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DIMENSIONS Milwaukee School of Engineering Magazine

Senior Editor: Sandra Everts Editor: JoEllen Burdue Design Coordinator: Leigh Ann Hass Graphic Designers: Megan Gadient, Peg Houghton Contributing Writers: JoEllen Burdue, Kevin Conway, Nicole Sweeney Etter, Sandra Everts, Jonathan Kowalski, Dr. Subha Kumpaty, Loreen Pace, Pamela Seiler ’14, Hermann Viets, Ph.D. Contributing Photography: Design Build Institute of America, GradImages, Mark Hines, Peg Houghton, DeAnna Leitzke, P.E. ’98, ’08, Adam Resnick, Erol Reyal Permission to reprint, in whole or in part, articles contained in this publication is hereby granted, provided a version of the following credit line be used: Reprinted with permission of Milwaukee School of Engineering.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME Over our long history, MSOE has been blessed with being in the right place at the right time. It is, of course, a sign of success – rather like saying one is lucky. In reality, it is the sum total of our opportunities, choices and experience.

In 1903 our founder, Oscar Werwath, was in the right place at the right time when industrialists asked him to train their technical staff.

In the 1910s it was the right time for us to put in place our first degree in electrical engineering, and to start the Globe Battery Company.

In the ’20s it was the right time for our students to build airplanes and a radio station.

Students work in an early Globe Battery production unit.

In the ’30s and ’40s we were in the right place to be involved with power electricity and early television.

In the ’50s to ’70s we were in the right place for a post-war student surge and a huge physical expansion.

This allowed us to be in the right place for the addition of the School of Nursing and the expansion of business programs and in key demand areas for young people considering exciting careers that offer lifelong satisfaction. But we have always been right there.

The Environmental and Water Resources Laboratory is one of the newest on campus.

Our programs require a very considerable investment of effort. They are not easy, but they offer a terrific return. According to Payscale.com, MSOE has the highest average starting salaries and highest mid-career salaries of any university in Wisconsin. But most important, we prepare graduates for a lifetime of success and for exercising options of their own.

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Marketing and Public Affairs Department Milwaukee School of Engineering 1025 North Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109 Phone: (414) 277-7135 Fax: (414) 277-7453 Email: everts@msoe.edu Website: msoe.edu Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Volume 29, No.1

So, if you want to be in the right place at the right time, join us! Whether an MSOE student, staff or faculty member, or a supporter, you are part of a university that knows how to invest your talents and resources for success -- the right way, in the right place, at the right time!

Hermann Viets, Ph.D. President

IN THIS ISSUE FALL/WINTER 2014-2015

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Spotlight on Leadership

4-9 Highlights 10 At the Grohmann

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12 Preparing the Next Generation of

Faculty Feature

School Leaders 13 Career Fair 14 Welcome Week 15 REU Provides World of Opportunities 16-17 Home Sweet Home!

18-19 It’s a Family Affair 20-21 Raiders’ Wrap-Up

Fall Commencement

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23 Gifting Your Retirement Assets

Can Help You and MSOE

24-32 Alumni on the Move 33 Campus Calendar

On the Cover The Grohmann Tower looms large as viewed from the Campus Center.

SPOTLIGHT ON LEADERSHIP

Dr. Scott Moon, chairman and CEO of DLSM Inc., a holding company containing Res Manufacturing and Kondex Corp., is the new chairman of MSOE’s Board of Regents. Res Manufacturing is a diversified contract manufacturer of metal components supplied to the U.S. automotive and appliance industries. Kondex Corp. supplies cutting parts to the agriculture and turf care markets.

He agreed to share his perspectives about MSOE and some thoughts on his new position and on life.

You have been involved with MSOE for several decades and have given generously of your time, talents and financial resources. Why? “As a business owner, then an MSOE Corporation member and finally a Regent, I have come to understand the issues of the university. At Res Manufacturing, we hired our first MSOE student, Steve Pankowski, in 1995. This year he became president of that business. My other company, Kondex, has numerous MSOE graduates who are making major contributions. We have hired interns from other colleges but quite frankly, did not get the practical applied focus and strong work ethic that we see with MSOE students. Gifting to MSOE started years ago and has always been at the forefront of our giving for these reasons:

Scott and Marjorie Moon with their pet, Maisie.

1. I believe in the mission and leadership of MSOE; the university delivers on its promises.

2. I feel that my dollars are well spent; I get value for the investment.

3. Our businesses benefit significantly from our MSOE graduates.

4. In my opinion, investing in future generations of engineers, nurses and business students at MSOE will strengthen our country.”

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“ At Res Manufacturing, we hired our first MSOE student in 1995. This year he became president of that business. ” Please share your thoughts about your new role as chairman of MSOE’s Board of Regents.

“Hermann Viets will be retiring next year leaving behind a tremendous legacy. MSOE is well positioned for the future, which is to the credit of everyone at MSOE. The administration, faculty and staff have worked hard over the years to build for the future. Major donors who believe in the mission of the university have committed their valuable resources to seeing MSOE have continued success beyond their lifetimes. My main plan at this point as chairman of the Board of Regents is to help with the transition to MSOE’s new leadership, with the help of a number of other Regents who have committed significant time and resources to the university.”

Speaking of a new president, please enlighten us as to the work of the Regent Search Committee.

“Committee membership includes Regents Dr. Woodrow Adkins, Dr. Eckhart Grohmann, Dr. Robert Hillis, Dr. John Mellowes, Mr. James Rahn, Dr. Alan Ruud, Ms. Dawn Tabat, Dr. David Uihlein, and me as chairman. We have enlisted a national executive search firm, Korn Ferry, to help locate and vet potential candidates. Korn Ferry will be holding small group meetings with faculty and staff in December to gather input.”

If any Dimensions readers have suggestions on possible candidates, please send their names and vitae to: Paul Chou, senior partner and co-managing director, Global Education Practice or Rosa Morris, senior associate, Korn Ferry, msoe-prez@kornferry.com.

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

“I like to take projects from start to finish. Whether it was my first car, a 1930 Model A Ford that I spent the summer of my sixteenth year rebuilding, or restoring our home, a French Normandy style structure built in 1926 that took eight years to complete; in both cases I learned a lot and gained a tremendous sense of satisfaction.”

What tips for success do you have for students and graduates?

Please share some lessons learned.

• Continue to learn, especially from others.

• Understand your limitations; surround yourself with talents that can fill your voids.

• Reflect deeply on situations to fully understand and appreciate them.

• Be disciplined in your actions and take care of yourself with a healthy lifestyle.

• Appreciate and recognize all those who contribute – particularly the quiet ones.

• Find joy in your work.

• Hold yourself accountable for the quality of your own work, then hold others accountable for theirs.

• Measure your progress and success against the standards you set for yourself, avoid continually comparing yourself to others and their standards of success.

• Have a partner and friends who will support you in the most difficult of times.

• Be prepared to change your thinking.

• Solid values really do matter.

• Having persistence and scrappiness are essential.

• You must take on risk.

More about Dr. Scott Moon’s biography may be found in the Highlights section, page 4.

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HIGHLIGHTS Dr. Scott Moon elected chairman of MSOE Board of Regents Dr. Scott Moon, chairman and CEO of DLSM Inc. in Milwaukee, has been named the new chairman of the MSOE Board of Regents. He has served on the board since 1993. He succeeds Dr. Alan J. Ruud ’69, P.E., vice chairman of Cree Inc., who was chairman for four years. See the Spotlight on Leadership on page 2 for more about Moon.

Born in Milwaukee, Moon graduated in 1974 from Carnegie-Mellon University with a bachelor’s degree in management science. He received his MBA from the University of Chicago in 1976. After working several summers in internship programs at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., he joined Bee Chemical Co. in Chicago as a market development specialist. In 1979, he joined Res Manufacturing as sales manager and became president in 1982. In 2014 Moon received an Honorary Doctor of Business and Economics from MSOE. For many years, Moon was a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) where he served as a director of the YPO Manufacturing Project, and as vice chairman of YPO Manufacturing Seminars. He chaired a YPO program for high school and college educators at New United Motors Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI), the joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Corp., and also the YPO Manufacturing Excellence Seminar at Motorola Inc. He worked with Motorola to put together a series of one-week seminars on quality improvement methodologies for YPOers and their key reports.

In 1999 Moon purchased DLSM Inc. becoming its CEO. DLSM is a holding company containing Res Manufacturing and Kondex Corp. Res Manufacturing is a diversified contract manufacturer of metal components supplied to the U.S. automotive and appliance industries. Kondex Corp. supplies cutting parts to the agriculture and turf care markets.

Moon has been a member of World Presidents Organization (WPO) and Chief Executives Organization (CEO), which are global organizations for education and idea exchange between leaders of businesses.

In addition, the following individuals were elected to the Board of Regents: Dudley J. Godfrey III is first vice president and financial advisor at Morgan Stanley in Milwaukee. Morgan Stanley serves as a financial advisor to companies, governments and investors from around the world. Godfrey joined the firm in 1981. He holds an MBA – Finance from UW-Milwaukee and the Series 7 – General Securities License and Series 63 – Uniform State Exam. Godfrey was named to the Smith Barney President’s Council.

Ronald J. Jensen ’74 has been the president and CEO of Paper Pak Industries since 2003. PPI has been a pioneer in the introduction of absorbent technologies to the global marketplace for more than 50 years in the food, medical and safety industries. Jensen Dudley J. Godfrey III has significant experience in devising strategy and building businesses in China, Europe, Mexico, South America and Asia and has accelerated PPI’s growth in global markets. He has driven improvements in sales and operations, along with a large expansion of new product development.

