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The Observer
Spring 2000
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Student Societies Pave the Way to Success Professor DeVor Elected
With nearly 1,200 undergraduate and of Industrial Engineers. She said her to National Academy
graduate students in the Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
participation has enriched her college
experience and given her a chance to meet
of Engineering
hundreds of courses to choose from, and become friends with other M&IE Richard E. DeVor, Grayce Wicall
almost 50 faculty members, and dozens of students. Gauthier Professor of Mechanical and
technical tracks, it may seem like a maze “It’s hard to make friends when the Industrial Engineering, was elected to the
to students when they first come to the only time you see these people is in class,” National
University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham- she said. “The meetings and the team Academy of
paign. But one of the best ways to find the projects help people form friendships.” Engineering in
end of the M&IE maze is by joining and There are several student societies that February 2000.
participating in a student society. “Societ- specifically target mechanical and indus- This award is
ies provide excellent opportunities for trial engineering students and some that considered one
students to gain leadership skills,” said include other students of engineering. of the highest
Donna Nichols, undergraduate academic Each group has a different focus and honors that
advisor. Becoming involved in any of the provides different avenues of involvement. may be
societies will also give students a chance to accorded to an
interact—academically and socially—with American Society of engineer.
other students with similar interests. Heating, Refrigerating, An interna-
Sarah Duffy, a senior in industrial and Air-Conditioning tional authority
engineering, has been active in engineer- Engineers (ASHRAE) in the areas of mathematical modeling of
ing student societies since she was a brings speakers to campus machining systems and quality engineer-
freshman. Most recently she has been the to help students learn more about the ing, he has published more than 100
industrial relations representative for the fields of heating, ventilating, air condi- technical papers in journals and confer-
Society of Manufacturing Engineers and tioning, and refrigeration. Both graduate ence proceedings. He is a coauthor of the
vice president of programs for the Institute and undergraduate students participate in 1992 textbook, Statistical Quality Design
ASHRAE. and Control: Contemporary Concepts and
Tutoring is an important aspect of continued on page 11
ASHRAE activities. Throughout the
In This Issue semester, ASHRAE graduate students lead
MEMS Coming to the Classroom . . . . 4 weekly study sessions for undergraduates
National Science Foundation’s CAREER taking ME 205 (Thermodynamics), ME Seminar Series Fall 1999
Award Honors New Faculty . . . . . . 5 211 (Gas Dynamics), and ME 213 (Heat
Transfer). This program was started in the
Freshman Discovery Course Adapts to fall of 1998 by a former ASHRAE
Students’ Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 member to help students in these manda-
Largest Corporate Gift to University tory (and legendary) classes.
of Illinois to Benefit M&IE . . . . . . 7
Seminar Series Brings Engineering Undergraduate students are
Experts to M&IE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 often so entrenched in their
classes that they lose sight of
Faculty Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 how their education can be
Center Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 used in the real world. The
Alumni Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 goal of this student chapter of the
Dr. Richard Murray spoke to M&IE
American Society of Mechanical
Student Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 students and faculty members in
continued on page 2 November 1999. See story page 8.
Student Societies, continued from page 1
Engineers (ASME) is to promote me-
chanical engineering to students through
academic, professional, and social venues.
To give students a clearer idea of what a
career in mechanical engineering entails,
ASME holds monthly meetings that
feature corporate speakers from companies
such as Geneer, a software developer, and
Caterpillar.
The ME for Me! Conference, spon-
sored by ASME, targets freshmen and
sophomore M&IE students. This day-long
seminar focuses on the careers available to
mechanical engineering professionals.
Students attend small group sessions and
hear industry professionals discuss their
roles as engineers.
ASME also helps bridge the gap
between students and professors. The
Professor Luncheon Program gives
students the opportunity to talk infor-
mally with M&IE professors. George Singh, graduate student, leads a tutoring session sponsored by ASHRAE
for students in ME 211 (Gas Dynamics).
The Institute of Industrial
Engineers (IIE) focuses on
many of the ways industrial especially the automotive field. It offers group is to show students how they can
engineers are involved in the the unique opportunity to design and use their engineering skills in manufactur-
work force. The first IIE work on cars with its two major automo- ing. Speakers from manufacturing
speaker in the fall semester 1999 was tive projects, the Formula SAE and the industries come to campus to speak to
Neville Kanga from McMaster-Carr Mini Baja SAE. students about their jobs, and once each
Supply Co., who answered questions These projects give students firsthand semester SME students take a tour of a
about industrial engineering in a distribu- experience working in a team environ- manufacturing facility. Industrial relations
tion-oriented job. Another speaker, Jeff ment, which is a skill many employers coordinator Sarah Duffy said, “Many
Bry, from Vector Marketing, explained value. They also have the opportunity to students don’t begin to learn about the
opportunities in the sales field. apply what they are learning in their manufacturing side of engineering until
IIE also strives to help students form engineering classes and learn new skills. the classes they take in their junior or
their own academic and social support One of the most valuable resources for senior year. SME exposes students to this
systems. One of the first events of the year students made available through SAE is important side of engineering.”
is traditionally a back-to-school picnic mentoring from SAE alumni, who lend Each year, the SME chapter in Joliet
that gives IIE students an opportunity to both their time and expertise to student awards four scholarships to U of I student
meet and get to know each other. A projects. Many alumni also assist SAE members.
mentoring program also pairs freshmen through generous donations of equip-
and sophomores with upperclassmen who ment, parts, and technical support. Alpha Pi Mu is a national
advise, help with homework, and intro- SAE is not just working on the car industrial engineering honor
duce the newer students to the U of I and design projects, however. Auto Industry society that recognizes excep-
the department. Illini (AII), a new discussion forum for tional academic accomplish-
marketing, sales, concept, design, and ments in industrial engineering.
Society of Automotive other auto-industry-related topics, exposes Members are chosen from the
Engineers (SAE) at the U students to what is happening in the auto top fifth of the junior class or
of I is the 11th largest industry today. the top third of the senior class.
chapter in the United This small group of industrial engineering
States. The majority of Society of Manufacturing students participates in a community
members are M&IE students, but SAE is Engineers (SME) is an service project every year, which brings a
for all students interested in the transpor- organization for both sense of cohesiveness to the group. This
tation industry—highway, watercraft, and mechanical and industrial year, the group inaugurated a high school
engineering students. The goal of this recruiting program. Members visited
2 M&IE Observer, Spring 2000
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
central Illinois and Chicago area high (ASHRAE)
schools to speak to juniors and seniors in http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~a-jacobi/ashrae.html
math and science classes who might have a Faculty advisor—Prof. Anthony Jacobi
future interest in industrial engineering at
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
the U of I. They answered questions and
http://eng-council.cen.uiuc.edu/soc/asme/
explained the professional possibilities in
Faculty advisor—Prof. Thomas Mackin
industrial engineering.
