First Words FROM THE DEAN: David S. Dolling

I became dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science on September 1, 2008, with the school’s 125th anniversary fast approaching. Not wanting to let this moment in the school’s history pass us by, I decided to work with faculty and staff—who already knew some of the history of SEAS and were already a part of it—to commemorate it in various ways.

Synergy is one of the ways we decided to do this. Our cover story relates that when SEAS was inaugurated on October 1, 1884, one of our early supporters declared to our students that science (which was then understood to incorporate engineering) was the “companion of industry.” For 125 years, SEAS has prepared engineers—and more recently computer scientists—to be “companion[s] of industry.” We have also been the seedbed for generations of men and women who have provided technological leadership for the U.S. Government. And we have been the home of top-notch teachers and researchers, too.

It is with justified pride, then, that we reserve our cover story for a look backward, at our history and our contributions. That said, however, our focus is on the future. Throughout this issue, we highlight the contributions that our faculty and students make to the body of technological progress—in transportation safety, nanotechnology, civil infrastructure, data privacy, information security, and plasma applications, just to name a few areas.

Finally, we decided to have a little fun and invite our faculty and students to look forward 125 years and tell us what changes they think engineers and computer scientists will have brought to the world of 2134. Five daring prognosticators stepped forward and offered their visions of the future, which you can find on page 7.

Let me end by inviting you to participate in one, several, or all of the events that we have planned throughout the rest of 2009 to celebrate our 125th anniversary. There is something for almost everyone, since the activities run the gamut from a softball game and cookout, to lectures and seminars, to a 125th gala and events for our students, their parents, and our alumni and research partners. If you would like to receive special reminders of the events, please visit http://www.seas.gwu.edu/SEAS125/ to sign up for our e-mail notices, and we will make sure to update you as the events draw near.

I hope you will consider joining us.

Sincerely,

David S. Dolling, Ph.D. Dean Synergy MICHAEL W. PLESNIAK, CHAIR AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OFMECHANICAL THOMAS A.MAZZUCHI, CHAIR & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OFENGINEERINGMANAGEMENT CAN E.KORMAN, CHAIR AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OFELECTRICAL ABDOU S. YOUSSEF, CHAIR DEPARTMENT OFCOMPUTER SCIENCE W. M.KIMRODDIS, CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OFCIVIL BARBARA M.MYKLEBUST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AFFAIRS ASSISTANT DEANFOR MARTHA PARDAVI-HORVATH ASSOCIATE DEANFOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DAVID S. DOLLING DEAN STEVEN KNAPP PRESIDENT OFTHEUNIVERSITY WWW.SEAS.GWU.EDU 202-994-6080 WASHINGTON, DC20052 725 23RD STREET, NW 106 TOMPKINS HALL ENGINEERING ANDAPPLIEDSCIENCE. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOLOF SYNERGY ISPUBLISHEDBY THEGEORGE ELEANOR KAUFMAN JULIE WOODFORD –JULIEANNWOODFORD PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY – MINISCULE MOLECULE DESIGN BRIAN COX DESIGN JOANNE WELSH EDITOR SPRING 2009 SCHOOL of ENGINEERING&APPLIEDSCIENCE 14 8 35 20 30 28 24 39 18 19 2 7 A Perspective from SEAS Dean David S. Dolling TRANSFORMATION: ENGINEERSDOTHAT PERSPECTIVE: William Corcoran andHisTransformative Vision BRINGING ENGINEERINGTO WASHINGTON COVER STORY: CLASS NOTES ALUMNI DONORS STUDENT NEWS FACULTY NEWS ALUMNUS PROFILE: STUDENT PROFILE: PREDICTIONS GW ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENTS 8 Muriel Dumit Bill Westenhofer Special Collections & University Archives, The Gelman Library, George Washington University 14 CONTENTS 1 18

SYNERGY SPRING 09 DEPARTMENTS SYNERGY SPRING 09 Civil & Environmental Engineering Digges, Eskandarian, Hamdar, Kan, Marzougui TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ENGINEERING Badie, Manzari, Roddis, Silva STRUCTURAL/GEOTECHNICAL/EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING Mi, Riffat ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AREAS Pedro Silva, Kim Roddis, Rumana Riffat, Baoxia Mi, Dhafer Marzougui, Majid T. Manzari, Khalid Mahmood, Cing-Dao (Steve) Kan, Muhammad I.Haque, Samer Hamdar, Azim Eskandarian, Kennerly H.Digges, Sameh S. Badie, FACULTY $3.9 million Annual research expenditures: Graduate students: Undergraduate students: Full-time faculty: www.cee.seas.gwu.edu Chair: PROFILE 202-994-4901 2 Kim Roddis ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR PROFESSOR RESEARCH PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR

13 56 67 67 THE GEORGEWASHINGTONUNIVERSITY taking italltheway from visionto reality. Concrete Institute codes of practice (the standard for concrete construction intheU.S.), earthquake engineeringsimulation.Andsome of hisresearch hasbeenputinto American Foundation to study the optimumdesign of bridges andto participate inamulti-university his reinforced panel design project, hecurrently hasgrants from theNationalScience While Silva isavisionaryperson, itisclear thathisaimsare very practical. Inadditionto can draw massive amounts of energy outof asphalt, we're talking aboutarevolution.“ summer, butifwe can envision ahighway system builtwiththese types of materials, ifwe we're wasting amassive amountof energy from heat thatescapes from asphaltinthe reinforcement of theasphaltalso can serve adualpurpose of collecting energy. Currently, might not befor theconstruction of homes butfor theconstruction of highways, so the of thehomeandto collect energy for thehome. The application of these isinfinite. It water thatthengets heated. So thematerials can beused both asastructural component insert collecting systems into themthatdraw theheat—for example, metal tubes thatcollect performance. The foam andskinsmeet theirstructural requirements, butyou can also foam, andthedensity of thefoam can bedesigned for you to beableto achieve thestructural explains, “The materials inmy current proposal have two skinsthatare sandwiched ina Take, for example, hiscurrent project to helpdesign reinforced panels for homes. Silva sees hisstructures inthegreater context of helping give peoplebetter, safer ways to live. material, save energy, are more aesthetic, orreduce harmto theenvironment. Inshort, he than simplyperform astructural function.Heseeks to design structures thatuse less as hesays, healways looks atthebiggerpicture andtries to design materials that domore His research focuses ondesigning better impact-resistant orload-bearing structures, but, everything else outside.“ I'm not just interested inthatsmallcomponent of research butinhow itaffects almost But what's different aboutmy approach ishow Ilookatitfrom aholistic pointof view. Silva says, “The limitations are onlywithinmyself. Iwillbethelimitingfactor of theresearch. is key to hiswork. Responding to aquestion abouthisresearch challenges andlimitations, Silva uses thistimeonhisbike to thinkcreatively anddream. Hebelieves thatcreativity ideas for proposals, andhandles other intellectual tasks—all inhishead. this timethathesolves complicated equations, debugscomputer code, develops innovative from work each day, andhesays hisbike ridingcommute is always beenphysically active—swimming, running, orbicycling. Hebikes 18miles to and Professor Pedro Silva of of theDepartment CivilandEnvironmental Engineeringhas “Working Out“the Solutions LESS ISMORE: structures. Hewants structures thatuse less material andsave energy. Professor Pedro Silva looks to domore thandesign safe essent ial because itisduring concerns, andwe provided thefirst solution to help protect privacy inhiddendatabases.“ discovered for thefirst timethatthehiddendatabase isalso subjectto significant privacy defined theproblem of privacy protection inhiddenWeb databases. Says Zhang,“We basically Zhang andhiscolleague, Prof but they needto keep thedata from beingexploited by competitors, adversaries, orterrorists. of information, eitherto provide services to theircustomersamounts orfor thebenefit of society, organization, oroth Zhang's third project considers privacy from theperspective of acompany, government people's information—like theirage, occupation, salary—to bedisclosed.“ everyone to beableto get knowledge from thedata, butwe don't want individual lead to guidelines for buildingthese systems. Zhangexplains, “We want to allow and prototyping stages, andZhang istryingto explore possible solutions thatwould security. Practical privacy-preserving data miningsystems are largely inthe research databases for use inmarketing, weather forecasting, medical diagnosis, andnational of individualinformation duringdata mining,aprocess thatextracts information from Likewise, Zhanganddoctoral student XinJinare exploring ways to protect theprivacy currently working to publishthesystem ontheWeb andmake itavailable to thepublic. accurate location-based information. Infact, Zhang's doctoral student, Aniket Pingley, is find points-of-inter discovered asystem thatallows peopleto use location-based services like Googlemaps to exactly where they are, even ifthey are not talking.“ Zhangandhiscolleagues also have know thatwhenever they have theircell phones withWi-Fi open,thisallows someone to know the location of allwireless devices operating inthearea. “Most people,“ says Zhang,“don't adversary can set upalarge antenna onthetop of abuildingandvery accurately estimate Wei Zhaoof theUniversity of Macau, have beendoing.They were thefirst to discover thatan his colleagues, Prof The first step to combating thethreats to privacy isto identify them. That iswhatZhangand privacy andaimto develop methods to protect themandcounteract thethreats. privacy-preserving data mining—research andidentify thethreats to anindividualperson's security andprivacy. Two of theprojects—location privacy for wireless networks and Zhang currently works onthree projects thatfitunderthecommon themeof information what Professor NanZhangof of theDepartment Computer Science isworking to minimize. the convenience of usingyour cell phone, PDA, orother wireless device. That trade-off is devices andnetworks, sometimes thetrade-off isgivingupabitof privacy inexchange for Life isfullof trade-offs: we give something upto get something else. Intheworld of wireless Minimizing Trade-Offs SPOTTING DANGERS: Professor NanZhang. compromise one's privacy, andhow to counteract these dangers,“ says SCHOOL essor Xinwen Fu of theUniversity of Massachusetts-Lowell andProfessor est, yet automatic yet est, er large information provider. These organizations needto publishlarge of essor Gautam Dasof theUniversity of Texas atArlington, ENGINEERING&APPLIEDSCIENCE “We explore different means for anadversary to ally hidetheirlocation from Googleandstill get very Shmuel Rotenstreich, Rhys Price Jones, Bhagirath Narahari, C. DianneMartin, Lance J. Hoffman, Rachelle S. Heller, James K.Hahn, Hyeong-Ah Choi, Xiuchen “Susan“ Cheng, Matthew Burke, Peter Bock, Simon Berkovich, Abdelghani Bellaachia, FACULTY $2.2 million Annual research expenditures: Graduate students: Undergraduate students: Full-time faculty: www.cs.gwu.edu Chair: PROFILE Bellaachia, Berkovich, Youssef, Zhang SEARCH ANDDATA MINING Narahari, Rotenstreich SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGANDSYSTEMS Cheng, Narahari, Simha PERVASIVE COMPUTING ANDEMBEDDEDSYSTEMS Cheng, Choi,Narahari, Rotenstreich, Simha NETWORKING ANDMOBILECOMPUTING Bock MACHINE INTELLIGENCEANDCOGNITION Hahn, Heller, Sibert, Youssef Martin, DIGITAL MEDIA Hoffman, Simha,Vora, Martin, Zhang COMPUTER SECURITY ANDINFORMATION ASSURANCE Rotenstreich, Simha Bellaachia, Berkovich, Cheng,Hahn,Price Jones, BIOINFORMATICS ANDBIOMEDICAL COMPUTING Youssef, Zhang Bellaachia, Berkovich, Cheng,Choi,Price Jones, ALGORITHMS ANDTHEORY RESEARCH AREAS Nan Zhang, Abdou S. Youssef, Poorvi Vora, Rahul Simha, John L.Sibert, 202-994-7181 AND ACM FELLOW Abdou S. Youssef PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ANDACM FELLOW PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 18 DEPARTMENTS 310 102

3 SYNERGY SPRING 09 Science Computer DEPARTMENTS SYNERGY SPRING 09 Electrical & Computer Engineering Lee, Wasylkiwskyj Carroll, Doroslovacki, Eom, Harrington, Kyriakopoulos, SIGNAL PROCESSING, SYSTEMS, ANDCONTROLS Loew Eom, MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING Ahmadi, Korman, Nagel,Zaghloul MICROELECTRONICS, VLSISYSTEMS, ANDMEMS Horvath, Wasylkiwskyj Bennett, DellaTorre, Kahn, Korman, Lang,Pardavi- ELECTROMAGNETICS El-Ghazawi, Huang COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE ANDNETWORKING Doroslovacki, Helgert, Subramaniam, Vojcic COMMUNICATIONS ANDNETWORKS Kay, Loew, Manuccia, Zara, Zderic BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AREAS Vesna Zderic, Jason M.Zara, Mona Zaghloul, Wasyl Wasylkiwskyj, Branimir R. Vojcic, Suresh Subramaniam, Pardavi-Horvath,Martha David J. Nagel, Thomas J. Manuccia, Murray H.Loew, Ting N.Lee, Roger H.Lang, Nicholas Kyriakopoulos, Can E.Korman, Matthew Kay, Walter K.Kahn, Howie Huang, Hermann J. Helgert, Robert J. Harrington, Kie-Bum Eom, Tarek A.El-Ghazawi, Milos Doroslovacki, Edward DellaTorre, Robert L.Carroll, Lawrence Bennett, Shahrokh Ahmadi, FACULTY $1.7 million Annual research expenditures: Graduate students: Undergraduate students: Full-time faculty: www.ece.gwu.edu Chair: PROFILE 202-994-6083 4 Can E.Korman PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ANDIEEEFELLOW RESEARCH PROFESSOR PROFESSOR, IEEEFELLOW ANDAIMBEFELLOW PROFESSOR ANDIEEEFELLOW PROFESSOR ANDIEEEFELLOW PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR, IEEEFELLOW ANDAPS FELLOW PROFESSOR ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR RESEARCH PROFESSOR ANDAPS FELLOW ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ANDIEEEFELLOW PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ANDIEEEFELLOW PROFESSOR PROFESSOR

26 PROFESSOR 206 201 THE GEORGEWASHINGTONUNIVERSITY modeling,“ Subramaniam says, “butyou have to make the the future, andthisisthebiggest challengehefaces. “Without assumptions you can't do modeling optical network performance. Modelingnecessarily requires assumptions about Although Subramaniam's research interest isingeneral networking, hisprimaryfocus ison point to another or to combine data from various sources to besent over onefiber.“ mathematical tools. Idesign new algorithmsto findbetter ways to send data from one new wayswith to design fiberopticnetworks, lookingattheirperformance through description of whatIamisa‘network architect,’“ explains Subramaniam. “Icome up ofDepartment Electrical andComputer Engineeringhasset for himself. “A two-word is animportant venture, anditisthechallengethatProf So anticipating whatdirection fiberopticnetworking willgointhenext five to ten years in fact, fiberistheonlymediumthatcurrently iscapable of satisfying thishugedemand. networking equipmentmake upthebulkof theinfrastructure thatcarries this traffic, and, specialized networks suchastelephone andcable—it willcontinue to multiply. Fiberandoptical demand expand—and more content istransferred over theInternet rather thanover Internet traffic isexploding, andasmulti-mediaapplications like YouTube andvideo-on- Putting theGuesswork do thisandseveral other groups are now following uponourwork.“ routing signalsandthereby save alot of c able to show thatyou can get ridof alot of regenerators by usingintelligent algorithmsfor route signalsthrough thenetwork to minimize theeffects of these distortions. “We were Pearce of theUniversity of Virginia, Subramaniam looked for alternative ways to intelligently correct thedistortions, butthey are quite expensive. Working withProf the network. Historically, regenerator nodes have beenset upthroughout thenetwork to A common problem withoptical networks isthatsignalsget distorted asthey move through Subramaniam hasalready madesome uniquecontributions to optical network improvements. first iscritical.“ Because theexpenses inbuildingsuch large fiberopticnetworks are huge, modelingthem the way to these endpoints and to thecustomer locations inacost-effective manner. network where alot of traffic isbeingmixed together; the challengeisgetting thefiberall end user locations. AsSubramaniam notes, “It's easy to putalot of fiberinthemiddleof the traffic load, itmust bepresent atallthevarious points thattraffic isgenerated andatthe Although fiberisarevolutionary transmission mediumcapable of handlinganenormous what kindof traffic thenetwork willcarry andwhattheintensity of thattraffic willbe. that are cost-effective, because cost isthemain consideration. This includes estimating catch. You can't too depart far from reality.“ The other challenge isto architect networks FINDING ABETTERWAY: networking to findbetter ways to send data from onepointto another. Professor Suresh Subramaniam studies optical ost,“ he says. “We were one of the first groups to groups first the of “We says. were one he ost,“ essor Suresh Subramaniam of the right assumptions; that's the essor Maite Brandt- In of thecoin from intelligence, itwasn't too hard ajourney—and ithasbeenfascinating.“ time Ifound myself neckdeepininformation security stuff. Since security istheother side assigned to theDefense Intelligence Agency earlier inmy career,“ sheremarks, “and over Ryan isenjoying tryingto solve thepuzzle. “Itrained asanintelligence officer andwas providing managers withtheability to track return oninvestment andperformance metrics. provide engineers theability to modelandarchitect cost-effective security systems while Their research hasresulted inthree publishedpapers already, andthehopeisthatitwill effectiveness for information systems.“ or chance? So we are applyingthesame methods to studying the‘health‘ andsecurity because thepatient was not exposed to acausal agent? Orisitbecause of genetic history if apatient doesn't get sick,isitbecause thepreventive care protocol was effective, orisit the same problem thatisfaced inbiomedical research. Consider preventive care research: fie statistics biomedical the from learned lessons Ryan of theNationalDefense University—have come upwithauniqueapproach thatapplies colleagues—Prof Another challengeisto come upwithaconceptual approach to theproblem. Ryan andher associated withinstrumenting anoperational environment. of thedifficulties of doingthisissimplyto beableto work withthesheervolume of data before themcurrently isto instrument anoperational system andtest thetheories. One Plenty of researchers like Ryan are tryingto solve thissame problem, butthebigchallenge buck, they'd like to know thatthey are actually accomplishing something,“ Ryan explains. makers are tryingto decidewhere to allocate thismoney to get thebiggest bang for their up to anenormousamountof money thatcould bespentelsewhere. So, whenthedecision organization thesize of GW pays for security stuff, anti-virus software andthelike. Itadds information, because security isexpensive. “Think abouttheamountof money thatan question for Ryan personally, aswell asfor any organization thatneedsto protect its This question—How doyou know ifitworks?—is aninteresting andimportant research years andnogoodsolution hasbeenreached yet.“ This challenge hasbeenanactive problem ininformation security research for over 30 nothing happened?Orperhaps something bad didhappen,butitsimplywasn't detected? is itbecause your security worked? Orcould itbethatnothing happenedbecause, well, Management andSystems Engineering.“Consider thechallenge:ifnothing bad happens, security isbeingeffective,“ says Prof “One of thehardest problems ininformation security engineeringisknowing whenthe How DoYou Know ItWorks? THE QUEST: could bedifferent,“ says Prof SCHOOL essor Thomas Mazzuchi, chairmanof herdepartment, andProf “Don Quixote, like many researchers, imaginedhow theworld of ENGINEERING&APPLIEDSCIENCE essor JulieRyan. essor JulieRyan of of theDepartment Engineering ld. Ryan argues, “We face almost exactly essor Dan essor Julie Ryan, E. LileMurphree, Thomas A.Mazzuchi, Gideon Frieder, Frank Fiedrich, Howard Eisner, Michael R. Duffey, Jonathan P. Deason, Enrique Campos-Nañez, Joseph A.Barbera, Abiodun Bada, Hernan G. Abeledo, FACULTY Annual research expenditures: Graduate students: Undergraduate students: Full-time faculty: www.emse.gwu.edu Chair: PROFILE Stankosky, van Dorp Campos-Nañez, Duffey, Eisner, Mazzuchi, Sarkani, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING van Dorp Abeledo, Campos-Nañez, Frieder, Mazzuchi, Soland, OPERATIONS RESEARCH Bada, Frieder, Ryan, Stankosky KNOWLEDGE ANDINFORMATION MANAGEMENT Deason ENVIRONMENTAL ANDENERGY MANAGEMENT Deason, Duffey, Eisner, Murphree, Shaw, Stankosky ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT Duffey, van Dorp ECONOMICS, FINANCEANDCOST ENGINEERING Barbera, Fiedrich,Mazzuchi, Sarkani, Shaw, van Dorp CRISIS, EMERGENCY ANDRISKMANAGEMENT RESEARCH AREAS J. Rene van Dorp, Michael M.Stankosky, Richard M.Soland, Gregory L.Shaw, Shahram Sarkani, IEEE FELLOW ANDINCOSE FELLOW PROFESSOR OFSTATISTICS 202-994-7541 Thomas A.Mazzuchi ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR, A. JAMES CLARKPROFESSOR AND PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 17 DEPARTMENTS 2,695 93 $3.4 million

