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The Kelley
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A Dynamic New Building
Designed for Creativity,
Innovation, and Collaboration
Martin Kelley
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Oregon is a very special place. The people.
The land. The independent thinking. And
Oregon is quickly becoming known as a place
where creativity, innovation, sustainability,
and technology converge to produce
extraordinary results. This powerful clustering
has created local companies that are global
leaders in their markets.
As we build one of the nation’s top-25
engineering schools here at Oregon State
University, we are proud to be playing a
major role in this Oregon convergence by
supplying the people, ideas, and innovation
to make this state—and the world beyond
our borders—better than ever.
For years, OSU Engineering has been a
vital part of Oregon’s economic landscape,
providing the earliest businesses with the
highest quality engineers. When Tektronix
and Intel were among the first high
technology companies to put down roots in
the soil of Washington County and HewlettPackard built the facility in Benton County
that gave birth to the inkjet printer, OSU
supplied many of the minds that helped
these new ventures take flight and soar. Many
of those OSU Engineering graduates are now
senior executives at some of the most
successful companies in the world, all with
ties to Oregon: CH2M HILL, Xerox, Intel,
Hewlett-Packard, A-dec, Tektronix, and many
more.
As Oregon’s reputation as a regional hub of
cutting-edge creativity and innovation
continues to grow, and the knowledge
economy flourishes around the globe, OSU
Engineering is playing an even greater role in
building an economic nexus here in Oregon
that is impacting the rest of the planet.
We are doing this by developing
engineering graduates with the effectiveness
and technical knowledge to enter the job
market fully prepared to do outstanding,
important work. In our laboratories, we are
COLLEGE
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Ron L. Adams
Chris A. Bell
Richard Billo
Terri Fiez
Andrew Klein
Melanie Marshall
Carol McConica
Dean
Associate Dean
Department Head, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department Head, Nuclear Engineering
Director of Development
Department Head, Chemical Engineering
generating ideas that will lead to solutions
for the world’s complex problems. We are
developing close relationships with
businesses in Oregon and beyond to help
drive the innovation that powers the
knowledge economy.
And it’s working. Powerful new research
clusters have driven our research funding up
28% over last year. Top students are choosing
to study engineering at Oregon State in
record numbers. We are about to break
ground on the 146,000-sq.-ft. Kelley
Engineering Center at the heart of campus
constructed of sustainable materials and
designed around people working and
teaching in community. Companies are
contacting our faculty wanting to forge
collaborative relationships. New faculty are
passing up offers at top-tier schools to join
OSU Engineering.
This is happening at OSU in part because
people want to work in a state that protects
the environment, where the mountains and
ocean are close at hand, where there is a
growing cluster of technology that is creative
and innovative, and where academia and
industry work together for the benefit of all.
Although OSU entered the year with some
financial concerns, the university has quickly
made the necessary adjustments and moved
on. Although Oregon is facing some tough
financial hurdles, both the governor and the
legislature are committed to supporting OSU
Engineering as we climb toward a top-25
national ranking.
During our ascent, we will continue to be
the engine that has powered Oregon’s
economy for decades, but we will also power
the new knowledge economy with the
people, ideas, and innovation necessary to
build an even better Oregon, and a brighter
world.
E N G I N E E R I N G LEADERSHIP TEAM:
2 • Oregon State University Engineer
James Moore
Karel Murphy
Mike Quinn
Roy Rathja
Gordon Reistad
W. Lee Schroeder
Ken Williamson
Department Head, Bioengineering
Assistant to the Dean
Department Head, Computer Science
Assistant Dean, Academic & Student Affairs
Department Head, Mechanical Engineering
Interim Associate Dean
Department Head, Civil, Construction
& Environmental Engineering
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The New
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National
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Sixteen New
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Honoring Oregon
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Entrepreneurial
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8 Faculty and Staff
12 Outstanding Research
20 Fundraising
22 Students
25 Industry Friends
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Cover:
An architectural rendering of the new Kelley Engineering
Center depicts the four-story glass atrium that will run the
length of the new building, bringing daylight and natural
ventilation to people in the offices, labs, and the e-café. The
atrium, like the building’s overall design, will enhance
connectivity and communication between students, faculty,
research teams, and industry partners working in the building.
OSU Engineering alumnus Martin Kelley (1950, CE) gave a
$20 million gift toward construction of the new building.
The OSU Engineer is published once a year by the
Oregon State University College of Engineering.
Volume 12, Number 1
COLLEGE OF ENGINEEERING
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Engineering featured in new National Geographic film
The O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory was the
focus of filming by a camera crew from the United
Kingdom for the National
Geographic Channel. “The
Science of Waves” had its world
premiere on Thursday, May 30th.
The program explored how
waves and wave patterns affect
the world, from deadly tsunamis
and the natural phenomena that
trigger them to the way thrillseeking surfers watch weather
patterns and other data to find
the biggest waves. The film crew
also filmed in China, Seattle,
LaPalma (Canary Islands), and
at the Pacific Tsunami Warning
Center in Hawaii.
On October 31, 2001, filming
began at the Wave Research Lab
and involved a requested surfing
demonstration in the long
channel by research assistant Terry Dibble. Dibble has 22
years experience at the Wave Research Lab and has been
surfing since 1964. Although this wasn’t
the first time he’s surfed the lab’s
narrow concrete tank, the worldwide
audience will be his largest by far.
Asked how he felt about surfing in front
of a National Geographic camera crew,
Dibble replied as most surfers would,
“No big deal.”
A $4.8 million grant from the
National Science Foundation will
transform the Wave Research
Laboratory into the largest, most
sophisticated, and most wired
tsunami research facility anywhere in
the world. The new Tsunami Wave
Basin is a collaborative project
between the Department of Computer
Science and the Department of Civil,
Construction, and Environmental
Engineering.
Surf’s Up! OSU’s Terry Dibble helps film crew “experience”
waves by surfing the long channel for the camera.
College Advisory Board
The College Advisory Board (CAB) welcomed three new members at its fall meeting with the college’s Leadership
Team. James B. Johnson, who retired as Oregon Site Manager for Intel in 2001, will serve as the board chair. The
other new members are Milt Smith (Smith Investments) and Mike West (Pixelworks). Ron Dilbeck of RadiSys Corp.
participated in his first meeting on May 13, 2002. The advisory board provides critical guidance to Dean Ron Adams
and his college leadership team, particularly on strategic issues relating to industry, funding, and the Top-25
Campaign.
James B. Johnson, Retired (Board Chair) • Larry Chalfan, Executive Director, Zero Waste Alliance • Ron Dilbeck,
Chief Operating Officer, RadiSys Corp. • Dwayne Foley, Executive Director, OSU Alumni Association • D. W.
“Chuck” Halligan, Retired—Bechtel Power Corp. • Ed Hunt, Retired—HUNTAIR • James A. Johnson, VP and GM,
Platform Networking Group, Intel Corp. • Robert Johnson, Retired—National Semiconductor Japan Ltd. • Lee
Kearney, Retired—Kiewit Construction Group Inc. • Martin N. Kelley, Retired—Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc. • Mark A.
Lasswell, Senior Vice President, CH2M HILL • Paul Lorenzini, Retired—PacifiCorp • James W. Lucke, New
Products & Warranty Manager, IBM • Jeff Manchester, Retired—Fort James Corp. • Ted Molinari, Retired—
Praegitzer Industries, Inc. • Jeff Peace, Vice President & General Manager, 747 Program, Boeing Commercial
Airplane Group • James Poirot, Retired—CH2M HILL • Robert L. Polvi, Retired—Bechtel Group Inc. • Hal
Pritchett, Retired—OSU Construction Engineering Management • David F. Skillern, COO, ALVE Technology Corp. •
Milton R. Smith, President, Smith Investments • Jim Street, Retired—Shell Oil Company • Jean Watson, Retired—
Chevron • Mike West, VP Technology, Pixelworks • Robert Wilson, Retired, R.C. Wilson Construction • Ted Wilson,
Vice President & Director of Advanced Technologies, Chief Technology Office, Hewlett-Packard Company • MECOP
Executive Board Chair: Larry Martin 2002-2003, Larry Farey 2001-2002.
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ew Strong Floor Supports Research
A state-of-the-art structural testing facility is taking
shape on campus—a massive, concrete “strong floor”
that can take just about any pressure or load you could
imagine. A “strong wall” will be added
soon to enable almost any structural
shape to be tested.
“The facility is essential to some of the
research done in civil and construction
engineering,” said Chris Higgins, an
assistant professor in the College of
Engineering “When completed it will be
the most sophisticated of its type in the
Pacific Northwest.” It’s another significant
step forward for the OSU College of
Engineering’s effort to become one of the
nation’s Top-25 schools of engineering
education and research. The need for the
new strong floor, Higgins said, was such
that a number of Pacific Northwest
construction companies and others donated materials
and helped pay for its construction. The College of
Engineering is indebted to Morse Bros., DPR
Construction, Inc., Farwest Steel, Cascade Rolling Mills,
and Sherman Trucking for donation of services and/or
materials for the project.
This floor isn’t going anywhere. It’s 24 feet wide, 68
feet long and five feet thick of steel-reinforced concrete,
with massive bolts and anchors to which materials can
be attached and their strength tested.
Facility is the only one of its kind in the Pacific Northwest
The new facility will aid research on such things as
bridge girders, bridge decks, beam column connections,
shear walls and other structural components. “Large
steel reaction frames attached
to the strong floor will allow us
to apply forces to any
component we want to test,”
Higgins said. “For instance, we
could apply 800,000 pounds of
crushing force to a beam using
just a few of the attachment
points. The facility we were
using previously was much too
small and limited the
configurations and size of tests
we could do.”
