James and Maureen Gorman Emeriti Faculty Brunch

honoring

Charles W. SmithEmeritus Professor of Physics and

Cooperating Emeritus Professor of Engineering

A tribute to the remarkable and dedicated careerof a true master educator extraordinare.

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Numismatic Relativity

Welcome to the 2015 James and Maureen Gorman Emeriti Faculty Brunch

in honor of Charles W. Smith

Numismatic Relativity

The College of Engineering is delighted to have this opportunity tohonor Charles W. “Skip” Smith, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Cooperating Emeritus Professor of Engineering.

Charles’ successful career at the University of Maine spans from1968 to 2008, where he has been lecturer and coordinator of the Introductory Physics for Engineers and Physical Scientists coursesequence for 36 of his 40 years at UMaine, in addition to coursesfor Physics majors. In all, Charles Smith has been a great teacher for more than 9,500 University of Maine students.

Charles came to UMaine from Ohio University, where he earned his PhD in Experimental Physics. He has published more than 70peer-reviewed papers, ranging from topics in condensed matter experimentation to numismatics. He has mentored sixteen graduatestudents in thesis work in experimental condensed matter physics.

A few of Charles’ hobbies include an interest in duck decoys, duckcalls and numismatics. He is an expert on counterfiting of coins andpaper money prior to the industrial revolution. His theme may verywell have been titled “Duck Head” thanks to a his duck-related hobbies, a story from Tom Hess and a rather infamous sweaty T-shirttaken off a farmer’s back for Skip to wear.

We thank you for joining with us today to recognize, roast and celebrate Charles Smith for his service and dedication to the University of Maine and to the students of the College of Engineering.

Dana N. Humprey, Ph.D., P.E.Dean, College of Engineering

University of Maine

Agenda

Brunch

Welcome

Dana HumphreyDean, College of Engineering

Michael WittmannDepartment Chair, Professor of Physics and

Cooperating Professor of Education

Charles W. SmithEmeritus Professor of Physics and

Cooperating Emeritus Professor of Engineering

Others are welcome to say a few words at this time.

James and Maureen Gorman Emeriti Faculty Brunch

in honor of Charles W. Smith

Numismatic Relativity

The following is a copy of the wellknown “Bricklayer’s Accident Report,”which has made the Internet rounds inrecent years. You could say that it issuspected that Skip Smith came upwith this to use in the first-year physicsclasses as examples of the improperuse of physical phenomena. Storieslike this help to stress the need to bet-ter understand the role of physicallaws in daily living.

This article will help people to pass thetime while they are waiting for theirturn in the food line.- Fred Irons

Bricklayer's Accident Report

This is a bricklayer's accident report,which was printed in the newsletter ofthe Australian equivalent of the Work-ers' Compensation Board. This is atrue story. Had this guy died, he'd havereceived a Darwin Award for sure....

Dear Sir:I am writing in response to your re-quest for additional information inBlock 3 of the accident report form. Iput "poor planning" as the cause ofmy accident. You asked for a fuller ex-planation and I trust the following de-tails will be sufficient. I am a bricklayerby trade. On the day of the accident, Iwas working alone on the roof of anew six story building. When I com-pleted my work, found that I had somebricks left over which, when weighedlater, were found to be slightly in ex-cess of 500 lbs.

Rather than carry the bricks down byhand, I decided to lower them in a bar-rel by using a pulley, which was at-tached to the side of the building onthe sixth floor. Securing the rope atground level, I went up to the roof,swung the barrel out and loaded thebricks into it. Then I went down anduntied the rope, holding it tightly toensure a slow descent of the bricks.

You will note in Block 11 of the acci-dent report form that I weigh 175 lbs.Due to my surprise at being jerked offthe ground so suddenly, I lost my pres-ence of mind and forgot to let go ofthe rope. Needless to say, I proceededat a rapid rate up the side of the build-ing.

In the vicinity of the third floor, I metthe barrel which was now proceedingdownward at an equal, impressivespeed. This explained the fracturedskull, minor abrasions and the brokencollar bone, as listed in section 3 of theaccident report form.

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Slowed only slightly, I continued myrapid ascent, not stopping until the fin-gers of my right hand were two knuck-les deep into the pulley. Fortunately bythis time I had regained my presenceof mind and was able to hold tightly tothe rope, in spite of beginning to expe-rience a great deal of pain.At approximately the same time, how-ever, the barrel of bricks hit theground and the bottom fell out of thebarrel. Now devoid of the weight ofthe bricks, that barrel weighed approxi-mately 50 lbs.

