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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE of ENGINEERING

ALSO INSIDE:

Reflections: The opening of the new engineering building 50 years ago

Wayne State Hosts Second Annual FIRST Robotics Regional

Feature Story:From Engineering Lab to TechTown

The Story of a WSU Chemical Engineering Startup

TOWERS RESIDENTIAL SUITES opens for Students

College Announces Plansfor New Expansion rendering by GHAFARI

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EXEMPLAR:David Reich

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Matthew GarinGraphic Designer

Rick BielaczycMary Jane Murawka

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WSU Marketing & PublicationsProofreaders

Ralph KummlerDean

Yang Zhao Chair, Electrical and Computer

Trilochan SinghInterim Chair, Mechanical

Chuck MankeChair, Chemical and Materials Science

Mumtaz UsmenChair, Civil and Environmental

Ken ChelstChair, Industrial and Manufacturing

Chih-Ping YehInterim Chair, Engineering Technology

Albert King Chair, BioMedical

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A MESSAGE from the DEAN

6. FIRST Robotics at WSU

20052. Up Front

College Announces Plans for New Expansion - Engineering Design Center will keep grads on leading edge of Michigan’s workforce.

FALL 2005

It is a challenging and exciting time in the life of the College of Engineering. Since Gov. Granholm and the state legislature appropriated $15 million toward our dream of a new Engineering Development Center, we have all been busy supplying input to the architectural team led by Ghafari and Associates, reviewing countless concepts to satisfy the emerging needs of the college, and raising funds to pay for private sector additions to the governor’s funds.

We are trying to design laboratories that encourage interdisciplinary, collaborative research, while also recognizing the need for dedicated additions to our mainstream disciplinary efforts. The team has been receptive to all the ideas generated, and we look forward to an outstanding design.

In this issue of EXEMPLAR, we take a look at the plans for our new Engineering Development Center (see Up Front), then take a look back more than a half century when former Dean A.R. Carr made a similar announcement to readers regarding construction of Wayne University’s first engineering building (see Reflections).

Also in this issue, we see how suddenly the college is leading the university in faculty initiatives in TechTown and NextEnergy. Notable are the

three new spin-off companies NSEC, Bioko and Visca from our Chemical E n g i n e e r i n g and Electrical and Computer E n g i n e e r i n g depa r t me nt s, adding to last year’s SenSound, LLC.

Likewise, we address some of our global initiatives, from our several-decades-long relationship with Egypt and our new relationship in Asia. We continue to be proud of our precollege initiatives such as FIRSTRobotics and our summer camps.

Finally, we rejoice in the accomplishments of our alumni. Please join the growing Class Notes column to share your messages.

Enjoy!

Ralph H. Kummler, PhDDeanCollege of Engineering

4. Around Helios Cairo Conference - President Reid Opens 9th Conference on Energy and Environment.

5. Around HeliosTower Residence Halls - Third dorm in four years opens for students.

12. TransitionsErnest Kirkendall, 1914-2005 The college remembers the former faculty member and discoverer of the “Kirkendall Effect.”

18. Student BriefsSwimmer athlete David Lutz takes the meaning of ‘focus’ to a new level.

14. New Faculty Meet the new faculty members at the College of Engineering.

The competitors came from across Michigan and from Ohio to drive, bump, navigate and command their uniquely original robots on the playing field of the Detroit Regional at Wayne State University.

26. Feature StoryFrom Engineering Lab to Techtown - The Story of a chemical engineering department start-up

30. ReflectionsWe take you back 56 years to the previous time the college prepared for completion of its current building.

www.eng.wayne.eduwww.eng.wayne.edu FALL 2005FALL 2005

The College of Engineering plans to build a new Engineering Development Center adjacent to the college’s main building on campus to accommodate its burgeoning academic and research programs.

The 75,000 square-foot, six-story addition, including new modular lab space to accommodate growth in critical research areas, will be integrated into the present lab wing completed in 1950 and administration wing built in 1986. Groundbreaking is expected to take place sometime in 2006. Plans for the new building accelerated last

spring when Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed into law portions of her Jobs Today Initiative, which includes $15 million in construction costs for the Engineering Development Center. The current cost estimate is $26.5 million.

Ghafari and Associates, of Dearborn, has been selected by the university to provide architectural services for the new building. Ford Motor Company has also committed a substantial gift.

“We’ve been out of space for half a dozen years,” said Dean Ralph Kummler. “This expansion will house growth in critical research areas, provide interface space with TechTown, and enable undergraduate and graduate students to share and innovate as an integral part of their educational experience.”

The project immediately moves to the forefront of the College of Engineering’s Capital Campaign, which it has embarked on in concert with Wayne State’s first comprehensive capital campaign. Engineering alum Yousif Ghafari has pledged $9 million toward the new construction and as endowments for student programs and scholarships in mathematics, engineering and medicine. The public phase of the campaign was launched with a special campus event May 24.

We aim toward becoming the top urban research engineering college in the country

“We aim toward becoming the top urban research engineering college in the country,” Kummler said. “The commitment of the college is to strengthen research concepts from its laboratories, to development and commercialization, as well as to the classroom. Our vision keeps our graduates on the leading edge of the workforce in Michigan and the world, and an entrepreneurial attitude that results in spin-off companies from faculty and student research.”

Fast-growing, self-sustaining, revenue-producing programs and research areas well-positioned for an economy moving into high-tech will be given first priority for space in the new expansion. These programs include:

The Smart Sensors and Integrated Microsystems Program

The Advanced Propulsion Lab, advancing fuels, emissions and vehicle wear automotive systems, as well as studies on alternative energy technologies, including industry advanced hydrogen fuel cells to power homes, businesses and vehicles

The Nanotechnology Lab, which focuses on advanced research in surface science, tissue engineering, drug delivery and biomaterials

The Urban Infrastructure Research Lab, which focuses on infrastructure and transportation systems with a particular focus on urban environments

The Interdisciplinary MEMS/NEMS Lab, dedicated to interdisciplinary research on micro/nano-electro-mechanical systems

The Team-based Student Project Lab, dedicated to national collegiate projects such as FormulaSAE and alternative energy powered vehicle competitions

Besides lab space, open space will be designed to provide for positive student interaction.

The Michigan State House bill authorizing funding for the new building signed into law by Gov. Granholm is part of appropriations to institutions of higher learning authorizing accelerated construction projects for 11 universities and 13 community colleges, totally $200 million. q

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Architectural renderings, provided by Ghafari and Associates, are not based on the final blueprints, which are yet to be determined.

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PreSident reid oPenS 9th Cairo ConFerenCe on energy and environment

The location in Sharm El-Sheikh, a pristine spot on the Red Sea coast, for this year’s biannual Cairo International Conference on Energy and Environment was fitting for the participants gathered to hear the latest

about renewable energy sources and research on cleaner forms of energy.

As he did at the last conference in 2003, Honorary Chair and WSU President Irvin D. Reid, leading a delegation of Wayne State faculty and students, opened the meeting in Cairo March 13–17. “We stand on the brink of a crisis in which both energy and the environment play an important and integrated role,” Reid said in his opening remarks. “While our individual paths leading here have been wide and varied, we share a common purpose; that is, to change the way the world looks at energy so that all people live in a cleaner, safer world.”

Reid told the delegates about the role Wayne State and its partner in its technology park, NextEnergy, have as leaders in Michigan in environmental change. “We at Wayne State University are confident that work carried on at the NextEnergy Center will help meet worldwide demands for more reliable and environmentally friendly energy products. In its support of research for the development of alternative energy technologies, the NextEnergy Center significantly increases our ability to be a catalyst for positive change.”

Ralph Kummler, dean, College of Engineering, served as co-chair of the conference, as he has since the first meeting in 1988. More than 180 participants from more than 30 countries participated.

The conference is an important event in Egypt, attended by Egyptian government ministers and covered extensively by the Egyptian media. Tangible results from past conferences include the increased use of rooftop solar energy systems to heat water in Egyptian apartment complexes. Another big success has been a reduction of lead exposure following improved regulations for Egyptian cars and industry.

Naeim A. Henein, professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, served as co-chair of the organizing committee, besides presenting several works on low emissions and efficient diesel engines. Henein and Kummler were presenters on a workshop titled “The Dark Cloud Phenomenon Over Cairo”.

Other College of Engineering presenters were Raouf Ibrahim (“Analytical Investigation of Brake Noise Using Time-Frequency Analysis”), Nabil Chalhoub on vibration and control, Mumtaz Usman (“Analysis and Resolution of Construction Delay Claim and Change Order Due to Utility Relocation”), Haluk Aktan (“Nonlinear Acoustical Methods of Evaluating Strengths and Fracture Parameters of Brittle Materials”),

President Reid at the Cairo museum, flanked by Alaa El Sharkawi (left) and Raoulf Ibrahim, professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

engineering CamP For girlS ComPleteS itS eighth Summer

Katie McQuaide, 14, is from Harper Woods, where she is a freshman at Regina High School. She said she thinks about becoming an astronaut, traveling to the moon and seeing an earthrise.

This brings smiles to organizers of the College of Engineering’s Women in Engineering Training program, an engineering summer camp for girls that completed its eighth summer this year. “We want to motivate them before high school when their dreams are still strong,” said Gerald Thompkins, associate dean and director of the program. “Whatever they end up doing with their lives, they’ll have a better idea about what it might be like for them if they continue pursuing their interests in science and engineering.”

Twenty-seven 13-year-old and 14-year-old girls from throughout metro Detroit participated in the program from June 20 to July 15. This was the second of three summers before another crop of girls take their place.

It’s an opportunity for them to understand how math and science apply to the real world, and have a little fun while doing it. “You’re still doing work, but it’s fun,” said McQuaide.

Jacqueline Henderson, a Phd candidate in biomolecular engineering has been a WET aerospace engineering and physics teacher for three summers. Henderson said she participates in the program because she feels a need to help get more

the towerS reSidential SuiteS oPenS thiS Falldorm iS third to oPen in three yearS

By Wojciech DudekCommunications Office Intern

The Towers Residential Suites, the university’s third and largest residence hall built in the past four years, opened to students Aug. 29. The new dorm is capable of housing 900 juniors and seniors, graduate, professional and international students.

Located just north of Ghafari (formerly North Hall) and South Residence halls on the site of the old Helen Newberry Joy administration building, The Towers is a part of the university’s plan to attract more students to live on the Wayne State University campus. Ghafari and South Halls, built in 2002 and 2003 respectively, can accommodate 835 students.

The 297,000 square-foot 11 and nine-story structure cost $51.5 million and only one year and three months to complete. The majority of the rooms are suite style, containing four bedrooms attached to a shared living space. There are kitchen facilities with a refrigerator, stove and oven on every floor.

“Our facilities are state-of-the-art and include free internet, cable, local phone, private bedrooms and bathrooms and keyless entry,” said Denis Torres, associate director, University Housing and Residential Life. There is free cable and local phone service, with recreational facilities on every third floor.

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The team from Mumford High School, Detroit Six weeks of rigorous preparation was capped with two

days of noise, excitement and exhaustion. In the end, three high school robotics teams - Rochester Adams High School, Utica Community Schools, and Dearborn

High School triumphed as the winning alliance.

They faced some of the toughest competition these students and their adult mentors will ever face. The competitors came from across Michigan and Ohio, 36 teams in all, to drive, bump, navigate and command their uniquely original robots on the playing field of the Detroit Regional at Wayne State’s Matthaei Athletics Complex, held March 18-19.

Wayne State President Irvin D. Reid told the students at the opening ceremonies about the significance of the event. College of Engineering Dean of Academic Affairs Michele Grimm praised the students and emphasized how important their efforts are to the development of future engineers. “You are representative of our next generation of engineers, standing before us ready to meet the challenges that will face you.”

On the way to winning the event, the alliance scored the second highest points in a single FIRST Robotics match up to that point in time in the United States this year. In addition, the Rochester Hills team qualified first from this competition’s practice rounds, won a Judges’ Award, and added the Detroit title to the one it already earned as winner of the Sacramento, Calif., Regional held several weeks earlier. The Utica team clinched the Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship Award, and the Dearborn team the Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers Entrepreneurship Award.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (www.usfirst.org) is a national engineering contest that immerses high school students in the exciting world of engineering and technology. Teaming up with adult mentors from businesses and universities, students get a hands-on, inside look at engineering and the technical professions, all within a framework of competition and a sports-like environment complete with referees, time clocks, scoreboards and wildly cheering fans. Michigan hosts three of the 31 regionals across the United States and Canada.

The object of the game changes each year. So, “veteran” teams have no more distinct advantage to playing it than do rookie teams, yet the experience gained

each year can be very important to many facets of designing, constructing and operating a robot. The 2005 game was planned for robots (controlled via human guiding joy sticks) to stack triangle-shaped “tetras” onto various goals around the 54 feet x 27 feet playing field, with bonus points earned by having your alliance’s tetra on top, and/or three in a row like tic-tac-toe.

FIRST’s rules require that teams learn how to work together and form alliances, pairing up in a way that maximizes each team’s robot capabilities against another alliance of three teams on the field at the same time. Awards are additionally given, for instance, to teams for sportsmanship, entrepreneurship, creativity and spirit as well as industrial design, technology, web site design and animation. Particular emphasis is placed on developing partnerships between schools, businesses, and universities to provide an exchange of resources and talent, highlighting mutual needs, building cooperation, and exposing students to new career choices.

Teams that score well in the regionals advanced to the National Championship Event, held this year at Atlanta, Ga., April 21-23, where approximately 20,000 students were expected to participate. q

Wayne State Hosts FIRST Robotics Regional for Second Year

Photos by Rick Bielaczyc

Hustling to reload tetras

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You are representative of our next generation of engineers, standing before us

ready to meet the challenges t h a t w i l l f a c e y o u .

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Wayne State University engineering students were proud winners of the Henkel Technologies Award

for best use of structural foam in their mini-Indy style car at the 2005 Formula SAE competition at the Pontiac Silverdome May 18–22.

The WSU Formula SAE team should be proud of its accomplishments, said Michele Grimm, associate dean, and the team’s adviser. “The Wayne State car matched up well with the top competitors. A completely new car was designed compared to 2004. The judges were impressed with the use of the structural foam for the frame and the unique, adjustable antiroll bar.”

