Newsletter from Purdue University Vol.2 Issue 1 Fall 1997

Civil Engineering Professor LeadsMURI Research Project and Center

In September 1996, Purdue received anaward for a project entitled “Rapid andAffordable Generation of Terrain andDetailed Urban Feature Data” from theArmy Research Office (ARO). Theaward came under the MultidisciplinaryUniversity Research Initiative (MURI)program andamounts to $5 mil-lion over a period offive years. Theproject and theMURI Center areheaded by ProfessorEdward Mikhail ofGeomatic Engineer-ing Area (formerlySurveying Engi-neering). Other di-rect participants inthe project are: Pro-fessor Jim Bethel,also from theGeomatics Area;Professor DaveLandgrebe, from theSchool of Electricaland Computer Engi-neering, Professor Ram Nevatia fromthe Institute for Robotics and IntelligentSystems at the University of Southern

GAANN Fellowships PromotesU.S. Technical Leadership

Since 1991, the School of Civil Engi-neering nearly doubled the number ofU.S. students in Ph.D. studies in civiland environmental engineering atPurdue thanks to two successful pro-posals to the Graduate Assistance inAreas of National Need (GAANN)program. Sponsored by the U.S. De-partment of Education, GAANN’s ob-jective has been to help the UnitedStates retain a technological edge inthe world by encouraging and prepar-ing U.S. students for futures inacademia and research.

The 21 GAANN fellowships awardedto the School of Civil Engineering arepart of the effort to increase the num-ber of doctoral students in areas ofnational needs such as the deterio-rating national infrastructure and in-creasing environmental concerns.GAANN provides the opportunity forthe university to attract U.S. citizensand permanent residents to careersin academia and by drawing from tra-ditionally underrepresented groups inengineering such as women and mi-norities.

Professor Bob Whitford, who submit-ted the GAANN proposals in 1991and 1995 and served as director ofthe School’s program, reports “Thereis concern that the United States islosing some of its technological edge.The specific focus of the GAANN is toprovide fellowships that include a fo-cus on preparing students for a pro-

California, and Dr. Jim Pearson of GDESystems, Inc. in San Diego, California.

As the title suggests, the goal of theproject is to achieve new levels of auto-mation and productivity in the processof extracting 3D terrain and feature data

from imagery. Wetypically beginwith a hierarchi-cal series of im-ages of a givenarea such as:SPOT satellitedata, mediumand large scaledigitized aerialphotography, air-borne multi-orhyper spectralscanner imagery,and terrestrial,handheld photog-raphy. The re-search teammembers thenapply comple-mentary imageanalysis tools to

(1) determine the geometric parametersof all imagery, (2) determine a prelimi-

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TRANSITIONSC I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G

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Professor Milton Harr selected to National Academy of EngineeringProfessor Milton Harr has been for inducted into the National Academy ofEngineering. He began teaching at Purdue in 1955 and received his Ph.D. incivil engineering in 1958. Election to the National Academy of Engineering isamong the highest professional distinction accorded an engineer. ProfessorHarr was inducted in October during the National Academy of Engineering an-nual meeting in Washington.

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Civil EngineeringAdvisory Council

Nick AschlimanLAW Engineering & Environment

Walter C. BellBechtel Corporation

William F. BrumundGolder Associates

Christopher B. BurkeChristopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd.

Angela M. ChristoDeLeuw Cather & Company of Ohio

J. Edward DoyleRQAW

Harold ForceForce Construction

Cynthia L. FortAmerican Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Susan M. FreyCH2M Hill

David S. GedneyFluor Daniel, Inc.

William H. HighterUniversity of Massachusetts

Charles W. HoppeHoppe Consulting

John M. Knapp Jr.General Mechatronics Corporation

James A. MapleJ. A. Maple & Associates

Wally MillerMMM - Invest, Inc.

Za-Lee MohMoh & Associates

Michael A. PierleSolutia Company

Dennis E. RobyADM Design Services

John SchalliolMichiana Regional Transportation Center

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Faculty Features ...................................................................................................................4-7New Faculty and StaffFaculty News

Class Notes .......................................................................................................................14-19Student Highlights ...............................................................................................................12

Scholarships & AwardsPhoto Page ............................................................................................................................21Outstanding Graduate Woman Recognized .......................................................................22Calendar of Events ................................................................................................. Back Page

In this issue...MURI3D Terrain and Feature Imagery Research ................. Cover

Editor ................................................................................................................ Donald R. FryAssistant .............................................................................................................Linda HigginsWriter ...................................................................................................................... Sally BondDesign&Layout .................................................................................. Rod Heckaman / EPO

GAANN FellowshipTop U.S. Students Attracted to Purdue ....................... Cover

Outstanding CE Alumni RecognizedCivil Engineering Alumni Recognized forTheir Achievements ................................................. pgs 8-11

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Dr. Vincent P. DrnevichProfessor and Head

School of Civil Engineering

Vincent P. Drnevich

I am writing this as our faculty and stu-dents are well underway for the newschool year. In August, I attended sum-mer graduation, and it continued the tra-dition of excellence of these programs. I’llbet many of you remember your gradua-tion ceremony. It is an important ceremonythat affirms the student, provides a senseof pride in parents, family, and friends, andserves to cement a bond between the newalums and Purdue. As a faculty memberin attendance, I enjoy a sense of accom-plishment and muse about what thesenew graduates will achieve in their careers.

This past year, we lost three emeritus fac-ulty members, Gerald A. (Jerry) Leonards,Joseph L. Waling, and John D. Wolszon,and an active faculty member, William L.Wood. Jerry was a giant in the geotechni-cal field who remained active in researchand with graduate students until his sud-den death. Joe Waling was a faculty mem-ber in the structure’s area, headed thearea for some time and then went on toupper administration. Jack Wolszon was amember of our environmental engineer-ing faculty. Bill Wood, who was only 55,died suddenly from a rare heart disease.

In my last report to you, I told you of ourfaculty retreat of August 1996. It spawnedmuch fruitful activity and improved com-munication over the past year. Much ef-fort was spent on the undergraduateprogram, especially considering thechanging needs of industry and the re-vised accreditation criteria, ABET 2000.These new criteria are much less pre-scriptive than the previous. However, theyrequire that the objectives for each pro-gram be published and that proceduresbe put in place for assessing how the ob-jectives are being met. Some changeswere made in the graduate program tomake it more attractive and responsive.More changes are likely to come. At ourAugust 1997 faculty retreat, we focusedon refining the strategic plan for the un-dergraduate program, the graduate pro-gram and research.

One of the most significant accomplish-ments of this past year was the hiring ofseven new faculty persons. Stories onthese people are included in this issue.An ongoing search for a person in the

structure’s area was successfully com-pleted with Dr. Robert Frosch joining usin January. A separate, school-widesearch for four persons began last fall.With the unanticipated retirements ofProfessors Robert Lee and Edward Tingin December, and the untimely death ofProfessor William Wood in February, thesearch number was increased from fourto six. Over four hundred applicationswere received, twenty of the top appli-cants were interviewed, and six peoplewere chosen as our top choices. Thanksto the excellent work of our search com-mittee and faculty, we were successfulin hiring all six of our top choices. Storieson Graham Archer, Katherine Banks,Antonio Bobet, Darcy Bullock,Rao S. Govindaraju, and Timothy Whalenare included in this issue.

Our Advisory Council took the initiative tomeet one-on-one with faculty members atthe spring meeting to gain insights intothe issues facing civil engineering educa-tion and the program at Purdue. The Ad-visory Council with the aid a professionalfacilitator, Mr. Aldus Knight, then met tosynthesize their findings. Afterwards, theypresented four items to the faculty asworking statements. The facilitator thenformed mixed groups of faculty and Advi-sory Council members to further refinethese items. The items include: 1) hire thebest and brightest, 2) partner with indus-try to enhance teaching and research, 3)improve the mentoring process for assis-tant professors, 4) achieve appropriatebalance between teaching and research,and 5) review the issue of specialist ver-sus generalist in the undergraduate pro-

gram. We are making significant progressin all of these areas.

Our fall council meeting focused on “con-necting with students,” as students sharedtheir ideas and views about what it meansto be a Purdue civil engineering studenttoday. Harold Force, from Columbus, IN,was elected chair of the council, WallyMiller, from LaGrange, IN, was electedvice chair. I thank Chris Burke, thecouncil’s past chair, for his dynamic lead-ership and depth of insight. The AdvisoryCouncil provides great value to ourSchool.

This past year presented a special chal-lenge to me with my election in May 1996as the Chairman of the DepartmentHeads Council (DHC) of ASCE. The DHCconsists of twelve department heads/chairs, with two elected from each of sixregions of the country. The DHC repre-sents the civil engineering education com-munity in ASCE. It is heavily involved in allaspects of civil engineering education, es-pecially helping ASCE and civil engineer-ing department heads prepare for the 21stcentury. One particularly interesting effortis my participation in a special task forcethat generated a white paper on: TheScholarship Landscape In Civil Engineer-ing: A Bridge Between Rhetoric and Real-ity,” as a means of educational institutionalpriorities and faculty rewards. You may re-view and submit comments on this draftusing the World-Wide Web at http:ce.ecn.purdue.edu/~drnevichFacWork.html. My workload in the DHCwill not let up. I was re-elected this pastJune for another year.

Three faculty members were promotedthis past year with their promotions effec-tive in August: Mark Bowman to professor,Elisa Sotelino and Boudewijn van Gelderto associate professor with tenure. We areproud of their accomplishments and arelooking forward to their continued excel-lence.

We are excited about our new and return-ing students we have enrolled. The level ofenergy here is unbelievable. It is a won-derful place to be; it is wonderful to partici-pate in preparing civil engineers for thefuture.