I refer you again to my weight. As youcan imagine, I began a rapid descent,down the side of the building. In thevicinity of the third floor, I met thebarrel coming up. This accounts forthe two fractured ankles, broken toothand several lacerations of my legs andlower body.

Here my luck began to change slightly.The encounter with the barrel seemedto slow me enough to lessen my in-juries when I fell into the pile of bricksand fortunately only three vertebraewere cracked.

I am sorry to report, however, as I laythere on the pile of bricks, in pain un-able to move, I again lost my compo-sure and presence of mind and let goof the rope and I lay there watchingthe empty barrel begin its journey backdown onto me. This explains the twobroken legs.

I hope this answers your inquiry. ■

We are pleased to join many others inrecognizing the contributions and accomplishments of Skip Smith at thisyear’s Gorman Emeriti Brunch.

Skip and Al were in the class of fourassistant professors who arrived at thePhysics Department in the fall of1968. We were privileged to begin ourcareers at Maine at a time when thephysics program was about to begin anexciting growth phase under the leadership of Department Chair Dr.Paul Camp.

During the 13 years we lived in Orono,Donna and Skip’s wife, Carolyn, be-came good friends. Telephone callsduring long winter days helped passthe time and season. Birthday parties,September cook-outs at the Carrs’, andother faculty gatherings were goodtimes shared by the families.

Although we left Maine in 1981, wehave stayed in touch with Carolyn andSkip and, in recent years, have enjoyedlovely annual dinners together at theThistles Restaurant in Bangor.

During his years at Maine, Skip distinguished himself both in teachingand in research. Skip and Al eachtaught a lecture section of freshmanphysics together for several years. Skipwas well known for his concise lecturenotes, which boiled difficult conceptsdown into understandable segments.He was highly regarded by his students, as evidenced by his teachingawards. Skip also carried out a very

successful research program, centeredon applications of cryogenics to superconductivity and ultrasonics.

Reflecting on carrying out research inthe early seventies, our programs andfacilities seem rather quaint by today’sstandards. A few hundred dollars hereor there often made a big difference tosuccess or failure. To help make endsmeet, Skip collaborated with Al onsome electron tunneling experiments,and with Charlie Tarr on studies of ordering mechanisms in liquid crystals.Those were good days!

We extend our best wishes to Skip andCarolyn and our congratulations toSkip on being the recipient of thisyear’s Gorman Emeriti Faculty Award.

Alton Clark ’61 and Donna Clark ’61 ■

Alton Clark

L-R: Paul Dolan, Skip, Ken & Andrea Brownstein - July 1992

I was delighted when I learned that youwould be the honoree for our annual Gorman Emeriti event this year. You havesuch a distinguished career for which youshould be very proud. When you think ofjust how many engineering students youhelped to gain a good solid basis forphysics to enable them to advance theirknowledge as they move through their en-gineering programs it must be very re-warding for you. Making a difference inthe lives of so many is truly a blessing.

I must share with you that my husbandand I had the pleasure of sharing atable with you at our College of Engineering banquet one year. Thishappened to be the year when somany of us had suffered a great loss inour retirements accounts and while we

were discussing the impact of this I remember you saying to all of us sitting at the table that the way thingswere going you had decided that yournext statement from TIAA-CREF wasprobably going to be in the form of abill rather than your account balance!That tickled my funny bone and I willalways remember that. Luckily we alldid recover but it was much neededhumor for all of us at the time.

I shall always have a great deal of respect for you and your career. I wishyou the best as you continue to enjoyyour retirement years.

Best wishes,Laurie A. FullertonCollege of Engineering ■

I first met Charles “Skip” Smith ingraduate school at Ohio University,where we were assigned to the sameoffice in Super Hall, the home of thePhysics Department. Super Hall wasnamed for Prof. Super, who discoveredX-rays about a month after Roentgen.

Skip is from Pennsylvania, the son ofan engineer at Westinghouse who invented torpedoes and clock radios.Skip and I found that we had similarinterests in fishing, especially fly fishing, which we did whenever we hadtime and good weather. He helped melearn to drive in his Jeep, noted forhaving a “Psi*Psi” on its bumper.

