interestin alumni relations out there.”

Committee member Bill Wagamon’62 concurs. “This is a resource that

didn’t exist when I was a student,” hesays. “I would have loved this after Igraduated.”

Cloud emphasizes that it is not toolate for alumni to respond to therequest for bios, resumes, and complet-ed surveys. “This is an ongoingprocess,” he says. “We want to contin-ue to gather information about as manyalumni as we can.”

Alumni Careers Celebration Planning Team: Front row, L-R: Jim Hutchison ’78, CEO, JAED Architectsand Engineers; Deirdre Smith ’86 (BCE), Director ofDevelopment – Engineering; Tom Frey ’84, Project Engineer,ATK Elkton; Back row, L-R: Mike Greenberg, Faculty; DickOrth ’60, Vice President, BCY, Inc.; Nate Cloud ’64,President, Cirrus Engineering; Bill Wagamon ’62, Director ofSales, AET Films (ret.); Not pictured: Faculty members, Jack Vinson, Suresh Advani

Alumni CareerSurvey

by Diane Kukich

As a springboard to its first CareersCelebration Day, UD-ME Chair TomBuchanan distributed a survey to solic-it information from alumni about theircareers and the effect of their MEdegree on their career experiences.Over 100 alumni took the time to com-plete and return the surveys, and theirresponses made for interesting read-ing.

They graduated as long ago as 1949and as recently as 2004. They haveworked in sales, marketing, the law,education, and manufacturing, for pri-vate industry, their own consultingfirms, and the Department of Defense,for high schools, small colleges, andlarge universities. One is a patent

attorney, another sells real estate on theRiviera, and a third is a podiatrist whospecializes in treating injured runners.They have worked on products rang-ing from disposable diapers, medicaldiagnostic tools, and orthotics to farmequipment, combat vehicles, and semi-conductors.

When asked about the ME facultywho had influenced their lives, manynames surfaced, including Profs.Meakin, Greenberg, Keefe, Majidi,Santare, Hall, Advani, Cope, Guceri,Gillespie, Wilkins, Glancey, Chou,Pipes, Prasad, Buchanan, and Santare.One alum mentioned a former lacrossecoach; others mentioned faculty whowere deceased long before today’s stu-dents—and in some cases even theirparents—were born.

But one name came up more thanany other: that of Prof. Jack Vinson.One alum stated, “In my current role, I

am often in the position of teachingmanufacturing leaders, and Dr.Vinson’s model is one I try to follow.”Another wrote, “Jack Vinson providedsupport at times during my under-graduate years when I needed someencouragement and solutions to helpme persevere to complete my degree.”

When they’re not working, these for-mer ME’s are singing in church choirs,sailing, running, skiing, kayaking, andcycling. They serve on the boards ofhomeowners’ associations, churches,and preschools. Some do archery andpistol shooting, while the leisure activi-ties of others include karate and crab-bing. They have built houses forHabitat for Humanity, volunteered asyouth coaches, and taught disabledchildren to snowboard. One has sixkids, others have never married.

They have lived in places as close asNewark and Wilmington, Delaware,

Are there anythoughts you’dlike to sharewith fellowalumni or current MEstudents?� The more you applyyourself in school, thebetter you will be pre-pared for what is next. � Doing research whilean undergrad can giveyou a good idea if youwant to keep going thatroute. � Take theFundamentals exam assoon as you can regard-less if you think youneed it or not. � Always keep an openmind. � You never know where life will take you. You have toremain willing to accept unusual assignments or responsi-bilities. You may end up going in a totally different direc-tion – but find that you enjoy it!It’s easy when you are an undergrad to be short-sightedand focus only on passing a subject, but if you intend tobe successful in the workplace as an engineer, every sub-ject is important to learn.� In the summer months find a related job to your field tobe sure this is what you want to do.� Work hard.� Have fun, it doesn’t get any better than being an under-graduate.� Keep your options open, but focus on current perform-ance.� The education gives you the foundation for your career,which may take many roads. � Enjoy what you do; you will do it a long time which isshort in looking back.� Keep studying and keep an open mind! There’s somuch you can do with your degree. � There are many career paths available to a person with amechanical engineering degree.

How do youfeel your MEdegree and theeducation youreceived at UDserved youalong the way?

� Respondents cited thefollowing skills andknowledge they gainedfrom their UD-ME edu-cation:� Knowing how to solveproblems in a very gen-eral sense and knowingwhere to find theresources to “execute.”� Sound fundamentals.� Analysis and problem-solving, ability to under-

stand and evaluate complex new technologies, and abilityto work effectively with engineering professionals oncross-functional teams.� The work and study ethics to problem-solve.� Where to look whenever you have an unsolvable prob-lem.� Understanding and means of communicating within atechnical company and with customers.� A solid ground for evaluating new and emerging tech-nologies.� Learning to be organized and logical in work processes.� Logical thought process.� Practical basis for thinking which I use every day.� Problem solving and project management.� Good foundation for biomechanics and medicine.� Good foundational education on which to build differentcareer paths.� Lessons in perseverance and competition.� Analytical abilities.� Discipline and problem-solving approach.� Learning how to think through problems analytically,and learning how to learn.� Problem solving and qualitative and quantitative under-standing of the physical world.

Mechanical Engineering Alumni Career CelebrationAlumnus Career Survey

Name: ______________________________________________________________

• Please respond to as many of the following questions as you feel appropriate,either on an attached sheet of paper or in an electronic Word file.

• Please describe any additional degrees or education you received since aftercompleting your Mechanical Engineering degree at the University.

• How would you describe your life journey or career path since graduation?• What would you describe as your most challenging project or undertaking?

• How would you describe your most significant achievement in terms of makinga difference in the world?

• How do you feel your mechanical engineering degree and the education youreceived at the University has served you along the way?

• Are there any UD mechanical engineering alumni or faculty that has had a par-ticularly positive influence on you over the years?

• Are you, or have you been, involved in any of the following: professional soci-eties; community/civic service; or recreational activities?

• What suggestions do you have for improving the mechanical engineeringdepartment and its relationship with alumni?

• Are there any thoughts that you would like to share with fellow alumni or cur-rent mechanical engineering students?

• If you would like to take this opportunity to update your contact information inthe University’s alumni database, please do so below. (This information will notbe included in any biographic information shared as part of our Alumni CareerCelebration.)

and as distant as Alberta, Canada, andChad, Africa. They have worked inIndia, Japan, and Germany.

Their greatest challenges range frommanaging a 2.5M ton/year steel plant,to dealing with dioxin emissions fromcombustion, to managing people afteryears of practicing engineering. Many,however, mentioned raising children

as their most challenging undertak-ing—a “project” that transcends engi-neering. They also mentioned theirkids as their greatest achievement.

And most of them had lots to sayabout the value of their ME degreesand lots of advice to offer today’s stu-dents. Some advocated bringing alum-ni in to talk to current undergraduates,

and we plan to follow up on that—these individuals have a wealth of col-lective experience to share. But in themeantime, see the sidebars to this storyfor highlights of their advice and thevalue they place on their UD-ME edu-cation from the perspective of thosewho have spent years, even decades,in the workplace.