School Focuses on Future - Remembers Faculty Contributions

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Graham Archer

New Faculty & Staff

Graham Archer joined the School ofCivil Engineering as an assistant profes-sor in structural engineering in August1997. He received his B.A.Sc. in 1985and M.A. Sc. in 1986 from the Universityof Waterloo, Canada. He received hisPh.D. from the University of California atBerkeley in 1996. Archer's dissertation"Object-Oriented Finite Element Analy-sis," involved taking a fresh look at thedesign of finite element programs. In par-ticular, he focused on the philosophy ofobject-oriented design and programmingapplied to the finite element method. Theresulting program is extremely flexibleand serves as a platform for advancedresearch in nonlinear dynamic analysis.

Prior to his returning to school for aPh.D., he worked as a consulting struc-tural engineer in both the U.S. andCanada. In that time he designed severalbuildings and bridge structures of rein-forced concrete, prestressed concrete,and steel.Kathy Banks joined the School of CivilEngineering in August 1997 as an asso-ciate professor in environmental and hy-draulic engineering. She received a B.S.from the University of Florida in 1982, anM.S. from the University of North Caro-lina in 1985, and a Ph.D. from Duke Uni-versity in 1989, all in environmentalengineering. From 1989 to 1996, Bankswas an associate/assistant professor ofcivil engineering at Kansas State Univer-sity. She is a registered professional en-gineer in Kansas. Banks’ researchinterests include phytoremediation,

bioremediation, wastewater treatment,and environmental microbiology.

Banks is currently working on severalphytoremediation projects. The use ofplants to remediate petroleum contami-nated soil is being assessed in labora-tory and greenhouse studies, and at fieldsites in California, Kansas, and Virginia.Results indicate that plants enhance dis-sipation of recalcitrant petroleum com-pounds.

Evaluation of the most recently estab-lished field site, located at Port Hueneme,CA, will continue through the fall of 2000.

Antonio Bobet joined the School of CivilEngineering as an assistant professor ingeotechnical engineering in August1997. He received his B.S. and M.S. incivil engineering in 1983 from theUniversidad Politecnica of Madrid, Spain,where he received the “Guerray RubioPrize” for outstanding academic achieve-ments. Bobet received his doctorate atthe Department of Civil and Environmen-tal Engineering, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology, in May 1997. His disserta-tion, titled “Fracture Coalescence inRock Materials: Experimental Observa-tions and Numerical Predictions,” wasthe result of both experimental and ana-lytical work on fracture initiation, propa-gation and coalescence in pre-crackedrock materials in multi-axial compres-sion.

Bobet has nine years experience in in-dustry as a construction manager and asa project engineer. He worked as resi-dent engineer for Ferrovial, a Spanish

construction company, where he directedthe construction of the N-II Bypass Roadin Girona (Spain), the Seu d’Urgell-Andorra(Spain), and the L’Obac road in Andorra.He also worked in the geotechnical divi-sion of Euroestudios, an engineeringconsulting firm, as a project engineer.

Bobet’s field of interest is in rock me-chanics, specifically in the area of frac-ture characterization and behavior infractured rock masses.

Robert J. Frosch joined the School inJanuary 1997, as an assistant professorin the structural engineering area. He re-ceived his B.S.E. in 1991 from TulaneUniversity, his M.S.E. in 1992 from theUniversity of Texas at Austin, and hisPh.D. in 1996 also from the University ofTexas at Austin. Dr. Frosch is a licensedprofessional engineer in Louisiana. Priorto joining the faculty, he was a structuralengineer with Modjeski and Masters Con-sulting engineers where he worked onthe seismic retrofit projects. His interestsinclude the design and behavior of struc-tural concrete, earthquake engineering,repair and strengthening of structures,and autoadaptive structures.

Frosch’s doctoral research at the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin consisted of devel-oping a precast infill wall system forstrengthening nonductile reinforced con-crete frames in seismic areas. Many ex-isting structures located in seismic zoneslack strength and ductility. The goals ofthe research project were to provide aneffective and economic system that canbe used for the rehabilitation of these

Kathy Banks Antonio Bobet Robert J. Frosch

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HeadVincent P. Drnevich

Assistant HeadV. James Meyers

Area Heads:Construction Engineering

Daniel W. Halpin

Environmental & Hydraulic EngineeringChad T. Jafvert

Geotechnical EngineeringAdolph Altschaeffl

Materials Engineering (Civil)Charles Scholer

Structural EngineeringWai-Fah Chen

Geomatics EngineeringEdward M. Mikhail

Transportation andInfrastructure Systems Engineering

Kumares C. Sinha

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structures. Multiple phases of experi-mental testing were conducted with theresearch culminating with the testing of alarge scale model specimen. The testspecimen, a two-story nonductile frameinfilled with the proposed precast infillsystem, was used to establish the overallbehavior of the rehabilitation technique.

Rao S. Govindaraju joined the Schoolas an assistant professor in the area ofenvironmental and hydraulic engineeringin August 1997. Govindaraju received hisB.S. from the Indian Institute of Technol-ogy in 1984, M.S. from the University ofKentucky at Lexington in 1985, and Ph.D.from the University of California at Davisin 1989. He served as a research associ-ate at Davis until 1992, after which timehe joined Kansas State University as anassistant professor of civil engineering.

Govindaraju's research interests are pri-marily in the areas of surface and sub-surface flow and contaminant transport.He has additional interest in surface ero-sion. His current work is centered aroundusing stochastic approaches to addressthe problems of uncertainty and spatialvariability as applied to problems of wa-tershed hydrology.

Timothy M. Whalen joined the School inJuly 1997 as an assistant professor inthe structural engineering area. He re-ceived his B.S. in engineering mechanicsin 1987 and his M.S. in theoretical andapplied mechanics in 1988 from the Uni-versity of Illinois Urbana - Champaign. In1993, he obtained his Ph.D. in theoreticaland applied mechanics from Cornell Uni-

versity. Among his research interests arelinear and nonlinear dynamics of sys-tems and structures, structural controland damping systems, wind engineer-ing, dynamic and structural response ofwind-loaded buildings, stochastic dy-namics, and continuum mechanics.

Whalen's thesis research was con-cerned with the dynamic response ofsymmetric systems and structures. Byexploiting the symmetry via group-theo-retic techniques, he obtained significantreductions in the computation time ofnumerical and/or analytical solutions tothe linear vibration problem. In addition,he demonstrated the existence of non-trivial solutions to the correspondingnonlinear vibration problem. Aftergraduating, he spent two years at theUniversity of Illinois Aeronautical andAstronautical Engineering Departmentteaching structural mechanics and re-searching the nonlinear dynamics ofsymmetric structures. In 1995, he ob-tained a National Research CouncilPostdoctoral Research Associateship atthe National Institute of Standards andTechnology. His work there centered onthe nonlinear dynamics of randomlyforced systems, analysis of buildingcode provisions pertaining to wind-in-duced structural response, and com-puter-based systems for wind loadingstanding provisions.

Rao S. Govindaraju Timothy M. Whalen

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Maeve Drummond joined the staff thissummer as undergraduate administratorfor the School of Civil Engineering. Shehas a B.A. in Biology from Indiana Uni-versity and an M.S. in Higher EducationAdministration from Purdue with an em-phasis on counseling. Before coming tocivil engineering, she counseled studentsduring Day on Campus for the School ofScience. Professor Gil Satterly, who isgoing into partial retirement, will continueto have primary responsibility for advis-ing undergraduate students. Drummondwill assist with advising and will take overthe duties of scheduling deputy and reg-istration deputy. In addition she will beresponsible for the continued develop-ment of a database for undergraduaterecords within the School and computer-izing the plan of study and registrationprocesses.

A long-term resident of West Lafayette,she worked as a lab manager and re-searcher in the Department of BiologicalSciences at Purdue. She also completedan internship in the Office of Interna-tional Programs in Agriculture. She andher husband, Jim, a free-lance editor,have a son, Joe, and two daughters,Clare and Ellen. Drummond spendsmost of her free time with her family. Sheenjoys swimming, running, tennis andgardening.

Tom Martin is a Research Engineer inHERPICC. He started working as aCounty Engineer for Parke County, Indi-ana, in 1988, where he served as bothhighway engineer and supervisor. In1995, he became the highway engineerfor Putnam County, a position he enjoyeduntil joining the HERPICC staff in March.Martin is a Purdue graduate, receivinghis BSCE from Purdue in 1981 and hisMSCE in 1982. His areas of interest areroad and bridge construction, pavementand bridge management, bridge inspec-tion, and highway administration andplanning. He is working on developing aworkshop for preparing county highwaybudgets, improving and expanding thetraffic counter program, and updatingHERPICC’s Sample Equipment Specifi-cations.

FACULTY PROMOTIONSThese faculty members received promotionsin August 1997.

Mark D. Bowman was promoted to fullprofessor. He joined Purdue in 1980. Hereceived his BSCE from Purdue in1974, his MSCE in 1975, and his Ph.D.from the University of Illinois in 1981.Bowman is a registered professionalengineer in Indiana. Bowman’s interestsinclude structural steel design, struc-tural analysis and design, structural fa-tigue, structural models andexperimental methods and codes andstandards.

Elisa D. Sotelino was promoted to as-sociate professor with tenure. She joinedPurdue in 1990 as an assistant profes-sor. She received a Sc.B., PUC/RJ(Brazil), 1978, Sc.M., PUC/RJ (Brazil),1980, Sc.M., Brown University, 1986and Ph.D., Brown University, 1990.Sotelino’s areas of interest are compu-tational mechanics, high performancecomputing, and structural dynamics.