5 SYNERGY SPRING 09 Eng. Systems & Management Eng. DEPARTMENTS SYNERGY SPRING 09 Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Hsu, Lee, Leng SOLID MECHANICS ANDMATERIALS SCIENCE Cutler, Dolling,Garris, Hsu,Mittal, Plesniak FLUID MECHANICS, THERMAL SCIENCE, ANDENERGY Ben-Tzvi, Garris, Kaufman, Leng, Shen,Vallance AND AEROSPACE SYSTEMS DESIGN ANDMANUFACTURING OFMECHANICAL Chichka, Kaufman, Lee, Mittal, Plesniak BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Chichka, Cutler, Dolling,Garris, Plesniak AEROSPACE ENGINEERING RESEARCH AREAS R. Ryan Vallance, Yin-Lin Shen, Michael W. Plesniak, Rajat Mittal, Youngsheng Leng, James D. Lee, Michael Keidar, Roger E.Kaufman, Stephen M.Hsu, Charles A.Garris, David S. Dolling, Andrew D. Cutler, David F. Chichka, Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, FACULTY $1.4 million Annual research expenditures: Graduate students: Undergraduate students: Full-time faculty: www.mae.seas.gwu.edu Chair: PROFILE 202-994-9803 APS FELLOW 6 Michael W. Plesniak PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ANDASME FELLOW ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ANDAIAAFELLOW PROFESSOR ANDASME FELLOW ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR ANDASME FELLOW ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PROFESSOR, ASME FELLOW AND

14 71 116 THE GEORGEWASHINGTONUNIVERSITY the formation of scar tissue in younger patients) orpossibly speeditupin olderpatients. change cell migration velocity, whichcould helpinslowing down wound healing (to l number of cells andchangetheirproperties withoutdamagingthem;andthey can the neighboringcells, whichishelpful intreating skincancer; they can manipulate a large skin-type tissue cells. They found thatthey can killanindividualcell withoutdamaging cold atmospheric plasmajet, whichthey used to lookattheinteraction between itand fromsupport GW's Institute for Biomedical Engineering,they generated adevice called a his team have hadagreat deal of success usingplasmasfor biomedical applications. With with Dr. MaryAnnStepp, acell biologist withGW's of Department Anatomy, Keidar and The third project hasprovided thebiggest breakthrough thusfar. Working incollaboration ofDepartment Electrical andComputer Engineering.“ a factor of 10. Inthis project, I’m collaborating withProf already had some success ingrowing relatively longtubes andincreasing theirgrowth by nanotube. We're tryingto establish whatthelimitisof thelengthof nanotubes, andwe've able to create anano-device, andfor thisyou needto beableto control thelengthof the “They can also beused asabridgeorconnector between two electrodes thatwillbe this could helpcreate clean energy sources for ourautomotive industry. Keidar explains, hydrogen in agaseous phase, could have great applications inhydrogen storage, and A second project uses plasmasto grow new carbon nanotubes, whichwhenused with deep space mission. these days—and thismeans that, unlike other similardevices, itcould beused to gointo a time withoutany degradation of performance—the mainproblem with micro-propulsion the primarybenefit of thiskindof device isthatitcan operate for very longperiodsof forces thatcan beused to correct orsustain satellites intheirorbits. According to Keidar, new micro-propulsion devices called micro-vacuum arc thrusters, whichprovide small that work toward very different applications. Oneproject uses plasmastoprojects create And whatdothey manipulate thismatter to do? The MpNLcurrently hasthree main manipulate thismatter by means of electricandmagnetic fields.“ will betransformed into charged particles, andthatgives usagreat deal of flexibility to to very hightemperatures willtransform itself into aplasmastate where neutral particles and other sectors. For theuninitiated, Keidar explains, “Any material thatcan beheated team study plasmasandtheirapplications to healthcare, energy, defense, communications, directs GW's Micropropulsion andNanotechnology Laboratory (MpNL), where heandhis Professor MichaelKeidar of of theDepartment Mechanical andAerospace Engineering Breakthroughs BOTH PERSPECTIVES: Michael Keidar. and simulationapproaches, whichmost labs inourfielddon't do,“ says Prof “We use auniquecombination of both experimental essor MonaZaghloul from the essor essen on beingadoctor, lawyer, astronaut, firefighter, orpresident. once respectwhere andadoration werechoices, concentrated will nameengineeringasoneof theirprospective career public eye, asmay have once beenthecase, because children ergonomic materials. Engineers willnot shy away from the contacts, hairdye, ortools. structure (e.g. straight, curly, wavy) withoutusingcolored will have theability to changetheireye color, haircolor, orhair What Will 2134Be Like? 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o many, the Washington of the 1880s was not a club for scientists. They had named their organization promising place to start a school of engineering the Cosmos Club because of the number of astronomers and applied science. “It was rural, and its society among their members, and soon found a permanent home T was primitive,“ complained the writer Henry on Lafayette Square in the center of the city. Adams. “No literary or scientific man, no artist, no gentleman without One of the neighbors of the Cosmos office or employment, had ever Club was the Columbian University. lived there.“ Adams may have been In 1882, the university occupied a exaggerating the state of Washington new building at 15th and H Streets, society but he was likely aware that barely a block away from the the leading advocate for scientific Cosmos Club, and it shared not education in the District was not only a common neighborhood but a scientist or an engineer but a also the common patron of William retired banker named William Corcoran. Corcoran. Corcoran was serving as the chair of the university trustees Corcoran had been born in and had helped the school finance Washington. His father had been its new campus. a merchant in Georgetown. He had followed his father’s career only to Looking to the educational needs see his business collapse during a of both Columbian University and time of economic difficulties. After the District of Columbia, Corcoran a few fallow years, Corcoran had decided that the university needed switched to banking. He had made to start a scientific school, a college his fortune in a short period by that would teach both science and financing the Mexican American engineering. Such schools were War and then had retired from common in that time. The Lawrence commercial life. “As compared with Scientific School at Harvard had the millionaires of New York or been operating since 1847. It had Chicago, he was not a rich man,“ A VISION: Believing that the District been followed by similar schools at wrote on admirer, but “his philan- of Columbia needed a school of science and Yale, Columbia, and the University thropic acts attracted far more engineering, William Corcoran established of Pennsylvania. None had been attention than his wealth.“ He had engineering at GW when he founded the founded in the south. Indeed, Johns founded an art gallery that bore his Corcoran Scientific School. Hopkins in Baltimore was the only name, created a home for poor school south of Philadelphia that Special Collections and University Archives, The Gelman Library, George Washington widows, and donated a medical offered a scientific education. building to the George Washington University (then known as Columbian University). Without consulting anyone at the university, Corcoran announced his decision to a surprised board of trustees. “It is SPRING 09 SPRING Because of his position in society, Corcoran knew every to be a polytechnic school, somewhat on the model of the District resident who had any interest in science or technolo- Boston Institute of Technology,“ announced the Washington gy. Most of these individuals were connected with the Naval Post. The university had few teachers who could help with Observatory or the Smithsonian Institution. In 1878, he had such a school, so Corcoran turned to a pair of his friends at SYNERGY lent these individuals a room in his office building to form a the Cosmos Club for assistance, Simon Newcomb and

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Special Collections & University Archives, The Gelman Library, George Washington University 10 in theschool’s early days. 1892-1897 researcher andanimportant of theCorcoran Scientific School from Charles E.Munroe Club, located onlyablockaway. school hadmany ties to theCosmos William Corcoran, theearly engineering (Top left) The Cosmos Club:Through

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Library of Congress engineering degrees, thatof civil Initially, theschool offered onlytwo Cosmos Clubfor dinner. the teachers would retire to the When theevening’s instruction ended, at 4:00 for discussions andlabwork. Faculty andstudents would arrive after work, beginning at6:00pm. held were Classes Lafayette Square. the local offices thatclustered about companion of local industry oratleast try.“ The school would strive to bethe argued, “butisthecompanion of indus- “Science does not wait ongenius,“ he another memberof theCosmos Club. geologist JohnWesley Powell, yet and faculty were addr night school. That night, thestudents its doors onOctober 1,1884. Itwas a The Corcoran Scientific School opened taught cla of faculty for thenew school andboth were prominently displayed onthelist Weather Bureau. Both theirnames United States, was thechiefof theU. S. had studied inEurope aswell asthe Nautical AlmanacOffice. Abbe, who Harvard, was thedirector of the been educated inmathematics at Cleveland Abbe. Newcomb, whohad FIRST HOME: this buildingon15thandHStreets. sses. sses. essed by the by essed In its early years, theengineeringschool was housed in the laboratories.“ tice andoriginalresearch in for them,aswell asfor graduate prac- advertised, “arrangements willbe in advanced studies,“ theschool students shallapplyfor instruction was slight. “Ifasufficient numberof initial demandfor suchinstruction offered graduate degrees, though the From its inception, theCorcoran School the corresponding degree.“ the catalog announced, “willreceive “completing any of these courses,“ developed courses for them.Students in theschool’s initialcatalog and importance of these new disciplines the Faculty acknowledged classes. the Corcoran School beganoffering establishing asociety inNew York as before, andelectrical engineers were professional society onlyfour years Mechanical engineers hadformed a to assert independentidentities. fields of engineeringwere starting school openedits doors, two other engineering. However, just asthe engineering thatwas distinct from military was still used to refer to any aspectof At thetime, theterm “civil engineering“ of science inminingengineering. bachelor engin eering andamore specialized made

Special Collections & University Archives, The Gelman Library, George Washington University are kept separate,“ the and awhite powder thatwhilethetwo substance iscomposed of adarkliquid ratory attheNavy Yard. “This powerful a new explosive for theordnance labo- as theschool’s second dean, developed Professor Charles Munroe, whoserved was connected to themilitary. In1894, Much of theschool’s early research Post use inthelaboratories.“ a large collection of chemicals for testing machine, two dynamos, and metal ingoldbearing ore, amilk a millfor theamalgamationof free included equipmentsuchasmotors, wrote anearly dean. These gifts many andvaluable gifts received,“ been indebted to generous friendsfor of theuniversity. “The school has and supplies from alumniandfriends Instead, hehadto request equipment or contracts to hislaboratory. support grants from the federal government modern circumstances. Hehadno that was radically different from school butheworked inanenvironment researcher intheearly days of the Munroe was perhaps themost prominent harmless asso muchsand.“ harmless aswater andthesolid as GENTLEMEN SCHOLARS: Engineering Society banquet. announced, liquidisas “the SCHOOL Washington of ENGINEERING&APPLIEDSCIENCE Members for gatherin1916 theGW technical school for officers. get theschool approved asanofficial government. In1905, hewas ableto school’s connection to thefederal Hodgkins, moved to reaffirm the the college, thenew dean, Howard electrical engineering.Indeveloping programs incivil,mechanical, and can see theoutlines of themodern Engineering. Inthese programs, we christened theWashington College of the engineeringprograms, whichit later, itestablished anew school for to theliberal college. arts Two years scientific programs andother activities Corcoran School. Ittransferred the the different kindsof programs of the In 1903, theuniversity beganto distinguish the latest technical articles from Europe. French so thatthestudents could read school offer courses inGermanor Corcoran hadalso insisted thatthe tobirth themodern social sciences. in moral philosophy, afieldthatgave the school could even get adegree wide variety of subjects. Students in Corcoran School taught courses ina early engineeringschools, the program of study. Like many of the resemblance to themodernengineering Even theearly curriculum bore little

Special Collections & University Archives, The Gelman Library, George Washington University formed theNationalResearch Council from New York, Boston, orChicago, activities. Agroup of scientists, most again became thecenter for scientific the United States, theCosmos Club As theconflict expanded to threaten the military andengineeringschools. The war strengthened theties between for amodernengineeringcollege. scientific school andcreated theseed Corcoran’s 19thcentury visionof a it advanced theschool beyond William move symbolized amajorchange, as new campus atFoggy Bottom. That building at15thandHStreets to a Engineering hadmoved from its in 1914, theWashington School of By thestart of theFirst World War laboratory atGW. Amechanicalengineering 1918: Special Collections&UniversityArchives,TheGelmanLibrary,GeorgeWashington WILLIAM CORCORAN.“ RETIRED BANKER NAMED or anengineer District was notascientist scientific education inthe “The leading advocate for BUT A FEATURE 11

SYNERGY SPRING 09 SYNERGY SPRING 09 FEATURE 12 university president in1921. With his Hodgkins, hadbeenpromoted to aided by thefact thatits dean, Howard naval architecture. The school was also Yard, its faculty started aprogram in Working withengineers attheNaval a working relationship withthe Navy. to exploit its location andcontinue Nonetheless, theschool was able both theArmy andNavy shrank. research. Intheyears thatfollowed, orders to terminate war production and United States Government started issuing powers hadsignedan armistice, the November hours 12,1918, after thewarring for theSchool of Engineering. On The excitement of thewar endedquickly of Foggy Bottom. constructed ontheMall,just south buildings, whichhadbeenhastily came from thenew Naval Headquarters naval service.“ Most of these students students entering several branches of that its courses were “valuable for new officers. The school advertised providing technical education to Engineering anddevoted itself to Washington University School of Engineering took thenameGeorge the war, theWashington School of During American involvement in the needsof theArmy andNavy. to coordinate scientific research to fulfill

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Library of Congress Arsenal inMaryland. GW underacontract attheCumberland known asthebazooka) was developed at The recoilless anti-tank rifle(popularly from theheadquarters of theorganization, support. Located onlyafew blocks provide themilitary with research organization thatwas created to Research andDevelopment, the greatly aidedby theOffice of Scientific The school’s research program was take evening cla Avenue from theNaval buildingsto told thestory of trudgingupVirginia military officers. Many ayoung officer a leading role ineducating young hostilities, theschool againtook programs. Following thestart of to expand its educational andresearch engineering school new opportunities The Second World War gave the mechanical engineers. new laboratories for both electrical and assistance, theschool was ableto build TOMPKINS HALL: modern civil,mechanical, andelectrical engineeringlaboratories. sses at the school. school. the at sses Completed in1956, thenew engineeringbuildingboasted an alumnusof theschool, offered own. In1947, Charles HookTompkins, school finallyacquired abuildingof its After theendof thewar, theengineering University of Chicago. Berkeley, JohnsHopkins, andthe Columbia, University of California following onlyMIT, Cal Tech, Harvard, Scientific Research andDevelopment, ty contractor withtheOffice of school was theeighthlargest universi- By theendof thewar, theengineering became theJet Propulsion Laboratory. Institute of Technology, whichlater it cooperated withtheCalifornia elements of smallrockets. Inthiswork, rangeshort mortars, andanumberof known asthebazooka), avariety of recoilless anti-tank rifle(popularly university faculty developed the Arsenal inMaryland.In thiswork, ordnance research attheCumberland won thecontract to managerocket and promote its faculty. In1943, theschool position to learn of projects andto the engineeringschool was inagood Special Collections & University Archives, The Gelman Library, George Washington University of EngineeringandAppliedScience. acquired its current name, theSchool aeronautical engineering.In1962, it courses incomputer science and school moved into thisnew era, it added years after theSecond World War. Asthe Naval architecture hadvanished afew in miningengineeringwas longgone. new ones. The school’s originalprogram outmoded programs andstrengthened Russian satellite Sputnik in1957, itshed that followed thelaunch of the interest inscience andtechnology its modernform. Aidedby therenewed of Tompkins Hall,theschool evolved into In theyears thatfollowed the completion laboratories onthethird floor. electrical engineeringfaculty hadmodern protected walkway for observation. The laboratories withhighceilings anda The basement heldmechanical andcivil pleased withthenew laboratory space. new building.They were particularly The faculty was very pleased withthe in 1954 andfinishedtwo years later. Lisner Auditorium. Construction began university, includingthehospital and had builtanumberof buildingsfor the $22,500 to buildanew facility. Tompkins SCHOOL of ENGINEERING&APPLIEDSCIENCE another time, because Corcoran. But these are stories for 125-year-old school founded by William era hasstories of its own to tell about the school took its current name. This Forty-seven years have passed since its city’s center andof Lafayette Square. that was withinwalking distance of the the government with research. Aschool ideas to them.Aschool thatwould serve would bringthebenefits of technology Washington, D.C. Hewanted aschool that the lives of those peoplewholived in engineering skillsthatwould improve interested inpractical science—in most direct legacy of hisvision.Hewas Engineering andAppliedScience isthe and Physics. Still, theSchool of the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, engineering atGW, butit also initiated were many: theCorcoran School established Corcoran’s contributions to theuniversity and AppliedScience. School to theSchool of Engineering passage from the Corcoran Scientific about legacy andlineage, aboutthe character andcontributions to the this story is

Special Collections & University Archives, The Gelman Library, George Washington University students to study drafting atSEAS. sive, andlast, generations of engineering World“ column for theIEEEmagazine David AlanGrierwrites “The Known DAVID ALAN GRIER books onscience andtechnology: (Above) hours of research assistance. SEAS administration staff, for hismany history. We also thankMichaelVeedock, to findandretrieve information onour the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area local andnationalarchives throughout who spenthours researching various senior of intheDepartment History, SEAS thanks Ross Griffith, agraduating School of International Affairs. currently associate dean of the Elliott dean of SEAS from 2002-2004 andis Too SoonTo Tell When Computers Were Human Computer (Left) an engineer’s education. strations anddiscussions were key to Then, asnow, laboratory demon- Hard atwork: oneof thesucces- and istheauthorof two . Heserved asassistant FEATURE and 13