He is a 1974 alumnus of MSOE and holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial management.

MSOE also welcomed new Corporation members: •C harles P. Hoke, managing director, Standish International LLP, Mequon, Wis.

•M ichael Reader, president, Precision Plus, Elkhorn, Wis.

MSOE is nationally recognized U.S. News & World Report • 14th Best University in the Midwest • 14th Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs • 9th Best Mechanical Engineering Program • 4th Best College for Veterans in the Midwest

•R obert Whitney, P.E., president, MacLeanFogg Engineered Plastics Co., Mundelein, Ill.

Forbes.com • One of America’s Top Colleges

• Jeff Koenitzer ’80, vice president, Helwig Carbon Products, Milwaukee • Thomas LaGuardia, vice president-marketing, Milwaukee Valve, New Berlin, Wis. •C raig A. Miller ’89, senior vice president, Bert Davis Consulting Services, Milwaukee

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Ronald J. Jensen ’74

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The Princeton Review • Best in the Midwest • Fire Safety Rating Honor Roll PayScale Inc. •H ighest ROI and starting and mid-career salaries of all Wisconsin colleges and universities Victory Media • 2015 Military-Friendly® School • 2015 STEM JobsSM Approved College

President Viets receives CTSI Bolger Award Dr. Hermann Viets received the 2014 CTSI Bolger Award at the fifth annual Milwaukee Regional Research Forum – Clinical Transitional Science Institute (CTSI) – Public Policy Forum Viewpoint luncheon on Oct. 27. The CTSI Bolger Award, named for former Medical College of Wisconsin president T. Michael Bolger, recognizes international, national or regional individuals or organizations whose accomplishments have resulted in improved patient care and/or the treatment and curing of disease. Dr. Viets’ leadership at MSOE has resulted in substantial involvement in research undertaken to improve health care. MSOE has been a member of the CTSI since its inception in 2010.

MSOE continues winning streak in ASC competitions Four teams of architectural engineering and construction management students traveled to the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 3 Conference and Student Competitions in October. They took first in the nation in two competitions: health care and virtual design/construction; first in the regional design/build competition; and third in the national electrical competition. Since entering the competition in 1999, MSOE has had 23 national top three places and 12 national championships.

Lisa Rivero and Dr. Michael Payne

Faculty and staff honored for teaching and research Douglas Cook ’98, ’07, research engineer in the Rapid Prototyping Center, received the Karl O. Werwath Engineering Research Award. The Falk Engineering Educator Award was presented to Dr. Michael Payne, an associate professor in the Rader School of Business, and business management program director. Lisa Rivero, an adjunct associate professor in the General Studies Department, received the Johnson Controls Award, presented to outstanding part-time faculty. Five faculty members were named Professors Emeriti: Dr. Karl David, Mathematics Department; Dr. John Gassert, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department; Dr. Douglas Reed, Rader School of Business, received the honor posthumously, which his wife Cathy accepted; Dr. Mark Sebern, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department; and Dr. Bruce Thompson, Rader School of Business.

BioMolecular Engineering program is accredited MSOE’s Bachelor of Science in BioMolecular Engineering (BioE) program has received its initial ABET accreditation from the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (abet.org). ABET accreditation demonstrates a program’s commitment to providing its students with a quality education.

The BioE program was launched at MSOE in Fall 2009, with its first graduating class in May 2013. An academic program must have graduates before it is considered for accreditation, but once it is received, the accreditation is retroactive to include all graduates of the program since its inception. MSOE’s BioE program remains the first and only pure biomolecular engineering undergraduate program in the U.S.

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HIGHLIGHTS Relay in Lübeck MSOE students studying abroad at Lübeck University of Applied Science participated in the Lübeck Marathon in October. It is held on an undulating out-and-back course between the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and the Baltic seaport of Lübeck-Travemünde and offers a full and a half marathon, a 10km race, a 4.2km run, a children’s race, and a marathon relay for teams of ten runners.

MSOE’s students participated in the relay and finished 24th out of 106 teams .

Left to right, back: Brad Lorr, ME; Jonathan Buettner, IB; Gerardo Sanchez, ME; Lars Maxfield, ME; Evan Schilling, CE/ EE; middle: Benoit Tavernier (a French student also studying at Lübeck); Nathan Gray, IB; front: Ronald Wieder, Lübeck international study program coordinator, Michelle Roubik, EE, Sofia Larraga Martinez, IB

MSOE wins national design-build student competition MSOE took first place at the 2014 National Design-Build Student Competition, sponsored by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA). Congratulations to (left to right): Associate Professor Robert Lemke, team advisor, Jordan Borst, Benjamin Ihlen, Zane Witt and Donald Bogle-Boesiger, all students in the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department. “What set the team apart was their thorough dissection of the owner’s requirements to understand the owner’s vision in their written response to the RFP. They communicated with confidence and passion their ability to provide design and construction services,” said jury chairman Dennis Ray Ashley.

MSOE achieves re-accreditation Effective Aug. 11, 2014, MSOE successfully completed the reaffirmation of its regional accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). HLC accredits MSOE at the institutional level. Without HLC regional accreditation, academic program level accreditation through such bodies as ABET, eligibility for federal financial aid, and other activities would not be possible.

The reaffirmation involved a lengthy, multi-year process which included preparing and submitting a detailed self-study report and undergoing a comprehensive campus visit by a team of five HLC evaluators. Subsequent to its most recent accreditation reaffirmation in August 2014, MSOE has been placed into a new accreditation process by HLC—one that requires ongoing evidence of continuous improvement. (MSOE’s placement into this new accreditation model is part of a general overhaul of all HLC accreditation processes, which affects not only MSOE but all other institutions accredited by HLC.) Participation in this new accreditation process, known as the Open Pathway, will require MSOE to conduct ongoing reporting and assessment efforts.

“I want to thank the entire MSOE campus community—especially those faculty and staff who served on the Self-study Steering and various Self-study Subcommittees—for their hard work and cooperation in making the most recent reaffirmation of accreditation process a success. I look forward to continuing to work with a broad cross-section of stakeholders on campus as we carry out the requirements of the Open Pathway ongoing accreditation process,” said Dr. Deborah Jackman, P.E., who coordinated the HLC self-study process and visit logistics.

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Students hold Shack-a-Thon The MSOE Athletic Field was home for a number of students for a night. The MSOE student chapter of Habitat for Humanity sponsored a Shack-a-Thon where students slept in cardboard boxes to simulate a small part of being homeless and to raise awareness about homelessness in the city. It was a wet, drizzly night, but that didn’t deter the group. The following morning they had breakfast at a local soup kitchen.

Cab Calloway Orchestra headlined WMSE’s Big Band Grandstand WMSE’s Big Band Grandstand fundraising event was a swinging success. The legendary 14-piece Cab Calloway Orchestra was the main event, transporting guests back to the days when they were the house band of the historic 1930s Cotton Club. The Wisconsin Hybrid Theater interspersed vignettes throughout the event. WMSE DJ Dewey Gill welcomed guests with a special hand-selected DJ set. Proceeds will support the digitization and streaming of WMSE’s jazz library. Major support for the event was provided by Bob (MSOE Regent) and Jenny Hillis in honor of Robert Friedman, Jenny’s father, who composed hundreds of songs that were performed by many jazz greats.

Front, left to right: Christopher Calloway Brooks, band leader and grandson of Cab Calloway; Dewey Gill, big band DJ; Tom Crawford, station manager; Matt Schoeffler, underwriting director; Justin Shoman, former development director. Back, left to right: Paul Cebar, DJ and musician; Sid McCain, promotions director; Chris DeMay, volunteer coordinator.

Alpha Omega Epsilon honored Members of MSOE’s Delta chapter of the Alpha Omega Epsilon professional engineering sorority received the Service Award from the international organization for providing the most number of service hours per member. With only eight members, MSOE’s chapter is the smallest in the organization, yet the most dedicated to making the community a better place.

Digital collection highlights radio history at MSOE “A History of Radio at MSOE” is now available to the public through MSOE’s Walter Schroeder Library’s digital collections. Resources in the online collection document the fascinating evolution of radio and how it affected the university, its students, and radio in the greater Milwaukee area. From photos and university publications to articles and promotional materials, there are more than 1,000 pieces in the digital collection. Radio education at MSOE dates back to the first classes in 1903 when Oscar Werwath taught students how to make crystal radio sets. Browse the collection at msoe.edu/archives.

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HIGHLIGHTS

MSOE places first at SAE Student Night MSOE’s student chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International took first place at the SAE Student Night, sponsored by the SAE Milwaukee professional section. Chapters from Marquette University, Michigan Tech, MSOE, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison gathered to present their accomplishments, strategic initiatives and collegiate design series technical accomplishments. MSOE’s chapter is working on several projects, including SuperMileage, Formula Hybrid, and Aero design teams, an annual car show and more. There are 132 members, making it the second largest student chapter in the U.S. and third largest in the world.

PLTW Wisconsin launches design competition High school students enrolled in Project Lead The Way’s capstone course, Engineering Design and Development, are encouraged to compete in PLTW’s Wisconsin Engineering Design Competition, which is sponsored by Rockwell Automation and administered by MSOE. The first place winner for 2014 was Trenton Charlson, Oconomowoc (Wis.) High School, who earned top honors and a $5,000 cash prize for his project, Active Radiation Shielding for Manned Interplanetary Space Flight.