Boudwijn H. W. van Gelder was pro-moted to associate professor with ten-ure. Van Gelder joined Purdue in 1992as an assistant professor. He receivedis M.S.G.E. (ir.) from Delft University ofTechnology (the Netherlands), in 1972,and his Ph.D. from Ohio State Univer-sity in 1978. Van Gelder’s areas of inter-est include geodesy/satellite geodesy,surveying /data adjustment, and defor-mation analysis.

Professor Miroslaw Skibniewski wasappointed by the executive vice presi-dent for academic affairs to the positionof assistant executive vice president foracademic affairs.

Professor Jeff Wright was namedassistant dean of engineering. In thishalf-time position, he will be working onenhancing information technologies inthe Schools of Engineering.

Faculty Features

Maeve Drummond

Tom Martin

Mark Bowman

Elisa D. Sotelino

Miroslaw Skibniewski

Boudwijn H.W. van Gelder

Jeff Wright

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Staff & Faculty Features

Faculty NewsProfessor Doug Sutton received theJames M. Robbins Chi Epsilon Excel-lence in Teaching Award for the GreatLakes District. He also received the Out-standing Faculty Member Award from thePurdue Chapter of Chi Epsilon. In addi-tion, Sutton was honored by PCI - Pre-cast/Prestressed Concrete Institute asthe 1997 recipient of the DistinguishedEducator Award and was among ten re-cipients to receive the 1997 PCI FellowAward for outstanding service to PCI.

Professor Kumares C. Sinha is thechairman of the ASCE Highway Divisionand has also been reappointed to the ITSIDEA Advisory Panel of the National Re-search Council for a second 3-year term.

Professor Ernest Blatchley receivedthe 1997 Harold Munson Award as theBest Civil Engineering Teacher.

Professor Gilbert Satterly received theRoss Judson Buck Best Counselor inCivil Engineering Award.

Professor A. R. Rao received theMarion B. Scott Award sponsored by TauBeta Pi. This award is given to one pro-

fessor in engineering each spring for his/her devotion to encouraging, inspiring,and advising the engineering studentbody in order that engineering studentsmight grow both academically and pro-fessionally.

Professor Mete A. Sozen won the 1997General Electric Senior Research Awardfor the American Society of EngineeringEducation. He was elevated to PurdueChi Epsilon Chapter Honor Member. Hewas nominated for National Honor Mem-ber by the Purdue Chapter.

Professor Jeff Wright has published anew book entitled “Civil and Environmen-tal Systems Engineering.” The test is be-ing used for his class on civil andenvironmental systems engineering.

Professor W. F. Chen was appointed alife member of the Structural StabilityResearch Council (SSRC). Life mem-bers are those who have given long ser-vice to the council and who have madesignificant contributions to the work ofSSRC. He was also elected as an Hon-orary Member in the Society of Civil En-

gineers. Professor Chen published anew book entitled ALRFD Steel DesignUsing Advanced Analysis.

Professor Jan Olek was elected chairof the TRB committee A2E01 Perfor-mance of Concrete.

Professor Skibniewski was invited toserve a two-year term as external exam-iner for the academic program in con-struction at the National University ofSingapore.

Professor Bob Whitford is on a one-year sabbatical in Alaska. He will beworking for the Alaska Department ofTransportation and Public Facilities withthe Director of Statewide planning. Hehas been asked to help develop thetwenty-year plan for transportation in theYukon-Kuskokwin Rivers Delta. He willalso teach a course in transportationsystems planning and evaluation over theTV. The University of Alaska, Southeastwill be providing an adjunct appointment.

Professor Emeritus John G. McEntyrewas selected to receive the ASCE 1997Surveying and Mapping Award.

Professor William L. Wood, Jr. died unexpectedly February 6, 1997, in West Lafayette. Bill waspromoted to professor of civil engineering in 1992, teaching in the School’s Environmental andHydraulic Area. His research interests were in the areas of physical oceanography and coastalhydrodynamics. His latest research accomplishments include important advances in the man-agement of beach erosion, harbor design, and transport of contaminated sediments.

Bill was a native of Detroit, born in 1941. He received his bachelor’s degree from MichiganState University in 1963 and continued his education at the University of Chicago and Michi-gan State University, earning a Ph.D. in geophysics in 1971. He taught courses at MichiganState for a period before receiving an appointment as an associate professor of geosciencesat Purdue from 1972 to 1984. From 1984 to 1985, he directed the engineering division of theCoastal Engineering Research Laboratory at the Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterway Experi-ment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He returned to Purdue in 1985 as an associate profes-sor of civil engineering.

He was best known and honored for his innovative teaching techniques. He received the Harold Munson award as thebest teacher in the School of Civil Engineering, as voted by the student body. During his academic career, he served asacademic adviser to more than 400 undergraduate students in the schools of Science and Engineering at Purdue. Hewas also a residence hall faculty fellow at Wiley Hall, Duhme Hall, and Warren Hall.

Surviving are Terry L. Wood, his wife, his twin daughter and son, Christine L. Wood and Robert W. Wood; and his parents,Helen C. Wood and William L. Wood.

Professor William L. Wood

A memorial fund was established in his honor in the School of Civil Engineering. Contributions may be made to the School of Civil Engineering DevelopmentOffice, 1284 Civil Engineering Building, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1284. Make checks payable to: Purdue Research Foundation and onthe memo portion of your check write William L. Wood, Jr. Memorial Fund.

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CE Alumni HonoredAlumni Features

Honorary DoctoratePurdue's highest honor, Doctor of Engineering,honoris causa, is bestowed upon individuals ofexceptional attainment and merit.

James L. LammieMSE 1957

Director and past president and chief ex-ecutive officer, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.For his outstanding engineering careerin both the military and private sectors,Purdue University is proud to recognizeJames L. Lammie with an honorarydoctorate in engineering.

James L. Lammie’s 44-year civil engi-neering career began with his B.S. in en-gineering from the U.S. Military Academyin 1949. His 21 years in the Army in-cluded a tour of duty in Vietnam with re-sponsibility for 650 men engaged incombat construction operations for road,bridge, and airfield construction. He wasstaff officer at the Pentagon, served asdistrict engineer for the U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers in San Francisco, andearned three master’s degrees, includingan M.S. in civil engineering from PurdueUniversity in 1957.

After retiring at the rank of colonel in1975, Lammie joined ParsonsBrinckerhoff and served as project man-ager for the general engineering consult-ant for design and construction of theMetropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Au-thority, which is regarded as one of theleading transit systems in the nation. In

1982, Lammie was named presidentand chief executive officer of ParsonsBrinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc.

Lammie is a member of the prestigiousNational Academy of Engineering andthe Industry Policy Advisory Committeeto the U.S. Trade Representative. Hereceived both the Civil Engineering

Management Award and New York CivilEngineer of the Year Award from theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers. Heis also a fellow of both the American So-ciety of Civil Engineers and the Societyof American Military Engineers and hasbeen previously honored by Purdue as aDistinguished Engineering Alumnus.

Nine civil engineering alumni were honored in 1997 by Purdue in recognition of the outstandingachievements of these individuals and the lasting contribution they have made to their professions.

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Distinguished Engineering Alumni

Thomas A. DamesBSCE 1968, MSCE 1968, PhD 1972

Rear Admiral ThomasA. Dames is the Com-mander, Pacific Divi-sion, Naval FacilitiesEngineering Commandand Commander, ThirdNaval Construction Bri-gade in Pearl Harbor,Hawaii. He has com-mand authority in theplanning, design andconstruction for shoresupport facilitiesthroughout the areas ofthe Pacific and Indianoceans and SoutheastAsia. The Third NavalConstruction Brigadedirects Seabees oper-ating in the Pacific the-

ater. Born in Argo, Illinois, Dames is a U.S. Naval Academygraduate. He later attended Purdue University, receiving a B.S.in civil engineering in 1968 and an M.S. in civil engineering thesame year. He returned to Purdue in 1971 and was awarded aPh.D. in urban planning and civil engineering in 1972.

R.M. (Dick) TeaterMSCE 1973

Dick Teater was bornin Grinnell, Iowa. Hegraduated from theU.S. Naval Academyin 1970 and receivedhis M.S. in civil engi-neering from PurdueUniversity in 1973.Teater, who beganworking with FluorDaniel, Inc. in 1980,most recently wasgroup president ofPower and Govern-ment,. Prior to joiningFluor Daniel, heworked for Holmes &Narver, Inc. andserved in the U.S.Navy Civil Engineer

Corps as a commissioned officer from 1970 to 1977. Teaterserves as a member of the ASME International AdvisoryBoard and is a member of the Dean’s Engineering Commit-tee of the Purdue Schools of Engineering.

The Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award is given by the Schools of Engineering to recognize outstanding and lastingcontributions to engineering education, research, and practice.

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Alumni Features

Steven R. KraemerBSCE 1975, MSCE 1976

Principal and Senior Vice President,Haley and Aldrich, Inc.

Wisconsin nativeSteven R.Kraemer gradu-ated from PurdueUniversity in1975 with a B.S.in civil engineer-ing with highesthonors andearned his M.S.

in geotechnical engineering in 1976. Inhis 21 years with Haley and Aldrich,Kraemer has been in charge of over300 projects, including the firm’s largest— a $13 million contract as the areageotechnical consultant for Boston’sCentral Artery/Tunnel project. Thisnation’s biggest public works project in-cluded a new immersed tube tunnel un-der Boston Harbor that won the ASCEOutstanding Civil Engineering Achieve-ment Award for 1996. Kraemer hasauthored numerous technical papersand his applied research for the FederalHighway Administration resulted inState of Practice volumes for design ofbridge foundations, prefabricated verti-cal drains and drainage systems.

Edgar B. OlsonBSCE 1951

Chairman of the Board and Past Presi-dent, Kettelhut Construction, Inc.