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
Pi Tau Sigma is the national http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/iie/
mechanical engineering Faculty advisor—Prof. Udatta Palekar
honorary society that was
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
organized in 1915 on the
http://dilbert.cen.uiuc.edu/soc/sae/
University of Illinois campus.
Faculty advisor—Prof. Norman Miller
This honor society was formed
to foster the high ideals of the engineering Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
profession, to stimulate interest in http://dilbert.cen.uiuc.edu/soc/sme/
departmental activities, to promote the Faculty advisor—Prof. Michael Philpott
mutual professional welfare of its mem-
Alpha Pi Mu
bers, and to develop students’ democratic
http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/apm/
responsibilities. Students must be in the
Faculty advisor—Prof. Shiv Kapoor
top fourth of their junior class or the top
third of their senior class. The society Pi Tau Sigma
sponsors many social events that help ME http://dilbert.cen.uiuc.edu/soc/pts/
students get to know each other and the Faculty advisor—Prof. Emeritus and Assistant Dean Carl Larson
professors in the department and brings
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
speakers from corporations, industries,
http://www.aviation.uiuc.edu/Institute/AcadProg/EPJP/HFES_UofI/default.html
and from university organizations to speak
Faculty advisor—Prof. Christopher Wickens (Institute of Aviation and Department
to students.
of Psychology)
Ergonomics and the study of National Society of Black Engineers
how humans interact with http://eng-council.cen.uiuc.edu/soc/nsbe
machinery is a new and Faculty advisor—Dean Paul Parker
evolving field for engineering
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
students. The Human Factors and
http://eng-council.cen.uiuc.edu/soc/shpe/contents.html
Ergonomics Society is a small but focused
Faculty advisor—Dean Paul Parker
group that brings together students from
different disciplines who have an interest Society of Women Engineers
in improving the usability of products and http://eng-council.cen.uiuc.edu/soc/swe/
systems. Faculty advisors—Prof. Patricia Jones and Prof. Nancy Sottos (TAM)
The National Society of Black
Engineers and the Society of reserves study rooms for members, and image. Workshops that address topics of
Hispanic Professional Engineers maintains study files for members’ use. interest to women include the SWE/SAE
have been active on the U of I Car Maintenance Workshop and the Self-
campus since the 1980s. These Although engineering has Defense Workshop. SWE is a social, civic,
two organizations help engineering traditionally been a male- and academic group that strives to
students find others on campus who have dominated profession, encourage women in engineering to
similar cultural backgrounds and heritages women are now becoming a become the best in their profession.
in addition to the shared interests in much stronger force, in part
engineering. NSBE has a mentoring because of organizations like the Society of These and other organizations and
program that pairs upperclass students Women Engineers. societies will help students make the most
with freshmen and SWE sponsors numerous programs of their years at M&IE and the University
sophomores in the same such as Take Our Daughters to Work Day, of Illinois. For more information on
academic field. SHPE Big/Little Buddy Program, and the Be student societies, check M&IE’s
sponsors various speakers Professional Conference, which helps homepage at: http://www.mie.uiuc.edu.
throughout the semester, women find and develop their professional
M&IE Observer, Spring 2000 3
MEMS Coming to the Classroom
Intel Corporation has generously given concerted effort to find ways to bring sacrificial etching, and the computational
$150,000 to the University of Illinois to MEMS technology into the classroom so methods of designing, modeling, and
purchase equipment that will be used by that U of I students would have an edge in analyzing MEMS devices. ECE 344 will
both undergraduate and graduate students this rapidly growing field. be a prerequisite for the course, which is
studying microelectromechanical systems The Intel MEMS Instructional cross listed for ECE, M&IE, MatSE, and
(MEMS). “This gift is a major step in Laboratory is one of the labs that will GE. This new course will be offered for
bringing the emerging field of MEMS receive new equipment, which will be the first time in the fall semester 2000.
closer to students, advancing their used in a new 300-level course. The course “This is a holistic course that goes from
learning, and expanding the state of will give students exposure to the major the design to the characterization of the
knowledge of this discipline,” said methods of MEMS fabrication and the device,” Shannon said. “There are only a
Professor Mark Shannon, a principal basics for designing, modeling, and testing handful of universities that can offer this
investigator for a MEMS project. the devices. Students will study silicon kind of instruction, and it will put Illinois
The MEMS research is being con- bulk micromachining, CMOS-based students at the forefront of this technology
ducted by a multidisciplinary team of surface micromachining, metalization, when they graduate.”
engineering faculty
members from four
departments at the U of I:
Electrical and Computer
Engineering (ECE),
Materials Science and
Engineering (MatSE),
Mechanical and Indus-
trial Engineering
(M&IE), and General
Engineering (GE).
During the past five
years, faculty members
from these departments
have worked together on
MEMS-related research
projects that have
Air-conditioned clothing? What’s next, microchips in your shorts?
externally funded budgets
of more than $12 Actually, yes. An emerging technology called MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) is shrinking things like air conditioners and space heaters
small enough to be embedded into clothing. Designed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, these tiny devices can sense body
million. Almost since the
temperature and adjust accordingly. This will result in specially designed garments to keep firefighters cool in 700-degree blazes and pediatric
beginning, these profes- patients warm in cold operating rooms. Because at the University of Illinois, technology is not just for our students, it’s for the people of Illinois.
sors have made a
University Ad Campaign Features MEMS
M&IE professors involved in The University of Illinois launched an advertising campaign early this year to increase
MEMS-related research include: awareness about research advances being made on the three campuses. The integrated
mesoscopic cooler circuit (IMCC) being developed in the MEMS lab at M&IE is one of
John Georgiadis
the 15 stories about research and technology being highlighted. Professor Mark Shannon,
Anthony Jacobi
a principal investigator for the project, is shown in the ad holding the energy-efficient
Chang Liu
electrostatic micro-compressor that is being developed by 12 U of I engineers, including
Norman Miller
nine from M&IE. The ad explains that the cooling unit, about the size of a quarter, can
Michael Philpott
be incorporated into clothing to protect a firefighter against intense heat or into a soldier’s
Leslie Phinney
uniform for protection against atmospheric warfare conditions.