� Prepare in advance for class lectures, avoid cramming,pursue internships, network and step out of the box toexperience all life has to offer. � Intelligence isn’t the main factor behind having a suc-cessful career. Application of knowledge and process andgood interpersonal skills are the keys. � Pay attention to all your courses; the more you knowwhen you graduate, the easier your professional life willbe!� High engineering grades are important for some special-ties and research but not for normal plant operations.Reasonable intelligence and the ability to make a groupwork together as a team are what get results.� The world of mechanical engineering is broad—keepdeveloping, changing careers as opportunities arise.When you finish a job, it is time to move on, usually everyfive years.� Don’t give up, engineering is tough but well worth it. � Be proud of the education you obtain from Delaware. Itis what you make of it.� UD is a great place to be. The sky is the limit for yourimagination and careers.� Engineering prepares a student to make immediate con-tributions in the work environment.� An engineering background is a valuable asset in any jobposition.� There are many places that a mechanical engineeringdegree can take a person.� Find a company where you can have a real passion forwhat you do, and work for someone who is interested inyour growth.� Get a variety of experiences when you are young tounderstand what you most enjoy, and have more to offeran employer.� Get a meaningful job, one that can’t be outsourced andone that advances our technical position in a world econo-my.� Life is too short, do something you love, enjoy every day,do your best and forget the rest.� Get a basic understanding of economics and business. � The most important job is the one you have now—if youtake this to heart, the rest will take care of itself. We don’talways get the choice assignments in life, but if we do anoutstanding job, we can better influence our future.� You do make a difference. Only as far as you seek canyou go…Only as far as you reach can you be.� Enjoy your time at Delaware!� Find your passion and take chances.� Have a good time.� Get all the hands-on experience you can; don’t be afraidto start your own company.� Keep the faith.� You get one turn in life; don’t waste it.� Stick with it! Its tough but its worth it! � Get the formal education and be flexible. Remember, theonly constant is change.� Expect and learn to embrace change. Practice lifelonglearning. � Utilize all opportunities for career and social advance-ment.

� A good basis from which to start learning what the realworld is.� The respect and confidence needed to enter the work-force straight out of college.� Passion for learning.� And others had more extensive comments about thevalue of their UD education:� Junior and senior research was by far the best experiencebecause it made me be very proactive and matured mebefore going into the job market. It made me think. Itmade me a “doer.”� My ME degree really opened the door for me to pursuejust about anything I wanted. The field of science in whichI now work (biochemistry) is worlds away from mechani-cal engineering, but the physical principles are often analo-gous.� An ME degree commands some respect—the rest is upto you.� The education broadened my horizons, increased mycapability to think, and increased my writing skills consid-erably.� It got me the start I needed to find my way into busi-ness.� It has enabled me to obtain very good jobs & a greatcareer.� Opened the door to my first career assignment and pro-vided analytical tools as well as pragmatism for life andsecond career.� I have learned that I will hire anyone with an engineer-ing degree and put them in any operations job. I knowhow they think and why they think that way.� The problem-solving skills I developed have helped mebe very flexible in the variety of roles in my career.� Besides an excellent grounding in the principles ofmechanical engineering, it gave me an appreciation for thevalue of problem-solving, and for pursuing excellence inall things. I also received a well-rounded education inaddition to my technical subjects, and have continued toappreciate literature, music and the arts throughout mycareer.� Being a manager now, I realize the importance of obtain-ing a degree from a well respected engineering school.� I felt I used the computational skills I learned in mydegree more as a high school teacher of pre-engineeringthan [I did] as a young engineer.� Made me marketable and flexible to change jobs whennecessary and given me confidence in my ability to dothings I want to.� Beyond the textbook technical elements, my mechanicalengineering education at Delaware instilled in me verycomprehensive analytical capabilities which I continue todraw on essentially every day of my life.� The team projects really prepared me for my career inconstruction, where we have constantly changing projectteams.� My mechanical engineering degree and the education Ireceived at U of D are the underpinnings of my career.They enabled me to understand the technical challengesand gave me an effective approach to problem solving.

UD Mechanical Engineering Alumni Careers by Title

Total on list ............................................................................2658No employment information ..............................................1107Engineering/Scientist/Technician/Programmer................831Supervisor/Manager ..............................................................259Business Leader (CEO, President; VP; Director) ................213Academic (Professor, Researcher; Teacher) ............................74Business (Finance; Marketing; Sales) ......................................52Consultant ..................................................................................35Law (Attorney/Partner/Council)............................................21Military/Law Enforcement ......................................................12Homemaker ................................................................................11Physician/Medical Technician ..................................................7Miscl. (Eg: Storyteller; Singer; Pilot; etc.) ................................7Clergy ............................................................................................3

We sorted the Alumni database, by title, with the intent of simply counting the number ofengineers, etc. It wasn’t as easy as that. After a lot of fiddling around we came up with theabove listing. Lot’s of overlap, and don’t bother to add up the numbers, but we hope youfind it interesting

Katherine (Piazza)Thuma Wins AlumniDrawing

by Diane Kukich

Katherine M.Thuma (Piazza) isthe winner of therandom drawingfrom the pool ofall who complet-ed the alumnisurvey.

ME alumnicoordinator NateCloud said, “Wefound her career

to be quite interesting and varied for ayoung person. Coincidentally,Katherine helped me in her junior yearwith a campaign to solicit alumniemails, netting about 700 out of 2700alums.”

Thuma, who is currently working onher MBA with a concentration in tech-nology management, has been workingfor about two years for McLarenEngineering Group, a consulting engi-neering firm just north of New YorkCity. She was recently promoted to StaffEngineer in the company’s

Entertainment Division. “I’ve had theopportunity to work on rock-and-rollstages, Las Vegas shows, Disney events,Cirque du Soleil shows, Broadwayshows, the Super Bowl Halftime Show,and the MTV video music awards, justto name a few,” she says. “There is awhole exciting world of entertainmentengineering that I never knew existedbut was lucky enough to fall into.”

After getting married last month (toDelaware alumnus Benjamin Thuma),Katherine moved away from the com-pany’s main office, so she is now work-ing in a solo office trying to expand thecompany and division into the NewEngland area. She predicts that thework she is now starting in the market-ing/development area will be her mostchallenging to date. “I have no trainingin this field, so I am following myinstincts and hoping for the best,” shesays.

Thuma is undoubtedly well preparedfor the challenge. “The most importantlesson that I learned at UD was not real-ly taught in any class,” she says. “I wasnever the best student, and I certainlywasn’t getting straight A’s, but I workedvery hard, and above all else I learnedthat hard work does pay off. Once youget out into ’the real world,’ the gradesyou got in college don’t really matter.

How you present yourself, how youhandle problems, challenges and set-backs say a lot more about you as anengineer than your GPA can.”

Thuma names Dr. Jim Glancey as oneof the most influential professors thatshe studied under at UD. “He had agift for treating all his students likeadults, rather then students,” she says.“Dr. Glancey also had the ability tomake you want to raise the bar on everyendeavor you attempted, and hebrought ’reality’ to a curriculum filledwith ’textbook questions.’ Every time Ithink about the Solar Decathlon andsenior year at Delaware I think of all thevaluable lessons Dr. Glancey sharedwith us.”

Thuma iscurrently theTreasurer forthe RocklandCountychapter ofthe Society ofProfessionalEngineers.She is alsothe HighSchoolRelation rep-resentative for the chapter’s annualEngineering Expo.

The winning ticket

Celebrating Alumni Careers

Ten MechanicalEngineering AlumsCited forDistinguishedCareersby Nate Cloud

Ten ME alums have been selectedby the Alumni Career CelebrationPlanning Team (see picture – top ofpg 8) as distinguished representa-

tives of all of the careers of ouralumni around the word. Theircareer stories are included below.

