1990s May Ji, CS ‘93 is a Lead Program Manager at the Microsoft Corporation in Washington. Brian Ellway, CM ‘94 has joined Wright Brothers, the Building Company, a general contracting/ construction management firm, as a lead estimator. He is a LEED-accredited professional and a longtime leadership volunteer for the Kuna chapter of Ducks Unlimited. Matt Cooley, CS ‘97 is the VP for Information Systems at Scentsy, Inc. in Meridian. Brandon McKee, CS ‘99 is a Software Development Engineer in Test II at Microsoft in Redmond WA.
2000s Monica Crider, CE ‘00, PE, MBA, is an Assistant Roadway Design Engineer for the Idaho Transportation Department. She is an active member in Women in Transportation Seminar, Treasure Valley chaptercurrent role as Secretary. Scott Harper, CE ’00 is working as a design engineer/project manager at EHS-Alaska, Inc. He recently passed his PE exam. Scott Walters, CM ‘00 has worked at Okland Construction for 10 years as a Project Manager, currently working on the Wellton Border Patrol Station in Wellton, AZ as the PM and the QC for civil, arch, and structural. Liz Adams, CE ’01
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Alumni News married Rory Martin on December 31, 2010. Liz is finishing up coursework for PhD in Civil Engineering (Water Resources and Sustainability focus) this semester. She is teaching Engineering Science courses at Mesa Community College and tutoring students with disabilities through the State of Arizona's Vocational Rehabilitation program. Richard Hansen, CE ‘01 has spent the past year working on the I-15; Utah County Corridor Expansion project. Two of the bridges he designed are due to be moved into place in March. Both bridges are two-span continuous steel girder bridges and will be moved on self-propelled modular transports (SPMTs). This is the first time in the U.S. that this type of bridge has been moved on SPMTs. Shannon Whitmore Kegel, ME ‘01, works for BD Medical in Sandy, Utah as a Senior Quality Engineer where she has worked for 4.5 years. Shannon is married and has three kids Konnor(8), Mason(6) and Quincy(2). Brian Warrick, ME ’02
Laila Maqbool, CE ‘03 is the Energy Efficiency Lead for Alloway Electric Co., Inc. She markets to clients, designs the retrofit and oversees the installation. She has worked on projects for Micron, the Owyhee County Courthouse, and a number of public schools through the Lighting for Schools project. Richard Newman, CS ’04
is the Chief Technology Officer at H&W Computer Systems, Inc. in west Boise. Richard completed an MBA in 2008 from Univ. of Wash. through their North American program under the Executive MBA program. Richard and his wife Jodi, are the parents of Alec (16) who attends Capital High and Treasure Valley Math and Science Center; and son, Jared (13) who attends Riverglen Junior High and TVMSC. Brad Huttash, EE '05 is a test development engineer at Aptina, LLC in Boise. Manuel Rauhut, CE ‘05 is an Assistant Project Manager at HDR in Boise.
recently joined Quality Thermistor, Inc. as a Process Development Engineer in February 2011. Matthew Leslie, EE ‘03 is a Senior Engineer with Marvell Semiconductor. He lives in Meridian, and he and his wife, Lindsey, are expecting a baby girl in May.
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Don Tibbets, CE ’06 is working at Republic Services as the operations manager of the Ada County Landfill. Jean Margulieux, EE ’09 is working as a hardware engineer at Cradlepoint Inc. Chris Raymes, EE ’07 is currently a Systems Engineer at Apex Manufacturing Solutions in Boise. Chris and his wife have a 3 year old daughter and a 1 year old son, and lives in Eagle.
Darrin Reed, EE ‘07
NVIDIA Names Boise State One of 20 CUDA Research Centers
Nihan Darnall, CE ’10 is a Geotechnical Engineer at CH2M HILL in Boise. Alex Miller, MSE ‘10 is a Process Integration Engineer at Transform Solar in Boise.
started working on his Ph.D. in January 2011, at Carl-von-Ossietzky University in Oldenburg Germany. His field of study is "neuro-sensory science and systems". The research involves developing perceptually and physiologically based computer models of the human auditory system. The attached picture was taken in the anechoic chamber. Behind the black fabric is an array of 32 speakers used for perceptual listening experiments. TJ Anderson, MSE ‘09
Sandeep Shende, EE ‘10
is living in New York, and is an RF Engineer at Amirit Technologies. He works on cellular/wireless system design, implementation and enhancement of wireless networks. He recently published a book: A Matlab-based FM Demodulator for the Radio Broadcast Data System. Sandeep is engaged to be married to Rudranee Deshpande, a lawyer.
