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Important Dates Wright Engineering Council Receives Awards The Wright Engineering Council is an active mem­ May 17 Last day for freshmen to ber of the National Society of Engineering Student drop a class with a Councils (NAESC). Each year, one regional and grade of “W” one national conference is held for the participat­ May 27 ing member councils of NAESC. This year, the NO CLASSES, Region IV NAESC Conference was held at Purdue Memorial Day Holiday University on March 22nd-24th. The Wright Engi­ June 1 neering Council sent seven delegates to the con­ Last day of S02 classes ference. The delegates attending the conference June 3-8 were Linda Moore (President), Cayti Zelnio (Direc­ Final Exams Weeks tor of Publicity), Julie Jackson (Director of Internal The WEC delegates with their awards (l­ Affairs), Craig Baudendistel (Director of Graduate June 7 r): Tom Patterson, Cayti Zelnio, Linda ~ 4:30 PM - CECS Awards Moore, Craig Baudendistel, Julie Jackson, Relations), Bob Cunningham (Director of Fresh­ and Recognition Mike Myers, and Bob Cunningham man Relations), Tom Patterson (Web Director) and Ceremony Mike Myers. In addition to having a great time, the Wright Engineering Council ~ 7:00 PM - Order of the Engineer Ring was presented the awards of Most Improved Council, Best Council Picture (from Ceremony the Nerd Fashion Show held during National Engineers Week this year) and June 8 Best Council Presentation. Spring Quarter Commencement At Purdue, Linda Moore, Cayti Zelnio, and Julie Jackson also presented some June 10 team building activities that the Wright Engineering Council members partici­ Summer Quarter “A” pate in during their annual retreat held at the end of fall quarter. Tracy Dieker, and “C” classes begin who was unable to attend the conference, also helped to put the presentation June 19 together. Last day to drop an “A” The WEC delegates Term class without a pause for a picture dur­ grade ing one of their meals at the NAESC Confer­ June 25 ence. Last day for all but freshman to drop an “A” Term class with a grade of “W”

July 4 NO CLASSES, Independence Day Holiday CongratulationsCongratulations WEC!!WEC!! Visit us on the Web at http://www.engineering.wright.edu