There are important questions
at hand, Higgins said. For
example, after the 1994
Northridge earthquake in California, some cracks were
found in steel girders that were not expected—they
simply had never been tested at real-world size.
OSU is already working with the Oregon Department
of Transportation to study the sheer behavior of
corrosion-damaged bridge girders, using large-size
specimens and accelerated corrosion cells to reflect
actual field conditions in the laboratory. The study could
be invaluable in the state’s efforts to maintain and costeffectively repair some of its magnificent coastal
bridges.
Did you know?
Seventeen engineering alumni are members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering.
Ronald K. Hanson was elected in 2002 (see p.19). Other recent inductees are:
Octave Levenspiel (PhD ChE, 1952), Professor Emeritus, OSU College of Engineering
Ken Austin (BS IE, 1954), Founder, Austin Dental Equipment Company (A-dec), Newberg, Oregon
Doug Engelbart (BS EE, 1948), Techology Pioneer (see p. 17)
Jim Poirot (BS CE, 1953), Chairman of the Board (retired), CH2M HILL
John Young (BS EE, 1953), President (retired) Hewlett-Packard
For a complete listing, go to http://engr.oregonstate.edu/alumni/NAE
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As engineering enrollment soars, diverse new faculty reinforce teaching, research
This past year, OSU Engineering welcomed the largest
and most diverse group of new faculty members in
years. As the College continues its drive to become one
of the nation’s top-25 colleges of engineering, new
faculty are passing over positions at top-tier schools to
join the synergy and excitement happening here at OSU.
Computer Science
Assistant Professor Ronald Metoyer
received his BS degree in computer
science and engineering from the
University of California, Los Angeles, in
1994. His PhD was earned at the Georgia
Institute of Technology where he worked
in the Graphics, Visualization, and
Usability Center. His research interests are
in motion generation and in creating
“coachable characters” for synthetic
environments.
Kal Toth, associate professor, received his
PhD from Carleton University in Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada. He has a broad educational
and industry background, most recently as an
associate professor at the Technical University
of British Columbia and as vice president of
engineering for Datalink Systems Corp. (now
Semotus Solutions) of Vancouver, B.C. He is
also OSU’s lead for the Oregon Master of
Software Engineering offered by the Oregon
University System. His research interests are
in software engineering, e-commerce, mobile
applications, personalization, information
security and distributed databases.
Saurabh Sethia is an assistant professor of
computer science. He received a BE degree in
electronics from RKN Engineering College,
Nagpur, India, in 1994; an ME degree in
computer science and engineering from the
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in
1996; and a PhD in computer science from the
State University of New York at Stony Brook in
2001. He primarily works in applied
computational geometry. His other research
interests include data structures and
algorithms, computational geometry for
computer aided manufacturing (CAM) and
computer graphics.
Assistant Professor Eric Mortensen attended
Brigham Young University where he received
BS, MS, and PhD degrees in 1991, 1995, and
2000, respectively. While at BYU, he served as
a research assistant in the Computer Vision
and Graphics Lab from 1990 until 2001 and as
an instructor, teaching Introduction to
Computational Theory. His research interests
include interactive vision and graphics
techniques, image and video segmentation
and composition, and image-based modeling.
Chemical Engineering
Robert A. Peattie, associate professor, received his
PhD in chemical engineering/biomechanics from The
Johns Hopkins University in 1988. He has previously
been an assistant professor in the Department of
Engineering at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and
assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Peattie provides instruction and support to the new
bioengineering program. His research interests are in
biomechanics and physiologic mechanics, and
concerns blood flow in health and disease.
Civil, Construction, & Environmental
Engineering
Brian Wood is an assistant professor of
environmental engineering. He received
his BS and MS degrees at Washington
State University and his PhD in civil and
environmental engineering from the
University of California at Davis in 1999.
Brian’s interests include mass,
momentum, and energy transport in
environmental engineering; subsurface
hydrology; bioremediation and
biochemical engineering; and sustainable
design and engineering.
Assistant Professor Mark Dolan has been
teaching graduate and undergraduate courses
in environmental engineering at OSU since
1997. His specific interests in teaching are
biological processes in the environment and
the treatment of water and hazardous
substances. Mark’s research focuses on
biological processes for the treatment of
hazardous wastes and on the fate and
transport of organic contaminants in the
environment. He received his BS degree in
civil engineering and MS degree in
environmental engineering from OSU, and his
PhD in civil and environmental engineering
from Stanford University in 1996.
Merrick Haller, assistant professor,
received a BS in geophysics from
Purdue University, and an MCE
(1996) and PhD (1999) in civil
engineering from the University of
Delaware. He is presently developing
remote sensing tools for the study of
ocean waves and currents and the
interactions between ocean waves
and sandy coasts. He is also
interested in how ocean
measurements can be assimilated
into ocean models in order to
improve predictions of nearshore
currents and beach response. Mick’s
teaching interests include ocean
wave mechanics, hydraulic
engineering, and coastal engineering
design and practice.
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Wen-Tsong Shiue, assistant professor,
received his MS degree from Western
Michigan University in 1991 and his PhD
degree with a major in electrical
engineering and minor in computer
science from Arizona State University in
2000. He previously worked at Motorola
and Silicon Metrics Corporation from
1999-2001, and was formerly an adjunct
professor at Tamkang University and
chief electronics officer at China Airlines
in Taiwan from 1991-1996. Wen-Tsong’s
interests and research include VLSI low
power design, memory design, compiler
design, VLSI algorithms and CAD, and
SoC design.
Ping (Christine) Ge, assistant
professor, received her PhD in
mechanical engineering from the
University of Southern California
in 2001; her BE and ME degrees in
automotive engineering from
Tsinghua University in the People’s
Republic of China in 1992 and
1999, respectively. Her research
interests include design theory
and methodology, computational
modeling for complex systems,
and computer-based collaborative
engineering support.
Brian K. Bay, associate professor, holds
a joint appointment with the
Departments of Mechanical Engineering
and Exercise & Sport Science. He comes
from the University of California, Davis,
School of Medicine, where he was an
assistant professor in residence. He was
also an adjunct faculty member of the
Biomedical Engineering Graduate
Group and a member of the scientific
staff at the Shriner’s Hospitals for
Crippled Children in Sacramento. His
degrees, BS (1984) and MS (1987) in
mechanical engineering/material
science and PhD in mechanical
engineering (1995), are from the
University of California, Davis. His
research is in the field of orthopedic
biomechanics, with a special emphasis
on experimental evaluation of the
micromechanical behavior of trabecular
bone.
Assistant Professor Huaping Liu earned his
BS and MS in electrical engineering from
Nanjing University of Posts and
Telecommunications in Nanjing, China. His
PhD in electrical engineering was awarded
by the New Jersey Institute of Technology in
1997. He has been a member of technical
staff at the PCS Systems Engineering
department, and also at the Wireless
Advanced Technology Laboratory, Bell
Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. His
interests and research are in wireless
communications, signal processing, and
digital communications system design.
Assistant Professor Vinod
Narayanan received his MS and
PhD degrees in mechanical
engineering from Texas A&M
University in 1997 and 2001. He
completed his BE in mechanical
engineering from the Regional
Engineering College, Surathkal,
India, in June 1995. Vinod’s research
interests include experimental
studies in microscale heat transfer
and fluid mechanics, and
innovative jet impingement fluid
mechanics, heat transfer and
drying.
Luca Lucchese received his MS and PhD
degrees, both in electrical engineering, in
1993 and 1997, respectively, from the
University of Padua, Italy. From 1997 to
2002, he was with the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, first
as a post-doctoral researcher and then as a
visiting assistant professor. In March 2002,
he joined the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering as an assistant
professor. He teaches courses of digital
signal processing and image processing. His
research interests include digital signal and
image processing, computer vision, and
three-dimensional imaging.
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Assistant Professor David Porter received
his BS in mechanical engineering in 1991
from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo
León and an MS in manufacturing
systems in 1994 from the Instituto
Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey, both in Monterrey, Mexico. He
also received MS and PhD degrees in
industrial engineering from the University
of Pittsburgh in 1999 and 2000,
respectively. David held the position of
teaching fellow in the industrial
engineering department at the University
of Pittsburgh until his appointment at
OSU. His research interests include
information systems engineering, wireless
local area networks (WLAN), automatic
identification and data capture, and
manufacturing systems.
Toni Doolen, assistant professor, received her
PhD in industrial and manufacturing
engineering at OSU in 2001. Her MS in
manufacturing engineering was completed at
Stanford University in 1991 and two BS
degrees, one in material science and
engineering and the other in electrical
engineering, from Cornell University in 1987.
Prior to joining the IME faculty at OSU, Toni
spent 13 years in various engineering and
management roles at Hewlett-Packard. Her
research focuses on the analysis of system
performance in complex domains such as
manufacturing and medicine. Her teaching
interests include electronics manufacturing,
engineering management, and manufacturing
systems.
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potlight on Faculty and Staff
The people at OSU Engineering continue to make lasting contributions
CS and ECE Professors Win Nation’s
Highest Honors
Two OSU Engineering faculty members recently won
prestigious CAREER Awards from the National Science
Foundation (NSF). The CAREER Award is the most
prestigious and highest honor given to junior faculty
members by the U.S. government. Awards range in
amount from $200,000 to $500,000.
Jon Herlocker, assistant professor of computer
science, won a $375,000 award and electrical and
computer engineering assistant professor Un-Ku Moon
won a $350,000 award.
NSF Director Rita Colwell says the awards recognize
individuals who are “most likely to become the academic
leaders of the 21st Century.” Attracting top faculty like
Moon and Herlocker is instrumental in building a Top-25
engineering program at OSU.
