theTrend Autumn 2006: Volume 56, Issue 2 in engineering

Hot Ideas out of the lab and into the world... Page 6 Message from the Dean News Spotlight

Great Expectations

As fall quarter kicks off, you can “Ideas to Innovation” (i2i) summit feel the energy of new and returning attended by 65 top executives of students. As a new kid myself, I’m as area companies as well as key local, excited as a first-year student. state and federal leaders. Among a Since mid-August, I’ve met with number of things, we talked about many faculty and staff members UW Engineering and its excellent in a series of “boot camps.” Each track record in taking innovations session introduced me to more of to market. As dean, I will strengthen the college’s work. Lots of days, it these partnerships. was intense, like drinking from a fire UW Engineering has a strong How do students fit into this hose. We hashed out our strengths, culture of interdisciplinary teamwork picture? Great expectations. We train our challenges, our plans for re- and research innovation, but the students to be more than competent search and education initiatives, all bar needs to be higher, with goals engineers seeking design or project in big chunks. It was exhausting and stretching to the global arena. This management jobs. We prepare them exhilarating, but gradually a theme requires significant resources, always to work in a complex, highly tech- emerged: the importance of commu- a major challenge. nological world. It means more nity, not just our internal university An August 22 feature article in undergraduates will participate in community, but our connection to The Seattle Times reported that interdisciplinary research projects the communities where we live. overall research funding at the UW and industry internships. We teach

“We teach students to be innovators and entrepreneurs who improve com- munities and solve the world’s big problems. We teach them to be leaders.”

We came up with words describ- this past year declined for the first students to be innovators and entre- ing what we want for our commu- time in at least two decades. In some preneurs who improve communities nities: health, security, prosperity, areas federal research support is and solve the world’s big problems. diversity, and sustainability. To make shrinking while, nationwide, compe- We teach them to be leaders. this vision a reality, we need commu- tition is increasing dramatically. You can learn more about the nities, inside and outside the Univer- UW Engineering proved a bright i2i summit at www.washington.edu/ sity, working together to address the exception. During the 2005–2006 research/industry. In this issue of big societal issues facing us in the fiscal year, we set an all-time record The Trend you can also learn about twenty-first century. Technology will for grant awards for research — some of the latest UW Engineering be essential in providing solutions. nearly $95 million — an almost 20% innovations moving from the lab into increase over the prior year. One our communities for everyday use. major reason is that young faculty All this makes me excited to be recruited during the past five or six here at the . In This Issue years are now recognized for their exceptional research promise and Matthew O’Donnell News Spotlight 3 are thus receiving major grants. Frank and Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering Innovators 4 Under President Mark Emmert’s Alumni News 5 leadership, the UW is also focusing Hot Ideas to Market 6 more attention on its important Creating Futures 8 partnerships with industry and gov- ernment. UW Engineering played a Lecture Series 12 major role in the University’s recent

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UW Will Celebrate Life of Denice Denton Tributes from UW colleagues, friends, and admirers nationwide arrived following news of Denice Dee Denton’s death on June 24. Known by many as “D3,” she led UW Engineering from 1996 to 2004. During her tenure Associate Dean Eve Riskin Professor Cindy Atman Assistant Professor Susie Pun as dean, the college rose signifi- cantly in the national rankings Faculty Win Prestigious National Honors and she attained national stature Eve Riskin, professor of electrical engineering and associate dean of academic as a dynamic leader and advocate affairs will receive the 2006 Hewlett Packard/Harriet B. Rigas Award from for drawing women the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Education Society at an and underrepre- October 30 conference in San Diego. The award recognizes women who are sented students to making significant contributions to electrical and computer engineering edu- engineering. She cation and encouraging increased participation of women in these disciplines. became chancellor Riskin directs the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change at the UW. of UC Santa Cruz in February 2004. Cindy Atman, professor of industrial engineering and a leader in engineering Her passing is education, has scored triple honors over the past year. On the national level a great loss. The she became a Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of tributes to her are Science and of the American Society for Engineering Education. On June 1 posted at www.engr.washington. she was installed as the inaugural holder of the Michael T. Bowie and Lella edu/denton. All are welcome to Blanche Bowie Endowed Chair. Atman directs the Center for Engineering celebrate her life at a memorial at Learning and Teaching at the UW and the Center for the Advancement of the UW on November 2. Engineering Education, a federally funded national initiative. Memorial Program Susie Pun, assistant professor of bioengineering, received a Presidential Early Thursday, November 2, 4–5 pm Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at a White House ceremony on Kane Hall 130, reception to follow in the Walker-Ames Room July 26. NSF director Arden Bement (photo) presented the award. Pun will receive up to five years of research funding for her work to develop a new technology to deliver genetic material to the nuclei of non-dividing cells. Ferguson Appointed Acting Chair of CEE Professor John Ferguson will serve Illusion Tower Survives Shake, Rattle, and Roll as acting chair of Civil & Environ- Onlookers proclaimed the 5’8’’ twisting mental Engineering, following Scott Four twisting columns circle tower the “coolest” structure, but never Rutherford, who completed a five- a structural core supporting thought it would withstand the series year chair tenure in June. The col- 29 square floor plates. of rigorous tests in the Undergraduate lege will conduct a national search Below: The proud team with Seismic Design Competition at the 8th for a permanent chair. its winning creation. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in last April. Ferguson is no stranger to the By the end of the shake to failure test, chair’s seat, as he filled that role the Illusion Tower, an aptly named from 1992–1997. “underdawg,” had emerged unscathed. An environmen- It was the only design with no structural tal engineer, he damage among the entries from eight specializes in water universities, including Georgia Tech and quality and waste- UC Berkeley. Kudos to our talented team of Civil & Environmental Engineering water treatment. students for their ingenious design and He earned his PhD impressive victory. at Stanford.