SWE is Outstanding Collegiate Section At the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) national conference, MSOE received the SWE Outstanding Collegiate Section Silver Award. Representing the group in Los Angeles were, left to right: Rachel Wellnitz, secretary; Alana Tirimacco, president; Anna Gutman, a section member who participated in the Collegiate Undergraduate Poster Competition; Samantha Scharles, vice president; and Victoria St. Martin, treasurer.

In addition, Scharles received the SWE Outstanding Collegiate Member award.

IEEE students compete worldwide Congratulations to members of MSOE’s student chapter of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

They participated in the IEEEXtreme global challenge, a 24-hour competition to solve a set of programming problems. Seven MSOE teams competed and the highest placing team took third in IEEE Region 4 and 328th out of 1,720 worldwide.

.msoe For more news and highlights visit the MSOE newsroom, msoe.edu/newsroom

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Pizano’s Pizza & Pasta opening at MSOE The famous Chicago deep dish pizza restaurant, Pizano’s Pizza & Pasta, will open on the first floor of the Grohmann Tower, located at 1150 N. Water St., in late spring 2015. Rudy Malnati owns six Pizano’s locations in Illinois and Rudy’s Bar and Grille in Chicago. This will be the company’s first Wisconsin Pizano’s location.

Rudy Malnati (second from left), owner of Pizano’s, chatted with students after a press conference.

German orchestra performs In cooperation with the Goethe Institute and Dr. Eckhart Grohmann, MSOE hosted the awardwinning AEG BigBand this fall. The big band orchestra, comprised of students from the Albert Einstein High School in Böblingen, Germany, toured the Grohmann Museum, enjoyed lunch on campus, toured the Harley-Davidson Museum, and gave a special half-time performance on Viets Field during the men’s soccer game.

Caterpillar visit Students and staff from MSOE’s Fluid Power InstituteTM visited Caterpillar’s Hydraulic Parts and Systems Global Headquarters in Joliet, Ill. They learned about new product design, introduction process, how fluid power affects the company’s strategic plan and how Caterpillar integrates mechanical, fluid power and electrical control systems. FPI toured the manufacturing plant and fluid power laboratory. It was the first time in a massive modern factory for many of the students and they were very impressed!

MSOE publishes biography on Erich Mercker Erich Mercker is almost completely unknown in the U.S. and the English speaking world; even among art historians in his native Germany his name is not familiar. He produced more than 3,000 paintings during the course of his career, yet a full-length biography on him did not exist until now. Dr. Patrick Jung, associate professor in MSOE’s General Studies Department, and former faculty member Carma Stahnke co-authored Erich Mercker and Technical Subjects: A Landscape and Industrial Artist in Twentieth-Century Germany, which examines Mercker’s work within the larger context of German art history during the 20th century. The book is available for sale in the Grohmann Museum gift shop.

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At the Grohmann

Robert Addison (American, 1924-1988), Super Dome Train Passing, Tempera on paper, 23 x 20 in., Milwaukee Road Collection - Milwaukee Public Library

The Art of the Milwaukee Road Jan. 16 – April 26, 2015 Hand-selected from the Milwaukee Public Library’s Milwaukee Road collection, with additions from the Grohmann Museum and other collections, this exhibition features paintings, prints, maps and photos from a time when railways and the Milwaukee Road formed the backbone of local, regional and national industry and transportation. From images of the legendary Hiawatha and others to a detailed photo essay of work in the Milwaukee Road shops, this exhibition offers a glimpse into the art and imagery documenting the rich history of the railroad in Milwaukee.

Ralph Frederick (American, 20th century), Two Milwaukee Road Trains Passing, Tempera on paper, 20 x 23in., Milwaukee Road Collection - Milwaukee Public Library

.msoe For more information on this and other exhibits, visit msoe.edu/museum

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Upcoming Events: Gallery Night and Day Friday, Jan. 16 5–9 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 17 Noon–6 p.m.

Workshop: Building a LEGO City Saturday, March 14 12–4 p.m.

John and Sylvia Peine return to the Grohmann to orchestrate a special workshop during which museum patrons will construct a LEGO city by selecting various elements and themes, architectural and mechanical, and assembling them into an model of urban futurism.

Gallery Night and Day Friday, April 17 5–9 p.m.

Saturday, April 18 Noon–6 p.m.

FACULTY FEATURE Dr. Stephen Williams, P.E. in national and international professional organizations.

Through connections I made at MSOE, I have become an ABET program evaluator and an editor of IEEE-HKN’s The Bridge magazine for honor society members of IEEE. I have grown from my service on national and international committees and boards.

“I have had multiple international engagements through MSOE. These have greatly enriched my career and continue to inform me, making me a better faculty member to MSOE students.

Dr. Stephen Williams, professor and chairman, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department

“I am leading an international effort in IEEE to develop early career engineering faculty. We have held three training conferences for hundreds of faculty members from dozens of countries. The EECS Department has a shadowing program whereby new and experienced faculty attend one another’s classes. Then they have briefing sessions to discuss best practices and how to improve their teaching. We wrote an ASEE paper last year on the shadowing program that won a best paper award from the ASEE New Engineering Educators Division.”

Life before MSOE “I am from Independence, Mo. (proud home of Harry Truman) where my father and grandfather were both utility power plant electricians. My brother and brother-in-law have electrical engineering degrees. With electricity running through my veins, I went to the University of Missouri and earned my B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., all in electrical engineering.

“Before joining MSOE in fall 2002, I taught at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, for nine years. I have experience in the industrial and commercial sectors having worked for the U.S. Navy and for Allied Signal Aerospace contracting for the U.S. Department of Energy.”

Dr. Stephen Williams instructs junior Ryan Saari, CE and sophomore Gerald Soriano, SE.

Why MSOE? “The focus on undergraduate education at MSOE aligned with my own professional priorities. I have pursued a career where teaching engineering undergraduate students is highly valued. I am privileged and humbled to work with the students, faculty and staff in the EECS Department at MSOE.

After work

“ Develop your own method for staying current, go after what interests you, and take risks.”

“The opportunity to pursue professional growth through involvement at the national level in professional society leadership activities also attracted me to MSOE. Faculty at MSOE are well-represented in leadership

“I enjoy spending time with my daughter who is a senior at UW–Stevens Point majoring in political science, marathon running, camping, hiking and dancing.”

Advice for students or graduates

“Develop your own method for staying current, go after what interests you, and take risks. Engineering careers today are highly dynamic. Technological change is accelerating, information is ubiquitously available and the global marketplace is more interdependent. I do believe that today’s MSOE graduates are prepared for the changing world.”

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Preparing the Next Generation of School Leaders Building on its tradition of delivering high-quality management programs and preparing professionals for advancement to leadership, MSOE launched an MBA in Education Leadership this year. Sixteen students are enrolled, 15 of whom are Woodrow Wilson MBA Fellows. The program provides school leaders with a blend of graduate MBA course work and clinical experiential learning in a K-12 education setting.

MSOE partnered with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to launch the program, which charts a new course in education leader preparation. It blends clinical practice in schools with innovative business school course work to ensure graduates have the knowledge and skills to eliminate domestic and international achievement gaps, and foster character formation for staff and students. This degree prepares graduates to become outstanding leaders and is a Wisconsin DPI-approved principal preparation program.

“I decided to enroll in this particular program because MSOE wanted to train school leaders through the lens of the dual achievement gap that exists in our schools,” said Kelly Petrowski, a bilingual resource teacher at Elvehjem Elementary in Madison, Wis. “The leaders of this program recognized a need for change in how we are training our school leaders.”

Experienced educators complete 15 months of an executive-style MBA curriculum that combines knowledge transfer and application in an authentic leadership environment.

The program, one of two in the nation, is offered through MSOE’s Rader School of Business. It prepares leaders who will create school cultures to drive innovation in schools, expand the use of analytics

and evidence-based practices, raise student performance to international levels, create school cultures to foster citizens of good character, and improve the quality of school systems and teaching over time.

“I have learned much that I have been able to apply to work. We are all spearheading a yearlong project in our schools, where we have had the chance to apply much of what we have learned in three short months,” said Petrowski.

“We have been asked to create and lead a project that will boost achievement for all students at our schools.”

Following a rigorous selection process, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and MSOE select highly qualified emerging leaders to receive a fellowship of $50,000 to cover tuition and program costs. Program graduates receive three years of post-degree executive coaching to further develop leadership skills in their K-12 setting.

Program candidates are nominated

by Wisconsin school administrators and education organization leaders, including public, private, choice or charter schools.

“ The leaders of this program recognized a need for change in how we are training our school leaders.”

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The inaugural class of MBA in Education Leadership students and faculty. Back, l-r: Kris MacDonald, Rodney Lynk Jr., Lindsay Cialdini, Dan Gebauer, Megan Rindal, Dr. Kathy Faggiani, program director, Paul Nistler, clinical assistant professor, Dr. Patricia Neudecker, education director, Nasif Rogers, Erik Herbrechtsmeier, Jack Wallace, Al Moroder, Kourtney Bauswell. Front, l-r: Michelle Vraney, Amanda Mehr, Megan Miller, Lalenunat Johnson, Kelly Petrowski, Lyndee Belanger. Not pictured: Dr. Rachel Boechler, clinical associate professor.

Colossal

Career Fair

“I talked with Greenheck last year and I was able to interview with them. I think I will be doing the same this year as it may be a better year to do a potential co-op vs. an internship,” said Collin Seubert, industrial engineering sophomore. “I also talked with Eastbay and I am having an interview when I go home over Christmas break.”

The 2014 Career Fair was the largest ever at MSOE with 213 employers in attendance. The event took place in the Kern Center, covering the Arena on the first floor and the Field House on the second floor.

