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Inaugural Leadership Academy Class Announced

■ Heidi Opdyke the end of the calendar year. Programs very proud of and want to continue,” • Michael Bett, managing director of the will be taught by staff from the Tepper Placone said. Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center, The Carnegie Mellon Leadership School of Business, the Heinz College’s The fi rst class includes: Human-Computer Interaction Institute Academy announced its inaugural class School of Public Policy and Management, • Miroslava Angelova, director for • Tara Branstad, director, enterprise creation/ during the Leadership Symposium in senior manger, Business Development and and Human Resources’ Learning and business operations, Information March. The academy is a professional Licensing Center for Technology Transfer Development program. For example, one Networking Institute development program geared to staff and Enterprise Creation module will be taught by David Lamont, members who demonstrate leadership C ONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE associate teaching professor of business potential, commitment to the future of strategy, and Lola Mason, director of Carnegie Mellon and a strong drive to organizational development. Lamont will achieve greater levels of responsibility. discuss strategy and strategic planning “The Leadership Academy is not a and Mason will cover leadership skills. one time thing. It’s something we hope The 20 participants also will complete to do for many years to come,” said a capstone project that will be of Ron Placone, assistant vice president of signifi cance to the university. Learning and Development. “It’s a great step in terms of The academy has started its employee development, one that we’re modules and will continue through O NE Q&A With Priya Narasimhan: Sports Experiences Enhanced by Fans

science takes pride in chal- How has your research team been applications are to provide the fan with lenging her students to turn involved with your work? a unique experience at a sporting event dreams into reality. She My research team has been closely through their mobile phone. For the team/ teaches the capstone electri- involved in implementing the details of stadium, YinzCam provides an additional cal and computer engineering the vision that we set out with. Both my way to generate revenue. For football “Embedded Systems Design” Myron (football engineering) and my engineering, this is a way for the team class in which students have YinzCam research groups have been to obtain technology to improve training developed some novel technol- involved in the day-to-day design and and scouting. ogies for industry and social implementation decisions. YinzCam is networking venues. She also designed to help fans select and view What is the next step for the was recently named the East live video feeds from unique camera research? Coast Director of Carnegie angles throughout a variety of sporting The next step is to look at deeper and Mellon CyLab’s $2.4 mil- arenas. more interactive mobile experiences, lion Mobility Research Lab, which will help the telecom- TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FOOTBALL ENGINEERING VISIT WWW.ECE.CMU. munications industry improve EDU/~FOOTBALL; FOR YINZCAM, VISIT WWW.YINZCAM.ORG/INDEX.HTML. handheld devices. We caught up with her right after one of her fast- Spurred by a dramatic rise in the with social networking, location

PHOTO BY KEN ANDREYO paced classes to discuss demand for mobility services, YinzCam awareness, and also richer explorations P RIYA NARASIMHAN AND HER STUDENTS WORK TO her work. gives fans the ability to obtain mobile of interactive video. DEVELOP NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES. SHE RECENTLY video, real-time action replays, game- WON THE EMERGING FEMALE SCIENTIST AWARD What prompted you to time information, statistics and player What was your reaction to winning FROM THE CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. tackle research in sports bios right from their stadium or arena this year’s Emerging Female Scientist Award from the 13th annual Carnegie technology? seats. YinzCam also scales to support Science Center Awards for 2009? ■ Chriss Swaney I am a huge sports fan, and I follow all real-time push and pull video delivery sports closely. I have always looked for The award means a lot, particularly since Priya Narasimhan is like a high-speed services to all fans in the arena. ways to enhance the fan experience, it’s from the Carnegie Science Center, comet. This energetic and creative being a fan myself, and also to improve which is a wonderful place where assistant professor of electrical and What are the commercial all aspects of the game, ranging from youngsters are exposed to and gain computer engineering and computer applications of this work? refereeing to training and scouting. For YinzCam, the commercial appreciation of science.

A Better Community By Design PIPER L EE BRINGS EXPERTISE TO ADELAIDE 4/09 Issue ■ Malcolm King P UBLISHER Carnegie Mellon Professor Laura Lee “I grew up in Canada, and I’ve Teresa Thomas has a lot on her mind as Adelaide’s new- always been interested in art, language E DITOR Bruce Gerson est Thinker in Residence. and culture. So the ability to bring those The program, started by South things together is a lifelong passion,” M ANAGING EDITOR Heidi Opdyke Australian Premier Mike Rann in 2002, Lee said, the 16th Thinker to be named.

W RITERS invites experts to the city to work and On average, Thinkers in Residence Jillian Bateman Abby Ross think. Lee, a former head of the School spend between two and six months Jocelyn Duffy Eric Sloss Malcolm King Chriss Swaney of Architecture, was chosen for her living in Adelaide. Lee spent March in

D ESIGNER international reputation in sustainable Adelaide and will return for a month in Melissa Stoebe design. June and October. Communications Design Group “Adelaide, South Australia’s capital, She recently was joined by Carn- P HOTOGRAPHY is a smart city, where innovation is a egie Mellon Economics Professor Linda Ken Andreyo Communications Design Group way of life. We have a reputation for Babcock, who taught in the Heinz Col- To contact The Piper staff, call 412-268-2900 innovation in many fi elds — the arts, lege in Adelaide. Babcock introduced or email [email protected]. social policy, the sciences, industry her book “Ask for It,” co-authored by Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and Carnegie Mellon University is required not to discriminate in admission, OF LAURA LEE PHOTO COURTESY employment, or administration of its programs or activities and government. Adelaide Thinkers in New York Times and Harvard Business on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in L AURA LEE WAS RECENTLY NAMED violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Residence build on the reputation that Reviewer Sara Laschever, in Adelaide. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or other federal, state, or local laws A DELAIDE’ S THINKER IN RESIDENCE. or executive orders. has made South Australia one of the The book offers techniques and a In addition, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate S HE WILL SPEND PART OF THE YEAR in admission, employment or administration of its programs on the basis of religion, creed, ancestry, belief, age, veteran status, most progressive states in the world, and “negotiation gym” aimed at improving sexual orientation or gender identity. Carnegie Mellon does not HELPING SOUTH AUSTRALIA’ S CAPITAL CITY discriminate in violation of federal, state, or local laws or execu- tive orders. However, in the judgment of the Carnegie Mellon a fabulous place in which to live, work women’s negotiation skills. Human Relations Commission, the Presidential Executive Order IMPROVE BY USING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN. directing the Department of Defense to follow a policy of, “Don’t and visit,” Premier Rann said. Each Thinker works on programs in ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue,” excludes openly gay, lesbian and bisexual students from receiving ROTC scholarships or serving in the military. Nevertheless, all ROTC classes at Carnegie Mel- Lee’s residency will focus on the key areas such as health, education, so- lon University are available to all students. Lee’s mission is to increase Inquiries concerning application of these statements should be directed to the Provost, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 value of design and the built environ- cial progress, the environment, science, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone 412-268-6684 awareness and understanding of good or the Vice President for Campus Affairs, Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone design as integral to a sustainable future 412-268-2057. Carnegie Mellon University publishes an annual campus C HECK WWW. THINKERS. SA. GOV. AU/ HOME. HTML FOR A security report describing the university’s security, alcohol and for South Australia and to identify drug, and sexual assault policies and containing statistics about the number and type of crimes committed on the campus during the preceding three years. You can obtain a copy by RECORDING OF HER MARCH 25 LECTURE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. current and potential strengths and key contacting the Carnegie Mellon Police Department at 412-268- 2323. The security report is available through the World Wide design infl uencers. She will assist in the Web at www.cmu.edu/police/. Obtain general information about Carnegie Mellon University by calling 412-268-2000. development of an integrated design Produced for Media Relations by the Communications Design Group, March 2009, 09-426. ments impact on the quality of life for research and economic development. strategy for South Australia leading South Australians. She has gathered nu- Recent Thinkers include Genevieve to new models of interdisciplinary merous architectural plaudits, has taught Bell, director of user experience in Intel collaboration. Other goals include at universities in Belgium, Denmark and Corporation’s Digital Home Group; and establishing networks, through local, Switzerland, and is a senior fellow of Andrew Fearne, director of the Centre national and international relationships, the Washington, D.C., think-tank Design for Supply Chain Research at Kent T WO Futures Council. Business School, University of Kent. C ONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR 14th Annual Meeting of the Minds F ROM OUTERWARE TO ORGANICS, UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH I NSPIRES BUZZ IN EVERY COLLEGE

F EDERICO RIOS AND NICHOLAS HAGELIN WILL PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH ON “GADGET JACKETS”

AT THIS YEAR’ S MEETING OF THE MINDS. THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN SOPHOMORES ENVISION

INCORPORATING COMMONLY USED ITEMS INTO OUTERWEAR DESIGNS TO IMPROVE FUNCTIONALITY GRAPHIC: FEDERICO RIOS AND NICHOLAS HAGELIN

AND AESTHETIC QUALITIES.

