Harvey Mudd College Magazine, spring 2011

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Fresh Approaches to STEM Education

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4 Building for the Future: Teaching and learning building

6 Bill Gates visits campus

24 Founding Class of 1961: HMC’s first 50th Reunion

26 Outstanding Alumni Award Honorees

IMPRESSIONS Tag! You’re a Zombie.

“Zombie” Peter Andrien ’14 attempts to tag “human” Alistair Dobke ’14 during an enthusiastic game of Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ), an event held in February that involved 400 students at all five Claremont Colleges. In addition to Andrien and Dobke, other Mudders pictured are Josh Oratz ’13 (background, left of Dobke), Alexa Serrato ’14 (“Amazing” t-shirt) and Olivia Beckwith ’13 (in appropriate zombie markings—fake blood—and preparing to spring on unsuspecting humans). The corps of corpses won during the first two HvZ events but, on this occasion, victory went to the humans. James White ’13, a game moderator, said, “Players had a fantastic time.

HvZ is a game that really brings people together.” Read more at www.hmc.edu/newsandevents/humans-versus-zombies-feb2011.html.

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Teaching and Learning Considering all of the amazing things HMC faculty and students have accomplished, to date, with such limited space and inflexible facilities, it’s exciting to consider the possibilities that will be created by this amazing new building! Just as our innovative alumni educators are transforming the lives of their students (see features, beginning on page 14), the new teaching and learning building will transform this amazing institution.

As we move forward with construction and search for a major gift to name the building, I am encouraged by the many alumni and other friends of the College I have met on campus and during my travels, all of whom share this vision: that HMC not only will, but must, remain a leader in STEM education in the 21st century. Harvey Mudd College will soon be better equipped to carry out this mandate. I thank you for your continued support.

Maria Klawe President, Harvey Mudd College

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s did my predecessors, I believe that Harvey Mudd College has a responsibility to lead the way in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Over the years, we have continued to build upon success after success. Today, we are on the cusp of a transformation nearly two decades in the making.

On Jan. 29, 2011, the Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees voted in favor of proceeding with the construction of a new teaching and learning building, the first such space to be erected on campus since the Olin Science Center was built in 1993. The new building will replace the cramped and outmoded Thomas-Garrett Hall (dedicated in 1962), with nearly 70,000 square feet of programmable space. It will double the teaching and learning space available to faculty and students, truly transforming the teaching and learning experience at HMC (more details on page 4).

Our facilities have served us well for our first 55 years, but as the College continues to develop as a world-class institution (with graduates earning the highest starting salaries of any undergraduate institution in the U.S.), it’s time to move forward.

We want our faculty to have the best teaching environments possible. Our students deserve first-class facilities to help them become the creative and collaborative leaders this nation urgently needs.

President Maria Klawe interviews Bill Gates March 10. For more on his visit to HMC, see page 6.

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Stimulating STEM learning

15 Fresh Approaches to STEM Education Eight alumni from multiple disciplines describe their creative methods for teaching STEM courses in a variety of settings.

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4 Campus Current Teaching and learning building moving forward; Bill Gates on campus; Commencement speaker; New trustees; New advancement VP; Faculty experts discuss Japanese disaster; Iris Critchell’s 90th; NSF grant for computer science; Faculty activities; Student awards and activities Campus News Faculty News Student News

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23 Mudderings News and events; Founding Class celebration; Outstanding Alumni awardees; Family Weekend

28 Class Notes Alumni Profiles: Mjumbe Poe ’05, Code for America Fellow Alex Randall ’10, Reasoning Mind analyst Inside Back Cover Letter to the Editor

Corrections We regret the following errors made in the fall 2010 HMC Bulletin. In Class Notes, Randy Hanvelt’s class year was incorrectly noted as 1985; he is class of 1965. On page 20, Hall of Famer Sam Delich’s class was incorrectly listed as 1992; he is a member of the Class of 1962.

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Pictured is Grinnell College Professor Janet Davis ’99 with students in computer science lab. Read her story, page 19.

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“act as a “beacon”, calling to faculty, staff, students and the larger Claremont community”

The new building will support HMC’s unique blend of collaborative, interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

Months of careful planning and community discussion culminated Jan. 29, 2011 in an historic vote by the Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees, who agreed to proceed with the construction of a new teaching and learning building. It will be the first such facility to be erected on the HMC campus in nearly two decades. The decision strengthens the College’s determination to achieve its strategic vision.

“Harvey Mudd College has set the bar for undergraduate teaching and learning exceptionally high,” said President Maria Klawe. “As we continue to model our extraordinary brand to the rest of the world—a brand with the potential to keep the U.S. at the forefront of innovation in technology and industry—HMC must build for the future.”

At a cost of $43 million, HMC’s new teaching and learning building will be technologically advanced and architecturally inspiring. It will replace the outmoded Thomas-Garrett Hall (dedicated in 1962), with nearly 70,000 square feet of programmable space (only one percent of which will be dedicated to administrative purposes). With ample space for instruction, socializing, formal and informal meetings, artistic learning and performances, as well as faculty offices, the new building will double the educational space available to faculty and students.

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Sustainability • BubbleDeck structural system, the first of its kind in the U.S. • Indirect lighting, radiant panels, ceiling fans and operable windows.

• Extensive day-lighting with sun shades and light shelves.

• Exterior circulation to maximize daylight and natural ventilation for most interior spaces, and covered areas for outdoor activities.

• Exterior façade of durable, energy-efficient metal shingle/rainscreen design, evocative of the distinctive brickwork (so-called “warts”), which decorates the exteriors of most HMC buildings.

• Responsible landscaping: Mature oak trees sit on the north and west edges of the site. The building form steps around these trees in order to preserve and highlight them.

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“allow for mixed styles of teaching and learning, nurturing collaborative and individual work”

• Serve as a model for sustainable campus design and construction. Plans are underway to achieve LEED Gold certification, and the College continues to pursue LEED Platinum.

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Demolition of Thomas-Garrett Hall is currently slated for summer 2011 and construction will begin immediately thereafter. It is estimated that the new teaching and learning building will open its doors at the start of academic year 2013–2014.

At the direction of new Vice President for Advancement Dan Macaluso (see page 8), the College is moving forward with early fundraising for the new building, which will lay the groundwork for a more public effort as a part of the College’s anticipated comprehensive campaign. To learn more, or to speak with someone about investing in this project, contact: Maya Chalich, campaign director, maya_chalich@hmc.edu, 909.607.0899.

A third-level terrace will feature an area for outdoor classes and events.

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Boora Architects’ design will achieve important goals that were developed in an open and collaborative planning process inclusive of faculty, students, staff, alumni and the greater community.

The design goals for the teaching and learning building are: • Serve as the new focal point of campus, the primary gateway through which to welcome prospective students and their families, alumni and the community at large.

• Showcase what HMC does best—provide the best, most innovative undergraduate STEM teaching in the nation, grounded in the humanities, social sciences and the arts. The creativity of the HMC community will be showcased with adaptable gallery space, state-of-the-art digital media and electronic music studios, a Writing Center and venues for theatrical, musical and dance performances.

• Encourage student and faculty interaction, a hallmark of the HMC experience, with faculty office clusters, a café and student “living room.”

• Connect and unite the HMC community, serving as a bridge between the academic and residential sides of campus—a vibrant gathering place and crossroads for interdisciplinary learning.

• Help HMC to attract and retain the best faculty and students from throughout the nation and the world. In order to compete for the best prospective students and faculty, the College’s aging facilities, which pale in comparison to peer institutions, must be updated.

Warts The new building evokes the fundamental principles of the existing architecture of campus, while interpreting them in a way more connected to the interior function of the building. Planning is underway to ensure that Thomas-Garrett Hall’s “warts” are preserved during demolition to be creatively displayed in the new building. (Student design contest details forthcoming!)

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Gates Exclusive

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MICROSOFT FOUNDER AND TECH VISIONARY INTRODUCED TO MUDD COMMUNITY

Bill Gates discusses HIV/AIDS research with Athena Anderson ’11, President Maria Klawe, Lisa Scherer of City of Hope National Medical Center, Prof. Karl Haushalter and Ashley Kretsch ’13.

Computer scientist and philanthropist Bill Gates spent four hours on the HMC campus Thursday, March 10, having a casual lunch with students, meeting with President Maria Klawe and listening to faculty and student research presentations.

Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp. and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, arrived on the HMC campus at noon, the first stop during his visit to Claremont that also included an evening talk at Pomona College’s Bridges Auditorium.

