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May 2008
Carol Espy-Wilson (BS EE 1979)was recently awarded a Radcliffe Fellowship. Carol is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. at the University of Maryland at College Park. The Radcliffe Fellowship will allow her to do a sabbatical year at Harvard.
Walter Eversman (MS ME 1961) will receive the 2008 AIAA Aeroacoustics Award during the 5 - 7 May 2008 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference and Exhibit for pioneering contributions in numerical methods in duct acoustics which have evolved into widely cited results and prediction codes and fundamental theoretical contributions in acoustic power and reciprocity in ducts.
Mark Horowitz (PhD EE 1984) was elected a Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
Chet McQuaide,Jr. (MS EE 1971) retired from AT&T as Executive Director, Architecture Migration Strategies after a 37 year career in telecommunications at Bell Labs, BellSouth, and AT&T since earning his MS at Stanford.
James Plummer (PhD EE 1971) was elected a Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
March 2008
Heather McKinney (AB Architecture 1973) has just been elected to The College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects. The Jury of Fellows selected Ms. McKinney for elevation to Fellowship for distinguished design over her thirty-year career. Ms. McKinney is president of McKinney Architects Inc., the architecture firm she established in Austin, Texas in 1983.
February 2008
William Peng (PhD Aero/Astro 1973) announces the publication of my book, entitled "Fundamentals of Turbomachinery". It is for the entry level engineers, who are involved in design or using various types of turbomachines. It is also an ideal text book for the first turbomachinery class in mechanical engineering curriculum.
Bill Watt (MS Const. Mgmt. 1961) founder and President of Baywood Development Group, is celebrating 30 years in business as a small privately owned production homebuilder in Southern California during a most challenging time.
January 2008
Jean-Christophe Berlot (MS ME 1982) has just published a new book "I Am a Purchaser for the First Time". And it has been a great success here in France!
Jim Ruddell (BS CEE 1977) Has been honored by The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) with its 2007 Construction Management award. In receiving this honor, Jim joined Stanford emeriti professors James Douglas, John Fondahl and Boyd C. Paulson, Jr. (deceased) who received this award in 1975, 1977 and 1984, respectively. Jim is a vice president with Parsons Brinckerhoff where he is currently managing construction of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge replacement project near Washington, DC. While at Stanford, Ruddell was a student under Professors Douglas and Fondahl.
Theresa-Marie Rhyne (ENG CE 1979) was appointed to serve on the National Research Council Transportation Research Board's Committee on Visualization in Transportation as of January 2008.
December 2007
Brian D. Bridges (MS IE 1993) a registered investment adviser and his father, Ed Bridges, an emeritus Stanford Professor of Education, have combined their work and educational experiences in writing Retirement Roulette: May the Odds Be With You which provides an "inside" perspective of the financial industry. This book is especially designed for those gearing up for retirement or already in it (age 45 and up), but it can be useful for those younger. Retirement Roulette is available on Amazon.com and iUniverse.com.
Owen Brown (PhD Aero/Astro 2000) was presented with the DARPA Director’s Award for Technical Achievement for their outstanding leadership and vision in the execution of the DARPA Micro-Satellite Technology Experiment.
Mark Coggins (MS CS 1988) has published RUNOFF, his forth novel set in the Silicon Valley. It deals with a fictional mayoral election in San Francisco where the outcome may have been changed by defeating the security on the city's e-voting machines--and includes a scene set on campus in the Gates Computer Science building! Read more about it on his
Web site.
Mark Dixon (BS IE 1997) and Ben Evans (BS ST&S 1994) along with Ben's wife Julie are off to save the planet by driving through all 50 states on Your Environmental Roadtrip. Not only are they highlighting ways people in every state are working to protect the environment, they are emphasizing the need for a cleaner, safer world and having a great time doing so.
Leonardo Mackliff (MS Gen Eng 1975) was nominated by CIQAP (Colegio de Ingenieros Químicos y Ambientalistas de la Provincia de Pichincha) on June 29, 2007 as "The Outstanding Chemical Engineer of Year 2007".