■ Jillian Bateman

Sharing is fundamental to research, and “We are researching the feasibil- W HAT: 14TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINDS collaborative innovation will have the ity of building an organic community UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM University Center buzzing. vegetable garden on campus,” Strano W HEN: W EDNESDAY, MAY 6 Students from across campus will said. “Food is such an integral part of W HERE: U NIVERSITY CENTER present research at the 14th Annual our lives, yet many students don’t think O NLINE: WWW. CMU. EDU/ URO/MO M/ Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate about where their food comes from Research Symposium on Wednesday, or how they can eat more healthy and May 6. The event will include oral reduce their carbon footprint.” he said of his project, “Autonomous “We’ll have a lot of conversations presentations, poster displays, paintings, They are proposing to build the Multi-Robot Exploration and Coverage.” under one roof,” she said. clothing and more. project behind the Stever House. “It’s pretty amazing to be able to see For more information on the Meet- robots coordinate to achieve a task. It’s ing of the Minds and a complete list of T O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTS VISIT even more amazing when they perform presentations, visit www.cmu.edu/uro/ WWW. CMU. EDU/ NEWS/ NEWS- NOTES/ INDEX. SHTML the task better than humans do.” MoM/. Meeting of the Minds sponsors Wallach said the event is one in include Intel, Yahoo, Johnson and John- which the campus intellectually comes son and Ford Motor Company. The event “It’s hard to get a snapshot of every- “We hope to have the beginning of a together to fi nd out what everyone is will conclude with an awards ceremony thing that’s happening on this campus,” garden this semester and be producing doing. at 5 p.m. in McConomy Auditorium. said Stephanie Wallach, associate vice vegetables by next fall,” Strano said. provost for education, “but Meeting of “We have planted seedlings and will the Minds is exactly that.” start building the beds over the next few Federico Rios and Nicholas Hagelin, weeks.” sophomores in the School of Design, Strano and Stocchetti have invited will present their research on “Gadget the entire campus to share in the growth Jackets.” and benefi ts of the garden. They are “Industrial design is all about fi nd- organizing volunteer days, in which ing unmet needs, improving people’s students can come down and help out lives and exploring alternative solutions for a few hours. that lead to new ideas,” Hagelin said. “We would like for students to “We wanted to create something that eventually use the garden as a living would aesthetically and functionally laboratory,” said Strano. “For example, improve people’s interactions with their engineering students who want to design world.” a rain catchment system would have the Their proposed series of jackets will opportunity to do so and immediately store the gadgets and essentials we can’t witness the results of their work.” bear to part with — iPods, wallets, keys, Victor Marmol, a sophomore in cell phones and Blackberrys. computer science, is working on robots “We are trying to go beyond making that can explore an unknown environ- your belongings match your outfi t,” Rios ment and perform tasks as a group said. “We want them to be a part of you, without human intervention. since they are so crucial and unavoidable.” “There are a lot of scenarios where PHOTO BY HEIDI OPDYKE Sarah Strano and Andrew Stoc- exploration and coverage by robots is chetti, a junior and senior in the Civil and important and useful — disaster recov- V ICTOR MARMOL IS STUDYING ON HOW SMALL ROBOTS CAN COORDINATE AS A TEAM

Environmental Engineering Department, ery, urban warfare, building mapping TO PERFORM TASKS AND MAP AREAS IN PLACES TOO DANGEROUS FOR HUMANS. THE will discuss “Urban Farming and Food and industrial cleaning to name a few,” RESEARCH ALSO HAS APPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRY. Education Program at Carnegie Mellon.” T HREE Cyprus Reunifi cation Matters to Student, Ambassador

■ Heidi Opdyke Georgianne Papacostas, a senior policy “I thought that bringing the Ambas- and management and international sador to campus would be a great way to relations major, interned in the Offi ce get the word out that fi rst, hey, there’s a of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro beautiful country out there, and second, (D-Conn.) this past summer. Her mother it has been occupied for almost 35 years,” is Greek, and her father is from Cyprus she said. and grew up in the now-divided capital Kakouris discussed why reunifi cation Nicosia. matters as part of the University Lecture “Every summer that we visited Series in March. The Hellenic Student Cyprus, my uncle would always show Association also sponsored the event. us the wall that split the two sides,” The island of Cyprus has been forc- Papacostas said. ibly divided since the Turkish invasion While she was born in Chicago, and occupation in the summer of 1974. she has been living in Saudi Arabia While efforts to resolve the confl ict have since she was 9. When she mentions been unsuccessful, a new process and her upbringing, Americans often ask direct talks aimed at a negotiated solution PHOTO BY HEIDI OPDYKE

her about her father’s homeland. are taking place between the President C YPRUS AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES ANDREAS KAKOURIS VISITED THE During her internship, Papacostas met of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris P ITTSBURGH CAMPUS IN MARCH AFTER SENIOR GEORGIANNE PAPCOSTAS, LEFT, the Cyprus Ambassador to the United Christofi as, and the leader of the Turkish INVITED HIM TO BE PART OF THE UNIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES. States Andreas Kakouris, who expressed Cypriot community, Mehmet Ali Talat, an interest in speaking at universities. under the auspices of the United Nations. issues that falls off the radar screen,” of nations. He said while Cyprus might She extended an invitation to visit Kakouris told the audience that while citizens’ civil rights are at stake. He de- be a “small piece of the mosaic, it is still Carnegie Mellon. the division of the island is “one of the scribed the European Union as a mosaic a very important part of it.”

Upcoming Events Center for the Arts in Society ■ Abby Ross Carnegie Mellon Jazz Ensemble David Pellow directs “Jazz and the Digital Orches- University Lecture Series tra,” sponsored by WDUQ FM 90.5. Research for Creates Research “Clusters” “Thinking Green: How PNC applies sustain- this concert’s technology was made possible by ability to create value for stakeholders” the School of Computer Science and Microsoft. ■ Eric Sloss The ULS and the Steinbrenner Institute for 3 p.m., Sunday, April 19 Environmental Education and Research present Carnegie Library Music Hall, Homestead Carnegie Mellon’s Center for the Arts in of Fine Arts. James E. Rohr, chairman and CEO of PNC Society (CAS) has established intensive, John Carson, the Regina Gouger Miller Financial Services. “The Illusion” 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 14 Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s interdisciplinary research groups called Head of the School of Art, and Jon Klancher, Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall delicate comedy reveals a profound truth about “clusters.” Consisting of Carnegie Mellon associate professor of English, are leading the relationship of theatre to the human struggle. “Cultivating the Spirit: College and the Search 8 p.m., Tuesday–Friday, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., faculty, graduate students and outside the fi rst research cluster focused on public for Meaning” Saturday, April 22–April 25 experts, these research clusters will be cen- art, with working groups centered around Helen and Alexander Astin will describe their study Philip Chosky Theatre of college students, “Spirituality in Higher Educa- tered around cutting-edge areas of inquiry, “Controversy in the Arts” and “Performance tion: A National Study of College Students’ Search Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic with a goal of creating books, exhibitions and Ecology.” This inquiry area grows out for Meaning and Purpose.” Ronald Zollman will be the guest conductor 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 20 with Eunice Keem, violin. and other research products that improve of and expands upon existing focal areas at Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 29 the depth and quality of the interface Carnegie Mellon and CAS. The public art Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland “Mysteries of the Dark Universe” between art and the humanities. cluster, while mostly focused on research, Edward W. “Rocky” Kolb, professor of astronomy Other Events “The Center for the Arts in Society also will work to establish new classes, and physics at the University of Chicago, will give Spring Carnival the 2009 Buhl Lecture. A reception will follow. Annual events include Buggy races, student is seen as a noteworthy bridge between projects and outreach efforts to the local 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 21 booth competitions, MoBot races and various the humanities studies and artistic inquiry. community. Mellon Institute Auditorium alumni events. Thursday–Saturday, April 16–18 These clusters offer new opportunities for The research clusters are supported “Getting the sign right ...” www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~sc0v/ faculty across campus to create new re- by a $500,000 endowment grant from The Francis McMichael, the Walter J. Blenko, Sr. Pro- fessor of Environmental Engineering and professor 8th Annual Computational Molecular search initiatives and educational collabo- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and a match- of engineering and public policy and civil and Biology Symposium rations,” said Hilary Robinson, the Stanley ing endowment grant from an anonymous environmental engineering, presents his Journeys The symposium brings together biologists, com- lecture. puter scientists and interdisciplinary researchers and Marcia Gumberg Dean of the College donor. 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 27 from Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pittsburgh Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall and the Western Pennsylvania community to share new approaches and cutting-edge fi ndings in Other Lectures areas where computation and biology intersect. School of Architecture Lecture Series In honor of the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, A Better Community By Design Bill Mitchell of the MIT Design Lab will give the the theme of the 2009 symposium is “Evolution.” Henry Hornbostel Lecture, co-sponsored by the 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Wednesday, April 22 C ONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO Heinz Architectural Center Mellon Institute Conference Room 6:30 p.m., Monday, April 20 and expanding business opportunities for the design and building industries in Carnegie Museum of Art Theatre “Celebration of Teaching” Awards The awards recognize the accomplishments of the state. She also hopes to initiate innovative projects and provide advice about School of Design Lecture Series faculty who exemplify the university’s standards emerging and visionary approaches to shaping the built environment that can Barbara Sudick will present the Nierenberg of excellence in education with three main awards: Lecture. The Ryan Award, The Doherty Award and The position South Australia as a national and international leader in integrated and 7 p.m., Thursday, April 23 Academic Advising Award. The most recent sustainable design. Location announced soon recipients of the College Teaching Awards are also honored. A reception begins at 4:30 p.m. with Her speciality is bringing agencies together to work collaboratively on built de- School of Art Lecture Series the award presentation scheduled for 5:15 p.m. sign projects. She will work with the state government’s departments of Health, Arts, Daniel Martinez, professor of theory, practice and Thursday, April 23 mediation of contemporary art at the University of Rangos 1 & 2, University Center Education and Planning as well as the Australian Institute of Architects, Flinders California Irvine, will lecture. University and the University of South Australia. 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 28 Meeting of the Minds McConomy Auditorium, University Center The Undergraduate Research Symposium, or “You’ll often hear designers say when there are market constraints, that’s when the “Meeting of the Minds,” is a university-wide design really rises to the occasion. There’s no question that water and climate in Performances celebration of undergraduate research. “A Bite of Brecht” Wednesday, May 6 South Australia pose great challenges, but there are also other environmental assets The School of Drama presents highlights from University Center that can be harnessed to mitigate those factors. Two of those are geothermal power Bertolt Brecht’s repertoire. www.cmu.edu/uro/MoM/ 8 p.m., Tuesday–Friday, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and wind power,” Lee said. Saturday, April 16–April 25 Carnegie Mellon Commencement Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater Sunday, May 17 Gesling Stadium F OUR Spring Carnival B UGGY ALUMNI RELIVE SPRING CARNIVAL TRADITIONS