Andreas Polycarpou
The ad ran in publications such as Time, Newsweek, Business Week, the Chicago
Taher Saif
and
Defender, Crain’s Chicago Business, newspapers such as The Springfield State
Mark Shannon
Journal-Register,the Chicago-area Daily Herald, and The News-Gazettein
Champaign-Urbana.
4 M&IE Observer, Spring 2000
National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award Honors New Faculty
Launching a comprehensive and inte-
grated teaching and research program can The National Science Foundation, an independent U.S. government agency that
be a daunting task, especially during a new promotes science and engineering, established the CAREER grants program to
professor’s first few years. encourage the early development of top-performing academic faculty members as
In 1996, two years after he came to both educators and researchers during the challenging first years of their careers.
M&IE as an assistant professor, Andrew NSF is one of the most highly visible research funding agencies; its FY 1999 budget
Alleyne received an NSF CAREER award was more than $3.8 billion. Individual CAREER awards range from $200,000 to
to study fluid power systems for manufac- $500,000 for periods of four to five years.
turing applications. He found that this In addition to engineering, the CAREER awards benefit other disciplines
grant gave him a new level of indepen- including biological sciences, computer and informational science engineering,
dence as a junior faculty member. education and human resources, geosciences, mathematical and physical sciences,
“It gave me the funds to go out and and social, behavioral, and economic sciences. In the Engineering Directorate, NSF
develop my vision of a research plan,” receives approximately 600 proposals every year; out of those applications about
Alleyne said. “It also allowed me to 100 are awarded.
leverage other funds that provided new The CAREER program was preceded by several earlier NSF programs, including
educational facilities such as the Parker- the NSF Young Investigator Award, Presidential Young Investigator Award,
Hannifin Laboratory.” Directorate for Engineering Research Initiation Award, and several others. The
Armand Beaudoin came to M&IE after primary objectives of these programs were incorporated and expanded into the
working 11 years at Reynolds Metals CAREER Award. The following is a list of current M&IE faculty members who
Company. He was familiar with the needs have received either the Young Investigator Award or the CAREER Award.
of industry and where to begin his
research. The CAREER Award he received 1984 M. Quinn Brewster, Charles Tucker III
in September 1999 helped him align that 1985 Arne Pearlstein
insight with the graduate and undergradu-
1989 Joseph Bentsman, Brian Thomas
ate academic programs in M&IE.
Beaudoin’s research program, which 1991 Placid Ferreira, John Georgiadis
focuses on metal-forming processes, will 1993 Daniel Tortorelli
merge the analytical capabilities in an 1994 Alexander Vakakis
academic research setting with the
1996 Andrew Alleyne, Thomas Mackin
complex operating systems of the indus-
trial world. 1997 Mark Shannon
“Some industrial processes are so 1998 Chia-Fon Lee, Tahir Saif
complex that analysis is difficult and 1999 Armand Beaudoin, Geir Dullerud
routine lab tests can be so simple that they
2000 Leslie Phinney, James Stori
don’t give accurate insight to what the real
world problems are,” Beaudoin said. He is
working on a combination of experiments,
augmented with computer simulations,
that will be complex enough to be realistic
but simple enough to recreate and give
accurate analyses.
Professors Leslie Phinney and James
Stori recently learned that they have been
recommended for funding for an NSF
CAREER Award in 2000. It is this kind of
professional reinforcement that continues
to have a positive influence on the
research conducted in this department.
Andrew Alleyne (center) works with
students in the Parker-Hannifin
Laboratory.
M&IE Observer, Spring 2000 5
Freshman Discovery Course Adapts to Students’ Needs
Since 1995, ME/IE 199 has provided
freshmen students in mechanical and These professors spoke to freshmen industrial engineering students in the fall 1999
industrial engineering with a small-class semester explaining their individual areas of interest.
setting where:
Dick DeVor quality
they are introduced to the principles of Placid Ferreira manufacturing systems
mechanical and industrial engineering;
Sheldon Jacobson stochastic modeling
class size is small, allowing for more
interaction between students and Patricia Jones human factors and ergonomics
professor; Diego Klabjan optimization
they receive instruction from M&IE John Nowak economic analysis
professors and mentoring from a senior
Mike Philpott manufacturing education laboratories
learning assistant;
they are among other freshmen who are Jamie Stori manufacturing processes
“in the same boat;” Xudong Zhang human factors and ergonomics
they can become familiar with the Wen Zhao simulation
departmental laboratories and other
facilities.
is taught each week by various members of introduction to the professors and the
Traditionally, this class concentrates on the IE faculty. Each professor introduces students, it also shows how industrial
a mechanical dissection project; the the students to his or her particular area of engineers can bring their diversity
students work in teams taking apart a interest. With this team-teaching format, together.”
small internal combustion engine. This the students receive an overview of the Ken Wright, an IE senior, was the
process opens up the world of mechanical various areas of industrial engineering and undergraduate learning assistant for the
engineering by introducing different areas meet the entire IE faculty at the beginning fall 1999 IE 199 class. He felt the students
such as heat transfer, materials processing, of their college careers. benefited from the IE focus and team
and mechanical design. At the end of the “Students don’t always understand how teaching approach.
dissection, the students give both written all the education they receive relates. They “Having a separate IE class allows
and oral presentations, introducing them don’t have a sense of the big picture,” said students to explore the different areas such
to another important element of their Jones. “This format gives students a good as operations research, quality, and human
education. conceptual look at the curriculum.” factors. If students can get an idea early in
The structure of this class has been well It also gives the IE professors the their IE careers of what they like the best,
founded for ME students but didn’t opportunity to interact with all the it makes it easier for them to decide what
particularly focus on the IE students’ areas incoming students each year, which she they would like to specialize in. It also
of interest. In 1998, Professor Patricia believes will give the program more allows them to meet the other IE majors. I
Jones developed an IE section for ME/IE cohesiveness. have already seen several friendships arise
199 that concentrates on industrial “The industrial engineering profession among the students in the IE 199 course.
engineering topics; her efforts were is susceptible to being very fragmented,” I think they will be a close-knit group.”
recognized in 1999 when she received the said Jones. “Historically, because there are Wright said he believes his interactions
Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, given so many differing areas of industrial with the students had a positive impact on
by the College of Engineering. The course engineering, there tends to be lot of his own education as well. As a mentor
different communities, existing indepen- and a tutor to a class of incoming IE
dently. This class not only gives an students, he shared his excitement about
industrial engineering and the professional
possibilities he will face when he graduates
in May 2000.
