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Alumni Announcements

Tsuyoshi and Zhuqing with baby Kai

Birth Announcements...

• Tsuyoshi Yamashita (B.S. 00, Ph.D. 05) and Zhuqing Zhang (M.S. 01, Ph.D. 03) announced the arrival of their son Kai Yamashita born on Saturday, March 29, 2008 weighing 7 lbs. 6 ounces. (Click here for more photos)
• Jud Ready (B.S. 94, M.S. 97, Ph.D. 00) and his wife Jamie are the proud parents of Lucas Judson Ready
  born on March 29, 2008.
• Brent Buchine (Ph.D. 07) and wife Heather announced the arrival of Nathan Scott on October 14, 2007.
• Chuck Compson (Ph.D. 07) and wife Valerie welcomed daughter Caroline Jane on May 22, 2007.
• Kip Findley (Ph.D. 05) and wife Dawn Findley  (Heineman M.S. 04) welcomed Garrett Ryan in June 2007.
• Monica Hochstein (M.S. 02) and husband Andy announced the arrival of their son Tzvi in July 2006. The family recently moved into their new house in Marietta, Georgia.
• Alejandro Ibanez (Ph.D. 03) and wife Sonia’s latest family addition is Sabina. She arrived on November 3, 2006.
• Neal Hofmann and Silvia Liong (M.S. 01, Ph.D. 05) announced the arrival of Sydney Elise, May 12, 2007.
• Dave and Katie Lubke (M.S. 99) announced the birth of Jessica Eileen, September 2006.
• David Mebane (M.S. 04, current Ph.D. candidate) and his wife Rebecca announced the arrival of son, Spencer William, born September 21, 2007.
• Jason Nadler (Ph.D. 03) and wife Tania welcomed their first child, Max Agustin, born January 2007.
• Curtis Neff (Ph.D. 05) and wife Therese welcomed Jacob Erik Howard on June 3, 2007.
• Craig Przybyla (current Ph.D. candidate) and wife Laura’s new addition, Dallin Craig, was born December 20, 2006.
• Mark Tschopp (Ph.D. 07) and his wife Meredith proudly announced the birth of Samuel Becher born on December 19, 2006.

NEWS...

• Terra Keim (M.S. 07) married David Kissell at the University of New Mexico Alumni Chapel, Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 5, 2008.
   
• Morgana Martin (M.S 05, Ph.D. 08) will marry Matthew Trexler (Ph.D. 07)  at St. Joseph Husband of Mary
  Catholic Church, Las Vegas, Nevada on May 24, 2008
   
• Chekesha M. Liddell (pictured right) (B.S. 99, Ph.D. 03) received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Selection for this award is based on the combination of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and community service demonstrated through scientific leadership and community outreach.
  
• Kristin Brosnan (B.S. 99) received the Diamond Award presented by the American Ceramic Society Basic Science Division for Best Paper at the 2006 MS&T Conference. Kristen recently completed her Ph.D. at Penn State University and is now working at GE Global Research in Niskayuna, NY.
   
• S. K. Sundaram (Ph.D. 94) has been elected Fellow of the American Ceramic Society.
   
• Yancy W. Riddle (M.S. 98, Ph.D. 01) was promoted to Chief Technology Office at UCT Coatings, Inc.
   
• Xudong Wang, Powering the Nanoworld (Technology Review, Published by MIT).
   
• Ralph E. Napolitano was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. He is also Coordinator of the Solidification Science Group in the Ames Laboratory Materials and Engineering Physics Program. Ralph and his wife Dawn have three beautiful children.  From left to right:  Anna (5), Meredith (3),
  and Mario (1)
  
• John Horton (Cere 1986) and his wife Rhonda Radabaugh Horton announce the birth of their son Samuel David Horton on June 8, 2005. Samuel was a healthy 6 lb. 9 oz. John is employed as a management engineer for the West Penn Allegheny Health system in Pittsburgh PA. His wife Rhonda is a Clinical Pharmacist at Allegheny General Hospital.
   
• Reza Abbaschian has been appointed as Dean of the University of California Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE).  Dr. Abbaschian’s research concentration is in solidification and materials processing. He is Vice President of ASM International, the largest materials society in the U.S.
   
• John T. Duddy, Jr . has been appointed Program Director for the GPS II-F Program at the Boeing Company.  Duddy will provide overall program leadership and direction of the current fleet of operational GPS II and IIA spacecraft; the development and delivery of the next-generation GPS control segment; and the development and production of GPS II-F space vehicles 1-12 and beyond.
   
• Efstahios I. Meletis , METE 81, has been named as the new Director of the University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering’s Materials Science and Engineering program. Meletis was formerly an endowed professor of the materials science and engineering program at Louisiana State University. His research interests include an emphasis on nanomaterials and nanotechnology, surface modification, thin films, materials properties in micro/nanofabricated components and devices and material-environment interactions.
   
