Engineering News Louisiana State University College of Engineering

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ENGINEERING NEWS LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

FALL 2002•••VOLUME 30, NUMBER 1

HALL OF DISTINCTION INDUCTEES

MARK AND CAROLYN CAMPBELL GUIDRY and WILLIAM H. STONE Story on page 4

At left: Mark R. Guidry,Carolyn Campbell Guidry, Dean Pius Egbelu, and William H. Stone.

RESEARCHERS AT LWRRI ARE STUDYING LOUISIANA’S COASTLINE BELOVED TO DETERMINE HOW TO BENEFACTOR PREVENT THE POTENTIAL DIES DEVASTATION OF A Story on page 18. NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE. Story on page 22.

PAGE Research Funding Increases 3 Engineering Hall of Distinction 4 Researchers Study Hurricanes 22 ECE Chair Retires 26 IN THIS ISSUE IMSE Chair Named 29 ME Seniors Aid Physically Challenged 32 Gordon Cain Pledges $7.5 Million 37 Alumni Support the College 41 02277 Eng News 3/7/03 11:25 AM Page 2

FROM THE DEAN

The COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING has made major strides in several key areas in the past yea r . As the dean, these accomplishments have been ver y fulfilling and rewa r ding. This is a period of unprecedented opportu - nities in the college in many ways. We are leveraging on the talents in the college to pursue joint partn e r s h i p s with other colleges at the Uni ve r s i t y , other universities and LSU campuses within the state, and institutions ar ound the country. For example, College of Engineering faculty members are partnering with faculty from LSU Medical Center and Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans to pursue innovat i v e res e a r ch in bioengineering. Col- lege of Engineering faculty members are in partnership with people at the Uni v ersity of New Orleans and Sou t h - ern Uni v ersity in Baton Rouge in clean energy res e a r ch, an area critical to the Louisiana economy. Within the Uni ve r s i t y , our faculty are also in partnership with faculty members in the College of Basic Sciences and the Col- lege of Arts and Science in developing nanostruc t u r es for medical implants. Th r ough these partnerships, we are br eaking the virtual walls that have kept the units as silos in the past. By leveraging on our strengths, we are rep o - sitioning the Uni v ersity and the state for the educational and industrial req u i r ements of the future. As always, our alumni and friends continue to support the college in a ver y healthy way. The college benefitted in gifts totaling over seven million dollars in fiscal year 2002 to support several programs. For example, a gift of $2.5 million from the late Gor don Cain will be used to establish a center for writing and communication for science and engineering students. The center is a collaborative ven t u r e between the Colleges of Engineering, Basic Sciences, and Agriculture. Th i s gift provides us with additional funds to intensify our efforts in providing additional writing and communication opportunities for our students. Writing and communication are two areas that employers have emphasized as being highly critical to a successful career in engineering. For the many friends and alumni who rem e m b e r ed us in the past fiscal year in gifts and other forms of direct support, I would like to sincerely thank you for your generos i t y . Without your support, we would not be able to develop some programs, which we consider vital for a 21st century engineering education. Your support made a big impact on both students and faculty. To those who are yet to give, I invite you to join us in the partn e r - ship to make engineering education at LSU the best it can be. The right time to help is now. As I noted above, Gor don Cain has been a major donor to the college and has been credited for over $25 million in donations to the Uni ve r s i - ty . Unf o rt u n a t e l y , it is with a heavy heart that I rep o r t to you that Mr. Cain passed away in Oct o b e r . The College of Engineering and the Uni ve r - sity lost a major friend and a partn e r . Our hearts are with the Cain family at this difficult time. We wish them God ’s guidance to cope with the loss. We must join hands to keep Mr. Cain’s vision for the College of Engineering alive. The College of Engineering is experiencing steady and healthy growth in res e a r ch. The nearly $16 million in new res e a r ch awards in the past fiscal year rep r esents a double-digit increase in the funding level over the preceding yea r . Major res e a r ch thrusts are underway in information te c h n o l o g y , bioengineering, environment, nano materials and struc t u r es, and energy, to mention a few. The college now has one of the leading faculty groups in hurricane and wind engineering res e a r ch in the country. While we make inroads in emerging areas, we continue to stren g t h e n and build on our core areas of petroleum and petrochemical. In the past academic yea r , College of Engineering faculty members made sever a l appearances as experts at state and national levels to speak on key issues in engineering that affect peoples’ lives. They spoke and testified before Co n g r essional committees, corporate boards, and municipal councils as experts on a range of topics that include transportation, national security, hurricanes, hazardous substances, energy, and the environment. Our continued success in recent years in rec r uiting wel l - k n o wn faculty members in various disciplines can only further enhance the national standing of the college in the years to come. The successes we experienced in recent years have not come without challenges or growing pains. The growth in our undergraduate enrol l m e n t is stretching our capacity to meet laboratory and classroom demands. Some of our buildings req u i r e major ren o vations to provide additional space for classrooms and laboratories. In parti c u l a r , there is great urgency for space ren o vation for the Electrical and Computer Eng i n e e r i n g Dep a r tment Building and the Old Plant Sto r es Building, which will benefit nearly all departments in the college. To get these ren o vation proj e c t s mo ving, we will need to raise private funds from alumni and friends, both individuals and corporations. To wait for state funding for these proj - ects would mean several years of delay that would often span beyond a decade. If we have to wait this long, the opportunities as they now exist would be gone by the time the buildings are ren o vated. In res e a r ch and education, timing is ever ything. To be ready tomorrow, we have to pre- pa r e today. For the LSU College of Engineering, the time is now. Please, we need your support for these projects. Giving to the College at this time is an investment you will be happy you made. Again, these are times of unparalleled opportunities in engineering; the College of Eng i n e e r - ing is already a part of this historical moment. Join us in making this time truly rem a r kable for the college and for LSU, now and in the future.

Pius J. Egbelu Dean of Engineering and 2 Bert S. Turner Distinguished Professor 02277 Eng News 3/7/03 11:25 AM Page 3

RESEARCH FUNDING INCREASES PUBLISHING INFORMATION

ENGINEERING NEWS is published by the LSU College of Engineering for the benefit of its students, alumni, and friends. HE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING aw a r ds rec e i v ed. The upswing is attrib- Thas experienced, for the second yea r uted to our faculty’s hard work and ded- Editorial Staff in a row, a recent increase in outside ication. Excited about the increa s e , Tammy Vieira Abshire funding for res e a r ch and sponsored Associate Dean Mehmet Tum a y Editor & Assistant Director of Development Lauren Fontenot activities in the fiscal year 2001-2002. announced, “We are hopeful to bre a k Student Assistant This yea r ’s total of $15,592,732 rep r e- the $17 million goal next yea r .” Th e sents a 12.7% increase over last yea r ’s ch a r t below indicates how engineering Comments and suggestions should be directed to: amount of $13,825,577 in sponsored co m p a r es to other major res e a r ch units Pius J. Egbelu, Dean Tammy Vieira Abshire, Assistant Director of at LSU. Development SPONSORED AWARDS RECEIVED College of Engineering ______Louisiana State University $20 3304 CEBA Building $18 ______Baton Rouge, LA 70803 ◆ ______225/578-5731 • Fax 225/578-4845 $16 ◆ ▲ ◆ ◆ www.eng.lsu.edu $14 ______▲ ▲ ◆ ▲ ______$12 ▲ ▲ $10 ______▲ TABLE OF CONTENTS ■ ■ $ 8 ______■ ■ ■ MINORITY ENGINEERING ...... P. 10 $ 6 ______BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL $ 4 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT...... P. 14 $ 2 ______GORDON A.AND MARY CAIN DEPARTMENT $ 0 OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...... P. 17 FY 95–96 FY 96–97 FY 97–98 FY 98–99 FY 99–00 FY 00–01 FY 01–02 Fiscal Year CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL Basic Sciences ◆ Engineering ▲ ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT...... P. 20 CCEER ■ Vet Medicine CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT...... P. 25

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT...... P. 26 DEPARTMENT NEWS

INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT...... P. 29 Lisa Bergens is now a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Louisiana. DEPARTMENT ...... P. 31

CRAFT AND HAWKINS DEPARTMENT OF Martha Denova retired February 22, after working as an accountant for Engi- PETROLEUM ENGINEERING...... P. 35 neering Services since 1995. She has worked with the state of Louisiana for 25 years at the Agricultural Center and the Agronomy and Athletic Departments. DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ...... P. 37

LOST ALUMNI...... P. 45 Mehmet Tumay served as the National Science Foundation (NSF) principal investigator/project director for an international research collaboration workshop sponsored by the NSF and held during the 15th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 2001. The workshop’s mission was to identify researchers and institutions with Geo-Engineering interests in order to develop international collaboration and secure future NSF funding opportunities. More than 50 participants came from various countries, including Turkey, France, and Malaysia, to attend the conference.

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LSU HALL OF DISTINCTION INDUCTS THREE HONOREES

THE LSU ENGINEERING HALL 2001-02 HALL OF DISTINCTION INDUCTEES OF DISTINCTION proudly welcomes three distinguished engineers who have been inducted as members this year. In 1979, the College of Engineering established the Hall of Distinction to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession. Seven charter members were elected in 1979, and generally, two achievers in engineering have been added each year since. Criteria for election include distinguished professional achievement, dedicated service to engineering, and outstanding humanitarian activities. Eligibility is not limited to LSU alumni, although it is expected Hall of Distinction 2002: (left-right) Mark R. Guidry,Carolyn Campbell Guidry, Dean Pius Egbelu, and William H. Stone. that nominees will have had some con- nection with and shown interest in LSU. Nominations may be made by Mark R. & Carolyn Campbell Engineering and Mark served as student anyone, and are solicited each year from council representative for the college Guidry during their senior year. They met, fell alumni, faculty and friends of the colin love and were married one week after lege. Election to the Hall of Distinction graduation. They moved to Seattle, is by a broadly constituted 10 member where they both worked for Boeing. Mark took a leave of absence to pursue Board of Election, which reviews and his master’s degree from the University acts on nominations. In the past, the of Washington, and Carolyn had their engineers elected to the Hall of Distinc- first child. Upon earning his master’s degree in electrical engineering in 1961, tion have come from widely varied Mark joined the faculty at LSU in the backgrounds—from the highest levels of electrical engineering department and engineering research to the top manage- Carolyn chose to put her engineering ment of multinational corporations. In career on hold to have their second son Mark R. & Carolyn Campbell Guidry and to raise their children. Mark honoring these people, the College of enjoyed teaching, and they moved to Engineering feels that it is, at the same Mark R. Guidry, a Louisiana native, Iowa, where he earned his Ph.D. from time, honoring all those engineers grew up in New Orleans and Cut Off, Iowa State University in 1965, and Car- Louisiana. Carolyn Campbell was born olyn gave birth to their daughter. They whose contributions, although not all in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and grew then returned to Baton Rouge and to visible to the public, are nonetheless sig- up in states across the Deep South. the LSU faculty. Mark conducted nificant and collectively exemplify engi- They both attended LSU earning their research in semiconductor technology, bachelor of science degrees in electrical neering as a profession unparalleled in laser technology and radio wave propa- engineering in 1959. Carolyn served as gation, as well as taught classes, served its contributions to society. student vice president of the College of on committees and authored numerous

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publications. He also served as chapter million and a valuation exceeding $1.7 was born in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, advisor and on the house corporation of billion. Aside from the financial success raised in Ocala, Florida, and currently Acacia Fraternity. In 1969, Mark joined of these two companies, they employ resides in Houston, Texas. Upon gradu- Texas Instruments in Houston, where over 5,900 people. In 1988, Carolyn ation from LSU, Stone was employed he developed manufacturing technology retired from HP to pursue her interests with Union Oil Company of Califor- for MOS metal gate. While there, he in children’s education. She was a full- nia, where he held various drilling and developed a self-aligned gate process, time volunteer for the Children’s Dis- production positions from 1966-1981. earning several patents for his work. In covery Museum in San Jose, California, In 1981, he became general manager of 1971, he joined a small company in San developing computer systems and soft- Oilfield Consultants International in Diego and managed circuit design and ware for the museum and assisting in London, England. Two years later, he manufacturing for a single chip MOS development of concepts and funding. founded Star Oilfield Services, Inc., an calculator. In 1973, he joined Fairchild In 1993, she founded the Mark and international oilfield consulting compa- Semiconductor in Palo Alto, California, Carolyn Guidry Foundation, devoted ny in London, which provided techni- as the department head for the CCD to funding education and the arts. She cal drilling expertise and personnel to Memory Department in the R&D is the president and currently manages operating oil companies. In 1987, Division. He later served as the engi- all aspects of the foundation. Mark and Stone and his partner, Don Hecker, neering manager for the MOS Division Carolyn have three married children who is also an LSU petroleum engineer- and served an interim period as produc- and six grandchildren, all residing in ing graduate, founded Main Energy, tion manager for the MOS Division. California. All three children graduated Inc., an oil and gas property acquisition Additionally, he worked with joint ven- with degrees in engineering or comput- company in Houston, Texas. They ture foreign manufacturers in the er science. In 1994, Mark retired and quickly led the company to become a exchange and development of technolo- spent four years sailing in Mexico and profitable enterprise using funds from gy. During this time, Carolyn was rais- the Caribbean. He served as a trustee of managing properties for overhead and ing their children, managing the home the Acacia Fraternity Foundation. He using innovative deal-making to acquire and finances and volunteering in the currently serves as chairman of the assets. By tending to all aspects of the schools. When the children were in board of Mozarella Fresca Corporation, business, Stone and Hecker drove the high school, she attended San Jose State which specializes in fresh Italian cheese company’s growth in value. The compa- University and received her master’s and as secretary of the Guidry Founda- ny has had production in 13 states and degree in computer engineering in tion. They reside in Bainbridge Island, has operated more than 900 wells. 1979. Upon graduation, she joined Washington, spending much of their Stone is a member of the Society of Hewlett Packard Co. in their computer time with their family, on their Califor- Professional Engineers, for which he division. A member of the design team nia ranch and on their boat in the was a distinguished lecturer on deep for several of HP’s new computers, she Caribbean. water subsea completions in 1978- was directly responsible for the develop- 1979. In 1980, he taught cementing ment of a new flexible interconnect rib- and casing design in an Advanced bon cable and the micro code for a new William H. Stone Drilling course in petroleum engineer- computer system. She also assisted in ing at the University of Texas. He has market analysis and product planning been a member of the Craft & Hawkins for a new family of high performance Department of Petroleum Engineering computer systems. Mark and Carolyn Industry Advisory Committee since founded two companies: Simon Soft- 1993, and previously served as chair- ware, devoted to semiconductor design man. In 1994, Stone cofounded the software, and Avasem Corporation, a Houston LSU Petro-Tigers, an organi- semiconductor product development zation for LSU petroleum engineering company. Simon Software was merged alumni living in the Houston area, and with another private software company. he has served as president since the This company became a public compa- organization’s inception. He was ny three years later and today is the appointed Honorary Colonel by former leader in its field. Avasem was founded Louisiana Governor David Treen and in 1980, developed the first single chip has also served as a four-time delegate timing generators among its many to the Texas Republican State Conven- products, and in 1993, was merged William H. Stone tion. Stone is married to the former with Integrated Circuit Systems. This William H. Stone, cofounder and Connie Martin, and they have two combined company today is the leader president of Main Energy, Inc., received sons: Scott and Kevin. in the field of electronic timing genera- his bachelor’s degree from LSU in tors, has annual sales exceeding $180 petroleum engineering in 1966. Stone

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DEANS PLAN EXPANSION ALUMNI OF LITERACY CENTER ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER WITH Pius J. Egbelu, dean of the College of Engineering, and Barbara S. Furhmann, CAREER SERVICES dean of the College of Education, have teamed together to enhance the teachings of engineering, math, and science at LSU. Career Services at LSU provides a way Egbelu and Furhmann participated the Deans’ Summit on Technological Literacy for employers and students to post and in October 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland to learn about collaborating to enhance sci- explore job opportunities. Employers ence, math, engineering, and technology literacy in K-12 education in Louisiana. can use the site to post job openings, set Their three main goals are to teach faculty the latest instruction methods, to work up interviews with students and receive with K-12 schools for effective teaching of math and science, and to expand the LSU résumés of students who meet specified Center for Scientific and Mathematical Literacy. The center, located in Peabody Hall, job qualifications. Students can explore began with the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Basic Sciences, and Education. Since career options, receive career counseling, the center’s establishment, the College of Engineering has become a supporter. A post their résumés and schedule on- name change reflecting the addition of engineering and technology is being consid- campus interviews with employers. ered. The center also provides the LSU “The center’s expansion is a partnership between the College of Education and the Tiger Network, a system created for College of Engineering. The College of Education will prepare the engineering facul- LSU alumni to mentor students inter- ty with better methods of teaching students, and the College of Engineering will help ested in a particular field. Anyone seek- teachers to incorporate engineering into their work. Both sides will benefit,” says ing new employment can register online Dean Egbelu. with LSU Career Services by visiting www.lsu.edu/career.

BOURGOYNE HONORED AT CEE TWINS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS GRADUATE

Adam T. Bourgoyne, Jr., former dean of the College of En g i n e e r i n g , has been named a 2001 Di s t i n g u i s h e d Engineering Graduate at the Un i ve r s i- ty of Texas at Austin. Bourgoyne was re c o g n i zed on December 8, 2001, during commencement. The five Di s t i n- guished Engineering Graduate hon- o rees we re selected based on their outstanding professional re c o rds, public s e rvice, support of education and Dean with twin graduates other significant achievements. Kristin Be t h and L a u ren Ma ry T h i- B o u r g oyne re c e i ved his Ph.D. in b o d e a u x, twins, we re re c o g n i zed at the p e t roleum engineering from the Un i- spring 2002 commencement cere m o- versity of Texas in 1969, became part n y. The Metairie natives, Kristin and of the petroleum engineering faculty L a u ren, graduated magna cum laude Adam T.Bourgoyne, Jr. in 1971 and served as dean of the Col- and cum laude, re s p e c t i ve l y. T h e y lege of Engineering at LSU fro m completed their bachelor’s degrees in 1 9 9 7 - 1 9 9 9 . civil engineering.

CORRECTIONS/OMISSIONS The College of Engineering apologizes for incorrectly reporting the following in our fall 2001 issue: Emogene Pliner was incorrectly listed as the spouse of Leon Pliner. Ms. Pliner is the sister of the late Leon Pliner. In our listing of contributors to the College of Engineering, we incorrectly reported Dr. Lawrence Mann as Lawrence Alcus Mann.