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Recent innovations from UW Engineering are benefiting consumers, public agencies, and businesses through patents and licensing agreements arranged with the assistance of the UW Office of Technology Transfer.

Web Crystal Ball Predicts Air Fare Trends Ever bought an airplane ticket well in advance of depar- ture to get the cheapest price and then learned the fare Where Is My Bus? later dropped significantly? In the volatile world of seat pricing, fares constantly fluctuate as airlines strive to Tracking System pack planes and maximize revenue. A new Web-based Lets You Know service, Farecast.com, is aiming to ease at least one signi- ficant frustration of air travel — estimating when to When does the next bus leave my stop? Is it on time or whip out the credit card to get the best possible fare to behind schedule? Riders in Seattle and Chicago with your destination. Internet access through a computer, cell phone, or other Farecast is the inspiration of Computer Science & hand-held device can get quick answers through Bus Engineering Professor Oren Etzioni. He and colleagues Tracker, an online system using My Bus software devel- created a data-mining program to gather airline pricing oped by Electrical Engineering Professor Daniel Dailey. information from the Web and then developed sophisti- Clever Devices, a New York company, licensed the cated algorithms to predict whether ticket prices on software from the UW and links it with GPS devices specific routes are likely to rise or fall within the next on buses that continually feed location data to a transit seven days. Backed by $8.5 million in venture capital, agency computer. On a Bus Tracker Web page, a rider the site went live in June and consumers can now com- enters a route number and stop to get arrival time or pare prices — and, unique to this site — check fare track the bus in real time on a map. The Chicago Transit predictions for most major U.S. airlines to more than 55 Authority is testing Bus Tracker on one route to enthu- airports nationwide. Farecast plans to expand to cover siastic response. “We hope to extend it system wide and all significant markets in the U.S. and abroad. then take it to other major U.S. cities,” said Bill Long, The site has generated considerable media buzz with president of Clever Devices. Chicago Mayor Richard articles in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Daley said it will “revolutionize customer satisfaction.” The Boston Globe, and inclusion in Time Magazine’s King County METRO adopted Bus Tracker in 2004 2006 list of “50 Coolest Websites.” and records 145 million visitors annually. To Learn More: Visit www.farecast.com to see all the To Learn More: See how Bus Tracker works at truly cool features and learn more about the predictive http://transit.metrokc.gov/oltools/tracker.html, or technology. Try it for your next trip! http://ctabustracker.com/bustime/home.jsp

Pavia Gets Green Light on Internet Highway Our highways and byways may appear to be simple ribbons of asphalt and concrete, but dig deeper and you will learn about the complexities of isola- tion and construction joints, load transfer, and aggregate interlock. According to Steve Muench, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, contractors and their employees are often challenged to find time in their pressured schedules for needed training and updates on paving technology. The solution is Pavia Systems, Inc., an online training company that allows employees to better fit training into their schedules and provides organizations the ability to easily track their progress. Pavia Systems evolved from research by Professor Joe Mahoney and Muench that was adapted for online learning as part of Muench’s doctoral work. The pair arranged licensing agreements with the UW Office of Technology Transfer and Pavia Systems sped onto the Web this July. Civil Engineering Professor Joe Mahoney (left) and Assistant Professor Steve Muench are big To Learn More: See a longer article in Washington Engineer, www.engr. wheels in online paving education. washington.edu/enews/2006-08/17.html or visit www.paviasystems.com.

