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e live in an ever-changing world. And change is complicated.

At its onset, it is often unclear whether a given change is good or bad. It is only natural that we often experience the palpable tension of choosing to resist it or embrace it.

One thing is clear: technology is changing at an accelerated rate regardless.

What is possible today was just science fiction a few decades ago. There may be no limit to what we can innovate. If that is so, then we must be vigilant in asking, What are the implications of our innovation?

As we continuously build tomorrow, we have a tremendous responsibility to do so ethically, with a broad worldview and an emphasis on inclusion. As you’ll read in the stories within, technological advancement reverberates through all things, with the potential to alter the status quo of our society. And, if new solutions shape the lives of everyone, then they must be created by everyone.

This is why innovation and inclusion are cornerstones of our college.

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ALUMNI NOTES

In this issue, you will read about the evolution of key technologies and their potential for changing our world. Our diverse community of faculty and students contributes to that forward momentum every day. Things are also evolving in the college. In the following pages, you’ll learn about the progress we have made in the areas of inclusive excellence and student success. And, of course, we share some genuinely remarkable accomplishments from our worldwide community of proud alumni.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy our latest edition of Syracuse Innovator.

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THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE LAUNCHES THE OFFICE OF

DEFINITION

INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

The Association of American Colleges & Universities defines inclusive excellence as “designed to help colleges and universities ­integrate diversity, equity, and ­educational quality efforts into their missions and institutional operations.”

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s part of the College of Engineering and Computer Science’s continued commitment to diversity, inclusion, and student success, Karen Davis ’83, G’91 has been appointed interim assistant dean for inclusive excellence. In this new position, she oversees the college’s newly established Office of Inclusive Excellence, launched on October 1.

K A R E N D A V I S , I N T E R I M A S S I S TA N T D E A N OF INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

Inclusive Excellence

be informed by research, reporting, and regular assessment.

Davis also chairs the college’s Inclusive Excellence (IE) Council. In its first year, the council is charged with completing a diversity audit and with partnering with InterFaith Works CNY to draft and launch a dialogue. InterFaith Works is a long-established organization that builds bridges of understanding to affirm the dignity of all people through education, service, and dialogue.

Under her leadership, the Office of Inclusive Excellence will augment and integrate “I am excited and honored to dedicate diversity, equity, and excellence within myself to enhancing our college’s culture of the college through education, research, diversity, inclusion, and equity,” says Davis. dialogue, policy, and assessment. The office “I ardently believe in the vision of the Office houses programs for student success and of Inclusive Excellence and I am pleased to high-impact experiential programs; it coor- be in a position to move the needle in these dinates training and education for faculty, critical areas.” staff, and students; and its strategies will

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“I am excited and honored to dedicate myself to enhancing our college’s culture of diversity, inclusion, and equity.”

Dean Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg announced With guidance from the IE Council, the plans to establish the Office of Inclusive dialogue circles will be piloted and rolled Excellence this past summer. Its structure out over two years to engage more than and programming are to be informed in part 500 faculty, staff, and student leaders by the teachings of the National Inclusive in dialogue—including administrators, Excellence Leadership Academy (NIXLA). teaching assistants, and student leaders.

Davis, Dahlberg, and other key college “In establishing the Office of Inclusive leaders participated in NIXLA this past Excellence, it was imperative to appoint a summer in an intensive, five-week session. strong and compassionate leader. Karen is a In its first major initiative, the Office of pillar of our college community and a longInclusive Excellence has developed Inclusive time advocate of diversity in engineering Excellence Leadership Dialogue Circles in and computing education and employment,” partnership with InterFaith Works that use says Dahlberg. “I am pleased that she has dialogue to develop inclusive excellence accepted this vital new role and look forward leadership skills crucial for enhancing to all that the college will accomplish campus climate. Employers also cite these through her leadership.” as essential skills for leadership in today’s global, diverse, and multicultural workforce.

Conduct ECS Diversity Audit

Develop Dialogue Circles

Examine Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure Practices

Articulate Longterm Strategy

WITH ALL OUR TECHNOLOGY,

MINOR FAULTS CAN STILL TURN INTO

BIG PROBLEMS

On an average day in India not so long ago, the circuit breakers on a single powerline tripped. hat caused the breakers on another line to go down. Then another. Then another. It happened again and again throughout the power grid, leaving more than 300 million people in the dark for 15 hours.

A few years later on a highway in China, construction and a spike in traffic created some congestion heading to Beijing.

Fender benders followed. A few cars broke down. The situation descended into a major traffic jam that stretched for 100 kilometers and lasted for 10 days. These scenarios were unrelated, but they had one key thing in common—small ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MAKAN FARDAD ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Fardad’s research focuses on the analysis and optimization of dynamical networks and he teaches courses on control systems and convex optimization. He is the recipient of the ECS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education and multiple National Science Foundation awards.

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failures snowballed into full-blown catastrophes.

In his National Science Foundation CAREER Awardwinning proposal, “A Scalable Optimization-Based Framework for Modeling and Analysis of Cascading Failures,” Associate Professor Makan Fardad is tackling these cascading failures by developing a mathematical framework to expose the fragilities that exist within infrastructure networks so that they can be amended before causing large-scale failures.

With all our technology, how do minor faults turn into such big problems?

Is it fair to say that this “snowball effect” begins with a single “snowflake?”

What motivated you to work on this problem?

“Normally these networks are stable. They “Sometimes, yes. But, there generally is a “I find this type of unexpected behavior in can deal with most disturbances and combinatorial aspect to these problems. systems incredibly intriguing. I also enjoy shocks—even big ones. But, they are still Often, it is multiple weak spots failing tackling these problems from a theoretical vulnerable to some disturbances, shocks, together that cause the larger system to standpoint. Networks that demonstrate and failures. If we know where to look, we fail. My research team is interested in cascading behavior are generally mathecan find fragilities that would allow even finding the most consequential failures in matically challenging to analyze. small shocks to destabilize the network, the network.

“I first decided to study this field when I build momentum, and become massively “While individual shocks may never initiate became fascinated by cascading behavior amplified and propagated by the network’s a cascade, if chosen wisely, multiple shocks in social networks, such as the propagation natural dynamics. together will push the network over the edge of social contagion, the spread of rumors and “In India’s blackout and China’s traffic jam, and past the tipping point. But it is not misinformation, and the promotion of posithe initial failures most likely had natural feasible to check all combinations of shock tive social change and collective action. This causes, like weather or human error, which locations in a large network. There are just was before the days of the #MeToo movement, are unavoidable. We can only aim to iden- too many possibilities, so another part of my but I can think of no better example today. tify networks’ weak spots and strengthen research is to devise computationally scal- “Back then, I wondered how the self-­ them before they create a cascading failure. able optimization algorithms to tackle this.” immolation of a 26-year-old Tunisian street “This is especially important today because vendor sparked protests that led to a wave of technology has also democratized access uprisings that spread across 13 countries in to sensitive infrastructure, and that can North Africa and the Middle East to become allow malicious groups to target our the Arab Spring. networks with the intention of doing harm, “It’s amazing how a single event can snowball for example through cyberattacks.” into something substantial.”

Cascading Failure:

Power Transmission

A process in a system of interconnected parts in which the failure of one or more parts can trigger the failure of other parts.

Computer Networking

Finance

The Human Body

Transportation Systems

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Enhanced Advising Providing a higher level of student support for a more rewarding student experience

FRONT ROW: Malea Perkins Mary Kay Montville ’86 Anna Kramer Sarah Mack G’10

BACK ROW: Anand Samuel LeAnne Shaler G’10 Christopher Maldonado Derek Poole

his fall, Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) launched a new advising model to enhance the undergraduate student experience. In this model, every undergraduate student in the college is provided a team of advisors to support and mentor them throughout their undergraduate career. Returning students are assigned a faculty advisor and a career advisor, and first-year students are assigned a student success advisor, a career advisor, and a faculty advisor.

To support this new endeavor, the college has hired four new career advisors and three new student success advisors.

“Providing this level of support will help ensure that our students can thrive in their respective programs and disciplines, can graduate on time, and are prepared to begin a high-paying career upon graduation,” says Senior Associate Dean Julie Hasenwinkel. “We’re providing a higher level of student support for a more rewarding student experience.”

Students engage with the new model through Route 44—a roadmap for students to follow from day one to graduation. Through Route 44, students meet with their advisors at least once per semester and earn points for themselves and for their team as they unlock

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achievements and meet milestones that include attending ECS community events, participating in career fairs, and making the Dean’s List. Periodic prize drawings are held for top point earners.

The college’s Student Success Center will also host a year-end celebration for the winning team.

Dean Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg says, “This model and the Route 44 programming encourage a new level of student participation in the advising process. It enhances each student’s experience at SU, magnifies the value of their education, and prepares them to seize incredible opportunities throughout their careers. Our investments in this model and in our new staff are truly investments in our students’ future.”

TRANSITION TO COLLEGE

FACULTY ADVISORS

ONGOING OUTREACH

STUDENT SUCCESS ADVISORS

CONNECTING WITH RESOURCES

JOB READINESS

CAREER ADVICE

CAREER ADVISORS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COURSE SELECTION

SECURE INTERNSHIPS & JOBS

DEGREE PROGRESS

“THIS MODEL AND THE ROUTE 44 PROGRAMMING ENCOURAGE A NEW LEVEL OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE ADVISING PROCESS.”

EACH ADVISOR COACHES STUDENTS ON A DIFFERENT BUILDING BLOCK OF SUCCESS

Faculty Advisors Faculty advisors ensure that students understand their discipline and curriculum, assist with course selection, support degree progress, and provide professional development and career advice.

Student Success Advisors Student success advisors focus on the students’ academic success through ongoing outreach, supporting their transition to college, connecting them with resources, and monitoring their ­progress through mid-semester reports and ­feedback from faculty.

Career Advisors Career advisors counsel and train students to develop and assess their career skills, ensure job readiness, help them secure internships and jobs, and serve as a liaison to faculty and employers on students’ behalf.

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Using light to “write� composites at the microscale could unleash an incredible new range of beneficial chemical, mechanical, and electrical properties

n the never-ending process of optimizing a solution to a problem, everything matters, particularly the materials one uses to fix the problem. And the more complex the solution, the more advanced the materials. One has to choose materials that are perfectly suited to address the problem at hand.

Often, it is useful to employ composite materials, those that combine two or more separate materials to form another, with new and improved properties. Materials like these are used in things like batteries, solar cells, building materials, anti-stick frying pans, and vehicles. The trouble is, they can be difficult and expensive to produce, so companies are always looking for a better way.

In his National Science Foundation CAREER Award-winning proposal, “Fabrication of Composite Material Structures Using Light-Induced Self Writing,” Assistant Professor Ian D. Hosein lays out his plans to use light to “write” composites at the microscale. This approach, also known as photocuring, provides faster production and greater control over the arrangement of materials in fabrication of composite material microstructures. Hosein’s method could unleash an incredible new range of beneficial chemical, mechanical, and electrical properties in composites.

What does it mean to “write” with light?

Why is it important that this work be done?

What do you hope this work leads to?