Un-Ku Moon and Jon Herlocker
Tom Dietterich Delivers Forsythe Lectures at
Stanford University
In November, OSU computer science professor Tom
Dietterich gave the prestigious Forsythe Lectures at
Stanford University. The annual lectures honor the
memory of computer science pioneers George and
Sandra Forsythe.
Dietterich's lectures discussed his OSU research in
“machine learning,” or how software systems can
analyze data and employ algorithms to "learn" to
function more efficiently. Machine learning has vast
applications, from tracking potential terrorist activity on
earth to using robots on the surface of Mars.
Professors Discuss World Trade Center
Design, Collapse, Cleanup
John Gambatese and Chris Higgins, assistant
professors of Civil, Construction, and Environmental
Engineering, co-hosted slide presentations on the
design, construction, collapse, and cleanup of the Twin
Towers in Portland and Corvallis. The Portland talk was
part of the OSU Over Lunch lecture series.
Higgins’ major professor at Lehigh University was a
significant contributor to the design of the WTC. He
discussed how these buildings were constructed and
gave an educated speculation as to the mode of failure
after being struck by the airplanes.
Gambatese focused on the response of the
construction community to meet the huge and complex
task of removal of some 1 million tons of debris at a
cost of about $10,000,000 per day.
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Engineering
As part of OSU’s ongoing efforts to develop engineers
who are creative and truly work-ready, the College has
tapped two of its
classified staff to teach
students fabrication,
machining, and other
skills that can only be
learned through handson experience in a shop
setting—complete with
sparks, safety goggles,
and the smell of hot
steel. As engineering
has become more and
more dominated by
computer software and
wireless technology,
Steve Adams
Steve Adams and
Steve Etringer, who
manage the College’s machine shops in the
departments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial
and Manufacturing Engineering, are teaching students
how to use lathes, milling machines, drill presses, saws,
forming tools, and much more. They both agree that
good engineers need to at least know what these tools
are capable of doing. “Technology is working with tools,”
says Etringer. And Adams,
who has logged almost 25
years teaching shop classes,
says students are coming to
college with fewer of these
skills, which were previously
learned at home or in high
school. “It's fading away,” he
says. “So that's why it’s
important that we teach
these tools here.” Many of
the students taking the
Steve Etringer
class have commented that
the skills they’re learning on the shop floor will be of
lifelong use to them, as engineers and beyond.
For additional information, see
http://osu.orst.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2002/May02/machi
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Congratulations and Thank You!
For their lasting contributions of creativity, leadership, research, mentoring, teaching, camaraderie, and more, we
wish to thank so very much those who have joined the ranks of our emeritus faculty. Your contributions to the
College and to the education of countless engineering students, is inestimable and deeply appreciated.
Jim Moore, 22 years; Bioresource Engineering
Eldon Olson, 25 years; Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Hal Pritchett, 45 years; Construction Engineering Management
Walter Rudd, 16 years; Computer Science
Chuck Sollitt, 30 years; Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering
Dave Ullman, 17 years; Mechanical Engineering
Jim VanVechten, 15 years; Electrical and Computer Engineering
A great thanks also to Bill Beck who retired as an instructor from Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering after 18
years of service.
Mayaram Named Editor of IEEE Journal
We are pleased to announce that Karti Mayaram has been named the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on
Computer-Aided Design (IEEE TCAD) for a two-year term that started January 1, 2002. Over the past six years, Mayaram
has volunteered as an associate editor for the journal in “Modeling, Simulation and Estimation.” More information
about this journal can be found at http://tcad.ece.oregonstate.edu.
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Engineering Recognizes its Own
At the annual fall Engineering Breakfast, the
college presented awards to faculty and staff
who have made outstanding contributions to
the college.
Front row, left to right: Robin Abraham,
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award; Dragos
Margineantu, Graduate Research Assistant
Award; Çetin Koç, Research Award; Paul Cull,
Alumni Professor Award.
Back row, left to right: Frank Chaplen,
Engelbrecht Young Faculty Award; Karel
Murphy, Professional Faculty Award; Manfred
Diettrich, Classified Employee Award; Cheri
Pancake, Research Collaboration Award; Todd
Palmer, Carter Award; Mark Costello, AustinPaul Award.
Also receiving an award, but not pictured,
Abigail Walker, the Burgess/Tektronix Award.
The University Recognizes Us, Too!
Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor Award
Associate professor of chemical engineering Goran Jovanovic’s commitment to
undergraduate education is well-known.
For the past five years, Jovanovic has organized students across colleges and disciplines and
mentored them as they competed in environmental problem-solving competitions at the
national and international levels. Two years ago he began mentoring teams of students as they
tested their environmental designs at zero gravity as part of the NASA Student Flight Program.
He travels with his teams, raises funds from private sources for their projects, arranges for their
expenses, and supervises their course work while they are on the road.
D. Curtis Mumford Faculty Service Award
Kenneth J. Williamson, head of the Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental
Engineering, has played a key role on campus during his 28 years at OSU and for the Center for
Water and Environmental Sustainablity (CWESt).
He has served as director of the Oregon Water Resources Research Institute and president of
the Faculty Senate. While serving on the Faculty Senate, Williamson helped bridge the gap
between faculty and administration. Whether he was leading the effort or serving in an ad-hoc
capacity, his colleagues cite his dedication, enthusiasm, attention to detail, compassion,
willingness to put in extra effort, and unwavering belief that faculty are critical components in
solutions to OSU issues.
OSU Exemplary Employee Award
Susan Ellinwood’s colleagues in the college and throughout the university seek her out for
her expertise and knowledge. She was cited for her ability to foster a teamwork environment,
her high level of integrity, a strong work ethic, and unquestionable loyalty and commitment to
the university.
Susan joined the university in 1973 as a secretary to the director of the Ocean Engineering
Program and is currently supervising the accounting department in the college.
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Partner With New Heart Center
Professors, students, and researchers from OSU’s
Department of Chemical Engineering are working
closely with Samaritan Health Services staff in a
unique partnership based at the newly opened
$4 million Ralph Hull Regional Heart Center in
Corvallis. The new five-story, 35,000-sq.-ft. facility
located at Good Samaritan Hospital includes
offices and laboratories dedicated to OSU
scientists and graduate students who are working
with cardiologists, surgeons, and hospital staff to
research and develop materials that will help
reduce complication of heart-related procedures.
OSU chemical engineering professor Joe
McGuire says the collaborative relationship is
focused on developing safe, surface-coating
Joe McGuire stands in the newly-dedicated Biomedical Engineering Lab at the Ralph Hull
technologies that can be used on intravascular
Regional Heart Center.
devices, including catheters, endovascular stents,
and other medical devices implanted into the
body. Currently many of these devices are susceptible to blood clotting, microbial infection, and irritation that can
begin within hours of implantation.
“Commercial activity in this area is substantial, but the research and development work to date has relied more on
empirical in vivo results than the kind of thorough biochemical/clinical testing and engineering analysis we are
trying to do,” McGuire says.
Part of the collaborative OSU-Samaritan relationship resulted from a recent $1 million grant from the Whitaker
Foundation to OSU which is enabling the Department of Chemical Engineering to implement new, interdisciplinary
MS and PhD degree programs in Biomedical Engineering.
OSU Engineering Launches New PhD
Program in Materials Science
The College of Engineering has won approval from the Oregon State Board of Higher Education to expand the
current Master’s Degree Program in Materials Science, directed by mechanical engineering professor Michael
Kassner, to include a dynamic new PhD program. The new program, a collaborative effort with the College of
Science, will greatly enhance research productivity at the College of Engineering and across campus. Materials
Science research comprises a sizeable fraction of the OSU research effort, and OSU Materials Science graduates are
in high demand by national industries and government laboratories. More than 25 faculty members from the
Colleges of Science, Engineering, and Forestry participate in OSU’s Materials Science graduate program, the only
one of its kind in Oregon.
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Fall enrollment 2001: 3,117 undergraduates plus 521 graduate students for a total of 3,638, the
largest in our history. We now rank 22nd in the nation for undergraduate enrollment.
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The freshman class in Fall 2001 numbered 938 students—7% larger than the previous year and a
50% growth in the last five years.
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Industry-sponsored research is up 40% college-wide
Microtechnology Team Wins $1M to Develop
Miniature Heat Pumps
Researchers at OSU’s College of Engineering have
been awarded almost $1 million from the U.S.
Department of Energy to team up with Pacific Northwest
National Laboratories (PNNL) and develop miniature
heat pumps that could revolutionize the way homes are
heated and cars are cooled—saving the nation up to $24
billion annually in wasted energy costs. The research
will tap OSU’s MECS (Microtechnology-based Chemical,
Energy, and Biological Systems) technology, a
cornerstone of the College of Engineering's drive to
build a top-25 engineering school. The highly
interdisciplinary MECS program is directed by Dr. Kevin
Drost, associate professor of mechanical engineering
“Our MECS teaching and research program is bringing
international attention, star faculty, and outstanding
students to Oregon State,” says Dean Ron Adams.
“MECS-related research is changing the world for the
better, enabling everything from visual anthrax detection
and water-cooled computer chips to onsite toxic waste
cleanup and portable power production.”
Read the full story at:
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2002/Feb02/
pumps.htm
$5.5M Grant Brings New Research Center
to OSU
The Environmental Protection Agency selected OSU over dozens of other top-tier
universities to house the Western Region Hazardous Substance Research Center—one
of only five such centers nationwide. The Center, a multidisciplinary project involving
more than 20 OSU faculty members and researchers in three different colleges, is a
collaboration with Stanford University, which has housed the center since1989. The
OSU/Stanford proposal was selected from 27 others submitted by more than 60
universities. “Having the Center here at OSU enables us to attract high quality graduate
students and faculty, two of the largest factors in building a top-25 engineering
program,” says Lew Semprini, OSU professor of environmental engineering and director
of the new Center.