1 Winter 2002 Dean’s List

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Christina Price High Honors Jeremy Buxton Honors Joshua Rice Honors Jeremy Daily Highest Honors Amy Bierce High Honors Hui Rong Wu Honors Steven Dooley Highest Honors Joseph Blake Highest Honors Rania Sahawneh Honors Andrew Fleming Highest Honors Sarah Brugger Highest Honors Melaka Senadeera Highest Honors David Gerschutz Highest Honors Julia Cecil Highest Honors Charles Wilt High Honors Rachel Gligorich Highest Honors Sharon Dillhoff Highest Honors Amy Goldschmidt High Honors Douglas Fisher High Honors ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Brendhan Goss High Honors Adam Fournier High Honors Jeff Haferd Honors Christy Harm Highest Honors Navid Baraty Highest Honors Clyde Ham Honors Erica Johnson Highest Honors Michael Bistline Honors Michael Harff High Honors Michael Kahelin Highest Honors Jerry Burns Honors John Iddings High Honors Maria Kahle Highest Honors Casey Canan Highest Honors Brian Koesters High Honors Rachel Kinsler Honors Matthew Casto Highest Honors Bunnyray Larmond Honors Harvey Lewis Highest Honors Dale Cull Highest Honors Joel Lauer Highest Honors Hilary Nelson High Honors Adam Dickson High Honors Travis Michalak Highest Honors Travis Pelo Highest Honors Ben Douglas Highest Honors Edward Morris Highest Honors Anthony Polito, III Honors Matthew Floyd Highest Honors Zachary Osborn Honors Adam Renner Highest Honors Robert Gillen Highest Honors Gregory Palm High Honors Matthew Roberts High Honors Benjamin Henney High Honors Brad Pollock Honors Daniel Roode Honors Boris Holowko Honors Aaron Powell High Honors Michael Rueschman Honors Julie Jackson Highest Honors Stephanie Puterbaugh Highest Honors Anthony Sabatini Honors Ya Li High Honors Shawn Riley High Honors Ed Sims High Honors Jason McCullough High Honors Jason Robinson Honors Erin Tewksbury Highest Honors Paul McDowell High Honors Jason Ruge High Honors David Walker Honors Lee Patton Honors Timothy Sarka Honors Jenna Warman Highest Honors Carrie Stallard High Honors Oleg Shiryayev Highest Honors Kristina Weaver Highest Honors James Thompson Highest Honors Kristen Shiverdecker Honors Catherine Zelnio Honors Joshua Szarek Honors ENGINEERING PHYSICS Lawrence Thomas Highest Honors COMPUTER ENGINEERING Shawn Uhlenhake High Honors Douglas Glass Honors Gregory Updike High Honors Paul Anderson Highest Honors Justin Van Horn Honors Chad Apple High Honors HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING Wesley Ward Highest Honors William Archer Highest Honors Peter Buxa Highest Honors Janet Bensman High Honors PRE-COMPUTER ENGINEERING Adam Ewing Honors Sara Johnson Honors Matthew Gerald High Honors Jennifer Stowe High Honors Luke McKellar High Honors Jason Gilder Highest Honors Kelly Treat Honors Russel Block Highest Honors Eric Hamilton High Honors Toni Larson High Honors Allen Hena Honors Michelle Smith Highest Honors Tamanna Husain High Honors INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Justin Moore High Honors PRE-COMPUTER SCIENCE Michael Peterson Highest Honors Danielle Calabrese Highest Honors Brian Potchik Highest Honors Amanda Campbell HighHonors Robert Beaver High Honors Roy Price Honors Elizabeth Chadwell High Honors John Berberich Honors Gregory Stall High Honors Emily Kempfer High Honors Thomas Boehnlein Honors Kip Streithorst Highest Honors Candace Lanning Honors Kristopher Collins Highest Honors Jason Wright Highest Honors Robin Miller Honors Joseph Kirby Highest Honors Joseph Nagy High Honors Brian Mullins Honors COMPUTER SCIENCE Daniel Stefan Honors Thomas Patterson Honors Adam Shultz Honors Jeremy Barfell Honors MATERIAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING Hetal Thakkar Highest Honors Curtis Beard High Honors John Tobe High Honors Brian Benning Honors Gary Barr High Honors Christopher Ward High Honors Kevin Bonifas High Honors Lisa Douglas Highest Honors Eric Brenner Honors Sean Gleeson Honors PRE-ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Terry Dolwick Jr. Highest Honors Joshua James High Honors William Etienne Highest Honors Joseph Kell Highest Honors Eric Elchert Honors Lindsay Ferguson Honors Jacob Lawson Highest Honors Christopher McDermott Highest Honors Alan Frazier High Honors Robert Reuter Honors Ryan McGinnis Highest Honors Rodney Hepfner High Honors Erik Ripberger Honors Ghesu Ndefru Highest Honors Peter Holm Honors John Welter Highest Honors Jacob Plasters Honors David Johnson Highest Honors Travis Wyen Honors Daniel Wells High Honors Joshua Kennel Highest Honors Jonathan Kiner High Honors MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PRE-ENGINEERING PHYSICS Brannon Laybourn Honors David Light Highest Honors Kevin Brown Highest Honors Dean Brown Highest Honors Mitchell Oliver Highest Honors Joshua Burger High Honors Weston Earick Honors

2 FacultyFaculty Facts Facts Bourbakis, Nikolaos (ITRI) Garcia, Oscar (CSE) Srinivasan, Raghavan (ME) Priorities in Graduate Education Priorities in Graduate Education Continuous Severe Plastic Ohio Board of Regents (Computer Science) Deformation Processing of 7/1/01 - 6/30/02...... $76,424 Ohio Board of Regents Aluminum Alloys 7/1/01 - 6/30/02...... $109,606 U.S. Department of Energy Emmert, John (EE) 2/21/01 - 2/20/03...... $153,548 MonoBIT Receiver Design and Jean, Jack (CSE) Implementation Handheld One-Way Voice Thomas, Scott (ME) Ball Aerospace Communication System Aircraft Mechanical/Thermal 3/25/02 - 9/1/02...... $14,999 Systran Federal Corporation Technology Research 5/1/01 - 4/30/03...... $96,944 Department of Defense, Air Garber, Fred (EE) Force, Air Force Research Developing Effective Strategies Laboratory and Performance Metrics for 8/21/98 - 12/20/03...... $75,000 Automatic Target Recognition University of South Alabama 10/1/01 - 12/21/02...... $23,683

Winter 2002 Dean’s List (cont.)