This was the second year of competition for the Wayne State team, made up this year of a dozen sophomores led by three graduate students. While the first-year team focused on building a strong, reliable car that could make it through the endurance event, the current team concentrated on trimming the car’s weight from 646 pounds to a little more than 500.

The Formula SAE competition began as the Mini-Indy in 1979. The scaled down formula racing cars compete in a series of both static and track events over a period of five days on the sprawling Silverdome parking lot. The college teams build a new car each year, taking advantage of wide latitude in engineering the chassis, suspension and powertrain.

The 2005 field was made up of some 120 cars from universities around the world, including those in Australia, Finland, Korea, Singapore, Japan and Central and South America. If it were not for their lack of competition driving experience, the Wayne State car would have placed much higher in the standings for the

track events—the Autocross, Acceleration, Endurance and Skid Pad events, Grimm said. The drivers were not able to train on last year’s car because it was damaged in a test-drive accident not long after the 2004 competition. The new WSU Formula SAE vehicle was not completed until days before this year’s competition.

Much effort went into documenting the design and development of the car that will be helpful for future teams, said Dmitry Frankstein, team captain. “Everything and anything went into binders. All the decisions we

made were documented, including research materials, so we can learn from our mistakes as well as what we did right.”

“The 2005 car now stands as a strong starting point for development of a multiyear program of Formula SAE cars in the upcoming years,” Grimm said.

A drivers’ training program will be developed this summer to better prepare next year’s team, Grimm added. Using the 2005 car as well as their own vehicles, team members interested in driving in future competitions will participate in autocross

events organized by the Detroit Region of the Sports Car Club of America to gain experience in car control and competitive techniques.

Along with Frankstein, the 2004-5 team leaders were Assistant Captain Sumeet Yerunkar; Team Manager Andrew Pavelescu; Manufacturing Manager Gil Poisson; and Suspension Manager Jeremy Schipper. Major sponsors of this year’s WSU Formula SAE car are Schenk Pegasus, Metro Technologies, Synergeering, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, BASF, Henkel Technologies and the College of Engineering. q

FormulaSae team takeS home deSign award College ranked among toP 100, 12th among graduate SChoolS

The College of Engineering is ranked 12th among the nation’s

engineering schools in the number of 2004 graduates with engineering master’s degrees, according to the American Society for Engineering Education. U.S. News & World Report ranks the College of Engineering 82nd out of more than 350 accredited engineering schools in the nation, based on its survey of engineering deans as reported in the magazine’s America’s Best Colleges 2006 edition. q

Cheme team JoinS wSu exhibit at world exPo in JaPan

A team of chemical engineering faculty members formed part of the Wayne State University group exhibiting nanotechnology and global business

issues July 13 and 14 in the US Pavilion at the World Expo in Aichi, Japan. Professors Charles Manke, Esin Gulari, R. Kannan, and Guangzhao Mao made presentations at the International Nanotechnology Symposium. The symposium highlighted global technology and research programs involving universities, industry and government.

The WSU group was led by President Irvin D. Reid and Board of Governor Jacquelin Washington. Bhanu Jena, professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, hosted the symposium. The US Pavilion was also the destination of Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who touted Michigan’s automotive strengths and investment strategy to Japanese auto company executives during a state-hosted seminar in July. q

wSu reSearCherS work to imProve military ShiPS and vehiCleS

Naval vessels at sea encounter a slew of challenges brought on by severe weather, including ice sheets, severe wind and waves. Such conditions

wreck havoc on a ship’s stability and dynamics, and cause fatigue damage of composite sandwich hull material.

A new Low Temperature Navy Research Center (LTNRC) recently inaugurated at the College of Engineering was established to address these and other problems encountered at sea by Navy vessels at severe low temperatures and related weather conditions. The center is supported by an $860,000 Office of Naval Research grant.

The WSU research team includes mechanical engineering professors Raouf Ibrahim, Ron Gibson, Nabil Chaloub and Emmanuel Ayorinde, as well as Professor Jeff Falzeronno from the University of New Orleans.

The LTNRC shares instrumentation and cold room facilities with the college’s Low Temperature Army Research Center (LTARC), which was built 20 years ago to serve Army needs. Wayne State is the only university heavily involved in low temperature research activity, says LTARC Director Naeim Henein. The Army Low Temperature Research Center has been performing collaborative and innovative cold temperature research with the US Army TARDEC since the 1980s. The Army relies heavily on high power density diesel vehicles to move personnel and materials, and the LTRC is continually developing new electronic control strategies to solve such problems. q

The 2005 WSU Formula SAE Team with Provost Nancy Barrett behind the wheel.

Chemical Engineering faculty members Esin Gulari (left), Quang Zhao Mao (middle), Charles Manke (second from right), and R. Kanran (right) with Bhanu Jena, Distinguished Professor, Physiology

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photo by David Reich

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Thomas Heidtke, professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mukasa Ssemakula, professor, Division of Engineering Technology, have been selected for the college’s 2005 Excellence in Teaching Awards. The award honors faculty whose excellence in academia is reflected in their teaching and in their unique contributions to education. This is the second time in nine years Heidtke received this honor.

Evegny Rivin, (pictured left, 3rd from right) professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive a 2005 Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award for his book, Passive Vibration Isolation.

Golam Newaz and Chin An Tan, professors, Department of Mechanical Engineering, have been selected Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Cynthia Bir, associate professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been chosen to receive the Wayne State Academy of Scholars’ Junior Faculty Award for 2005. The Academy of Scholars recognizes outstanding scholarship and creative achievement among faculty members at Wayne State. Every year, two outstanding younger faculty colleagues are selected from different colleges and areas of work, if possible, one science and one non-science. The award was presented at the Academy’s annual banquet Oct. 5. Bir will receive a $1,000 toward her research in non-lethal weapons. Bir was also recently promoted to associate professor with tenure.

Ronald Gibson, professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed president of the American Society of Composites for a two-year term. He recently completed a two-year term as the society’s vice president. Gibson has also been selected to the rank of Fellow by the ASC Executive Committee for his genuinely outstanding contributions to the composites community through research, practice, education and service.

Xiaoyan Han, professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded a 2005-2006 Career Development Chair Award. Han was one of seven Wayne State faculty members to receive the award presented by the university. With the award, Han will further her studies to include special methods for image

processing and integrative systems for applications in the aerospace industry.

Yinlun Huang, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has been selected for a Wayne State Board of Governors Distinguished Faculty Fellowship. Six faculty members received this year’s award, which recognizes and provides support for members of the faculty whose continuing attainments and current activities in scholarship, research or in the fine and performing arts are nationally distinguished. Huang is recognized as a world expert in the field of process design, control and optimization to reduce waste and pollution in the manufacturing process.

Gerald Thompkins, associate dean of students, has been presented the 2005 Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award by Wayne State for his strong belief in student organizations, serving as role model, willingness to commit his time, and displaying an interest in students’ personal growth and development. Thompkins is the adviser of the National Society of Black Engineers and Society of Hispanic Engineers student

chapters. But it was his work for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) student chapter that attracted the selection committee’s attention. Thompkins helped SWE increase membership by 66 percent, encouraged the organization to make wise decisions by giving officers the necessary resources to do so, and made himself available to discuss and offer suggestions as to how to improve the chapter.

Evegny Rivin received a 2005 Board of Govenors Faculty Recognition award. He is flanked by President Reid and WSU Board of Govenors Jacquelin Washington (left) and Diane Dunaskiss

Mumtaz Usmen, chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been chosen to receive the Wayne State 2006 Faculty Service Award. The award recognizes faculty for their professional and civic efforts that have brought about a greater appreciation of the university’s contribution to the external community. As chair of the department for the past 15 years and officer in the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers, Usmen has made concerted effort to build bridges to the external constituency. His leadership and belief in working with the professional community have inspired his faculty to do the same. Most recently, Usmen was elected to the Engineering Society of Detroit’s Board of Directors. Usmen is one of two university faculty members to receive the award this year.

Congratulations to Paul Begeman, research associate, Department of Bioengineering; Ralph Kummler, dean of engineering; Naeim Henein, professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Trilochan Singh, professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, who have received Wayne State Service Awards for faculty serving 35 years at the university. Also to Kenneth Chelst, chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Robert Erlandson, professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Snehamay Khasnabis, associate dean of research; and James Woodyard, professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, who have received 30-year service awards. And to Haluk Aktan, professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Gail Evans, adviser; Marsherry Jarrett, secretary, Department of Engineering Technology; and Ed Sackett, research support officer, for 25-year service awards.

Congratulations to Larry Herrick, instrument designer, Department of Engineering Technology, and Rita Coyne, administrative assistant, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, who have been recognized for 10 and five years of service, respectively, as building coordinators. Wayne State building coordinators are the ‘go-to’ people when building-related problems arise. q

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Ernest Kirkendall, 1914 to 2005

The college expresses its deepest sympathy to the family of Ernest Kirkendall. A member of one of the first engineering graduating classes at old Wayne University, a former assistant professor of chemical engineering, and discoverer of the “Kirkendall Effect” in the field of metallurgy, Kirkendall passed away Aug. 22. He was 91

and had lived in an assisted living home in Alexandria, Va. for the past 20 years.

Born in East Jordan, Mich., and raised in Highland Park, Kirkendall earned his bachelor’s degree from Wayne State in 1934, and master’s and PhD from University of Michigan in 1935 and 1938. He was an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Wayne University from 1941 to 1946.

Kirkendall’s doctoral thesis experiments on the inter-diffusion between copper and zinc proved that the individual component atoms in a solid alloy diffuse at different rates. His discovery, which took the scientific world 10 years to accept, became a well-known theory in metallurgical science, providing guidance for materials research and practical engineering problems.

From 1947 to 1965, Kikendall served as secretary of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. He then became a manager at the United Engineering Trustees. He concluded his career as a vice president of the American Iron and Steel Institute (1966 and 1979).

He is among the earliest groups of alumni to be inducted into the College of Engineering’s Hall of Fame (1984).

His family attended a memorial service held Sept. 4 at his Alexandria nursing home. He is survived by his two daughters, Carol Leunk, of Wooster, Ohio, and Barbara Davis, of Minneapolis, Minn., and six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Kirkendall was predeceased by his first wife, Maxine Marrs Kirkendall, his second wife, Anneliese Sisco Kirkendall, and his son, Howard Ernest Kirkendall. q

donald SilverSmith h a n g S u P a C a d e m i C r o b e S

Donald Silversmith, former associate dean, Research, and professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has announced his retirement from Wayne State University. Silversmith, an expert in MEMS devices, was the college’s associate dean for research and graduate studies from 1988 to 1995, and an active member of the electrical and computer engineering faculty through 2002.

In January 2003, Silversmith began an assignment at the US State Department where he remained until this past August. As an IEEE Senior Diplomacy Fellow, he was an advisor in the Bureau of Nonproliferation, Office of Export Control and Conventional Arms Nonproliferation Policy until December 2003. From January 2004 until July 31, Silversmith was a Foster Fellow Visiting Scholar assigned to the Bureau of Verification and Compliance, Office of Nuclear Affairs.

Silversmith, who resides in Falls Church, VA with his wife, Karen, will continue to work in Washington DC as a consultant for the US government, he said.

While at Wayne State, Silversmith fostered a highly successful off-campus master’s program — Engineering Management Master’s Program — offered to potential leaders at the Ford Motor Company. The program combines advanced engineering and business courses and has since expanded to other engineering companies as well as to qualified graduate students on campus. Silversmith was actively involved in IEEE and management of the Southeastern Michigan Section. He was among five nationwide recipients of the 1999 IEEE-USA Award for Professional Achievement. q

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Joon Sang Lee, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, to the faculty. Lee received his bachelor’s, master’s and PhD in mechanical engineering in 2004 from Iowa State University in Ames. His expertise is in computational fluid dynamics and micro and bio fluidics. He was a lecturer in mechanical engineering at Iowa State until his Wayne State appointment began last fall. He was also a researcher at Iowa State’s world-renown Computational Fluid Dynamics Center.

Congratulations to Abhilash Pandya, a researcher with the Smart Sensors and Integrated

Micro Systems lab, who has been appointed assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Pandya, an expert in software development for advanced visualization technology, earned his PhD in bioengineering from Wayne State in 2004, his master’s in bioengineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1988, and bachelor’s in biochemistry from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He has been a lead engineer in the SSIM lab since 2002, heading a team of seven engineers working with the Zeus Medical Robotic system to enhance its visualization, diagnostic, and pressure sensor capability for medical, military and space robotics.

Jason Clark, assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He joins the faculty from UC California-Berkley where he earned his PhD last spring in applied science and technology and was a graduate student instructor and researcher. Clark earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from California State University-Hayward (1996). He has designed and developed a new CAD program named SUGAR, a MEMS software package. He also designed and developed electro micro-metrology, practical methods to accurately measure geometric, dynamic, and material properties of microsystems by electronic probing.

Kyoung-Yun Kim, assistant professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing engineering. Kim earned his PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Chonbuk National University, South Korea. Before coming to Wayne State, he was a research assistant professor at the National Science Foundation’s Industry/University Cooperative Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh, where he led the Virtual Prototyping and Simulation research group. In 2003, Kim won the IIE Transactions Best Paper Award in Design and Manufacturing for his paper, “Robot Arc Welding Task Sequencing Using Genetic Algorithms.” He has conducted research projects on virtual prototyping and simulation, distributed information systems, and tele-rehabilitation.

Jia Shu, a post doc fellow who has joined the industrial and manufacturing engineering faculty. Shu earned his PhD from Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore in 2003. He holds a bachelor’s from Southeast University, Nanjing, China (1999). He was a research fellow at The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific before joining the College of Engineering faculty. His area of interests are in application of operations research and supply chain management. He has published several journal articles in operations research.

Alper Murat to the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing engineering faculty. He comes from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he is a PhD candidate in operations r e s e a r c h / m a n a g e m e n t science and was an instructor and a research assistant. His expertise is in analytical and computational methods for modeling and solving global supply chain management and logistics management problems. Murat holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Bogazici University, Instanbul, Turkey (1998), where he also earned his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering (1993). He has held various competitive fellowships at McGill (i.e. Max E Binz and Max Stern).