“Think of 3D printing. We’re trying to do the “Making microstructured composites currently “I hope that we develop our new method to same thing, only we have a technique that entails multiple laborious, energy-hungry a level at which a wide range of composite transforms light into the ‘nozzle’ through steps, which drive up costs and don’t provide material structures can be produced that which materials are precisely deposited. But enough control over the arrangement of the can significantly impact a broad range of unlike 3D printing, which simply extrudes composite. This has slowed innovation in the applications. I want researchers to see our as single-component resin to write materials, field of materials and the integration of new work and say, ‘We can use that.’ For example, our resin consists of multiple components. products into the market. Our process rapidly I hope to see better battery materials, stronger And we precisely control where each compo- produces materials at a fraction of the cost and lighter construction materials, and nent is located. Our light-writing technique and with unprecedented control. better coatings. I also hope that some of is also much faster than 3D printing, which “This could lead to a revolution in the way these accomplishments lead to commerhas to build a structure layer by layer.” composites are made, allowing new mate- cialization of products. As this is an early rials to reach products and the market career award, I also hope that it advances quicker. The process is also highly versa- my lab to the extent where we continue to do tile. A wider selection of materials can be cutting-­edge work that garners recognition used, thereby providing opportunities for from funding agencies, industry, as well as new and advanced materials to reach the our research community.” product level.”

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IAN D. HOSEIN BIOMEDICAL AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Hosein’s research aims to provide materials-based solutions that address critical challenges in clean energy production and storage, environmental remediation and cleanup, and sustain­ ability. The present focus is on creating new materials from both organic and inorganic systems, with an emphasis on directed self-­ organization, bio-inspired structures, and enhancing material properties.

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“Think of 3D printing.

We’re trying to do the same thing, only we have a technique that transforms light into the ‘nozzle’ through which materials are precisely deposited.”

An Expert in the Field It is a common occurrence to find Professor Charles T. Driscoll knee-deep in an Adirondack stream.

A renowned member of the National Academy of Engineers, he studies how ecosystems respond to pollution in our air and water. Often, that requires collecting water samples to bring back to his state-of-the-art lab—the Center for Environmental Systems Engineering.

An ECS faculty member for nearly four decades, Driscoll is one of the top 250 most cited researchers in environmental science and engineering.

And he has been called upon to testify on the ecological effects of air

Marykate McHale, Courtney Davis, and Charles T. Driscoll collect water samples in a local stream.

pollution to Senate and House of Representative committees.

Driscoll’s work is a shining example of why Syracuse University has become a leading research institution.

A Leader Among Leaders CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE

ombining an engineering degree with a drive to make the world a better place can lead you to amazing opportunities. For Conde Lysa Uwizeyimana ’16, her combination of knowledge and heart brought her face to face with President Barack Obama during the celebration surrounding Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday in July. And, as Obama’s 100 million Twitter followers already know, she has the photograph to prove it.

culminated in an “Ideafest.” The leaders divided into teams and were tasked with developing a solution to a problem facing their communities. Uwizeyimana’s team opted to tackle a topic she understands well— water distribution.

Upon graduating from Syracuse, Uwizeyimana had returned home to Rwanda and quickly found employment as an engineer with Earth Systems, an environmental consulting firm.

While working on a water supply study for an agricultural project, she was tasked with doing an inventory of existing boreholes in Bugesera, Representing her home Eastern Province of country of Rwanda, Rwanda. Boreholes Leaders were divided Uwizeyimana is one are ubiquitous ways of of 200 young Africans extracting groundwater into teams and tasked to be selected for the in this rural area as well inaugural class of the in many different parts with developing soluObama Foundation’s of Africa. Uwizeyimana Leaders: Africa program. tions to problems facing found many of the bores The leaders represent in total disrepair and their communities.

44 African countries unfunctional. Worse, she and work to create found the people in positive change in their communities those rural communities desperate for help. through leadership, service, and innovative “They thought we were there to fix the bores new ideas. and were begging us to do so,” she explains.

In the days leading up to Mandela Day, “I thought the least we can do is organize the Uwizeyimana participated in the Obama funds to fix the bores that are already there.

Foundation’s five-day conference in That was the beginning for me.”

Johannesburg. She and her fellow leaders The poor state of drinking water infrastructook part in workshops and activities that ture is prevalent throughout rural Africa.

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Clean drinking water made accessible to areas that don’t have it available.

to the local distribution and treatment center and have it delivered at their doorstep by bicycle at a very low cost,” says Uwizeyimana.

“The bicycle delivery also makes our solution zero-emission and suitable for the resources at hand in many of these rural communities.”

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa estimates more than 300 million people lack access to clean water. Without the necessary resources, the population is forced to rely heavily on unsafe surface water sources.

Her team’s human-centric design impressed the judges and was awarded first place out of the entire field of 40 teams. Elated by the win, the team quickly moved on to the final day of the conference—a service project in support of Mandela Day. Uwizeyimana and her teammates joined an artist in painting a large Mandela mural at the Far North Secondary School in Johannesburg.

It was there that a very high-profile Obama Foundation representative came to meet them. It was Obama himself.

Shortly after her experience in Bugesera, Uwizeyimana applied to the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa program and was quickly accepted. When she arrived at the organization’s conference this past summer, she found herself assigned to a small, diverse group of fellow leaders from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, and South “Suddenly there was a bit of activity around us as the conference organizers began to direct Africa to compete in the Ideafest.

“We were given two days to come up with a people away from the area where we were human-centered idea that could benefit our painting, and then there he was. President communities. We ended up proposing an Obama walked up and personally congratuUber-like service for potable water distribu- lated us on our win. We spoke with him. We tion. Rural households would place an order asked him questions. He painted with us. It was for water delivery by sending a text message an amazing experience,” says Uwizeyimana.

CONDE LYSA UWIZEYIMANA ’16 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | HOMETOWN: KIGALI, RWANDA

Resident assistant in Watson Hall.

Undergraduate research assistant in Professor Charles T. Driscoll’s lab. Conducted research on identifying how the quality of dissolved organic carbon is closely coupled with the transport and bioaccumulation of total mercury in the Adirondack waters. Sister in Alpha Omega Epsilon. Member of SU’s African Student Union.

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During their visit, a photographer captured to the United States to begin work on her the moment and it was shared by Obama’s master’s in environmental management @BarackObama Twitter handle with the at the Yale School of Forestry. Despite the caption, “Mandela Day is about taking action distance between them, they still have to change the world for the better. In these hopes to move forward their “Uber for young people, I see Madiba’s example of Water” project in Africa. persistence and hope. They are poised to “I’m not satisfied that I have done enough make this world more peaceful, more pros- yet,” she says. “It was such an inspiring perous, and more just.” The message was experience to work alongside other leaders shared broadly—retweeted more than 40,000 who are passionate about bringing Africa times and liked more than 254,000 times by forward. Someday, I hope to use my educaTwitter users from around the world. tion and experiences to achieve more for Following the Obama Foundation confer- the people of Rwanda and Africa.” ence and Mandela Day, Uwizeyimana bid farewell to her teammates and returned 16 | WINTER 2019

INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION

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Uwizeyimana and her teammates joined an artist in painting a large Mandela mural at the Far North Secondary School in Johannesburg.

It was there that a very high-profile Obama Foundation representative came to meet them —Barack Obama himself.

OBAMA FOUNDATION CONFERENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

300 MILLION

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa estimates more than 300 million people lack access to clean water.

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Eleva Located in the Tango Foxtrot Lab in Link Hall, the Fidelity MOTUS 622i is one of the most advanced flight simulators available worldwide.

The simulator allows students to put theory into practice. Students are able to test their hypotheses from their coursework in the flight simulator and see the impact of their decisions in a real-world scenario. The flight simulator is the result of a generous donation by alumnus William “Ted” Frantz ’80.

John F. Dannenhoffer III, associate professor and aerospace engineering program director, instructs students in the flight simulator.

ation AEROSPACE ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY CAN LEARN TO FLY IN A STATE-OF-THE-ART FLIGHT SIMULATOR AND RECENTLY GAVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY TEACHING KIDS TO FLY IN AN ANTIQUE TRAINER

Students Making the M.O.S.T. of National Engineers Week restored Link Flight Trainer, currently on display at the Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) in Syracuse, was donated by the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Known as “blue boxes,” the compact blue mini-planes were designed by Binghamton, New York, engineer Edwin Link in 1929. They were the first commercially available flight simulators. This past spring, aerospace engineering students helped children experience the flight trainer for National Engineers Week.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS ROLE IN OUR FUTURE

A I IS N ’ T J US T

KILLER ROBOTS

ollywood has a boundless imagination for how technology will be the end of us. We could be obliterated by an army of metallic, red-eyed skeletons like in the Terminator films, used as batteries to power the Matrix, or overthrown by worker drones like in iRobot.

innovators to do just that. For the first time this past spring, the college offered Ethics of Machine Learning—a course in which 30 undergraduate and graduate students studied and discussed how AI in all its forms is connected to discrimination, equality of opportunity, advertising, predictive policing, automation of finance, the military, driverless vehicles, and more.

These concerns aren’t limited to the big screen. Type “artificial intelligence” into YouTube and you’ll find countless commentators sounding the alarm about where intelligent machines could lead us. Some commentators are certain that they will be our demise, while others are more optimistic, believing that the benefits of AI outweigh the risks.

In addition to the classic robots-takeover-the world scenario, the class explored fascinating and concerning case studies detailed in Cathy O’Neil’s book Weapons of Math Destruction and articles like “Machine Bias,” by Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu, and Lauren Kirchner of ProPublica.

PEOPLE

PUT A LOT OF

TRUST IN ALGORITHMS

In materials like these, a key message is delivered: one cannot assume that bias is removed from the equation when an algorithm helps us reach a decision.

No matter which position you take, one thing seems certain: AI will play a significant role in our future. And, in many ways it already does. “People put a lot of trust in algorithms. They AI isn’t just killer robots; it’s also the machine think that because it is math that it’s just rules, learning and algorithms that influence our that it cannot be biased, but it can. Even if everyday lives—shaping everything from our the programmers have no intention to create television viewing preferences, to whom we biased outcomes, these algorithms are so hear from on social networks, to sentencing complex that they can become hard to predict in criminal prosecution. and can be harmful,” says Soundarajan.

There seems to be no limit to what can be For example, in “Machine Bias,” the authors accomplished with AI. Are we prepared to detail the use of a computer algorithm address the ethical implications of this work? developed by a company called Northpointe In Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, Assistant Professor Sucheta Soundarajan is preparing tomorrow’s

in predicting the likelihood of recidivism among people who have committed crimes.

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WE HAVE TENDED TO BLINDLY TRUST

THE ALGORITHMS BEHIND THE SCENES,

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BUT IT IS BECOMING APPARENT THAT

THESE ALGORITHMS CAN THEMSELVES

BE BIASED, WITH POTENTIALLY HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS.

The program—called a risk assessment—analyzes a set of data on the person in question, then produces a score measuring how likely they are to re-offend. ProPublica’s investigation found that this system­— commonly used in our nation’s courtrooms—was more likely to label blacks as high risk. While Northpointe disputes ProPublica’s findings, the issue warrants serious ethical consideration.

“Even if you don’t include a person’s ethnicity, information like a person’s neighborhood, income, and purchases can paint a picture that ends up revealing their race. The data can reveal the certain protected features even though it is not intended by the humans that are in control. If the human were the one looking at the data, they might be able to realize that this is happening,” says Soundarajan. “To the machine it’s all zeros and ones, but the data 22 | WINTER 2019

that is fed through it isn’t. If data is biased or identifying, then the resulting score will be heavily influenced by that bias.”