At HMC, Gates enjoyed an In-N-Out burger lunch (a favorite of his) with six mathematics and computer science students at Garrett House. Sarah Ferraro ’12, a computer science major, said, “We shared a bit of our culture with him (prank stories, dorm life), and he was interested to hear about our academics: classes, Clinic and future careers.”

Gates on education: “One of the great assets of the United States is the higher education system, including institutions like the ones here. It makes me optimistic about the future.”

The other HMC students in attendance at the lunch were Samantha Mesuro ’12, Erin Coughlan ’14, Bea Metitiri ’12, Nicholas Card ’11, Maksym Taran ’12, Dan Fielder ’14 and Andrew Turner ’14.

After lunch, President Klawe, who, as a member of the board of Microsoft Corporation, was instrumental in bringing Gates to Claremont, escorted him to Hoch Shanahan Dining

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Commons. There he was treated to six presentations, chosen to align with Gates’ interests in global health and education, and HIV/AIDS research. Alice Conant ’12 discussed her work on a project called Energy for Health that connects access to vaccines and clean water in developing countries by utilizing cell phone technology.

Other student presenters and their faculty advisors included Athena Anderson ’11, Ashley Kretsch ’13 and chemistry Professor Karl Haushalter, “Lasting inhibition of HIV-AIDS by lentiviral-mediated delivery of small interfering RNA”; Brendan Folie ’11 and physics Professor Tom Donnelly, “Downsizing Fusion: Creating optimal conditions for laserdriven fusion”; and Wynn Vonnegut ’12, Sven Wijtmans ’12 and physics Professor Peter Saeta, “Enhancing absorption in thin-film solar cells.”

Gates on volunteering: “I also like to encourage people to think about picking a cause that affects the poorest in the world and learn about that and, ideally, some time when they’re young, get out and actually see it. That’s what draws you in and gives you the great picture of what’s going on, a sense of it. Most of these things, once you see them, you’ll have a lifelong commitment to want to make a difference.”

“It’s great to see the energy, the optimism,” Gates said of the presentations. “Some of the projects will succeed in having a meaningful impact.”

Gates also met with faculty about HMC’s recent curriculum revision and the College’s mathematics education outreach. Students Ryan Muller ’11, Neal Pisenti ’11, Jeffrey Burkert ’11, Chandler May ’11 and CIO Joseph Vaughan described Learnstream, an innovative online learning platform.

View Gates’ talk­—co-sponsored by the Harvey Mudd College Annenberg Speaker Series and the Pomona College Distinguished Speakers Series—online: www.hmc.edu/specialinterestfeatures/innovators/bill-gates-at-hmc.html.

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Google Pioneer to be Commencement Speaker

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MARISSA MAYER TO ADDRESS GRADUATES MAY 15 Marissa Mayer, Google’s first female engineer and the youngest member of its executive operating committee, will deliver the keynote address during the 53rd Commencement ceremony Sunday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m.

Mayer started at Google in 1999 as its 20th employee and first woman engineer. As vice president, Consumer Products, she leads the product management and engineering efforts of Google’s local, mobile, and contextual discovery products including Google Maps, Google Maps for Mobile, Local Search, Google Earth, Street View, Latitude and more. At 35 years old, she is also the youngest member of Google’s executive operating committee.

During her 11 years at Google, Mayer has led product management and design efforts for Google web search, images, news, books, products, toolbar and iGoogle.

Mayer’s contributions and leadership have been recognized by numerous publications including the New York Times, Newsweek and BusinessWeek. Fortune magazine has listed her for the past three years on their annual list of Most Powerful Women, and she was the youngest ever to appear on the list. In 2010, Mayer was honored by the New York Women in Communications, Inc. with a Matrix Award. She also has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and Woman of the Year by Glamour Magazine.

Top value The Princeton Review recently declared HMC a Top 50 Best Value private college. High school seniors and their parents seem to agree: overall, applications for admission are up 16% over last year. Applications from women are up 17 percent, and there was an increase of 10 percent from international students.

Trustee Update Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees approved the appointment of new trustees at board meetings in October and January.

Jim Bean ’77, a mathematics alumnus, senior vice president and provost at the University of Oregon, was formerly the Harry B. Miller Professor and dean of the Lundquist College of Business at Oregon. He spent 24 years at the University of Michigan and is the past president of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), a charter Fellow of the Institute, and recent winner of the George E. Kimball Medal. Bean earned a master’s and Ph.D. from Stanford University in operations research.

Ann McDermott ’81, a chemistry alumna, is Esther Breslow Professor of Biological Chemistry at Columbia University in New York. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and winner of the 1996 American Chemical Society Award for Pure Chemistry, her research focuses on the use of NMR spectroscopy to study a variety of biological systems. McDermott received her Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.

Greg Rae ’00, a computer science/mathematics alumnus, returns to the board after serving from 2006 to 2009 as a young alumni trustee. Rae co-founded and was chief technology officer of Shiny Boxes. He worked as a software engineer at Google for six years then founded 22 by 7 Labs, an Internet technology company, in 2006. He serves on the board of several non-profits, including Living Liberally and the National Leadership Council.

H. Tayloe Stansbury is senior vice president and chief technology officer of Intuit, with responsibility for all product development. He has more than 27 years of experience in the software industry, most recently as chief information officer of VMware.

Previous positions include executive vice president of Ariba and executive engineering and general management roles at Calico Commerce and Xerox. Stansbury graduated with honors in math and computer science from Harvard University.

John Vickery ’90/91 earned a bachelor’s degree in physics and economics and a master’s in engineering from HMC. He works at Sony DADC where he is responsible for business development across all studios and content/distribution rights owners. While a partner at Accenture, Vickery specialized in the media and entertainment industry. In June 2010, the Vickery family was honored for a $1 million endowment of HMC’s Global Clinic Program.

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Advancement Vice President Appointed

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MACALUSO TO OVERSEE FUNDRAISING, COMMUNICATIONS, ALUMNI AND PARENT RELATIONS Dan Macaluso, a veteran of higher education and the development field, has been chosen to serve as the vice president for college advancement. He will oversee fundraising, communications and alumni and parent relations for the College.

Macaluso began his duties March 1, 2011, succeeding Vice President for College Advancement Marc Archambault. Macaluso will join President Maria Klawe in guiding the College as it prepares for a capital campaign and construction of a new teaching and learning building.

“I am extremely excited about the prospect of working closely with Dan to raise the resources and visibility needed to achieve our strategic vision,” said President Maria Klawe.

Macaluso brings to this position more than 22 years of higher education development and alumni relations experience. Over his career, he has worked with three leading universities—Penn State, the University of Texas at Austin and Emory University in Atlanta—and was engaged with four successful comprehensive campaigns that have all significantly advanced the work of each university.

“I am thrilled to be joining the Harvey Mudd community and can hardly wait to be fully underway,” said Macaluso. “My experience throughout this interview process has shown me that what I read and heard about the strength and character of this special place and its amazing people is real and genuine. There is much to be accomplished and much work ahead, but the Advancement team has already built a strong foundation that I recognize and appreciate. Because of everyone’s hard work and commitment, we are poised to accomplish great things that will advance even further the reputation, quality, awareness and impact of Harvey Mudd College. I am honored to have been asked to be the one to help lead us forward.”

Macaluso began his career in development as a fundraiser at his alma mater, Penn State University. After serving in three colleges over 10 years and directing development and alumni relations for two of them—Communications and Agricultural Sciences—Macaluso joined the University of Texas at Austin’s

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Resource Development leadership team as UT was beginning its first comprehensive campaign, proposed at $1 billion. As assistant and, later, associate vice president, he was charged with the direct management of all major and planned giving, annual giving, and corporate/foundation giving.

Following UT’s successful completion of its campaign, Macaluso accepted a leadership position in development and alumni relations at Emory University. As vice president for development, University Programs, he was responsible for directing the development and alumni relations activity in each of the nonhealth sciences schools and units at Emory, directing central fundraising programs, and co-directing the planning and execution of Emory’s $1.6 billion campaign.

Directly before joining Harvey Mudd, Macaluso served briefly as a consultant for the LIVESTRONG Foundation, helping them plan for a national launch and execution of the foundation’s first comprehensive campaign.

Macaluso is from State College, Penn., and earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Penn State University, where his father served for 35 years on the acoustical engineering faculty, conducting research in underwater sound and dynamics in the University’s Applied Research Lab.