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HONOR GRADS RECOGNIZED AT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES

HE UNIVERSITY issues degrees summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude based on stu- Tdents’ grade-point averages. Summa cum laude degrees are awarded to students whose grade-point averages are between 3.90 and 4.00. Magna cum laude degrees are awarded to students whose grade-point averages are within 3.80 and 3.89. In order for a degree to be awarded cum laude, the grade-point average must be between 3.70 and 3.79. A student graduating with an overall 4.00 average is granted LSU’s highest award, the University Medal. The following engineering students have received recognition for earning top honors at commencement:

Fall 2001 CURRICULUM Summer 2002 Frank A. Yacone, Jr. CHE CURRICULUM Xuefeng Zhuang EEC Magna Cum Laude CURRICULUM Magna Cum Laude Seth J. Prejean EE Summa Cum Laude Johnathan E. Fourrier EVEG Ankush Agarwal EEC Cum Laude Sarah M. Jones BE Cum Laude Jeffrey A. Gallagher EE Neema Pourmohamadian ME Joseph W. Ledet EE Kathryn B. Rhea CE James Alan Hamilton EE Larry L. McGinn, Jr. CM Barry M. Rogge CHE Juan Esteban Nasser IE Niki C Mita CE Herbert J. Roussel IV EE Jyh-Liang Siau ME Ericka Lydia Ruiz IE Ryan J. Schexnaydre CHE Spring 2002 Kristin B. Thibodeaux CE Patrick A. Veillon CHE LEGEND Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude BAE–Biological and Agricultural Karelys D. Bastidas IE Abdulaziz A. Al-Ajaji PETE Engineering Jesse Q. Bond CHE Gaetano A. Aloisio CHE BE–Biological Engineering James T. Caldwell EE Lance M. Black BE CEE–Civil and Environmental Brian A Craig EEC Marc P. Bourgeois CM Engineering CE–Civil Engineering Adam Z. Cygan ME Hang-Ping Chen ME EVEG–Environmental Engineering Mark A. Danos ME Greg M. Determann BE CHE–Chemical Engineering Bilal Ghosn BE Christopher J. Fogarty CHE CM–Construction Management Benjamin L. Hodnett BE Lindey D. Ledet EEC ECE–Electrical and Computer Engineering Jing Jiang EEC Jacob E. Lemoine CHE EE–Electrical Engineering Lindsey C. Liles ME Neil M. Patel EEC EEC–Computer Engineering Emile Marchive III CM Michelle A. Pivach EE IMSE–Industrial and Manufacturing Brent T. Martin IE Margaret S. Reaves CHE Systems Engineering IE–Industrial Engineering Ilke Mollaoglu IE Lauren M. Thibodeaux CE ME–Mechanical Engineering Joel R. Ochmand, Jr. EE PETE–Petroleum Engineering Wesley J. Palmisano CM Thomas C. Royster IV EE

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GRADUATES AWARDED MCLAUGHLIN MEDAL

The McLaughlin Medal is awarded SPRING 2002 Jing Jiang (EEC) from Shanghai, during graduation ceremonies to honor James Caldwell (EE) of Baton Rouge, China, plans to attend Stanford to the engineering graduate with the high- is a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air receive a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. est grade-point average. It was estab- Force and is considering pursuing a Thomas Royster (EE) of Thibodaux, lished by the College of Engineering master’s degree in electrical engineering plans to attend Clemson University, to Dean’s Advisory Council to honor Dean at the Air Force Institute of Technology pursue a master’s degree in electrical Emeritus Edward McLaughlin, who in Ohio. engineering. served the college for 28 years as a pro- Brian Craig (EEC) of Lafayette, is the Xuefing Zhuang (EEC) from Chang- fessor, researcher, chemical engineering founder of Velocity Squared, a company shu Kiangsu Province, China, plans to department chairman, and finally as he started through LSU’s Louisiana attend Stanford to pursue a Ph.D. in dean of the college. Business and Technology Center. He electrical engineering. The following are the recipients of plans to remain self-employed. the medal: Adam Cygan (ME) of Baton Rouge, SUMMER 2002 plans to attend Georgia Tech to pursue Ankush Agarwal (EEC) from New FALL 2001 a master’s degree in mechanical engi- Delhi, India, plans to continue his edu- Seth Prejean (ECE) of Lafayette, neering. cation at LSU to receive a master’s plans to work for Advanced Micro Bilal Ghosn (BE) of Baton Rouge, degree in computer engineering. Devices in Austin, Texas. plans to attend Georgia Tech for a master’s degree in biomedical engineering.

Chancellor Mark Emmert, fall 2001 McLaughlin Medalist Dean Pius Egbelu (left) and Edward McLaughlin (right) with spring Seth Prejean, and Provost Dan Fogel 2002 McLaughlin Medalists Thomas Royster, Bilal Ghosn, Jing Jiang, Brian Craig, James Caldwell, Adam Cygan, and Xuefeng Zhuang

GRADUATES RECEIVE MILITARY COMMISSIONS Matthew Belle (ME) of Baton Rouge, was commissioned as an undergraduate pilot trainee and will attend undergraduate pilot training at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Gregory Blanchard (ChE) received a commission in the Army and will be assigned to Armor in the Louisiana Army National Guard in Shreveport. Blanchard was a two-year Army ROTC Scholarship Cadet. James Caldwell (ECE) of Baton Rouge, received his commission in the Air Force and was selected to attend the Air Force’s Institute of Technology graduate degree program to earn his master’s in developmental engineering at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Andrew Cavallero (ME) of Houston, Texas, was commissioned as an undergraduate pilot trainee and will attend undergraduate pilot training at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. William Lord, Jr., (ME) of Ponchatoula, received his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps. He will attend Basic School in Washington, D.C. before attending Flight School in Pensacola, Florida. Andre Monnot (CEE) of Mandeville, was commissioned as an undergraduate pilot trainee in the EURO-NATO Joint Jet Pilot program and will attend pilot training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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LES AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS GRADUATE STUDENTS RECEIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION

The College of Engineering Exem- plary Dissertation Award was awarded to Abdelqader M. Zamamiri (CHE) and Daniel U. Campos-Delgado (ECE). Zamamiri worked with Martin Hjortsø, George H. Nusloch II Endowed Professor in chemical engineering, and received recognition for his dissertation entitled “Analysis and Mathematical Modeling of Autonomously Oscillating Yeast Cul- tures.” Campos-Delgado worked with Kemin Zhou, Oskar R. Menton Endowed Professor in electrical engineering, and was recognized for his dis- Glenn Schexnayder, Dean Egbelu and Cory Parrot sertation entitled “Active Control of Glenn Joseph Schexnayder, civil and environmental engineering student from Thermo-acoustical Instabilities.” Recipi- Donaldsonville, and Cory Neil Parrot, petroleum engineering student from Baton ents of these awards were selected by the Rouge, were selected as the recipients of the fall 2002 Louisiana Engineering Society College of Engineering Graduate Coor- scholarship. dinators Council.

2002 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ADVISORY COUNCIL

The college is grateful to the following distinguished members of the Dean’s Advisory Council. Most have been members for several years, attending annual meetings at their own expense to provide valuable advice and guidance.

ALDEN ANDRE JACOB GIARDINA C.L. MCMORRIS Vice President/New Business Development President & CEO Manager Formosa Plastics Corp., USA Cameco Industries, Inc. (Retired) ExxonMobil Chemical Company ARA ARMAN HENRY GRAHAM, JR. KENNETH ODINET Senior Vice President Louisiana Chemical Association State of Louisiana Gulf Engineers and Consultants, Inc. LANE GRIGSBY House of Representatives ASH AYOUB Chairman of the Board RONALD J. RODI, P.E. Engineering Manager Cajun Constructors, Inc. CSRS Dow Chemical GREG GUIDRY EDWARD A. SCHMITT GLENN A. BECNEL Shell Deepwater Production, Inc. President & CEO Regional Chief Industrial Engineer OTIS HALL Georgia Gulf Corporation CYTEC Industries Vice President & General Manager PATRICK TAYLOR JAMES A. BREAUX BASF Corporation CEO President & General Manager WILLIAM HIGGINS Taylor Energy Company Bowater Southern (Retired) President & Chief Operating Officer GERALD THEUNISSEN WILLIAM “BILL” CALLEGARI Natchiq State of Louisiana President DON JONES Senator Aqua Source, Inc. Southern Division Dow Chemical NEWTON B. THOMAS CHARLES V. CUSIMANO RICHARD J. JUNEAU President & Chairman Director and Chief Operating Officer President The Newtron Group, Inc. Equitable Petroleum Company (Retired) International Manufacturers Representatives, Inc. GARY R. WOOLEY WILLIAM B. DANIEL IV J. RUSSELL LAIRD, JR. President State of Louisiana Senior Vice President Wooley & Associates, Inc. House of Representatives Carter & Burgess, Inc. EARL WOOTEN ART FAVRE HENRY J. LANDRY Plant Manager President President & General Manager Occidental Chemical Performance Contractors, Inc. Sunshine Equipment Company ANNE FORTE-TRAPPEY DON MCCOLLISTER President and CEO CEO Forte & Tablada Turner Industries, Ltd.

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MINORITY ENGINEERING P R O G R A M

FROM THE COORDINATOR

ty of implementing our existing MEP viewing, and Stress Management for programs for use by all science, math Midterms and Finals, just to name a and technology majors through the few. We also added discipline specific Louisiana Alliance for Minority Partici- tutoring and peer study groups for engi- pation (LAMP) Program. We have neering sophomore level classes. Several added an additional full-time staff new supplemental instruction courses member, Sheila Gallo, a graduate of were also added to assist all student’s Southeastern Louisiana University to outside classroom time. The National serve as grants coordinator. We also Society of Black Engineers Jr. (NSBE hired a Recruitment of High Ability Jr.), the precollege program, experienced Minority Students (REHAMS)/precol- an increase in membership this past year lege coordinator, Kandiest Brock, who to 30 students from across the Baton will assist us with REHAMS and the Rouge metro area. Precollege conference Cheryle Peters other precollege programs. Each month attendance increased from zero in 2000 HIS HAS BEEN an exciting year during 2001 and 2002, we held work- to seven in 2001 to 17 in 2002. As we T shops and seminars to help the students look to the future, we are preparing for the Minority Engineering Pro- gram (MEP). We are experiencing more become successful in all aspect of their today’s students for tomorrow’s chal- student involvement and growth each lives. Workshop topics included Gradu- lenges in a technical world. year. The Minority Engineering Pro- ate School Preparation, Powerful Pre- Cheryle Peters Coordinator gram accepted the ominous responsibili- sentation, Résumé Writing and Inter-

RECRUITMENT EFFORTS

The Minority Engineering Program Envoys is a student organization that was formed two years ago as a mechanism to involve undergraduate students in the recruitment process. Stephanie Weaver served as the president for 2001-2002 year. In addition to activities sponsored by the Office of Admissions, the MEP Envoys added several new and inventive recruitment activities. During the fall, for the second consecutive year, the Envoys traveled to New Orleans to meet area high school seniors to discuss advantages offered by the LSU College of Engineering. Envoys prepared presentations and discussed all aspects of college life from admissions to meal plans, from instructors to Greek involvement. The Envoys also visited several Baton Rouge area schools to recruit members for the precollege programs and fall admissions. The schools visited included University High, McKinley High, Capital High, Scotlandville High and Park Forest Middle. We also added two new activities for the 2001-2002 academic year. Shadow Day was held on February 22. Students from East Baton Rouge Parish high schools were able to see what it is like to be a college student. They attended classes with the Envoys, ate lunch and attended a seminar about admissions. The students were also invited to attend the Engineering Olympics. This was a day for all engineering students to apply their engineering skills to physical tasks.

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RECRUITMENT OF HIGH ABILITY LOUIS STOKES LAMP MINORITY STUDENTS MAKES MEP DEPART- In its 23 year, Recruitment of High design a REHAMS web page for the MENT ITS NEW HOME Ability Minority Students (REHAMS) MEP website. The plan is to expand the continues to make an impact on high REHAMS program by adding the fol- The Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance school juniors from around the country. lowing additional phases: for Minority Participation (LAMP) is This program is designed to offer aca- designed to increase the number of demically talented minority students an REHAMS PHASE II SUMMER BRIDGE underrepresented students who graduate opportunity to examine firsthand the PROGRAM with bachelor’s degrees in the sciences, activities and thought patterns charac- This program supports five MEP stu- technology, engineering, and mathemat- teristic of engineering. Instead of being dents with Bridge Scholarships, includ- ics (STEM) curriculums. There are 11 introduced to engineering primarily ing six hours of tuition, room and participating LS-LAMP institutions and through subject matter coverage, stu- board, and $1,250 work study. one research site. They are Dillard Uni- dents are involved in creative and inno- versity, Grambling State University, vative problem solving. In addition, REHAMS PHASE III SIXTH-TENTH Louisiana State University, McNeese they are not only made aware of the var- GRADER PROGRAM State University, Nunez Community ious fields of engineering, but are chal- This nonresidential program is for College, Southern University and A&M lenged and stimulated to further devel- students in grades six–ten for one week. College, Southern University at New op interests, creativity, and talents in The goal is to provide the program to Orleans, Southern University at Shreve- problem solving using engineering 20 tenth graders in 2003, 20 ninth port, Tulane University, University of design methods. The students take graders in 2004, and 20 sixth–eighth New Orleans, University of Louisiana- chemistry, physics, calculus and com- graders in 2005. Lafayette and Louisiana Universities puter science classes. They also design Marine Consortium. LS-LAMP’s and publish their own web pages and undergraduate enhancement activities include financial support, rigorous men- MEP SCHOLARS REALIZE toring, research participation and guidance to graduate school. LSU has IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH almost 800 students majoring in the STEM curriculums. For the LSU cam- The Minority Engineering Program (MEP) is proud to be a coprincipal investiga- pus, Su-Seng Pang is the principal tor for National Science Foundation grants and has encouraged scholarly research investigator and Cheryle Peters and over the past two years. The Minority Undergraduate Research Experience (MURE) Frank Cartledge serve as the coprincipal paired LSU students and Southern University students together to conduct research investigators. They have taken many of between the two campuses. Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LAMP) the programs that MEP already had in allowed twelve students to perform research on a full-time basis during summer place and expanded them to include all 2001. The Undergraduate Research Experience In Composite Materials for Petro- STEM students. Workshops and semi- chemical and Offshore Application grant pairs eight students from LSU with eight students from Southern. The students invo l ved in these programs we re Sa m u e l nars geared toward STEM majors are B o g g a n, Ha n g - Ping Chen, Adam Cy g a n, Pranav Di w a n, Damion Do u g l a s s, Em i l held monthly. Field trips, travel grants Ge i g e r, Scott He d l u n d, C h ris He n d ri x, Jacob Jo s e p h, Shannon McKi n n e y, Ne e m a for conferences, faculty and peer men- Po u ro h a m a d i a n, C h ris Ro b e rt s o n, Tina Sh e l v i n, Da n yelle Sm a l l, R i c h a rd Wy n n, toring, book awards, scholarships, tutor- Charles Be c n e l, Ja red Gl a d n e y, Shane Ha r ri s, Justin McDo n a l d, Mi n d y ing, and fellowships are just a few of the Mo n t e g u t, Spencer Pa c e, Allen T h o m a s, Da ve Wa s h i n g t o n, Randall W h i t t i n g t o n, services made possible with LSU’s Carlos St e w a rt, A l e j a n d ro Ve g a, Ma rtin Wari o b a , Alicia Wi l l i a m s, L a t oya Ba r b e r, LAMP funding. Dishili Da v i s, Ka rwin McCa i n, C h risty Ot t, Ka t rin Sm i t h and Ebony Sp i k e s. During the past two years, 11 papers we re presented at conferences or submitted for journal publication.

MEP HOLDS ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ENGINEERING DAYS The Minority Engineering Program hosted over 175 students for El e m e n t a ry and Intermediate Engineering days. Students from the Baton Rouge area we re invited to participate as they learned about engineering through experiments, speakers, and projects. Students re c e i ved prizes for design competitions for towers and gliders, and learned about the i m p o rtance of mathematics and science and how it relates to eve ryday life.

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NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS UPDATE

LSU’s National Society of Black Engi- In October, the chapter sent 61 mem- NSBE hopes to defend its technical neers (NSBE) ended the academic year bers to its Fall Regional Conference. titles at the Regional Conference to be by successfully carrying out the theme, The LSU chapter won first place in held in October at LSU and also bring “Establishing a Foundation for the every competition and event and also recognition to the College of Engineer- 2001-2002 Year.” had the most attendees at the confer- ing. In September of 2001, NSBE began ence. Through NSBE’s recent activities and its year of programming with NSBE In February, the regional NSBE exec- achievements, a foundation in program- Week. The largest event of the week for utive board announced that LSU will be ming and leadership has been estab- the organization was the community host to the 2002 Regional Conference. lished, and a standard in achievement service project entitled “Wish Tokens.” The chapter won the bid over Texas has been set. Held in front of the LSU Student Tech and the University of Missouri CORDELL SCOTT Union, NSBE, along with the Friends Rolla. Cordell Scott, chapter chair, and NSBE LSU Chapter Chair, 2001–02 for Life HIV/AIDS Resource Center, Marlon Holbert, former membership NSBE Region V Fall Regional Planner collected donations totaling $130. The chair, proposed the bid. 2002–03 organization also committed to making At the National NSBE Convention, 600 Red Ribbons for AIDS Awareness the organization sent nearly 60 mem- NSBE 2001- 2002 Stats Week. bers including 15 NSBE Jr. members NSBE Week led to the organization’s (precollege) to Orlando, Florida. The ■ Louisiana Chapter of the Year first general body meeting of the semes- organization was recognized as the ■ Ranked ninth in NSBE Top Ten ter with over 91 students in attendance. Louisiana Chapter of the year. Chapters Keith Seilhan and representatives of In May, NSBE and Society of His- ■ LSU NSBE Jr. ranked second in British Petroleum were also in atten- panic Professional Engineers a (SHPE) Top Ten dance and donated $1,500 to the organ- closed the year with the annual joint ■ 27 percent of members received ization. NSBE utilized this donation to barbeque sponsored by BASF Corpora- Internships/Co-op subsidize membership fees for freshmen tion. Three of the LSU chapter mem- ■ and sophomore students for the aca- bers were also elected to the NSBE 32 percent membership increase demic year. Regional Executive Board. Those stu- (103 members) The following week, NSBE held its dents were Ladesha Moore, Region V ■ 43 members, average attendance at annual Career Fair Reception with 13 Programs Chair, Cordell Scott, Region meetings companies in attendance. Approximate- V Fall Regional Conference Planner, ■ 3 Regional Officers elected for ly 90 percent of the chapter’s members and Frederick Gholston, Region V Pre- 2002-2003 term were in attendance. college Initiative Chairperson.

