Alumni News
CLASS NOTES Chip E. Bradway (CE, 1997) is now an associate and senior project manager with CE Solutions. Since 2010, he has worked on complex, fast-paced projects for the Carmel, Indiana-based company.
Jessica S. (Huggins) Bastin (CE, 2001) is the county engineer for Madison County, Indiana, after spending a year as executive director of facilities at Anderson University.
Jae E. Billingsley (ME, 1999) has been promoted to manager of industry solutions and strategic partnerships with CAE Healthcare.
Dan R. LaBar (ME, 2001), a senior data scientist with Resultant, was among TechPoint’s Tech 25 Class of 2020 for helping to grow Indiana’s tech and tech-enabled companies.
LaTisha A. (Arroyo) Egenolf (CHE, 2001) is president of Direct Path Alliance, a woman- and minority-owned business that helps clients align and calibrate operations for peak performance.
Cmdr Andy M. Cain (ME, 1999) is a military assistant to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Agency administrator. He completed a two-year command of the Navy’s USS Helena Los Angeles-class attack submarine. Jeremy C. Price (CPE, 1999) is a technical trainer with Amazon Web Services after having the same role at Rackspace Technology. John J. Straigis (CHE/ME, 1999) has completed several long-distance running races throughout the western U.S., including a 30th place finish in a 238-mile event near Moab, Utah.
00s Bryan W. Egli (CE, 2000) has been promoted to vice president of operations with Thieneman Construction, Inc. Hansong “Andy“ Liu (MSEE, 2000) is head of China business operations with Novotech Health Holdings. Mandy L. (Smith) Loftus (EE, 2000) is a project manager with Elanco’s production plant in Clinton, Indiana. Jamie E. (Funk) Miller (CPE, 2000) is now leading information technology security strategy and planning with Corteva.
Maceo R. Lewis (CE, 2001) has been promoted to senior capital improvement project manager with Black & Veatch. Dan S. Young (EE/ME, 2001) is an acoustic engineer and laboratory director with U.S. Navy’s Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. Steve A. Corbin (BSEE, 2002/MSEMGT, 2012) received the Department of Defense’s STEM Education and Outreach Advocate of the Quarter Award. He has worked for 20 years with the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana. Sean R. Durrant (MSAO, 2002), laser systems group scientist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren (Virginia) Division, was a recipient of the group's Black Engineer of the Year Award. He is supporting the development of directed energy weapon systems to combat naval threats. Clint E. Ferguson (CE, 2002) is vice president of business development with Chicago-based Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. He will establish strategies for the firm’s core business and targeted industries.
Kevin A. Klues (EE/CS, 2002) is a principal software engineer on NVIDIA’s Cloud Native team. Joel M. Smith (CHE, 2002) co-authored the Applied Statistics Manual, named one of the most popular books published in 2020 by Quality Press. He is director of rapid continuous improvement at Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. Lindsey R. VanSchoiack (CHE, 2002) is now a consultant with Spiral Medical Development and Blake Consulting Group. Joshua T. Reed (CE, 2003) is a senior vice president for equity originations with Merchants Capital. Sid L. Stamm (CS, 2003) has been granted academic tenure as a computer science and software engineering professor at Rose-Hulman. Anne E. (Trueblood) Trobaugh (ME, 2003) is deputy director of global quality at Flowserve in Southlake, Texas. She formerly worked at Cummins Inc. Matt L. Colatruglio (ME, 2004) is a product manager with Fire-Dex, a company providing personal protective clothing for emergency response personnel. Laura J. Hemming (CE, 2005) is deputy garrison manager with the U.S. Army’s Garmisch community in Germany. Larissa M. Oaks (ME, 2005) is the indoor environmental quality specialist with the U.S. Green Building Council, managing LEED technical development/maintenance quality credit certifications. Aaron R. Roberts (CE, 2005) has returned to WSP as a senior project manager. He worked for the firm in 2013-14. Neil P. Myers (ME, 2006) is global controls design lead for Carrier. Crystal N. Reichert (PH, 2006) is co-owner and social media manager with Stellar Candle Company in Frankfort, Indiana. Eric D. Wojak (CE, 2006) is vice president of development for luxury-leased homes with Thompson Thrift’s Watermark residential division in Indianapolis.
Drenten Ferro on HVAC ‘Woman to Watch’ List Stephanie Drenten Ferro (ME, 2011) has been named one of Engineered Systems Magazine's 20 to Watch: Women in HVAC for 2021. She is project manager and energy engineer with Heapy Engineering’s building optimization practice in Cleveland, Ohio. Drenten Ferro is skilled in sustainable planning, renewable energy, mechanical engineering, project management, and business development. Past projects have included leading a team that completed a massive energy review for the Ohio Veteran Affairs’ six statewide campuses. She has earned a master’s degree in engineering for sustainable development at the University of Cambridge (England), is a certified energy manager, and is a member of the Association of Energy Engineers.
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