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Back to the Labs Cowabonga! It was thrills but no spills during afternoon lab demonstrations.

Mechanical Engineering Marks a Century More than 200 alumni, friends, faculty, and staff celebrated on September 15 with programs at the UW and a festive dinner at Bell Harbor Conference Center overlooking Elliott Bay. ME Chair Mark Tuttle presented a Stirling fan to thank centennial co-chairs Sally and Warren Jewell.

ME Hall of Fame ~ Inaugural inductees attending the centennial celebration are (L–R) Roderick Kirkwood, James Morrison ’54, Donald Petersen ’46, and Professor Emeritus Albert Kobayashi ’52. UW ME alumni from the 1980s.

JOIN THE DEAN’S CLUB! The Dean’s Club is a select group of alumni and friends whose support helps the college achieve its goals of world-class teaching, research, and public service. Donors who contribute $1000 or more in one year to any area of the college become Dean’s Club members. All gifts received during the fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) count toward recognition. 70-Year-Old Caps Career Dean’s Club members receive: with a Doctorate in EE • Invitations to special Dean’s Club events Over a 37-year career at Boeing, John • Dean’s Update — a biannual report offering an inside view on college Thomas (right) worked on the Lunar happenings and the latest engineering research Orbiter I, a Mariner spacecraft, and the • A Dean’s Club area on the COE website (http://www.engr.washington.edu) B2 bomber. Eager for new challenges — with event announcements and special programming after retiring, he began graduate • Annual recognition in The Trend in Engineering work in electrical engineering, earning his MS in 1998 and the right to be Dean’s Club donors make a fundamental difference in the quality of our called Dr. Thomas in June. His advisor, programs. Your commitment is important today and for the future. Professor Emeritus Akira Ishimaru (left), lauds his intelligence and motivation, For information on the Dean’s Club and philanthropic opportunities, please calling him “one of the best.” contact Jeanne Thompson, 206.616.1231, [email protected].

TREND • Vol 56:2 • Autumn 2006  Ideas Spin Off to Market Krishna Nadella Hot holds the first Do you feel a tinge of guilt tossing away nonrecyclable coffee ? prototype Wish you could turn your vacation photos into a 3D travelogue? (left), which failed the hot water Wouldn’t it be terrific to know the right timing to get a good deal on air fare? test, and a And should you sprint to catch your bus or is it behind schedule? perfected model. Engineering faculty and graduate students have developed ingenious products to address all these situations. A Greener Cup for Your Coffee Read about them here and in the Innovators section on page 4.