To be sure, there are also profound benefits to turning over certain tasks to machines. For example, artificial intelligence is very popular in medical applications such as diagnostic imaging. Humans can look at an image and reach a conclusion, but the machine may see patterns or changes that the human mind is unable to detect on its own.

Weighing the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence was at the heart of the class’s discussions. They discussed their front-line roles as engineers and computer scientists in developing these technologies responsibly. Soundarajan was heartened by the students response to the class’s topics and their passion for using these technologies responsibly.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SUCHETA SOUNDARAJAN “They are just starting as computer engineers and scientists, and they care and really want to do the right thing,” she says.

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In the future, she hopes to expand this course to students outside of the College of Engineering and Computer Science to include the perspectives of students in other programs, such as law and media.

She believes everyone, regardless of their field of study, has something at stake in this conversation.

“These technologies have become an incredibly important and pervasive aspect of our society,” says Soundarajan. “We have tended to blindly trust the algorithms behind the scenes, but it is becoming apparent that these algorithms can themselves be biased, with potentially harmful side effects. We need to understand what is happening so that we will be able to fix it.”

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the

Untapped Power of

Fuel Cells

In recent years, renewable energy has been on the rise in the United States.

Still, the overwhelming majority of our energy comes from fossil fuels. nd renewable energy needs to overcome significant limitations and obstacles to contribute a greater share of our overall energy solution. Hydrogen fuel cells may be the key to our sustainable energy future.

Certainly, the technology has improved by leaps and bounds since then. Unfortunately, as with renewables, the world still isn’t completely ready. However, Associate Professor Jeongmin Ahn in Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science says that the landscape is changing rapidly and fuel cells may soon emerge as a viable alternative in many applications.

The term “cell” as it relates to energy is most commonly associated with batteries, but a fuel cell is more like an internal combustion engine. That’s because while a battery “Given the genuine obstacles that the implestores energy, highly efficient hydrogen mentation of fuel cells used to face, past fuel cells generate energy using a reverse- policy decisions in the U.S. heavily favored electrolysis chemical reaction. And they are renewable energy and battery-powered environmentally friendly, producing only electric vehicles,” says Ahn. “But today, electricity, water, and heat. things have changed in a way that makes a widespread adoption of fuel cells much So how come they aren’t currently used everywhere? After all, fuel cells have been more feasible.” used in NASA spacecraft since the 1960s.

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Not Without Its

Challenges FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN ARE TOO EXPENSIVE.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO STORE HYDROGEN.

THE WORLD IS BUILT FOR FOSSIL FUELS, NOT HYDROGEN.

It has been historically costly to produce

The storage of hydrogen is challenging because

If you drive a gasoline-powered car like most people,

hydrogen, but an increase in U.S. natural

it is a gas. Containing it could take up a lot of

you likely never give much thought to running out

gas production (a major source of hydrogen)

space and require thick, heavy tanks. This is

of fuel. When your gauge shows your tank is low,

has made it less expensive than ever before.

especially a concern for hydrogen-powered vehicles.

there’s a gas station on every corner. If you drive a

Additionally, hydrogen can be produced by

Fortunately, this particular challenge seems to

hydrogen-powered car, you need to be intently aware

breaking down water through electrolysis.

have been almost entirely overcome. Many car

of the nearest hydrogen station.

Most importantly, it has reached a point at

companies have successfully created a system for

It is true that we don’t have a robust hydrogen

which it costs less than gasoline production.

commercial vehicles that transport hydrogen as

infrastructure, but in most developed countries we

Researchers have also uncovered ways to use

ammonia—converting it back to hydrogen gas to

do have a natural gas and water infrastructure. Both

less expensive materials in manufacturing fuel

power the chemical reaction. Toyota has employed

could be tapped as a source to generate hydrogen

cells. At least when it comes to cost, hydrogen

this technology in its fuel-cell-powered Mirai, which

for a cost that is comparable to or less than the

fuel cells can finally compete.

is currently on the road in the United States, Japan,

generation of gasoline. You wouldn’t need tractor-­

and Europe, numbering more than 6,000.

trailers to deliver it; it could be generated onsite.

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Those who prioritize other energy solutions over fuel cells have traditionally pointed to a few key problems: hydrogen production is expensive; hydrogen is difficult to store, especially on a vehicle; and there is little existing infrastructure. According to Ahn, these common objections don’t hold up the way they once did.

The industry isn’t the only area in which people have become turned on to the idea. In August, the U.S. Department of Energy broke from tradition and funded $38 million in new projects that support hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, a far cry from its stance just a few years ago. The Energy Department estimates that as many as 40,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be on American roadways by 2023.

The implementation of fuel cells is much more realistic than ever. Not only that, in many places they have become a reality. In “It takes time, but more and more, people addition to Toyota’s success with the Mirai, are open to using alternative, more environHonda and Hyundai are poised to compete mentally friendly energy solutions,” says in the hydrogen fuel cell automotive industry. Ahn. “No single sustainable option can Companies like Google, Verizon, and AT&T be dominant anytime soon, so we need to use stationary Bloom Energy fuel cell use everything at our disposal to reduce technology to power their facilities. And, the use of fossil fuels. Taking action like the world’s first fuel cell train is operating replacing combustion engines with fuel cell in Germany as of September. Innovators technology would go a long way to reduce are also finding ways to combine fuel cell emissions and solve a range of energy technology with renewable energy sources problems. The future of hydrogen fuel cells to move both solutions forward. These are is bright.”

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JEONGMIN AHN’S COMER LAB The Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory at the Syracuse Center of Excellence advances combustion, fuel cells, new material applications, and power generation.

just some of the many places practical fuel cell technology is emerging.

THE FUTURE OF FUEL CELLS IS BRIGHT

MAJOR

40,000

NASA

COMPANIES USE HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS

HYDROGEN VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

HAS HAD FUEL CELLS IN SPACE FOR DECADES

GOOGLE, AT&T, AND VERIZON USE FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY TO POWER THEIR FACILITIES.

40,000 HYDROGEN FUEL CELL VEHICLES PROJECTED TO BE ON AMERICAN ROADWAYS BY 2023.

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS HAVE BEEN USED BY NASA TO POWER SPACECRAFT SINCE THE 1960S.

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Small World THE DAWN OF 5G

5G

The new generation of wireless communications is almost here, and it will create an even greater connected world.

At Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, Professor M. Cenk Gursoy teaches courses in wireless communications and conducts research on integrating millimeter waves, large-scale multiple-antenna systems, and ultra-reliable low-latency network designs, which will play an integral role in making the 5G network a reality. He and his students explore the opportunities of 5G and all its applications.

t is hard to believe that cell phones were once limited to simple two-way conversations. Smartphones are so ubiquitous today that we often take their capabilities for granted. But as with all technology, we are never satisfied with the status quo. With every new iteration, “The potential for 5G is great, but it won’t we expect our phones to do more and to do be easy to deliver such a powerful network,” it faster. explains Gursoy. “Plus, certain applications Our desire to augment our technology isn’t are going to require something far more limited to phones and tablets. With the reliable than we’ve ever seen. For example, advent of the internet of things, nearly self-driving cars may depend on the wireeverything we touch is getting smarter—our less network. Losing a signal could have dire consequences. With the ambitious vision cars, our homes, our cities.

The practicality of living in a smarter world that has been set for 5G, we need to overhinges on connection. To deliver the fast, come some significant limitations.” reliable connectivity that we crave, we need a better wireless network.

Enter the 5G network, the fifth generation of wireless. Built on the backs of four previous systems, 5G aims to deliver 1,000 times more data at rates 100 times what is offered by the current 4G network. While 4G provides a 20-millisecond delay, 5G will provide a two-millisecond delay, limited only by the speed of light. 5G will connect billions of devices and enable emerging technologies, including driverless cars, augmented reality, and ultra-high-definition video. The implications of such an advancement would extend beyond the average person as well into health care, industry, and government.

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Everything we do that requires a wireless connection uses the radio wave frequency band, which is on the low end of the electromagnetic spectrum. The problem is that space on the microwave frequency bands is minimal. Gursoy and other 5G pioneers have turned their attention to accessing higher frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum to the millimeter wave frequency band.

The 5G network will rely on a combination of microwave and millimeter wave frequency bands. But microwaves and millimeter waves behave differently, compounding the challenge. Microwaves propagate over long distances from tall, well-spaced antennas high in the hills. Millimeter waves sent from directional antennas act like a laser pointer’s beam. They are powerful, but they can only travel short distances, in a straight line, and they are easily blocked by foliage, weather, and buildings. They need to be tightly grouped and positioned at street level.

4G

5G

10x

20-MILLISECOND DELAY

2-MILLISECOND DELAY

SPEED INCREASE

Energy is also a limitation. The more our devices do, the quicker their batteries are depleted. Streaming a two-hour movie to your phone will kill your battery far quicker than a two-hour phone conversation.

And there haven’t been significant improvements to battery life in some time. This is likely to present a challenge for many applications well after 5G has launched.

Despite these challenges and audacious goals, the rollout of 5G is just over the horizon. All of the major wireless companies expect to launch it in some form in targeted areas in 2019 and 2020. 5G smartphones and other devices, capable of accessing the new network, are also likely to hit the market in 2019.

“If 5G is able to achieve its full potential, it will be a major leap forward that will touch many areas of our lives,” says Gursoy. “It’s a good example of the powerful impact that the work of electrical engineers can have on the world.”

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X-Factor PRO FACEOFF TRAINER

Former Orange lacrosse goalie and mechanical engineering alum Dom Madonna ’18 ­invented a solo training device for faceoff specialists with his teammates Ben Williams ’17 and Joe DeMarco ’17.

Their product, the X-Factor Real-Rep Pro Faceoff Trainer, holds a lacrosse stick head and mimics an opponent’s stick angle, wrist movement, and resistance during faceoffs. It is strong enough for a Division I lacrosse player, and small and lightweight enough to be portable. Colleges and high school lacrosse programs use the trainer, and it can be purchased on lax.com.

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Syracuse Orange athletes aren’t the

National Champions A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENTS WON THE 2018 NATIONAL CYBER ANALYST CHALLENGE

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only students vying for national championships. A team of Syracuse University students was awarded first place and $20,000 in the National Cyber Analyst Challenge (NCAC) at Temple University in Philadelphia in April.

The team was comprised of cybersecurity graduate students Priyank Thavai G’18 and Sirisha Prakash G’18 from the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) and information management graduate students Anil Agrawal G’18, Michael DiFalco G’18 and Dheeraj Menon G’18 from the School of Information Studies (iSchool). They cite the cross-disciplinary nature of their team as a key advantage in their victory.

“Our academic programs prepared us well for this challenge,” says Prakash. “Many of the attacks we uncovered in the competition were ones that we were familiar with from our coursework.”

LEFT TO RIGHT: Sirisha Prakash, Priyank Thavai, and Wenliang Du

At NCAC, students are given six hours and a large set of network traffic data to identify the origins of a cyberattack and its potential damage, and then to make a seven-minute presentation of their findings and recommendations to a panel of C-suite-level judges from industry. This was the final phase of the challenge. The team had previously advanced through an initial phase in which it won $10,000.

This was the second time last academic year that a Syracuse University student team succeeded at a national competition in cybersecurity. In October 2017, the Orange Hackers Association took second place in the CyberSeed Security Competition in Connecticut. The student organization promotes affinity for cybersecurity, continuous learning, and participation in skill-based competitions.

“You have to think like an attacker,” explains Thavai. “If you know what you are looking for, the data can reveal suspicious activity. It’s our job to link it and weed out red herrings.”

