Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology
Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2012 Newsletter
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IN THIS ISSUE
News from Faculty and Staff
Pages 2-5
Student News
Pages 6-8
Student Organizations
Pages 9—10
Co-Op and Internships
Pages 11-14
Recent Graduates
Page 15
Industrial Advisory Board
Page 16
Alumni News
Page 17-24
AE/ME Faculty & Staff
Ms. Kay Bopp
Prof. Larry Boyer
Dr. Goetz Bramesfeld
Mr. Frank Coffey
Dr. Sridhar Condoor
Dr. Sanjay Jayram
Dr. Swami Karunamoorthy
Dr. Raymond LeBeau
Dr. Phillip Ligrani
Dr. Jeff Ma
Dr. Arif Malik
Dr. Mark McQuilling
Dr. K. Ravindra
Dr. Michael Swartwout
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Mazyar Amin
Prof. Tom Bever
Dr. Kenneth Buckholtz
Dr. John George
Shop Inspector
Mr. Martin Fiedler
MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dear Alumni,
The year 2011 has been an exciting year with many opportunities and challenges.
The constituents of the department is
strong with 256 undergraduate students, 20 graduate students,
12 full time faculty members, 2 staff members, and several adjunct faculty members. The external grants received by faculty
members for research and professional development exceed
two million dollars. The scholarly productivity include 38 publications in peer reviewed Journals and Conferences. The research area covers a wide
spectrum including laser peening manufacturing, Reliability based design of Rolling
Mills, Turbo-machines, Parachute aerodynamics, UAV, Nano Satellites, Computational
simulations of Planetary atmospheres etc. A special initiative on Entrepreneurship mind
set for future engineers has been launched by Dr. Sridhar Condoor with his grant from
KEEN foundation. Some of the activities include weekly innovation competition, I2P
competition, on campus Seminars and Workshops. An innovation laboratory is currently being developed to foster the innovative ideas of students. The University has
launched an initiative to become one of the top 50 Universities in the nation. The department is engaged in developing a strategic plan to meet the challenge. The University is seeking North Central regional accreditation while the Aerospace and Mechanical
engineering programs is seeking ABET accreditation in the year 2012. Since it is the leap
year, we get one more extra day to accomplish the task!!
Mr. Joesph Lusczek, our distinguished alumni retired last month from Wright Patterson
Air Force Base, Ohio; he continues to serve on our department’s Industrial Advisory
Board. Dr. John George is helping the senior students in Capstone Design as well as
Propulsion courses. Dr. K. Ravindra continues to be the Interim Dean; a search process
is under way to fill the position of Dean.
The department is planning to offer multiple career paths in both aerospace and mechanical engineering programs. The options would include integrated B.S & M.S. in 5
years, Pre-Law scholar, Pre-Med scholar, Business, and Entrepreneurship. We strive to
improve the quality of our academic programs and your input is highly valued. I hope
you enjoy reading this issue of newsletter. Please send us a note to share your thoughts
and comments.
Wish you and your family all the best,
Swami Karunamoorthy
Faculty /Staff News
Dr. Patricia Benoy, (PK ’75), retired in August 2011, after 22
years of service. She was with the University since 1989.
Dr. Benoy taught Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Fluid
Dynamics. She is now a professor emerita. We wish her the
very best in her retirement years.
A faculty search is currently under way to replace her position.
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FACULTY/STAFF NEWS (continued)
Dr. Mark McQuilling published two journal articles; two other articles were accepted for
publication. He presented five conference papers during 2011. Further three conference
papers were presented for at the 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit in January 2012 with 2 graduate student and one undergraduate as first-authors, Jordan Null
(BSAE 2012), Bryan Arko (BSAE 2010, MS Engineering 2012), Nick Freed (BSAE 2010, MS
Engineering 2012). He has submitted three conference paper abstracts were to the 42nd
AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, New Orleans, LA, to be held in June 25-28,
2012.
He was lead author or co-author on 15 professional presentations this year, including three invited presentations
to NASA Glenn in Cleveland, AIAA in St Louis, and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency here in St. Louis.
He has again collaborated with Dr. Jean Potvin (Physics) on funded research work from the US Army in Natick,
MA, studying airdrop system aerodynamics and parachute inflation.
Prof. Lawrence Boyer has been consulting for Boeing Training Systems Support group
since May 2011 on software code, test, integration and checkout on the P-8A Poseidon Operational full motion simulator. Larry has also been active in the rather tedious process of
fine adjustment of automated test execution so that all parameters fall within proper tolerances. Flying (piloting) experience and flight dynamics knowledge are key to the successful
preparation of each test. A faithful flight dynamics model could still fail if the test is not
executed properly. This area is a combination of technical knowledge and artistic ability.
Prof. Boyer brings this unique expertise in this area.
Dr. Goetz Bramesfeld
successfully completed funded research with US Army
(AMERDEC) on small UAV development. He has submitted a proposal entitled
"Evaluation of Aeroelastic Wing Parameters for Drag Reduction Purposes through Atmospheric Energy Transfer"to NASA exploring the exploitation of atmospheric energy for drag
reduction purposes. He submitted a paper entitled "Feasibility Study of Foam-Inflated
Wings for Small UAVs" to the Journal of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology.
He continues research on the optimization of Micro Aerial Vehicles with span and turning
radius restriction. In January, he presented a talk at the National Conference of the Soaring Society of America,
invited speaker at the Illinois Institute of Technology: "Drag Reduction and other good Things for UAVs".
Bramesfeld continues his research in applied aerodynamics with a focus on small UAVs and micro aerial vehicles.
Currently, he has under review a journal manuscript, "Evaluation of Aeroelastic Wing Parameters for Drag Reduction Purposes through Atmospheric Energy Transfer" that summarizes this research.
Dr. Sridhar Condoor—In April 2011, Sridhar Condoor was awarded a $1.7 million grant
from the Kern Family Foundation to promote entrepreneurial mindset and innovation in
undergraduate engineering. The grant was awarded through the Kern Entrepreneurship
Education Network (KEEN). There are 21 select private institutions across the country in
this network. Several initiatives have been implemented including the iScholar Program,
iFaculty Workshop, weekly innovation challenges and ICE workshop. Read more details
at: http://parks.slu.edu/about-parks/entrepreneurship-and-innovation/
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FACULTY & STAFF NEWS (continued)
Dr. Ray LeBeau is continuing his NASA-supported research on the atmospheric dynamics of Uranus and Neptune. With graduate student Sally Warning (BSAE 2010),
this research focuses on developing accurate computational models of the vortices
and cloud features observed on these two planets. Much like the Great Red Spot on
Jupiter, large vortices called Dark Spots appear periodically on these planets. However, unlike the Great Red Spot which has existed for centuries, the Dark Spots last for
months to a few years, time-varying phenomena that can provide further insight into
the changing conditions on these planets. Some of these vortices have been observed
to drift, covering tens of degrees of latitude over their life spans. Given the similarities between this drift and
that of hurricanes, a better understanding of what drives the motions of the Dark Spots may someday improve hurricane predictions on Earth.
A snapshot of a simulation
of the Great Dark Spot of
Neptune, observed by Voyager II in 1989 is shown on
the left.. Here, the vortex is
marked
by
the
closed
dashed contour. Three different altitude layers are
shown, each covering between 50°S and the equator
and 200° of longitude. This
vortex both drifted towards
the equator and exhibited
oscillatory shape changes
on an eight-day cycle, dynamics that are also visible
in the simulations.
Dr. Jeff Ma is actively engaged in research activities that include ductile regime
machining of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite bioceramics, modeling high speed
turning of H-13 tool steel with different tools, and modeling 3D turning of Titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) to investigate the effects of corner radius and edge radius
on the cutting forces by using “Advantedge” software. Also, his research includes use of Abaqus to investigate non-pneumatic tires, meshless computational methods, and application of artificial intelligence in the application of mobile
robots. He also actively participated in a workshop on Mitsubishi RV-SD Series
Robotics Basic Training Session held at Rixan Associates, Inc. During 2011, he
presented four technical papers in peer reviewed conference proceedings.