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engineering alumni aSSoCiation Student awardS

Jason Morse is the 2005 recipient of the EAA Outstanding Senior Award. He was also one of four recipients of the Robert J. Wingerter Award (see below). EAA bestows its most prestigious award to the top Wingerter award winner.

Marcos Nasr, currently a junior in civil engineering with a 3.6 GPA, is the 2005 winner of the EAA Frosh/Soph Award. He was vice president from 2004-5, and the current president of the Engineering Student Faculty Board.

new SCholarShiP honorS Former young aFriCan-ameriCan engineer

Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (Hamtramck-Highland Park) presented undergraduate engineering students David Low and Tina Redd with the Tanji Westley Willoughby Memorial Scholarship, a new scholarship for African-American students at the annual Honors Convocation in April. The scholarship is named after a young engineer from Detroit whose death in 2004 motivated his mother, Barbra Herard, to garner community support for the scholarship. A demand for students qualified in math and science to fill America’s need for trained engineers makes the creation of the Willoughby Scholarship so significant, Conyers said.

awma SCholarS

Chemical Engineering graduate student Christina Piluso was awarded an East Michigan Air & Waste Management Association Scholarship. She was among five students throughout the state who received $1,500 scholarships. Sol Baltimore, chair of the AWMA scholarship committee, and part-time WSU chemical engineering faculty member, made the presentation.

CariSSa markel SeleCted “eno Fellow”Transportation Engineering graduate student Carissa Markel was a participant in the 2005 ENO Transportation Foundation’s Leadership Development Conference held last May in Washington, DC. ENO “Fellows” are selected from among the top grad students in transportation across the country. The week in Washington gives the participants a unique opportunity to experience first-hand how public policy is formed and implemented, and to exchange views with the nation’s leading transportation policymakers.

Jason Morse with former ESFB President Mary Savalle

Jason Harris (CEE’05) was active in the Civil Engineering Student Chapter, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and ESFB. He was also mentor in the college’s Bridge Program. Upon graduation in May, he planned to be an engineer for NTH Consultants, Ltd.

Matthew Hermann (ECE’05) was active in Tau Beta Pi and volunteered at local blood drives. He has tutored students in electrical engineering. He was also an intern at the Check Corporation.

robert g. wingerter awardS

The Wingerter Awards are presented to outstanding seniors with exceptional qualities of scholarship, character and leadership. Awards are made by a college-wide student/faculty selection committee. The award is the college’s top honor.

howard m. heSS SCholarShiP

deCember 2004, Sonja Makrievska received her associate degree at Macomb Community College in Auto Body Design in 2002. She graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology and a GPA of 3.94. Upon graduation, she began work in the die design engineering field. Her next goal is to earn an MBA.

may 2005, John Anderson received his associates degree in Applied Science from Macomb Community College in 1991. Prior to that, he served in the US Air Force, specializing in Wideband Communication equipment. He graduated in May with a GPA of 3.89.

wSu outStanding graduate Student award

Electrical and Computer Engineering doctoral student Rahul Ranjan was one of five recipients of Wayne State’s Outstanding Graduate/Professional Student Award. The award recognizes students who have made outstanding contributions to the university in leadership and service outside their academic program. Ranjan is an active member of the IEEE student chapter and the Indian Students Association.

Jason Morse (ECE’05) balanced excellence in scholarship with a high degree of leadership as president of Tau Beta Pi and in community service. He was a volunteer for Greening Detroit, Habitat for Humanity and the college’s Bridge Program. In addition, he served as a student recruiter for the college.

Nihir Patel (ME’05) maintained a high scholastic level while devoting time and energy to the American East Indian community. At the same time, Nihir was a COOP student at Visteon.

David Low (center) and Tina Redd (his left) stand with Barbra Herand (right), Conyers (left) and Mary Savalle.

two SeniorS SeleCted For $3,050 undergrad reSearCh grant

Mechanical Engineering seniors Renee Rowland and Tim Jurkiw have been awarded a $3,050 winter 2005 Undergraduate Research Grant from the Wayne State Honors Program. Under the guidance of Sheng Liu, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rowland and Jurkiw will conduct research of a low-cost sensor for automobiles to monitor occupant alertness and positioning. The two undergraduates will use flexible sensor technology incorporating nanotechnology with a strain gauge array.

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By Steve SteinBetween the demands of a rugged class schedule and coaching job, David Lutz found time to become an All-American swimmer.

That’s a big reason why the civil and environmental engineering senior was named Wayne State University’s 2004-5 Male Student-Athlete of the Year.

Academics, athletics and community service are criteria for the honor, presented to the most outstanding male and female.

Lutz, who holds a 3.75 grade-point average, is the first two-time winner in the award’s four-year history.

“It’s an honor to be rewarded again for hard work and staying focused, but it’s just a matter of managing your time,” says Lutz.

Wayne State men’s swimming Coach Sean Peters says some college athletes would have given up sports faced with the time constraints that Lutz encountered this year. “But David found a way to get it done,” Peters says. “He had to make a decision about whether it was worth it. I’m sure he had some trying times.”

Peters says Lutz made most of Wayne State’s morning practices, but he rarely practiced with the team in the afternoon. Instead, he worked out on his own. “When it’s just you, the pool and the clock, sometimes it’s difficult to get motivated,” Peters says. “But David is very goal-oriented, not just for himself, but also for the team. He wanted our program to get better.”

Lutz plans to graduate in the spring.

ABOUT DAVID LUTZAge: 22Birthday: Dec. 24Height: 6-0Weight: 160 poundsFamily: Parents, Richard and Bonnie; siblings Kelli, 28; Jenni, 24; and Chris, 21. Chris is a former Oakland University swimmer.Education: Brewster Elementary, Rochester Hills; Van Hoosen Middle School, Rochester Hills; Rochester Adams High; Wayne State UniversityCareer plans: Environmental engineerFavorite TV show: Modern Marvels on the History Channel, especially a recent episode on the Mackinac Bridge.Source: Detroit News research

Last summer, he worked as an intern at the Michigan Department of Transportation’s Oakland Transportation Service Center in Waterford. From September through March, Lutz spends about 10 hours a week coaching swimmers ages 4-18 at the Detroit Yacht Club along with Jill Curley. The kids at the club have a solid role model.

Lutz helped Wayne State place eighth in last season’s NCAA Division II championships, the university’s highest finish since 1981, by earning two All-America honors. He was sixth in the 200-meter freestyle in a school-record 1:40.06 and eighth in the 200 backstroke in 1:52.09. In five other events, Lutz gained All-America Honorable Mention distinction.

Those swims gave Lutz four All-America accolades and 10 All-America Honorable Mention performances during his four-year Wayne State career. He owns four school records: 46.66 in the 100 freestyle, 1:40.06 in the 200 freestyle, 51.22 in the 100 backstroke and 1:50.11 in the 200 backstroke.

At Rochester Adams High School, Lutz struggled mightily in his first two seasons on the Adams boys’ swim team. He couldn’t finish the 100-freestyle in less than a minute. Tired of being beaten, he started working feverishly on his mechanics and he turned the corner in his junior year.

Peters watched Lutz take sixth in the 500 freestyle and 10th in the 200 freestyle in the 2001 Class A state meet, and he came away impressed with the senior. “I knew then that I had to get David to Wayne State,” Peters says. “I was intrigued because he came from

a strong swimming family, club team (Oakland Live Y’ers) and high school team.”

Adams was 26-2 and won four league championships with Lutz on the squad. Lutz graduated from Adams with a 3.8 grade-point average. He’s carried that classroom success to college.

He was a third-team Academic All-American this year and he’s a three-time Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic selection. He’s been named to the Wayne State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll (minimum 3.5 term grade-point average) six times and Coach’s Honor Roll (3.0 to 3.49 term grade-point average) twice.

“In a long list of deserving candidates, the accomplishments by David are singular,” says Wayne State Athletics Director Rob Fournier. q Steve Stein is a Metro Detroit freelance writer. This story is reprinted with permission from The Detroit News.

Civil engineering Senior takeS ‘FoCuS’ to new level

DaviD Lutz named wSu Student-athlete oF year again

By Nelly SchwartzEngineering Communications Office Intern

Sixteen-year-old Mohammed Kazim Yakub had to grow up fast when he started his engineering career at Wayne State University. He took a circuitous route to WSU.

When Kazim was 2, his family moved from Hyderabad, India, where he was born, to Kuwait after his father accepted a job working for the Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in

1990, the company reassigned his dad to Cairo, Egypt, where his parents and three of his six siblings remain today.

Kazim, his sisters Asra, 21, and Afrah, 18; and brother Mohammed, 19; all attend Wayne State and live together in University Tower.

Kazim earned straight A’s at Pakistan International School, a K-12 private school in Cairo that has a curriculum and learning environment similar to that of the British education system. Teachers at the high school level are specially trained under a rigorous Cambridge University-London program.

In ninth grade, Kazim excelled in his five classes: physics, computers,

biology, English and calculus. With three siblings already attending Wayne State, Kazim took and passed the International General Certificate Secondary Education (IGCSE) exam and applied to the electrical and computer engineering program at Wayne State.

He was accepted in the winter of 2004. He had heard many good things about WSU from his siblings and from people who had assured his parents of its respectability and good reputation. When he first arrived, the most difficult challenge for Kazim was becoming accustomed to the age gap between his classmates and himself. He had to start acting “mature” even when he wanted to sometimes act his age, he says.

He chose engineering because “engineering and medicine are the two most widely spread jobs in the world,” he says. “And I was more of an

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Youngest of four siblings Attending Wsu

Year Old Engineering Sophomoreis No Typical Teenager

Photo by Nelly Schwartz

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engineering person.” The level of coursework is similar, a bit easier, perhaps, he says, to what he was used to at his old school. He maintains a 3.64 grade-point average.

Asra also is an electrical and computer engineering major. Mohammed is in liberal arts, and Afrah is in biological sciences. In his free time, Kazim says he likes to play video games. Other than that, sometimes he catches a film with Mohammed at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn, or he goes with his classmates. He says that he doesn’t have too much time for fun aside from his schoolwork.

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For the next school year, Kazim hopes to receive a scholarship. He has been trying to receive one for the past two years. With rising tuition, money will be even tighter than usual for his family.

Kazim says he most likely will stay in the United States after he completes his undergraduate degree in 2007; he is not sure what he wants to do after graduation. “I have to admit, I’m only a 16-year-old kid. That’s a good excuse I can use for everything here.” q

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Students will pay $5,670 for a single occupancy room per academic year. A private bedroom in a four-person suite is $5,040, and a shared bedroom in a suite costs $4,535. Students also can share a room for $4,175.

Students will be assigned to floors according to their academic discipline, Torres said. The floors are designed in “living and learning communities” to promote collaborative learning and interaction between students and faculty with similar interests and goals. “These communities lead to a support base, a way to make new

friends, form study groups, all which result in a more rewarding experience,” she said.

The reception area is staffed 24 hours a day. There is a 400-seat, café-style dining hall, a mini Barnes and Noble bookstore, multiple fitness rooms, and multiple study lounges on each floor. q

Nelly Schwartz, a College of Engineering Communications Office summer intern, assisted in the research for this story.

women involved in science. “They aren’t represented in a lot of technical fields,” said Henderson, who lives in Detroit. “I want to be able to show young ladies there are females who are out there doing this.”

Henderson said she teaches the WET students hard-core engineering

principals and tries to excite them about her field’s “calculated creativity”.

“People think engineering is rigid or boring,” she said. “Shooting people to the moon – that was creative.” As part of Henderson’s class, the girls, in groups, built model cars and rockets.

In addition to physics and aerospace, the girls attend classes in computers, algebra and communications. On Fridays, they visited the Detroit Science Center, the WSU Recreation and Fitness Center, the Majestic Bowling Alley and the WSU Planetarium.

As part of closing activities, the girls and their parents gathered on the Matthaei Athletics Complex intramural field, where the girls launched 1406 Alpha III rockets as well as kites they made of tissue paper, straws and string. After the rocket launch, they returned to the General Lectures building for presentation of their final projects in algebra, communication and computers. q

This story was compiled from news stories that appeared in the Detroit News by Sharon Gittleman and The South End.

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“Six degrees of separation?”Not with the new Alumni Association online community!

They say it takes six people — six friends of friends of friends — to connect to anyone on the planet,but with the Alumni Association’s new online community, we probably can cut that number to at least four or five!

Use the online directory to search for alumni byclass year, geographical location or by school and college. Or just type in a person’s name.

And be sure to include your information so alumnican search for you. Update your contact informa-tion. Brag about your personal and professionalmilestones. Upload a photo. You’ll also be able tomake special events reservations online, get a permanent “@alumni.wayne.edu” e-mail addressand much more.

To get started, visit www.alumni.wayne.edu, click onAlumni Association and then “Online Community.”

Welcome to the (online) neighborhood!

Be the 1,000th or 10,000th

alum to register on the siteand win a $100 Barnes &Noble gift certificate!

REGISTERTO WIN A GIFT!

Congratulations to the winners of

the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”

contest, featured in the last issue

of Wayne State magazine. Six lucky

alums won WSUAA captain’s

chairs for successfully connecting

Kevin Bacon to six Wayne State

theater alumni.

The remaining winners of the contest will be announced in the next issue of Wayne State magazine.

THE LIST OF WINNERS

Carol A. Carlin, Soc.Work ’95, Harper Woods, Mich.

Darlene M. Chiapetta, Sci. ’82, M.B.A. ’98, Warren, Mich.

Mary Rzepczynski, M.Lib.Sci. ’00, Lansing, Mich.

Diana Cartwright, M.Ed. ’81, Lincoln Park, Mich.

Kim D. Williams, M.B.A. ’97, Detroit, Mich.

Julie K. Morris, FPCA ’04, Trenton, Mich.

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Ronald Gibson (“Influence of Excitation Amplitude on the Characteristics of Nonlinear Systems”), Ming-Chia Lai with Henein (“Implications of Emission Reductions by Visualization of Mixing-Controlled and Low Temperature Diesel Combustion”), PhD student Mona Ossman (“Modeling and Simulation of Fate and Transport of Chromium Species in the Atmosphere”), alumnus Alaa El-Sharkawy (“Automotive Thermal Protection in Presence of Strict Environmental Regulations”), part-time professor and alumus Robert Banisik (“Vibration Suppression for Telescopic Systems of Structural Members with Clearance”), and Visiting Professor Xiao Feng (“Water System Integration of a Chemical Plant”).

