Dimensions Magazine

DIMENSIONS MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING MAGAZINE

Revealing Molecular Mysteries Spring 2011

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Piano Portraits concert series at the Grohmann Museum3 Working Professional Information Session4 Great Books Dinner and Discussion: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse5 Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert6 MSOE Theatre Troupe presents Kid Simple6 Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department Senior Project Open House7 Senior Design Show Spring Quarter ends/Commencement Memorial Day holiday, campus offices closed Summer Session begins

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Great Books Dinner and Discussion: Watchmen by Alan Moore5 President’s Golf Outing, Oconomowoc Golf Club5 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Summer Training Institute8 Alumni Fifth Thursday Event at Jazz in the Park5

Independence Day holiday, campus offices closed 10-15 Discover the Possibilities I: Engineering Summer Program for high school students4 11-15 Raider Days/Private College Week4 15-17 Summer in the City alumni reunion5 16 Open House4 17-22 Focus on Business Summer Program for high school students4 17-22 Focus on Nursing I Summer Program for high school students4 17-22 Discover the Possibilities II: Engineering Summer Program for high school students4 24-29 Focus on Nursing II Summer Program for high school students4 24-29 Focus on the Possibilities: Engineering Summer Program for high school students4 25 Board of Regents’ meeting1 28-31 Third annual 91.7 FM WMSE Radio Summer Camp2 31-Aug. 12 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Summer Training Institute8

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Contact Jo Miglio, (414) 277-7101 Contact WMSE, (414) 277-7247 3 Contact Grohmann Museum, (414) 277-2300 4 Contact Enrollment Management, (414) 277-6763 or (800) 332-6763

Working Professional Information Session4 Fox Valley Information Session for Working Professionals at Best Western Bridgewood Resort Hotel in Neenah, Wis.4 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Gateway to Technology Mini Courses8 Piano Portraits concert series at the Grohmann Museum3 Regents’ Golf Outing, North Hills Country Club5

Contact Cathy Varebrook, (414) 277-4523 Contact Richard Gagliano, (414) 277-7228 7 Contact Maureen Rochester, (414) 277-7301 8 Contact Steven Salter (414) 277-7255

Calendar of athletic events can be found at www.msoe.edu/athletics Calendar of Fluid Power Professional Education Seminars can be found at www.msoe.edu/wp/seminars Business Excellence Consortium (BEC) calendar available at www.bec.msoe.edu/schedule or call (800) 321-6763

On the Cover

Biomolecular engineering (BioE) majors Kirsten Mahuta and Ibrahim Vazirabad practice using a spectrophotometer in one of the new BioE laboratories, which were unveiled to the campus community in December.

Read more about the labs on page 14.

DIMENSIONS Milwaukee School of Engineering Magazine Senior Editor: Sandra Everts Editor: JoEllen Burdue Managing Editor: Pamela Torke Design Coordinator: Leigh Ann Hass Graphic Designers: Andrea Davies, Peg Houghton Contributing Writers: JoEllen Burdue, Kyle Dlabay, Brian Gibboney, Loreen Pace, Pamela Torke, Hermann Viets, Ph.D.

Contents

Photographer: Paul W. Roberts

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Contributing Photographers: MSOE SAE, Tyler Zygarlicke

Spring 2011

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President’s Message

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Spotlight on Leadership

School of Engineering.

John Cain, MSOE Regent, president and CEO of Scot Forge

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Dr. Frank Mahuta, associate professor and program director, civil engineering, Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department 14 – 16

From a Vision to Reality MSOE unveils new biomolecular engineering laboratories

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Commencement

Milwaukee School of Engineering

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AE/CM Senior Design and Career Night

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It’s Easy Being Green

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Raiders’ Wrap-Up

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A New Chapter

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Alumni Chapter Restructuring 24 – 29

Roll Call

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Summer in the City

President’s Message

(Left to right) Dr. Alan Ruud ’69, Regent Chairman, Dr. Hermann Viets, and Dr. John Mellowes, Former Regent Chairman

Milwaukee School of Engineering’s success can be attributed to just a few major factors.

Certainly, the quality of our students, faculty and staff play a key role. The financial support provided for our students and facilities is likewise very important because it makes our operation possible. A third element, to some extent overlapping the first two, is the volunteer efforts of our committees and boards. These are composed of those who give of their time and their wealth.

The importance of these functions is personified by some recent changes in our Board of Regents. Regent Chairman Dr. John Mellowes, CEO of Charter Manufacturing, completed his term and was succeeded by the new chairman, Dr. Alan Ruud ’69, CEO of Ruud Lighting. Dr. Mellowes has been a mainstay of our Regents for more than a decade and oversaw several years of growth as an excellent chairman. Dr. Ruud has already served as a Regent for more than 20 years and is very well-prepared to continue the legacy of strong and capable Regent leadership.

Strengthening the Board of Regents are two recruits who bring new expertise and wisdom to our Board. Alumnus Gary Vroman ’91, CEO of Ladish Co., and Dr. Michael Major, CEO of Cambridge Major Laboratories, will be vital assets to MSOE as we continue to improve our organization and increase our impact on the technological world.

‘Thank you!’ to these individuals and to all of the others for your efforts in support of our students.

Sincerely,

Hermann Viets, Ph.D. President

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The road to success

John Cain spoke recently at MSOE’s Scholarship Luncheon.

John Cain, MSOE Regent, president and CEO of Scot Forge

Spotlight on Leadership

John Cain was only 18 when he started at Scot Forge as an entrylevel forge helper in 1978. Today, 33 years later, the MSOE Regent serves as the president and CEO of the leading manufacturer of custom open die and rolled ring forgings. Cain never imagined he’d spend his career at one company, much less become its president and CEO. “Like most 18-year olds, I wasn’t thinking very long term when I started at Scot Forge. But I liked who I worked with, I liked the company and I admired many of the people who ran the company. It was a place that I wasn’t anxious to leave,” said Cain.

While Cain was balancing a budding career at Scot Forge and a growing family, he also took night classes. “I spent more than 20 years taking classes, although I wasn’t pursing a specific degree. I was more interested in obtaining knowledge relevant to my position and what I thought would be my future responsibilities. The company was growing, and I felt it was my responsibility to continue my education so I could grow along with it,” said Cain. He credits his packed schedule during that time with keeping him focused and on-task. “If you really want to, you can find time in your schedule for the important stuff like family, career and self development,” said Cain.

John Cain (left) gave Congressman Joe Walsh (R-IL) a tour of Scot Forge’s Spring Grove, Ill., plant.

“If we see MSOE on a candidate’s resume it carries a lot of weight with us.”

Cain is enthusiastic about the quality of MSOE graduates. “One thing we admire about MSOE graduates is that they are extremely well rounded,” noted Cain. “They have a level of maturity, accountability and an observable level of being comfortable with responsibility that we often don’t see in other graduates. They are prepared to hit the ground running and contribute earlier than most others. If we see MSOE on a candidate’s resume it carries a lot of weight with us.”

In his free time, Cain enjoys spending time with his wife, three grown daughters and two grandchildren. “When we are not with family we like to ride motorcycles, play golf and have fun with friends,” said Cain.

John Cain worked on perfecting his swing at the Regents’ Golf Outing.

John Cain’s Tips for Success 1. Always try to do the best job you can with the responsibilities you have.

2. Unselfishly make things as easy as possible for your bosses and coworkers and you will be successful.

3. You’ll be more successful where you have passion, energy and motivation.

4. When starting out, it’s more important to consider what you’ll gain in experience and knowledge than the compensation you’ll earn.