We started with all of the wonder-ful feedback that we received lastfall from those of you who respond-ed to ME Dept. Chair’s request tobegin to participate in our AlumniCareer Celebration project by send-ing us biographical career informa-tion. We reviewed all of this infor-mation, and based our section onthe following criteria: Achievement;

Impact; Uniqueness; Interesting.It was difficult to make a selec-

tion – we felt everyone’s career isdistinguished in it’s ownway……but we made a choice forthis year. We hope you agree thatthis diverse group of alums pro-vides worthy examples of careersthat all of us, and our current MEstudents, either reflect upon, oraspire to.

Donald R. McCoy is a DeputyAssociateDirector forWeaponsPhysics atLos AlamosNationalLaboratory(LANL).After earn-ing his BMEat Delawarein 1975,McCoy went

on to earn MS and PhD degrees innuclear engineering fromNorthwestern University. McCoy iscurrently responsible for setting pri-orities, planning, resource alloca-tion, and monitoring execution ofthe entire range of nuclear weaponsactivities, totaling $1.25 billion peryear, at Los Alamos.

“My education at the Universityof Delaware gave me technicalproblem-solving skills and disci-pline that made my graduate schooleducation at Northwestern relative-ly easy,” says McCoy. “I thankProfessors Wally Walters and Tsu-Wei Chou for being great mentorsand teachers. I remember attendingfreshman orientation in the summerof 1971 and being told, since I wasfrom Caesar Rodney High School inCamden-Wyoming (or “lower slow-er Delaware,” as it was known), thatit was fifty percent likely I would

flunk out of engineering school inmy freshman year.”

“I had a sense of humor about themessage that was given to me,” hecontinues, “and I had an attitudethe rest of my time at the Universitythat the analysis was flawed and Iwould succeed. I feel fortunate tohave been able to support theUniversity financially over manyyears and will always be proud ofthe institution.”

McCoy joined Los Alamos in 1980and has experience in simulationcode development, nuclear testdiagnostics, and nuclear weapondesign and certification. He hasmanaged many successful programsat LANL but cites the following ashis three most significant accom-plishments: (1) participating in thedesign, development, and testing ofthe U.S. nuclear weapons stockpilefrom 1982 through 1992; (2) partici-pating in the development of astockpile stewardship program thatmaintains confidence in the U.S.nuclear weapons stockpile withoutadditional nuclear testing beginningin 1993; and (3) procuring the mostcapable computer in the U.S. in2001—the 30 trillion operations persecond “Q” machine at Los Alamos.

McCoy has served as technicaldirector to the Director of theDepartment of Energy TestingDivision, and he received the DOE

Award of Excellence, NuclearWeapons Program, in 1986, 1989,1990, 1992 and 1993.

A member with his wife of theDelaware Diamonds Society, McCoywas named to the University ofDelaware’s Alumni Wall of Fame in2004. The Wall, located in theAlumni Lounge of the PerkinsStudent Center, was established bythe University and the UD AlumniAssociation to recognize outstand-ing professional and public serviceachievements by UD graduates.

“My education at the

University of Delaware gave me

technical problem-

solving skills and disci-

pline that made my graduate

school education at Northwestern

relatively easy.”

Frederick H. Kohloss, a consultingengineer inHawaiibeginning in1956,designed themechanicalservices formany majorconstructionprojects inHawaii, thewesternUnited States,

and other Pacific Ocean areas.Kohloss earned a B.S. in mechanical

engineering in 1943 from theUniversity of Maryland, then servedas a lieutenant in the 125th ArmoredEngineer Battalion of the 14thArmored Division in France andGermany and the 1625th EngineerConstruction Battalion in thePhilippines and the occupation ofJapan.

After the war, he continued his edu-cation on the G.I. bill while workingfull-time, earning an MME from theUniversity of Delaware and a JD fromGeorge Washington University. Hetaught mechanical engineering at

GWU and was chief engineer ofmechanical contracting firms inWashington D.C. and Cleveland priorto moving to Hawaii. He has alsotaught engineering courses part-timeat the University of Hawaii.

His firm, Frederick H. Kohloss &Associates, had branches inMelbourne, Australia, and in Tucson,Cleveland, and Denver. In 1991,Kohloss sold his firm to the Australia-based Lincolne Scott Group. Heretired from that firm in 2001 and con-tinued as an individual consultantuntil 2004.

Kohloss served as President ofASHRAE in 1985-86, is a Life Fellowof ASHRAE and ASME, and is aFellow of the Institution of EngineersAustralia and the (British) CharteredInstitute of Building ServicesEngineers.

He received ASHRAE’s Bill andLouise Holladay DistinguishedFellow Medal in 1998 andDistinguished 50-Year Member andExceptional Service Awards in 1999.He received the DistinguishedAlumnus award in 1997 from theUniversity of Maryland’s Clark School

of Engineering. Kohloss was namedHawaii’s Engineer of the Year in 1980,and received the LifetimeAchievement Award from the HawaiiCouncil of Engineering Societies in1999. He received an OutstandingAlumni Award from UD’s College ofEngineering in 2002.

“To appreciate and enjoy the profes-sion,” Kohloss says, “engineersshould continue lifelong learning andself-education, as technology pro-gresses at an ever-increasing rate.Participation in the work of engineer-ing societies is a good first step.”

Stephen D. Popovich was born in1922 and grewup during theGreatDepression,when jobswere scarceand complet-ing highschool was anoteworthyaccomplish-ment. Goingto college was

a childhood dream for Popovich,but his route there was not direct.“Financially, college was only adream,” he says. After graduatingfrom Conrad High School inWilmington, Delaware, in 1940, heserved two years as a machinist’sapprentice and then was acceptedinto the Navy Flight TrainingProgram.

Four years of military service as afighter pilot took him to the NorthAtlantic and then the PacificTheater, where he flew for the IwoJima and Okinawa engagements. Inall, he made 200 carrier takeoffs andaccumulated 2,000 hours of flyingtime. Although he considered mak-

ing the Navy his career, Popovichopted instead to join the NavyReserve and go to college on theG.I. Bill. His childhood dream cametrue when he graduated from UDwith a degree in mechanical engi-neering in 1949.

In 1950 Popovich began whatwould turn out to be a 38-yearcareer with General Electric. Heworked on jet engine developmentand was involved in demonstratingthe flight and reliability characteris-tics required for mass production.Later, he moved from Cincinnati toPhiladelphia to join what wouldbecome GE’s Aerospace Business.

“I found myself in the middle ofgetting a new business going, final-izing the design for enabling a spacevehicle to successfully reenter theearth’s atmosphere, and getting AirForce approval for the design,” herecalls. In 1959, he and his teamsuccessfully tested the first reentryvehicle, the Mark 1, aboard a Thormissile.

This experience led to Popovich’sbeing assigned to represent GE withthe Electronics Industry Association(EIA) in Washington, DC, through

which industry people worked withgovernment representatives todevelop contract terms and admin-istrative and technical standardsthat would later become part of theFederal Procurement Regulations.

Then, in 1974, with his accumulat-ed credentials, Popovich wasoffered a position in GE’s AdvancedReactor Department in San Jose,where he was to be a bridgebetween GE and the Department ofEnergy. Although he had somereservations about the offer,Popovich accepted it and describesit as “a great move.” He retired 14years later, in 1988, and he and hiswife stayed in San Jose, where theironly son and his family also live.He and his wife now travel and areactive in a variety of events andorganizations for seniors.

“As horrible as it was, World WarII did wonders for me,” Popovichconcludes. “It enabled me to get ajob, to have the experience of flyingmilitary aircraft, and, thanks for theGI Bill, to get a college education.Thank you, University ofDelaware—you changed my life.”

“To appreciate and

enjoy the profession, engineers

should continue lifelong learning

and self-education,

as technology progresses at an

ever-increasing rate.”