Daniel Lemaster Highest Honors Andrew P. Brackman Highest Honors Jason R. Kremer High Honors Joshua R. Bradbury Highest Honors Carmelo J. Lamancusa Highest Honors PRE-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Clifton J. Bullmaster Highest Honors Jeffrey S. Laubenthal High Honors Douglas J. Charavay High Honors Brian W. McRaven Highest Honors Todd Benanzer Highest Honors Lisa M. Denson Highest Honors Herbert M. Mullens Honors Mark Brooks High Honors Dustin M. Deweese Highest Honors Faridal Mutalib High Honors Kenneth L. Eber Highest Honors Noah F. Niekamp High Honors UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Ilya Figotin Highest Honors Anthony B. Polito, III Honors Ben J. Gerlach Honors Dasha Semenova Highest Honors Mohammad Ali High Honors Trunali Grissom High Honors Parag Sharma Highest Honors Bradley A. Billheimer Highest Honors Samual T. Haschke High Honors John C. Spencer Highest Honors Kevin M. Bohman Honors Joan A. Henley High Honors Dan A. Taphorn High Honors Justin C. Bohrer Highest Honors Michael T. James Honors Eric M. Bond Honors Brian A. Kovacs Highest Honors StudentStudent Facts Facts Leger, Tim (BSME ‘98, MSME ‘00, Shiryayev, Oleg and Ryan Wagner The WSU Industrial Engineering Ph.D. in progress), David (Mechanical Engineering Seniors) Team, comprised of Joel Ogden Johnston, Ph.D., and Mitch Wolff, “Plug and Play Instrumentation for and Joseph Nagy, under the Ph.D. (ME) Turbine Blades” guidance of Dr. Ling Rothrock has “High Spatial Resolution MEMS Sur­ 1st Place Paper and Presentation at been selected as one of the five face Pressure Sensor Array for Tran­ the 2002 AIAA Region 3 Student finalists in the IIE/Rockwell Software sonic Compressor IGV Measure­ Conference Student Simulation Competition. ment” Won $500 and a trip to the AIAA They were selected from among 37 Won Best Paper Award for Sen­ Aerospace Sciences Meeting in other schools. sors, Instrumentation, Avionics and Reno, NV in January 2003 to com­ Electronics at the 2002 Dayton- pete against 6 other regional win­ This is a flagship competition for in­ Cincinnati AIAA Aerospace Sci­ ners for the National Undergradu­ dustrial engineering students orga­ ence Symposium ate Paper Award with a prize of nized in part by the Institute of In­ $1,000 dustrial Engineers.

3 Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony The Order of the Engineer (OOE) was established to promote professionalism among engineers and graduates of accredited engineering programs. The Col­ lege of Engineering and Computer Science holds two induction ceremonies each year, one at the end of fall quarter and one at the end of spring quarter.

The next induction ceremony will be held on Friday, June 7, 2002 at 7:00 PM in the Student Union Multipurpose Room. Engineering seniors, graduate students, alumni, and faculty are encouraged to register and participate.

The $10 registration fee covers membership and the steel ring. Registration and fees must be received by the Office of Conference and Events no later than May 24th.

For a registration form or more information about OOE or the ring ceremony, visit the “What’s New” link on the College homepage at www.cs.wright.edu or contact the Dean’s Office at (937) 775-5001.

College of Engineering and Computer Science Annual Recognition and Awards Ceremony Friday, June 7, 2002 4:30 PM Student Union Multipurpose Room

Join us as we honor outstanding students, faculty, staff, and friends. Reception immediately following the ceremony.

Don’t forget to RSVP by May 24th to (937) 775-5001 or email [email protected].

TERM PAPER RESEARCH CLINICS

Students working on term papers and research projects can improve their library research skills by participating in these one-on-one, one-hour sessions with a Reference Librarian. The clinics are designed to help students:

♦ Learn basic information searching skills ♦ Use the Libraries’ web site ♦ Find quality, pertinent resources on their topic

Clinics will operate until May 17, 2002 and require reservations. Students interested in attending the clinics should contact the Dunbar Library Information Desk or call 775-2925 for additional information or to schedule an appointment by phone.