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FACULTY & STAFF NEWS (continued)
Dr. Ari Malik’s research interest inAri Malik
cludes computational design, multidis-
ciplinary
structural
optimization,design,
manu- multidisciplinary structural optiinterest
includes
Computational
facturing,
reliability
analysis,finite
finiteelement
elemization, manufacturing,
reliability
analysis,
analysis, solid mechanics, unment analysis, solid mechanics, uncercertainty quantification and process modeling. Recently he published two papers at the
tainty quantification and process modASME International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. One paper is on
eling. In 2011, he published two papers
Reliability-based optimal cluster mill pass scheduling and another one on Residual stress
at the ASME International Mechanical
and wave reflectivity when laser peening thin curved sections. He developed a laser
Engineering Congress and Exposition. One paper was on Reliapeening manufacturing laboratory for research purpose. Some graduate and undergradubility-based optimal cluster mill pass scheduling and another one
ate students are currently working on this research.
Ari Malik research
on Residual stress and wave reflectivity when laser peening thin curved sections. He has developed a laser
peening manufacturing laboratory for research purposes. Graduate and undergraduate students are currently working on this research.
Dr. Michael Swartwout had one paper published ("Perspectives on Critical Research Areas in Space Systems", Journal of Aviation and Aerospace Perspectives)
and attended three conferences: the 2nd Aviation and Aerospace Manufacturing
Summit, the 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference (two peer-reviewed papers presented, "The Argus Mission: Detecting Thruster Plumes for Space Situational Awareness", "A Brief History of Rideshares"), and the 25th AIAA/Utah State Conference
on Small Satellites (paper presented: "Attack of the CubeSats: A Statistical Look").
He was invited to speak at the 2011 Greater Midwestern Regional Space Grant
Meeting. He was co-author on three other conference papers.
Michael Swartwout submitted two research proposals (NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative 2012 and NASA
Missouri Space Grant 2012) and was awarded three proposals (Space Grant 2011, $11k, one year; AFOSR
Nanosat 7, $110k, two years; NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative 2011 -- no funds, but a sponsored launch for
our satellite [$500k value]). Michael Swartwout has established a research partnership with the Institute for
Space and Defense Electronics at Vanderbilt University (VU) to fly at least two VU experiments on future
SLU spacecraft. SLU and VU exchanged site visits in Fall 2011. Michael Swartwout is PI for an Air Forcesponsored student design project to build SLU's first satellite, COPPER, which is schedule to fly on a NASA
launch in December 2012. The team presented its work in four stages to a group of Air Force and industry
experts, three by teleconference and one at the Conference on Small Satellites.
Dr. Phil Ligrani, Oliver L. Parks chair visited Korea, Japan, China and India from
October 29 to November 23, 2011. He was the invited keynote speaker at two international conferences: the International Gas Turbine Congress 2011 held in Tokyo,
Japan and 11th Asian International Conference on Fluid Machinery & 3rd Fluid
Power Technology Exhibition held in Chennai., India. In his role as graduate program director, he coordinates several activities including recruitment of graduate
students, seeking funded research for graduate students and forging relationships
with select foreign universities.
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STUDENT NEWS
MASTER’S PROGRAM
GRADUATE PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN THE AE/ME DEPARTMENT.
Within Parks College, currently, 49 graduate students are enrolled. Of this total, 17 are enrolled within the
AE/ME department. Efforts are underway to recruit additional doctoral students, as well as additional parttime graduate students from local industry. The ability to take courses on-line will be a key ingredient in these recruitment efforts. The prospect for the growth of graduate program fall 2012 looks very bright with
many faculty members being able to support graduate students through funded research.
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH CONTINUES IN THERMAL-FLUID SCIENCES LABORATORY.
Experimental research is continuing in the Thermal-Fluid Sciences Laboratory in Oliver Hall. Because of continued determination, hard-work, and dedication of the graduate and under-graduate students who are involved in the efforts, excellent progress is being made on all projects
which are underway. These include investigations of impingement array
heat transfer (Geoff Potts (BSAE 2012), Jacob Haegele (BSAE 2011, MS
Engineering 2012), Steven Sander, buoyancy-induced Continuous
SPLITT Fractionation (Michael Weiler (BSME 2013), Craig Doerfler
(BSME 2013), Josh Mandernach (BSME 2013), inertial fractionation using
micro-scale spiral channels for bio-particles application (Michael Weiler
(BSME 2013), Craig Doerfler (BSME 2013), Josh Mandernach (BSME
2013), and development and
use of viscous-disk pump for
investigation of
slip
phenomena
in
non-Newtonian
liquids
(Benjamin Lund (BSME 2013), Hui Jiang (BSME 2013). Also under
development is the expansion and improvement of the supersonic
wind tunnel which will soon be modified to accommodate the installation of two test sections for subsonic and transonic turbine cascade
investigations. These upgrades have the potential for funded research work from local industries.
Dr. Mark McQuilling is mentoring two graduate
students, Bryan Arko (BSAE 2010, MS Engineering
2012) and Nick Freed (BSAE 2010, MS Engineering
2012) on their Masters thesis studying low-pressure
turbine airfoil aerodynamics (Bryan) and parachute
aerodynamics (Nick), in addition to collaborative
research with a cardiologist from Wash U in studying flows through the human heart mitral valve (with Miranda Turlin BSAE 12).
Dr. Goetz Bramesfeld is advising two graduate students: Thomas Combes (BSAE 2011, MS Engineering 2013)
Fluid-Structure Interactions of Small Scale Fliers and Matt Derginer (BSAE 2006, MSAE 2011, doctoral candidate).
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STUDENT NEWS
Nanosatellite Project
The Nanosatellite project at Parks College is being supervised by Dr. Michael Swartwout and Dr. Sanjay
Jayaram. In January 2011, the Parks College COPPER (Close Orbital Propellant Plume and Elemental Recognition) satellite team traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the Final Competition Review of the two year
Nanosatellite 6 competition, sponsored by Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL). During this portion of the
competition, the team (Allison Cook – Senior, Aerospace Engineering, Maria Barna – Senior, Aerospace Engineering, Steve Massey – Junior, Electrical Engineering, and Tyler Olson – Freshman, Aerospace Engineering)
gave their final presentation and answered questions about their infrared imaging satellite to a review panel
composed of representatives from the aerospace industry. The review required the team to answer technical
questions about their mission, design, and operational planning in addition to performing a satellite hardware
demonstration. The COPPER team impressed the judges with their productivity and technical knowledge. The
team returned to Parks ready to gear up for the Nanosatellite 7 competition for which Parks College was selected to be 1 of 11 competing universities. The team is currently working hard on recruiting new members and
planning the new mission, Argus.
Other Nanosatellite 6 universities are: University of Minnesota, Cornell University, Santa Clara University, University of Central Florida, Michigan Tech University, Montana State University, Missouri University of Science
and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Hawaii.
Nanosatellite 6 Team (Left to Right: Maria
Barna (Senior AE), Steve Massey (Junior
EE), Allison Cook (Senior AE), Tyler Olson (Freshman AE)) at the Final Competition Review in Albequerque, New Mexico, on the 17-18 January 2011, where the
team presented their infrared imaging
satellite, COPPER to a panel of industry
representatives.
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Professor takes students soaring
Professor Goetz Bramesfeld, went on several trips to Highland, Illinois
with many Parks students to go soaring in a glider. Bramesfeld is a
member of the Soaring Society of America.
Design-Build-Fly Team
Dr. Ray LeBeau is the faculty advisor for Design-Build-Fly Team. In April 2011, a team of students participated
in competition at Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Arif Malik is the faculty advisor for the SAE – Formula Racing Car Team.
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STUDENT NEWS
A student team participated in Idea to Product (I2P) contest in 2011and the team was placed first within the
Saint Louis University and second within the region in this entrepreneurial contest. “Refill Pen Marker System”
is the innovative product concept presented by the team.
SAE Aero Team
Faculty Advisor—Goetz Bramesfeld Goetz Bramesfeld is the faculty adviser to the SAE Aero Design Team,
which placed quite successfully in the competitions during 2011. The
President—Ellen Pifer
team placed 1st in Design Report Micro Class, Technical Presentation Micro Class, and Technical Presentation Advanced Class, as well as the
Vice President—Kevin Beadle
2nd place in Overall Advanced Class. The team competed in both east
and west competitions.