SAUNDRA MCGUIRE NAMED REHAMS STUDENT FOREST DENT SMITH MAKING A DIFFERENCE NOBCCHE RECEIVES AWARD RECIPIENT SCHOLARSHIP

Forest Dent Smith served as the Minority Engineering Program Director for The 1999 REHAMS Scholar, 12 years. She always went the extra mile to ensure the success of the students in LaChaunda Gra y rec e i v ed the Crys t a l the Minority Engineering Program. Since joining LSU in 1999, Saundra Har r ell Scholarship. The National Org a - McGuire has made a definite impact on the students of the Minority Engineer- nization for the Professional Advance- ing Program and thus has been named the Forest Dent Smith Making the Dif- ment of Black Chemists and Chemical ference Award recipient. She not only conducts workshops and seminars for the Engineers (NOBCChE) at LSU pres e n t ed students, but she also devotes her time as a mentor to several students. McGuire the award. The organization was estab- takes time out of her busy schedule to set up and perform chemistry reviews for lished in 1975 to develop and carry out midterms and finals. MEP would like to say congratulations and thank you for pr ograms to assist minority groups in all she does to ensure success of the students in the College of Engineering. realizing their full potential in science and engineering fields. She was rec o g n i z ed at the NOBCChE banquet this spring, wh e r e she read her award-winning essay titled “Inn o vation and Dive r s i t y .” 12 02277 Eng News 3/7/03 11:26 AM Page 13

2001 & 2002 MEP GRADUATES

2000-2001 HONOR GRADUATE Cecilia Marisol Campos Padilla ECE Fareed Barakat Dawan ECE Jude Wilmot Paul Patin CM Mario Alberto Dominguez IE Summa Cum Laude Aleta Marie Prince Points CM Marcus Jerome Dunn ECE Ana Maria d’Empaire Armando Ernesto Portillo IE Kwasi M. Duose CEE Windell Kentrelle Powell ME Monique Marie Dyers ECE 2000-2001 CURRICULUM GRADUATES Gabriel Cristobal Prats CEE Gregory Marvin Garrick ME Carlos Arturo Quant CHE Jarvis Parnell Green CM Luis Felipe Aguilar CHE Eugenio Edgardo Rayneri ME Daniel Lance Haslauer ECE Carlos Anibal Aguilar, Jr. ECE Miguel Angel Regato ME Matthew Mason Holder BE Sergio Luis Aviles CEE Rafael Martin Santana PETE Thad Alexander Hollimon CM Dwhyte Omar Barrett ME Nicole Judith Simien IE Karla Renee Horton ECE Elliot Carlos Berrios CM Cheryl Louise Spiller IE Silvestre Cassa Iombo PETE Natasha Shena Bland PETE Scott Steven Stringer CHE Steven R. Joubert CM Rodolfo Antonio Bournigal IE Wardell Arnez Sykes CM Mark Gerard Lemelle ME Byron David Braud EVEG Stephen Eugene Williams IE Daniel Musa Lushiku ECE Ambimbola Olumide Bukoye ECE Dawit Ghebreyesses Yemane ECE Angel D. Marrero IE Fernando Antonio Chinchila ECE Derrick Dewayne Maxey ECE Lakiesha Nicole Claude BE 2001-2002 HONOR GRADUATE Tolulope Folaranmi Mesubi ECE Manuel Ernesto Crespo CHE Summa Cum Laude Martin Scott Miles EVEG Nikisha Danielle Crump CEE Karelys Delise Bastidas Coty Shirelle Mitchell CHE Dedrick Geral Davison IE Georges Nge PETE Ana Maria d’Empaire IE 2001-2002 CURRICULUM Larnell L. Nolan ECE David Duane East ME GRADUATES Ketrick L. Owens-Taylor ECE Hassib Jussef Galib CEE Julio Cesar Arana CEE Alva A. Parker ECE Fernando Sebastian Granda, Jr. CEE Orest Pena Jr. ECE Wendell Craig Harrison CM Alvaro Miguel Asturias CEE Andrew Bartholomew Bell ECE Jose Antonio Omar Ponciano CM Letoria Gwendolyn House ME Dean Anthony Provost ECE Rashonda Shani James ECE Clayton Lamar Birkett BE William Pierre Boesch ECE Niconer Reece BE Matthew Charles Kern ME W. Dupree Simmons, Jr. IE Brian Thomas Linxwiler ECE Jerald Wayne Bouie, Jr. ECE Derrick Charles Brown CM Angel S. Singleton CHE Elvin Bernard Lotten II CM Reynauldo Sanchez Smith CM Jose Mauricio Marulanda ECE Marilyn Elisabeth Caldero CHE Candace Sharaine Coutee CHE Darryl Joseph Talbert, Jr. ME Jarred Wayne Metoyer ME Rashoud Watkins ECE David Wade Milanes ME Scott Jeffery Crowell CHE Michael Mark Cummings ME Curtis Ashley Williams ECE Michael Wilbert Mitchell ME Allen Zamorano IE Florence Ifeyinwa Orji CHE Salvador Cupe-Becha ME Dishili Shawon Davis CM

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B I O L O G I CAL AND AG R I C U LT U R A L ENGINEERING DEPA RT M E N T

FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD

enrolled 135 biological engineering summa cum laude, one student graduat- undergraduate students and 20 graduate ed magna cum laude and two students students. The undergraduates are 57 graduated cum laude. Bilal Ghosn percent men and 43 percent women and received the University Medal and the the graduates are 60 percent men and Edward McLaughlin Dean’s Medal for 40 percent women. Of the undergradu- graduating with an overall grade-point ate students, 95 were in the College of average of 4.00. Bilal Ghosn and Sarah Engineering and 40 were freshmen. Fif- Jones have been accepted to biomedical teen scholarships were awarded at the engineering graduate school at Georgia Scholarship and Awards Banquet on Tech University. Georgia Tech Biomed- March 14. Roberto Jimenez, a 1997 ical Engineering only accepts 10 new graduate of our program, was the guest students each year. Twenty percent of speaker. For the spring semester, there the new class is from this department. A

Richard L. Bengtson were 13 students on the Chancellor’s departmental reception honoring all of Honor Roll and 28 on the Dean’s List. the graduates was held following com- HE NEW YEAR started with the On May 24, 18 students graduated with mencement with families and guests in TDepartment of Biological and Agri- the B.S. BE and one student graduated attendance. The student organization cultural Engineering (BAE) Annual Pro- with the M.S. BAE. Of the B.S. BE continues to be active, and they hosted gram Review on January 4. In the graduates, two students graduated a crawfish boil in April 2002. spring of 2002, this department Richard L. Bengtson Interim Department Head

FORMER DEPARTMENT HEAD PASSES AWAY

John Nye former department head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineer- ing, died on April 30, 2002, from a cerebral hemorrhage. Nye served as department head from 1984–91. During his time at LSU, he exemplified remarkable achievements through his leadership in administration, teaching, and research. His extramural funds helped in the development of the departmental computer lab. He received numerous civic and engineering awards. In 1991, Nye left LSU to accept the position of dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Delaware. In 2001, he became director of the Cooperative Extension Service. Prior to his death, Nye had recently accepted a position as vice president of academic affairs at the Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He received his bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from Kansas State in 1968 and his master’s and Ph.D. from Purdue in 1970 and 1971, respectively. He is survived by his wife, Gloria, three children, and two grandchildren. Memorial scholarship donations can be made through the Ameri- can Society of Agricultural Engineers Foundation, 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085. John Nye

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STUDENT NEWS GRADUATION HIGHLIGHTS Eighteen undergraduate students p a rticipated in the commencement e xe rcises May 24. They re c e i ved a Bachelor of Science in Bi o l o g i c a l Engineering. Congratulations to Amanda Ames, Clayton Bi rk e t t, Lance Bl a c k, Matthew Ca m p b e l l , Bradley Cr a i n, Greg De t e rm a n n, Bilal Gh o s n, Jack He a t o n, Be n j a m i n Ho d n e t t, Seth Ho u s e, Mindi Hu g u e t, Sarah Jo n e s, A n d rea Leonard s, Se a n No l a n, Skie Sa g re r a - Gu i d ry, Je re m y (L to R) 1st row: Shufang Liu, Skie Sagrera-Guidry,Seth House, Mindi T h e ri o t, Neil Ti l yo u and Mi c h e l l e Huguet, Bradley Crain; 2nd row: Jeremy Theriot, Sean Nolan, Benjamin Wi n d o m. Faculty members R i c h a rd Hodnett, Michelle Windom, Jack Heaton, Sarah Jones; 3rd row: Amanda Be n g t s o n and Ca ye Dr a p c h o p a rt i c i- Ames, Matthew Campbell, Clayton Birkett, Greg Determann Andrea pated in the graduation cere m o n i e s . Leonards Not pictured: Lance Black, Bilal Ghosn, and Neil Tilyou. Bilal Gh o s n re c e i ved the Ed w a rd McLaughlin De a n’s Medal for Exc e l- graduated magna cum laude; and, honoring the graduates was held lence Aw a rd; Benjamin Ho d n e t t g r a d- Lance Bl a c k and Greg De t e rm a n n immediately following graduation at uated summa cum laude; Sarah Jo n e s graduated cum laude. A re c e p t i o n the depart m e n t .

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED AT BANQUET

(L to R) 1st row: Thuy Kim Nguyen, Angela Gulino, and Rebecca Tanory; 2nd row: Dean Pius Egbelu, Lakiesha Claude, Marisa Sylvester,Leslie Clark, Monique Handy,Julianne Forman, Ayme Veron, and Dr. Richard Bengtson; 3rd row: Blaine Walton, Brad Kairdolf, Jordan Whatley,Lee Miller, Joshua Maier,and Wesley Plaisance.

from Baton Rouge, were awarded the Scott- Windham Scholarship. Bobbie LaCour presented these awards. The Biological and Agricultural Engineer- Rouge; and Rebecca Tanory, a junior from Lakiesha Claude, a graduate student from ing Scholarship Awards Program was held Lafayette, were awarded the Wiley D. Poole New Orleans, was awarded the Charles E. on March 14 at the Burden Research Con- Memorial Scholarship. The awards were pre- Severance Endowed Fellowship. Charles ference Center. Roberto Jimenez, a 1997 sented by Malcolm Wright. Severance was present to award the fellow- graduate, was the guest speaker. The follow- Leslie Clark, a sophomore from Mobile, ship. ing scholarships were awarded to high Alabama, and Monique Handy, a sopho- During the scholarship awards banquet, achieving students majoring in biological more from Gretna, were awarded the Harold the Biological Engineering Student Organi- engineering: T. Barr Memorial Scholarship. Joe Smilie zation presented several club awards. Jack Angela Gulino, a senior from Greenwell presented these awards. Heaton, club president, presented the Springs; Thuy Kim Nguyen, a junior from Brad Kairdolf, a senior from Baton awards. The President’s Award was presented Ocean Springs, Mississippi; and Blaine Wal- Rouge, and Jordan Whatley, a senior from to Jordan Whatley, a senior from Iowa. The ton, a senior from Morse, were awarded the Iowa, were awarded the Carl H. Thomas Outstanding Member Award was presented Mansel M. Mayeux Honorary Scholarship. Memorial Scholarship. The awards were pre- to Andrea Leonards, a senior from Livonia. Mansel Mayeux presented these awards. sented by Chris Thomas. The Outstanding Professor Award was pre- Julianne Forman, a senior from Baton Lee Miller, a sophomore from Lake sented to Caye Drapcho, associate professor. Rouge; Joshua Maier, a junior from Coving- Charles; Wesley Plaisance, a sophomore President-elect Brad Kairdolf gave his com- ton; Marisa Sylvester, a senior from Baton from Marrero; and Ayme Veron, a junior ments on the club’s future plans.

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DE PA R TMENT NEWS ALUMNI NEWS

Bill Branch was recognized as the Award in the LSU College of Agricul- 1963 first recipient of the Roy A. and ture, and she is the 2002 winner of the John Ivan Seaberg, owner of East- Karen Picken Professorship in Exten- Award for Excellence in Teaching Mate- ex Farm & Home, resides in China, sion Water Resources. rials and Methods in Biological and Texas. Agricultural Engineering presented at Marybeth Lima, assistant profes- the 2002 American Society of Engineer- 1969 sor, was awarded the Faculty Service- ing Education (ASEE) Annual Confer- James H. Richardson retired Jan- Learning Fellowship Award. She ence in Montreal. These awards recog- uary 3, 2002, from the U.S. Army received a $5,000 cash reward from nize the innovative teaching methods Corps of Engineers after 36 years of the LSU Office of Academic Affairs, developed by Lima at LSU, her contri- service. He resides in Holden. the Service-Learning Faculty Adviso- butions to the academic goals of the ry Council and the School of Social University, and her community outreach Work Office of Social Service work linking engineering education and Research and Development. She was the public schools. named the recipient of the 2001–2002 National Association of Ter r y Wal k e r was selected to rec e i v e the Colleges Teaching Agriculture 2001-2002 Tiger Athletic Fou n d a t i o n (NACTA) Excellence in Teaching Awa r d for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Agriculture.

BAE HOLDS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING

The department was host of the international meeting of the Institute of Biological Engineering from January 18–21, 2002. Steven Hall, assistant professor, was cochair and local arrangements chair. Mary Beth Lima, assistant professor, led the emerging issues session, and Terry Walker, assistant professor, led the student poster session. National and world lead- ers from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific joined LSU engineering faculty as contributing speakers to this event. Dean Pius J. Egbelu and interim department head Richard Bengtson addressed the meeting participants, expressing their support for this emerging field.

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GORDON A . AND MARY CAIN D E PA RTMENT OF C H E M I CAL ENGINEERING

FROM THE CHAIR

la t t e r , howeve r , has been the primary The Alumni Adv i s o r y Committee focus because of its consistency with the held its second meeting in August to campus master plan of a focused engi- continue to help the department define neering complex. educational objectives and assessment In other news, we are happy to tools to evaluate those objectives. We announce that three new faculty mem- held a reunion for all our alumni and bers joined us in the fall of 2002. Ben their families on October 12. Th e McC o y comes to us from the Uni ve r s i t y reunion took place between Tiger Sta d i - of California, Davis, and will fill the first um and the Chemical Eng i n e e r i n g Gor don A. and Mar y Cain End o wed Building on South Stadium Dri v e. We Ch a i r . McC o y’s background is applied had jambalaya and ref r eshments. Alum- mathematics. Associate professor Jud y ni wer e given the chance to visit with Wornat, who will hold the Rob e r t other chemical engineering graduates Hughes Har vey Prof e s s o r s h i p , comes to and faculty, while seeing the many us from Princeton Uni v ersity with a spe- im p o r tant additions to our facilities. cialty in analysis of combustion prod - We believe that all our efforts towa r d F.Carl Knopf ucts. Jer r y Spi ve y , our new associate pro- im p r ovements and modernizations will fessor who will hold the James McL a u r i n en s u r e that our program, on both under- HE NEW chemical engineering Shr i v ers Prof e s s o r s h i p , comes to us from graduate and graduate levels, meets the Tfacility remains a high priority for Nor th Carolina State Uni ve r s i t y , where needs of local industry and prod u c e s the de p a r tment. Planning money from he focused on applied catalysis. In addi- graduates of the highest caliber. As the state of Louisiana is already being tion to new faculty, Dan Mowre y , a always, if you have any questions or put to use on the project, and the ret i r ee of Exxo n M obil, has also joined us comments reg a r ding our program and appointed architectural firm is drawing in the Undergraduate Lab as our new the direction in which we are headed, up the plans. We are considering two Undergraduate Lab manager and teach- please do not hesitate to stop by the building options: either an annex to our ing associate. Mowre y ’s knowledge of de p a r tment. The faculty and I would be existing facility or a new facility near pro c e s s - c o n t r ol systems has proved most interested in speaking with you . CEBA. The benefit of the former is that gr eatly useful to our undergraduate stu- it would provide maximum space. Th e F. Ca r l Knopf de n t s . Chair, Robert D. and Adele Anding Professor

WELCOME TO LSU

Benjamin J. cialization include polymer reaction Judy Wornat, Robert Hughes Har- McCoy, Gordon kinetics, phase transition dynamics and vey Professor and associate professor, A. and Mary Cain environmental transport phenomena. has joined the LSU faculty. Her spe- Endowed Chair, cialty is analysis of combustion prod- joined the chemi- Jerry Spivey, James McLaurin ucts. cal engineering fac- Shrivers Professor and associate profes- ulty in August sor, has joined the faculty. His focus is 2002. McCoy on applied catalysis. received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1967. His areas of spe-

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DEPARTMENT NEWS

Armando Corripio’s book Principles Process Biotechnology at Denmark Center/South and Southwest, received and Practice of Automatic Process Con- Technical University teaching a high the 2002 Charles E. Coates Award trol is in its second edition and has level class on microbial kinetics and from the American Chemical Society sold 12,000 copies. The publisher has assisting graduate students on various and American Institute of Chemical asked Professor Corripio and his coau- projects. Engineers. He has also received funding in the amount of $2.25 million for thor Carlos Smith to produce a third Carl Knopf, Robert D. and Adele edition of the book. “Fielding Demonstration of Active Anding Professor in Chemical Engi- Caps.” The project’s goal is to demon- Doug Harrison, Alexis and Mar- neering, department chair and associ- strate innovative technologies for man- guerite Voorhies Endowed Professor of ate director of the Minerals Processing aging contaminated sediments. Chemical Engineering presented a Research Institute, and Kerry Dooley, seminar entitled “Hydrogen Produc- BASF Endowed Professor, invented Danny Reible and K.T. Valsaraj, Ike tion Using Sorption-Enhanced Reac- “Pressure-Assisted Molding and Car- East Professor in Chemical Engineer- tion” at Illinois Institute of Technolo- bonation of Cementitious Materials.” ing, were major contributors to the gy in Chicago on April 10. He also The patent was issued to LSU in 2001. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources’ rewrite of the 29B rules of received the 2002 Dow Outstanding Elizabeth Podlaha, Clarence M. Teaching Award. disposal to oilfield waste, which was Eidt Jr. Endowed Professor in Chemi- recently released following two years of Martin Hjortsø, George H. Nus- cal Engineering, has been promoted scientific and technical advice. loch II Endowed Professor in Chemi- with tenure from assistant professor to cal Engineering, is on sabbatical for associate professor. K.T. Valsaraj chaired a session on the fall 2002 and spring 2003 semes- “Prediction and Correlation of Trans- Danny Reible, Chevron Endowed port Properties” at the American Insti- ters. He will be serving as Otto Møn- Professor of Engineering and director sted visiting professor at the Center for tute of Chemical Engineers 2002 of the Hazardous Substance Research spring meeting in New Orleans.

LSU ALUMNUS AND DONOR GORDON A. CAIN DIES AT 90

LSU alumnus and Houston businessman est honor, the honorary doctorate.” Gordon A. Cain died October 22 at age In 1998, in recognition of Gordon and 90. Cain donated more than $20 million Mary Cain’s $10 million gift to the College throughout his lifetime to various programs of Engineering, the department of chemical at LSU, including the Colleges of Engi- engineering was named the Gordon A. and neering, Education, Agriculture, and Basic Mary Cain Department of Chemical Engi- Sciences, as well as the LSU Agricultural neering. This gift was one of the largest pri- Center and the LSU Alumni Association. vate contributions ever made to LSU. “Gordon Cain was a truly magnificent “News of Gordon Cain’s death brings benefactor for Louisiana State University sadness to everyone at LSU,” said LSU and has shown deep care about the well- Chancellor Mark A. Emmert. “Mr. Cain being of the citizens of this state,” LSU Sys- was a wonderful individual and he and his tem President William L. Jenkins said. earning the Purple Heart in the Philippines. wife, Mary, have been enormously faithful “Gordon had a very clear understanding of He was married to Mary Hancock and and generous to Louisiana State University. the value of a research institution in its together they had two children and three He remains an example to all of us for the totality—teaching, research and service— grandchildren. successes he achieved in business and and was always so anxious to assist in Cecil Phillips, president of the LSU industry and for the untiring efforts he advancing quality education in Louisiana. Foundation said, “Mr. Cain was not only committed to being a civic leader and phi- Our friend will be greatly missed.” the most generous benefactor in the history lanthropist. Mr. Cain will continue to A native of Rayville, Louisiana, Cain of the main campus of LSU, he was a affect our University and our students graduated from LSU in 1933 with a bache- model alumnus in many other ways as well. through what he has made possible here. lor of science degree in chemical engineer- His military service, his business successes, We remain grateful to have known him and ing and was awarded an honorary doctor of his generosity to his employees, and his rep- to have benefitted from his goodwill.” science degree in 1993. Cain, a Cadet of utation for integrity brought credit to his See page 37 for more information on the Ole War Skule, served in World War II, alma mater. He richly deserved LSU’s high- Cain’s recent $7.5 million gift to LSU.

