D. Jason Owens Jeremy B. Dreiling Blake M. Andrews Justin T. Brown

Centennial Fellow No. 21 Fife Fellow No. 82 Fife Fellow No. 84 D. Jason Owens Blake M. Andrews Jeremy B. Dreiling Jason is a chemi- Blake earned his civil Jeremy graduated cal engineering and engineering degree from the architec- mathematics major at Ohio University, tural engineering from the University where he graduated program at Kansas of South Carolina, first in his engineer- State University. He where he had the ing class. He devel- now begins an archi- opportunity to tutor oped an interest in tectural engineering students, individu- teaching while men- dual-degree program ally, teach in front of toring and helping at his alma mater. a class, and perform other students with His initial course- research in three dif- their studies. As he work will include ad- ferent laboratories. This dual interest re- begins graduate school at the University vanced studies in mechanical, electrical, and mains strong as he begins pursuing a Ph.D. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his early plumbing systems design for buildings, with in chemical engineering at the University studies will include finite-element analysis, particular attention to healthcare-related of Minnesota-Twin Cities as an NSF fellow. computer-aided structural design, and dy- design. In addition, he plans to become His research interests are in biomedical namic structural analysis. He will then turn accredited in the leadership in energy and engineering, although his particular area of to research involving positioning remote environmental design (L.E.E.D.) course concentration is unknown. His first semester sensors in members and structures for use in before he graduates. His graduate research will be devoted to routine coursework and real-time monitoring of structural behavior. will include optimization of indoor air qual- becoming familiar with the various research If this research proves to be productive, it ity through efficient design and integration. groups and areas within the department. He will likely become the subject of his thesis During a recent intern experience, Jeremy will also request a teaching position in his work. Graduate school should provide three helped analyze the feasibility of L.E.E.D. first semester. Thereafter, he will explore distinct career paths. If teaching holds his accreditation for a $98.5 million healthcare his dual interests of teaching and research interest, he will pursue a doctorate immedi- project. He then understood the powerful until he completes his Ph.D. program and ately. Second, if research work produces a effect that engineers have on the lives of then will pursue a faculty position at a major viable business opportunity, he would seri- individuals in healthcare facilities. During research institution. A ΤΒΠ Nagel Scholar, ously consider pursuing that. Third, he may college, he was active in a wide variety of Jason was President of the South Carolina work on a team involved in structural and intramural sports and volunteered for mul- Beta Chapter and vice president of the geotechnical engineering, with the eventual tiple public-service organizations. He served AIChE and Pi Mu Epsilon. He was inducted goal of obtaining his P.E. license. He was as an officer in ASHRAE and A.E.I. He is a into Omega Chi Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa active in Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Lambda Delta, member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Alpha Epsilon, honor societies. and Chi Epsilon honor societies. and Mortar Board. Fife Fellow No. 81 Fife Fellow No. 83 Fife Fellow No. 85 Cressel D. Anderson Justin T. Brown Kyle A. Frazier A Tau Beta Pi Schol- J u s t i n e a r n e d a Kyle graduated from ar, Cressel completed computer science Mississippi State his electrical engi- degree from Wash- University, where neering degree at the ington University he studied civil en- University of North in St. Louis, where gineering. In gradu- Carolina at Char- he graduated first in ate school at MIT, lotte in the top of his his engineering class. he plans to increase engineering class. His goal is to earn his understanding of He participated in a Ph.D. at his alma structural mechanics robotic competitions mater in the field of and technology and and worked to de- computer science, policy while continu- velop an autonomous “turtle.” He intends specializing in computer vision. He plans ing to develop the skills necessary to assume to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical engineering to devote considerable amounts of time to leadership in professional or academic com- at Georgia Institute of Technology, with a research. As an undergraduate, he used a munities. Another priority is to explore concentration on robotics. His motivation is dimensionality technique on sets of images ways to apply his mechanics, computing, and derived from new NASA initiatives, which to determine the degrees of freedom in the policy interest to less traditional fields of civil are likely to increase