Edgar B. Olsonstarted college in1942 at Illinois Insti-tute of Technologybefore piloting B-24Bombers with the15th Air Force, 98thBomb Group head-quartered in Italy.He completed his

studies at Purdue and graduated with aB.S. in civil engineering in 1951. Duringhis 47 years with the Kettelhut firm, Olsonworked as an engineer, superintendent,in-office estimator, project manager andfinally president-owner in 1975 and chair-man of the board in 1996. Under hisleadership, the Lafayette, Indiana, com-pany was selected to the EngineeringNews Record “Top 400 General Contrac-tors” in the United States three timessince the 70’s. Olson served on the Indi-ana State Office Building Commissionsince 1978, being appointed by three dif-ferent governors, and has been awardedthe “Sagamore of the Wabash” by thegovernor of Indiana. Olson was a chartermember of the Civil Engineering AdvisoryCouncil and chairperson of PurdueUniversity’s President’s Council, where healso received the President’s Council Dis-tinguished Service Award.

Bryan A. ErlerBSCE 1969, MSCE 1970

Senior Vice President and Owner,Sargent and Lundy, L.L.C.

Bryan A. Erler, se-nior vice presidentand owner ofSargent andLundy, L.L.C., hasbeen involved inthe seismic dy-namic analysis ofnuclear stations,the design of post-

tensioned and reinforced concrete con-tainments, and numerous structuraldesign challenges of nuclear, coal, gas,and oil-fired power plants. Erler receivedhis B.S. in 1969 and M.S. in 1970 in civilengineering and has been a leader indevelopment of several national stan-dards for power plants. He has partici-pated in many peer review groups andresearch advisory panels at nationallaboratories and has published numer-ous technical papers in areas rangingfrom seismic analysis to containmentshell analysis and design. He is an ac-tive member of a number of professionalorganizations and has served as a mem-ber of the Board of Directors, StructuralEngineers Association of Illinois for morethan ten years and president in 1992.

Civil Engineering Alumni Achievement Award Recipients

The Civil engineeringAlumni Achievement Awards are based on the awardees’ distinguished careers, which reflect crediton the value of a Purdue University civil engineering education. The awards are given by the School of Civil Engineering,based on approval of the faculty.

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James S. PierceBSCE 1959, MSCE 1961

Leadership Team, Bureau of ReclamationTechnical Service Center, Denver, CO

After completinghis B.S. in civil en-gineering in 1959and his M.S. in1961, James S.Pierce began workwith the Bureau ofReclamation in theConcrete andStructural Labora-

tory, one of the world’s premier water re-source management organizations. Helent his expertise to standards develop-ment activities with the American Soci-ety for Testing and Materials (ASTM) andthe American Concrete Institute (ACI).He served on the ASTM Board of Direc-tors and has been active in committeeson Concrete and Concrete Aggregates,Cement, Precast Concrete, and Soil andRock. Pierce travelled internationally forACI making concrete technology presen-tations throughout the world. In 1994,he was presented the Henry C. TurnerMedal for notable service to the concreteindustry. Pierce is a fellow and pastpresident of ACI.

Donald R. SchwegelMSCE 1962

Chief Executive Officer, Baxter &Woodman, Inc.

Donald R.Schwegel earnedan M.S. in civil en-gineering in 1962from Purdue Uni-versity beforeserving as a sani-tary engineeringofficer in the U.S.Army Medical Ser-

vice Corps. In 1964, Schwegel joinedBaxter & Woodman, Inc., where he de-signed and managed hundreds of envi-ronmental projects involving public andprivate water supply and wastewater. Hewas elected president in 1987 and chiefexecutive officer in 1994. Schwegel is aleader in the development of pretreat-ment facilities for the food processingand metal finishing industries. He is adiplomate of the American Academy ofEnvironmental Engineers and is active innumerous professional organizationssuch as WEF and AWWA. Schwegel’smany honors include the DistinguishedService Award from the Consulting Engi-neers Council of Illinois.

Graham S. ToftPh.D. 1978

President, Indiana Economic Develop-ment Council, Inc.

Australian nativeGraham S. Toftgraduated withhonors in landsurveying/devel-opment at theUniversity of NewSouth Wales. Hismaster’s researchtook him to

Papua New Guinea to design a landregistration and survey system for a de-veloping county. In 1978, Toft com-pleted his Ph.D. in strategic planning.He served four years at Purdue’s Cen-ter for Public Policy and Public Adminis-tration followed by two years with theIndiana Legislative Services Agency, In-diana General Assembly. Since 1970,Toft has been president of the IndianaEconomic Development Council, a non-profit public-private partnership that fo-cuses on education and training,infrastructure financing, internationaltrade, sustainable development andregulation and tax policy. Toft has beenadvisor to five state governments andmore than 50 counties, cities, andtowns on strategic planning, economicdevelopment, and governmental organi-zation. He regularly conducts seminarsfor civic leaders on managing change,future trends, strategic thinking, andcompetitive advantage. In 1989, he re-ceived the Distinguished ProfessionalPlanner Award by the Indiana PlanningAssociation.

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Amoco FoundationUndergraduate ScholarshipKara L. Elliott - Frankfort, INMartin J. GutzwillerMemorial ScholarshipBrian S. Chen - West Lafayette, INH. Scott Ivany - Bloomington, ILElmer F. Ballotti Memorial FellowshipWilliam J. Leady - Chesterton, INJohn R. Blandford Memorial AwardLin-Shin Lin - Hualian, TaiwanJohn E. Thompson - West Lafayette, INDonald E. Bloodgood Memorial AwardTing P. Chan - New Haven, INBrandon K. Ogilvie - Noblesville, INAnthony M. Kunkler - Tell City, INJacques W. Delleur AwardKuang-Ping Chiu - Taipei, TaiwanKhaled H. Hamed - Cairo, EgyptMatthew Edward KernEnvironmental Engineering ScholarshipDavid Hodson - West Lafayette, INJoan E. Gable - Carmel, INDavid E. Saksa MemorialPass-The-Torch AwardMonica S. Freel - Keystone, INEldon J. Yoder Memorial AwardDebasish Bhattacharjee - Calcutta, IndiaMyrtle Ford Tompt AwardAnthony M. Kunkler - Tell City, INKai Ki Mow - Honolulu, HIBrandon K. Ogilvie - Noblesville, INNicole S. Speece - Muncie, INGerrit H. Toebes Memorial AwardAmy S. Mechling - Bluffton, INHuey-Long Chen - Taiwan, R. O. C.Estus H. and Vashti L. MagoonOutstanding Teaching Assistant AwardMark K. Clough - Williston, VTRichard A. Jones - Crawfordsville, INRodolfo E. Kilian - MexicoAyesha B. Shah - IndiaSandra L. Mansilla - Humacao, Puerto RicoChii Shang - Taipei, Taiwan

Student Highlights

Nellie Munson OutstandingTeaching Assistant AwardCraig C. Akins - Braintree, MAJon A. Jonsson - IcelandJohn G. McEntyre Endowment ScholarshipJason M. Copperwaite - Floyds Knobs, INJud and Betty Rouch Land SurveyingScholarshipPaul E. Klodzen - Valparaiso, INCentral Indiana Chapter (ISPLS) ScholarshipRyan Carrel - Fort Wayne, INISPLS Initial Point Blankenbecker ScholarshipAndrew Hagedorn - Ferdinand, INLSE - Faculty Recognition AwardAaron W. Blank - West Lafayette, INOutstanding Senior Award - LSEScott A. Lutz - DeKalb, ILAGC Outstanding Student - CECONJeremy R. Loftus - Georgetown, INRosemary K. Burke - OutstandingStudent Award - Chi EpsilonBrandon Ogilvie - Noblesville, INMaple Point Foundation GrantJody K. Tischmack - West Lafayette, IN

Scholarship& Awards

Kara L. Elliott Brian S. Chen William J. Leady Lin-Shin Lin

Anthony M. Kunkler Khaled H. Hamed David Hodson

Kai Ki Mow Amy S. Mechling

Richard A. Jones

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John E. Thompson Brandon K. OgilvieKuang-Ping Chiu

Monica S. Freel Debasish Bhattacharjee Nicole S. Speece

Huey-Long Chen Mark K. Clough

Rodolfo E. Kilian

Chii Shang

Sandra L. Mansilla Craig C. Akins Jason M. Copperwaite

Aaron W. BlankScott A. Lutz Jeremy R. Loftus

Ting P. Chan Joan E. Gable Ayesha B. ShahRyan Carrel Andrew Hagedorn Paul E. KlodzenJody K. Tischmack H. Scott Ivany

Not pictured:

Congratulations to Jennifer A. Smith, the recipient of anEno Fellowship from the Eno Transportation Foundationof Lansdowne, Virginia. The Eno Fellows program pro-vides up to ten student fellowships annually to help ensureretention of the best and brightest individuals in transpor-tation and encourages those with leadership abilities torecognize their strength and prepare for leadership roles.Jennifer attended the 1997 Leadership Development Con-ference, which was held in Washington, DC, in May. Jenni-fer received her BSCE in 1995, and her MSCE in May of97. She is currently employed as an engineer with Pflum,Klausmeier, & Gehrum in Indianapolis. Jennifer also re-cently married Alan Pyrz, a ’97 CE graduate.

Darcie B. Johnson (right)was selected by the commit-tee on student services asthe Zone II first place re-cipient of the 1997 DanielW. Mead prize for studentsfor the paper “What are theEthical Responsibilities To-wards Sustainable Develop-ment.” This award wassponsored by the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers.

Lan Qian is the recipient of the 1997 Helene OverlyGraduate Scholarship. Ms. Qian is a graduate student intransportation from Wuhan, China. The Helene OverlyScholarship was established in 1981 by the Women’s Trans-portation Seminar (WTS) to encourage women to pursuecareer paths in transportation. Ms. Qian attended the 1997scholarship banquet in Chicago in July. She is a master’sstudent of Professor Jon Fricker.

