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PEOPLE. IDEAS. INNOVATION. P O W E R I N G T H E K N O W L E D G E E C O N O M Y

The KelleyEngineeringCenterA Dynamic New BuildingDesigned for Creativity,Innovation, and Collaboration

2002 Edition

Martin KelleyCE, 1950

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P E O P L E . I D E A S . I N N O V A T I O N .

Letter From the Dean

2 • Oregon State University Engineer

James Moore Department Head, BioengineeringKarel Murphy Assistant to the DeanMike Quinn Department Head, Computer ScienceRoy Rathja Assistant Dean, Academic & Student AffairsGordon Reistad Department Head, Mechanical EngineeringW. Lee Schroeder Interim Associate DeanKen Williamson Department Head, Civil, Construction

& Environmental Engineering

CO L L E G E O F EN G I N E E R I N G LEADERSHIP TEAM:Ron L. Adams DeanChris A. Bell Associate DeanRichard Billo Department Head, Industrial & Manufacturing EngineeringTerri Fiez Department Head, Electrical & Computer EngineeringAndrew Klein Department Head, Nuclear EngineeringMelanie Marshall Director of DevelopmentCarol McConica Department Head, Chemical Engineering

LOregon is a very special place. The people.

The land. The independent thinking. AndOregon is quickly becoming known as a placewhere creativity, innovation, sustainability,and technology converge to produceextraordinary results. This powerful clusteringhas created local companies that are globalleaders in their markets.

As we build one of the nation’s top-25engineering schools here at Oregon StateUniversity, we are proud to be playing amajor role in this Oregon convergence bysupplying the people, ideas, and innovationto make this state—and the world beyondour borders—better than ever.

For years, OSU Engineering has been avital part of Oregon’s economic landscape,providing the earliest businesses with thehighest quality engineers. When Tektronixand Intel were among the first hightechnology companies to put down roots inthe soil of Washington County and Hewlett-Packard built the facility in Benton Countythat gave birth to the inkjet printer, OSUsupplied many of the minds that helpedthese new ventures take flight and soar. Manyof those OSU Engineering graduates are nowsenior executives at some of the mostsuccessful companies in the world, all withties to Oregon: CH2M HILL, Xerox, Intel,Hewlett-Packard, A-dec, Tektronix, and manymore.

As Oregon’s reputation as a regional hub ofcutting-edge creativity and innovationcontinues to grow, and the knowledgeeconomy flourishes around the globe, OSUEngineering is playing an even greater role inbuilding an economic nexus here in Oregonthat is impacting the rest of the planet.

We are doing this by developingengineering graduates with the effectivenessand technical knowledge to enter the jobmarket fully prepared to do outstanding,important work. In our laboratories, we are

generating ideas that will lead to solutionsfor the world’s complex problems. We aredeveloping close relationships withbusinesses in Oregon and beyond to helpdrive the innovation that powers theknowledge economy.

And it’s working. Powerful new researchclusters have driven our research funding up28% over last year. Top students are choosingto study engineering at Oregon State inrecord numbers. We are about to breakground on the 146,000-sq.-ft. KelleyEngineering Center at the heart of campusconstructed of sustainable materials anddesigned around people working andteaching in community. Companies arecontacting our faculty wanting to forgecollaborative relationships. New faculty arepassing up offers at top-tier schools to joinOSU Engineering.

This is happening at OSU in part becausepeople want to work in a state that protectsthe environment, where the mountains andocean are close at hand, where there is agrowing cluster of technology that is creativeand innovative, and where academia andindustry work together for the benefit of all.

Although OSU entered the year with somefinancial concerns, the university has quicklymade the necessary adjustments and movedon. Although Oregon is facing some toughfinancial hurdles, both the governor and thelegislature are committed to supporting OSUEngineering as we climb toward a top-25national ranking.

During our ascent, we will continue to bethe engine that has powered Oregon’seconomy for decades, but we will also powerthe new knowledge economy with thepeople, ideas, and innovation necessary tobuild an even better Oregon, and a brighterworld.

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12 Outstanding Research

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Cover:An architectural rendering of the new Kelley EngineeringCenter depicts the four-story glass atrium that will run thelength of the new building, bringing daylight and naturalventilation to people in the offices, labs, and the e-café. Theatrium, like the building’s overall design, will enhanceconnectivity and communication between students, faculty,research teams, and industry partners working in the building.OSU Engineering alumnus Martin Kelley (1950, CE) gave a$20 million gift toward construction of the new building.

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The O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory was thefocus of filming by a camera crew from the UnitedKingdom for the NationalGeographic Channel. “TheScience of Waves” had its worldpremiere on Thursday, May 30th.

The program explored howwaves and wave patterns affectthe world, from deadly tsunamisand the natural phenomena thattrigger them to the way thrill-seeking surfers watch weatherpatterns and other data to findthe biggest waves. The film crewalso filmed in China, Seattle,LaPalma (Canary Islands), andat the Pacific Tsunami WarningCenter in Hawaii.

On October 31, 2001, filmingbegan at the Wave Research Laband involved a requested surfingdemonstration in the long

ights! Camera! Action!L Engineering featured in new National Geographic film

channel by research assistant Terry Dibble. Dibble has 22years experience at the Wave Research Lab and has been

surfing since 1964. Although this wasn’tthe first time he’s surfed the lab’snarrow concrete tank, the worldwideaudience will be his largest by far.Asked how he felt about surfing in frontof a National Geographic camera crew,Dibble replied as most surfers would,“No big deal.”

A $4.8 million grant from theNational Science Foundation willtransform the Wave ResearchLaboratory into the largest, mostsophisticated, and most wiredtsunami research facility anywhere inthe world. The new Tsunami WaveBasin is a collaborative projectbetween the Department of ComputerScience and the Department of Civil,Construction, and EnvironmentalEngineering.

Surf’s Up! OSU’s Terry Dibble helps film crew “experience”waves by surfing the long channel for the camera.

The College Advisory Board (CAB) welcomed three new members at its fall meeting with the college’s LeadershipTeam. James B. Johnson, who retired as Oregon Site Manager for Intel in 2001, will serve as the board chair. Theother new members are Milt Smith (Smith Investments) and Mike West (Pixelworks). Ron Dilbeck of RadiSys Corp.participated in his first meeting on May 13, 2002. The advisory board provides critical guidance to Dean Ron Adamsand his college leadership team, particularly on strategic issues relating to industry, funding, and the Top-25Campaign.

James B. Johnson, Retired (Board Chair) • Larry Chalfan, Executive Director, Zero Waste Alliance • Ron Dilbeck,Chief Operating Officer, RadiSys Corp. • Dwayne Foley, Executive Director, OSU Alumni Association • D. W.“Chuck” Halligan, Retired—Bechtel Power Corp. • Ed Hunt, Retired—HUNTAIR • James A. Johnson, VP and GM,Platform Networking Group, Intel Corp. • Robert Johnson, Retired—National Semiconductor Japan Ltd. • LeeKearney, Retired—Kiewit Construction Group Inc. • Martin N. Kelley, Retired—Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc. • Mark A.Lasswell, Senior Vice President, CH2M HILL • Paul Lorenzini, Retired—PacifiCorp • James W. Lucke, NewProducts & Warranty Manager, IBM • Jeff Manchester, Retired—Fort James Corp. • Ted Molinari, Retired—Praegitzer Industries, Inc. • Jeff Peace, Vice President & General Manager, 747 Program, Boeing CommercialAirplane Group • James Poirot, Retired—CH2M HILL • Robert L. Polvi, Retired—Bechtel Group Inc. • HalPritchett, Retired—OSU Construction Engineering Management • David F. Skillern, COO, ALVE Technology Corp. •Milton R. Smith, President, Smith Investments • Jim Street, Retired—Shell Oil Company • Jean Watson, Retired—Chevron • Mike West, VP Technology, Pixelworks • Robert Wilson, Retired, R.C. Wilson Construction • Ted Wilson,Vice President & Director of Advanced Technologies, Chief Technology Office, Hewlett-Packard Company • MECOPExecutive Board Chair: Larry Martin 2002-2003, Larry Farey 2001-2002.

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ew Strong Floor Supports ResearchN Facility is the only one of its kind in the Pacific Northwest

A state-of-the-art structural testing facility is takingshape on campus—a massive, concrete “strong floor”that can take just about any pressure or load you couldimagine. A “strong wall” will be addedsoon to enable almost any structuralshape to be tested.

“The facility is essential to some of theresearch done in civil and constructionengineering,” said Chris Higgins, anassistant professor in the College ofEngineering “When completed it will bethe most sophisticated of its type in thePacific Northwest.” It’s another significantstep forward for the OSU College ofEngineering’s effort to become one of thenation’s Top-25 schools of engineeringeducation and research. The need for thenew strong floor, Higgins said, was suchthat a number of Pacific Northwestconstruction companies and others donated materialsand helped pay for its construction. The College ofEngineering is indebted to Morse Bros., DPRConstruction, Inc., Farwest Steel, Cascade Rolling Mills,and Sherman Trucking for donation of services and/ormaterials for the project.

This floor isn’t going anywhere. It’s 24 feet wide, 68feet long and five feet thick of steel-reinforced concrete,with massive bolts and anchors to which materials canbe attached and their strength tested.

The new facility will aid research on such things asbridge girders, bridge decks, beam column connections,shear walls and other structural components. “Large

steel reaction frames attachedto the strong floor will allow usto apply forces to anycomponent we want to test,”Higgins said. “For instance, wecould apply 800,000 pounds ofcrushing force to a beam usingjust a few of the attachmentpoints. The facility we wereusing previously was much toosmall and limited theconfigurations and size of testswe could do.”

There are important questionsat hand, Higgins said. Forexample, after the 1994

Northridge earthquake in California, some cracks werefound in steel girders that were not expected—theysimply had never been tested at real-world size.