Boise State University recently garnered designation as one of 20 CUDA Research Centers worldwide from NVIDIA, a world leader in visual and parallel computing using graphics processing units (GPUs). Boise State is the only CUDA Research Center in the Pacific-Northwest and one of only eight in the United States.
sequencing for forensics,” Senocak said. “Our vision is to develop and apply advanced numerical methods and computational algorithms to applications in science and engineering and broaden GPU computing research in modeling and simulation within the state of Idaho.”
The designation came from Boise State’s groundbreaking work in parallel computing, and puts it in the company of such U.S. universities as Clemson, Johns Hopkins and UCLA, as well as a number of international research centers, including Technische Universität München in Germany and Nanyang University in Singapore.
To learn more about the CUDA Research Center program, visit http://research.nvidia.com/content/cudaresearch-center-crc-program.
GPUs have traditionally been used primarily for rendering graphics in personal computers and video game consoles. Today, GPU computing is increasingly being adopted by leading software developers, academics and researchers worldwide to dramatically accelerate the processing of a wide range of computationally intensive data. Boise State was an early adopter of GPU computing for both research and teaching, and the CUDA Research Center designation aligns the university with top technical institutions that are utilizing GPU computing to solve some of the world’s most challenging computational problems.
Dustin Gorseth, ME, ‘09 ,is a Mechanical Design Engineer at MotivePower Inc. in Boise. He has a two year old daughter and a one month old son. Sharla Hopkins, MSE '09 is a Quality Assurance Engineer at Black Diamond Equipment in Salt Lake City, UT. Cole Smith, MSE ‘09 is a Ph.D. candidate at Drexel University studying condensed matter physics.
The Environmental Research Building — located along
“From world-changing scientific discoveries to commercial products that impact our everyday lives, the potential of this area of technology cannot be overstated,” said Boise State Vice President for Research Mark Rudin. “To be recognized as a leader in developing that potential demonstrates Boise State’s commitment to drive innovation that is shaping the future.” Proposals for acceptance into the CUDA Research Center Program were evaluated based on the quality of current GPU-enabled research, the vision presented for furthering the application and technology of GPU computing, and the opportunity for broad impact. Boise State’s winning proposal is attributed to principal investigator and assistant professor Inanc Senocak in the Department of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering, and co-principal investigators professor Jodi Mead and assistant professor Grady Wright in the Department of Mathematics, assistant professor Hans-Peter Marshall in the Department of Geosciences, and associate professor Tim Andersen in the Department of Computer Science. “GPU computing with CUDA has tremendously advanced Boise State research projects in numerical simulations of mantle convection, wind energy forecasting, remote sensing of snow depths for water resources, threat reduction in chemical and biological defense, and DNA
and Haley Adams, ME, ‘09, TJ is a Materials Science Engineer for GE Healthcare X-ray tubes division. TJ and Haley live just outside Milwaukee, WI, and have a 3 month old son Brantley Golden Anderson.
Environmental Research Building (ERB)
University Drive next to the engineering complex — is nearing completion and will open this summer. The departments of Geosciences, Civil Engineering, Public Policy and Administration and Political Science will begin moving into the building near the end of the spring semester.
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Excellence in IPT Practice Award for spring 2011 The "Excellence in IPT Practice Award" is presented twice a year to a student in the IPT master's degree program who is an exemplary learner, has used evidence-based practices in his/her work, and has made important contributions to the IPT professional community beyond the classroom. The recipient of the Excellence in IPT Practice Award for spring 2011 is Christin Lundberg. The following individuals were nominated for the award:
4. Christin Lundberg – Eden Prairie, MN
1. Leslie, Harper – Denver, CO
5. Kris Marchini -- Stansbury, UT
2. Perri Kennedy -- Silver Spring, MD
6. Chester Stevenson -- Columbia, GA
Christin Lundberg 3. Ayanne Levy -- Portland, OR
7. Julie Thomas -- Roswell, GA
Selecting a winner from among these individuals was not an easy task because each is an exemplary learner, uses evidence-based practices, and makes valuable contributions to the IPT community. In the end, however, the IPT Program Committee selected Christin because of her leadership on course projects and the variety of her published contributions (which were co-authored with other IPT students), including: Two PerformanceXpress articles -Needs assessment on service center technicians billable hours (April, 2010) Evaluating a retail management operations training program (September, 2010)
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An article published in Performance Improvement Journal -Data gathering and analysis for needs assessment: A case study (September, 2010) College of Engineering Newsletter | Spring 2011
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