Read more about OSU Engineering’s newest research center at:
http://engr.oregonstate.edu/pubs/annual_report2001/research-08.htm.
Students practice hazardous waste cleanup in a scenario involving an accidental spill in Graf Hall.
Did you know?
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In spite of the economic downturn, MECOP & CECOP placed 210 students for spring/summer and
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There are now 70 companies and government entities participating in MECOP and CECOP.
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Funded by $2.6 Million NSF Grant
PhD students in engineering and other
disciplines will have the opportunity to
unlock the mysteries of life beneath the
surface of the Earth thanks to a new $2.6
million grant from the National Science
Foundation (NSF). The five-year award will
enable an international and multidisciplinary
team of scientists and engineers to construct a graduate
student training program that could lead to innovations
in safer drinking water, improved toxic waste handling,
enhanced soil and crops, and countless other fields,
said Martin Fisk, an Oregon State University professor
of oceanic and atmospheric sciences and principal
investigator for the project.
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeships (IGERT) Program was designed for PhD
students interested in combining the disciplines of
Engineering, Oceanography, Microbiology, Geology, and
Agriculture. The new program begins in Fall 2002 and
will support 15 PhD candidates, each receiving an
annual stipend of $21,500, plus tuition, research
expenses, and travel to conferences.
Dr. Rita Colwell, Director of the NSF, said in her
remarks to an IGERT meeting in February of this year,
“It’s no accident that the ‘I’ in IGERT stands for
Integrative. In fact, in almost all fields, the boundaries
between and among disciplines are blurring. Often we
find the most fertile scientific opportunities in these
‘foggy crossings’ where the knowledge in one field
answers questions in another. The ultimate goal is to
graduate PhDs with experiences that both span
boundaries and dig deeply in several areas. Graduates
will need these to meet the career demands of
relentless change in trends, tools, technology, and
tasks.”
Oregon State University and Portland State University
are the project’s sponsors, but participants in the effort
come from a wide range of research institutions
throughout the world, including the U.S. Department of
Energy, Norway’s University of Bergen, the United
Kingdom’s University of Bristol and Sweden’s University
of Göteborg. Three students will enroll at Portland State,
while the remaining 12 will enroll at Oregon State, Fisk
said.
The idea for a subsurface biosphere grant came from a
cross-disciplinary discussion between Lew Semprini,
OSU professor of civil, construction, and environmental
engineering, and Stephen Giovannoni, an OSU
professor of microbiology, both co-principal
investigators for the project. Expanding the highly
multidisciplinary program outside the confines of OSU
faculty and facilities was a natural progression, Fisk
said. “We knew three faculty members at PSU and many
more at OSU who had worked in these areas.”
For more information, call the IGERT office at OSU
(541-737-9316) or visit their website at
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/igert/.
Nuclear Engineering Wins $1.8M to Test
Safer Reactor Design for Westinghouse
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded OSU’s Department of Nuclear Engineering $1.8 million to test
Westinghouse's newest nuclear reactor design, the AP1000. OSU is the only university in the nation doing complete
system testing of new reactor designs leading to certification by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Previously, OSU tested Westinghouse’s AP600 design, a project that generated $8 million in total research funding,
and garnered raves from the NRC. “The NRC says our work is the best they’ve seen in years,” says NE professor José
Reyes. This is good news for OSU Engineering. With the energy supply tight, more companies are developing new,
safer reactor designs that must be thoroughly tested before NRC certification is granted, which means more
research money will flow into the College of Engineering, and NE students at Oregon State will gain first-hand
experience with cutting edge nuclear power technology that is unavailable at other research universities.
To read about how Reyes used an initial research grant of just $4,000 to attract more than $12 million in research
dollars to his department at OSU, go to: http://www.engr.oregonstate.edu/pubs/annual_report2001/research-04.htm.
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New building is the “Crown Jewel” of the Top-25 Campaign
When it opens in fall 2004, the
Kelley Engineering Center will house
the rapidly growing departments of
computer science and electrical and
computer engineering, providing
labs, classrooms, and offices for
more than 360 professors and
graduate students.
“We’ve grown into the 22nd-largest
engineering school in the nation,”
Adams said. "And as we continue to
build a nationally ranked program,
we will continue to grow. The timing
for the new building could not be
better."
An architectural rendering of the Kelley Engineering Center, viewed from the northwest. The main facade will front
As the College builds a top-25
Campus Way and will have an entry directly opposite the entry to Milam Hall. The entry will be on the axis that
program,
it is emphasizing
connects the proposed new quad to the main quad south of Milam.
collaborative, innovative teaching
and research that involves not only
The College of Engineering’s drive to become one of
OSU
faculty,
staff,
and
students, but long-term, mutually
the nation’s top-25 engineering programs is about to
beneficial
relationships
with people from industry as
experience a surge in the form of a new, high-tech
well.
“The
new
building
is
sited to facilitate easy access
engineering center to be constructed at the heart of
from
Monroe
Avenue
for
business
visitors, which
campus beginning this summer.
reflects
our
emphasis
on
developing
greater bridges to
The four-story, 146,000-sq.-ft., $45 million Kelley
industry,”
Adams
says.
Engineering Center is funded by a $20 million gift from
In a dramatic departure from most other academic
OSU Engineering alumnus Martin Kelley (1950, CE), $20
engineering
buildings, the labs in the new building will
million in public funds authorized by the Oregon
not
be
dedicated
to individual faculty members.
legislature, and $5 million being raised by the OSU
Instead,
each
lab
will be the central element of a
Foundation.
“research-learning
suite” surrounded by faculty and
“The Kelley Engineering Center is the crown jewel of
graduate
student
offices
and assigned to a specific
the Top-25 Campaign,” said Dean Ron Adams.
research
project.
The
building
will also contain two
“Architecturally, it will embody our emphasis on an
large
theater-style
classrooms,
two “reconfigurable”
engineering education that is centered around
class/conference
rooms,
and
nine
seminar-classrooms.
extraordinary people working together to create the
The
Kelley
Engineering
Center
is
being designed by
ideas and innovation necessary to build a better future.”
the
Portland
architecture
firm Yost
Featuring sustainable “green”
Grube
Hall
and
will
be
built
by the
design elements, the new building
Portland
office
of
DPR
will include wireless classrooms,
Construction, Inc.
flexible learning laboratories, office
clusters, and common areas that
encourage communication including,
“plug-and-learn” alcoves built into
spaces often underutilized in
Strategically sited at the heart of campus, the
Kelley Engineering Center will stand at the west
traditional building designs and a
end of Engineering Row, adjacent to both Milam
centrally located wireless e-café
Hall and Bexell Hall, and near OSU’s innovative
new program in entrepreneurship to be housed in
where faculty, staff, students, and
Weatherford Hall.
industry partners can gather to share
ideas.
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On May 15, Martin N. Kelley, a 1950 OSU civil engineering graduate and
retired vice president and chief engineer of Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc.,
identified himself as the anonymous donor who a year ago contributed $20
million—the largest
cash gift in the
university’s history—
toward construction of
a new OSU
engineering center
that will bear his
name.
At a downtown
Portland celebration,
Kelley said he chose
to step forward in
hopes that “others will
be inspired” to follow
his lead and support
Chancellor Joe Cox, Martin Kelley, and Senator Dave Nelson with TekBots™
presented to them during the ceremony. The TekBots™ program is a hands-on
OSU Engineering’s
platform for learning in which freshmen students build a robot and, during
Top-25 Campaign.
succeeding years, add to and enhance them. A $500,000 grant from Tektronix
funds the program.
Kelley made the
contribution after
hearing Dean Ron Adams present his vision for building a top-tier
engineering school by 2010.
“I listened to Ron Adams articulate what it would take to move the
College up to one of the top 25, and I was very pleased and impressed,”
Kelley said. “I like someone who is very visionary and strives to build and
improve things, and Ron is all of that.”
Kelly asked Adams what would be the single most important component
in building a top-ranked engineering program at OSU, and Adams
responded that the key was attracting outstanding people—faculty,
students, and staff.
“I entirely agreed with that,” Kelley said. “But they needed a place to put
all these top professors and outstanding students. So I thought if they
could kick off the campaign with a new building, that would be a
tremendous boost to get things started and a good lead to inspire others to
support the top-25 effort.”
Dean Adams commended Kelley’s generosity and vision. “Martin Kelley is
a very high integrity individual,” he said. “His gift launched the top-25 drive
and sent a very powerful message to the public and to OSU Engineering
faculty and staff that this endeavor is something people are willing to invest
in, that it is definitely going to happen.”
Additional contributions to the Kelley Engineering Center are being
solicited through the OSU Foundation, and donors will be recognized for
their gifts through a variety of naming opportunities. To add your name to
this dynamic new building, contact Melanie Marshall at 541-737-2884 or
[email protected].
GREEN FEATURES
Built to LEED (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental
Design) “Silver” specifications for
sustainability, the Kelley
Engineering Center’s many
“green” building elements will be
used to educate students and
others about sustainability and
renewable energy issues, before,
during, and long after
construction.
• Atrium/Daylighting will
supply classrooms, labs, and
offices with natural light, cutting
energy costs by as much as 40
percent.
• Eco-Roof will increase
insulation, slow runoff, and
provide space for outdoor
learning.
• Natural Ventilation will
provide interior spaces with fresh
air.
• Earth-Friendly Concrete
will reduce CO2 emissions.
• Water Feature/Cooling
System will help cool the
building, eliminating the need
for a rooftop cooling system.
• Bio-Planters will “recycle”
runoff and provide outdoor
seating.
• Bicycle Parking and
Showers to encourage
alternative transportation usage.
