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A commitment to change the world Cal Poly and CENG incorporate sustainability in theory, in practice and in the classroom

n Earth Day 2004, Cal Poly President Warren Baker Osigned the Talloires Declaration, an action plan for incorporating sustainability and environmental literacy in teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities. Today, the university and the College of Engineering (CENG) have made sustainability a top priority. CENG Dean Mohammad Noori comments, “We are serious about sustainability, and not just because we believe in the need for environmental literacy, which is vital, but also because resource limitations are a reality in our rapidly changing global landscape. Engineering that is practical and economical requires consideration of societal, ethical, political, environmental, and sustainabil- ity issues. I believe the College of Engineering can once again emerge as the national leader of this new engineer- ing paradigm.” This article explores CENG’s wide-ranging sustainability efforts, including projects, clubs, coursework, and the establishment of the Center for Sustainability in Engineer- Alex Tsuji (ENVE) received a $10,000 grant for his proposal to establish a ing (CSinE). recyclability index for automobiles. An index “would empower consumers to make environmentally responsible decisions,” Tsuji says. Recyclability Index for Automobiles hen Alex Tsuji looks at a pile of junked old cars, he Good times continue for Cal Poly SWE sees enormous possibilities for parts and resource W ■ Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers continue its reign as the best recycling. “New cars are graded on fuel efficiency; why student chapter in the country ̶ Page 7 not also post a grade for recyclability? That would em- ■ SWE honors Outstanding Women in Engineering & Technology ̶ Page 16 Please see SUSTAINABILITY, Page 6

Features College News Dept./Faculty Project Based Student News Alumni Notes • Cal Poly and CENG make • Grant M. Brown Engineering • Heating, Ventilating, Learning • CENG athletes excel • Ron Smith receives Black sustainability a top priority Building dedicated Air Conditioning and • CENG robot project • PolyClubs website Engineer of the Year award • Recyclability Index for autos • SHPE students win again Refrigerating (HVAC&R) displayed in South Korea • Imagining an Open House • Jacquelin Buratovich works • New sustainability courses • SWE Evening With Industry program makes a comeback • EE Department receives with “Zero Waste” on Afghanistan water project • Cal Poly EWB works on • National Engineers Week • IME professors develop award from Hitachi • Outstanding Women in • Adrian Mummey takes on water project in Thailand • Poly Canyon Village a better bicycle rack • PBL website goes live Engineering & Technology website for Mongolia Maintaining the Momentum

Cal Poly’s Engineering Plaza is located in the triangle formed by Engineering IV, the Bonderson Student Projects Center and the Advanced Technical Laboratory. At left: Workers stroll past the center of the plaza with its signature Fibonacci curve.

Engineering plaza Engineering IV set to break ground hile Engineering IV and the Bonderson WStudent Project Center are taking shape dramatically around it, Phase I of the Engineer- ing Plaza is scheduled to break ground this spring. Designed by award-winning landscape architect Jeffrey Gordon Smith to honor the past, celebrate the present and impact the future, Engineering Plaza allows CENG students, alumni and boosters to purchase and inscribe tiles to express their thoughts, appreciation and thank-you’s. Three hundred and twenty-two friends of the college became Plaza Members in Phase Bonderson I, contributing more than a quarter-million Student dollars to get this remarkable project off the Projects ground. For those interested in Phase II who Center missed the initial paving stone offering, an interest list is now forming. To place your name Advanced in the queue, contact Michelle Jenkins at Technical [email protected] or visit ceng.calpoly.edu. Laboratory

Below: Concrete workers smooth the concrete foundation of Engineering IV, a three-story, 104,000 square foot building that will include classrooms and labs for the CE/ENVE, ME and IME departments.

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Frequency: Published biannually Publisher: Cal Poly College of Engineering 1 Grand Avenue San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 ENGINEERINGAdvantage 3 2 Issue Number: Vol. 2, issue 2 Maintaining the Momentum Maintaining the Momentum Dean Noori outlines college funding priorities State-of-the-art equipment for the Bonderson Student Project Center and Engineering IV are currently on top of the list

ean Mohammad Noori is exhilarated by the ■ Graduate student fellowships and schol- Dsounds of construction resounding through- arships to strengthen CENG’s master’s degree out the College of Engineering. To his ears, programs; and pneumatic drills and hammering not only mark ■ Endowed professorships and faculty the rise of the Bonderson Projects Center and En- research support grants to nurture outstanding gineering IV, but they also signal a new level of faculty. prominence̶and new funding needs̶for the “State funding allows us to turn on the lights College of Engineering. and hire teachers, but it does not cover those ar- “To fully equip our new learning centers and eas that mark us as an institution of distinction,” to meet our goals as a preeminent engineering explains Noori. “I know, however, that the col- college, we have outlined a set of immediate lege can realize its potential as a national leader funding priorities for our annual, $10-million, in engineering education with the support of our Maintain the Momentum campaign.” says Noori. loyal alumni, and generous friends and industry According to the dean, the following priori- partners.” ties have been identified in consultation with the university, faculty, and key industry leaders and alumni who serve on the Dean’s Advisory Council and Maintain the Momentum campaign Published biannually Frequency: committee: Publisher: Cal Poly ■ State-of-the-art equipment and technology Clockwise from upper left: painters work on the frame of the Bonderson College of Engineering for the Bonderson Projects Center and Engineer- Student projects center; ironworkers erect the Bonderson Building’s 1 Grand Avenue ing IV; skeleton; Paul Bonderson (EE, ’75) and his wife Sandra check out the San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 ■ Student scholarships, especially merit- construction; a large elm tree was incorporated into the site; a view of based freshmen grants to help CENG attract the construction from the roof of the ENGINEERINGAdvantage 3 2 Issue Number: Vol. 2, issue 2 top-notch students; Kennedy Library. College News College News

Members of the Brown family, including Andy and five-year-old Grant helped unveil the plaque at the building’s dedication ceremony. Below: Ross Brown and mentor James L. Bartlett stand before the dedication plaque on the building’s ground floor.

New engineering building named for refrigeration pioneer

Left: The hills in the evening sunset glow red in the Grant M. Brown Building’s northern glass wall.

gift provides Recently completed Engineering III is now $2 million to endow the “Grant M. Brown Engineering Building” the James L. Bartlett Jr. ast fall, young Brown family children skipped and façade, became the Professorship Lsquirmed in the halls of Cal Poly’s newly opened “Grant M. Brown Engi- to promote engineering building, but they seemed impressed when neering Building” in honor of the generous donations of multidisciplinary project-based learning. Over 60 family a veil was pulled to reveal a plaque memorializing their the Brown Family Foundation. members and university representatives were on hand family predecessor, Grant M. Brown. The Brown gift includes $200,000 to fund student for the dedication. Engineering III, distinguished by its curved glass scholarships and $300,000 in equipment. In addition, the The Grant M. Brown Engineering Building contains 4 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 5 College News College News Poly Canyon Village to double approximately 32,480 square feet. Departments housed in the build- ing include Aerospace Engineering, on-campus student housing Industrial & Manufacturing Engi- mpressive for its historical size and cost, low us to assure every sopho- neering, and Materials Engineering. Poly Canyon Village will usher in a new more and freshman will have It also houses high-tech laboratories I era of student housing at Cal Poly when housing on campus.” for advanced manufacturing, mate- the first half of the project opens in the fall Poly Canyon Village, which rials removal, electronic fabrication and other programs. of 2008. was initially proposed in 2003 With an estimated cost of $239 million, and was approved by the CSU Grant M. Brown founded two the 2,670-bed dormitory project is the trustees in 2005, will be built refrigeration companies largest ever approved in the 23-campus on 30 acres north of Brizzolara five-, and six-person apartments. California State University system. Creek at the southwestern edge of Caballo ■ An Olympic-sized swimming pool A 1960 Cal Poly air conditioning “This is a very exciting project for the Peak. Among the project’s highlights : and a Recreation Center. and refrigeration alumnus, Grant future of the university, as it will double ■ Nine separate buildings with 822,000 ■ Retail space for a market, student M. Brown fulfilled the promise of the on-campus student housing currently square feet of housing. store and other businesses. Cal Poly’s learn-by-doing engineer- available,” said Cal Poly president Warren ■ Two parking structures with room for Poly Canyon Village apartments will be ing education with a distinguished Baker at the groundbreaking ceremony in approximately 1,900 cars. delivered in two phases, with occupancy career. He founded two companies, March. “This state of the art village will al- ■ 2,670 beds divided among 619 four-, scheduled for fall 2008 and fall 2009. ERS and Phoenix Refrigeration Systems, Inc. Brown led Phoenix to become No. 1 in U.S. systems sales. The company pioneered the roof- top condensing units and electrical Cal Poly SHPE wins national competition ̶ again houses used by the supermarket industry, and subsequently merged or the fourth straight year, Cal with Hill Refrigeration. Poly’s student chapter of the FSociety of Hispanic Professional Engineer and entrepreneur Engineers (SHPE) has earned first place James L. Bartlett has six decades in a national design competition. of innovation and leadership Cal Poly teams finished first, third and fourth in the student chapter design The James L. Bartlett Jr. Profes- contest at the SHPE National Technical sorship acknowledges the mentor Career Conference in Orlando, Florida, of Ross Brown (Grant M. Brown’s in January. The first-place team, which brother). Engineer-entrepreneur included mechanical engineering stu- Bartlett has spent more than six dents Frank Lopez and Flavio Acosta, decades transforming his technical business student Daisy Cisneros, and expertise and business experience electrical engineering students Bruce into pioneering developments. Lozano, Enrique Quiutero and Ruben He helped found Cosmodyne Corp., Rodriguez won for their design for a which became one of the nation’s Left: The hills in the Sound-Activated Baby Mobile. evening sunset glow largest manufacturers of equipment “Along with providing a sound for handling liquefied gases. red in the Grant M. monitoring system for parents, our all- Brown Building’s Bartlett later became presi- in-one system utilizes a sound sensor northern glass wall. dent and owner of Hydranautics, to determine when a baby is crying and a manufacturer of equipment for activates a motorized mobile, crib light offshore drilling rigs, shipyards and reverse osmosis desalination. In and music,” says Acosta. “The judges 1984, Bartlett founded Bardex Corp. liked our idea, our implementation and the presentation of our marketing plan.” to make equipment for offshore Cal Poly’s winning team at the Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE) national conference designed a Acosta says inspiration for the project platforms and heavy-load mov- Sound-Activated Baby Mobile. ing. Bartlett later formed two new came from Lopez, the team leader, who companies to make semipermeable has a sister who recently had a baby, all over the country. We’re proud to have Dansilasirithavorn. The fourth-place team, membranes for ultrafiltration, nano- and says Cal Poly’s history of success at kept the winning streak going at such an which designed “The Ultimate Motorcycle filtration, and reverse osmosis. More the conference served as motivation important event.” Navigation Kit,” included Alex Padilla, recently, he helped in the formation for his group. “We definitely wanted to The third-place team from Cal Poly de- Veronica Cuevas, Richard Gomez and Jesus of Pacific Design Technologies Inc., keep our winning tradition,” he says. signed a “Universal Vibrating Foot Sleeve” Diaz. a company focused on the design “The conference is huge for us, with and was comprised of team leader Miguel Information on Cal Poly’s SHPE chapter is and construction of space-cooling hundreds of workshops and lots of net- Cabrera, Miguel Hernandez, Lucas Oliveira, available at www.csc.calpoly.edu/~shpe/. systems. working with Hispanic engineers from Mark Welch, Aric Stone and Jarubutr The national SHPE site is oneshpe.shpe.org. 4 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 5 College News College News