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News MSOE goes mobile Staying up-to-date with campus events and important information is now easier thanks to the new MSOE Mobile website and MSOE app. MSOE Mobile provides an optimized version of the website that can be used on Webcapable phones and devices such as: Android phones, iPhone, iPod Touch, Palm Pre/Pixi, etc. Visit the mobile website at http://m.msoe.edu.

Students can now learn about MSOE with the touch of a button. The new MSOE app is scheduled to launch in April and features campus maps and tours, news, videos, images, a faculty and staff directory, course listings, a live stream of WMSE radio, public safety information and Dimensions magazine. Learn more about the mobile app, including where you can download it, at www.msoe.edu/mobile.

New Faces of Engineering The Institute of Industrial Engineers selected MSOE alumna Sara Falkiewicz ’05 as one of the New Faces of Engineering for National Engineers Week. Falkiewicz is an adjunct lecturer in MSOE’s industrial engineering program and director of Sarah Falkiewicz ’05 performance excellence for ProHealth Care Medical Associates.

The New Faces of Engineering program highlights the vitality, diversity and rich contributions of engineers age 30 years or younger who have been in the field for five years or less. It is sponsored by the National Engineers Week Foundation.

Left to right: Sean Seagren, Samantha Pekarscik, Craig Hanson, Tony Marzetta (MCAA student president), Julie Burg, Kayla Edler and Karli Ellwanger.

Students capture national title MSOE students traveled to Maui, Hawaii, in March to compete in the Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s (MCAA) Student Chapter Competition.

The team took first place and won $5,000. Blake Wentz, assistant professor in the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department, is the group’s advisor. MSOE competed against Colorado State University, Pittsburg State University and the University of Washington. At the competition, the students demonstrated their knowledge of mechanical systems, the details of a project bid proposal, and the demands on a contracting business. They had 20 minutes to make their best pitch while the judges evaluated each presentation on several attributes, including organization, schedule, costs and overall quality of the presentation.

Staff members receive awards Dr. Ann Batiza, program director for the Center for BioMolecular Modeling, received the WSST Excellence in Science Education Award. The Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers (WSST) presents this award annually to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the improvement of science education in Wisconsin.

Dr. Timothy Herman, director of the Center for BioMolecular Modeling, received the WSST Friend of Science Award, which is given annually to recognize outstanding contributions to the support of science teachers by individuals, groups, corporations or foundations outside the science education community.

Dr. Ann Batiza (left) and Dr. Timothy Herman

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Front: Brian Jacoby (left) and Josh Halvorsen.

Back, left to right: Matt Olsen, Chris Reininger, Alex Schmude and Joe Lodde.

MSOE wins Preconstruction National Championship For the second straight year, a team of architectural engineering and construction management students won the Preconstruction National Championship at the 24th annual Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Student Competition. Congratulations to all team members (pictured left). Another team of students took second place in the Building Information Modeling (BIM) competition. Team members are: Jake Bolda, Jake Lathers, Mark Peterson, Ben Turk, Josh Wilsmann and Jake Wurtz. The teams were coached by Dr. Jeong Woo and Blake Wentz, assistant professors in MSOE’s Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department. Since entering the competition in 1999, MSOE has had 16 national top three places and seven national championship teams. No other university in the country has experienced the consistent level of success demonstrated by MSOE.

Students win IEEE competition Joseph Edmisson and Mackenzie Zastrow took first place in the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition for IEEE Region 4. Along with four other teams of MSOE students, they competed in the annual 24-hour worldwide computer programming contest in October. A total of 13 computer engineering, electrical engineering and software engineering students competed. They were proctored by Dr. Eric Durant ’98, Dr. Mark Hornick, Dr. Sheila Ross and Dr. Ben Uphoff, all faculty members in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.

SAE student chapter wins big MSOE’s Society of Automotive Engineers student chapter took home the top prize of $2,000 at the SAE annual Student Night Competition. Six universities participated in the challenge, including UW-Milwaukee, UW-Madison, Marquette University, Michigan Tech University and Northern Michigan University. Students exhibited their projects, all of which aspire to further vehicle technology in a variety of ways, and gave a short presentation about their SAE chapter. Participants were judged on chapter development, competition results and student programs. The cash award was split among MSOE’s four SAE teams. Faculty advisors for these phenomenal teams include: Dr. Robert Kern (Aero); Dr. Mathew Schaefer (Baja); Dr. Christopher Damm (SuperMileage); Dr. Stephen Williams/Professor Matthew Loew (Formula Hybrid). Pictured are MSOE’s Formula Hybrid (front) and SuperMileage vehicles.

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Student presents research Electrical engineering senior Emily Reinhard participated in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program last summer. She presented her work at the IEEE Power and Energy Society’s Power Systems Conference and Exhibition in March and won the undergraduate student poster competition. Her paper will also be published in the IEEE Xplore magazine.

Students build Candy Cane Lane playhouse In a matter of only five days (during Fall Quarter finals week), 19 students rallied together to build a playhouse. The playhouse was a raffle prize to support the MACC Fund Inc. (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer) during the organization’s annual Candy Cane Lane event in West Allis, Wis. The students were led by Assistant Professor DeAnna Leitzke ’98, ’08, with funding from MSOE’s Office of Servant-Leadership. Pictured with the playhouse are Jared Gothard (front); middle, left to right: Dariusz Sieminski, Robert Linzmeier and Nick Brennan Lehman; back: Patrick Grosse (left) and David Taylor. Other students who worked on the playhouse include Kevin DeBoer, Ashley Dix, Patrick Flaherty, Glenn Frazee, Ryan Kaput, Brett Kash, Richard Kleindl, Johnny Lavin, Chris Mals, Fernando Morales, Teeb Nassa, Sean Seagren and Katie Thielen. The playhouse raised $3,500 for childhood cancer research.

Green Energy Summit MSOE had a strong presence at the eighth annual Green Energy Summit, held in March in Milwaukee. Dr. Jeong Woo, assistant professor in the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department, chaired a breakout session on energy efficiency and retrofits, and gave a presentation on the research he is conducting about building information modeling-based energy monitoring at the Milwaukee County Research Park.

Dr. Christopher Damm, associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, chaired a breakout session on education for renewable energy, and gave a presentation on solar energy experiments and modeling for engineers. Mechanical engineering junior Alex Zelhofer presented on MSOE’s SuperMileage Vehicle, and electrical engineering senior Sven Krause presented on MSOE’s Formula Hybrid race car. The university also had a booth at the summit.

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Business Plan Competition winners Students from MSOE’s Rader School of Business won first place in MSOE’s Annual Business Plan Competition. Judges awarded first prize and $2,000 to “72 Web Design,” developed by sophomores Ashley Dzick and Garrick Jannene. The team Ashley Dzick (left) and Garrick Jannene unveiled a tested concept for a low-cost, Web application designed for local political campaigns. The application can be used to collect contributions, enlist volunteers and promote events around the clock, all with minimal upkeep and support. The competition is sponsored annually by MSOE’s Uihlein/Spitzer Center for Entrepreneurship and supported by MSOE’s Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) project grant. Dr. Jeffrey Blessing, professor, Rader School of Business, serves as Kern Fellow and competition coordinator. More than 100 students engaged in the early phases of the competition, and detailed plans of 12 semi-finalists were reviewed by judges.

Academic department changes name The name of the Architectural Engineering and Building Construction Department at MSOE has changed to the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management (CAECM) Department. “We recently announced the addition of a five-year, freshman-to-master’s degree in civil engineering to our degree offerings,” said Dr. Deborah Jackman, professor and chair of the CAECM Department. “Our new department name more accurately describes what programs are available to students.”