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I air-to-air missiles. Ihadnoidea thatoneday Iwould bean Dynamics asanaerodynamicist, working range, onshort supersonic, At 21,armedwithmy bachelor’s degree, IjoinedHawker Siddeley at age18to study aeronautical engineeringatLondon University. them, too. My own transformation started whenIleft Bournemouth Transformations: we engineers initiate them, butwe can experience our students for success inthisnew world. science, andhealthcare, we must reinvent ourselves to prepare outsourcing, andintheface of nationalchallenges intechnology, circumstances. Inaworld of global connectedness and across thenation.Now, once again we must adaptto changing off campus graduate programs for working professionals from undergraduate andgraduate offerings andstrong andgrowing limited range of disciplines to alarge, residential school withmany a smallnightschool thatprovided engineeringeducation inavery technologies anddisciplines emerged, andSEAS evolved from its own transformations. Two world wars came andwent, new A Perspective from Transformation: Engineers DoThat describes [ As David Grier’s history of ourearly years inthismagazine response to changingcircumstances andnew technologies. example of how everything must continually reinvent itself in specialty engineeringcompanies. Bournemouth isjust one healthcare facilities, weekend vacation homes, andmany small new IT-focused new to businesses, home itself, transformed has it or stores. The town was indecline. Now, 30 or more years later, shuttered, converted into condominiums, ordemolishedfor homes beaches hadwarm white sand. Bournemouth’s hotels were slowly Greece, andother places where sunshinewas reliable and makers“ (as they were called back then) soon found Spain, Italy, development of thecivilturbojet aircraft, theBritish“holiday from commerce to entertainment to education to jobs. With the communications, androbotic manufacturing changeeverything— New products like aircraft, satellites, computers, the internet, wireless do that. join, aerospace engineering,changedthetown forever. Engineers a watery Englishsun.Inafew years, short theprofession Iwas to summer packed withyoung andoldenjoying thebeaches under by car orrail, itwas atown fullof smallfamily-run hotels andin Florida of England.Inanera whentravel for thecommon manwas Bournemouth was aseaside town andretirement community, the now dean of SEAS. Back then,inthe1950s andearly 1960s, south west of Englandto becoming anAmerican citizen and in thelarge butsleepy coastal town of Bournemouth inthe t hasbeenalongjourney from beinganEnglishschoolboy see page8 SCHOOL ], SEAS, like Bournemouth, hasundergone SEAS DEANDAVIDS. DOLLING of ENGINEERING&APPLIEDSCIENCE and how grateful Iwas thatmy prof and must be. Irealized quicklyhow formative inshapingmy views of whatengineeringeducation was, engineering prof letter announcing thataward, whichIhadwaited for withbated a fellowship thatpaid tuition andlivingexpenses. Istill have the Dynamics inBrussels, Belgium, astheproud andhappy holderof to graduate school, enrolling atthevon Karman Institute for Fluid years of missile design atHawker Siddeley Dynamics. Ireturned My own international engineeringexperience came after two understanding andperspective. have aninternational engineeringexperience, to gainthis we are working hard to provide opportunities for students to who inturn took over work started inJapan hours earlier. At SEAS Moscow may becompleting tasks started by colleagues inSeattle and work goes on24/7. Asyou read these words, design teams in Design, manufacturing, andsupplychainsstretch across theglobe internationally based and organized asengineeringnow is. this isneededmore thanever; few professions are as across cultures andtimezones, aswell asdisciplines. Today seamless teams thatmay bespread across theglobe, cutting that ourgraduates are prepared to thrive in,andlead oneof these professional path: asengineeringeducators, we must make sure The same can besaid for “launching“ourgraduates onto their together for themission to beaccomplished. and control systems andactuators, andallhadto work seamlessly overlap withaerodynamics andpropulsion systems, guidance the “bigpicture.“ Electronics andsoftware hadto interface and success hinges on“teamwork“ andanability to see andappreciate packed into acompact space andmust work seamlessly together, where so muchtechnology from so many different disciplines is realized atHawker Siddeley Dynamics thatintheworld of missiles, Building onthefundamentals my prof recognized educational andresearch programs. a crucialrole inattracting theleaders whowillbuildnationally other financialresources. Endowed chairs andprof relentless, andbuilding suchafaculty requires endowments and the competition for thebest andbrightest faculty isfierce and attracting additionalworld-class faculty. This isnot aneasy task; change aninstitution. Ourtransformation atSEAS must include c can professors Excellent and learn onmy own. me athorough grounding infundamentals onwhichIcould build, essor, re on but hange astudent’s life, butthey can also flection, th flection, essent essors essors essors t essors ial lifelong learning was, and courses hadgiven ose early days wereose early aught me, Ialso essorships play essorships PERSPECTIVE 15

SYNERGY SPRING 09 PERSPECTIVE SYNERGY SPRING 09 16 will helpusto accomplish this. The laboratories, classrooms, andworkspaces Modern, sophisticated, andflexible in custom-equipped project spaces. curricular andextra-curricular projects classrooms, andwhere they can work on students can learn instudio-type into regular classroom activities, where in whichlaboratories can beintegrated technology driven learning environments and encourage the development of paradigms andtools. We needto foster imperative to explore new teaching and achangingworkplace, make it the changinglifestyles of our students, as never before. This isachallenge, because We want to engageandempower students the responsibilities itbringswithit. discovered apassion for teaching, and classes to teach It was there thatIhadmy first opportunity doctoral position atPrinceton University. Karman Institute, Iwas offered apost- this when,after four years atthevon and nothing ismore rewarding. Ilearned is not just aresponsibility but aprivilege, prepare themfor success intheworld. It to ourcare, to transform theirlives and campus inthefall, families entrust them From themomentfreshmen step onto students we want andneed. to recruit andretain theundergraduate and needbased scholarships is bright students, butexpanding ourmerit number of energetic, motivated, andvery should we be. SEAS already hasalarge competitors isstanding still—so neither to grow instature, andnoneof our Every engineeringschool hasplans paths to growing inreputation andstature. the best students isoneof thenecessary aid accrue to SEAS, too, since attracting graduate study. But thebenefits of financial the financialresources, for college or students whohave thepassion, butnot A lifeline: thatiswhatfinancialaidfor same situation isfaced by many today. school andnow amever mindfulthat it Iwould never have attended graduate breath. Itwas agodsend, alifeline. Without and there thatI essential THE GEORGEWASHINGTONUNIVERSITY easy things;itevolves outof struggle and confidence, does not come from doing a sense of achievement, buildinginner my comfort zone. Heunderstood that bilities andmademestretch, often beyond Seymour Bogdonoff. Hegave meresponsi- fortunate to work underthelate Prof is agoodthing—at Princeton, where Iwas stretc lesson—that that okay. learned I This willbeastretch for us;butthat’s succeed intoday’s complex world. and willprovide auniquebackground to environment thatothers cannot emulate property matters willoffer ourstudents an inentrepreneurial andintellectualexpertise business experts, andlawyers with experts, Metro area. Close proximity to policy technology education across theD.C.- of start-ups withourpartners, and education, workshops, development create ahubfor technology exchange and element inachieving ourvision.Itwill world-class faculty andstudents—is acore ofthe heart thenation’s capital to draw This new building—a powerful magnet in interdisciplinary environment we need. and life sciences andto provide the to beshared withgroups from thenatural architectural studies for anew building, of upto $10millionfor engineeringand February meeting approved expenditures university’s Board of Trustees atits onto theSEAS highway andjoinus in thework ahead.“ in conjunction withyou. AsaSEAS stakeholder, Iaskyou to take theon-ramp THE ON-RAMP: “We are developing grand plans, butwe are doingso essor hing embrace thatchance. was beingoffered. We have chosen to choice. The chance to grow, to improve, was aperfect alignmentof chance and and itcould not beturned down. There presenting itself, to meandto SEAS, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was and finalvisit, Irecall thinkingthata airplane back to Austin after my third trips was equallycompelling. Onthe alumni Imet duringthose interview end of theSEAS faculty, students, and The strong commitment to thatsame and theirenthusiasmwas contagious. neering andscience atGW was palpable, leaders hadmadeto strengthening engi- President Knapp, andother highlevel commitment thattheBoard of Trustees, dominated. Duringvisits to GW, thestrong to take thepost of dean of SEAS, buttwo SEAS. Many factors influenced my decision And thisbringsmeto thepresent, here at of Engineering. for academic affairs for theSchool department, andthenassociate dean to fullprof through theranks of assistant to associate developed andtaught my cla built asupersonic windtunnel laboratory, at theUniversity of Texas atAustin asI as we called him,stood meingoodstead Boggy, with learned Lessons work. hard essor, c became hair of my sses, passed sses,

Scavone Photography line; andnanotechnology, in whichnatural electric andlightweight vehicles come on technologies andregulations asfully surgery; development of new safety aircraft to pharmaceuticals to robotic of products andproc computers for design andsimulation needs; thedemandfor ever more powerful medical, homelandsecurity, anddefense and privacy for amyriad of commercial, computer security, information assurance, a sustainable future; theurgent needfor lenges: energy independence andsecuring The nationfaces many technological chal- keys to ourfuture health andprosperity. education, engineering,andscience are dawning realization thatasnever before, tables inmillionsof homes, there isa White House cabinet room to kitchen It comes atapropitious time. From the SCHOOL esses from from esses of ENGINEERING&APPLIEDSCIENCE pilotless a mentor to afirst-year student, orserving For some of you, thismay mean becoming a role to play. will we succeed, andevery oneof ushas alone. Onlyasateam working together group of stakeholders,one no can doit I have said many times, nooneperson, conjunction withyou andwithGW. As down to work. But we are doingso in We are rolling upoursleeves andgetting In short, we are developing grand plans. growing presence. areas inwhichwe have astrong or that SEAS hasrecognized andthey are worldwide. These are allchallenges electronics to improving water quality applications from pharmaceuticals to and man-madematerials are exploited for meeting you and“talking SEAS.“ is nocombination Ienjoy more than ahead, let’s have coffee orlunch.There up; ifyou are planningatripto D.C., call months ahead. Ifyou are inD.C., lookme I lookforward to meeting you inthe launching pad from whichto goforward. We have astrong school, atremendous privileged, to serve asdean of SEAS. I willendby saying Ifeel very lucky, and the work ahead. onto theSEAS highway andjoinusin stakeholder, Iaskyou to take theon-ramp would never have imagined.AsaSEAS from this, opportunities arise thatyou what you thinkandwhoyou are, and people come into your life andchange forks intheroad appear onevery journey; because unanticipated andinteresting Above allof this, Iurge you to get involved, just aquestion of choosing how. it is has achance to make adifference; of anew buildingcome true. Everybody the resources to helpusmake ourdream reflecting onasucc life anew focus. Others of you, perhaps her give or asenior, changehisdirection, your subjectmay ignite afire inasophomore to any of us. The passion you express for can changelives, sometimes unbeknownst lecture inaSEAS seminar series. Seminars spend anafternoon withusandgive a a chairorendowed prof Some of you may beableto helpestablish in perpetuity. the most amazingof gifts. They give class’ name. Endowed scholarships are contribute to ascholarship inagraduating member orbeloved faculty member, or a scholarship inthenameof afamily resources. Others may beableto endow projects withyour timeandfinancial Others can student helpsupport design an alumnichapter inRockville orRiyadh. advice to graduating seniors, ordeveloping on resume writingworkshops thatprovide essful career, may have PERSPECTIVE essorship, or essorship, 17

SYNERGY SPRING 09 SYNERGY SPRING 09 PROFILES M 18 engineers can help because they can access to clean water, and environmental than two billion people don't have treatment asdevelopment tools. More water treatment, andwaste water development, andIwant to use water, engineering. “Iwant to gointo international Her own path iscivilandenvironmental to findmy own path,“ sheremarks. did interms of engineering,butIwanted major. “Iwas exposed to whatmy sisters she set herown course inselecting her her sisters inchoosing to study atSEAS, home.“ While she followed inthesteps of people were so welcoming andIfelt at experience itmyself. Icame to visit, and talking aboutitso muchthatIhadto such positive experiences andthey were SEAS, andasDumitexplains, “They had SEAS. Both of heroldersisters studied at already had aconnection to GW and As shebeganto thinkaboutcollege, she opened upmy eyes to it.“ engineering was. Seeing thebridgesort of when Iwas really impr engineering, andthatwas thefirst time recalls Dumit. “Iwas lookinginto civil got to climb theSydney HarborBridge,“ moments: “When Iwas inAustralia, we that shehadoneof her“ah-hah!“ Program. Itwas duringhertripto Australia People to People Student Ambassadors Australia, respectively, through the student ambassador to Japan and school, Dumitwas nominated to bea After herjuniorandsenior years of high of these connections. decisions, andshetalks aboutsome experiences thathelpedshapeher four years atSEAS andGW andatthe Now asenior, shelooks back ather to heracademics, andpeopleto places. Seeing Connections and Muriel Dumit to possibilities, experiences Sheconnects interests tions. to thinkinterms of connec- uriel Dumitseems frequently

essed by what c what by essed FINDING HERPATH ivil THE GEORGEWASHINGTONUNIVERSITY responsibilities. Just thehands-on I was involved andhadactual continues, “Iwasn’t just photocopying. prompted for anelaboration, she what Iwant to dointhefuture.“ When really enjoy research, andthisclarified with hergoals. “Ifound thatIactually internship, andagainfound connections was ableto convert itinto ayear-round could beimplemented inAlexandria. She bacteria inorder to see ifthe project Authority to examine theuse of anammox on apilot project atAlexandria Sanitation Professor Rumana Riffat. Shewas placed under theguidance of heradvisor, Columbia Water andSewer Authority summer internship withtheDistrict of To helpachieve hergoal, Dumittook a explains Dumit. that can helpmake adifference,“ research andcome upwithaconcept than treating diseases. I'd like to gointo prevent diseases inthefirst place, rather be onemore connection for her. student. Perhaps down theroad thiswill SEAS next year, enrolling asagraduate Dumit plansto continue herstudies at mentoring program, andothers. Women Engineers, theSEAS student Without Borders andtheSociety of including theGW chapters of Engineers college for several outside activities, has managedto findtimethroughout Dean's HonorList every semester), Dumit academic achievement (she hasmadethe In additionto herresearch experience and at my internship reinforced each other.“ that whatIwas learning inschool and real world clarifieditfor me. Itsunkin knowledge andsee how itworked inthe that Iwas ableto applytheclassroom me thatthisiswhatIwant to do. The fact for whatIwas doingandreally convinced experience thatIgot solidified my love T Combining Talents and Bill Westenhofer category for nominated for anOscar inthesame his talent. In2005, Westenhofer was entertainment industry hasrecognized This was notthefirst timethatthe The GoldenCompass. Sciences for hiswork onthefilm Academy of MotionPictures and Arts Achievement inVisual Effects by the and Trevor Wood were awarded the2008 his colleagues MichaelFink,Ben Morris, but winanOscar hedid.Westenhofer and sometimes-computer buff to Oscar winner, The Lion,theWitch, andtheWardrobe his work on Television Awards also nominated himfor and last year theOrange BritishAcademy first nomination of any kindwas actually his success goes back even further. “My SCHOOL the way from student art and plan thatwould take himall in Bill Westenhofer's mind,a here was never agrand vision The GoldenCompass The Chronicles ofNarnia: of ENGINEERING&APPLIEDSCIENCE FINDING SUCCESS . And , computer science master's degree and was thatIwas goingto come in,get a “With GW,“ heexplains, “my thought GW for hismaster's program. Bucknell University, andthencame to engineering asanundergraduate at combine thetwo. Hestudied computer computer graphics asaway to teacher suggested thathelookinto It started inhighschool whenhisart given himareal advantage in hiscareer. in computers, andthatcombination has and lifelong love of withaninterest art fortune. Early on,hecombined atalent success isnot simplyamatter of good to theOscar, itbecomes clear thathis as hespeaks aboutthepath hetraveled in therightplace attherighttime, but Westenhofer credits hissuccess to being recalls Westenhofer. British Academy Award for thatjob,“ for Babe II . Igot nominated for the did Iknow, [Prof studies incomputer graphics. But, little whenever Icould, I'd doindependent mantelpiece andit's kindof shocking.“ I still come home andsee itonthe It's not something Iever expected. muses, “It's still absolutely surreal. And asfor theOscar? Westenhofer It's wonderful.“ office andplay itover andover again. I'll just sitandlookattheshot inmy Aslan thelion.When thathappens, that's almost living.Iremember itwith you've created by handto something over anditgoes from something that there's almost amomentwhenitclicks and you finallyputitintheshot, and trying to get thecharacter to lookright, digital character. You've spentmonths something for alongtime, especially a a momentwhenyou've beenworking on re he most, loves he what conversation. When asked specifically his job, andthatisreadily apparent inhis Westenhofer loves thecreative sideof how realistic my request is.“ know how it's goingto work andIknow I can askanartist to dosomething andI the creative thingsthatIwant done. So, effective insuggesting ways of attacking how thesystems work, I'malot more engineering background andknowing more theartistic side, buthaving the career now isalittle less technical, it's I still use every day,“ heexplains. “My of computer graphics are something that education hereceived. “The applications Westenhofer still values thetechnical computer science degree.“ doing whatIwanted to dowitha have asked for abetter program for It turned outto beaperfect fit. Icouldn't the computer graphics group running. essor] James Hahnhad plies, “There's PROFILES 19

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impact applications and are available on Voice of America (radio, broadcast,

Jim Kirby our Web site for researchers and the and Web), and Medill News Services. government to download. No one else develops these types of models.“ With approximately two-thirds of Americans casting their votes in the presidential The NCAC’s 40-member staff and elections on paper ballots, Vora and graduate students conduct vehicle safety Popoveniuc’s presentation addressed the and biomechanics research, highway question, “How can voters be assured their safety and infrastructure research, votes are counted and kept private?“ They and simulation and advanced computing demonstrated for the media their “voter- research. They also run full-scale crash verifiable“ voting system, Scantegrity. testing and composite and material Bethany Koetje, MS ’08, digitizes a crash test tests at the Federal Outdoor Impact Scantegrity involves optical scan ballots and dummy at the National Crash Analysis Center. Laboratory in McLean, VA. The center invisible ink, and provides a fool-proof way also houses the National Crash Analysis for voters to ensure their ballots are collect- Center Library, the largest and most ed and correctly tallied. It is the only such comprehensive source of crash test data system in the country that can be used with Events and vehicle safety reports in the nation. current optical scan ballots, and it does not change the voting experience for users. NCAC Wins $19 Million Grant “The NCAC is also examining the impact The National Crash Analysis Center of hybrid and electrical cars on road Under the Scantegrity system, each optical (NCAC), based on GW's Virginia Campus, safety,“ says Kan. “In doing so, we scan ballot has a serial number, and every has won a five-year, $19 million research provide data that help both government choice on the ballot has a special confirma- grant from the U.S. Department of craft appropriate legislation and the tion number attached to it. Using a special Transportation’s Federal Highway automotive industry produce better and pen, voters select their choices, and when Administration. safer vehicles. One of our key assets as they do so, a special confirmation number a research organization is that we can associated with each choice is revealed; this This major grant continues the NCAC's help the government and industry work number does not reveal the voter's choice. longstanding efforts to promote together to address the technical issues The confirmation numbers are posted advanced crash analyses technologies of new innovations and technologies,“ publicly following the election, and voters that improve highway and vehicle he says. “This is just one of the many can check to see that their confirmation safety and infrastructure security. unique features of our center.“ numbers have been recorded. To obtain It also marks more than 15 years of the election tally, the list of confirmation collaboration among the Federal Highway Research Team Demonstrates numbers is decoded in a manner that can Administration, the National Highway “Voter-Verifiable“ Voting be verified by any organization or individual Traffic Safety Administration, and GW. System to Media who wishes to check the mathematics. The In late October of last year with the national decoding and the verification do not reveal The NCAC was chartered in 1992 as elections fast approaching, Professor the candidate choices of a voter. part of SEAS and for the past 15 years Poorvi Vora and doctoral student Stefan has “developed unique capabilities Popoveniuc of the Department of Computer Scantegrity is a joint project of University of in crash analysis, crash data statistics, Science (CS) demonstrated their “voter- Maryland, Baltimore County; Massachusetts simulation and modeling, and vehicle and verifiable“ voting system research to members Institute of Technology; University of barrier design,“ according to the center's of the media at a breakfast meeting. CS Ottawa; University of Waterloo; University director, Professor Cing-Dao “Steve“ Kan. Professor Rahul Simha and doctoral student of Newcastle upon Tyne; GW; and David Ben Hosp also attended the breakfast and Chaum, its chief inventor. “The capabilities, expertise, and participated during the question and resources housed within the National answer session with the media. POORVI VORA Crash Analysis Center are not duplicated elsewhere in the world at this level,“ Because the topic was so timely, SEAS SPRING 09 SPRING explains Kan. “For example, we have received an unusually high amount of vehicle computer models that allow us publicity from the meeting, with the to take a vehicle completely apart and research covered by WMAL, WAMU

SYNERGY rebuild it part by part. Once completed, (Washington, D.C.’s National Public these models can be used for different Radio affiliate), The Washington Times,

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The culmination of the week's activities was the Engineers’ Ball, held that Ben Solomon Friday evening at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, not far from campus. “E-Ball,“ as it is known, is a student- centered event, but a number of the school's friends also attended, including GW President Steven Knapp and Mrs. Knapp, SEAS National Advisory Council members, and several alumni. The evening included a dinner, dance, and an awards ceremony.