OSU is already working with the Oregon Departmentof Transportation to study the sheer behavior ofcorrosion-damaged bridge girders, using large-sizespecimens and accelerated corrosion cells to reflectactual field conditions in the laboratory. The study couldbe invaluable in the state’s efforts to maintain and cost-effectively repair some of its magnificent coastalbridges.

Did you know?Seventeen engineering alumni are members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering.

Ronald K. Hanson was elected in 2002 (see p.19). Other recent inductees are:

Octave Levenspiel (PhD ChE, 1952), Professor Emeritus, OSU College of Engineering

Ken Austin (BS IE, 1954), Founder, Austin Dental Equipment Company (A-dec), Newberg, Oregon

Doug Engelbart (BS EE, 1948), Techology Pioneer (see p. 17)

Jim Poirot (BS CE, 1953), Chairman of the Board (retired), CH2M HILL

John Young (BS EE, 1953), President (retired) Hewlett-Packard

For a complete listing, go to http://engr.oregonstate.edu/alumni/NAE



ecord Number of New Faculty Arrive

This past year, OSU Engineering welcomed the largestand most diverse group of new faculty members inyears. As the College continues its drive to become oneof the nation’s top-25 colleges of engineering, newfaculty are passing over positions at top-tier schools tojoin the synergy and excitement happening here at OSU.

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Computer Science

Assistant Professor Ronald Metoyerreceived his BS degree in computerscience and engineering from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles, in1994. His PhD was earned at the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology where he workedin the Graphics, Visualization, andUsability Center. His research interests arein motion generation and in creating“coachable characters” for syntheticenvironments.

Kal Toth, associate professor, received hisPhD from Carleton University in Ottawa,Ontario, Canada. He has a broad educationaland industry background, most recently as anassociate professor at the Technical Universityof British Columbia and as vice president ofengineering for Datalink Systems Corp. (nowSemotus Solutions) of Vancouver, B.C. He isalso OSU’s lead for the Oregon Master ofSoftware Engineering offered by the OregonUniversity System. His research interests arein software engineering, e-commerce, mobileapplications, personalization, informationsecurity and distributed databases.

Assistant Professor Eric Mortensen attendedBrigham Young University where he receivedBS, MS, and PhD degrees in 1991, 1995, and2000, respectively. While at BYU, he served asa research assistant in the Computer Visionand Graphics Lab from 1990 until 2001 and asan instructor, teaching Introduction toComputational Theory. His research interestsinclude interactive vision and graphicstechniques, image and video segmentationand composition, and image-based modeling.

Saurabh Sethia is an assistant professor ofcomputer science. He received a BE degree inelectronics from RKN Engineering College,Nagpur, India, in 1994; an ME degree incomputer science and engineering from theIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in1996; and a PhD in computer science from theState University of New York at Stony Brook in2001. He primarily works in appliedcomputational geometry. His other researchinterests include data structures andalgorithms, computational geometry forcomputer aided manufacturing (CAM) andcomputer graphics.

Chemical Engineering

Robert A. Peattie, associate professor, received hisPhD in chemical engineering/biomechanics from TheJohns Hopkins University in 1988. He has previouslybeen an assistant professor in the Department ofEngineering at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, andassistant professor in the Department of BiomedicalEngineering at Tulane University in New Orleans.Peattie provides instruction and support to the newbioengineering program. His research interests are inbiomechanics and physiologic mechanics, andconcerns blood flow in health and disease.

Brian Wood is an assistant professor ofenvironmental engineering. He receivedhis BS and MS degrees at WashingtonState University and his PhD in civil andenvironmental engineering from theUniversity of California at Davis in 1999.Brian’s interests include mass,momentum, and energy transport inenvironmental engineering; subsurfacehydrology; bioremediation andbiochemical engineering; and sustainabledesign and engineering.

Civil, Construction, & EnvironmentalEngineering

Assistant Professor Mark Dolan has beenteaching graduate and undergraduate coursesin environmental engineering at OSU since1997. His specific interests in teaching arebiological processes in the environment andthe treatment of water and hazardoussubstances. Mark’s research focuses onbiological processes for the treatment ofhazardous wastes and on the fate andtransport of organic contaminants in theenvironment. He received his BS degree incivil engineering and MS degree inenvironmental engineering from OSU, and hisPhD in civil and environmental engineeringfrom Stanford University in 1996.

Merrick Haller, assistant professor,received a BS in geophysics fromPurdue University, and an MCE(1996) and PhD (1999) in civilengineering from the University ofDelaware. He is presently developingremote sensing tools for the study ofocean waves and currents and theinteractions between ocean wavesand sandy coasts. He is alsointerested in how oceanmeasurements can be assimilatedinto ocean models in order toimprove predictions of nearshorecurrents and beach response. Mick’steaching interests include oceanwave mechanics, hydraulicengineering, and coastal engineeringdesign and practice.

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Ping (Christine) Ge, assistantprofessor, received her PhD inmechanical engineering from theUniversity of Southern Californiain 2001; her BE and ME degrees inautomotive engineering fromTsinghua University in the People’sRepublic of China in 1992 and1999, respectively. Her researchinterests include design theoryand methodology, computationalmodeling for complex systems,and computer-based collaborativeengineering support.

Brian K. Bay, associate professor, holdsa joint appointment with theDepartments of Mechanical Engineeringand Exercise & Sport Science. He comesfrom the University of California, Davis,School of Medicine, where he was anassistant professor in residence. He wasalso an adjunct faculty member of theBiomedical Engineering GraduateGroup and a member of the scientificstaff at the Shriner’s Hospitals forCrippled Children in Sacramento. Hisdegrees, BS (1984) and MS (1987) inmechanical engineering/materialscience and PhD in mechanicalengineering (1995), are from theUniversity of California, Davis. Hisresearch is in the field of orthopedicbiomechanics, with a special emphasison experimental evaluation of themicromechanical behavior of trabecularbone.

Assistant Professor VinodNarayanan received his MS andPhD degrees in mechanicalengineering from Texas A&MUniversity in 1997 and 2001. Hecompleted his BE in mechanicalengineering from the RegionalEngineering College, Surathkal,India, in June 1995. Vinod’s researchinterests include experimentalstudies in microscale heat transferand fluid mechanics, andinnovative jet impingement fluidmechanics, heat transfer anddrying.

Assistant Professor David Porter receivedhis BS in mechanical engineering in 1991from the Universidad Autónoma de NuevoLeón and an MS in manufacturingsystems in 1994 from the InstitutoTecnológico y de Estudios Superiores deMonterrey, both in Monterrey, Mexico. Healso received MS and PhD degrees inindustrial engineering from the Universityof Pittsburgh in 1999 and 2000,respectively. David held the position ofteaching fellow in the industrialengineering department at the Universityof Pittsburgh until his appointment atOSU. His research interests includeinformation systems engineering, wirelesslocal area networks (WLAN), automaticidentification and data capture, andmanufacturing systems.

Wen-Tsong Shiue, assistant professor,received his MS degree from WesternMichigan University in 1991 and his PhDdegree with a major in electricalengineering and minor in computerscience from Arizona State University in2000. He previously worked at Motorolaand Silicon Metrics Corporation from1999-2001, and was formerly an adjunctprofessor at Tamkang University andchief electronics officer at China Airlinesin Taiwan from 1991-1996. Wen-Tsong’sinterests and research include VLSI lowpower design, memory design, compilerdesign, VLSI algorithms and CAD, andSoC design.

Assistant Professor Huaping Liu earned hisBS and MS in electrical engineering fromNanjing University of Posts andTelecommunications in Nanjing, China. HisPhD in electrical engineering was awardedby the New Jersey Institute of Technology in1997. He has been a member of technicalstaff at the PCS Systems Engineeringdepartment, and also at the WirelessAdvanced Technology Laboratory, BellLaboratories, Lucent Technologies. Hisinterests and research are in wirelesscommunications, signal processing, anddigital communications system design.

Luca Lucchese received his MS and PhDdegrees, both in electrical engineering, in1993 and 1997, respectively, from theUniversity of Padua, Italy. From 1997 to2002, he was with the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, firstas a post-doctoral researcher and then as avisiting assistant professor. In March 2002,he joined the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering as an assistantprofessor. He teaches courses of digitalsignal processing and image processing. Hisresearch interests include digital signal andimage processing, computer vision, andthree-dimensional imaging.

Toni Doolen, assistant professor, received herPhD in industrial and manufacturingengineering at OSU in 2001. Her MS inmanufacturing engineering was completed atStanford University in 1991 and two BSdegrees, one in material science andengineering and the other in electricalengineering, from Cornell University in 1987.Prior to joining the IME faculty at OSU, Tonispent 13 years in various engineering andmanagement roles at Hewlett-Packard. Herresearch focuses on the analysis of systemperformance in complex domains such asmanufacturing and medicine. Her teachinginterests include electronics manufacturing,engineering management, and manufacturingsystems.

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potlight on Faculty and StaffS The people at OSU Engineering continue to make lasting contributions

CS and ECE Professors Win Nation’sHighest Honors

Two OSU Engineering faculty members recently wonprestigious CAREER Awards from the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). The CAREER Award is the mostprestigious and highest honor given to junior facultymembers by the U.S. government. Awards range inamount from $200,000 to $500,000.

Jon Herlocker, assistant professor of computerscience, won a $375,000 award and electrical andcomputer engineering assistant professor Un-Ku Moonwon a $350,000 award.

NSF Director Rita Colwell says the awards recognizeindividuals who are “most likely to become the academicleaders of the 21st Century.” Attracting top faculty likeMoon and Herlocker is instrumental in building a Top-25engineering program at OSU.

Tom Dietterich Delivers Forsythe Lectures atStanford University

In November, OSU computer science professor TomDietterich gave the prestigious Forsythe Lectures atStanford University. The annual lectures honor thememory of computer science pioneers George andSandra Forsythe.

Dietterich's lectures discussed his OSU research in

“machine learning,” or how software systems cananalyze data and employ algorithms to "learn" tofunction more efficiently. Machine learning has vastapplications, from tracking potential terrorist activity onearth to using robots on the surface of Mars.