Highlights

Left to right: Jason Kleckner ’00, Matthew Schoenherr ’04, Dan Harris, Rick Brooks ’03 and Adam Lewis ’04 gathered for a group photo at the Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

2011 Athletic Hall of Fame MSOE recognizes the best of the best in the Athletic Hall of Fame: alumni who, as student-athletes, gave their all to their sport and were leaders during their college careers. These players exuded leadership and sportsmanship not only recognized by MSOE, but many were recognized regionally and nationally. MSOE’s Athletic Hall of Fame also recognizes outstanding coaches and other supporters of MSOE’s athletic program. Several new members were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame on Jan. 29, 2011. They are: Alumnus Sport Rick Brooks ’03 Soccer Adam Lewis ’04 Basketball Matthew Kaiser ’97 Baseball Jason Kleckner ’00 Soccer Matthew Schoenherr ’04 Wrestling Substantial Supporter Dan Harris Athletic Director For more information visit www.msoe.edu/athletics/hof

MSOE Regent John Torinus Jr. authors book The Company That Solved Healthcare draws a blueprint for solving the biggest problem in health care: runaway costs.

Serigraph Inc. chairman, MSOE Regent Emeritus and author John Torinus Jr. describes how the company engaged its employees in managing their health and health costs and how innovations at other companies were sought out and put to work. As a result, Serigraph has had only three small premium increases in the last seven years, less than three percent annually.

Science Bowl Marshfield (Wis.) High School won the Wisconsin regional championship in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Science Bowl® for high school students held in January at MSOE. They will travel to Washington, D.C., at the end of April for the national competition. Fifteen teams from Wisconsin competed. Many of them spent months preparing for the regional competition, which features head-to-head competition in a fastpaced question and answer format similar to the popular television game show, Jeopardy. The students were quizzed on all science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, astronomy and math. Left to right: Michael Yohn, Nishant Sharma, Seth Berger, Ade Dillon, Tapan Sharma and Coach Jon Bauer.

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New partnership with Wisconsin Lutheran College MSOE and Wisconsin Lutheran College have teamed up to offer English as a Second Language (ESL) courses to non-native English speakers.

International students who need to improve their English language skills before enrolling at either institution can participate in this ESL program.

Once they complete the program, they can gain admission to either MSOE or Wisconsin Lutheran, depending on their desired major. The courses are available for beginner, intermediate or advanced English proficiency, and taught by experienced ESL teachers. Sessions will be offered on MSOE’s campus throughout the year, including summer.

This program is being offered in addition to MSOE’s well-established ESL bridge program for current MSOE students.

Protect financial aid The future of financial aid is in danger in the 2011 state budget, and we need your help to protect it. This year, 745 of MSOE’s students are relying on state financial aid. In the past five years, 1,898 MSOE students received this type of financial aid. Please help protect financial aid for students at MSOE and other private colleges and universities across the state. Visit protectfinancialaid.com to sign the electronic petition. Names equate to votes, and we must let our elected officials know that people are watching this issue. Visit the website for more information, including other steps you can take to help protect financial aid for Wisconsin students.

On the Move Thomas Barsokine was promoted to assistant director of facilities.

Anthony Cottrill has been named help desk supervisor in the Information Technology Department.

Matthew Martin has been named manager of the Center for Working Professionals and Graduate Studies.

Physics and Chemistry Dr. Katarina Midelfort, Assistant Professor

Matthew Martin

New faculty Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Kristin Morehouse ’01, Lecturer Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Mark S. Krueger ’90, Adjunct Assistant Professor James Rodrian, P.E., Adjunct Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Peter Maloney ’00, ’09, Lecturer Dr. Carl E. Rathmann, Adjunct Professor William Santy, Lecturer Laura L. Strobel, Lecturer School of Nursing Richard Gillard ’87, Adjunct Nursing Clinical Instructor Sara Schedler, Adjunct Nursing Clinical Instructor

Find more highlights and news in the Newsroom at www.msoe.edu/newsroom.

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Rader School of Business Dr. Kathleen Miezio, Adjunct Associate Professor Kim R. Pemble, Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr. Alexandra Becker Sielaff, Adjunct Associate Professor

Dr. Katarina Midelfort

New staff Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Justin Tracey ’09, Laboratory Technician Facilities Steven Allen, Custodian Anthony Burger, Maintenance Technician Bridget Killibrew, Custodian Micah MacArthur, Maintenance Technician Javan Willis, Custodian Information Technology Shawna Ferguson, Service Delivery Coordinator Peter Pfister, Help Desk Coordinator Physics and Chemistry Victoria Pink, BioMolecular Laboratory Technician Nathan Yoder, Chemistry Laboratory Technician

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Grohmann Museum Milwaukee Mills: A Visual History April 15 – Aug. 21, 2011 Catch a glimpse of the local industrial heritage of lost and forgotten ironworks in Milwaukee and the surrounding area. Milwaukee Mills features paintings, photographs, prints and artifacts related to Southeastern Wisconsin’s iron industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Edmund Lewandowski American (1914-1998) Blast Furnaces Bay View, 1938 Watercolor 18 x 22 in.

Collection of Mr. John Ebersol

Arthur J. Dadd (American, 1827-1877)

Bay View Mill, 1876 Oil on canvas 36 x 15 ½ in.

Collection of Mr. James Thornbery

Piano Portraits The unforgettable sounds of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin and more will fill the air at the Grohmann Museum. A new concert series, Piano Portraits: The music of Dr. Jeffrey Hollander, was created specifically for the Grohmann Museum, and takes thematic inspiration from the collections. Tickets available at the door, $15 for museum members, $20 for general public.

Heavy Metal Tuesday, May 10, 5:30 p.m.

Giants of music who forged the way to eternal musical masterpieces, including Richard Wagner, Ludwig von Beethoven, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and the Mills Brothers.

Unforgettable Tuesday, Aug. 16, 5:30 p.m.

The magnificent results of hard work, featuring Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and George Gershwin.

I’ve Been Working on the Railroad Tuesday, Nov. 15, 5:30 p.m.

A celebration of railroad workers and the music a traveler might hear as the train moves through America and Europe, inspired by Edith Piaf, Peter Tchaikovsky, Nat King Cole, George Gershwin and more.

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

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Quick Takes

More than 100 high school students from across Wisconsin, Illinois and North Dakota competed in the Milwaukee Construction Challenge Rally in January at MSOE. The teams worked to devise solutions to industry-related challenges based on water and transportation infrastructure issues.

Local high school students presented their SMART Team projects at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The students developed physical models of proteins under investigation by researchers. The SMART (Students Modeling A Research Topic) Teams program, run

by MSOE’s Center for BioMolecular Modeling, is celebrating its tenth year.

MSOE and the National Fluid Power Association held a Fluid Power Challenge recently at MSOE. Ten teams of eighth-grade students competed to solve a fluid power challenge by designing and constructing a mechanism that used fluid power technology.

Dr. Richard R. Pieper Sr. visited campus recently as part of the Servant-Leadership Cities event. Dr. Pieper and other ServantLeadership professionals visited different locations throughout Wisconsin to promote Servant-Leadership. MSOE established an endowed chairmanship using a major gift from the Suzanne and Richard Pieper Family Foundation.

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Food Network star Duff Goldman was on hand to meet fans during the IronCupcake: Milwaukee Challenge, which benefitted 91.7 FM WMSE. More than 2,000 people sampled 60,000 cupcakes in the Kern Center, and raised nearly $10,000 dollars.

More than 3,000 people attended WMSE’s 9th Annual Rockabilly Chili Contest in the Kern Center, raising more than $48,000 for WMSE and 1,500 pounds of food for the Hunger Task Force. Winners were Palms Bistro & Bar (Best Meat Chili); Riverwest Co-op (Best Vegetarian Chili); McBob’s Pub & Grill (Best Heat) and Brewed Café (Best Display).

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The Society of Model Engineers hosted its annual Train Time gathering on campus in March. Always a popular event, Train Time features scale models of trains built by local railroad clubs and even a large train that can be ridden.