• Local Construction
Materials will reduce
transportation costs.
• Low-toxicity Finishes,
Fiberboard, and Flooring
will minimize VOC off-gassing.
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OSU Engineering graduates earn honors, soar to new heights
OSU Engineering Alum Receives Prestigious
E.B. Lemon Award
Martin N. Kelley, OSU Engineering alumnus, was given the
OSU Alumni Association’s highest honor, the E.B. Lemon
Award, at an awards ceremony on April 19. Kelley, who
graduated from OSU in 1950 with a BS in Civil Engineering,
joins a long list of OSU Engineering alumni who have received
the award, including Linus Pauling, Douglas Engelbart, Jim
Howland, Nat Giustina, Milton Harris, Marion Carl, Bob Cess,
Kaz Kawata, Bob Lundeen, Ron Miller, Jim Poirot, and Ken
Austin.
Dollie Lynch, Martin Kelley, Ed Lynch, and Judy Kelley at the awards ceremony.
HP’s Merten and Tekmax’s Johnson Honored
Two OSU
Engineering
graduates were
honored as
Alumni Fellows
in a program
designed and
sponsored by
OSU’s Alumni
Association that
brings
prominent
Left to right: Pete Johnson, Zelma Long (from the
alumni back to
College of Science), and Greg Merten
campus to share
their
experiences with the university’s students, staff, faculty,
and the public. Greg Merten, vice president and
general manager of Hewlett-Packard’s Corvallis site, and
Pete Johnson, founder and owner of Tangent-based
Tekmax, Inc., a worldwide leader in battery plate
enveloping and automated transfer equipment, were
recognized at a public ceremony in October, 2001.
Merten, who received his Bachelor’s degree in
electrical engineering in 1968, has risen through the
ranks of Hewlett Packard to lead a major division of the
company and manage sites in Corvallis, San Diego,
Boise, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and Ireland. He is
actively involved in an advisory capacity with the
College of Engineering and the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering. In 1999, Merten was
inducted into the College of Engineering Academy of
Distinguished Engineers, an honor that places him in
the top 200 graduates among the college’s total of
24,000. He has also played a significant role in helping
the College of Engineering secure the recently
announced $2.2 million partnership grant from HewlettPackard.
Johnson received his Bachelor’s degree in chemical
engineering in 1955. After spending 15 years in various
chemical engineering positions in California, he went to
work for Evans Products in Corvallis, managed the
production unit, and designed new battery separator
manufacturing plants. In 1980, he started Tekmax, Inc.
using his own new, patented technology for making
battery separators. TekMax was recently ranked third by
Oregon Business Magazine in its annual survey of the
“100 Best Companies to Work For.” Johnson holds 12
patents for various machine components, and every
battery maker in the U.S. uses his company’s
components. Johnson and his wife, Rosalie Johnson,
recently established the $1.5 million Linus Pauling Chair
in Chemical Engineering. In 1998, he was inducted into
the College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished
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Computer Mouse, Email, and Hypertext
Douglas C.
Engelbart,
technology pioneer,
was the keynote
presenter at the
second annual
Computers and
Philosophy
Conference (CAP)
held Jan. 24-26 at
Oregon State
University.
Gov. John
Kitzhaber proclaimed Jan. 24 as “Douglas C. Engelbart
Day” in honor of the OSU alumnus credited with
inventing the computer mouse, email, the concept of
windows, hypertext, the pointer cursor, and numerous
other inventions that have revolutionized the way
people interact with computers.
Engelbart has been described as an internationally
recognized thinker, visionary, and philosopher who
possesses both the soul of an engineer and the spirit of
a poet. “The OSU College of Engineering is very honored
to count Dr. Engelbart as one of our most distinguished
alumni,” said Ron Adams, dean of the college. “His
extraordinarily creative contributions to information
technology touch everyone who uses a computer.”
Engelbart, who graduated from OSU in 1948 with a
degree in electrical engineering, has been recognized by
the National Academy of Engineering and awarded the
National Medal of Technology.
The OSU Alumni Association also hosted a reception
and talk by Dr. Engelbart in Santa Clara, CA on May 16.
For more information on the CAP conference, see
http://osu.oregonstate.edu/groups/cap/.
OSU Graduates Tagged for Space Travel
Lieutenant Commander (USN)
William Oefelein has received a
flight assignment as the pilot of
the Space Shuttle Atlantis on
STS-116 in June 2003. It is a
mission to the International
Space Station involving a crew
changeout, the addition of a new
truss segment, as well as some
major Thermal Control System
reconfiguration. “It will be full of
challenges, but a lot of fun,” said Oefelein.
Oefelein received his BS in electrical engineering in
1988 and was selected by NASA for the astronaut
program. He has received many honors including the
Strike/Flight Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal,
Navy Achievement Medal, and was inducted in 2000 as
a member of the OSU Engineering Council of Early
Outstanding Engineers.
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Donald Pettit was selected by
NASA in April 1996 as a back-up
crew member to Space Station
Expedition-6.
Pettit received his BS in
chemical engineering in 1978
and was inducted into the
Engineering Academy of
Distinguished Engineers in 1999.
He received a PhD degree from
the University of Arizona in 1983.
Pettit worked for 12 years as a staff scientist at Los
Alamos National Laboratory on projects including
reduced gravity fluid flow and materials processing
experiments on board the NASA KC-135 airplane,
atmospheric spectroscopy measurements on
noctolucent clouds seeded from sounding rocket
payloads, volcano fumarole gas sampling on active
volcanos, and problems in detonation physics applied
to weapon systems. He was a member of The Synthesis
Group, slated with assembling the technology to return
to the moon and explore Mars (1990), and the Space
Station Freedom re-design team (1993).
After the June 16 commencement, we will have more
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In the fourth year of the Oregon Stater Awards, the College of Engineering inducted 35 individuals in recognition of their
contributions to the profession and OSU. They join 180 Oregon Staters who were inducted in 1998, 1999, and 2000. For more
information on all Oregon Staters, see engr/oregonstate.edu/oregonstater.
Engineering Hall of Fame
Membership is reserved for Oregon Staters who have made
sustained and meritorious engineering and/or managerial
contributions throughout their careers.
Academy of Distinguished Engineers
Membership is awarded to mid-career Oregon Staters who
have sustained distinguished contributions to the profession,
OSU, or society at large. They have at least 20 years of
experience beyond the BS and are still practicing their
profession.
Front: Ralph Larsen, Henry Schuette, Robert Alton
Back: Ron Adams, Jack Watson, Tommy Ambrose, Lee Ting, Robert Johnson, Carl
Urben
Front: Pat O’Brien, Cleo Raulerson, DeQian Wang
Back: Ron Adams, Jack Lentsch, Robert Jossis, David Hackleman, Al McSwain
Bioengineering
Tommy W. Ambrose (PhD 1957) Director (Retired), Pacific
Northwest National Laboratories
Paul H. Emmett (BS 1922) W.R. Grace Professor, Department
of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University (Deceased)
DeQian Wang (MSAE 1987; PhD ME 1990) Associate Director,
Process Sciences, Bayer Corporation Pharmaceutical DivisionBiotechnology
Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering
Gary Hall (BS 1969) President, Solvay Interox Inc.
Michael J. Schaer (MS 1963, PhD 1965) President and Owner,
Computers Unlimited
Lee W. Kearney (BS 1963) Director (Retired), Peter Kiewit
Sons’, Inc.
Ralph I. Larsen (BS 1950) Environmental Research Engineer,
EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory
Lewis N. Spencer (BS 1949) Director of International
Operations (Retired), Morrison-Knudson Co.
Robert B. Johnson (BS 1968) Corporate VP and Chief
Technology and Operating Officer (Retired), National
Semiconductor, Japan
Lee S. Ting (BS 1965) VP and Managing Director (Retired),
Geographic Operations, Hewlett-Packard
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
J. Jack Watson (BS 1950) Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO
(Retired), NEWFLO Corp.
Robert C. Alton (BS 1964) VP of Capital Planning (Retired),
Fort James Corp.
Carl L. Urben (BS 1958) President (Retired), PAE Consulting
Engineers
Nuclear Engineering
Henry W. Schuette (BSME 1950) CEO (Retired), Wellons, Inc.
Robert G. Jossis (BSCE 1970) VP and Chief Engineer, Pacific
Northwest and Desert Mountain Groups, Montgomery Watson
Patrick R. O’Brien (BSCEM 1963) Partner, OTKM Construction
Inc.
Computer Science
Cleora F. Raulerson (BS 1976) Business Operations Manager,
Enterprise Communications Software Business Unit, Cisco
Systems
Electrical and Computer Engineering
David Hackleman (BS 1973) Chief Technologist, HewlettPackard
Jen-Hsun Huang (BS 1984) Co-Founder, President, CEO, and
Member of the Board of Directors, nVIDIA Corp.
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Richard B. Evans (BS 1969) Executive VP, Alcan Aluminium
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Timothy W. Tong (BS 1976) Dean, School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences, The George Washington University.
Richard W. Latta (BS 1987) VP of Technology, MCMS, Inc.
Nuclear Engineering
Jack W. Lentsch (BS 1965, Chemistry; MS 1966, Radiation
Physics) Manager, Double-Shell Tank Integrity Project, CH2M
HILL-Hanford Group
Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers
Membership is reserved for Oregon Staters who have
distinguished themselves through professional practice and/or
service to OSU, the profession, or society at large. They have
made early career contributions that identify them as future
leaders in their profession or field.
Jerry Abdie (BS 1986) Principal-in-Charge, Structural
Engineering, KPFF
William L. Drinkward (BS 1990) Project Engineer, Hoffman
Construction
Computer Science
Ronald G. Olshausen (BS 1985) VP of Development, Chief
Technology Officer, etrieve, Inc.