Prior to the ball, students had the opportunity to vote for the Professor of the Year in each of the five SEAS departments, and the winners were announced that evening. The winners of the 2009 Professor of the Year awards are: Professors Sameh Badie of the Department of Civil and Environmental The GW inaugural float parades down Pennsylvania Avenue. Engineering, Abdou Youssef of the Department of Computer Science, Shahrokh Ahmadi of the Department SEAS Plays Key Role in SEAS faculty and staff were integral of Electrical and Computer Engineering, GW Inaugural Float Success to the project, as well. Michael Veedock, Lile Murphree of the Department of On January 20, 2009, GW had the honor SEAS administration staff, took on the Engineering Management and Systems of being a part of the presidential inaugural role of trolley design lead, while Stephen Engineering, and Ryan Vallance of parade; the GW float that processed down Pothier, a senior research scientist, the Department of Mechanical and Pennsylvania Avenue was the only and Roger Cortesi, a lecturer, both of Aerospace Engineering. Awards were university-affiliated float in the parade. the Department of Mechanical and also given to two seniors, Sible Antony Aerospace Engineering (MAE), provided and Kachi Odoemene, for their leadership The float was a great success, one that structure, organization, leadership, and and involvement at SEAS. made both GW and SEAS look good, but it wise mentoring to keep the project on didn’t come without much effort. It required target and on time. They had the support In short, the evening was a terrific success. countless hours of work by a group of GW of Michael Plesniak, chairman of the Said Dean David Dolling, “The smiling students, staff, and faculty—all of them MAE department, and Professor Roger faces, the laughter, the overall noise level, volunteers—whose efforts helped give Kaufman, who provided many just-in- the endless flashing of cameras, and the GW a few moments in the national time, mechanical engineering feats. numbers who stayed around to the very (and international) spotlight. end make me think students, faculty, SEAS Celebrates and our guests all had a great time. Citing the student involvement, Dean David “E-Week“ 2009 If you missed it, don't worry; there'll Dolling said, “Thirty-five students from SEAS students set a high bar for be another one in February 2010.“ across GW participated in building the float; themselves this year in planning and among them were our own SEAS students: carrying out activities to celebrate Sible Antony, John Bermingham, Jonathan National Engineers' Week, and they Binetti, Andrew Breest, Max Dandridge, cleared it with room to spare. Led by Murrad Kazalbash, Matt Knouse, Matthew SEAS Engineers' Council, the students Mancuso, Gregory McEnteggart, Christine organized more than 30 events—every- SPRING 09 SPRING Penfold, Caitlin Stahl, Shayna Weinshel, and thing from speakers and educational Gabriel Yessin. SEAS student and Student displays to contests, competitions, Association President Vishal Aswani and and games—that made for a wonderful GW senior Charlie Burgoyne merit special combination of fun and learning experiences SYNERGY mention for their leadership of the project.“ during the February celebration.

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in attracting women to our graduate and their properties, applications, and programs, where 27.8 percent of our devices, incorporating nanostructures, master’s candidates and 26 percent computational modeling and analysis, of our doctoral candidates are and nano manufacturing and metrology. female. ABET also noted that SEAS Projects underway include developing a has significantly increased activities system for nanopatterning with scanning for female engineering students tunneling microscopy, studying the growth through our Society of Women of carbon nanotubes, computational Engineers (SWE) chapter and our mechanical modeling of nanomaterials, active peer mentoring network. researching nanomagnetics, and filtration These efforts have helped with the with nanostructured materials. recruitment and retention of female engineering students at GW. In GWIN's efforts in nanotechnology will addition, this environment has also be an important addition to the provided women graduates with an university’s engineering and science extraordinary learning experience. education programs. “Nanoscale phenomena are frequently incompatible SEAS Associate Dean Martha Pardavi-Horvath Congratulations go out to all at SEAS with our classical intuition and experiences,“ and ABET President L.S. “Skip“ Fletcher who work to make our school a welcoming explains Vallance. “Traditional engineering environment in which all can thrive. theories, like continuum mechanics, which engineers have used for over a century SEAS Receives ABET GW Establishes New Institute to design new devices, break down in Diversity Award for Nanotechnology nanotechnology. We now have to teach In October of last year, Associate Sixteen faculty in SEAS and the Columbian students additional physical, chemical, Dean Martha Pardavi-Horvath accepted College of Arts and Sciences founded the biological, and statistical principles that a 2008 ABET President’s Award for GW Institute for Nanotechnology (GWIN) govern nanotechnology. GWIN can help Diversity on behalf of the School of last fall, after receiving financial support us incorporate nanotechnology into our Engineering and Applied Science. from the university under an initiative that educational programs, both at the ABET, the recognized accrediting fosters promising areas of research and undergraduate and graduate levels.“ agency for college and university programs academic programming at GW. Led by in applied science, computing, engineering, Professor Ryan Vallance of the Department Dean David Dolling is very supportive of and technology, presents these awards of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the new institute, adding, “Nanotechnology annually to schools and universities, GWIN brings together faculty from is a vital area of national importance with individuals, associations, and firms to mechanical and aerospace engineering, applications across a wide spectrum from recognize their extraordinary success electrical and computer engineering, civil medicine to electronics to improving water in achieving or facilitating diversity and environmental engineering, physics, quality world-wide. National laboratories, and inclusiveness in the technological chemistry, and biochemistry. federal agencies, and private sector segments of American society. corporations all recognize the untapped Nanotechnology, a field at the intersection potential for discoveries in this emerging According to the citation on the of science and engineering, studies and field, and I believe that our engineers and award, SEAS merits this award “For applies natural and man-made materials scientists will be among those who its commitment and achievement in with dimensions below 100 nanometers. unlock some of its exciting secrets. hiring female faculty and in recruiting, It attempts to manipulate matter through GWIN facilitates their task by creating an retaining, and graduating a significant the fabrication of nanostructures and infrastructure that fosters multi-disciplinary number of women in undergraduate engineer new applications for medicine, efforts and provides research support.“ and graduate engineering programs computing, data storage, and energy. To while providing the graduates with understand the scale of nanotechnology, leadership skills and opportunities Vallance helpfully explains, “a thousand GWIN FACULTY as they enter engineering practice.“ 100-nanometer particles placed side by SPRING 09 SPRING side equals the average width of a In addition to SEAS’ achievement human hair.“ in hiring female faculty into our

SYNERGY engineering programs, ABET GWIN will undertake research projects congratulated SEAS for its success related to nanostructured materials

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SEAS Faculty Advance Wide- Models of Curved Arteries with Stents.“ course, Business Crisis and Continuity Ranging Research Interests In the Department of Civil and Management. Professor Shaw is also SEAS faculty are engaged in a wide Environmental Engineering, Professor working with Emeritus Professor John range of research, for which they have Majid Manzari received a three-year, R. Harrald as part of a U.S. team that is received more than $8.4 million in $235,000 grant to support a project acting as observers for the Netherlands funding thus far this year. A sampling that aims to develop theoretical and National Flood Exercise and providing of this ongoing research demonstrates computational methods that enable observations and comparative practices the breadth of both the topics and the engineers to evaluate the seismic through reports and presentations to funding provided for them. response and stability of certain civil Netherlands government officials and infrastructure systems. emergency management personnel. Last fall, five faculty from the Department of Computer Science Meanwhile, several SEAS faculty SEAS faculty have also received a received a total of $1.32 million in grants members have been working on research number of GW-sponsored research from the National Science Foundation funded this year by other entities outside grants this year. ECE Professor Matthew (NSF) to support their research. GW. Professor Jason Zara, of the Kay received a Dilthey Award from GW Professors Rahul Simha and Bhagirath Department of Electrical and Computer for research on “Endocardial Sources of Narahari received a $600,000, four-year Engineering (ECE), was awarded Ectopic Activity During Cardiac Ischemia grant from the NSF’s CyberTrust program two sponsored projects from Imalux and Low-Flow Reperfusion,“ while MAE to support their ongoing research, which Corporation to investigate new Professor Pinhas Ben-Tzvi received a explores how additional hardware can be technologies for epithelial cancer University Facilitating Fund Award for utilized to provide more secure computer detection using optical coherence his research on “A Precise Piezeceramic systems. Professor Poorvi Vora received tomography. MAE Professor Charles Actuated Dispensing Array for a two-year, $164,000 NSF grant, also Garris is working with Multiaqua Microdrops Generation and a Vision from the CyberTrust program, for Corporation to commercialize his Based Testing Setup.“ In addition, SEAS research on voting systems, and she patented invention, the supersonic faculty won four of the eleven awards also received another NSF grant to study pressure-exchange ejector, and MAE sponsored by GW’s newly-created statistical cryptanalysis of block ciphers Professor Andrew Cutler is part of Institute for the Analysis of Solar Energy. as channel communication. Professors a multi-institutional team that was Two of the awards were given to EMSE Xiuzhen “Susan“ Cheng and Hyeong-Ah successful in winning the competition Professor Jonathan Deason, one to ECE Choi received a four-year, $330,000 for the Air Force Office of Scientific Professor Robert Harrington, and one to grant to study a number of fundamental Research/NASA National Hypersonics Professor Emeritus Lance Hoffman and problems critical to mesh network Research Center in Propulsion. This co-principal investigators Professor throughput optimization—a process that center, to be called the Center for John Sibert and senior research scientist attempts to optimize the total amount Hypersonic Combined Cycle Flow Physics, Costis Toregas, all of the Department of traffic delivered through a network is led by the University of Virginia, and of Computer Science. within a unit of time. Separately, the GW subcontract is for $1.06 million Professor Choi received a two-year, over five years. In addition to research grants, SEAS $100,000 grant for a project that faculty have also had success with studies resource management in Three faculty in the Department of patents this year. U.S. Patent Number secure open wireless networks. Engineering Management and 7,420,724 was issued to ECE Professor Systems Engineering (EMSE) have Jason Zara and his collaborators earlier Four other SEAS faculty also are been undertaking emergency this year, while MAE Professor Charles conducting research under NSF grants management-related research for Garris had a U.S. patent allowed, entitled that they have received this year. both the U.S. Government and the “Pressure Exchanging Ejector.“ Professors Rajat Mittal and Ryan Vallance Government of the Netherlands. of the Department of Mechanical and Professor Joseph Barbera was awarded Aerospace Engineering (MAE) received $343,000 for a project to support the a three-year, $240,000 grant to analyze professional development of Veterans the flight of butterflies in GW's Center Health Administration personnel in for Biomimetics and Bioinspired the area of health care emergency 09 SPRING Engineering lab, while MAE Professor management, while Professor Gregory Michael Plesniak was awarded a two-year, Shaw received a contract from the

$240,000 grant to support a project Federal Emergency Management SYNERGY entitled “Unsteady Flow Phenomena in Agency to update its university-level

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New Faculty Dr. Pinhas Ben-Tzvi Dr. Stephen Hsu Pinhas Ben-Tzvi is an assis- Stephen Hsu is a professor tant professor in the in the Department of Department of Mechanical Mechanical Engineering. and Aerospace Engineering. He has a wide range of He received his Ph.D. in experience and expertise mechanical engineering dealing with energy from the University of efficiency, materials, Toronto and previously energy, and manufacturing, worked on medical and he leads SEAS efforts diagnostic robotic systems at General Electric Medical Systems. in the broader field of energy. Hsu began his career at Amoco His research interests are focused on the advanced mechanics Research Center, then joined NIST as a research scientist. At and control of mechatronic and robotic systems, the design of NIST, he conducted research on materials, measurements, and intelligent autonomous systems, and the application of smart metrology, and he interfaced extensively with U.S. industries on materials for the development of novel sensors and actuators for materials metrology issues. He also led international cooperative biomedical and miniature mechatronic and microrobotic systems. research programs on advanced materials for more than 20 years.

Hsu has published more than 250 papers, books, and articles, Dr. Samer Hamdar and holds seven U.S. patents. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Tribologists Samer Hani Hamdar comes and Lubrication Engineers and has received many awards. to GW from Northwestern He has served in various academic positions at Northwestern University Transportation University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Center, where he earned Maryland, and the City University of Hong Kong, and has his Ph.D. in civil and graduated more than 70 students and post-docs over the years. environmental engineering Hsu earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania and was a research assis- State University. tant. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and his primary research interests include driver and pedestrian Dr. Yongsheng Leng behavior modeling, traffic flow theory, intelligent transportation Yongsheng Leng earned systems, transportation planning and evaluation, transportation his Ph.D. in mechanics and safety, evacuation modeling, and disaster management. tribology (the science of friction, lubrication, and wear between two solid surfaces) from Tsinghua Dr. Howie Huang University (China). Before Howie Huang comes to joining SEAS, he was GW from the University of a research assistant Virginia, where he received professor of chemical engineering at Vanderbilt University. a Ph.D. in computer science. His research interests include computational nanotribology, He is an assistant professor molecular modeling of self-assembly at organo-metallic in the Department of interfaces, nanomechanics, mechanical property of metal Electrical and Computer nanowires, and the development of computational methodology. Engineering, and his He is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical research interests include

SPRING 09 SPRING and Aerospace Engineering. computer architecture, operating systems, data-intensive computing, power-aware systems, and high-performance computing. SYNERGY

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Dr. Baoxia Mi Dr. Nan Zhang Baoxia Mi is an assistant Nan Zhang received his professor in the Department Ph.D. in computer science of Civil and Environmental from Texas A&M University Engineering. Before joining and is a National Science SEAS, she was a postdoctoral Foundation Career Award research associate in the winner whose research Department of Chemical interests include security Engineering at Yale and privacy issues in University. Her research databases, data mining, has focused on physicochemical processes emphasizing novel and computer networks. He has joined SEAS as an assistant membrane technologies and nanomaterials for water-related professor in the Department of Computer Science; prior to applications. Mi earned her Ph.D. in environmental engineering that, he was an assistant professor of computer science and from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Michael Plesniak Joins SEAS Mechanical Engineers and of the American as Department Chairman Physical Society. He is an Associate SEAS is pleased to introduce our Fellow of the American Institute for new Department of Mechanical and Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Aerospace Engineering chairman, and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Professor Michael W. Plesniak. Research Society.

Professor Plesniak joined the SEAS Plesniak has been active in the American faculty on August 1, 2008. He was Society of Mechanical Engineers as a formerly a professor of mechanical member of the Fluid Mechanics Technical engineering at Purdue University, Committee and the Honors and Awards the Eugene Kleiner Professor for Committee, and as associate editor of Innovation in Mechanical Engineering the Journal of Fluids Engineering. He is at Polytechnic University of New York, also a member of AIAA’s Public Policy and the director of the Fluid Dynamics Committee and Fluid Dynamics Technical and Hydraulics Program at the National Committee, and he serves on the Science Foundation (NSF). Infrastructure Issues Team of the Center for the Study of the Presidency Plesniak has made significant and Congress (CSPC). The CSPC is a contributions to education and research public policy advocacy group that in the discipline of fluid dynamics. His advised President Obama’s transition specific contributions are in the field of team and is making recommendations turbulent flow physics for applications to the president on policy issues. ranging from gas turbine cooling to bio- logical flows. He has authored over one Plesniak received his Ph.D. in mechanical hundred refereed archival publications engineering from Stanford University, and conference papers, over fifty non- and B.S. and M.S. degrees from the refereed publications and presentations, Illinois Institute of Technology. and has presented numerous invited 09 SPRING seminars and keynote addresses.

Among his distinctions, Plesniak is SYNERGY a Fellow of the American Society of

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Retiring Faculty SEAS Establishes Faculty of publication in top-quality journals, SEAS salutes our recently retired faculty Excellence Awards and the impact of his work in a number member, JOSEPH PELTON, RESEARCH SEAS established its own teaching and of areas, including continuum mechanics, PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING. research awards this year to recognize fracture mechanics, structural control, faculty who are making outstanding and more recently, micro-continuum Professor Joseph Pelton was a member contributions to the school as teachers mechanics, multiscale modeling, and of the GW faculty from 1999 to 2008 or researchers, and the school celebrated meshless methods. His recent work and a research professor of engineering the four winners at an awards reception on the development of a multiscale in the Department of Electrical and on April 16. field theory that unifies molecular Computer Engineering. and continuum mechanics is a Professor Rahul Simha of the landmark achievement in the After 30 years in the satellite communica- Department of Computer Science was mechanics of materials. tions field, Pelton joined GW in 1999, selected as the 2009 SEAS Distinguished working initially with the Institute for Teacher. Throughout his career, he has Finally, Professor Michael Keidar, also Applied Space Research (IASR) and then made significant contributions to course of the Department of Mechanical and serving as director of the master of and program development, particularly Aerospace Engineering, received the science program in telecommunications interdisciplinary programs, and he has 2009 SEAS Outstanding Young and computers, located at GW’s Virginia developed innovative teaching practices Researcher Award. Professor Keidar has Campus. He later consolidated the research and an impressive set of course materials. built an outstanding scholarly record that projects he had at the Virginia Campus He also has a particularly impressive includes a prolific history of publishing in and the activities of the IASR to create record of engaging undergraduates top quality journals. He is on his way to the Space & Advanced Communications in research projects. As one of his building a world-class research program Research Institute (SACRI). nominators testified, “By enabling us to in plasma physics and applications at GW uncover theories with our own minds, and has initiated new and promising work Pelton’s research work at GW included [Professor Simha] built our foundation here in biomedical engineering. advanced satellite design concepts for the to become better learners. We became Communications Research Lab of Japan passionate about our studies and we These award winners were recommended and the National Institute of Information became hungry to come back to class by two committees of their peers selected and Communications Technology, three for next week’s adventure.“ by Dean David Dolling. The teaching major studies on space safety related to awards committee was chaired by the Space Shuttle, research for Northrop Professor Jason Zara of the Professor Jonathan Deason, and included Grumman, setting up a communications Department of Electrical and Computer Professors Rumana Riffat, Roger Kaufman, research lab at the Virginia Campus under Science was chosen as the 2009 SEAS Nicholas Kyriakopoulos, and Bhagirath sponsorship from the State of Virginia's Outstanding Young Teacher, because of Narahari. The research awards committee Center for Innovative Technology, and his excellent teaching record over a was chaired by Professor Rajat Mittal, organizing three major space related broad range of classes and his significant and included Professors Hyeong-Ah conferences. Also while at GW, he was contributions to program development. Choi, Branimir Vojcic, Majid Manzari, appointed by the Diet of Japan to be an He has a passion for teaching, student and Johan Rene van Dorp. external evaluator of the Japanese Space advising, innovative teaching practices, Program and by NASA and the National and student mentoring and service to Science Foundation to be a co-chairman the student community. “Professor Zara Left to right: Professors Jason Zara, of a global review of satellite communica- ensures students understand his material James Lee, and Rahul Simha. Professor tions technology. and allows students to continually Michael Keidar is not pictured. question him about material until he sees that you understand the concept,“ noted one of his nominators.