More than 400 high school students, parents and friends gathered in the Student Life and Campus Center for Presidential Scholarship Weekend. High school students were invited to interview with faculty, staff and alumni for a chance at obtaining one of eight available Presidential Scholarships.

Teams of high school students competed in the 2011 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held at Waukesha County Technical College. This year’s challenge was to water a plant in 20 or more steps. MSOE was an event sponsor.

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St.Pat’s Shenanigans This year’s celebration of the patron saint of engineers—St. Patrick—was better than ever, with a week full of games, food, dancing and prizes.

Dr. Viets accepted his fate as St. Patrick (a.k.a.

Kenneth Albrecht) cut his tie and signed the proclamation, giving him control of the university for the day.

A record eight eggs survived the annual Egg Drop competition this year, where teams of students built contraptions to protect an egg from a three-story fall.

Congratulations to the winners!

Triangle fraternity member Reginald Alston II (center) got “slimed” by Pat Coffey (right), vice president for student life/dean of students, while Patrick Taraba (left) cheered him on during the St. Pat’s Carnival.

Jhavontae Jones participated in the fun and games during the Engineering O’lympics.

St. Pat’s week was capped off with a dance in the Todd Wehr Auditorium, where students enjoyed snacks, beverages and live music from the band Your Villain My Hero.

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Build a better civil engineering program

Faculty Feature

Dr. Mahuta demonstrated viscosity principles to sophomore architectural engineering major Julie Windish in a recent fluid mechanics lab.

Dr. Frank Mahuta, MSOE associate professor and civil engineering program director, has a passion for civil engineering. “It’s essential to the functioning of modern society,” said Mahuta. “We need clean water, roads, bridges and buildings. Also, there’s an environmental stewardship element to civil engineering that you don’t have in most other disciplines.” So it only makes sense that Mahuta spearheaded the development of MSOE’s first-ever civil engineering degree, starting Fall 2011.

“I particularly enjoy working with young people and assisting them in a small way to grow both personally and professionally.”

The five-year, freshman-to-master’s program is unique in the state of Wisconsin, and already proving popular among prospective students. “Master’s degrees in civil engineering are becoming increasingly important in the marketplace, and the forecasted demand for civil engineers in the next ten years is substantial,” said Mahuta. “By reducing the time required to achieve a master’s degree, and by focusing on professional practice, MSOE’s civil engineering program will allow students to save money and hit the ground running when they graduate.”

Mahuta received his bachelor’s degree from UWMilwaukee, and after graduation worked for ExxonMobil at refineries in Baton Rouge, La., and Singapore, where he gained valuable international experience. “I strongly encourage students to study abroad or participate in overseas programs

like Engineers Without Borders. We don’t have a study-abroad component for the civil program yet, but I’d like to see us offer one in the near future.”

After finishing his work in Singapore, he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Marquette University and UW-Madison, respectively. While working for CH2M Hill as a project engineer, he came to MSOE in 1998 to teach part time, and eventually full time. “I love teaching at MSOE,” said Mahuta. “I particularly enjoy working with young people and assisting them in a small way to grow both personally and professionally.”

In his free time, Mahuta enjoys distance running and spending time with his wife Deb and four grown daughters.

He especially can relate to the pressures faced by many MSOE students, because three of his daughters attend MSOE.

One on One Favorite restaurant in Milwaukee?

Probably Applebee’s. I like their Oriental chicken salad.

Last movie you saw in the theater?

One of my recent favorites was Avatar.

One thing about you most people don’t know?

I always wanted to be an astronaut, and even studied for awhile at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. But my vision wasn’t very good so I switched to engineering.

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From a Vision to Reality: MSOE unveils new biomolecular engineering laboratories

Biomolecular engineering sophomore Matthew Lucht worked in the Wet Biotechnology Laboratory. MSOE’s four new biomolecular engineering laboratories were completed in December 2010 and feature brand new, state-of-the-art equipment.

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n a cold, gray winter day in December, MSOE’s campus was filled with activity, excitement, special guests and great joy. It was the dedication of the brand new, state-of-the-art biomolecular engineering laboratories, made possible by a generous donation from Drs. Robert and Patricia Kern. That celebration was the culmination of years of planning, research, implementation, meetings and discussions.

Spearheaded by professor and biomolecular engineering program director Dr. Gul Afshan, the project has put MSOE on the map as a leading institution in biomolecular engineering education, with facilities that rival those of industry leaders. Biomolecular engineers focus on biological processes and products that occur at the molecular or cellular level. Graduates will work on designing genome, protein, enzyme and

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polymer-based smart drugs, and developing biochemicals, cosmetics, textiles and more.

MSOE is the only university in the state of Wisconsin to offer a bachelor’s degree in biomolecular engineering (BioE).

The second floor of the Student Life and Campus Center is the site of the four laboratories: a wet biotechnology lab, a senior design lab, a dry instrumentation lab and a biosafety level II cell culture facility. It also houses a functional stockroom and a lounge study area where students can meet and study. “We wanted the labs to be modern, attractive and inviting to the students.

We want them to enjoy working and spending time here,” said Afshan. MSOE’s BioE program has already attracted top students from around the country, several of whom are National Merit Scholar candidates.

“The new labs are a fantastic asset to the program and they allow for a better learning environment. I know I’ll be more prepared for work in the industry because of what I’m learning and practicing in the labs.”

– Cory Brody, biomolecular engineering sophomore Wet Biotechnology Laboratory In this lab, freshmen and sophomores will be introduced to the fields of microbiology, biotechnology and will learn the engineering application of biochemistry. They will also learn how to work with enzymes, manipulate genomes and RNA, study the growth of bacterial cells, and cloning, infection and transfection of cells.

The lab is designed for both learning theoretical concepts and hands-on activities, and students will use instruments like spectrophotometers, thermocyclers, macro and micro centrifuges, incubators and plate readers. It is called the Wet Biotechnology Laboratory because, in the types of experiments performed here, students use a lot of liquid media and solvents to prepare and manipulate samples.

Dry Instrumentation Laboratory While students learn how to prepare samples in the Wet Biotechnology Lab, they learn how to analyze those samples in the Dry Instrumentation Lab. Starting their junior year, students will work in this lab and use sophisticated machinery like an Atomic Force Microscope. They will conduct gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), a method by which a sample is vaporized and the remaining gaseous particles are studied. In addition, students will learn about thermodynamics, transport phenomena, bioinstrumentation and kinetics.

All in the details …

• All laboratories feature data input jacks and wireless router hubs for easy Internet access, motion-sensitive lights and magnetic proxy reader vicinity locks.

• Glass cabinets and windows are prominent in all labs.

“Transparency leads to organization, which leads to safety,” said Afshan.

• Cabinets throughout the labs use negative-air-flow technology, which safely stores chemicals and solvents.

• Air pressure and quality is continuously monitored in each lab.

• A full-time biosafety officer and lab technician work alongside students in the lab suites.

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Biosafety Level (BSL) II Cell Culture Lab This laboratory, otherwise known as the cell culture facility, is actually a suite of three rooms. The outer-most “dirty” room is where students store their backpacks, jackets, laptops, etc. The next room contains all of the equipment, safety gear and supplies students will need for their experiments. It also features a nanopure water unit that produces water of 18.5 mega-ohms resistivity, or the purest, cleanest water available.

The inner-most room in this lab is the clean culture room.