Abhijit Y. Talwalkar (BS 1986) VP and Assistant General
Manager, Enterprise Platform Group, Intel
Howard C. Yang (MS 1987, PhD 1990) VP and General
Manager, Integrated Device Technology-Newave Technology
Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Jim S. Gruher (BS 1983) Senior VP of Western U.S.
Operations, Emerald Solutions, Inc.
Andy P. Pihl (BS 1984) Senior VP of Operations, Mitsubishi
Silicon America
Janet Gulley (BS 1986) Engineer IV and Acting Manager of
Mechanical Engineering, Portland General Electric
James D. Rise (BS 1980) VP of Solid Ink Products, Xerox
Nuclear Engineering
Front: Todd Wareing, Janet Gulley, Ron Olshausen
Back: Ron Adams, Bill Drinkward, Jerry Abdie, Jim Rise
Scott C. Franz (MS 1994, PhD 1997) Senior Nuclear Engineer,
Framatome ANP Richland, Inc.
Todd A. Wareing (BS 1987) Technical Staff Member of
Transport Methods Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
OSU Alum Elected to National Academy of
Engineering (NAE)
Ronald K. Hanson (BS ME, 1961) was elected to the National Academy of
Engineering (NAE) in 2002.
NAE membership is one of the nation’s highest professional distinctions bestowed
on engineers, honoring individuals who have made important contributions to
engineering theory and practice and demonstrated unusual accomplishment in the
pioneering of new and developing fields of technology.
Hanson, who chairs the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford
University, was cited by the Academy for his “outstanding work in the development and
application of innovative laser diagnostics and sensors in the fields of combustion,
chemical kinetics, and power conversion.”
Hanson joins 16 other OSU College of Engineering alumni who have been elected to
the prestigious Academy. Four have received honorary doctorates from OSU, and all 16
are members of the OSU Engineering Hall of Fame.
After graduating from OSU, Hanson earned an MS from Arizona State and a PhD
from Stanford. He was the first recipient of the Aerodynamic Measurement Technology
Award in 1996, has been honored with Fellow designation by both the Optical Society of America and the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and was elected to the OSU College of Engineering’s Academy of
Distinguished Engineers in October 2000.
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As the Top-25 Campaign gathers momentum, donors step forward to help fund the ascent.
Contractor Donates $1 Million to Fund New
Masters Degree in Construction Engineering
Management
The College of Engineering has joined with the College of Business to
offer an innovative new master’s degree in construction engineering
management. The new degree program features an equal number of
engineering and business courses, which can help qualified students also
pursue an MBA.
Robert C. Wilson, a retired Corvallis contractor who graduated from
OSU’s Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering in
1950, donated land valued at about $1 million to fund the program. Wilson
agreed with Dean Ron Adams about the need to produce engineers who are
more knowledgeable about enterprise.
“A little-known secret of the civil engineering profession is that to
succeed you need solid business skills,” Wilson said. “And if you don’t learn
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those skills, you top out. When I saw that the dean would likely support an
interdisciplinary program with business, I decided to approach him about it. He was very receptive.”
Adams anticipates that other colleges of engineering will soon follow OSU’s lead, incorporating more business
classes into their engineering curricula.
“R.C. Wilson’s gift allows us to deliver what I believe will be a mark of national leadership for OSU,” Adams said.
“We’ve created a degree program that combines the technical skills of construction management with the business
skills at a level you would find in an MBA program. This goes right to the heart of the New Economy.”
The new program, called the Robert C. Wilson Graduate Program in Construction Engineering Management, will
not only give students the business background they need to flourish, but will ultimately benefit industry by
providing well-rounded engineers able to assume management-level positions.
Retired Engineering Secretary Bequeaths
$1.65 Million for Scholarships
Edith McDougall worked in the Department of Electrical Engineering for over 35 years before she retired in 1972.
With her passing last spring at the age of 96, the College lost a great friend. However, her memory and her years at
OSU will not be forgotten.
Ms. McDougall remained deeply committed to the students she served and to her department. A 1930 graduate
with a degree in business education, Ms. McDougall lived a modest lifestyle and was a very savvy investor. Her life
savings will benefit the students she worked with every day, explaining schedules, arranging appointments, and
making sure the department ran like clockwork.
Her gift will create the McDougall Scholarship, which will benefit graduate and undergraduate students in the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This is a major boost to the department, which needs
scholarships to accommodate its rapid enrollment growth as part of the College’s push to become a top-25
engineering program. Thanks to Ms. McDougall’s gift, many future students will be able to pursue degrees in
electrical and computer engineering.
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Readies for Renovation
OSU alumnus Bernie Newcomb, who co-founded E*Trade, one of the nation's first
internet stock trading companies to revolutionize the way people buy and sell
securities, has committed $250,000 to the interior renovation of OSU’s Weatherford
Hall. When finished, the historic hall will house an innovative new program in
entrepreneurship sponsored by the College of Engineering and the College of
Business. The program will equip students of engineering, business, and other
professional programs with the skills necessary to launch and operate their own
business ventures. The College of Business’ leadership in this program will advance
the College of Engineering's plan to ensure work-ready graduates. Newcomb has
been an important supporter of OSU and the College of Business in particular. His
most recent gift will sponsor Weatherford Hall’s e-café, a wireless network-equipped
gathering place where students, faculty, staff, alumni, and industry leaders will
exchange ideas, information, and knowledge.
For information on how to contribute to the renovation of Weatherford Hall,
contact Lawson Knight at the OSU Foundation: 541-737-8723, toll free 1-800-354-7281, or email:
[email protected].
Family of Mechanical Engineering Alum
Brings Bell Tower to Campus
A 68-foot-high campanile—bell tower—was dedicated
to the late H. Dean Papé, noted alumnus and
successful Oregon businessman in a dedication
ceremony in September 2001.
Papé graduated from the Oregon Agricultural College
in 1942 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He
was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and president
of the OSU Foundation from 1983-85. He was named
OSU Volunteer of the Year in 1985 and was a trustee
from 1972 until his death in July of 1996.
The tower, a gift to the OSU community from the Papé
family, is located east of the Valley Library. It contains
five bronze bells, ranging in weight from 273 to 1,919
pounds, which sound five different tones. The bells were
cast in the Netherlands and will chime the hour and
half-hour. A clock face is located on the west side of the
tower, facing the library
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Papé, said inspiration for
the bell tower came from
their grandson, Justin
Papé, who studies
engineering at OSU. “We
wanted to provide the OSU
community with
something to remember
Dean by and the bell tower
seemed appropriate,” she
said.
Papé was founder of the
Papé Group of companies.
Reunion for Students of Professor Looney Planned
The College is in the process of identifying former students, alumni, and others interested in attending a
reunion honoring Professor Jim Looney who taught in the Department of Electrical Engineering during the 1960s
and ‘70s. The reunion will provide an opportunity to renew old friendships, tour College facilities, and learn
about current activities at the College and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. A tentative
date of September 20 & 21, 2002 has been set for the reunion. If you are interested in receiving information
about the event, please contact Melanie Marshall at [email protected] or 1-800-354-7281.
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ME Students Learn to Teach Engineering to Middle Schoolers
Ever get the urge to take a chainsaw to a recliner to see how it
works? How about slicing your computer in half to check out
what’s inside that beige box? Or a fire extinguisher? Boat motor?
Washing machine?
Part of a mechanical engineering education at Oregon State
University is learning to do just that, and then teach local middle
school students exactly how such mechanical devices work. The
presentations have to be informative as well as entertaining to
hold the attention of the younger students.
This year more than 90 mechanical engineering students from
OSU taught some 250 area middle schoolers how many of the
devices they use every day function. Shown here, junior Andrea
Povis demonstrates the workings of a baseball throwing machine
to Corvallis’ Cheldelin Middle School students (left to right) Allie
Serieky, Caty Reeves, Robin Leung, Neil Browning, and Marty
Ulrich.
CCEE Students Land Scholarships
The Association of General Contractors has awarded nine of its 100 scholarships to OSU CCEE students. The
$2,000 scholarships were presented to Jake Polvi (Dayton, OR), Armand N. Vial (Hillsboro), Benjamin N. Miles
(Salem), Bryan R. Garner (Corvallis), Christopher C. Getter (Salem), Randy J. Phillips (Beaverton), Kati A.
Sprague (Canby), Jeannette E. Laramee (Kapa’au, HI), and Samuel L. Griffin (La Grande), who received the Hal
Pritchett Undergraduate Scholarship.
CEM Students Take First Place
Coached by OSU Construction Engineering Management Associate Professor Neil Eldin, OSU’s Heavy Civil team
of CEM students took first place at the “Associated Schools of Construction/Associated General Contractors of
America” national construction management competition in Las Vegas on March 21. In February, both the Heavy
Civil team and the Commercial team finished first at the regional competition, earning the expense-paid trip to
nationals. During the competition, teams received plans and specifications for a project at 6 a.m. then worked nonstop until a midnight deadline developing estimates, schedules, and analyses of anticipated challenges. This was
followed by an oral presentation. The CEM seniors competing were Emily Hager (Gresham), Andrew Patterson
(Tigard), Justin Dean Papé (Corvallis), Erik Bruun (Portland), James Zusy (Gig Harbor, WA), Andy Cerotsky
(Troutdale), Matthew Johnson (Salem), Jacob Hanning (Sandy), Justin O'Brien (Springfield), River Stevenson
(Portland), Michael Alexander (Madras), and Kacy Carter (Medford).
Big Beam Winners Bring Home Bucks
Under the leadership of Dr. Keith Kaufman from Morse Bros., teams of students from OSU gained the following
awards in the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s first “Big Beam” contest.