“When I talked about my enthusiasm
about industrial engineering, it seemed to
rub off on them, and now they share a lot
of my excitement for the major.”
6 M&IE Observer, Spring 2000
Largest Corporate Gift to University of Illinois to Benefit M&IE
A $4.5 million award from Ford Motor
Co. will benefit many disciplines at the The Automotive Science and
University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham- Technology Laboratory will provide
paign, including the Department of the students and faculty of M&IE
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. with space and facilities to:
The announcement of the award was
prepare students for automotive
made in September 1999 on the U of I
careers with firsthand knowledge
campus by Bill Powers, vice president-
and experience with state-of-the-
research of Ford, and Michael Aiken,
art experimental, analytical, and
chancellor of the Urbana-Champaign
computational techniques;
campus.
bring automotive projects
A major portion of the award, nearly
initiated in the previously funded
$2.3 million, will provide for the remodel-
Ford Concurrent Design and
ing and modernization of the Automotive
Manufacturing Laboratory to Ford representatives toured the existing
Systems Laboratories in M&IE. This
vehicle and engine test beds; Automotive Lab in the Mechanical
facility will better prepare students for
build upon strong research ties Engineering Building last September.
careers in the automotive and related
between Ford and M&IE faculty. The remodeling and modernization
industries.
project will begin in spring 2000.
With this Ford grant, approximately
5,000 square feet of laboratory space in
the Mechanical Engineering Building,
dating from the 1950s, will be enhanced
to provide state-of-the-art, 21st century
facilities featuring engine test cells,
emissions and diagnostic equipment, and
a vehicle component build and test lab.
With the addition of this lab, automotive
systems will be evaluated and redesigned.
This lab will enhance undergraduate and
graduate, as well as faculty, involvement in
automotive-related classes, design projects,
and research projects and give students the
opportunity to experience the entire
spectrum of automotive systems.
In addition to the enhancement of
M&IE’s Automotive Science and Technol-
ogy Laboratory, other major portions of
the gift will benefit students by funding
undergraduate scholarships, graduate
fellowships, and diversity/minority
engineering scholarships across the
campus.
M&IE Observer, Spring 2000 7
Seminar Series Brings Engineering Experts to M&IE
The Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering not only attracts Mohamed Elbestawi, McMaster University
the best students and faculty members “Integrated Process Modeling, Monitoring, and Control for Multi-Axis
from around the world, it also brings in Machining of Dies and Molds”
outstanding visitors and speakers.
Said Elghobashi, University of California, Irvine
Throughout the fall 1999 semester,
“Direct Simulation of Particle-Laden Turbulent Flows: The Trajectory and Two-
respected researchers and academicians
Fluid Approaches”
from around the world came to M&IE to
explain their research and professional Michael C. Fu, University of Maryland
expertise. For students, hearing from these “Pricing of American-Style Options via Monte Carlo Simulation”
leaders is a way to expand their research
Huajian Gao, Stanford University
perspective and gain unique insights.
“Cohesive Elasticity Models of Fracture”
Manufacturing students, who had studied
the research of Professors Malkin and D. Goussis, Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature
Elbestawi in the classroom, had the chance Chemical Processes, Patras, Greece
to meet the engineers directly responsible “Low Dimensional Manifolds in Reaction-Diffusion Systems: Construction of
for the science. Students of controls Reduced Kinetic Mechanisms for Combustion”
listened to Dr. Karl Hedrick discuss
Mike Grimble, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
current aspects of dynamic control.
“Optimal Restricted Structure Control of Multiple Model Systems”
Karl Hedrick, University of California, Berkeley
“Dynamic Positioning Control of Mobile Offshore Platforms”
Philip LeDuc, Harvard Medical School/Children’s Hospital
“Biomechanics in Molecular and Cellular Studies”
Alain Karma, Northeastern University
“Phase-Field Modeling of Microstructural Pattern Formation during
Solidification”
Thomas Kenny, Stanford University
“Micromechanical Devices for Force Measurement”
Stephen Malkin, University of Massachusetts
“Research Program on Grinding Fundamentals and Applications”
Professor Mike Grimbel, University of David M. Mann, U.S. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, North
Strathclyde, Scotland Carolina
For the faculty, these speakers provide a “The Mechanical Sciences Research Program of the Army Research Office”
vital link with the products of current Luigi Martinelli, Princeton University
research activities around the world. “Viscous Flow Solvers for Aerodynamic Analysis and Design”
Dr. Giuseppe Tritto of Rome, Italy,
explained the current and future needs in Richard M. Murray, California Institute of Technology
the microsurgery field and described some “Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Fluids Systems with Applications to
of the requirements for mechatronic Turbomachinery”
devices and sensors that physicians need Richard Rand, Cornell University
when they use microinstruments. “The Dynamics of Resonance Capture”
This seminar series is a dynamic part of
M&IE and creates the kind of intellectu- Giuseppe Tritto, Consultant Urologist at Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France,
ally stimulating environment for which and Director of the International Center of Andrology, Centro Diagnostico,
this department is known. The following Rome, Italy
is a list of the speakers who took part in “Implications of Micro-Surgery for Biomedical Mechatronics”
the M&IE seminar series during the fall
1999 semester.
8 M&IE Observer, Spring 2000
Hermia G. Soo Endowed Strategic Planning From the year 2000, we are looking
forward to the year 2020, 2030, and even
Professorship Established Committee Looks beyond that.
at M&IE to the Future “There are a lot of issues, a lot of
questions, and a lot of paths this depart-
A professorship in M&IE has been Five years ago, a strategic planning ment can choose to follow. The 21st
established by the late Professor Shao Lee committee, comprised of M&IE profes- century will be an exciting time for
Soo in honor of his wife, Mrs. Hermia sors, looked to the future and decided students, faculty, and the staff of M&IE,
Guntai Dan-Soo. The Hermia G. Soo microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and the work of this committee will
Professorship will recognize their shared would be an area that would bring about hopefully provide direction that will allow
belief in the importance of education and important technological advances in us to face the many challenges that lie
create a legacy for future generations of mechanical engineering. Their vision is ahead,” he said.
engineering academicians at the University why M&IE now has several new faculty In addition to Tucker, the other M&IE
of Illinois. members whose expertise in this area has faculty members contributing on this
helped create one of the best microscale committee include Craig Dutton, Sheldon
facilities in a university setting. This Jacobson, Patricia Jones, Huseyin
laboratory facility supports several major Sehitoglu, Mark Shannon, and Alex
research projects and has brought about Vakakis. Karen Bryan is providing staff
collaboration among researchers and support for the committee.
scientists from all over campus and the
country.