“I had a good 10 to 12 conversations that day and even if I don’t reach the interview stage it was a great experience,” said Jerome Rhodes, business management senior. “Getting used to talking to companies is always helpful though, even if I use the skills I learned at a company I didn’t meet here.”

“Even as a freshman, I found going to the Career Fair was a very rewarding experience,” said Miya Preston, architectural engineering freshman. “It gave me a chance to practice my professional skills and prepare for future interviews. I’m so glad that so many MSOE teachers and students encouraged me to go.”

Special thanks to the Premier Sponsors E merson Process Management-Fisher Jason Industrial Inc. The Manitowoc Company Milwaukee Composites Milwaukee Tool Nemak Parker Hannifin Corp.

PEER Bearing Plexus Corp.

Power Solutions International Radyne Rockwell Collins Yaskawa America Inc.

“I did get an interview with Total Mechanical, and it went very well. They are considering me for a full-time project manager position,” said Thomas Winchell, architectural engineering senior. “I am still working on connecting with Trane, Hydro-flow and exp for interviews as well.”

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Welcome to the Big Leagues The Class of 2018 enjoyed a fun week of activities before classes began. Dozens of events throughout Welcome Week helped new students become acquainted with campus, pick up their laptops, find their classrooms, make new friends, and settle in to their new home away from home. Students and families enjoyed such things as trolley rides through the neighborhood, a cookout with President Viets, a performance by Ian and the Dream, Raider Fest, WMSE’s Backyard Barbeque and watching the men’s soccer team defeat Lawrence University in their home opener.

the stats 2,810

• graduate and undergraduate students registered for the Fall Quarter

749

• new full-time and transfer undergraduate students (21.4% are female)

230

• new full-time students had PLTW classes in high school •A verage ACT of freshman class:

27.20

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REU Provides World of Opportunities R e s e a r c h E x p e r i e n c e f o r Und e r g r ad uate s For the past 18 years, undergraduate students from across the country have participated in a prestigious summer research program at MSOE: the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). This 10-week program is funded by the National Science Foundation, MSOE’s Rapid Prototyping Center, MSOE’s Fluid Power InstituteTM and the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) to give undergraduates hands-on experience in research. To date, 163 students have conducted research at MSOE focused on applications of fluid power and additive manufacturing technology.

Dr. Subha Kumpaty, mechanical engineering professor, is the program’s principal investigator. “The success stories are too many to describe and I join Tom Bray, MSOE dean of applied research, in celebrating the enormous impact REU at MSOE is making across the country,” he said. For example, the first REU participant in 1997, Dr. Brian Stemper ’98 BE, has gone on to become an associate professor of neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). His research includes work on the most comprehensive study of concussion and head impact exposure in sports ever conducted. The $30 million initiative is a joint initiative between the NCAA and the U.S. Department of Defense.

University and today is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Dr. Jill Tombasco Seubert, who participated in 2004 while a student at Penn State University, is a navigation engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. REU was her first experience with research. At NASA, she has worked to predict where the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter would be during Curiosity’s landing. In a tribute to Ann Bloor, now retired from MSOE, Seubert said, “I can vividly recall a trip that Ann and I took to AirVenture in Oshkosh. Though I wanted to just disappear into the crowd, she pushed me to initiate a conversation with Burt Rutan (who designed Voyager and SpaceShipOne) and Mike Melvill (holder of nine FAI aviation world records and test pilot). Eight years later, I had my own heart-in-throat moment of excitement as we landed the Curiosity rover, and I know now that the hard work was definitely worth it. I will be ever grateful for Ann’s words and encouragement throughout that summer.”

MSOE’s REU grant from the National Science Foundation is currently up for renewal, and Kumpaty has submitted an application on behalf of the university to continue the program.

Another participant, Dr. Carrie Hall, said “MSOE’s REU program played a huge role in my future career decision and I truly appreciate how you poured into the lives of those of us involved.” Hall earned a B.S. from Bob Jones

Read more about the projects completed this summer at msoe.edu/reu14.

REU 2014 participants, back, left to right: Kyle Joerres, St. Norbert College; Tess Torregrosa, Tufts University; Sophia Dolan, Columbia University; Brittany Callan, MSOE; Jennifer Bateman, Mississippi State University; Kalen Spinks, North Carolina A&T University; Donald Kuettel, UW-Madison; Kevin Lee, MSOE; Jerusha Kumpati, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville; and Justin Clough, MSOE. REU advisors, front, left to right: Dr. Todd Parrish (Northwestern University), Betty Albrecht, Paul Michael, Dr. Faisal Shaik, Dr. Vipin Paliwal, Dr. Subha Kumpaty, Tom Bray, Dr. Jeff LaMack, Dr. Luis Rodriguez, Doug Cook and Professor Mike McGeen.

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Grohmann Tower at 1150 N. Water St. is MSOE’s newest and most desirable on-campus housing option for upperclassmen. On Sept. 1, 184 students began moving in. The first phase of construction is complete with 102 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments on the fourth through ninth floors.

“Students are really excited about the Tower,” said Rick Gagliano, building manager. “It’s affordable luxury living right on campus.”

The building originally was slated to be an extended-stay hotel, but the project went bankrupt while it was under construction in 2008. Thanks to a generous donation, MSOE was able to acquire the unfinished building for $12 million in October 2013 and work feverishly to complete the first phase of construction in time for the 2014-15 academic year. It wasn’t an easy task.

Years of neglect left most of the 14-story building with water damage from burst pipes, electric work that wasn’t up to code, and no functioning elevators.

Each floor was different: some were nearly complete, while others didn’t even have studs in place for the walls. Construction materials and building supplies filled a few of the floors. The first priority was sealing the building to keep the winter weather out.

Next was getting at least one of the elevators up and running.

Meanwhile contractors worked on electrical, plumbing, HVAC and fire protection so that drywall could be installed and painted.

After 10 months, MSOE received an occupancy permit and students were able to move in right before the start of the academic year.

“I decided to live in the tower because I wanted to have

The signs on the south and east sides of the building hang on the 13th floor. They each weigh about 1,600 pounds. The red squares are each 16’ x 16’ and the university banners underneath are 2’4” x 16’. The signs are LED-lit and have 22 power supplies (both 12-volt and 24-volt).

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Sara McConnell shares a studio apartment with one roommate

the freedom of living in an apartment and still be close to campus,” said Sara McConnell, a biomedical engineering major. “I like having my own bathroom the most.”

Heat, air conditioning, electricity and water are included in the rent. All units come complete with a full kitchen and bathroom, stove, refrigerator, microwave, bed, mattress, dresser, desk with matching mobile pedestal, kitchen table and chairs, and amazing views of downtown Milwaukee and campus.

The second phase of construction is under way to complete floors 10-14. These floors will include apartments for students, faculty and staff, as well as conference rooms. The first floor of the building features retail space. Qdoba Mexican Grill occupies one of the units and Pizano’s Pizza and Pasta will open in late spring. The second and third floors are a parking garage with 62 spaces.

Dr. Blake Wentz, chairman of the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department, serves as the owner’s representative on the project and oversees the renovation and construction work. Uihlein Wilson Architects is the project architect and Hunzinger Construction Co. is the construction manager.

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a s ’ It Since its beginning, MSOE has been a closeknit community, often described as having a small family atmosphere. For some students, coming to MSOE has turned into a true family affair.

Josh Avery graduated in May 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in software engineering.

He is a front-end Web developer at Acquity Group in downtown Chicago.

His siblings, twins Jason and Melanie, are juniors. Jason is majoring in software engineering and Melanie is majoring in nursing. The Avery family is from Bolingbrook, Ill.

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Volleyball played a key role in first introducing them to MSOE. “In high school I played in a club volleyball tournament at the Kern Center. I kept MSOE in the back of my mind because I intended on playing volleyball in college,” said Josh. “I went out on a limb choosing to major in software engineering. I had no previous development experience, so I had little idea of what I was getting myself into. Everything worked out, though, and I’m very happy I chose this major.”

Josh introduced his brother and sister to MSOE when he was accepted. “Since Josh was on the volleyball team, we came here a lot for his first two years to watch him play,” said Jason. “I got acquainted with MSOE and the Milwaukee area.”

“I chose to come to MSOE because of the great nursing program,” said Melanie. “Also, because both my brothers were coming, I knew that I would feel comfortable. Having them at MSOE made being away from home a little easier. Going to school with each other made our relationships stronger because when we would hang out it would be because we genuinely wanted to be together.”

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Josh said the best part of having his siblings at MSOE was staying connected to home. “We didn’t always coordinate our trips home, so if any of us needed something, the one who was going home could bring up whatever.”

“I’ve definitely met new people through Josh and Melanie that I would have not have met without them,” said Jason.

While Josh influenced their decision to attend MSOE, Melanie and Jason have forged their own paths.

Melanie is currently captain of the women’s tennis team, and majored in nursing because she has always been interested in the medical field. She said, “I feel like nurses have the best patient relationship and are one of the most influential health care providers. I want to make a change in someone’s life and nursing was the best way I saw that I could do that.”

Jason took an AP computer science class in high school that focused on the basics of Java. This sparked his interest in software engineering. He keeps busy developing for the Android platform. Over the summer he developed Hyper Monsters, an application that was just released in the Google Play Store.

Jason Carreon graduated in May 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and paved the way for his two younger sisters. Working in health care is something that Jason was always interested in.

“My mother is a medical technologist, and my dad is an RN in the U.S. and an M.D. back home in the Philippines. I also have several aunts, uncles and cousins who are nurses and dentists. In a sense, I was destined to be involved in the health care field.”