Chief Engineer—Jeremy Payne
Dr. Bramesfeld was appointed as the Chair of the Technical Committee of
the Soaring Society of America, an organization that represents 12,000
Secretary—Tiffany Rando
sailplane pilots in this country.
Treasurer—Ben Winokur
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SWE, Society of Women Engineers
The students in this group actively participated in Engineers Week celebration and other activities. The SWE members hosted an event for
about 30 female high school students from Ritenour High School in Saint
Louis. The SWE members gave demonstrations of experiments in various engineering laboratories including the CRJ flight simulator. The
SWE students also arranged a luncheon for the high school students during which they were able to interact with several female engineers from
local industries.
Faculty Advisor—Mark McQuilling
Faculty Advisor—Megan Hart
President—Eileen Tonner
Vice President—Annie Radville
Secretary—Gauri Nijsure
Treasurer—Callie Tran
Social Chair—Gayatn Nijsure
SEDS, Student Exploration Development Space
President—Steve Massey
Vice President—Wesley Gardner
Secretary/Webmaster—Tyler Olson
The mission of Parks College chapter of SEDS is to involve the student
body in space-related community service, education and activities. The
students in this group had several activities including Yuri’s Night celebration on April 12, 2011.
Treasurer—Nate Richard
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KEEN Program and Innovation at Parks College
Parks Students Place First in Ford Innovation Competition—in September 2011, a team of SLU students
competed against 25 other teams to win the $2,500 first place prize at the 2011 UDM/Ford Innovation Contest, a program sponsored by the Ford Motor
Company and the University of Detroit Mercy. The challenge: to develop an innovative technical idea for a car. The idea had to identify current opportunities with existing vehicles as well as
the possibilities that can be achieved with emerging technology. Ford engineers guided the students in realizing the potential for their ideas.
Each team was required to develop a 3-minute
video that clearly identifies and communicates the
problem and offers an innovative solution. Their
videos were judged by leaders from Ford and automotive media, and entrepreneurs.
Saint Louis University Students Place First at the LTU Innovation Encounter
Lawrence Tech University hosted the Innovation Encounter in Detroit on Oct. 21-22, 2011. The event pitted
university teams against one another in a fast-paced day to see which team could come up with the best,
most innovative ideal solution to a problem posed by the Innovation Sponsor. Teams were provided expert
coaches, an inventive problem solving workshop, and a toolkit. Student participants had
the chance to work
with one of the nation’s leading audio companies who are as well known for their innovative work environment as their innovative product design. The SLU Team won the $1500 first place prize and a trophy. Participating students included: Robert Caruso (BSME 2012), Ben Winokur (BSAE 2014), Mary Jennerjohn (BSAE
2013) and Osede Osezua (BSBA 2013).
Parks Student Place First at MESCON
On Saturday March 26, 2011 Parks College seniors, Dominique Turk (BSME 2011), John Wendel (BSME 2011),
John Sanders (BSME 2011) and Michael Kelly (BSME 2011), won the $200 first place award for their presentation about their project, “The Travel Tray Table: A Smart Tray for Your Wheelchair" at the 7th Annual Math,
Engineering and Science Conference (MESCON) held at the University of Evansville.
Parks Students Compete at RoboGames
Parks College students, (left to right) Sean Holder
(BSME 2011, Gregory Keogh (BSME 2011), Jesus
Dominguez Cobreros (BSME 2011), Alexander Shim
(BSME 2011) and ), competed in the RoboGames
2011 held in San Francisco in May 2011. Their battlebot, named ArchEnemy, was sponsored by the Kern
Family Foundation, ASME, SolidWorks, and OLogic.
The team and their robot also made an appearance
in the Science Channel. Robogames is an annual
event touted as the Olympics of robots. See http://
robogames.net/index.php for more details.
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AIAA Student Chapter
Faculty Advisor—Sanjay Jayaram
Mr. Boyer, Assistant Professor accompanied the following students to
the AIAA Student Paper Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa during April
President—Benjamin Winokur
6-9, 2011—Will Atkins (BSAE 2011), Dominic Dahlen (BSAE 2011), Frank
Kody (BSAE 2011), John Martin (BSAE 2011), Ellen Pifer (BSAE 2012),
Vice President—Parry Draper
Justin Scherbring (BSEE 2011), Tu Vo (BSAE 2011).
Secretary—Jacob Schreck
Goetz Bramesfeld advised several undergraduate students with their
research that were presented at the annual Region V AIAA Student ConTreasurer—Dan Dillon
ference in Cedar Rapids: Will Atkin (BSAE 2012) and Ellen Pifer (BSAE
2012): Utilization of an Integrating Wake Rake for Profile Drag measurements. John Martin (BASE 2011) and Dom Dahlen (BSAE 2011): Low Cost Hydroclave.
1st place in Undergraduate Category
Frank Kody (BSAE 2011): An Integrated Aircraft Design and Performance Prediction tool - Design, Validation, and Demonstration. Frank Kody who is currently a graduate student at Penn
State presented his paper at the AIAA international student paper competition held at Nashville, TN, January 2012.
3rd place in Team Category
Frank Kody (BSAE 2011) , Tu Vo (BSAE 2012), and J. Scherbring
(BSEE 2011): Advanced Class Entry for SAE Aero Design 2011.
ASME Student Chapter
Faculty Advisor—Arif Malik
President—Mark Reed
Vice President—Rob Caruso
Secretary—Will Pisoni
Treasurer—Jaime Burgos
Web Developer—Andrew Nelson
The 2011 regional student conference was held at University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas on April 14-16, 2011. The students, Jaime Burgos
(BSME 2014), Ram Pokhrel (BSME 2013), Mark Reed (BSME 2012), Rob
Caruso (BSME 2012), Hung Duong (BSME 2013) and Nhat Phu (BSAE
2011) participated in the conference. The student team participated in the
Student Design Contest and won First Place out of 21 teams that competed at this conference. The team was awarded a cash prize of $500 and invitation to take part in the national level contest with all expense paid trip
to Denver, Colorado. The team participated in the competition at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibit (IMECHE) held
in November 2011.
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CO-OPS/INTERNSHIPS
CO-OPS/INTERNSHIPS
(continued)
Students in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering continue to enrich their education via Co-ops
and internships in industries, government labs and university laboratories. Here is a brief description of some
of our students’ experiences during summer 2011.
ELLEN PIFER (BSAE 2012) spent her summer in a ten week Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) at
NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC). The object for the summer was to learn and become proficient with the threedimensional post processing program, Geomagic, and to devise an “optimized” procedure for turning point clouds
of ice accretion geometries into water-tight objects. Experience and knowledge gained through the use of this program culminated into a user guide to educate future employees so that others may efficiently and accurately convert
experimental ice accretion geometries into rapid prototype models.
There is a significant push from industry for the development of three-dimensional ice accretion simulation codes.
Such a code would provide more detailed and accurate predictions of the performance characteristics and limitations of an aircraft in icing conditions. It would also provide a higher level of safety while reducing the cost for expensive wind tunnel and flight testing. In response to this need, the Airframe Icing Technical Challenge was developed. The primary goal of the challenge is to achieve acceptance of experimental and computation icing simulation
tools as well as three-dimensional airframe components including swept wings. Therefore, it is necessary to develop
a suitable systematic means of recording and archiving fully three-dimensional descriptions of experimental ice accretion geometry for use in computation code validation.
Past research showed that commercial laser scanner have the potential to adapt to this task. Several scanners were
evaluated under different criteria and their scanning accuracy was quantified using the Geomagic Studio software
that transformed the raw point cloud into a water-tight model which could then create rapid prototype models for
further analysis. Her purpose this summer was to develop new methods for obtaining data from the wind tunnel
experiments and streamlining the post processing method in Geomagic. She will also be taking part in the selection
of the candidate scanner in the winter of 2011 and will co-author a paper submitted to the AIAA Conference in 2012.