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ALUMNI NEWS

1943 1961 1982 Robert J. Bujol is retired and contin- Consuelo Escalante Madere serves ues to serve the community through as director of technology development volunteer work. He resides in Baton at Monsanto. She resides in Valley Rouge. Park, Missouri. 1948 1985 Robert L. Jeansonne is retired from Keith B. Hal l is currently a practicing LaRoche Chemicals and resides in attorney at the firm of Stone, Pig m a n , Baton Rouge. and Wal t h e r . He resides in Gret n a . Robert E. Eakin 1949 Robert E. Eakin retired from PPG 1997 Robert Anthony Bogan, Jr., is Industries August 1, 2001, after more Teresa C. Atkins is employed as a retired from Louisiana Companies and than 39 years with the company. He production engineer at Dow Chemical. resides in Baton Rouge. was serving as works manager of PPG’s She currently resides in Victoria, Texas. chemical manufacturing complex in 1949 Lake Charles, where he and his wife 1998 Ernest Dare Campbell is retired Carolyn reside. Benjamin M. Day has been appoint- from Dow Chemical. He is a resident ed regional engineer for Dynegy Cor- of Baton Rouge. 1964 poration. He is based in Venice. Robert Lawrence Gill is an engineer 1955 for the state of South Carolina. He 2001 Joseph F. Frantz is a chemical engi- currently resides in Columbia, South John A. Dizinno is employed by neering consultant and expert witness. Carolina. Conestoga-Rovers and Associates. He He resides in Richmond, Texas. resides in Kenner. 1979 1959 James D. Sparkman has been named 2002 Harold A. Harvey owns and oper- division manager of Marathon Ashland Benjamin P. Dugas is a process engi- ates Harvey Enterprises. He currently Petroleum LLC’s Catlettsburg Refining neer with Veco-Bertrand in Baton resides in Richardson, Texas. LLC in Catlettsburg, Kentucky. Rouge. Cherie Elizabeth LeJeune is a process engineer with Motiva Enter- prises in Baton Rouge.

IN MEMORIAM

1939 1949 Lloyd A. Cagnolatti died August 12, Lester C. Gerard, Jr., passed away 2001. He resided in Gonzales. on January 25, 2002. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from LSU. He served in the Army and worked in the Coast Guard Auxiliary in North Carolina and Delaware. Gerard was a member of the American Institute of Chemi- cal Engineers. After 31 years, he retired as senior chemical engineer with DuPont and is survived by his wife Miriam Gerard.

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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENT A L ENGINEERING DEPA R T M E N T

FROM THE CHAIR

products that enhances the economy of professional advisory committees to the state and the nation. respond to this challenge. One possible The faculty often participates in serv- response is to develop a Five Year ice activities to engineering societies, the B.S./M.S. Program. The purpose of this state, and nation and attain recognition program would be to enable the under- for their endeavors. graduate students to continue their The success achieved by continuing to studies in a Professional M.S. Engineer- implement superior teaching, research, ing Degree. We will investigate such a and service will lead the department to a possibility along with other suggestions. higher ranking among the top depart- We are also investigating an Honors ments at the University and in the Program for our undergraduate pro- nation. grams. In addition to completing the This is a dynamic time within our requirements of a bachelor degree, stu- department in terms of academic pro- dents will have to complete the honors grams. The assessment process that we program in civil engineering or environ- have instituted for our programs encom- mental engineering. passes not only internal type assessment In an effort to expose our undergrad- George Z.Voyiadjis but also professional community assess- uate students to the latest developments ment through our professional advisory in Civil and Environmental Engineer- T IS IMPORTAN T for the departm e n t committee, alumni, and employers of ing, we have developed a Research Ito recognize the need to maintain cur- our graduates. In the past few years, we Experience for Undergraduates pro- rent, innovative and rigorous education- have instituted a number of minors in gram. The National Science Foundation al programs at both the undergraduate structures, surveying, and environmen- initiated this effort in the last decade. (civil and environmental) and graduate tal engineering to strengthen our gradu- This summer program exposes the stu- (civil) level and ensure accreditation of ates both in depth and in breadth. We dent to an interdisciplinary, collabora- the respective undergraduate degrees. are also encouraging our students to tive approach to research. The student The faculty needs to be creative and consider minors outside of engineering interacts with faculty and graduate stu- innovative in their research work. This such as construction management and dents on research topics of interest to helps them in conducting cutting edge business administration. One of the faculty, and at the end of semester, the research in their respective areas of spe- challenges facing us now is how to student makes a formal presentation of cialization. They should strive to do respond to the policy of the American the effort. work that brings statewide, national, Society of Civil Engineers to adopt the George Z.Voyiadjis and international recognition. They also M.S. degree as a first professional Interim Chair, Boyd Professor and contribute to the development of end degree. We are working closely with our Bingham Cushman Stewart Distinguished Professor

CEE DEPARTMENT CHAIR NAMED

George Voyiadjis, Boyd Professor and Bingham Cushman Stewart Distinguished Professor, has been selected among a number of candidates to serve as the chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). Voyiadjis is the only faculty member in the college to be named Boyd Professor, the highest honor that LSU awards its faculty. He has served as graduate program coordinator, acting associate dean of graduate school, and interim department chair for CEE. His administration experience highly qualifies him for this new position.

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CEE HALL OF DISTINCTION INDUCTEES

Ara Arman Elvin Dantin Lane Grigsby Chester Seiss Bingham C. Stewart Five charter members were inducted into the Civil and Environmental Engineering Hall of Distinction in December of 2001. The honorees were selected for their professional achievement, service to the department, and their significant impacts in their field and their department. The five inductees are Ara Arman, Elvin Dantin, L. Lane Grigsby, Chester P. Seiss, and Bingham C. Stewart.

FACULTY DEVELOPS STATEWIDE SUHAYDA RETIRES GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM Joseph N. Suhayda, Executive Director Roy Dokka and Chief of Geodesy Clifford Mugnier, both director of the with the Center for Geoinformatics, are installing a network of global positioning Louisiana Water systems throughout Louisiana that will determine the position and elevation of any Resources Research location in the state accurate to within one inch. Institute (LWRRI) Their discovery that the land surface of Louisiana’s coastline has sunk four inches and associate profes- over the past 16 years has made the system of benchmarks, previously set by survey- sor, has announced ors and used as reference points, inaccurate. Because all levees, roads, and evacuation his retirement effec- routes are based upon these reference points, it is imperative that these results are tive June 30, 2002. Suhayda joined dependable. Homeowners and companies also rely on these points when deciding LSU in the Coastal Studies Institute in where to build. 1971 as assistant professor and was pro- The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the New moted to associate professor in 1975. Orleans District of the Army Corps of Engineers have begun establishing seven of He then became a faculty member of the 25 planned stations in the state. The network uses the 27 U.S. Department of the Department of Civil Engineering, Defense radio beacons orbiting Earth at about 12,600 miles. The exact position of where he has been since 1978. each station will be monitored 24 hours a day, sent to a computer at LSU and then Working with the LWRRI, Suhayda posted on the Internet, where it can be accessed by anyone. served as associate director from The Louisiana Spatial Ref e r ence Center (LSRC) will be the most sophisticated and 1995–98 and was named director in co m p re h e n s i v e system worldwide. This system will provide information for farmers, 1999. He was also director of the LSU who can determine the amount of ferti l i z er needed so excess is not washed away into Natural Systems Engineering Laborato- the Gulf of Mexico, and it will aid in tracking where and how quickly the coastline is ry from 1995–98. His areas of special- sinking into the Gul f . Cur re n t l y , 35 square miles of land become submerged each yea r . ization are coastal engineering-offshore technology, wave forces, and sediment NEW DIRECTORS NAMED IN LWRRI stability and transport. Suhayda received his bachelor’s John H. Pardue, Elizabeth Howell Stewart Endowed Professor, associate chair for degree in 1966 from California State research, and associate professor, has been named director of the Louisiana Water University, Northridge, and his Ph.D. Resources Research Institute (LWRRI). The Louisiana Land and Exploration Com- in 1972 from the University of Califor- pany College of Engineering Endowed Professor and associate professor, John J. nia, San Diego. Sansalone, has been appointed associate director of LWRRI. Pardue is replacing Joseph N. Suhayda, former director LWRRI , who retired in June 2002. LWRRI is a multidisciplinary center which is federally mandated to perform a statewide function of promoting research, education, and services in water resources. The Civil & Environment Engineering Department congratulates Pardue and Sansalone for their new positions.

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NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE: POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER

Researchers at the Louisiana with flood gates to preserve Water Res o u r ces Res e a r ch Ins t i - homes and the cultural and tute (LWRRI) are working to governmental hub, building pre v ent the potential for extrem e a wall of levees surrounding devastation from becoming a the lower delta to prevent reality. flooding, or implementing Scientists and engineers agree additional control gates to that one Category 4 hurricane, cause the Mississippi to pour with winds up to 155 mph, sediment-rich water to build could set New Orleans under up coastlines. 20 feet of water, with death tolls The most promising pro- up to tens of thousands and tection may be building up many more left without shelter. the quickly-eroding coastal Draining the city after such marshes between New a disastrous storm would be Orleans and the sea. This impossible for weeks with water process will take massive trapped inside the city’s walls. efforts and up to $14 billion, It would take at least nine wee k s according to a study com- to pump out water from inside pleted by state agencies, uni- the city, said Ivor van Heerden, versities, and businesses. deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Cen- dents on the city’s western and south- Obtaining the necessary money to com- ter and associate professor. Pumping sta- ern sides. plete this project is a difficult task, but tions, which sometimes fail during large Joseph N. Suhayda, former director $14 billion is much less than the pro- storms, would not operate under such con- of LWRRI, has been studying the latest jected $50 billion in damages to the city ditions. geographical and meteorological infor- if destructed by a powerful hurricane. “T h e re’s no way to minimize the mation to determine ways to save The American Red Cross is taking the amount of devastation that could take Louisiana’s coastline, which provide data situation seriously and has announced place under such circumstances,” said to determine how different storms that it will no longer provide hurricane Walter S. Maestri, director of emer- would damage the city. Some proposals shelters in the New Orleans area, citing gency management of Jefferson Pa r i s h , by Suhayda and other engineers include: it as too risky for its employees, volun- a suburban region with 455,000 re s i- strategically placing a two-story wall teers, and the general public.

FACULTY GARNER RESEARCH AWARDS ALUMNI NEWS

Sheriff Ishak, assistant professor, received a $100,000 National Science Founda- 1929 tion (NSF) Research Award: Information and Communication Systems for Surface Transportation. The title of his research is Exploring New Traffic Characteristics and Gerald Arthur Vulliamy worked Performance Measures Using Feature Extraction and Texture Characterization of Spa- for the U.S. Corps of Engineers until tiotemporal Traffic Contour Maps. the time of his retirement in 1969. Additionally, he was ordained a min- Clinton S. Willson, assistant professor, received an NSF Research Award: ister in the Episcopal church in 1954, Hydrological Sciences, totaling $87,590. His research is titled Collaborative and he enjoyed active church service Research: Measurement and Modeling of Pore-Scale Flows. Willson submitted a col- until his retirement in 1993. He cur- laborative proposal with Markus Hilpert, Department of Geography and Environ- rently resides in Green Valley, Ari- mental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University. zona, and enjoys videography. Clinton S. Willson, assistant professor, and coprincipal investigators Richard 1961 Kurtz and Kyungmin Ham, have been awarded the NSF Instrumentation for Joseph Sansotta is retired from Materials Research Program Award for their research titled Acquisition of a Multi- Vought Aircraft Ind. and is a hospital layer Monochromator for a Synchrotron X-ray Microtomography Station and Educa- volunteer. He is a resident of tion. Their award totaled $130,000. Milledgeville, Georgia.

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DEPARTMENT NEWS

Dante Fra t t a and William Moe , Kelly Rusch, Formosa Plastics Cor- “Entropy Theory and its Application both assistant professors, wer e selected poration Endowed Professor in Engi- in Environmental and Water based on their outstanding teaching to neering and director of the Institute for Resources Modeling” and chaired a rec e i v e the Tiger Athletic Fou n d a t i o n Ecological Infrastructure Engineering, session on stochastic hydrology at the Undergraduate Teaching Awa r ds. Th e y has been awarded a grant by the LSU International Conferences on will each rec e i v e a cash award of Learning Communities Task Force to Advances in Civil Engineering, held $1 , 0 0 0 . develop new learning communities January 2001 at the Indian Institute of Ivor van Heerden, associate profes- courses and implement them during Technology at Kharagpur. He present- sor, received a $3.7 million grant from the fall 2002 and spring 2003 semes- ed keynote papers at the Indian Insti- the Louisiana Board of Regents’ ters. She will teach Introduction to tute of Science in Bangladore, India, Health Excellence Fund to create a Environmental Engineering, an inter- and chaired a session at the NATO center for the study of the public disciplinary course, composed of four Advanced Research Workshop on Inte- health impacts of hurricanes and classes from four disciplines of four dif- grated Technologies for Environmental major floods. The new center will ferent colleges. Project teams will be Monitoring and Information Produc- work with Louisiana’s Office of Emer- created from students of all four classes, tion held September 2001 in Turkey. gency Preparedness to develop a plan and they will collaborate to develop an In November and December, he lec- to avoid or mitigate the worst effects enhancement plan for Campus Lake tured in the Distinguished Lecture of a disaster. that will include technical, visual, and Series at Nanayang Technological Uni- Marc Levitan, Charles P. Siess, Jr. written components. versity in Singapore, and he taught a Professor in Engineering and director John J. Sansalone, the Louisiana short course on Risk and Reliability of LSU Hurricane Center, has been Land and Exploration Company Col- Analysis and gave lectures on water elected to a three-year term on the lege of Engineering Endowed Professor, resources. Singh has also been elected Board of Directors of the Louisiana has been promoted with tenure from Academician, the highest honor, of the Emergency Preparedness Association, assistant professor to associate professor. Georgia Fazisi Academy of the Repub- whose mission is to provide support, Vijay P. Singh, Arthur K. Barton lic of Georgia, Commonwealth of training, and leadership to advance Endowed Professor of Engineering, Independent States, for his work in the public safety in Louisiana. gave the keynote presentation on field of hydrological sciences.

ALUMNI NEWS (Continued)

1978 1988 Mark Lee Morgan is the president Elba Alicia Urbina (M.S. CE 2002) and owner of S.E.M.S., Inc. He enjoys is a project engineer at Chiang, Patel & golfing and snow skiing and currently Yerby, Inc. in Dallas, Texas. resides in Baton Rouge. 1999 1979 Suzanne Pylant is employed by Jack Henry Hingle works as a design Stevenson & Palmer Engineering. She engineer on various capital projects in resides in Marietta, Georgia. Orleans and Jefferson Davis parishes. 2001 1980 Sergio Luis Aviles is an intern at the Raymond Joseph Battalora (M.S. Louisiana Department of Transporta- PETE 1983) is currently a Senior Fire Ann Mannino Theriot and family tion and Development. He resides in Protection Engineer with Schirmer Baton Rouge. Engineering Corporation. He resides in 1987 Richardson, Texas. Ann Mannino Theriot is working 1982 part-time at Meyer Engineers, Ltd. and raising her twins, Jake and Virginia. Thomas Reed is a senior database She and her family reside in Metairie. manager at TRW. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia.

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STUDENT NEWS Students Win Awards in International Environmental Design Contest Springs; Melanie Boudreaux, Baton Rouge; and faculty advisor David Con- stant, professor of civil and environmental engineering. The Hazardous Substance Research Center/South and Southwest, a consortium of LSU, Rice, Georgia Tech, and Texas A&M, and the LSU Department of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering, sponsored the LSU group, which was split into two teams. LSU has participated in the event for the last five years. One team’s project was to develop and demonstrate a separation technology for treatment of explosive-contaminated soil in a safe and cost-effective Loyd Bourgeois, Jude Mancuso, Michael Thompson, Jonathan Fourrier manner. The other team developed and and Jason Candella demonstrated a cost-effective method to remove uranium from drinking water. For both teams, their designs had to take into consideration the regulations around their proposals, legal issues, public participation and the overall cost to finance such an undertaking. “These students are outstanding among their peers,” said Abbas Ghasse- mi, executive director of WERC. “We hope that this experience will encourage them to continue their education in the environmental disciplines.” For more information, visit WERC at www.werc.net or call 1-800-523-5996. Josh Duplechain LSU Media Relations Melanie Boudreaux. Julie Reed, Shana Kunefke, Sarah Goldsmith and Lacey Yesse

Two environmental engineering stu- teams to provide solutions to environ- dent teams from LSU won several mental problems that were submitted by IN MEMORIAM awards, including first and second place private industry and government agen- finishes in two categories, at the 12th cies. The students prepared papers, annual International Environmental made oral presentations, and developed 1949 Design Contest held at New Mexico bench-scale demonstrations of their Charles Hogg, Jr., passed away State University. The teams also won solutions in competition for cash awards on March 7, 2001, in Baton the Overall Award in the Waste Man- and travel allowances exceeding Rouge. He is survived by his wife, agement Track, giving the students a $55,000. Betty Gladden Hogg. total of $6,000 for their efforts. The representatives from LSU were: The contest played host to more than Jonathan Fourrier, Baton Rouge; Loyd 350 students representing 25 universi- Bourgeois, Baton Rouge; Michael ties from throughout the United States, Thompson, Lake Charles; Jason Candel- India and Mexico. Sponsored by la, Opelousas; Jude Mancuso, Destre- WERC: A Consortium for Environ- han; Julie Reed, Port Barre; Lacey Yesso, mental Education and Technology Houma; Sarah Goldsmith, Baton Development, the contest challenged Rouge; Shana Kunefke, Denham

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CONSTRUCTION MANA G E M E N T D E PA R T M E N T

FROM THE CHAIR

HE Construction Management ated and have done an excellent job. TDepartment has continued to Contributions to the CM department gr ow in student population. Construc - for endowments continue with our tion Management (CM) declared majors Contractors Educational Trust Fund no w total 522 students and there are 54 (CETF) Endowed Chair, Professor students that are declared CM Minors. James Gill, named as the recipient of Due to the fantastic support of CM’s the Endowed Professor For Applied Pro- LSU Construction Industry Advisory fessional Ethics also from the CETF. Council (CIAC), CM will have sorely Additional Endowed Professorships needed additional classroom and office have been given to the CM department space once the renovation of the CEBA from Performance Contractors, Inc. and “boiler room” is completed. The project Cajun Constructors, Inc. Our sincere is set to be completed in the fall of thanks for their continued active inter- 2002. Faculty has been supplemented est and that of the CIAC. George M. Hammitt II very successfully by adjuncts also sup- George M. Hammitt II Chair plied by CIAC; they are greatly appreci-

ALUMNI NEWS

1973 1985 1993 Jim C. Peevey, Jr., is currently vice Rodney Laurent is vice president of Ty J. Sisung is a pipeline field special- president of operations at Grant General quality at Cook-Hurlbert, Inc. He lives ist at British Petroleum. He resides in Contractors. He resides in Encinitas, in Cedar Park, Texas, and enjoys fishing Belle Chasse, and enjoys exercise, deer California. and gardening. and duck hunting, and watching LSU 1982 1992 football and baseball. Alexander deVilleneuve Allain is David R. Johnson was recently pro- 2000 project manager with Ollinger-Mostellar moted to hazardous material manager at Charles Robert Bernhard is an esti- and Associates. He currently resides in ExxonMobil. He resides in Kenner. mator at Bernhard Mechanical Contrac- Mobile, Alabama. tors, Inc. 2002 Wilson Alvarez, Jr., is a project man- DEPARTMENT NEWS ager at Milton J. Womack, Inc. He resides in Baton Rouge. Richard William Clark is a project James H. Gill, Contractors Educational Trust Fund Chair and professional-in- engineer at Baker Concrete in Lake residence, was awarded the Contractors Educational Trust Fund Professorship for Jackson, Texas. Applied Professional Ethics. Mark Inman is an M.B.A. and law student at the University of Denver.