The Carreon family came to Sacramento, Calif., from the Philippines when Jason was 10 years old, and later moved to Greendale, Wis. When deciding where to pursue his nursing degree, MSOE was an obvious choice. “MSOE is a much-respected university in the area. Numbers never lie and MSOE’s high placement rate and high NCLEX passing rate ultimately made the decision easy for me.” Today, Jason is a graduate nurse at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee.

Janelle Carreon Jason’s sisters Camille and Janelle are both attending Camille, Jason ’14 and MSOE in the nursing program. “As I told my sisters, the curriculum gives you the tools needed to succeed through various clinical experiences and courses that you take throughout your undergraduate experience. MSOE may be notorious for its challenging and demanding schedule and course work but in the end it is all worth it when you come out of MSOE as a very well-prepared individual in the various respective fields.”

“Having both sons at the same college actually helps us as parents,” said Bridget and Craig Runner, whose sons Devin, a junior, and Derek, a freshman, are mechanical engineering majors.

“We get to see both our kids at the same time and visit them more often.”

Besides being convenient, there were other reasons that the Runner family chose MSOE. “We researched several colleges, big and small. Early on as a family we decided that the best fit for our kids was a small college because instructors taught the classes, rather than teaching assistants,” said Craig. “MSOE was a good choice because of the location, price package and a high school teacher’s recommendation.”

The Runners like that MSOE is close to home, which is in Kankakee, Ill. “Additionally, the job placement percentage, university ratings and the Hub online community are quality factors,” added Bridget.

Devin, Craig

When asked if they had advice for other parents who are considering sending one (or more) children to MSOE, the Runners replied, “If their family is like ours, there is no bigger benefit than encouraging their children to go the same college.

We were blessed with two very smart boys that both chose engineering, so MSOE fit perfectly for us.” , Bridget and

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RAIDERS’ WRAP-UP Men’s soccer goes to NCAA Tournament The MSOE men’s soccer team wrapped up its most accomplished season in school history in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. It was the Raiders’ first trip to the national tourney where they played to a 1-1 draw at No. 16 Wartburg before bowing out in a penalty kick shootout. The tough-luck result cannot take away from the successful season. The team won a school-record 17 games, won the NACC regular season title for the first time since 1986, and captured the program’s first conference tournament title.

Among the memorable moments were wins over defending WIAC champion UW-Oshkosh on Viets Field and against Dominican on the road in the NACC title game. Junior Logan Andryk repeated as NACC Offensive Player of the Year and head coach Jimmy Banks was named the NACC Coach of the Year.

Andryk led the nation in assists with 25—a total tied for sixth in NCAA Division III history—and he was joined on the All-NACC First Team by his brother, freshman Braden, senior keeper Garrett Farin and junior Michael Skow.

Farin finished his career with a flourish this season, setting school records for wins, shutouts, goals against average and save percentage in a season.

Logan Andryk

Men’s cross country runs to NACC championship The men’s cross country team won the 2014 NACC Championship in early November, breaking a conference record in the process. The Raiders were the first team in NACC history to put all five scoring runners in the top 10 on the way to a championship-record 30 points.

Junior Ben Miller led the way in third place and became the third runner in team history to crack the 26-minute mark with his time of 25:58. Sophomore Austin Wright, freshmen Trey Horbinski and Matt Schultz, and senior Jeff Sparks joined him on the all-conference team, while Horbinski was named the NACC Freshman of the Year. Head coach Larry Gardner was named the NACC Coach of the Year for leading MSOE to its first conference title since 2007.

Women’s volleyball continues to grow The women’s volleyball team posted a double-digit winning season for the first time in five years. Led by sophomores Maria Bintz, Sarabeth Haworth and Rachel Lynde on the attack, freshman Abby Born at setter and juniors Leah Hendricks and Kasey Mylin on the block, the Raiders won 12 matches. They beat some tough odds, winning three 5-set matches in which they had fallen down 2-0.

Bintz was named All-NACC Honorable Mention at season’s end, while Born was named to the All-Freshman Team. Born’s season stands out, as she totaled 991 assists on the year, just missing out on becoming the second Raider to have 1,000 assists in a season.

As it stands, she did break the school record for assists in a match with 64 at an early-season tournament.

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Women’s soccer continues success The 2014 season was another in a long line of strong campaigns in MSOE women’s soccer history. The Raiders finished 10-8-1 on the year, extending a streak of seven-straight 10-win seasons. Sophomore Sara Travia led a high-powered offense that averaged 2.9 goals per game. She led the squad with 16 goals, 10 assists and 42 points, but was not alone. Junior Caitlin Liddiard joined her near the top of the conference with 14 goals and 32 points, while junior Natalie Gayner notched nine goals of her own. The team effort led to some notable results, as MSOE took down defending WIAC champion UW-Whitewater 2-0 at Viets Field.

The Raiders also defeated Edgewood for the first time, and hung with Capital in a 4-3 road loss early in the season. Capital was a national semifinalist in 2013.

Sara Travia

Rowing posts another strong fall season The fall season for the MSOE rowing team was another standout campaign, as the squad posted six wins at four regattas. The Raiders are coming off a season in which they sent two boats to the IRA Regatta for the first time. They did lose some rowers to graduation, but have demonstrated their depth early with such a promising season. They won the Milwaukee River Challenge in the Varsity 8 competition for the second straight season and placed its ‘B’ crew fifth in the event. Two weeks later, the Raiders dominated the Tail of the Fox Regatta with four wins on the day. They added another victory in the Lightweight 4 at the Head of the Rock, before closing out the fall at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. There, MSOE featured two four-person entries and, for the first time, an alumni crew. The Collegiate 4 placed 10th in their race, while the Lightweight 4 took 12th in their event. The alumni rowers competed in the Men’s Club Fours and finished 29th.

All-conference duo shines for women’s tennis Senior Marly Trier and freshman Carly Grant gave the women’s tennis team a formidable duo atop both their singles and doubles lineup this past season and each were recognized for their efforts. Both Trier, the team’s No. 1 singles player, and Grant, who stood out at No. 2 singles, were named to the All-NACC Team for singles play. They also were selected for the AllMarly Trier Conference Doubles Team for their partnership at No. 1 doubles. Trier posted an 8-8 singles record and 6-4 mark in NACC play, and finished her time as a Raider with 27 singles wins and a school-record 27 doubles wins. Grant got her career off to a tremendous start, going 12-3 and Carly Grant winning her last 10 singles matches. Her 12 wins are the second-most in school history, as is her winning streak. As doubles partners, the duo won 11 matches, just missing MSOE’s records for doubles wins by a pair in both a season and career (12).

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t n e m e c n e m m o C l l a F “All of your hard work and perseverance has paid off,” said Dr. Dwight Diercks ’90, as he addressed the nearly 90 new graduates. “As an alum, let me be the first to welcome you to the club.”

MSOE Regent Diercks received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree and delivered the keynote address. Now the senior vice president of software engineering at NVIDIA, where more than 3,000 engineers report to him, Diercks drew on his childhood experiences growing up on a pig farm as he offered advice to the graduating class: • Lead with a shovel, not a whip.

• Get in the mud early and work as hard as you can to get out.

• Always be learning and pushing boundaries.

• Have a desire to win.

Ryan Fessler was the student respondent.

He earned high honors and graduated with a B.S. in computer engineering and a B.S. in biomolecular engineering.

Dr. Diercks’ classmates celebrated his honorary degree. Left to right: John Gandee ’90 CS&E, Kevin Schuh ’90 CS&E, Diercks, Jay Stocki ’90 CS&E, Mark Krueger ’90 CS&E, Jeff Zingsheim ’90 CS&E, ’97 MSEM.

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Ryan Fessler

PROFILE IN PLANNED GIVING

Gifting Your Retirement Assets Can Help You and MSOE Prior to enrolling at MSOE, John V. Burns ’58 of Rockford, Ill., held a number of jobs in the weights and measures industry dealing with scales of all sizes ranging from those for railroad cars and 18-wheelers to chemistry labs for measuring how much cream goes in milk. In the 1950s he saw that instrumentation was turning from mechanics to electronics, so he enrolled at MSOE to pursue an associate degree in electronics engineering. He then earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.

“I chose MSOE because I liked the idea of a technical education,” said Burns. “I didn’t have to spend my first two years of school taking general education classes. I could start my electronics courses immediately.”

Burns’ education, coupled with his prior work experience, positioned him perfectly for what would become a very successful career at Sundstrand Corp. developing electrical systems for aircraft. As he transitioned into retirement Burns was motivated to give back to his alma mater. However, he wanted to ensure that he gave gifts that would provide him with the greatest tax-wise benefits.

In 2006 the IRS enacted the Pension Protection Act (PPA), which allows individuals to make gifts to charitable institutions directly from their qualified retirement plans (Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, etc.) provided they meet a specific set of criteria.* For many MSOE alumni, donors and friends, including Burns, the provision has been very beneficial.

Because of the complex nature of some of these provisions, Burns has worked closely with his financial planner over the past several years to maximize his contributions to MSOE while minimizing his annual income tax liability. If he is forced to take his mandatory IRA distribution each year it could trigger a tax burden—even if he were to turn around and donate that money to MSOE. The IRA rollover provision prevents Burns from incurring this negative tax consequence and allows him to give back to MSOE during his lifetime.

“There are many good causes that you can contribute to, so you have to prioritize,” said Burns. “It takes investments and sustaining money to run an institution like MSOE, and I believe in its mission and that it is a good cause. My financial planner suggested I donate my IRA distributions, and it has been a pretty straightforward process.”