Swept Wing model covered in “scallop ice
shapes
Close up of
scallop ice
shapes that
accrete on
swept wing
models
Picture of NASA engineer using candidate
scanner to scan ice accretion after wind tunnel test
Raw point cloud
from scan
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Transformation of the
raw point
cloud into a
3D water-tight
image in Geomagic Studio
CO-OPS/INTERNSHIPS (continued)
Drew Thomsen (BSME 2013) spent his summer interning with John Deere & Company. This was his second internship with John Deere at the Moline Technology Innovation Center in Moline, Illinois. His projects focused on failure
analysis, design consultation, and metallurgical evaluation in the metals laboratory, fatigue data reduction in the
engineering mechanics laboratory, and establishing new forms of wear testing in the tribology laboratory. In the
metals lab, he got the opportunity to work on some very big projects within the company, which made it very interesting to him. He completed the fatigue data reduction for various new materials, which may see near future use in
John Deere equipment. He set up, established the testing methods, and began performing tests on two new wear
machines in the tribology lab; the linear reciprocating pin machine for adhesive wear and an original machine built
at the University of Illinois meant for testing erosive wear properties.
Kurt E Benes (BSAE 2011) spent his summer interning at Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, KS. He worked for
Cessna Aircrafts in their large cabin engineering support group. The group supports the in production aircraft
(Excel, X and Sovereign) and all out of production aircraft as well. All and all they are responsible for ten different
models. They over see both airframe and systems (flight controls, hydraulics, landing gear and environmental controls). The group troubleshoots issues that arise from production, flight line, delivery, experimental, marketing, and
customer service.
One of the projects Kurt did was on the Model 750, or X (TEN), which entails a 38 cm stretch, improved engines, and
displays. The TEN has a new main landing gear assembly, and the current actuator was scheduled to continue on
the new assembly indefinitely, with the new actuator not appearing. As part of his assignment, he deleted the new
actuator from the old landing gear assembly, phased out the current assembly properly at the block point on the old
assembly as well as phase it out at the proper unit on the new assembly, and phase in the new actuator on the new
assembly.
Another project was finding a possible replacement bolt for the XLS+, the current Excel. There were reports of the
current bolt being difficult to install due to the self-locking element. Also the bolt is expensive, close to $200 each! So
he looked for a replacement, which entailed looking at military standard parts, and found one, that matched the
thread pitch, diameter, and has a self-locking element. Plus, the price was around $20 each.
He spent about a week verifying that the Cessna 560, (variations which include the Citation V, Ultra, and Encore),
was properly serialized out at the final unit in Cessna’s internal inventory system, called PIOS. He had to look at
each part that went into the aircraft.
Kurt spent a lot of time in training learning CATIA V5, a program similar to Pro E. Classes he attended were Parts
Design and Sketcher, Wireframes and Surfaces, and Drafting.
He really enjoyed his time at Cessna.
Ryan Giacomino (BSAE 2012) spent his 2011 summer interning at
American Airlines, Fort Worth, TX. During his time at American
Airlines this summer, he was an intern in the Flight Department in
Fort Worth. He was responsible for several daily and weekly communication outlets, served as an administrator for the AAPilots
company website, and also drafted various letters and writing
projects for his department, including the Vice President of Flight.
The internship helped him hone his technical writing skills and
also allowed him to get hands-on insight into many different departments within the airline, including the Flight Academy,
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System Operations Control, DFW Airport operations and Maintenance & Engineering. It was remarkable to see
the link that the Flight Department shared with nearly all other parts of the airline.
During the course of the summer, he was able to help with sever. al milestones in the airline’s history, including the limited line
test for the Apple iPad as an electronic flight bag. Pilots using the
iPad as opposed to paper charts and manuals save time, reduce
clutter and hassle in the cockpit and also reduce printing and fuel
costs dramatically. He was proud to be part of the first step toward getting FAA certification for the airline to use these tablet
devices for all flights. Also, he helped get the word out to the
Flight Department after the historic order of 460 new airplanes,
as well as options for more than
460 additional airplanes, from
Boeing and Airbus. This is the
largest airplane order ever made, and it will help American modernize its fleet
and slash fuel costs.
Throughout the summer, he also had the chance to fly the MD-80 jetliner in the
Flight Academy’s training simulators, participate in a delivery flight of a brandnew 737 from Boeing Field in Seattle and travel around the country every weekend to experience flight operations throughout the entire route system. He now
has an interview set up for an Avionics Engineering position in Tulsa, where
American Airlines runs the country’s largest airline maintenance base. His internship experience helped him get the networking contacts and experience he
needed for a future full-time position.
Jasmine Bitanga (BSAE 2015) spent her summer interning at Florissant Valley Community College, St. Louis,
MO. As an educational assistant in the Academic Resource Center at Florissant Valley, she was responsible for
tutoring developmental mathematics to college students. As part of the Center’s peer-tutoring program, she also
created worksheets covering the College Physics textbook topics. She enjoyed her job of helping students, as well
as the company of her intellectual colleagues.
Megan Thomas (BSAE 2011, MSAE 2014) was a project engineer intern in the Aerostructures division at LMI
Aerospace, Inc. She was involved in two projects, the Gulfstream G650 and the MRJ. For the Gulfstream G650,
Thomas loaded Gulfstream’s data into LMI’s database. In addition to uploading data, she had opportunities to
experience the manufacturing side of engineering by taking tours of the locally owned plants of LMI. “The most
valuable lesson I learned at LMI Aerospace was all the planning that goes into manufacturing each part. It is
amazing how many decisions have to be made in order to manufacture the individual parts that will eventually
be assembled into the final product: the aircraft,” said Megan.
Federico García Lorca (BSAE 2012) spent his summer at Boeing Research & Technology Europe, S.L. He worked
as an intern for the Business Development department helping in the analysis of European R&D projects, identifying the main technological needs and trends for the European aerospace industry through specialized search
engines, and finally presenting a final report with the results of his research.
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Eric Wendt (BSME 2013) spent the summer at Nidec Motor Corporation. He looked at drawings of motor brackets
for certain dimensions and special features. Created layout drawings of motors. Checked to see if a seal could be
placed on the motor bracket. Updated dimension prints and revised drawings of various motor parts.
Mark Reed (BSME 2012) spent his summer interning at British Petroleum (BP) in
Anchorage, Alaska. He worked with the operations engineering group of BP Alaska. His project involved the selection and evaluation of non-asbestos replacement
gaskets. He made a final power point presentation as well as a poster presentation
for his project. He was exposed to operations first-hand through a couple trips to
the Prudhoe Bay facilities at the North Slope. Mark also had a great time exploring
Alaska during his off-time.
Kate Bartlett (BSAE 2012) did an internship at LMI Aerospace, Inc. Bartlett worked on a
heat transfer standardization project for Plant 22. She wrote a Setup Card template for use
by heat treat operators on the plant floor and also drafted a Work Instruction with the help
of corporate quality—documents that are invaluable for organization, efficiency and safety
on the plant floor. Bartlett also contributed to the drafting of Mitsubishi Regional Jet tail
cone assembly.
Phillip Reyes BSAE (2012) recently completed an internship at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston where he worked on the
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, NASA’s next transportation system that will
carry humans into deep space. Reyes, a student at Saint Louis University, landed
a NASA internship through the Undergraduate Student Research Program.
Reyes interned with the Systems Architecture and Integration Office within the
Engineering Directorate, the organization responsible for providing engineering
design, development and testing for spaceflight programs assigned to Johnson.
Reyes worked to develop equipment panels, displays, control hardware and a
docking light project for a mockup of the space vehicle, which will help astronauts train for future missions. “While
working at NASA as a college intern I have learned more about what it takes to perform as a professional in the aerospace field,” Reyes said. “It has been a wonderful learning experience being able to work with the amazing Johnson
Space Center employees. I have gained a significant amount of understanding about the current and future status of
America’s space program. I am excited about the future of space exploration.”