Zone 1: $1,000 first place—team of Justin Watkins (Las Vegas), Eric Rau (Dundee), Dusty Andrews (Springfield),
and Cedric Chuigo (Coolidge, AZ). $750 second place—team of Dawn Nearing (Los Gatos, CA), Ben Hoffman
(Tigard), Troy Brown (Mt. Angel), Dave Cooper (Bend), and Dave Chapman (Springfield)
National Best Report Winner: $500 prize (team of Justin Watkins, Eric Rau, Dusty Andrews, and Cedric Chuigo)
The competition is a part of Kaufman’s CE 486/586 Prestressed Concrete class which is sponsored by the
prestressed concrete industry in Oregon.
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Eddie Blackwell and Mey Saechao took second place in the national “COGNEX On-Campus Machine Vision
Competition” in May of 2001. The IME seniors obtained highest marks for the extensive use of the machine vision
software capabilities and the robustness of their design, obtained by the use of redundant pattern analysis. The
project was partially funded by a grant from COGNEX to the Computer-Integrated Systems Laboratory at OSU, one
of ten awards made nationally.
ASCE Student Chapter Honored
The American Society of Civil Engineers OSU student chapter received a letter of honorable mention based on
outstanding activities described in the 2000 chapter annual report. Additionally, Todd Whitaker, a “very dedicated”
practitioner advisor, was a recipient of the 2001 Outstanding Practitioner Advisor award based on student
nominations included with the annual report.
Baseball-tossing Machine Wins First Place for ME Students
Mechanical engineering juniors Brian Gin (Beaverton), Kalan Guiley (Corvallis), and Darren Johnson (La Pine),
won first place in the regional competition for the national Student Design Competition at the 2002 American
Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Region VIII Student Conference in Ellensburg, WA. This marks the second
year in a row that an OSU team has won first place. This year’s competition required students to design a device no
larger than one meter cubed that is capable of autonomously throwing 30 baseballs at three different targets within
two minutes. Next fall, the OSU team will compete for the national title at ASME’s International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition in New Orleans.
ECE Grad Student Awarded SRC Master’s Scholarship
OSU electrical engineering graduate student Shu-Ching Hsu (Eugene) is one of eight students in the U.S. to be
named a prestigious Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Master’s Scholar.
As a Master’s Scholar, SRC will pay Hsu’s full tuition, fees and living stipend for two years. In addition, the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will receive a $2000 gift as part of her award.
Hsu competed against other master’s students from underrepresented minority groups across the nation for this
highly selective award. However, Hsu’s advisors, Terri Fiez and Karti Mayaram were not surprised she won the
scholarship.
“Shu-Ching is one of the brightest students I’ve come across,” Mayaram explained. “She is an extremely dedicated
graduate student who has the personal drive, initiative and ambition to succeed at whatever she does.”
Semiconductor Research Corp., based in Research Triangle Park, NC, is the largest continuous industry-driven
university research program in the nation.
To see a full list of other Master’s Scholars visit http://www.src.org/member/news/2002_fels_schols.asp
OSU Engineering Students Help Design Micro-Hydro Power Generators
“My goal is to save the world,” says Ryan Harbert, an OSU senior in electrical and computer engineering (ECE).
Driven by a belief that engineers help build a better world, Harbert took on a senior project that has the potential to
do just that. With guidance from ECE professor Alan Wallace, Harbert (Myrtle Point) and fellow ECE students Ben
Lee, III (Aloha), Paul Hutchinson (Springfield), and James Ayers (Salem), are helping Portland-based Thunder River
Turbine Company refine its design for portable power turbines at a site near Bull Run Reservoir. The devices, which
resemble a propeller, are placed in flowing water where the force of the current spins the turbine, generating enough
electricity to power an entire household. The technology, called micro-hydro power, has a wide range of
applications, from supplying power during emergency power outages to powering pumps on irrigation canals.
“Micro-hydro technology is about 30 percent efficient, and unlike solar, it generates power day and night,” Harbert
says. The OSU students say they have learned a lot during the 8-month project, and both Portland General Electric
(which sponsored the project) and Mickey Garner (owner of Thunder River Turbine Company) are pleased. “PG&E
wants to hire us,” Harbert says. “And Mickey Garner thinks we're geniuses.”
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Team and faculty members pose with Michael Pfohman’s 1981 diesel VW Jetta and the
“green” fuel. Left to right: Professors Brian Paul and David Porter, Rob Loper,
Michael Pfohman, James Tingey, Dan Forster, and Tyler Kuenzi.
When Oregon State University engineering student
Michael Pfohman read about biodiesel—a form of
processed spent cooking oil that can power diesel
engines—he was so inspired by the potential of this
renewable fuel that he sold his gasoline-powered car,
bought a 1981 diesel VW Jetta, and set about finding a
source of the clean-burning diesel substitute.
The only problem was that the nearest companies
converting used vegetable oil to biodiesel were as far
away as Florida or Hawaii, and the cost of importing the
fuel to Oregon was as high as $4 per gallon.
Determined to power his “new” car with "green" fuel,
Pfohman drew on his OSU engineering education that
emphasizes innovation, creativity, and beyond-the-box
thinking, and decided to figure out how to make his own
biodiesel.
He successfully lobbied fellow senior industrial and
manufacturing engineering (IME) students Dan Forster,
Tyler Kuenzi, Rob Loper, and James Tingey to take on
the production of biodiesel as their senior project.
Pfohman and team approached OSU Engineering
faculty advisors Brian Paul and David Porter, who,
after ensuring that the project was safe, agreed to give
the students the green light.
Pfohman says the IME department was “very open and
accepting” of an idea that went well beyond the
boundaries of other senior projects.
“I seriously doubt most engineering schools would
have allowed this project to go forward,” says Paul. “But
at OSU we’re very interested in removing the obstacles
and letting the students charge ahead.”
Charge ahead they did. Team members logged long
hours and late nights designing and fabricating the
reactor and refining the conversion process. “By owning
the project, we were very committed,” Pfohman says. “It
was our idea, so we worked harder.”
Because this project involved a lot of chemistry, the
students sought help from Skip Rochefort in the
Department of Chemical Engineering, who offered
chemical engineering advice as well as lab space to
build the reactor.
This cross-disciplinary team environment made the
project more attractive to advisors Paul and Porter. .
Each week the students picked up 25 gallons of spent
cooking oil from a local restaurant, The Chippery. By
giving its oil to the students, the restaurant saved the
$35/pickup fee charged by a rendering company. The
team used their reactor to convert the oil to biodiesel
by adding lye and methanol, generating only one
byproduct—glycerin, commonly used as soap.
With time they fine tuned the process to produce a
form of biodiesel pure enough to pour into a fuel tank.
All their hard work paid off: the group’s biodiesel
powered Pfohman’s VW Jetta to the Oregon coast and
back.
The cost of fuel for the 150-mile trip for Pfohman? Not
a nickel. Side benefit? The dark plumes of sooty diesel
exhaust were replaced with the invisible and faint
aroma of French fries.
The students then fine-tuned the process so that their
biodiesel can be certified to American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. Many
automobile and farm equipment manufacturers,
including Volkswagen, John Deere, Audi, Caterpillar,
BMW, Volvo, and others, now warrant their vehicles for
use with biodiesel. The fuel has been tested widely by
government and private industry with no negative side
effects. Biodiesel has a higher lubricity than petroleum
diesel, which can reduce engine wear.
As part of their senior project, Pfohman and
teammates interviewed farmers, truckers, the OSU
motor pool staff, and others about the local market for
biodiesel. They discovered that interest in the
sustainable fuel runs very high in Oregon.
Pfohman would like to expand the project into a
business enterprise, mainly because he wants to do
engineering work that has a positive impact on the
planet.
"Engineers like to make a difference in the world,"
says Brian Paul. "This is their contribution to that. These
students embody the type of engineering graduates we
are producing here at OSU as we build a top-25
program. Remove the obstacles and they do amazing
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HP’s Good Neighbor Relationship Supports COE
Hewlett-Packard’s Corvallis division is definitely a good neighbor to OSU Engineering. The company is not just
geographically close to the College of Engineering, it also shares resources, personnel, expertise, and research
dollars in a mutually beneficial relationship that continues to grow. During fiscal year 2000-2001 alone, HP gave
more than $3.1 million in research funding and equipment to the college. HP’s chief technologist, David
Hackleman, helps teach senior design to OSU students and facilitates communication between the College of
Engineering and HP. HP collaborates with OSU Engineering in a wide range of research projects, from the
development of transparent electronics and micro-mechanical devices to the use of wireless devices to help
classroom teachers and the development of wireless, mobile solutions for industrial problems. “I think all faculty
hope for industry relationships like the one we have with HP,” says ECE Professor John Wager. “I am in contact with
someone from HP almost every week regarding ongoing or future research possibilities.”
Intel Gives Equipment Worth $2 Million
While working as an intern at Intel, OSU electrical and computer engineering graduate student Jeff Bender
discovered the company was no longer using two rapid thermal processors and two radio frequency generators.
Bender knew his OSU advisor, professor John Wager, could use the equipment in the OSU electro-luminescent
research lab, so he discussed the donation with Intel’s Paul Kingzett. Kingzett, an OSU alum, was happy to help.
“Intel is excited to assist the ECE department as it works on world class research,” Kingzett said. “This is one of
several gifts Intel has made this year to assist OSU’s pursuit in becoming a tier-one engineering school.” The
collaborative spirit between OSU and Intel, enabled OSU Engineering to acquire the equipment valued at more than
$2 million at no cost.