Kummler’s involvement with Egypt’s energy issues began in the early ’80s when Alaa El-Sharkawy and his wife Amal Ibrahim were Wayne State chemical engineering PhD students. One of El-Sharkawy’s brothers, Ehab El-Sharkawy, served in the Egyptian parliament, and a second brother, Abdul-Latif, became the executive secretary of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Research Centers and Institutes. Kummler met Abdul-Latif, and their relationship led to the first conference. q


John Shewchun has spent his career either in or as adviser to industry examining electronic properties of materials.

Most recently, he worked with high-temperature soup conductors, materials researchers had hoped could conduct current at high temperatures without losses in current, and ultimately be used in electronic devices. In the 1970s, as an adjunct research professor with Brown University, he worked on the development of solar cells with the support of the Department of Energy. Last semester, Shewshun taught the ‘Hydrogen Infrastructure’ course in the AET program. Of his 14 students, half were from industry.

Q: What got you interested in sustainable fuel technology back in the early 70s?

A: That time was the beginning of concern about oil as a finite resource, and if we didn’t have it, how would we supply the electrical grid. Solar and wind energy were considered very seriously. There was an extensive effort in developing solar cells. Unfortunately, when the crisis evaporated, the solar cell area, along with wind generators, never got to high commercial development. We are now seeing this come back.

Q: This time there’s actually a measurable national effort in developing hydrogen as a resource. I know you cover this in your course.

A. One way is to use solar energy or wind energy. Take the electricity, do a process called electrolysis where you break down water. Create oxygen and hydrogen. Starve the hydrogen and use that hydrogen. That’s clean. There is no pollution unlike the present way hydrogen is extracted from natural gas. There is a tendency

to think the gas is already here and available. But what we’re doing is reforming natural gas. There’s carbon dioxide and all of those things we don’t want. And that supply is limited. We can’t make a hydrogen economy based on that source. That’s why solar and wind is very important.

Q: How do you describe the AET course you teach - Hydrogen Infrastructure 54-10?

A: We look at the hydrogen economy and ask the questions: “Where does the hydrogen come from? How do we store it? How should we distribute it? How do we utilize it?” It’s a

very broad area, but very interesting. Fuel cells are included, but only as a component within it. I think it’s important for our students to understand the broader picture, not to get into specific details. We address how a fuel cell works and the chemistry. Students should have a perspective of how the fuel cell fits into the overall system. Let’s say utilization of transportation with vehicles. Of course, if you put a fuel cell in a vehicle, if you put the electric motors in that would drive it, you still have to put fuel in the tank. So you inevitably have to ask, “Where does the hydrogen come from?”

Q: Is this the only course that you are teaching?

A: No, this fall, I’m teaching the follow-on course, 54-20. It focuses on, “What kind of transportation systems do we create given the resources we develop, i.e. hydrogen? Do we build pure fuel cell cars, or do we build hybrid cars? They’re a mixture of a fuel cell and the batteries you can store. How do those compare to more conventional technologies?” There are many types of hybrid cars. One of them is just using a conventional internal combustion engine, plus a battery system. These are things in a state of flux right now. People are looking at them and trying to determine what will come first. The government wants a fuel cell vehicle in place within the next several years. It’s unlikely. In the interim, we will probably see an increasing number of hybrid vehicles being fully developed by a number of companies. Toyota’s Prius, probably the most advanced, is a very popular vehicle. It shows what you can do with that technology.

Q: What is your definition of a sustainable fuel economy?

A: We need resources of energy that are essentially free of pollution, of dependency on a finite source, of political manipulation. The only ones really in that category are solar and wind. And there is more than enough energy if we learn how to combine those resources. We may not be able to have the generator systems where we want them -- wind generators are probably going to be located out West where there are resources. The same with solar. Michigan is not a particularly good state for either, although it can be used. Even nuclear

comes into that equation. We have an anathema right now to using nuclear energy because of some of the disasters that occur. But that’s something that we’ve got to learn to overcome. Properly engineered nuclear energy is a fairly clean form of energy. Storage is a problem. Gas storage and those questions are being examined.

How do we store hydrogen reproduced? Compressing it in tanks is not a particularly good way. But that’s part of an overall kind of equation, a system whereby we take the energy and deal with it in terms of storage and finally deliver it. We will need -- if we go the route of hydrogen technology – hydrogen refilling stations. We’re already starting to implement things like that.

Q: How important is it for us to succeed? How legitimate is this latest effort?

A: It is very important for us to succeed. How legitimate is the effort? That’s a difficult question. The government has chosen to say, we’re going to have hydrogen vehicles by whatever date. 2010? And it’s based on a particular type of fuel cell system called the PEM fuel cell. It uses a material developed by General Electric and Nafian in the 60s. There are problems with that material. It’s not obvious those systems, which are being tried out in prototype models, will have the ability to make a vehicle that is reliable. We have to have something that is the equivalent to our gasoline engine systems. That just isn’t here yet, and there are some serious technical qualities that have to be addressed.

Q: Are we throwing in enough effort, or are we just going through the motions like we did in the 70s?

DTE’s hydrogen energy park with hydrogen filling station in Southfield - “We will need - if we go the route of hydrogen economy-hydrogen refilling stations.”

with alternative energy teChnology FaCulty member John ShewChun

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A: No, I think it’s very serious. To indicate how serious we are, GM made a commitment to build its own fuel cells. They have actually created a physical location in New York. They’ve brought in all sorts world experts, and funded that out of their own monies, not the government’s, just to develop fuel cells. This is unusual for GM. They really believe the concept is valid, and these vehicles can make it into the economy.

Q: What are some of the biggest obstacles?

A: We’ve got to change from a system based on the internal combustion that consumes fossil fuels to something completely different. It’s hard to put that all into place. And once you get it going, you’re going to have to phase out one, and bring in the other. How do you do that? You can’t go and find a hydrogen filling station. But we’d have to deploy them in sufficient numbers if people get comfortable buying these vehicles.

And they want a reliable vehicle. The PEM fuel cell can only operate at 80˚C. It needs to have water in it. There are water management problems. There are flooding type problems. Furthermore, because there is water in the fuel cell to keep the membrane hydrated, you can’t let the fuel cell sit overnight in subzero temperatures. This is one of the technical issues that get little attention. What good is it having a vehicle if your fuel cell can’t go down to low temperatures? It’s something that they’re trying to work on. They’re just a large number of unique things that we haven’t had a chance to properly look at. But we certainly are putting in the right level of effort. It’s just going to take time.

Q: We’re going to need an entire workforce of engineers trained in the new technologies. How important is it for the College of Engineering to participate in this effort?

A: It’s extremely important. Energy is a vital component of our daily lives. And energy has to be engineered to our system in terms of the vehicles we use. This involves all areas of engineering, all the conventional disciplines. You need mechanical engineering because you have to understand primarily the dynamics of the systems. You need chemical engineering because the fuel cell is basically a sophisticated chemical device. You need civil engineering because you have to find a filling station for hydrogen. So it is properly designed with codes, so that people can feel safe and not worry about it blowing up. There has to be an interdisciplinary effort in that regard. This is what our AET program has tried to do. It has a number of component classes, each taught by different departments. We’re trying to bring this together in some coherent manner.

Any graduate now needs to have some basic understanding of alternative energy technology. I’m finding, by and large, that the students in my class are very curious, very inquisitive, and certainly want to be exposed to it.

Q: Tell me more about your students.

A: They keep hearing about fuel cell vehicles, but have no direct knowledge of what the systems are like. At an engineering level, they want to know about these devices. The fuel cell is like an engine. In mechanical engineering, for example, they get exposed to the materials that allow them to understand the internal combustion engine. But the fuel cell is an electrical device. It operates in a completely different way. It drives electric motors. So they have to understand how that can fit in, especially if they get involved in hybrid areas, where they’re trying to combine an internal combustion engine with something like a fuel cell.

Q: How would you describe the student taking your classes?

A: I have quite a mix of students. No one is typical. Quite a few are from industry. One in particular was a Ford engineer interested in doing a PhD program in mechanical engineering. He has the classical mechanical engineering training, so when he started, there was a number of things new to him. Mainly, it is the disciplines in other areas he hadn’t been exposed to that he had to learn. It’s a learning curve for them.

It’s a non-traditional course. It’s not just, “Here’s a problem, plug in the numbers, grind out a solution.” You have to think about what’s involved in these alternate energy systems.

alternative teChnology Program St r i d e S i n to ne w te r r i to ry

By now there is little doubt the current effort to develop a sustainable fuel economy is serious. The US government is investing an unprecedented amount of money in hydrogen fuel technology. Automakers are making considerable investments to build their own fuel cells. And events such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita exposing the volatility of the oil market are accelerating public interest in hydrogen fuel cells, hybrid cars, and other alternative energy technologies.

Supported by a $300,000 grant from NextEnergy of Michigan, the college launched its Alternative

Energy Degree Program two years ago on the first wave of a statewide effort to train students to become engineers in an emerging sustainable energy economy.

But alternative energy technology is still in its infancy, with many challenges ahead for all the stakeholders – industry, the educators, government, and the engineers in whose hands lies our future world. Developing the curriculum and programs necessary to train students in such a new and emerging field is daunting.

“We’re learning as we go,” says Simon Ng, director of the college’s AET program. “It’s been an exciting and rewarding experience, learning all these new technologies and developing a frontier and unique curriculum.” Besides his regular courses in chemical engineering, Ng teaches ‘Fundamentals of Fuel Cell Systems’.

The new program has pulled together faculty members with a particular interest in AET from five engineering departments. For Ng and his colleagues, the challenge is not only in developing new courses from scratch, but also boning up on the knowledge to teach them.

Student enrollment in the AET courses jumped from 63 students the first year when the graduate certificate program was established, to 110 students this year, he says. “Interest really caught on once we established the master’s degree

Another student from DTE is an engineer involved in their generating systems using natural gas. He was interested in understanding how fuel cell technologies could fit in. DTE has sponsored a program on fuel cells, and they have a very big interest in the manufacturing company called Plugpower that makes fuel cells. It was of particular interest

NextEnergy’s Microgrid Power Pavillion in TechTown just north of campus is powered by alternative energy sources.

to them to see how these fuel cells fit into the overall system. When he went out to the hydrogen park, it was a revelation for him. Here he’s seeing all of these different components, which he wouldn’t otherwise have seen. The students come from all sorts of disciplines. q

program.” Many AET students are engineers in local industry, including TACOM, Ford, DTE and the fuel cell manufacturers. “We have a lot of interest from local industry engineers as well as new graduate students who are excited about this field. We attracted a McNair Scholar from Minnesota, and another student moving from Alberta to Windsor in order to attend our program,” Ng says.

“The establishment of the AET master’s program, the first of its kind in the nation, put us on the map as the frontier program in the nation,” says Ng. “We have shared our curriculum development experience with California and Missouri universities. In fact, we’ve had quite a few inquiries from all over the world – Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia. We are also working with an engineering professor from Moldova in Eastern Europe who would like to visit and lecture under the Fulbright program in order to learn how we develop this new program.”

Ng and the other AET faculty members face the same challenges of any new program, particularly the lack of resources needed to push it to the next level. Faculty resources are not committed to the program to the same degree they are to their departments. “Right now, because the courses are kind of a volunteer effort from the individual departments, we are limited to the number of courses we offer,” Ng explains. “I understand the growing pain. Hopefully, once there is a solid enrollment, the university and the college will make appropriate investment in hiring new AET faculty. Eventually, the ultimate goal is to form a department or center with dedicated faculty members to teach and perform AET research.”

AET faculty are taking their students to observe and study AET activities locally, visiting DTE’s hydrogen energy park in Southfield and NextEnergy’s micro-grid just north of campus. Industry is also involved by providing internships and other opportunities for Wayne State students to become familiar with actual AET technology operations. At the grand opening of NextEnergy on September 29, AET students helped organize and serve as hosts to show off the new technology. “It’s a good experience for them to understand by seeing all this interest,” Ng says.

As the director, Ng often fields inquiries from prospective students about the new program. The question most often asked is, ‘Will I be able to find a job when I graduate?’ “Nobody knows for sure,” he says. “But if you look at all the research and development funneling into fuel cell, hybrid technology, and alternative fuels, it’s a good bet these areas are the future of the engineering profession.” q

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By David Reich

There is a definite buzz in Techtown, signs of the mergence of cutting-edge science, engineering, and business taking shape in Wayne State University’s new technology and research park just north of campus.

NanoScience Engineering Corporation (nSEC), out of the College of Engineering’s Chemical Engineering Department, plans to join about a dozen other high-tech startups located in Techtown since its opening one year ago. Their story is an example of how WSU researchers are taking the next step from innovation to implementation, with engineering as the driving force.

FirSt SteP to a breakthrough

nSEC plans to open labs and offices in the new NextEnergy complex at Burroughs and Second Avenue by the end of the year. It’s the first step for the newly formed company in its quest to develop breakthrough applications based on its researchers’ patented techniques to improve properties in polymers and rubber. (Think plastics, specifically, plastic bags with improved strength, thermal stability and reduced permeability.)

Esin Gulari, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, is the driving force behind the research. The award-winning chemical engineer and former department chair, along with three colleagues, has partnered with two Detroit businessmen to take their new technique to investors as well as suppliers. And as the plan calls for it, she will handle both sides – the world

of science and business, at least for the first six to 12 months, as the company’s chief technology officer (CTO).

“We are running a roadshow, and the strategy is to get user companies and suppliers lined up,” Gulari says.

how nSeC Came to be

The company was formed in the spring of 2005 after the university Technology Transfer Office brought together the researchers – Gulari, Professor R. Kannan and Dr. Gulay Serhatkulu, assistant professor, Research, with Detroit businessmen David Burnett and James Braddock, Sr. “David Burnett found Judy Johncox in the Tech Transfer Office,” Gulari explains. “David was former CEO of Prizmalite Industries, another materials company built on introducing tiny glass spheres into tanks and brake pads. Judy shared with David the university’s intellectual property portfolios. David focused on the ones that were mine, and he became very interested.”

After investigating the technology in the university databases and conducting market analysis, Burnett and Johncox grew even more excited. “Then, David found Jim,” Gulari continues. “Jim was also involved with Prizmalite, but Jim’s real connections are in automotive. He was a purchasing executive with Chrysler and American Motors before that.”