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E L E C T R I C AL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPA R T M E N T

FROM THE CHAIR

nological fields to our students. We the state information technology initia- graduated more than 60 undergraduate tive. At the same time, we are facing students and nine graduate students in tremendous challenges. The fast chang- the spring. Among them, five students ing technology in wireless communica- won the University Medal with a perfect tion, microelectronics, and computers, grade-point average. One of our Ph.D. which are the core of the information students was also awarded the first Col- technology initiative and the focus of lege of Engineering Exemplary Disserta- this department, demands constant tion Award at the Spring Commence- updating of our teaching and research ment. All these have been achieved with techniques and upgrading our teaching extremely meager resources available to and research facilities. We are vigorously the department. seeking support from various resources, Looking forward as the leading and contributions from corporations Kemin Zhou department of technological innovation and our alumni are most welcome and and revolution in this information era, greatly appreciated. We are very proud HE DEPARTMENT of Electrical we have ample opportunities to make a of our achievements and we are deter- Tand Computer Engineering is striv- significant impact on the state econom- mined to continue the excellence. ing to provide the best undergraduate ic development and have great potential Kemin Zhou Interim Chair and Oskar R. Menton and graduate education in leading tech- and capability to be the driving force for Professor of Electrical Engineering

ECE CHAIR RETIRES

Alan Ma r s h a k, department chairman, re t i red June 30, 2002. Faculty and staff held a re t i rement celebration in his honor on May 1. Marshak has worked with the depart m e n t since 1969, when he began as an assistant pro f e s s o r. In 1973, he was promoted to associate professor and in 1978 rose to the rank of full pro f e s s o r. In 1983, he was elected chairman and was named the F.H. Coughlin/CLECO Pro- fessor of Electrical Engineering in 1993. He re c e i ved his b a c h e l o r’s degree from the Un i versity of Miami in 1960, his Alan Marshak at retirement m a s t e r’s degree from LSU in 1962 and his Ph.D. from the celebration Un i versity of Arizo n a - Tucson in 1969. His areas of re s e a rc h include semiconductor device physics, device analysis, trans- Alan H. Marshak p o rt theory, and hetero j u n c t i o n s .

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INTERIM CHAIR NAMED WELCOME TO LSU

Kemin Zhou, Oskar K. Menton Benjamin Arazi, professor, received his Ph.D. in 1974 from University of Wit- Endowed Professor of Electrical Engi- watersrand in South Africa. His areas of specialization are information technolo- neering, has been named interim gy including communication, computer network, coding theory, and cryptogra- department chair for the Department of phy. Electrical and Computer Engineering. Xue-Bin Liang, assistant professor, received his Ph.D. in 2002 from University of Delaware. His areas of specialization are wireless communication, information DEPARTMENT theory, signal processing, linear and nonlinear systems, and neural computing. NEWS

Subhash Kak was awarded the Dis- ALUMNI NEWS tinguished Alumni Award of the India Institute of Technology, Delhi for the 1939 year 2002. October 8, 2001, in addition to their Charles Espy Reed is currently other three daughters. The family cur- Jagannatham Ramanujam, profes- enjoying retirement activities such as rently resides in Colorado Springs, Col- sor, has been promoted from associate investing and resides in New Orleans. orado. professor to professor. He is retired from Reed Unit-Fans, Inc. 1994 Kemin Zhou, Oskar K. Menton 1958 Tim S. Levron and his wife, Endowed Professor of Electrical Engi- David T. Harvey, Jr., is retired and Michelle, welcomed the birth of their neering, has been selected as associate living in Tallahassee, Florida. son, Timothy Joseph, on May 3, 2001. editor of the International Federation The family resides in Baton Rouge. 1962 of Automatic Control Journal-AUTO- 1995 MATICA. He serves as the associate Wayland P. Marcombe is an engi- Paul Joseph Mire is employed by editor of the SIAM Journal of Control neering consultant at Wayland P. Mar- Monsanto and resides in Destrehan. and Science Optimization, Systems and combe & Associates, Inc. He enjoys After a two-and-a-half-year assignment Control Letters and the Journal of Sys- studying Louisiana history and the in Brazil on the start-up of the Mon- tem Science and Complexity. genealogy of Acadians. santo RoundUp facility, he recently 1963 returned to the Luling plant to coordi- Charles Richard Sinclair is retired nate ISO-9000 efforts. from Mars, Inc. where he served as 1997 director of commodity purchasing. He IN MEMORIAM resides in Destin, Florida, and enjoys Robert Paul Decote is employed by offshore fishing and genealogy. Dominion Exploration and Produc- tion. He and his wife, Terri, reside in 1941 1977 Marrero. Jules Malcolm Miller, 82, passed Stephen Edward McMinn is presi- 2000 away January 18, 2002. He received dent and CEO of Chip Express Corp. his bachelor’s degree in electrical engi- He resides in San Jose, California. Brian Linxwiler is currently neering with a minor in aeronautical employed by Bently Nevada Corpora- 1979 engineering. He retired in 1972 after tion as a systems engineer at the serving 31 years with NASA. He was a Kevin Grizzaffi (M.S. EE 1982) is ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery. He resident of Hampton, Virginia, and is employed by Compaq. He and his and his wife, Amy, reside in Greenwell survived by his wife Betty Lear Miller. wife, Janeth, are celebrating the birth Springs. of their first baby, Matthew Joseph. 2002 1943 The family resides in Cypress. William Robert Johnson, Jr., passed Michelle Pivach is employed by 1987 away April 16, 1996. He was an avid Entergy in New Orleans. LSU football fan and a Lambda Chi Jean Elizabeth Donham Griesan and Travis John St. Pierre is an electrical Alpha fraternity alumnus. He is sur- her husband, Thomas, welcomed the engineer with Northrop Grumman vived by his wife, Ruth Johnson. birth of twin girls, Valerie and Lily, on Ship Systems in New Orleans.

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ECE FACULTY AIRCRAFT SAFETY PROJECT UPDATE AWARDED PATENT “AIRCRAFT SAFETY: Managing Control Upsets” is a NASA/LEQSF (Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund) research contract based at LSU and partnered by Three faculty members have been University of New Orleans and UL-Lafayette. Jorge L. Aravena, professor, is the awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and principal investigator. During the first year of activity the project produced over 15 Trademark Office. Martin Feldman, technical publications. Aravena was invited to present results at the 15th IFAC professor; Ahmed El-Amawy, Chevron World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, July 20–29. Team members, Daniel Campos- Endowed Professor of Engineering; and Delgado and Kemin Zhou, both from LSU, and X. Rong Li, from UNO, are also Ramachandran Vaidyanathan, associate presenting results at this congress. The team is also scheduled to participate at the professor, were issued a patent entitled 2002 Digital Avionics Systems Conference in October where Min Luo, a doctoral “Optical Slab Waveguide for Massive student with Aravena, will present additional results. High-speed Interconnects.” Martin Feldman, professor, and three MIT researchers, Henry I. Smith, Ken- Ichi Murooka, and Michael H. Lim, STUDENT NEWS have been issued a patent entitled Chuang Zhang, a Ph.D. student under the direction of Ashok Srivastava and “Adaptive Lithography Membrane Pratul K. Ajmera, won fourth place in the Student Paper Award Competition out of Masks.” 200 students’ papers submitted worldwide at the Institute of Electrical and Electron- ics Engineers (IEEE) 45th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Sys- tems on August 4-7, 2002 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The title of his paper is “A 0.8 V Ultra-Low Power CMOS Operational Amplifier Design.”

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INDUSTRIAL & M A N U FACTURING SYSTEMS ENGI- NEERING DEPA R T M E N T

FROM THE CHAIR

updated to a multimedia facility. New ter (Ph.D., Penn State). We are very computers were installed in the comput- glad to have these dynamic additions to er lab, which has been equipped with our department and look forward to new furniture. The main departmental their contributions to our further suc- office, including the chairman’s office, cess in academics and research. has been completely refurbished and In January of this year we began the carpeted. Room 3415 has also been Information Technology Apprenticeship redone with new enclosed and cubicles Program (ITAP) for graduate students. that can be locked for graduate stu- This program allows students to work dents. This was accomplished with in practical environments with small funds received from LSU CAPITAL, companies thereby receiving valuable which resulted from the Governor’s experience that will assist them in find- Thomas G. Ray Information Technology Initiative. This ing jobs. This fall, the graduate enroll-

HE DEPARTMENT facilities are fall, the lab for IE 4480 will be updated ment, as a result of ITAP, is expected to Tbeginning to take on a new appear- with approximately $57,000 in new increase significantly. ance with the changes of the last two to equipment. We would like also to congratulate three years. The machine shop has been We also have three new faculty mem- our new professors who were promoted relocated to the Engineering Annex bers joining us this fall. They are Craig recently: Warren Liao and Evangelos Building adjacent to the CEBA parking Harvey (Ph.D., Purdue), Xiaolin Jiang Triantaphyllou. lot. Our dedicated classroom has been (Ph.D., Toronto), and Charles McAllis- Thomas G. Ray Chair

RAY NAMED DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Thomas G. Ray, associate professor, has been appointed chairman of the Department for Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Ray received his Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1971 and conducted his doctoral research in the area of engineering economics with application to systems of interacting components. His areas of research include engineering economics, operations research, computer stimulation, quality control, and management information systems.

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WELCOME ALUMNI NEWS TO LSU

Craig Harvey received his Ph.D. 1966 1999 from Purdue. His areas of specializa- George Diedrich III is a Faisal Basrai is employed by Cadre tion are human factors and informa- broker/owner with Century 21 Acadia Systems, LLC as an application devel- tion systems. Realty in Thibodaux. oper and database analysis. He resides in Troy, Michigan. Xiaolin Jiang received his Ph.D. 1972 from Toronto. His areas of specializa- Paul Jubin Barron has been 2000 tion include information systems and employed by Bell South for 28 years Stephen Eugene Williams is a relia- statistics. and resides in Mandeville. bility engineer with Northrop Grum- man Ship Systems in New Orleans. Charles McAllister received his 1973 Ph.D. from Penn State. His areas of John Richard Creed has been pro- 2001 specialization include simulation, sta- moted to executive vice president and Christopher Reed is an industrial tistics, and stochastic processes. general manager at Firth Rixon Viking. engineer with Northrop Grumman He now resides in Reno, Nevada. Ship Systems/ Avondale Operations in New Orleans. 1998 Jaishankar Balasubramanian is 2002 IN MEMORIAM employed by International Paper. He Ericka Ruiz Diez is continuing her obtained his APICS CPIM certification graduate studies at LSU. in December 2001. 1947 Harold F. Kraus passed away March 24, 2000. He resided in Jef- ferson. DEPARTMENT NEWS 1960

Alfred LeBlanc Jr. passed away T. Warren Liao, associate professor, was invited by the National Science December 26, 2000. He resided in Council of Taiwan to visit several universities in Taiwan in February to present Port Allen. his past and current research work and to investigate possible future research collaborations.

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M E C H A N I C AL ENGINEERING D E PA R T M E N T

FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD

we are yet to break into the top 10 in not alone amongst universities in having any of these competitions, performance such permissive curricula. All told then, was markedly better than last year. Also, LSU offers an ME education which is at we were one of only two universities least comparable if not superior to that that competed in all three of these con- offered at more publicized universities. tests. And it does this at a fraction of the Sometimes proximity and familiarity tuition cost. So perhaps any Louisiana can lead people to undervalue local high school student going to an out-of- institutions compared to ones farther state university would be more appro- away. This can be the case with universi- priately described by an article on “Not ties. Under the headline “Bright Flight,” So Bright Flight.” a recent front-page article in the Advo- There is a reason why ME at LSU cate described how some of Southern lacks the prestige of some other Louisiana’s brightest high school stu- Mechanical Engineering Departments. dents were electing to pursue under- Rankings of ME departments typically graduate studies outside the state. In reflect research rather than education, Mechanical Engineering, this is general- and a number of other universities have Glenn Sinclair ly not a good choice. been more heavily involved in research While certainly there are other uni- over a far longer period than ME at HE DEPART M E N T of Me c h a n i c a l versities that have more nationally pub- LSU. However, times are changing. TEngineering (ME) had another licized ME departments than LSU, the Research dollars are up by a factor of good year in both teaching and research. mechanical engineering education 4.7 in the last decade so that now ME at As teachers, department faculty con- offered at LSU is second to none in my LSU has the highest per faculty funding tinue to be highly rated by students. opinion. Having just come from a rea- in the College of Engineering, and a The same students rate ME courses as sonably well recognized engineering comparable level with ME departments significantly more challenging and school (Carnegie Mellon, usually ranked at many research universities. Compan- demanding than other courses, even in the top ten), I can attest to this. ion research productivity is up by a fac- other courses in the College of Engi- Carnegie Mellon justly prided itself on tor of 6.1, and citations of this research neering. its teaching compared to other engi- up by a factor of 8.8, in the same peri- To complement our teaching, we neering schools that are primarily inter- od. This number of citations is also continue to try and improve our under- ested in research. Even so, I believe currently the highest in the college and graduate laboratories. While significant mechanical engineering education is comparable with many, more-estab- improvements were made in three of better at LSU for two reasons. First, lished, research universities. Unfortu- our labs in the previous year, there while Carnegie Mellon still has some nately it just takes time for the good remains much to be done. This year we fine teachers, on average the faculty here news to get out. upgraded two more labs and improved at LSU are better teachers: They are On a personal note, I really enjoyed student shop facilities. more committed to student learning my first full year here at LSU. I look Senior Design students performed and more competent at realizing this forward to working with faculty and exceptionally well this year. Some long- objective. Second, Carnegie Mellon has students this year as we continue to time observers of Senior Design judged a flexible curriculum which students strive to excel in both education and a number of projects to be among the like but results in the most popular sen- research. best ever. Senior Design also served as a ior elective being Weight Lifting: LSU Glenn Sinclair students have a more stringent curricu- Chair, Richard J. & Katherine J. Juneau platform for participating in three Distinguished Professor national competitions: Mini Baha, lum and consequently typically learn Mini Indy, and Super Mileage. While more. Furthermore, Carnegie Mellon is

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ME SENIORS AID PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED THROUGH PROJECT

Wheelchair-bound Chad Ferrand for Ferrand to safely exit the cart. now has more mobility around rough Carts have been made in which wheel- surfaces and uneven terrain thanks to chair-bound people can ride, but this seniors Rob Frater and Cordelle Seals. is the first cart made that a wheel- The two men have fabricated a golf chair-bound person can drive. cart that Ferrand can easily access and One obstacle encountered while use to travel during outings with fami- modifying the cart was the inadequate ly and friends. Ferrand proposed the length for a wheelchair on the floor of idea of a wheelchair accessible golf the cart. An additional 44” of length cart to the Mechanical Engineering Wheelchair accessible golf cart was necessary to compensate for the Department in fall 2001. The project wheelchair. The seats were not was accepted, and Frater and Seals removed because Ferrand has an began working with Guoqiang Li, attendant with him at all times thus a assistant professor of research, and seat is necessary, and the seat houses Su-Seng Pang, Jack Holmes Professor the battery. Also, Ferrand’s wheelchair of Engineering, serving as their faculty is not able to climb inclines greater advisors. The project was part of the than 35 degrees, so the two designers Senior Design Project class offered by built a ramp with an incline of 20 the Mechanical Engineering Depart- degrees. Safety tie-down straps and ment. Other projects included the side ramps were used to ensure that Mini-Indy and the Mini-Baja. Ferrand’s wheelchair would not roll This project’s three main goals were off or topple over during motion. to make a simpler way for Ferrand to After solving minor obstacles, all goals get on the cart, to keep Ferrand were met by the project designers. securely on the cart during travel and Cordelle Seals and Rob Frater

DEPARTMENT NEWS

Ramachandra Devireddy, assistant and Surface Layers,” at the Texas Cen- Technology Conference held in Hous- professor, has been invited to present ter for Superconductivity, University of ton on April 3-5, Pang was also recog- two lectures at the NATO Advanced Houston on May 3. nized with his fourth consecutive Frank Study Institute on Low Temperature Walk Service Award. He has served as and Cryogenic Refrigeration–Funda- Wen J. Meng has been promoted chair and vice-chair on several ASME mentals and Applications to be held with tenure to the rank of associate committees in addition to reviewing June 23- July 5, 2002, in Izimar, professor. technical papers for the ASME journal Turkey. The topics of his lectures are and conferences. “Cryobiology: Recent Advances and Su-Seng Pang, Jack Holmes Profes- Future Challenges” and “Differential sor of Engineering and associate vice Harris Wong gave a seminar titled Scanning Calorimetry of Cells and Tis- chancellor for strategic initiative, has “Capillary Driven Motion of Sold Thin sues During Freezing.” been elected Fellow of the American Films” at the University of Berkeley on Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fel- April 2, 2002. He has been promoted Efstathios Meletis, Gerald Cire and low is the highest grade of membership with tenure to associate professor. Lena Grand Williams Endowed Profes- of the ASME. The award acknowledges sor, presented a seminar on “Function- his outstanding achievements and con- ally Gradient, Multifunctional and Self- tributions to the engineering profes- organized Nanocomposite Thin Films sion. At the 2002 ASME Engineering

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WELCOME TO LSU

H. Dwayne Je r ro, assistant pro f e s s o r, re c e i ved his Ph.D. in 1999 from LSU. His area of specialization is composite m a t e r i a l s .

Dorel Moldovan, assistant professor, received his Ph.D. in 1999 from West Virginia University. Composite materials is his area of specialization.

Muhammad Wahab, assistant professor, received his Ph.D. in 1984 from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. His areas of specializations are fatigue and fracture mechanics, computational plasticity, modeling of welding processes and welded structures, solid mechanics, and stress analysis.