Amy Lerner joined the MechanicalEngineeringfaculty at theUniversity ofRochester in’97 and wasone of thefoundingmembers oftheBiomedicalEngineeringDepartmentin 2000. Her

research involves orthopaedic bio-mechanics, including studies of nor-mal growth, soft tissue injuries, anddevelopment of osteoarthritis. Sheleads the Biomedical EngineeringSenior Design Program and teachesBiosolid Mechanics. In addition,she coordinated the RUBI summerundergraduate research program(Research for Undergraduates inBiomechanics and Imaging), whichis sponsored by the NationalScience Foundation.

Before entering the field of biome-chanics, Lerner graduated with aB.S. in Textile Science from CornellUniversity in 1983. Followinggraduation, she worked for fouryears as a softgoods design engi-neer in support of the spacesuit pro-gram at ILC Dover, in Frederica,Delaware. She then returned to aca-demia to study biomechanics, earn-ing a B.S. in mechanical engineeringfrom UD and then a PhD from theUniversity of Michigan. Additionaldesign experience in industry came

from experiences at W.L. Gore andthe DuPont Company during hereducation. She continues to collab-orate with industry in her researchof the knee joint.

Lerner jokes that she has learnedto appreciate why all the professors’doors were closed at UD. “Jugglingresearch and teaching and a ‘reallife’ has been challenging, particu-larly now as I try to re-create a realsenior design program modeledafter the one at Delaware,” she says,“and after helping our faculty suc-cessfully navigate our first ABETaccreditation last fall.”

“I attended the OrthopaedicResearch Society last spring and raninto five graduates of our under-graduate BME program, four ofwhom have gone on to graduatework in biomedical engineering,”she continues. “So even on dayswhen I can’t get any research done,I can remember that my impact onresearch has a ‘multiplication fac-tor’ through my encouragement andtraining of undergraduates to con-sider research careers.”

Lerner views her engineeringdegree as a solid foundation onwhich she built her career. She citesthe fundamental training as critical,as were the opportunities forresearch and the applications tospecialty areas in senior- levelcourses.

The experiences she remembersmost vividly were the senior designcourse and a biomechanics course

that confirmed her interest andallowed her to stretch and explorein that area. “I’m very excited tohear how successful the biomechan-ics area has become for UD,” shesays. “It was really just gettingstarted as I graduated, and it’simpressive to see how it hasgrown.”

Lerner is involved with theBioengineering Division of ASME,the Orthopaedic Research Society,and the Biomedical EngineeringSociety. As for recreation, she haslittle time to spare for that….

Lerner urges her former profes-sors to “keep pushing students withsenior design—your program is oneof the best around, and I am stillproud to be an alum of that pro-gram. I now KNOW how muchwork it is for the faculty, but it isworth it. Even when the studentscomplain about how much work itis—which they do about mine, too.The more ‘real world’ it is, the bet-ter. Your interactions with industryare still something that impressesme, and one aspect I’ve yet to sortout.”

In addition to a BME from Delaware,John Thackrah holds an MBA from

RennselaerPolytechnicalInstitute. He iscurrently VicePresident andGeneralManager ofOperations forPratt & Whitney,a division ofUnited

Technologies Corporation.In describing his career path since

graduation, Thackrah says, “It’s been agreat ride so far. My career has takenmy family and me to many foreigncountries and many states within theU.S. It’s been a great opportunity.”

In his current position, he providesoverall leadership to the Pratt &Whitney Combustor, Augmentor andNozzle Module Center, which includesresponsibility for operations, engineer-ing, purchasing, and aftermarket.

Thackrah joined Pratt & Whitney in1979 as a project engineer and workedon a variety of projects during the nexttwo decades. In addition to work in thecompany’s U.S. offices, Thackrah suc-cessfully completed the green field startup of an Aftermarket Operations com-ponent repair facility in Singapore, anendeavor that he cites as his most chal-lenging project.

His most significant achievement interms of making a difference in theworld? “Being part of the engineeringdesign and development team that

developed the modern aircraft enginesthat power the airliners we all flytoday,” he says. “My mechanical engi-neering degree and the education Ireceived at the University were invalu-able. I could have never achieved whatI have without my technical degreefrom UD.”

In his spare time, Thackrah serves asa deacon in his church and is an activerower, bicyclist, and golfer.

He sees alumni as a valuable, andsometimes untapped, resource for fac-ulty and current students. “If I hadheard someone with 25 years of practi-cal business experience come to lecturea class on what practicing engineers dowhen I was a student, I think I wouldhave gotten a lot out of it and found itrewarding,” he says.

“I’m very excited to

hear how successful the bio-

mechanics area has

become for UD.”

Alex Bourdon continued his educa-tion after earninghis BME by tak-ing multiplebusiness andfinance coursesat the Universityof Delaware, theUniversity ofChicago, and theWharton Schoolof Business. He

describes his career path as “fulfill-ing”: In the past 24 years, he hasworked in basic R&D followed by aseries of manufacturing assignmentsin nuclear defense materials, poly-mers, fibers, films, instruments, and,currently, medical diagnostic reagents.

“Along the way I have had oppor-tunities in engineering, maintenance,human resources, and manufacturingmanagement,” he says. “We relocatedseven times and experienced onedivestiture, one acquisition, and onemerger.”

Bourdon currently manages globalmanufacturing operations for DadeBehring, a position that has enabledhim to establish strong ties betweenthe company and UD’s College ofEngineering and Health & NursingSciences.

“One of the most challenging andpersonally rewarding projects in mycareer was the turnaround of a manu-facturing plant in California,” he says.“We had to turn an underperformingplant into a competitive one while atthe same time reducing workforce,improving quality and delivery, andworking under the real threat that theoutcome of all the work might still beto shut the operation down or relocateit.

“The rewarding part,” he continues,“was seeing the people step up to thechallenge, install new operating sys-tems, establish new standards of per-

formance, and learn new skills. Itquickly became the highest qualityplant with the most favorable finan-cial performance in the company. Theplant’s new competitiveness createdthe opportunity for us to take outexcess cost, increase sales, re-negotiateour lease in the expensive SiliconValley area, and retain the jobs for thepeople who remained.”

Bourdon credits his ME degree withopening the door for him to pursuejust about anything he wanted. “Thefield of science in which I nowwork—biochemistry—is worlds awayfrom mechanical engineering, but thephysical principles are often analo-gous. What I found exceptionallyvaluable was the course I took withDr. Maurice Young in control systemsdynamics. It really formed a strongfoundation for understanding not justmachinery controls, but also manage-ment control systems, their interac-tions and dynamic effects.”

In his spare time, Bourdon coachesyouth sports and participates in bas-ketball, volleyball, tennis, golf, karateand marathoning. He also serves onthe visiting committee for the UDCollege of Health & Nursing Sciencesand has participated in AmeriCaresHomefronts and Habitat forHumanity constructions.

Dr. Anthony L. Laganelli is ChiefScientist andAssistant VicePresident forthePropulsionandInformationTechnologyDivision with-in the Spaceand DefenseGroup (SDG)of Science

Applications InternationalCorporation (SAIC). A 25-year vet-eran of SAIC, Dr. Laganelli joinedthe company after a distinguishedcareer at the General ElectricReentry Systems Department, wherehe served as a program manager,engineering staff manager, and con-sultant on several national pro-grams.

At SAIC, Dr. Laganelli’s workinvolved research and developmentin high speed energy transport. Afocus of this work was on aeroa-

coustics and the impact of acousticloads on structural response andaging aircraft. He has become anational expert in this area, and hisinnovative techniques have beeninstrumental in providing solutionsfor design of aerodynamic surfaces.