4 Interview with Programmer and WSU Graduate by Todd V. Rovito the wonderful faculty in the department for a At work I needed some utility foo, which I did wonderful education. Trust me folks, WSU not install on my workstation. I typed There are many important pieces of software has a quality CS&E program. " foo" at the command line, and the that are needed to form a complete operat­ package (along with all packages that it de­ ing system. The most valuable and crucial TVR: How did WSU prepare you for your job pends upon) are installed on my machine one is, the kernel. Red Hat packages at Red Hat? (very similar to apt-get for you Debian folks). necessary software together and creates TW: Excellent teachers and a curriculum that We also have a Web UI, where you can . It takes considerable effort advocates exploration by the students. It also browse and schedule packages to update/ to make your own distribution, each piece helps that WSU (like most universities) regu­ install. If you have say...1000 systems, 10 of has to be compiled and tested to ensure it lates MS Windows labs to the introductory which are web servers, 700 are workstations all works properly. Red Hat has spent years CS courses for the most part. and 10 which are print-queues, you can use making Linux easier to install and manage. the Web UI from any browser and update Their expertise has created the most popu­ I did *all* my work on Linux and ported it to those machines in groups. Very nice. lar distribution of Linux. whatever platform was required for the class, which for the most part was Unix-based. All We are just starting to offer RHN Proxy and Red Hat was started in 1994 by my classes at Wright State explored various RHN , which I have worked on the and when they recognized that aspects of computing and really helped me most, which are enterprise-level service of­ Linux represented a economical way for know how to attack problems and to think ferings that allow a company to plug into our people to acquire Unix for their PC's. Linux creatively. system and do cool things like roll their own and its associated programs are all available custom packages, and deploy those pack­ on the net for free and are licensed under The ACM/IEEE-CS and the small group of ages to all their servers. Both offerings are the General Public License, which states that buddies with similar interests as me (com­ garnering a lot of interest. software can be distributed for a cost but the puting in general) incubates that interest in source code must always be available. In computing. I greatly enjoyed the program­ TVR: What advice do you have for students fact you don't have to purchase Red Hat at ming contest of 2000 (thanks Dr. Rizki). I who are close to graduation and want a job the store in order to use Red Hat Linux, you only wish we were more active at the time. working with open source software? can download it from their web site for free TW: Get involved in a project. I am not a (www.redhat.com), burn it onto a CD and I also had the privilege of working with Dr. Linux guru, but I have that "mentality" and install it on your computer with out giving Red Gutierrez. His research, Voice Driven Facial am a pretty decent programmer. I got lucky. Hat a single penny. Red Hat makes money Animation, was very educational, and... hard! I was in the right place at the right time pre­ by selling support services and creating cisely when Red Hat was looking for people value added software for Linux. The busi­ All that said, nothing completely prepares a who knew Python, C/C++ and Linux. ness model for selling free or open source newbie, just out of college, for industry; es­ software is different than a typical software pecially in a "cutting-edge" high-tech com­ Working on open-source/free software and company such as Microsoft. Red Hat has pany like Red Hat, Inc. Think: trial by fire. I getting paid for it is possible but with the defined the open source business model and highly recommend working more prior to downturn of the economy... harder than be­ has been successful. In 1999, Red Hat went graduation. fore. Of course, more companies are em­ public and achieved the eighth-biggest gain ploying people specifically to work on free for a U.S. stock in the first day of trading. In TVR: What is your job at Red Hat? software. IBM, Sun, HP/Compaq, etc. etc. 2001, Red Hat achieved break even per TW: At Red Hat I am one of the core server- all have a bunch of people working on free share results, it is the first and only Linux side programmers for . Red software. company to break even. Red Hat was able Hat Network is a group of services that Red to become profitable one full year ahead of Hat offers to help manage Red Hat Linux Continued on page 7 Wall Street Journal's estimate in 2002. Red servers, individually or Hat has been successful because of its bril­ in the thousands. It's liant 620 employees. One of those employ­ a really cool project BITs & PCs ees is Mr. Todd Warner, a WSU graduate. that I am pretty ex­ College of Engineering and Computer Science Todd agreed to an e-mail interview, to give cited about. In the Wright State University further insight into Linux. spirit of free/open­ source software, all TVR: First off I want to thank you and Red users of Red Hat Dean Editor Hat for supplying us with Red Hat CD's for Linux are entitled to a James E. Brandeberry, Ph.D., P.E. Jenny Garringer our upcoming install fest. free registration with TW: Hey sure! I owe a lot to my alma mater this service. BITs & PCs is a monthly newsletter published by the College of Engineering and Computer Science to inform students about activities, news, opportunities and Red Hat takes pleasure in assisting and changes occurring in the College. It reports on the achievements of clubs and organizations. Red Hat Network, in a faculty and students; changes in organization, policy and curriculum; nutshell, keeps sys­ scholarship and employment opportunities; and engineering and computer TVR: What year did you graduate from tems up to date with science student club activities. WSU? all the newest bug- The current issue of BITs & PCs is available on the Web at TW: I graduated in December of 2000, much fixes, errata, and se­ http://www.cs.wright.edu/bitsandpcs/. Copies are also available in the later than expected (anthropology major for curity fixes. No more College office, any Department office, literature racks in the Russ Center 3 years; US Army for 3 years... finally a BS hunting for that RPM. Atrium, Russ Center Study Lounge, or the Student Club Room. in CS). It also simplifies pack­ The next issue of BITs & PCs will be published the week of June 3, 2002. age dependency To submit items for this issue, call the College of Engineering and Computer Science at (937) 775-5001, or send email to [email protected] by TVR: What was your major at WSU? checking and installa­ May 20, 2002. The College of Engineering and Computer Science reserves TW: I received a BS in CS. I wish to thank tion of new software. the right to edit all material for publication.