We both took a neutron lab course ingrad school, taught by his future advisor Prof. Sanford. This qualifiedSkip to teach nuclear physics and

nuclear lab in his first year as an Asst.Professor at University of Maine.Once I arrived at Orono a year later,he began teaching the introductoryphysics course while I assumed responsibility for the nuclear coursesas well as another large lecture course.

Skip undertook research in low-temperature physics and superconduc-tivity, collaborating with Profs. KenBrownstein and Bill Unertl. A friendlyrivalry developed between Skip andKen, resulting in frequent pranks, suchas wine corks over the door, open sardine tins under the desk and strategically-placed urinal cakes. They also dressed up like GrouchoMarx to tease Brownstein about his resemblance to the famous comic.During that time, also, amusing alterations to the faculty pictures and

Kenneth Brownstein

ultimately provided continuing support. The research design and results of those studies were praised by Sea Grant officials in Washington,D.C., which helped the University ofMaine obtain Sea Grant status separatefrom the University of New Hamp-shire.

Skip continued his work in low-tem-perature physics, taking a sabbaticalyear of study and research at IBM, andguiding several students through theirPhDs including Ali Kashkooli who isnow teaching physics at Husson.

office-door signs would mysteriouslyappear. Nonetheless, they and theirfamilies became great friends.

Skip and I were both interested in environmental issues, so it was naturalto propose a study of Maine YankeeAtomic plant in Wiscasset before itwent online, as well as shortly after itstarted. This allowed the purchase ofsome important pieces of equipment(including the pulse height analyzershown in the picture below), summersalaries for ourselves and support forgraduate students.

Our proposal was endorsed by Sen. EdMuskie, one of the founders of theEPA. The project included collabora-tor Herb Hidu from Darling Center,who provided expertise on shellfish.The study revealed radioactivity in theshellfish (oysters), which were grownin the hot water outflow from thepower plant, at which point both Central Maine Power Company andUSEPA became interested and

Tom Hess

L-R: Cam Law, Skip, Rodney Mailman, Tom Hess

Even after formal retirement, he hascontinued his collaboration with PaulDolan, Ph.D., at Northern Illinois University. In the natural course ofthings academic, Skip had his turn atbeing department chairman. Duringthat tenure, he hired several new fac-ulty including Profs. Neil Comins andSusan McKay.

After he retired, Skip returned to hishobby of fishing, and further developed his interest in duck decoysand duck calls. While I was traveling inNorth Carolina a few years ago, I cameacross a farmer wearing a “DuckHead” T-shirt. He was willing to partwith his shirt, and thus it was gifted toSkip in honor of his new-found calling.

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I am so pleased that Charles “Skip”Smith is being honored in this way andwant to share a couple of the lessons Ilearned (or tried to learn) being a fac-ulty member in the Department ofPhysics and Astronomy with him forseveral decades.

The first was the importance of tap-ping into the expertise of a previouschair. When I took over as departmentchair in 1998, Skip was an incredibleresource and helped in so many ways,but by far the greatest one was takingcharge of the ABET reaccreditationprocess. As anyone who has beenthrough it knows, ABET requires notjust running an excellent program, butdocumented the ongoing work thatcontinues to guide improvements. Skip had been through reaccreditationbefore, and it was a huge gift to methat he was willing to take the lead inpreparing all of the required reports! After that experience, I called on himand the other previous chairs in the department often for assistance, andthey were all ready to lend their aid tomake the ABET process successful.

Susan McKay

Dr. Charles W. Smith became thePhysics Department Chairperson in1986. He would be the forth department chair I have had the pleasure to work with!

The best memories I have of workingwith Dr. Smith (I never have calledhim Skip) are as follows:

Typing PHY 121/122 Grade Cards —these cards have been kept since 1934.Recorded on cardboard stock cards,were: student name, recitation and li-brary section, major, prelim 1, 2, and 3grades, homework and lab grade, finalexam grade, total number grade, andfinal letter grade. Sadly, in Spring 2008,the recording of grades ceased whenDr. Smith retired. The successor instructor used a more modern way ofrecording grades — Excel sheets!

During June, July, and August, the yearlyvisit of Dr. Paul J. Dolan occured. Paulwas a former post doc and continued hisresearch in room 13 Bennett Hall andwrote up the results for the March meet-ing of the American Physical Society.Both were to attend and present theirwork at the meeting.