Steve Malloy (MS CEE 1978) and David Strom (MS OR 1978), Former Crothers Memorial neighbors, were big fund raisers for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society this past fall. In September David convinced Steve to fly from Southern California to participate in the MS Bike Tour in Missouri. David's has several friends with MS and Steve was diagnosed with it in 1990. As a two-person Stanford team, they each pedaled 115 miles, but more importantly combined to raised over $18,000.
Benoit Spolidor (MS EESOR 2000) has returned to the Bay Area and is the founder and CEO of Daikana, a business networking site and application service provider where decision makers sign up, create profiles for their businesses and accounts/profiles for their employees. Individuals can network with each other and businesses can be matched automatically with prospective customers/suppliers based on the products and services offered. There are also various project management tools such as issue tracking, document management, calendaring, etc.
Laung-Terng Wang (PhD EE 1987) has been elevated to the IEEE Fellow grade.
Bob Zeidman (MS EE 1982) has just formed a new company called Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering Corporation.
November 2007
Jyoti Bachani (formerly Rahi) (MS EES 1993) is an assistant professor, at the University of Redlands. She presented a paper titled 'Oracle Corporation's response to the Internet" at the Academy of Management Conference in Philadelphia in August 2007.
Rushabh Sheth (BS ME 1997), founder and CEO of Cascade Star, Inc., is pleased to announce the official launch of the CascadeStar.com website, the first online boutique specializing exclusively in high-end fine jewelry.
October 2007
Francisco Rebolledo (MS IE 1969) will be participating in the Toronto Marathon in Canada on October 14, 2007. He'll be running the 21K portion.
Oliver Watson (MS EE 1963) retired from Boeing on August 31st after 46+ years. Oliver was Director, Engineering Performance Metrics for Boeing's C3 Networks Division in Anaheim, CA, and just prior to retirement led his team to a successful CMMI Level 5 rating against the new version 1.2 assessment model.
September 2007
Catherine O'Riordan (PhD CEE 1994) has moved to a position where she directs the US Science Support Program for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (scientific ocean drilling) and other programs.
August 2007
Jim Colton (PhD Appl Mech 1974 ), Director of the Poulter Laboratory of Applied Mechanics at SRI International, was named an SRI Fellow for long term contributions to SRI's reputation as a scientific and problem solving organization. Dr. Colton's expertise is in explosive effects. He has solved numerous defense problems and is currently working in counter-terrorism.
Jeremy Faludi (MS Engineering 2003) has helped design a bicycle that is currently on display in the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum's exhibit, "Design for the Other 90%"; he is also one of the many authors of the book "Worldchanging: a User's Guide to the 21st Century", and continues to give lectures on green design and biomimicry.
Eric M. Furst (PhD ChemE 2000) has been promoted to Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering with tenure at the University of Delaware and named the 2007 Outstanding Young Faculty member in the College of Engineering.
July 2007
Hojjat Adeli (PhD CEE 1976) has won awards for "Excellence in Engineering Education" and the "Outstanding Teacher Award" at Ohio State University for 2007
Richard Gelting (PhD CEE 1995) works at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on public health issues related to water and wastewater, and was closely involved with the field investigations on spinach farms related to the E. coli outbreak last fall.
Vance Hanna (BS/MA Product Design 1971) was recently awarded position of interim co-director of the new Transportation Design Program (BSTD)at Lawrence Technological University, Southfield Michigan.
Keaka Jackson (MS CS 2004) made it on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle May 30, 2007 doing a handstand as part of an article for her company, Ooga Labs.
An online version of the article is available here:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/30/MNGHPQ3PST1.DTL You have to click on the picture thumbnail to see the full version with her in it.
June 2007
Lyn Greenhill (MS ME 1975) presented a paper at the ASME Turbo Expo in Montreal, May 14-17, 2007 describing a new analytical technique to investigate the effect of disk flexibility on the critical speeds and natural frequencies in rotor dynamics. This new work definitively shows that disk flexing can significantly alter the lateral dynamics of rotating assemblies.