Sustainability New courses in sustainability From Page 1 hile the Environmental Engineering degree Wprogram is devoted to topics such as air pollution power consumers to make environmentally control, water and wastewater engineering, hazardous responsible decisions and push the manu- waste management, solid waste management, and facturers to design for recyclability,” says the “industrial hygiene,” sustainability is also the focus or a environmental engineering grad student. component of many courses in other departments. The That’s the gist of Tsuji’s 4+1 B.S./M.S. following provides a sampling: project, to create a “recyclability index” for ■ MATE 222 “Materials Selection for the Life Cycle” The Thailand Team poses in front of the slow sand filters above Mae Nam Khun. is a course introduced by materials engineering profes- automobiles, a rating system for the ecologi- Members include Michael Borger, Eileen Mick, Meghann Chell, Patricia Compas, cal impacts of vehicles based on recyclability, Erick del Bosque, Aaron Hope, Stephen E. Huang, Michelle Luna, Phaidra Rice and sors Kathy Chen and Blair London that is designed to toxic material content, and ultimate disposal. the group’s professional mentor, Stephen Forbes. Team member Michelle Luna was provide engineers and architects with the knowledge Tsuji’s idea won a $10,000 grant from unable to make the trip. and analytical tools to select materials for optimum the EPA as part of its P3 Award: “A National Michael Borger and Eileen Mick. After reviewing the sustainable performance over the product life cycle. Student Design Competition for Sustainability focusing data, Borger did a second assessment before the entire Working in teams, students developed ideas for envi- on People, Prosperity, and the Planet.” Tsuji is using the EWB team came up with a solution. ronmentally sound products, such as packing “peanuts” money for data collection and to travel to conferences “In order to reduce the incidence of illness among made out of vegetable-based material, shampoo bottles around the world. Last fall and winter he met manufactur- children of Mae Nam Khun and to improve the sanita- that organically break down in landfills, and a Starbucks ers at the Automobile Recyclers Association Conference in tion of the village, we decided to construct a slow sand cup made entirely of recycled paper. Tucson and the Eco Design Conference in Tokyo. In March, filtration system,” explains current EWB president Tricia “I think this class is vital for all engineering students Tsuji traveled to Amsterdam for an international congress, Compas. “We installed a prefabricated system, but we because we, as a society, have to come up with real- and in June, he will attend the Air & Waste Management hope the village will be able to construct its own design world solutions to the ecological cliff we’re about to Association meeting in New Orleans, where he’s been one day using locally available environmental and eco- go over,” says MATE student Stephen Meredith, who asked to present a paper on his findings. nomically sustainable materials.” worked on “Bottle on the Cobb,” a new shampoo con- “It blows my mind how big this issue is,” says Tsuji. The Mae Nam Khun Project was entirely financed tainer made entirely from corn. “It’s estimated we throw He explains that each year 10 to 11 million vehicles are through fundraising events and the gracious support of more than 1.5 billion shampoo bottles away every year “retired” in the United States, producing 4.5 to 5 million friends, family and local engineering firms, including Gregg in the U.S. alone, and with our bottles, which are made tons of Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR), which is Drilling, Wallace Group, Boyle Engineering, and Unocal. with zero petroleum products, we have a container that disposed in landfills. completely breaks down in less than a year. It’s a win- Tsuji is developing his rating system with guidance Sustainable Power for Electrical win for our landfills and, more importantly, decreasing our petroleum dependency.” from industry professionals and a multidisciplinary team Resources (SuPER) Project of Cal Poly professors, including Yarrow Nelson (ENVE), ■ CE 527 “Sustainable Mobility” is a civil engineering Hal Cota (ENVE), Andrew Kean (ME), Linda Vanasupa uPER began with an epiphany: “While watching a lab taught this spring by Eugene Jud that could directly (MATE), Sam Vigil (CE/ENVE), Margo McDonald (Arch) SPBS program, I suddenly realized that sustainable affect campus. Its purpose is to “design a mobility sys- and Deanna Richards, director of CENG’s Center for energy is key to raising the standard of living for the tem that reduces the campus community’s automobile Sustainability in Engineering (CSinE). The project will world’s poor people,” says EE Professor Jim Harris. dependency and improves its environment, economy be included into a eco-product/life-cycle-assessment This led to a project to develop a low-cost, sustainable and social equity.” class in the Materials Engineering Department and in a source of electrical power with a 20 year life cycle that “The class will look at parking reduction objectives senior-level ENVE pollution prevention class. can be owned by a family unit. and design a bicycle network on and around campus, In May, Tsuji will join more than 350 other P3 Phase “This technology will provide access to electrical including a mobile and LEEDS certified Bicycle Center,” I grant recipients in Washington, D.C. for the National power through free market mechanisms, as opposed to says Jud. “We also want to consider a pedestrian zone Sustainable Design Expo. The P3 Award winners will governmental aid,” explains Harris. “The technology is between the Engineering core and the library, and receive $75,000 in additional funding to further develop based on solar photovoltaic source, battery storage, and traffic calming along Grand, East Perimeter and parts of their projects. a standard DC output.” North Perimeter roads.” The project involves system engineering, embed- Addressing the class at its first meeting, President Cal Poly Engineers Without Borders ded system design, controls, power electronics, digital Warren Baker said, “Cal Poly should get out in front and design, and power protection, making it ideal as a focus create an environment that is influenced by thinking works on water project in Thailand for master’s theses and senior projects. In fact, three EE about sustainability in everything we do. I look forward his winter, Cal Poly’s Engineers Without Borders graduate students and four undergrads have worked to hearing your ideas about mobility on campus.” T(EWB) successfully completed its first international on SuPER so far, working to build a system prototype. In ■ MATE 210 “Materials Engineering” has stu- project ̶ installation of a drinking water treatment addition, the EE and CPE faculty researchers, including dents participate in Hewlett-Packard’s Planet Partners system for the hill tribe village of Mae Nam Khun (MNK) Harris, Ahmad Nafisi, Ali Shaban, and Taufik, are also Program for recycling inkjet cartridges. “I have been in Thailand. working with the Orfalea College of Business, which has integrating sustainability concepts into MATE 210 since EWB at Cal Poly was founded in 2004 to undertake made the project available as a senior project. BUS 454 spring 2004,” says materials engineering Associate Pro- projects that bring sustainable, long-term benefits to students are considering how to get the SuPER systems fessor Richard Savage. “The HP program gives the class impoverished communities. The group’s Thailand to “the bottom of the pyramid,” among the two billion an opportunity to discuss life cycle analysis concepts for project began in March 2005 with an assessment of people in the world who don’t have access to electrical polymer materials.” MNK’s drinking water system by project managers, power. In addition, the course requires that students inves- 6 ENGINEERINGAdvantage College News College News

tigate the impact of material properties ticable methods for sustainability.” associate dean in the Orfalea College of on the performance of commercial According to the CSinE website (www. Business, Eugene Jud from Civil Engi- products. csine.calpoly.edu), the organization aims neering, and Materials Engineering Chair “This gives the students the chance to to: Linda Vanasupa. explore the roles of marketing, system ■ Serve as a resource for faculty to CSinE is also active in outreach and design, manufacturing and environmen- integrate sustainability practices into the has worked with departments across tal engineering on products that impact curriculum; campus to sponsor presentations by sustainability,” states Savage. ■ Coordinate and fund multidisci- renowned speakers. In January, CSinE plinary projects with sustainable compo- and the Biological Sciences Department

nents; hosted Pete Myers, founder and CEO of The EE and EL classes of 1955 gathered in Cayucos ■ Increase community awareness of Environmental Health Sciences. Karen for a 50th reunion celebration in November. the need for sustainable solutions. Peabody with the Green Chemistry Insti- “CSinE is a clearinghouse of practical tute came at the invitation of CSinE and tools,” explains Richards. “On our web- the Orfalea College of Business, while EE’s and EL’s site, for instance, faculty can access goals her colleague, Green Chemistry Institute and learning objectives for promoting director Paul Anastas, was co-hosted by gather for 50th Center for Sustainability environmental stewardship and then the Chemistry Department. Political Sci- ast fall, electrical and electronics in Engineering (CSinE) download a specific ‘roadmap’ for cur- ence partnered with CSinE to bring Julie ricular integration.” Zimmerman with the EPA’s National Lengineering alumni from the class of ustainability may be the buzz, but To catalyze a new approach to Center for Environmental Research. 1955 gathered to reconnect and relive Smaking it an integral part of the engineering, CSinE sponsors applied Alex Sloan was hosted in conjunction their Cal Poly memories. According to the curriculum and culture takes advocacy, multidisciplinary projects that advance with the Society of Women Engineers. event organizer, Ken Krossa (EE and Math specific proposals and practical support. sustainable practices. One such project is Sloan is a partner in Balckwolf Partners, ’55), “The reunion was a great success and That’s why the Center for Sustainability the Campus Mobility and Transportation Ltd., a venture capital firm that special- well worth the effort we put into finding in Engineering (CSinE) was established. Project, the goal of which is to reduce izes in investing in the clean tech sector. classmates.” Says CSinE Director Deanna Richards, the campus community’s automo- His provocative talk was titled, “How Can Ken’s son and daughter-in-law (John “Our vision is to provide engineers with bile dependency while improving the We Profit from Sustainability: Balancing and Gwenn Krossa, both 1994 Cal Poly the interdisciplinary perspective needed economy, environment, and social eq- economic, social and environmental op- Math grads) opened their home in Cayu- to inspire, develop, and implement prac- uity. Faculty involved include Doug Cerf, portunities.” cos for the reception attended by 18 EE, EL, and ME majors, along with two widows of graduates. Spouses and at least three “PHT’s” (Putting Hubby Through) also enjoyed the gathering. IME turns 50 with Golden Jubilee celebration “Highlights included reconnecting he Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department ‘73), CEO Raytheon, and Kathleen Holmgren (IE ‘80), VP Sun with professors Warren Anderson and Dr. Tblows out 50 candles on the birthday cake in May with a Microsystems. Harry Wolf, and a personally guided tour Golden Jubilee celebration in San Luis Obispo. Co-chairs of the Persons hoping to attend should call (805) 756-2341 or of the EE facilities by department chair event, which is scheduled for May 19-20, are Bill Swanson (IE email [email protected] for more information. Mike Cirovic the following day,” says Ken.

Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers again named nation’s best chapter or the fourth straight year, the Cal Poly Society of Cal Poly received six awards and two FWomen Engineers was named the Outstanding Stu- scholarships at the final awards banquet. dent Section in the nation. Cal Poly SWE, which finished They included: ahead of the University of Texas at Austin and Purdue ■ First place in Team Tech University for the 2005 award, also won the Team Tech ■ Multicultural Award for large student competition and received four other honors at the SWE sections National Conference Nov. 4-5 in Anaheim. ■ Career Guidance Scribe award “It was thrilling,” said Helene Finger, director of Cal ■ Membership program award for large Poly’s Women’s Engineering Program. “When you real- sections (Cal Poly leads the nation with Cal Poly’s winning Team Tech project involved work- ize there are more than 300 SWE student sections in 484 members) ing with Walt Disney Imagineering on the design of a the country, and all the top engineering schools are at ■ Mechanical Engineering student Rachel Santee maintenance vehicle for a new Disney World ride called the conference, you really feel the significance of the won the $2,500 Rockwell Automation Scholarship. “Expedition Everest.” The annual Team Tech competi- award. Cal Poly SWE students continue to do amazing ■ Civil and Environmental Engineering alum Seema tion enables students from all disciplines and levels of work, building on the success of the past and continu- Shah, currently a graduate student at Colorado State, re- engineering to gain hands-on experience beyond the ing to improve every year.” ceived the $2,000 Lydia I. Pickup Memorial Scholarship. classroom. ENGINEERINGAdvantage 7 College News College News National Engineers Week roundup

What’s N.E.W.?

N.E.W. is National Engineers Week, a 55-year-old celebra- tion founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers to honor the role engineers play in our daily lives. Cal Poly’s College of Engineering joined the national celebration in February with a week of activities, free food and outreach to the community of San Luis Obispo.

Hitting the pool

Free food, drink and open Enjoying some punch pool tables were available at McPhee’s for College of Kate Van Dellen (AERO) of the Society of Women Engineers and Pete Diaz Engineering students like (CENVE) of the Society of Hispanic Engineers flank referee Gino Valderrama Kelly Seiler (EE) on opening during the N.E.W. Club Boxing Tournament. Above right: Van Dellan and night of National Engineers Diaz model their oversized gloves. Week.

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Having a blast on Dexter Lawn

Three... two... one... fire! Engineering clubs built various forms of catapults to fling things across Dexter Lawn during the N.E.W. Ballistics Competition. The National Engineers Week information booth and boxing ring attracted a crowd on Dexter Lawn. Seniors Matt Brood (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering), left, and Gino Valderrama (Materials Engineering) were co-commissioners of National Engineers Week activities on campus. PHOTO: MATTHEW EDDY The theme for Cal Poly’s N.E.W. activities was “Back to Basics,” hence the light bulb. Market forces

Engineering clubs took to Higuera Street in downtown San Luis Obispo during National Engineers Week. At left: Robert McInturff, Dylan Ross and Jenny Roecks represented the American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers. Below: Kate Van Dellen, Rachel Severn and Amber Iraeta represented the Society of Women Engineers.

SWE 4th-Grade Outreach

Computer Science students Andrea Graser, above, and Jeffrey Bergamini, left, par- ticipated in the Society of Women Engineers’ 4th Grade Outreach at Pacheco At left: Lia Noble, Lisa Rotty and Chris School in San Luis Obispo. Donelly of the Society of Environmental Engineers took to their tent on the chilly night at Farmers Market.

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Fall Commencement ’05

ome 265 engineering Sstudents̶259 bachelor’s degree candidates and six M.S. candidates̶received diplo- mas at the Fall Commence- ment on December 9, 2005. The newly minted grads heard from keynote speaker Blake Irving, vice president of the MSN Communication Services and Member Platform group at Microsoft. Irving is responsible for driving and managing Microsoft’s Internet communications services. He earned his bachelor’s degree from San Diego State Univer- Blake Irving, vice president sity and his master’s degree in of Microsoft’s MSN business administration from Communication Services, Pepperdine University. was the keynote speaker Irving is an active volun- at Fall Commencement. teer and consultant to Cal Poly. Not only is he a member of the President’s Cabinet, a senior advisory group of state Local flower and national leaders in busi- shops were hit ness, industry, government hard by some and the community, but he is of the CENG students who also a member of the College went through of Engineering’s Women’s graduation Engineering Program Advisory ceremonies in Mechanical Engineering graduate Carmen Kunz, Committee. December. right, received her certificate from president Warren J. Baker.

Improving the K-12 STEM pipeline: EE professor teams with the College of Education to prepare middle school students for science, technology, engineering and math

ylvia Liddicoat knows that too many College of Education’s Cotchett Professor of SCalifornia students̶especially girls and Science and Mathematics Teacher Educa- low-income students̶are graduating from tion, on two STEM “pipeline” projects. high school unprepared to take college- The mission of the STEMLITES (Science, level math, science and engineering. In fact, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, the crisis in math and science education in and Literacy Integration in the Elemen- all states has resulted in a national short- tary School) project is to advance science age of qualified workers in STEM (science, instruction in the elementary school by de- technology, engineering, math) fields. veloping curriculum materials that integrate To address the problem, the EE lecturer STEM and literacy, including engineering is collaborating with Shirley Magnusson, the design experiences. “We hope to increase

Participating in the STEM program at Laguna Middle School were, left to right: Priscilla Strickland, Deb Jones, EE lecturer Silvia Liddicoat, Diana Barnhart, Holly Naylor, Shirley Magnusson and Kaylene Wakeman. 10 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 11 College News College News Cal Poly students top Evening With Industry CSU system in math, SWE English proficiency hen the California State University (CSU) an- Wnounced the results of its annual proficiency report on first-year students’ readiness for college, Cal Poly students ranked at the top of the list for proficiency in both mathematics and English and hold the highest mean entering grade point average in the CSU system: 3.74. The CSU report shows the percentage of stu- dents proficient in English, mathematics and in both subjects, as well as the percentage of students requiring remediation in their first year. Some 95 percent of first-year Cal Poly students were proficient in mathematics and 91 percent were proficient in English. Mathematics remediation was necessary for only 5 percent of first-year Cal Poly A students and English remediation was necessary for only 9 percent. Last year, of those students requiring remedia- tion, who were admitted to Cal Poly, 98 percent C were proficient by the end of their first year of study.

B STEM Program STEM student pipeline by focusing on under-repre- sented populations,” explains Liddicoat, “therefore, we are co-collaborating with Santa-Maria Bonita school district teachers.” STEMLITES is supported by Cal Poly’s Center E D for Excellence in Science & Mathematics Educa- tion (CESaME) through a $150,000 grant from S.D. Bechtel, Jr. in association with the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. A ̶ Society of Women Engineers officers for 2005-06 Foundation. B ̶ Evening with Industry keynote speaker Dr. Patricia D. Galloway with SWE “I have real concerns that the United States is los- President Betsy Sale. ing ground in developing and retaining engineers,” C ̶ Eileen Mick, Outstanding Women in Engineering & Technology award winner. says Stephen Bechtel. “I am pleased to provide D ̶ Marissa Brummett was the recipient of the Boeing Scholarship. funding for this program, as I believe it will help us E ̶ Erin Glines and Erin Matsumoto received scholarships from Fluor Corp. determine how children learn best and how teach- F ̶ Claire Dooley and Todd Maki received Northrup Grumman scholarships. ers can best teach these important and challenging G ̶ Scholarship winners from Chevron were Meghann Chell, Amy Ware, Rachel subjects.” Santee and Daniel Nutter. Liddicoat’s and Magnusson’s second project is focused on bringing more girls into STEM disciplines. G It also received private funding: Boeing provided $8,500 for the joint College of Engineering/College of Education “GEMS” (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science) project. Working with four science teachers, Magnus- son and Liddicoat hope to positively influence local eighth graders, particularly girls, by engaging and challenging them with a curriculum that includes engineering-related experiences. “We want to open the eyes of these young students to STEM fields by exposing them to the excitement of engineering design,” comments Liddicoat 10 ENGINEERINGAdvantage F ENGINEERINGAdvantage 11 CollegeDepartment News News Project Based Learning

Industry partner Lockheed Martin to award four new scholarships ockheed Martin, a longtime industry ing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Lpartner with Cal Poly, has announced other companies,” Crowley said. it will give the university four $2,500 Because the competition for top scholarships for new aerospace engi- students is great, the Lockheed Martin neering freshmen selected on the basis scholarships give Cal Poly a new incen- of academic excellence. tive to offer to the very best and bright- The announcement was made at an est, added Aerospace Engineering Chair all-day Lockheed Martin campus recruit- Jordi Puig-Suari. “We’re delighted, as ing event by Mark Crowley, vice presi- always, to partner with Lockheed Martin dent for the company’s Military Space in a shared commitment to excellence.” Programs. “We hire many Cal Poly grads from all different majors; in fact, Cal Poly now ranks as our No. 2 supplier of new employees worldwide,” he said. Lockheed Martin has helped establish a productive distance learning program ̶the Space Systems Masters pro- gram̶with the College of Engineering and has provided support for numerous departments and programs, such as the Multicultural Engineering Program. “Now we would like to start cultivat- Electrical Engineering alum and current Lockheed Martin employee Julio Landgrave ing relationships with outstanding stu- (EE ’03), above left, talked with engineering students at Lockheed Martin Tech Day at dents from their freshman year onward, Cal Poly in February. Hundreds of CENG students attended the Lockheed Martin because we’re very aware that we’re in presentations in the Advanced Technical Laboratory. competition for Cal Poly’s best with Boe-