Ultimately, the students’ education and participation in competitions like NCAC prepare them for success in the cybersecurity industry—an industry that is consistently seeking skilled employees.

The NCAC win was another notch in the University’s belt for cybersecurity. Syracuse “Participating in a national or regional cyberwas named the top school for cybersecurity security competition like this is a great benefit in the country by Military Times in 2017 to the students and a great way to measure and 2018. Faculty from institutions all the strength of a cybersecurity program,” says over the world rely on security education Du. “Many companies prefer to hire students labs designed by Syracuse professor and with experience in these competitions, and team co-advisor Wenliang Du to expand our students are highly sought after in the their cybersecurity knowledge and teach industry because of their skills.” their students. ECS offers a master’s in cybersecurity, online and on campus, and a cybersecurity semester for undergraduates.

The iSchool offers a certificate of advanced study in information security management.

“I am proud of our group for this tremendous accomplishment,” says the team’s iSchool co-advisor, Bahram Attaie. “The team leveraged their individual strengths with different cybersecurity toolsets, applied that knowledge to the large data set they were given and came together to present their work in front of the judges, earning the top slot at the competition.”

The NCAC win was another notch in the University’s belt for cybersecurity. Syracuse was named the top school for cybersecurity in the country by Military Times in 2017 and 2018.

National Cyber Analyst Challenge A high-profile opportunity for students to sharpen their skills and showcase Syracuse University’s strengths in cybersecurity

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ALUMNI NOTES

1960s

1970s

Alan Willson G’65, Ph.D.’67 (Electrical Engineering), the Charles P. Reames Professor Emeritus in the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA, won the 2018 IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award in Florence, Italy, at the major annual conference of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. He was also inducted as a Fellow into the National Academy of Inventors in Washington, D.C., last spring.

Captain Russell Danwin ’78 (Aerospace Engineering) became qualified to fly the 787 Dreamliner and flew it from Chicago to Shanghai.

Gerald J. Ratchford G’68, G’77 (Engineering Administration, Industrial Engineering) was recognized by Charlotte SCORE with the chapter’s Emeritus Membership Award for his over 18 years of volunteer service and dedication to the nonprofit group. Charlotte SCORE provides free one-on-one mentoring to business owners and entrepreneurs in the greater Charlotte area.

Abdallah Yabroudi ’68, G’79 (Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering) received the 2018 George Arents Award, Syracuse University’s highest alumni honor. He is the chief executive officer of Dubai Contracting Company LLC, which was recently honored as a Top 25 Leading Construction Company by the Middle East Excellence Award Institute.

1980s Anthony “Tony” Manning ’80 (Civil Engineering) was promoted to partner and chief operating officer of Warner Construction Consultants, Inc. Manning is responsible for managing and directing the company and its divisions.

Sunil Shenoy G’81 (Computer Engineering) was named vice president of hardware engineering at SiFive, a leader in RISC-V processor intellectual property.

Mark Casey ’85 (Electrical Engineering) was appointed general counsel at Mallinckrodt, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company.

Dan Coleman ’85 (Environmental Engineering) joined Greeley and Hansen, a global environmental engineering and consulting firm, as managing director of the South Atlantic Operating Group. He directs business operations and staff in the firm’s South Atlantic offices and works on driving business and strategic growth in the region.

’60s

’70s

’80s

ABDALLAH YABROUDI

CAPTAIN RUSSELL DANWIN

MARK CASEY

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DAN COLEMAN

BOB LORD

1990s Bob Lord ’85 (Industrial Engineering) was appointed to the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. board of directors. Lord has served as chief digital officer of IBM since 2016.

Christopher LaManna ’90 (Civil Engineering) was appointed associate principal at Wendel, a nationally recognized design, construction, and energy services company.

Atish Gude ’86 (Computer Engineering) was appointed chief strategy officer of NetApp, the data authority for hybrid cloud.

Marco Mercader ’91 (Bioengineering) was awarded U.S. patent 9,014,789 for Systems and Methods for Visualizing Ablated Tissue.

He is the co-founder of LuxCath, the leader in using fluorescence and optics to view lesions directly during cardiac ablation procedures.

Ramin Younessi G’87 (Electrical Engineering) was selected to be group president of energy and transportation for Caterpillar.

Younessi is the former vice president of Caterpillar’s industrial power systems division.

Edward Bushey ’88 (Electrical Engineering) joined Tribune Publishing as a senior vice president and general manager of manufacturing and distribution. Bushey previously served as co-publisher of Newsday.

Paul E. Jensen ’88 (Mechanical Engineering) was appointed the R. John Chapel Jr. Chair and dean of the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University. Jensen joined Drexel’s economics faculty in 1997.

Evan Cheng G’94 (Computer Science) was named director of engineering, blockchain, at Facebook. He was previously responsible for its programming languages and runtimes.

Jennifer Leonardo ’94, G’97 (Civil Engineering) joined Nolen Frisa Associates as a senior structural engineer. She works on a wide range of industrial, commercial, educational, and residential projects.

Manish Parashar G’94, Ph.D.’94 (Computer Engineering) was appointed director of the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation. Parashar is a distinguished professor at Rutgers and the founding director of the Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute and the Applied Software Systems Laboratory.

Saila Kariat ’85, G’88, Ph.D.’90 (Electrical Engineering) produced, wrote, and directed the movie The Valley, exploring the struggle of one family to survive intact amidst a culture in which relationships and human connection are almost impossible to maintain.

’90s ATISH GUDE

RAMIN YOUNESSI

PAUL E. JENSEN

JENNIFER LEONARDO

MANISH PARASHAR

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Heidi Majerik ’95 (Environmental Engineering) was named vice president and general manager of Southern Land Company.

Majerik previously led strategic planning and land acquisitions for Wonderland Homes in the Denver, Colorado, area.

Mohammad R. Khawer G’95, Ph.D.’15 (Computer Science, Computer & Information Science Engineering) the head of technology innovation at Nokia, has earned the designation of Bell Labs Fellow for “excellence in applied research and technology incubation in shared and unlicensed spectrum, radio platform architecture and product development impact, and relentless energy and drive.”

Hillary Lacirignola ’97 (Environmental Engineering) was named vice president of Weston & Sampson, an interdisciplinary design, engineering, and environmental service provider based in Peabody, Massachusetts.

2000s

Jared Green ’01 (Civil Engineering) contributed to a feature article in the February 2018 Civil Engineering magazine highlighting the VIA 57 West building in Manhattan. He worked on the VIA 57 West project for Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, where he is a vice president.

Shantenu Jha ’01, Ph.D.’04 (Computer Science, Physics) was named inaugural chair for the Center for Data-Driven Discovery at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory.

He has a joint appointment at Rutgers University, as both an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and principal investigator of the Research in Advanced Distributed Cyberinfrastructure and Applications Laboratory.

Michael Shepherd G’05 (Computer Science) was elevated to principal attorney at Fish & Richardson in Boston, Massachusetts. Shepherd focuses his practice on client counseling and patent prosecution in the areas of software and other computer-related technologies.

Nikhil Bodhankar G’07 (Electrical Engineering) was named the National Society of Professional Engineers 2018 Young Engineer of the Year. Bodhankar also recently appointed associate principal of SMRT, a full-service architecture, engineering, planning, and energy services firm practicing nationwide in the health care, justice, government, education, and science/technology/industry sectors.

Natascha Trellinger Buswell ’13 (Aerospace Engineering) has been hired as an assistant professor of teaching in mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine.

Matthew McKee G’15 (Civil Engineering) has been appointed partner at John P. Stopen Engineering LLP.

Dalya Omar ’18 (Aerospace Engineering) was greeted by Richard Branson during one of her first days as a structures engineer at Virgin Orbit.

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DONOR REPORT

We gratefully recognize the following alumni, parents, friends, corporations, and foundations for their generous financial contributions during the 2018 fiscal year.

BENEFACTORS ($1000+)

Jose A. Cruz ’99

Andreas Acrivos ’50, ’93 & Juana V. Acrivos

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg

Mussadiq Akram ’10 & Noor Iqbal

Yi Dai G’92

Amin Al-Ahmad ’92 & Rola Al-Halawani

Douglas D. Danforth ’47, ’99*

Charles Alaimo ’64 & Carol S. Alaimo

Eugene C. Delsener ’76, G’78 & Brenda A. Delsener

Janet J. Allyn ’60 & William F. Allyn G’03 Paulette Altmaier G’79 & Richard Altmaier R. Anand G’90 & Nina Anand Edward J. Antonio III ’87 & Maysa P. Antonio ’87 William K. Arnold G’73 Kent N. Backus ’67 Charles T. Badlato ’81 & Julia M. Badlato Rajeev Badrinath G’90 Gerard A. Baxter II ’02 Justin M. Blount ’93

Thank you FOR YOUR GIFTS TO SUPPORT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE The following lists reflect gifts received from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018. We greatly appreciate each gift given in support of the College of Engineering and Computer Science and have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing. Please notify us of any errors or omissions at engineer@syr.edu.

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Lee A. Brathwaite ’82 & Laura R. Brathwaite John E. Breyer & Patricia A. Breyer

Nicholas M. Donofrio G’71, Ph.D.’11 & Anita M. Donofrio Philippe Dorante ’88 & Lisa M. Perard ’93 Richard Dulude ’54* Jean Dulude David G. Edelstein ’78 Ahmad M. El-Hindi ’52 & Elizabeth El-Hindi George Ely Daniel K. Emadi ’81, G’84 & Teresa M. Emadi Brenda G. Engbretson Gustav & A. Engbretson Nurul-Amin K. Eusufzai ’89

Bridget A. Budwey ’12

Elaine M. Falvo, In memory of Louis A. Falvo Jr. ’59

Gar Wood N. Burwell ’50

Lisa B. Feltrin ’85

Edward J. Cettina ’87 & Erin G. Cettina ’87

Ewald F. Fischer ’52, G’61

John R. Chawner ’84 & Cathy L. Chawner

Harold G. Fisher ’61

Richard H. Chazen P.E. ’75

Louis Framarini Jr. ’83, G’18 & Priscilla A. Framarini

Wen-Ching Chen G’76 & Chung-Yen Chen Shiu-Kai Chin ’75, G’78, Ph.D.’86 & Linda M. Milosky

William T. Frantz ’80 & Geri H. Frantz

Carolyn J. Clemence & Samuel P. Clemence

Ray Freiwirth ’75 & Malgorzata Freiwirth

Patrick O. Coffey ’07

Hua Y. Gao G’98 & Bing Li Ph.D.’98

Dominick Conte ’68, G’75 & Maureen V. Conte

Diana M. Frederick & Timothy Frederick

*Deceased

William M. Halpin Jr. ’88, G’95, Ph.D.’05 & Hollie C. Halpin

Richard McFee G’49 & Joan E. McFee G’68

Jerrold A. Heller ’63

Anthony McGraw ’83 & Deborah S. McGraw

Robert W. Hinkley ’58, G’67

Nancy J. McKeon ’74 & Paul McKeon

Allen F. Horn III ’79 & Susan P. Horn G’80

Robert A. McMillen ’68

Linda E. Jennett G’80 & J. Charles Jennett

Alvin S. Meltzer ’57 & Cathy Meltzer

Helen N. Joerger & Robert E. Joerger

Hao Meng G’12

Brian K. Jones ’88 & Terri L. Jones

Adam M. Mitchneck ’10

Donald M. Josephson ’73, G’74 & Susan L. Josephson

Patrick T. Murphy ’88 & Lindalee Murphy

Hsiang Lan Ke, In memory of Jeng-Shyong Ke ’69

Avi M. Nash G’77

Xin Ke G’88 & Jianhong Lin G’88, G’90 Karen C. Keenan & Robert Keenan

Smita Narayan G’00 Robert L. Nevin G’72, Ph.D.’76 & Elaine F. Nevin

Klaus Schroder

Philip S. Wexler ’49*

Richard J. Schulman ’67 & Nancy A. Schulman ’73

Priscilla T. Williams ’86, In memory of Shirley R. Tyree

William J. Sheeran ’60, G’63, Ph.D.’66 & Deborah L. Pearce

Daryl A. Wolf ’78 & Julie Wolf Edward S. Zuranski ’75 & Mary Zuranski

Ehtisham U. Siddiqui G’76, Ph.D.’79 & Sadia Siddiqui

ASSOCIATES ($500–$999)

Robert L. Silver G’68, Ph.D.’72 & Joanne F. Silver

Stephen C. Arnold

John H. Simonds Jr.