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Gulari liked the match of these individuals – her team with Burnett and Braddock. “There was a lot of synergy here. They knew the business end, but knew little about the technology, although they sensed there was potential here. We don’t know the business end, but we know a lot about the technology, and we are a capable group. So my approach to them was that this is going to be a 50/50

From EnginEEring Lab to tEchtownthe Story oF a wSu ChemiCal engineering StartuP

partnership. And I reside on both sides, since I am the connector.”

Besides the faculty researchers, much credit goes to Phd candidate Steve Horsch, who, along with Serhatkulu, conducted the bulk of the track work in the lab leading to the new polymer processing technique.

Business school students were also involved in the creation of nSEC. “A group of MBA students, calling themselves ‘Group X,’ did the marketing analysis and business plan for nSec,” Gulari says. “Judy put them together. These guys couldn’t even pronounce ‘polymer.’ They were saying ‘poly-meer.’ I was calling them ‘my poly-meer people.’ But they did a pretty good job for us, developing a very good report and presentation.”

SeCuring a grant

Gulari has submitted a $600,000 grant proposal to the National Science Foundation for the establishment of a ‘Tyro Bench’ for Wayne State engineering, business and law students. “What we proposed with Judy is to take up the Wayne State IP portfolio, identify the faculty and the graduate student or postdoc involved in the research, take that person together with an MBA and law school student, create a laboratory for the Tyro bench in the TechOne building, and let them work on various technologies in the portfolio.”

Tyro means “beginner in learning.” But the proposal has significant real-world implications. “The whole process is to create more jobs and start-up companies,” Gulari says.

“By the time I am done within a year, the new CTO will take over product development for the company,” says Gulari.

ProgreSS and exCitement grow at nSeC

In May, NextEnergy, a state-of-the-art facility with high-tech conference rooms, opened with six separate, spanking-new, large laboratory bays that will be available for lease soon. The timing is right for nSEC. In June, nSEC got a huge lift with the approval of a $100,000 Small Business Industrial Innovation grant from the National Science Foundation.

Right now the excitement and hopes for nSEC are high. Clearly, there are risks. But this is a startup, and one would expect that. But Burnett, a self-described technology entrepreneur, is not the risk taker the description implies, he says. “Entrepreneur sounds riskier than it really is. The fact is, I’m confident Dr. Gulari has the right solution.”

Gulari is excited, of course, about the prospect of seeing

Chemical engineering colleagues formed their own company last spring. Here, Professors R. Kannan and Esin Gulari (top) observe PhD candidate Steve Horsch demonstrate their patented ‘super critical carbon dioxide method’ for dispersing the layers in the mixtures in plastic manufacturing process.


The nSec Group: (from left) David Burnett, Esin Gulari, R. Kannan, Gulay Sethatkulu, and Steve Hoersch (seated)

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Esin Gulari has been a member of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science faculty since 1979, and chair of the department from 1993 to 2000. From 2000 to 2004, Gulari served at the National Science Foundation (NSF) where she was the director of the Chemical and Transport Systems Division in the Engineering Directorate. From September 2001 to April 2003, she also served as acting assistant director for the Engineering Directorate.

Professor Gulari earned her PhD in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., in 1973. In 1995, she, along with her colleague, Charles Manke, was awarded the Henry Ford Technology Award for their work in controlling oil mist in machining operations, an important innovation for environmental conditions in automotive plants.

She is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the 2003 chair for the Council of Chemical Research, a member of the NRC Chemical Sciences Roundtable, and a member of the executive board of the Committee of the Advancement of Women Chemists and Chemical Engineers (COACH). Professor Gulari is the recipient of many other honors and awards, including the Wayne State Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award (1996) and the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award (1999). q

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the fruits from her group’s research in the marketplace, but even more about what the endeavor could mean for her graduate students. “Can you imagine, as the students finish, they can find jobs?”

Before the migration to the suburbs beginning in the late 1960s, the 12-block area between the University Cultural Center and New Center, and Woodward and Third avenues, was teeming with business activity. Returning to that level again will be up to the success of pioneering startups like nSEC. q

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how do they do thatPlastic is so pervasive that we seldom think about it. Most of us know nothing about how it is made. Here is a simple description of nSEC’s new technique.

The relatively stiff plastics we see in everyday products consist of a polymer (polyethylene) – long molecules made up of smaller molecular units joined together – mixed with other elements, including fillers (usually clay), pigments, plasticizers, flow improvers and stabilizers. The polymers and the fillers are mixed into a ‘polymer matrix.’ The method used to make this is important in creating a certain mixture that yields the special desired properties of the final plastic product. The mixture is assembled, heated and pressurized, using molds or thin film containers to produce the desired shape.

The emphasis in manufacturing to improve the mixture properties is to expand or disperse the layered silica (clay) by using chemistry to spread the layers apart a little. We’re talking small here, expanding a .2-nanometer space to one nanometer.

But instead of modifying the clay filler, the nSEC group has developed a unique process of dispersing it using what it calls the ‘supercritical carbon dioxide method.’ The method involves soaking the clay in compressed supercritical carbon dioxide, and then rapidly depressurizing it.

Professor Gulari describes the entire patented procedure using the example of making plastic wrap or bags: “Think about these materials as if you were looking under a microscope. They would be like playing cards. It is long in one surface dimension, very thin in the other. So, imagine taking a polymer in the liquid state. We put this in and align these things by flow. If you were blowing a cell of these things, the particles immediately align with the flow. They are not going to sit like this in a film. They are going to align with the particles. So, if you can cover a good fraction of that surface, the property across that film is going to be very different with only the polymer on this material inside. Once we can take the material apart, the standard methods in making the film is going to take care of that. You have polyethylene film, that is, pure polymer. You soften it by heating it, and then you stretch it and make a film. Cling wrap. Garbage bags. These are plastic materials stretched and blown into film. They are not going to sit vertical to the film. They are going to sit flat. And if you adjust the molecules and you maintain a continuous film, you are going to have these things frozen in the film.” q

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Besides the actual instructional aspects, the building has been designed to allow for that bit of exhibitionist in many engineers. No

longer will an engineering student have to rely entirely on a slide rule to show off; he will have a building. Continuous exhibits will be held by all departments in a two- story exhibition lobby near the main entrance located on Third Avenue. Here, large instructional equipment and special processes will be exhibited. The most interesting feature of the building may turn out to be the Steam Laboratory. A large plate glass window will be used to give an unobstructed view into the Steam Laboratory. Outside the Laboratory, a terrace with benches has been planned so that an engineer may have his girlfriend or wife and kiddies watch him conduct an experiment.

The convenience and comfort of students have been kept in mind throughout the design. Since most of the building will be primarily lab space, each floor has been provided with large locker rooms in which students may change for laboratory work. These locker rooms have the same facilities now offered at the C. Chronicle (bathroom) in the (Old) Main Building, plus a new innovation -- showers with hot and cold water. To provide easy access to parking space, the future north wing of the building will be built on ‘stilts’ as shown in the architect’s drawing. The north wing will also provide a protected entrance to the main lobby and a covered outdoor space for the use of students.

When the building is finally opened, the engineering students will be pleasantly surprised with the equipment and facilities provided. One of the more outstanding

features will be the dynometer test cells. Ten cells located on the first floor will be available for experiments. Each cell will be independent and have individual fuel lines. Safety will be paramount, and each cell will have an automatic fire extinguishing system. Special exhaust fans in each cell will pull out exhaust gases. These gases will pass onto the roof, where they will be diluted in a 12-inch chimney and then let out into the atmosphere. Special air conditioning units will keep the temperature in the cell down while a test is being conducted. Special facilities on the second floor will include constant temperature rooms for high and low temperature work. These are just two of the types of laboratories and test cells. The completed building will house 24 laboratories, plus departmental offices, classrooms and design rooms. The design rooms have been placed on the third floor to take full advantage of the design of the building, which provides the greatest amount of natural lighting for the third floor.

The opening of the building will usher in a new era in engineering education at Wayne. It is hoped that with it will also come closer cooperation between the university and industrial concerns of our city in the form of an activated engineering research program. q

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As the college looks forward to an ambitious expansion of its facilities that will help it move well into the 21st century, we take you back 56 years to the previous time when the college prepared for completion of its current building.

The following edited story first appeared in the November 1949 issue of Wayne Engineer. The author of the article is anonymous.

THE ENGINEERING BUILDING

The dream is about to become a reality, the dream of every engineering student and alumnus, of seeing the College of Engineering emerge from the depths of the Main Building basement and inadequate temporary buildings, and establish itself, under one roof, in a building designed exclusively for the instruction of engineering. The spring semester in 1950 will bring the opening of the first units of the Engineering Building.

The completed building has been designed to cope with the full-time enrollment of about 2,000 students expected by the college. The physical plant necessary to accommodate a student body of this size to meet their particular needs would have to include separate buildings or wings for each department in the college. Sufficient funds to construct a separate building or unit for each department were lacking. Therefore, it was necessary to plan one structure that could take care of the needs of all the departments now, and at the same time, be adaptable to needs of just one department at

a time when it is possible to move the other departments to permanent quarters. The building now nearing construction is one of four engineering buildings included in the long-range plans of the college and eventually will be used primarily by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

The main portion of the building is planned to form the middle bar of an ultimate E-shaped group of buildings. One of the courts formed by this arrangement is planned for parking space for 70 automobiles. The other court will be divided into a service court and landscaped court. The location and shape of the building was determined largely as a result of extensive studies of the Site Development Plan for Wayne. This plan assigned the general area near Putnam and Second for the college buildings.

The engineering building has the general lines of the two university buildings already completed -- State Hall and the Science Building. The building is a reinforced concrete structure with gray-face brick exterior walls. Its design incorporates a large amount of window space. To eliminate large amounts of atmospheric dust, permanently fixed windows have been used extensively in conjunction with separate systems for heating and ventilation. Special equipment has been provided to clean windows rapidly and easily. This equipment is in the form of a cab suspended from a continuous track incorporated in the design of the roof canopy.

A special type of glass-block has been used for the windows on the south side of the building. This glass-block will deflect

the sun’s rays upward, eliminating glare and, in turn, eliminating shades, which would otherwise be necessary. Besides eliminating glare, the glass will reflect sunlight off the ceiling and thus provide better lighting throughout the interior

of the building. To further improve natural lighting in the three-story central wing, the two wings running north and south (parallel to Second Avenue) have been planned only two stories high. This will offer less obstruction to north and south light.

“Outside the Laboratory, a terrace with benches has been planned so that an engineer may have his girlfriend or wife and kiddies watch him conduct an experiment.”

greetingS to the ClaSS oF 1953arthur Carr, dean, College oF engineering

Looking back over the years when it has been my privilege to extend to your predecessors a few words of welcome at the beginning of their college careers, I feel that, at last, I am able to strike a new note to you – our newest engineering class. Heretofore, my welcome has always expressed the hope that soon we might offer the incoming class adequate physical facilities necessary for engineering instruction.

Until this year, that part of my speech has been wishful thinking. This year, with the rapid completion of the first two units of the engineering building and with the third on the way, the wish is fast becoming reality.

However, I hasten to say that since its inception, in spite of many handicaps, we have had an excellent engineering program. We have been proud of our student body and our faculty and we are very proud of our alumni. The same could not be said about our physical plant. Without good physical facilities it has been very difficult to impress upon the general public the fact that we actually have had a good engineering program. With the completion of our first engineering building, this will be changed. All of us will be delighted to call attention to the fine outward manifestation of our fine engineering college. Truly the new building is the first step towards a real Engineering Science Center.

“The opening of the Engineering Building will usher in a new era in engineering education at Wayne”

Before 1950, engineering classes were held in Old Main, army barracks, houses, and the top floor of the Maccabees Building, among other places. Many continued to be held in scattered locations years later.

The original plan called for a main building with three seperate wings. Because of a lack of funds only the main building (left) and one wing (not seen) were completed.

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Ford Focus fuel cell car: Students on campus got a glimpse into the not-so-distant future when the college hosted a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle display on the Gullen Mall last April. Suit Up: (left center) Smart Sensors and integrated Microsystems lab workers.

Photo Gallery

Standing Tall (left) Students from the Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET), Badadal, India, studying at the College of Engineering and pursuing internships in local industry, flank Professors Trilochan Singh and Harpreet Singh, and Dean Ralph Kummler (in chef’s hat - center) at Welcome Back Day in September. Go Go Go (above) Wayne State’s Formula SAE car at the Silverdome competition last May.

Tour Starts Here (top and above right) SSIM Director Greg Auner leads many dignitaries on tours of the world-ranked lab. Here (top and above right) he explains operations to officials from Tongji University in China, and to US congressional aides. Buck Stops Here (right) Dean Ralph Kummler, ever in charge, with Associate Dean Gerald Thompkins

It’s not always about engineering (second from bottom right) Professor Greg Auner and SSIM Program Coordinator Kathy Abramczyk take a break for SSIM Day at Comerica Park. (bottom right) Associate Dean Michele Grimm helps a grad school canidate with admissions application at Grad Fair last summer.

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Joseph D. Boelter, BSChE’65, MSChE’66, is president and owner of Management Recruiters of Plymouth. Throughout his career in the chemical products industry, Boelter has been involved in introducing, improving and promoting what eventually became everyday product improvements and new technology in the chemical and other material related industries. In 1999, he founded his own business, which recruits and places engineering and other professionals in positions at chemical, auto, plastics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, energy, coatings and personal care industries.

Jim Croce, BSECE’86, is president and CEO of NextEnergy of Michigan. He has held a variety of positions in the electric, natural gas, and energy technology fields at ANR Pipeline and DTE Energy Technologies. At DTE, Croce was responsible for overseeing DTE’s business development activities relating to the industry transformation of environmentally friendly fuel cell and biomass-based power generation systems. In 2003, he joined NextEnergy as CEO.

Robert Fenech, BSME’69, is senior vice president, Nuclear, Fossil and Hydro Operations, at Consumers Energy of Michigan. After graduation, he served in the US Navy in Vietnam as a fighter pilot with aircraft carrier experience. He was also a commercial airline pilot for TWA. He began his engineering career at Consumers Power (now Consumers Energy) in 1981 at the Palisades nuclear plant. He oversees management of the Palisades nuclear power plant and manages the operation, maintenance, and scheduling of power and fossil fuel supply for 11 coal, gas and oil-fired power plants, the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, and 13 hydroelectric generating dams.