Multicultural Engineering Program scholars honored

Thirty CENG students received more than $75,000 in scholarships at the Multicultural Engineering Program awards banquet in late January. In addition, the Society of Black Engineers and Scientists honored seven students with $6,000 in scholarships, the Society of Hispanic Engineers presented four students with $6,000 in scholarships and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society awarded three $1,000 scholarships. Among the companies presenting scholar- ships at the dinner were ChevronTexaco, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. At left: Richard Margarito and Jesse Duenas were all smiles after receiving scholarships from the Society of Hispanic Engineers. 12 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 13 CollegeDepartment News News Project Based Learning

Cal Poly EE receives award from Hitachi for innovation he Cal Poly Electrical Engineer- tions, from cell phones to the Ting Department has received larger I-Pods, and this kit is de- the Partners in Innovation Award signed to help hardware design- from Hitachi Global Storage ers integrate the Hitachi drives Technologies, Inc. for a sponsored into their new consumer electron- project by EE master’s degree ic products,” says EE Professor Al students Chris Ackles and John Liddicoat, faculty adviser for the Carlin. project. “Hitachi was pleased with Working on the project for how the students were clever in about six months, Ackles and how they stored the data and Carlin designed and developed a implemented the interface of the “Verilog simulation model,” a key project.” component of the Developer’s Kit Hitachi Global Storage Tech- divisions of Hitachi Electronics, for Hitachi micro hard drives used nologies Inc., which began in the company has developed a full in portable electronic devices. 2003 with a partnership with IBM, line of 1-inch, 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch, and 3.5-inch hard disk drive stor- EE Professor Al Liddicoat was faculty adviser for a sponsored project that “Micro drives are now being sponsored the project at Cal Poly received the “Partners in Innovation” Award from Hitachi. used in a wide variety of applica- with a $7,000 grant. One of five age devices.

New website promotes Project Based Learning ver wonder how “hands on” learning translates Einto real-world projects across the College of Engi- neering? Now you can survey project activities, learn about college facilities dedicated to applied research, and see how student-faculty-industry collabora- tion furthers faculty professional development and student learning. Go to www.pbl.calpoly.edu and see how you can get involved!

More than 100 Korean companies viewed Cal Poly’s Tripod Robot. “Seoul

searching”: ME students Mike Schaller and Todd Kirscjen along with Saeed Niku (ME), cen- CENG projects in South Korea ter, traveled to Seoul, South Korea. ast fall, mechanical engineering Korea. The exhibit showcased more cussed the issue of capstone design Lstudents Mike Schaller and Todd than 100 Korean institutions along with the faculty of many Korean Kirscjen had the unique experience with international universities from institutions as well as the guest of showing off Cal Poly student the U.S., Japan, and China. international countries. In the long design projects to an international ”We displayed two projects, run, I would hope that the event audience. They and their ME profes- a Tripod Robot, and Force Feed- contributes to more international sor, Saeed Niku, were invited to back Control for Visually Impaired cooperation.” take part in the Capstone Design Wheelchair Users,” says Niku. “Just 12 ENGINEERINGAdvantage Faire 2005 held in Seoul, South as important, Mike, Todd and I dis- ENGINEERINGAdvantage 13 Department News Student News

Old discipline made new: The rebirth of HVAC&R al Poly’s Heating, Ventilating, Air Con- goal of providing industry with a wealth Cditioning and Refrigerating (HVAC&R) of talent for the long term future.” program dates back to 1937. Thirty-one To help attract new “talent” into the years later, Air Conditioning and Refrig- program, dedicated alumnus John Wing- eration became Environmental Engi- ate (ENVE ’50) established a scholarship neering, and in the 1980s, the HVAC&R fund that provides grants of $4000 to ten courses were moved into Mechanical Engineering. Today, with a growing endowment, student scholarships, and an active Industry Advisory Board (IAB), HVAC&R has undergone a rebirth, emerging as an official “concentration” in ME this year. According to IAB chair Larry Sun ME professors Chris Pascual and Jesse Maddren are spearheading the rebirth of HVAC&R. At (ENVE ’85), Cal Poly has a history of close left: HVAC&R sponsored an ice skating rink at Poly Royal during the 1960s. interaction with the HVAC&R industry, which is facing a shortage of good engi- ment colleague Chris Pascual, and Program, created and administered by the neers. “The industry is unique in that it the IAB is the development of a U.S. Green Building Council. He says, “We seeks people with not only sound techni- cutting-edge HVAC&R curriculum. are in a unique time with the awareness cal skills, but also strong inter-personal “One of our biggest emphases of energy and the environment growing skills to deal with the many aspects and today is sustainability,” explains so rapidly. I believe this offers an opportu- individuals involved in the built-environ- Maddren. nity for academics and industry to come ment,” he says. IAB Chair Larry Sun is likewise together through the introduction of new In response, Associate Professor Jesse acutely aware of this aspect of the thought processes and technologies to Maddren sought to revamp the HVAC&R promising students per year. Maddren business. As a principal with Tsuchi- tried and true industry practices.The IAB program several years ago by organizing notes, “Each of the recipients does a sum- yama Kaino Sun & Carter, an HVAC&R hopes to build this bridge by continuing an advisory board. “The primary goal of mer industry internship, which primes company with an emphasis on energy to generate interest in the HVAC&R indus- the Board has been to re-invigorate the him or her for successful entrance into efficiency and optimum system operation, try and assisting Cal Poly in developing HVAC&R related coursework and interest the field.” Sun is involved in the Leadership in Energy curricula that produce the engineers for at Cal Poly,” he states, “with the ultimate Another focus of Maddren, his depart- and Environmental Design, or “LEED” our future.”

Building a better bike rack hen the Air Pollution Control District rack with a small diameter lock.” Wgave Cal Poly $12,000 in 2002 to reduce The rack’s back bar donation plaque also engine emissions, district officials hoped to helps San Luis Obispo place more bike racks see more bike parking on campus. The grant around town without taxing city revenues. The did more: it presented a “learn by doing” “Racks With Plaques” donation program initi- opportunity for industrial and manufacturing ated last year encourages cyclists and other professors Kurt Colvin and Rod Hoadley. community supporters to donate a bike rack Rather than purchase “old style” bike racks, and receive permanent recognition. Hoadley proposed that his students design After seeing Racks With Plaques work and manufacture something more functional. downtown, IME’s Colvin suggested introduc- After two years, they produced 50 new racks, ing the program at Cal Poly and setting up a which were placed around campus. manufacturing plan to supplement students’ The cycling community loved them. “It was “hands-on” learning. He and Hoadley together one of the most successful projects I have ever manage Cal Poly’s Racks With Plaque’s pro- worked on,” Hoadley claims. “Because the gram. vertical stagger design allows every other bike To sponsor a bike rack that features a to be raised, more bikes can park tangle-free name or organization on a permanent plaque, IME professors Kurt Colvin and Rod Hoadley often park in less space. Plus, a unique locking bar allows contact Kurt Colvin at [email protected] or 14 ENGINEERINGAdvantage their bikes in front of Linnea’s Cafe in San Luis Obispo at easy access locking of the wheel, frame, and (805) 756-2633. ENGINEERINGAdvantage 15 one of the bike racks they helped design and develop. Department News Student News Two CENG student-athletes reach the top of their game he College of Engineering has a Trich history of students who have excelled in athletics, but 2005 may have marked a watershed year thanks to the sports exploits of two student-athletes. Baseball pitcher Garrett Olson and football defensive end Chris Gocong garnered headlines, school records and future professional dollars for brilliant seasons on the diamond and gridiron. Defensive end Olson, a mechanical engineering ma- Chris Gocong, a jor, led the NCAA Division I-A in innings biomedical engin- neering major, set pitched and became only the second a school record Cal Poly baseball player to be selected for sacks last in the first round of the Major League season. draft when he was the 18th pick by the Baltimore Orioles. The left-handed Olson, who finished the season with a 12-4 record and an earned run average of 2.71 in a school-record 136 innings, signed a contract with the Orioles worth more than $700,000. Gocong, a biomedi- cal engineering major, won the Buck Buchanan Award as the best de- fensive player in Division I-AA after recording a school-record 21.5 sacks, 98 total tackles and returning a fumble-re- covery for a touchdown during the Mustangs’ 9-4 Mechanical Engineering major ment was a result of “the effort he pro- neering from one of the most respected Garrett Olson had a 12-4 record season. duces from snap to whistle, and the effort programs in the country in that field. All for the Mustangs in 2005. According to Cal Poly football coach in the classroom and the weight room. of his success is due to his consistency Rich Ellerson, Gocong’s accomplish- He’s getting a degree in biomedical engi- and effort in all that he does.”

Imagining a “zero waste” Open House al Poly Open House is always a ton of fun̶and it off-campus constituents on the project, including ASI, Cproduces a ton of trash. But this year, thanks to envi- Facilities, Campus Dining, the Open House Committee, ronmental engineering master’s student Andrea Ramirez, the College of Science and Mathematics, university faculty much of the waste from Open House will be recycled or and staff, and the SLO County Integrated Waste Manage- composted. ment Board (IWMA), which has donated the use of two give fun facts about recycling.” “For my master’s thesis, I am working on a program to in-vessel food composting units. Designing the Cal Poly Zero Waste logo was an as- make Open House a zero waste event,” says Ramirez. “Our “We’re excited about clubs displaying the Cal Poly signment for the Graphic Communications Advanced goal is that eventually none of the waste generated from Zero Waster logo on their booths during Open House,” Typography Course, taught by Brian Lawler and Lorraine Open House will be sent to the landfill.” says Ramirez. “These groups have participated in a zero Donegan. The designer of the winning logo was Ismael Ramirez has worked with a wide variety of on- and waste seminar, and will be able to answer questions and Moran-Montero. 14 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 15 Student News Faculty News

New website promotes student clubs rustrated by the inability to access informa- involved with clubs tion about clubs on campus quickly, Cal Poly they might not have Fstudents Shasta Palmer (Industrial Technol- considered open to ogy), Jason Schulberg (Mechanical Engineering) them before.” and Edward Clements (Manufacturing Engineer- Along with an ing) have developed a one-stop on-line directory updated calendar ̶ www.PolyClubs.com. and a club contact “When we started at Cal Poly, we thought directory, PolyClubs. finding information about clubs would be easier,” com includes forums Palmer says. “There were fliers everywhere and where visitors can events posted on various websites, but some of post questions or comments to club officers. The those hadn’t been updated in years. Just finding site currently features 22 clubs, ranging from the out the basics ̶ like where and when club meet- Society of Women Engineers and the American ings were scheduled and what projects the clubs Marketing Association to the Cal Poly Line Dancing were currently working on ̶ was difficult. Be- Club and Vines to Wines. cause so many club projects are multidisciplinary, “The site is not intended to take the there seemed like a real need for one central site place of the club’s own website,” says with all the key information.” Palmer, “only to support the clubs by Schulberg, president of the Cal Poly Society of providing a central location where Automotive Engineers (SAE) Formula Car Club, it’s easy to access info with a couple says the primary purpose of the site is to improve of clicks.” club projects and increase club participation. “Most projects benefit from a multidisciplinary Developers of PolyClubs.com are, left to club membership, and PolyClubs.com is designed right: Jason Schulberg (ME), Shasta Palmer to make it easier for students of all majors to get (IT) and Edward Clements (ME).