Now, another strategic planning
committee is contemplating what will Faculty Observations
impact the future of this department. In Andrew Alleyne received the College of
the fall of 1999, this committee was given Engineering Xerox Award for Faculty
the charge of developing a vision and Research recognizing his outstanding
strategic plan for the Department of research in non-linear control of mechani-
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. cal systems.
The goal is to have one of the premier
mechanical and industrial engineering Shiv Kapoor received the ASME Dedi-
programs in the world and to achieve this cated Service Award, which honors
Hermia and Shao Lee Soo in 1992 through a faculty-driven process that looks unusual dedicated voluntary service to
Mrs. Soo was born in Chongqing, at every aspect of the department. The ASME marked by outstanding perfor-
China, in 1922. She received her Bachelor committee is keeping certain principles mance, demonstrated effective leadership,
of Arts in music from the Ginling College, and values at the forefront of this under- prolonged and committed service,
Chengdu, China, and a Master of taking. In particular, the members of the devotion, enthusiasm, and faithfulness.
Education from Phillips University, Enid, committee are considering: The award was given to him in November
Okla. 1999.
the directions of both mechanical and
The Soos were married for 46 years. industrial engineering education,
During the nearly 40 years that Professor Judith Liebman, professor emerita, was
scholarship, and research;
Soo served the University of Illinois with elected to the University of Colorado
distinction, Mrs. Soo shared her husband’s the new avenues of knowledge that will Foundation Board of Directors and is also
devotion to education and was responsible guide the engineering profession and serving a two-year term as chair of the
for creating the family environment that address societal needs; Advisory Council to the UC College of
supported his scholarly and teaching Engineering and Applied Sciences.
the maintenance and development of
career. exceptionally strong ties to industry
Through this professorship, the legacy The American Society for Testing and
and government;
of the Soos will live on at the University of Materials selected Darrell Socie as a
Illinois and the Department of Mechani- the continuation of outstanding recipient for the Award of Merit. This is
cal and Industrial Engineering and will professional and public service. the highest society award given to an
contribute significantly toward ensuring individual member for distinguished
“It’s very useful to take a step back
the continued excellence to which service and outstanding participation in
from your day-to-day activities and look at
Professor Soo devoted so much of his ASTM committee activities. With this
what is important,” committee chair
life. honor, Socie also receives the honorary
Charles Tucker said. “We need to be able
title of Fellow.
to anticipate major issues and have a plan
to respond to those issues as they evolve.
M&IE Observer, Spring 2000 9
Center Observations
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Building Systems Laboratory Systems is a first-tier supplier of parts to
Center BSL welcomed Dr. Richard Liesen back to the automotive industry and the Intermet
ACRC held its annual project review the U of I as associate director. Formerly Corporation is a supplier of cast and
meeting on November 8 and 9, 1999, on the staff of the BSL, he returned from machined parts to the automotive
which was attended by more than 50 Filtration Engineering Co. in Indianapo- industry.
engineers representing the 24 member lis. His main research task will be to Industry participants also toured the
companies. Approximately 40 graduate develop techniques for simulating Machine Tool Laboratory, where they
students hosted lab visits and made formal moisture transfer in building elements. reviewed a number of research projects in
presentations on their research projects The first beta version of EnergyPlus, the the area of intelligent monitoring and
related to air conditioning and refrigera- new national building energy simulation fault diagnosis. Specifically, the research
tion. Several labs demonstrated novel program that was developed by BSL, U.S. projects covered a discussion on building
flow-visualization techniques, which Army CERL, and Lawrence Berkeley an open architecture control-based process
provided insights into such phenomena as National Laboratory, was available for monitoring and diagnosis system that
two-phase flow distribution in headers and testing as of December 27, 1999. considers not only tool condition faults
tubes of heat exchangers, frost deposition but also considers detection and adaptive
on fins, and the use of streamwise and correction to adjust the effect of process
Center for Machine Tool Systems variation due to hardness and size
spanwise vorticity to enhance air-side heat
Research variation of castings.
transfer.
The cost of about half the ACRC The fall 1999 meeting of the Center for The center’s Machine Tool Laboratory
research program is shared by the 24 Machine Tool Systems Research was received a new Horizontal Machining
member companies, but many projects December 8, 1999, at the Computer and Center, SH400, and a new ZL250 four-
are supported by individual company Systems Research Laboratory. More than axis two-turret CNC lathe. The horizontal
contracts. The fastest growing area of new 35 students and faculty were on hand to machining center is also retrofitted to have
contract work is exploring the potential discuss their posters and projects at length a full five-axis machining capability. In
for using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant with 20 industry participants from addition to these two new Mori Seiki
for both heating and cooling in houses Caterpillar, Delphi, Ford, Hayes machines, the laboratory houses three
and cars. Those projects are currently Lemmerz, Kistler Instruments, Mori Seiki, vertical machining centers, another
funded by Hydro Aluminum A. S., and Motorola. Delphi Automotive CNC turning center, and a two-slide
Delphi Thermal Systems, The Trane Systems and the Intermet Corporation are machine tool equipped with a special
Company, Modine Manufacturing the center’s two newest members, joining high-speed spindle capable of variable
Company, and the U.S. Army. in August 1999. Delphi Automotive speed machining.
Continuous Casting Consortium
Professor Brian Thomas and several
students involved with CCC visited nearly
all of the active member companies during
1999. CCC representatives also attended
the Iron and Steel Society meeting in
Chicago and participated in a conference
in August on the Illinois campus, where
students presented results of their projects.
Research results generated in 1999 were
distributed in 12 substantial CCC reports.
Each graduate student supported by
CCC is actively working with at least one
member company to solve specific
problems, in addition to working on
projects of general fundamental interest.