Ah, the perfect cup of Joe, sought in cafés across the UW School of Business. “The next step was to move land. For several mechanical engineers, however, the into the real world and scale up, so we incorporated search is for the perfect cup — a more arduous quest, MicroGREEN in September 2002,” Nadella says. despite the deceptive simplicity of a vessel with a useful In 2003 the team won two seconds and a third in life measured in minutes. three business plan competitions, and plowed $50,000 For ME Professor Vipin Kumar, a better in winnings into MicroGREEN. Kumar acquired a evolved from nearly 20 years of research. Now, Kumar, machine to form prototype cups and trays in his lab. doctoral student Krishna Nadella, and Gregory Branch, The first cup popped out on September 17, 2003 at 4:10 an ME alumnus (MS ’01) with a long career in manu- pm. Hot water deformed the bottom into a lumpy mass. facturing, are taking their revolutionary cup to market. With $200,000 in technology development funds from Within a few years, your takeout choice may no the Washington Technology Center (WTC), the team longer be polluting Styrofoam® or impractical-to-recycle pressed on with research, and 1000 cups and a year later, paper. You could be drinking your extra-hot latté from perfected the process. Being 80% air, a PET cup requires a smooth cup that’s 80% air, made from 100% half the raw material of other cups and will be cheaper recycled materials (soda pop bottles), is 100% recyclable, to produce and far less harmful to the environment. and won’t roast your fingers because it insulates to 350°F. By 2006 MicroGREEN had attracted $2.5 million This high-tech microcellular polymer emerged from “angel” investors. The company also recently won from Kumar’s Microcellular and Composites a second WTC grant for $100,000 to develop an even Research Lab and is now licensed by the UW to a spin- greener product, a biodegradable cold tray made from off company, MicroGREEN Polymers, Inc. Branch is , derived from corn. vice president of engineering, Nadella is director of MicroGREEN’s Arlington plant started operations in technology, and Kumar is a technical advisor to the January and has 14 employees. “As a research company startup, based in Arlington, Wash. we will develop the technology for manufacturing various “It’s not often that basic research comes so close to products and then license it to existing companies,” a product,” Kumar says. “We are pleased that our ideas Nadella says. They are talking to all the major packaging could become useful to society.” manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe and have already Kumar developed a process that injects carbon diox- signed a deal with a Japanese electronics manufacturer. ide into solid PET plastic under high pressure, producing Microcellular polymers could find applications in a material infused with millions of tiny bubbles. Over construction materials, aircraft interiors, electronics, the years, Kumar and his graduate students worked to biomedical applications, and sports equipment such refine the technology and develop practical applications as kayaks. The next application likely to become a for a range of products. In 2002 commercial product is a microcellular polishing pad for a student team led by Nadella, the semiconductor manufacturing industry. with assistance from Branch, took As it expands, MicroGREEN plans to hire future second place in a business plan UW ME graduates. This is one spin-off that could shape competition sponsored by the up as a big win for the University and the environment. To Learn More: Visit http://www.microgreeninc.com/ and http://faculty.washington.edu/vkumar/microcel/. The microcellular structure achieved by treating recycled PET plastic gives the coffee cup its unique strength, Cover Photo: Professor Vipin Kumar (left) and doctoral student Krishna stiffness, and insulative properties. Nadella display prototype cups. Photo by Mary Levin, UW Photography.

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Magic in an Interactive World of 3D Photos If a picture is worth a thousand words, consider the The first leg of this amazing new photo travel experi- power of hundreds of digital photos linked into a three- ence began in CSE’s Graphics and Imaging Lab. Associate dimensional scene on your computer monitor. Professor Steve Seitz, doctoral student Noah Snavely, and Imagine visiting Rome’s Trevi Fountain. With a few Microsoft researcher and Affiliate Professor Rick Szeliski clicks of a mouse you zoom seamlessly from an aerial chased a vision to turn random collections of 2D photos view to a virtual stroll around the plaza. See the fountain into a rich, immersive, 3D experience. at sunrise or twilight, crowded with summer tourists or Snavely tackled the challenge of developing math- quiet on a rainy winter day. Zoom in for a closer look at ematical algorithms and computer code to automatically the statue of Neptune, or a bas relief on the upper wall. identify similar elements in images taken by many pho- About the only thing you can’t do is toss in a coin. That tographers at different times from different perspectives is still beyond the creative reach of a team of researchers and to identify the camera position for each. They built at UW Computer Science & Engineering and Microsoft navigation tools into software they call Photo Tourism, Research. Still, they have come up with software magic so a viewer can move through complex 3D scenes. that is the next best thing to buying a ticket to Rome or Photo Tourism soon found a home in Microsoft Live anywhere you may want to journey. Labs, a new research and rapid development unit focused on Web products. A Microsoft–UW team married Photo Tourism to new browsing technology called Seadragon, CSE doctoral student Noah Snavely (left) and Associate Professor Steve Seitz review a Photo Tourism demo of the Trevi Fountain. which provides smooth zooming around collections of images and multiresolution streaming between users and servers. The result is Microsoft’s Photosynth. When Photosynth is released later this year, it’s sure to generate “Wows!” and find many applications. Once this system is fully deployed, photographers will have an exciting way to organize their own collections and integrate photos from friends, family, or from open sources on the Web. Other likely uses would be tourism promotion, real estate (take a virtual 3D tour of homes for sale), online product advertising (check out that motorcycle from all angles), interactive study of museum collections, and education in many disciplines. To Learn More: For demos of Photo Tourism and Photosynth, visit the UW CSE and Microsoft Web sites: • http://phototour.cs.washington.edu/ • http://www.labs.live.com/photosynth/

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Honor Roll of Donors 2005~2006

This honor roll and its giving categories reflect gifts and pledge payments made during the 2005–2006 fiscal year. New pledge commitments and planned gifts made during this timeframe are also included in this list of annual support.