Five named Outstanding Women in Engineering al Poly’s Society of Women Engineers, in cooperation with Hewlett- CPackard, has chosen five members to receive the Outstanding Women in Engineering and Technology Award. Selected from 15 nominees, the winners are: Eileen Mick, master’s student in civil and environmental engineering; Jennifer Overgaag, computer engineering senior, Andrea Ramirez, master’s student in civil and environmental engineering; Betsy Sale, civil engineering senior, and Teresa Su, electrical engineering senior. Student candidates for this award were ranked using four criteria: faculty recommendations, demonstrated leadership, related work experi- ence and grade point average. The five winners of the award each had a long list of SWE participation and academic accomplishments: Mick was founder and president of the Cal Poly chapter of Engineers Without Bor- ders; Overgaag was Team Tech co-director for SWE and vice president of the IEEE Computer Society; Ramirez was co-director of the Civil & Environ- mental Career Fair and public relations director for the Society of Envi- ronmental Engineers; Sale was SWE president, director for SWE’s Evening With Industry and participated in the Cal Poly at Sea program; and Su was vice president and secretary of the IEEE Student Branch and was the Cal Poly “Week of Welcome” orientation leader.

Winners of the Outstanding Women in Engineering and Technology Award were, left to right: Jennifer Overgaag (CE), Eileen Mick (CENVE), Andrea Ramirez (CENVE), Teresa Su 16 ENGINEERINGAdvantage (EE) and Betsy Sale (CENVE). ENGINEERINGAdvantage 17 Student News Faculty News

■ ■ ■ Rakesh Goel has been appointed As- Faculty sociate Editor of the Journal of Structural Engineering and has also been certified by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services as a Disaster Service Notes Worker for the post-disaster (earthquake, floods, etc.) assessment of structures. Goel authored one paper and ■ Multidisciplinary co-authored three others, all published in the peer-review journal Earthquake Ed Sullivan (CE) and Jim Daly (Statis- Spectra published by the Earthquake En- tics) received a best paper award at the gineering Research Institute. The papers annual Washington, D.C. meeting of the include: “Evaluation of Modal and FEMA National Transportation Research Board Pushover Procedures Using Strong-Mo- Committee on Safety Data, Analysis and tion Records of Building” (Vol. 21, no. Evaluation for a recently published paper 3: 653-684, August 2005); “Response to “Investigation of Median Trees and Col- Discussion of ‘Evaluation of Modal and lisions on Urban and Suburban Conven- FEMA Pushover Analyses: SAC Buildings’ tional Highways in California.” by Bruce Maison” (Vol. 21, no.1: 277-279. ■ ■ ■ February, 2005); “Extension of Modal Linda Vanasupa (MATE), Lynne Rakesh Goel has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Pushover Analysis to Compute Member Slivovsky (EE, CPE), and Kathy Chen Forces” (Vol. 21, no. 1: 125-139, Febru- (MATE) presented “Global challenges ary, 2005); and “Role of Higher-Mode as Inspiration: A classroom strategy to Goel elected Fellow of ASCE Pushover Analyses in Seismic Analysis foster social responsibility” at Ethics and of Buildings” (Vol. 21, no. 4: 1027-1041, rofessor Rakesh Goel (CE/ENVE) has been elected Fellow of the American Social Responsibility in Engineering and November, 2005). Technology 2005: Linking Workplace PSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for significant contributions to the civil en- gineering profession. Goel has done extensive research in the seismic behavior Goel presented “Estimation of seis- Ethics and Education held in Los Angeles. mic demands in bridges crossing fault ■ ■ ■ of structures, including earthquake analysis and design of asymmetric buildings and bridges. He has also received the Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems rupture zones” at the Caltrans Bridge Sema Alptekin (IME), Dianne DeTurris Excellence in Research and Development Award (2002), the ASCE Norman Research Workshop in Sacramento (and (AERO) and co-authors published “Devel- Medal (2001) and Huber Research Prize (2000). published in the Proceedings of work- opment of a Flying Eye: A Project Based shop). He gave “Modal pushover analysis Learning Experience” in the proceedings for unsymmetric buildings” at the 2005 of “Looking Forward: Innovations in Manu- Structures Congress in New York (also facturing Engineering Education” Confer- “An Experimental Investigation of Flow- rioration of plastered swimming pools published in the Proceedings). He also ence (pp: 155-166, June 2005, Cal Poly). Induced Oscillations of the B&K In-Flow (Phase three): Materials durability, poros- presented “Implication of Parkfield Earth- Microphone” in the International Journal ity and compression strength of various quake” at the Seismic Instrumentation ■ of Aeroacoustics (Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2006). plastering mixes and their relation to Nuclear Users Group (SINUG) 4th confer- Aerospace durability,” $210,347; and “Water test ence held at Diablo Canyon Power Plant Engineering ■ kits study,” a $54,360 project involving in San Luis Obispo Civil & Environmental five different U.S. universities and led by At the International Symposium David Hall gave three invited talks and Engineering Cal Poly’s NPIRC to evaluate the perfor- on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and presented “Executive Summary of Cal mance of the water test kits currently Regeneration Planning held at Cal Poly, Poly/NASA Extreme STOL Takeoff and Alypios Chatiziioanou, department used by the pool industry. Goel moderated a session, presented a Landing (ESTOL) Work” at the AeroTech chair, published an article on “Impacts of The two researchers published “The paper, and served as the CENG repre- Congress & Exhibition in Grapevine, TX. a Flat World on Engineering Education” Effects of Water Chemistry, Sanitizers, sentative. His paper was on “Masonry The paper was published in the 2005 in Industry and Higher Education (Vol. Start-Up Procedures, Calcium Chloride buildings in seismically active regions: Society of Automotive Engineers Trans- 20, no. 1, IP Publishing, London, February Percentages and Other Factors on Engineering approach to risk reduction.” actions. Because of the ongoing excep- 2006). Surface Deterioration of Plastered Swim- ■ ■ ■ tional performance of Hall’s students in ■ ■ ■ ming Pools,” in the Final Report of the Ashraf Rahim, Gregg Fiegel, and K.P. the Society of Allied Weight Engineers Gregg Fiegel, a Professional Engineer National Plasters Council ( Port Charlotte, George (University of Mississippi) annual student international paper com- (PE) since 1999, recently passed the Florida, June 2005). received a $135,500 Caltrans grant for petition, the group has allocated $1000 State’s rigorous Geotechnical Engineer- Kachlakev and Pal were keynote a project titled “An Evaluation of Crack, for an AERO scholarship. Hall, Mark Wa- ing Examination, authorizing him to use speakers at a Seminar held for the Seat, and Overlay in California.” ters and a dozen Cal Poly AERO students the title Geotechnical Engineer (GE). Western Show in Long Beach and at the Rahim also receive a $44,000 C3RP assisted NASA in C-17 noise measure- ■ ■ ■ 17th Annual National Conference of the grant to research “Recycled Waste Mate- ment tests at Edwards Air Force Base. Damiam Kachlakev and Nirupam Pal National Plasters Council held in Amelia, rials As Additives to Improve the Perfor- ■ ■ ■ received two research grants through FL. Kachlakev was also the invited key- mance of Soil-Cement ‒ A Laboratory Jin Tso, Richard Fields (AERO ’93, M.S. the university’s National Pool Industry note speaker at an industry seminar held Investigation,” and he participated in the AERO ’96), and P.T. Soderman, published Research Center (NPIRC): “Etching dete- in Atlantic City, NJ. Continued on following page. 16 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 17 Faculty News Faculty News