ALUMNI NEWS

1937 1947 1958 William R. Downs is retired from Franklin Willis Fidler is retired from Douglas Aircraft, where he worked for Plantation Pipe Line Co. and he is cur- 41 years. He enjoys aircraft restoration, rently residing in Carrollton, Georgia. church, writing, and golf. He resides in He enjoys fishing and traveling. Rancho Palos Verde, California. 1948 1942 Franklin Bryant Anderson is retired Gordon Weaver Hargis is a retired and resides in Hot Springs Village, TWA Captain and U.S. Air Force Arkansas. Colonel and resides in Ft. Worth, Victor A. Walter is retired from Fish Texas. He enjoys flying and reading avi- Engineering and Construction. He Norman Deumite ation publications and is a amateur resides in Missouri City, Texas. Norman Deumite, a native of Ober- radio operator. 1954 lin, was selected as a 2001 LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction hon- 1943 Hector De La Puente is retired from oree. While at LSU, he was a member Aerospace Corp. He is a resident of of the football team 1953–54. In 1978, Santa Monica, California. he founded Master Maintenance and 1957 Construction, Inc. and remains president and chairman of the board. He also founded North American Con- structors, Inc., Southern Security Ser- vices, and Plastic Technologies, Inc. Additionally, he serves a member of the board of directors of the Tiger Athletic Bert S. Turner Foundation and is involved with many other organizations. Deumite has also Bert S. Turner and his wife, Sue, received the LSU Football Coaches were honored on October 26, 2001, by Award and was elected to the LSU Ath- the LSU Foundation for their lifetime Carl Streva letic Department Hall of Distinction. contributions. Carl Streva served on the LSU Alum- 1944 ni Association Board of Directors for Hubert Edward Nolde is a retired the year 2001 and resides in Morgan cont’d.on page 34. U.S. Army Colonel and resides in City. Leesville.

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ALUMNI NEWS IN MEMORIAM Continued from page 33

Lawrence Richard Daniel, Jr., (1922-2002) 1961 passed away June 23, 2002, in Baton Rouge. Marvin M. “Mickey” Christensen Daniel received his bachelor’s degree in 1943 from (M.S. 1965) is a consultant with LSU and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. TQM Systems in Baton Rouge. He He joined the Louisiana Tech faculty in 1948 as a retired in 1993 from Dow Chemical. mechanical engineering professor. In 1962, he became head of the LSU mechanical engineering 1963 department, where he was responsible for creating Richard S. Serpas retired in 1995 the mechanical engineering doctoral program, after 32 years of service at NASA. He revising the curriculum to enhance laboratory currently resides in Houston, Texas. experiences, and initiating a partnership with L. R. Daniel, Jr. NASA, resulting in the NASA Research Initiation 1995 Support Program. He was an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Stephen M. Moret was recently fellow and member of several professional organizations including the American awarded an M.B.A. from the Harvard Legion and Knights of Columbus. Business School, where he also Driven by his passion for academics and for promoting the academic spirit at received the Dean’s Award for leader- LSU, he continued to teach after his retirement in 1985, donating his salary to ship and service. He will be joining the establishment of the L.R. Daniel Titled Professorship. The first $100,000 the Washington, D.C. office of McK- endowed fund was awarded in 1990, but contributions from family and friends insey & Company, an international continued. By the year 2000, the fund had reached the level of $200,000 and management consulting firm in 2002. therefore, changed to the L.R. Daniel Distinguished Professorship. Contributions 2001 have continued to the College of Engineering in his memory and have been utilized to build his distinguished professorship. Bruno Lozano is a process equip- Daniel is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mary Danos Daniel, three children ment engineer at John Deere Har- (all LSU alumni) and six grandchildren. vester Works. He resides in Rock The Mechanical Engineering Department and LSU has lost a founder, major Island, Illinois. benefactor, and pillar to the department. We will all miss him dearly. 2002 1948 David Rushing works as a systems Guy E. Templet passed away December 11, 2001, in Baton Rouge. engineer associate for Lockheed-Mar- tin in Marietta, Georgia.

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CRAFT AND HAWKINS D E PA R T M E N T O F PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

FROM THE CHAIR

bined with the federal offshore, is the Future planned activities include: number one producer of oil and the ■ Increase the Research and Technology number two producer of natural gas in Transfer activity at the full scale Well the country. Facility. The facility will support two The Craft & Hawkins Department of areas: well control and blowout pre- Petroleum Engineering has continuous- vention; and offshore/deepwater ly served this economic sector by pro- drilling, completion, and production viding professional education and high activities. quality training to meet the need for ■ Create and maintain a Research and engineers, managers, and researchers. Technology Transfer Laboratory for The department has also been a regional improved recovery technologies. Zaki A. Bassiouni center for advanced education, research, ■ Create and maintain a Research and HE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY and technology transfer. These activities Technology Transfer initiative in geo- Tis one of the leading industries in have, and will continue to, enhance the logical/geophysical/ engineering reser- Louisiana and has direct and indirect level of technologies used to safely drill voir characterization. impact in excess of $92 billion on the for and efficiently produce the state’s oil Zaki A. Bassiouni John W.Rhea Jr. Professor of state economy. Louisiana, when com- and gas resources. Engineering & Chevron Endowed Professor of Engineering

PETE AND RANDY SMITH TRAINING SCHOOLS PARTNER TO PROVIDE TRAINING

The Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering has teamed up with the Randy Smith Training Schools (RSTS), a leading worldwide provider of technical, management, and water-based safety training. The partners have reached an agreement whereby RSTS will offer its customers live well control training for the prevention of oil and gas well blowouts conducted by LSU’s Petroleum Engineering Research and Technology Transfer Laboratory to complement RSTS training. This training emphasizes hands-on control of water and natural gas kicks in actual wells kick behavior, practice using rig equipment and confidence when implementing well control procedures.

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ALUMNI NEWS DEPARTMENT NEWS Zaki Bassiouni, John Rhea Jr. Pro- 1950 1972 fessor, Chevron Endowed Professor John J. Daigre resides in Lafayette. of Engineering, and department He is currently retired and enjoys play- chairman, has been recognized for 25 ing golf. years of service to LSU. 1950 James D. Stahl is retired from Pennzoil Co. He resides in Sugarland, Texas. IN MEMORIAM 1955 1941 Jerry Shea, Jr. Jerry Shea, Jr., was inducted into the LSU Alumni Hall of Distinction in 2001. He is president of both Bayou Management Service L.L.C. in New Iberia, Louisiana, and Bayou Coating L.L.C. in Baton Rouge. He and his wife, Beverly, live in New Iberia. 1983 Lodwrick Cook Raymond Joseph Battalora is the Dalton John Woods Lodwrick Cook served on the 2001 senior fire protection engineer at Board of Directors for the LSU Alumni Schirmer Engineering Corp. He is a Dalton John Woods, a native of Association. resident of Richardson, Texas. Crossett, Arkansas, and a resident of Shreveport, passed away October 14, 1956 1986 2001, after a struggle with cancer. Ernest Angelo, Jr., is currently a Spencer W. Turpin III is regional Woods served as CEO of Dalwood managing partner at Discovery Explo- vice president with Corrpro Co., Inc. Corporation and Woods Operating ration. He was appointed by George W. He currently resides in Houston, Texas. Co. Inc. He is a past member of the Bush as vice chairman of the Texas LSU Board of Supervisors and past 2002 Parks and Wildlife Commission and chairman of the LSU Foundation in served as Republican National Com- Marcel P. Tullier is a drilling engi- Shreveport. He has received the LSU mitteeman for Texas from 1976-1996. neer with Conoco, Inc. in Houston, Foundation President’s Award for life- He enjoys hunting and fishing and is a Texas. time support, and he was honored as father of four and a grandfather of six. Alumnus of the Year 2000 by the LSU Alumni Association. Billie Joe Hughes resides in Hollister, 1948 Missouri. He is retired from Texaco and is the owner of Alpenrose Inn in Bran- Hollie H. Rushing passed away Jan- son, Missouri. He enjoys gardening, uary 29, 2002, in Homer. sports and talking to visitors in Bran- 1950 son. Richard B. Buron passed away Jan- uary 23, 2002, in Tyler, Texas, at the age of 75. He grew up in Shreveport and was a retired manager of drilling operations for Placid Oil Company in Dallas. He is survived by his wife Jack- ie Buron, a son, R.B. Buron, and a daughter, Mary Buron. He was a resident of Mineola, Texas.

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DEVELOPMENT A C T I V I T I E S

FROM THE DIRECTOR

HE PAST YEAR has been a great the $100,000 level to the $200,000 Tyear for development in the College level or more. There are now 32 distinguished professorships endowed for of Engineering highlighted by: $200,000 to $1,000,000 each, for a ■ the $7.5 million pledge by Gordon total of about $12,000,000. In addi- Cain ($2.5 million will fund a com- tion, there are 66 professorships munications project for engineers and endowed for $100,000 or more for a scientists); total value of about $8,500,000. ■ over $1 million from ExxonMobil and Earnings from these professorships its employees; and provide a salary supplement for those ■ 14 new or expanded professorships professors allowing the LSU College of during the first six months of 2002. Engineering to secure and keep top They are detailed below. level faculty. Edward J. Steimel Five more donors have upgraded their Director of Development Edward J. Steimel professorships during the past year from Director of Development

ENGINEERING ALUMNUS GORDON A. CAIN PLEDGES $7.5 MILLION

Bef o r e his death in Oct o b e r , cr eate a mobile science center to benefit Louisiana science LSU engineering alumnus and teachers and the $3 million Gor don A. Cain Chair in the cen- Rayville native, Gor don A. Cai n , te r . An additional portion will be used to establish the Gord o n pledged $7.5 million to the Uni - A. Cain Communications Project. This proj e c t ’s purpose is to ver s i t y , $2.5 million of which will de v elop written and oral communication skills of future engi- fund a Communications Proj e c t neers and scientists. His donation is establishing a Bio t e c h n o l - for engineering and science stu- ogy Education for Students and Teachers Program at the LSU dents. The pledge was made with Agricultural Center. This will offer Louisiana’s top high school the idea of increasing LSU’s abili- teachers and students the opportunity to participate in sum- ty to produce highly qualified sci- mer study programs at LSU and provide for undergraduate, entists and engineers to serve graduate and postdoctoral science training programs at LSU. Louisiana. Having given a total Cain, a 1933 graduate in chemical engineering, rec e i v ed an Gordon A. Cain of $21 million, Cain and his ho n o r a r y Ph.D. and was awarded the LSU Foundation Pres i - wi d o w, Mar y, are the leading philanthropists of LSU. de n t ’s Awa r d for Lifetime Sup p o r t in 1993 and the LSU Ca i n ’s latest pledge will establish the Cain Science Challenge Alumni Association’s Alumnus of the Year award in 1989. for Louisiana to support K-12 science, mathematics, and tech- Cain was inducted into the Engineering Hall of Distinction in nology studies. Another part of the donation will go towa r d 1992. In 1998, the Dep a r tment of Chemical Engineering was the expansion of the Center for Scientific and Mat h e m a t i c a l named the Gor don A. and Mar y Cain Dep a r tment of Chemi- Li t e r a c y , which will be renamed the Gor don A. Cain Center cal Engineering to reflect the Cains’ significant gifts to the for Scientific and Mathematical Literacy. This expansion will de p a r tment.

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EXXONMOBIL AWARDS $250,000 EXXONMOBIL MATCHES TO COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTIONS

Ex xo n Mobil Exe c u t i ve Vice President Ha r ry Longwe l l The ExxonMobil announced that the corporation will be donating $250,000 to Foundation presented the College of Engineering over a five year span to establish a LSU with a check for scholarship program and to support minority engineering stu- $905,951 on June 5, dents. 2002. The total repre- The scholarships are given to those who rank in the top 25 sents the three to one of their high school class and have scored at least a 26 com- match that the compa- posite on the AC T. Priority will be given to underre p re s e n t e d Chancellor Mark Emmert, ExxonMobil ny makes on behalf of minority applicants. Executive Vice President Harry Long- its 250 employees, The LSU Foundation has worked closely with Ex xo n Mo b i l well, and President William Jenkins retirees, spouses and and Truman Bell of the Ex xo n Mobil Foundation over the directors who donate to the university throughout the year. past few months to establish the scholarship. This year’s employees and affiliates total donation of $307,659 “The College of Engineering appreciates the strong support added to the company match brings the total amount given to it continues to re c e i ve from Ex xo n Mobil,” said Dean Pi u s $1,213,610. Egbelu. “The relationship between the college and Ex xo n Mo- “Most of the gift and matching funds become permanent bil is a model of what true industry - u n i versity partnership in assets of the University through endowments. More than 150 education should be. This gift is a reconfirmation of that endowed professorships and scholarships are being funded by p a rt n e r s h i p. ” ExxonMobil employees and retirees who obtain matching gifts,” said LSU Foundation President Cecil Phillips. The check was presented to LSU by Harry Longwell, executive vice president of ExxonMobil Corp. Longwell graduated from LSU in 1963 with a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering. Since 1962, the ExxonMobil Gift Matching program has provided more than $250 million in matching funds to pro- mote higher education in the United States.

NEW PROFESSORSHIPS

The year 2002 started off with a $5,000 contribution since 1990. And- tion of the second half of this $200,000 bang. In January alone, the equivalent ing, a 1948 chemical engineering alum- professorship. of 12 $100,000 professorships were nus, and his wife Adele, have previously established. Some of them, anticipated created two $200,000 Distinguished in the fall 2001 Engineering News, were Professorships. It is their intention that erroneously reported as four professor- on funding completion in two years, ships from the Roy Paul Daniels this professorship will be added to one bequest, in fact, became the equivalent of the two Anding Distinguished Pro- of seven $100,000 professorships. Pro- fessorships in Chemical Engineering. fessorships secured in 2002 include:

Roy Paul Daniels Roy Paul Daniels Distinguished Pro- fessorship #1 and #2, each for $200,000, Roy Paul Daniels Professor- ship #3, and two others established through his bequest: Michel B. Voorhies Professorship #2 and Paul M. F.Hugh Coughlin Horton Memorial Professorship. Roy Adele & Robert D.Anding F. Hugh Coughlin/CLECO Distin- Paul Daniels’ estate recently established Robert D. & Adele Anding Profes- guished Professorship in the Depart- 16 professorships totaling over $1 mil- sorship in Chemical Engineering was ment of Electrical and Computer Engi- lion. With the Board of Regents’ match, initiated by the Anding’s 13th annual neering was created through the addi- the total will exceed $1.7 million.

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NEW PROFESSORSHIPS Michel B. Voorhies Distin- Daniels graduated from LSU in 1926 guished Professor- with a bachelor’s degree in chemical ship was complet- engineering. He served as director of ed by adding the laboratories at the Gulf Oil Corporation fourth $100,000 Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. of this $400,000 professorship for Elaine T. & Donald Cecil Delaune the chairman of Distinguished Professorship in Electri- Ernest R. & Iris M. Eldred Michel Voorhies sorship. Upon completing his studies in the Department of cal and Computer Engineering was ini- Electrical Engineering. tiated by the Elaine & Donald 1962, he began representing the State of Louisiana as a private contract attorney, Gerald Cire Delaune’s funding of the second half of Williams & Lena a $200,000 Distinguished professor- during which he aided the state in receiving more than $275 million in Grand Williams ship, which they expect to complete in Distinguished 2003. royalty payments. After 43 years in practice, he retired in 2001 and pub- Professorship in Clarence M. lished the book “Louisiana Landowners Mechanical Engi- Eidt, Jr. Professor- Oil and Gas Handbook.” neering was begun ship was estab- through a contri- lished in June 2002 bution toward the Dr. Fred H. with an initial gift Gerald Williams second half of a Fenn Memorial match by Exxon- professorship begun by Mr. & Mrs. Professorship of Mobil Education Gerald Williams in 1991. Engineering was Foundation. Eidt established by has already com- Wooley Profes- Clarence M. Eidt Richard and pleted a $200,000 Betty Fenton in sorship in Engi- Distinguished Professorship, and this me m o r y of Fen n , neering Mechanics latest gift will either begin a new profes- who served from was created by sorship or be added to his distinguished Richard and Betty Gary R. Wooley, a Fenton 1957 to 1961 as professorship, at his discretion. Eidt, a dean of the College of Engineering. Houston alumnus 1962 graduate of LSU’s chemical engi- Richard Fenton earned his bachelor’s who graduated in neering department, served many years degree in electrical engineering in 1936 1969 with his as a member and chairman of the and his master’s degree in the same field bachelor’s degree in department’s advisory council. He Gary Wooley in 1939. In 1939, he joined the LSU mechanical engi- retired in 1998 as president of Exxon faculty teaching engineering mechanics neering, and master’s degree and Ph.D. Research and Engineering. until 1946, when he went to work for in engineering science in 1970 and St a n d a rd Oil Company. After 34 ye a r s , 1972, respectively. Wooley also serves on the College’s Advisory Council. Ernest R. and Iris M. Eldred Profes- he re t i red from Ex xon. Betty Schneider sorship in Petroleum Engineering has Fenton earned her bachelor’s in art s been created by the Eldreds. Ernest and sciences from LSU in 1946, and Eldred is both an alumnus of petroleum she served the Delta Zeta sorority for engineering and the LSU Law Center, 30 years, including nine years as a where the couple also created a profes- national officer.

IN MEMORIAM

Lucille W. Sullins, wife of the late Roy S. Sullins, died October 16, 2002. Prior to her death, Sullins created a charitable remainder trust to fund a $1 million endowed chair in her husband’s memory which supports an eminent scholar in the offshore petroleum technology area. She also contributed to the R. “Phatz” Sullins Memorial Fund to support expansion and maintenance of the R.S. Sullins Deepwater Offshore Petroleum Technology Center. The College of Engineering and Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering are deeply saddened by the loss of such a wonderful benefactor. The Sullins’ name will live on in the college for years to come.

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NEW SCHOLARSHIPS ALUMNUS LEAVES INSURANCE POLICIES TO LSU

Nordine and Henry Arnaud Zaki A. Bassiouni

Henry & Nordine Arnaud Scholar- Zaki A. Bassiouni Scholarship in Lester C. Gerard, Jr. ship in Petroleum Engineering was Petroleum Engineering was established Lester C. Gerard, Jr., 1949 chemical established at $15,000 by the couple’s in the amount of $20,000 by Frederick engineering graduate, passed away on two daughters and their families to E. Beck, Randy Limbaucher, and January 25, 2002, and left four insur- honor Henry and Nordine Arnaud from William H. Stone to honor Zaki A. ance policies, with proceeds totaling Arnaudville. Henry Arnaud received his Bassiouni, chairman of the Craft and $70,725, to the LSU College of Engi- bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineer- Hawkins Department of Petroleum neering for the Gerard Family Under- ing from LSU in 1949. Arnaud worked Engineering, who has served the Uni- graduate Scholarship. for Union Oil and enjoyed drilling in versity since 1977. Ger a r d rec e i v ed both his bachelor’s and the Gulf of Mexico. The scholarship Stokes & Spiehler–J.R. Spiehler Jr. ma s t e r ’s degrees from LSU. He served in recipient must be a junior or senior with Endowed Scholarship in Petroleum the Army and worked in the Coast Gua r d at least a 2.70 grade-point average. Pref- Engineering is funded by Stokes & Aux i l i a r y in Nor th Carolina and erence will be given to students who are Spiehler in the amount of $50,000 to Del a w a r e. Ger a r d was a member of the employed part-time for a minimum of honor J.R. Speihler, Jr. The recipient of American Institute of Chemical Eng i - 10 hours per week. The scholarship has this scholarship must be a full-time LSU neers. After 31 years, he ret i r ed as senior been established to reward petroleum undergraduate student enrolled in chemical engineer with DuP ont and is engineering students from the Acadiana petroleum engineering. parishes. su rv i v ed by his wife Miriam Ger a rd . CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES

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ALUMNI CONTINUE TO SUPPORT COLLEGE

HE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING wishes to thank all alumni who have contributed to the Alumni En d owment TCampaign. With your help, the drive has exceeded $1.8 million to date. The contributions helped to provide scholarships and fellowships to engineering students, purchase and maintain the latest equipment, and provide professional deve l o p m e n t activities to bright, talented faculty members. Beginning this fall, the College of Engineering will initiate the Alumni Annual Fund. As in the past, pledges of $25 to $2,000 over a period of five years, including company match funds, will be requested through efforts such as mass mailings and telemarketing campaigns. ■ All contributions, regardless of size, are recognized in the college’s annual newsletter, Engineering News. ■ Alumni and friends who contribute $1,000 or more annually, will be added to the Engineering Dean’s Council and will be recognized at an annual social hosted by Dean Pius Egbelu. ■ Pledges of $2,000 or more will be specially recognized with an embossed metal plate in the College’s Hall of Honor located in the west entrance hallway of CEBA.