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Brian Geraghty, MSME’72, is director of Design Analysis Engineering at Ford Motor Company, where he has worked for more than 40 years. Geraghty led the change to reduce product development timing at Ford from a 48-month to a 36-month cycle. He leads a group that provides the engineering information and testimony for the defense of product litigation concerning Ford vehicles. While at Wayne State, Geraghty was a member of the 1970 Clean Air Car Race team, which took first-place overall and the first to win a national competition for Wayne State.

Orest Iwasiuk, MSME’85, is the retired president of Teleflex Automotive Group. He has served in various positions in the automotive industry, progressing from research engineer to president of a $550 million automotive division. At Teleflex Automotive Group, he was instrumental in diversifying the product portfolio from cables to driver controls, growing sales from $90 to $450 million in six years. In 1993, he was appointed president of the group with 18 operations in North America, Europe, and China and 4,000 employees.

Susan Iwasiuk, MSME’86, is director of Truck Product Procurement and Supply at DaimlerChysler Corporation, where she has worked since graduation. In her current position, she manages a group of 30 specialists focused on facilitating procurement quality, and supply strategies and activities for all current and future Chrysler Group truck products.

Barbara Samardzich, MSEMMP’95, is executive director of Small Front and Rear Wheel Drive Vehicle Platforms at Ford Motor Company, where she has been employed for 15 years. As chief engineer of Automatic Transmission Engineering Operations, she led improvements in customer satisfaction by 4 percent, in “things gone wrong” rating by 13 percent, and in reduction of repairs by 32 percent. In her current position, her department successfully integrated engineering of the Ford Focus and successfully launched the 2005 model.

Robert Thomas, BSEE’69, PHDEE’72, is professor of electrical and computer engineering at Cornell University. He is the first electrical engineer to be awarded a PhD degree by Wayne State. He is the founding director of the 11-university member NSF Power Systems Engineering Research Center, which is focused on problems of restructuring of the electric power industry. He was a member of the USDOE Secretary’s Power Outage Study Team, and was on assignment in 2003 to the US DOE as senior advisor to the director of the Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution.

Celebrating Honoring aCHievement

Award Recipients

Socius Collegii – Joseph V. Mantese, group manager

of Materials, Delphi Research Laboratories

Industry Achievement Award

Michael Donoughe, MSME’86, DaimlerChrysler; Marian

Mahoney, MSECCS’95, manager of Software Engineering, Lear;

Debra Osuch, MSHWM’93, manager of Environmental Services, Soils & Materials

Engineers; Fritz Quitmeyer, MSME’83, manager,

American-Axle & Manufacturing

Opposite page photos: top row: Joseph D Bolter, Barbara Samardzich, Susan Iwasiuk, middle row: Jim Croce, Robert Fenech, Orest Iwasiuk, bottom row: Brian Geraghty, Robert Thomas


Night of the Stars 2004 moved to the Ford Rouge Plant complex in Dearborn to celebrate another year of achievement for the college. Eight outstanding alumni were honored with the college’s highest honor, Distinguished Engineering Alumni Achievement, and inducted into the Hall of Fame. The group included six men and two women -- two energy executives, a university professor, three current auto company executives and one retired auto company executive, and the president of a top management recruiting firm.

Special thanks go to the generous sponsors -- Ford Motor Company, DaimlerChrysler Corp., General Motors Corporation, EDS, Urban Science, ArvinMeritor, Lear and Timkin.

Hall of Fame Inductees

FALL 2005FALL 2005

Dear Alum,

As you read through this issue of EXEMPLAR, you will see how your Engineering Alumni Association has a lot to offer. Whether you’re looking for information about current projects at the college or what your fellow alums are doing, belonging to EAA is a great way to keep in touch.

And if you want more than being in touch, we have lots of programs you can participate in. The Engineering Alumni Grants for Education and Research (EAGER) sponsors today’s students in collaborative projects, promoting teamwork, engineering ingenuity and creativity. If you give to EAGER, either with your time or money, you will experience the enthusiasm of our Formula SAE team and other teams as they compete, often on a national scale, against other universities. The talent and drive is outstanding on the student teams.

We have a new annual event, the Golf Outing, which is a great way to support the college. The “Night of the Stars” fund-raiser gives recognition for the college, including Alumni Achievement Awards. This past year, we celebrated with 250 attendees at the Ford Rouge Plant Visitor Center. And on Nov. 17, we are going to the Detroit Science Center. If you have not been to the Science Center and want to join in the celebration, please see the ad in this issue.

Did you know that you can get a permanent email forwarding address through the Wayne State Alumni Association? Keep the same address for your friends and contacts to use –- @alumni.wayne.edu – no matter who your server provider is. Visit the Wayne State alumni site (www.alumniconnections.com/wsu/) for more information.

This year, we also had a brunch at Birmingham Country Club, a wine tasting event, a homecoming event and a WSU Warrior hockey night. All these events support our mission to build loyalty and active support among WSU alumni. The WSU alumni association and EAA help to promote a positive image of Wayne State and the college. We promote professional development and networking opportunities with our activities. Our membership roster of 1,200 is growing every year.

Wayne State has been an important part of your education, and now, EAA offers numerous ways to engage your interest, curiosity and experience. Having an engineering degree from Wayne makes you a member of a unique group. Use the alumni association services and encourage others to join the association. When possible, volunteer your time to give back. The rewards far outweigh the time you give. Learn more about EAA by visiting our Web site at www.wsueaa.org and contacting any member of the board.

Brian GeraghtyMSME’72

Dear Editor,

i read witH interest in tHe Helios news the article on Robert Kearns. I knew his father and mother very well, and was employed at the same company with his father in the 1950s. I am a 1951 Wayne grad in EE and a bit older than Robert. Marty Kearns, Bob’s father, and I used to talk about Bob’s and my interests in teaching and world problems. Bob and I also served in the OSS in WWII. My reason for contacting you is to ask if the family is interested in my input. I would be happy to relate my experiences. I left the Detroit area in 1958 and did graduate work and retired from teaching at the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1992. After I left the Detroit area, I lost contact with most people. I found it interesting reading about Robert’s career.

Earl Richards, BSEE ’511000 Bluebird LaneRolla, Mo. 65401

Dear Editor,

tHank you so muCH for tHe wsu engineering baseball Cap tHat my CHildren presented to me at my retirement party. I have been wearing the cap to our local team hockey games. Tyler Kindle is on the team, and when he gets a goal, I let everyone around me know that Wayne State has scored again. And they see my cap.

My engineering training at Wayne State was great. There were many things that I did in my jobs, and people would remark, “How did you know how to do that?” I would tell them I got that in college. They would say they never had that training in their schools. I know that did very well for my career and job assignments.

Larry Thow, BSChE ’61910 S. Whitehall CircleFlorence, SC 29501

Letters to the editorFrom the PresidentENGINEERING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

2005-2006WSU Engineering Alumni Association Board Officers

and Members

Officers

President: Brian Geraghty (MSME ’72) Ford Motor Company Vice President: Paul Nahra (BSME ’98, MSME ’99) DaimlerChryslerFinancial Officer: David M. Chegash (BSIE ’75) DaimlerChryslerSecretary: Anthony Corsetti (BSME ’99, MSME ’01) MotorolaPast President: Joseph Boelter (BSChE ‘ 65, MSChE ‘ 66) Management Recruiters of Plymouth

Members

Robert L. Byrum (BSME ’58) Sensor Manufacturing Anthony Duminski (BSEE ’65, MSEE ’69, MBA ’82) The Norris Group, Inc.Claude Fiori (BSEE ’89)Tamer Girgis (MS ChE) Student Rep, President, Engineering Graduate Student AssociationGerald Goldberg (BS AeE ’52)Curtis Gomulinski (BSEE ’01)Coleen Hill (BSCE ’00, MSCE ’02) Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.Boban Jancevski (BSECE ’03) Motorola David Kolodziej (BSME ’59, MSME ’62)Ralph Kummler Dean of EngineeringFrederick Levantrosser (BSCE ’60, MSCE ’67, MBA ’73)Don Neumann (BSEE ’72, MSCE ’82, Ph.D. CE ’99) General Dynamics Edward Paley (BSME ’58) HPS, Inc. Offer (Frank) Preuthun (BSME ’48)Fritz Quitmeyer (MSME ’83) American Axle and ManufacturingPaul Skalny (MS Operations Research ’93) US Army TARDEC-NAC Tony Wojtowicz Lakeside Engineering

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Kenneth R. Jackson, BSEE ‘41, was a vice president at Leach International before retiring in 1985. He built and sailed a 41-foot ketch, which he sold several years ago. He enjoys traveling, and resides in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Gordon R. Stone, BSME’42, MSME ’49, is director of the Convair Alumni Association, General Dynamics. From 1943 to 1946, he served on the submarines USS Stingray and USS Angler as an engineering, electrical and diving officer. After the war, he was an engineering instructor at Wayne State. In 1953, he became a foreign service staff officer with assignments in Munich, Tangier, Tehran and Gibraltar. From 1960 to 1984, he was a design specialist and group supervisor for Atlas ICBM and Space Systems, General Dynamics Convair Astronautics. He ended his career at the San Diego Aerospace Museum Education Department. He resides in Santee, Calif.

Walter Piper, Engin’42, was installed as an officer for the 2004-5 term by the Service Corps of Retired Executives, Detroit Chapter 18. He resides in Beverly Hills, Mich.

John L. Benish, BSEE’49, is retired from the Wholesale Plumbing and Heating Company after 35 years as owner. Currently, he is learning how to play the pipe organ. He resides in Bloomfield Hills.

1950s

Lucille Milne, BSME’50, is retired. She worked as an editor of annual oil field technical reports for the Saudi Government in Saudi Arabia from 1955 to 1983. “I married an American while working there. We had three children before I went back to work,” she writes. She resides in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Leo Bodnar, BSEE’51, retired from TRW in 1990. He resides in Garden Grove, Calif.

Francis Biehl, MSME’53, is a consulting engineer for Biehl Engineering Inc. He works on safety, forensic, structural and architectural engineering. He resides in Menomonee Falls, Wis.

David Wemyss, BSEE’53, is enjoying retirement, spending time with family and traveling. He resides in Farmington Hills.

Stanley Finkelstein, BSAeroE’55, is retired and resides in Farmington Hills.

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Sheldon H. Kardener, BSME’55, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine. He resides in Santa Monica, Calif.

David W. Turnquist, BSEE’57, is retired and a grandfather residing in West Bloomfield. Currently, he focuses his energy on serving others and advancing his own development.

1960s

Thomas Stone, BSEE’60, retired from Oakland Community College several years ago as distinguished professor emeritus. Currently, Thomas is a consultant to the Michigan Counseling Association, North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy. He conducts genealogical research for family and others, and he is involved in his community of Clarkston.

Leonard M. Salle, BSCE’60, is president and co-founder of the Commonweal Institute, a multi-issue research and educational institute in Menlo Park, Calif. He resides in Portola Valley, Calif.

Larry Thow, BSChE’61, retired last January after an entire career at Devoe and Reynolds Company, a paint products company that later became Celanese, Hoechst, and finally Wellman. Larry started in product research, then did plant expansion projects, eventually moving up to production and plant manager. As products evolved, so did Larry, working in the Fiber Division, then polyester bottle resin. His assignments led to transfers throughout the south, including Kentucky, South Carolina and Mississippi. Currently, he a consultant for a new expansion at the company’s Mississippi plant. He resides in Florence, SC.

William V. Weirauch, BSCE’64, is retired and residing in Richmond, Mich. He likes to travel in his recreational vehicle and take care of his grandchildren.

Tom Zasadny, BSME’65, MSME‘70, is a project engineer at Testek Inc. in Livonia. He writes that he is enjoying life while residing in Northville.

Phillip Chaban, BSME’66, retired in 1996 and resides in a home in Grass Lake, Mich. “surrounded by state land.” Phillip spent his 30-year career working on car heating and cooling and automotive seating mechanisms. Along the way, he spent four years creating special machines in both automotive and in pharmaceutical hard capsules. He and his wife, Kay, are co-owners of Capricorn Clay Pottery studio. They sell their work at some 14 fine art shows a year throughout the Midwest. Their work won a Best of Show award at the Ella Sharp Museum. He encourages EXEMPLAR readers to view their work at www.capricornclay.com

George Dellas, BSIE’66, MSIE’74 is retired vice president of American Axle and Manufacturing in Detroit. In 2003, he was inducted into the college’s Hall of Fame. He resides in San Diego, Calif. and Naples, Fla.

Donal P. Maloney, BSCHE’66, is president and CEO of the Elliott Company in Jeannette, Pa. He is responsible for all operations and strategic planning for the corporation and its subsidiaries, as well as for Elliott-Ebara Turbo machinery Corporation in Sodegaura, Japan. Elliott designs and manufactures steam turbines, compressors, turbochargers, plant air compressors and microturbines. “It’s quite a challenge with the integration of both companies and the cultural barriers,” he writes. “Wayne State started my 37-year career and I would be happy to give something back.” In his free time, he enjoys golfing. Donal resides in Monroeville, Pa.

James Witherell, BSEE’67, retired from the City of Detroit as a senior electrical engineer in the transmission and distribution section. He resides in Sun City West, Ariz.

Mohammed Mahmood, MSIE’68, is president of Globe Composite Solutions, responsible for managing design development of advanced structural plastic products and assisting overseas companies in marketing and sales in the United States. He resides in Troy.

1970s

Jayprakash “Jay” B. Shah, MSCE’70, is president and chairman of Spalding DeDecker and Associates, of Rochester Hills, and was inducted into the college’s Hall of Fame in 2002. He was recently appointed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to the Michigan Strategic Fund Board of Directors to serve from January 2005 to December 2005. He resides in Bloomfield Hills.

John M. Witherell, BSEE ’75, is a manager of Engineering and Planning for the southeast region of DTE Energy, responsible for planning the electrical system infrastructure. He also manages the Distributed Resource Planning group, which develops methods to incorporate various small generation resources into the electrical distribution grid. He resides in Grosse Pointe.

Ken Robson, BSCET’76, is a project manager at Siemens-Westinghouse currently working on gas turbine startup. He resides in Detroit.