■ Heidi Opdyke This year’s Spring Carnival theme is “Epic Adventures,” and Buggy alumni on campus and beyond have found a quest of their own to pursue. The Buggy Alumni Association, http://cmubuggy. org, is celebrating its inaugural year as part of this year’s festivities. “We welcome anyone that is interested in buggy to become members on the Web site,” said Sam Swift (H’04). Swift, a doctoral student in the Tepper School of Business, is the group’s secretary and webmaster. “Our goals include making buggy interesting to a broader audience. We welcome any PHOTO BY GLENN BROOKES feedback from the community about how to make that happen.” Staff members, such as the Buggy C ARNIVAL CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS Alumni Association’s Carsen Kline For a complete listing of Spring Carnival activities, visit www.cmu.edu/alumni/involved/events/carnival/. To register for events go to (E’99), a process engineer in the www.cmu.edu/alumni/carnival/registation. Nanofabrication Facility, call being a part of Buggy the best experience they Thursday had as an undergraduate. 10 a.m. Sweepstakes Buggy Design Competition, Wiegand Gym, University Center (UC) “Most of my friends came from Noon Science & Art of Buggy: A Case Study in Engineering Innovation by Matt Wagner (E’87) in the McKenna, Buggy, and the sport is still fascinating Peter & Wright Rooms, UC to me after all these years. I want to 3 p.m. Spring Carnival Midway Opening Ceremony keep the tradition alive so that future 4 p.m. Kiltie Band Concert on the Midway students here can have their own Buggy What better way to open Carnival than with the famous Band-Without-Pants? Come hear the Kiltie Band experience.” perform for Carnival on their 100th Anniversary! Last year Sweepstakes, commonly 8 p.m. Activities Board Comedy Show: Zach Galifi anakis at the Midway tent known as Buggy, had a banner year. Scotch’n’Soda Production: “Me and My Girl” in Rangos Ballroom, UC The men broke a 20-year Spirit course In the bright, happy, playful musical comedy “Me and My Girl,” the social order gets turned on its head and taken record twice, and the women also broke for a spin when it comes to light that the long-lost heir to the Earldom of Hareford is none other than Bill Snibson, their course record. a Cockney from the streets of Lambeth in London! Hilarity ensues as Bill tries to integrate himself into the British This year will be the fi rst year aristocracy and the ancient and noble family of Hareford, featuring such memorable numbers as “Leaning on a to have an offi cial “King of the Hill” Lampost” and “The Lambeth Walk.” Award for the fastest driver on the upper part of the course. Kline said WRCT Friday 88.3 FM has been naming the fastest pusher on the fi rst hill for a number 8 a.m.-noon Sweepstakes Races of years, but no trophies have been Course starts at Margaret Morrison & Tech streets awarded. 9 a.m.-noon Kid Zone Activity Fair at the Frew Street area Along with the introduction of 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Alumni Association All-Campus BBQ in the Merson Courtyard & Loggia, UC the Buggy Alumni Association this Noon School of Computer Science 15th Annual MOBOT Races in front of Wean Hall year, Spring Carnival has several 1 p.m. The History of Buggy Presentation by Tom Wood (E’74) in the Giant Eagle Auditorium, Baker Hall new activities. People at the Midway 8 p.m. Activities Board Concert: “The New Pornographers” with opening act “Ted Leo and the Pharmacists” on the Midway will have the opportunity to play 11 p.m. Scotch’n’Soda Production: “Me and My Girl” group games on their cell phones Saturday while waiting in line or waiting for performances. Also, PNC is providing 8 a.m.-noon Sweepstakes Races a new environmentally inspired $500 KidZone Activity Fair prize for the best booth that promotes 3 p.m. Scotch’n’Soda Production: “Me and My Girl” recycling of materials. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Architecture Reunion Alumni Happy Hour & Dinner, Room 214, CFA Perennial favorites of the Spring 8 p.m. Scotch’n’Soda Production: “Me and My Girl” Carnival include a production by 9:30 p.m. Fireworks at the Intramural Field by Zambelli Scotch’n’Soda, which celebrated 70 years in 2008. This year’s show is “Me and My Girl.” Additional shows during the week include the Friday night Student Activities Board concert with opening act “Ted Leo and the Pharmacists” and headliner “The New piper Pornographers.” On Thursday night, the comedian Zach Galifi anakis will Congratulations to the March Piper Trivia winners — Marcella Baker, Ryan Ries, Diane Stidle and Nicole Stenger perform. Galifi anakis has appeared on — for knowing of the countries other than Qatar and the United States where Carnegie Mellon has degrees and programs. numerous Comedy Central shows and They are Portugal, Greece, Japan, Singapore and Australia. appeared in the 2008 movie “What A highlight of Spring Carnival is the Sweepstakes, or Buggy Races. For this month’s Piper Trivia question, what year Happens in Vegas.” did Buggy Races begin? The Piper staff will give away a $25 gift card to the bookstore to the fi rst four people who can Reunion years being celebrated correctly answer the question. Send your answers to [email protected] with “April Trivia” in the subject line. The include 2008, 2004, 1999, 1994 and winners’ names will be published in the following issue. Previous winners are ineligible. 1989. F IVE The Great Outdoors Beckons to P ITTSBURGH MARATHON DRAWS MANY FROM CAMPUS COMMUNITY

■ Heidi Opdyke As the weather warms up, more of the Carnegie Mellon community is moving outdoors. The return of the Pittsburgh Mara- thon on May 3 has helped spark some to give their feet a workout. Brett Guy, an MBA student at the Tepper School of Business, helped form the Tepper Endur- ance Club, which has members training for the race and the half-marathon. Regis- tration for all races that day has fi lled up. “A group of my classmates and I started the Endurance Club because we’re passionate about running, swimming and cycling,” Guy said. “We’ve all been involved in these sports in some form, and we wanted to provide a supportive training environment for individuals of STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY all skill levels.” thon participants, including Mary Martin Even if your path is less than 26.2 • Don’t run or bike alone. The group meets for 4- to 8-mile who will be walking the 13.1-mile miles, experts in the Athletics Depart- • Wear refl ective material if you run runs Saturdays at 9 a.m. at the corner of course. ment have put together some safety tips before dawn or dusk. Tech and Frew streets. Several smaller “I caught the ‘bug’ after the fi rst for running, walking and bicycling: • Look both ways before crossing groups also meet throughout the week. marathon in Columbus last October,” • Don’t wear headphones. Use your a street and obey traffi c signs and Individuals of all skill levels, from begin- said Martin, an administrative associ- ears to be aware of your surround- signals. Cars may not always obey ners to those with several marathons un- ate in the Athletics Department. “It was ings. the right of way. der their belts, are invited to participate. a wonderful experience to be a part • Carry identifi cation or write your The department also has a list of The Carnegie Mellon community of, and once you see your time upon name, phone number and blood type suggested fi tness routes in the Oakland will have many half-marathon and mara- completing the course, you want to try on the sole of your shoe. area posted at www.cmu.edu/athletics/ to improve that.” news/fi tnessroutes.html.