IME Department Wows Worldwide Leader in Mobile & Wireless Scanning
The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) is building a mutually beneficial
relationship with PSC, Inc., a $220 million company and world leader in mobile and wireless scanning and data
capture solutions. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, PSC has manufacturing facilities in Eugene and Webster,
New York, as well as offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
IME assistant professor David Porter is helping PSC investigate implementation issues related to a
revolutionary new reduced-size bar code symbology that has the potential to dramatically change the way bar code
is used. Porter and IME department head Richard Billo have also developed a series of courses they will teach to
PSC customers and sales staff.
President and CEO of PSC, Edward J. Borey, is very pleased with the relationship. “Our partnership with
Oregon State University offers students invaluable real-world experience, and provides world-class research and
solutions for PSC and its customers,” he says.
Sun Adds OSU to “Top-20” List, Donates Workstations
Sun Microsystems has added OSU Engineering to the company’s prestigious “Top-20 University List,” and devised a
creative way to support OSU Engineering’s top-25 effort despite the current economic slump. Sun engineers,
accompanied by OSU alum Harry Soehalim, loaded 30 surplus Ultra 10 Sun Workstations and a server into vans,
drove to Corvallis, and set up the donated equipment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“Sun really went the extra mile,” said ECE Department Head Terri Fiez. Dave Perillo, Director of Sun’s
Hillsboro office, reaffirmed his company’s commitment. “As part of our continuing relationship with OSU, Sun
Microsystems is extremely pleased to contribute to ECE,” he said. For more information go to:
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James Kenneth Fleshman (BS ChE, ‘28) passed away on May 5.
He retired from production management in Uniroyal’s tire division
in Los Angeles.
Robert B. Stewart (BS ChE, ‘42) currently lives in Sequim, WA.
He retired from technical sales for Dow Corning in 1980.
Gene W. Arant (BS EE, ‘43), after 50 years of practice in
California, has started a new patent attorney firm, Arant, Lovell &
Jade, at Gleneden Beach, Oregon.
Don Gary Hall (BS ChE, ‘44) died on May 18 of 2001 from
complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Hall served in the Pacific as
a lieutenant in the Navy during WWII. He joined Chas. Pfizer & Co
in 1951 where he worked until his retirement after more than 30
years. Post-retirement, he returned to the west coast, settling in
Pioneer, CA.
Gregory L. Nesbitt (BS ME, ‘58) retired in May after 39 years in
the electric utility business: 19 years with SDG&E in California,
and 20 years with Cleco Corp. in Louisiana, the latest as Chief
Executive Officer.
Jai B. Kim (BS CCEE, ‘59; MS CCEE, ‘60) is professor and chair
of civil and environmental engineering at Bucknell University in
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Don Rohde (BS CCEE, ‘59) passed away in March, 2001. Rhode
served with the U.S. Navy during the Korean War prior to
attending OSC. In 1964, he became a registered professional
engineer and also a corporate partner in Tenneson Engineering
Corp. working on projects in nearly every community in Eastern
Oregon.He was also active in many community activities and
organizations.
Jack Meredith (BS ME, ‘61) had two textbooks published in
October 2001: Quantitative Business Modeling and Operations
Management for MBAs, 2nd ed. These join two of his other recent
textbooks, Project Management in Practice, and Project Management: A
Managerial Approach. He retired from a 7-year tenure as editor-inchief of the Journal of Operations Management, the top academic
journal in his field. Meredith is a professor of management, and
Broyhill Distinguished Scholar and Chair in Operations at the
Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was a member of the frosh
tennis team at OSU during 1957-58, still plays regularly, and notes
that the USTA has just opened a new competitive category—over
90 years old—in which, 28 years from now, he is hoping to
compete.
Lee W. Kearney (BS CCEE, 63) was elected as the newest
general contractor member of the Associated General Contractors
Foundation Board of Directors. He was elected to the College of
Engineering Hall of Fame in 2001.
Keith Alrick (BS ME, ‘63) retired from Los Alamos National Lab
after 35 years. He and his wife, Barbara, are moving to Arizona.
David R. Evans (MS CCEE, ‘63) is senior vice president at
CH2M HILL and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife, Carol.
Don Baumgartner (PhD CCEE, ‘67) retired on March 31 as
director of the Environmental Research Lab at the University of
Arizona in Tucson where he has been since leaving the
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Newport in late 1989. He is “putting in a couple of hours on
Tuesday and Thursday” as professor emeritus in the Department of
Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, mostly writing reports
and proposals. The other 3 weekdays he plays baseball on the
TOTS (Tucson Old Timers Society) club.
James C. (Jim) Carnahan (BS CCEE, ’74) has been promoted to
vice president and office manager of the Bend office of David
Evans and Associates, Inc. He served as a Marine Corps
engineering officer and has been a civil engineer in central Oregon
since 1978 and with the DEA since 1988. He serves on the OSUCascades Campus advisory board and the board of directors of
Central Oregon Community College College.
Bob Harder (BS CCEE, ‘76) has been named deputy director of
utilities engineering for the City of Santa Rosa in Sonoma—”Wine
Country”—California. He has transitioned through various
construction/engineering positions during his 25 years in Sonoma
County, including work for the Corps of Engineers (retiring from
the Reserves in 1998), Piombo Corporation, Sonoma Financial
Corporation, and the North Coast Builders Exchange. As deputy
director, he is launching a near-100% contracted-out Capital
Improvement Program, including design, construction, and
construction management/inspection. Harder and his wife, Holly,
live in Lakewood Hills, Windsor, California.
Wanda Munn (BS NE, ‘77) has been appointed by President
Bush to serve as a member of the President’s Advisory Board on
Radiation and Worker Health. Munn was inducted into the College
of Engineering Hall of Fame in 1999.
John Stege (BS ME, ‘78) set a world speed record for 1650 APF
Class Motorcycle of 161.55 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. He is
currently working at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and lives with
his wife and children in Port Orchard, Washington.
Tony S. Keller (BS GE, ‘78) was recently promoted to professor
of mechanical engineering at the University of Vermont. In
November 2001, Professor Keller was an invited speaker at the VII
Brussels International Spine Symposium in Belgium on “Modeling
of Bone Loss and Fracture in Osteoporosis.” He is also the
recipient of a 2002 American Scandinavian Foundation Research
Fellowship to study low back pain in collaboration with spine
researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Curt Nichols (BS ME, ’81) was recognized by the Association of
Professional Energy Managers (APEM) as the 2000 Energy
Manager of the Year in the government category, in his position as
energy manager for the City of Portland. A Certified Energy
Manager, he is responsible for educating city staff, informing
management, and helping city bureaus reach the city’s goal of an
energy efficiency improvement of 15 percent. Other programs that
he has managed, such as the BEST program (Businesses for an
Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow) and the Portland Partners
for Energy Efficiency (P2E2), 3have also won national awards.
Keith D. Thomsen, Ph.D. (BS GE, ‘82; MS CE, ‘91) as been hired
as the President and CEO of BioContractors, Inc., an applied
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treatment systems with offices in Cerritos, CA, and Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Cathy Nelson (BS CCEE, 1983) has been selected to manage
the Technical Sevices Branch of the Oregon Department of
Transportation. She is also ODOT’s chief engineer and represents
Oregon on the national body that governs highway design
standards. Prior to her current post, she led the Roadway
Engineering Section, where she managed more than 140 people in
10 crews throughout the state.
John DeHaven (BS EE, ‘85) has been employed by Insight
Electronics since 1995. Insight is a specialty semiconductor
distributor focusing on design support. Responsibilities include
engineering management and customer applications engineering
for high-end Xilinx field programmable logic devices.
Gary P. Wright (BS ME, ‘90) is lead design engineer for the 747400X wing structure at The Boeing Company.
Harish Pillay (MS ECE, ‘90) is chief technology officer for
InQuisitive Mind Pte, Ltd., in Singapore. He reports, “I am a ham
here in Singapore with the call sign 9v1hp. I am also active in the
Linux community: 222.lugs.org.sg.”
Brian Dunn (BS FE/CE, ‘92) received the Oregon Department of
Transportation Excellence Award. Dunn works in the
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Sheldon Dealy (BS CS, ‘95) is a graduate student at the
University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Steve Greene (BS CCEE, ‘92; MS CCEE, ‘96) is currently the
manager of engineering and construction for the Utah Transit
Authority in Salt Lake City, UT. He is the project manager on a 2.5
mile, $118.5M design/build light rail transit project completed for
the winter Olympic Games in February 2002. He, his wife,
Charlene, and their two boys have been in Utah for 5 years.
Jason E. Yates (BS CCEE, ‘98) was sent by the U.S. Air Force to
Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada, after graduation, where he spent
3 years as a project manager in the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron
working on numerous projects that included beddown projects for
the F-22 Raptor and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Currently, he is
stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio at the Air Force
Institute of Technology where he has just started a master’s
degree program.
Steve Dunn (BS CCEE, ‘99) is a project engineer at R&L
Brosamer, Inc., and is currently building a new runway at San Jose
International Airport.
William H. Huggins (BS EE, ‘41; MS EE, ‘42)—member of the OSU Engineering Hall of Fame, member of the National
Academy of Engineering, professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins—died August 11, 2001 in Idaho Falls,
Idaho.
After obtaining his MS degree, he continued his work in radio interference as a research assistant at OSC until being appointed
to the Radio Research Lab at Harvard in 1944. His research interests broadened while with the U.S. Air Force Resarch Center from
1945 to 1954, being appointed as assistant to the director in 1953. Huggins became a faculty member of the Johns Hopkins
University in 1954, where he rose to hold the Westinghouse Chair.
Colleagues say that Huggins encouraged Hopkins administrators to acquire the university’s first computer 40 years ago and,
during the 1960s, he became a strong advocate for the use of these machines as teaching tools.
In addition to his engineering skills, he was an accomplished musician who kept a grand piano in his apartment and a small
wooden clavichord in his office on campus.
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