Admission Publications Lauded For the second consecutive year, the HMC Office of C L E A R LY A M A Z I N G Communications received a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award of Excellence. Out of 388 entries, HMC won the silver in the category of Student Recruitment Publication Packages for the Viewbook, first-year profile and first-year poster. The pieces were produced by Communications in partnership with the Office of Admission. Janice Gilson, associate director of publications/graphic designer created the pieces. Kevin Mapp provided the photography and Stephanie Graham, director of communications, was writer and editor.

CASE Circle of Excellence Awards acknowledge accomplishments with a lasting impact that demonstrate professionalism and deliver exceptional results.

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Physics Lessons from the Japanese Quake FACULTY EXPERTS DISCUSS EARTHQUAKE AND NUCLEAR CRISIS “When the 9.8 Tohoku-Oki earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, the seismology lab at HMC recorded the movement. The ground in Claremont moved about a centimeter,” physics Professor Greg Lyzenga told an attentive crowd gathered March 25 in Galileo-McAlister Hall.

Like Japan, Southern California resides along the seismically active Pacific Rim of Fire, but is characterized by a different type of plate movement, he said. California’s southern half exists atop a strike-slip boundary, where the North American and Pacific plates grind laterally past one another.

The plate geometry near Japan, however, reveals not two but four plates converging. The Philippines and Pacific plates move past one another as they shift northwest toward Japan and then slip under the Eurasian and North American plates. “It’s this stick-slip boundary that is responsible for the very large earthquakes characterizing Japan,” Lyzenga said.

This difference in plate configuration combined with historic

data—the largest quake recorded in the region was an 8.0 in 1857—suggest Southern California has little risk of a TohokuOki-sized temblor, he said. Unlike the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor crisis that followed the quake, which could happen anywhere, said physics Professor Peter Saeta.

Although Japanese crews inserted control rods to stop the nuclear reaction, the rods themselves still contain fission fragments that generate heat, he said. When the zirconium in the cladding of the fuel rods reaches about 440 degrees Fahrenheit, a reaction occurs with the surrounding water producing hydrogen, which can, and did, cause explosions at the power plant. “So one of the things that they’re learning is that they have to have a means of venting that hydrogen,” he said.

Saeta hopes the disaster will promote serious conversation about the storage of nuclear waste in the United States.

A video of the talk can be found at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=brA-ixA2ViA.

High-flying Celebration

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Community members gathered Feb. 19 for the 90th birthday of Iris Critchell, instructor of aeronautics emerita, who turned 90. In attendance were over 100 people, including family, many alumni, faculty and friends, who shared personal stories about Iris and her husband, Howard (“Critch”). Included among the guests were Bates Aeronautics Program alumni whom Iris and Critch had taught to fly (the Bates Program ran from 1962 until 1990). Iris’s lifetime achievements include swimming in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning the 1957 Powder Puff Derby (a transcontinental race performed by women pilots), being inducted into the National Flight Instructors Hall of Fame in 2000 and receiving a Congressional Gold Medal in 2010 along with fellow members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

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Iris celebrates her 90th birthday on campus with friends and family.

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Garbage Collection and Other CS Projects Funded Four computer science projects, including one called Garbage Collection, have garnered the support of the National Science Foundation which has awarded Harvey Mudd College $367,461 to support undergraduate computer science research through 2013.

A 10-week summer program, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), offers students from HMC and other colleges the opportunity to participate in one of four projects.

The program engages students in stimulating research. It also encourages them to pursue graduate study in computer science by offering a taste of the graduate-school experience.

“The program offers two valuable experiences: 1) first-hand knowledge of the enjoyment brought by the challenges and practice of computer science research and 2) the intense experience of pursuing a problem further than others have done before,” said Zach Dodds, computer science professor and REU mentor.

“The satisfaction in making progress on a difficult problem can inspire a student to pursue graduate work not because it’s ‘the next thing to do,’ but because it’s something they find worthwhile and rewarding.”

Students work alongside faculty mentors conducting research in computer systems, artificial intelligence, and computational biology. Those who complete the program receive on-campus housing and meals, plus a $5,000 summer stipend. This year’s program runs from June 6 through August 12 and features the following research projects:

Interactive Computer Music Systems Develops educational software tools to help people learn and improvise music, particularly jazz. Working with the project’s Impro-Visor software, students will explore computational creativity and investigate approaches for automatically creating music. With a following among jazz musicians, Impro-Visor has had more than 10,000 downloads as it grows each year in capability and scope.

Algorithms and Systems for Evolutionary Interference Designs and tests algorithms, using them in software tools that help biologists analyze real-world data to determine how two species may have co-evolved. Students will work with the “Jane” software, which applies computational techniques to analyze and reconcile the evolutionary histories of ecologically linked species to determine if and how they may have impacted each other’s development. The summer 2010 REU project collaborated with more than 30 biologists and computer scientists to determine the co-evolution of 200 fig species and the wasp species that pollinate them. To date, it is the largest co-speciation hypothesis validated computationally, and its computations were made feasible by the algorithms that grew from the HMC REU.

Garbage Collection Project Creates efficient algorithms for memory management within garbage-collected computer languages such as Java. Students study the basics of garbage collection (reclaiming memory occupied by objects no longer in use), examine recent research, and produce original research that enhances the state-of-the-art in memory management.

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Monocular Robot Mapping Tests machine-learning and computer-vision–based algorithms to address the difficulties involved in “low-level” visual processing. Using a mobile robotic platform—ARDrone quad-rotor helicopters equipped with web cameras—students will create and compare autonomous approaches for mapping and navigation.

Zach Dodds, computer science professor, will mentor students this summer as part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates program.

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Physics and Philosophy A grant funded by the National Science Foundation allowed Vatche Sahakian, associate professor of physics, to share his work on non-local dynamics in physics and black hole physics in quantum gravity. He and colleague Julia Sushtytska, assistant professor of philosophy at University of Redlands, hosted lecture/discussions during February and March entitled “Physics at the Edge...of Philosophy.” In a series of five lectures, they discussed recent discoveries in cosmology, astrophysics, string theory, particle physics and quantum physics while reflecting upon the philosophical implications. To view the popular series, go to http://vimeo.com/channels/philosophyphysics.

Boosting Neighborhood Watch Participation Assistant Professor of Psychology Debra Mashek has been awarded a Faculty Fellowship from the Los Angeles-based Haynes Foundation to study strategies for motivating participation in Neighborhood Watch programs in Pomona, Calif.

Neighborhood Watch Programs engage residents in community building and crime-prevention activities.

“We know from other research that community policing programs, such as Neighborhood Watch, effectively reduce crime and build community. Pomona has a great program, but participation is low. Our goal is to change that,” said Mashek.

“To create this change, we will employ and test the effectiveness of tools drawn from social psychology.”

The Pomona Police Department uses fliers as its primary tool for communicating with potential Neighborhood Watch participants. Mashek’s study will test the relative effectiveness of a new flier, which will include language intended to appeal more directly to residents’ vested interests and sense of ability to effect positive change in their community. She will also gather information about residents’ perceptions of their neighborhoods and feelings of connection to the community. The ultimate goal of the project is to help the Police Department build community participation in Neighborhood Watch.

“We are looking forward to the results of this study to make better use of our time and efforts as we continuously strive to increase community participation,” said Pomona Police Department Cpl. Brian Hagerty. “The partnership with Ms. Mashek and Harvey Mudd College is a collaborative effort that benefits the community, Debra Mashek, psychology our Crime Prevention Unit and the city as a whole.”

“We know from other research that community policing programs, such as Neighborhood Watch, effectively reduce crime and build community.”

The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, founded in 1926, is the oldest private foundation in Los Angeles and a leading supporter of social science research. John Randolph Haynes was a prominent Philadelphia physician and his wife, Dora Haynes, was one of the founders of the Los Angeles and California chapters of the League of Women Voters. Debra Mashek’s award is part of the foundation’s Faculty Fellowship Program for faculty in the social sciences at colleges and universities in Southern California.

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Alicia Schep ’11 Awarded Churchill Scholarship When Winston Churchill set the standard for the scholarship that would bear his name, he likely had students like Alicia Schep ’11 in mind.

The chemical biology major’s academic career has been marked by excellence. She’s received multiple awards, including the William G. Sly Prize— awarded to a junior chemistry student for “curiosity, intellectual integrity and enthusiasm”— the CRC Excellence in General Chemistry Award and the W.A. Brandenburg Prize in Biology.

Alicia Schep ’11 Chosen as a Senior Biology Writing Fellow in HMC’s Biology Department, Schep co-authored a paper on cancer research done with alumni Diana Tran ’09 and Terence Wong ’09, which was published in DNA & Cell Biology Journal.