Dr. Laganelli, who earned his PhDin Applied Science at UD in ’66, hasalso taught at the university leveland has guided a number ofadvanced degree students. He wasa co-founder of the PennsylvaniaState University (King of Prussia,PA) incubator program that becamea “pilot” program throughout thecountry. He is a member of severalnational institutions and has servedon panels for NASA, the U.S. Army,and the US Air Force. He is alsoinvolved in community youthsports programs.

Laganelli describes the design anddevelopment of interplanetaryspace probes as his most challeng-ing project or undertaking, and hesays that his most significant

achievement in terms of making adifference in the world was “help-ing toward the design of reentryvehicles and establishing technicalsuperiority for the US.”

“Graduate school prepared mementally and most importantlytaught me to focus and completeprojects,” says Laganelli. “I reallybelieve that the engineering fieldprepares a student to make immedi-ate contributions in the work envi-ronment.”

“The rewarding part

was seeing the people step up

to the challenge install

new operating systems, establish

new standards of performance,

and learn new skills...”

“Graduate school pre-

pared me mentally and

most importantly taught

me to focus and com-

plete projects.”

Patrick J. Reynolds is co-founder,President, andCEO of PoolPak,Inc.,TechnologiesCorporation inYork,Pennsylvania, acompany thatmakes indoorpool dehumidifi-cation systems.His primary

responsibilities include sales, market-ing, service and financial management.Since its establishment in 1986, thecompany has grown from just under$250,000 in sales to over $17 million(2001). His company’s products are inmany high profile natatoriums, includ-ing the Harry W. Rawstrom

Natatorium in the Carpenter SportsBuilding.

After earning his BME at UD in 1968,Reynolds took additional courses inmaterials science, solid state physics,management, science and businessadministration. He describes his lifejourney or career path since graduationas “an evolution from a highly techni-cal and theoretical college launch toblending that knowledge with generalmanagement skills.” His greatest chal-lenge has been “acquiring a workingknowledge of the business world,” andhis most significant achievement was“growing a successful business andbeing able to give 100 over-70 peopleemployment.”

Reynolds credits his mechanical engi-neering degree with giving him prob-lem solving abilities as well as qualita-

tive and quantitative understanding ofthe physical world. The solid statephysics courses, he says, helped pre-pare him for the coming computer rev-olution.

In his spare time, Reynolds has beeninvolved in ASHRAE, crisis interven-tion assisting teens and college kidsdealing with emotional and drug-relat-ed problems, and tutoring underprivi-leged inner-city children. He has trav-eled extensively within the U.S. andaround the world.

His advice for current students: “Besure to get a basic understanding ofeconomics and business. Engineeringdwells in the realm between researchand users of technology. In this arena,the question of ‘is it affordable?’ isalways being asked.”

Jack N. Pezza is a MechanicalEngineer in theShockQualificationProgram of theNaval SurfaceWarfare Center–CarderockDivision (NSWC-CD) inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.

Pezza has held a variety of positionswithin the NSWCCD since 1998, andhe is experienced in integrated ship-board systems and proficient at identi-fying shipboard problems and develop-ing creative solutions to them.

After completing his BME at UD in1998, Pezza went on to earn a Master’sdegree in Mechanical Engineering atVillanova University;, he also holds acertificate in Composites Engineering

from Villanova University.“I have had the most fortunate expe-

riences since graduating from UD,”Pezza says. “At the NSWCCD, I havehad the opportunity to collaborate withthe finest engineers in the fields of shipsurvivability and mechanical shock andvibration. The mechanical engineeringbackground that I received at both UDand VU is the staple of my work. Ihave taken every opportunity to learnfrom my experiences, my mentors, andmy fellow engineers. The programsand projects I have contributed to overthe years have been challenging,rewarding and fulfilling.”

Pezza describes the SurvivabilityEnhancement Program (SEP) as hismost challenging undertaking. “It wasmy first ‘full throttle’ exposure to exe-cuting a program as the lead engineerresponsible for team members, productdelivery, acquiring project funding,

budgeting, scheduling, and marketingof services and technical expertise,” hesays. “Working for the Department ofthe Navy in the field of ship survivabil-ity means that the engineering solu-tions I’ve contributed to create a saferworking environment to the sailor inthe field.”

Pezza’s best advice: “Life is tooshort, do something you love, enjoyevery day, do your best and forget therest.”

Dave Bach is President & CEO ofScientific Products & Systems, Inc. at

the University ofMarylandBaltimoreCampus (UMBC)TechnologyCenter inMaryland. Thefirm is a start-upcompany that isdeveloping a pre-cision fluid dis-

pensing system for the biosciences. After completing his bachelor’s

degree in ME at UD, Bach went on toearn an M.B.A. in TechnicalManagement at Nichols College inDudley, Massachusetts. His experi-ence is wide-ranging, including seniormanagement, manufacturing, andengineering. He is skilled at publicofferings and venture capital funding,patent infringement analysis and con-tract negotiation, integrated productdesign and development, and project,quality and facilities management.

Before starting Scientific Products &Systems in 2000, Bach worked for sev-eral companies, including Intelligene

USA, National Instrument Company,Cardiovascular Diagnostics,Automotive Diagnostics, BaxterDiagnostics, Gene-TrakSystems/AMOCO, and the DuPontCompany.

Bach is the author or co-author ofeleven patents on inventions rangingfrom an optical detector cell and anapparatus for manufacturing lipo-somes to a Precision Fluid DispensingSystem and a fluorescence detectionsystem. He has also co-authored twotechnical papers.

Distinguished Alumni by Diane Kukich

“Life is too short, do

something you love, enjoy

every day, do your best

and forget the rest. ”

Alumni FeedbackStephanie Fagan was promoted to

President of Office ManagementSystems Corp. software company. Asa result, she, her husband, and their14-month-old daughter happily relo-cated to the company headquarters inSouthampton, NY, in October.

Meg Frost BME ’94 loved theUniversity so much she decided tostay in Newark. She also could notstay away from campus, so she is tak-ing classes whenever she can, thistime for a degree in physics. She con-sults part time out of her home officefor the MeadWestvaco Corporation, asthe Newark facility of Westvaco,where she was a project engineer,closed about two years ago. She hastwo children and is also on the Boardof Directors of the Delaware Academyof Science.

Kevin Warren and his wife, bothUD grads, moved back to the areawith their two boys this year aftermore than a decade away inWisconsin and California. They arevery pleased to be back. One ofKevin’s main projects has been transi-tioning the energy efficiency consult-ing practice he began in California.

Brad Carey BME ’03 is currentlyworking as a Mechanical DesignEngineer in HVAC at Henry Adams,LLC located in Towson, MD. His com-

pany is currently looking for aMechanical Engineer to be hired fulltime in the near future. A briefdescription of the company and thework that would be involved as amechanical engineer can be found atthe website listed: http://www.hen-ryadams.com. Please notify Brad orCharlie Henck([email protected]) if interest-ed.

David Teller BME ’80, was promot-ed to Global Supply Chain Managerfor Honeywell International’sResearch and Life Science businessand was transferred to Grand Haven,Michigan. He and his wife Marshacelebrated their 20th weddinganniversary in 2004. They have a 16-year-old son, Brandon, and twin 13-year old daughters, Morgan andLauren.

