THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY FALL 2019 TERMINAL REINVENTION We take a look inside the airports of the future, as depots become destinations PAGE 12 Fall 2019 FROM THE PRESIDENT 8 22 Volume 15, No. 2 Lift, the alumni magazine of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, is published twice annually (spring and fall) by the division of In the fight for revenue, airports and Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement. airlines have promised us a more Copyright © 2019 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University convenient, customized passenger Florida/Arizona/Worldwide 1 Aerospace Blvd. experience. Major airports are using Daytona Beach, FL 32114 All rights reserved. digital and automation technologies Senior Vice President of Philanthropy 6 10 to expedite baggage handling, and & Alumni Engagement Marc Archambault they are improving wayfinding Executive Director of Alumni Engagement Bill Thompson (’87) with digital displays and directions PHILANTHROPY & ALUMNI delivered to your smartphone. COMMUNICATIONS Executive Director of Communications Anthony Brown Increasingly, airports will use Wi-Fi ground operations: cargo, baggage, fuel, Senior Director of Communications/Editor Sara Withrow access points to identify optimal catering and de-icing. Assistant Director of Communications 12 locations for concessions, vending New designs will apply green materials Melanie Stawicki Azam machines and retailers. and energy-efficient options that create Assistant Director of Digital Engagement & Philanthropy IN OTHER WORDS ALUMNI @WORK There are also infrastructure — or re-create — airports with minimal Alan Marcos Pinto Cesar 5 A Different 20 Silver Screen efficiencies in the works that are not so environmental impact and maximum CONTRIBUTORS Life Path Attraction apparent to travelers. sustainability. To minimize cost and Tom Isenburg (‘70) 12 Attending Embry-Riddle Nathan VonMinden applies According to International Airport risk, our engineers will work with new Michaela Jarvis helped Tom Isenburg engineering background to Transport Association (IATA) projections, simulation and software tools to visualize Daryl LaBello, Multimedia Producer Terminal move on from Vietnam a new career as a screenwriter the United States will spend between and evaluate infrastructure design and David Massey, Multimedia Producer and director Connor McShane, Multimedia Producer $1.2 trillion and $1.5 trillion on global assess key performance factors. WINGS OF LEGACY Ryan Mosher, Assistant Director, Sports Reinvention GIVING TO EMBRY-RIDDLE airport infrastructure by 2030. This As a university that is focused on Information Airport managers are 6 A Pilot’s Life investment will help the industry aviation from the top down and the Ginger Pinholster, Assistant Vice President Photos and personal documents 22 The Boeing for News & Research Communications transforming their facilities meet demand and improve operations ground up, we tap the expertise in all of tell a colorful story of No. 5 BFTS Company Creates Published by Casual Astronaut to emphasize the passenger and safety. our colleges — Aviation, Arts & Sciences, flight instructor Frederick Brittain a Permanent Managing Editor experience. But can they Just as data analytics and connectivity Business, Engineering, and Security Colleen Ringer FLIGHT PATH $3M Endowment are transforming the efficiency of aircraft & Intelligence — to give our students Creative Director keep up with demand? Scholarship aims to increase Marc Oxborrow and airspace management, airports multidisciplinary insight and collaborative 8 Building Bridges diversity in the pilot workforce Art Director Nazia Taylor translates differences are becoming more internet-enabled, opportunities that prepare them to Felicia Penza Chief Client Officer into understanding through ALUMNI IN ACTION functioning as self-contained cities. integrate solutions in an increasingly Paul Peterson workplace program connected industry. 24 Sharing the Bounty This requires tremendous collaboration Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is Family farm started by alumni between disciplines that were once Our alumni likewise lead the technology an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity CHECK OUT THE 10 Drone Control couple helps feed local community separate specialties. curve. Many of you are the change agents Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, LIFT WEBSITE! 