Professors Discuss World Trade CenterDesign, Collapse, Cleanup

John Gambatese and Chris Higgins, assistantprofessors of Civil, Construction, and EnvironmentalEngineering, co-hosted slide presentations on thedesign, construction, collapse, and cleanup of the TwinTowers in Portland and Corvallis. The Portland talk waspart of the OSU Over Lunch lecture series.

Higgins’ major professor at Lehigh University was asignificant contributor to the design of the WTC. He

discussed how these buildings were constructed andgave an educated speculation as to the mode of failureafter being struck by the airplanes.

Gambatese focused on the response of theconstruction community to meet the huge and complextask of removal of some 1 million tons of debris at acost of about $10,000,000 per day.

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Shop Staff Teach Students Hands-OnEngineering

As part of OSU’s ongoing efforts to develop engineerswho are creative and truly work-ready, the College hastapped two of itsclassified staff to teachstudents fabrication,machining, and otherskills that can only belearned through hands-on experience in a shopsetting—complete withsparks, safety goggles,and the smell of hotsteel. As engineeringhas become more andmore dominated bycomputer software andwireless technology,Steve Adams andSteve Etringer, whomanage the College’s machine shops in thedepartments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrialand Manufacturing Engineering, are teaching students

how to use lathes, milling machines, drill presses, saws,forming tools, and much more. They both agree thatgood engineers need to at least know what these toolsare capable of doing. “Technology is working with tools,”says Etringer. And Adams,who has logged almost 25years teaching shop classes,says students are coming tocollege with fewer of theseskills, which were previouslylearned at home or in highschool. “It's fading away,” hesays. “So that's why it’simportant that we teachthese tools here.” Many ofthe students taking theclass have commented thatthe skills they’re learning on the shop floor will be oflifelong use to them, as engineers and beyond.

For additional information, seehttp://osu.orst.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2002/May02/machine.htm.

Steve Adams

Steve Etringer

Congratulations and Thank You!For their lasting contributions of creativity, leadership, research, mentoring, teaching, camaraderie, and more, we

wish to thank so very much those who have joined the ranks of our emeritus faculty. Your contributions to theCollege and to the education of countless engineering students, is inestimable and deeply appreciated.

Jim Moore, 22 years; Bioresource EngineeringEldon Olson, 25 years; Industrial & Manufacturing EngineeringHal Pritchett, 45 years; Construction Engineering ManagementWalter Rudd, 16 years; Computer ScienceChuck Sollitt, 30 years; Civil, Construction, & Environmental EngineeringDave Ullman, 17 years; Mechanical EngineeringJim VanVechten, 15 years; Electrical and Computer Engineering

A great thanks also to Bill Beck who retired as an instructor from Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering after 18years of service.

Mayaram Named Editor of IEEE JournalWe are pleased to announce that Karti Mayaram has been named the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on

Computer-Aided Design (IEEE TCAD) for a two-year term that started January 1, 2002. Over the past six years, Mayaramhas volunteered as an associate editor for the journal in “Modeling, Simulation and Estimation.” More informationabout this journal can be found at http://tcad.ece.oregonstate.edu.



Engineering Recognizes its OwnAt the annual fall Engineering Breakfast, the

college presented awards to faculty and staffwho have made outstanding contributions tothe college.

Front row, left to right: Robin Abraham,Graduate Teaching Assistant Award; DragosMargineantu, Graduate Research AssistantAward; Çetin Koç, Research Award; Paul Cull,Alumni Professor Award.

Back row, left to right: Frank Chaplen,Engelbrecht Young Faculty Award; KarelMurphy, Professional Faculty Award; ManfredDiettrich, Classified Employee Award; CheriPancake, Research Collaboration Award; ToddPalmer, Carter Award; Mark Costello, Austin-Paul Award.

Also receiving an award, but not pictured,Abigail Walker, the Burgess/Tektronix Award.

The University Recognizes Us, Too!

Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor AwardAssociate professor of chemical engineering Goran Jovanovic’s commitment to

undergraduate education is well-known.For the past five years, Jovanovic has organized students across colleges and disciplines and

mentored them as they competed in environmental problem-solving competitions at thenational and international levels. Two years ago he began mentoring teams of students as theytested their environmental designs at zero gravity as part of the NASA Student Flight Program.He travels with his teams, raises funds from private sources for their projects, arranges for theirexpenses, and supervises their course work while they are on the road.

D. Curtis Mumford Faculty Service AwardKenneth J. Williamson, head of the Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental

Engineering, has played a key role on campus during his 28 years at OSU and for the Center forWater and Environmental Sustainablity (CWESt).

He has served as director of the Oregon Water Resources Research Institute and president ofthe Faculty Senate. While serving on the Faculty Senate, Williamson helped bridge the gapbetween faculty and administration. Whether he was leading the effort or serving in an ad-hoccapacity, his colleagues cite his dedication, enthusiasm, attention to detail, compassion,willingness to put in extra effort, and unwavering belief that faculty are critical components insolutions to OSU issues.

OSU Exemplary Employee AwardSusan Ellinwood’s colleagues in the college and throughout the university seek her out for

her expertise and knowledge. She was cited for her ability to foster a teamwork environment,her high level of integrity, a strong work ethic, and unquestionable loyalty and commitment tothe university.

Susan joined the university in 1973 as a secretary to the director of the Ocean EngineeringProgram and is currently supervising the accounting department in the college.


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OSU Biomedical Engineering ResearchersPartner With New Heart Center

Professors, students, and researchers from OSU’sDepartment of Chemical Engineering are workingclosely with Samaritan Health Services staff in aunique partnership based at the newly opened$4 million Ralph Hull Regional Heart Center inCorvallis. The new five-story, 35,000-sq.-ft. facilitylocated at Good Samaritan Hospital includesoffices and laboratories dedicated to OSUscientists and graduate students who are workingwith cardiologists, surgeons, and hospital staff toresearch and develop materials that will helpreduce complication of heart-related procedures.

OSU chemical engineering professor JoeMcGuire says the collaborative relationship isfocused on developing safe, surface-coatingtechnologies that can be used on intravasculardevices, including catheters, endovascular stents,and other medical devices implanted into thebody. Currently many of these devices are susceptible to blood clotting, microbial infection, and irritation that canbegin within hours of implantation.

“Commercial activity in this area is substantial, but the research and development work to date has relied more onempirical in vivo results than the kind of thorough biochemical/clinical testing and engineering analysis we aretrying to do,” McGuire says.

Part of the collaborative OSU-Samaritan relationship resulted from a recent $1 million grant from the WhitakerFoundation to OSU which is enabling the Department of Chemical Engineering to implement new, interdisciplinaryMS and PhD degree programs in Biomedical Engineering.

Joe McGuire stands in the newly-dedicated Biomedical Engineering Lab at the Ralph HullRegional Heart Center.

The College of Engineering has won approval from the Oregon State Board of Higher Education to expand thecurrent Master’s Degree Program in Materials Science, directed by mechanical engineering professor MichaelKassner, to include a dynamic new PhD program. The new program, a collaborative effort with the College ofScience, will greatly enhance research productivity at the College of Engineering and across campus. MaterialsScience research comprises a sizeable fraction of the OSU research effort, and OSU Materials Science graduates arein high demand by national industries and government laboratories. More than 25 faculty members from theColleges of Science, Engineering, and Forestry participate in OSU’s Materials Science graduate program, the onlyone of its kind in Oregon.

Did you know?• Fall enrollment 2001: 3,117 undergraduates plus 521 graduate students for a total of 3,638, the

largest in our history. We now rank 22nd in the nation for undergraduate enrollment.

• The freshman class in Fall 2001 numbered 938 students—7% larger than the previous year and a

50% growth in the last five years.

• 475 of our students are U.S. minorities; 527 are women; 468 are international.

OSU Engineering Launches New PhDProgram in Materials Science



utstanding ResearchO Industry-sponsored research is up 40% college-wide

Researchers at OSU’s College of Engineering havebeen awarded almost $1 million from the U.S.Department of Energy to team up with Pacific NorthwestNational Laboratories (PNNL) and develop miniatureheat pumps that could revolutionize the way homes areheated and cars are cooled—saving the nation up to $24billion annually in wasted energy costs. The researchwill tap OSU’s MECS (Microtechnology-based Chemical,Energy, and Biological Systems) technology, acornerstone of the College of Engineering's drive tobuild a top-25 engineering school. The highlyinterdisciplinary MECS program is directed by Dr. KevinDrost, associate professor of mechanical engineering

Microtechnology Team Wins $1M to DevelopMiniature Heat Pumps

“Our MECS teaching and research program is bringinginternational attention, star faculty, and outstandingstudents to Oregon State,” says Dean Ron Adams.“MECS-related research is changing the world for thebetter, enabling everything from visual anthrax detectionand water-cooled computer chips to onsite toxic wastecleanup and portable power production.”

Read the full story at:http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2002/Feb02/pumps.htm

The Environmental Protection Agency selected OSU over dozens of other top-tieruniversities to house the Western Region Hazardous Substance Research Center—oneof only five such centers nationwide. The Center, a multidisciplinary project involvingmore than 20 OSU faculty members and researchers in three different colleges, is acollaboration with Stanford University, which has housed the center since1989. TheOSU/Stanford proposal was selected from 27 others submitted by more than 60universities. “Having the Center here at OSU enables us to attract high quality graduatestudents and faculty, two of the largest factors in building a top-25 engineeringprogram,” says Lew Semprini, OSU professor of environmental engineering and directorof the new Center.

Read more about OSU Engineering’s newest research center at:http://engr.oregonstate.edu/pubs/annual_report2001/research-08.htm.

$5.5M Grant Brings New Research Centerto OSU

Students practice hazardous waste cleanup in a scenario involving an accidental spill in Graf Hall.