Annual Transportation Research Board ation Relationships” from the National meeting in Washington, D.C. Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program ME professor Joe Mello ■ ■ ■ - NEHRP (USGS) Project. Jim Hanson attended the 16th ICSMGE Moss serves on the NSF panel that (International Conference on Soil Me- is evaluating the recent levee failures in honored for mentorship chanics and Geotechnical Engineering) New Orleans due to hurricane Katrina. he members of Cal Poly’s Society of Automotive Engi- in Osaka, Japan to present two papers Tneers (SAE) believe that Joe Mello’s efforts as club advi- that were published in the conference ■ sor have made their club “the largest and the best SAE club proceedings: “Integrated Temperature Computer Science & in California and perhaps the entire country!” and Gas Analysis at a Municipal Solid Software Engineering Mello (mechanical engineering) was recently honored Waste Landfill” and “Characterization of by SAE International, which presented him with a Distin- Surface Topography of Sand.” Hanson Diana Franklin co-authored two work- guished Faculty Advising Award for 2006. Joe Mello (ME) also co-authored “Heat Generation in shop publications, including “Exploiting “Efforts like Joe’s are crucial to making Cal Poly a Landfills” published in the ASCE Journal Non-Uniform Memory Access Patterns first-rate, learn-by-doing institution,” stated ME Department Chair Tom Mackin. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Through Bitline Segmentation” for the Comments by Mello’s student advisees, however, show how professors like Mello Engineering (Vol. 131, no. 11, p. 1330- Workshop on Memory Performance affect their students, and how much student success is linked to mentorship: 1344). He received a C3RP grant for an Issues held at the 12th International Sym- • “His knowledge in the field is outstanding and is only matched by his desire investigation regarding optimization of posium on High-Performance Computer to share this knowledge with his students.” compaction practices for municipal solid Architecture in Austin, TX. The article was • “He’s encouraged us all to go above and beyond to learn our stuff and apply waste using GPS technology. chosen as one of five papers to be pub- it at the highest level possible.” ■ ■ ■ lished in SIGMICRO newsletter. The sec- • “He cares deeply for us and is always pointing us in the right direction with a Robb Moss presented two papers at ond publication, “Reliability Requirements kind heart.” the 8th National Conference on Earth- of Control, Address, and Data Operations quake Engineering in San Francisco, in Error-Tolerant Applications,” was given including “Tsunamigenic Probabilistic in the Workshop on Architectural Reliabil- The Need for an Excellent Learning Cli- Fred DePiero published “Assess- Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis For ity at the 38th Annual IEEE/ACM Interna- mate” at the 2005 CSU Regional Sympo- ment and Program Improvement in a Subduction Zones” and “Incorporating tional Symposium on Microarchitecture sium on University Teaching held at Cal Resource-Constrained Environment, Parameter Uncertainty into Attenua- held in Barcelona, Spain. Poly, Pomona. Including Web-Based Tools” in the Pro- tion Relationships.” He has also been ■ ■ ■ Grimes serves as president of the ceedings of Best Assessment Practices awarded research grants: “Variance Joe Grimes refereed “Review of Team- CSU Faculty Development Council and VIII held in Terre Haute, IN. Analysis of Strong Motion Attenuation Based Learning: A Transformative Use of member of the CSU Academic Technol- ■ ■ ■ Relationships” from the Pacific Earth- Small Groups” published in the online ogy Advisory Committee representing Dennis Derickson presented a short quake Engineering Research - PEER journal, CSU Exchanges. He also refereed the Faculty Development Council. course on “Lightwave Component (NSF) Lifelines NGA Project; “Evaluation two presentations, including: “The Web ■ ■ ■ Measurements” at the Optical Fiber of the effects of soil aging on liquefiable as A Gathering Place: Examining POD’s Lew Hitchner attended the Association Communications/National Fiber Optic deposits” funded by C3RP; and “Using a Web Site” at the Professional and Organi- for Computing Machinery - Special Inter- Engineers(OFC/NFOEC) conference in Bayesian Framework to Quantify Param- zational Development Network in Higher est Group in Computer Science (ACM Anaheim. OFC/NFOEC is the premier eter Uncertainty and Model Optimiza- Education International Conference in SIGCSE) 2006 conference in Houston. world conference for optical fiber com- tions for Strong Ground Motion Attenu- Milwaukee, WI, and “University Success: SIGCSE is the main professional society munications. for university level computer science ■ ■ ■ educators. Hitchner also participated in a Xiaomin Jin and Shun-Lien Chuang workshop on Algorithm Visualization. from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Javadpour receives Tribune honor Champaign presented “Injection-Lock- ing in Fabry-Perot Quantum-well Lasers” ndustrial and Manufacturing Assistant Professor ■ Roya Electrical Engineering at the 2005 International Semiconductor was among 20 business and community IJavadpour Device Research Symposium (ISDRS) in leaders in San Luis Obispo County honored by The Dean Arakaki received a $32,000 Bethesda, MD. Tribune in the newspaper’s first “Top 20 Under 40” grant from Randtron Antenna Systems Jin, Chuang, and Dr. Alan Hsu from awards. for research on the “Development of Sandia National Laboratories presented Javadpour was recognized for both being a “doer” High-Power Handling, Low-Loss Com- “Study of Optical-feedback Using an and her “deep commitment to giving something back to ponents in Air-Flow Coaxial Topology.” Integrated Laser-modulator/amplifier the community,” says Chip Visci, publisher of The Tribune. He presented a paper at the 27th Annual Device” at the Integrated Photonics Re- As the focal point of her graduate-level technological Antenna Measurement Techniques As- search and Applications Topical Meeting project management course, Javadpour developed the sociation Meeting & Symposium held in (IPRA 2006) in Uncasville, CT. PolyHouse Project, where for the past two years students Newport, RI on “Conducted Emissions ■ ■ ■ have renovated a home for local disabled individuals. In Roya Javadpour Testing for Electromagnetic Compatibil- Albert Liddicoat received a Fellowship 2005, PolyHouse students raised more than $30,000 and ity.” Arakaki also co-authored “Measure- Award from NASA and ASEE (American completed a nearly complete renovation of a home in Templeton. ment Sensitivity and Accuracy Verifi- Society for Engineering Education) as The 20 winners of the Tribune award were selected from more than 100 nomi- cation for an Antenna Measurement part of the NASA Summer Faculty Re- nations by a panel of five judges from the Economic Vitality Corporation of San System,” a paper presented by Newlyn search Opportunity program. Under the Luis Obispo and each winner was presented with a trophy. (M.S. EE ‘04) at the same conference. Hui grant, Liddicoat and electrical engineer- ■ ■ ■ 18 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ing student Jackson Pang integrated ENGINEERINGAdvantage 19 Faculty News Faculty News

computer hardware that enables the Liddicoat co-authored two chapters accurate transmission of images from in The Electrical Engineering Handbook deep-space (known as the Gondola Proj- (Edited by Richard C. Dorf, Third Edi- ect) into the Protocol Test Lab at the Jet tion, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. 2006): “Programmable Logic” with Lynne Liddicoat, Pang, and EE graduate Slivovsky and “Logic Circuits” with Rich- student Shawn Cary presented a paper ard Sandige. on “FPGA-Based High-Performance Arith- ■ ■ ■ metic Pipeline Synthesis for DSP Appli- Sylvia Liddicoat and Al Liddicoat were cations” at the Society of Photo-Optical invited to participate in the Lockheed Instrumentation Engineers’ 50th Annual Martin LightSpeed Workshop in Palm- Conference in San Diego. In addition, dale, an event designed to expose Liddicoat attended the Stanford Com- middle school students to advanced puter Forum Annual Meeting at Stanford technologies and encourage them to University and the 4th annual RFID World consider STEM (Science, Technology, Conference in Dallas, TX with Tali Freed, Engineering, Math) careers. Larry Rinzel, Lynne Slivovsky and 10 Cal ■ ■ ■ Poly students. Xiao-Hua (Helen) Yu presented the pa- Under a C3RP grant and in collabora- per on “An integrated model for signal- tion with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labora- ized traffic intersection control” at the tory, Liddicoat has undertaken a project IEEE international conference on control on “Delay and Disruption Tolerant applications held in Toronto, Canada. Network Implementation with Recon- ■ ■ ■ figurable Hardware Support.” Fei Wang presented “Chemical alloying

An experienced researcher in geotechnical engineering, Robb Moss earned his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. Lynne Slivovsky named Hood Robb Moss joins CE/ENVE faculty endowed professor r. Robb Moss comes to Cal Poly lateral loading, and environmental hen Richard and Julie Hood established an en- Dwith extensive experience in impact of chemical grout. Wdowed professorship in the Electrical Engineering geotechnical engineering. He has Moss holds a B.S. in Civil Engineer- Department in 2003, they hoped to encourage outstand- undertaken research on probabilistic ing from North Carolina State Universi- ing young faculty members like Lynne Slivovsky (EE, assessment of attenuation relation- ty, a master’s in Geotechnical Engi- CPE). ships, probabilistic liquefaction trig- neering from Utah State, and a Ph.D. in Slivovsky arrived at Cal Poly in 2003 with a Ph.D. from gering, acquisition of liquefaction field Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Purdue and an interest in human-computer interaction, case histories, pile design for dynamic from UC Berkeley. computer vision, and engineering education. Since that time, she has embraced a variety of projects in these ar- eas, work that the $20,000 Hood Professorship will fund Lynne Slivovsky (EE) induced collapse of reversibility windows IME graduate student Tzu-Chien Chou over the course of a year. in ternary As-S-I glasses” at the Ameri- and Wesley J. Dee (IE ’05) on “Effect She speaks eagerly of her applied research: “I’m continuing work in haptics, can Physical Society (APS) meeting in of Reflow Profile on SnPb and SnAgCu or touch-based interfaces. With an EE master’s student I’m working on a Sensing Baltimore, MD. She was also awarded a Solder Joint Shear Force,” published in Chair that classifies the sitting posture of the occupant. I’ve also had a few se- $5,000 State Faculty Support Grant for a Proceeding of IPC Printed Circuits Expo, nior project students work on haptic devices, including an arm-wrestling device. project titled “Investigation of Intermedi- APEX and the Designers Summit 2006 “I also want to develop courses in haptics and human-machine systems. I’ve ate Phase in Chalcogenide Glasses.” in Anaheim. At this conference, Pan just started working with Lou Rosenberg (ME/EDU) and Bob Crockett (BME/ also presented “Effect of Reflow Pro- IME) to develop a multidisciplinary, project-based course on human-machine ■ file on SnPb and SnAgCu Solder Joint systems, with an emphasis on human perception, cognition, and motor control. Industrial & Shear Force.” At the IPC/JEDEC 12th “Another research area is engineering education and I plan on bridging the Manufacturing International Conference on Lead Free gap between my ‘technical’ research and ‘pedagogical’ research with these new Electronic Components and Assemblies courses and the students I supervise. I have been active in the area of service- Engineering in Santa Clara, Pan presented “Lead learning, which I’ve introduced into the new CPE Capstone sequence. Students Free Soldering Backward Compatibility.” reflect on engineering design, ethics and societal implications of engineering, Dan Waldorf was awarded a $44,000 Pan was invited to speak on “Soldering and teamwork.” Office of Naval Research-C3RP grant for a Mechanism and Joint Reliability of Lead- Slivovsky is one of eight endowed professors in the College of Engineering. project on “Nano-Grain Cutting Tool for free Components with SnPb Paste” at the They include Bently Endowed Professors Jim Meagher, Julia Wu, and Kim Shol- Machining High-Temperature Aerospace Surface Mount Technology Association lenberger, all in mechanical engineering; Lockheed Martin Endowed Professors Materials.” (SMTA) Silicon Valley Chapter Meeting. Kathy Chen (MATE) and Scott Patten (ME); and Forbes Endowed Professors ■ ■ ■ Al Liddicoat (CPE, EE) and Diana Franklin (CPE , CSS). Jianbiao Pan co-authored a paper with Continued on following page. 18 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 19 Faculty News AlumniFaculty NotesNews