ACRC industry members reviewed research work done at the U of I campus. Several students visited and worked with
(l. to r.) Paul Krause, Brazeway; Bob Utter, Brazeway; James Solberg, M&IE industry researchers at LTV Steel and
graduate student; Michael Kempiak, Tyler Refrigeration; and David Smithey, Armco in fall 1999, conducting novel
Brazeway. (Photo by James Corley) plant experiments on the continuous
10 M&IE Observer, Spring 2000
DeVor, continued from page 1
casting process and collecting data for Multidisciplinary University ,
Methods which has been used in 100
validation of the computational models Research Initiative Consortium colleges and universities in the United
developed by the CCC. The fourth annual review of the UIUC States and abroad. In the 1980s, DeVor
Significant new results were obtained MURI program was held at Cocoa Beach, was actively involved in the quality
in fluid flow in the continuous casting slab Fla., on October 22, 1999, in conjunction renaissance. He provided both classroom
mold by obtaining and comparing, for the with the JANNAF (Joint Army Navy instruction and in-plant consulting for the
first time, water model particle image NASA Air Force) Combustion Subcom- Ford Motor Co. and Caterpillar and many
velocimetry measurements, plant velocity mittee Meeting. Some of the progress firms in their supply bases. He also led the
signal measurements, large eddy simula- reported included new experimental preparation of video tapes for Xerox and
tions, and steady-state turbulence model measurements of flame structure in AP/ Caterpillar that were used widely through
computations. HTPB composite propellant sandwiches the 1980s. DeVor, working with his close
Invited presentations on CCC research by M&IE doctoral student Ben colleague, Professor Shiv Kapoor, has
were made at international conferences Chorpening. advised more than 25 Ph.D. and 55 M.S.
and steel companies in Austria, Argentina, Computational simulations carried out students in his 29-year career at UIUC.
Canada, Japan, South Africa, and the by M&IE doctoral student Greg Knott Many of his students have gone on to
United States. using simplified chemical kinetics schemes assume leadership positions in industry
were also reported. The computational and academia.
studies are jointly sponsored by the U of I, DeVor received the American Society
Machine-Tool Agile Manufacturing
Department of Energy, and the Acceler- of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Blackall
Research Institute
ated Strategic Computing Initiative Machine Tool and Gage Award for an
The MTAMRI team of U of I, North- outstanding technical paper contribution
Center for Simulation of Advanced
western University, and the University of in 1983 and again in 1997. In 1993, he
Rockets. Together these complementary
Michigan has recently been formulating a received the Society of Manufacturing
studies are providing insight into the
research strategy and agenda in the area of Engineers (SME) Education Award. He
fundamental processes that govern
mesomachine tool development. This received a distinguished service award
combustion of composite solid
work is being driven by the evolving need from the University of Wisconsin-
propellants.
for very small parts and machined features Madison College of Engineering in 1997.
on those parts. The team has recently been DeVor has also received many teaching
awarded a $100,000 grant from the Fracture Control Program awards at all levels at UIUC, including the
National Science Foundation to pursue FCP held an Advisory Committee department’s Alumni Board Two-Year and
this work during the next year. The team meeting on November 4, 1999, at the U Five-Year Effective Teaching Awards, the
is designing and building a fully func- of I Levis Faculty Center. Research College of Engineering Everitt Award for
tional CNC vertical machining center that presentations were made by M&IE faculty Teaching Excellence, and the Campus
resides within a 50 mm cube. members and graduate students and by Award for Excellence in Undergraduate
During the fall 1999 semester, U of I sponsors of the program. Some of the Teaching. DeVor is a past president of the
and Michigan Technological University topics included: microelectromechanical North American Manufacturing Research
have continued their “Classical Papers systems, fatigue of solder, fatigue of Institution of SME and a Fellow of SME
Seminar” via videoconference. Graduate polymers, microspecimen testing, and ASME. He is also a member of the
students at the two universities presented deformation of microcracked materials, American Society for Quality.
and discussed seminal research in the and thermomechanical fatigue of gray After completing B.S., M.S., and
machining and machine-tool systems field iron. Huseyin Sehitoglu, director of FCP, Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering
on a weekly basis. The seminar was started spoke about the perspectives and direc- at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
two years ago by Professors DeVor and tions in fatigue research. DeVor joined the M&IE Department in
Kapoor at UIUC and Professor John On November 10 and 11, 1999, nearly 1971. He served as the Associate Head for
Sutherland at MTU. 75 engineers attended the Fracture Research and Graduate Studies from
The MTAMRI team of U of I, Georgia Control Program Short Course taught by 1987-1991 and, since 1998, as the
Institute of Technology, University of M&IE Professors Sehitoglu and Socie and Coordinator of Alumni Affairs. In
Michigan, and Pennsylvania State Civil and Environmental Engineering addition, DeVor is the director of the
University has recently completed a two- Professor Frederick Lawrence. The multiuniversity NSF/DARPA Machine-
year collaboration with machine tool participants will return for an advanced Tool Agile Manufacturing Research
builder Lamb Technicon and the NIST course to be held April 25 and 26, Institute.
Advanced Technology Program in the area 2000.
of “Intelligent Fixturing Systems.”
M&IE Observer, Spring 2000 11
Alumni Observations
Dean’s Annual Meeting Focuses Distinguished Alumni Awards Alumni Board News
on M&IE Each year, a committee of M&IE Alumni The objective of the M&IE Alumni Board
Since William R. Schowalter was named Board members selects a group of is to represent the alumni constituent
dean in 1989, he has hosted an annual distinguished alumni to be honored for group and to support the department in
gathering for special friends of the College their contributions and accomplishments ways that effectively use the time, skills,
of Engineering. Each year, a department in business, industry, education, govern- and experience of the board members.
in the College of Engineering receives ment, and other professional areas. The Activities include student and faculty
special attention. Traditionally held before following people are being honored in support, advice on departmental concerns,
a home football game, the Dean’s Annual 2000: proactive financing, and communications
Meeting in September 1999 focused on with all alumni. The new members of the
Edgar B. Boynton, MSME 1924
the Department of Mechanical and board, appointed for the 2000–2003
Manager of Richmond Branch (retired),
Industrial Engineering. Student projects term, are listed here.
Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engi-
were on display so that engineering
neers, Richmond Virginia Kathryn Nolan Frost, BSME 1980
alumni could see the accomplishments
Director—Service Center, San Diego Gas
being made by current M&IE students. Albert F. Houchens, MSME 1963,
& Electric Company, San Diego,
Alumnus J. Raymond Carroll (BSME ’42, PhDME 1970
California
MSME ’48), pictured here, was the Director of Manufacturing Technology
keynote speaker and spoke about his work Productionizing, General Motors Metal Roy F. Goern, BSME 1958, MSME 1961
as the director Fabricating Division, Troy, Michigan Senior Staff, Logicon Advanced Technol-
of engineering ogy, San Pedro, California
Klaus J. Weinmann, BSME 1962, MSME
in the Office
1965, PhD 1969 William A. Kline, BSIE 1977, MSIE
of the Architect
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1979, PhDME 1982
of the United
Michigan Technological University, Senior Vice President and Chief Operat-
States Capitol
Houghton, Michigan ing Officer, Montronix, Inc., Ann
Building in
Arbor, Michigan
Washington,
D.C. Steven L. Pearce, BSME 1979
Powertrain Sub System Design Supervisor,
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn,
Michigan
Coleen Blue Richards, BSIE 1989
Quality Engineering Supervisor, Delphi
Automotive, Dayton, Ohio
George J. Trezek, MSME 1962, PhDME
1965
Principal, Environmental Consulting
Services, Danville, California
Staff Retirement
Rosalie Mabbitt, account tech II,
Practice Interviews Prepare Students for Job Searches retired at the end of 1999. She has
An alumni board member took on the role of interviewer while worked in the Business Office since
students honed their skills at answering questions in a job interview July 1986, and her hard work and
situation during the annual Practice Interview Session, which was dedication to the department will be
held last fall. John McMahon, left, appreciated the input he received missed.
from alum Hal D’Orazio (BSIE 1961).
12 M&IE Observer, Spring 2000
Raymond Viskanta—College of Engineering Alumni Award for Distinguished Service
Raymond Viskanta (BSME Viskanta was born in Berkeley, and was also a guest professor
1955) is a recipient of the Lithuania in 1931. He and his at the Technical University of Munich
College of Engineering family left their home during (1976), a visiting professor at the
Alumni Award for Distin- World War II, later immigrat- Tokyo Institute of Technology (1983),
guished Service for 2000, ing to the United States and and a guest professor at the University
which will be presented at settling on a farm in Michigan. of Karlsruhe (summers of 1987 and
the 36th Annual Awards After graduating from high 1988). In 1986, he was named to his
Convocation in April. school in 1951, Viskanta current position.
Viskanta has amassed an received a BSME with high Viskanta is one of the top scholars
extraordinary record of honors from the U of I. He in the field of heat transfer and is
accomplishments and service subsequently received an known internationally for his work in
in the 37 years that he has been both MSME from Purdue University in 1956. radiation heat transfer. He has made
an educator and a researcher. He has As an assistant mechanical engineer at landmark contributions in materials
co-authored six textbooks and Argonne National Laboratory, he con- processing, heat transfer in melting and
mentored more than 100 graduate ducted research related to boiling, two- solidification, heat transfer in porous
students and 33 postdoctoral research- phase flow, and nuclear reactor safety. He media, buoyancy-driven systems, and
ers and visiting scholars at Purdue received a U.S. Atomic Energy Commis- combustion systems. He received the
University, where he is the W. F. M. sion Fellowship and returned to Purdue to prestigious Max Jakob Award of
Goss Distinguished Professor of work on his doctoral degree, which he ASME/AICHE in 1986 and was
Engineering. He has published 325 received in 1960. For the next two years, elected to the National Academy of
papers in archival journals and has he continued at Argonne as an associate Engineering the following year.
served as associate editor of the Journal mechanical engineer. Viskanta has dedicated his professional
of Quantitative Spectroscopy and In 1962, he joined Purdue as an life to the mechanical engineering
Radiative Transfer (1969–1972) and as associate professor of mechanical engineer- discipline and is an especially deserving
editor of the ASME Journal of Heat ing. In the late 1960s, he was a visiting candidate for this honor.
Transfer. professor at the University of California,
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Student Observations
Graduate student Edwin Rejda won Best Student Paper Award at
the June ASTM Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics. The following students were recognized by the 1999 Award
His paper was entitled “Bulk Property Testing of Thick Thermal Program for the Advancement of Arc Welded Design,
Barrier Coatings.” Engineering and Fabrication: Gautam Baski, Jeffrey Chow,
Paul Dynowski, Jeff Ernst, John Frana, Michael Gredlics,
Teresa Halverson, MSME 1999, won David Grover, Everett Hafenrichter, David Hopp, Colin
first place in the student speaking Horn, Timothy Jager, Paul Kawka, Melody Langeneckert,
competition at the June 1999 annual David Lash, Andrew McGrath, James Nonnenmann,
meeting of the Society for Experimental Jason Oliva, Jason Pelch, Christopher Ras, Nathan Searcy,
Mechanics. The presentations are judged Yi Tang, Jayson Valluzzi, John Whittenhall, Robert Zeller.
on technical content, organization of
material, effectiveness of delivery,
adherence to allotted presentation time,
and response to questions. She is now a Through the generosity of the Thiokol Corporation, M&IE
senior engineer, non-PVC delivery recognizes students who produce the best design projects in ME/
systems, Global Manufacturing Operations, Baxter Healthcare IE 280. The following students were recipients of the fall 1999
Corporation, located in Round Lake, Ill. Thiokol Award for Excellence in Engineering Design:
Sean Broihier, Keith Gall, Aaron Ickes, Jeff Schleich: “Rede-
Two M&IE student groups received first and second place awards
sign of an Injection Coil to Operate with Minimum Power
at the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division Student
Draw” for Quick-Start Products, Ltd., Rochelle, Ill.
Manufacturing Design National Competition. The projects were
presented at the 1999 International Mechanical Engineering Laurent Benkowski, Saravan Rajendran, Anup Shah, Seema
Congress and Exposition, held November 18 in Nashville, Tenn. Shah: “Design of an On-line Self-Assessment Survey” for the
The department’s entrants were projects of student groups in ME/ Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
IE 280 during the fall 1998 semester. ME/IE 280 is the senior Urbana, Ill.
capstone design class required of all seniors in ME and IE.
Ben Hodel, Edward Ku, Jeff Mattas: “Design of a Blister Pack
First Place: “Failure Analysis of Cracks in Small Diameter
Finished Goods Inverter and Collator” for EMD Products,
Taps” by Melody Langeneckert, David Lash, and Jason Pelch.