In January, she became one of only 14 students nationwide to receive the prestigious Churchill Scholarship, which offers exceptional American students the chance to pursue graduate studies at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge in England.

Schep plans to study computational biology during Cambridge’s 2011–2012 academic year.

“Alicia is interested in using computational methods to help understand a variety of very challenging questions in biology,” said computer science Professor Ran Libeskind-Hadas, who coordinated the Churchill Scholarship application process at HMC. “The University of Cambridge is a leader in this field and Alicia’s year in Cambridge will help prepare her for her doctoral work and future research.”

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The scholarship will cover all of Schep’s University and College fees (about $20,000 to $25,000), provide a living allowance for her 11-month program, and pay up to $1,000 for roundtrip airfare. She will also be eligible to receive an additional $2,000 for a special research grant.

“My primary research interest in biology is gene regulation, because I think it is fascinating how two cells in an organism, or a single cell at two different time points, can have the same genetic information but vastly different characteristics,” said Schep. “I’m primarily interested in computational biology because of how useful computational approaches are in studying gene regulation.”

An interdisciplinary field, computational biology employs statistics, computer science, and applied mathematics to solve biological problems. Its computational approach helps researchers analyze and integrate large-scale data sets.

Schep credits Professor Eliot Bush’s Computational Biology course for stirring her interest in the field. “The class made me realize I enjoyed thinking through computational approaches for answering biological questions.”

Studying at Cambridge, she said, will allow her to experience another culture and work alongside some of the brightest students and faculty from across the globe. After Cambridge, Schep plans to earn a Ph.D. in molecular biology, conduct research and teach at the university level.

The Churchill Scholarship draws applicants from 103 American colleges and universities, with this year’s winners hailing from institutions such as Harvard, Carnegie Mellon and Princeton. The Winston Churchill Foundation, which administers the scholarship program, was founded in 1959 at the recommendation of Sir Winston Churchill, who wanted to ensure American graduate student participation at the college that was named in his honor.

Schep is the 16th Churchill scholar chosen from HMC. –Koren Wetmore

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The HMC Underwater Robotics Club hopes to compete at the international level.

Bartholomew is an engineering major interested in working in the sustainability sector and helping companies decrease their costs and their carbon footprint. She worked last summer with the energy retrofit group Sustainable Claremont as a participant in the Strauss Internships for Social Understanding.

Bartholomew plans to attend graduate school to study engineering or business administration.

While in Italy, Bartholomew is learning Italian and taking a class on Italian history and culture. “I also am taking an engineering course taught in Italian at the University of Parma and doing a research project with an Italian student modeling geothermal pumps,” she said. She added that she is traveling throughout Italy—Florence, Rome, Venice—and “eating lots and lots of pasta!”

The Robert Day Scholar Program endeavors to produce leaders with both a broad perspective and a deep understanding of financial economics.

Underwater Robotics Club Enters Global Contest The Underwater Robotics Club will compete in the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Radio Operated Vehicle (ROV) 2011 World Competition. Held to promote awareness of marine technical careers and the role ROVs play in the offshore oil and gas industry, the international event challenges students to complete underwater missions using ROVs they design and build.

The club’s craft will face its first competitive run May 14 at the regional qualifying competition at Long Beach City College.

A successful performance will allow the team to move forward to the World Competition on June 17 in Houston.

Ché onore!

Roxie Bartholomew ’12

Roxie Bartholomew ’12, who is currently studying in Italy, was named a Robert Day Scholar for the master’s program in finance at Claremont McKenna College. The Robert Day Scholars Program prepares highly motivated students for leadership roles in business, finance, government and not-for-profit organizations.

Insider Tells All Engineering major Yih-Jye Edward Wang ’12 has helped potential Mudders get “true insider insight” about the College by contributing to the College Prowler: Harvey Mudd College edition.

The guidebook is deYih-Jye Edward Wang ’12 signed—according to College Prowler™ editors—to give readers “honest information and a realistic impression of the student opinions on any campus.”

“It was interesting to see how the school has changed over the years and even more interesting to see how some quirky traditions have really stuck around,” said Wang who updated and revised HMC’s entry.

He thinks his research will help potential students decide if Mudd is for them. “Harvey Mudd is a rather different school, filled with its unique quirks and students with vivid personalities across the spectrum. Because of that, it is important that a student can read about the school not just in the context of its superior academic programs.”

HMC is one of 200 schools covered in College Prowler guidebooks.

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approaches To S T E M E d u c a t i o n Introduction by

DERRICK CHAU ’97 Principal, Marc and Eve Stern Math and Science School Photo Through my experiences as a science teacher and a principal for a STEM-focused high school, I have become convinced that students always retain an innate interest in the STEM fields. When I look into the eyes of my son, I see a natural curiosity for understanding how nature works. Then I ask myself, “When and why do students lose that curiosity?”

This issue’s theme of “Fresh Approaches to STEM Education” directly addresses the need for educators to develop innovative methods to teach STEM courses. As Atkinson and Mayo articulated in “Refueling the U.S. Innovation Economy: Fresh Approaches to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education,” the inseparable connection between the U.S. education system and the health of our nation’s economy necessitates a reform

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of the current STEM education system.

In its attempts to more accurately measure student learning, the current STEM education system has atomized learning into disparate content standards rather than requiring students to demonstrate skills.

Nothing can be more damaging to student curiosity than making students learn a concept without context. Innovative approaches to STEM education cultivate students’ abilities to analyze, synthesize and create new knowledge and skills.

HMC has constantly been on the forefront of STEM innovations from the development of the Clinic Program to the more recent experiential learning labs. President Klawe continues to highlight the role that HMC can play in improving STEM education by modeling how a small liberal arts college can innovate quickly, engage industry and provide undergraduate research experiences. I believe that HMC alumni, as beneficiaries of a high quality STEM education, will always have a responsibility to be ambassadors of STEM education for our nation.

TEACHER’S TECH Abigail Brown ’96, Math Teacher Torrey Pines High School

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uring her 15 years teaching, Abigail Brown ’96 has viewed technology as a key tool.

After all, her students grew up with computers, socialize with Facebook, and play with video games. Using technology to learn mathematical concepts was, for them, a natural progression.

At her alma mater, Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, Brown employs tablet PCs, Mathematica computation software, and web-based study materials to enhance her pupils’ understanding of algebra and calculus. She creates course notes and posts them on websites for her students to download onto their tablet PCs. Then, they complete the formulas and exercises together in class.

“The ability to see interesting, complicated

functions and experiment with ideas has changed the conversations in my classroom,” she says. “Students don’t ask me for answers to exercises; they ask questions that involve a deeper level of thinking such as what things look like, how one idea connects to another, and what happens if we change something.”

Brown also incorporates a “reflective practice” approach, where paired students produce presentations that represent a problem symbolically, graphically, numerically and verbally—a “Rule of Four” concept she learned at HMC. Students receive feedback from their classmates and review a videotape of their presentation, which allows them to reflect on their work from the viewpoint of an audience member.

Brown shares her innovative approaches through professional conferences and her website, www.abbymath.com.

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Students don’t ask me for answers to exercises; they ask questions that involve a deeper level of thinking...

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o what if a student’s experiment contradicts 60 years of metabolic physiology?

“It’s perfectly fine data,” says associate professor Marc Perkins ’98, who teaches organismal biology courses at Orange Coast College, a community college in Southern California. “Students think they should always get the textbook result. Often, I find when they don’t get the ‘correct’ answer, they learn a lot more from it.”

His teaching philosophy is a byproduct of his HMC education, in particular HMC’s Field Ecology Lab, and mentoring he received in graduate school at Arizona State University.

Perkins has tossed out the “cookbook lab” approach—where experimental methodology is easily repeatable—in favor of an open-ended style that he has seen both challenge and energize participants. A recent lab required his students to use equipment such as humidity meters and soil moisture probes to study the microclimates on campus. Students asked their own questions, defined hypotheses, then designed a unique experiment. In addition to tests, full journal articles are required, two per semester.

“They’re measuring all the things I would have them measure anyway, but now it’s testing their own hypotheses.

And they’re invested and interested in it. These labs get them to think critically about experimental design.”

And if the result is not a textbook answer, no worries. For Perkins, a good question is much better.

I find when [students] don’t get the ‘correct’ answer, they learn a lot more from it.

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RIGHT LESSONS FROM WRONG ANSWERS Marc Perkins ’98, Biology Professor Orange Coast College

A DYNAMIC APPROACH Ron Roth ’69, Professor of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, California State University, Chico

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uring 30 years of teaching, Ron Roth ’69 has developed a few “tricks,” including some that have helped his students learn to analyze complex systems.