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Linda Vanasupa, department chair, was invited as a participant and speaker at the “Green Chemistry and Engineering Workshop” convened at the National Academies of Science and Engineer- ing by the Green Chemistry Institute. She presented a paper titled, “Where do we go from here? Addressing the Human Dimension of Curricular Design.” Vanasupa also gave a presentation on “The future of materials undergraduate programs: Can we avoid extinction?” at the Materials Research Society Fall 2005 meeting in Boston. ■ ■ ■ Katherine Chen presented “Training the Eco-Conscious Materials Engineer for the Future,” a paper co-authored by Linda Vanasupa, Blair London, and Richard Savage, at the Materials Sci- ence & Technology 2005 Conference in Pittsburgh. She chaired a session at the “Forum on Materials Science Educa- tion” symposium held at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting in Boston, MA. Chen spent fall quarter at Northwest- ern University with the NSF National Center for Learning and Teaching (NCLT) in Nanoscale Science and Engineering helping develop science modules and activities on nanoscience for high school students (http://www.nclt.us/). She A full moon rises over the two floors of new faculty offices in the new Grant M. Brown Engineering Building. The building was dedicated in the fall of 2005. gave a NCLT webcast seminar on “It’s a Nanoworld After All: Using Nanotech ference held at Cal Poly Pomona. Savage the SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering lando, FL; the paper was published in the Consumer Products to Engage Student received $5,000 donation from Olympus Congress and Exhibition in Chicago. Bird- Conference Proceedings. Murray and Tom Learning” (http://www.nclt.us/docs/ MEMS Technology Division to support song and Schuster received a $10,000 Carpenter received a $53,400 C3RP-Office Nano%20World_kathychen_121405.pdf). the Micro Systems Technology program grant from Lockheed Martin to continue of Naval Research project grant for the This spring, Chen served on the Ex- and donations from Griswold Industries research on the Pre-Crash Detection “Development of a Hybrid Rocket Motor ternal Advisory Board for the Expanding and Innov-X Systems that enabled MATE System project. Facility for Advanced Nozzle Research.” Pathways to Science, Engineering, and to purchase a portable X-ray Fluores- ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Mathematics at UC Santa Barbara. cence based Metals Analyzer. Ron Mullisen has nine thermodynamics Chris Pascual and Glen Thorncroft ■ ■ ■ experiments in the DVD supplement to presented “Hydrodynamic Study of a Blair London presented “The Ballet ■ the worldwide bestseller Thermodynam- Water-Propelled Rocket: An Undergradu- Model in Engineering Classes: What Mechanical ics by Cengel & Boles (5th Ed., McGraw- ate Experiment in Fluid Mechanics” at Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s New” Engineering Hill). Each experiment consists of a video the 2005 ASME International Mechanical at the 2005 Frontiers in Education (FIE) clip, a complete write-up, and data in Engineering Congress & Exposition in Conference in Indianapolis, IN. Charles Birdsong , Peter Schuster, and an Excel file. A preview of the DVD may Orlando, FL. ■ ■ ■ student co-authors John Carlin, Wil- be found at http://highered.mcgrawhill. ■ ■ ■ Richard Savage received a U.S. Patent liam Thompson, and Daniel Kawano com/sites/ 0072884959 /information_ Peter Schuster was issued a U.S. patent #6,955,720 for “Plasma Deposition of presented “Test Methods and Results center_view0/ . (#6,950,014) for “Method for operating Spin Chucks to Reduce Contamination for Sensors in a Pre-Crash Detection ■ ■ ■ a pre-crash sensing system in a vehicle of Silicon Wafers.” He presented “Inte- System” (Paper Number 06AE-19) at the William Murray presented “Autonomous, having external airbags.” Schuster also grating Project Based Learning through- SAE World Congress 2006 in Detroit, MI. Line-Tracking Vehicles: A Mechatronics received a grant from the American Iron out the Undergraduate Curriculum” at The group also presented “Evaluation of Term Project” at the American Society & Steel Institute for research on “An Ex- the American Society for Engineering Cost Effective Sensor Combinations for a of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Inter- posed Steel Bumper Beam for Pedestrian Education (ASEE) Pacific Southwest Con- Vehicle Pre-Crash Detection System” at national Congress and Exposition in Or- Safety.” 20 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 21 Faculty News AlumniFaculty NotesNews

Laboratory in Pasadena, where he was Technical Group Supervisor of the An- tenna and Microwave Group for 25 years EE alum Ron Smith receives Alumni followed by 10 years as NASA’s Deep Space Communications representative Black Engineer of the Year award to the International Telecommunications his is Ron Smith’s year. The 1983 electrical engineering Union - Radiocommunications (ITU-R) grad was not only recently appointed vice president updates in Geneva, a radio-rulemaking agency T for Northrop Grumman’s Six Sigma sector, but Smith was of the United Nations. His activities also an award recipient at the Black Engineer of the Year The Engineering Advantage prints involved high performance Earth Station Awards conference held Feb. 16-18 in Baltimore, MD. He alumni updates as space permits. antennas and the international Radio was one of two individuals recognized for Professional Regulations concerning interference pro- Notes not included will appear in a Achievement in Industry. tections for such Earth and associated future issue. As a vice president with Six Sigma, Smith is responsible Space (probe) Stations. He was elected for the strategy and development of the sector’s business Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and approach. In previous positions with Northrop Grumman, Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1998. ■ ■ ■ he helped pave the way for effective implementation of a process-based approach across the entire engineering or- 1950s Dan Malone (EL ’68) and his wife Star re- ganization. Since joining the company in 1982, Smith has tired in March 2005 after 35 years at IBM William V. Botts (EL and Math ’59) is held many technical and managerial positions related to and two years at Hitachi. They recently Ron Smith (EE ‘83) active in several businesses, serving as the development of electrical communications hardware moved to the Central Coast. They have Chairman of the Board of Directors for for satellite systems. three sons, one who is a Cal Poly staff SmartConnect, Director for Buck Knives, He is a member of the Cal Poly President’s Cabinet, comprised of business and member, and five grandchildren, with Director for HK Plastics Engineering, and industry leaders advising Cal Poly President Warren J. Baker. Treasurer for Vegas Valley Angels. another one on the way. Dan says, “We ■ ■ ■ look forward to making all the Cal Poly George Liviakis (EL/EE ’52) worked on football games.” ■ ■ ■ many aerospace related projects during ■ ■ ■ Northrop Grumman in Sunnyvale, CA. ■ ■ ■ his career, such as space vehicle com- Peter M. Smith (ME ’65) spent 30 years Jeff Porges (ET ’75) has been with Apple- mand and control and rocket engine in municipal public works, most recently Weston Clark (CSC ’77) is working at ton Papers in Ohio for 12 years. He is the instrumentation. During the last 35 as the Public Works Director for Quincy, Guidewire Software, a San Mateo pre- Utilities Superintendent responsible for years, he lead his own company en- WA, and as the PWD and City Admin- IPO, creating software solutions for the operations in the plant, specifically provid- gaged in the development of biomedical istrator for George, WA. His company, Property and Casualty Insurance indus- ing the steam, gas, water, electricity, and related products. He notes, “[W]e were Smith Engineering, provides contract op- try. He says, “I have returned to my roots compressed air to the paper making facil- pioneers in clinical laboratory informa- eration and consulting services for water as a software engineer, helping to create ity. Additionally, he is responsible for the tion systems, developing systems for the systems. He has five children, seventeen the infrastructure for the application paper process waste treatment facility. ■ ■ ■ medium to large hospital and reference grandchildren and four great-grandchil- development. We’re a 100% JavaJ2EE laboratories and for specialty labs han- dren. He is very involved in church and solution, with our own frameworks for Bill Ryder (ET ’77) has served as presi- dling dialysis information.” community activities, including serving persistence and the UI. I’m thrilled to dent of Ryder Engineering since 1993. ■ ■ ■ as head of the Quincy Commission on be coding all day again. I will always be The company provides mechanical Jim Locke (ME ’59) and his wife Betty Cultural Relations. He writes, “I send my grateful for the solid foundation that Cal design and development services. ■ ■ ■ Mae recently attended “Cal Poly On best wishes to all classmates, and invite Poly gave me.” ■ ■ ■ the Road” in Sacramento, where he you to contact me.” Mike Seibel (EL ’79) left HP/Agilent in was “inspired” to hear how Cal Poly is ■ ■ ■ David Ingram (ET ’73) is working as a 2001 after more than 20 years of working committed to incorporating “hands-on Dennis Woodson (EE ’62) retired after Welding Engineer in the Quality Assur- on RF and Microwave Instrumentation. learning” in all majors. Believing that this 18 years with the Los Angeles Dept. of ance Department at Marvin Engineering Since then, he has been the Senior Man- philosophy “makes Cal Poly different Water & Power as an electrical distri- in Inglewood, a government defense ager of HW Test Engineering at Turin and superior to most other engineering bution engineer followed by 16 years contractor and manufacturer specializing Networks. He and his wife Annette have universities” and “worthy of ongoing with Bechtel Corporation as a project in military hardware. a daughter, Stephanie (16), and son, support,” the Lockes gifted a Charitable support engineer. He now consults ■ ■ ■ Derek (21), who is a junior at Cal Poly in Remainder Uni trust. Jim notes, “My in construction management, repairs Craig Lewis (ME ’78) extols “Value Aerospace Engineering. decision to go to Cal Poly in 1955 was antique clocks, and sings in a barbershop Stream Mapping,” a tool that uses sym- ■ ■ ■ driven by that emphasis on lab courses. quartet. Since graduating from Cal Poly, bology for describing a particular value Dave Vickerman (ME ’72) is a Senior The hands-on learning has served me Dennis has been active in the Barber- stream/production line from customer to Engineer at Raytheon UTD in Virginia, personally very well.” shop Harmony Society. supplier. Craig explains that by following where he has projects involving im- up with lean manufacturing techniques provements for underwater Remotely such as kanban, supermarkets and Operated Vehicles (ROV). Dave lives visual manufacturing users can eliminate with his wife of 33 years Carol (Taylor) waste from the value stream. “I have (Child Development ‘72), who has taught 1960s 1970s implemented this process across four Kindergarten for 21 years. He is retired Dan A. Bathker (EL ‘61) recently retired Douglas Boyer (MET ’73) serves as Princi- production lines in the last two years at from the Naval Reserve. Daughter Amy after 40+ years at the Jet Propulsion pal Engineer in Materials Engineering for Rheodyne LLC,” he says. graduated from Cal Poly (Recreation 20 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 21 Alumni Notes CAlumniollege NotesNews

Administration ‘03). Son David is Band Director for Lodi High School. ■ ■ ■ JACQUELIN BURATOVICH John Waidner (EL ’73) works as a Six

Sigma Principle at Delphi Corporation in COURTESY Kokomo, IN. He is working on certifica- PHOTO tion as a Master Black Belt.