Professor James Lee of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace SPRING 09 SPRING Engineering received the 2009 SEAS Distinguished Researcher Award because of his truly distinguished

SYNERGY record as a scholar and researcher. Of particular note is his prolific record

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Faculty Accomplishments advocacy group that advised President Joseph Pelton (ECE): co-authored Space SEAS congratulates our faculty for their Obama’s transition team and will be making Safety Standards and Regulation with various notable achievements this year. recommendations to him on policy issues. Ram Jakhu. It will be published later this The accomplishments below represent a year by Elsevier. His book, License sampling of the successes of faculty across Rajat Mittal (MAE): invited to join the to Orbit: The Future of Commercial our five departments: Civil and Environmental Journal of Computational Physics as Spaceflight, was published by Apogee Engineering (CEE), Computer Science (CS), associate editor and the National Science Book in early 2009. Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Foundation Tera-Grid Resource Allocation Engineering Management and Systems Committee as a member. Conference Keynote Lectures Engineering (EMSE), and Mechanical and Jonathan Deason (EMSE): delivered Aerospace Engineering (MAE). Michael Stankosky (EMSE): named editor “Ethics and Socio-Environmental emeritus of VINE, the journal of information Responsibility“ in October 2008, Awards & Honors and knowledge management systems. in São Paulo, Brazil. Jonathan Deason (EMSE): appointed as a member of the International Scientific Media Mentions Tarek El-Ghazawi (ECE): delivered Committee of the Urbenviron International Rajat Mittal (MAE): received plenty of the keynote lecture at the International Association for Planning and Environmental media attention for his swimming research Conference on New Technology, Mobility, Management. Professor Deason was also last summer during the approaching, and and Security in November 2008, in Tangier, appointed a member of the editorial advisory later ongoing, Olympics. National Public Morocco. He also served as the program board of Urbenviron Journal in November. Radio, Popular Science, and Popular chair for the International Conference on Mechanics, among other media, Field Programmable Technology held in Azim Eskandarian (CEE): invited to interviewed him for radio news programs December 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. serve on the IEEE-USA Committee on and print articles. Transportation and Aerospace Policy, which Shelly Heller (CS): delivered “Online is one of the IEEE legislation committees Julie Ryan (EMSE): participated in a Learning 2.0“ in February 2009, in that advise the U.S. Congress on policy National Public Radio show on cybersecurity Taipei, Taiwan. issues representing the IEEE's positions. along with fellow guests John Arquilla and Scot Borg. The show was the December 8, Steve Kan (CEE): delivered “Research Howie Huang (ECE): selected as 2008, episode of “On Point“ with Update on Vehicle Compatibility, Child the recipient of a 2008 IBM Real Time Tom Ashbrook. Occupant Safety Research, and IIHS Frontal Innovation Award for his proposal “Hippo: Center Pole Impact“ in October 2008, HIgh-Performance POwer-aware System - Poorvi Vora (CS): interviewed in October in Tokyo, Japan. Building Green Computers with IBM 2008 by WMAL, WAMU, The Washington Real-time Java Technology.“ Times, Voice of America (radio, broadcast, Nicholas Kyriakopoulos (ECE): and Web), and Medill News Services for her delivered “Quality of Service as a Measure Michael Keidar (MAE): elected an voting research. (See page 20 for details). of System Performance“ in February 2009, associate fellow of the American Institute in Vienna, Austria. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In addition, Books Professor Keidar’s paper, “Plasma flow and Howard Eisner (EMSE): the 3rd edition of Majid Manzari (CEE): delivered “Predictive plasma-wall transition in Hall thruster his book, Essentials of Project and Systems Tools for Evaluation of Effectiveness of channel,“ was selected by the Physics Engineering Management, from John Wiley, Geotechnical Retrofitting“ in October 2008, of Plasmas Journal as one of the most came out this year. in Tabriz, Iran. highly-cited papers from 50 years of plasma physics. Louis Ippolito (ECE): wrote Satellite Joseph Pelton (ECE): chaired the opening Communications Systems Engineering: keynote session of the International Michael Plesniak (MAE): elected a Fellow Atmospheric Effects, Satellite Link Design Association for the Advancement of Space of the American Physical Society and invited and System Performance, which is Safety in October 2008, in Rome, Italy. to become a member of the American published by John Wiley. Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Michael Stankosky (EMSE): delivered SPRING 09 SPRING Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee. Rhys Price Jones (CS): co-authored “Knowledge Management“ in September Professor Plesniak was also invited to serve BioInformatics: A Computing Perspective 2008, in Alexandria, VA. In October 2008, on the Infrastructure Issues Team of the with Shuba Gopal, Anne Haake, and Paul he delivered “Can You Name Your

Center for the Study of the Presidency and Tymann. The book was published by Knowledge Assets?“ in New York City. SYNERGY Congress (CSPC). The CSPC is a public policy McGraw-Hill.

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contacting foundations, the U.S. Agency for Hendricks is a member of the National Achievement International Development (USAID) mission Society of Black Engineers, the GW in Macedonia, the Macedonian Embassy Canterbury Club (a Bible study), the GW in Washington, D.C., IEEE, and USFIRST, chapters of both the Japanese Karate an organization that promotes students' Association Club and the Close-Range interest in science and technology. He was Combat Group (a self-defense training able to set up a fundraising event at the group), and he works as a student assistant Macedonian Embassy; he got a $50,000 manager at the Smith Center. Until recently, matching grant from USAID; and he is now he was in the Navy Reserve Officer Training trying to establish a regional Balkan robotics Corps (ROTC), where he was a member of competition whose winners will be able to the Reveille choral group, the aviation club, attend international competitions organized the drill team, and a volunteer at several by USFIRST. junior ROTC field meets. He also volunteers as an acolyte for Sunday worship services Stefanovski hopes to expand the program at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, across the and is looking for help to do so. “As the street from campus. program grows, we will work on expanding it ALEKSANDAR STEFANOVSKI internationally in other developing countries Each of these activities has some purpose and make it more accessible to youth world- for Hendricks. When asked whether he has Inspiring Youth to Innovate wide,“ Stefanovski says. “We are in need of favorites among his activities, Hendricks Aleksandar Stefanovski is trying to inspire GW's invaluable alumni help in spreading the replies, “Bible study is most important to me youth in his native Macedonia to innovate word of Roboteka to their own countries. If because it gives me the most direction for and dream, but as he spreads the word you are interested in making a difference what I want to do in life. My job at the Smith about the program he has created, he is and in helping to create an international Center gives me spending money, and I get likely to inspire others as well. Roboteka summer camp network, please to work with varsity athletes and sometimes contact me at [email protected] or do homework. Karate and the combat group “When I returned to Macedonia two years visit www.roboteka.mk.“ are important because they allow me to ago on a break, I noticed a sense of hope- defend myself or someone else.“ lessness among teenage kids due to the lack With a Purpose of jobs that will be available to them upon Marcus Hendricks does not shy away from Hendricks has an unusually mature under- graduation,“ he recalls. Being a doctoral a challenge. In fact, he seems happy to have standing of the purpose and challenges of student in computer science, he decided to opportunities to test himself. Hendricks, a his time in ROTC. He remarks, “I definitely conduct a survey to see if they knew how to sophomore who recently declared his major enjoyed being in ROTC. What I learned the use computers, and to his surprise, he found in mechanical engineering with a medical most was that there are some things that that 90 percent of those he surveyed use preparation option, keeps a full roster of you have to change in yourself in order to computers. He began thinking about ways activities, works several hours each week be a better leader. The process of finding to inspire them to dream, and he came up on campus, and volunteers. And he keeps out your own personal flaws in character with the idea of creating Roboteka, an this schedule despite the demands of his is not an easy road; it involves a lot educational program to give talented youth engineering classes. of self-reflection.“ between ages 10 and 16 the chance to get hands-on experience with robotics and com- Although he spends a good deal of time puter science, and to expose them to sci- MARCUS HENDRICKS on his extra-curricular activities, Hendricks ence literacy and formal research methods. makes a point to dedicate himself primarily to his studies. Here, too, he has a purpose in “Roboteka includes a summer camp, extra- mind. “I've always had a profound interest in curricular workshop, teacher conference, the sciences, especially space science,“ he and competitions,“ Stefanovski explains. explains. “I wanted to apply that. I wasn’t “The focus is on motivating and inspiring always good at math and I still struggle with the youth to reach for their dreams, to be it, but I want to be able to go to work every SPRING 09 SPRING creative and artistically innovative, and to day and enjoy what I do. I want a career in learn leadership and networking skills.“ medicine and space exploration, and an engineering background will help me be

SYNERGY Stefanovski has worked hard to build the able to do that. I would love my job and program. He began in February 2008 by still be able to serve my country.“

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Nguyen Receives NSF Fellowship Campus, she and Silva study the complex Linh Nguyen grew up in Vietnam and moved loading that can occur in bridge structures to the U.S. in 2000. Although she already during near-field earthquakes. Nguyen had an undergraduate degree from a explains, “My part is to look into the university in Vietnam, she enrolled at response of the reinforced concrete bridge George Mason University to get a bachelor's under seismic load. Basically, we investi- degree in civil engineering from an gate how the bridge responds and evaluate American university. Because of her the structure that is designed according command of the subject, she was able to to the proposed new design code. As a work as a consultant at Edwards and Kelcey, designer before, I know that we need to a local engineering firm, while she worked evaluate any proposed new code before on her degree. After finishing, she worked we can implement it into new design stan- for a year as a structural engineer for the dards. Part of my research is to evaluate Federal Highway Administration, and then the structure of our design according to decided to enroll in graduate studies in the proposed new code requirements.“ GW's Department of Civil and MATT KNOUSE Environmental Engineering. Nguyen's research has received a good deal of attention. She has presented She began in a master's program at SEAS, papers at both American Concrete Institute France was a different sort of experience and was later admitted into the civil and Transportation Research Board confer- for him because he had studied the engineering doctoral program, where ences, and one of her papers will soon be language for eight years and had already she works with her dissertation advisor, published. She is understandably proud lived abroad. “Because of my previous Professor Pedro Silva. She decided to apply of her work, but also shares credit, saying, experience, I knew that I had to suspend for a National Science Foundation Graduate “Professor Silva and Professor Roddis have living as an American, so I was ready to Research Fellowship award, and was delight- helped me tremendously. They’ve given me slip into French culture. I already knew that ed to learn last spring that she was among the chance to go to different conferences, speaking another language successfully is the seven percent of applicants across the and Professor Silva encourages me all the about translating ideas, not words, so U.S. who were selected to receive one of time. Without their help I wouldn’t be able that was my focus. It made the difference these prestigious fellowships. Says Nguyen, to go this far.“ between being able to express humor and “More than 13,000 people applied last year getting a puzzled look in return,“ he says. and 970 received an award. I was so excited Study Abroad Ambassador to receive the fellowship. At that time, I Matt Knouse knows something about Knouse lived with a host family, made almost thought that I would give up and go learning to adjust to new situations. A many French friends, and enjoyed the back to work, because the economy was not senior with a double major in computer beauty of Aix-en-Provence, including living so good and I have obligations. But the fel- science and French, Knouse has already next to and hiking on a mountain that lowship helped me, because I can stay in lived overseas twice as a study abroad French impressionist Paul Cezanne painted. school and not have to worry so much.“ student. His first study abroad experience On top of this, he simply enjoyed the was after high school, when he deferred his moments of realization that are part of Nguyen’s fellowship supports her research acceptance to GW and spent a year living studying abroad. “One of the best things project, which is part of a larger project that in Maebashi, Japan. His second was his about study abroad,“ he remarks, “is that consists of a six-university research team led junior year at GW, which he spent you can watch another culture at work and by the University of Nevada-Reno. Using the studying in Aix-en-Provence, France. begin to recreate their perspective. You state-of-the-art shake table at GW's Virginia learn how to enjoy their life routines and As Knouse reflects back on how much he not get hung up on the differences.“ LINH NGUYEN learned living abroad—as well as the fun and the struggles of trying to adjust to a new With two study abroad experiences already culture and language—he clearly could not under his belt, Knouse plans to lend his be happier about having chosen to do so. He knowledge to efforts to increase SEAS spoke no Japanese when he left for his year students' participation in study abroad abroad there, and he laughs as he recalls programs. Next fall, he will serve as the 09 SPRING the months before he was able to speak it. dean's fellow here at SEAS to help “Japanese is pretty difficult to learn, and I facilitate and organize more study

realized part way through the year that I abroad opportunities for SEAS students SYNERGY was speaking neither Japanese nor English.“ and to recruit students to the programs.

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Honor Roll of SEAS Donors

THANK YOU Donald S. King* and Lucy F. King* Luther Rice Society Frederick H. Kohloss, Esq. and Margaret Kohloss+ The Luther Rice Society is named for Simon S. Lee and Anna H. Lee the founder of Columbian College, I am very grateful to each of you—our alumni, corporate spon- Pauline W. Machen* now The George Washington Betty Mae March University. In 1821, driven by sors, and other friends listed below—for the gifts and philan- Frank H. Marks* President George Washington's thropic support that you provide to the School of Engineering Patrick J. Martin and Donna Martin vision, Luther Rice lobbied President Daniel A. McBride* and Julia A. McBride James Monroe and Congress to offi- and Applied Science. Your support helps us to enhance scholar- Ralph Ochsman and Rece Ochsman* cially charter the institution and Nicholas G. Paleologos and raised the $6,000 needed to pur- ships and fellowships for students, sustain important research Suellen Paleologos+ chase land for the Columbian John E. Parsons* College. Members of the Luther Rice and learning initiatives, and improve infrastructure across the John T. Sapienza, Esq.+ Society carry on the tradition laid Reza Sarafzadeh and Shore Sarafzadeh forth by George Washington and school. With your commitment and the help of others, the Stephen J. Trachtenberg and Luther Rice by helping GW raise its Francine Zorn Trachtenberg+ status as a world-class institution. school continues to grow in strength and reputation. Thank you James A. Turner+ Membership is extended to alumni for your generosity. David I. Wang and Cecile Wang and friends who make gifts of $1,000 Phillip R. Wheeler and Minh Wheeler or more between July 1 and June 30 William G. White* and Christine White of each fiscal year, and to recent David H. Wilson+ graduates ($250 or more for alumni Sincerely, within 5 years of graduation; $500 or more for alumni 6-9 years after Tempietto Circle of the Heritage Society graduation). The Tempietto Circle is named for Ann H. Adams and Joseph Pancrazio + the campus landmark that so thor- W. Scott Amey and Deborah Amey+ oughly symbolizes GW, its history Davinder K. Anand and Asha Anand + and traditions. The Tempietto Circle William M. Askins and Gloria Askins + recognizes individuals whose com- Gary J. Baldwin and Maria Baldwin David S. Dolling, Ph.D. mitment to the University today Irving G. Bard and Judy Bard will have a transforming impact Cornelius Bennhold and Dean tomorrow. Membership is extended Laurette Bennhold to those individuals who make David W. Berg and Diane Berg + documented, planned gifts of Robert G. Brent $500,000 or more. Tempietto Kevin R. Byrne and Maura Hunter Byrne Circle members who have made Jorge J. Calvo and Patricia B. Calvo + contributions to the School of Nelson A. Carbonell Jr. and L'Enfant Society Lloyd H. Elliott and Evelyn E. Elliott*+ Engineering and Applied Science: Michele Carbonell + Amitai Etzioni+ Bernard B. Chew and Eleanor L. Chew+ “The L'Enfant Society is named Morton I. Funger and Norma Lee Funger+ Dirk S. Brady and Judy S. Brady Terry L. Collins and Allisann Collins + for the architect of the city of GlaxoSmithKline+ Lloyd H. Elliott and Evelyn E. Elliott*+ Aleksandar D. Damnjanovic and Washington, Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, Hewlett-Packard Company Morton I. Funger and Norma Lee Funger+ Jelena M. Damnjanovic whose vision guided its growth. The Mark V. Hughes III and Susan Hughes+ Frederick H. Kohloss, Esq. and Kevin B. Deasy and Charleen C. Deasy+ most prestigious of GW's gift societies, IBM Corporation Margaret Kohloss + Alex A. Dietrich the L'Enfant Society recognizes Thaddeus A Lindner and Thaddeus A Lindner and Thomas J. Doherty and donors whose generosity and foresight Mary Jean W. Lindner+ Mary J. Lindner + Barbara L. Doherty+ have a transformational and enduring Lockheed Martin Corporation Daniel A. McBride* and Julia A. McBride John M. Ferriter and Sandra M. Ferriter+ impact on GW. Membership is Merck Partnership for Giving+ David I. Wang and Cecile Wang John A. Fitch III + extended to individuals, corporations, Asghar D. Mostafa and Holly Mostafa Phillip R. Wheeler and Minh Wheeler Paul Frenkiel and foundations whose annual or Rolls-Royce, Inc. James F. George and Lyndale George cumulative giving totals are $5 mil- The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Randolph A. Graves Jr. and lion or more. L’Enfant Society mem- The Hon. Mark R. Warner and Lisa Collis Heritage Society Stephanie T. Graves bers who have made contributions to Melvin R. Hansen the School of Engineering and The Heritage Society honors alumni, Mark V. Hughes III and Susan Hughes+ Applied Science: George Wasington Society friends, faculty, and staff who have Douglas A. Jamieson chosen to support the University Cheryl S. Jobe + Ford Motor Company Established in 1990, the George through planned gifts. GW recognizes Douglas L. Jones and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation+ Washington Society was named to the significant role that these donors Mary O'Brien Jones + The David and Lucile Packard Foundation honor the forward-thinking spirit play in ensuring the University's Pradeep P. Kaul Science Applications International of the University's namesake, whose future, and acknowledges their phil- Edward J. Kessler, Esq. and Corporation+ vision has guided GW's growth. anthropic leadership and vision. Arleen Kessler+ Membership in the George Membership in the Heritage Society is Bernard L. Kilday Jr. Washington Society is extended to granted to individuals who make doc- Allyn E. Kilsheimer and 1821 Benefactors alumni and friends whose annual or umented, planned gifts to the Catherine K. Henry cumulative giving totals are University in any amount. Heritage Shaun Kim + Established in 2004, this esteemed $500,000 to $999,999. The require- Society members who have made Frederick H. Kohloss, Esq. and Society was named in honor of the ment for membership was changed contributions to the School of Margaret Kohloss + year the University was founded, and for the first time in 2007. Donors who Engineering and Applied Science: Simon S. Lee and Anna H. Lee embodies both the spirit of GW and have given a total of $100,000 to William W. Lee and Kate F. Lee the spirit of private philanthropy. $499,999 prior to September 1, 2007 William H. Alkire and Alice Alkire David Lepe Membership is extended to individu- have been granted membership in Philip E. Battey Thaddeus A Lindner and als, corporations, and foundations this Society. George Washington Gail E. Boggs and Burda Boggs Mary J. Lindner + whose annual or cumulative giving Society members who have made Alan L. Breitler and Elaine Breitler Michael Lorenzo and Anastasia Lorenzo + totals are $1,000,000 to $4,999,999. contributions to the School of Clara Lumpkin Cannistra John F. Luman III and Rebecca Luman 1821 Benefactors who have made Engineering and Applied Science: Richard G. Daniels* and Thomas H. Luster contributions to the School of Cynthia P. Daniels* + Jason G. Mader Engineering and Applied Science: W. Scott Amey and Deborah Amey+ Charles O. Holliday Jr. and Ann B. Holliday Jasmine P. Mago Gurminder S. Bedi and Tricia Bedi Robert C. Minor and Carole Minor Henry C. Mayo + American Heart Association+ Gail E. Boggs and Burda Boggs Robert L Morris and Jacqueline Morris Robert C. McClenon+ ARCS Foundation, Inc.+ Dirk S. Brady and Judy S. Brady