Camille Batarekh G’87, Ph.D.’89

Harris E. Sokoloff ’07

Aaron S. Berman ’96

Michael P. Sorvillo ’05 & Melissa Sorvillo

Richard G. Berns G’69

James A. Spearot ’67 & Rebecca M. Spearot

John E. Campbell ’60, G’65, Ph.D.’69 & Martha L. Campbell

Barbara J. Spigel ’79 Karl Spingarn ’57

Joan M. Casanova, In memory of Gilbert F. Casanova & Roger L. Casanova ’69 & in honor of Scott Casanova ’99 & Todd C. Casanova ’01

Shadia Khalifa G’95 & H. Ezzat Khalifa

Amy T. Noji & David K. Noji, In memory of Donald G. Hutchinson

Robert H. Killius ’59

Raymond E. Peart G’79 & Pamela J. Koch

Ann Stevenson III ’52

Daniel P. Kowalski ’79 & Shelly A. Kowalski

David G. Perkins ’82, G’85 & Debra J. Perkins G’85

John N. Stewart ’91, G’92 & Rhonda H. Stewart

Chia-Lun Chou G’94

Friends of Joseph J. Petosa, In memory of Joseph J. Petosa

David E. Suuronen ’69, ’70 & Lynne E. Suuronen

James M. Cornacchia ’86

Garrett L. Szczarba ’78 & Susan C. Szczarba

Virginia C. Pettengill

James P. Costello ’72

Aaron C. Tersteeg ’95, G’96 & Jessica A. Vasi ’96

Patricia Powers,* In memory of John H. Powers

Gregory B. Cypes ’99 & Jacqueline Iseman

Reid W. Thomas ’02 & Victoria K. Thomas ’02

Cliff I. Davidson & Megan Davidson

Raul A. Torres ’80 & Ileana M. Lopez-Balboa

Rajive Dhar G’90 & Anita Chowdhry

Joan Tydings, In memory of Francis W. Wischmeyer

William W. Drosendahl ’87

Haden A. Land G’91 & Cathy J. Land Marian J. Langdon Michael J. Lazar ’65, G’67 & Abby Lazar Deborah R. Leone ’86, G’87 & Louis D. Leone ’87 Ying Lin G’06, Ph.D.’07 & Haizhi Xu Ph.D.’06 Richard M. Loewenstein Jr. ’78, ’79, G’80 & Regina W. Loewenstein ’80 John D. Longwell ’76

Michael M. Ransom Latisha F. Rourke ’87, G’94 & Thomas E. Rourke Jr.

A. Douglas Steinberg Jr. ’84 & Kristi L. Steinberg

Andrew H. Cohen ’84, G’86

Philip L. Varghese G’77

Jon W. Drosendahl ’61 & Aileen D. Drosendahl ’63

Michael R. Venutolo ’77 & Kim Venutolo

Ira T. Ellis Jr. G’64

Matthew V. Lyons ’86

Mark Z. Salvador ’90 & Rebecca Measday-Salvador

George R. Marks ’57

Michael L. Schein ’87 & Jacqui Schein

Leslie W. Vielbig ’57

Alan Feit G’71

Richard F. Schneider ’53, In memory of Shirley E. Schneider

Nancy J. Wedlake ’70, G’71 & Raymond A. Wedlake ’73

Richard C. Flaherty ’61 & Dona J. Flaherty

Thomas N. McCausland ’64 & Linda P. McCausland ’65

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DONOR REPORT CONTINUED ASSOCIATES ($500–$999)

Frank J. Petsche G’82

CONTRIBUTORS (UP TO $499)

Julie M. Barsalona & Michael J. Barsalona

CONTINUED

Barbara H. Pierce ’79 & Daniel Pierce Jr. ’81

Stephen T. Abbe G’99

Michael A. Barsalona ’18

Richard S. Fleisher ’72, G’85

Karen L. Prykull & Kevin P. Prykull

David J. Abrahamian ’76 & Lynn M. Abrahamian

Emily L. Bartos ’18

Mary-Helen Foster G’63, G’83 & Garth H. Foster Ph.D.’66

Wangchan Qin ’16

Scott F. Adams G’93

Michael J. Querino ’75

Alfred G. Adler, In honor of Robin L. Adler ’88

Patricia J. Baskinger G’78 & Louis G. Baskinger G’80

John H. Gaura ’72 & Virginia M. DeJohn-Gaura Jill Gradner & Mokarram H. Jafri Robert I. Gray ’52 & Elise N. Gray Terry P. Grummitt ’65, G’68 Matthew D. Grzelak ’07, G’09 Emily M. Hall Steven B. Harvey ’91 Dan E. Hasenwinkel & Julie M. Hasenwinkel Alexander E. Holstein Jr. ’45, G’48 & Charlotte G. Holstein ’15 Dennis E. Hrabchak ’67 Frederick L. Hunter Jr. ’51 Jill M. Jobbins ’83 & Richard M. Jobbins Ph.D.’78 Charles A. Keenan ’53 Bruce E. Kurtz ’57, Ph.D.’67 Hsiu-Wen Lai G’88 & Haw-Huei Liaw G’88 Joseph A. LeBlanc ’79 Donald H. Lenhert G’58 Paul H. Longchamps & Karen A. Longchamps Eric M. Lui Kathleen A. Luvisi G’88 Carla J. Manning ’98, G’01 Margaret E. McMillan & Robert G. McMillan Laurence B. McNabb ’65 & Cherry M. McNabb Joel S. Mooney ’79, G’81 & Jeanne R. Mooney ’81 William R. Naumann G’93 John F. Olson ’63, ’65 Michael C. Orlovsky G’88 & Donna Orlovsky Paul J. Ossenbruggen ’63 & Catherine A. Burns Robert E. Papsco ’52 & Carol-Noel G. Papsco G’50

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Devanandu U. Reddy G’94 & Kirthiga U. Reddy G’95

Christine M. Bassani & Russ Bassani

Brij N. Agrawal Ph.D.’70

Jeffrey L. Bauman ’73 & Susan Bauman

David W. Aha ’83, G’85

Gene K. Baxter G’66, Ph.D.’71

Mary F. Aldrich & Raymond Aldrich

Harold L. Becker Jr. ’72

Everett E. Aldridge ’55

Michael P. Bergamo ’85

Leo L. Allison G’69

Gail L. Bergersen & William M. Bergersen

V. Mohan Krishna Alluri G’08

Eric E. Bergested

James M. Showalter G’79

Michael A. Aloi G’96 & Terese M. Aloi

Jeffrey L. Bernard ’79, ’80 & Janis L. Bernard

James A. Shurtleff P.E. G’69 & Marilyn L. Shurtleff

Melissa Alva ’18, In memory of Amanda Alva

Constance P. Bertucci ’81

Donald J. Spiegel ’76

Axel G. Amaya ’82

Shobha K. Bhatia & Tej Bhatia

John M. Stengrevics ’71 & Susan S. Stengrevics

Stephen W. Anagnost G’89 & Susan E. Anagnost

Michael D. Biblis ’14

Rangachari Anand Ph.D.’92

David C. Stolp ’67 & Kimberly P. Stolp

Thomas D. Bickley ’77

Arthur H. Anderson Jr. ’83

Cynthia A. Thomas ’64 & Alan R. Thomas

Christopher D. Bieter ’07 & Maggie Bieter

Craig E. Anderson ’68

Richard C. Tremblay ’78 & Sandra Tremblay

Billy B. Biggs ’49

Thomas E. Troast ’03, G’07

Harold A. Anderson Jr. Ph.D.’72 & Carolyn B. Anderson

Donald K. Bigsby ’62 & Marie A. Bigsby

Kevin C. Trott G’80

David F. Aniolek ’83 & Nancy H. Aniolek

Ralph T. Urich Jr. ’59

Daniel Aquilino ’82

William T. Vecere ’62

Lea R. Archacki ’06 & Chris F. Koehnken ’06

Margaret S. Bock, In memory of Richard F. Bock

Guy A. Wadsworth ’80

Steven J. Armenia ’74

Timothy F. Boland ’72, ’73

Mark D. Weber

Saadi Aswad ’18

Richard D. Bomba ’81

Milton A. Weigand ’56

Mohammed Aziz & Romana Hasan

Ursula Bongiovanni ’85 & Michael Bongiovanni

Volker Weiss G’55, Ph.D.’57

Gail Babcock ’65 & Elkanah A. Babcock G’66

Jacob R. Boyce ’18

Roberta L. Weston ’86

Priscilla Babilonia ’82, ’02, G’06

Alphonse M. Bracco G’70 & Elizabeth A. Bracco

James M. Whitaker ’00

Oronde K. Baird ’04

Susan M. Bracy ’86 & Robert K. Bracy

Jerry R. Whitaker ’72 & Mary F. Whitaker

David L. Baker G’01 & Diane F. Baker

Carl E. Braestrup ’09

Denis E. Wickham G’79

Paul F. Bala ’62 & Maureen T. Bala

Fred E. Brandstadt ’59

Charles J. Willis Jr. ’90

Sree Ram Bala G’06

Richard W. Bratt ’53

Sheng-Mou Yu G’05

Kris A. Balch ’72

David C. Briggs ’53

Man Zhang Ph.D.’05

Kenneth R. Baldwin ’45*

Thomas W. Bristol Ph.D.’68 & Kathleen Bristol

David A. Barkley Sr. ’70

Jerome M. Brophy ’76

Jeffrey A. Barrett

Charlotte C. Brown ’50

Virginia L. Register ’65 & Charles Russell R. Register G’66 Ajay G. Sadhwani ’92 & Rachel E. Sadhwani ’92 John P. Sekas ’84 & Darcy L. Sekas

Aloke S. Bhandia G’81

Karen B. Bilynsky ’92, ’96 & Walter M. Bilynsky ’92

*Deceased

Douglas F. Brown ’79 Frederick D. Brown Megan E. Brown ’14 David R. Bruins ’65 & Barbara D. Bruins Gerald W. Bruyette ’50 John C. Bruzinski ’82

George D. Chandler ’70 & Marie C. Chandler

Judith A. Crawford & John P. Hassett

Howard J. Douglas ’68

Rudolph W. Creteur Jr. ’67

Walter R. Dressel Jr. ’71, ’72

Keith R. Chandler G’83 & Ellen P. Chandler

Michael J. Criscione ’67 John R. D’Amaro ’18

Kimberley M. Driscoll G’91 & Charles T. Driscoll Jr.