1 980s Christopher Cabaj (ENVE ’80, ET ’82) owns Mendham Design & Construction, a small contracting business that does solar installations. Chris wonders “how many Cal Poly alumni have furrowed the solar option? It seems the technology has caught up with the need.” ■ ■ ■ Mark Kollmann (ET ’82) has been with ARCO (now BP) since graduation. As a Global Category Manager, Mark oversees the procurement of engineered and fabricated equipment for refining and chemical facilities worldwide. He reports, “During my career, I’ve had numerous assignments in Engineering, Project Management, and Procurement. I was Procurement Manager for North Ameri- can Major Capex Projects until switching Jackie Buratovich (front left) with Afghan field engineers, plumbers, and the requisite secu- to my new position.” Mark and his wife rity team that Jackie says is “attached to my hip when I’m in the field.” She explains, “We’re Jill (Brashear) (CRP ‘79) have two boys: ENVE alumna supplying water to a village, (boy’s) school and future residential development outside of Kabul. And yes, I wear a tunic in the field always. The hardhat is ‘head cover’ enough in Ryan a freshman at CSU Monterey Bay most places. . . outside very far and always in the provinces, I will wear a chador.” and Brett a high school freshman. They helping to bring live in Fountain Valley. ■ ■ ■ Bob Miller (ET ’82) is Director of Infor- clean water to Afghanistan mation Technology at Chomerics, a ost of us would be undone by the problems: inad- urban communities in Afghanistan and one water distribu- division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, Mequate construction materials, a lack of national tion system in Kabul. near Boston. His most recent project professional expertise and management know-how, Commenting on the project challenges, Jackie says, was development of decision support poor communications and shipping delays, and, oh yes, “While our systems are very simple compared to Western systems for strategic pricing. He relo- the constant possibility of real personal danger. But after standards, there is little quality construction materials cated to New England in 1998 with his two years of living and working in Afghanistan, Jacquelin available and a serious lack of design and construction wife and four children. He “would love to Buratovich (ENVE ’80) has discovered that she enjoys the experience ‒ since the Afghans have not built anything hear from any Cal Poly grads in the area “challenge of trying to work in a developing country recov- technical in over 25 years. It takes months to bring - better yet, he’d love to get back to the ering from war.” adequate quality materials and equipment into the Wild West!” Jackie is president of Entropy Consulting, LLC, based in country, and everything takes at least twice as long as ■ ■ ■ Louisville, Co. and presently contracted to CDM Construc- expected to build. Couple this with a lack of understand- Edward Neary (ET ’89) is a Senior Project tors Inc., the construction and design-build subsidiary ing of how utilities function, or the ability to measure and Engineer at Dolby Laboratories Inc. in of Camp Dresser & McKee. “In-country,” she serves as record usage or means to collect revenues to operate San Francisco developing products for the Project Director of the Afghanistan Urban Water and a viable utility...and the traditional village governance the Cinema and Broadcast industry, such Sanitation Program, a USAID-funded program focused on structures...it’s an amazing adventure. Wish I’d stumbled as cinema processors, digital adapters, developing the drinking water supply system for three on overseas work years ago!” cinema automation controllers and pro- fessional transcoders. He was awarded a Technical Oscar in 1998 for his part in the development of the CP500 Cinema Thomas Riddle (ET ’85) was promoted tions in Arlington, VA. His department ■ ■ ■ Processor. He lives in Pleasant Hill with his to Colonel in the U.S. Army, becoming helps to evaluate and select cutting- Kyle Shepard (AERO ’88) started Interop- wife Kelly, son Bryan and daughter Leeah. Director of Technology and Analysis for edge technology to protect Department erable Systems Group after nearly 20 ■ ■ ■ Joint Task Force Global Network Opera- of Defense computer networks. years in the defense business working on 22 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 23 AlumniAlumni NotesNotes CAlumniollege NotesNews

CSC alum tackles website in Mongolia hen Adrian Mummey (CSC ’03) joined the Peace Corps after graduation, he was assigned to Wteach English in the town of Ondorkhaan, a day’s trip east of the Mongolian capital of Ulaan- baatar. However, when Adrian was approached by the governor of Khentii Aimag, Jargal, to discuss the possibility of creating a website in English to promote tourism and business, he felt it was the perfect opportunity to use his CSC skills. The project proved “easier said than done,” given Adrian’s limited access to books and the Inter-

ADRIAN MUMMEY net, antiquated equipment and frequent power outages. But with the help and cooperation of the local government, NGO, Peace Corps, and the Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation Project (EPRCP), he persevered and posted the successful site at www.khentii.net COURTESY Says Adrian: “I believed so much in the success of this project because we had great enthusiasm

PHOTO around the community. It was also mildly amusing to realize I was working on the highly technical Adrian Mummey (CSC ’03) sometimes commutes on a camel while working with project on a laptop that might serve better use as a paperweight, alone in a ger in the outer reaches the Peace Corp in Mongolia on a website to promote tourism. of Mongolia. Funny how life gets you in these situations.”

launch vehicles, satellites, and military the past five years, she managed received his M.B.A. from the University of graduate School in Monterey, CA. communications. His company works Pleasanton’s Transportation Demand Washington and transferred to Boeing ■ ■ ■ in Communication Systems specializing Management programs, mainly working Commercial Airplanes to work in Con- David Whitaker (AERO ’92) is working in the design, development and test of with local employers and schools. She is figuration Design & Engineering Analysis at Newark Beth Israel in Newark, NJ as Interoperable Data Links and Networks “married with two beautiful daughters.” on the 787 program. He focuses on an Emergency Medicine Physician and with the objective of improving warf- ■ ■ ■ supply chain integration and engineer- teaching faculty for the emergency ighter effectiveness by assuring platforms Laura Bevill (IE ’99) has returned to ing operations in aircraft final assembly medicine residency. (F-16, Aircraft Carrier, etc.) have interoper- school for an M.B.A. at the University of & delivery. able communication systems. Kyle was Bath in the UK after working in technol- ■ ■ ■ married last year to Mary Sullivan. ogy, healthcare and management con- Christopher Knight (CSC ’96) is working ■ ■ ■ sulting. “Homesick for the sunny beaches as a Software Engineer in the Science 2000s David Taggart (MATE ’85) recently after living in Boston and now abroad for Operations Center (SOC) for NASA’s founded Interleaf Composites Engineer- the last six years,” Laura plans to write Kepler Mission. The SOC will process the Marco Bafan (M.S. BME ’04) is working ing, a professional engineering con- her dissertation “back in SoCal.” four years of observational data from as an Engineering Research Analyst for sultancy committed to immediate and ■ ■ ■ the Kepler space telescope searching for Nerac Inc. sustainable improvements in the energy Michael Cefola (CE ’98) is in his fourth earth-sized planets orbiting other stars ■ ■ ■ efficiency of mobile platforms via intel- year of practice as a licensed general in our galaxy. He has been elected to be Kristen Kissler (CE ’04) earned an M.S. ligent integration of advanced materi- contractor in the S.F. Bay Area (www. the 2nd Vice President for Negotiations in Structural Engineering from UC San als, systems engineering, and structural cefolaconstruction.com). of the Ames Federal Employees Union. Diego and was recently hired by design. Clients are primarily from the ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Degenkolb Engineers. automotive and aerospace industries, al- Jeff Dankwerth (IE ’91) says, “My biggest Jason Mansfield (CE ’95) was recently ■ ■ ■ though some recent projects have been news is that I married Katherine Monah- named manager of the Redwood City Kristen (O’Halloran) Cardinal (GENE ’03) focused on the energy industry. an on May 14, 2005. We live in San Mateo and Pleasanton offices for Triad/Holmes is working on her Ph.D. in Biomedical ■ ■ ■ and work for Kaiser Permanente. I am Associates providing civil engineering Engineering at the University of Arizona, Andrew Tait (ME ’85) serves as Project currently the Sr. Operations Leader for the and surveying services to the Bay Area. where her research involves cardiovascu- Controls Supervisor for Bechtel Na- Claims Administration department.” “My wife, Megan Mahar, (History ’96) and lar devices and is focused on evaluating tional, Inc. working at Aberdeen Proving ■ ■ ■ I reside in San Carlos with our two new the cellular response to coronary stents. Grounds on Chemical Weapons Stockpile Victor Glover (GENE ’99) is a Naval Avia- beagle puppies.” She says, “I always enjoy any email from Reduction Program for the U.S. His work tor and was recently selected for the Air ■ ■ ■ anyone at Cal Poly!” helped make Aberdeen the first site in Force Test Pilot School exchange pro- Steven Schimmel (IE ’99) recently fin- ■ ■ ■ the continental U.S. to safely complete gram. He says, “I get to go to TPS and live ished working for Ashland Chemicals in Shane Meyers (EE ’03) is working as a disposal operations, and earned him a in California again. I am very excited!” Europe. In June, he will receive his M.B.A. Software Quality Assurance Engineer for memo of commendation from the direc- ■ ■ ■ from IESE University in Barcelona, Spain. a company located in San Mateo, CA. tor of the Chemical Materials Agency. Jason Spencer Graham (ME ’99) is a He will head home to California follow- ■ ■ ■ Senior Systems Engineer II for Raytheon ing an expeditionary trip to China. Pablo Päster (Mfg ’04) will complete his Vision Systems and has been awarded ■ ■ ■ M.B.A. in Sustainable Management from two patents. Alan Seraile (M.S. CSC ’99) is serving the Presidio School of Management in ■ ■ ■ as an active duty Major in the U.S. Air June. He is currently working as Chief En- 1 990s Thomas Harvey (ME ’91) joined the Boe- Force assigned to the Air Force Research gineer for Natural Capitalism Solutions, Elizabeth (Palmero) Adamos (CE ’93) ing Company in 1997 to work in Inte- Laboratory at Kirtland AFB, NM. Next fall, consulting for Clif Bar. This summer worked at the City of Milpitas for seven grated Defense Systems in Seattle as a he will begin work on a Ph.D. in Space Pablo will marry Kristina Downer (Social years as a Transportation Planner. For structural analysis engineer. Last July, he System Engineering at the Naval Post- Science 05). 22 ENGINEERINGAdvantage ENGINEERINGAdvantage 23 ENGINEERINGAdvantage College of Engineering http://ceng.calpoly.edu Dean’s Office (805) 756-2131 Mohammad Noori, Dean [email protected] Unny Menon, Interim Associate Dean [email protected] Ed Sullivan, Interim Associate Dean [email protected] CORPORATE GOLF CHALLENGE College Development CENG Michelle Jenkins, Dir. 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