Individuals and Family Foundations

$1,000,000 and above Frank and Julie Jungers Cornelius Duffie Engineering in the 21st century Howard and Carroll Wahl Jennifer Flexman Ed and Kathy Fries is a whole new world! I am $100,000 to $999,999 Tetsuya Fukuoka honored and excited to lead Anonymous William H. and Mimi Gates David Auth Max Gellert UW Engineering at this time Marjorie Bevlin Kirk and Melissa Glerum of challenge and opportunity. Edward and Wanda* Bock Nicholas and Mary Graves Wilma Bradley Gerald and Carolyn Grinstein It is a pleasure to acknowledge William and Marilyn Conner Mark and Carolyn Guidry Walter Cook Carl M. Hansen Foundation, Inc. the many alumni, friends, and Ron Crockett Yuang and Tai Hou organizations who partner Anne Dinning and Michael Wolf George and Enid Jeffs Phyllis and Donald Dorset Harold Kawaguchi and Shaun Hubbard with us. Private contributions Gilbert Drowley Pavel Khijniak encourage innovation and Donald and Diane Emon Todd Laney Karen Fries and Richard Tait Steven and Arlene Lazarus creativity and enable faculty and Robert Fries and Debra Dahlen Ed Lazowska and Lyndsay Downs Tom and Jean Gibbs Paul Leach and Susan Winokur students to make discoveries that David and Cathy Volta Habib John and Cristi Ludwig will benefit us all. The generosity Kenneth and Margaret Hoyt Marilyn Lytle William Kipple Richard and Susan Martin of our alumni and friends is John and Sharen LaVillette Roy and Darlene Martin essential to our success. Paul Leach* Bill and Colleen McAleer Daniel Ling and Lee Obrzut A. Pat and C. Beverly Miller My thanks to each of you. Louis and Patricia Marsh Dale and Marjorie Myers Charles and Helen Matthaei Alan Nelson Matthew O’Donnell T R Rehm Brandt and La Vey Norquist Frank and Julie Jungers Dean Henry Schatz David Notkin and Catherine Tuttle Allan and Inger Osberg of Engineering Jean Schuler Robert and Irene* Sylvester Linda and Jerome Paros The Tock Family Leo and Irene Peden John and Patricia Torode Raymond and Louise Pedrizetti Flora Winter Judith Ramey Frank Robinson $10,000 to $99,999 Barbara Robinson Anonymous August and Margo Rossano Campaign UW Milestones Christopher and Mary Allard Donna Sakson and Jonathan Mark David and Vickie Allstot Theodore Sarchin • Support for the University topped Charles and Barbara Anderson Louis and Carol Scharf $1.8 billion by July 31, 2006. The Judith and Larry Azure Arthur Thue campaign goal is $2 billion by 2008. The Beavers Charitable Trust Mark and Lisa Tuttle Frank and Jane Wagstaff • The College of Engineering has Jagjeet and Janice Bindra Curt Blake and Kelli Curtis Wen-Hann and Irene Wang reached nearly 85% of our goal James and Virginia Webster to raise $250 million for student Kenneth and Joanne Burkhardt, Jr. Harold and Anita Campbell David and Marsha Weil scholarships, fellowships, professor- G.R. “Duke” Williams ships, capital projects, and programs. Chi-Chuen Chan and Lionel Ng Jill and Douglas Crow To Make a Gift to Engineering Online, David Cutler and Debbie Girdler please visit http://uwfoundation.org/ Robert and Claribel Davis giving_opps/school_opps/engineering.asp Tom and Jeannette Delimitros John and Marilyn Dimmer *deceased