Jon A. Jonsson

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Class Notes1923

Frederick Ashbaucher - Fred celebrated his95th birthday on June 13, 1997, at his homein Indianapolis. He was surrounded by fam-ily and friends. Fred also attended the CEBreakfast in April. He visited with long-timefriends and faculty members.

1929George Morris Willard - Sun City, Arizona -Retired in 1973 after 44 years with AmericanTelephone and Telegraph. He left St. Louisto live in Arizona in 1978. He has had sev-eral volunteer positions. George and wifeLisbeth enjoy their home, surrounded by 4citrus and 3 peach trees. Their lifestyle in-cludes many friends and activities, includingattending the Purdue alumni luncheons tostay in touch. They have two daughters whoboth live in Denver, Colorado, and sixgrandchildren (grown) and a new grandson-in-law.

1933George O. Ashman - Daytona Beach, Florida-Hall Construction Co., Inc.- Structural engi-neer and threshold building inspector. Den-nis N. Hall, President of Hall Constructionhas had the privilege of working withGeorge over the past seventeen years and re-ports that his past accomplishments aremany. However, he is proudest of his work asassistant chief engineer for construction ofthe Spanish/American military bases inSpain from 1956 through 1962. Mr.Ashman’s great knowledge and experiencein both construction management and struc-tural design have made him a very valuableconsultant on many complicated commer-cial construction projects.

1948Frederick W. Foley - Provo, Utah - Retired-Fred is a registered civil engineer in Califor-nia and Utah. He developed a program todetermine the engineering cost of truckingequipment. The results were used in manydifferent engineering cost studies. In Utah,he successfully authored a bill that waspassed and signed by the governor provid-ing for natural gas safety and adequate ca-thodic corrison protection. He served twomissions for his church, 18 months in Aus-tralia and 12 months in the USA.

Donald R. Hanson - Charlottesville, VA -Donald retired from the United Nations inNairobi Kenya, Africa, in 1988 after 29 years.His career included the following: Civic —chairman, Albemarle County Housing Coali-tion (VA); chairman, Oahu Self Help HousingOrganization (Hawaii); state chairman Hawaii“Year of the Homeless” (appointed by theGovernor); president, Hawaii senior citizenorganization. Professional honors — Star ofAfrica (Liberia); Donald Hanson Day - Feb 6,Bahu Hawaii; Jefferson Award; U.S. Presiden-tial Award (1986) . His career accomplishmentsinclude director, Indianapolis Housing Au-thority; housing advisor 21 Caribbean coun-tries (US State Dept.); deputy commissioner -planning & development, Chicago; housingadvisor, United Nations (4 years Africa, 28years adviser to 89 countries in Asia, Africa,South America, East Europe, Middle East,Caribbean). He wrote three publications forthe United Nations - Self-Help Housing,Housing Model for Housing Policy.

1949Elliot Fraser Bolick - Newark, Delaware - Re-tired, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company -Plainfield, Illinois - He retired in 1985 fromthe European division of CBI Co. He spent 30of 37 years with CBI on overseas assignmentsmainly in the middle east. Managed projectsfrom Mangla Dam in Pakiston (1963-64) to re-fining tank construction and municipal workin Iraq, Iran, India, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,Trucial States, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia,Ethiopia, Kenya, RSA, and other middle eastcountries.

Thomas M. Major - Grove City Ohio - Retired

Jules T. Charles - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Retiredfrom Mintco Inc. He was board chairman ofthe Franciscan Villa retirement homes andpast member of the City Appeals Board.

1950John T. Schira - Columbus, Ohio - RetiredOhio Water Development Authority, Johnand wife visited Purdue University and theSchool of Civil Engineering in July 1997 forthe first time in 30 years. They have three sonswho are Ohio State graduates.

1952George M. Briggs - Greenwich, New York - Re-tired in 1983 from the New York State Depart-ment of Transportation. Following hisretirement he served as executive director ofthe New York State Liquid Asphalt Distribu-tors Association and then went on to be presi-dent of Briggs Engineering, retiring in 1992.

Harold G. Poulin, Jr. - Salinas, CA - Seniorvice president of Granite Rock Co. Harold isresponsible for business development and amember of the board of directors. GraniteRock was a winner of the Malcolm BaldrigeNational Quality Award in 1992.

1953Joseph C. Patrick - Bellemead, New Jersey -Retired director of facilities & development ,construction official, Township of Montgom-ery.

1955Donald R. McCormack - Birmingham, MI -Retired in December 1996 as vice presidentand treasurer of Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.after 37 years of service. He served as vicepresident for 31 years.

1956Richard S. Kraus, PE, CSP - Annandale, VA -Professional safety and fire protection engi-neer for Petroleum Safety Consultants. Hehas been named senior editor for the safetyhalf of the 4th edition of the United NationsInternational Labor Organizations “Encyclo-pedia of Occupational Health and Safety”published in 60 countries in over 45 lan-guages. In addition to this, he is the authorof the chapters covering the oil and gas in-dustries and process safety. A new editionwas published recently.

1957James L. Lammie - MSE ’57 - New York, NewYork - Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc.James was named an honorary member ofthe American Society of Civil Engineers.

Gary F. Shearer - Bonita Springs, FL - Presi-dent, Management Recruiters of BonitaSprings Inc. After a career in engineeringand construction with CBI, Rust Interna-tional and H.A. Simons Engineering, run-ning corporate divisions in the USA, Brazil,and Singapore, he has settled down inFlorida with his own executive recruitmentbusiness and loving it!

1958Charles M Green - Long Boat Key, FL -Project manager, Bishop & Associates. He isa project designer for all civil/site improve-ments. He is now designing beach preserva-tion structures on the Florida west coast.

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Moacyr Schwab De Souza Menezes - MSCE’58- Salvador Brazil, Bahia - Independent con-sulting engineer - Recipient of the ManoelRocha Award (Brazilian Association of SoilMechanics) 1992 - for the contribution to thedevelopment and teaching of soil mechanicsin Brazil. He also received “Honor to theMerit” diploma from the Brazilian Paving As-sociation in 1986 for relevant contribution tohighway paving in Brazil.

Leslie Strull, P.E. - Morton Grove, IL - Seniorconsultant for Rolf Jensen and Associates, Inc.,specializing in fire safety and code consulting.Treasurer for the Chicago Committee onHigh Rise Buildings and member of the safetycommittee of the National Fire Protection As-sociation. He is also of member of the coderevision committee for the city of Chicagoand fellow ASCE.

1959George “Bill” Bishop, P.E. - Dataw Island,South Carolina - Retired

1960Hidayat N. Grouni - MSCE ’60 - Scarborough,Ontario, Canada - Project Manager for 3E - EblaEngineering Enterprises . Hid worked for 24years in the Ministry of Transportation-Ontario (MTO) as a bridge and research en-gineer. In 1993, he took early retirement topursue his interests and private practice as aconsulting engineer. His most recent project isdesign of underpinning of a bridge across asubway tunnel, the effects of tunnel boring onthe foundations of adjacent structures at streetlevel, risk evaluation of a cut-and-cover tunnelfailure and a survey of innovative rehabilita-tion techniques in America and Europe. Hehas also been involved in translating old tech-nical manuscripts from Arabic to English forthe UN and in preparing computer-aidedgraphics and slides for technical presentationsin the US and Canada. Hidayat is a memberof various engineering societies and a fellowat both ACE International and ASCE. He wasawarded “Expert Status” by the Ministry inrecognition of his contributions in the fields ofbridge engineering and transit and guidewaytechnologies. He has a number of papers andlectures to his credit presented in technicaljournals and forums. He also has many hob-bies and volunteers in various functions.

1961Delmar L. Kloeker - Seymour, IN - Presidentand owner of Kloeker Engineering, P.C.,which was organized in January 1995. He is amember of Seymour Rotary Club, elected as aPaul Harris Fellow in 1994. He has also beenchairman of the traffic and transportationcommittee for the greater Seymour Chamberof Commerce for the past 7 years.

James O. Russell - Tampa, Florida - Vice presi-dent, director of operations for Tomasino &Associates Inc., in Temple Terrace, Florida.

C. Scott Snyder - West Lafayette, IN - is thecity engineer for West Lafayette.

1963William F. Howes, Jr. - Jacksonville, FL - Re-tired, but does some independent consultingin the railroad transportation field. He is alsoserving as president of the Railway & Locomo-tive Historical Society.

Thornton D. Schwenk - BSCE ’63, MSCE ’65 -Albuquerque, NM - Senior project engineer,Defense Technology Group for Science Appli-cations International Corporation (SAIC). Hewas recently hired by SAIC to serve as acounter-terrorism consultant to the energeticmaterials research & testing center at NewMexico Tech, Socorro, to investigate struc-tural response and to develop mitigation tech-niques against explosive attacks by terroristson military and federal buildings. He and hiswife, Ruth, have six children, including Pur-due graduates: Stephen, EET ’92, and Kim-berly, SLA ’95. He was past president and iscurrently a director of the Albuguergue postof the Society of American Military Engineers.

1964J. R. Winchell, P.E. - Indianapolis - CriteriumWinchell Engineers - J. R. Winchell receivedthe Enterprise Award at the 10th Annual Con-ference of Criterium Engineers in San AntonioTexas. The prestigious award represents sig-nificant office growth. Mr. Winchell is a regis-tered professional engineer at CriteriumWinchell who specializes in building evalua-tion services. Criterium Winchell Engineers isan independent affiliate of CRITERIUMENGINEERS, a national network of registeredprofessional engineers specializing in build-ing related services.