Ron Knecht (MS EES 1989) was elected in November to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education for a term running 2007-12. Knecht, a PE in California and holder of a law degree, is an Economist at the Nevada Public Utilities Commission and served in the Nevada Assembly in 2002-04.
Jonah "Cecil" Scheib (BS CE 1992) was appointed Director of Energy and Sustainability at New York University. This is a brand new position at NYU.
May 2007
Dr. John M. Ham (PhD ChE 1988) has taken the post of Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Planning & Finance, at St. John's University of Tanzania (http://www.sjut.org). St. John’s, a mission of the Anglican Church of Tanzania, will be the first university in central Tanzania when it welcomes students to the capital city of Dodoma in September 2007.
Bertrand Meyer (MS CS 1974), founder of Eiffel Software, is this year's recipient of the ACM Software System Award "for designing and developing the Eiffel programming language and environment, embodying the Design by Contract approach to software development and other features that facilitate the construction of reliable and efficient software."
Ted Miyake (MS CEE 1982) co-founded a geotechnical consulting firm, NMG Geotechnical, Inc. in Irvine,California in 1994. It currently employs 50. But his real passion and calling is faith-based relief and ministry work including several trips to Darfur, Sudan.
Ren Ng (PhD CS 2006) was recently announced as the winner of the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2006. I've started a company, Refocus Imaging, to commercialize my research on a new kind of digital camera - it takes photographs that you can refocus after the shot, among other advantages.
Krishnan Parameswaran (PhD EE 2002) was named Executive Editor of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Newsletter starting January 2007. He is currently a Principal Scientist with Physical Sciences Incorporated in Andover, MA.
Edward Phillips (MS ME 1960) recently received his 100th US Patent. That one (US 7,137,959) is entitled "Paraplegic Rehabilitation Apparatus". It is assigned to his company RLE Corporation, which company has just introduced another machine useful for significantly reducing neurological disease symptoms. A video showing a woman totally eliminating her Parkinson's disease symptoms via its use can be seen at www.bpmtherapy.com.
April 2007
Timothy Boykin (PhD EE 1992) has been promoted to Full Professor in the ECE Department of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), effective August, 2007.
Dr. Subrata Saha (PhD 1974 Appl. Mech.) was a keynote speaker at the National Conference on Biomechanics that was held at the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, West Bengal, India, from 15 to 17th December, 2006. The titles of his talks were "Biomechanical Testing of Orthopaedic Implants" and Bone Mechanics and its Relationship to Osteoporosis: Selected Examples". Dr. Saha was given a Lifetime Biomechanics Research Achievement Award by the Indian Society of Biomechanics at this conference.
March 2007
Keyvan Mohajer (PhD 2007 EE),founded Midomi.com, the new Web site that lets you search for songs by singing them.
Jerry Yang (BS, MS 1990 EE) and Akiko Yamazaki (BS 1990 IE) are donating $75 million to fund environmental and other programs at Stanford.
February 2007
Manuel Bonilla (MS CEE 1979) was appointed President of Solar Satellite, C. por A. (Windmax), a greenfield telecommunications company deploying mobile wimax technology (IEEE 802.16e) in the 2.5 GHz spectrum in the Dominican Republic, which will be fully operational by early 3Q07.
Rolfe Hartley (ENG CEE 1981) recently commenced a 12 month term as the National President of the Institution of Engineers Australia. Engineers Australia, as it is commonly known, is the largest professional society representing engineering in Australia. It covers all disciplines of engineering and has 80,000 members. During my term I will be focusing on the future of engineering, to ensure that Engineers Australia can continue to meet the changing needs of a changing profession.
Gilles Pluntz (MS CEE 1980) was appointed Senior Vice-President Western Europe at Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss based Biopharmaceutical multinational company specializing in Specialty products (Fertility, Obstetrics, Gastroenterology, urology and endocrinology), after working at Merck & Co for 19 years. I enjoy the freedom of action and entrepeneurial spirit of this privately owned group.