Mary Jennerjohn who is pursuing a triple major in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mathematics with a minor in
Meteorology and Flight Science spent a semester at sea program
during Summer 2011 in addition to completing a Mechanics of Solids course at SLU-Madrid. She had the opportunity to see Barcelona,
Spain, Naples and Rome, Italy, Athens, Greece, Dubrovnik, Croatia,
Varna, Bulgaria, Kutor, Montenegro, Istanbul, Turkey, and Casablanca, Morocco. Throughout this experience, she studied on the ship
where she received a total of 4 credits from the University of Virginia. In just two months she had the chance to ride a camel in Morocco,
visit a mosque in Istanbul and experience Ramadan, dance to ancient
folk music in Bulgaria, see ancient Athens in Greece, visit the Vatican
in Rome, Snorkel and Kayak around islands in Croatia, hike Mt. Vesuvius in Naples, and experience the Barcelona
nightlife.
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Congratulations to our December 2010, May 2011 and August 2011 graduates
BS Aerospace Engineering
Ahmed Saeel Al-Ajmi
Stephanie Nicole Albanito
William Atkins
James Emmett Dee Barbieri
Alexander Berry
Mitchel Black
Matthew John Chrisler
Thomas Patrick Combes
Allison Cook
Dominic Anthony Dahlen
Kerry Paula Fessenden
Richard Andrew Fields
Ryan John Giacomino
Alexander J. Haines
Frank Joseph Kody
Xiaopeng Lai
Daniel Lane
Brian Edward Leenheer
Matthew D. Lewis
Joseph Chester Maccio
John Cunningham Martin IV
Maja Mijic’
Keavy Ruth Nenninger
Andrew Kelly O’Donnell
Niket A. Patel
Aaron Phu
Jeffrey T. Pretz
Charles Gavin Robey
Rei Shaholli
Brandon Jack Smith
Eric Michael Smith
Gerrit Smith
Megan Marie Thomas
Tu Quoc Vo
Honors BS Aerospace Engineering
Brett Andrew Kostrzewski
Maximus E. Schwanebeck
BS Mechanical Engineering
Mohammed Ali Almuwailhi
Mark Eric Baker
Daniel J. Connors
Jesus Dominguez Cobreros
Hung Duong
Timothy Daniel Frey
Jacob Robert Haegele
Sean Matthew Holder
Hua Hua
Michael J. Kelly
Jeffrey Lawrence Orbe
Stephen Rivers
Scott Edward Sisco
Alex Shim
Thuan C. Truong
Dominique Elizabeth Turk
Gabriel Thomas Young
Matthew Zinselmeier
Honors BS Mechanical Engineereing
Gregory Laurence Keogh
John Collins Wendel
Master of Science—Aerospace Engineering
Matthew E. Derginer
ME Graduates
AE Graduates
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Industrial Advisory Board
The Industrial Advisory Board is one of the important constituents of our program for continuous improvement of
the quality of both Aerospace and Mechanical engineering programs. The current members of the board are:
Jeffrey Bicklein—DRS Sustainment Systems Inc.
Albert Black—McClure Engineering
Kenneth Buckholtz—Boeing Company
William Carrier—Boeing Company
Mark Everly—WATLOW Electric
Dean Klohr—Retired—Cooper Industries, Bussman Division
Joseph Lusczek, Jr.—Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Mori Mani—Boeing Company
Alexander Rubin—Boeing Company
David Urbeck—Boeing Company
John Wootton
If you would like to volunteer to serve on the board, please let us know. Your commitment is to participate in the
board meeting which is in general held during the second half of October every year. This year the meeting was held
on October 27, 2011. The meeting was well attended and we had many constructive and actionable feedback from
the board.
From L—R: D. Klohr, K. Buckholtz, W. Carrier, J. Bicklein, J. Lusczek, Jr., D. Urbeck and J. Wooton
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Fernando Abilleira (BSAE’99 MSAE ‘01) has been working on the Mars Science
Laboratory (MSL) Project for the past 5 years as a Trajectory Analyst / Mission
Design Engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. One of his responsibilities was to
develop and optimize the launch period. For those of you who are not familiar
with MSL, NASA launched the most powerful and capable rover to Mars in November 2011. One of the main objectives of this mission is to search for Carbon, the
building blocks of life and for Martian habitats that could have harbored life in the
past. As part of the MSL Navigation team, Fernando will be supporting launch,
cruise, approach and surface operations. MSL will be descending to the surface of
Mars some time during August 2012. Very exciting times ahead!
Ashley Scroggins (BSAE ‘08) works on
Earth and Space Science missions at
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
Maryland and harbors dreams of one day
flying in a manned space craft.
Darren Pais (BSAE ‘07) is a doctoral candidate in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. His research lies at the intersection of two
fields, namely evolutionary biology and multiagent cooperative control, and is focused on
the study of emergent collective behavior, in biology and in robotics, from the perspective
of evolution. He is the recipient of the 2011 Princeton University Harold W. Dodds Honorific fellowship and the 2009 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control graduate award.
William Carrier (BSAE ‘84) is the Vice President of Structures and Mechanical Systems Engineering at Boeing Defense, Space and Security.
Dr. John George attended the retirement dinner for Joseph Lusczek, Jr. (BSAE 1961) in
Dayton, OH on December 3, 2011. John met several other Parks College alums that attended the dinner—Andrew Fields (BSAE 2011), Eric Smith (BSAE 2011), Brian Leenheer
(BSAE 2011), Antony Susainathan (BSAE 2000), Claude Short (BSAE 1962), Ralph Gerke
(BSAE 1961), and Wilbert Lucka (BSAE 1961).
AE/ME Alumni information is digitally stored in a computer and it is located in Oliver
Hall. The visitors can access them through an interactive touch screen. The alumni who
visited the campus during home-coming appreciated and enjoyed this interactive information station.
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‘56
Stephen Ziu currently resides in Menifee, CA
’60
Edward Anthony (Tony) Barth (BSAE) resides in Manchester, MI.
’61
Joseph J. Lusczek, Jr. (BSAE) is a Technical Director of
Aerospace Systems Design and Analysis at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. He received the AIAA Aircraft
Design Award in October 2009. He was also the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award during September 2010.
’65
Earl W. Mundy (BSAE) after a brilliant career in the aerospace industry and US Army, retired in 2002 and now
resides in Waterloo, IL.
’69
Ed McCullough (BSAE) resides in Lake Forest, CA.
’73
Dennis Gatchiel (BSAE) resides in Cheyenne, WY.
’76
Michael E Benne (BSAE) is at Boeing, St. Louis, Wind
Tunnel Testing.
Ralph Jodice (BSAE) is a United States Air Force Major
General. He is currently the Commander of Allied Air
Component Command Operations, in Turkey.
Russ Jordan (BSAE) is at Boeing, St. Louis, Wind Tunnel
Testing.
Tom vonHatten (BSAE) is at Boeing, St. Louis, Wind
Tunnel Testing.
’78
Pete Beauregard (BSAE) is the Chief EVA, Robotics, and
Crew Systems Operations Division Mission Operations
Directorate NASA Johnson Space Center.
’81
William (Bill) Carrier (BSAE) Vice President of
Mechanical/Structure Engineering at Boeing, St. Louis,
MO.
Sheila Doyle (BSAE) is a H1-UpGrade Propulsion Systems/Structures Lead Engineer at Bell Helicopter.
Bill Rearden (BSAE) is at NAVAIR, as a Technical Director in Propulsion & Power Engineering.
’82
Keith Leverkuhn (BSAE) is Vice President/General
Manager of Propulsion Systems for Boeing Commercial
Airlines.
’83
Greg Magee (BSAE) resides in Pickerington, OH.
Vincent Cimino (BSAE) resides in Syosset, NY.
Brian Ray (BSAE) resides in Cabot, AR.
Martin Whelan (BSAE) has been promoted to major
general and named director of requirements at Air Force
Space Command Headquarters, Peterson AFB, CO.
’84
Dave Armstrong (BSAE) is at Boeing, St. Louis, Systems
Engineering Department
Michael Connoly (BSAE) is at Boeing, St. Louis, Wind
Tunnel Testing.
Robert Hilker (BSAE) is at Boeing, St. Louis, Wind Tunnel Testing.