Katherine M. Thuma (Piazza) BME’01 married fellow Delaware alumniBenjamin Thuma (Class of 2003). Shealso got a promotion at M.G.McLaren, P.C., where she has beenworking since shortly after gradua-tion. The company is a consultingengineering group with its main officein NY. She is in their EntertainmentDivision, working on rock and rollstages, Broadway shows, and even theSuper Bowl Halftime Shows (just toname a few jobs). Since she moved toConnecticut after her wedding, she is

currently working in a solo office try-ing to develop a marketing plan toexpand into the New England area.Coincidentally, the company’s struc-tural division is doing the engineeringon the new performing arts center atUD. Small world!

Steve Andersen BME ’90, MME ’97and his wife Jennifer added a fourthchild to their family in September.

Alan W. Flenner BME ’86 is on aleave of absence from his position asan attorney at High, Swartz, Roberts& Seidel in Norristown, PA to serveas a staff officer with the First MarineExpeditionary Force Engineer Group(I MEG) in Iraq. Alan is a Commanderin the Navy Reserve Civil EngineerCorps and was recalled to active dutyin July 2004 in support of OperationIraqi Freedom. I MEG is responsiblefor the command and control of mili-tary units providing engineering andconstruction support for First MarineExpeditionary Force (I MEF) combatoperations and force protection; andfor civil-military humanitarian assis-tance and infrastructure restorationfor the people of Iraq. Alan is cur-rently involved with the reconstruc-tion effort in Fallujah, Iraq.

Richard D. McNett passed away onSunday, October 27, 2004.

Edward J. Yuschak Jr.

’51 – 2004Sadly, we received the notice of Edward

Yuschak’s death during the period latelast year that many alums were sendingus career information for the “alumnicareer celebration project.” Ed’s career inthis world is completed, but his obituary(reprinted below) reveals a worthy legacyand example for us all.

Ed passed away peacefully in hisfamily’s loving arms at home in LosAltos on September 15, 2004, after acourageous battle with cancer. Edwas 53.

Ed is survived by his wife, JacqueRupp, and their two sons,Christopher (15) and David (13), aswell as his father, Edward Yuschak,Sr.; brothers Thomas and his wifeMary; Mark and his wife Debbie;Robert; Michael and his wife Kerren;and their children. Ed is pre-

deceased by his mother, Bernadette(Cleary) Yuschak.

Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, June14, 1951, Ed grew up on the JerseyShore and graduated from theUniversity of Delaware. Receivinghis MBA from Santa Clara University,he lived in the Bay Area since 1978and worked for over 20 years in salesin the semiconductor manufacturingindustry.

Ed’s passions and proudestachievements centered on his familyand on coaching. Ed raised two fineboys and devoted many years tocoaching his sons and literally hun-dreds of other boys in youth baseballand basketball. An inspired coach,Ed utilized the playing field as aforum to teach his players significantlife lessons: gifts they will carry farand beyond the playing field. CoachEd incorporated his irrepressibly pos-itive attitude and enthusiasm into allhis endeavors; including and most

significantly the grace with which hedealt with his disease.

In lieu of flowers, the familyrequests that donations be made tothe “Coach Ed Yuschak Fund” estab-lished by the Los Altos Little League.LALL will use the funds to expandand renovate pitching/batting prac-tice areas at Purissima Field, LosAltos Hills. The league will also cre-ate a bermed lawn area in a shadytree grove where fans can sit andenjoy games. This memorial honorsEd’s longstanding devotion to theyoungsters and families in our LittleLeague baseball community and, inparticular, his passion for the princi-ples of the Positive CoachingAlliance.

Coach Ed Yuschak Fund of LALLP.O. Box 1389Los Altos, CA 94023

AlumniSupport

Mechanical EngineeringAlumni Donors to theUniversity of Delaware inFiscal Year 2004* (listed byclass date in each gift cate-gory); and Other Friendscontributing to theMechanical EngineeringDepartment

*(includes gifts madebetween July 1, 2003 and June30, 2004)

$50,000

Mr. David A. Parvis ....................’43

$20,000

Mr. James R. Laser ......................’69

$6,000 to $10,000

Dr. & Mrs. Andras Z. SzeriDr. Donald R. McCoy ..................’75

$3,000 to $5,000

Mr. Brian J. Blonski ......................’85Mr. David R. Helwig ..................’73Mr. Allen C. Liddicoat ................’71Mr. Francis J. Suppe ....................’63Mr. James S. Dick ........................’59Mr. Irvin S. Taylor ........................’30

$2,000 to $2,999

Mr. John S. Thackrah, Jr. ............’79Mr. William G. Mavity ................’72Joseph A. Walkowski, Jr., Esq.....’71Mr. Nathan Cloud........................’64Dr. Durand R. Kinloch III ..........’61Mr. Robert H. C. Irwin ................’51

$1,000 to $1,999

Dr. & Mrs. Tsu-Wei ChouMr. J. Matthew Scarborough ......’96Dr. Nyan H. D. Tai ......................’90Mr. Gregory N. Dudkin ..............’79Mr. Joseph E. Thompson III P.E.....’77Mr. Michael D. Yon ......................’76Mr. Peter J. Cloud ........................’65Mr. John W. Owen ......................’65Mr. William B. Wagamon III ......’62Mr. William T. Morris ..................’61Mr. Chandler S. Eason, Jr. ..........’59

Mr. Ferris O. Lee ..........................’58Mr. George G. Tatnall ..................’57Mr. E. Douglas Huggard ............’55Mr. W. Richard Clendaniel ........’53Dr. Jules J. Schwartz ....................’53Mr. J. Ridgeway Jones ................’52Mr. Frederick H. Kohloss............’51Mr. Earl W. Favinger....................’51Mr. Robert U. Johnson ................’51Mr. Price K. Snyder......................’51Mr. David C. Trimble ..................’50Mr. W. Murray Campbell............’50Mr. C. Jackson Levis ....................’50

$100 to $999

Dr. Christian F. DavisDr. Bazle A. GamaMrs. Megan M. Dixon ................’02Mr. John P. King ..........................’00Captain B. Sean Gallagher..........’99Mr. Noel A. Goldstein ................’99Ms. Tiffany L. Stith ......................’98Mrs. Stephanie S. Fagan..............’98Dr. Da-Jie Yang ............................’97Mr. Gregory A. Norsworthy ......’96Mr. Brent L. King ........................’96Mr. Ashok Krishnamurthy ........’95Mr. Vincent G. Basilio..................’93Mr. Craig W. Murray, P.E. ..........’93Mrs. Michele C. Allen..................’91Mr. Andrew E. Lovejoy ..............’91Ms. Stacy M. Dedinas..................’90Mr. Kenneth S. Dominy ..............’90Mr. Jonathan R. Stahl ..................’90Mr. Eric T. Tu ................................’90Mr. John M. Fletcher III ..............’89Mr. John B. Wyckoff ....................’89Mr. James B. Smoker....................’89Mrs. Patricia A. M. Derick ..........’88Mrs. Pamela A. Kaiser-Pare........’87Mr. Matthew A. Stauffer ............’87Mr. Vasilios Peros, Esq. ..............’87Ms. Martha M. Murray, M.D..... ’87Mr. Gary N. Peterson ..................’87Dr. David A. Steenkamer ............’87Mr. J. Kenneth Ryder ..................’86Dr. Nancy R. Sottos......................’86Mr. David S. Diefenderfer ..........’86Mrs. Renae M. Paladino..............’86Mr. Joseph V. Welch ....................’86Dr. Eric P. Beyeler ........................’85Mr. Paul J. Manning ....................’85Mrs. Mary Louise Mogan ..........’84Mr. Kenneth S. Solon ..................’84Mr. Eric C. Romano ....................’84Dr. William J. Taylor, Jr. ..............’83