Volkan Rodoplu (PhD EE 2003), an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara, has won the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, one of the most prestigious national awards for young faculty.
George Vendelin (BSEE 59, MSEE 61, EngEE 63) is returning to Taiwan for another year as Visiting Professor in EE at National Central University; he was previously at National Taiwan University for 18 months in the same capacity.
January 2007
Ben Evans (BS Sci, Tech, Soc 1994) with Mark Dixon (BS IE 1997) have launched YERT, Your Environmental Roadtrip--a year-long eco-expedition through all 50 United States. With video camera in hand and tongue in cheek, they'll explore the landscape of America's unique approach to environmental sustainability.
Scott Midkiff, (MS EE 1980)a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, has begun an appointment as a program director at the National Science Foundation in the Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division of the Directorate for Engineering.
Alan Regala (MS ME 2003) founder of Everyday Innovations, has just taken his second product to market, BookSling: the elastic bookmark that attaches a pen or highlighter to your lab notebook, journal, sketch or textbook. One patent was issued for their first product, PicoPad, earlier this year, and there are more US and international patents pending for both products.
Jim Ruddell (BS CE 1977) has been honored as the Construction Managers Association of America (CMAA) 2006 Person of the Year.
Ricky Yeung (MS MS&E 1980)was recently appointed as General Manager of Multek Flexible Circuits Division in Zhuhai, China.
December 2006
Tarik Ogurtani (PhD MSE 1965) Has published a third paper on "the theory of irreversible thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces with applications" in the November 6, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
Derrick Richardson (BS Eng 1992) was recently named Director, Stent Engineering with Conor Medsystems in Menlo Park.
November 2006
George E. McCown (BS ME 1957) recently received the Kurt Hahn award for outstanding service to Outward Bound USA, its highest award. George helped found the Pacific Crest Outward Bound School in Oregon over 40 years ago and has been active in the organization ever since. He currently serves on the National Board and Chairs the Finance Committee. Outward bound is an international organization founded in Britain during the second world war dedicated to "changing lives, building teams, and transforming schools."
Bill Ralston (BS CE 1975) just published a book for managers and executives faced with a major strategic decision. The title is The Scenairo Planning Handbook: Developing Strategies in Uncertain Times, and is based on his 15 years of experience at SRI International, where he was a vice president of consulting. He is currently on the board of SRI Consulting Business Intelligence, the technology and business research spin-off of SRI International, and president of PGO Consulting.
Mark Stillman (BS ME 1982) hit a rough patch a while back. He writes, "Even though I was homeless, my engineering was useful. I constructed a solar greenhouse as part of a tent situation, using 'off the shelf' materials.
October 2006
Mark Coggins (MS CS 1988) published his third mystery novel set in the Silicon Valley, Candy from Strangers. A prepublication review from Library Journal says, "This third outing for Coggins's private investigator August Riordan proves him a worthy successor to the iconic Sam Spade... [A] volume that fits comfortably alongside those of Hammett and Chandler. Heartily recommended." And Publishers Weekly, "[A] gripping ... hard-boiled exploit... Riordan's street smarts and witty asides will make him a familiar—and welcome—figure to fans of Robert Parker's PI, Spenser."
Theresa-Marie Rhyne (BS CE 1976, MS CE 1977, ENG CE 1979, MS CE 1981) was appointed Director of the Renaissance Computing Institute's Engagement Facility at North Carolina State University, (http://www.renci.org/about/ncsu.php). This is in addition to her role as Director of the Center for Visualization and Analytics in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Subrata Saha (Engineer, 1971, Ph.D. 1974), Director of Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine. at SUNY Downstate medical Center in Brooklyn, was elected a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the largest society in the field of Biomedical Engineering. This is the first time that this society has elected Fellows. Dr. Saha was elected a member of this Inaugural Class "for outstanding contributions in orthopaedic biomechanics, biomaterials and bioethics and for establishing the Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference series and the International Conferences on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering".
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