Roth has taught dynamics at Stanford, Fresno State, UC Berkeley, and the University of Auckland (New Zealand). Now at California State University, Chico (since 1986), he has questioned the traditional approach offered by popular dynamics textbooks and developed an alternative method to finding answers to design questions.

“My objective is to get students to write equations of motion of mechanical systems,” said Roth.

“Most of the textbooks don’t emphasize that.”

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He said most books barely talk about equations of motion, the solutions of which are used to simulate the motion of physical systems. As a student at Mudd, Roth recalls noticing that to solve a dynamics problem it seemed one had to see the “trick” to the problem. Without seeing the trick, it was difficult to proceed.

Roth’s method breaks down analysis of dynamical systems into a series of steps that can be applied to nearly all dynamics problems.

“I’ve got it down to 12 things I call elementary tasks, and they culminate with writing equations of motion,” he said. Instead of the typical textbook’s emphasis on three distinct ways to solve dynamics problems, Roth teaches a single, structured approach that provides the novice to advanced student an algorithmic—and less frustrating— method which (nearly) always works.

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Ron Roth ’69 has developed an alternative method to finding answers to design questions.

CHEMIST AND CHEF Martha Cavanaugh O’Keefe ’07, Chemistry Teacher, Baltimore City High School

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he high school students in Tanzania didn’t quite know what to make of the vivacious Mudder who threw balls at them in class. But Martha Cavanaugh O’Keefe ’07 was simply being creative with limited resources and trying to make science hands-on and fun.

After two years in the Peace Corps, volunteering at two high schools in Tanzania (the students there loved her lessons, by the way), Cavanaugh O’Keefe returned to the states, seeking an experience “just as awesome.” She now teaches chemistry in Baltimore at a diverse all-girls public high school. Like in Tanzania, she is faced with limited resources and challenged to make science interesting.

It’s been a learning experience, she says. After her students scored low on the midterm, Cavanaugh O’Keefe decided to change her teaching approach. “I wanted to find a way to make chemistry more relevant to them.”

The former Mudd Baking Club founder donned her oven mitts and marched her chemistry students to the home economics room, where they learn chemistry topics through applications in the kitchen. They review density (convert English recipes to American), explore pressure cooking (gas laws), describe chemical reactions (baking powder breaks down), and more. “The latest quiz shows that they are understanding a whole lot better,” she says.

And her American students, like the Tanzanians, are having a ball.

I wanted to find a way to make chemistry more relevant to [my students].

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anet Davis ’99 is using methods derived from physics to make her computer science classes most effective.

In her fifth year at Grinnell College, Davis teaches “workshop style”—a method borrowed from physics—which means that students spend most of the class period not listening to a lecture, but rather working in pairs on lab exercises. To prepare, students do an online reading before each class. In class, there is a brief discussion or Q&A before starting the lab. The feedback loop is closed the next day when students share their questions and reflections on the lab exercises. Sometimes Davis demonstrates how to solve a problem that students found especially challenging.

“In computer science, it’s by building on the idea that you often learn more from doing than from listening,” says Davis, who received her Ph.D. in com-

puter science and engineering from University of Washington. “I can teach better if I am focused on what students have difficulty understanding.”

Similarly, the Just-in-Time Teaching method Davis utilizes in her upper-level classes, including her Human-Computer Interaction course, focuses on topics students need to discuss. Reading is completed and warm-up exercises are submitted to Davis before class. “In preparing for class I’m not only thinking about the most important things I want students to get out of class, I’m also seeing what questions students want to discuss.”

Davis, who presented a paper on applying the Just-in-Time Teaching method in computer science courses at the 2009 ACM Annual Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, uses student feedback to guide the lesson.

“Having this feedback on how students are understanding the material really lets me choose a pedagogy for that particular class that I think is going to help them learn what they need to learn.”

In computer science, it’s by building on the idea that you often learn more from doing than from listening.

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SCIENCE IS A PROCESS Janet Davis ’99, Computer Science Professor Grinnell College

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ath Professor Rich Zucker ’74 has a few tricks up

his sleeve when it comes to engaging students.

An amateur magician, he performs “The Professor’s Nightmare”—a trick that transforms three different-length rope segments into equal-length pieces—while teaching students about the need to find common denominators when adding or subtracting fractions. For a precalculus class, he’ll enliven a lecture on probability theory with a card trick called “Out of this World.”

“Magic is a great metaphor for math,” says Zucker, who’s been teaching the subject the past 36 years. “On the surface, there is mystery and intrigue and, maybe, confusion and frustration; but, underneath there is a deeply gratifying explanation.”

Another trick used in his Irvine, Calif., classroom is the use of media clips. To promote critical thinking, he might share a scene from the “Wizard of Oz” and challenge his students to find the mistakes in the Scarecrow’s version of the Pythagorean theorem.

Named Teacher of the Year in 1993, 1997 and 2008, Zucker’s innovative approach has won the admiration—and attention—of his students. If you entertain students, you grasp their attention and focus, he says, which may be the most magical trick of all.

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MATH MAGIC Richard Zucker ’74, Math Teacher, Irvine Valley College

On the surface there is mystery and intrigue and, maybe, confusion and frustration: but, underneath there is a deeply gratifying explanation.

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NURTURING NATURAL CURIOSITY Newt Sherwin ’99, Homeschool Teacher

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orothy Jean, 8, is reading in her room.

Thomas, 6, is playing quietly in his. Jerry, 3, is frolicking happily in the basement. Oneyear-old Ruth is perched on the hip of the teacher, known to these students as “mom.”

It’s quiet time, says Newt Sherwin ’99, before the lessons begin again. The Sherwin children are being homeschooled and likely will be until college. According to the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education, there were about 1.5 million homeschooled students in 2007, representing 2.9 percent of all students. Around 2 percent of each HMC entering class has been homeschooled.

“It’s the individualization that I can do that no school can really do for them,” says Sherwin about the decision she and her husband, Chris Sherwin ’00,

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(physics) made to homeschool, though they both had traditional educations. Sherwin (chemistry) utilizes the classical method of homeschooling, which puts history at the center of lessons.

The Sherwin children have covered ancient Greece, including lessons on levers and simple machines, and are now “in the Middle Ages” where D.J. is enthusiastically combining math and cooking to help prepare a feast that will be shared with friends. Thomas is equally thrilled to practice writing and science while learning about knights and castles. For math lessons, Sherwin uses an online curriculum that allows each child to work at his/her own pace; D.J. is working at the sixth grade level and Thomas “is amazing at geometry and spatial reasoning.”

“I think our institutional educational systems educate children away from curiosity,” says Sherwin. “Homeschooling allows parents to follow their children’s curiosity where it leads.”

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It’s the individualization that I can do that no school can really do for them.

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s a math teacher at Kentridge High School in Kent, Wash., Deann Anguiano ’85/86 continually sought ways to make classroom lessons relevant for her students. So, when the opportunity arose to help develop an innovative math course, she eagerly embraced it.

The class—Applications in Mathematical Reasoning (AMR)—is a senior math course that uses math models to solve real-world problems. Its flexible module format and activities spark student interest and bolster confidence.

“Most of the modules can be related to the student’s life in some way,” she says. “I love teaching math when I can find something in real life to relate it to.”

Anguiano has helped her students apply mathematical concepts to projects ranging from building design to the study of student recycling habits. During the 2008 elections, Anguiano taught AMR’s voting theory module. Students applied their revised Electoral College systems to the voting returns to see if their method elected the same candidate as the nation’s current system. Most of them did.

“Students need time to question and discuss things. If an activity is engaging, discussions will occur,” she says. “Many parents have told me that something we have done in class has become discussion in their homes.”

As a Project TIME (Transitions in Math Education) participant, Anguiano helped develop the AMR curriculum, served as a pilot instructor, and trained others to teach the course. The successful program has been implemented in six Washington school districts.

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LIFE LESSONS Deann Anguiano ’85/86, Math Teacher, Kentridge High School

I love teaching math when I can find something in real life to relate it to.