• Ralph E. Napolitano , METE 97, was promoted to Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University where he also serves as the Coordinator of the Solidification Science Group in the Ames Laboratory Materials and Engineering Physics Program. Ralph and Dawn have three beautiful children.
• Florence L. Yarbrough, MSE 03, an ensign in the U.S. Navy, recently completed the basic surface warfare officers course at the Surface Warfare Officers School Command in Newport, R.I.
   

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• S. K. Sundaram (Ph. D., 1994 and Chief Materials Scientist at PNNL) gave an invited talk entitled, “Femto/Attosecond Laser Pulses and Measurements for Materials Processing and Diagnostics,” at the 12th International Symposium on Laser -Aided Plasma Diagnostics, Snowbird, UT, September 26-29, 2005.  Dr. S. K. Sundaram presented a poster entitled, “High -Level Waste Glass Melt Dynamics,” (coauthors: P. P. Woskov, and D. E. Daniel, Jr.) at 29th International Symposium on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, Materials Research Society, Ghent, Belgium, September 12-16, 2005. He also toured the Research Centre of Julich (Germany). Dr. S. K. Sundaram received Siemens Foundation Award for outstanding service as a competition judge for Materials Science at the Siemens Westinghouse Competition, October 2005. Dr. S.K. Sundaram has been invited to Princeton University as a visiting scholar, an honorary and non-financial appointment, during the 2005 fall semester. Dr. Sundaram will be working with Dr. Nan Yao, Director of Imaging and Analysis Center, where a variety of materials and molecules are imaged using electron microscopy.
• Andrew Hunt was nominated for an appointment of Alumni Association Trustee.
• Harry E. Carpenter , CerE’74, was hired as an instructor of history and humanities at Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton, North Carolina, in January. He lives in Conover, North Carolina.
• During the 2004 American Ceramic Society Awards ceremony, Evelyn DeLiso (MS ’80) was initiated as fellow of the American Ceramic Society. Dr. DeLiso, currently a senior materials development engineer at Masco Corporation’s R&D Center in Taylor, Michigan, has experienced a distinguished career in the field of ceramics. She has held positions at Alcoa Technical Center, Rutgers University, and Corning Incorporated. While at Corning Inc., DeLiso worked in the Optical Materials and Process Research Department focusing on processes for fabrication of optical waveguides prior to working at Corning’s Fontainebleau Research Center where she worked in Photonics Research.
• Nicholas E. Grynkewich Jr ., CerE’65, MS CerE’72, retired from Delta Air Lines as an International Captain in September 2002 after a 30-year career. Grynkewich was in command of the first international flight from Atlanta to Frankfurt, Germany, when the skies reopened on September 13, 2001. Grynkewich is also a retired colonel from the U.S. Air Force after a twenty-six-year career with active duty and reserve forces. He and his wife, Ray, live on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and are active in the Golden Isles GT Club. They have two grown children and one grandchild.
• John Koger , ChE’63, M.S. Met’65, “a self-professed golf nut,” makes golf history as the first American to participate in the British Open as a walking scorer (see Tech Topics Fall 2004 for article).
• Mark Janney , CerE’74, recently retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, after a nineteen-year tenure. Janney has taken a new position with Porvair Fuel Cell Technology in Hendersonville, North Carolina as Senior Research Engineer.
• Connie Fassett Littell , CerE’79, has been named worldwide project management profession leader for IBM. Littell lives in Cary, North Carolina with her husband, Brian, and two daughters, Tracy and Clarie.
• Blair Caplan Marks , CerE’78, received the Leadership Award from Women in Aerospace in September, 2003. Marks is director for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.’s C-5 Avionics Modernization Program in Marietta, Georgia.
• Paul Nemec , CerE’81, has taken the job as a Systems Engineer with Veridian Engineering in Huntsville, Alabama, supporting the Army’s Comanche program. He is also a captain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Nemec, his wife, Susan, and children, Ashley, 18, and Ben, 16, live in Montgomery, Alabama.
• Yancy W. Riddle, Ph.D. MSE’00, joined the senior management team of Universal Chemical Technology Inc. He is responsible for the technology, engineering, science, and R&D efforts for the company, its current subsidiaries, and its future subsidiaries. UCT makes nickel-boron coatings with superior properties for a wide variety of metal alloys and polymers.
• Jill Tucker Whittington , MatE’98, was promoted to Senior Metallurgist, Flat Rolled-Mill Products Division, Alcoa Inc., Texas.
• William Clyburn, Jr. , CerE’89, and wife, Dionne, welcomed their second child, William III., on January 15, 2004. Baby William joins older sister Christin at the family’s home in Washington, D.C.
• Cheryl Lattimore Drury , MatE’90, and Bill Drury, ChE’85, PhD’93, announce the birth of a daughter, Darcy Clark, on October 14, 2003. Darcy joins Matthew, 5; and Jack, 3; and Paige, 2; at the family’s home in Peachtree City, Georgia. Bill is the president of Custom Molded Products Inc. in Tyrone, Georgia, and Cheryl is a full-time mother.