5 SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS The American Public Power Associa­ sible 100-point score: • Must live or go to school in the tion (APPA) awards scholarships each Miami Valley region, including year of its DEED (Demonstration of En­ - GPA in the Student’s Major (30 pts.) northern Butler, Champaign, ergy-Efficient Developments) Program. - Overall GPA (20 pts.) Clark, northern Clinton, Darke, APPA will award one Technical Design - Financial Need (20 pts.) Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Project each year intended to promote - Involvement in the Arts (5 pts.) Preble, Shelby, and northern War­ the involvement of students studying en­ - Goals & Accomplishments (15 pts.) ren counties. ergy related disciplines and geared to­ - Letters of Recommendation (10 pts.) The deadline for applications is May 15, wards engineering students. Deadline 2002. Please contact Trisha West via is October 15, 2002. For more informa­ All materials (nominations and applica­ phone at (937) 229-0054 x10 or tion and an application visit DEED’s tions) are due in the Culture Works of­ via email at [email protected] website at http://www.APPAnet.org. You fice by 5:00 pm on Friday, May 15, 2002. for more information on this scholarship. may also call Elizabeth Sullivan at (202) Students interested in applying should 467-2942 or email her at contact the Office of Financial Aid at The Naional Society of Professional [email protected]. (937) 775-5721. Engineers (NSPE) is accepting appli­ cations for its $10,000 Steinman Fellow­ Culture Works is now accepting appli­ The Greater Dayton IT Alliance ship. Applicants must be NSPE/OSPE cations for the Leonard P. Roberts (GDITA) is awarding scholarships to in­ Student Members who: Memorial Scholarship. Candidates terns working in a GDITA member com­ • are currently seniors in an ABET- must be enrolled full-time in one of the pany (A listing of member companies is accredited undergraduate engi­ Miami Valley four-year college pro­ available online at http:// neering program grams. Only students entering their jun­ www.daytonitalliance.org/ • have passed the Fundamentals of ior or senior year of study will be con­ currentmembers.asp.) The eligibilty re­ Engineering (FE) exam sidered. Students must be concentrat­ quirements for the scholarship are listed • have been accepted into an ing their studies in one of the following below: ABET-accredited graduate engi­ areas: performing arts; business admin­ • Must have worked in an IT skilled neering program istration; or engineering. internship or co-op position within • are U.S. citizens a GDITA member company Applications will be evaluated based on The University may recommend up to • Must have been placed in the in­ passing the FE exam, an ethics essay, three candidates for a scholarship. Rec­ ternship or co-op position anytime internship/co-op experience, faculty rec­ ommendations must come from the Fi­ from June 2001 to the present ommendations, and grade point aver­ nancial Aid office, with the endorsement • Must have completed at least one age. Applications must be submitted by of the appropriate academic dean(s) and year of college May 17, 2002. NSPE membership ap­ department chair(s). • Cannot have a graduation date plications and the listing of required ap­ before August of 2002 plication materials are available in 405 In reviewing the candidates, the Rob­ • Must have a minimum overall GPA Russ. ■ erts Scholarship Committee will consider of 2.5 and a minimum GPA in Ma­ the following weighted criteria for a pos­ jor of 3.0

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6 Continued from page 5 TW: Thank you. My pleasure.