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MUDDERINGS Alumni and Family News and Events

Tops in Tees Winners of the Amazing College T-shirt contest were announced in February. The panel of judges, consisting of members of the Executive Committee/Alumni Association Board of Governors and three student members of DOS Muchachos, named the following well-dressed alumni and students as winners: Best school spirit Alumni: Sachi Gerbin ’99 Students: First-years Sneha Viswanathan, Adam Parower, Lillian Haynes, Ravi Kumar, Meghan Jimenez, Diana Mar, Beverley Yeh, Kate Spiesman, Bryan Monroy and Lisa Gai

Home Sweet Homepage Harvey Mudd College alumni have a new and improved virtual home. The redesigned alumni website was created by Leigh Devereaux, director of digital marketing and communication, in the Office of Communications. The site went live at the end of January and is a one-stop location for alumni to find ways to connect with the College and each other. Visit online today at www.hmc.edu/alumni and learn about upcoming events, alumni benefits and services, volunteer opportunities, and more.

Also, visit the new HMC Social Media website at www.hmc. edu/connect/.

Upcoming Events Alumni Weekend April 29–May 1, on campus Projects Day Parent Breakfast May 3, on campus Parent Appreciation Dinner May 13, on campus Commencement May 15, 1:30 p.m.

Mudd Quadrangle, East Tenth St. and Dartmouth Ave. For Commencement activities, see www.hmc.edu/hmcgrad2011 Mudd Design Workshop, “Design Education: Innovation and Entrepreneurship” May 26–28, on campus www.hmc.edu/design-workshop

Most unusual location Alumni: Tie between the Allens (Clark Allen ’91 and Jana Westran Allen ’91) at the equator (see photo, page 36), and Joe Warren ’94 in Antarctica Student: Kacyn Fujii ’13 and mother Kathleen Fujii P13 at Maui’s Haleakala Crater Best science-related Alumni: Marty White ’74 in the control room for the 88-inch cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Best fashion statement Alumni: Ironman triathlete, Jocelyn Wong ’03 Best group/family/community portrait Alumni: The Gaebler family (right) Student: Alix Chan ’12, Martha Cuenca ’13, Lawrence Thibodeaux ’13, Julia Lee ’14, Emily Ross ’14, Lauren Nishizaki ’14, Kacyn Fujii ’13, and Michelle DeRienzo ’13

Parents Sally and Bob Gaebler Third Row: Alumni Rob ’04, Dave ’04 and Philipp ’09 Second Row: Current students Leif ’12 and Evan ’14; First Row: Prospective HMC students Ehren and Marcie

Best photo with someone famous Alumni: Neil Myers ’85 with Blue Man Group member (see photo, page 36) Student: Susan Tan ’12 and “Lady Gaga” at Mme. Tussauds Wax Museum, Hollywood, Calif.

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Alumni Weekend is special this year for many reasons, not the least of which is the celebration of the College’s first 50th reunion. The Founding Class—those who attended HMC for four years and graduated in 1961—will return to campus to mark the momentous occasion. Of the original 48 members of the class, 31 are expected to return and will celebrate together on a campus that is quite different than when they first arrived on Sept. 21, 1957, carrying possessions down one concrete sidewalk to a not-yetfully painted dormitory. In a celebratory letter to the Founding Class, Founding President Joseph Platt remarked, “You were pioneers, equipped with that peculiar ability to see beyond the rocks and chaparral to envision the campus and legacy we would build together.”

The Founding Class established HMC’s honor system, its traditions and the expectation that each student has the potential to develop not only viable skills but also the wisdom to use them responsibly. A wall built across Twelfth Street (now Platt Blvd.) became the impetus for Mudd’s prank tradition, including the policy that pranks should be harmless and reversible. Founding Class members opened the door for women to study engineering, science, mathematics and technology with pioneers Jennie Rhine and Lori Ives. They proved that a class comprised of people from different financial, educational and geographical backgrounds could work collaboratively—and grow as individuals in the process. During Alumni Weekend, the College will celebrate the Founding Class for paving the way.

Although Jenny Rhine was the only woman enrolled in HMC’s first class, seven women, including Lori Ives, were to follow in the second semester of the 1957-58 school year.

Engagements were celebrated by tossing the betrothed in Scripps’ Seal Pond.

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Jerry Van Hecke, center, front.

The first residence hall, Mildred E. Mudd Hall (East), opened in September 1957.

Founding President Joseph Platt.

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Among the honorees at Alumni Weekend are a group of Mudders that the Alumni Association Board of Governors celebrates for their far-reaching contributions. This year’s Outstanding Alumni Award recipients are space scientist Gael Squibb ’61, strategic planner James Dewar ’66, chemistry Professor Ann McDermott ’81 and energy advisor R. Thomas Weimer ’71/72.

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Gael Squibb spent most of his career at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. He is now president of Gael Squibb Consulting, Inc. and is an internationally recognized expert in the field of space operations and space operations standards. At JPL, he established and was the first manager of the Mission Control and Sequence Systems Design Section, and was involved in unmanned space exploration (Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Astrophysics Space Telescope missions). He also established and was the first manager of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) and was the NASA data services manager for the Space Operations Management Office. A member of the Founding Class, Squibb received his B.S. degree in physics.

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James Dewar is the Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Long-Term Policy Analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He founded the RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition. Dewar and his co-authors won the Military Operations Research Society’s highest award, the Rist Prize, for their paper on “Non-Monotonicity, Chaos and Combat Models.” He has done strategic planning at the RAND Corporation for military and other governmental organizations, colleges and universities, Fortune 100 companies and a wide range of other clients. He also led the development and application of Assumption-Based Planning (ABP), a tool for reducing avoidable surprises, and is author of a book on the topic. Dewar has spoken and published widely on strategic planning, planning methodologies, the long-range future and planning under uncertainty. Dewar’s B.S. degree is in mathematics. He has a master’s and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Southern California.

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Ann McDermott is the associate vice president for academic planning and sciences initiatives and the Esther Breslow Professor of Biological Chemistry at Columbia University. Using new nuclear magnetic resonance methods, McDermott studies the structure, function and flexibility of proteins in native-like environments, such as native lipid bilayers, prion plaques or whole virus particles. She was named a DuPont Young Investigator in 1992, a Cottrell Scholar in 1994, and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in 1995. She received the American Chemical Society’s Pure Award in Chemistry in 1996 and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2000. She has also played a lead role in the planning of Columbia’s new science building. McDermott earned a B.S. in chemistry and received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and was a postdoc at MIT. McDermott is a member of the HMC Board of Trustees.

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Thomas Weimer is a senior advisor at Dawson and Associates, experts in water resources, natural resources management and environmental permitting. Weimer’s federal career includes more than 20 years of legislative and executive branch experience with a focus on energy, natural resources, and science and technology. From 2007 to 2009, he was minority staff director of the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. From 2005 to 2007, Weimer was the assistant secretary for policy, management and budget at the U.S. Interior Department, where he was responsible for financial, budget and policy issues spanning the Interior’s eight bureaus. He led the department’s development of a manual to address adaptive management of climate change on the Interior’s lands and waters. He also served as the Interior Department’s principal deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary for water and science. Weimer holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering and an M.E.E. (electrical engineering) degree from the University of Washington, Seattle.

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Family Weekend Memories It was one of the most well-attended Family Weekends yet with 300 guests, 243 of them parents. Family members arrived from around the country to enjoy picture-perfect weather and myriad activities, including a Balloon Car Competition.

The Amorosi, Thielen and Yu parents teamed up and had a ball, according to Jim Yu P14. Yu said, “The competition was friendly though it seemed like us dads and a few of the moms—okay, mostly dads— really, really got into it. I’m thinking we wanted to win just a tad more than our kids did. Our team, Einstein’s Tutors, came in second and probably would’ve won the whole thing except that the rules changed during the final round.

Knowing that the Mudd approach is to be prepared and problem-solve for whatever might hit students in real-life, we should’ve expected the twist at the end!”

For more Family Weekend images, see www.flickr.com/ photos/harvey-mudd-college/sets/72157626002979425/.

A video of Family Weekend can be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0L-pV4oYM.

The Fears: Danielle and Daniel P14 and Natalia ’14

Balloon car racing, parents vs. students

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Lynn Bodell P14, John Medina P14, Colin Bodell P14, Anne Marangoni P13 and David Marangoni-Simonsen P13 were enthusiastic participants.

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Bill Spierings P14 and Prof. Jon Townsend

Alexa Noxon ’12 and MaryEllen Noxon P12

President Klawe catches up with families.

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Paul Dorsey returned to campus in March to give the talk “Building Applications in Developing Nations,” which focused on his experiences working on a financial infrastructure for the country of Ethiopia. His company, Dulcian, was hired by the Finance Ministry of Ethiopia to build a system that would allow the country to qualify for more international aid. The country is now reviewing the infrastructure. Paul and his team developed architecture that solved practical local challenges, such as access to and limitations of network and Internet infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. By providing insight about the current issues and trends in software architecture, Paul helped HMC students to better understand the challenges, as well as Paul Dorsey ’76 opportunities, in today’s field.