1980s

Daniel Bullion, BEET’81, is an engineering supervisor in the folding tops and body seals sections for DaimlerChrysler Corporation. He resides in Milford.

Patricia Madsen, BSChE’84, MSChE ’87, is a veterinarian for the Michigan Humane Society. After working as a chemical engineer at GM and at Ciba-Geigy, she returned to school and received her DVM degree from Michigan State in 1992. She resides in Waterford.

Michael Muaied Roumaya, MSECE’85, is president of Business Solutions International, LLC and co-founder and board member of RF Technology Group. Before that, he worked for Visteon. Michael resides in Bloomfield Hills.

Dean Reichard, BSIE’87, is a supervising patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office. “We hire engineering grads!” he writes. He resides in Takoma Park, Md.

1990s

Praveen Dalmia, MSCE’90, ME’90, is chief medical physicist and manager for the radiation oncology center at Mt. Clemens General Hospital. He resides in Mt. Clemens.

Murugappan Subbarayan, ME’90, is a principal engineer and manager at the solid waste division at CTI and Associates. He resides in Troy.

Ed Tatem, MSCEE’90, was named area manager for Parsons Brinckerhoff in Detroit. He was previously a county highway engineer for the Road Commission of Macomb County. He resides in West Bloomfield.

Jeliu Akubuiro, MSCE’91, is a civil engineer in road design for the Wayne County Department of Public Services. He resides in Detroit.

Ernest Phillips, MSHWM’92, has received the Michigan Storm Water Certificate. Ernest is a consultant engineer responsible for environmental regulations for Environmental Compliance & Eng., Inc. “We are industry’s guide through the environmental regulation maze,” he writes. He resides in Canton.

John Cavataio, BSChE’93, MSChE’96, is a technical expert in the Chemical Engineering Department at Ford Scientific Research Laboratories. He is researching catalytic materials and after-treatment systems for reducing automotive diesel exhaust emissions. John earned his PhD in chemical engineering in

2002 from the University of Michigan. He resides in Dearborn.

Jana Plageman Gessner, MSHWM’95, is a corporate health and safety manager for ArvinMeritor, responsible for regulatory compliance. She resides in Toledo, Ohio.

Vinh Tran, MSME’96, MSMBA’00, is a project manager at Continental Teves, Inc. for General Motors Corporation’s global platform launching brake (ABS, TCS, ESC). Recently he received two patents. He is the proud father of two, and resides in Farmington Hills.

Nathan Clark, BSChE’96, is Leader of Engineering Innovation within the Light Vehicle Systems division called LVS Engineering and Technology at ArvinMeritor, where he has worked for the last 13 years. He resides in Troy.

Janell McLemore, BSECE ’98, is a Vetronics systems engineer with a Detroit area defense contractor. She is working on an MBA in international business. She resides in Southfield.

2000s

Stacie Fenner Caswell, BSChE’00, is a design and release product development engineer for Ford Motor Company. She earned a master’s degree in automotive engineering from the University of Michigan in May 2005. She resides in Allen Park with husband, Michael.

Archana Chavalla, MSECE’02, is an application developer for Nusoft Solutions, Inc. Its main technologies are Java, XML, HSL, JSP, Oracle and Java Script. She resides in Inkster.

Jonathan Flint, BSCEE’03, is working for the city of Detroit as a senior assistant traffic engineer. His responsibilities include estimating take-offs for pavement marking, investigating field conditions, and handling requests for stop signs. He resides in Hazel Park.

John J. Black, MSIME’03, is president of JJBlack & Associates Inc., a consulting firm. He resides in St. Clair Shores.

Chinmoy Saha, MSME’03, is a research engineer for Apparati, Inc. in Mountain View, Calif. He is currently developing a scientific instrument for NASA that would perform science exploration on Mars and Venus robotic missions. He also received a student paper finalist award from the ASME PVPD Conference in 2004. He resides in Belmont, Calif.

Brett Caldwell, BSECE’04, is an electrical system architect for General Dynamics Land Systems. He resides in Warren.

Class Notes

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Harold “Bud” Mertz, BSAERO ’61, MSEM ’63, PHDEM ’67

From baseball to engineering, from Wayne State University researcher to General Motors, Harold J. Mertz, father of the family of Hybrid III crash-test dummies and air bag restraint systems, is a true pioneer.

By Dean K. Demetropoulos, MSBioSci ’94, PhDBE ’01Director, BiomechanicsWilliam Beaumont Hospital Research Institute

Harold “Bud” Mertz was born in Detroit about a mile from where he lives today. He graduated from Denby High School in 1956, where, like many eventual engineers, he did very well in the sciences, especially in mathematics. In planning for his future, Mertz had to choose between pursuing a career in baseball and going on to college. He eventually promised his mother that he would give engineering a chance and enrolled at Wayne State University in aeronautical engineering. He was quickly hooked. In Mertz words, “It was then that engineering became what I wanted to pursue as a career.”

As an undergraduate student at Wayne State, he excelled in his courses and began to learn the fundamentals of engineering. He also delivered groceries on Friday afternoons and Saturdays. To make it to work on time on Fridays, he took the noon bus from school. If he missed that bus, he would be 15 minutes late for work.

One day during a fluid mechanics class, Professor Larry Patrick announced he was looking for a research assistant. Bud’s eyes lit up. This was an opportunity to learn more about engineering, choose working hours consistent with his course schedule, and make some money. After class, Bud talked to Professor Patrick about the position and was hired. This not only turned out to be a major turning point in Bud’s engineering career, but also in his personal life. He would marry Diane Marvicsin, who was Professor Patrick’s secretary.

Working in the lab was enlightening and motivating. Projects involved determining human tolerances to impact and evaluating new ideas for automotive restraint systems such as the HPR windshield, energy-absorbing instrument panels and steering columns. Professor Patrick was Bud’s mentor. A pearl of wisdom he shared with his student was that you should never start a problem by analyzing it with all its complications. You should always break it down to its first principles, then add complications. This is a core philosophy that Mertz still uses.

As an instructor, Mertz always focused on fundamentals. He always felt that lecturing was easy, but teaching was difficult. Further, he always put the student first. On

several occasions, Mertz was asked to add more students to his class. He always accepted them. In the days before graders, this meant a great deal more work as an instructor. Grading was always very difficult for an instructor, but during the era of the Vietnam War it was even more difficult. At a time when many students were dependent on staying in school for draft deferments, one quarter to one third of students were losing their deferments by failing engineering courses.

Mertz completed his studies at Wayne State with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1961, a master’s degree in engineering mechanics in 1963, and a PhD in 1967. Two years after graduating, he was hired by General Motors Research Labs to work on biomechanics projects and automotive occupant protection. He wrote two proposals for expanding automotive safety research at GM. The first was for the development of an

improved crash-test dummy. The second was for expanded biomechanics research. These programs led to a great deal of research that has shaped our understanding of the human body’s mechanical response and tolerance.

Ultimately, these efforts led to the development of the Hybrid III Anthropomorphic Test Devices, which remain

the worldwide standard for frontal-impact testing of restraint systems.

While at GM, Mertz was in a position to see the field of automotive biomechanics evolve, and to play a key role in guiding these changes. Among these changes is the advent of air bags, which are now standard components on vehicles. The beginning of his air bag research was done at Wayne State in the early 1970s under a contract with Professor Patrick and Gerald Nyquist, a WSU researcher. Mertz has received several awards for his contributions to air bag technology.

As for what lies ahead for automotive safety, Mertz believes opportunities to use the available vehicle space for restraining occupants in higher-severity collisions are getting more and more limited. He believes that in the future, restraint systems will be designed to reduce the injuries that occur to “weaker” occupants in moderate-severity accidents. In addition, more effort will be expended on accident-avoidance technology.

Today, Mertz lives with Diane in Harper Woods, Mich. They have two daughters, both with master’s degrees from Wayne State. Taking after their father’s love of teaching and research, one is a high school teacher, and the other is a research librarian. Bud and Diane are the proud grandparents of two boys. Mertz retired from GM last April and is setting up a consulting practice in the fields of biomechanics and automotive safety engineering. q

Arthur R. Krave, Engin ’39, died May 4, 2005, in Sterling Heights. He served as a second lieutenant in the US Army and was an engineer with the Michigan Department of Transportation for 35 years. In his retirement, Krave became a financial sponsor of needy children in Africa and India. He enjoyed spending time with family and was an avid collector of rocks, stamps and rare coins.

Robert C. Comstock, Engin ’49, died May 10, 2005.

Samuel Pinto, Engin ’49, died Sept. 7, 2004. Despite being born deaf, he led a remarkable life. He joined the US Navy and served during World War II. Later, he worked for Chrysler and General Dynamics, and started his own business, Ferndale-based Deflex Tool and Engineering. He held many other jobs, including shoemaker, barber and tool-and-die maker. His passions were flying airplanes, playing saxophone and riding motorcycles.

Michael Cahn, Engin ‘50, Engin ‘58, died Oct. 13, 2004, in Berkeley, Calif. He also received a DO degree from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1965. He was a family practice physician in Livonia and Novi before moving with his family to California in 1978. He practiced in Union City until he was forced by illness to retire in 1997. His wife, Mitzi Rachleff Cahn, BALibArts’60, MALibArts’63, and son, welcome calls.

Remembering

a warm thankS to engineering SyStemS international

The college extends a warm thanks to Engineering Systems International (ESI), with headquarters in Paris, France, for its in-kind donation of its patented “PAM-Crash Software.” Wayne State Bioengineering researchers develop human component computer models with the assistance of ESI software to study injury mechanisms and design countermeasures to mitigate automobile crash injuries. Wayne State’s computer models are used in the automotive industry to reduce personal suffering and societal costs.

ProduCtion management leaderShiP Program awarded $140,000 From SoCiety For manuFaCturing engineering

The Society for Manufacturing Engineering has selected the Production Management Leadership Program (PMLP) at the College of Engineering for a $140,000 grant. The two-year grant will allow PMLP flexibility in developing its curriculum, including multimedia materials and active learning exercises, said Darin Ellis, associate professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Alumni & Friends

Bud with his extended family: Bud poised with his ‘children’ - the Hybrid III adult and child dummies - along with the CRABI child dummies and the BioSID side-impact dummy at a Plymouth, Mich. dummy manufacturer, FirstTechnology Safety Systems, in 1995. The humans are members of the SAE Hybrid III dummy Family Task Group.

Harold ‘Bud’ Mertz 1974

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Mr. Brian E. DemanMr. Carl E. DemekMr. Manoj V. DesaiMr. Todd J. DesantisMr. Edward A. DiakowMr. Peter G. DiSanteMr. Keith W. DonaldsonMs. Sherolyn R. DowellMr. Lawrence D. DropiewskiMr. Hebon J. Ducote, Jr.Mr. Richard W. DudenMary Lou DudleyMs. Andrea M. DuffMr. Kenneth J. DulukMr. Anthony N. DuminskiDonald R. Early, Jr.Mr. Ensign D. EmersonMs. Gail E. EskerMs. Ruth EstersMr. Gregory M. EverlyEarl Karlton Fake, Sr.Gary FancherMr. Richard J. FancoIoana C. Finegan, Ph.DMr. Terry A. FischerDr. Edward R. FisherMrs. Patrice FisherMr. J. R. FloresMr. Richard J. FolkersMr. William C. FordMr. Addison E. FosterMr. Brian I. FoxAntonio FranklinMr. William C. FrankMs. Tene L. FrazierMr. Patrick J. FreemanMr. James E. FriantMr. Carl H. FrommScott R. FrumpMr. Steven P. FujaMr. Jan L. FultzMr. Joseph S. GackiMario J. Galindo, P.E.Mr. Raul A. GalindoMr. John S. GermaineMs. Jana M. GessnerMr. Stewart M. GoldfarbMr. Martin R. GoldsberryRahmatollah Golshan, Ph.D.Mr. Benencio J. GonzalezMr. Michael A. GordonMr. Joseph A. GrabowskiMr. Terrence D. GraceMr. David GrahamMr. Scott R. GrahamMr. Eugene GreensteinMs. Adrienne GreggMr. Michael V. GrobbelMrs. Anne-Lise GrosmouginMr. John R. GrundstromMr. Anthony J. GullittiMr. Atul K. GuptaMr. Rama K. GuttaNabil A. Hachem, Ph.DMr. Stephen L. Hahn


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Mr. Mark T. HallMr. Richard B. HallMs. Sharon L. HallMr. William R. HansenMs. Cora P. HansonMrs. Gloria A. HarknessMr. Jack L. HarrahMs. Amy M. HaslamMr. William C. HausmanMr. John R. HepolaMr. Thomas A. HibbsMr. Thomas K. HigginsMr. Ralph J. HitchcockMs. Latoya F. HobsonMr. Lee S. HoffmanMr. Thelbert L. HollandMs. Mary T. HorganMr. William C. HortonMr. Daniel J. HorvathMr. Paul A. HorvathMr. Michael G. HoughtonMr. Thomas W. & Marilyn J. HowellsMs. Cheryl A. HughesMr. Craig W. HughesMr. Bradford D. HughleyJoe-E B. Hu, Ph.D.Mr. William R. HungerfordMr. Piotr IdzkowskiMs. Tressia M. IngramMr. Sudhakar InguvaMr. Charles V. IrishMr. Kenneth R. JacksonMr. Mark A. JagerBoban JancevskiDonald JanuszekMr. Todd R. JarsonJohn H JaworowiczMr. Rafic E. JergessMr. Richard W. JodtsMr. Charles E. JohnsonMr. Roger B. JohnsonMr. Mark A. JonesMr. Roger P. KalinowskyMr. Tom T. KallapureMr. Allan S. KaltMr. Naresh C. KapilaMr. Kevin S. KardynalMr. Alexander KargilisMr. Dennis J. KarlMr. Kenneth P. KaufmanMs. Salena H. KeeseMr. Joseph P. KentMr. Tanveer H. KhanMr. Ronald W. KindMrs. Jennifer N. KindsethMrs. Wendy KingMrs. Esther KirschnerMr. George H. KlaetkeMr. Kenneth P. KlostermeyerMr. William R. KnappMr. Adelbert B. KoberMr. Daniel J. Kobylarz-HughesEnno Koehn, Ph.D.Mrs. Diana C. KoenigMr. Curtis W. Kovach