Mr. David C. Ellsworth ..............’83Mr. Thomas J. Itchkawich ..........’83Mr. Jon G. Rowe ..........................’83Dr. Vishwanath Prasad................’83Mr. Joseph D. Giordano ..............’83Mr. Thomas E. Price ....................’83Mr. Stephen S. Vinson ................’82Mr. Daniel S. Hudson..................’82Mr. Jon P. Martin ..........................’82Mr. J. Michael Dobies ..................’82Mr. John A. Firgau II....................’82Mr. Michael H. Jacobson ............’82Ms. Linda M. Carapellucci ........’81Mr. Eric F. Griesinger ..................’81Mr. Alex T. Bourdon ....................’80Mr. Richard B. Stickel ..................’80Mr. Mark W. Hopkins ................’80Mr. Joseph A. Marsilii, Jr.............’80Mr. Ted Rausch ............................’80Mr. David F. Teller ......................’80Mr. James L. York ........................’80Mr. Ralph M. Nigro ....................’80Mr. Gregory W. Antal ..................’79Mr. Bernard W. Ebersole III ........’79Mr. Carter M. Ledeker ................’79Dr. Bruce A. Yost ..........................’79Mr. James B. Faunce ....................’79Mr. Vance V. Kershner ................’79Mr. Richardson D. McKelvie ......’79Mr. William C. Records ..............’79Mr. Thomas E. Wilson, P.E. ........’79Mr. Steven J. Krinsky ..................’79Mr. Guy S. McCarthy ..................’79Mr. Stephen F. Fromyer, Jr. ........’78Ms. Susan J. Stauffer....................’78Mr. Carl W. Strickler ....................’78Mr. William A. Dick ....................’78Mr. Robert A. Goshey..................’78Mr. Stephen C. Hemberger ........’78Mr. Gerald G. Weaver II..............’77Mr. Peter A. Widdoes ..................’77Mr. Mark P. Hepp ........................’77Mr. William J. Merlini..................’77Dr. Stephen P. Kinsey ..................’77Mr. Marc D. Hunsberger ............’76Mr. Terry L. Stuchlik....................’76Mr. John G. Woolfolk ..................’75Mrs. Ellen Fletcher Benedict ......’75Mr. Steven I. Shukow ..................’75Mr. James K. Parthemore ............’74Mr. John L. Morrow, Jr. ..............’73Mr. J. Bruce Spiller ......................’73Commander Donald R. Rice ......’73Mr. Charles E. Joanedis ..............’73Dr. Young-Kil Kim ......................’73Mr. Robert W. Bloom ..................’73

Mr. Lenn C. Daugherty ..............’73Dr. Joseph J. S. Shen ....................’73Mr. Steven R. Kiss ........................’73Mr. Robert J. Singley....................’72Mr. James H. Poole ......................’72Mr. Clyde A. Simmons, Jr. ..........’72Mr. William A. Bizjak, P.E. ..........’72Mr. Richard D. Mules ..................’72Mr. James H. Art ..........................’72Mr. Arthur R. DiNicola ..............’72Mr. Scott T. Jednacz ....................’72Mr. George J. Sestak ....................’72Mrs. Mary H. Swain ....................’72LCDR Margaretmary T. Weidert ....’72Mr. Frederick W. Polaski ............’71Mr. Reza F. Moqtaderi ................’71Mr. Douglas P. Oldfield ..............’71Lt. Colonel Mark J. Donald ........’71Mr. Jeffery E. Smith......................’70Mr. John R. Patnovic....................’70Mr. Fiore M. Celano, Jr. ..............’70Mr. Robert W. Kinney..................’70Dr. William A. Podgorski............’70The Hon. William J. Tansey........’70Dr. Richard L. Daugherty ..........’69Mr. James A. Barger ....................’69Dr. Kenneth A. Bannister ............’69Mr. G. Mark Stofega, Jr. ..............’67Mr. David Hutton ........................’67Mr. Barry W. Hauf ......................’67Mr. Paul N. Costello ....................’66Mr. Alton P. Smith, Jr. ..................’66Mr. Ralph B. Dill III ....................’66Dr. Henry O. Foster ....................’65Mr. C. William Spangler, Jr. ........’65Dr. Chia-Seng Liu ........................’65Mr. Barry H. Pritchard ................’65Mr. Edward D. Western ..............’65Dr. Stephen C. Dexter..................’64Dr. Frederick P. Stecher ..............’64Mr. Gerard B. Bijwaard ..............’63Mr. William D. C. Richards ........’63Mr. W. Douglas Boyce ................’62Mr. Thomas F. Sealman ..............’62Mr. G. Ronald Bower ..................’62Mr. William Daniel Green ..........’61Mr. F. J. Mainwaring, Jr. ..............’61Mr. Edward J. Kelczewski ..........’60Mr. C. Richard Orth ....................’60Dr. John F. Sontowski ..................’60Dr. Richard D. Swope..................’60Mr. Charles B. Woodward III ....’60Mr. James R. Stritzinger ..............’59Mr. Robert J. Maegerle ................’59Mr. Donald L. Crouch ................’58Mr. Lawrence E. Murray ............’58

Mr. William S. Patterson, Jr.........’58Mr. Leon L. Thompson................’58Mr. Frank S. Hyer II ....................’58Mr. George A. MacFarland III....’58Mr. William F. Obier ....................’58Mr. Robert L. Stevens ..................’58Mr. Wayne E. McCabe ................’57Mr. George H. King ....................’57Dr. James N. Zaiser......................’57Mr. Thomas C. VanMeter............’57Mr. Robert H. Thompson............’57Mr. William H. Lotter, Jr. ............’56Mr. George S. Hudson ................’56Mr. Richard W. Perry ..................’56Mr. James T. Bueche ....................’55Mr. Raymond T. Hoopes ............’55Mr. Robert E. Krewatch ..............’55Mr. Thomas E. Hopkins ..............’55Mr. John D. Hukill ......................’54Mr. Charles W. Gurney ..............’54Mr. Robert E. Haley ....................’54Mr. James M. Allman ..................’54Mr. I. Ross Smith ..........................’54Mr. Cornelius P. Zittere ..............’53Mr. Seward L. Jones ....................’53Mr. Richard E. Fisher ..................’53Dr. Barry S. Seidel ........................’53Mr. Thomas A. McKenna............’52Mr. Edward A. Milligan..............’52Mr. Thomas A. Wood, Jr. ............’51Mr. Paul F. Berry, Jr. ....................’51Mr. Donald T. Hoffecker ............’51Mr. Victor P. Beiriger, Jr. ..............’51Mr. Charles L. Van Meter, Jr. ......’51Mr. Roland H. Diefenderfer, Jr. ..’51Mr. Lawrence H. Gillespie, Jr. ....’50Mr. Benjamin E. Herring ............’50Mr. James P. McFadden ..............’50Dr. Carl W. Hall............................’50Mr. Fred G. Harvey......................’50Mr. Andrew J. Scari......................’50Mr. Daniel G. Tynan ....................’50Mr. H. Dudley Barton..................’50Mr. Julian W. Rittenhouse ..........’50Mr. Richard A. Fincher................’49Mr. James R. Reagan....................’49Mr. Louis A. Meli, Jr. ..................’49Mr. G. Franklin Moore ................’49Mr. William L. Natale..................’49Mr. John M. Pursell......................’49Mr. Thomas W. Shorts ................’49Mr. Lewis L. Reign, Jr. ................’48Mr. John R. Dick, Jr. ....................’48Mr. James V. Powers ....................’48Mr. A. Gordon Brewer ................’46Mr. Peter J. Zannoni ....................’44