SPRING 09 SPRING William B. Oakley + Lawrence J. McGee AT&T Foundation Emilio A. Fernandez Jr. and Ralph Ochsman and Rece Ochsman* Jarrod B. McLellan Nelson A. Carbonell Jr. and Ofelia Fernandez John T. Sapienza, Esq.+ Gerald R. McNichols and Paula McNichols Michele Carbonell + Julius Fleischman Sam Shiozawa* and Margaret Shiozawa Eric S. Mendelsohn and Carnegie Corporation of New York+ Joseph O. Harrison* Charles A. Stille* Frances Mendelsohn+ A. James Clark and Alice Clark Norris C. Hekimian and Joan E. Hekimian Stephen J. Trachtenberg and Michael J. Miller Communitarian Network Vincent N. Hobday* and Dulcie Hobday

SYNERGY Francine Zorn Trachtenberg+ Edward F. Mitchell Jr. and Community Foundation for the National William H. Holt, Esq. and Suzanne S. Mitchell+ Capital Region+ Kathleen Denver Holt Beverly Mohl+ Consolidated Rail Corporation Douglas L. Jones and Mary O'Brien Jones+

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Asghar D. Mostafa and Holly Mostafa U.S. Civilian Research and Development Harry D. Baker Jr. Dibyendu Dasgupta Frank Moy and Marcia Mau + Foundation Bank of America+ Gideon C. Davis Hua Ni Peter S. Weissman, Esq. and Samir M. Bannout+ Geoffrey De Sibert Anna N. Noteboom Sharon E. Worthington Jonathan F. Bard + Blythe M. Debenport William B. Oakley + Derya O. Yavalar and Mary Yavalar Kenneth D. Barker+ Eugene B. Dec Kristy M. Ortiz and Daniel E. Ortiz Wylie W. Barrow Jr.+ Tao Deng Nicholas G. Paleologos and $1,000 - 2,499 Glynn R. Bartlett Neil Desarno Suellen Paleologos+ Ann H. Adams and Joseph Pancrazio + Mehmet I. Basci and Aysel K. Basci Sidney O. Dewberry Ricardo Parra P.E. and Jane A. Parra+ Davinder K. Anand and Asha Anand + Deborah A. Bateman Roland F. Dick Margaret D. Pasquerella William M. Askins and Gloria Askins+ Rohini Battu Donald B. Dinger+ Beth R. Poliakoff The Ayco Charitable Foundation+ John D. Bauersfeld, Esq.+ Han T. Dinh Robert Richardson and Irving G. Bard and Judy Bard John B. Beach + James F. Dinwiddie Debra Richardson+ Kevin R. Byrne and Maura Hunter Byrne C. E. Becraft+ John E. Dodge+ Mariano A. Riggione Jorge J. Calvo and Patricia B. Calvo + George B. Beeler+ Ashok Dohale and Rajani Dohale Michael J. Schwimmer Bernard B. Chew and Eleanor L. Chew+ John S. Beers + Dominion Foundation Andrew G. Shem Kevin B. Deasy and Charlene C. Deasy+ Wade D. Belcher+ Leonard V. Dorrian+ Sam Shiozawa* and Margaret Shiozawa Alex A. Dietrich Lonnie J. Bellamy William W. Dorsey+ Theodore M. Slabey and Thomas J. Doherty and Samuel D. Benn Trudy C. Doss+ Mary Robinson-Slabey+ Barbara L. Doherty+ Stephen H. Bennett Carroll G. Dudley+ Dolores S. Smith Enterprise Excellence Management Group Cornelius Bennhold Richard P. Dunbar, USN (Ret.)+ Michael R. Souryal International, Inc. Marc Bergman Kenneth J. Dunn, USA (Ret.) Gilmore T. Spivey and Shelba Spivey + The Exxon Mobil Foundation+ Keith S. Best Elizabeth A. Dunphy John A. Sporidis and Susie Sporidis John M. Ferriter and Sandra M. Ferriter + John H. Bickford, P.E.+ Anthony Durso Timothy E. Udicious and John A. Fitch III + William L. Bird Sr. Gary T. Edem+ Debra Anne Udicious + Paul Frenkiel Gabriel E. Birhiray Guy H. Edwards+ Albert G. Van Metre * and Joan Van Metre James F. George and Lyndale George Richard C. Bishop Dennis L. Egan L. W. Varner III + Graves Technology, Inc. Randolph A. H. R. Blacksten+ Timothy J. Ehrsam+ Louis P. Wagman and Naomi J. Pliskow + Graves Jr. and Stephanie T. Graves Donald L. Blount Samuel Einfrank Sean P. Walsh (USN) and Linda Walsh IBM Corporation Barry S. Blumberg Howard Eisner+ Marguerite M. Walter and International Test & Evaluation Michael L. Blumenthal+ Robert A. Elliott Frank Jos. Walter, III Association, GW Chapter Eileen S. Boer Joseph O. Erb Charles K. Watt and Linda Watt Douglas A. Jamieson John E. Boon Jr. William P. Eshelman Peter S. Weissman, Esq. and Cheryl S. Jobe + Garet A. Bornstein+ Raymond C. Espiritu Sharon E. Worthington Douglas L. Jones and Mary O’Brien Jones+ Frederick J. Borrell John R. Etherton+ David H. Wilson + Pradeep P. Kaul Amy M. Bossong+ Woodrow W. Everett Jr. Derya O. Yavalar and Mary Yavalar The Kaul Family Foundation James R. Bounds+ Gregory S. Ewell Richard D. Yentis and Edward J. Kessler, Esq. and David M. Bovet+ Kaveh Farboud+ Izabela Lucia Cheorghisor Arleen Kessler+ Robert W. Bowman Pastor Farinas+ Peter D. Yu and Shiao-Na Yu Shaun Kim+ Robert K. Boyd Jerome P. Feldman+ Frederick H. Kohloss, Esq. and J. M. Brame+ Paul G. Ferlemann Margaret Kohloss + Gary A. Braun Christian M. Fernholz+ 2007-2008 SEAS Benefactors William W. Lee and Kate F. Lee George E. Breen Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund+ Thaddeus A Lindner and Robert G. Brent Charles W. Field Jr. The School of Engineering and Mary J. Lindner +. Paul C. Brewer Francis E. Field+ Applied Science is happy to acknowl- John F. Luman III and Rebecca Luman John J. Broaddus Wayne J. Fischer edge and thank alumni, parents, Thomas H. Luster James T. Brooks Joseph A. Fischetti, Esq. friends, faculty, students, staff, busi- Henry C. Mayo + Taft H. Broome Jr. Eugene G. Flurie+ nesses, and foundations who made a MCCI Corporation Edward M. Browdy+ Flying Meat, Inc. gift to the school as well as all SEAS Robert C. McClenon+ Robert W. Brown Larry E. Forbes+ alumni who made a gift to the Lawrence J. McGee Marcus L. Brumfield David W. Ford University between July 1, 2007 Gerald R. McNichols and Paula McNichols Thomas M. Buchanan Charles A. Fowler III+ and June 30, 2008. Eric S. Mendelsohn and William B. Buchanan+ Calvin C. Frantz+ Frances Mendelsohn+ John F. Buescher Kara M. Frech+ $100,000-999,999 Edward F. Mitchell Jr. and Scott E. Bumgarner+ William E. Freeborne+ W. Scott Amey and Deborah Amey+ Suzanne S. Mitchell+ Melody M. Burch Jan E. Friedlander Dirk S. Brady and Judy S. Brady Asghar D. Mostafa and Holly Mostafa Richard W. Burns+ Dan J. Friel+ Wallace H.Coulter Foundation Northrop Grumman Foundation Daniel J. Bush Jesse W. Fussell Simon S. Lee and Anna H. Lee Anna N. Noteboom Robert B. Bussler James E. Gale Scalable Network Technologies, Inc. Ricardo Parra P.E. and Jane A. Parra+ Maura H. Byrne Wilbur R. Garrett Jr.+ STG, Inc Robert Richardson and James J. Byrnes Frederick J. Gauvreau Debra Richardson+ Francesco A. Calabrese+ William V. Gaymon+ $10,000-99,999 Mariano A. Riggione April J. Cannon Edwin A. Gee+ American Heart Association+ Theodore M. Slabey and Carmax Foundation Roderick H. Gee+ American Red Cross D.C. Chapter Mary Robinson-Slabey+ Robert R. Caron+ David W. Geiser ARCS Foundation, Inc.+ Gilmore T. Spivey and Shelba Spivey + Brandilyn G. Carpenter GenCorp Foundation, Inc. David W. Berg and Diane Berg+ John A. Sporidis and Susie Sporidis David T. Casey and Anne Casey George A. Gibson Biomet, Inc. Timothy E. Udicious and William H. Casson Steven Gill Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Debra Anne Udicious + John S. Cavallini+ Frederick G. Gluck+ Nelson A. Carbonell Jr. and L. W. Varner III + Francis M. Cevasco Jr. Reza Golampor, P.E. Michele Carbonell + Louis P. Wagman and Naomi J. Pliskow + Pomsit Chakkaphak+ Alan R. Goldey Cives Steel Company Sean P. Walsh USN and Linda Walsh David S. Chamish Jerry G. Gonick Melvin R. Hansen Charles K. Watt and Linda Watt Robert M. Chapman+ Kristen L. Gooch Mark V. Hughes III and Susan Hughes+ Richard D. Yentis and Jawahar L. Chaudhary+ Charles A. Good+ Bernard L. Kilday Jr. Izabela Lucia Cheorghisor Yiping Chen Robert L. Goodman+ Allyn E. Kilsheimer and Peter D. Yu and Shiao-Na Yu Jzyh L. Chern George A. Grant Catherine K. Henry Kuo T. Chiang Vernon Grapes+ Michael J. Miller $100-999 Bo H. Chung Rebecca D. Grasser+ OptoElectronics Industry Development Johann F. Aakre and Amrith M. Aakre Sean P. Coakley James R. Greco+ Association Haregewoin Abay Jeffrey S. Cohen, Esq.+ Joseph J. Greenberg Nicholas G. Paleologos and Accenture Foundation, Inc.+ Kenan L. Cole Edward G. Grems III Suellen Paleologos+ Nana A. Ackah+ Robert H. Compton+ Larry I. Gritz Sam Shiozawa* and Margaret Shiozawa James F. Aldrich Kevin J. Conboy+ Xabier J. Guerricagoitia+ Dolores S. Smith Rodolfo Alvarez Jr. Constellation Energy Group, Inc.+ Isabel M. Gulden Albert G. Van Metre * and Joan Van Metre Alison S. Alvarez Thomas Z. Cooper+ James F. Hahn Jr. David H. Wilson+ Tahar Ammar Edwin H. Copenhaver III+ William R. Hahn+ Karim Amrane James L. Corder+ David A. Hall $2,500-9,999 Todd H. Anderson Gerald K. Cornelius* Harry A. Hamilton+ Gary J. Baldwin and Maria Baldwin Robert L. Armacost+ Montie R. Craddock John B. Handy

Blank Rome, LLP David R. Armstrong+ Alvis M. Craft Ann E. Harrison 09 SPRING Terry L. Collins and Allisann Collins + George T. Aschenbrenner III+ Philip J. Crossfield+ Lloyd R. Harrison+ HMS Technologies, Inc. Roland D. August + Yuling Cui Dwight F. Hastings+ Michael Lorenzo and Anastasia Lorenzo + Avaya Communication John D. Cuthbertson+ Paul Hatrack Beverly Mohl+ AXA Foundation Mark W. Cutlip+ Darius M. Hedgebeth Frank Moy and Marcia Mau + Marshall J. Azrael Eugene A. Czarcinski John H. Heidema+

William B. Oakley + Norman S. Babbitt Hesham M. Dabbas R. K. Heist SYNERGY The Engineering Institute, LLC Frederick D. Bailey, Esq. + Aleksandar D. Damnjanovic Vincent H. Hennessy Bernard R. Baker+ Duy M. Dang+ Christopher S. Hill+

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Eric A. Hillenbrand Lyle O. Malotky John D. Quigley Gloria Vaughn Joyce A. Hires+ Daniel T. Mannerino Herbert B. Quinn Jr.+ Verizon Foundation+ I. J. Hlass+ Peter J. Manning+ Foad Rahnema Dan D. Vicroy Peter Hoch+ Michael H. Manson Anne H. Ramsey+ Steven F. Vincent Malcolm F. Hodges and Dorothy D. Michael M. Margob William D. Randolph+ Bertram M. Vogel, P.E. Hodges+ Alexander Marion Jeffrey S. Ray+ Rudolph H. Volin+ Richard H. Hollingsworth+ Thomas G. Martin+ Richard M. Reich+ Peter W. Volkmar Julia F. Holloway Carlos E. Martinez M. C. Reilly+ Alan C. Wade William H. Holt Esq. Joseph R. Martini+ Arlene V. Reynolds Charles M. Waespy+ Arthur L. Howard+ Michael E. Martinka Mohamed L. Rezgui Richard J. Wagner A. R. Howland George Masiuk+ Habibollah Riazi Melvin T. Wahlberg Richard C. Hu John P. Mazz+ Vincent W. Rider Timothy A. Waire Jr.+ Dean T. Huang+ James F. McArthur+ Frederick M. Ritchie Esq.+ Carl K. Wake+ Edmund C. Hughes, CEC, USN (Ret.) Paul F. McCaul Esq. Michael Robbins Matthew J. Walch Paul K. Hughes II+ Philip G. McCoy Mitchell S. Robinson+ Michael A. Wallace Peter S. Hui+ Kathryn K. McCreight+ John E. Rodriguez Marguerite M. Walter Paul R. Hunter Douglas E. McCusker Kenneth W. Rogers Jr. and Jiayi Wang John H. Hurd Jr.+ Andrew M. McDermott Rachel H. Rogers Kuo-Ping Wang Jerean C. Hutchinson+ David H. McElveen Wilfred A. Rohde Jack R. Warner Andrew T. Iodice+ Karen E. Mcginty Jelena Roljevic Washington DC Section of SAE Luigi Iori Michael F. McGrath+ Stephen B. Rose Washington Mutual Bank Alexander B. Ireland Jarrod B. McLellan Steven P. Rosenfield Willie R. Watson Fidrik Iskandar M.D. Barton W. McPheeters James A. Royston Donald B. Weaver Alan M. Israel William R. McWhirter Jr.+ Joseph P. Rubin Gary S. Webb+ Richard S. Izumi Kalpana Mehra Philip J. Rush Donald D. Weidhuner Harold L. James, USAF (Ret.) Raymond W. Melhorn Mohammad A. Sabri Claude M. Weil+ Won M. Jang Richard D. Menard+ Richard J. Salerno Wallace H. Weiss Steven M. Janssen Charles R. Merritt Lawrence A. Sames Clarence H. Weissenstein+ Michael W. Jecko Philip E. Merritt+ Charles F. Scheffey+ Ulysses Weldon+ Teresa L. Jenkins Richard F. Messalle+ Michael Schildcrout+ Patrick J. Wells JHSEM, LLP Gaspar Messina Douglas G. Schinke+ Bill C. Westenhofer Samir A. Joglekar Herbert Meyerson+ Paul E. Schmid+ Charles Wheatley Charles H. John Jr. Stephen P. Miceli+ Jon A. Schmidt and Irene R. Schmidt John V. White Douglas L. Johnson Microsoft Corporation+ Vincent D. Schrier Horace A. Whitworth+ James W. Johnson Jr., Esq. Joseph R. Miletta+ Christian Schumacher+ Carl E. Wick+ Theodore R. Johnson+ Alfred M. Miller Jr., USAF (Ret.) William K. Schwan Sameera Wickramasuriya Ryan C. Johnston Donald L. Miller Jaime Schwartzberg+ Angela E.Williams Bernard V. Joiner Eric D. Miller Michael J. Schwimmer James W. Williams Guy M. Jones Jr. James R. Miller Ret. Christopher J. Scolese John B. Williams Harry N. Jones+ Hessameddin Mirsaeedi-Farahani William G. Sewall Roger M. Williams+ Blair A. Jost Gary J. Mishkin Thomas H. Seymour+ Vicky D. Williams John C. Judge Thomas W. Montemarano Nimish C. Shah Anitha L. Williams+ Frederick Kahler+ Charles T. Montgomery+ Andrew G. Shem James R. Wilson+ Sahan M. Kamara Howard G. Moody+ Douglas R. Sheppard Jeffrey P. Winbourne+ Warren E. Keene+ Allan R. Moore Richard D. Shuler Robert H. Winger Jr. Charles A. Kengla+ Franklin C. Moore+ Thamnu Sihsobhon+ Edmund L. Wong+ Claire A. Kennedy Jr. Thomas J. Moore Michael A. Sileo Jr. Frank Wong Matthew J. Kerper+ Blas V. Moreno Esther Silverman+ Franklin N. Wood+ Farid M. Khadduri and Alicia B. Khadduri James N. Moss+ Howell B. Simmons+ Heidi M. Wood+ James J. Kisenwether+ Cristina M. Mossi Dalzid E. Singh+ Nicholas E. Worth John A. Klayman+ Daniel Mulville+ Alois A. Slepicka+ William W. Wu John E. Kline Ronald K. Mundt Gregory S. Smith Mrs. Robert E. Wyly Suzanne M. Knight David D. Myre+ Arthur L. Smookler+ Ruby B. Wyly Richard G. Kocinski Thomas E. Nadolny+ Thomas J. Smyth The Xerox Foundation+ Gregory J. Kolcum Mark L. Nagel+ John F. Snow Min Xu Chakravarthy Kolli Ishverlal N. Naik Arnold L. Snyder Jr.+ Jing Yang Vijay Deep Kongubangaram Pani Krishna Daniel W. Nakamura Richard M. Soland+ Seth E. Yazdian George B. Korte Jr. Sarfaraz A. Naqvi Jenifer L. Solomon Ivar B. Ylvisaker William E. Kotwas+ Michael C. Natrella Michael R. Souryal Jason D. Young William E. Kozak+ David H. Nelson Mike Sowder Kenneth O. Young Robert Kramer+ Jane D. Newell Refik Soyer Enrique J. Zaldivar Raphael Krigman Duc M. Nguyen+ Steven L. Spak Yingying Zhou Karl H. Krueger+ Edward N. Nguyen Sprint Foundation+ Keith A. Zielenski Raymond V. Ksiazek+ Hua Ni Dharapuram N. Srinath Stephen Zilliacus George J. Kyparisis+ James L. Nix Raymond J. Stanekenas+ Andrew R. Lacher and Elizabeth S. Lacher+ Larry B. Nofziger Irwin W. Stanton Up to $99 John C. Landers Malcolm E. O'Hagan+ Clifford B. Stearns Access Group, Inc. Tiffani R. Langdon+ John J. Onufrak Lena C. Steele+ Access Industries, Inc. Meka E. Laster+ Kristy M. Ortiz and Daniel E. Ortiz Robert H. Stine+ Charles N. Adkins and Jean M Adkins+ Lawrence E. Laubscher Sr., Esq.+ David K. Owens Frederick R. Strauss Christina Adu-Krow Molly A. Law Daniel A. Owens Tommy R. Stroupe Jr. Hormoz Akhavan-Leilabadi Carl H. Layno+ James R. Owens+ George R. Subt Faiz A. Al-Khayyal Susan R. Ledgerwood+ Yuwen Pan Michael N. Suder Oliver E. Allen David A. Lee+ Spyridon E. Pangalos Brian D. Suen Allan H. Anderson Norman N. Lee Virginia Paris Peter Sypher+ Ronald P. Angelelli David Lepe Richard E. Park Stanley F. Szwed James Anthony+ Robert H. Lightsey+ Young H. Park+ Eric Talley and Norma J. Talley Mark K. Aoyama Jamehl E. Lillie-Holland+ Margaret D. Pasquerella Robert S. Tamaru Kamolrat Arayanimitsakul John C. Linz Donald A. Patrick+ Robert J. Tarcza+ Gilbert D. Armour+ Benjamin Lisowski+ Bruno Pattan+ James S. Taylor+ Daniel F. Arnaud Michael D. Livingston Robert S. Pearman Richard E. Tennent Jr. Eugene L. Aronne+ Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation+ James C. Peele Diane R. Thomas Mohit Arora James A. Logan Frank A. Peterlin Chandrashekhar M. Tipnis+ Collins Arsem+ William C. Lohnes+ Gregg E. Petersen+ Gerald M. Tippins Omar E. Atia+ Donald C. Lokerson Richard L. Phelps+ Howard L. Tischler+ Frank F. Atwood and Maureen R. Supple Omer M. Long Tejbir S. Phool Kwok F. Tom Serena M. Aunon Jose L. Lozano Barry G. Pifer+ Ben E. Torreon Karl B. Avellar+ Marie L. Luby Gopalakrishna P. Pillai Paul D. Travesky Manouchehr Azami-Soheily