At lunch in the conference room during the summer months with visiting Professor Dolan, Dr. Smithwould always have fresh sliced tomatosandwiches and cucumber. Paul wouldhave a variety of vegetables he pur-chased at the Orono Farmer’s Market.The garlic scapes were the most memorable!

The second type of lesson I learnedfalls into the gardening category, andactually many lessons could be listedhere. Skip was full of advice for me asa new gardener in Maine. In fact, Ithink he was the first one to tell me thejoke about locking your car in Augustin Maine to prevent people from put-ting spare zucchini in it, an experiencethat actually happened to me once inthe Bennett parking lot, although Ihave never been able to definitely pinthe source of the bumper crop onhim. I really knew that Skip was a seri-ous and creative Maine gardener whenhe told me that he puts bags of sand inthe back of his car for the winter, andthen uses them to grow his carrotsonce it is time to plant. This strategy isjust one tip that I picked up in ourmany summer lunch conversations typ-ically including Skip, Tom Hess andPaul Dolan, Skip’s visiting research colleague for so many summers. Eachbrought in produce to show off, Paul’stypically from the Farmer’s Market, butSkip definitely had the abundance ofvegetables that we all envied.help.

I am truly grateful for all of the ideas,experiences, and humor that havecome during our decades of overlap asfaculty members.

Susan R. McKayProfessor of PhysicsDirector, Maine Center for Research inSTEM EducationUniversity of Maine ■

Shop talk, sitting in room four at7:30 a.m. and listening to the“guys” talk politics and worldevents. Many lively discussionshappened in the early mornings! Each Spring, Dr. Smith updatedme with the news of nesting baldeagles in the trees along the riverbehind his home. Receiving someleftover garden vegetables from hisgarden — zucchini and hot pep-pers wer the best!

Dr. Smith was a great chairperson. He had the leadership skills, wasvery well organized and interactedwith colleagues professionally. Healso had the easiest signature toforget!

Thanks for the memories, Dr.Smith. Wishing you many moreyears of gardening and goodhealth.

Fondly,Patricia L. ByardDepartment of Physics ■

Clarence & Ruth Bennett (of Bennett Hall)

L-R:Carolyn Smith, Betty Carr, Ed Carr, Charles Smith

L-R: Carolyn, Paul Dolan, Randy Resiterston, Skip, Eugene Slobodzian...

L-R: Ross Brody, Skip, Matt Robinson, Ellie Sayer

Should we cook up the duck?

Dear Skip-

Congratulations on being the honoredcelebrity at the 2015 Gorman EmeritiBrunch. It is a wonderful time to reflect on the many impacts that youhave had on faculty, staff, and studentsat the University of Maine over yourdistinguished career.

The first time I met you was in NewOrleans at the 1988 March Meeting ofthe American Physical Society, whereyou were recruiting new faculty mem-bers and presenting your latest resultswith your students on the propertiesof nanometer sized superconductorcontacts at cryogenic temperatures. Icame to learn that you routinely tookan annual trek with your students tothe APS March Meeting to present thelatest research results that came out ofyour group and to have them experi-ence their first international meetingwhere they could interact with over5,000 physicists. The year 1988 was anexciting time with the introduction ofhigh temperature oxide superconduc-tors into the field and your group wasone of the first to explore point contact spectroscopy with these new“high Tc materials.”

Another important aspect of your ca-reer that should be acknowledged isyour long time in teaching PHY 121/PHY 122 – Introductory Physics forScientists and Engineers. The manystudents that I encountered over theyears spoke of the rigor and claritywith which you presented physics

concepts to these large classes of students – you did it in a manner thatwould have made Clarence “Squeaky”Bennett proud! I also enjoyed themany discussions we had over theyears about the “Physics of Materials”course.

When I arrived at UMaine, you werethe Chair of the Department ofPhysics & Astronomy. This is a rolethat you admirably performed to benefit all constituents including undergrads, grad students, staff andfaculty with exquisite organization andleadership. An impressive accomplish-ment was your ability to get four Assistant Professor tenure-track positions approved for the Physics Department within a two-year timeframe –– McKay and McClymer in1987 and Batuski and myself in 1988.With the current status of the declinein the number of tenure-track facultypositions, I think all department chairswould be willing to hire you as a consultant to find out how you accomplished this feat! Your effortsand commitment to the Physics Dept.and College of Engineering have hadan enormous impact and are appreciated by all.