Michael M. Dach ’61

Brian F. Drula ’00

Lawrence D. Daley ’49*

Jeannine Dugas

Lenworth A. Daley ’84

Georgina A. Dulak ’75 & John J. Dulak

John H. Chaney ’60 Singhuey Chang G’90

Betsy A. Buchanan ’54

Asis Chatterjee & Souma Chatterjee In memory of Saraswati Chatterjee

Randy C. Budzinski ’89, G’94 & Kelly L. Budzinski

Tapan K. Chatterjee Ph.D.’78

Jennifer T. Dandrea ’05 Chenlang Dang G’17

William A. Dykas ’82

Robert J. Bugiada ’79 & Jenean L. Bugiad

Abhijeet V. Chavan G’89 & Sagarika A. Chavan G’91

Joan V. Dannenhoffer & John F. Dannenhoffer III

Nancy L. Ebner ’76 & Wallace F. Ebner Jr. ’76

Cecilie A. Bulcha ’77 & Bisrat Bulcha G’76

Arun D. Chawan ’00

Joseph M. Dawley ’86

William W. Ebner ’70 & Kathleen M. Ebner

K. Wayne Bunn ’67

Hui Chen G’87

Debra L. Deas ’89

Linda B. Edelson-Slocum G’76

Ann Burke, In memory of Joseph J. Petosa

Jingjing Chen ’15

Stephen J. DeBonis ’13

John D. Edmunds ’77

Limin Chen G’01, Ph.D.’04

John M. Decker ’69, G’76 & Patricia M. Decker

Christina Eggert G’83, G’88

Xiang Chen G’12 & Ruo Jia G’12

Philip A. Dee ’53

Richard J. Eksterowicz ’65, ’66

Gang Cheng G’04

William S. DeLaurier ’70, G’78

Carl W. Eller P.E. ’73, G’75 & Janet P. Eller

Sabah J. Choueiri ’80, G’81 & Kathleen Choueiri

Samuel E. DenDanto ’18

Brandon Ellis ’18

Tatiana V. Choulika & Jeffrey S. Poor

William K. Denson G’89

Stephen G. Engle G’72, G’87 & Janice Engle

Richard E. Church Jr. ’84

Stephen C. DeSalvo ’14

Leonard L. Epstein ’62

Richard F. Chuska ’56

Carmel J. DeSpirito ’83 & James DeSpirito ’83

Richard Epstein ’73 & Janet Epstein

Ronald R. Clark Ph.D.’63

Deepak Devicharan G’06

Richard A. Erich G’93

Jon Cohen & Renee Cohen

Michael J. Dewey ’73

David J. Erickson II ’62

Daniel R. Colasanti Sr. ’64, G’72

Debashis Dhar G’95

Richard E. Ertinger ’65

Joan E. Cole

Hemant N. Dhulla G’91

Barry M. Esteves & Melinda A. Esteves

Daniel G. Coleman ’85

Annemarie DiCola & Frank DiCola, In memory of Joseph J. Petosa

A. Maurice Etheredge ’85

Anthony J. DiMaso & Joanne M. DiMaso, In honor of Amanda J. DiMaso ’05

Youran Fang G’14

Russell J. Dinatale ’87

Oleg V. Fedoroff ’61

Paul H. Divjak ’64, G’67 & Susan F. Divjak ’67

James Feng ’12

Brian E. Dix ’92 & Suzanne L. Dix

Mary B. Fennell ’82 & Jack E. Fennell

Renee S. Doktorczyk William T. Donegan Jr. G’76

Timothy R. Fensterer ’18, In honor of David Buell

Ting Dong ’16

Dirk Ferguson & Kristina Ferguson

Robert S. Donnelly ’83 & Laura J. Donnelly

Anna T. Ferraiuolo & Philip P. Ferraiuolo

Jose F. Cortell G’85

Sean P. Donnelly ’88, G’90 & Amy Louise Donnelly

Gary M. Fey G’70, G’72

William C. Cox ’67, G’70 & Diane M. Cox

Bradley R. Dorfman ’83

Joseph J. Buschynski ’71, ’72 Cheryl A. Butler & Timothy P. Butler Paul F. Byrne ’73 Andrew J. Cabal ’79, G’86 John F. Cain G’68 Richard A. Callahan ’65 Jialu Cao ’18 Ronald B. Capelli G’94 Eugene P. Cappello ’63 & Andrea Cappello R. William Card G’87 Stuart W. Card G’90, Ph.D.’11 S.H. K. Cardakli Ph.D.’96 Gary J. Cardamone ’70 Patrick M. Carguello ’69 Bradley S. Carlson G’89, Ph.D.’91 Matthew P. Carrano ’79 James R. Carroll ’63 Roger L. Casanova ’69, G’74* Colleen Cassidy ’18 James F. Cassidy & Susan M. Cassidy Katelyn M. Caza ’17 Dean P. Chaffe & Michele H. Chaffe John Chalecky G’86

Donald E. Coling ’75, G’80 & Dianne Vertes Robert D. Conine II ’51, G’67 & Joan F. Conine Richard H. Connelly G’83, Ph.D.’90 Edward T. Cooper P.E. ’69, G’69 Elizabeth Cooper ’17 Joseph L. Cooper ’89 & Joelle D. Cooper G’77 H. Allen Corbin Jr. ’66 Brian W. Corcoran G’93 Diego L. Cordero ’18 Connie S. Corey ’87 & Jeffrey L. Corey

Jeffrey J. Dulzo G’88

Yong Fan Charles D. Farmer ’07

Vincent J. Filingeri ’62

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Jael E. Gatling ’80

Kenneth A. Hall ’64 & Connie M. Hall

Allen N. Hole ’76

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William M. Halpin Sr. ’60 & Patricia A. Halpin

Pentti A. Honkanen G’62 & Jeanne F. Honkanen

John A. Fillo Jr. ’59, G’62, Ph.D.’66

Solomon S. Gbondo-Tugbawa G’97, Ph.D.’00, G’01

Althea K. Hamilton ’60 & Edward A. Hamilton

Todd E. Horowitz ’79 & Carol S. Levine ’79

Ruth Fillo*

George R. Gearn ’54

James D. Hannon ’77

Paul W. Horstmann Ph.D.’83

Victor A. Fischer G’69

Jean R. Gebman ’67

Don J. Hanrahan G’84 & Teresa R. Hanrahan

John D. Flanagan G’87 & Angela M. Flanagan

Sally A. Gedney, In memory of Ralph F. James

Ejvind R. Hansen G’69

Afzal Hossain G’89, Ph.D.’02 & Nasima Parveen G’91

Robert B. Fletcher ’63, G’66 Robert G. Flieger ’93 Richard Flores Paul Floroff ’05 Veronika J. Folz ’92

Stephen H. George ’75 Glen C. Gerhard ’56 & Gwenyth G. Gerhard David Gibbons ’84 Lisa A. Gibbs ’81 & Lyndon S. Gibbs ’82

Scott D. Hansen ’88 Frederick W. Hardt G’69 James G. Harris Ph.D.’68 & Margery J. Harris Janis Harris ’18

Alyson Housley, In memory of Joseph J. Petosa Diane O. Howard G’90 & Donald T. Howard Louise Hoyle Fengmin Hu G’95

John P. Gibson & Karen H. Gibson

Gerald F. Healey III G’87 & Linda F. D’Antonio G’89

Robert A. Gibson G’91

Michael L. Heck ’71 & Susan P. Heck

Duane C. Hughes G’85

Herbert Gish ’62

Brian A. Heckman ’17

Erin L. Hunter ’08

Deborah R. Fowler ’73, G’74 & Perry E. Fowler G’02

Scott E. Glennon ’84

Robert J. Heins ’64

William S. Hurley ’85

Jason T. Gomez ’92

N. Carl Hellman ’50 & Marilyn K. Hellman

George R. Huson ’50

James H. Franson ’72

Rafael A. Gomez ’85 & May A. Gomez

Roy B. Henderson ’69

John P. Huss G’55 & Madeline C. Huss

Linda A. Franz ’78 & Stephen L. Franz G’76

Donald J. Gondek ’67, G’74 & Marie Gondek Bradford W. Gould G’76

James E. Hennessy ’55, G’68 & Barbara H. Hennessy

Peter W. Hussey ’94

Joseph C. Franzone ’88 Norman L. Frederick Jr. G’90

Stephen J. Grabarits G’90

John F. Hennessy II ’73, G’75

Kenneth R. Hutton ’69 & Jeanne Hutton

Richard J. Freedland ’73 & Nanette A. Freedland

Kim M. Graham

John P. Heslop ’73 & Elizabeth H. Chapman

Michael J. Iati ’16

Robert S. Graziano G’72

Adam L. Hess ’12

Peter P. Ilacqua ’65, G’69

Diana Greco & Michael J. Greco

Deborah L. Hess

Jennifer S. Imbro ’15

Elliot A. Greenwald ’16

Leanne M. Hess & Richard H. Hess

Megan A. Ingram ’17

John M. Gregory ’07

Daniel P. Heyman G’62

Joseph G. Inserra G’86

Maj. Donald W. Fritz G’82

Bonnie Griffin & John K. Griffin

Ronald N. Hill ’69, ’70

Mohammed S. Islam Ph.D.’93

Keith R. Fuhrhop ’00

John P. Gromniak G’73

Robert G. Hiller ’59, G’61

Arun V. Iyer G’04

Brett W. Fuller G’89

Amy S. Gullotta

Kazuhiro Hirasawa Ph.D.’71

Leona B. Jackson, ’80

Jinxuan Gai G’16

Murat K. Gungor G’01, Ph.D.’06, In honor of James W. Fawcett G’71

William C. Hirsh ’83, G’94

Peter F. Jardieu ’71, ’72

John G. Hiss Jr. ’56

Paul D. Jasiewicz ’70

Bing Guo G’04 & Jianshun Zhang

Marialyce K. Hiss ’51*

Thomas W. Jeffrey G’80 & Marie Jeffrey

James F. Gutmann G’69 & Barbara L. Gutmann

Richard L. Hockenbrock G’77

Herbert V. Jene & Lynn F. Jene

Marc C. Hahn G’96

Milton T. Hodgins & Susan K. Hodgins

Julia K. Jesse ’18

Keith A. Hala ’08

Dale E. Hoffman & Vicki E. Hoffman

Min Ji G’02, Ph.D.’08 & Xuemei Wang G’05

Walter A. Halbig ’69

Chenrui Jin G’10 & Xiang Sheng G’10, Ph.D.’15

Harold D. Hale Jr. ’50*

Diane M. Hohensee G’72, G’74 & Reinhard Hohensee G’72

Kathleen V. Hale

Robert J. Holbrook ’55 & Joyce Holbrook

Andrew K. Johnston ’95

Timothy R. Fortnam ’06 Donna A. Fossaceca G’90 & John M. Fossaceca G’92

Kevin P. Freeman G’07 Jesse C. Friedland ’11 Susan T. Frisina ’79 & Robert D. Frisina Ph.D.’83, In memory of Richard Taylor G’77

Douglas P. Gallagher ’92 & Vikkilyn Gallagher Rushabh Ravindra Gandhi G’10 Eric J. Gang & Marykate Gang Charles J. Gannon ’76 Edward T. Gardiner ’85 & Margaret B. Gardiner Robert E. Gardinier Sr. ’62 Gerald A. Garry ’55, G’62

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Ryan C. Hudson ’95, G’97

Donald C. Hutchins ’56

David W. Johnson ’65

*Deceased

Robert P. Jones ’70 & Margaret E. Jones

Ryan W. Knapp ’08

Michael R. Leathem ’99

Gang Lu G’98

Vernon D. Jones G’66

Norman C. Koester G’92

Chung M. Lee ’85

Yi Lu Ph.D.’91 & Julia H. Lu G’95

Pierre Joseph ’62*

Peter M. Kogge G’70 & Mary E. Kogge

Craig C. Lee Ph.D.’86 & Joanna Y. Lee

Karolina A. Lubecka ’15

Justin C. Joslin ’02

Lt. Col. Walter Koozin Jr., USAF Ret.