SPRING 09 SPRING Robert H. Lyon+ Michael J. Podolsky+ T. J. Tsai+ Edward Bacanskas + Kenneth E. Lyons Michael G. Polak Richard W. Tucker+ Hussein M. Badr El Din Douglas E. MacDonald+ Paul S. Polakowski Charles F. Turner+ Bernard R. Baker+ Jason G. Mader Beth R. Poliakoff James R. Tury James S. Ballard + Edward F. Magee+ John D. Pope and Geneva P. Pope+ UBS Sushil K. Baluja Jasmine P. Mago Bruce F. Press George D. Urban Dmitri V. Baraban

SYNERGY Theodore L. Maguder III+ Priyo Pujiwasono James K. Van Buren+ Steven D. Barboza James B. Mahoney Robert E. Pulfrey Jr. Leonard A. Van Lowe+ Edward C. Barrett William A. Maloney Qualcomm Robert H. Van Sickler+ Lee E. Barrett

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James V. Bartlett William C. Curtis Jr. Samuel P. Ginder Jr.+ Ahmad A. Khashan George M. Bartman Vikram D. Dadia Louis J. Glaab Yong S. Kim Robert C. Basinger Jr.+ Michael B. Danko Patricia P. Gluss+ Suzanne E. Kimball+ Jack W. Baumgardner Charles O. Dankwah+ Thomas J. Golab John J. Kinloch+ Eric J. Becker+ Robert L. Darwin Ernesto A. Gonzaga John P. Kissinger Jr.+ Shohreh Beiglari Michael G. Dasovich Julio Gonzalez Francis M. Klisch Peter A. Beling and Margaret T. Beling Dara Dastyar Robert L. Goodman+ William R. Klocko+ Arthur E. Beller William M. Davidge IV James M. Goodrich+ James J. Knitis John P. Bentley Peter H. Davidoff John L. Goodwin Michael R. Koch John R. Benton Allen R. Davidson Jr. John M. Goto Hari P. Kodali Thomas A. Bergbauer Jr. John C. Davies III Tarsaim L. Goyal and Sudha Goyal+ Catherine Kominos J. L. Berger + Keith Davies+ Kathleen M. Graff William L. Konick Michael Beron+ Ion V. Deaton Robert C. Gravino Alan J. Kopala Arlan J. Biesecker Rudolph M. Decatur Jr.+ Robert S. Green and Dorothy A. Green+ Daniel F. Korzym Elizabeth Y. Birdsall Karen A. Deere Sarah C. Greenwood Melvin Kosanchick+ Elmer H. Birdseye Elizabeth C. Dennison John E. Greiner Christopher A. Kouts Paul L. Blum Richard Dettmering+ Frank Gresh Peter D. Koutsandreas, Esq.+ Lori S. Bocklund Marco F. Devito Frederick J. Grozinger+ Joe J. Kozma James Boland Madan G. Dhawan Auldwyn A. Grubb Katherine M. Kraenzle+ Peter F. Bonaccorsi James F. Diggs+ Robert B. Grupp+ Margaret K. Krafft Domenic J. Bonanni Louis J. DiMento Maliha D. Haddad+ Clif Kranish Juan P. Bonilla Arthur S. Distler+ George Halak Richard A. Krasney+ Brett C. Bonnet Kevin Young Do John W. Hale Jeffrey L. Krichmar and Marc E. Bookbinder+ Andrea T. Dolph Dale L. Hamilton+ Trina N. Krichmar+ Gregory R. Bornhoft Alan S. Dorenfeld+ Harriet W. Hanlon and Robert F. Hanlon+ Gad Krosner+ James M. Bors Robert J. Doyle+ Donald J. Hanrahan+ James A. Kudzal Andrew J. Boudreau Roger W. Doyon+ James P. Hansen Ajay Kumar Heber D. Bouland Earle C. Drake+ Shirley H. Harmon Ratan Kumar Keith P. Brabant Joseph E. Dressel+ Stephen M. Harris Jr. Richard H. Lagdon Jr. Harry J. Bracken Jr.+ William G. Duff+ Harvey R. Harrison Nicholas T. Lagen+ Bennett M. Brady+ Anthony F. Durham+ Richard A. Harshman Jr. Richard E. Lang+ Tasha Braga Willie E. Durham Reginald Y. Haseltine Christine D. Lange William F. Brittle Jr. Colvin E. Eason William M. Hawes Robert G. Lange Stephen E. Brooks Warren G. Eder Robert E. Hayes Billy R. Lanier+ Leneld E. Brown USA+ Cesar E. Edery+ John C. Held Robert H. Laning James B. Brown Lloyd W. Edgerly James D. Henderson+ Lisa P. Laplaca Merrill R. Brown David M. Ediger Scott P. Henderson+ Jack C. Larsen Edward Brusso Jr. Dean S. Edmonds III Deborah T. Henry+ Lakunle L. Lasebikan Joann E. Bryant Dennis M. Egan+ Merrill Herbster Thomas A. LaVigna Michael L. Budzynski+ Richard L. Eilbert Sr. William A. Hermach David Lee Richard A. Burdette Vicki L. Eisele+ Herbert G. Herrmann III+ Eddie Lee John R. Butler+ Rolland V. Elliott Norman J. Hess+ Edward M. Lee+ Laura J. Byrd+ Paul D. Elman William J. Hill Ockkeun Lee+ Keith A. Byron Landon L. Elswick Robert L. Hinebaugh+ Alexandra P. Legnos Antonio M. Caballero John C. Elwood Jr., USAF Oscar T. Hines Jr. Alvin P. Lehnerd+ Kenneth G. Calabrese Gholamreza Emami+ John S. Hisler Howard N. Leighton Richard S. Campbell+ Benedict A. Eng+ Calma C. Hobson Howard L. Leikin+ Ronald L. Carlberg, USAF (Ret.)+ Raymond Eng David L. Hobson Thomas W. Lesniakowski+ Thurston P. Carleton+ Robert H. Erler+ Henry J. Holcombe+ Seymour S. Levine+ Jennifer Carosella Donald G. Evans+ John E. Holt Zachary I. Levine+ Timothy M. Casey Mostafa A. Fahmy+ Rosalind L. Hom+ Marshall A. Levitan Charles E. Casserly Bruce B. Fakhari+ William F. Honey Cynthia A. Lewis Mark S. Castellani+ Imtiaz I. Fakhruddin Charles R. Hoover+ Delbert F. Lewis Karen Caston Carl B. Fausey+ Thomas J. Horvath John A. Lewis+ Dudley M. Cate+ Gregory E. Federline+ John R. Huennekens Porter W. Lewis Peter A. Cavallo Michael G. Fekete Jr.+ Nina S. Hufford+ Jianhong Liang Michael D. Cavanaugh Bela Feketekuty+ Francis J. Hughes+ Arthur L. Lieberman Bruce M. Cazenave V. W. Fendrich Joseph G. Hugo+ Elliott B. Lieberman Charles E. Chambliss III+ Robert E. Fenton, USCG (Ret.) Wynne S. Hyatt+ Harry L. Light+ Robert F. Chandler James E. Ferl Shawn Hynes Tian S. Lim+ Kent W. Chang+ Charles W. Field Jr. John C. Inglis Gee C. Lin Kien C. Chang Benjamin M. Fielden Dharam V. Jain+ James G. Lin Douglas M. Chapin+ Lowell E. Finch Dennis S. Jarabak+ Meng-Chun Lin Harvey R. Chaplin Jr.+ Bruce D. Fisher Duane J. Jarc+ William A. Lintner+ Shafiq A. Chaudhuri Robert L. Fitzgerald Dawn C. Jegley Raymond F. Lippitt, Esq.+ Mahendra S. Chawla Russell C. Fisher Jr. Aaron L. Jestice Edward G. Lippitt, Jr.+ Wei-Sern Cheah Robert W. Fisher Clayton J. Johanson, USAF (Ret.) Shoa-Kai Liu Michael J. Cheamitru John R. Flanagan+ Kunal Johar Eugene G. Lockhart Michael W. Chen Fred S. Flatow+ J. R. Johler Murray H. Loew Man-Ming Cheng Richard K. Fleegal Robert A. Johns David T. Lokerson+ Li-Yun Chien Terry J. Fletcher Christian C. Johnson Oles Lomacky Evan Y. Chu+ Earl C. Flowers+ James M. Johnson Anna M. Long+ Michael A. Cianciosi Judith A. Flynn+ Matthew E. Johnson+ David C. Longshore Daniel A. Citrenbaum Kenneth H. Folse+ Anthony F. Joyce Peter P. Lozis III Stephen L. Clarke Van Patten T. Foster+ Stephen J. Joyce Henry E. Lubean+ Ellen M. Cohen Scott M. Francis Maris Juberts Don S. Lucero Lewis C. Cohen Henry J. Franks Jr.+ Jacqueline M. Kabat Patrick N. Lynch Nancy L. Cohen Mark C. Frassinelli Henry D. Kahn+ Dana C. Lynn and Cornelia C. Lynn+ Robert S. Cohen Max Freedman+ Hiba C. Kaissi Martin J. Lynn+ Ronald D. Colangelo J. L. Frenk+ Shivkumar Kambhampati William F. Mack William H. Colden Frede F. Froehlich Sr.+ Jerry Kaminetzky+ Jeremiah J. Madden+ Kevin G. Conlon Rex A. Frye Seongho Kang Winston W. Mah+ Elena Constantine+ Henri D. Fuhrmann Jay S. Kaplan Kalisankar Mallik+ M. J. Costello Willie N. Fuller Michael S. Kaplan Michael J. Mangan Jay J. Costenbader Patsy S. Fulton Esq. Lawrence J. Kastner Jr.+ Frank A. Manja Jr. Andrew G. Cotterman+ John J. Gabriel+ Deepak K. Kataria Edward N. Mann Barrett R. Crane and Robbin P. Crane Dennis G. Gallino Orron E. Kee+ Richard T. Marcovecchio Bradford J. Crane+ Robert E. Gardner Eric J. Keele Donald L. Margolies+

Bruce Cranford Jr.+ Timothy H. Garney June E. Keller John Markland 09 SPRING Charles R. Crockett Elizabeth A. Garrison Betty L. Kelley Victor D. Marone+ George H. Cronin II, Esq.+ Richard B. Geiger and Norma J. Geiger+ Robert J. Keltie+ Kenneth L. Marsh Hasell W. Crouch GenCorp Foundation, Inc. Robert E. Kemelhor+ Michael P. Marsili+ Daniel F. Crowley+ Kenneth F. Gerard Jr.+ William J. Kenis C. Dianne Martin+ Jeffrey S. Cundiff Sanjar Ghaem+ Wendell L. Keyes Donald J. Martin+

Forrest C. Cunningham Maher M. Ghanayem Simon H. Kfoury+ James L. Martin*+ SYNERGY Richard M. Curtin Dennis M. Giblin+ Alireza Khalilzadeh+ Arlon S. Matsunaga+ Robert A. Curtis Donald A. Giffhorn Iftikharuddin Khan John S. Matusik

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Michael L. Matyas Randy J. Resnick Joan A. Tarnowski David D. McCarthy John M. Rhatigan Morse N. Taxon+ Donald W. McChesney+ Ned W. Rhodes Beverley E. Taylor+ Stewart W. McCormick+ Robert W. Rhodes Harry W. Taylor and Jannie G. Taylor+ Stephen P. McIlvaine Angelo M. Ricciardelli, USA (Ret.) Emmett S. Tebay David L. McIlwain Giti Riazi Breanna I. Templeton John E. McKeever Karen L. Rice Stephen M. Tenney+ Bryan A. McLaughlin Steven D. Rich+ Stuart H. Terl Turner S. McLaurin+ Karl J. Rickert+ Roy L. Terwilliger+ Marylou K. McNamara Gordon L. Riley Ronald J. Thomson+ Stephen J. McNeil Rolland L. Riley Kimberly W. Todd+ Luther F. McPherson IV Thad B. Ring Michael J. Tokar James L. McVoy, USN (Ret.)+ Fred Roberts Darryl B. Toms Michael L. Mears John W. Roberts Jr. Charles F. Touchton James P. Melendez David A. Roberts Toan Q. Tran Robert J. Melvin, PE Mimi M. Roberts Doan M. Tran+ Richard E. Metrey and Mary S. Metry+ Edward C. Rodgers+ Paul E. Treynor Paul J. Miller+ Diego R. Roque Martin C. Trively and Elizabeth H. Trively+ Rouben D. Minassian Dwayne M. Rosenburgh Steven Tsakos Jeanette T. Mino+ William Rossi Jr.+ Siu Fai Tsui Mohtasham R. Mobarakeh Dennis W. Rowe Brande A. Tuck Carl R. Mockler, USCG (Ret.)+ Joshua I. Rudawitz Timothy P. Tumelty Richard G. Moldt James C. Rushing Gary J. Tupaj Primo J. Mondin Joseph E. Russ+ Robert M. Turner+ Donna R. Mones+ Kenneth W. Rutland+ Dara Ung Martin S. Monteith Andrew Salko III Ahmad Vahidi Donald H. Moore+ Frank A. Sarro Thomas E. Van Meter Cindy E. Moran+ Ronald J. Sasiela+ Howard J. Vandersluis Jr. Oscar L. Moretti Steven F. Schiller+ Muthu K. Vellayan William M. Morris+ Martin S. Schletter+ Philip R. Viars+ Thomas F. Mosher+ Vincent P. Schultz Joy Villagomez John E. Moye Michael H. Schwartz+ William F. Vogelzang Paul Mule III James A. Schweitzer Oscar von Bredow+ Stephen W. Mullins James E. Sclater Maria R. Voreh Joseph C. Naftel John D. Scott Jr., P.E.+ Sakellarios G. Vouvalis Patricia B. Naftel+ Robert C. Seay Huy D. Vu Sachiko Nagase Earl R. Seeber Jr. Vladislav Vucetic Kathleen Natale-Thompson Jeffrey H. Segal Kanu R. Vyas Edgar H. Neal Alfred L. Seivold+ Robert L. Walker Timothy E. Neble+ Pat P. Senyo Michael J. Wallace+ James P. Needham Thomas J. Sgroi Donald J. Waltman Jr. William Neel Michael D. Shaffer Teresa Bess Ward Michelle S. Neff+ Rajiv C. Shah Donald D. Watson Nancy R. Nelson Adlai S. Shawareb+ Daria D. Webb+ Quyen P. Nguyen Paul V. Shebalin+ James A. Webb Jr. William S. Nicholas Andrew G. Shem David E. Weinreich Patrick J. Nichols and Steven J. Sherman Adam M. Werner Dorothy L. Nichols, Esq+ John T. Shields Victoria P. Whang William A. Nixon+ David S. Shimp Raymond D. Whipple+ Barry D. Nussbaum+ Paula J. Shorten Jeanne M. White Roy L. O'Bryan+ Margaret E. Shoults Nadine M. White+ Mortimer F. O'Connor Linda J. Sibert+ Alan R. Whitehouse John H. O'Donnell Jr. Adeel A. Siddiqui Melvin S. Whitt Dai H. Oh Roderick P. Silton+ Steven M. Wichtendahl Daniel C. Oimoen George A. Simpson+ Richard J. Wiegand David J. Olney James A. Sinsabaugh+ Quentin W. Wiest+ Jamie V. Olson Anthony D. Skufca+ Herbert S. Wilkinson II Chudi I. Onyilimba Morris A. Small Vincent R. Willett Jr. Andrew E. Orebaugh+ Carleton L. Smith+ John B. Williams+ John N. Otto Robert K. Smith Vicky D. Williams Yong C. Park+ Rosanne C. Smith Frank G. Wilson Susan C. Partyka+ Bhupinder Sohi and Iqbal Sohi Marc B. Wilson Kamlesh P. Patel Ornulv Sonsteby+ Walter S. Wingo Philip L. Payne John B. Sowell, Esq.+ Mark S. Winkler Christopher R. Pearson Donald W. Soyka+ Patricia Witham Thomas A. Pearson Ned A. Spencer+ Robert C. Witham Ammon W. Peffley III Karen S. Spindel+ Peter W. Witherell+ Kimberley K. Pellegrini Ronald Spitalney Michael J. Wojcik+ William A. Percival+ Sprint Foundation+ Josef A. Wonsever+ Ronald E. Perison Jerome H. Steffel+ Barry E. Wood+ Joan Peterson R. L. Steinhoff N. D. Wrinkle Victor P. Petrolati Edwin O. Stengard+ Robert F. Xander Jan M. Pickrel Joan E. Sternberg Ali Yazdi+ Maurice W. Pitt+ William I. Stewart Jr. Lee D. Yelshin Brenda A. Platt Susan S. Sticha Steven B. Zaidman and Marsha F. Zaidman Michael K. Ponton+ Marion R. Stogsdill+ Alan J. Zampella+ Steven M. Pope Richard A. Stokes William F. Zeller III Patricia A. Poulson Frank W. Strasburger Xianping Zhang+ Lloyd E. Powell Henrik H. Straub Jean O. Powers Straub Properities Russell N. Prather Aubrey J. Stringer John H. Pruden III Alfred Stroh Jr.+ Key William S. Prusch+ Rajakumari Sudeswaran Deceased = * Lawrence R. Pryluck Ralph M. Sullivan+ Five-year consistent donor = + Andre A. Pugin Kenneth F. Sullivan+ William C. Putman Ping Sun-zheng Ronald K. Quesenberry+ Robert S. Supple Remedios A. Quiroz Everett J. Sutherland

SPRING 09 SPRING Ivatury Raju+ Wayne C. Sutler Harry Raker Melvin W. Sutphin Harold K. Rappoport+ Jasper A. Swim II and Cynthia R. Swim+ Michael L. Raudabaugh Simon Szykman Jeffrey S. Ray+ Richard C. Szymanski+ Ali Razavi Paul W. Tan

SYNERGY Elaine E. Reed Steven C. Tang William L. Reed Jr. Joseph B. Taphorn, Esq. Eugene M. Rehfield Adolfo Tarasiuk Jr.