Did you know?• In spite of the economic downturn, MECOP & CECOP placed 210 students for spring/summer and

summer/fall internships.

• There are now 70 companies and government entities participating in MECOP and CECOP.

• MECOP will celebrate 25 years next year.

• A Graduate Engineering Cooperative Program (GECOP) will be launched next year.


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New Interdisciplinary Doctoral ProgramFunded by $2.6 Million NSF Grant

PhD students in engineering and otherdisciplines will have the opportunity tounlock the mysteries of life beneath thesurface of the Earth thanks to a new $2.6million grant from the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). The five-year award willenable an international and multidisciplinaryteam of scientists and engineers to construct a graduatestudent training program that could lead to innovationsin safer drinking water, improved toxic waste handling,enhanced soil and crops, and countless other fields,said Martin Fisk, an Oregon State University professorof oceanic and atmospheric sciences and principalinvestigator for the project.

This Integrative Graduate Education and ResearchTraineeships (IGERT) Program was designed for PhDstudents interested in combining the disciplines ofEngineering, Oceanography, Microbiology, Geology, andAgriculture. The new program begins in Fall 2002 andwill support 15 PhD candidates, each receiving anannual stipend of $21,500, plus tuition, researchexpenses, and travel to conferences.

Dr. Rita Colwell, Director of the NSF, said in herremarks to an IGERT meeting in February of this year,“It’s no accident that the ‘I’ in IGERT stands forIntegrative. In fact, in almost all fields, the boundariesbetween and among disciplines are blurring. Often wefind the most fertile scientific opportunities in these‘foggy crossings’ where the knowledge in one fieldanswers questions in another. The ultimate goal is tograduate PhDs with experiences that both spanboundaries and dig deeply in several areas. Graduates

will need these to meet the career demands ofrelentless change in trends, tools, technology, andtasks.”

Oregon State University and Portland State Universityare the project’s sponsors, but participants in the effortcome from a wide range of research institutionsthroughout the world, including the U.S. Department ofEnergy, Norway’s University of Bergen, the UnitedKingdom’s University of Bristol and Sweden’s Universityof Göteborg. Three students will enroll at Portland State,while the remaining 12 will enroll at Oregon State, Fisksaid.

The idea for a subsurface biosphere grant came from across-disciplinary discussion between Lew Semprini,OSU professor of civil, construction, and environmentalengineering, and Stephen Giovannoni, an OSUprofessor of microbiology, both co-principalinvestigators for the project. Expanding the highlymultidisciplinary program outside the confines of OSUfaculty and facilities was a natural progression, Fisksaid. “We knew three faculty members at PSU and manymore at OSU who had worked in these areas.”

For more information, call the IGERT office at OSU(541-737-9316) or visit their website athttp://oregonstate.edu/dept/igert/.

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded OSU’s Department of Nuclear Engineering $1.8 million to testWestinghouse's newest nuclear reactor design, the AP1000. OSU is the only university in the nation doing completesystem testing of new reactor designs leading to certification by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).Previously, OSU tested Westinghouse’s AP600 design, a project that generated $8 million in total research funding,and garnered raves from the NRC. “The NRC says our work is the best they’ve seen in years,” says NE professor JoséReyes. This is good news for OSU Engineering. With the energy supply tight, more companies are developing new,safer reactor designs that must be thoroughly tested before NRC certification is granted, which means moreresearch money will flow into the College of Engineering, and NE students at Oregon State will gain first-handexperience with cutting edge nuclear power technology that is unavailable at other research universities.

To read about how Reyes used an initial research grant of just $4,000 to attract more than $12 million in researchdollars to his department at OSU, go to: http://www.engr.oregonstate.edu/pubs/annual_report2001/research-04.htm.

Nuclear Engineering Wins $1.8M to TestSafer Reactor Design for Westinghouse



The New Kelley EngineeringCenter

New building is the “Crown Jewel” of the Top-25 Campaign

The College of Engineering’s drive to become one ofthe nation’s top-25 engineering programs is about toexperience a surge in the form of a new, high-techengineering center to be constructed at the heart ofcampus beginning this summer.

The four-story, 146,000-sq.-ft., $45 million KelleyEngineering Center is funded by a $20 million gift fromOSU Engineering alumnus Martin Kelley (1950, CE), $20million in public funds authorized by the Oregonlegislature, and $5 million being raised by the OSUFoundation.

“The Kelley Engineering Center is the crown jewel ofthe Top-25 Campaign,” said Dean Ron Adams.“Architecturally, it will embody our emphasis on anengineering education that is centered aroundextraordinary people working together to create theideas and innovation necessary to build a better future.”

Featuring sustainable “green”design elements, the new buildingwill include wireless classrooms,flexible learning laboratories, officeclusters, and common areas thatencourage communication including,“plug-and-learn” alcoves built intospaces often underutilized intraditional building designs and acentrally located wireless e-caféwhere faculty, staff, students, andindustry partners can gather to shareideas.

When it opens in fall 2004, theKelley Engineering Center will housethe rapidly growing departments ofcomputer science and electrical andcomputer engineering, providinglabs, classrooms, and offices formore than 360 professors andgraduate students.

“We’ve grown into the 22nd-largestengineering school in the nation,”Adams said. "And as we continue tobuild a nationally ranked program,we will continue to grow. The timingfor the new building could not bebetter."

As the College builds a top-25program, it is emphasizingcollaborative, innovative teachingand research that involves not only

OSU faculty, staff, and students, but long-term, mutuallybeneficial relationships with people from industry aswell. “The new building is sited to facilitate easy accessfrom Monroe Avenue for business visitors, whichreflects our emphasis on developing greater bridges toindustry,” Adams says.

In a dramatic departure from most other academicengineering buildings, the labs in the new building willnot be dedicated to individual faculty members.Instead, each lab will be the central element of a“research-learning suite” surrounded by faculty andgraduate student offices and assigned to a specificresearch project. The building will also contain twolarge theater-style classrooms, two “reconfigurable”class/conference rooms, and nine seminar-classrooms.

The Kelley Engineering Center is being designed bythe Portland architecture firm YostGrube Hall and will be built by thePortland office of DPRConstruction, Inc.

An architectural rendering of the Kelley Engineering Center, viewed from the northwest. The main facade will frontCampus Way and will have an entry directly opposite the entry to Milam Hall. The entry will be on the axis thatconnects the proposed new quad to the main quad south of Milam.

Strategically sited at the heart of campus, theKelley Engineering Center will stand at the westend of Engineering Row, adjacent to both MilamHall and Bexell Hall, and near OSU’s innovativenew program in entrepreneurship to be housed inWeatherford Hall.


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On May 15, Martin N. Kelley, a 1950 OSU civil engineering graduate andretired vice president and chief engineer of Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc.,identified himself as the anonymous donor who a year ago contributed $20

million—the largestcash gift in theuniversity’s history—toward construction ofa new OSUengineering centerthat will bear hisname.

At a downtownPortland celebration,Kelley said he choseto step forward inhopes that “others willbe inspired” to followhis lead and supportOSU Engineering’sTop-25 Campaign.Kelley made thecontribution after

hearing Dean Ron Adams present his vision for building a top-tierengineering school by 2010.

“I listened to Ron Adams articulate what it would take to move theCollege up to one of the top 25, and I was very pleased and impressed,”Kelley said. “I like someone who is very visionary and strives to build andimprove things, and Ron is all of that.”

Kelly asked Adams what would be the single most important componentin building a top-ranked engineering program at OSU, and Adamsresponded that the key was attracting outstanding people—faculty,students, and staff.

“I entirely agreed with that,” Kelley said. “But they needed a place to putall these top professors and outstanding students. So I thought if theycould kick off the campaign with a new building, that would be atremendous boost to get things started and a good lead to inspire others tosupport the top-25 effort.”

Dean Adams commended Kelley’s generosity and vision. “Martin Kelley isa very high integrity individual,” he said. “His gift launched the top-25 driveand sent a very powerful message to the public and to OSU Engineeringfaculty and staff that this endeavor is something people are willing to investin, that it is definitely going to happen.”

Additional contributions to the Kelley Engineering Center are beingsolicited through the OSU Foundation, and donors will be recognized fortheir gifts through a variety of naming opportunities. To add your name tothis dynamic new building, contact Melanie Marshall at 541-737-2884 [email protected].

The Power of One

GREEN FEATURES

Built to LEED (Leadership inEnergy and EnvironmentalDesign) “Silver” specifications forsustainability, the KelleyEngineering Center’s many“green” building elements will beused to educate students andothers about sustainability andrenewable energy issues, before,during, and long afterconstruction.

• Atrium/Daylighting willsupply classrooms, labs, andoffices with natural light, cuttingenergy costs by as much as 40percent.

• Eco-Roof will increaseinsulation, slow runoff, andprovide space for outdoorlearning.

• Natural Ventilation willprovide interior spaces with freshair.

• Earth-Friendly Concretewill reduce CO2 emissions.

• Water Feature/CoolingSystem will help cool thebuilding, eliminating the needfor a rooftop cooling system.

• Bio-Planters will “recycle”runoff and provide outdoorseating.

• Bicycle Parking andShowers to encouragealternative transportation usage.

• Local ConstructionMaterials will reducetransportation costs.

• Low-toxicity Finishes,Fiberboard, and Flooringwill minimize VOC off-gassing.

Chancellor Joe Cox, Martin Kelley, and Senator Dave Nelson with TekBots™presented to them during the ceremony. The TekBots™ program is a hands-onplatform for learning in which freshmen students build a robot and, duringsucceeding years, add to and enhance them. A $500,000 grant from Tektronixfunds the program.



Remarkable Alumni

OSU Engineering Alum Receives PrestigiousE.B. Lemon Award

Martin N. Kelley, OSU Engineering alumnus, was given theOSU Alumni Association’s highest honor, the E.B. LemonAward, at an awards ceremony on April 19. Kelley, whograduated from OSU in 1950 with a BS in Civil Engineering,joins a long list of OSU Engineering alumni who have receivedthe award, including Linus Pauling, Douglas Engelbart, JimHowland, Nat Giustina, Milton Harris, Marion Carl, Bob Cess,Kaz Kawata, Bob Lundeen, Ron Miller, Jim Poirot, and KenAustin.