the demand for highly scene. He also studied techniques to track engineering, like sustainable infrastructure adaptable robots. Nature itself provides objects moving through a scene. The process or interdisciplinary fields like biomechan- Cressel with diverse insights for developing of developing and testing untried solutions ics. Kyle worked as a research assistant at new mechanisms—insights he plans to ap- intrigues Justin, and the lack of clear-cut the center for advanced vehicular systems ply when creating autonomous, biologically answers appeals to him. He has taught and, in that time, developed an interest in inspired robots. His previous experience symbolic logic and matrix laboratory classes applying high-performance computing to with robotic competitions and faculty sup- and delights in watching students suddenly complex structural problems. Interested in port have readied him for graduate school. grasp difficult new concepts. While he hopes the effects of public policy on engineering, he His goal as a graduate student is to publish to become a professor, his first priority is will use his master’s program as a gateway his research findings before beginning his to pursue a career in industry. He may join into Ph.D. study after gaining some practi- professional engineering career. His work a company that creates technology that cal, post-master’s professional experience. as co-chair of IEEE contributed directly to would have applications in surveillance and A ΤΒΠ Nagel Scholar and a congressional an increase in local activity in that group. defense. He is a member of Tau Kappa Ep- intern, he was Vice-President of Tau Beta Cressel has been active in Tau Beta Pi, Eta silon fraternity and Tau Beta Pi and Mortar Pi and active in Chi Epsilon, Mortar Board, Kappa Nu, and Phi Kappa Phi. Board honor societies. and Phi Kappa Phi. 30 SUMMER 2006 THE BENT OF TAU BETA PI Fife Fellow No. 86 Fife Fellow No. 88 Fife Fellow No. 90 Christopher A. Guidry Matthew L. Kocoloski Siu-Ting D. Mak Christopher com- A Tau Beta Pi Schol- Dickson is a civil and pleted the biomedical ar, Matt graduated environmental en- engineering degree from the Univer- gineering graduate program at Louisi- sity of Dayton with of the University of ana Tech University, bachelor degrees in California, Berkeley. working as a research both mechanical en- A professor’s pre- assistant creating ar- gineering and math- sentation ignited his tificial red blood cells. ematics. He plans to interest in bridge The project involved spend the next few structures and in- the encapsulation of years at Carnegie spired him to begin hemoglobin within Mellon University an independent un- polypeptide shells, but he experienced an analytically investigating the large-scale dergraduate research project on self-an- epiphany after observing the work of an implementation of some renewable energy chored suspension bridges. He plans to orthopedic surgeon. The difficult and pre- technologies, with the final goal of obtaining obtain a one-year master’s degree and will cise effort required to perform that type of a Ph.D. He plans to examine these technolo- evaluate his options as the work progresses. surgery seemed to entail as much engineer- gies from engineering, environmental, and He hopes to become a leading engineer in ing as medicine. The benefits that patients economic perspectives, based on both the the area of innovative bridge structural enjoyed as the result of successful surgery current state of the art for these technolo- design. His ambition is to build bridges that impressed Chris. On the strength of this gies and the foreseeable future performance connect Hong Kong, his home city, with the insight, he is moving into a medical-degree of these types of systems. He might examine neighboring Zhujiang River delta in China. track at the University of Texas Health Cen- whether recent advances in solar photovol- The bridges he envisions would architectur- ter at San Antonio. He will undergo a two- taic technology will allow solar power to ally fit into the natural scenery and be en- year immersion in biochemistry, anatomy, meet even more of our future electricity vironmentally friendly during construction. histology, and pathology before spending demands. Or he may study whether the Dickson’s undergraduate work as a physics the second half of his graduate education in efficiency of thermoelectric devices could al- student and tutor helped to reinforce his clinical rotations in specialties. His ultimate low them to play a significant role in remote interest in teaching. He is a member of the goal is to become an orthopedic surgeon. He power generation. As he works through American Society of Civil Engineers and has is a member of Alpha Eta Mu Beta and the his graduate program, he intends to make been an active chamber musician on campus. Biomedical Engineering Society and served significant contributions to the engineering He is the historian for the on-campus society as President of the Louisiana Gamma Chap- community.

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