Obituaries

D RAMATIC WRITING PROGRAM HEAD E NGINEERING SCHOLAR LEAVES M ILAN STITT DIES AT AGE 68 L EGACY OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH

Milan Stitt, the Raymond W. Smith Professor of ■ Chriss Swaney Dramatic Writing and head of the Dramatic Writing Carnegie Mellon University’s Alfred A. Thiele, Program in the School of Drama, died March 12 of a distinguished scholar in the Electrical and liver cancer. He was 68. Computer Engineering Department, died sud- A campus memorial is being planned for 7:30 denly March 26 in Pittsburgh. A private funeral p.m., Thursday, April 30 in the Philip Chosky Theater. service was held April 1 in Louisville, Ky. “Milan was a much loved professor and colleague, Thiele, 71, contributed to the fundamental devoted to his students and to his profession. ... His understanding of the physics behind magnetic presence will be sorely missed,” said Hilary Robinson, bubble domains and invented some of the the Stanley and Marcia Gumberg Dean of the College primary devices that were used in magnetic of Fine Arts. bubble computer chips during the early 1970s “Milan was an inspirational mentor, guide and at Bell Telephone Labs in Murray Hill, N.J. pastoral friend to a generation of Dramatic Writing The Louisville, Ky., native earned his fi rst pat- students. His Play Lab was one of the highlights of the program. His kindness and ent at age 19 for research involving transistor technology for electric circuits. boundless enthusiasm for all facets of his students’ creative development at Carnegie “It’s hard to believe he is gone because he had been skiing in Vail, Colo., Mellon, and later in their careers defi ned his generosity, sensitivity and humanity,” just two weeks before his death,” said friend and colleague Chris Bowman, said Peter Cooke, head of the School of Drama. director of the university’s Nanofabrication Center. “He was a wonderful As a writer, Stitt is perhaps best known for his play “The Runner Stumbles,” researcher with a great sense of humor and a love of life and sports,” said which was named Best Broadway Play of 1976 in the annual Best Plays book. The Bowman, who often went sailing with Thiele. play — about a priest who was put on trial for murdering a nun — was based on a After working for two years on a bubble memory project at Burroughs real life event that took place in Stitt’s native Michigan in 1911. Stanley Kramer Corp. in San Diego, Thiele came to Carnegie Mellon in 1981. directed the 1979 fi lm version of the screenplay, which starred Dick Van Dyke, Stanley H. Charap, a professor emeritus at Carnegie Mellon who shared Kathleen Quinlan, Beau Bridges, Ray Bolger and Tammy Grimes. an offi ce with Thiele, said his peer was always on the move. “He would pop in He wrote teleplays and mini-series for all the networks. His CBS television on his bicycle, and begin chatting with anyone passing by the offi ce,” Charap movie, “The Gentleman Bandit,” was the most-watched fi lm of the season, and said. “Long Shadows” for American Playhouse was nominated in 1996 for an Interna- “He was a great friend, and a wonderful inspiration to graduate students tional Emmy as Best Teleplay. who enjoyed mentally sparring with him about a broad range of research chal- Donations can be made in Stitt’s memory to the Theatre Associates Endowed lenges,” said Bowman, who drove to Kentucky to attend the April 1 funeral. Scholarship, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance, Offi ce of Development and External Relations, Stearns Building, 2005 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109-2075.

S IX Doherty Prize Co-Winners Have Impacted Higher Ed

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education. Goodman has led many February, the Offi ce of Admission initiatives to create mutually benefi cial announced a new high mark with university partnerships and educational 22,780 applications for the 2009-2010 programs in Latin America, India, South school year. Africa and Israel. “Bill is one of the architects of building Carnegie Mellon into one Elliott Created New Ways of the elite national and international To Do Old Jobs universities,” wrote Eric Grotzinger, In the early 1970s, the number of high a biological sciences professor and school graduates in Pennsylvania, which associate dean of the Mellon College at the time made up the majority of of Science. Carnegie Mellon’s recruiting base, was Elliott’s impact also includes declining. As director of admission, his work with the Carnegie Mellon PHOTO BY HEIDI OPDYKE Elliott needed to broaden the school’s Academic Resource Center (CMARC), P AUL GOODMAN HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO THE GLOBALIZATION OF CARNEGIE MELLON. reach, so he employed a marketing formerly the Carnegie Mellon Action approach to student recruitment. In his Project (CMAP), and the Summer Goodman’s A Global Force Systems Professor Randy Weinberg own words, he found “new ways to do Academy for Math and Science, which Goodman has taken Carnegie Mellon to said Goodman “was, and continues old jobs.” he founded in the late 1990s. CMARC is the world and has brought the world to to be, instrumental in advising the Those new ways included many an academic support center for students Carnegie Mellon. leadership” at the School of Information regional recruiting programs at area and SAMS is an enrichment program “As chair of the International Systems at SMU and that he played hotels and sleeping bag weekends, that aims to increase the talent pool of Committee, Paul Goodman has brought a vital role in negotiating various underrepresented minorities together key international faculty from programs that provide opportunities for Carnegie Mellon and other across the disciplines on campus and for top undergraduates in Singapore colleges and universities. helped to forge a series of advances in our to complete their studies through Nair said nearly university’s internationalization,” wrote residencies at SMU and at Carnegie 700 students have attended University Professor of Architecture Mellon. “Paul’s wisdom, advice and SAMS, which has been cited Vivian Loftness in a supporting letter. skillful attention to the big and small as an exemplary program by “Paul has led the committee in identifying details throughout the negotiations made the American Association the breadth of international experience this deal possible,” Weinberg said. “He’s of Colleges and Universities for our students, from study abroad to a tireless worker, full of good ideas and and that many SAMS internships abroad to global studies on sound judgment.” students have attended Ivy campus.” Goodman worked with the South league schools. “SAMS and Initially nominated for the Doherty African government to initiate a CMARC are two of his most Prize in 2007 by the late Biological master’s degree program in software far-reaching innovations,” Sciences Professor William Brown, engineering for South African women she said. University Professor of Modern from disadvantaged institutions. “For nearly four PHOTO BY KEN ANDREYO Languages G. Richard Tucker and Eberly Students spend the fi rst 18 months of decades Bill has worked to B ILL ELLIOTT’ S SUCCESS IN RECRUITMENT FOR Center for Teaching Excellence Associate the program in South Africa learning the enhance the quality of life for NEARLY 40 YEARS IS ONLY A PART OF HIS IMPACT Director Marsha Lovett, Goodman’s Carnegie Mellon curriculum and then all students by aggressively ON THE UNIVERSITY. nomination was re-submitted this year by the fi nal six months at Carnegie Mellon. recruiting underrepresented Lovett, Loftness and English Department The university’s involvement in which gave prospective students a fi rst- students, and supporting programs Head and Professor David Kaufer. designing curriculum for the Leadership hand opportunity to experience what life to retain and graduate them,” wrote The nomination letter praised Institute for Jews and Arabs in Israel is was like at Carnegie Mellon. It included former CMAP Director Gloria Hill, Goodman for building educational also a Goodman-led effort. The institute a more personal touch as he personally now assistant dean and director of networks, promoting a “learning hopes to foster social change and met with prospective students and their the Academic Advisory Center for contract” between students and reform, and develop new leadership in parents, showing them the campus and the College of Humanities and Social faculty, creating educational programs Northern Israel to improve the quality introducing them to the many, many Sciences, and Ty Walton, director of and producing educational fi lms to of life in the region for Arabs and Jews. people he knew as they walked along CMARC and SAMS. enhance the classroom experience. In Carnegie Mellon has held workshops on the Cut. “He has been unconditionally 2000, Goodman created a technology- campus for the institute’s leaders. “Cindy Dennis, our Rhodes Scholar wedded to the notion that the value enhanced learning network with Carnegie Goodman is also known as a winner, said she attended Carnegie of diversity is realized and learning is Mellon coordinating efforts for leading producer of educational documentaries. Mellon over MIT because of the enriched for all students when a variety universities in Mexico, El Salvador, His fi lm, “Escola de Samba” follows the personal attention that Bill showed to of perspectives are brought to bear on Ecuador, Columbia, Chile and Argentina. work of a Brazilian dance group called her and her family when she visited,” the exploration and resolution to real The goal was to improve teaching and “Camisa Verde e Branco” (Green and wrote Vice Provost for Education Indira world problems.” learning outcomes in these countries White Shirts) over a 10-month period, in Nair in her letter nominating Elliott for Elliott’s impact has also been felt through the use of technology, and which they prepared to compete against the Doherty Prize. “Bill has said to us, in Education City. “He was the driving assessments show that this has been other groups in Brazil’s annual Carnival. ‘Students are … the most important force in getting the Qatar Campus up achieved. Another fi lm, “The Dabbawallas,” looks people on campus. They are not people and running,” wrote Chuck Thorpe, dean Goodman helped to launch a similar at an organization of 4,500 dabbawallas to be tolerated so we can do our own of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. network in India. The National Program who accurately deliver home-cooked thing. They are our thing.’” “Bill has truly brought the best for Technology Enhanced Learning meals for lunch to workers around Elliott’s new recruiting system of Carnegie Mellon to our campus includes all of the Indian Institutes of Mumbai, India. Both fi lms, which coupled with Carnegie Mellon’s rise here in Doha. He is direct, thoughtful, Technology and the Indian Institute of have aired on public television stations in stature proved to be a winning hardworking, respectful and very good Science. He also coordinated the creation around the United States. combination. The number of at what he does. I lean on him, and learn of a new School of Information Systems Focus on how developing countries applications rose dramatically over from him, as the best kind of mentor, not at Singapore Management University without access to technology use human the years setting school records for just for what he does, but for who he is. (SMU). and social ingenuity to create complex, applications received. This past In a supporting letter, Information effi cient and reliable work systems.