Dollie Lynch, Martin Kelley, Ed Lynch, and Judy Kelley at the awards ceremony.

HP’s Merten and Tekmax’s Johnson HonoredTwo OSU

Engineeringgraduates werehonored asAlumni Fellowsin a programdesigned andsponsored byOSU’s AlumniAssociation thatbringsprominentalumni back tocampus to sharetheir

experiences with the university’s students, staff, faculty,and the public. Greg Merten, vice president andgeneral manager of Hewlett-Packard’s Corvallis site, andPete Johnson, founder and owner of Tangent-basedTekmax, Inc., a worldwide leader in battery plateenveloping and automated transfer equipment, wererecognized at a public ceremony in October, 2001.

Merten, who received his Bachelor’s degree inelectrical engineering in 1968, has risen through theranks of Hewlett Packard to lead a major division of thecompany and manage sites in Corvallis, San Diego,Boise, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and Ireland. He is

actively involved in an advisory capacity with theCollege of Engineering and the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering. In 1999, Merten wasinducted into the College of Engineering Academy ofDistinguished Engineers, an honor that places him inthe top 200 graduates among the college’s total of24,000. He has also played a significant role in helpingthe College of Engineering secure the recentlyannounced $2.2 million partnership grant from Hewlett-Packard.

Johnson received his Bachelor’s degree in chemicalengineering in 1955. After spending 15 years in variouschemical engineering positions in California, he went towork for Evans Products in Corvallis, managed theproduction unit, and designed new battery separatormanufacturing plants. In 1980, he started Tekmax, Inc.using his own new, patented technology for makingbattery separators. TekMax was recently ranked third byOregon Business Magazine in its annual survey of the“100 Best Companies to Work For.” Johnson holds 12patents for various machine components, and everybattery maker in the U.S. uses his company’scomponents. Johnson and his wife, Rosalie Johnson,recently established the $1.5 million Linus Pauling Chairin Chemical Engineering. In 1998, he was inducted intothe College of Engineering Academy of DistinguishedEngineers.

Left to right: Pete Johnson, Zelma Long (from theCollege of Science), and Greg Merten

OSU Engineering graduates earn honors, soar to new heights


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Lieutenant Commander (USN)William Oefelein has received aflight assignment as the pilot ofthe Space Shuttle Atlantis onSTS-116 in June 2003. It is amission to the InternationalSpace Station involving a crewchangeout, the addition of a newtruss segment, as well as somemajor Thermal Control Systemreconfiguration. “It will be full of

challenges, but a lot of fun,” said Oefelein.Oefelein received his BS in electrical engineering in

1988 and was selected by NASA for the astronautprogram. He has received many honors including theStrike/Flight Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal,Navy Achievement Medal, and was inducted in 2000 asa member of the OSU Engineering Council of EarlyOutstanding Engineers.

Conference Celebrates Alum Who InventedComputer Mouse, Email, and Hypertext

Douglas C.Engelbart,technology pioneer,was the keynotepresenter at thesecond annualComputers andPhilosophyConference (CAP)held Jan. 24-26 atOregon StateUniversity.

Gov. JohnKitzhaber proclaimed Jan. 24 as “Douglas C. EngelbartDay” in honor of the OSU alumnus credited withinventing the computer mouse, email, the concept ofwindows, hypertext, the pointer cursor, and numerous

other inventions that have revolutionized the waypeople interact with computers.

Engelbart has been described as an internationallyrecognized thinker, visionary, and philosopher whopossesses both the soul of an engineer and the spirit ofa poet. “The OSU College of Engineering is very honoredto count Dr. Engelbart as one of our most distinguishedalumni,” said Ron Adams, dean of the college. “Hisextraordinarily creative contributions to informationtechnology touch everyone who uses a computer.”

Engelbart, who graduated from OSU in 1948 with adegree in electrical engineering, has been recognized bythe National Academy of Engineering and awarded theNational Medal of Technology.

The OSU Alumni Association also hosted a receptionand talk by Dr. Engelbart in Santa Clara, CA on May 16.

For more information on the CAP conference, seehttp://osu.oregonstate.edu/groups/cap/.

OSU Graduates Tagged for Space TravelDonald Pettit was selected by

NASA in April 1996 as a back-upcrew member to Space StationExpedition-6.

Pettit received his BS inchemical engineering in 1978and was inducted into theEngineering Academy ofDistinguished Engineers in 1999.He received a PhD degree fromthe University of Arizona in 1983.

Pettit worked for 12 years as a staff scientist at LosAlamos National Laboratory on projects includingreduced gravity fluid flow and materials processingexperiments on board the NASA KC-135 airplane,atmospheric spectroscopy measurements onnoctolucent clouds seeded from sounding rocketpayloads, volcano fumarole gas sampling on activevolcanos, and problems in detonation physics appliedto weapon systems. He was a member of The SynthesisGroup, slated with assembling the technology to returnto the moon and explore Mars (1990), and the SpaceStation Freedom re-design team (1993).

Did you know?• 25,550 engineers have graduated from OSU to date.

After the June 16 commencement, we will have more

than 26,000.



Oregon Stater Awards Honor Alumni

Engineering Hall of FameMembership is reserved for Oregon Staters who have made

sustained and meritorious engineering and/or managerialcontributions throughout their careers.

Chemical EngineeringTommy W. Ambrose (PhD 1957) Director (Retired), PacificNorthwest National LaboratoriesPaul H. Emmett (BS 1922) W.R. Grace Professor, Departmentof Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University (Deceased)

Civil, Construction, & Environmental EngineeringLee W. Kearney (BS 1963) Director (Retired), Peter KiewitSons’, Inc. Ralph I. Larsen (BS 1950) Environmental Research Engineer,EPA National Exposure Research LaboratoryLewis N. Spencer (BS 1949) Director of InternationalOperations (Retired), Morrison-Knudson Co.

Electrical & Computer EngineeringRobert B. Johnson (BS 1968) Corporate VP and ChiefTechnology and Operating Officer (Retired), NationalSemiconductor, JapanLee S. Ting (BS 1965) VP and Managing Director (Retired),Geographic Operations, Hewlett-Packard

Industrial & Manufacturing EngineeringJ. Jack Watson (BS 1950) Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO(Retired), NEWFLO Corp.

Mechanical EngineeringRobert C. Alton (BS 1964) VP of Capital Planning (Retired),Fort James Corp. Carl L. Urben (BS 1958) President (Retired), PAE ConsultingEngineers

Nuclear EngineeringHenry W. Schuette (BSME 1950) CEO (Retired), Wellons, Inc.

Academy of Distinguished EngineersMembership is awarded to mid-career Oregon Staters who

have sustained distinguished contributions to the profession,OSU, or society at large. They have at least 20 years ofexperience beyond the BS and are still practicing theirprofession.

BioengineeringDeQian Wang (MSAE 1987; PhD ME 1990) Associate Director,Process Sciences, Bayer Corporation Pharmaceutical Division-Biotechnology

Chemical EngineeringGary Hall (BS 1969) President, Solvay Interox Inc.Michael J. Schaer (MS 1963, PhD 1965) President and Owner,Computers Unlimited

Civil, Construction, & Environmental EngineeringRobert G. Jossis (BSCE 1970) VP and Chief Engineer, PacificNorthwest and Desert Mountain Groups, Montgomery Watson Patrick R. O’Brien (BSCEM 1963) Partner, OTKM ConstructionInc.

Computer ScienceCleora F. Raulerson (BS 1976) Business Operations Manager,Enterprise Communications Software Business Unit, CiscoSystems

Electrical and Computer EngineeringDavid Hackleman (BS 1973) Chief Technologist, Hewlett-PackardJen-Hsun Huang (BS 1984) Co-Founder, President, CEO, andMember of the Board of Directors, nVIDIA Corp.

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringRichard B. Evans (BS 1969) Executive VP, Alcan AluminiumLtd.

Front: Ralph Larsen, Henry Schuette, Robert AltonBack: Ron Adams, Jack Watson, Tommy Ambrose, Lee Ting, Robert Johnson, CarlUrben

Front: Pat O’Brien, Cleo Raulerson, DeQian WangBack: Ron Adams, Jack Lentsch, Robert Jossis, David Hackleman, Al McSwain

In the fourth year of the Oregon Stater Awards, the College of Engineering inducted 35 individuals in recognition of theircontributions to the profession and OSU. They join 180 Oregon Staters who were inducted in 1998, 1999, and 2000. For moreinformation on all Oregon Staters, see engr/oregonstate.edu/oregonstater.


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Mechanical EngineeringAlfred J. McSwain (BS 1964) Senior VP, Harris Group, Inc.Timothy W. Tong (BS 1976) Dean, School of Engineering andApplied Sciences, The George Washington University.

Nuclear EngineeringJack W. Lentsch (BS 1965, Chemistry; MS 1966, RadiationPhysics) Manager, Double-Shell Tank Integrity Project, CH2MHILL-Hanford Group

Council of Outstanding Early Career EngineersMembership is reserved for Oregon Staters who have

distinguished themselves through professional practice and/orservice to OSU, the profession, or society at large. They havemade early career contributions that identify them as futureleaders in their profession or field.

Front: Todd Wareing, Janet Gulley, Ron OlshausenBack: Ron Adams, Bill Drinkward, Jerry Abdie, Jim Rise

Ronald K. Hanson (BS ME, 1961) was elected to the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) in 2002.

NAE membership is one of the nation’s highest professional distinctions bestowedon engineers, honoring individuals who have made important contributions toengineering theory and practice and demonstrated unusual accomplishment in thepioneering of new and developing fields of technology.