Again, congratulations on being hon-ored at the 2015 Gorman Emeriti Faculty Brunch, and I extend contin-ued best wishes to you in your retirement.

Best regards,Robert J. Lad ■

Skip was teaching PHY 121, thephysics course for beginning engineer-ing students, when I arrived on campusin 1970. He was still teaching it whenhe retired years later. This was a coursehe clearly enjoyed. I imagine that bynow he understands introductoryphysics reasonably well.

At some time in the intervening years I worked for Skip in that course as arecitation instructor and saw close uphow he ran the course. If you knowSkip you will not be surprised to learnthat he was extremely well organized.His lectures were carefully developedand masterfully presented. As withlarge lecture courses good organizationand coordination of the various pieces— course outlines, weekly assignments,prelims, finals, grading sessions, graderecording, lecture/lab meshing — wasvital. He was adept at all of this, whichmade for a smoothly running experience for students and staff.

Two particular recollections from myexperience as a soldier in PHY 121stand out. These may even be close tobeing true.

When developing an exam Skip wouldpull a significant percentage of thequestions from a past exam and addnew questions to complete it. This heclaimed would establish continuityfrom year to year. I never knew if stu-dents caught on to this scheme. It certainly prevented grade inflation.After the exams were graded some students would come to Skip withcomplaints about the grading, arguing

that they should have received morecredit than they did. This was a toughsell to make but occasionally was suc-cessful. Skip would hand the exampaper with the higher grade back to thestudent with the question, “Do youfeel any smarter now?” thus impartinghis view that knowledge was more important than grades.

Skip maintained his high standards inresearch as well as teaching. This wasrecognized by faculty and students in1978 when he received the Universityof Maine Distinguished Professoraward and was selected as the Univer-sity of Maine CommencementSpeaker.

Congratulations, Skip, for this well-deserved current honor.

Richard MorrowProfessor Emeritus of Physics ■

Richard Morrow

I have very fond memories of workingwith Dr. Smith during and after mygraduate education.

I could not have found a better thesisadvisor. Even though he had a significant workload as the departmentchair at the time, he made certain thatmy thesis work was progressing at agood pace. I and his other graduatestudents benefitted a great deal fromhis advice and guidance regarding bothteaching and lab work.

Geetha and I immediately felt at homewhen we first arrived in Maine and became part of the physics department“family.” The summer lobster dinneron the porch was a wonderful annualgathering at the Smith house and weoften think about that now that we areenduring summers in Texas. We bothwish Dr. Smith well and regret that wecannot attend.

Randal ReinertsonPh.D. – May 1991 ■

May 1991 – Prof. Smith with Randy and his parents Dr. Odell & Mrs. Reinertson

May 1991 – Prof. Smith in the shop (basement of Bennett Hall) with Dr. Hess

May 2008 – Prof. Smith with Randy Reinertsonand daughter in Old Town, ME

When I was hired, Skip had returnedto the faculty after being Chair for several years. I remember thinking ofSkip as the Institutional Memory ofthe department — he could provide historical commentary for items in fac-ulty meetings that were always relevantand helpful. From my perspective, theentire faculty looked up to Skip as asenior statesman of the department.His presence and input gave me muchstronger insights into the Department,the Colleges of Engineering and ofLiberal Arts and Sciences, and the University, which I appreciated greatly.

The other comment I want to make isthat Skip was one of the senior faculty when I arrived whose presence,collegiality, and often slightly mischievous demeanor made me wishI was part of this department when heand his colleagues were my age. Iheard many stories told of pranks(corks above doors) played by facultyon each other as well as long-timefriendships that have helped shape myperspective on what it means to be afaculty member. I thank Skip for thosevicarious memories and for setting thatexample.

John ThompsonAssociate Professor of Physics ■

The Coffee Cup of Confidence

Clearly, Skip Smith was an outstanding“regular” faculty member well before hebecame Chair, as shown by his beingpresented the University Excellence inTeaching Award in the Physical Sciences1975, then being named DistinguishedMaine Professor in 1978, and laterbeing honored as a Wolfson Scholar atOxford for a year. Skip also lecturedand managed the overall delivery of thelarge Introductory Physics for Engi-neers and Physical Scientists courses formany years, very positively impactinghundreds of students each year for over30 years, as well as teaching manyupper-level courses for majors and guid-ing 16 graduate students through theirresearch theses work.