Here, juniors and seniors learn how to maintain, manipulate and analyze cancer cell lines and stem cells. They will also learn about plant cell culturing to design plant-based therapeutics for developing drugs, and they will study the effect of pharmaceutics on living cells. Students will learn how to work in extremely sterilized conditions. “You can’t teach students sterility unless you have an environment for them to learn it,” said Afshan. “We want to prepare them for cell and tissue engineering, and we won’t know the outcome of an experiment if there is contamination. It’s very important for students to learn how to keep everything clean.” An important aspect of this lab is the steel chamber, double-door autoclave (pictured at right), which is generally only

Victoria Pink, BioE laboratory technician, loaded beakers and liquids into the autoclave which is vital to maintaining sterility in the labs.

available in graduate-level molecular biology labs. The autoclave is accessible from both the stock room and the BSL II lab, and is instrumental in sterilizing glassware and liquids and cleaning bacterial waste. “The autoclave is the lifeline of the cell culture facility,” said Afshan.

Senior Design Lab “This room belongs to the students,” said Afshan. Starting their junior year, students will have access to this room to work as teams on their senior design projects. “It’s a big responsibility.

Those who use the room may come and go, but they have to respect each others’ projects,” said Afshan. Like the Wet Biotechnology Lab, this room has space for thinking and space for doing, where students can analyze their project as a team and then experiment on it in the same room. It features components of the other labs, like an A-II safety hood, a fume hood, biosafety bench, clean stations and lockers for storage. This allows students to work on many different types of projects at the same time, in the same room.

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Dr. Gul Afshan (left) presented a double-strand DNA helix to Drs. Robert and Patricia Kern. The gift was prepared by MSOE’s Rapid Prototyping Center. “DNA is the blueprint of life and represents a perfect gift for the Kerns, since they are the lifeline of the BioE program and labs,” said Afshan.

Read more about MSOE’s innovative BioE program and labs online at www.msoe.edu/bioe.

Winter Commencement

Students waited patiently for their chance to cross the stage at MSOE’s Winter Commencement.

More than 60 undergraduate and graduate students in engineering majors, the Rader School of Business and the School of Nursing received their bachelor’s or master’s degrees at MSOE’s Winter Commencement.

Dr. Walter L. Robb, MSOE Regent Emeritus, consultant with Vantage Management Inc. and former GE executive was the keynote speaker at the ceremony. He told graduates, “Your ability to understand, analyze and improve real-world conditions, and your passion for lifelong learning will give you an edge over your peers if you accept the challenge to be a leader.

Walter Robb Ph.D., who received an honorary degree from MSOE in 1994, was the keynote speaker. Robb led an illustrious career at GE, heading GE Medical Systems (headquartered in Milwaukee) from 1973 to 1986. During his tenure, GE Medical Systems introduced computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners that have become the established standards in diagnostic imaging.

Class respondent Thomas Henry Antoine of Port Washington, Wis., graduated with high honors and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. “I wouldn’t be the engineer that I am today if it weren’t for MSOE. Thank you to all of my professors for showing that you really do care about your students,” said Antoine.

Dr. Alan Ruud ’69, chairman of MSOE’s Board of Regents, adjusted Kevin Rode’s tassel, who graduated with high honors.

Want to re-live the moment? Visit www.msoe.edu/grad_dvd to order your Winter 2011 Commencement DVD.

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SENIOR DESIGN AND CAREER NIGHT Every year at MSOE, architectural engineering and construction management students participate in one event that wraps up their four years at MSOE, and another event that paves the way for their future career. Students who attend the Architectural Engineering and Building Construction Career Night meet with prospective employers for a chance at an internship or even a full-time job. At the senior design show, students present the projects they have worked on for the past year with real-life clients, applying the knowledge and skills they’ve learned in the classroom.

During the Senior Design show, team Fusion Design Build presented former Green Bay Packers player LeRoy Butler (center) with a model for his proposed LeRoy Butler Learning Center.

Three teams of MSOE students created models for Butler, who hopes to open the non-profit learning center in Milwaukee for children in need.

Left to right: Mike Norris, Peter Liebl, Craig Hanson, Paul Leidig, Amanda Kurt, LeRoy Butler (client), Megan Gloor, Mike Johnson, Jake Czechan, Tim Sonderman, Matt Jungers and Doug Elgersma.

Architectural engineering and construction management students gathered in the Student Life and Campus Center for the 2011 Career Night. Companies were hiring for internship and full-time positions.

Architectural/structural engineering major Tim Sonderman (left) spoke with Kohler Co. representative Craig Lieffring ’05, ’10 at Career Night.

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It’s easy

being green

Structural engineering graduate student Jason Goike ’10 helped to implement new recycling initiatives on campus, including compostable corn- and sugarcane-based dinnerware.

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SOE has a long tradition of environmental consciousness, from teaching energy conservation in our classrooms and laboratories to installing solar panels on the roof of the Student Life and Campus Center and building a Pervious Parking Lot that slows and removes pollutants in overland runoff. But recently we’ve stepped up our efforts to be more green, thanks in large part to structural engineering graduate student Jason Goike ’10 and MSOE’s Recycling Team. “In 2009 I was asked to lead a team that would change how MSOE recycles. I’ve always been interested in recycling and limiting my carbon footprint, but I was surprised at how much I’ve learned about running a project,” said Goike.

MSOE’s original recycling program collected trash, recycling (aluminum and plastic) and paper. We now use compostable corn- and sugarcane-based dinnerware products used by Food Services Inc., as opposed to Styrofoam products. After being used, the plates, cups and soup bowls are sent

to Growing Power where they are composted. Growing Power is a national non-profit headquartered in Milwaukee that teaches people sustainable practices to grow, process, market and distribute food.

MSOE has installed outdoor bins around campus that collect both trash and recycling.

Students are encouraged to purchase reusable water bottles and coffee mugs, and if they use them in Roscoe’s or Skylight café they can get discounted refills.

The new recycling initiative has had direct financial benefits. In 2009 MSOE spent more than $110,000 to remove unsorted waste from campus. With the new recycling bins, MSOE expects to save $20,000 annually through reduced trash pickups. The new compostable dinnerware has the potential to save an additional $15,000 by diverting 150 cubic feet of trash from landfills to Growing Power for composting.

“As we continue to improve our recycling rates on campus MSOE will save even more money,” said Goike.

Fast Facts ☀ Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to burn a 100-watt light bulb for four hours, or to run your television for three hours. ☀ Recycling white paper in your office for one year can save almost 26 gallons of oil, 273 kilowatt hours of energy, 467 gallons of water, and more than one tree. It also prevents four pounds of air pollution from entering the atmosphere. ☀ Composting keeps carbon from entering the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas and diverts waste from landfills.

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency

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Raiders’ Wrap-up

Meier named NAC Player of the Year, Academic All-America of the Year, Jostens Trophy finalist and selected to play in the NABC All-Star Game Senior forward Austin Meier was selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to play in the 2011 Reese’s Division III College AllStar Game. Meier was recently named Northern Athletics Conference Player of the Year. He is the all-time leader in NAC history in scoring, field goals, free throws made, rebounds and steals. He also was a finalist for the prestigious Jostens Trophy, which honors the most outstanding Division III basketball players. In addition, Meier was selected as Capital One Academic All-America of the Year for the College Division. Freshman guard John Cording was named to the All-Freshman Team while senior guard Bennett Deacon is a member of the All-Sportsmanship Team.

MSOE set a new university record with 19 wins during the 2010-11 season. The Raiders recorded a 12-4 conference record which put the team second in the NAC South Division, falling to Aurora 72-67 in the quarterfinals of the NAC Tournament.

Carol Cayo

Cayo named First Team All-NAC Junior center Carol Cayo has been selected to the First Team All-Northern Athletics Conference for her play during the 2010-11 season. She owns the all-time NAC record for career rebounds and blocked shots and led the NAC in rebounding and blocks during this season.