Hanson, who chairs the Department of Mechanical Engineering at StanfordUniversity, was cited by the Academy for his “outstanding work in the development andapplication of innovative laser diagnostics and sensors in the fields of combustion,chemical kinetics, and power conversion.”

Hanson joins 16 other OSU College of Engineering alumni who have been elected tothe prestigious Academy. Four have received honorary doctorates from OSU, and all 16are members of the OSU Engineering Hall of Fame.

After graduating from OSU, Hanson earned an MS from Arizona State and a PhDfrom Stanford. He was the first recipient of the Aerodynamic Measurement TechnologyAward in 1996, has been honored with Fellow designation by both the Optical Society of America and the AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and was elected to the OSU College of Engineering’s Academy ofDistinguished Engineers in October 2000.

OSU Alum Elected to National Academy ofEngineering (NAE)

Chemical EngineeringRichard W. Latta (BS 1987) VP of Technology, MCMS, Inc.

Civil, Construction, & Environmental EngineeringJerry Abdie (BS 1986) Principal-in-Charge, StructuralEngineering, KPFFWilliam L. Drinkward (BS 1990) Project Engineer, HoffmanConstruction

Computer ScienceRonald G. Olshausen (BS 1985) VP of Development, ChiefTechnology Officer, etrieve, Inc.

Electrical & Computer EngineeringAbhijit Y. Talwalkar (BS 1986) VP and Assistant GeneralManager, Enterprise Platform Group, IntelHoward C. Yang (MS 1987, PhD 1990) VP and GeneralManager, Integrated Device Technology-Newave TechnologyCo. Ltd., Shanghai, China

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringJim S. Gruher (BS 1983) Senior VP of Western U.S.Operations, Emerald Solutions, Inc.Andy P. Pihl (BS 1984) Senior VP of Operations, MitsubishiSilicon America

Mechanical EngineeringJanet Gulley (BS 1986) Engineer IV and Acting Manager ofMechanical Engineering, Portland General ElectricJames D. Rise (BS 1980) VP of Solid Ink Products, Xerox

Nuclear EngineeringScott C. Franz (MS 1994, PhD 1997) Senior Nuclear Engineer,Framatome ANP Richland, Inc.Todd A. Wareing (BS 1987) Technical Staff Member ofTransport Methods Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory



Fundraising

Contractor Donates $1 Million to Fund NewMasters Degree in Construction EngineeringManagement

The College of Engineering has joined with the College of Business tooffer an innovative new master’s degree in construction engineeringmanagement. The new degree program features an equal number ofengineering and business courses, which can help qualified students alsopursue an MBA.

Robert C. Wilson, a retired Corvallis contractor who graduated fromOSU’s Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering in1950, donated land valued at about $1 million to fund the program. Wilsonagreed with Dean Ron Adams about the need to produce engineers who aremore knowledgeable about enterprise.

“A little-known secret of the civil engineering profession is that tosucceed you need solid business skills,” Wilson said. “And if you don’t learnthose skills, you top out. When I saw that the dean would likely support an

interdisciplinary program with business, I decided to approach him about it. He was very receptive.”Adams anticipates that other colleges of engineering will soon follow OSU’s lead, incorporating more business

classes into their engineering curricula.“R.C. Wilson’s gift allows us to deliver what I believe will be a mark of national leadership for OSU,” Adams said.

“We’ve created a degree program that combines the technical skills of construction management with the businessskills at a level you would find in an MBA program. This goes right to the heart of the New Economy.”

The new program, called the Robert C. Wilson Graduate Program in Construction Engineering Management, willnot only give students the business background they need to flourish, but will ultimately benefit industry byproviding well-rounded engineers able to assume management-level positions.

Robert C. and Joyce Wilson

Retired Engineering Secretary Bequeaths$1.65 Million for Scholarships

Edith McDougall worked in the Department of Electrical Engineering for over 35 years before she retired in 1972.With her passing last spring at the age of 96, the College lost a great friend. However, her memory and her years atOSU will not be forgotten.

Ms. McDougall remained deeply committed to the students she served and to her department. A 1930 graduatewith a degree in business education, Ms. McDougall lived a modest lifestyle and was a very savvy investor. Her lifesavings will benefit the students she worked with every day, explaining schedules, arranging appointments, andmaking sure the department ran like clockwork.

Her gift will create the McDougall Scholarship, which will benefit graduate and undergraduate students in theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This is a major boost to the department, which needsscholarships to accommodate its rapid enrollment growth as part of the College’s push to become a top-25engineering program. Thanks to Ms. McDougall’s gift, many future students will be able to pursue degrees inelectrical and computer engineering.

As the Top-25 Campaign gathers momentum, donors step forward to help fund the ascent.


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OSU alumnus Bernie Newcomb, who co-founded E*Trade, one of the nation's firstinternet stock trading companies to revolutionize the way people buy and sellsecurities, has committed $250,000 to the interior renovation of OSU’s WeatherfordHall. When finished, the historic hall will house an innovative new program inentrepreneurship sponsored by the College of Engineering and the College ofBusiness. The program will equip students of engineering, business, and otherprofessional programs with the skills necessary to launch and operate their ownbusiness ventures. The College of Business’ leadership in this program will advancethe College of Engineering's plan to ensure work-ready graduates. Newcomb hasbeen an important supporter of OSU and the College of Business in particular. Hismost recent gift will sponsor Weatherford Hall’s e-café, a wireless network-equippedgathering place where students, faculty, staff, alumni, and industry leaders willexchange ideas, information, and knowledge.

For information on how to contribute to the renovation of Weatherford Hall,contact Lawson Knight at the OSU Foundation: 541-737-8723, toll free 1-800-354-7281, or email:[email protected].

High-Tech Meets History: Weatherford HallReadies for Renovation

A 68-foot-high campanile—bell tower—was dedicatedto the late H. Dean Papé, noted alumnus andsuccessful Oregon businessman in a dedicationceremony in September 2001.

Papé graduated from the Oregon Agricultural Collegein 1942 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Hewas a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and presidentof the OSU Foundation from 1983-85. He was namedOSU Volunteer of the Year in 1985 and was a trusteefrom 1972 until his death in July of 1996.

The tower, a gift to the OSU community from the Papéfamily, is located east of the Valley Library. It containsfive bronze bells, ranging in weight from 273 to 1,919pounds, which sound five different tones. The bells werecast in the Netherlands and will chime the hour andhalf-hour. A clock face is located on the west side of the

Family of Mechanical Engineering AlumBrings Bell Tower to Campus

tower, facing the libraryquad.

Dean's widow, ShirleyPapé, said inspiration forthe bell tower came fromtheir grandson, JustinPapé, who studiesengineering at OSU. “Wewanted to provide the OSUcommunity withsomething to rememberDean by and the bell towerseemed appropriate,” shesaid.

Papé was founder of thePapé Group of companies.

The College is in the process of identifying former students, alumni, and others interested in attending areunion honoring Professor Jim Looney who taught in the Department of Electrical Engineering during the 1960sand ‘70s. The reunion will provide an opportunity to renew old friendships, tour College facilities, and learnabout current activities at the College and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. A tentativedate of September 20 & 21, 2002 has been set for the reunion. If you are interested in receiving informationabout the event, please contact Melanie Marshall at [email protected] or 1-800-354-7281.

Reunion for Students of Professor Looney Planned



StudentsOur most important products

ME Students Learn to Teach Engineering to Middle Schoolers

Ever get the urge to take a chainsaw to a recliner to see how itworks? How about slicing your computer in half to check outwhat’s inside that beige box? Or a fire extinguisher? Boat motor?Washing machine?

Part of a mechanical engineering education at Oregon StateUniversity is learning to do just that, and then teach local middleschool students exactly how such mechanical devices work. Thepresentations have to be informative as well as entertaining tohold the attention of the younger students.

This year more than 90 mechanical engineering students fromOSU taught some 250 area middle schoolers how many of thedevices they use every day function. Shown here, junior AndreaPovis demonstrates the workings of a baseball throwing machineto Corvallis’ Cheldelin Middle School students (left to right) AllieSerieky, Caty Reeves, Robin Leung, Neil Browning, and MartyUlrich.

CCEE Students Land ScholarshipsThe Association of General Contractors has awarded nine of its 100 scholarships to OSU CCEE students. The

$2,000 scholarships were presented to Jake Polvi (Dayton, OR), Armand N. Vial (Hillsboro), Benjamin N. Miles(Salem), Bryan R. Garner (Corvallis), Christopher C. Getter (Salem), Randy J. Phillips (Beaverton), Kati A.Sprague (Canby), Jeannette E. Laramee (Kapa’au, HI), and Samuel L. Griffin (La Grande), who received the HalPritchett Undergraduate Scholarship.

CEM Students Take First PlaceCoached by OSU Construction Engineering Management Associate Professor Neil Eldin, OSU’s Heavy Civil team

of CEM students took first place at the “Associated Schools of Construction/Associated General Contractors ofAmerica” national construction management competition in Las Vegas on March 21. In February, both the HeavyCivil team and the Commercial team finished first at the regional competition, earning the expense-paid trip tonationals. During the competition, teams received plans and specifications for a project at 6 a.m. then worked non-stop until a midnight deadline developing estimates, schedules, and analyses of anticipated challenges. This wasfollowed by an oral presentation. The CEM seniors competing were Emily Hager (Gresham), Andrew Patterson(Tigard), Justin Dean Papé (Corvallis), Erik Bruun (Portland), James Zusy (Gig Harbor, WA), Andy Cerotsky(Troutdale), Matthew Johnson (Salem), Jacob Hanning (Sandy), Justin O'Brien (Springfield), River Stevenson(Portland), Michael Alexander (Madras), and Kacy Carter (Medford).