1966Anthony P. Chrest - MSCE ’66 - Received the1997 Fellow Award from PCI - Precast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute for his outstandingcontributions to the precast/prestressed con-crete industry and to PCI.

1967John Davidson - MSCE ’67, Ph.D ’73 -Gainesville, Florida, John received special rec-ognition from the College of Engineeringand the University of Florida in being hon-ored as University of Florida Teacher of theYear for 1996-97 and also named a College ofEngineering Teacher of the Year for 1996-97.

1968Robert E. Crawley, P.E. - Maryland Heights,MI - Vice president of Sverdrup Civil, Inc.works with Purdue faculty on a national pro-posal, CEHRMA (Consortium for EarthquakeHazard Reduction in Mid-America). Bob’sspecialties over the years have included portand marine facility projects, locks and dams,bridges and other basic infrastructureprojects. He has led numerous study and de-sign efforts for projects on the inland water-ways, Great Lakes and coastal waters of theU.S. and overseas. He is a registered profes-sional engineer in four states, a Rotarian, anda fellow in the Society of American MilitaryEngineers. He is currently president of the St.Louis section of ASCE.

1970Pedro C. Repetto - MSCE - Aurora, Colorado- Vice president, Woodward-Clyde Consult-ants. He received the 1996 Geotechnical En-gineer of the Year Award from thePhiladelphia section of ASCE.

1971Stephen F. Weintraut - Lafayette, IN - Hasbeen named executive vice president of But-ler, Fairman and Seufert in Indianapolis.

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Class Notes1972

John E. Goodson - Eugene, Oregon - Publicworks director for Lane County, is currentlyserving as chair of the prevailing wage advi-sory committee, Oregon Bureau of Labor andIndustry. He was past president of the OregonAssociation of County Engineers and Survey-ors and was Oregon County Engineer of theyear in 1988. He and wife, Mary, a fabric art-ist, have two sons attending Oregon State.Montgomery, a senior in electrical engineer-ing, and Garett, a sophomore in industrialengineering.

1973Robert G. Carlson - Lakewood, CO - Presi-dent and chairman of the board of MullerEngineering Company, Inc. He joined Ameri-can Consulting Engineers Council and be-came a certified consulting engineer.

L. Andre-Roy - Titusville, FL - Environmentalscientist, General Research Corporation In-ternational Inc., Cape Canaveral, Florida.

1976Robert E. Berger - BSCE ’76 -MSCE ’77 -Moneit, MO - Owner/president, WindowTechnology Inc. He started Wintech in 1991,manufacturing aluminum windows and insu-lated glass.

Jay J. Kent - Ballwin, MO - Recently promotedto senior technical staff member in AT&T’sGlobal Network Solutions Division.

Paul K. Male - Saratoga Springs, NY - City En-gineer, City of Saratoga Springs - President ofBoys & Girls Club; active in APWA on state andlocal level; assists wife, Carolyn, operatingEartha’s Court Street Grill in Saratoga Springs(3 1/2 out of 4 stars); maintains a small part-time engineering/surveying practice; finish-ing his 21 year as an adjunct instructor atHudson Valley Community College; ABETprogram evaluator for ASCE (2 & 4 year tech-nology colleges).

Jeffrey L. Stapleton - BSCE ’76, MSCE ’79 -Aurora, Colorado - Structural departmentmanager for PTG/DeLeuw, Cather & Com-pany. Jeff recently attended the national steelbridge symposium in Chicago. While there asa representative of his firm, he received a prizebridge award for the Aviation/Rosecrans Rail-road Underpass. This 1996 prize bridge com-petition was sponsored by the AmericanInstitute of Steel Construction (AISC) andthe National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA).He was the lead structural design engineerfor this 300-foot-long steel truss bridge.

1977Gary T. Boyer - Branchburg, NJ - MSCE - Se-nior engineer of Oxford Environmental, Inc.Focused on water supply projects during thepast year and is now doing site remediation.

Roger Fine - Carmel, IN - Owner and presi-dent - John Fisher & Associates, Lafayette, IN.

C. Michael Gillam - Orlando, FL - Area man-ager for Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Dou-glas, Inc. Recently promoted and moved fromAtlanta to Orlando.

Gary Nassau - St. Charles, MO - Staff projectcontrol engineer at Morrison Knudsen. Garyreceived his certification as a cost engineer(CCE) with AACE. He is responsible for aweldon spring site remedial action project(WSSRAP) in the engineering department.

1978P. Thomas Gard,P.E., Esq.- MSCE ’78 -Ashburn, VA - Manager, Contracts and Ad-ministration for Parsons Brinckerhoff Con-struction Services, Inc. in Herndon, VA.

1979Walter Burke - Medford, NJ - Sr. project man-ager - Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor, Inc.Walter was recently named as Associate.

Peter J. Matuszak - Loudon, TN - Facilities op-timization team leader with Caltx Pacific In-donesia in Sumatra, Indonesia. Wife,Kathryn J. Shewski Matuszak, BSCFS ’79, anddaughter, Vicky, live as expats on loan fromTexaco working on one of the largest waterflood oil fields in the world.

Michael Paul Breach - Indianapolis, IN - Chiefdesign engineer at USI Consultants, Inc.Daughter Michaela Rose Breach was born onOctober 17, 1996.

John A. Mundell - BSCE ’79, MSCE ’80,Carmel, IN - President/senior environmentalconsultant at Mundell & Associates, Inc. Johnfounded an environmental consulting com-pany in October 1995, specializing in con-tamination assessment and remediation;groundwater and contaminant modeling, riskassessment, and well head protection. Envi-ronmental liason for a group called “New Hu-manity,” an international, multicultural groupcommitted to the revival of society and elimi-nation of barriers between peoples. The groupcoordinated an “environmental justice andbrownfields redevelopment conference” inIndianapolis.

Thomas R. Walter - Lafayette, IN - Thomas isnow president of LINK LLC., a project man-agement and development consulting firm inLafayette.

1980Karen Bailey Slikas-Barder - North PerthGoog, Western Australia, Australia. Karen ismarried and is mother to three daughters. Inaddition to working as a housewife, she is alsoin public relations at the Institution of Engi-neering in Australia and also lectures at EdithCowan University part-time.

1981John W. Lyons - Hanover, IN - President of BDEngineering, Inc., which he recently founded.BD offers engineering, land surveying, andconstruction management services.

Dennis G. Macklin - North Augusta, SC - Se-nior civil engineer, Bechtel Savannah RiverInc. Dennis has two children, son Kyle anddaughter Sicilee.

Jeffrey Myerson - Sugarland, TX - Divisionmanager, Geographic Information Services inHouston. He was recently promoted to thisposition and also elected to a second term assecretary-treasurer of the Texas Society ofProfessional Surveyors.

1982Milo Riverso - Ph.D. ’84, MSCE ’82, Scarsdale,NY - Vice president, Project Management andOperations for the New York City School Con-struction Authority.

Clyde L. Pritchard, P.E. - Sturgis, MS - Civil en-gineer of Springer Engineering, Inc., inStarkville, MS.

Paul G. Tourney, Acton, MA - Internationalsenior product manager for Grace Construc-tion Products. Paul is also a registered profes-sional engineer and received his MBA fromBoston University. He is chairman of NACE.

1983Karen Berg - MSCE ’83 - Burton, SC - Seniorproject manager/contractor, The ChildersCorporation in Parris Island, SC. Karen ac-cepted a project manager position in March1995 and was promoted to senior projectmanager in December 1995. She is respon-sible for JOC contract at Parris Island.

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Zouheir I. Farah - Parsons, Brinckerhoff,Quade & Douglas- Tampa, FL - Lead produc-tion engineer in charge of design for majorhighway projects. He was previously with PBin Reston, Virginia. He has 4 years overseasexperience in highway design and construc-tion in Lebanon.

Yose-Alberto Alves Nunes Do Valle - MSCE1983, Coimbra - Portugal, Director De ServiosRegionais De Estradas Do Centro - Head ofthe regional highway department (central re-gion) of YAE (Portuguese National HighwayAdministration) since 1992, invited to serve asa teacher assistant of the civil engineering de-partment, Boiubra University. Portuguesemember of the C4 committee (highway andregional development) of PIARC/AIPCR,since 1992

1984David E. Druzbicki - St. John, Indiana - Davidis a project engineer for Inland Steel in EastChicago.

Robert Kurtz - Roswell, New Mexico - Assis-tant technical support engineer, New MexicoHighway and Transportation Department.Robert obtained his master’s degree in civilengineering from New Mexico State Univer-sity in December, 1985. Married his wife, Joyin September, 1994.

Craig A. Peterson - Aspen, CO - Broker/VPreal-estate development of Virtual Realty inAspen. Craig states he enjoys the great ski sea-sons in America’s winter playground.

1985Donald W. Fisher - Carmel, IN - President- In-sight Engineering, Inc. He formed Insight En-gineering, Inc. on June 17, 1996, as a civilengineering/site design consulting company.

1986Jeffrey Russell - Ph.D. ’86 was chosen as oneof the top 25 newsmakers for 1996. Dr. Russellis professor of engineering at the Universityof Wisconsin, Madison. He spearheaded de-velopment and implementation of the firstelectronic system to link asphalt pavers androllers on a paving train. The system substi-tutes computer analysis for “seat-of-the-pantsjudgement” to expedite the rolling process,which is typically the bottleneck in paving.The new process has already demonstrated anability to cut rolling time substantially whilesharply increasing paving quality.

1988David A. Clark - Indianapolis, IN - Project En-gineer, Christopher B. Burke Engineering.David received the “1997 Outstanding YoungEngineer of the Year Award” by the IndianaSociety of Professional Engineers.