Paul is the founder and president of Dulcian, Inc., an Oracle consulting firm specializing in business rules and web based application development. He is the chief architect of Dulcian’s Business Rules Information Manager (BRIM®) tool. Paul is the co-author of seven Oracle Press books, which have been translated into nine languages, as well as the Wiley Press book PL/SQL for Dummies. He is president emeritus of NYOUG and the associate editor of the International Oracle User Group’s SELECT Journal. Paul was honored in 2001 by Oracle as one of the six initial honorary Oracle 9i Certified Masters. Paul is also the founder and chair of the ODTUG Symposium, currently in its eleventh year. His submission of a Survey Generator built to collect data for The Preeclampsia Foundation was the winner of the 2007 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer Challenge and Oracle selected him as the 2007 PL/SQL Developer of the Year.

Mark Young is retired, as of March 1, after working for over 30 years at Chemeketa Community College. He plans to pursue some local volunteer opportunities that he wasn’t able to do while working.

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Chris Marble, system administrator in Computing Information Services at HMC, retired on April 4. Chris received his engineering degree from Mudd then worked at General Dynamics before returning to HMC in February 1993. The campus community celebrated his HMC Chris Marble ’78

career on March 31. Chris and his wife will get back to traveling, mostly domestic, but they want to return to Japan and the United Kingdom.

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Tom Smith visited the Department of Physics in December to discuss “Technology and Modern Winemaking.” Tom is the vice president in charge of wine growing at E&J Gallo Winery in Modesto, Calif. His seminar introduced students to the topic of flavor chemistry.

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Amanda Simpson ’83

Amanda Simpson, America’s first openly transgender presidential appointee to the U.S. Commerce Department, was the keynote speaker at the third Annual OUT for Work LGBTQA College Student Career Conference at The Claremont Colleges. Out for Work functions as a complimentary component in the total educational experience of LGBT students, primarily in the development, evaluation, initiation and implementation of career plans and opportunities.

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Steve Haddock, along with colleague Casey Dunn, has written the book, Practical Computing for Biologists. The book tries to teach a general set of problem-solving skills to scientists, somewhat like an education at Harvey Mudd College. Former Biology Department Chair Bill Purves was a key influencer as he introduced Steve to the publisher Sinauer Associates.

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Regina Neiman was named a Maitland P. Simmons Fellow in the 2010 National Science Teachers Association New Science Teacher Academy. She is an Upper School science teacher at Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, N.J. She has been participating in a year-long professional development program to help promote quality science teaching. Regina, who teaches AP physics and grade nine physics, joined the Oak Knoll faculty in 2009.

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Kyle Roesler (Muddraker columnist 1985–1989 using the pseudonym Mary Jane) has self published a second novel Saba. To get the word out about this book, he’s decided to take a radical approach to marketing: he’s giving the e-book away to Mudders. He says, “This deal is valid for faculty, staff, current students and alumni. Just go to www.smashwords.com, type ‘Saba Mary Jane’ in the search window and use coupon code DE85S when you check out. If you don’t want to create an account, e-mail me instead (mj_the_author@yahoo.com) specifying what format you want and I’ll send you a copy.”

Kyle describes the book as a “funny, fast-paced story about late twentysomethings abandoning the big city to live on the tiny Caribbean island of Saba where they had a great 24-hour mini-cation.” continued on page 32

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After 12 years living on the East Coast, Chang Hee Kim has moved back to the Los Angeles area to join a biotech startup in genetic testing, DxTerity Diagnostics.

David Bunde was named Junior Scientist of the Year by the Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) at its 49th Annual National Engineers Week Banquet held Feb. 24. The QCESC numbers 325 local engineering and technical societies with a total membership of 5,000 engineers and scientists. David, an assistant professor of computer science at Knox College in Galesburg since 2006, has strengthened that program with his innovative teaching in parallel computing and his involvement with Knox students in undergraduate research. He also served as a coach for a FIRST Lego Robotics team in Galesburg. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery. He lives in Galesburg with his wife, Jennifer, and young son, Douglas.

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Joey, Emily and Natalie Hsieh

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Marie Kao-Hsieh and Matt Hsieh welcomed their third child, Emily An-Wen on January 29. Emily arrived 10 weeks premature at three pounds and spent seven weeks in the NICU. She is now thriving and enjoys playing with her two older siblings, Natalie, 9, and Joey, 5. All are grateful for God’s grace and the advancement of modern medicine.

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First New York Securitis, a global multi-strategy trading firm, appointed Charles Katz, a partner and head of commodities trading, to the newly created Trader Management Committee, which is designed to oversee trading operations and manage the firm’s risk. Charles joined the firm in 2004. Previously, he traded energy derivatives at TXU Energy Trading in Dallas, Texas. He received his MBA and MChE from Rice University.

The online newsletter, “Harvey Mudd College News Briefs,” is sent monthly to keep you informed of HMC news and events. If you have not been receiving the e-newsletter and would like to receive future notices, please let us know at alumni@hmc.edu. Past e-newsletters can be viewed here: www.hmc.edu/ alumni/communications.shtml

REUNION YEAR

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Richard Trinh and wife, Kendall, welcomed a baby girl, Remy Sue Trinh, on December 7, 2010. This is Richard’s first child and Kendall’s third.

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Mark Nelson began work at ITU Copenhagen (Denmark) in January as assistant professor in their Center for Computer Games Research. He says, “I’ve been a Georgia Tech Ph.D. student for the past six years and for the last three years of that co-posted as a visiting researcher at UC Santa Cruz’s Expressive Intelligence Studio. I also have publications and a blog at www.kmjn.org. continued on page 34

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ALUMNI PROFILE

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jumbe Poe ’05 envisions a government where people and their leaders work together. Now, as a member of the founding class of Code for America Fellows, he’s developing the tools to make his vision a reality.

The former computer science major is part of a five-member team charged with an 11-month mission of developing a Web-based application that connects civic leaders and city residents in a way that empowers both like never before.

The program will streamline communication, enable residents to access information about their neighborhoods, and organize information for civic leaders so they can better understand and respond to the communities they serve. Created initially for the city of Philadelphia, the open-source software will eventually benefit other cities nationwide that opt to emulate the system.

The project, “Civic Leader Network,” is one of four targeted by the first class of the Code for America Fellows. Three other fellowship teams will work on projects in Boston, D.C. and Seattle.

The competitive fellowship attracted 362 applicants for its inaugural class, from which only 20—including Mjumbe—were selected.

“Mjumbe stood out for both his passion and deep expertise,” says Code for America spokesman Abhi Nemani. “He had built a reputation in Philadelphia as a creative and influential developer with a focus on civic problems and, from his interviews and application, it was clear he had a true commitment to building technology to make people’s lives better.”

Inspired by Teach for America, Code for America (CFA) unites city officials and talented software developers to identify and create Web solutions that address civic challenges. Fellows receive a $35,000 stipend, healthcare benefits and travel expenses. Training is provided throughout the fellowship, beginning with an intensive one-month

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public administration series at CFA’s San Francisco headquarters. Fellows also benefit from expert advice from leaders in both government and Web industry sectors through CFA’s guest speaker series.

Mjumbe and his team members shadowed Philadelphia city officials and community leaders throughout the month of February to determine their needs. In March, they returned to CFA’s headquarters to begin development of a software application to meet them. The resulting product will be unveiled at a conference in September, and then delivered to the city through a twomonth transition process.

“Philadelphia is taking steps to empower the community to organize themselves around common goals, and to coordinate with each other and the city to get what they want done,” says Mjumbe. “Our software is going to help with that coordination.”

The overarching goal of Code for America is to inspire a paradigm shift, by infusing local governments with developers who understand technology and approach problem solving in a networked, Web-centric way.

“Our city projects were picked because of their challenges: they are vague, unclear, but core problems that the fellows will have to figure out,” Nemani says. “To be successful, they’ll have to not only become local experts but also make strong partnerships with city officials and generate buy-in—all of which they’ll have to do in a year.”

Mjumbe’s team will not only build an application to create connections between citizens and governments, but also between cities, allowing them to share the technology developed.

“Code for America is part of a larger movement toward technology that empowers people,” Mjumbe says. “I sincerely hope the tools we create will make real differences in the cities, but real success will be if we inspire others to create tools that far surpass ours.”