S EVEN Celebration of Teaching Honors Ryan, Doherty, Advising, Outreach and Teaching Award Winners, April 23

ROBERT DOHERTY AWARD FOR COLLEGE TEACHING AWARDS Mellon College of Science SUSTAINED CONTRIBUTIONS TO College of Engineering Julius Ashkin Teaching Award EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION Benjamin Richard Teare, Jr. Peter B. Berget, associate professor, (co-winners) Teaching Award Department of Biological Sciences Bill Elliott, vice president emeritus William Messner, professor, Paul S. Goodman, Richard M. Cyert Department of Mechanical Engineering School of Computer Science Professor and director of Strategic Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching College of Fine Arts Excellence in Computer Science Development, Tepper School of Business Henry Hornbostel Teaching Award Klaus Sutner, teaching professor, Jeremy Ficca, assistant professor and Department of Computer Science, and WILLIAM H. AND FRANCES S. director of dFAB, School of Architecture associate dean for Undergraduate RYAN AWARD FOR MERITORIOUS TEACHING Programs, School of Computer Science College of Humanities and Cliff I. Davidson, professor, Social Sciences The university community is invited to Tepper School of Business departments of Civil and Environmental Elliott Dunlap Smith Award for a Celebration of Teaching at 4:30 p.m., Excellence in the Classroom, B.S. Engineering and Engineering and Teaching and Educational Service Business Administration Program Thursday, April 23 in Rangos Ballroom, in Humanities and Social Sciences Public Policy Pierre Jinghong Liang, associate where winners of the Ryan Award for Kenneth Kotovsky, professor, professor of accounting Meritorious Teaching, the Doherty Prize ACADEMIC ADVISING AND Department of Psychology for Sustained Contributions to Excel- MENTORING AWARD Excellence in the Classroom, Heinz College lence in Education, and the Academic Therese Tardio, associate B.S. Economics Program Martcia Wade Teaching Award Advising and Mentoring Award will be teaching professor, Department of Stephen Spear, professor of economics Harold D. Miller, adjunct professor, honored for their exceptional contribu- Modern Languages tions to education. School of Public Policy and Management MBA Teaching Award/George Leland Bach Excellence in Teaching Award College teaching award winners THE MARK GELFAND SERVICE Excellence Award for the Ray Reagans, associate professor of will also be recognized as well as the AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL MISM/MSIT programs organization behavior and theory winners of the Mark Gelfand Service OUTREACH Lynne Pastor, visiting associate Award for Educational Outreach, a new (co-winners) teaching professor honor being presented this year. Linda Flower, professor, The following is the list of honorees. Department of English Leonard Kisslinger, professor, Department of Physics

Graduate Students Lauded for Community Service, Teaching ROBARE’S INITIATIVES BOOST CAMARADERIE BAIRD’S PASSION FOR PERFECTION PRAISED

■ Heidi Opdyke ■ Heidi Opdyke Emily Mize Robare is this year’s Gradu- classes start and get acclimated to a new Days are a few hours longer for Nina Baird in the School of Architecture. And ate Student Service Award winner. She way of life and studying.” that dedication has earned her this year’s Graduate Student Teaching Award, was presented the award on April 3 Robare also has reached out to which she received earlier this month as part of the Innovation with Impact: as part of the Innovation with Impact: other groups in Heinz to create an in- Celebration of Graduate and Professional Student Research, Projects, Teaching Celebration of clusive environment with the Diversity and Service program in Rangos Ballroom. Graduate and Initiative, Spanish Conversation Club and Baird has addressed a variety of course concerns in her school. Her Professional Stu- other initiatives. She has led many “fi rsts” in-depth professional background and experiences in science-based decision- dent Research, for the college — Spring Picnic, Multi- making has made her an excellent resource, said Volker Hartkopf, architecture Projects, Teach- cultural Thanksgiving Dinner, expanded professor and director of the Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics. ing and Service. community service activities and more. Baird assisted Hartkopf in creating a graduate course for advanced building Robare is in The Service Award Committee system integration her second year presented an Honorable Mention Award and has worked with him for three years. of the Heinz to Melissa Witzberger, a fourth-year “During her ‘28’ hour days, Nina was most respon- E MILY MIZE ROBARE College’s Public Ph.D. student in Biological Sciences, in sive Policy & Management master’s degree recognition of her work to develop the to students’ inquiries, because she was so dedicated and program and was commended for her Sciences Teaching Club, www.cmu.edu/ committed to be of utmost value to the students and the initiatives while on the Student Activities bio/teaching-club/, and to build a more course objectives,” Hartkopf said in his letter of recom- Committee. welcoming climate in her department. mendation. “Her work to build a stronger com- “Melissa has worked tirelessly and This past fall she stepped in to teach the “Zero En- munity through activities such as an all enthusiastically to spearhead a number ergy House” class when Stephen Lee assumed the role N INA BAIRD campus scavenger hunt, which got the of important paradigm changes in our as interim head of Architecture. Heinz College students out of Hamburg department,” wrote John Woolford, “Her passion and drive for perfection took the class to new levels of per- and around campus, was well received. professor and acting head of Biologi- formance,” Lee said. “I am inspired to achieve similar results the next time I She also is associated with many of the cal Sciences. “She stands out as a leader teach it myself.” events that have occurred since she joined among our students at a critical time Graduates also weighed in on Baird’s ability to inspire her classes. the Heinz College,” wrote Jackie Speedy, in the growth and development of our “It never ceased to amaze me how thoroughly she must have deliberated director of Student Affairs for the Heinz department.” on content to make each lecture a highly charged and dynamic discussion that College, in her recommendation of The Sciences Teaching Club, could accommodate in its fold multiple dimensions of the topic discussion,” Robare. “Of particular interest to the which includes students in Chemistry, said Avneet Gujral, a 2007 graduate in sustainable design. committee was her work building the Physics, Math and Biomedical Engineer- Benjamin Beppler of the Physics Department and David Gray of the Buddy Program to support the increasing ing, provides an avenue for individuals Department of Philosophy also were recognized for their teaching abilities with number of new international students who interested in academic careers to learn honorable mention citations. often have little time to settle in before more about teaching. E IGHT “Professors’ Professor” Earns University’s Top Teaching Prize