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$5,000 to $9,999 Wendell and Carrilou Hurlbut Helen and David Brom Anonymous Karl Kirker Charles Brown Corin Anderson Alexander Knight Frank Bus Lyle and Marsha Asplin A. Gudrun LeRose Douglas and Nancy Calkins Leonard and Dorothy Barlow James Luby and Susan Ewens Patricia Canepa Samuel and Ardis Beard Henrique and Regina Malvar Loren and Rachel Carpenter J. Ray and Priscilla Bowen Joan McClure and Michael Schler J. Bradley Chen and Nilla Conti John Brew and Mary Asmundson Richard and Grace Okita Stephen and Robin Ching Winslow and Linda Buxton Wayne Olson Alan and Mary Christopherson Richard Christie Roger Raman Sung Chung John and Kathleen Ehrenberg Lois Rathvon James and Susan Claypool Daniel and Nancy Evans Scott and Catherine Roberts Addison and Ann Cole Peter Farrell Catherine Sipe John and Laurel Coltart Bruce Forstall and Linda Plato* Richard and Margaret Storch Natalie Crawford Rolf-Dietrich and Beate Fromm Joseph Sutter Daniel and Helen Dahlgren Hellmut and Marcy Golde Gerard Tolentino Daniel and Sheila Dahlgren Keith and Claire Grinstein Ray West Eric Dao Keith Grochow Wesley and Evelyn Dickson Maya Gupta and Matthew Swihart $1,000 to $2,499 David Dion and Shelley Pennell Dion Michael and Molly Hanlon Anonymous Jeffrey and Jacqueline Dirks Yongmin and Ellen Kim John Adams Dempster and Sylvia Drowley Richard and Linda Koffenberger Einar Andersen Gretchen and Robert Dwinnell Michael and Deborah Koss Frederick Bachmann Erin Earl Donald and Julia Krick Rex and Reva Bates Larry and Virginia Erickson Agnes Kwan Lois Baugh Clifford Evans Donald and Sally Mack Laurie Bauman and Stephen Arnold Harold and Marilyn Fogelquist Clifford and Betty McNeal Stanley and Jennifer Beckelman Patricia Foley Dorothy Mills Sterling and Andree Beddoe Eric Forbes Joseph and Marian Mullally Emilio Beltran Mary Formo Russell and Whitney Paul-Jones Brian Bershad Harold and Betty Forsen Dmitriy Portnov Ted Biggerstaff and Patricia Downey Daniel Frech Radha Poovendran Byron and Sheila Bishop Joseph Gerberg Mamidala and Vinati Ramulu Eric Blohm Kevin Geurts and Angela Smith Bard and Julie Richmond Milton and Ann Bohart William and Mary Godejohn Eve Riskin and Gary Garrabrant Suzanne Brainard Chris Golde Scott and Mary Rutherford Aaron Bregel Continued on page 10 Katie Sako John* and Martha Swanson Mary Tecklenburg Alberto Velez and Jean Gee Tedrowe and Jill Watkins There are many ways to make gifts to the College of Jo-Anne Wisniewski Engineering — check, credit card, transfer of stock or Wayne and Wei Yamamoto Clark Zentrum property — or through planned giving. Planned gifts are commitments made today that will benefit the $2,500 to $4,999 Anonymous college in the future and are typically through a James and Maureen Anable bequest, by designating UW Engineering as the Anne and Dana Andrews Jason Andrews and Marian Joh beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement Diane and Jean-Loup Baer John Berg account, or by creating a life income account. Jay and Mary Berkman The college recently received a bequest from the estate of Paul Leach, Carl Binding Stephen and Sylvia Burges ’49. The plan made years ago will now benefit EE graduate students in Robert and Nancy Burr the form of fellowships critical for the support of these scholars. Clyde Crawford and Sidnee Andersen- Crawford Each gift, whatever its form and function, is important. Generous Richard and Martha Draves Anita Gale and Richard Edwards alumni and friends are shaping the future for engineers at the University James and Betty Gustafson of Washington. Thank you. Neil and Saundra Hawkins James and Suzanne Hewitt Steven R. Rogel, Chair, Campaign Executive Committee Lee Anne and Brian Horman Chairman & CEO, Weyerhaeuser Company Richard and Debra Howarth