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Duane Loh ’04, wife, Stephanie Lee, and friends.

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Duane Loh celebrated his marriage to Stephanie Lee in Singapore on Jan. 9, with Andrew Cole, Chuck Matlack, Darci Snowden and Laura Clark.

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Erin Heyer and Bryan Kaanta married on Oct. 16, 2010 in Burlington, Vt. The wedding and reception were held on the University of Vermont campus. Bryan graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2007. Members of the bridal party included Michelle Lum and Ryan Pakula ’09.

Fiela Gutierrez sang at the wedding. Other Mudders in attendance were FangYuan Chang, Kyle and Emily (Hogan) Roberts, Mike Pugh, Kyle Zarzana, Martha CavanaughO’Keefe and Brandon Smith, David and Karen (Brown) Morrison ’08.

Erin says, “I’m currently pursuing my Ph.D. in biomedical science at the Bride Erin Heyer ’07 with husband University of Massachusetts Bryan Kaanta and friends.

Medical School in the laboratory of Melissa Moore. Bryan is a captain in the U.S. Air Force and is stationed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute as an admissions officer for the Reserved Officer Training Core (ROTC) Detachment at WPI. We live in Worcester, Mass.”

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Jonny Simkin is CEO of SwoopThat, a leading provider of course search technology and textbook price comparison. At SwoopThat, parents and students enter their courses, and the website returns every book they need to buy as well as every online merchant that sells those books. He says, “We help students save over 50 percent on textbooks while simultaneously donating a portion of their sales proceeds to support on-campus activities. We tried it at Mudd, and students saved over $16,500 during one semester and raised over $1,000 for on-campus activities.”

In addition to textbook purchases, SwoopThat helps students and parents sell their books by searching online vendors for the highest buyback price. SwoopThat’s general product search engine also provides price comparisons for over 15 million products from thousands of retailers nationwide.

Jonny, Matt Kurtis, Alex Kurtis and Kyle Casella won the 20th annual Henry R. Kravis Concept Plan Competition for SwoopThat.

Lea Zernow and Alex Hagen married Feb.19 in San Diego, Calif. Of the 150 guests, there were about 30 Mudd and Scripps College friends, Lea reports. continued on page 36

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Alex Randall ’10 works for Reaso ning Mind, an organizatio n tha

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he traditional classroom configuration with teacher lecturing at front, students facing forward, is slowly changing. Reasoning Mind (RM), which seeks to provide a first-rate mathematics education to every child, is one organization attempting to turn things around for the better.

Alex Randall ’10, an engineering graduate, is an analyst for RM, which uses a hybrid of online and face-to-face instruction.

Founded in 2000, the nonprofit bases its program on an international mathematics curriculum that has proven effective in high-achieving countries such as Russia, China and Singapore. RM promotes its innovative model as one that could improve mathematics education in the United States. Currently, teachers at schools in five states have been trained and certified to teach the RM math curriculum.

“It’s rewarding to know that we’re not only helping kids learn math, we’re also helping them become passionate about it.”

Students, grades two to six, learn mathematics in “RM City,” where they are guided through the material by an animated “Genie” and receive points for each success.

Based on their grade level, students spend the 40- to 90-minute class time participating in interactive lessons and problem solving. They

hone their skills playing games solo or against a classmate, writing e-mails to the Genie, touring the library’s reference materials or decorating their customizable space with points they’ve earned. They are challenged, Alex says, but not to the point of discouragement.

“The RM software gives the teacher an opportunity to spend his/her time more efficiently in the classroom,” says Alex, who helps to design software and improve the business processes at RM. His work also includes leading the configuration of a customer relationship management system and aiding in recruitment efforts for new analysts. Fellow alumnus Richard Bowen ’10, a mathematics graduate, shares similar responsibilities, but with more of a focus on software design.

The software adjusts the difficulty level based on the student’s performance and is designed to challenge students of all learning abilities. Teachers determine students’ activities and use reporting tools to monitor student progress.

Alex says that every day is a new challenge working for an organization that’s changing and growing as quickly as RM. Many schools that have implemented Reasoning Mind have seen a significant increase in their scores on state standardized tests. However, the main goal of the program is to prepare students for the next step. “One of the major benefits of RM is the strength of the curriculum in preparing students for algebra,” Alex says.

“It’s rewarding to know that we’re not only helping kids learn math, we’re also helping them become passionate about it,” says Alex.

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Amazing Alumni Alumni spread the word about their College and several won a fantastic prize (an iPod nano watch) for their efforts. Pictured are winning entries by the Allens, Clark Allen ’91 and Jana Westran Allen ’91 with their son, and by Neil Myers ’85 with a Blue Man Group member. All alumni and student winners are listed on page 23.

Harvey Mudd College Legacy Society A gift of stock is a convenient way to provide valuable support to Harvey Mudd College while minimizing the impact on cash flow.

It will also qualify you for membership in the Legacy Society recognition group. If you are interested in making a gift of stocks, appreciated securities, or bonds, the Office of Planned Giving will assist you in obtaining the proper transmittal forms to facilitate your gift. Please contact us today at 909.607.0899 or legacy@hmc.edu.

HMC encourages you to seek the advice of your tax advisor, attorney and/or financial planner before considering any estate gift.

Your personal circumstances will determine the best way for you to support Harvey Mudd College.

PLANNED GIVING Creating extraordinary opportunities Preserving HMC’s future Establishing your legacy Visit us online at www.hmc.edu/giving/waystogive/plannedgiving

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The HMC Bulletin is produced three times per year by the Office of Communications

Letters to the Editor

Vice President for College Advancement Dan Macaluso

Dear Editor,

Senior Director of Advancement, Communications Judy Augsburger Director of Communications, Senior Editor Stephanie L. Graham Associate Director of Publications, Graphic Designer Janice Gilson Editorial Contributors Christine Vasquez, Koren Wetmore The Harvey Mudd College Magazine (SSN 0276-0797) is published by Harvey Mudd College, Office of College Relations, 301 Platt Boulevard, Claremont, CA 91711 www.hmc.edu Nonprofit Organization Postage Paid at Claremont, CA 91711 Postmaster: Send address changes to Micki Brose, Harvey Mudd College, Advancement Services, 301 Platt Boulevard, Claremont, CA 91711 Copyright © 2011 Harvey Mudd College.

All rights reserved. Opinions expressed in the HMC Bulletin are those of the individual authors and subjects and do not necessarily reflect the views of the college administration, faculty or students. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced without the express written consent of the editor.

In the fall/winter 2010 Bulletin, page 12, the article about Mudders working to improve things in a Kenyan village shows several good results of their project work. The article does not address what was done to assure maintenance and good operation of the solarpower and pump systems.

My wife, Kay, and I worked with several humanitarian projects in Angola, Mozambique and South Africa in the period 2002 to 2006 under the auspices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and UNICEF. The humanitarian services people of the church have learned that the most important parts of the project are to: 1. Establish ownership among the members of groups receiving the project.

2. Leave one or more people trained and responsible for maintenance.

3. Establish a funding means to cover ongoing operation, repairs and maintenance, such as a reasonable fee for usage or consumption.

Before this learning was established and these changes put in place, most projects such as potable water wells lasted a year or two until something broke down. Then the equipment sat, broken and unusable.

Richard Silver ’62

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Back cover photo by Scott Rayermann ’13 During the first two weeks of January, Professors Jim Eckert (physics) and Jeff Groves (humanities, social sciences, and the arts) led a study tour to England in connection with their class, Literature 117: Dickens, Hardy and the Victorian Age. Students read the authors’ novels, which touch on various facets of the history of England in the 19th century.

Seventeen Mudders spent one week in London visiting sites associated with Dickens, and then five days in Dorset visiting sites associated with Hardy. Parent Robin George P11 and Special Collections Librarian Carrie Marsh also sat in on the class and went on the study tour, as did Groves’s wife, Teresa Shaw. The students and faculty hosted a dinner with London-area alumni on the last evening of the tour. Group at right is shown at Maiden Castle near Dorchester, Dorset, the largest Iron Age hill fort in the UK.

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ROCKS, PAPERS, TOURS Mudders (left to right) Jordan Ezzell ’13, Scott Rayermann ’13, Michelle Hansen ’10, Julien Devin ’12, Aaron Gable ’12, Lilian de Greef ’12, Steve Matsumoto ’12, Alexa Keizur ’12, Mary Van Vleet ’12 and Sarah Ferraro ’12 show that while Stonehenge is amazing, so too is their college. For more on their travel-study adventure, see the inside back cover.