Dr. Ignatius O. Okonkwo - Hartford, CT -President & principal, Engineer Earth DesignAssociates, Inc. He is a member of the techni-cal committee of ASCE on geosynthetic andsoil improvements. He also founded a con-sulting civil and environmental engineeringcompany with national and international set-ting and mission.

Paula M. Osborne - Louisville, KY - Transpor-tation Engineering Manager, JeffersonCounty Public Works and Transportation.

Chang-Hsieh - Ph.D ’88 - Arcadia, CA - Direc-tor of engineering, VTN West Inc.

1989Heidi J. Passales - Fishers, IN - Property devel-opment manager, Amoco Corporation. Heidimanages the buying and selling of real estatefor Amoco in the state of Indiana.

1991Don D’Adam - Chicago, IL - Senior project en-gineer for Consoer Townsend Envirodyne En-gineers. He was recently promoted to officemanager for the Kansas City, Missouri opera-tions of Consoer. He received his P.E. registra-tion in 1996 and his MBA from LoyolaUniversity in 1996.

Kris Kirkendorfer Clemens - Ypsilanti, MI -Project controls engineer - AdministrativeControls Management, Inc. Kris received hermaster’s degree in structural engineeringfrom the University of Michigan in 1993 andpassed the Michigan EIT exam in 1994. Shemarried James C. Clemens, MSCE ’92. Theymet at Purdue.

Michelle (Shelley) M. Meyer - Atlantic Beach,NC - Job coordinator - Bailey & Jones Con-struction, Inc.

Antonio A. Gonza’lez-Quevedo - Ph.D ’91 -Mayaguez, P.R. - Associate professor - Depart-ment of Civil Engineering, University ofPuerto Rico. In 1996 he received two academicawards. Puerto Rico - EPSCOR granted him aScholarly Productivity Award, recognizing hishigh productivity in research, and the Univer-sity of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez awarded himan award in excellence for productivity inteaching, research and service.

1992Jennifer Bechwith Wright - Milwaukee, WI-Transportation Engineer with CH2M Hillsince 1993. Married Darius Wright Jr., BSCE’92, November 25, 1995.

Andrew Cigolle - BSCE ’92, MSCE ’93 - SanFrancisco, CA - Business services coordinator,United Airlines, engine maintenance. Weld-ing, repair and flamespray business team.

T. Edward Kacena - Ed was ordained a priestin the Roman Catholic church in June 1997.He celebrated his first mass at St. ThomasAquinas Center at Purdue on June 8, 1997.He is now a parish priest in Fishers, Indiana.

Darius A. Wright Jr. - Milwaukee, WI - Engi-neer associate at Edwards and Associate, Inc.Formerly with INDOT. Married JenniferBeckwith, BSCE ’92, November 25, 1995.

1993Gui De Reamer - Indianapolis, IN - Civil engi-neer for Beam, Longest, & Neff. Married toJennifer, BSCE ’94.

Brian G. Gilpin - Bayside, WI - Attorney,Godfrey & Kahn, S. C. - Patent attorney, ad-mitted in Illinois and before the UnitedStates Patent Office. Graduated cum laudefrom the John Marshall Law School, Chicago.

Todd Kufel - Lancaster, NY - Environmentalengineer, Stearns and Wheler, LLC. He re-ceived his master’s degree from the Universityat Buffalo in February 1996. Before joiningStearns and Wheler he worked as a researchassistant for the New York State Center forHazardous Waste Management.

C. Douglas Parmerlee - Lansing, MI - Struc-tural engineer II, project engineer for SnellEnvironmental Group, Inc. Designer of nu-merous medium to long span highwaybridges; involved in the design and anactsesof breakwaters on the great lakes; designer ofother miscellaneous structures constructedfrom a wide range of materials such as: alumi-num, timber, steel, reinforced concrete andprestressed concrete.

Dawn Michelle Shoopman (Fugue) -Greenville, SC - Environmental process engi-neer at Rust Environmental & Infrastructure.Dawn received her MSCE in environmentaland water resources engineering from theUniversity of Texas in August 1995. She mar-ried Phillip Shoopman, BSME ’92, MSE ’94,on April 6, 1996.

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1994Lucina O. Equihua - Mexico - Chief operatorat MWWTP. She received an MSE in environ-mental engineering in 1994, and has had twoyears of experience in operation and manage-ment of municipal wasterwater facilities as achief operator. Lucina was the first woman inMexico in this kind of a position. She is singleand thinking of going to the Netherlands fora short specialization on anaerobic treatment.

D. J. Hodson - Elmwood Park, New Jersey -Engineer, Langan Engineering and Environ-mental Services.

Jui-Lin Peng - Wufeng, Taichung County, Tai-wan, ROC - Associate Professor of Construc-tion Engineering at Chaoyang Institute ofTechnology .

Rick Radabaugh - Greencastle, IN - CivilEngineering Consultants. Married CatharineDommer, BA ’97, on June 29, 1996. His em-ployer recently completed the constructiondocuments for the Purdue North golf courseunder the supervision of Pete Dye and TimLiddy.

Mikarand Hastak - Ph.D ’94 - Brooklyn, NY -Assistant professor, Polytechnic University inconstruction management since September1995. He is the proud father of a baby boy,Anand Sebastian born 6-16-96.

Brent A. Spencer - LS’94 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL- Surveyor/engineer tech/computer adminis-trator - Williams, Hatfield, & Stoner, Inc.Married Janet Zink (native Floridian) on De-cember 7, 1996.

1995Kimberly R. Godby - Houston, TX - Graduateenvironmental engineer at Law Engineeringand Environmental Services, Inc.

Tony Hutchins – Portland, IN - Tony has justreturned to Indiana from Texas. He and afriend are entering a new business adventureas “Heritage Builders” and are currentlybuilding homes.

Dale Kruse - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - WilliamsHatfield & Stoner - civil, land surveying, andproject engineer.

Kristen H. Peace (Peters) - Lake Jackson, TX- Environmental engineer - Phillips Petro-leum Company. Married John E. Peace onJune 1, 1996. Focusing on solid waste issuesat work.

William H. Perry - Chicago, IL - EIT / CivilEngineering - Marchris Engineering Ltd.

Mindy K. Pozenel - Lancaster, OH - Districtengineer at Ohio EPA in Logan, Ohio.

Gerald A. Leonards died on Feb-ruary 1, 1997, while playing tennis. Pro-fessor Leonards was a renowned soilengineer and emeritus professor in theSchool of Civil Engineering. In honor ofhis work at Purdue, the Gerald and BerylLeonards Graduate Fellowship inGeotechnical Engineering was estab-lished. Mrs. Beryl Leonards died in1994.

A native of Montreal, Leonards came toPurdue after receiving his bachelor’s de-gree from McGill University in 1943. He

Peter Nicholas Shepard - Ensign, US Navy -He married the former Julie L. Pfieffer onJuly 6, 1996. She is from Herndon, Virginia.He is currently on active duty in the Navy sta-tioned at NAF ATSUGI in Japan (near To-kyo), where he serves as the squadronintelligence officer for VAW-115, an E-2CHawkeye Squadron assigned to the USS In-dependence.

Gerald Swenson - Indianapolis, IN - Projectmanager; Drainage and Flood Control, Cityof Indianapolis D.C.A.M. Married Danette L.Shick on December 7, 1996.

1996Susan Halsey - Environmental engineer/management associate - US Steel, GaryWorks.

James C. Kapustiak - Nile, IL - Survey coordi-nator/engineer at Spaceco, Inc. , Rosemont,IL.

Shawn C. Mason - Forest Park, OH - Projectengineer/Engineer - Procter & Gamble inCincinnati Ohio.

Scott Michael Mosher - Atlanta, GA - CostEngineer, M.G. Patton Construction Co.

James K. Shinneman - Memphis, Tennessee

Samantha J. Walling -Bloomington, IN

joined the staff in 1946 and began work-ing on his master’s degree, completing itin 1948 and receiving his doctorate in1952. Although he retired from teachingin 1991, he continued to contribute sig-nificantly to the research program andthe development of graduate students atPurdue.

As a soil engineering expert, he oftenwas called on to solve soil foundationproblems all over the world. He wasnamed by the Italian government com-mission to investigate ways to stabilizethe Leaning Tower of Pisa. He also wasa consultant to NASA for the lunar spacemodule, and consulted on the wideningof the Corinth Canal in Greece.

He was a life fellow of the American So-ciety of Civil Engineers. In 1988, he waselected to the National Academy of Engi-neering. He is survived by his two chil-dren, son David and daughter H.H., andfour grandchildren.

School mourns loss of three emeritus professors.

Memorial contributions may be made tothe School of Civil Engineering Develop-ment Office, 1284 Civil EngineeringBuilding, Purdue University, WestLafayette, IN 47907-1284. Make checkspayable to: Purdue Research Foundationand on the memo portion of your checkwrite Gerald and Beryl LeonardsFellowship Fund.