But when I arrived at UMaine in 1988as a new assistant professor, Depart-ment Chair Skip welcomed and guidedthis fledgling with such insight andflair that I was sure he had always beenthe quintessential Chair. I was deeplyimpressed with the collegiality andcommitment to excellence that per-vaded the Department, and I saw hisleadership contributing greatly to thatatmosphere.

He ran the Department and presidedover faculty meetings with great effec-tiveness, insight, and sensitivity. Natu-rally, when I became DepartmentChair years later, I looked to him forcoaching in this scary new role, and hefreely gave great advice. I very muchappreciated that invaluable support.

I particularly want to point out that asubtle tool that Skip used in his man-agement of the Department was hiscoffee cup. He would often be seencup-in-hand, in the hall between meet-ings, or catching up with activities of afaculty member — chatting in that per-son’s office or lab. I strongly suspectthat the ubiquitous coffee cup was aconscious way for Skip to convey to usall that “All is well. Relax and have con-fidence that the Department is runningsmoothly.”

Congratulations to Skip for many jobsso well done!

David Batuski Professor of Physics and Astronomy ■

I have missed your presence in the de-partment since your retirement andhope that you are enjoying your copi-ous free time away from the lunaticasylum of Bennett Hall (ha).

I think others are better able to captureall that you've done since coming toUMaine, since I only came here in2001 and had much less time to spendwith you, but I want to capture a fewstories and ways in which you've influ-enced my career here at Maine, storiesthat are quite meaningful to me.

When I arrived at UMaine, I was toldthat you would be my faculty mentor.While I had no idea what exactly wasexpected here, I had been in academicsetting for decades, having a step-par-ent who'd been a physics departmentchair when I was a teenager.

That said, every department is differ-ent, and the times we went to lunch to-gether, the conversations and adviceyou gave me during those first fewyears, and the guidance you providedwere very helpful in letting me under-stand UMaine and our department cul-ture.

More importantly, your actions taughtme something that is a lasting lesson.Your long collaboration with PaulDolan showed a genuine friendshipthat truly enriched both your lives.Every year, I would see you two work-ing together, laughing at lunch, carry-ing on, all while doing good physics.That lesson has lasted, and I havesought collaborators for whom thesame could be said, people with whomI simply enjoy working, where the re-sults of the interaction are natural be-cause of the pleasure of thecollaboration.

Thank you for what you've given to thedepartment, thank you for the manyefforts you've made to strengthen whatwe do and allow us to do our bestwork in whatever area is our calling,and thank you for your ongoing dedi-cation to living a curious life fully andtruly. It's a pleasure to know you.

Michael WittmannDepartment Chair, Professor ofPhysics and Cooperating Professor ofEducation ■

Since 2000, the College of Engineering at the University of Maine began what hasbecome one of our most enjoyable traditions where we celebrate the career of adistinguished emeriti faculty member at the James and Maureen Gorman Emeriti

Faculty Brunch — thanks to the generous support from James and Maureen Gorman.

2000 Dick Hill (Pajama Party) Mechanical Engineering2001 Waldo Mac Libbey (Showtime) Electrical Engineering2002 George Greenwood (Cowboy Roadshow) Civil Engineering2003 Bill Ceckler (Confessions of an Outdoorsman) Chemical Engineering2004 Jerry Harmon (Physics of Subjective Reality) Engineering Physics2005 John Lyman (No Jokes Required) Mechanical Engineering2006 Carleton Brown (Three Ringed Circus) Electrical Engineering2007 Karl Webster (Super Engineer) Engineering Technology2008 Wayne Hamilton (First Associate Dean) College of Engineering 2009 Kim Mumme (The Renaissance Man) Chemical Engineering2010 Paul Camp (World of Ice & Snow) Engineering Physics2011 Claude Westfall (Professor Fisherman) Engineering Technology2012 Donald Grant (The Cal Ripken of Academia) Mechanical Engineering2013 Fred Irons (The Mystery Hour) Electrical Engineering2014 John Alexander (Canoe Rules) Civil Engineering2015 Charles W. Smith (Numismatic Relativity) Engineering Physics

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