“FOR THE MANY FRIENDS AND ALUMNI WHO REMEMBERED US IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR IN GIFTS AND OTHER FORMS OF DIRECT SUPPORT, I WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEVELOP SOME PROGRAMS, WHICH WE CONSIDER VITAL FOR A 21ST CENTURY ENGINEERING EDUCATION. YOUR SUPPORT MADE A BIG IMPACT ON BOTH STUDENTS AND FACULTY. TO THOSE WHO ARE YET TO GIVE, I INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN THE PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT LSU THE BEST IT CAN BE. THE RIGHT TIME TO HELP IS NOW.” -Dean Pius Egbelu

Below is a listing of donors who pledged $2,000 or more to the 2001-2002 Alumni Funds:

DONOR DEPARTMENT YEAR

Armand Salvador Abay CHE 1976 Dennis J. Alexander ECE 1968 Marion Paul Broussard CHE 1949 Michael W. Burcham CHE 1993 Charles Otto Childress PETE 1948 George Allen Daniels CHE 1963 R. Lee Davis CEE 1949 Edward G. Galante Friend of the College of Engineering Chad Michael Hadaway ECE 1999 David Thompson Harvey, Jr. ECE 1958 Neil H. Klock, Jr. PETE 1960 John Patterson Lester, Jr. ECE 1984 Joseph Earl Landry CHE 1966 Dana Gerald McCarty PETE 1941 Coleman Lilley McVea CHE 1943 Freeman Louis Morgan, Jr. CHE 1954 James Noel Morris, Jr. CHE 1964 Darryl Andrew Pope ME 1989 Paul Emil Purser Aeronautical 1939 Bruce Alan Smith PETE 1987

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ALL DONATIONS

Individual Judy B. Brittenum Raleigh L. Cox William J. Furr Contributors John B. Brock III Fielding B. Craft Jesse W. Fussell 2001-2002 Justin E. Brothen Doris M. Craig Edward G. Galante Armand S. Abay Marion P. Broussard John H. Crawford Harvey M. Gandy John R. Abel Arthur E. Bruington Robert B. Crawford, Jr. James P. Garitty Lisa M. Abel Harry H. Bryan, Jr. Jacques J. Creppel August E. Garofalo, Jr. Victor M. Agostinelli, Jr. Michael S. Brzezinski, Jr. William G. Creveling Elmo V. Gautreau Dennis J. Alexander Jack J. Bunton John L. Crochet, Jr. Wilson T. Gautreaux, Jr. Claudia Alexandroff Michael W. Burcham James E. Cross Roy D. Gerard Bruce J. Alexius Joseph F. Butterworth, Jr. John R. Cross Biswajit Ghosh Charles H. & Margaret Allen James R. Byrd Randal D. Crum Carroll J. Gibson Jose F. Alvarez Kimberly D. Cagnolatti Richard C. Cullerton Robert V. Gilbert Edward A. Amar, Jr. Frank L. Calandro, Jr. Michael A. Curole Frederick D. Gillespie Edwin L. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Augustus G. Caldwell Laura C. Daniel Gregory W. Gladish Mr. & Mrs. Melvin W. Anderson Charles Caldwell Anthony B. Daniels, Jr. Dr. William E. Godfrey II Warren R. Anderson John R. Calhoun George A. Daniels Jimmy D. Goff, Jr. Oscar S. Andras, Jr. Roselle M. Calongne Franklin Dartez Julian N. Goldberg Alvin J. Angel, Jr. Thomas O. Calvit Robert L. Davis David W. Goldsmith, Jr. Lawrence A. Appenfeller Deborah B. Cameron Hector De la Puente James E. Goodwin Ara Arman John P. Campbell, Jr. Donald C. Delaune Eugene C. Gordon, Jr. William T. Armistead Kenneth B. Campbell Elaine T. Delaune Aubrey L. Gouner, Jr. Juan P. Aroix Mr. & Mrs. William F. Campbell Louis P. Dewenter, Jr. Bradley R. Govreau Randall K. Ashford Philip J. Candella Charles F. Diehl Fred W. Gowdy Ronald W. Atchley Quentin P. Cannatella Patrick M. Dietrich Joanne D. Granier Teresa C. Atkins Donald J. & Janet Cantrelle Gretchen A. Dilday Kelley L. Green Robert E. Babcock Anthony J. Cardell David A. Diliberto Michael A. Greene Joe T. Baker Alan W. Carlton Frederick J. Dodge Jean D. Griesan Jan Barlow, Jr. John N. Carmena Frederick J. Doty Debra L. Guest Joseph L. Barthel James F. Carraway William R. Downs Mr. & Mrs. Roger P. Guissinger Hugh B. Barton Edgar C. Carter Peter A. Dragna Arnold J. Gully William E. Bastable Mr. & Mrs. John H. Cartwright Donald T. Drummond Tedmund D. Habetz Jerry L. & Mitzi Bates Joseph A. Cataldo Tracy S. Drummond Chad M. Hadaway James W. Bean Michael K. Cazayoux George W. Duchmann, Jr. Glynn E. Hadskey Lawrence F. Becnel, Jr. Louis D. Cazes Rushing E. Ducote Charles W. Hair, Jr. Stephen E. Becnel Walter J. Champagne III Conrad M. Ducros, Jr. Thomas J. Hampton Jo A. Benit Thomas S. Chance Peter T. Dudley Carol E. Hanks Minnie S. Bennett Charles W. Chapoton, Jr. Douglas D. Duhon Jeffrey S. Hanor William C. Benton Charles E. Chassay Lamar L. Duhon Carey J. Hardaway Kenneth S. Berrigan Sam J. Chauppette Archie N. Duplantis, Jr. Eric H. Harlan William C. & Claudette Bethea Kerry J. Chauvin John P. Dupre Leigh M. Harris Randall D. Bickley Bernard L. Cheatham Jack R. Eaton David T. Harvey, Jr. Paul L. Bienvenu Edward L. Chenevert Ernest R. Eldred Jeffrey J.Harwell Philip R. Blanchard Samuel D. Childers Ervie A. Ellender Donalyn Hassenboehler Edward J. Blasi Charles O. Childress Daniel P. Elliott Fred M. Haston, Jr. Thomas S. Boggess, Jr. Carlos J. Christina Betty L. Ellis Rajiv M. Hattangadi Stephen C. Boivin Evelyn B. Christman James Elphick John C. Hawkins Richard N. Bollinger Edwin R. Chubbuck Wilbert A. Ensenat Murray F. Hawkins, Jr. Darryl A. & Gail Bordelon Francis L. Clarke, Jr. Cornelia L. Fabre Samuel W. Hazlip III Donald M. & Claudette Bordelon James O. Cleveland Frank A. Faget Mr. & Mrs. James P. Heaslip Daniel S. Borné Richard W. Cloy Mildred M. Feazel Albert L. Hermann Richard E. & Mignon Bosse James M. Coleman Richard F. Fenton, Jr. Sharon F. Hewitt Harding W. Bossier Harold E. Colvard Kenneth J. Finley Frederick M. Hill, Jr. Alvin J. Boudreaux II Robert A. Comeaux Marc F. Fontaine Davidson D. Hinckley Michael J.Boudreaux Ronald R.Compton James W. Fontenot Jack H. Hingle Harold C. Bourgeois Gloria C. Connan Leonard G. Fontenot Elsie O. Holmes Adam T. Bourgoyne, Jr. Lodwrick M. Cook Jerry D. Fourroux Jack R. Hopper Kenneth S. Bourque Robert F. Cope III Duard D. Franklin, Jr. Stephen A. Hornsby Patrick A. Brazan Harold C. & Mary Corbell Kathleen A. Franklin David R. Horos Neil P. Brechtel Ellen E. Covington James L. French Nancy N. Hosman Robert W. & Leslie Brewer Mickey D. Cox Felicien F. Fullmer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James S. Hotard

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Bruce I. Hovey Richard J. Lewandowski Donald A. Olivier Ernest C. Singletary Anne G. Howe David R. Lewis Leah C. Oubre Patrick N. Siudy George R. Huddleston, Jr. William H. Lewis Robert C. Overall, Jr. Joseph P. & Debra Slattery Harry Hufft Charles A. Lipari Jackson A. Pace Bruce A. Smith Billie J. Hughes Harry J. Longwell John C. Palotta John R. Smith Howard H. Hughes II Alfredo Lopez Brett A. Parks Margaret E. Smith Jeffrey R. Hughes Wilton J. Lowe, Jr. Gary P. Parks Murray H. Smith William B. Huthnance Jake B. Lowenhaupt Michael F. Passman Stewart V. Smith Thomas H. Hutto, Jr. Lamar E. & Sandra Loyd Kenneth R. Pate Daniel B. Snyder Robert E. Ingraham, Jr. Thomas T. Luong Howell B. Payne, Jr. Walter A. Soefker III Charles E. Isdale, Sr. Violet B. Lux William D. Percy James L. Spencer William A. Iturralde Mamerto G. & Margaret Luzarraga Dean E. Pere Raymond J. St.Germain William B. Jackson, Jr. Dwight M. Lyman Anicet J. Perk Hansen H. Steele Dan E. Jacobsen Arthur R. Machin George H. Perry John H. Steele Bernice B. Jeffers Clayton R. Mahaffey, Sr. Capt. Samuel B. Petters Sandra A. Stephens Robert E. Jelley Ned G. Mahfouz John C. Pilman William H. Stone Wayne D. Jensen Lt. Col. Eugene L. Main Dalton L. Pollet Carl J. Streva Rene V. Joffrion, Jr. Dallas J. Martin Darryl A. Pope Tom Stroud Emmett F. Jones, Jr. John L. Martinez Daniel H. & Kay Priestly Christopher N. Stuart Robert M. Jordan Roger C. Massey Frank L. Pritchard Dorothy P. Stuart Alfred H. Joseph Robert L. Matens Richard M. Quinn Mr. & Mrs. Samuel E. Stubbs James W. Joyner Mr. & Mrs. Gene J. Matranga Paul D. Ramagos Felipe J. Suarez John B. Juneau Lee V. Maurin Brian L. Ramaker Frank J. Sunseri Eric I. Kalivoda Mark A. Mayfield C.E. Reed Eric J. Talbot George L. Kanaan Michael B. McAdam David J. Reiling Lawrence C. Tarbell, Jr. Reena Kazmann Mr. & Mrs. A. D. McCarty Joseph A. Reine, Jr. Steven E. Tate William M. Kazmann Michael E. McCauley Rene A. Richard Christopher G. Tauzin Donald W. Keller Thomas E. McConnell, Jr. Van J. Richard William E. Thibodeaux Ronald R. Keller George E. McInnis Charles R. Riemer Adele Thorell Thomas C. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Edward McLaughlin Jack L. Robbins Warren J. Tison Drs. William E. & Carolyn Kergosien Kenneth E. McMinn Norman K .Roberts Herman F. Torres, Jr. Winston E. Kile Edwin B. McNeil Frank Robin Jerry F. Trauth John C. Kilroy III Coleman L. McVea John O. Roderique Brent L. Tregre James E. Kinard Joseph C. Mehrhoff Sarah S. Rogers Wesley S. Trindal Karl G. & Sheri Kinler Mildred V. Menton Stephen A. Rohleder Joanne B. Troth Larry J. Kinler Steven A. Metzger Marvin D. Roof Dean D. Tsai Joseph A. Kleinpeter John J. Meyer Edna M. Rosenberg Paul Tsimortos Neil H. Klock, Jr. David L. Miller Vernon J. Rousseau Mehmet T. Tumay Eric M. Kocian David L. Miller Patricia C. Roussel Bert S. Turner James E. Kreko William H. Miller James F. Roy Philip A. Tweedy, Jr. John J. Lacour Frank P. Mineo Richard L. Rusch James E. Upton Cherie E. Lafleur Lewis E. Miremont Anthony G. Salvaggio Oris D. Vaughn Paul M. Lagarde, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Mixon III Travis P. Sandidge Burton L. Viator Jeffrey P. Lahr Warren J. Molaison Russell Saragusa Percy B. Vinet, Jr. Sidney F. Lambert III Charles F. Moore David E. Sartain Gerald A. Vulliamy Tommy A. Lambert Mark L. Morgan Edward A. Schmitt Oliver E. Wager, Jr. Willie M. Lancaster Robert W. Morgan Sylvia F. Schreiner Donald E. Wagner Alvin L. Landry James N. Morris, Jr. Martin C. Schroeder, Jr. Frank H. Walk Bryan Landry, Jr. Mabel B. Moseley Mr. & Mrs. K. G. Scroggs Dr. Cleveland S. Waterman Glen R. Landry James E. Moss David F. Sellen John W. Waters Joseph E. Landry Edward Q. Moulton J.D. Seré Joseph L. Wax Lambert P. Landry Charles M. Munley, Jr. Kelly B. Serio James B. Welsh Edmond J. Langhetee III John R. Murphey, Jr. Myrtle M. Servat Kenneth K. Welshons, Jr. Dennis E. Lastrapes Michael C. Murphy Arthur T. Shankle Edward B. Wharton Christine B. Law Carey J. Naquin Warren C. Shankle, Jr. Robert W. Whelove, Jr. William F. Lawless, Sr. Ward H. Nash III Jerry E. Shea, Jr. Warren N. White Earl J. LeBlanc, Jr. Col. Gilbert H. Newman Julie A. Sheffield Van P. & Gail Whitfield Francis J. LeBlanc Thomas E. Nicotre Andrew J. Shoup, Jr. Colleen M. Williams Gordon S. LeBlanc, Jr. David M. O’Brien Chester P. Siess Ernestlea D. Williams Henry P. LeBlanc, Jr. Morgan P. O’Brien Walter H. Silver Gerald C. Williams, Sr. Joseph R. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Herbert E. O’Niell James U. Simmons Guy N. Williams Paul D. Leinweber Victor Obadiah Kirk J. Simoneaux James H. Williams John P. Lester, Jr. John M. Olive Irene E. Simpson R.W. Wilson, Jr.

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Steven C. Wolcott Citgo Petroleum Corporation International Paper Co. Foundation Raytheon Co. Raymond E. Woodall CLECO Intralox, Inc. Reliant Resources Foundation James B. Young Compaq Computer Corporation ISC Robert D. and Adele W. Anding Fund Abdel Qader M. Zamamiri Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Inc. J W Grand Inc. General Contractor S. and A. Consulting W.J. Zeringue, Jr. Conoco, Inc. James Industrial Constructors LLC SABIC Americas, Inc. Lida L. Ziegler Contractors Educational Trust JE Merit Constructors SAE Supermileage David R. Zimmer Cox Communications, Inc. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Saint-Gobain Corporation CPU Technology, Inc. Kansas City Samson Industrial-Imprest Accounting Corporate Crawler Supply Company, Inc. John E. & Nellie J. Bastien Memorial Founda- Schlumberger Foundation Inc Contributors Dolese Bros Co. tion Sempra Energy 2001-2002 Dow Chemical Co. Foundation Johnson Company, Inc. Shaw Group, Inc. Duke Energy Foundation K W F Oil Company, Inc. Shell Oil Company Foundation Albemarle Corporation Dykes Electric, Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation SJB Group, Inc. Alcoa Foundation Earl L. Nelson-Contacts Lens Louisiana Association of General Contractors, Specialty Application Services American Institute of Chemical Engineers El Paso Energy Foundation Inc. State Farm Company Foundation American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Engineers and Constructors International, Inc. Louisiana Companies Stokes & Spiehler USA, Inc. American Standard Foundation Entergy Services, Inc. Mapp Construction, Inc. Stone Energy Corporation Amite City Ford, Inc. Equiva Services LLC Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC Syngenta Anderson Industrial Scaffolding Estate of Lester C. Gerard, Jr. Marathon Oil Company (USX) Texaco Philanthropic Foundation Angelo Iafrate Construction LLC Estate of Roy Paul Daniels Mark & Carolyn Guidry Foundation Triad Electric & Controls, Inc. Applied Mechanics, Inc. ETEC McDermott, Inc. Turner Industries, LLC Arkel Constructors, Inc. Excel Group, Inc. McLaughlin Gormley King Co. Unocal Corporation Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. ExxonMobil Foundation Medical Construction Adm LLC URS Corporation Audio Visions Family Medical Care Merit Electrical, Inc. Vulcan Materials Co. AWC Incorporated FDS Consulting Merrill Lynch & Company W & T Offshore, Inc. Bank of Abbeville Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Milton J Womack, Inc. W. R. Grace Foundation, Inc. BASF Corporation Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA MMR-Constructors, Inc. Westgate, Inc. Basic Industries, Inc. Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Mobil Foundation, Inc. Westvaco Foundation Baton Rouge Area Foundation Frenzel Motors, Inc. Mondavia Ecosystems, Inc. Whitney National Bank Baton Rouge Branch Louisiana Section of Gautreau & Gonzalez, Inc. Moore Construction, Inc. WLH Management and Consulting American Society of Civil Engineers GEC Myrton Bonner Duncan Construction Co., Inc. Williams Companies Baxter Allegiance Foundation General Electric Foundation Newfield Exploration Company Wink Incorporated Bechtel Foundation Georgia Gulf Corporation Newtron Group, Inc. Wooley & Associates, Inc. BellSouth Corporation Georgia Power Occidental Chemical Corporation Bernhard Mechanical Contractor, Inc. Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. Occidental Petroleum Boh Brothers Construction Co. Grady Crawford Construction Co. Online Resource Exchange, Inc. BP America, Inc. Group Contractors, Inc. Pan American Engineers Baton Rouge, Inc. BP Amoco Foundation, Inc. Halliburton Foundation, Inc. Performance Contractors, Inc. Burlington Resources/Meridian HTK Consultants, Inc. Petrin Corporation Cajun Constructors, Inc. Iberville Insulations, Inc. Petrochemical Technology Group Caterpillar Foundation IBM International Foundation PPG Industries Foundation Chevron USA, Inc. IMC Global, Inc. PAC Procter & Gamble Company Ciba Intel Foundation Rainer Anding & McLindon THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

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LOST ALUMNI

We need your help in locating the alumni listed below. The following list includes lost alumni who graduated from 1980 to the present. For a complete list of missing graduates, please refer to the lost alumni homepage via the College of Engineering website www.eng.lsu.edu/. We would like to send our Engineering News to all alumni. If you have contact information on any of these graduates, please call 225/578-5706; write LSU College of Engineering, Lost Alumni, 3304 CEBA Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; email [email protected]; or fax 225/578-4845.