There are tons and tons of projects out there Since Linux rarely comes pre-installed on Jean K. to cut your teeth on. I worked on my own computers, and many people are uncomfort­ little demo program that got a bit of recogni­ able installing an operating system, the Tinsley tion. I have contributed to comp.lang.python ACM-IEEECS has organized an INSTALL 1st female FEST for any interested computer user that and comp.lang.c++ for years. Just get in­ Tilt Rotor pilot volved... hack away. Learn on your own. Fin­ would like to have a copy of Linux properly ish your degree!!! Network with other free- installed on their computer. software geeks. Friday, May 24, 2002 Friday, May 24, 2002 156 Student Union TVR: What is your favorite programming tool 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm and why? 146 Russ TW: Hmm... good question. I generally use 9:30 AM Breakfast vim to code and just test test test. For py­ Experienced Linux users will be on hand to thon code, I use pychecker to check for lots demonstrate the use of Linux and answer 10:00 AM Presentation of oversights. Use it. It will make your life questions. The purpose of this event is to easier. We use cvs for our code repository, allow attendees to get a better understand- The presentation will focus on the and either email, IRC or yell for each other. ing of what Linux is, see demos of the sys- Tilt Rotor (V-22) which she was I've tried lots of IDEs and editors. Nothing tem in action, find out about some useful the first woman in the world to fly. compares to the simplicity, elegance, yet Linux resources, and get free assistance sheer power of vim (well, vim-enhanced). from technically competent people with is- Please RSVP to 775-5001 or sues involved in the installation and setup of email [email protected] Linux. See the ACM-IEEECS web site (http:/ Hmm... do I have to pick one? The by May 17, 2002 whiteboard then. Hmm... maybe silly putty. /www.cs.wright.edu/~csclubs) for more infor­ mation. TVR: What is the environment like at Red Hat, according to Bob Young's book Under the Radar nobody has an office not even him? TW: We all have cubes. Even the CEO. National Society of Black Engineers There are nicer cubes though.:). Of course, all these guys have much nicer cars than me. Our mission is to increase the number of culturally respon­ sible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and The environment is very relaxed. You can wear nearly anything and walk around positively impact the community. shoeless if you want --- I'm a flip-flops and t- shirt kind of guy. You'll see people occasion­ WSU-NSBE and over 12,000 other participants were able to attend ally zooming around on scooters. Or having one of the largest conventions of its kind. The theme of the conven­ nerf-gun battles. Many of the developers play tion was “Integrating Technology and Tradition,” offering a 2-day ca­ massive network Quake and whatnot. I reer fair, a graduate school conference, a PCI conference, a health guess we complete that geek-playground fair and a host of other events designed to enhance our educational stereotype. and technical experience.

What makes this a great environment is the WSU-NSBE would like to thanks its sponsors: the College of Engi­ people. Nearly everyone that works here (es­ pecially the developers) are the cream of the neering and Computer Science, Dean James Brandeberry; the Office crop. The raw brain power here is just amaz­ of the President, Mrs. Jacqueline McMillan; and the Office of the Pro­ ing. I have never worked with such intelli­ vost, Dr. Lillie Howard. With the financial support of these sponsors, gent people. I feel very fortunate to be work­ 26 members of NSBE were able to attend the National Society of Black ing here with such high caliber folks. Some­ Engineers’ 28th Annual National Convention on March 27-31, 2002 in times egos get in the way, and these *must* Orlando, Florida. be the most opinionated people I have met. The culture of Red Hat also makes it an in­ Congratulations!! teresting place. When I was hired by Cristian st he said, "relax, we are just a bunch of hack­ WSU-NSBE was awarded 1 Place in the 2001-2002 Chapter ers." That more or less sums it up. Chant Contest for most group spirit. In addition, Candace Beach

Things I wish could change: more diversity. was elected as the 2002-2003 Region IV Programs Chair. There just aren't many female "hackers" out there. We also need more people of color, For more information, visit: though the dearth of females is a bigger prob­ lem I think. This is societal more than indus­ try specific though. www.nsbe.org or TVR: Thanks again for taking the time to answer some of our questions. www.cs.wright.edu/~nsbe

7 U.S. Navy Collegiate Programs

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