Steve Jacoby (BSAE) is at Boeing, St. Louis, Wind Tunnel Testing.
’89
Aznam Hashim (BSAE) is a Project Director, for MRO
Malaysian Airlines.
Oliver Philippi (BSAE, MSAE ‘94) is an Aerospace Engineer - Mass Properties Lead (Space) at Northrop
Grumman.
Richard Witt (BSAE) has been teaching in high school
for 13 years, he teaches physics and aerospace. Richard
and Cyndi have 2 children Ryan and Emily.
’90
John Dempsey (BSAE, MSAE ’93) is with ATK Systems
in Blacksburg, West Virginia.
Tom Dwyer, (BSAE) is employed as a Business Unit
Manager at Danaher Corp. Started professional career as
an engineer with Verizon’s Airfone division developing
installation packages for in flight telecommunications
aboard commercial airlines. He received an MBA in
1998.
Clyde Smith (BSAE) is a patent attorney with Thompson and Coburn in Saint Louis.
’91
Mark Johnson (BSAE, MSAE ’93) is a Vice President at
Next Generation ISR, L-3 Mission Integration near Dallas, TX.
Joe Winkelmann (BSAE) is an environmental engineer
for the State of Missouri’s Air Pollution Control Program in Jefferson City, was recently named the Project
Manager of the Herculaneum Lead (Pb) Nonattainment
Area State Implementation Plan (SIP) and also as Lean
Engineer for the St. Louis Area Ozone SIP.
’92
Emil G. Bantz Jr. (BSAE) is working for GSS Weights &
Mass Properties Engr 4, Boeing, St. Louis, MO.
Teresa (Holten) Dima (BSAE) is working for Boeing, St.
Louis.
Richard Lacy (BSAE) is working for Boeing, St. Louis.
Chahid Nouri (BSAE) is at United Bakeries, in Czech
Republic.
’93
Crin Dima (BSAE, MSAE ’95) is working for Boeing, St.
Louis, MO.
Timothy Zoern (BSAE) is working for Pratt & Whitney
Airframe Integration- Commercial Programs East Hartford, Connecticut.
’94
Diego Baeza (BSAE, MSAE ’96) is at EADS CASA as
A330 MRTT Controller & Earned Value Manager.
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Gema Garcia (BSAE) is employed by Eurocopter España in Madrid in the contracts and deliveries section.
’95
Kristyne (Maxwell) Ascherl (BSAE) is a project manager at Caterpillar in Peoria, IL.
’96
Bill Eisenman (BSAE) is a Senior Engineer—with Aircraft Structures Engineering Support Center, US Airways, Pittsburgh.
Juan Pelaez Millas (BSAE, MSAE ′98) is the co founder
of Simulacion Entiempo Real jointly with Jaime
Sanchez (BSAE, MSAE ’98)
’97
Yago Sanchez (BSAE, MSAE 99) is the director of business development for Alava Ingenieros in Madrid,
Spain.
’98
David Fernandez Gomez (MSAE ’00 ) earned an Executive MBA at Instituto de Empresa, in Madrid, with emphasis in Finances. He is currently a Financial Controller
at EADS, Spain.
Manual Torres (BSAE) is pursuing law degree at Michigan State University.
’99
Fernando Abilleira (BSAE, MSAE ‘01) ) is a mission engineer in the Mars Exploration Program Office at the
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.
Christopher Alexander (BSAE) is a Strength Analyst in
the Structures Technology department of The Boeing
Company, St. Louis.
Sameersingh Gautam Deeljore (BSAE) is a technology
coordinator at Pius Library, Saint Louis University.
Igor Alonso Portillo (BSAE) is a Manager with the Aerodynamics Group and a Senior Engineer - Test Group
at CAF - Research Department, Spain.
Ernesto Lopez Ruiz (BSAE, MSAE ‘03) is currently in
Toulouse, France. He is currently a business improver.
Eric Rush (BSME ’99) is an Applications Engineer, Manufacturing Systems, North America.
Julien Scharl (BSAE, MSAE ’03) is employed by The
Boeing Company, Seattle.
’00
Carlos Manglano Villamarin (BSAE, MSAE ‘02) is an
Environmental Design Analyst at Foster and Partners,
London, United Kingdom.
Kenna Williams Odeghe (BSAE) is a Sea Range Test
Manager with NAVAIR in China Lake, CA
’01
Silvia Bayon (BSAE, MSAE’02 ) is a system engineer
with ESA, Amsterdam.
Derrick Cabrera (BSME) is a Senior Mechanical Engineer at the Universal Air Filter Company in Cahokia, IL.
Rodney Kutz (BSAE) earned his MBA from Washington
University. He is an engineer at Boeing, St. Louis, MO.
Enrique Saiz (BSAE, MSAE ’02) is studying for an
MBA in IESE Business School in Spain. He has been
promoted to Operations Management Director at Pullmantourair, he is now in charge of Operations departments in the airline.
’02
Jeff Abernathy (BSME) is an IT consultant/Liason at
Saint Louis University.
Greg Huston (BSAE) is an Aeronautical Engineering
Analyst - Structures with Skunk works at Lockheed
Martin, CA.
Ben LeGrand (BSAE) is now with Boeing's Training
Systems Division, St. Louis.
Captain Iveta Muravyeva (BSAE) works for the United
States Air Force, based in Barrow, Alaska. She flies C12s for the Air Force.
Mitesh Patel (BSAE) is a lead engineer, Aircraft Systems Naval Program at Boeing, St. Louis, MO.
Christian Pinzon (BSAE, MSAE ’04) received his Ph.D.,
September 2008 from Wash U. He is now employed
with Navistar International, Chicago, IL.
Kalleen Steele (BSAE) is with the US Air Force.
’03
Eric Gehringer (BSAE) is a Senior manager for Methods and Research with Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha.
Cristina Garcia-Duffy (BASE, MSAE ‘05 ) is currently
involved in and R&D project that is base in Italy.
Hector Herrera (BSME) is a Manufacturing Engineer at
Missouri Metals, LLC.
Pablo Hidalgo (BSAE, MSAE ’05 ) completed his Ph.D.
at University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in May 2008. He
is currently a post doctoral fellow at Georgia Tech.
Andrew Leader (BSAE) is at Holloman Air Force Base,
New Mexico.
Carlos Carrasco Pérez (BSME) is working as a project
manager in the special projects division in Johnson
Controls International. He is working in the development of the Human Evolution Museum in Burgos –
Spain.
David Richter (BSME) is pursuing his Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.
’04
Guillermo Albaladejo (BSAE) is working for National
Institute of Aero Space Technology (INTA) in Madrid.
Nicole Borawski (BSAE) is now a C-130J MATS Project
Engineer, Military Simulation & Training with CAE,
USA.
Eric Brighton (BSAE) is pursuing his MSAE at University of Colorado, Boulder CO
Noah Brown is an aerodynamics engineer (weapons
separation group) with The Boeing Company in St.
Louis. He is pursuing a master’s degree through USC.
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Kate Cronin (BSAE) is with the structures group at Boeing St. Louis.
Matt Derginer (BSME) graduated with a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, July 2010. He is currently with Boeing, St.Louis and pursuing a doctoral degree
at Saint Louis University.
Jorge Mozon Farre (BSAE) is working for Airbus.
Gary Fears (BSAE) is working for Boeing, St. Louis.
David Hoban (BSAE) is an engineer at Manitowoc
Cranes.
Josep Pino Guimera (BSAE) earned his master’s degree
at Glagow, in Space Mission Analysis & Design. He is
working for Airbus in Barcelona.
Timothy Kneier (BSAE) is working for Boeing, Seattle.
Nathaniel Ledbetter (BSAE ‘04) is working for Boeing
Company in Seattle.
Olga Pushkareva (BSAE) is a Design Engineer for DRS
Technologies, Marlo Coil.
Antonio Harrison Sanchez (BSAE) is working for ESA
in Risk Analysis Division.
’05
Carlos Cabezas (BSME) is working at The Boeing Company 787 Weight Engineering, Seattle, WA and has completed his master’s degree from the University of Southern California, May 2010.