Including the PPA (which currently is up for renewal), there are a number of ways to use your IRA in your charitable

MSOE students receive scholarships every year from MSOE’s Annual Fund, thanks to the support of friends and alumni like John Burns.

giving. Make sure that you work with your financial planner to examine the best use of your retirement plan assets, and determine which assets are working for you and which are working against you. Assets held in retirement plans of all types can be very useful when considering gift options at death.

Gather information – and ask a lot of questions – in order to come up with the best answers.

For more information on how to use retirement assets as a gift (current or planned) that will benefit you and MSOE, contact the Planned Giving office at development@msoe.edu, (414) 277-4510 or visit msoe.edu/plannedgiving.

Planned gifts are the gifts that everyone can make and everyone can afford.

*Components of the Charitable IRA Rollover (currently up for renewal): • Individuals must be at least 70½ • Individuals can roll up to $100,000 annually to a qualified non-profit (like MSOE) • The rollover will count as the individual’s minimum annual required distribution • Distributions are free of both income and estate taxes For a specific description of the Pension Protection Act refer to IRC § 408(d)(8).

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ALUMNI ON THE MOVE New Assignments

1980s Andrew Wojtowicz ’86 CS&E, software engineer, Lenovo, Rochester, Minn.

Craig Halsema ’89 ME, ’95 MSEM, director of engineering, Felins USA Inc., Milwaukee

Craig Davenport, M.D. ’99 BE, director of Rural Medical Evaluation Program, University of Illinois, Rockford, Ill.

2000s Stephanie Johnson ’00 IE, global director of marketing – Hay and Forage Platform, John Deere, Olathe, Kan.

1990s James Swanson ’91 ME, director of facilities, Marinette County, Marinette, Wis. d her sister Monica

Todd Gerspach ’94 IE, chief operating officer, Pro Teck Valuation Services, Waltham, Mass.

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Bill Welch ’61 (left), John Scanlon ’95 (center) and Denis Feeney ’64

Cindy Miller ’94 ME, design controls manager – Human Factors/Usability, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis. Jerome Strojny ’94 AE, mechanical design engineer, Standard Process Inc., Palmyra, Wis. Michael Shipshock ’95 EE, software engineering manager, Intel Mobile Communications, Lake Zurich, Ill. Daniel Ovokaitys ’96 B&CS, chief information officer, First Business Financial Services Inc., Madison, Wis. Paul Van Kauwenberg, P.E., ’97 ME, associate principal and project manager, Vanderweil Engineers, Boston Jessica (Gluckman) Ziegler ’98 AE, product specialist, Eaton’s Cooper Power Systems, Waukesha, Wis.

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Several alumni toured the Motorola Briefing and Innovation Center in Schaumburg, Ill., in October at a Midwest Chapter event.

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Proof that an MSOE reunion can happen anytime, anywhere, a group of alumni living in the states of Washington and Wisconsin continued their tradition of gathering to reminisce. This year they spent time competing in a friendly game where they used the starting letters “MSOE” to compose a sentence.

Standing, left to right, are Jerry Middlestat, Ralph Brown ’58, ’61, Larry O’Donnell ’58, and Tom Mulhaney ’58, ’60. Seated are Don Mellinger ’58, ’61 (left) and Alex March ’61.

There was a tie between Mulhaney and Brown.

For a tie breaker, they had two minutes to total the values of numerical placement of the four letters in the alphabet (52). Mulhaney won with “Make Something Of Everyone!”

O’Donnell provided the prize, which was the product of one of his hobbies: a pear, grown in a clear wine bottle, which was then filled with vodka, corked and sealed.

Clover (Perry) Barnes ’01 NU, bureau chief – Care, Housing and Support Services, District of Columbia Government, Department of Health, Washington, D.C. Kristen (Stewart) Belan ’02 MSEV, project manager/ engineer, R.A. Smith National, Brookfield, Wis. Robert Bergmann ’03 CM, project manager, Consolidated Construction Co., Appleton, Wis. Adam Schneider ’04 ME, president/CEO, ConceptWorks Inc., Elkhart Lake, Wis. Joshua Schultz Ph.D. ’09 AE/ ST, director of STEM, MSOE, Milwaukee

2010s Mark Skaer ’10 EE, systems product specialist, Heidenhain Corp., Schaumburg, Ill.

Emily Tucker ’10 MSEM, senior quality engineer, Placon Corp., Madison, Wis.

Anthony Kaczkowski ’13 CE, quality assurance analyst, InStep Software, Chicago

Adam Blaszak ’14 SE, software engineer – R&D, Brady Corp., Milwaukee

Alexsis Mossbrucker ’11 IB, sales analyst, FreudenbergNOK Sealing Technologies, Plymouth, Mich.

Gerardo Sandoval ’13 IE, continuous improvement manager, Caraustar Industries Inc., Chicago

Jonathan Bonte ’14 CE, digital engineer I, Plexus Corp., Neenah, Wis.

David Peacock ’11 ME, mechanical design engineer, TechniBlend Inc., Waukesha, Wis.

Ashley Albrecht ’14 NU, pediatric reserve nurse II, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Paul Gessler ’12 ME, senior HVAC systems engineer, Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee

Zak Albrecht ’14 ME, mechanical engineer, C3 Engineering, Appleton, Wis.

Trey Braband ’14 ME, computer programmer analyst, ATI Forged Products, Cudahy, Wis.

Joseph Amato ’14 AE, assistant engineer, Mared Mechanical Contractors Corp., Milwaukee

Anastasia Brennan ’14 NU, pediatric clinic nurse, Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital, Milwaukee

Inga Bentley ’14 IE, associate engineer LDP-CP&S, Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee

Amy Brogley ’14 NU, nurse, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee

Joel Findley ’13 EET, electrical design engineer, Cree Inc., Racine, Wis. Courtney Grant ’13 BIOE, consultant – air quality and climate change, ERM: Environmental Resources Management, Bellingham, Wash.

Amanda Heller ’13 AE, ’14 MSEV, environmental engineer II, Baxter & Woodman, Burlington, Wis.

Allen Bettendorf ’14 EE, technical analyst, Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee

Jacob Bosen ’14 IE, industrial engineer I, Baker-Rullman Manufacturing Inc., Watertown, Wis.

Bradley Brossard ’14 ME, engineering tech – tooling, Qure Medical, Sturtevant, Wis.

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Senior project leads to lifelong friendships and success

Then

“It’s like a science fair for grown-ups.” That’s how Adam Schneider ’04, president and design engineer of ConceptWorks, describes his business. The company, located near Elkhart Lake, Wis., designs and builds prototypes, industrial products and other custom projects.

They dubbed one job “Project Awesome,” when Case New Holland asked for a trade show display that could showcase 26 of its service parts for combines. The end product was a massive display that featured a human-powered contraption made from a real combine seat, modified recumbent bike, LED lights, sound effects and air cannons that shot into the crowd when the user pedaled hard enough — and that seized the attention of everyone at the trade show. Schneider’s team made it happen in just 82 days.

Now

“Having such a full plate forced me to manage my time well so that after I left MSOE, the world became easy.”

“If there’s something I drew from my time at MSOE, it was how to multitask and work quickly — that skill set paid dividends on that project alone,” Schneider says.

While on campus, he worked as a research assistant in the Rapid Prototyping Center and participated in Research Experience for Undergraduates, a summer program sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

By the end of Adam Schneider’s senior design project, his team had created more than just an award-winning basic utility vehicle — they’d forged lifelong friendships. He and his teammates, all class of 2004, have stood up in each other’s weddings and try to get together once a year.

During their recent 10-year reunion on MSOE’s campus, they recreated the photo they took senior year (with a picnic table standing in place of their vehicle). Front: Jason Gudex. Back, left to right: Jason Mueller, Jason Schneider, Adam Schneider, Bill Alsteen, Kurt Snyder, Randy Rumpf and team advisor Dr. John Pakkala.

Schneider also was on the wrestling and track teams; tutored calculus, physics and chemistry through MSOE’s Learning Resource Center (known today as the Raider Center for Academic Success); worked as a resident assistant; and greeted visitors at the Campus Center Information Desk.

“Having such a full plate forced me to manage my time well so that after I left MSOE, the world became easy,” Schneider says.

Of course, Schneider was used to hard work. In high school, he worked in a machine shop. When he was just 22, his former bosses from the machine shop offered him a job as vice president and general manager of a business venture that ultimately

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became ConceptWorks. Today I’m president and CEO of a company because I impressed someone when I was 16 years old.”

In 2013, Schneider, fellow MSOE alum Jason Gudex and another partner purchased the company. Schneider and Gudex — who were on the same senior design team at MSOE — have worked together over the past decade, helping to expand the company. “But the greatest professional accomplishment in my life has been graduating from MSOE because it was not a walk in the park,” Schneider says. “I went to school and I got so much more. I had real-life experiences.”

Gina Sewell ’13 (left), David Johnson ’13 (center) and Jose Mari ’14 at a Midwest Chapter networking event in Chicago.

Marc McMahon ’05 (left) and Toni Cannova ’08 Will Mak ’09 (left) and Liz Zakelj ’09

Alexandra Burgos ’14 BM, software quality and assurance analyst, Penta Technologies, Brookfield, Wis.

Sharlene Crawford ’14 NU, graduate nurse, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee

Arnold Dojan ’14 ME, application engineer, Power Solutions International, Wood Dale, Ill.

Brian Cornell ’14 ME, mechanical engineer, Emteq, New Berlin, Wis.

Evan Crayford ’14 AE/CM, field engineer, M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis

Michael Cosentino ’14 ME, mechanical design engineer, Matrix Design LLC, South Elgin, Ill.