■ Bruce Gerson It’s easy to understand why Cliff David- Cliff in 1978 to all of my educational son, a faculty member at Carnegie interactions with Cliff since I joined Mellon for more than three decades, is the Civil and Environmental Engineer- this year’s recipient of the William H. ing faculty in 1989, I have consistently and Frances S. Ryan Award for Merito- observed the exceptional skill, creativity rious Teaching. After all, he wrote the and passion that Cliff brings to all di- book on teaching. mensions of teaching, inside and outside With Associate Provost for Educa- the classroom,” said David Dzombak, tion Susan Ambrose, Davidson, a civil the Walter Blenko Sr. Professor of Envi- and environmental engineering and ronmental Engineering. engineering and public policy professor, “The reason why Cliff’s students authored “The New Professor’s Hand- love him is partly due to his teaching book: A Guide to Teaching and Research style and partly due to his enthusiasm in Engineering and Science,” now in its and optimism to solve tough problems,” fourth printing. The book, which cov- PHOTO BY HEIDI OPDYKE said Ph.D. student Shahzeen Attari. “If C LIFF DAVIDSONTACKLES TOUGH PROBLEMS WITH ENTHUSIASM AND OPTIMISM. ers topics such as developing courses, I am half the professor Cliff is, I will proposal writing, innovative teach- be a great teacher, outstanding mentor ing methods, mentoring and tutoring and adviser, and an innovative, sharp students, and publishing in peer-review thinker.” journals, is based on a seminar series his history of instructor FCEs (faculty the Center for Sustainability Engineer- Davidson says the university-wide Ambrose and Davidson created in 1986, course evaluations) are phenomenal and ing with colleagues at Arizona State award is a culmination of his career in called “Preparing for a Faculty Career.” nearly all above 4.5 (out of a possible University and the University of Texas at a way, but he doesn’t plan on stopping The series, still going strong, at- 5.0),” wrote professors James Garrett, Austin, and the Environment Across the here. tracts grad students from the College of M. Granger Morgan and Lawrence Curriculum effort at Carnegie Mellon. “I learn many new things every day Engineering, the Mellon College of Sci- Cartwright in their letter nominating Many of Davidson’s colleagues and and plan to continue sharing them in ence, the School of Computer Science, Davidson for the Ryan Award. They former students supported his nomina- class,” Davidson said. “Teaching is an the Heinz College and the Tepper School noted that Davidson has created a tion. activity that one can always improve on, of Business. The duo also created facul- number of highly popular and timely “Cliff is extremely well organized, and the enjoyment of teaching increases ty workshops at Carnegie Mellon based courses, such as “Sustainable Engineer- thoughtful about what he is doing, no as one improves.” on their writings from 1996 to 2000. ing,” which emphasizes the environ- matter what it is he is teaching, and tre- Davidson earned his bachelor’s Davidson talks the talk and walks mental effects of engineering decisions. mendously passionate about his students degree in electrical engineering from the walk. His creative teaching methods The course has been expanded into four and their learning outcomes. He is a Carnegie Mellon in 1972. He received have included a hands-on class project in half-semester courses, and other colleges professors’ professor,” Garrett, head of his master’s degree and Ph.D. in envi- which students disassembled a toaster to and universities are using the sequence the Civil and Environmental Engineer- ronmental engineering from the Cali- identify aspects that could be improved as a model for course development. ing Department, wrote in a supporting fornia Institute of Technology in 1973 for environmental benefi t. Davidson’s nominators also praised letter. and 1977, respectively, and joined the “Cliff is a fantastic instructor — him for playing a key role in launching “From the fi rst class that I had with Carnegie Mellon faculty in 1977.

Tardio Tops in Academic Advising and Mentoring

■ Bruce Gerson She’s sometimes referred to as “Mother a total advisor, teacher, mentor, program Mellon, I was touched by Therese’s Therese,” a very fi tting reference for coordinator and role model to students candid and warm demeanor as well as the compassionate Therese Tardio, this from across Carnegie Mellon, Therese her thoughtful advice and constructive year’s recipient of the Academic Advis- Tardio is a rare advisor indeed,” they criticism,” wrote Elizabeth Anderson, a ing and Mentoring Award. said. 2006 graduate with a degree in policy An associate teaching professor of Tardio’s impact extends far beyond and management and Hispanic studies. Hispanic Studies, Tardio is known as an the doors of the Modern Languages De- “Therese successfully balanced her exceptional teacher, advisor and mentor. partment in Baker Hall. She is active in position as a respected leader alongside She’s the triple-threat of the Modern many university programs and activities her role as a helpful colleague. For this Languages Department. and students from many departments reason, Therese is far more than a pro- “Students not only praise her exper- and disciplines have sought her counsel. fessor: she is a wise and trusted mentor.” tise in the classroom, but they have also In addition to Hispanic Studies students, “As a student, I felt that she gave commented on her role as a passionate, she is involved with the Humanities me unlimited time — I could hardly un- concerned, sensitive and available advi- Scholars Program, graduate students, derstand how, because whenever I came sor and mentor,” wrote professors Susan residence hall representatives, fraternity to her offi ce for a meeting there was Polansky, G. Richard Tucker and Indira and sorority members, the Spanish and always a student there before me, fi nish- PHOTO BY KEN ANDREYO

Nair in a letter of nomination. “Therese Latin American Student Association, the T HERESE TARDIO MAKES AN EFFORT TO ing up their meeting, and there would is a gifted teacher, and her profi le as a Society for Hispanic Professional En- KNOW THE “WHOLE STUDENT.” always be another student afterwards,” supporter and guider of students sets her gineers, student residents of the Global wrote Katy McKinney-Bock, a 2006 in a special category of advisor-educa- Studies House and students in the Alter- their academic work, but also about their graduate with a Bachelor of Humanities tor-mentor.” native Break program, with whom she families, their passions, their frustra- and Art degree in music performance Her nominators say Tardio reaches traveled to Nicaragua in 2008. tions, their soccer goal-scoring records, and Hispanic Studies. “Teaching is one out and gets to know the “whole stu- She also works with the Offi ce of their musical talents, their boyfriends of Professor Tardio’s most natural quali- dent.” International Education and the Offi ce and girlfriends. Therese’s big heart and ties, and she has touched many people “Therese makes it a point to know of Student Affairs to help advise candi- generosity seem to have no limit,” her with her passion and talent.” the student at several levels — as a stu- dates seeking scholarships, fellowships nominators said. Others wrote about the inspiration dent and emerging scholar, as a campus and study abroad opportunities. Many students wrote glowing let- she provided them. leader and participant, as an intellec- “Therese is their teacher, their role ters praising Tardio for her dedication “It is through her dedication to tually curious young person, and as model, their advisor, their confi dant and and commitment to them. students’ development and success, someone dedicated to social causes. As their friend. She knows not only about “During my time at Carnegie C ONTINUED ON PAGE 10 N INE Statistics Professor Wins Tweedie Award Tardio Tops in Advising

■ Heidi Opdyke C ONTINUED FROM PAGE NINE Jiashun Jin, associate professor of statistics, has been extraction of useful and her innate desire to help others that Therese’s named winner of the 2009 Tweedie New Researcher information in fi elds such students are inspired to challenge themselves not only Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics as genomics, astronomy to be their best, but also to reach outside their personal (IMS). or image processing, spheres and use their achievements and talents to help Jin was awarded the prize for his fundamental and broaden the scope of others succeed as well. This is what I believe should be theoretical advances in understanding “Needle-in-a- theory and methodology the ultimate goal of a teacher,” wrote Mauren Antkows- Haystack” problems. He developed practical False in statistics. ki, who earned her bachelor’s degree in art in 2004. Discovery Rate Controlling Procedures and Higher “I think this is a very “Working with her as my thesis advisor was the Criticism Procedures for use in such problems, and interesting topic and may most intellectually challenging and satisfying time of has made applications to cosmological data analysis, fuel future research,” he J IASHUN JIN’ S my life — and just as important, it was so much fun!” genomics and network traffi c analysis. said. RESEARCH IS FOCUSED wrote Michael Gibbons, a 2004 graduate who majored Jin’s recent research is focused on high- The Tweedie Award ON HIGH- DIMENSIONAL in Spanish and international relations. “Therese was an dimensional classifi cation, which has applications in is in honor of Richard CLARIFICATION. incredibly positive infl uence in my academic develop- many areas. L. Tweedie, who played ment. Every student should have someone like Therese “For example, many medical science teams seek a signifi cant role throughout his professional career as a mentor.” to gather and study gene microarray data in hopes of in mentoring young colleagues at work and through And the fi nal word goes to Polansky, head of separating healthy patients from those affected by a professional society activities. Modern Languages. disease,” Jin said. “In statistics, we call this a high- Jin will present the Tweedie New Researcher “She has helped students travel the world and has dimensional classifi cation problem.” Invited Lecture at the 2009 New Researchers served as a beacon for their academic, professional and The idea is to take a large number of features, Conference, July 28-31 in Baltimore. He also is personal journeys. Therese is in every sense a total advi- such as genes, and either estimate very large co-organizing the second IMS-China International sor, a marvelous model to emulate,” Polansky said. numbers of parameters or test numerous hypotheses Conference on Statistics and Probability in Weihai, simultaneously. Advances in this fi eld enable a faster China, July 3-6.