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$1,000 to $2,499 (cont.) Helen Golde Opportunity to Make Lifetime Gifts from IRAs Peter and Beth Golde Michael and Wendy Grove On August 17, 2006, President Bush signed the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Donald and Cindy Hacherl permitting some taxpayers to make charitable gifts from Individual Retirement Jeremy and Kathryn Hales Accounts (IRAs) without adverse tax consequences. Under previous provisions, any David Hartman distribution of funds from an IRA was included in gross income, therefore taxable. Terry and Carol Hartman The new law provides an exclusion from gross income of otherwise taxable Eleanor Hertzberg and Lawrence Medwin distributions of up to $100,000 per donor, per year, from traditional IRAs and Jean Hertzberg and James Hoskins Roth IRAs if this amount is transferred directly to a charity. Gifts must be made Paul Hertzberg during 2006 or 2007 by plan owners who are at least 70 ½ when the gift is made. Bruce Heydlauff If you would like to find out if you qualify to make a nontaxable gift from your Kathleen Higgins and Patrick Jenny Individual Retirement Account, please contact Jan Labyak at 206.543.8779 or David and Betty Himmelblau [email protected]. Stanley and May Holm Allen Holmes Frank and Lynda Holmstrom Roderick and Patricia Howard Diane Melde and William Joyce Richard Scherrer Donald and Jing Huang Edwin and Grace Merrill Christine and Bruce Schwager Allen and Nettie Israel Emmett and Carol Miller Richard and Judith Schweikhardt Lourdes and Roman Javillonar John and Diane Milton William and Linda Scott Kevin and Susan Jeffay Richard and Kathryn Miyauchi Olga Shen George Johnson Matthew Mohebbi James Shibley Larry and Naomi Johnson Wilmarth and Josephine Mootz James and Betty Skaggs John and Gloria Kasonic Mark Murray Paul Skoglund Yasuhiro and Tazuko Kawabata Steven Wilcox Mylroie George Soli Chris and Lisa Kenworthy Gary and Mary Nadeau Ward Spear David Keppel Mahlon and Jeanne Nichols Scott Stark Heng-Pin and Shirley Kiang Warren and Ellen Nielsen Duane Storti Alan and Carolyn King Paul and Denise Nordlund Tsuneo Tanaka Michael and Nancy Kirk Maksim Noy Chandramohan and Radhika Thekkath Stephan Kleine and Gloria Van Dusen Kenneth and Enid Oates John Thomas C. Calvert Knudsen M. Lynn and Marcella Olason Ritchie and Lorna Tilson Albert and Elizabeth Kobayashi Steven Omoto Jon and Kay Tompkins Edward and Arlene Koetje Elizabeth Otis and Tudor Huddleston John Turbitt Koh-Lee Foundation Lloyd and Sue Otteman William and Cheryl Tymczyszyn Leonard and Carolyn Kosonen U-Sun and Haijoo Park Usha and S. Rao Varanasi Jesse and Sharon Krider William and Becky Parzybok Daniel and Joyce Waldorf Benjamin Kudo Christopher Pearo Vernon and Jean Warmbo Alan and Sue Lampson Arthur and Linda Pederson Cathy Wasem Dave Larson George Petersen J. William and Joan Whitaker Mark and Nicole Lawrence Jack and Janis Piper James and Teresa White Dennis and Jean Lee Ernest and Emma Pogge Daniel and Joann Wilson In Gyu Lee Alexander and Marie Popoff Thomas Wilson Walter and Heather Lee Allen Potvin Alastair and Yvonne Wolman Marc and Tsun-Tsun Levin Andrew and Carol Price Steven Woodward Mark and Bernadette Lielke Xiaohan Qin Sachiko Yamamoto Yi-Bing Lin and Sherry Wang Paul and Sharon Reeves Ukio Yorioka Cheng-Liang Liu Rao and Satya Remala Jimmy and Gloria Yoshinaka Henry and Fayne Loew Vince and Elizabeth Responte Michael and Colleen Yuhl Vanessa and Michael Lorengo Neil and Beverly Ricker John and Elizabeth Zahorjan Philip Magnusson Andris and Inara Rogainis Paul and Dora Zia Judy Mahoney and Phil Wood Daniel Ropson Douglas Zongker Lawrence and Carol Malcom Scott Rose and Anne Condon Mary Zosel Norman and Judith Maleng Newton Samuel Udi and Rachel Manber Yvonne Sanchez Estates John Manferdelli and Catherine Stricklin Barbara Sando Estate of Paulyne Batchelor Erik Mattson Richard Ladner and Ann Sauer Estate of Evelyn S. Egtvedt L.A. McNeal and R.J. Cochran Kenneth and Ritchie Saunders Estate of Ruth S. Ellerbeck Estate of Louise Graves Trust Estate of Joel Manley Kenney Donors acknowledged here have made cumulative contributions of $1000 or more between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006. Every effort has been made to create an accurate Estate of Brian W. Mar and complete list. If an error or omission has occurred, please contact the College of Estate of Helen A. Reynolds Engineering donor relations office at 206-616-8259 so our records may be corrected. Estate of Margaret Frances Skelton Estate of Henrik Valle

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