Mr. John F. Eliason, II ..................’42Mr. Leonard S. Horner ................’42Mr. Julius Reiver ..........................’38Mr. J. Frank Nichols ....................’37Mr. Joseph Stuart III ....................’36

Up to $99

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. KempMr. & Mrs. Vichit UathavikulMs. Aladrian N. Crowder ..........’04Mr. John T. Fitzgibbons ..............’04Mrs. Katherine M. Thuma ..........’02Ms. Amy L. Ventresca..................’02Mr. Jeffrey W. Doody ..................’02Mr. George E. Knotts ..................’02Mr. Shane A. Campbell ..............’02Mr. Matthew P. Spencer ..............’00Mrs. Leslie A. Ball ........................’00Dr. Richard S. Feltman ................’96Dr. Xiaoping Ruan ......................’96Ms. Jessica L. Nee ........................’96Ms. Darlene K. Gorton ................’96Mr. John J. Russell III ..................’95Mr. Hashem Omar ......................’95Mr. Jonathan R. Day ....................’95Mr. Dominick A. Azeglio ............’92Mr. Andrew M. Geiger................’92Mr. Maurice D. LeCompte..........’92Mr. Talavou D. Alailima..............’91Mr. Mark A. Cotter ......................’91Mr. John A. McGeehan................’91Dr. Eugene T. Camponeschi, Jr. ’90Mr. Daniel J. Cassidy ..................’90Mr. Scott T. Holmes ....................’90Mr. Thomas R. Masino, Jr. ..........’90Mr. Thomas J. Whitney ..............’89Mr. Howard J. Zwick ..................’88Mrs. Anne G. Campo ..................’88Mr. David A. Hopkins ................’87Mrs. Jody L. Latimer ..................’87Ms. Grace A. Moore ....................’87Ms. Adria M. Garhart ..................’87Mr. Mark A. Neuman, P.E...........’87Alan W. Flenner J.D., P.E.............’86Mr. William K. Harris, Jr. ............’86Mr. Robert J. Hollingsworth ......’85Mr. Edward W. Redfield III ........’85Mr. Gary J. Becht ..........................’85Mr. Darrell C. Kelly ....................’85Mrs. Ann Massey Badmus, Esq.’84Mr. Jon H. Johnson ......................’84Mr. Thomas P. Carney ................’84Mr. Thomas J. Frey ......................’84Mr. Mark A. Maurer ....................’84Mrs. Deborah L. Volk ..................’84Mr. Michael A. Blanchfield ........’83

Mr. Robert S. Carter ....................’83Mr. Dean R. Cave ........................’83Mr. David G. Villanueva ............’83Mr. David E. Botzler ....................’82Mr. Charles R. Vining..................’82Mr. William C. Watson III ..........’82Mr. Mark A. Degli Obizzi, Sr. ....’81Mr. John I. Hudson ......................’81Mr. William M. O’Connell, Jr. ....’81Mr. Anthony J. Vitale ..................’81Mr. Edwin B. Hoffman III ..........’81Mr. Daniel P. Meier ......................’81Mr. Paul F. Cronshaw..................’81Mr. Ronald L. Marks....................’81Mr. Mark E. Conroy ....................’80Mr. Robert K. Goodman..............’80Mr. M. Jeffrey Willey ..................’80Mr. Kenneth W. Harwanko ........’79Mrs. Evelyn M. Tucker................’79Mr. Edward J. Coyle ....................’79Mr. James E. McGraw..................’78Mr. Richard A. Biddle..................’78Mr. James A. Fedewitz ................’77Mr. Kenneth R. Waeber ..............’77Dr. William P. D’Amico, Jr. ........’77Mr. Geoffrey A. Bidlack ..............’77Mr. Robert E. Long ......................’76Mr. James M. Radka ....................’76Mr. Samuel A. Hewes..................’75Mr. John T. Pajerowski, Jr. ..........’75Mr. Alan M. Israel ........................’74Mr. John J. Fisher..........................’74Mr. Larry L. Shafer ......................’74Mr. John S. Burns III ....................’74Mr. Paul V. Grey ..........................’73Mr. Robert H. Freedman ............’72Mr. Kent A. Vendrick ..................’72Mr. Enrique E. Antezana ............’71Mr. Richard G. Taylor..................’71Mr. Robert J. Shoemaker ............’71Mr. Joseph P. Matlack ..................’71Mr. Michael Censurato................’70Mr. Phillip B. Baker......................’70Mr. Scott P. Sullivan ....................’70Mr. Donald F. Olsen ....................’69Mr. Fred Wolpert..........................’69Mr. David H. Filbert ....................’69Mr. Robert F. Fischer....................’69Mr. J. Philip Greiner ....................’68Mr. J. David Nicoll ......................’68Mr. Patrick J. Reynolds................’67Mr. Eugene N. Sterling, Jr. ..........’67Dr. Howard S. Kliger ..................’67Mr. Watson S. Bullock ................’67Dr. E. Fenton Carey, Jr. ................’67Mr. Thomas M. Cooper ..............’67

Mr. William R. Jorgensen............’67Dr. Robert C. Bill ..........................’66Mr. Edward Darlington, Jr. ........’66Mr. Irvin B. King ..........................’65Mr. Thomas K. Haldas ................’65Mr. H. Martin Halvorsen, Jr. ......’65Mr. George A. Hansell III............’64Mr. Richard L. Pase......................’63Mr. R. Dennis Dove ....................’63Mr. Henry G. Law........................’63Mr. Thomas A. Davis P.E. ..........’62Mr. Newton G. Wattis ................’61Mr. George S. Batchis ..................’61Mr. John D. Spargo ......................’59Mr. Rene J. Van Caneghem ........’59Mr. Joseph A. Woerner ................’59Mr. David L. Derbyshire ............’58Mr. G. Greer MacMasters, Jr.......’58Mr. John L. Peterson ....................’58Mr. Edward J. Kaliski ..................’57Mr. Chandos P. Eichholz ............’57Mr. Robert J. Murphy ..................’57Mr. Frank A. Stevens ..................’57Mr. James Morrash ......................’57Mr. Robert C. Ferguson, Jr. ........’56Mr. Richard A. Chilcutt ..............’56Captain Walter E. White, Jr.........’56Mr. Arthur J. Holveck..................’55Mr. Richard B. Sager....................’55Mr. Purnal L. McWhorter III ......’54Mr. Earl S. Miller, Jr. ....................’54Mr. Joseph W. Cregg, Jr. ..............’54Mr. James H. Todd ......................’54Mr. Sanford S. Ackerman............’53Mr. Ernest R. Bosetti, P.E.............’53Mr. Donald B. Kiddoo ................’52Mr. Robert I. Lytle ........................’52Mr. Alfred Lanci ..........................’51Mr. Charles J. Litz, Jr. ..................’51Mr. Emil A. Milner ......................’51Mr. Charles P. Streithof, Jr...........’51Mr. Carl H. Jahn ..........................’50Mr. Ralph L. Moore ....................’50Mr. Ferdinand C. Ritter ..............’49Mr. James E. Young......................’49Mr. Gustaf O. Bengtson ..............’49Mr. Robert R. Volkman................’49Mr. M. Van Leer Cannon ............’49Mr. George T. Singley, Jr. ............’44Mr. David W. Locke ....................’43Mr. Kirby A. Trader ....................’43Mr. Ivan W. Herr, Jr. ....................’42Mr. Arthur B. Eastman, Jr. ..........’40Mr. James H. Hull ........................’39

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