Reekah Delfanian ’14 SE, business intelligence developer, Epic, Verona, Wis.

Christopher Dostal ’14 ME, engineer – fire suppression, Underwriters Laboratories, Northbrook, Ill.

Nicholas Cote ’14 AE/CM, electrical designer, Excel Engineering, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Tien Dinh ’14 NU, graduate nurse, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee

Robert Draeger ’14 ME, mechanical engineer, Oilgear Co., Milwaukee Keith Eden ’14 ME, design engineer, Adaptive Micro Systems, Milwaukee

Jordan Ehr ’14 ME, rotational engineer, MacLean-Fogg, Liederbach, Germany Matthew Fex ’14 MIS, IT systems administrator, Johnson Level and Tool, Mequon, Wis. Donald Finkes ’14 ME, submarine officer candidate, U.S. Navy, Charleston, S.C. Bryan Fischer ’14 ME, mechanical engineer I, Dematic, New Berlin, Wis.

President Hermann Viets and his family posed for a photo at a reunion over the summer and showed their MSOE pride. In back, from left to right, are Dr. Viets’ wife Pam, daughter Hillary Bowser and her children Hilde and Rowen and husband Andy ’10; daughter Danielle Leighton and her son Sammy; and Dr. Viets. In front, starting at left are Dr. Viets’ grandsons Alexander and Leonardo with their parents, Isabella and Deane Viets ’97; Lauren and Hans Viets ’07 with their daughter Ani. Michael Leighton, Danielle’s husband, was unable to attend.

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ALUMNI ON THE MOVE Brett Foster ’14 CM, estimator, McCarthy Building Companies, Phoenix Matthew Foster ’14 ME, design engineer, Laidig Inc., Mishawaka, Ind. Matthew Furey ’14 AE, project manager, Superior Masonry Builders Inc., Butler, Wis. Robert Gentile ’14 ME, patent engineer, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee Blake Gleason ’14 CM/ MSCBM, field engineer, Mortenson Construction, Minneapolis Reid Gridley ’14 IB, operations manager, Vico Plastics, Dousman, Wis. Austin Grosvenor ’14 BM, account manager, Keenline Conveyor Systems, Omro, Wis. Jared Gruenke ’14 ME, manufacturing engineer, Nemak, Sheboygan, Wis. Miranda Haas ’14 BE, quality engineer, Plexus Corp., Appleton, Wis. Lawrence Haga ’14 EET, customer service engineer, Oilgear Co., Milwaukee Coty Hammerer ’14 EE, transmission engineer, Xcel Energy, Eau Claire, Wis. Kira Hansen ’14 IE, engineer I – technical excellence program, HarleyDavidson Motor Co., York, Pa. Joshua Hein ’14 ME, project engineer, HeatTek Inc., Ixonia, Wis. Alexander Henderson ’14 CE, embedded engineer I, Primex Wireless, Lake Geneva, Wis.

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Steven Henkel ’14 ME, design engineer, Innovative Technology Systems, Muskego, Wis. Raymond Herrli ’14 ME, associate engineer, Rotating Equipment Repair, Sussex, Wis. Nada Ismail ’14 BE, quality assurance analyst, Merge Healthcare, Hartland, Wis. Adam Jablonski ’14 AE, mechanical estimator, MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions Inc., Seattle Austin Johnson ’14 SE, software engineer, Epic Systems, Verona, Wis. Milan Johnson ’14 ME, facilities manager, Hope Reformed Church, Spencer, Iowa Peter Johnson ’14 BE, manufacturing engineer, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Portage, Wis. Rachel Johnson ’14 NU, registered nurse, Sanford Health, Fargo, N.D. Brad Juliar ’14 ME, test engineer, Ariens Co., Brillion, Wis. Austin Karls ’14 ME, rotational engineer, Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis. Frederik Karsten ’14 ME, design engineer, Gehl/Manitou Americas Inc., West Bend, Wis. Brett Kash ’14 AE/CM, field engineer, M.A. Mortenson Co., Milwaukee Trenton Klos ’14 ME, mechanical engineer, EcoLab, St. Paul, Minn.

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Jim Gillies ’72 (second from left) offered alumni a technical tour of Grand Central Terminal (GCT) in New York at an East Chapter event. Gillies is the director of power—capital engineering at MTA Metro North Railroad at the GCT. Pictured with Gillies is, left to right: Ben Kroger ’06, ’08, Erin Youngerberg ’01, Cory Schug ’00, Joe Stromwall and Josh Gregg ’00.

Jordan Klosa ’14 EE, electrical engineer, Generac Power Systems Inc., Waukesha, Wis. Spencer Kocken ’14 AE/ST, structural engineer, McMahon, Neenah, Wis. Zachary Koepp ’14 CE, programmer analyst, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Dillon Kopecky ’14 EE, electrical design engineer, Astronautics Corp., Milwaukee Eric Kostecki ’14 SE, software engineer, kCura, Chicago Meghan Krause ’14 ME, product engineer, RFA Engineering, Horicon, Wis. Jonathan Krist ’14 BM, advisory account administrator, Northwestern Mutual Foundation, Milwaukee

Sean Larsen ’14 ME, manufacturing engineer, McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Co., Dodge Center, Minn.

Michael Lawrence ’14 EET, project manufacturing engineer, Deltrol Controls, Milwaukee Jessi Lemmer ’14 ME, quality engineer, Motor Castings Co., Milwaukee Katherine Loef ’14 NU, nurse resident, UW Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wis. Scott Loftus ’14 ME, professional golfer, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Eric Logisz ’14 ME, project engineer, InSinkErator, Racine, Wis. Tyler Lueders ’14 ME, mechanical design engineer, Power Solutions International, Wood Dale, Ill.

Alexander Lurvey ’14 CE, associate software developer, Advicent Solutions, Milwaukee Bryan Makatura ’14 CM, project manager, Makatura Construction, Pen Argyl, Pa. Daniel Mamott ’14 BIOE, assistant research specialist, Morgridge Institute of Research, Madison, Wis. Matthew Marrone ’14 ME, mechanical engineer, Consolidated Consulting Engineers, Wheeling, Ill. Collin Matthews ’14 EE, Edison development program, GE Healthcare, Milwaukee Kenneth Midstokke ’14 EET, development engineer, Unico Inc., Franksville, Wis. Brandon Mikulski ’14 BIOE, product development engineer, Vista Dental Products, Racine, Wis.

Courtney Mrotek ’14 NU, graduate nurse, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Milwaukee Jacob Nagel ’14 EE, electrical engineer, Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids Keenan Nemetz ’14 SE, co-founder, Searium Solutions LLC, Milwaukee Carolyn Nguyen ’14 NU, registered nurse, Froedtert Hospital, Wauwatosa, Wis. Duc Nguyen ’14 SE, software developer, QuadGraphics, Sussex, Wis. Caleb Nitz ’14 ME, patent engineer, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Waukesha, Wis. Robert Nogle ’14 BIOE, synthetic biology research associate, Lanza Tech, Skokie, Ill.

Colin Norton ’14 MET, product engineer, Velvac Inc., New Berlin, Wis. Cynerick Osinaike ’14 ME, project engineer, QuEST Global Services, Rockford, Ill. Shawn Ostendorf ’14 ME, mechanical engineer, Rytec Corp., Jackson, Wis. Travis Pearson ’14 MET, design engineer, Mechanical Research and Design, Manitowoc, Wis. Bartosz Piela ’14 ME, machine vision project engineer, Epic Systems, St. Louis Stefan Pietrzak ’14 BIOE, laboratory associate, Intrexon Corp., Blacksburg, Va. Matthew Polakowski ’14 EE, electrical engineer, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp., Brookfield, Wis.

Daniel Polniak ’14 EE, electrical engineer, HB Performance Systems Inc., Mequon, Wis. Damian Przybylo ’14 AE, project engineer, RTM & Associates, Milwaukee Cynthia Przybylski ’14 EE, software test engineer, Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee Duane Raiche ’14 SE, software consultant, Centare, Brookfield, Wis. Alan Rehfeldt ’14 EE, electrical design engineer I, Dedicated Computing, Waukesha, Wis. Trevor Reinhard ’14 IE, industrial engineer, Aptar Group, Mukwonago, Wis. Joshua Ruehlow ’14 AE, electrical staff, HGA Architects, Milwaukee

Alumni toured the U.S. Capitol Building and Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., at an East Chapter alumni event.

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ALUMNI ON THE MOVE Evan Sakellaropoulos ’14 ME, design engineer, Thermoflex Corp., Waukegan, Ill. Isabella Sanfelipo ’14 CE/SE, software engineer I, Direct Supply Inc., Milwaukee Charles Scanlon ’14 ME, associate vehicle product excellence engineer – field quality, Tesla Motors Inc., Fremont, Calif.

Anagh Singh ’14 EE, project and business development engineer, La Marche Manufacturing Co., Des Plaines, Ill. Barinderpal Singh ’14 CE/ SE, software engineer, Cleo Communications, Rockford, Ill. Ethan Sippel ’14 AE/CM, project engineer, CG Schmidt Inc., Milwaukee

Cale Schafer ’14 BIOE, lab technician, PPG Industries, Milwaukee

Steven Smith ’14 EE, electrical design engineer, Raffel Systems, Germantown, Wis.

Karl Schmidbauer ’14 CE/ SE, analyst, Accenture Interactive, Chicago

Turner Swanson ’14 ME, patent engineer, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee

Akshaykeerti Sharma ’14 CE, embedded design engineer, Ardent Engineering, West Allis, Wis.