Mr. Frederick J. KrestikMr. Arthur A. KriewallProfessor Cynthia H. KrolikowskiMr. Scott T. KropfreiterMs. Nan KrygierMr. Paul R. KurtzhalsMr. Alvin M. KurzChoongyong Kwag, Ph.DMr. Ian W. LadomerMr. Mark S. LaginessMr. Donald M. LaiJeffrey Alan LaplanteMr. Jeffrey A. LarsenMichelle LarsosaMr. Leonard R. LaskowskiMr. Raymond LaurinMr. John J. LaybournMr. Phillip C. LeeMr. Judson A. LehmanMr. Marvin E. LeibsonMr. Philip A. LentonMr. John V. LevergoodMr. Rodney B. LewisMr. Richard H. LewthwaiteGeorge Leydorf, Jr.Mr. Nachman LittmanMr. Phillip LittMr. Huiyao LiuMr. Sung C. LiuMr. Yang LiuMr. Joseph M. LoGrassoMr. Gerald G. LonnstromMr. Richard B. LosMr. Bin LouMs. Huiru LouMr. Brad A. LovettMr. Albert G. LucasHenry Lybeck, P.E.Mr. Clifford A. LyonsMs. Sharon A. MabeMr. Bernard A. MacIverMr. Jan S. MajewskiMr. John P. MakinenDr. Chalasani Rao M.Mr. Frank E. Manion, Jr.Mrs. Marlene A. ManteyMr. Edward C. MarckwardtMr. William MargolinMr. Larry A. MarinoMajed MarjiWilliam S. Marras, Ph.D.Mr. Anthony J. MartinicoMr. Marvin C. MarxMr. Robert M. MarzonieMr. Mohammad MazharMr. James C. McCartyDr. Robert C. McCuneDr. James H. McMickingMr. James D. McNicolMr. Joseph C. MeyersMr. Ronald P. MeyersMr. Alfred J. MicheliniMs. Mary K. MichnoMr. Richard J. MieszczakMr. Thomas J. Mieszczak

Mr. Joseph J. MihmMr. Paul J. MilesMr. George W. MillerIvy MillerMr. Paul F. MillerLucille P. MilneMr. John J. MinderNaveen K. Mital, Ph.D.Mr. Gopal P. MohantyMr. Ali H. MokbelLeslie F. MonplaisirDornis C. Morin, Jr.Jeffery Von MosleyMr. Manohar B. MotwaniMr. David R. MulliganMr. Ravishankar MuruganMr. Michael MuscatMr. Randhir K. MuthyalaMr. Bogdan F. MuzykMr. Douglas D. MyersMr. Stanley M. NasarzewskiMr. Kumar NatarajanJean NeiMr. Roman T. NestorowiczMs. Joy R. NeumannMr. Paul R. NicastriMr. Alex NicholasMr. Michael E. MicollsMr. Henry S. NizkoMr. John A. NowakMs. Julie A. O’ConnorMr. Victor U. OdigieMr. Chris G. OehringMr. Marvin A. OlaneMr. Robert A. OlenzekMr. Steven M. OleskoMr. Roger A. OlinMr. Chad OlsonKenneth S. Opiela, Ph.D.Ms. Joann Ostrowski ParrinderMr. Norman A. OttMr. Kamlesh A. Pai-PanandikerMr. Dale R. PalmerMs. Michele R. PalombaMr. Sol PanushMr. James W. PaquetRadhika PatkarMr. Bruce PaxtonMr. Sanford L. PearlMr. Andrew B. PeltoMr. Philip R. PetersonMs. Melissa T. PettijohnMr. Nick A. PfefferMr. Robert J. PhillipsMr. Theodore R. PiankoMr. Michael J. PilarskiMr. Gerald E. PiontekMr. Kevin PoetMr. Donald I. PotterMr. Frank A. PozarMr. Robert F. PurdyMr. Jagjit PuriDr. Susil K. PutatundaMr. Stanley T. RaeMr. Munugur R. Rajendran

Mr. Rachan P. RaoMr. Maurice RapkinMr. Luke RashDr. Mulchand S. RathodMr. Nassif E. RayessMr. Michael L. ReaMr. Donald W. ReesDavid H ReichMr. Marco B. RentisMr. Craig P. RepellaMr. Michael A. ReuterMr. Roland T. RichardsonMr. Robert W. RiegelMr. John A. RiethJohn T. Rilly, Jr.Mrs. Stephanie B. RiversMr. James C. RoachMr. Arthur P. RobertsMr. Damon John RobinsonMr. Lawrence RogersDrita RoggenbuckMr. Thomas P. RutkowskiMrs. Janice M. SabolMr. Ahmad M. SabriMr. John E. SandersMr. Terry M. SanSouciMr. Marvin SantureMr. Rajiv SaxenaMr. Jack E. SchaeferMr. Dennis J. SchaferMr. Brian J. SchandevelMs. Joan R. St. Amour-ScheskeMr. Robert W. SchillingMr. Robert F. SchlorffMr. Thomas R. SchmidtMr. Peter D. SchmittMr. Henry E. SchoenseeMr. Richard A. SchultzDr. Otto R. SchweitzerMs. Catherine J. SeamonMs. Flaminia SerinaMs. Ami R. ShahMr. Michael ShawLucious Tyrone Shellman, Jr.Kamal M. Shenaq, Ph.D.Professor Vladimir SheymanMr. Kel-Chen ShihMr. John A. ShinskaMr. James D. ShontzMrs. Mary H. SiegMr. Michael A. SiepierskiMr. Jerry SimonsMr. Paul A. SimpsonMr. Joseph SingerMr. Harvinder SinghDr. Mahendra SinghMr. Tejinder SinghDhruba Sinha, Ph.D.M.B. SinioraMs. Henrietta D. SkaugeMr. Norris SkinnerMr. Christopher J. SkotzkeMr. Daniel E. SlaytonDr. Robert A. SmithDonald J. Smolenski, Ph.D.

Mr. Arnold M. SolomonMr. Edward S. SoltysiakMr. Donald S. SoulardMr. Robert F. SpainMukasa Emmanuel SsemakulaMr. Darryl R. StanbroughMr. David L. StefantzMr. Zlatko StevanovicMr. Carey J. SuhanMs. LaVonne W. SwiftMrs. Gloria C. Swinton-FranklinMr. William L. TalleyMr. Clifton E. Tally, Jr.Mr. Carl D. TaulbeeMr. Peter G. PecosDr. Warren R. TesslerMr. Christopher T. ThibodeauMr. Robert H. ThompsonMr. Manas ThongpredaMs. Patricia C. TibbenhamMr. Adrian ToaderMr. Thomas A. TobinMr. Steven M. ToeppeMr. Douglas P. TomaykoMr. John TorvinenMr. Kenneth R. TrosienMr. Fred W. TrumpyMr. Joseph W. TurckesMr. David W. TurnquistMr. Aaron R. TweadyMr. Richard F. UrbanMr. James A. VanDenBergheMr. Frank M. VandervegtMr. Kurt A. Van DrusMr. Darren M. Van HouzenMr. Stanislav VargaMr. Gregory J. VargoMr. Paul D. VialMr. Michael B. ViolaMr. James F. VisgerMr. Robert L. VitaleMs. Jane J. VitMs. Sudharani VundavalliMr. Douglas C. WagnerMr. James W. WagnerMr. Douglas K. WaineoMr. Mark W. WaldropMr. James R. WalkerMr. Mark A. WalshMr. Sankara WarrierMs. Ellen M. WeberMr. William E. WeggeMr. Arthur W. WesaMr. Gary WhiteMr. Jack R. WhiteheadMs. Shiryl T. WhiteWalter H. White, Jr.Mr. James M. WhitneyMr. Michael M. WhittleseyMr. Knute R. WicklundMr. Duane P. WilgerMs. Marianne ResslarMr. Anthony B. WillNathan WillisMs. Mary Ann L. Wilson

Ursula M. Wollschlaeger, M.D.Mr. Daniel WongHarlan F. Worden, Sr.James E. Worthy, Jr.Mr. James T. WuoriMs. Binqiu XuMs. Yanfang XuMs. Xiaoyi YangMr. Victor C. YarneThomas E. Yops, Jr.Mr. Hisham A. YounisMs. Pingyang YuMr. Gary L. ZaddachMr. Namir J. ZaraMr. Michael A. ZelmanBo ZhangMr. Qian ZhangMr. Sanchuan ZhouMr. Gordon D. ZiecinaMr. August R. ZielinskiMr. Dennis J. ZuccaroHerbert L. Zuschin


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Corporate Donors to Engineering

Wayne State Club$5,000 to $9,999

DeVlieg FoundationEDS CorporationNational Instruments Corp.Singh Management Co. L.L.C.Tisco Group, Inc

Deans Club$1,000 to $4,999

AAA (Auto Club of Michigan)Accenture Foundation, Inc.American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.Angstrom Technology Ltd.ButlerBuilt Motorsports EquipmentCarrier & Gable, Inc.Chrysler CorporationCommunity Foundation for Southeastern MichiganExxonMobil FoundationFidelity Charitable Gift FundFidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundGeneral Motors CorporationG. R. Kathawate & AssociatesHarness, Dickey & Pierce, PLCHubbell, Roth & Clar, INCJohnson & JohnsonLakeshore Engineering Services, INC.Lawrence Technological UniversityLear CorporationLifetime Lumber ProductsLockheed Martin FoundationManuel MotorcyclesMarathon Oil Foundation, Inc.MSC Software CorpSociety of Plastics EngineersTechnology Partnership, The Testing Engineers & Consultants, Inc.Timken Company, P O Box 6930Urban Land ConsultantsWade-TrimWayne State University Alumni Association

Green and Gold Club$500 to $999

Barr Engineering CompanyBASF CorporationBryant Health Center, Inc.Carrier & Gable, Inc.Cooper Tire & Rubber CompanyHartford Memorial Baptist ChurchInternational Business Machines CorporationMont’s Amusement CompanySociety of Automotive EngineersSynergeering GroupVerizon Wireless Service Llc

AnnualAlumni Golf Outing

All proceeds will support Engineering and Education

Grants (EAGER) for students in college.

College Leadership

May 2006

Ralph Kummler, Ph.D., P.E. Dean of Engineering

Michele Grimm, Ph.D.Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Snehamay Khasnabis, Ph.D.Associate Dean, Research

Gerald Thompkins, Ph.D.Associate Dean, Student Affairs

Gary Zaddach, M.B.A.Director, Business Operations

Lawrence AchramDaimlerChrysler

James AndersonUrban Science

David Aronow,Arco Alloy Corporation

Robert Banasik, Ph.D.Omnilife Health Care

John BanickiTesting Engineers & Consultants

Andrew Brown, Jr., Ph.D.Delphi

Walter Bryzik, Ph.D.TACOM

Bob ByrumSensor Manufacturing

Russell CarterArvinMeritor

James A. CroceNextEnergy

Robert DentonDenton, Inc.

Bharat DesaiSyntel, Inc.

Brian GeraghtyFord Motor Company

James GessnerMichigan Energy

Yousif GhafariGhafari Companies

Charles HessFischer/Unitech, Inc.

David Hillconsultant

Cheryl E. KreindlerCH2M Hill Michigan, Inc.

Steve KurmasDTE Energy

Mike MarinoAviation Partners Boeing

Tito R. MarzottoBEI Associates

Nancy PhilippartGeneral Motors

Julius L. ReevesGeneral Motors

Madhava ReddyHTC Global Services, Inc.

Erik RoerenArvin Meritor

Vinod K. Shaney, Ph.D.Henry Ford Health Systems

Donald J. Smolenski, Ph.D.GM WFG Environmental

Clay L. SnyderEDS GMNA

Percy VreekenTransnav Technologies

Board of Visitors

John VanheckeDevelopment Director

Kate KendroDevelopment Officer

Megan CyrulewskiDevelopment Officer

David ReichCommunications Officer

COMING SOON!!!

University Society$500,000 to $999,999

ESI GROUP

1868 Society$250,000 to $499,999

DSSI (Direct Sourcing Solutions)DTE Energy FoundationThe Whitaker FoundationUrban Science Applications, Inc.

Heritage Society$100,000 to $249,999

DaimlerChrysler Corporation FundDELPHI CorporationFord Motor CompanyFord Motor Company FundGeneral Motors FoundationNFL Charities

Cornerstone Society$50,000 to $99,999

Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program, Inc.Detroit Medical Center, TheFisher and Company, Inc.Ford Motor Company Central Accounting ServicesMillennium Technologies InternationalRapid Global Business Solutions, Inc.Robert A. Denton, Inc. Robert G. Wingerter/Ocean Reef Foundation

Charter Society$25,000 to $49,999

General Dynamics/Land Systems DivisionPiston Palace FoundationThe Aircast Foundation, Inc.

AWS Member$10,000 to $24,999

ArvinMeritor, Inc.Cooper-Standard AutomotiveEngineering Technology Associates, Inc.Institute of Engineering and Technology, BhaddalKelsey-Hayes CompanyNorthrop Grumman Space TechnologyVisteon Corporation

Century Club$100 to $499

Abbott Laboratories FundAT&T FoundationAzimuthBASF CorporationBoeing CorporationChesterfield Development Co., LLCCorn Products InternationalDamico Development, IncDeep View Systems, LLCDelphi Disbursement ServiceDJR Investment Group, LLCETC Engineering, Inc.Fishbone’s Rhythm Kitchen CafeGeneral Electric FoundationLandtech, Inc.Magnetic Resonance Imaging InstituteMarathon Ashland Petroleum, LLCMarathon Ashland Petroleum L.L.C.Microsoft CorporationMR OF PLYMOUTH, L.L.C.Northrop Grumman FoundationParsons Brinckerhoff Group Administration, INCPfizer Foundation, Inc., ThePharmacia FoundationProgress Energy Service Co.Quality Lumber & Building Wholesalers Inc.Riverbend CommonsSchweitzer Engineering Laboratoires, Inc.Shell Oil Company FoundationSouth Main Lofts, LLCU.P. Engineers and Architects, Inc.

$99 and Under

Downing FarmsEngineered Materials InternationalE T B AssociatesGeneral Motors CorporationLubrizol Foundation, TheMartin Marietta MaterialsMillennium Medical Group, P.C.Nisource Charitable FoundationPhilipsRockwell CollinsSalem Hills Golf Club

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