Freshman forward Shannon Larson was picked for the AllFreshman Team and junior guard Kathleen Collingbourne was named to the All-Sportsmanship Team.

Cayo also was named to the Capital One Women’s Basketball College Division Academic All-America Second Team. She recently broke the MSOE record for rebounds in a career as she surpassed the mark set by Catherine Chappell, and she owns the university record for blocks in a career (239). Also this season, Cayo became the seventh player in the history of the MSOE women’s basketball program to hit the 1,000-point plateau.

Austin Meier

Gardner, Morin and Ostapina earn Coach of the Year honors In less than one week, three MSOE coaches garnered Coach of the Year awards for their respective conferences. Larry Gardner was recognized as this year’s NAC men’s indoor track and field Coach of the Year as the program won the NAC title, their first indoor title since 2008. Gardner has four Coach of the Year honors to his name.

Wrestling coach Kevin Morin was tabbed Northern Wrestling Association’s Coach of the Year for 2010-2011. Morin received the award five times when MSOE was a member of the Lake Michigan Conference. Hockey coach Mark Ostapina was selected as this year’s Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Coach of the Year. For Ostapina, this is his fourth Coach of the Year honor.

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Larry Gardner

Kevin Morin

Mark Ostapina

Toomey named MCHA Player of the Year

Connor Toomey

Jake Narveson

Narveson participates in the NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championships

Raiders’ Wrap-up

Junior goalie Connor Toomey was named Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year for his play during the 2010-11 season. Joining Toomey on the MCHA All-Conference Team is sophomore forward Jordan Keizer, while freshman defenseman Michael Thompson was selected to the MCHA AllFreshman Team.

Toomey tied for the lead in all of Division III with four shutouts, an MSOE record for a single season. He currently stands sixth in the nation in goals against average at 2.01. In MCHA play, Toomey led the conference with 1.74 goals against average. His 18 wins are a new university record, tied for the third most in the country.

Keizer stands second nationally with 23 goals and is tied for second among all Division III players in short-handed goals with three and tied for tenth with eight power play goals. MSOE completed the season with a record of 21-6-1 overall and 18-3-1 in MCHA play.

Junior Jake Narveson participated in the NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championships, March 10-12 in La Crosse, Wis. Narveson lost both matches at that event. He finished fourth at 141 pounds at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Wrestling Regional and earned an at-large bid to the Division III Championships. The last Raider to compete at nationals before Narveson was senior Virgil Pope in 2009.

Narveson helped MSOE to a second place finish at the Northern Wrestling Association conference tournament. The Raiders also went 9-2 during duals this season.

Raiders take Indoor Track and Field NAC men’s title Senior Kevin Diederich finished tenth in the pentathlon at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. He placed second in both the 55-meter hurdles (7.90 seconds) and the shot put (12.59 meters). Diederich was seventh in the long jump at 6.44 meters.

The Raiders won the men’s indoor track and field NAC title with 143 points.

MSOE’s men’s team took the top spot in five events. Diederich broke his own NAC record in the 55-meter hurdles with a mark of 7.72 seconds. MSOE’s 4x400 relay team set a new conference record with a time of 3:24.51.

Senior Michael Jasperson won the weight throw with a mark of 15.88 meters. In the pole vault, freshman Matt Waech took the top spot. Sophomore Jordan Werner won the 55-meter dash at 6.42 seconds. On the women’s side, junior Emily Dieringer won both the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.02 seconds and the 55-meter hurdles event at 8.89 seconds.

Kevin Diederich

For up-to-date information on MSOE’s 22 sports, visit www.msoe.edu/athletics.

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A new chapter!

The MSOE Alumni Association has been geographically restructured. Now every alumni of MSOE and MCGHSN belongs to a chapter.

There are five chapters: East, West, South, Midwest and Wisconsin. A sixth international chapter will be added soon for alumni living abroad. Alumni will serve as area chairs in parts of the country where there are large populations of MSOE alumni.

The chapter directors will work closely with area chairs to coordinate networking events, alumni programs, personal and professional development opportunities, and more throughout the country, as well as help alumni support, and stay connected with, their alma mater.

Alumni Board President Sarah Alt ’99 Sr. Director, Global IT Operations, Diversey Inc. “I am honored to serve MSOE as one of the chief ambassadors. I am especially inspired by our new chapter structure and the leadership we have on the Board and in the area chairs. Our alumni will always have a ‘home’ with MSOE through the network created in these areas.”

Scan this QR code with your smart phone for a video message from Sarah.

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Midwest Chapter Co-Director Heather Turner Loth ’01 Sales/Project Director, MSI General Corp.

“I serve on the alumni board to stay connected to the university, the students and the alumni. I also love feeling the energy when I’m on campus and seeing the continued growth and progress of the university.”

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Also includes Hawaii and Alaska

West Chapter Director Clover Perry Barnes ’01 Ambulatory Services Manager, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin “I truly love and value the educational experience I had at MSOE. I was given the best education with access to a wide variety of clinical experiences and facilities.”

South Chapter Director Michal Miller Riege ’89 Supply Chain Engineer “I wanted to get involved with the alumni board in order to allow fellow alumni in other parts of the country to have a connection to MSOE.”

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Wisconsin Chapter Director Thomas Krumenacher ’90, ’98 Intellectual Property Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP “I would not be where I am today if it was not for my MSOE education. I’m very proud to say I’m an MSOE alumnus, and participation as a chapter director allows me to say it often!”

Wisconsin

East Midwest Chapter Co-Director

East Chapter Director

Candy Barone ’95 Assistant Director of Practice Management – Field Vertical Growth, Northwestern Mutual “Some of my best times at MSOE were as team manager for the men’s hockey team and playing soccer on MSOE’s first women’s soccer team my senior year.”

Brandon Rosner ’02 Vice President of Provider Networks, Scion Dental “Walking into an interview at Rockwell Automation for my first internship, before I could sit down, the department manager asked me if I went to MSOE. I said yes and was offered the job. It was then that I knew MSOE was a unique university.”

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Connect with your new chapter!

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New Assignments

1989

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1975

Michael Trader EE, MRI firmware engineer, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis.

Brian Maron CE, ’06 MSEM, site executive director, Covance Inc., Shanghai, China

1991

1996

Andrew Kirscht ABCET, vice president, Koeckritz International Inc., Rolling Meadows, Ill.

Alumni Roll Call

1979 Martin Glass MET, president, Aircraft Turbine Systems, Woodward Inc., Rockford, Ill. Steven Johnson ME, president, Horicon Works, John Deere Co., Horicon, Wis. Gene Wright BIM, ’87 MSEM, program director, executive MBA program, UW–Milwaukee, Milwaukee

1982 Rafiu Balogun IM, director of engineering services, Delcorp Energy Services Ltd., Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

1983 Mark Radtke EET, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, Integrys Energy Group, Chicago

1986 Frank Kulaszewicz EET, head, architecture and software segment, Rockwell Automation, Singapore

1988 Steven Frisch EET, regional president EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Plexus Corp., Neenah, Wis.

Christianne Dettmann AE, disaster recovery operations specialist, FEMA Region V, Chicago James Rozewicz EET, regional sales manager, FasTrak SoftWorks Inc., Mequon, Wis.

1992 Kevin Kozinski B&CS, senior database developer, R.W. Baird & Co., Milwaukee

1993 Daniel Locksmith ME, product engineer, Parker Hannifin Corp., Portland, Maine Andrew Sharafinski MET, sales manager, Milwaukee Gear, Milwaukee Kristen (Kettula) Sharafinski EE, regional sales manager, Harting Inc., Elgin, Ill.