Jay K. Lee & Young H. Lee

Joseph F. Ludford G’67 & Linda S. Ludford

Kathleen M. Joyce ’92, G’97

Rudolph J. Korbler Jr. ’82

Steve Lee G’80

Jurrie Lulofs ’84

John H. Judge ’86 & Paulette M. Gaynor

Zoltanne Kotis, In honor of Bence Mihaly Kotis ’18

Bernard Leeds ’84

Edwin T. Lurcott ’52

David M. Leight ’75

Raymond K. Lyau G’69

James C. Junk ’69 Alvin A. Kahn ’51

Walter J. Kozub ’73

Gunnar G. Leinberg ’87

Hugh D. Lynch ’67 & Sharon Lynch

Deepak M. Kamath G’78 & Vinita Kamath

Kenneth R. Kraemer G’70

Judith S. Leithner ’67

Tao Ma G’15

Naga Suresh V. Kandula G’98

Clif Kranish ’74

Brad D. Leonard G’06

Xiaoyan Ma G’12 & Yicong Xiong G’13

Deborah M. Kapfer ’74 & Thomas J. Kapfer ’74

Steven R. Krauszer ’66

Gerald J. LePage G’87

Bruce J. MacMullen & Martha P. MacMullen

Douglas J. Kaputa G’74 & Nancy L. Kaputa G’91

Nancy M. Krawczuk & Stanley J. Krawczuk

Peter G. Lersch ’11

Michael J. Mack ’84

Subramaniam Karthik G’89

John F. Kruse G’70

Eric J. Letvin ’92, G’94 & Nicole Letvin

Col. Ronald F. Mack ’65 & Marcia H. Mack

Walter Katuschenko G’65 & Jacquelynn S. Katuschenko

Deborah J. Kummer & Peter Kummer

Annette Q. LeVan G’88

Theodore M. Madzy G’73

Albert S. Kuo Ph.D.’76

Joshua A. Levi ’05

Shannon Magari ’92

Julian A. Katz ’50 & Rabbi Gila J. Katz

John E. Kuras G’75

Leland D. Lewis ’49

Emily Mahana ’18

Sheryl L. Keeler-Phillips ’88 & James E. Phillips ’88

George H. Kyanka ’62, G’67, Ph.D.’76

Meredith M. Lewis, In memory of Richard W. Lewis

James T. Mallen ’76

James C. Kyle Jr. G’67, Ph.D.’71

Eric M. Kelce ’03

Leslie T. Kyser G’68

Bei Li G’14

Bruce D. Keller G’69

Janet H. La Bella & Larry A. La Bella

Chaobo Li Ph.D.’15

Paul E. Kelly ’58 & Frances M. Kelly

Neil F. LaBrake Jr. G’99 & Marie L. LaBrake

Xin Li G’13

William T. Mandeville G’74 & Karen A. Mandeville

Richard R. Kemmerer G’73 & Rebecca D. Kemmerer

Joseph W. Ladd Jr. ’70

Kimberly A. Ling

Ken R. Mannetta

Lalere A. Ladeji ’68

Lowell E. Lingo III ’00 & Ekin Senlet G’08, L’08

James F. Marquardt ’49 & Nancy F. Marquardt

Anjani Ladhar ’17

Frank Liparoto & Lidia Liparoto

Robert J. Marsey ’55 & Myra J. Marsey

Kathleen S. Lahr G’92

Gerard D. Lipton ’59, ’60, G’68

Robert L. Landon Jr., ’69

Samuel T. Liss ’80

Rudolph J. Marshall III G’82, G’87 & Lorraine M. Marshall

Mark R. Lang G’81 & Susan Lang

Chang Liu G’12

Suzanne LaScalza ’98, In memory of Karen M. Hiiemae

Yapan Liu G’18

Daniel A. Mastropietro ’59 & Carol R. Mastropietro

Zijia Liu ’18

Lisa G. Lattimore ’91 & Todd V. Lattimore

Rajendra K. Mathur G’69 & Hanna Mathur

Mark E. Livesey & Nancy H. Livesey

James V. Lauricella ’58

Keith A. Matlick

Melvin P. Livingston ’59, G’65

Warren T. Lavery ’67

John D. Maurillo ’72 & Marjorie Maurillo

Edward R. Locke ’70 & Linda W. Locke ’70

Giuseppe Laviano ’93, G’95

Thomas A. Maxner Jr. ’11

Sejal Lohiya G’15

Michael D. Lavin ’84

Kenneth B. Maynard G’69

Serene H. Longsworth ’01

Richard J. Laws ’50*

Rodney K. McDowell G’74

Paul A. Loomis ’90, G’92

Daniel Le Porin & Sandra J. Le Porin

Karen M. McGlynn ’93

Dane E. Lopes ’95 & Shari Lopes ’95

German Leal & Ruth Leal

David A. Lower ’65 & Janet D. Lower

Georgia McGoldrick & Don McGoldrick, In memory of Joseph J. Petosa

Stephen J. Kenny ’97, G’99 Pradnya L. Khalate G’15 & Nikhil Shelke Mary Alice Kiah G’99, G’00 Pruthvi Kilaru ’18 Cliff B. Kim ’11 & Elizabeth Y. Lee ’12 Jean M. Kimber ’65, G’88 & Michael B. Kimber G’70 Howard E. Kimpton ’76 & Virginia L. Kimpton Jeanine Kinahan & Michael T. Kinahan Robert D. King G’72 Richard R. Kinsey G’61 Laurie B. Kirsch ’79 & Stephen H. Kirsch Harry J. Kit ’60 & Maxine J. Brizes Kit Rex C. Klopfenstein G’63 Herbert W. Klumpe III G’95

Ernest L. Manchin ’69 & Barbara J. Manchin G’88

Tracy L. Martellotta ’97

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Mary K. Murphy G’05

Eric J. Pariseau ’96

Sib S. Ray G’71

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Robert S. Mydzian ’85

Janet F. Park & Jeffrey M. Park

John D. Reale ’51, G’56

Patricia S. McGrath G’74 & Thomas J. McGrath Jr.

Glenford J. Myers G’72

Douglas J. Pavone ’70

Wayne Redlich ’65

Manu Nandakumar ’17

Brian P. Pawlus G’90

Brittany E. Reed ’18

Alma S. Nann ’57 & Norbert A. Nann ’57

Joseph I. Peck ’65

Seth Reed

Richard L. Neal

Dawn E. Penniman P.E. ’90, G’97

Nandlal S. Reejhsinghani Ph.D.’67

Ira Nemeroff ’53 & Marjorie F. Nemeroff

David Perel G’66, Ph.D.’76 & Phyllis Koenig

Irvin D. Reichley G’66

Ruth E. Nester ’88

Cindy Reilly & John W. Reilly

Marvin S. Neuman ’68

Benjamin Perelman ’75 & Rosa B. de Perelman, In memory of Marcos & Golda Perelman

Jeanette C. Newell ’51

Jeffrey J. Perkins ’78 & Margaret K. Perkins

Timothy M. Reith Ph.D.’80

Albert V. Nguyen ’05

Lauren M. Pernick ’18

Esperanza P. Renard & Remi H. Renard

Thomas P. Nicholas ’80

John J. Petosa L’95 & Jennifer T. Petosa, In memory of Joseph J. Petosa

Richard H. Repka G’86

Maria R. McGuire ’81 & Mark R. McGuire ’81 Janet L. McHugh G’73 & Leo J. McHugh Robert A. McKie G’72 & Nancy L. McKie Bruce K. McLeish ’83 Rama T. Mehrotra G’82 & Kishan G. Mehrotra Carol Melling ’64 Beverley L. Meyers & Jeffery M. Meyers Donald G. Michaud & Maria J. Michaud Jeffrey A. Mieth ’86, G’88 & Patricia R. Mieth ’86, G’88

Thomas W. Nolan ’83, G’85

James A. Migliaccio ’87, G’91, Ph.D.’97 & Sharon L. Migliaccio

Michael A. Norato ’91, G’94, Ph.D.’99

Michael Mikolay ’67

Greg O’Neill ’07

William R. Miles ’73

Amani Obaidalla

Gary I. Miller ’69 & Heather Miller

Mayur Oberoi G’04

Eileen D. Millett ’71, L’74 & Ronald P. Heksch

Maj. Richard A. Oddo ’86 & Nancy A. Oddo

Elizabeth P. Molina ’87

Julienne Oldfield ’91

Carol Mone G’79 & Roger E. Choplin

Grace I. Omo Lamai & Virtue A. Omo Lamai

Medarda C. Monje Larry G. Monroe ’54 & Rosemary P. Monroe

Robert F. Nordin ’52 & Barbara C. Nordin

Amy L. Phillips ’01 & Michael L. Phillips ’02 Glen E. Phillips ’71 & Dilys J. Phillips John Pickelhaupt Jr. ’83 Edward S. Pierson ’58 Russell J. Pike ’84 Vijayaraghavan Pitchumani G’77, Ph.D.’81

Meghan E. Reilly ’12, G’13

Yezully E. Retana Moran Juan C. Reyes & Viviana Reyes Ann R. Rice ’78 Kristin M. Rice ’09 & Brian Rice J. Matthew Richards G’00 Alberto G. Rivera ’16

Dennis S. Poe ’78 & Milja Hakosalo

La Toya Rivers, In memory of Ernest R. Davis

Mukund J. Prajapati G’86 & Smita M. Prajapati

Robert T. Rizika & Danielle Z. Rizika

Eimei M. Onaga ’74 & Yoko S. Onaga

Steven J. Pratt ’88, G’92, Ph.D.’95 & Lisa M. Pratt G’94

Eric A. Rodebaugh ’03

Serena J. Pruitt G’01

Peter S. Morelli ’74, G’80 & Diane Morelli

Carl P. Oppenheimer ’77 & Sarah P. Oppenheimer ’78

John P. Morrell ’59

Thomas I. Osborn G’64

James S. Morris ’73

John C. Ostapovich Jr. ’97 & Linda Ostapovich

Margot B. Morrison ’54

David P. Owen ’72 & Dianne J. Owen

Angela M. Puza & Christopher J. Puza

Frank Morrow Jr. & Martha Morrow

Jane H. Oyugi ’87

Haidong Qiao G’00

Andrew J. Romano ’80 & Gail M. Romano

Evangeline M. Morse ’49

James A. Paige ’61, G’69

Lizeng Qin

Christopher R. Roper ’85

Allen L. Mossman ’49

Nicholas E. Palmer ’90

Jeffrey R. Quay G’88

Ivette H. Rosa & Ismael G. Segarra

Randall L. Mosten G’80

Xiaomei Pan G’96

Kobby Quayenortey ’00, G’01

Raymond E. Rosenberger ’66

Zaher M. Moussa Ph.D.’75 & Barbara A. Moussa

Christine A. Pangborn ’63 & Jon B. Pangborn ’63, Ph.D.’67

Dana M. Radcliffe Ph.D.’96 & Karen Low

Jolanta Roslan & Piotr Roslan

Louis J. Ragonese ’56, G’58 & Joan L. Ragonese

Nicole A. Roslan

John Raiti G’02

Andrew M. Rotunno ’82, G’95

Suruliappan Rajamanickam G’71

Ian Z. Rubinstein ’69

Rajeev R. Raje G’94, Ph.D.’94 & Anjali R. Raje

Kenneth C. Rubinwitch ’51

Sanjithaj Rao G’98

William J. Rugg ’51

William W. Moyer Jr. G’69 Paul A. Moynihan ’59 Ali Muhammad G’77, G’84 Bruce C. Murdock ’67 Rachel E. Murello ’18