Libertyville, Ill.
Second Place: “Corvette Headlight Adjuster” by Jason Werner,
Paul Smith, and Scott Kaspar.
Scholarship Recipients
M&IE Students Submit Winning Ford Designs M&IE attracts the best and brightest students from all over the
country and the world. Many of our students receive national,
Several M&IE students were on the winning teams of the Ford
university, or College of Engineering scholarships. Other students
Motor Company Design Contest for members of ASME held the
receive departmental scholarships, supported by the friends and
week of November 1, 1999. The task for these student teams was
alumni of M&IE. The following students received departmental
to design an innovative, versatile, interior cargo box feature for a
scholarships for the 1999–2000 academic year.
Ford Ranger truck. Marc Beltran, Scott Biedess, and Seth King
were on the first place team and were the recipients of a $500 Alcoa Foundation G. Thomas Castino
scholarship. Alan Visocky was on the second place team, which Scholarships Outstanding Scholars
received a $300 scholarship. Jude Kenny and Steven Rodriguez Anand Babu Program Scholarships
were on the third place team and were awarded a $200 Sean Broihier Nicholas Ploplys
scholarship. Alex Edwin Joshua Reed
James W. Ashbrook Caterpillar Excellence
George Huff Awardees Scholarships Scholarships
The George Huff Awards are presented each year by the Division James Kapsimalis Amy Butterworth
of Intercollegiate Athletics in recognition of students who have Jason Walsh Aruna Darolia
achieved a minimum 3.0 grade-point average during the academic Yusef Elfiki
A. Richard Ayers Scholarship
year while also winning a varsity letter in the same period. The Adam Fulford
Curtis Moeckel
1999–2000 M&IE recipients of George Huff Awards are Sarah Diana Ingram
Buckius, cheerleading; Kristine Lawson, swimming, and Jakub BP Amoco Foundation John Koch
Teply, tennis. Engineering Scholarships Sahng-Ho Koh
Shawn Begley Ari Leopold
Jay Paidipati John Louis
Kevin Saff
14 M&IE Observer, Spring 2000
Luke Schenk Henneman Scholarship Procter & Gamble
Caterpillar Award
Rebecca Stimpfl Daniel Mattison Scholarships
Mike Padowski
Aaron Taggart Patricia Cannon
Illinois Tool Works
Priscilla To David Husser B. T. Chao Award
Foundation Scholarships
Brent Katauskas Emad Jassim
Bei Tse Chao and May Chao William Nordby
Jimmy Lin
Scholarship Matthew Sirovatka A. G. Friederich Memorial
Anjali Rangaswamy
Daniel Harmon Nicholas Stokes Awards
Kurt Wagner
Matthew Busche
Guy Richard Collins Kaiser Aluminum and
Sam Sachs Memorial Timothy McGee
Engineering Scholarships Chemical Corporation
Scholarships
Jeffrey Atkins Scholarships George W. Harper Award
David Bim-Merle
Angela Bishop DeAnna Clough Michael Winblad
Brian Resor
Duane Bomleny Tracy Dannegger
Mariusz Wrzosek Clarence L. Johnson Award
Eric Borrowman Marianne File
Paul Sudkamp
Peter Braido Jordana Goldman UOP Scholarships
Joshua Callaway Nancy Jackson William Richau Konzo/ASHRAE Award
Kenneth Glessner Jennifer Kelm Paul Sudkamp Saravan Rajendran
Thomas Hafenrichter Kristine Lawson
Eleanor and Eugene Helmut H. Korst Award
Robert Hill Jenny Olberg
Wesselman Scholarships William Piggott
Manoj Jhaveri Brenna Pointon
Timothy McGee
O. Sung Kwon Pamela Schroer O. A. Leutwiler Award
Jenny Olberg
Janet Maas Heather Suchy Daniel Mattison
Christopher Meischner Laura Veldhouse
Machine Design Award
Christopher Monroe
Karl W. Kolb Memorial M&IE Student Honors Sean Broihier
Richard Moss
Scholarships These M&IE students have
Brian Resor Outstanding IE Junior Award
Kathryn Crylen been recognized for their
Brian Snyder Heather Kiepura
Lisa Buie outstanding achievements
Patrick Su
Jennifer Lancaster during the 1999-2000 Pi Tau Sigma Sophomore
Tae Yoo
Michelle Lancaster academic year. They will Award
Xin Zhu
Janet Maas receive their awards at the Shawn Harnish
Phillip A. Dethloff Department of Mechanical
John H. and Billie Jean L. C. Pigage Awards
Scholarships and Industrial Engineering
Marsh Scholarships Sarah Duffy
Shawn Begley 2000 Annual Awards Dinner
Brian Dressel Jenny Olberg
Jennifer Lancaster in April.
O. Sung Kwon
Michelle Lancaster Procter & Gamble Technical
Bradley Rittenhouse M&IE Alumni Scholarships Air Conditioning, Excellence Award
Qingxuan Zhang Daniel Adrian Refrigeration, and Heating Nancy Jackson
Kevin Hommema Award
Exxon Company Scholarship Thomas Hafenrichter K. J. Trigger Award
William Hunt
Donald Kraus Boon Tay
Christopher Meischner Alpha Pi Mu Junior Award
Ford Motor Company Alex Stoller Robert Nichols
Scholarship David Sullivan
Alison DeMarzo Matthew Wilhelm Alpha Pi Mu Outstanding Setting the Record Straight
Colin Winters Member The Ford Concurrent Design
General Motors Intern Heather Kiepura and Manufacturing Lab space
Christopher Yu
Scholarship Program in the remodeling project at
Anand Raghu Mobil Oil Corporation ASME Junior Award the Mechanical Engineering
Scholarship Brent Schwoerer Laboratory was made possible
Al Hallene/Pella Corporation
Eric Borrowman ASME Senior Award in part through funding by the
Engineering Scholarship Ford Motor Fund, not the
Kathleen Pirog Parker Hannifin Foundation Anand Raghu
Ford Foundation as men-
Scholarships James W. Bayne Awards tioned in the Fall 1999
Roger and Sandra Heath
Christopher Deiter Darren Davis .
Observer We regret the error.
Scholarships
Jeffrey Heitzman Matthew Kelso
Derek Schulte
Sheung Yan
Qingxuan Zhang
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