1994 Anthony Abitz EET, staff test engineer, National Instruments Corp., Austin, Texas Kent Maly EE, ’08 MSEM, research & development engineer, Air Logic Power Systems, Milwaukee

MSOE alumnus and Corporation member Joe Noworatzky ’85 EE recently took a motorcycle trip to Alaska. His experience and photos are posted on www.msoe.edu/lifeaftermsoe, along with stories from other MSOE alumni. Do you have a story you’d like to share? Submit it for consideration to Cathy Varebrook, director of alumni affairs, at varebroo@msoe.edu or (414) 277-4523.

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Branko Horvat Jr., ME, product marketing manager – propel sales, Sauer-Danfoss, Ames, Iowa Ko Vang ME, senior manufacturing engineer, Logic PD, Montevideo, Minn.

1997 Raye (Michlig) Daugherty BE, patent attorney and partner, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee Benjamin Gover ME, ’02 MSEM, business manager for North American heating and cooling division, Modine Manufacturing Co., Racine, Wis.

1998 Randall Brockman EET, senior product marketing specialist, Rockwell Automation, Mequon, Wis. Matthew Saari AE, principal/owner, Cold Formed Steel Plus LLC, Apple Valley, Minn.

2000 Hai Bui CE, senior member of technical staff, VMware Inc., Palo Alto, Calf.

Todd Chingway AE, structural engineer, Raker Rhodes Engineering, Des Moines, Iowa Amy Salmela EE, partner, Patterson Thuente IP, Minneapolis William Serre EE, staff engineer – corporate facilities engineering, John Deere Co., Moline, Ill.

2001 Timothy Yellick EET, ’09 MSEM, senior staff engineer – electrical, Bucyrus International, South Milwaukee, Wis.

Dr. Christensen goes to Washington

Alumni Roll Call

A lot of attention has been given to clean energy technologies in the past few years, especially in our nation’s capitol. But how do politicians, most of whom lack scientific technical expertise, vote on such issues? That’s where MSOE graduate Dr. Adam Christensen ’03 ME enters the picture. As one of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) Congressional Fellows, he spent 2010 in Washington D.C. lending his engineering expertise to help inform lawmakers. Christensen, who’s long been interested in clean energy, wanted to learn how to meld science with politics. “I was offered a position with Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash. I worked a lot on electric utility regulatory issues, biofuels issues, science education and electric vehicles, to name a few.” Christensen was able to work directly with members of Congress on clean-energy issues and meet with visitors who were associated with his issue areas.

Christensen found that many of the skills he learned as an undergraduate at MSOE served him well in Washington. “Logic, data collection and analysis are all traits that were highlighted in my course work at MSOE. This foundation has been very helpful for me in my fellowship, but it also served me well for graduate school.” Christensen advises MSOE students to get involved in summer research opportunities. “These are valuable programs that help broaden the definition of what engineering is and can be.”

Although his fellowship ended in 2010, Christensen remains in Washington working with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on energy issues. While he enjoys bridging the gap between technology and policy making, “I still have my long-term goal of working in academia and teaching classes on energy policy or other engineering topics.”

Dr. Adam Christensen ’03 served as an ASME Congressional Fellow in 2010 working mainly on cleanenergy issues. He is pictured here inside the House of Representatives in Washington D.C.

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2005

2008

Brian McGraw AE/CM, procurement cost analyst, Boeing Commercial Airline Group, Everett, Wash.

Gregory Henkel EET, electrical engineer, Clack Corp., Windsor, Wis.

Jacob Bartes CM, assistant project manager, Nyco Inc., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.

William Sorensen EET, product quality manager, Quality Electrodynamics LLC, Mayfield Village, Ohio

2004 Michael Jahner AE/CM, associate director of facilities services, Marquette University, Milwaukee Jonathan Talbert ME, manufacturing engineer, Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, Calif.

2006 Sean Neitzel ME, project engineer, Telsmith Inc., Mequon, Wis.

Victoria Georgakas BE, patent engineer, Quarles & Brady LLC, Phoenix

Robert Seidl AE/BMS, project engineer, Hill Electric Inc., Madison, Wis.

Yvette Price MSE, systems engineer, Department of Defense – Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Ala.

Joseph Welcenbach EET, RF engineer, AT&T Mobility, Brookfield, Wis.

2009 Nathan Bassett AE/MSST, field engineer, Halliburton, Houston

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Allison Friedli AE, electrical engineer, Leedy & Petzold Associates LLC, Elm Grove, Wis.

Alex Gerdman IE, project engineer, MGS Manufacturing Group Inc., Germantown, Wis.

Timothy Kikkert ME, mechanical engineer, Prop Shaft Supply, Elkhorn, Wis.

David Waystedt ME, tool and machine designer, Case New Holland, Racine, Wis.

Matthew Gillmann CE, associate, Acquity Group LLC, Chicago

Kristin Kolpin IB, strategic sourcing coordinator, Diversy Inc., Sturtevant, Wis.

Alumni Roll Call

Adam Wrobel CE, programming/web design, StarkMedia Group, Milwaukee

Gabriel Gomez BSM, district service manager, Steris Corp., Mentor, Ohio

2010

Jordan Gruenke ME, mechanical design engineer, Curt G. Joa Inc., Sheboygan Falls, Wis.

Rachel Bauman NU, graduate nurse, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints, Racine, Wis.

Colin Halladay EE, electronics engineer, JW Speaker Corp., Germantown, Wis.

Brandon Boerner CE, technical service engineer, Adaptive Micro Systems LLC, Milwaukee

Jessica Helmin AE/MSST, technician, Payne & Dolan Co., Waukesha, Wis.

Justin Boone ME, mechanical engineer, Wastech Controls & Engineering Inc., Chatsworth, Calif.

Phillip Case MIS, SAP CRM intern, Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee Heather Christensen AE/MSST, advisor, Reserve Advisors, Milwaukee Ryan Christie EE, electrical engineer, Eaton Corp., Belmond, Iowa Marcie Fenne NU, nurse resident – transplant team, UW Health, Madison, Wis.

Michael Ingo CM, project engineer/estimator, F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielson, Chicago Jacob Jagmin EET, avionics engineer, Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, Franklin, Wis. Evan Kausalik ME, engineer in training, Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee Kevin Kendzierski ME, mechanical engineer/technical specialist, ESC Services Inc., Oak Creek, Wis.

Wisconsin Chapter event

Steven Krytowski CE, software developer, Quad Graphics Inc., Sussex, Wis. Jodie Lane MSEM, financial consultant, UVest Financial Services/PyraMax Bank, Greenfield, Wis. Brandon Lindsey EET, controls designer, Anguil Environmental Systems, Milwaukee Mark Montgomery AE, mechanical engineer, M+W U.S. Inc., Phoenix Timothy Moser AE/MSST, structural engineer, Computerized Structural Design SC, Milwaukee Kiel Mueller MIS, system administrator, Quad Graphics Inc., Sussex, Wis. Joshua Pertzsch ME, in-use emissions testing engineer, Cummins Inc., Columbus, Ind. Benjamin Pielhop AE, mechanical systems engineer, PSA-Dewberry, Peoria, Ill. Michael Pitel EET, low voltage motor control applications engineer, Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee Nikhil Prasad EE, development hardware engineer, Rockwell Automation, Mequon, Wis. Hunter Rodziczak IB, client relationship analyst, Accenture, Milwaukee Blake Schoh MET, manufacturing engineer, John Deere Co., Dubuque, Iowa Ryan Schreiber AE, engineer, Ardmore Associates LLC, Chicago Rob Schuetz ME, mechanical engineer, Cooper Power Systems, South Milwaukee, Wis.

MSOE alumni and friends gathered for a pre-game reception in Appleton, Wis., before watching the MSOE Raiders hockey team dominate the Lawrence University Vikings 2-0.

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Nathan Schwartz SE, contractorsoftware design, RedPrairie Corp., Waukesha, Wis.