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Brian P. Papszycki ’97 & Ruth M. Papszycki Christine M. Pardini & Lawrence A. Pardini Nicholas L. Pardini ’16 Kirit R. Parekh P.E. G’67

Cory J. Prykull ’15 Emily Pujadas ’18

Stephen C. Roe ’67, G’71 William D. Roe ’70 & Mary N. Roe Daniel F. Rogers G’98 Claudine M. Rolfe & Steven J. Rolfe Joseph S. Roma ’55

*Deceased

Nelson E. Russom ’10

Mary E. Sexton G’88

David A. Stevenson G’71

Augustine F. Ubaldi ’70

Ernest W. Russom III & Lynn A. Russom

Gaurav Sharma G’06

Colin Ulen ’04

Robert D. Ruth G’71 & Donna M. Ruth

Rajanikanth S. Shastri G’78

Norman Stoller ’63 & Shirley M. Stoller

Vincent D. Ustach ’08

Elliot F. Sachs PE, BCEE G’78

Donald P. Shaver ’68, G’70, Ph.D.’73 & Isabelle Shaver

Gaylord A. Stopen & John P. Stopen, In memory of Joseph J. Petosa

Mamoud Sadre ’59, G’61 & Patricia A. Sadre

Cynthia D. Shaw ’89

Edward L. Storrs Jr. ’81 & Mary C. Storrs

Joseph M. Salvati ’83

Huitao Sheng Ph.D.’11

John Story & Lisa Story

Sunil R. Shenoy G’81

Daniel T. Sullivan ’99

Linda Santanam G’96 & Suresh Santanam

Richard G. Sherman ’90

Kimberly M. Svetin & Todd Svetin

Paramesh Santanam G’93

Parul C. Sheth ’94 & Arti Patel

Frederick M. Swed Jr. ’81

John G. Santoni G’87

Haoyi Shi G’16

Janusz Szela & Malgorzata M. Szela

Samantha M. Santoni

Mei-Ling Shih G’93

Jessica A. Szela ’18

Savvas Vasileiadis G’90 & Zoe Ziaka-Vasileiadou G’90

Alicia L. Sardar ’97

Richard W. Shirk G’63 & Ann B. Shirk

Ronald R. Szmerda ’73

William B. Vecsey III G’02

George M. Sarkis ’81, G’84

Nancy G. Shreve ’67

Colin E. Tack ’14

Krishna P. Vemuri G’65

Renato Sarti G’90

Sandeep Shroff G’91

Zhewen Tang ’18

Robin L. Vieyra G’70 & Eileen M. Vieyra

P. Anthony Sarubbi Jr. ’48

Douglas Shuck G’83

Paul W. Taylor G’75

Marc J. Viggiano G’80 & Susan Viggiano

George C. Savvides G’88 & Joanna A. Savvides

Mark E. Simmons ’84

Matthew T. Teitelbaum ’14

Stephen D. Scalzetti ’84, G’87 & Lia Scalzetti

Edward W. Sirgany ’86

Jesenia Tejeda ’18

Anthony J. Vinciquerra ’00, G’02 & Elizabeth M. Vinciquerra G’00, G’02

Carolina Schaefer & Thomas V. Schaefer

Francis R. Smith ’82

Ronald L. Temple ’67, G’75

Anne T. Vinette ’02, G’04

Gary C. Schafran ’80, G’85, Ph.D.’88

Willard J. Smith ’70

John A. Viscosi , ’74

Christopher W. Scharff ’81

Vincent J. Smoral ’67

Christine A. Tenney & Paul T. Tenney

James R. Schatz G’76, G’79, Ph.D.’79

Barry S. Solondz ’84

Matthew A. Thelen G’91

Gary R. Vittorio G’99

Janet L. Scheerer ’59 & William G. Scheerer ’59

Martin B. Soss G’72

Robert L. Tifft ’59 & Sally A. Tifft

Barry L. Volain ’74

Michael R. Tobin ’87 & Danna N. Greenberg

Lewis Volgenau ’61

Michelle N. Tomlinson ’97, G’98 & Troy A. Tomlinson ’97

Roger J. Voorhis Jr. ’75, G’77

Arthur K. Sachs ’60 & Ann Sachs

George H. Sander ’77

Deborah S. Schepis G’90 & Randy S. Schepis G’92

Frank L. Sowers Jr. ’89 & Kimberly A. Sowers G’90 Carol Speaker & Todd Speaker

Stuart S. Schlitt ’73

Ronald A. Spinek ’65

Alan Schneiderman G’81

James L. Spoelstra

Douglas A. Schrank ’74, G’91 & Carol Schrank

John A. Springer ’99

Donald A. Schreiner G’66

Prasit Sricharoenchaikit Ph.D.’84 & Jolynn Sricharoenchaikit

Teeradet Tong-Ngork G’76 Albert Travostino ’39* Frank E. Trendell ’51 Abhishek Tripathi G’15

Zerksis D. Umrigar Ph.D.’86 David B. Vail ’72 & Daphine Vail David V. Valauri & Jill A. Valauri Kimberlee M. Valdes ’88 Craig M. Valente ’03 Angelo F. Valentino & Shirley W. Valentino Anita Varshney ’82, G’85 & Madhav Bhide G’86

Thomas J. Vitale G’12

Robert T. Vosteen ’77 William E. Vosteen ’76 Joseph A. Vrablic G’70 Al-Hassan Wahab ’18

Patrick A. Tucci ’72

Richard B. Wakeman ’78, G’79 & Susan L. Wakeman

Kris V. Srikrishman G’72, Ph.D.’75

Carolyn R. Tucker

Stephen A. Walata III ’81, G’85

Gina M. Scott & Paul W. Scott

Jaya G. Srikrishman

Nathan R. Tucker ’17

Daniel F. Walczyk ’86

Matthew W. Scott ’12, G’14

Seshadri Srinivasan G’66, Ph.D.’69 & Geetha Srinivasan

Marc Tulgan ’83

Raymond A. Waldbusser ’85

Arthur R. Tuppen ’51

Kristin A. Waller ’11

Michele M. Stephenson

Lynn A. Turner ’89, G’96 & Gregory A. Turner

Hao Wang G’13

Pamela J. Stepien ’74

Jeffrey G. Twombly & Laurie S. Twombly

Huaning Wang G’98, G’99

Harvey K. Schuman ’65, G’68, Ph.D.’75 & Dona M. Schuman ’95, ’00

Lauren A. Seelbach ’10 Naresh K. Sehgal G’88, Ph.D.’94 & Sunita S. Sehgal

John T. Sterling G’62

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Ray Y. Yan G’94 & Sunny Yun

Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation

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Jessica L. Yarmarkovich ’12

DowDuPont

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.

Edward A. Wardner ’59

Thomas A. Yezza Jr. ’95

Dulude Family Foundation Inc.

Norfolk Southern Foundation

Richard Wasiewicz G’72 & Ann V. Wasiewicz

Michael Yonko ’55 & Nancy Yonko

El-Hindi Foundation Inc.

Northrop Grumman Foundation

Stephen J. Weaver ’71

Peter H. Youngwith G’72

Eli Lilly and Company

Oath

Scott E. Webster ’72

Hongli Yu

Exelon Corporation

PACCAR Foundation

Stanton D. Weinstein G’87 & Maxine B. Weinstein

Lijie Yu G’00, Ph.D.’02

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

PJM Interconnection LLC

Philip T. Yuan Ph.D.’72 & Beatrice Yuan G’71

FM Global Foundation

Laura H. Zarrugh & Mohamed Y. Zarrugh

GE Foundation

Pointwise Inc.

David M. Zasada G’83, Ph.D.’95

General Electric Company

PPG Industries Inc.

Howard M. Zendle G’87

Goldman Sachs Gives

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Frederick C. Wendt ’73, G’74

Francis R. Zumpano ’65

Google Inc.

Qualcomm Inc.

Fredric T. Wenthen ’57, G’69 & Carole M. Wenthen ’88

ORGANIZATIONS

Heller Family Foundation

Raytheon Company

I & B Neuman Foundation Inc.

Red Hat Inc.

IBM Corporation Matching Grants Division

Rockwell Collins

Indira Foundation

Schwab Charitable Fund, In memory of Shirley E. Schneider

Carl Weis Brian I. Wellington Ph.D.’02 Karin G. Welsh G’78, In memory of Robert F. Steigerwald

Richard Wessel ’83 & Chris Cammarene-Wessel Roberta J. Wetherbee & Roger E. Wetherbee Edward W. Whelan Jr. ’78 Barbara C. Wheler

Adobe Systems Inc. AECOM Technology Corporation Agilent Technologies Inc. American Institute of Steel Construction

Brenda L. Wilbur & Richard C. Wilbur

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

Charles F. Willard Jr. ’61

Apple Inc.

Jeffrey G. Willets G’86

ASCE Syracuse Section

Jack B. Williams Ph.D.’75 John D. Williams ’66

The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

Marjorie V. Wilson

Intel Intel Foundation ITW Foundation Jewish Community Foundation of Central New York Inc.

Plastic Technical Solutions Corporation

Sekas Homes Ltd. Society of Women Engineers State Farm Companies Foundation State Street Foundation Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

Thales Air Traffic+A60 Management U.S.

Johnson Controls Foundation

Truist

Autoliv North America

The JPB Foundation

Turner Construction Company Foundation

Thaung Win G’53

AXA Foundation

KPMG Foundation

Tyco International Ltd.

Reynolds B. Winslow ’61

Ayco Charitable Foundation

Lam Research Corporation

U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

Ashley L. Wisse ’08

BAE Systems North America

LMEPAC Charity Program Custodial Account

Union Pacific Charity Custodial Account

Jody S. Wisse & Robert J. Wisse

Benevity

Lockheed Martin Corporation

United Technologies Corporation

Barbara E. Witek & David J. Witek

Boeing Company

Longwell Family Foundation

Lynne M. Witkowski ’92

Bright Funds Foundation

Lubrizol Foundation

United Way of Central & Northeastern Connecticut

Daryl M. Wolke ’84 & George E. Wolke ’84

CA Technologies

Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics

Robert C. Wong G’66, Ph.D.’71 & Rose W. Wong

Casey Family Foundation

Lyons Family Foundation

Brian M. Woods ’14

Chevron Corporation

McDonald’s Corporation

Richard N. Wright III ’53, G’55

Cisco Systems Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Jerry C. Wu

Community Foundation of Collier County

Millennium Engineering & Integration Company

Xin Xie G’13

Digital Realty Trust Inc.

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company

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