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Embry-Riddle Office of Philanthropy & contribute to digital master plans that Alumni Data Services, 1 Aerospace Blvd., lift.erau.edu Daytona Beach, FL 32114 integrate air traffic, security monitoring, Sincerely, Email: [email protected] closed-circuit TV, private land mobile Visit: alumni.erau.edu/update-my-info radio and public Wi-Fi. PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER 2 Chatter 4 Feedback 26 Alumni News 31 Class Notes Their work will encompass using the P. Barry Butler, Ph.D. News and notes Embry-Riddle alumni A message from the Find out what your cloud and collaboration tools, sensors President from the world of and friends offer executive director, fellow alumni are and processors that will improve airside Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University LABELLO AND DARYL MASSEY AND DAVID LABELLO; DARYL KACINSKAS; ARUNAS MARK LIPCZYNSKI; BRITTAIN; VICTORIA OF COURTESY LEFT: FROM BOTTOM CLOCKWISE Embry-Riddle comments and opinions upcoming events and more up to now ON THE COVER: Illustration by Arunas Kacinskas LIFT FALL 2019 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 1 NEWS & NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF EMBRY-RIDDLE New Chancellor Named CHATTER Accomplished scholar Anette M. Karlsson to lead Prescott Campus Anette M. Karlsson, Ph.D., a “Dr. Karlsson brings stellar Investigator Award, the University mechanical and aerospace engineer academic credentials, superb of Delaware’s E.A. Trabant Award for and a highly accomplished academic executive experience, a passion for Women’s Equity and the Young Scholars leader, is the newest chancellor for both engineering and aviation and a Award of the Francis Alison Society, Embry-Riddle’s campus in Prescott, team-oriented approach to her new among others. ALTIMETER: Arizona, effective Aug. 1. position as chancellor,” says Embry- — Ginger Pinholster HIGH POINTS AT Karlsson most recently served Riddle President P. Barry Butler. “I EMBRY-RIDDLE as a professor and dean of the have complete confidence in her ability Washkewicz College of Engineering to lead our Prescott Campus. I was Embry-Riddle’s Unmanned at Cleveland State University, since impressed by her vision, her humility Aircraft Systems program 2012. Earlier in her career, she worked and her proven commitment to faculty, won first place and its Gaetz as a research/design engineer for Saab students and staff.” Aerospace Institute won The six undergraduate students who participated in the 2019 Aerospace Maintenance Competition Missiles and Saab Aerospace, and A fellow of the American Society third place in the Training EAGLE won first place in the School Division. of Mechanical Engineering, Karlsson & Education Organization as a technical attaché of material WORDSMITH science for Sweden’s Embassy in earned her Ph.D. in mechanical and category at the 2019 Airports + Aviation Association for Unmanned the United States. aerospace engineering at Rutgers Vehicles Systems International She succeeds Frank Ayers (’87), University, within the area of applied Put your knowledge to the XCELLENCE Awards. AMS Champs who after a decade of leading the mechanics. She has published more test with our digital crossword Eagles ace global aerospace maintenance competition Prescott Campus has returned to than 80 peer-reviewed international puzzle, created by Faculty The Prescott Campus Daytona Beach, Florida, to be a journal articles; and is the recipient of Emeritus Alexander Wells. Golden Eagles Flight Team professor for the College of Aviation. the U.S. Office of Naval Research Young lift.erau.edu/word-fall19 finished third overall at the n Aviation Maintenance Science (AMS) National Intercollegiate Flying “We are proud of team from Embry-Riddle claimed first Association’s SAFECON our students for competition, while the Daytona place in an international competition, Beach Campus Eagles Flight overtaking challengers from 27 other their technical Team finished seventh overall. A schools by more swiftly and accurately performance, Three Trustees Join Embry-Riddle Board completing 30 timed tasks. Senior Director of Athletics Six undergraduate students participated in as well as their Marathon runner, astronaut-scientist and alumnus are among the new recruits Development Matt Wilson the 2019 Aerospace Maintenance Competition, sportsmanship. received the 2019 Rising Star organized by the Aerospace Maintenance The Embry-Riddle Board of Trustees Award from the National Council and presented by Snap-on Industrial, They exemplified confirmed three new members in March Association of