AGRICULTURAL G. Alan Cook Narinder Bhimsain Lakhani Robert Earl Bowles, Jr. ENGINEERING Floyd Kent Davis, Jr. Wilmer Ken Mounger Karen Kafai Craft Sheila Kulkarni Deshpande Kirk Christian Nadler Randall Wayne Craighead 1981 John Bern Heidman Brian Piekarski Travis Ray Dickinson Jr. David Paul Minvielle Melinda Gayle Ivey Malav Shantilal Shah Claire Catherine Roach Dooley 1982 Gordon Dean Kelly John Mark Stafford Mohamad Kheir S. Habbal Ross C. Antony Bradley Keith Kruelski Thomas Anthony Stroud James Edmund Hull, Jr. 1984 Mark John LaCour Lloyd August Tabor, Jr. Terri Ann Patton Randall Brian Schexnayder Curtis Craig & Rita Lemoine Richard Neil Yaw Michael Rekhelman Kekura Sesay Bernie Joseph Lofaso, Jr. 1983 Randall David Seale Craig Robert Long Eric Lawrence Singer Charles Herman Slocum Jeffrey Glen & Denise Anding Debbs Neal & Wendy Nelson Wylie Alexander Barrow Lynne Carol Tutzauer 1985 John Francis Nelson Richard Scott Willms John Harding Tappan Jeffrey Ralph Bourgeois Hoa Van Nguyen Daniel Mark Brignac 1986 1989 John William Pepper William Lee Brown Mohammed Noureddine Amrouni Jose Antoinio Ferrus Anh Minh Pho Kenneth Gregory and Cheryl Buehring Wayne Bernard Bolden Gregory Claude Riddick Cheryl Coates Buehring Donald Adolphe Boudreau, Jr. BASIC ENGINEERING Michael Earl Riddick DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Kevin Michael Duhe Thomas Joseph Burns Elizabeth Renee Roberts Frank David & Jean Edwards Tuan Quoc Chuong 1980 Richard Sylvester Sanders, Jr. Lawrence Thomas Faucheux Jessica Lee Dgherman James Brain Carroll Edward A. Thistlethwaite Lily Gunawan Michael David DiLeo Karl Jeffrey Harvey Freddie J. Tucker Kirkland Decelle Harper Brian John Drago Keith VanWinkle 1981 Renee Lynne Heltz Charles Rush Malone Hector & Claire Vila, Jr. Cinda Ann Stipe Voegili John Everett Holloway Hung Duy Nguyen Labrador Angela Vitelli Kenneth Mitchell Jones Ragini Patel 1983 James Neal Waguespack Kenneth Brian Kaiser Mayann Troth Jane Farrar Shane Patrick Walker Rodney Paul & Sharon Marchand Scott Leslie Williams Thomas Leander Faulk Martin Karol Wiewiorowski Pamela Ann Mitchell David H. Witte 1984 1981 Julie Ann Niermann Terry Eugene Wright Kristi Ann Lessing Mark Allen Anderson Ricardo Bernard Ortega Kigham Seropp Yeretzian 1985 Robert Jeffers Ashby Jerry Mohabir Ramdhani 1987 Andy Quang Luu Robert Eugene Berg John Maurice Sampson Mark Weldon Allen Linda Lovorn Bonin Dr. Matthew Lee Schuette 1987 Stephen Reeve Brodt Kim Alison Boudreaux Raymond Chen Soong Lori Kay Comeaux Gary Curtis Gore Carol Lynn Cockerham Que Huong Thi Kim Andrew Gruber Chris Michael Condon Sharon Rizzuto Hutchinson Cole Ted Shepard White Sheng Yang Ju 1988 Charles Philip Darnell Daniel Mui-Piu Wu Debra Kwiatkowski Kurt Alan Frankhouser James Albert Devereux 1984 Lisa Lanchi Pham Shunda Lavivia Kidd Terry Christopher DeVillier Edwin Chukwudi Akujobi Michael Joseph Richard Joseph John Lafranca Dr. Mark Lance Doiron Gordon Glass Alexander Omer Wolff Thoi Khuong Nguyen Martha Lynne Donley Keri Theresa Aubert 1988 1989 John Mitchell Eldred Jeanne Marie Poret Baker Kenneth Wayne Hall Wade Lee Alleman Joe Frank Penn John Keith Becnel Larry Michael Hall Martin Broeg Berdon 1990 Laurel James Becnel Sanjay Prakash Bhargava Edgar Hernandez Craig Alan & TamiCervenka Anthony Clarence Chambers Yangtzu Chao Kenneth M. Hutchinson Krisda Chirapongse Glenda Suann Spikes Jason Michael Colletti Joel Harvey Kieffer Rudyard Eric Davidson 1991 Paul Randolph Lanoux Robert J. Osterhold Phillip Charles DeBlanc Ileana Perez Joseph Denes Bodi Patrick Craig Lejeune Richard David & Lisa Farrell Victoria C. Perrett Dynell Jones Jay Charles McCorkle Marjorie Frantz Ferguson Michael Steven McCown Susan Anne Savant-Malhiet BIOLOGICAL & AGRICULTURAL Craig Walter Gardner Terry Delane Monroe Christopher Alan Juneau 1989 ENGINEERING Stephanie Lynn Naquin Larry Locicero Troy Elliot DeSoto 1990 Todd Goodland Nilsen Kevin Joseph Lowery Stephen Ray Hunter Oumar Bagayoko Manuel Penate Jennifer Anne Montaldo Yeou Fu Hwang Chien Wang Robert Kevin Pace Richard Michael Rapp 1992 John David Robinson Matthew Louis Mahler 1982 Amy Pella Jean Ellen Carvajal Arquette Edgar Neftaly Rodriguez-Corea 1990 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Lee David Barberito Ross Joseph & Denise Roussel Randall Scott Barton 1980 David Karl & Katherin Bark William Craig Rushin Melissa Ann Belmon Mahmoud Madhat Alhashimi Clay Broders Calcote Albert Carl Schwarz, Jr. Dhananjay B. Ghonasgi Jean Kouame Bale Toufic Selman Dalal Joseph Youngblood Stuart Eric Daniel Imhoff Terry Alan Baxter Carroll Kelley Gordon Cort Joseph & Susan Swanson Stephen Blake Ledoux Carl Burnett Ronald Lee Graham Kevin Gerard Waguespack 1991 Brett Wayne Hughes Paul Eugene Yonts Bob B. Carter Michelle Atkinson Karen Elizabeth Korn Yoon Keng Choo 1985 Barry Keith Bruce John Edmond Collins Joseph Khalk Koro Eugene Louis Benoit

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James David Fagan Pei Jien Eng Charles Timothy Halbrook Harry Pierson Chalstrom Jason Davin Gardner John Shelby Gordon Michael Jeries Handal Jack Oramel Collins II Ajay Gupta Donna Lynn Howard Roger Gary Hollier John Todd Deville Wai Shan Lee Shane Matthew Johnson Reza Ikani Randy Bernard Duplechain Yu Wen Lo Paul Scott Lacy Hamid Ghamsarian Kashi Pamela Ann Galliano Appachu Nanaiah David Matthews Laura, Jr. Joseph Scott Killian Benoit J. Hardy Chen Hua Shen Yew Khim Loo Allen Richard Major Sarah Frances Kemp Robert David Vial Amy Angelina MacEwen Donald Wayne McConnell Richard Krieg Lee 1992 Dru Joseph Manuel David Ian McLean Mark Peter Lemoine Pankaj Agarwal Olaf D. McDavid Thomas Hadden Morrow James Keith Leumas Michael Paul Bilello Thomas A. Menuet Melinda Trowbridge Robinson Rosa Liou Jean Pierre Bouffard Adrian Vaughn Mitchell James Richard & Barbara Stoker Shahnam Navaee Paul Joseph D’Amico Rhett Jason Ortis Federico Jose Tablada Ricky Lane Nixon Scott Joseph Daigle Jacob Thomas Richardson Christopher Edwin & Winifred Whitney Michael Riley Pittman Clayton Randall Ellis Alma Charisse Thomas 1981 Irwin Mellard & Sally Prescott Darryl James Folse Nicholas P. Vassiliou Simone Ann Ardoin Byron Keith Tindell Billy Wayne Goodwin Stefan Albert Vogt James Everett Austin Lee Ann Whitehurst Donald J. Icard Catherine J. Wright Mark Cliff & Melanie Bordelon 1984 Ronn Bryan Lambert Yihua Xiong Joseph Richard & Bonnie Buller Fadi Chehadeh Abouhala Jeffrey Vincent Lang 1997 Thomas Clark Carroll Hossein Aminian Stephen Andrew Lassard Christopher M. Agostinelli Martin Christopher Chartier James Harrison Brannon, Jr. Bryan Paul Louque Monica Pamela Astete Stacy Eugene Duke James Bradley Broussard Stephen Lawrence Mason James Morgan Becnel Eric Francis Estopinal Weikang Chi Garvin David Pittman Steven Michael Gardner David John & Tanya Everett Mauricio Chirinos Rajesh Dilip Samarth William C. Guidry Manouchehr Fakhroo Susan Calongne Foote 1993 Moh Fahrurrozi Kenneth Joseph & Denise Faust James J. & Sandra Franklin Wendy Marie Arceneaux Jada Desire’ Lewis David William Gilbert Timothy Brian Gamble Allen W. Bihm Brandon Benjamin Light Kent Allen Guilbeau Ross Glover Grimball Eugene Rodgers Britton Jianqiang Luo Saeed Haji-Zeynal Joaquin Francisco Gudiel Sheila Diantha Danzell Indhu Muthukrishnan Ismat Fouad Hassoun Ahmad Mohamad Habli Elisabeth Jennifer Flint Beth Marie Pederson Michael Leeman Jeukens John Phillip Hagmann Jyoti Komari Gupta Connie Elizabeth Perrin Jacques Guy Leblanc Abdel Kareem Huwati Betty Yeefei Huang Jonathan Christian Picard Whitney Joseph Ledet III Mufid Abdulhalim Jallad Kimberly Robert Odell Derek Hoyt Rester John Keith Lohrey Cem Mehmet Kitapci Diane Irene White James Patrick Roach Joseph Wadih Maalouf Kevin Neal Kittel Timothy John Wiggins Todd Allen Schneider Tammy Suzonne Meador Laurie Irene Laroca Toriano Adarryll Taylor Yassamin Mehrdadmane Jodi Anthony McGee 1994 Scott Eric Thomas Mehrdad Mogharrebi Adel Yacoub Medanat Teri H. Achacoso Luyen Thi Vo Mehdi Mohimani Alison L. Labbe Nissen Curtis A. Brescher 1998 Behnam Nikakhtar Ivan Olivieri Rock Wen Chen Abdorrahim Nikravesh Antonio Jose Rondon-Fuentes Stephanie Leigh Dick Clint Jude Acosta Bhaskar Balasubramanian Farajollah Peivandi Armando R. Simosa Adam Shane Fast Lowell Joseph Pitre Mohammad Tavassoli Andrea E. Hailey Stephen Christophe Barrow Diane Worthy Braselman Hamid Sazesh Joey Michael Tureau Sharon Day Hulgan Ransdall Keith Smith Yeong Chung Wang Vivek Kapur Xueyu Chen Savita Iyer Roy James Tatum Yuen Choy Yap Brian Heath Langford Hojatallah Tavakoulnia Mohamed Mahmoud Zantout Jorge Raul Linares Gerald Jeremaine Jefferson Jeffery Todd Miller Hooi Hong Kuan 1982 1985 Tammy Ruth Mosley Joel David Leblanc Mehrdad Abail Asmadi Abusujak James Smith Paul David Libbers Mahmoud Abdulrahman Akra Khalil I. Barakat Priscilla Toujan West Richard Brian Mclain Stewart Andre Aucoin Seng Chye Chua Robert Stephen Rikhoff Walid A.. Bayakli Jonathan Malcom & Debbie Cooper 1995 Venugopal Santhanam Brian Anthony Blanchard Michelle Poupart Cressy Dany Joseph Boucher Irina Valeryevna Slitsan Kenneth Earl Breaux Dawn Allison Lewis D’Angelo Brandy Noel Breithaupt Kedar Shivanand Telang Robert Leonard Delouche Jeffery Wayne DeBosier Natasha Megail Cain-Lockett 1999 Susan Huppert Eisenberg Edward Glenn DeLee Amy Freedman Campbell Mounir Youssef Elhelou Walton Clay Dickson Linette Dalys Dutari Patrick Thomas Alderman Amy Elizabeth Breaux Cindy L. Engelhart Thomas James Duenckel Cindy Ann Feucht Mary Adeline Madden Field Suzanne Durrett Michael Stephen Genius Jeremy Daniel Cyr Timothy Mark Desselles Willis Edward Grice, Jr. Maged Mohamed Elmadhoon Carrie A. Goux Scot Joseph Groteguth Eltahir Ali Eltahir Sherri Bass Harlan Yu-Chiung Kuo Darlene Wasrud Lambert Randall Gregory Hodges Anthony Louis Franchina, Jr. Clarence Jude Hattier Bradley Touvelle Jens Hansen John Francis Gillespie III Eric Dwayne Hollis Heather Ann Samrow Schilling Julie Dean White William Mark LaCroix Nancy Gonce John Francis LeDoux Enrique Guillermo Ledesma Manuel Gerardo Gonzalez Gary Bernard Lewis 2000 Alain Louis Lignieres David Steven Gottfried Mary Joe McCaully Oscar Rene Flores Stephen Scott Meek Edward Daniel Hussey Gregory Alan McCoun 2001 Emmanuel I. Ngwu James Joseph Kenney III Thanhthao Thi Phan Abdulrhman A Al Husaini Kim Martindale Price John Michael & Sheila Kuhn Scott Lloyd Simmons Wajdi Issam Al Sadat George Caudill & Susan Robinson Lisabeth B. Lyon Landry Christopher William Smith Prashant Mhaskar Newell Hilary Schindler, Jr. Le Thieu Lang David Jude Sonnier Scott Steven Stringer Robert Edward Van Olst Jacque Gerard & Cheri Lasseigne Geoffrey Gyavira Ssenkoloto Todd Anthony Vincent John Edward Lusk Quy T. Ton CIVIL ENGINEERING Kevin Richard Wegener Terry Anthony Macaluso Sek Cheng Wong 1980 Christopher Douglas Whitney Murzany Mahmud 1996 Melanie E. Guillot Bordelon 1983 Timothy Alan McKinney Michele Brandolynn Bryant Matthew Cobb Eric John Adams Whitney Patrick McNulty Christopher Lionel Champagne Donald Davis Arif Abdul Bari Constantine Evan Mericas Deependra Charan Mark Joseph DeBosier Carlos Ricardo Batalla James Jefferson Miller Umesh K. Chitnis Anthony Ellis Farris, Jr. Daren Blaise Carriere Teresa G. Goodman Pace Tung Thanh Do George Gerard & Amanda Glaubrecht Robert William Pecquet, Jr.

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Dimitrios Sotirios Petras Kishore Arora 1995 Daniel Brooks Helms Peggy Bergeron Pitre John Mark Erwin Chad Anthony Bacas William Ryan Hydrick Jerry Michael Pitts Melissa Boniol Glascock Kevin Douglas Blunck Thanh Dung Lam Khan Rafiqur Rahman Courtney Lynn Gonzalez Kevin Tyler Calhoun Jeffrey Alan Leblanc Antonino Riccobono Jeffry Scott Greenwell Robert Lee Foster Dean Leslie Muirhead Jamel Eddine Rouis Sanjay Kant Jain Cynthia Ann Ticker Gallardo James Paul Quackenbos, Jr. Abdul Khaliq Sageer Mark Benjamin Kelley Cuneyt Gokmen Rustin Joseph Roussel Roy Milton Schmidt III Grant Edward Knochenmus Srinivasa Chakravart Gutti Asim Tufail Gary Blakeslee Smith Mun Hoe Phang Jin He Elba Alicia Urbina Joseph Lirette Thibodeaux Mahmoud A. Younis Ramesh Kalvakaalva Cynthia Ann Wiley Rhea Cecil Vincent 1990 Ravindra M. Kura Kong Fuat Yau Charles Wayne Vollman Charles Arthur Caplinger IV Douglas Scott Morgan Richard Charles Zaepfel Badrul Shah Wan Yie R. Chen Brian Heath Sullivan 1999 1986 Chee Chiong Chew Jingwei Wu Koon Loon Chong Georges M. Abboud Michelle Marie Frey Dong Zeng Dane Shelby Coke Antoine Elie Abou-Rached Phillip Grasso 1996 Christopher Neil Dupre Rosnani Bt Ahmad Mary Robin James Helal Uddin Ahmed Nicholas Adam Fagerburg Jamal Mazhar Alazmeh Robert Dale Lee Byron James Becnel Elizabeth Ann Hood Zahi Ghazi Anabtawi P. Denise Radaich Surojit Bose Yongqi Li Gaby William Boutros J. H. Randolph Dr. Yong Chen Sriram Narasimhan John Furr Bowie James Calvert Robinson Babur Deliktas Matthew Blake Olsen Hooi Tatt Cheah David Mason Ruhl Ky Anthony Doucet Sheronica Samolia Pinckney Ched Louis Dantin Donna Gail Skipper William Thomas Gentry III Diana Margarita Santander Pak Onn Foong Halah Moustafa Voges Margaret Anne Graham Chung Rak Song Mark Phillip Guarisco 1991 Maribeth Eileen Hamilton Kenneth Patrick Webster Hassan Anis Hilal Nasser S. Albartamani Robert Joseph Lear, Jr. 2000 Timothy D. Keeler Phillip Ivan Blake Zheng Ning Eric Andrew Bollich Lynn A. 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The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 769th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was activated and deployed to Afghanistan over the summer and fall of 2002. It is the largest Army National Guard mobilization effort nation-wide since the attacks of September 11. Among the 500 soldiers deployed from the 769th are LSU students, alumni, and supporters who have put their lives on hold to serve their country. The 769th Engineer Battalion supplied three of its four companies to the Operation Enduring Freedom effort. Charlie Company, based out of Gonzales, Louisiana, is stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Headquarters and Alpha Company, based out of Baton Rouge and Baker, Louisiana, respectively, are stationed in Bagram, Afghanistan. As a combat-heavy battalion, the 769th conducts various combat construction missions, including but not limited to building large facilities and base camps, as well as producing new roads, highways, and bridges. The 769th has already built five large-scale adminis- trative buildings, numerous guard towers, miles of road, and more than 100 tent pads. They are also performing dangerous land-mine clearing operations.

Students from LSU’s College of Engineering are putting their knowledge into practice as a part of the 769th Engineer Battalion stationed in Bagram, Afghanistan, for Operation Enduring Freedom. The soldiers pictured are all LSU students. Only degrees in the Col- lege of Engineering have been listed. From left to right: Sheldon Perkins, Ron Tetzel, Jackie Bronson, Rhett Schexnaydre, Nicole Townley, Charles White (electrical engineering), Jeremy Prince, Josh Anderson, Carroll Ware (construction management), Adam Agos- ta, Rick Allison, Damon Hall (chemical engineering), Darrin Irwin, Michael Hay (construction management), Kenyatta Moncree (mechanical engineering), Christopher Agosta (environmental engineering), Lakeesha Charles, Christopher Waguespack (mechanical engineering), and Howard Bushey III. 02277 Eng News 3/7/03 11:27 AM Page 56

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PAID College of Engineering Permit No. 733 3304 CEBA Building Baton Rouge,LA Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6401