Patrick Taraba ’14 CM, controls technician, Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee

Timothy Signer ’14 ME, mechanical engineer – SEALS program, Rexnord Corp., Milwaukee Mallory Siguenza ’14 ME, engineer, Halfen USA, San Antonio

Tyler Terp ’14 CE, controls engineer, Dematic Corp., New Berlin, Wis. Erik Terronez ’14 CE, IT applications programmer associate, Progressive Insurance, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Rick Medeiros ’82 (left) and Eugene Redner ’67 cheered on the Raiders at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.

Michael Thompson ’14 BM, production manager, MadisonKipp Corp., Madison, Wis. Jason Thurner ’14 MET, concept design engineer, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp., Brookfield, Wis.

Tyler Tiegs ’14 CE, senior IT consultant, Advanced Technology Solutions, Cumberland, Wis. Kevin Toddish ’14 CE, IT applications programmer associate, Progressive Insurance, Cleveland

Michael Johnson ’99, senior application engineer at Environmental Systems Inc. (ESI), hosted alumni and friends for a facility tour at ESI during a Wisconsin Chapter event.

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Kurt Oleszak ’08 NU, married Amy Joers on April 26, 2013.

Queena Chui ’09 NU, married Matthew Kopka on March 23, 2013.

Aleksandar Markovic ’10 AE, married Marija Momcilovic on June 1, 2013.

Edward Adams ’12 BE, married Han “Hedy” Yan ’13 NU on Sept. 21, 2014.

Derek Underdahl ’13 AE, married Dayken Nash on June 7, 2014.

Samantha Pekarscik ’12 AE married Matthew Bakke ’12 CM on June 14, 2014.

Connor Toomey ’14 CM, project manager, Horizon Retail Construction, Racine, Wis.

Derek Watton ’14 BE, manufacturing engineering specialist, GE Healthcare, Wauwatosa, Wis.

Jacob Tower ’14 EET, automation engineer, TriCore Inc., Racine, Wis.

Alexander Weise ’14 ME, mechanical engineer, Switchgear Power Systems, Winneconne, Wis.

Patrick Van Handel ’14 BIOE, technical services, Epic Systems, Verona, Wis. Aaron Vergiels ’14 EET, instrumentation and controls engineer, ACS Inc., Madison, Wis.

Katie Wolak ’14 TC, technical writer, Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee Gary Yegoroff ’14 MIS, client platform engineer intern, Direct Supply, Mequon, Wis.

Kevin Volovsek ’14 EET, automation engineer, TriCore Inc., Racine, Wis.

Nicholas Zamorski ’14 AE/ CM, engineering assistant, Turner Construction, Chicago

Matthew Waech ’14 IE, manufacturing engineer, J.W. Speaker Corp., Germantown, Wis.

Marriages

Casey Wages ’14 ME, manufacturing engineer, Injectec Inc., Saukville, Wis. Kelly Wassberg ’14 ME, mechanical design engineer, Continental Machines Inc., Savage, Minn.

To Natasha (Wolfe) ’02 CM and Brian Stewart ’03 ME, a daughter, Giana Ruth, born on July 11, 2014.

Jessica (Rauch) ’04 AE/CM and Michael Jahner ’04 AE/ CM, a son, Wesley Robert, born on Sept. 5, 2014.

To Maura and Harrison Palzewicz ’11 CE, a son, Abram James, born on Sept. 3, 2014.

To Bobbie Ann and Richard Oliphant ’13 ME, a son, Theodore, born on May 21, 2014.

Keith Eden ’14 ME, married Shannon Jones on June 28, 2014.

Christopher Stack ’14 MSE, married Allison Lumsden on June 14, 2014.

Births To Keren and Brandon Rosner ’02 BMS, a daughter, Eleanor, born on Sept. 26, 2014.

To Julie (Lichon) ’02 CE and Andrew Schumacher ’03 ME, a daughter, Addison Rose, born on Aug. 7, 2014.

To Dr. Julie and John Owen ’10 NU, a son, Jack, born on Aug. 29, 2014. Jack is pictured here with his grandfather, MSOE Corporation member Richard Ruth ’81, ’85 (left), and his dad John (right).

Stefanie (Oberts) Heine ’92 BE, married Keith Berg on Aug. 2, 2014.

Blake Adams ’02 SE, married Jennifer Briscoe on Sept. 20, 2014.

Tyler Knutson ’08 BUS, married Kathleen Hines ’10 AE on Aug. 9, 2014.

To Kristina and Scott Oswald ’01 AE/CM, a daughter, Abigail Lucia, born on Sept. 27, 2014.

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ALUMNI ON THE MOVE Achievements

In Memory

Keith Otto ’61 EEC

Guy Smith ’76 EE, received the 2014 Isle of Valor Citizen of the Year Award from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Nicolet Post 2126 of Menasha, Wis., in Sept. 2014.

Arno Keller ’37 WELD

Joseph Van Schyndel ’63 ME

Howard Hetzer ’48 ET

David Zalar ’63 EEC

Harold Feest ’49 RHACT

William Olson ’64 EEC

Warren Manske ’50 EE

Richard Lind ’66 EE

Mary Spencer ’82 NU, received a doctorate of education in Higher Education and Adult Learning from Walden University.

Kenneth Ritter ’50 EEE

Richard Vollmer ’71 ICEET

Benjamin Sobolesky ’50 EEP

Keith Wegman ’71 EET

Arthur Hayhoe ’53 RTT

Kenneth Goetz ’73 EE

Lawrence Valencic ’55 RTT

Walter Sieverin ’76 EE

Charles “Jake” Jacobsen ’56 RTT

Thomas Breunig ’82 MET

Stephanie (Awe) Parrish ’03 B&CS, received a second bachelor’s degree in engineering from MSOE in May 2014.

Jack W. Shriver ’58 RTT Paul Welk ’58 ECT

Jeffrey Woodard ’91 AE Angela (Arpke) Lewis, Ph.D. ’02 AE

James Busby ’60 ECET Robert Hurdis ’61 INDT

ERRATA Our recent Donor Report publication recognized our supporters, but some names were missing from the list. We regret the error, and would like to acknowledge those individuals and organizations: Donors of Merit Dr. Edgar E. Hotchkin ’51 Mr. Neal K. Wunderlich ’74 Marjorie Siebert Aylen Foundation Inc. Melitta S. Pick Charitable Trust Morgan Stanley Smith Barney GIFT Inc. Founder’s Circle Dr. Edgar E. Hotchkin ’51 President’s Club Mr. Thomas A. Burke Gold Partners Mr. Kurt A. Drier ’91 Mr. & Mrs. John ’79 and Beth Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Hentzen

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Mr. Randall S. Kirk ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas ’69 and Kay Munter Mr. & Mrs. Matthew ’90 and Melissa Papenfus Mr. Brian J. Stark ’71 Dr. & Mrs. Alfred J. and Joy Tector Mr. Gary J. Vroman ’91 Dr. C. R. Whitney Mr. Reginald L. Zeller ’02 Silver Partners Mr. Glenn W. Shifflet Milwaukee Street Society Mr. & Mrs. Stewart ’96 and Julie (Dobyns) ’95 Davis Raiders Club Mr. & Mrs. Corey ’93 and Kim Denman

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Mr. Robert Freeman ’60 Century Club Mr. Bernard H. Kroger IV ’06 Mr. Sherman M. Sweeney ’76 Friends of MSOE Mr. Matthew J. Barnes ’01 Ms. Lorisa L. Behrens ’06 Mr. Donald H. Brei ’59 Ms. Catherine Caltrider Ms. Lisa M. Carey Mr. Timothy M. Derepkowski ’79 Mr. Robert W. Freedlund ’90 Ms. Stella Gosetti ’46 Mr. Thomas S. Gulke ’14 Mr. Collin T. Matthews ’14 Mr. Joshua G. Schroeder ’11 Mr. Charles E. Simons ’59

Honors & Memorials In Memory of: Ms. Danielle Cornelius ’03 Ms. Colleen Cornelius Mrs. Elizabeth G. O’Connell Mr. James E. Mecca ’59 Anonymous Mr. Curtis Thomas ’10 Rugby Club Ms. Clare M. Thomas Dr. Richard J. Ungrodt ’41 Mr. Joseph D. Bell, P.E. ’56 Mr. Jeffrey Weis Ms. Carly F. Ademi

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Classes Resume Graduate Programs Online Information Session Great Books Dinner and Discussion Grohmann Museum Exhibit Opening: The Art of the Milwaukee Road Gallery Night and Day at the Grohmann Museum Accepted Student Day Junior Visit Day Wisconsin Regional Science Bowl Board of Regents’ Meeting Accepted Student Day

February 3 10 11 13 20 27 28 28 – March 8

Graduate Programs Online Information Session Graduate Programs On-campus Information Session Great Books Dinner and Discussion Accepted Student Day Accepted Student Day Junior Visit Day Winter Quarter ends/Commencement Break Week

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13th Annual WMSE Rockabilly Chili Contest Graduate Programs Online Information Session IIE North Central Regional Conference Spring Quarter classes begin Great Books Dinner and Discussion Junior Visit Day St. Pat’s Week Grohmann Museum Workshop: Building a LEGO City Accepted Student Day Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Career Night AEI 6th Biennial Professional Conference Accepted Student Day

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Easter Holiday (campus offices closed) Classes resume Graduate Programs Online Information Session Open House Great Books Dinner and Discussion Gallery Night and Day at the Grohmann Museum Board of Regents’ Meeting

If you have questions or need more information on any of these events, please call (414) 277-7117.

Calendar of athletic events can be found at go-raiders.com.

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