Matthew Shannon ME, project coordinator, Fairchild Industries Inc., Lake Zurich, Ill. Wilson Smith ME, design engineer, Xcel Energy, Monticello, Minn.

Angela Szpara CM, field engineer, Turner Construction Co., Dallas Curtis Thomas AE, systems technician, Johnson Controls, Milwaukee Erin Thomas BE, customer complaint coordinator, Beckman Coulter Inc., Maple Grove, Minn.

Roy Turtenwald ME, design engineer, Modine Manufacturing Co., Racine, Wis. Joe Vang BM, material analyst, Kohler Co., Kohler, Wis.

Marriage Announcements Gerak Guyot ’97 IE married Shannon Kusek on Nov. 21, 2008.

Kera Vant ’00 BE married Andrew West on Jan. 27, 2011.

Adrianna Slusarenko ’03 AE married Matthew Schneider on May 16, 2010.

Birth Announcements

John Bojar ’04 AE/CM married Sara Pellowski on June 26, 2010.

To Joseph Baldazzi ’93 ME and Sarah Balz ’96 AE, a daughter, Natalia, born on Nov. 13, 2010.

Sumit Sehgal ’04 SE married Natalie Krilich on April 24, 2010.

Carrie Hansen ’05 ME married Aaron Lauersdorf ’05 ME on Dec. 18, 2010.

To Angela and Gregory Ostroski ’94 ME, a son, Gavin Michael, born on Sept. 11, 2010.

Rose Adelmeyer ’06 AE married Edward Premo on Nov. 18, 2010.

To Stephanie and Brian Rinke ’95 AE, ’07 MSST, a son, Zachary Anthony, born on Feb. 2, 2011.

Aaron Schneider ’06 AE/MSEV married Melissa Quarberg on June 12, 2010.

To Kristine and James Dudzik ’97 IE, a daughter, Sara Clarice, born on Nov. 11, 2010.

Ryan Forbes ’07 EE married Melissa Pelz on Aug. 7, 2010.

To Theresa and Brandon Lemonier ’00 AE, a daughter, Evangeline Grace, born on Sept. 6, 2010.

Joshua Schultz ’09 AE/MSST married Katelyn Knutson on Aug. 13, 2010.

Michael McBride ’10 SE married Adelia Bauch on Aug. 9, 2010.

Kari Squires ’10 NU married Curt Ritchie on Oct. 16, 2010.

Alumni Roll Call

Alumni skate MSOE alumni and their friends and family had the chance to skate with members of the Raiders hockey team after their game against Adrian College. After working up an appetite, guests enjoyed a complimentary chili bar with drinks and other delicious goodies.

To Robert and Alicia (Scharnhorst) Parker ’00 AE, a daughter, Adysen Rose, born on Aug. 20, 2010.

To James Rask ’00 MET, ’06 MSEM, and Kristie (Kachar) Rask ’05 MSEM, a daughter, Olivia Ann, born on June 26, 2010.

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To Jessica and Richard Steenwyk ’02 SE, a daughter, ZoeAnn Ruth, born on April 20, 2010.

Alumni Roll Call

To Kirk and Dominique Vitry ’07 MSEM, a son, Graham Martin, born on May 14, 2010.

Achievements Richard Stastny ’66 FPET, has been promoted to general manager at Badger Industries, Zelienople, Pa. Richard Hastings ’94 MET, was appointed as an alderman to the Waukesha Common Council.

Robert Zimmerman ’95 MSEM, has joined the board of directors of the Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments.

Randall Goll ’96 AE, has been named as one of The Business Journal’s Forty under 40 for 2011. Goll is the president of KVG Building Corp.

Beth Dufek ’97 AE, has been named as one of The Business Journal’s Forty under 40 for 2011. Dufek is a program officer at Local Initiatives Support Corp.

To Rebecca (Fischer) Severson ’00 AE and Richard Severson ’00 CM, a daughter, Brooke Taylor, born on Oct. 16, 2009.

Mark Buckbee ’98 MET, ’05 MSEM, received a master’s degree in new product management from MSOE in February 2011.

Dr. Eric Durant ’98 CE, EE was awarded US patent 7,650,004 for efficient hearing aid parameter optimization based on patient feedback using genetic algorithms.

Benjamin Goetter ’98 AE/CM, has been named as one of The Business Journal’s Forty under 40 for 2011.

Goetter is a senior project manager at Mortenson Construction.

Adam Doubblestein ’99 AE, has been promoted to vice president/project management director at Byce & Associates Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich.

David Bozeman ’00 MSEM, has been named to the 2011 SME Education Foundation Board of Directors.

Additionally, Bozeman was named a 2011 Global Competitiveness Award winner by the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Global Competitiveness Conference.

Bozeman is a vice president at Caterpillar Inc.

To Nikki and Adam Schneider ’04 ME, a daughter, Isla Grace, born on June 2, 2010.

To Katie (Ambrose) Tisdell ’03 AE and Matthew Tisdell ’03 AE, a daughter, Rory Madeline, born on Aug. 14, 2010.

To KD Nguyen and Hai M. Bui ’00 CE, a son, Eric, born on Oct. 13, 2010.

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Nicole (Whitlock) Duncan ’01 B&CS, received a master’s degree in engineering management from MSOE in February 2011.

Matthew Van Beek ’02 ME, received a master’s degree in engineering management from MSOE in February 2011.

Laura Vogel ’04 AE, received her Professional Engineers license in June 2010.

Sara (Janke) Falkiewicz ’05 IE, has been selected as one of the New Faces of Engineering for National Engineers Week by the Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Jiju George Johnson ’06 ME, received a master’s degree in engineering from MSOE in February 2011.

John Hubball ’07 ME, received a master’s degree in engineering from MSOE in February 2011.

David Madison ’07 BSM, received his juris doctor degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2010.

Edward Baireuther ’35 EEP George Holderby ’47 RHACT Calvin Johnson ’47 RHACT Marion (Lueneburg) Talatzko ’48 NU DewWayne Jones ’49 RS Paul Garnish ’51 EE George Bauer ’52 RTT Lewis Drake ’53 EEE Ronald Fieulleteau ’54 EE Jeanette (Heinzel) Laesch ’56 NU John Massey ’56 EEE Keith Rand ’56 EEE George Stroup ’56 EEE Andrew Lucas ’60 ECT John Rabbitt ’60 EEC Dale Brandon ’61 ET Richard Rahoi ’61 EEC Earl Newman ’70 AIM Thomas Goliash ’72 EET William O’Connell ’82 BIM Edward Lewandowski ’86 IET Thomas Nelson ’97 EE

Dawn Margaret Frederickson passed away on Feb. 5, 2011. Frederickson taught pediatric nursing at Milwaukee County School of Nursing (now MSOE School of Nursing) for more than 15 years.

Arden “Art” Gillund ’61 EEC passed away on Jan. 19, 2011. Gillund graduated from MSOE in 1961, and received the Pioneer Award for his innovation, determination and dedication. He worked for Delco Electronics and held several patents relating to crash detection sensors and airbag systems.

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Travis Thul ’06 EET, has been promoted to full Lieutenant in the US Coast Guard. Thul also received his Professional Engineers license in January 2010.

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July 15 – 17, 2011 Spring is in the air, which means summer—and Summer in the City—are right around the corner! Reunite with old friends, meet fellow MSOE alumni and attend a variety of events during the annual fun-filled reunion weekend.

Enjoy a technical tour of Miller Park, which focuses on the architecture and HVAC system. Guests are treated to an exclusive peek of the dugout, luxury suite level, press box, Bob Uecker’s broadcast booth and more. Partake in an interactive discussion about jobs, the economy and our future, hosted by the Rader

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