Michael Cunico (BSAE) is a Hardware Structural Analysis 2, Boeing, St. Louis, MO. Currently working fleet
support for the F/A 18, specifically the control surfaces.
Heath Toennies (BSME) is working at Caterpillar, Peoria, IL.
Mike Nesbitt (BSME) is working at Caterpillar Inc., Decatur, IL.
Kyle Stange (BSAE) is a Design Engineer with Midcoast
Aviation in Cahokia, IL.
John Van Osch (BSAE) is a flight systems engineer (F18)
for Boeing at the U.S. Naval Base in Patuxent River, MD
Yoon, Jangho (BSAE, BSME) graduated from University
of Oklahoma with a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in
December 2009. He is currently an adjunct faculty at
University of Oklahoma.
’06
Arturo Alfonso (BSAE) completed his master of science
degree in Aerospace Engineering at SUPAERO in
Toulouse, France in July 2009. He currently works for
AIRBUS in Hamburg, Germany.
Rosalie Bott (BSAE) is a systems engineer at Raytheon,
Tucson, AZ.
Adam Conners (BSAE) is at Boeing, St. Louis, Wind
Tunnel Testing.
Abe Grindle (BSAE) is a Senior Associate Consultant at
Bridgespan Group, Boston area.
Bethany Nguyen (BSME) is an Orion Systems Engineer,
Systems Engineering, Integration & Test, Assembly, In-
tegration & Production Test Ops for Lockheed Martin
Space Systems CO, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Sarah Niemann (BSAE) is working in Communications
& Tracking Systems Group of International Space Station at NASA - Johnson Space Center.
Rachel Obeidzinski (BSAE, BSME ‘07) is working at
NASA, Houston.
Enrique Olmedo (BSAE) works in Italy for ALENIA
AERONAUTICA as a Human Machine Interface (HMI)
Engineer. He also completed a MSc degree in Mechanics and Avionics in the “Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE) in Toulouse, France.
Lee Rinella (BSAE) is working at Boeing St. Louis. He
will soon be attending the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training program.
Juan Manuel Romero (BSAE) is completing his master
of science degree in Space Mission Analysis and Design
at Glasgow University.
Lucas Smith (BSAE) is working in the Mission Systems
Sector for Northrop Grumman, San Bernardino, CA.
Charlie Voissem (BSAE) is working at Dassault Falcon
Jet in Little Rock, AR.
’07
William Brandsmeier (BSAE) is working at NASA,
Huntsville, Alabama.
Yen Neng Chen (BSME) is pursuing a master’s degree
at California State University, Riverside campus.
Nathaniel Clark (BSAE) is a structural stress analyst
with the Boeing Company in Wichita, KS.
Timothy Cooper (BSAE) is working at Goodrich Aero
Structures.
Delaney Damberg (BSAE) is Project Manager for ODA
at Jet Aviation, Cahokia, IL.
Krupal Desai (BSAE) is working at Boeing Company,
Seattle in the 757/767 Maintenance Programs Engineering.
Falcone, Gaetano A. (BSAE) is a 1st Lieutenant with the
United States Air Force.
Ivan Grill (BSAE) completed his masters degree in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. He is currently
with the Boeing Company in Philadelphia.
Randall Hauch (BSAE 04, MSAE 07) is a software engineer with Red Hat in the middleware division in St.
Louis.
Sonia Hernandez (BSAE) has completed her master’s
degree in Aerospace Engineering from the university of
Maryland. She is currently at UT Austin pursuing a doctoral degree.
Dane Johnston (BSAE) is employed by AIGEA in St.
Louis.
Jennifer Kottman (BSAE) is working at United Space
Alliance, Houston, TX.
Matthew Lakebrink (BSAE) is at Boeing Saint Louis. He
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is pursuing a master's degree in engineering.
John Lozano (BSME) is a plant engineer for CII Carbon
LLC, Lake Charles, LA
Paul Lemon (BSAE) is working at Bigelow Aerospace,
as a systems engineer with a concentration in propulsion in Las Vegas.
Trent Leslie (BSAE) is working in Southeast Kansas.
Joe Lurkins (BSME) is a Product Engineer for Hubbell
Power Systems in Centralia, MO
Timothy Lukianowicz (BSAE) is currently at Shaw Air
Force Base in South Carolina.
Vincent Misuraca (BSAE) is working at the Boeing Co.,
St. Louis and perusing a masters degree at Washington
University
Stephen Newman (BSAE) is Design Engineer for GE
Energy in Greenville, South Carolina. He is in the Heat
Transfer, Cooling, and Sealing Design group.
Khoa Ngyuen (BSME) working as Design Engineer at
Hussmann Ingersoll Rand Corp in Missouri.
Helen Owens (BSAE) is pursuing a masters degree at
University at Buffalo, she is also an intern with Boeing,
Philadelphia.
Michael Padgen (BSME) is pursuing a masters of engineering degree at The University of Albany, NY. He was
awarded a research assistantship to pursue his degree.
Darren Pais (BSAE) is continuing his education at
Princeton University and is pursuing a doctoral degree.
Michael Ponder (BSAE) is working as a Flight Dynamics Engineer at Opinicus Corporation in Tampa, FL.
Mike Reichle (BSAE) is working for APCS (Air Pollution Control Systems) St Louis MO, working under
Ameren UE.
Adolfo Jose Lopez Riveria (BSAE) is with Nooter Ericsson in St. Louis.
Josh Rojahn (BSAE) CFD Analyst, Qualis Corporation,
ER42 Propulsion Fluid Dynamics.
Ben Ruschau (BSAE) is with E Serv in Peroia, IL.
Jenelle Sander (BSAE) is a structural engineer with the
Boeing Company, St. Louis. She is also pursuing her
M.S. degree at Washington University.
David Stafford (BSAE) is a Flight Test Engineering at
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.
Nick Varuso (BSME) is working as a Well Engineer
with Shell Oil Company in Louisiana.
Jason Wells (BSAE) is employed with Boeing St. Louis.
Zachary Ward (BSAE) is employed as a Structural
Maintenance Program Engineer for Boeing in Seattle.
’08
Joseba Armentia (BSAE) is attending Glasgow's University in Aerospace and Management.
Tim Cassady Jr. (BSAE) works for Boeing in Seattle, WA
as a Flight Controls Engineer on the 787.
Yang Che (BSAE) work for Boeing, St. Louis, MO
Adam Conners (BSAE) works for Boeing, St. Louis, MO
Christian Criado-Perez (BSAE) is working for Eurocopter, as a Cost Analysis and Planning Improvement Engineer.
Cameron Deremer (BSAE) is working for NAVAIR,
Maryland.
Matthew Dougherty (BSAE) is with United States Air
Force. He completed USAF pilot school in July 2010.
David Doughty, II (BSAE) is working for NAVAIR,
Maryland.
Nicholas Dupré (BSAE) is a Program Manager, P5 ADL
Combat System, Eglin AFB.
Ryan Gordon (BSAE) is working for Grumman in California.
Tara Grant (BSME) is working for Rolls Royce, Indianapolis, IN.
Ryan Graue (BSAE) is pursuing a master’s degree at
MIT and is a LGO Intern (Research Fellow) at Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center.
Jessica Heaton (BSAE) works for NASA, Houston.
Lindsey Hourihan (BSME) works for Cessna, Wichita,
KS.
Nick Farrow (BSAE) works for Booz/Allen/Hamilton,
Huntsville, AL.
Wes Karmazin (BSAE) is currently employed by Boeing
St. Louis.
Benjamin Koukol (BSAE) is attending Georgia Tech for
his masters degree.
Brett LaPeirre (BSAE) is working as a weight and balance engineer on some new business jets at Midcoast,
Cahokia, IL.
Stephanie Liske (BSAE) is with Jacobs Engineering,
Hampton, VA.
Yusshy Mendoza (BSME) is pursuing an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kansas.
Shannon Moriarity (BSME) is a HVAC engineer at
McClure Associates, St. Louis.
Jacob Mueller (BSAE) is now an associate patent attorney at Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis.
Charles Myers (BSAE) is working for Cessna in Wichita.
Nicolas Radloff (BSAE) is a Commissioned Officer in
the United States Air Force.