N EWS BRIEFS

Staff Council Welcomes Professor Receives Grant Ilic is developing intricate software-based Veloso will present a lecture and receive Children at Work, April 23 To Study Mayans tools to make the electric power grid more her award at the Autonomous Agents and economical to operate and safer to use. Multi-Agent Systems Conference, May 10-15 Carnegie Mellon’s Diane Shaw, an associate professor in the While Ilic has been working in the area for in Budapest, Hungary. Previous winners from annual Take Our School of Architecture, is the recipient of this a number of years, her efforts are in line with Carnegie Mellon include Katia Sycara, research Daughters And year’s Berkman Faculty Development Grant. the Obama administration’s latest announce- professor in the Robotics Institute, and Tuomas Sons To Work Day Shaw will use her grant to travel to Palenque, ment that the new economic stimulus plan Sandholm, professor of computer science. will be Thursday, Mexico, to participate in the “Maya Field Work- contains $11 billion for development of what April 23. shop” — a series of intensive on-site seminars has become known in science and engineering Small Battery Plug-in The day encour- devoted to the study of Maya art, archeology circles as the “smart grid.” Hybrids are Best ages girls and boys and MesoAmerican studies. “The smart grid will do for the delivery nationwide to think The Berkman Faculty Development Fund Researchers report in a new study that plug-in of electric power what the Internet did for the imaginatively about at Carnegie Mellon is supported by a gift in the hybrid electric vehicles with small battery movement of vast amounts of information,” their family, work and community lives. This memory of Sybiel Altman Berkman (A’31). The packs, rather than large batteries, are best. Ilic said. national, public education program connects Berkman Fund is a small grant program cre- “When charged frequently, plug-in hybrid what children learn at school with the actual ated to provide faculty support for professional vehicles with small battery packs offer the larg- Veloso Wins Autonomous working world. projects in chronically under-funded areas. The est reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, Agents Research Award University activities are geared to children award is part of the university’s comprehensive gasoline consumption and lifetime vehicle ages 9-14, and will include recreation time, a campaign, Inspire Innovation: The Campaign Manuela M. Veloso, a professor of computer cost,” said study leader Jeremy J. Michalek, an lunch program with The Science Van and other for Carnegie Mellon University. science who studies how robots can learn, assistant professor of mechanical engineering activities. plan and work together to accomplish tasks, and engineering and public policy. For more information, contact Audrey Lattanze Book Published is the winner of the “On average, electric power creates fewer 2009 Autonomous greenhouse gas emissions per mile than gaso- Portis at [email protected]. To register, Tony Lattanze, associate teaching professor Agents Research line in the U.S., and larger battery packs allow visit www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/todtw. in the Institute for Software Research, recently Award from the drivers to go farther on electric power. But published his fi rst book, “Architecting Software Association for batteries are expensive, and their extra weight President Cohon Holds Intensive Systems: A Practitioners Guide.” Computing Machin- lowers the vehicle’s effi ciency,” Michalek said. Town Meetings Focusing on the architecture centric design ery’s Special Interest A video recording method (ACDM), this book provides insight into Group on Artifi cial Computer Scientists Enable of the March 23 designing software architectures for systems, Intelligence (ACM/ 10 Kidney Transplants Town Meeting with and how to effectively use architectural design SIGART). President Jared artifacts once created. An algorithm devised by Carnegie Mellon com- The award recognizes researchers who Cohon is available puter scientists launched a long-running chain are doing infl uential work in the area of autono- online at http:// Ilic Heads Group Dedicated of kidney swaps that thus far has resulted in 10 mous agents — robots, software agents or any wms.andrew.cmu. To Improving Power Grid patients receiving kidney transplants, with the other system that can sense its environment edu:81/nmvideo/ potential for even more. The chain of trans- Marija Ilic is leading a team of researchers and act on that information in pursuit of its own cmu_townhall-3- plants from living donors, initiated by a Michi- dedicated to powering up a new smart energy goals. 23.mov. The open gan man who donated a kidney to a stranger, grid project for the future. Veloso, who holds the Herbert A. Simon meeting was sponsored by Staff Council. The was detailed in the March 12 issue Ilic, a professor Chair in Computer Science, is known for her next Town Meeting will be from 4:30 to 5:30 of the New England Journal of Medicine. of electrical and research in artifi cial intelligence and robot- p.m., Wednesday, April 22 in McConomy Tuomas Sandholm, professor of com- computer engineer- ics, and her pioneering work on robot soccer, Auditorium, University Center. For more puter science, is a co-author of the journal ing and public policy, which has emerged as an important research information on Staff Council’s programs and article. The fi rst generation of Carnegie is director of the tool for studying how autonomous agents events, visit www.cmu.edu/staff-council. Mellon’s kidney-matching algorithm was university’s new Elec- can work cooperatively in complex, uncertain developed by Sandholm, Computer Science tric Energy Systems environments. She is president of the Interna- Professor Avrim Blum and graduate assistant Group (EESG, www. tional RoboCup Federation, which sponsors David J. Abraham. eesg.ece.cmu.edu/), annual world championships in robot soccer. which is developing She and her students have fi elded RoboCup research programs, curriculum and outreach teams since 1997, and have been international initiatives to improve the nation’s $26 billion champions several times. electric energy system.

T EN Eureka! C OURSE SOLVES MYSTERIES BEHIND CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATING

■ Jocelyn Duffy Gunshots, skid marks, fi ngerprints and the direction of fulfi lling the National DNA analyses — these all sound like the Academy of Science’s mandate to educate elements from a crime scene television society-at-large about what DNA evidence show like CSI. But such evidence is also is, what forensic science is and what cul- being examined in a Mellon College of pability and probability are,” said Biologi- Science Interdisciplinary Laboratory in cal Sciences Associate Teaching Professor Doherty Hall. In a fi rst-year Interdis- Christopher W. Borysenko, who directs ciplinary Lab course, called “38-101 the Mellon College of Science Interdis- Eureka! Forensics Laboratory,” fi rst- ciplinary Lab and teaches the Eureka! year students are learning crime scene course. techniques, not in hopes of becoming the Over the course of the mini-semester, next Gil Grissom, but to learn valuable the students read through a double-murder problem-solving skills that they will mystery written by Mathematical Sciences employ throughout their academic and Teaching Professor Russ Walker, listened future careers. to lectures by Sciences Librarian Dianne For the 50 students who took the Covington and Hunt Institute Director Bob class this year, their forensics training Kiger, and learned how to use a computer might yield additional dividends. During DUFFY PHOTO BY JOCELYN program, called Mathematica, and federal the fi nal lecture of the course, Allegheny A LLEGHENY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER KARL WILLIAMS VISITED “38-101 databases to design DNA fi ngerprinting County Medical Examiner Karl Wil- E UREKA! FORENSICS LABORATORY” EARLIER THIS SEMESTER. experiments. Lab experiments included the liams paid a timely visit to the class to chemistry of gunshot analysis, the physics discuss what they had learned over the to support conclusions about individu- that serve to educate students about the of skid marks, the biology and physics mini-session and to answer the students’ alization. Individualization is when a basic principles of forensics. While there of fi ngerprint analysis and the biology of questions about forensics. His visit came piece of evidence, like a hair sample has been an initiative to educate judges DNA analysis. According to Borysenko, a week before the National Academies or gunpowder residue, is matched to a about the reliability of forensic evidence, by completing the course the students gain of Science released a scathing report on particular source. According to the Na- little has been done to educate the public a broad knowledge of forensics that will the state of the U.S. Forensic System. tional Academies of Science report, no in general as well as those who make up help them to make decisions in the future, Among the list of defi ciencies revealed forensic method has been shown to be the jury about reliability and probability. but most importantly, the students will was a failure to educate U.S. citizens indisputably accurate, outside of nuclear He said that often a conviction comes know how to look at a problem and fi nd a about the reliability of forensic evidence. solution in a logical and analytical manner. “When investigating a crime, and Eureka! was developed by a team of THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE RECENTLY RELEASED A presenting evidence, physical evidence MCS faculty in 2003 to get students in the is essential and can often, rightfully or SCATHING REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE U.S. FORENSIC SYSTEM. Mellon College of Science and Science wrongfully, trump testimony,” Williams AMONG THE LIST OF DEFICIENCIES REVEALED WAS A FAILURE TO EDUCATE and Humanities Scholars Program into the told the class. “People don’t always lab during their fi rst year while combining U.S. CITIZENS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE. know that things like hair and handwrit- experiments that cross the college’s four ing analysis are softer forms of evidence departments: Biological Sciences, Chem- than DNA. It’s all trying to tell the most DNA analysis. While these other meth- down to who presents the evidence in istry, Mathematical Sciences and Physics. convincing story, using every piece of ods do play a valuable role in forensics, the most convincing manner, not what The class emphasizes interdisciplinary evidence. A single piece could make or many people don’t realize that they only evidence is the most convincing. problem-solving, giving students a taste of break the story.” provide a clue, not the complete answer. “This class, where none of the par- the complex challenges that will face them Forensic evidence is presented in Williams said he knew of no other ticipants are training to be crime scene in their careers as scientists. criminal prosecutions and civil litigation programs such as Carnegie Mellon’s investigators, represents a step toward