Big Beam Winners Bring Home BucksUnder the leadership of Dr. Keith Kaufman from Morse Bros., teams of students from OSU gained the following

awards in the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s first “Big Beam” contest.Zone 1: $1,000 first place—team of Justin Watkins (Las Vegas), Eric Rau (Dundee), Dusty Andrews (Springfield),

and Cedric Chuigo (Coolidge, AZ). $750 second place—team of Dawn Nearing (Los Gatos, CA), Ben Hoffman(Tigard), Troy Brown (Mt. Angel), Dave Cooper (Bend), and Dave Chapman (Springfield)

National Best Report Winner: $500 prize (team of Justin Watkins, Eric Rau, Dusty Andrews, and Cedric Chuigo)The competition is a part of Kaufman’s CE 486/586 Prestressed Concrete class which is sponsored by the

prestressed concrete industry in Oregon.


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Students Score High With Machine VisionEddie Blackwell and Mey Saechao took second place in the national “COGNEX On-Campus Machine Vision

Competition” in May of 2001. The IME seniors obtained highest marks for the extensive use of the machine visionsoftware capabilities and the robustness of their design, obtained by the use of redundant pattern analysis. Theproject was partially funded by a grant from COGNEX to the Computer-Integrated Systems Laboratory at OSU, oneof ten awards made nationally.

ASCE Student Chapter HonoredThe American Society of Civil Engineers OSU student chapter received a letter of honorable mention based on

outstanding activities described in the 2000 chapter annual report. Additionally, Todd Whitaker, a “very dedicated”practitioner advisor, was a recipient of the 2001 Outstanding Practitioner Advisor award based on studentnominations included with the annual report.

Baseball-tossing Machine Wins First Place for ME StudentsMechanical engineering juniors Brian Gin (Beaverton), Kalan Guiley (Corvallis), and Darren Johnson (La Pine),

won first place in the regional competition for the national Student Design Competition at the 2002 AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Region VIII Student Conference in Ellensburg, WA. This marks the secondyear in a row that an OSU team has won first place. This year’s competition required students to design a device nolarger than one meter cubed that is capable of autonomously throwing 30 baseballs at three different targets withintwo minutes. Next fall, the OSU team will compete for the national title at ASME’s International MechanicalEngineering Congress and Exposition in New Orleans.

ECE Grad Student Awarded SRC Master’s ScholarshipOSU electrical engineering graduate student Shu-Ching Hsu (Eugene) is one of eight students in the U.S. to be

named a prestigious Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Master’s Scholar.As a Master’s Scholar, SRC will pay Hsu’s full tuition, fees and living stipend for two years. In addition, the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will receive a $2000 gift as part of her award. Hsu competed against other master’s students from underrepresented minority groups across the nation for this

highly selective award. However, Hsu’s advisors, Terri Fiez and Karti Mayaram were not surprised she won thescholarship.

“Shu-Ching is one of the brightest students I’ve come across,” Mayaram explained. “She is an extremely dedicatedgraduate student who has the personal drive, initiative and ambition to succeed at whatever she does.”

Semiconductor Research Corp., based in Research Triangle Park, NC, is the largest continuous industry-drivenuniversity research program in the nation.

To see a full list of other Master’s Scholars visit http://www.src.org/member/news/2002_fels_schols.asp

OSU Engineering Students Help Design Micro-Hydro Power Generators“My goal is to save the world,” says Ryan Harbert, an OSU senior in electrical and computer engineering (ECE).

Driven by a belief that engineers help build a better world, Harbert took on a senior project that has the potential todo just that. With guidance from ECE professor Alan Wallace, Harbert (Myrtle Point) and fellow ECE students BenLee, III (Aloha), Paul Hutchinson (Springfield), and James Ayers (Salem), are helping Portland-based Thunder RiverTurbine Company refine its design for portable power turbines at a site near Bull Run Reservoir. The devices, whichresemble a propeller, are placed in flowing water where the force of the current spins the turbine, generating enoughelectricity to power an entire household. The technology, called micro-hydro power, has a wide range ofapplications, from supplying power during emergency power outages to powering pumps on irrigation canals.“Micro-hydro technology is about 30 percent efficient, and unlike solar, it generates power day and night,” Harbertsays. The OSU students say they have learned a lot during the 8-month project, and both Portland General Electric(which sponsored the project) and Mickey Garner (owner of Thunder River Turbine Company) are pleased. “PG&Ewants to hire us,” Harbert says. “And Mickey Garner thinks we're geniuses.”



When Oregon State University engineering studentMichael Pfohman read about biodiesel—a form ofprocessed spent cooking oil that can power dieselengines—he was so inspired by the potential of thisrenewable fuel that he sold his gasoline-powered car,bought a 1981 diesel VW Jetta, and set about finding asource of the clean-burning diesel substitute.

The only problem was that the nearest companiesconverting used vegetable oil to biodiesel were as faraway as Florida or Hawaii, and the cost of importing thefuel to Oregon was as high as $4 per gallon.

Determined to power his “new” car with "green" fuel,Pfohman drew on his OSU engineering education thatemphasizes innovation, creativity, and beyond-the-boxthinking, and decided to figure out how to make his ownbiodiesel.

He successfully lobbied fellow senior industrial andmanufacturing engineering (IME) students Dan Forster,Tyler Kuenzi, Rob Loper, and James Tingey to take onthe production of biodiesel as their senior project.

Pfohman and team approached OSU Engineeringfaculty advisors Brian Paul and David Porter, who,after ensuring that the project was safe, agreed to givethe students the green light.

Pfohman says the IME department was “very open andaccepting” of an idea that went well beyond theboundaries of other senior projects.

“I seriously doubt most engineering schools wouldhave allowed this project to go forward,” says Paul. “Butat OSU we’re very interested in removing the obstaclesand letting the students charge ahead.”

Charge ahead they did. Team members logged longhours and late nights designing and fabricating the

Students Make Biodiesel to Better the Worldreactor and refining the conversion process. “By owningthe project, we were very committed,” Pfohman says. “Itwas our idea, so we worked harder.”

Because this project involved a lot of chemistry, thestudents sought help from Skip Rochefort in theDepartment of Chemical Engineering, who offeredchemical engineering advice as well as lab space tobuild the reactor.

This cross-disciplinary team environment made theproject more attractive to advisors Paul and Porter. .

Each week the students picked up 25 gallons of spentcooking oil from a local restaurant, The Chippery. Bygiving its oil to the students, the restaurant saved the$35/pickup fee charged by a rendering company. Theteam used their reactor to convert the oil to biodieselby adding lye and methanol, generating only onebyproduct—glycerin, commonly used as soap.

With time they fine tuned the process to produce aform of biodiesel pure enough to pour into a fuel tank.All their hard work paid off: the group’s biodieselpowered Pfohman’s VW Jetta to the Oregon coast andback.

The cost of fuel for the 150-mile trip for Pfohman? Nota nickel. Side benefit? The dark plumes of sooty dieselexhaust were replaced with the invisible and faintaroma of French fries.

The students then fine-tuned the process so that theirbiodiesel can be certified to American Society forTesting and Materials (ASTM) standards. Manyautomobile and farm equipment manufacturers,including Volkswagen, John Deere, Audi, Caterpillar,BMW, Volvo, and others, now warrant their vehicles foruse with biodiesel. The fuel has been tested widely bygovernment and private industry with no negative sideeffects. Biodiesel has a higher lubricity than petroleumdiesel, which can reduce engine wear.

As part of their senior project, Pfohman andteammates interviewed farmers, truckers, the OSUmotor pool staff, and others about the local market forbiodiesel. They discovered that interest in thesustainable fuel runs very high in Oregon.

Pfohman would like to expand the project into abusiness enterprise, mainly because he wants to doengineering work that has a positive impact on theplanet.

"Engineers like to make a difference in the world,"says Brian Paul. "This is their contribution to that. Thesestudents embody the type of engineering graduates weare producing here at OSU as we build a top-25program. Remove the obstacles and they do amazingthings."

Team and faculty members pose with Michael Pfohman’s 1981 diesel VW Jetta and the“green” fuel. Left to right: Professors Brian Paul and David Porter, Rob Loper,Michael Pfohman, James Tingey, Dan Forster, and Tyler Kuenzi.


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Industry FriendsCollege builds bridges to business community

Hewlett-Packard’s Corvallis division is definitely a good neighbor to OSU Engineering. The company is not justgeographically close to the College of Engineering, it also shares resources, personnel, expertise, and researchdollars in a mutually beneficial relationship that continues to grow. During fiscal year 2000-2001 alone, HP gavemore than $3.1 million in research funding and equipment to the college. HP’s chief technologist, DavidHackleman, helps teach senior design to OSU students and facilitates communication between the College ofEngineering and HP. HP collaborates with OSU Engineering in a wide range of research projects, from thedevelopment of transparent electronics and micro-mechanical devices to the use of wireless devices to helpclassroom teachers and the development of wireless, mobile solutions for industrial problems. “I think all facultyhope for industry relationships like the one we have with HP,” says ECE Professor John Wager. “I am in contact withsomeone from HP almost every week regarding ongoing or future research possibilities.”

While working as an intern at Intel, OSU electrical and computer engineering graduate student Jeff Benderdiscovered the company was no longer using two rapid thermal processors and two radio frequency generators.Bender knew his OSU advisor, professor John Wager, could use the equipment in the OSU electro-luminescentresearch lab, so he discussed the donation with Intel’s Paul Kingzett. Kingzett, an OSU alum, was happy to help.“Intel is excited to assist the ECE department as it works on world class research,” Kingzett said. “This is one ofseveral gifts Intel has made this year to assist OSU’s pursuit in becoming a tier-one engineering school.” Thecollaborative spirit between OSU and Intel, enabled OSU Engineering to acquire the equipment valued at more than$2 million at no cost.

The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) is building a mutually beneficialrelationship with PSC, Inc., a $220 million company and world leader in mobile and wireless scanning and datacapture solutions. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, PSC has manufacturing facilities in Eugene and Webster,New York, as well as offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

IME assistant professor David Porter is helping PSC investigate implementation issues related to arevolutionary new reduced-size bar code symbology that has the potential to dramatically change the way bar codeis used. Porter and IME department head Richard Billo have also developed a series of courses they will teach toPSC customers and sales staff.