Deaths...

• John B. Napier, CerE’38, of Macon, Georgia, passed on February 27, 2004.
• Bert Cleveland, MatE’94, of Colquit, Georgia passed on October 26, 2004.

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Alumni Awards and Honors

COE Alumni Awardees 2006

Outstanding Young Alumnus

Laurent Cretegny, M.S. MetE 1997, Ph.D. MSE 2000
Yancy W. Riddle , M.S. MSE 1998, Ph.D. MSE 2001

Distinguished Alumnus

Elizabeth A. Judson, M.S. CerE 1991, Ph.D. MSE 1999
 

COE Alumni Awardees 2005

Hall of Fame

Fred Stover, B.S. CerE 1960

Young Engineering Alumni

Jeff Nause, B.S. CerE 1991, M.S. CerE 1993
Todd Polley , B.S. MatE 1993, Ph.D. MSE 1999

(L-R) Bob Snyder, Evelyn DeLiso, David Bowden, Lara Martin, and William Clyburn (COE Young Engineering Alumni Awardee 2003)

The College of Engineering 2004 Alumni/Alumnae Awards Ceremony was held on November 5, 2004. The School of Materials Science and Engineering had three alumni recognized during the ceremony: two inductions into the Academy of Distinguished
Engineering Alumni and one induction into the Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni. 

The Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to their profession, the Institute, or society at large. Individuals receiving this award are widely respected, recognized for their professional and personal success, and actively involved in engineering or management. The MSE alumni inducted into the Academy for 2004 were:

Evelyn M. DeLiso, MS CERE ’80
Senior Materials Development Engineer, Masco Corporation
Canton, MI

David M. Bowden, MS METE ’78, Ph.D. CHE ‘82
Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company
St. Louis, MO

Membership in The Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni is reserved for alumni under forty years of age, who have already demonstrated outstanding professional achievements. The MSE alumnus inducted into the Council for 2004 was:

Lara Martin, BS CHE ’95, MS MSE ‘00
Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Motorola, Inc.
Deerfield Beach, FL

The College of Engineering 2003 Alumni/Alumnae Awards Ceremony was held on October 17, 2003. The School of Materials Science and Engineering had four alumni recognized during the ceremony:  two Engineering Hall of Fame inductions, one induction into the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, and one induction into the Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni. 

The Engineering Hall of Fame, the highest honor bestowed on alumni of the College of Engineering, recognizes sustained and meritorious contributions to engineering and engineering management. MSE alumni inducted into the Hall for 2003 was:

Harold A. Dye, CerE’40
Atlanta, Georgia
Brigadier General (Retired)
United States Army

Thomas H. Fitzpatrick, Jr., CerE’62
Augusta, Georgia
President (Retired)
Thermal Ceramics Inc.

(From left to right) First row: Tom Fitzpatrick, Harold Dye, William Clyburn Back row: Bob Snyder, Robert Kolarik

The Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to their profession, the Institute, or society-at-large. Individuals receiving this award are widely respected, recognized for their professional and personal success, and actively involved in engineering or management. The MSE alumnus inducted into the Academy for 2003 was:

Robert V. Kolarik II, CerE’77, MS CerE’79, Ph.D. CerE’81
North Canton, Ohio
Program Manager, External Funding
The Timken Company

Membership in the Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni is reserved for alumni under forty years of age, who have already demonstrated outstanding professional achievements. The MSE alumnus inducted into the Council for 2003 was:

William Clyburn, Jr., CerE’89
Washington, D.C.
Senior Counsel
U.S. Senator Zell Miller

The College of Engineering’s Alumni/Alumnae Awards Ceremony for 2002 was held on November 1, 2002. Four MSE alumni were recognized during the ceremony; two were inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni; and two into the Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni. The Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to their profession, the Institute, or society-at-large. Individuals receiving this award are widely respected, recognized for their professional and personal success, and actively involved in engineering or management. MSE alumni inducted in the Academy for 2002 were: Andrew T. Hunt, Ph.D. MSE ’93 Chairman, CEO, CTO, and Founder MicroCoating Technologies Inc. Atlanta, Georgia

From left to right: Philip Rack, John Koger, Ashok Saxena, Blair Marks, Eden Hunt, and Andrew Hunt

Blair C. Marks, BCerE ’78, M.S.MatE ’80 Strategic Airlift Deputy, C-5 Avionics Modernization Program Manager Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. Marietta, Georgia

Membership in the Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni is reserved for alumni under forty-years-of-age who have already demonstrated outstanding professional achievements. The MSE alumni inducted into the Council for 2002 were:

Eden M. Hunt, M.S.CerE ’95, Ph.D. MSE ‘98
Senior Physicist
Columbian Chemicals Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Philip D. Rack, BMSE ’93
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

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