Engineering Student Wins Prestigious National Space Club Award

■ Chriss Swaney Junior Ross Finman is headed for the career. It is given in memory of Robert moon by way of Washington, D.C., H. Goddard, America’s rocket pioneer. where he will receive the prestigious “I could not think of a more Robert H. Goddard Memorial Scholar- deserving awardee,” said the Fredkin ship at the 52nd annual Goddard University Research Professor William Memorial Dinner this month. “Red’’ Whittaker. “Ross is a jewel. He is “I am thrilled to win this award a phenomenal leader and very engaging. because it is a great example of how the He drives himself to lead and pulls his unique Carnegie Mellon environment team along with him,” said Whittaker, allows motivated and driven students to who heads the university’s team pursue their technical aspirations,” said attempting to win the $20 million Google Finman, 19, a junior in electrical and Lunar X-Prize for landing a robot on the computer engineering. moon, driving it at least 500 meters on The National Space Club Award the lunar surface and transmitting images of $10,000 is given each year to stimu- back to Earth. “He is an extremely hard PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSS FINMAN PHOTO COURTESY late the interest of talented students to worker and is very serious about working R OSS FINMAN (ABOVE) “IS A JEWEL. HE IS A PHENOMENAL LEADER...HE DRIVES HIMSELF advance scientifi c knowledge through in the fi eld of space technology.” TO LEAD AND PULLS HIS TEAM ALONG WITH HIM,” SAID WILLIAM “RED” WHITTAKER. space research and exploration. Award A rocket enthusiast since childhood, recipients must be pursuing or have the Finman is an avid skydiver, rock climber, ested in robotics but I am now hooked N.H., who is also involved in a separate intention of pursuing studies in science mountain biker and skier. after being involved with our amazing team challenge to build an autonomous or engineering during their university “I came to Carnegie Mellon inter- X-Prize team,” said Finman of Nashua, dirt-digging robot for a NASA competition.

E LEVEN LECTURE SPOTLIGHT: BUHL LECTURER HOPES TO UNLOCK SECRETS OF DARK MATTER, ENERGY

W. “Rocky” Kolb will discuss the tools and techniques that scientists will use W HO: E DWARD W. “ROCKY” KOLB to measure and understand the nature W HAT: B UHL LECTURE of the mysterious missing pieces of our W HEN: 4:30 P . M ., TUESDAY, APRIL 21 universe. The lecture will be held at 4:30 W HERE: M ELLON INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM p.m., Tuesday, April 21 in the Mellon Institute Auditorium. The “missing” part of the universe is scope in Chile — both of which involve The author of more than 200 scien- made up of dark matter and dark energy. Carnegie Mellon researchers — are hop- tifi c papers, Kolb’s research focuses on The evidence for their existence comes ing to provide critical information for the application of elementary particle from the gravitational pull exerted by solving the mysteries of dark matter and physics to the very early universe. He is dark matter and the accelerating expan- dark energy. a co-author of the standard textbook on sion of the universe due to dark energy. Kolb is the department chair and particle physics and cosmology, “The “In the next decade, the combination Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Early Universe.” His book for the gen- of new astronomical facilities, powerful Service Professor of Astronomy and As- eral public, “Blind Watchers of the Sky,”

SUBMITTED BY EDWARD W. “ROCKY” KOLB W. SUBMITTED BY EDWARD particle accelerators and sensitive labora- trophysics at the University of Chicago, received the 1996 Emme Award from the

E DWARD W. “ROCKY” KOLB OF THE tory experiments promises to unlock the and a member of the Enrico Fermi Insti- American Aeronautical Society. U NIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WILL DELIVER secrets of dark matter and dark energy, tute and Kavli Institute for Cosmologi- The Buhl Lecture is sponsored THIS YEAR’ S BUHL LECTURE. KOLB’ S connecting the inner-space of the quan- cal Physics. In 1983 he was the founding by Carnegie Mellon’s Department of RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE APPLICATION tum with the outer-space of the cosmos,” head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Physics. The lecture is funded under the OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS. Kolb said. Group and in 2004 the founding director auspices of the Buhl Professorship in Experiments planned for particle ac- of the Particle Astrophysics Center at Theoretical Physics, which was estab- ■ Jocelyn Duffy celerators, such as the Large Hadron Col- Fermi National Accelerator Labora- lished at Carnegie Mellon in 1961 by Physicists have revealed a startling fact: lider located on the border of Switzerland tory in Batavia, Ill. He is a fellow of the The Buhl Foundation. The lecture is free 95 percent of the universe is missing. and France, and large telescope projects, American Academy of Arts and Scienc- and open to the public. During this year’s Buhl Lecture, Edward such as the Large Synoptic Survey Tele- es and the American Physical Society.

“Angels and Demons:” The Science Revealed First Class Announced W HAT: L ECTURE Hadron Collider, at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland. The physics at the heart of “Angels and Demons” calls C ONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE W HEN: 6:30 P . M ., WEDNESDAY,MAY 6 attention to what happens when matter and antimatter meet. The absence of practi- W HERE: P ORTER 100, GREGG HALL cally any antimatter in the universe is crucial to our existence. To understand that • Sudha Durairaj, principal software engineer, Administrative Computing absence of antimatter is one of the big challenges of particle physics. On May 6, a • David Eber, director of admissions, H. This May, Sony Pictures will release week before the release date, Carnegie Mellon’s Manfred Paulini, an associate pro- John Heinz III College “Angels and Demons,” an action-packed fessor of physics, will discuss science facts and fi ction in “Angels and Demons,” • Karen Eck, assistant director, Financial thriller based on Dan Brown’s best-selling the mystery of the missing antimatter and how future particle physics experiments Systems Team novel that focuses on an apparent plot to will explore some of the secrets of the universe. Paulini is an experimental particle • Amy Faber, assistant treasurer, destroy the Vatican using a small amount physicist and member of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment, which will start University Budget/Financial Planning/ of stolen antimatter made using the Large operation at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in the fall of 2009. Treasury • Michelle Gittleman, project manager, Robotics Institute • Pamela Golubski, associate director of undergraduate studies, College of Nadine Aubry Awarded Lane Professorship For Engineering • Gloria Gruber, director of organizational Outstanding Research and University Citizenship development, University Advancement • Judith Hallinen, assistant vice provost ■ Chriss Swaney for Educational Outreach, director, Gelfand Center for Service Learning and Carnegie Mellon’s Nadine Aubry has been named the women seeking to enter the Outreach Raymond J. Lane Distinguished Professor in Mechanical important fi elds of science and • Cathy Light, executive assistant to the Engineering. Aubry, head of Carnegie Mellon’s Department technology, where much of the President, offi ce manager, President’s of Mechanical Engineering, received the prestigious business economy’s innovation Offi ce professorship for her outstanding research contributions and is created,” said Lane, who • Michael Mastroianni, assistant director, her leadership in mechanical engineering. also is chairman of Inspire Athletics Department • Kelly McQuoid, director, CIT Dean’s “I am deeply honored by this recognition, and I plan to Innovation: The Campaign for Offi ce continue championing change and innovation throughout Carnegie Mellon University. • Nimit Mehrotra, director, International my department and the highly ranked College of Engineering,” The public phase of the $1 Finance said Aubry, who was recently awarded the distinction billion comprehensive campaign • Steven Smith, associate director, of fellow by the American Association for the Advancement began in October 2008. Corporate Relations N ADINE AUBREY WAS of Science (AAAS). Pradeep K. Khosla, dean • Lori Spears, associate director, RECENTLY NAMED AN Information and Communication University Provost and Senior Vice President Mark S. of Carnegie Mellon’s College AAAS FELLOW. Technologies Institute Kamlet praised Aubry for “raising the stature and visibility of Engineering, praised Aubry • Ruth Staudacher, director of fi nance, of the university through her many achievements.” for leading-edge work in Campus Services Ray Lane, a university trustee and managing partner of improving technologies involving fl uid fl ows in areas ranging • Karen Van Dusen, assistant director of Kleiner Perkins Caufi eld & Byers, said this professorship from aero space and tissue engineering to biotechnology. “The planning, Project Management Offi ce, is awarded to individuals with entrepreneurial spark and Department of Mechanical Engineering is growing, and this Computing Services leadership abilities that are endemic to the problem-solving latest accolade refl ects her hard work and outstanding vision • Annmarie Zanger, associate department environment at Carnegie Mellon. “Professor Aubry is an and leadership.” head for fi nance and administration, Computer Science T WELVE outstanding researcher and an excellent role model for young