Marc Reese (BSAE) is attending graduate school at Penn
State.
Andrew Reno (BSAE) is a Commissioned Officer in the
United States Air Force.
Evan Rezaie (BSAE) is an engineer with NAVAIR in the
Compression Systems Engineering, Maryland.
Ashley Cotter-Scroggins (BSAE) is working at NASA
Goddard.
Frank Semmelmayer (BSAE) is a Commissioned Officer
in the United States Air Force. He is stationed at
Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
Brandon R. Smith (BSAE) is working for NAVAIR.
He is working on rotor wing aircraft, specifically V-22,
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H-1 and CH-53K flight controls.
Hoa Truong (BSAE)is a Design Engineer for Flight Safety
International Simulation, Oklahoma.
Kevin VandeVoorde (BSAE) works at United Space Alliance, Houston, Texas.
Miguel Zarzuela (BSAE) is working in Berlin, Germany,
for Siemens.
Eric Zurliene (BSAE) work for John Deere in Iowa.
Matthew Janda (BSME 08, BSAE 09) is with Airborne
Systems in Santa Ana, CA.
‘09
Jeffrey Aschenbrenner (BSAE) is with Boeing, Flight
Test Operations, St. Louis.
Sean Copenhaver (BSAE) is pursuing a MBA in Cincinnati.
Edin Crnkic (BSME ) is pursuing a doctoral degree in
Mechanics of Materials at Georgia Tech.
Patrick Durnan (BSME) is now stationed in Gulfport,
MS with a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion as a Platoon Commander/Project Manager/Detachment Operations Officer.
Scott Feiste (BSME) is with The Boeing Company,
St.Louis.
Paul Gucwa (BSAE ) is a commissioned officer in the US
Marines.
Christopher Hernandez (BSAE) is commissioned officer
with the US Airforce.
Scott Jaffry (BS) works for McFadden Lighting in St. Louis, MO.
Peter Knudtson (BSAE) completed his master’s degree
during July 2010 at International Space University,
France. He is now in Denver, CO.
Abby Kuchan (BSME) is pursuing a masters degree at
Georgia Tech.
Daniel Kuchan (BSAE) is pursuing a MBA at Saint Louis University.
Andrew Lang (BSME '09) is a liaison engineer with the
Boeing Company, St. Louis.
Timothy Lodl (BSME) is with GE Medical, Wisconsin.
Tony Martin (BSME 2009) works for Dyno Nobel.
James Maday (BSAE) is a Second Lieutenant with the US
Air Force and will begin training as a Combat Systems
Officer starting in February.
Justin Novotney (BSME) is with DRS Marlo Coil.
Christopher Peck (BSAE) is a Mechanical Engineer with
Esterline Defense Technologies in Arkansas.
Nick Reder (BSAE) is with GE engines in Cincinnati.
Rehan Refai (BSME) is pursuing a MS/PhD at University of Texas, Austin.
Brian Rodrigue Jr. (BSAE) is with NASA Houston.
Daniel Rooney Jr. (BSAE) Is an aerospace engineer
with NAVAIR, Patuxent River, MD.
Matthew Roseman (BSAE) is with Rolls Royce Engines, Indianapolis.
David Safont (BSAE) is with Iberespacio in Madrid,
Spain.
Charlie Shortridge (BSAE) is an aerospace engineer
with NAVAIR, Patuxent River, MD.
Sean Sullivan (BSME) is with Optimum G.
Lakiesha (Tomlin) Kurtz (BSME) is a Test and Evaluation Engineer for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft at
Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
David Zidar (BSAE) is pursuing a master of science
degree in engineering at Missouri Institute of Science
and Technology at Rolla, MO.
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Bryan Arko (BSME) is pursuing a master of science
degree at Parks College.
Bryan Barrett (BSAE) is with O’ Fallon Casting LLC as
a sales engineer.
Derek Brown (BSME) is pursuing a masters at MUST,
Rolla, MO.
Thomas Chlebeck (BSAE) attending law school t William and Mary.
Jacob Christian (BSAE) pursuing a master of science
degree at Parks College.
Salvador Cruz (BSAE) pursuing a masters at Purdue
University.
Dan Ironside (BSAE) is pursuing a masters at Washington University.
Jason Jonovski (BSME) attending law school at University of Cincinnati.
Matteo DiMercurio (BSAE) is with United State Air
Force.
Nicholas Freed (BSAE) pursuing a master of science at
Parks College.
Brett Hughes (BSAE) is with United States Air Force.
Jason Jonovski (BSME) is pursuing a law degree at
College of Law, University of Cincinnati.
Blanca Loranca (BSME) is pursuing a masters at
MUST, Rolla, MO.
Lauren Lobosky (BSAE) is with the Boeing Company,
St. Louis, MO
Josh McCurdy (BSME) is pursuing a master of science
at Parks College.
Robert Moehle (BSAE) completed his master’s degree
at Parks College and is with Boeing, Seattle.
Kathryn Mulligan (BSME) is with General Motors,
Detroit.
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Alumni News (continued)
David O’Donnell (BSAE) is pursuing a master of science degree at Parks College.
Jeffrey Orbe (BSAE) is a Validation Analyst Engineer at
Caterpillar.
Jason Patel (BSAE) is pursuing a masters at Purdue University.
Morgan Quinley (BSAE) is pursuing a masters at University of Illinois.
David Saracino (BSAE) is with AV Safe, St. Louis, MO.
Alexander Shim (BSAE) is pursuing a MS in engineering in Los Angeles area.
Brian Verbus (BSAE) is attending law school at Saint
Louis University.
Sally Warning (BSAE) is pursuing a master of science
degree at Parks College.
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Stephanie Albanito (BSAE) is with Boeing, St. Louis.
Mohammed Almuwailhi (BSME) is a Mechanical Engineer in Saudi Arabia.
Kurt Benes (BSAE) is with Boeing, Oklahoma as a Product Review Engineer on the KC 135.
Thomas Combes (BSAE) is pursuing a Master of Science
Degree at Parks College, Saint Louis University.
Allison Cook is an engineer at AFRL, Albuquerque,
NM.
Matthew Chrisler (BSAE) is a Structural and Payload
Engineer at Boeing, St. Louis.
Kerry Fessenden (BSAE) is pursuing a Master’s Degree
in Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Jacob Haegele (BSME) is pursuing a Master of Science
Degree at Parks College, Saint Louis University.
Alexander Haines (BSAE) is an Aerospace Engineer at
GE Engines, Cincinnati.
Gregory Keogh (BSME) is pursuing a Master of Science
Degree, Parks College, Saint Louis University.
Brett A. Kostrzewski (BSAE) is an Operations Coordinator with Larkin Development Group, Buffalo, New
York.
Xiapeng Lai (BSAE) is pursuing master’s degree at
Brown University.
Daniel Lane (BSAE) is an aerospace engineer with
Pratt and Whitney, Hartford, CT.
John Martin (BASE) is working for Logistics Engineer,
China Lake, CA.
Niket Patel (BSAE) is a Design and Liason Engineer
with L-3 communications in Waco, Texas.
Megan Thomas (BSAE) is pursuing a Master of Science
Degree Parks College, Saint Louis University.
Brandon Smith (BSAE) completed his Master of Science
Degree from Parks College and is currently at WPAFB.
In loving memory
Keavy Nenninger (BSAE 2011) May 2, 1986—July 23,
2011.
Donation are being accepted for the Keavy Nenninger
Emergency Flight Fee and Tuition Scholarship. If you
are interested please contact Susan Bloomfield at 314977-8431
Prof. Frank Mcvey, Adjunct professor and Executive
Advisory Board Member, January 2012.
Please let us know if there are any changes/additions
needed in the Alumni News.
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Faculty and Staff, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2011
Front row L-R: Goetz Bramesfeld, Arif Malik, Phil Ligrani, Swami Karunamoorthy,
K. Ravindra, Mark McQuilling
Back row L-R: Sanjay Jayaram, Frank Coffey, Michael Swartwout, Kay Bopp, Ray LeBeau,
Sridhar Condoor, Larry Boyer, Jeff Ma
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