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A Note from Development

I recently came across a quote from a programs with which SEAS collaborates. had the chance to meet most of you, GW report entitled “Technology and the It will be an excellent centerpiece of I'd like to introduce myself. I came to Modern University – A Report by The GW’s growing commitment and leadership SEAS from Oberlin College in Ohio, President’s Advisory Committee on in state-of-the-art research and discovery where I worked for the previous nine Engineering and Applied Science.“ in engineering and sciences. years. At Oberlin, I served as director It reads: of principal gifts and cultivated Be a part of it. . . philanthropic support to build a $65 “Science and technology change our million science center and a recently- world. Each succeeding age produces As this issue of Synergy makes clear, completed $22 million jazz facility. new goals, new expectations and new 2009 marks 125 years of engineering accomplishments and, so too, science at GW. During this time, the School of I also previously served as director of and engineering grow and develop Engineering and Applied Science has alumni relations and annual giving at with time. The scientist and engineer achieved success through the efforts Cardigan Mountain School in New of today bear little resemblance to their of visionary leaders, dedicated scholars, Hampshire, and spent the first 15 predecessors of a past age, and their intellectually curious and ambitious years of my career in commercial and successors will be different. The problem students, and generous alumni consumer banking in New Hampshire, which the engineering educator faces is and friends. where I held senior positions in lending, to anticipate what skills and goals will management, and business development. be required of future engineers and to Today, SEAS is embracing the opportunity I hold a bachelor's degree and a master's educate them to meet their future.“ to be a 21st century global leader in degree in business from the University charting solutions. We are doing that by of New Hampshire. My wife Ann and I Interesting enough, that report was pushing the boundaries of progress on have three grown children living in issued in 1966. What struck me about it unprecedented engineering problems Ohio and Massachusetts. is its relevance for today, particularly as and challenges. Dean Dolling is leading we consider interdisciplinary programs the charge. The stake is in the ground. Thank you for your interest in and at SEAS such as biomedical engineering, And we invite you to be a part of it! support of SEAS, and stay tuned for cyber security, transportation safety, and great things to come! our research in energy-related fields, just As in the past, the future of SEAS to name a few. I am convinced that many will be girded and strengthened by the With best regards, of tomorrow’s solutions for today’s support and engagement of alumni and problems will be achieved through the friends. Our development staff eagerly collaborative efforts we are building anticipates meeting with you in the at SEAS and GW. coming months to discuss and offer Jim Howard opportunities for your participation. Assistant Vice President Perhaps the most visible evidence of In the meantime, our doors are open in Development and Alumni Relations these efforts on campus will be our Tompkins Hall and we welcome a chance [email protected] new science and engineering complex. to visit with you—or to hear from you Tel: 202-994-4121 09 SPRING Currently in the planning stage, the via phone or e-mail. facility will house the School of

Engineering and Applied Science and Finally, since I arrived at GW and SEAS SYNERGY also some of the natural and life science just this past December and have not yet

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Administration in the D.C. area. She was named one of Fifty Most Influential Minorities in Business by the Minority Business and Professional Network in 2002 and 2004, as well as a Minority Small Business Advocate by the Asian American Business Roundtable in 2004. Julie is active in a number of local and national volunteer organizations, and she is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in engineering management here at SEAS.

Asghar Mostafa Receives GW Award for Distinguished Entrepreneurial Achievement In October, GW honored SEAS alumnus to helping SEAS students start their Asghar Mostafa (BS ’81, MS ’82) with News careers. He was also very active in the 2008 Distinguished Entrepreneurial helping Georgetown’s Lombardi Cancer Achievement Award at a reception at Scott Amey and Julie Lee Center, where his daughter had been the Fairmont Hotel. The award for Receive Alumni Achievement successfully treated. distinguished entrepreneurial achievement Awards was created in 2007 as part of the annual GW honored seven alumni with achievement Scott subsequently started another GW Entrepreneurs Roundtable event to awards last September, and two of the company, Amyx Inc., which has already honor an entrepreneur who has displayed honorees are SEAS alumni. Scott Amey grown to 70 employees and which he leads outstanding innovation, vision, integrity, (MS ’75) was presented with the as its president and chief executive officer. leadership, and social responsibility in Distinguished Alumni Achievement developing and bringing to market a Award, and Julie Lee (MS ’05) with Julie Lee received the Recent Alumni novel technology, product, or solution. the Recent Alumni Achievement Award. Achievement Award, which is presented GW President Steven Knapp presented the Both awards recognize GW alumni who to alumni who have graduated in the last award to Mostafa during the event, which have attained notable achievements five years. Lee is the president and chief also included the GW Business Plan in their field. executive officer of Access Systems, Inc., Competition (sponsored by Annette and which provides IT services to the federal Richard Scott), a panel discussion with The Distinguished Alumni Achievement government and has been recognized by GW alumni entrepreneurs, and a Award—the highest honor bestowed by the the Virginia Chamber of Commerce as networking reception. university on its alumni—was presented to one of Virginia’s fastest growing companies Scott Amey for his success on several (2004-2008). It has also been recognized An experienced entrepreneur with fronts. Amey co-founded RS Information by Inside Business magazine as one of the an extensive business and technical Systems (RSIS), a company that provides best places to work in the state, and named background, Mostafa has spent more advanced technical and business solutions among Washington Technology’s “Fast 50“ than 25 years creating and building in information technology, systems engi- for seven years in a row (2002-2008). category-breaking technology companies. neering, and other areas to the defense, From 1998-1999, Julie served as civilian, and law enforcement agencies of president and chief executive Asghar Mostafa (left) and the federal government. Before he retired officer of ATECH Corporation. GW President Steven Knapp in 2004, he helped grow the company to 1,700 employees, and in 2005, Julie is an active member of numerous the company was ranked 35th on the industry organizations, most notably as a Washington Technology list of the largest member of the Director’s Advisory Council

federal technology services contractors. on Women’s Business of the Virginia Scavone Photography SPRING 09 SPRING Department of Business Assistance, an After his retirement, Scott served for organization to which she was appointed in roughly three years as the volunteer 2003 by then-Governor Mark Warner. In

SYNERGY director of the SEAS Career Services 2006, she received the Entrepreneur of the Office, dedicating three days a week Year Award from the Small Business

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He recently launched Entourage Upcoming Alumni Events If you are interested in participating Systems, Inc., a technology platform Stay connected with SEAS alumni, faculty, in this integral part of programming company that seeks to break the cost and current students by attending our for SEAS alumni, please contact: and technology barriers in education many fall 2009 SEAS alumni events listed Erin Pitts to bring affordable, upgradeable below. Be sure to visit the online alumni Associate Director textbooks and content to students. events calendar at www.alumni.gwu.edu/ School Alumni Programs Prior to that, Mostafa founded Vinci calendar for more detailed information. Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW Systems, which designed, manufactured, You can also find a complete listing of Phone: (202) 994-2355 and sold interoperable broadband optical alumni events and programs in the [email protected] network terminals (ONTs). After two years Colonial Cable, the e-newsletter sent of operation, the company was purchased monthly to all GW alumni. If you do not Other Alumni by Tellabs Inc., and to date, more than currently receive the Colonial Cable, you Volunteer Opportunities two million of these ONTs have been can sign up at www.alumni.gwu.edu/ There are many ways alumni can be sold to Verizon for its FiOS network. news. involved at GW and at SEAS. Below are some wonderful volunteer opportunities In 1997, Mostafa founded Advanced Fall 2009 available at the university. Visit Switching Communications, Inc. (ASC) GW Alumni Weekend http://alumni.gwu.edu/support/ to develop and bring to market lower (http://alumni.gwu.edu/aw/2009/) getinvolved.html or contact Erin Pitts cost, highly flexible broadband access October 1-4, 2009 at [email protected] or (202) 994-2355 solutions. ASC completed its initial public Washington, D.C. to find more information on all of stock offering in 2000 and successfully these opportunities. raised close to $200 million. Before that, Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture Mostafa founded ISDN Systems Series Be a Career Advisor Corporation (ISC), a leading provider of Washington, D.C. Share insights with other graduates integrated services digital network and and current students seeking career frame relay equipment. He served as Alumni Receptions with Dean Dolling assistance. Register to be a career advisor president and CEO of ISC until 1995, Boston, NYC, and Philadelphia regions at www.alumni.gwu.edu/networking. when U.S. Robotics, now part of 3Com, acquired the company. Earlier in his Student Alumni Networking Event Connect with Students career, Mostafa was vice president Washington, D.C. From hosting a dinner with students to of product development for the delivering a guest lecture, you have a lot telecommunications division of Data SEAS Alumni Social Event to offer. Participate in a student-alumni General Telecommunication Division, Washington, D.C. program to build connections with and he co-founded and served as vice current students. president of engineering for ICOM, an Engineer Alumni Association, early entrant in the field of fixed-wireless Call for Volunteers Apply for the GW Alumni communications and a developer of Volunteer for our newly structured Association Board T-1 multiplexers. EAA. We are building new and dynamic The GW Alumni Association works alumni programming at SEAS, and we collaboratively with the university to Mostafa is a long-standing member of the need alumni volunteers who can provide implement programs and services that IEEE and the Association for Computing direction and feedback to the Office of benefit GW alumni. Board elections Machinery (ACM), and has served on the Alumni Relations and SEAS to help take place in the spring of each year. board of directors of several networking build alumni engagement with a focus and communications companies. He on alumni programs, student/alumni Get Involved with the Young currently serves on the board of directors programs, and recruitment and outreach. Alumni Network of Entourage Systems, Inc.; LTI DataComm; The Young Alumni Network (YAN) sponsors Mostafa Venture Fund, LLC; and the SEAS We are asking volunteers to commit to programming and provides benefits National Advisory Council. a year of service, during which you will designed to meet the social, networking, assist in planning SEAS alumni programs, and educational needs and interests of attend three meetings, participate graduates from the past 10 years. Join 09 SPRING on at least one of the focus area the dedicated recent graduates who provide committees, and attend at least the inspiration for YAN activities!

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Karlgaards Establish students entering their junior or senior Scholarship Fund years who have attained a GPA of 3.0 To help make a GW education accessible or higher, and who are U.S. citizens. to more students, President Knapp and the University’s Board of Trustees recently Explaining the couple’s motivation, created an initiative to make student aid Karlgaard remarks that GW was highly a GW priority. influential in his own professional career and ongoing success. “We wanted to Last December, David Karlgaard help other people have that same (D.Sc. ’74) and his wife Marilyn answered success opportunity,“ Karlgaard says. this call by establishing the Karlgaard “We also hope in some small way that Scholarship for undergraduate students this scholarship, in conjunction with in computer science. “You go through other things people do for the school, a stage in life where you want to give will help lead to the enhanced reputation back,“ says Karlgaard, current chair that SEAS is trying to achieve.“ of the SEAS National Advisory Council.

Intended to recognize outstanding academic performance, the Karlgaard Scholarship will be awarded to qualifying

Invest in a Student, Transform a Life.

Ian Balina, who moved to the United States from Uganda when he was in the fourth grade, had big dreams but little means to pursue them. That all changed when he came to GW, thanks to scholarship support.

“ I was thrilled to be accepted into the School of Engineering and Applied Science. My experience here has been so special. I love the small classes and the opportunity to meet and talk with faculty, who encouraged me to pursue my dreams to start my own business and seek an advanced degree.”

— Ian Balina, SEAS ’10 Computer Engineering Major Co-founder, Leximo, an online dictionary business

Help transform the lives of people like Ian and be part of the SEAS tradition of philanthropy by making a contribution to a SEAS scholarship fund!

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derful wife Aimee while David 2008 and expects to graduate in Happenings is at sea. December 2010.

Ali Ahmadi, MS ’83, will finish his Ankur Gupta, MS (computer science) doctoral program this May in computer ’07, really enjoyed his experience at science. He has moved to Seattle and GW. He has recently been promoted started to work for Microsoft in the to senior business analyst at TMI Office team. Solutions and is working in the IT strategic planning consulting practice. Saad AlAjlan, MS (electrical engineering) ’08, joined Ericsson AB, Saudi Arabia Somak Halder, MS (computer branch, after graduating. He now works engineering) ’03, works as a senior as a solution manager for radio access data analyst at Capital One Financial network. He credits his GW education in Richmond, VA. with giving him the edge over his competitors in winning his position and he thanks the GW family for all the support and help that he received here.

Ibrahim Al-soqabi, BS (civil engineering) ’75, and his wife were blessed earlier Martin Kamara, MS (mechanical this year with a baby boy named engineering) ’96, is a chief warrant Abdulrahman. officer in the Active Component of the United States Army Reserve. He serves Vittal Anantatmula, D.Sc. (engineering with the United States Army 345th management) ’95, is an associate Aaron Hall, MEM ’99, has been named Combat Support Hospital at Al Asad professor in the College of Business vice president of program management Airbase, Iraq, and expected to be at Western Carolina University. at K12 Inc., a technology-based home from Iraq in April 2009. http://paws.wcu.edu/vittal curriculum and instructional tools development organization. Aaron was Mai Kanaan, MS (computer science) Walid Choueiri, MS (civil engineering) also recently selected to command ’06, works as an instructor at An-Najah ’05, works at SK&A Structural the U.S. Army Reserve Element that National University, Nablus, Palestine. Engineers in Rockville, MD, where he supports the Defense Information has been since finishing his bachelor’s Systems Agency. Clif Kranish, MS (computer science) degree. He was recently promoted ’82, is a director of product management to associate at the firm and will be Lilly Hardin, MS (systems engineering) at Information Builders. getting married on August 8, 2009. ’88, has a rewarding career with the National Park Service, “the best idea Tiffani (Warren) Langdon, BS Osama Mohamed El-Ghandour, D.Sc. America ever had,“ she says. She (electrical engineering) ’95, works (electrical engineering) ’90, is a professor currently works on transportation at Pepco in Washington, D.C., as a lead teaching at Helwan University in Cairo, planning projects along the Mississippi engineer. Tiffani and her husband Egypt. His work is in the field of mobile River and the C&O Canal. She has Marlon and their son Marcel welcomed communications. recently participated in the upgrade Mason into the world on September 11, of the security system and roadways 2008. Tiffani also has accepted a new David Fiala, MS (mechanical engineering) around the Lincoln Memorial and was position to be the Pepco engineering ’03, welcomed the birth of his son the project manager for the new liaison to Prince George's County for Jack and was promoted to a manage- Georgetown Waterfront Park along the system and highway projects. ment position as a marine engineer. Potomac River between Key Bridge and He works for the Overseas Wisconsin Avenue. William Lohnes, MEA ’69, has joined Shipholding Group as a first assistant the Board of PrismTech Solutions 09 SPRING engineer on the tanker Overseas Sherman (Xiaoxue) He, MS ’05, works Americas as an outside director. Houston. Jack joins his siblings, for Capital One Financial as a senior

Morgan (3 yrs) and Emma (1 1/2 yrs), business analyst. He enrolled in the Lyle Long, D.Sc. (aerospace engineering) SYNERGY who are looked after by David’s won- MBA program at NYU Stern in Spring ’83, is a distinguished professor of

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aerospace engineering at Pennsylvania Nghi Thanh Nguyen, D.Sc. (civil State University. He has also been engineering) ’06, works as vice-rector elected a Fellow of the American of Ho Chi Minh City University of Physical Society and Fellow of the Architecture in Vietnam. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In 2007-2008 he was a Moore Distinguished Scholar at Caltech. http://www.personal.psu.edu/lnl

Ron Sasiela (pictured right), MEM ’00, and Irving Blickstein, MEM ’75, represented SEAS on a recent GW Alumni Association trip to Cambodia, Hua Ni's, D.Sc. (operations research) Thailand, and Malaysia. The trip ’04, third daughter, Hanna L. Ni, included land excursions to ancient was born on February 21, 2009. sites along with tours of many coastal Sandy Joel Marenberg, BS (civil She weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz. and was historical and cultural temples. The engineering) ’69, is the president of 18 3/4 inches long at birth. program used an 85-cabin sailing Marenberg Enterprises and received vessel as its home base as it moved the 2008 Developer of the Year award down the Malay peninsula. from the Homebuilders Association of Maryland. Jon A. Schmidt, BS ’92, MS ’94 (civil engineering), is an associate structural engineer and the director of antiterrorism services at Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City, MO. Schmidt received the 2008 Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of Structural Engineers Association (NCSEA), is an active member of two NCSEA Kristy McDonnell Ortiz, BS (civil committees, and chairs the editorial engineering) ’99, MEM ’01, and her board for the organization's magazine, Homayoun “Al“ Mirfakhrai, BS husband, Daniel Ortiz (Law ’02), are STRUCTURE. Schmidt was also named (civil engineering) ’80 and MEM ’96, pleased to announce the birth of their in the January 2009 issue of Building has worked for the past twenty years son, Adam Owen Ortiz. He was born on Design+Construction as one of the top for NASA as a project manager/COTR, August 25, 2008, and weighed 6 lbs., young professionals in the industry as managing various engineering and con- 11 oz. “Adam has been a wonderful part of that publication's annual “40 struction projects. He writes, “I was the addition to our family and we couldn't Under 40“ recognition program. chairman of a public relations committee be happier,“ says Ortiz. and Congressional Liaison, and I played Ben Schupak, MS (computer science) a key role in passing a civil rights bill by Jesus Rohena, MS (civil engineering) ’03, works for Ernst & Young in New advancing it in the U.S. Senate in 1999.“ ’95, has been promoted to senior York City. He builds web sites and tunnel engineer at the Federal Highway databases that support back-office Uchchash “Steve“ Mukherjee, MEM Administration. He is leading the effort operations involving the 140,000 ’79, works for the U.S. firm AECOM to establish a new program for the employees. He is in the second SPRING 09 SPRING and has been assigned as a program inspection of highway tunnels in semester of the part-time MBA cost manager to an multi-billion-dollar the U.S. program at Rutgers University project for the Housing Infrastructure Business School.

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the International Dance Music Awards in Miami, and was chosen as Microsoft’s “Most promising start-up of the week.“ It also won the “Best DJ Tool“ award from DJ Magazine in 2008, and was nominated for its “Most Innovative Product“ award in 2007. http://www.MixedInKey.com

Sean Walsh, BS (mechanical engineering) ’76, writes, “After a career as a Navy engineering duty Jae Shin, MS (electrical engineering) Murray Stein, BS (electrical officer, I have been working in private ’08, works for the Federal Aviation engineering) ’49, writes, “While I had industry for several years and am Administration as an electronics a distinguished career in engineering, currently employed by Alion Science engineer in the spectrum engineering culminating with teaching for 26 years and Technology in the JJMA Maritime office. He was recently promoted in GW's Continuing Engineering & Industrial Engineering Group. and is involved in many exciting Education Program, I have developed Recently I have been assigned as the spectrum issues. a new career in sculpture. In 1999 the deputy program manager for the Path of Achievement Award designated NAVSEA 05 Ship Design Services me a “Living Treasure“ in Maryland, contract. I've also been active as an followed by two lectures at the alumnus, serving as a science fair judge Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, several for the GW Engineer Alumni Association, museum exhibits, and numerous top hosting a dinner with alumni for SEAS prizes in competition, including First students, speaking to the student chapter Place in the 2008 Texas Sculpture of ASME at SEAS, and arranging for Association Show. My 1000s of a SEAS professor to speak at a local hours of community volunteerism section dinner of the Society of Naval at senior centers and teaching art Architects and Marine Engineers.“ to disadvantaged elementary school children won me the 2006 National Distinguished Senior Award on Capitol Hill by NCPSSM, plus a Public Service Award by the D.A.R. in Texas.“

Oldemar Tello, BS (electrical engineering) Lt. Comdr. Dan Somma, MEM ’08, ’84, is currently employed as a certified was selected to serve on the Department technical quality manager at SAP of Homeland Security Integrated Government Support and Services. Process Team for cargo security. The group's work was recently featured on Weldon Vlasak, D.Sc. (electrical the show “High Tech War on Terror“ engineering) ’70, has primarily spent on the National Geographic Channel. his time keeping up his three web Dan is currently stationed at sites: www.science-site.net, Coast Guard Headquarters in the www.sword-play.net, and Office of Ports and Facilities Activities. www.adaptiveenterprises.com. He works to align maritime cargo Do drop in and visit. security initiatives between the Coast Guard and other federal agencies. Yakov Vorobyev, BA (computer SPRING 09 SPRING science) ’05, is president of Mixed In Key, a software company that develops software for musicians and DJs. Mixed

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