President and CEO of PSC, Edward J. Borey, is very pleased with the relationship. “Our partnership withOregon State University offers students invaluable real-world experience, and provides world-class research andsolutions for PSC and its customers,” he says.

Sun Microsystems has added OSU Engineering to the company’s prestigious “Top-20 University List,” and devised acreative way to support OSU Engineering’s top-25 effort despite the current economic slump. Sun engineers,accompanied by OSU alum Harry Soehalim, loaded 30 surplus Ultra 10 Sun Workstations and a server into vans,drove to Corvallis, and set up the donated equipment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

“Sun really went the extra mile,” said ECE Department Head Terri Fiez. Dave Perillo, Director of Sun’sHillsboro office, reaffirmed his company’s commitment. “As part of our continuing relationship with OSU, SunMicrosystems is extremely pleased to contribute to ECE,” he said. For more information go to:

http://www.engr.orst.edu/news/ece/90

HP’s Good Neighbor Relationship Supports COE

Intel Gives Equipment Worth $2 Million

IME Department Wows Worldwide Leader in Mobile & Wireless Scanning

Sun Adds OSU to “Top-20” List, Donates Workstations



James Kenneth Fleshman (BS ChE, ‘28) passed away on May 5.He retired from production management in Uniroyal’s tire divisionin Los Angeles.

Robert B. Stewart (BS ChE, ‘42) currently lives in Sequim, WA.He retired from technical sales for Dow Corning in 1980.

Gene W. Arant (BS EE, ‘43), after 50 years of practice inCalifornia, has started a new patent attorney firm, Arant, Lovell &Jade, at Gleneden Beach, Oregon.

Don Gary Hall (BS ChE, ‘44) died on May 18 of 2001 fromcomplications of Alzheimer’s disease. Hall served in the Pacific asa lieutenant in the Navy during WWII. He joined Chas. Pfizer & Coin 1951 where he worked until his retirement after more than 30years. Post-retirement, he returned to the west coast, settling inPioneer, CA.

Gregory L. Nesbitt (BS ME, ‘58) retired in May after 39 years inthe electric utility business: 19 years with SDG&E in California,and 20 years with Cleco Corp. in Louisiana, the latest as ChiefExecutive Officer.

Jai B. Kim (BS CCEE, ‘59; MS CCEE, ‘60) is professor and chairof civil and environmental engineering at Bucknell University inLewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Don Rohde (BS CCEE, ‘59) passed away in March, 2001. Rhodeserved with the U.S. Navy during the Korean War prior toattending OSC. In 1964, he became a registered professionalengineer and also a corporate partner in Tenneson EngineeringCorp. working on projects in nearly every community in EasternOregon.He was also active in many community activities andorganizations.

Jack Meredith (BS ME, ‘61) had two textbooks published inOctober 2001: Quantitative Business Modeling and OperationsManagement for MBAs, 2nd ed. These join two of his other recenttextbooks, Project Management in Practice, and Project Management: AManagerial Approach. He retired from a 7-year tenure as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Operations Management, the top academicjournal in his field. Meredith is a professor of management, andBroyhill Distinguished Scholar and Chair in Operations at theBabcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University,Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was a member of the froshtennis team at OSU during 1957-58, still plays regularly, and notesthat the USTA has just opened a new competitive category—over90 years old—in which, 28 years from now, he is hoping tocompete.

Lee W. Kearney (BS CCEE, 63) was elected as the newestgeneral contractor member of the Associated General ContractorsFoundation Board of Directors. He was elected to the College ofEngineering Hall of Fame in 2001.

Keith Alrick (BS ME, ‘63) retired from Los Alamos National Labafter 35 years. He and his wife, Barbara, are moving to Arizona.

David R. Evans (MS CCEE, ‘63) is senior vice president atCH2M HILL and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife, Carol.

Don Baumgartner (PhD CCEE, ‘67) retired on March 31 asdirector of the Environmental Research Lab at the University ofArizona in Tucson where he has been since leaving the

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Environmental Protection Agency Marine Pollution Lab inNewport in late 1989. He is “putting in a couple of hours onTuesday and Thursday” as professor emeritus in the Department ofSoil, Water, and Environmental Science, mostly writing reportsand proposals. The other 3 weekdays he plays baseball on theTOTS (Tucson Old Timers Society) club.

James C. (Jim) Carnahan (BS CCEE, ’74) has been promoted tovice president and office manager of the Bend office of DavidEvans and Associates, Inc. He served as a Marine Corpsengineering officer and has been a civil engineer in central Oregonsince 1978 and with the DEA since 1988. He serves on the OSU-Cascades Campus advisory board and the board of directors ofCentral Oregon Community College College.

Bob Harder (BS CCEE, ‘76) has been named deputy director ofutilities engineering for the City of Santa Rosa in Sonoma—”WineCountry”—California. He has transitioned through variousconstruction/engineering positions during his 25 years in SonomaCounty, including work for the Corps of Engineers (retiring fromthe Reserves in 1998), Piombo Corporation, Sonoma FinancialCorporation, and the North Coast Builders Exchange. As deputydirector, he is launching a near-100% contracted-out CapitalImprovement Program, including design, construction, andconstruction management/inspection. Harder and his wife, Holly,live in Lakewood Hills, Windsor, California.

Wanda Munn (BS NE, ‘77) has been appointed by PresidentBush to serve as a member of the President’s Advisory Board onRadiation and Worker Health. Munn was inducted into the Collegeof Engineering Hall of Fame in 1999.

John Stege (BS ME, ‘78) set a world speed record for 1650 APFClass Motorcycle of 161.55 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. He iscurrently working at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and lives withhis wife and children in Port Orchard, Washington.

Tony S. Keller (BS GE, ‘78) was recently promoted to professorof mechanical engineering at the University of Vermont. InNovember 2001, Professor Keller was an invited speaker at the VIIBrussels International Spine Symposium in Belgium on “Modelingof Bone Loss and Fracture in Osteoporosis.” He is also therecipient of a 2002 American Scandinavian Foundation ResearchFellowship to study low back pain in collaboration with spineresearchers at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Curt Nichols (BS ME, ’81) was recognized by the Association ofProfessional Energy Managers (APEM) as the 2000 EnergyManager of the Year in the government category, in his position asenergy manager for the City of Portland. A Certified EnergyManager, he is responsible for educating city staff, informingmanagement, and helping city bureaus reach the city’s goal of anenergy efficiency improvement of 15 percent. Other programs thathe has managed, such as the BEST program (Businesses for anEnvironmentally Sustainable Tomorrow) and the Portland Partnersfor Energy Efficiency (P2E2), 3have also won national awards.

Keith D. Thomsen, Ph.D. (BS GE, ‘82; MS CE, ‘91) as been hiredas the President and CEO of BioContractors, Inc., an applied


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environmental biotechnology firm specializing in anaerobic wastetreatment systems with offices in Cerritos, CA, and Copenhagen,Denmark.

Cathy Nelson (BS CCEE, 1983) has been selected to managethe Technical Sevices Branch of the Oregon Department ofTransportation. She is also ODOT’s chief engineer and representsOregon on the national body that governs highway designstandards. Prior to her current post, she led the RoadwayEngineering Section, where she managed more than 140 people in10 crews throughout the state.

John DeHaven (BS EE, ‘85) has been employed by InsightElectronics since 1995. Insight is a specialty semiconductordistributor focusing on design support. Responsibilities includeengineering management and customer applications engineeringfor high-end Xilinx field programmable logic devices.

Gary P. Wright (BS ME, ‘90) is lead design engineer for the 747-400X wing structure at The Boeing Company.

Harish Pillay (MS ECE, ‘90) is chief technology officer forInQuisitive Mind Pte, Ltd., in Singapore. He reports, “I am a hamhere in Singapore with the call sign 9v1hp. I am also active in theLinux community: 222.lugs.org.sg.”

Brian Dunn (BS FE/CE, ‘92) received the Oregon Department ofTransportation Excellence Award. Dunn works in the

Transportation Development Division’s Transportation PlanningAnalysis Unit.

Sheldon Dealy (BS CS, ‘95) is a graduate student at theUniversity of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Steve Greene (BS CCEE, ‘92; MS CCEE, ‘96) is currently themanager of engineering and construction for the Utah TransitAuthority in Salt Lake City, UT. He is the project manager on a 2.5mile, $118.5M design/build light rail transit project completed forthe winter Olympic Games in February 2002. He, his wife,Charlene, and their two boys have been in Utah for 5 years.

Jason E. Yates (BS CCEE, ‘98) was sent by the U.S. Air Force toNellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada, after graduation, where he spent3 years as a project manager in the 99th Civil Engineer Squadronworking on numerous projects that included beddown projects forthe F-22 Raptor and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Currently, he isstationed at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio at the Air ForceInstitute of Technology where he has just started a master’sdegree program.

Steve Dunn (BS CCEE, ‘99) is a project engineer at R&LBrosamer, Inc., and is currently building a new runway at San JoseInternational Airport.

William H. Huggins (BS EE, ‘41; MS EE, ‘42)—member of the OSU Engineering Hall of Fame, member of the NationalAcademy of Engineering, professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins—died August 11, 2001 in Idaho Falls,Idaho.

After obtaining his MS degree, he continued his work in radio interference as a research assistant at OSC until being appointedto the Radio Research Lab at Harvard in 1944. His research interests broadened while with the U.S. Air Force Resarch Center from1945 to 1954, being appointed as assistant to the director in 1953. Huggins became a faculty member of the Johns HopkinsUniversity in 1954, where he rose to hold the Westinghouse Chair.

Colleagues say that Huggins encouraged Hopkins administrators to acquire the university’s first computer 40 years ago and,during the 1960s, he became a strong advocate for the use of these machines as teaching tools.

In addition to his engineering skills, he was an accomplished musician who kept a grand piano in his apartment and a smallwooden clavichord in his office on campus.

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