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In Memoriam1920’sHarry E. Curtis, BSCE ’29Fort Wayne, INRalph F. Kitterman, BSCE ’29Auburn, INGeorge H. Percival, BSCE ’26McMinnville, ORO. C. Warner, BSCE ’24Watsonville, CA1930’sMaurice H. Bradfield, BSCE ’30Palm Beach Gardens, FLPaul L. Brewer, BSCE ’32Kerrville, TXJoseph J. Consoli, BSCE ’39Pittsburgh, PARichard H. Dickson, Jr. , BSCE ’31Carmel, INJohn R. Fenstermaker, BSCE ’35Indianapolis, INJohn H. Leffel, BSCE ’35Evansville, INCharles F. Mashek, BSCE ’33Downers Grove, ILGeorge M. Neff, BSCE ’32Santa Barbara, CANorman Olsen, BSCE ’34Jensen Beach, FLVernon M. Ralston, BSCE ’33Indianapolis, IN

Charles L. Thompson, BSCE ’49Scottsdale, AZClair K. Wolverton, BSCE ’48, MSCE ’49Indianapolis, IN1950’sJules T. Charles, BSCE ’51Tulsa, OKNicholas M. Daskalakis, BSCE ’56Springfield, ILJoseph R. Kelly, BSCE ’50West Lafayette, INJohn F. Langerud, BSCE ’54Krokkleiva, P. A., NorwayRobert R. Reese, BSCE ’50Lima, OHRicardo C. Vazquex, BSCE ’52Laredo, TX1960’sWayne E. Ely, MSCE, 65Glendora, CA1970’sWilliam A. Egger, BSCE ’73Carmel, INJames T. Grenier, MSCE ’79North Attleboro, MARobert B. Harr, BSCE’76, Ph.D.’90Dallas, TX1980’sEric John Schmednecht, BSCE ’86Valparaiso, IN

Henry L. Roahrig, BSCE ’31Tucson, AZRobert C. Ruhl, BSCE ’32, MSCE ’33Tuscon, AZArthur R. Simpson, BSCE ’35, MSCE ’37Ellison Bay, WIMatthew J. Timm, BSCE ’35New Carlisle, INJoseph R. Waling, BSCE ’38, MSCE ’40West Lafayette, IN1940’sGordon R. Bloomquist, BSCE ’42Rockledge, FLIra Cadwallader, BSCE ’42Englewood, FLRobert A. Esch, BSCE ’48Cleveland, OHRobert L. Eskew, BSCE ’48Vincennes, INWilliam H. Kashner, BSCE ’41Lafayette, INGerald R. Leonards, MSCE ’48, Ph.D. ’52West Lafayette, INRobert L. Lippman, BSCE ’44Munster, INJames R. Shepard, BSCE ’49, MSCE ’51Huntington, WVGordon A. Stewart, BSCE ’41Neenah, WI

Joseph L. Waling died December10, 1996 in West Lafayette. He taught inthe School of Civil Engineering from1938 and retired in 1983, with a stint inthe Navy from 1941 to 1945. Waling re-ceived a Purdue BSCE in 1933 andMSCE in 1940, and a Ph.D. in structuralengineering from the University of Illinoisin 1952.

While a student at Purdue, Waling playedthree years of varsity baseball. Originallyteaching applied mechanics, he moved tocivil engineering in 1955 as the head ofstructural engineering until 1963. Helater served as assistant to the director ofthe Purdue Research Foundation and as

assistant dean of the graduate school.He was a factor in the great growth ofresearch support for the university duringthe 20 years before his retirement.

Surviving are his wife, Mary IsabelWeishaar Waling, two sons, Stephenand Stanley, two daughters, Linda L.vonClausburg and I. Sue Waling, and abrother, Thomas.

John D. “Jack” Wolszon ,professor emeritus died September 2,1997, in West Lafayette. He was a pro-fessor in environmental engineering atPurdue from 1963 until 1985. Survivingare his wife, Cecile, two daughters,Elizabeth Wolszon and Mary Hays; foursons, William, Michael, Robert andJames, and a brother, Norbert.

Memorial contributions may be made tothe School of Civil Engineering Develop-ment Office, 1284 Civil EngineeringBuilding, Purdue University, WestLafayette, IN 47907-1284. Make checkspayable to: Purdue Research Foundationand on the memo portion of your checkwrite Joseph L. Waling Fund.

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nary object surface that initially includesterrain plus all occluding features, (3)locate, where possible, natural featuressuch as vegetative cover and waterbodies, (4) detect and locate man-madefeatures such as buildings and road-ways, and (5) integrate the above datainto a coherent, attributed 3D site modelfor cartographic, visualization, or simu-lation applications.

The two accompanying figures showsome of the preliminary building extrac-

fession in academia. We want to giveoutstanding students an experience withGAANN and let them decide if academiais for them or not.”

The stipulations of a GAANN fellowshipare simple. You must meet the financialneed requirement, which most graduatestudents certainly do, and you must beeither a U.S. citizen or permanent resi-dent. The fellowship funds must also bematched by the receiving institution. Forevery four fellowships funded by the U.S.Department of Education, the School ofCivil Engineering must provide newmonies to fund one fellowship.

The School of Civil Engineering usesGAANN in part to attract highly qualifiedMS graduates not necessarily planningto continue for their Ph.D. We also recruitbright undergraduate students and placethem on the Ph.D. track immediately.

Purdue’s School of Civil Engineering al-ready consistently ranks in the top 10 ofAmerican universities in awarding Ph.D.degrees. With the excellent teaching pro-grams and research in areas of nationalneed already well-established, the po-tential for success with GAANN fellow-ships is certainly high.

For Jennifer Schramm, a Ph.D. candi-date in environmental and hydraulic en-gineering, a master’s degree wasoriginally her goal. “With the GAANN fel-lowship,” Jennifer states, “I now had thefreedom to do the research project I

chose — using ultrasound to degrade apesticide in water — and the time to de-velop that research. Now I’m leaning to-ward staying in academia, and theGAANN teaching experience will helpme decide.”

Part of the GAANN initiative at theSchool of Civil Engineering is the uniqueopportunity for these potential futureacademicians to be involved in a struc-tured, supervised, two-semester teach-ing program. While mentored by “masterteachers” from the School’s faculty,GAANN Ph.D. students receive trainingin teaching techniques and eventuallyteach their own class of 20-40 students.

Teaching in higher education wasGAANN recipient Kris Matilla’s long-timegoal. “But without the GAANN, I wouldhave returned to industry after mymaster’s degree,” recalls Matilla. “It’snear impossible to get a Ph.D., have afamily, be a teaching assistant, and com-plete your research, particularly whenthere isn’t a lot of funding in your area ofresearch. The GAANN fellowship allowedme to concentrate on my research for re-source leveling of linear scheduling andalso gave me a valuable experience witha classroom of my own.”

“It’s a great program for drawing studentsinto teaching,” says Matilla, who startsthis fall as an assistant professor of civiland environmental engineering at Michi-gan Technological University. “Teachingwas what I wanted to do, and I feel veryfortunate.”

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tion results in one area and a perspec-tive rendering of a completed 3D data-base in another area.

The research disciplines associatedwith each of the participating institutionsare: Purdue CE (geometric image mod-eling and terrain extraction); PurdueECE (multi- and hyperspectral remotesensing); USC IRIS (road and buildingextraction); and GDE (visualization).

We have acquired a number of digitaldata sets, and we are currently in theprocess of investigating the best se-quences and feedback mechanisms be-tween the groups in order to producethe highest quality result in the shortesttime. Of course, complete automation ofthis process is a long way off, but weare definitely making progress towardthis objective. Beneficiaries of this tech-nology include the military, for trainingand simulation, and, potentially, many inthe civil engineering community as well,for rapid mapping and visualization ofproject sites.

GAANN Fellows: (front left to right) Jennifer Schramm,Luisa Morales, Lisa Samples, (back left to right) JohnThompson, Kris Mattila, Ernest Berney, Tim Lapara.

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Professor Mark Bowman discussessolutions with his students.

Engineering's DEArecipients and CE gradsPatricia Galloway BSCE ’78and Mary Ann Zimmerman,BSCE ’66, MSCE ’68.

Fred Ashbaucher, BSCE'23,visits Emeritus Professor

Harold Micheal during a CEBreakfast.

Dr. Vince Drnevich and Jim Gammon open one of the tunneldoors for a CE alumni tour of the Red Hill Underground FuelStorage Facility, a National Historic Civil EngineeringLandmark. Jim Gammon, BSCE'70, is the superintendent ofthe Fuel Department, Pearl Harbor, HI.

New Naval attire?Commander Vince

Hartman, MSCE'86 andAdmiral Tom Dames,BSCE'68, MSCE'68,

PhD'72,show theirnew CE T-shirts they

received in Hawaii.

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Maple Point Foundation Research GrantRecognizes Outstanding Graduate Woman

The Maple Point Foundation awarded its second annual Maple Point Foundation Graduate Research Award for out-standing women in civil engineering. Jodi K. Tischmack is the 1997 recipient of this highly competitive award. After arigorous application and interview process, Tishmack, a doctoral student studying materials engineering — specifi-cally the use of waste material for mine land reclamation — was chosen for best exemplifying the following attributes:academic excellence, an active and successful contribution to Purdue’s academic community that has encouragedyoung women and girls to pursue science and engineering, quality research that can significantly add to the body ofenvironmentally sensitive engineering knowledge, and faculty/staff recommendations.

In 1996, the first annual Maple Point Foundation Graduate Research Award for outstanding women in civil engineer-ing went to Robin Mills Ridgeway, a doctoral student studying environmental engineering at Purdue University. MaplePoint Foundation (MPF) of Lafayette, Indiana, will be honoring an outstanding woman every year with an award thatwill have a significant impact on their further academic and scholarly development or their engineering careers.

The School of Civil Engineering appreciates this grant made possible by Judith K. Hamman, Director, Maple PointFoundation and her parents Caryl (BS’41 Purdue) and Paul (BS ’41 Public Service Engineering, Purdue).

Jodi Tischmach (center) receives the Maple Point Foundation certificate recognizing her selectionfor the 1997 Maple Point Foundation Research Grant. Representing the Maple Point Foundationare Steve Thompson and Peggy J. Orr.

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Next Issue:Retirements in Civil Engineering

Professor Bob Lee, Professor Ed Ting, and Joe Fletcher

Kumares C. Sinha named OlsonDistinguished Professor

Civil Engineering Honor Roll- listing of donors to CE

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★Civil EngineeringPhone-a-thonFebruary 2 - 8, 1998Students will call selected alumniduring this period to raise fundsfor the School of Civil Engineer-ing. Last year we raised morethan $80,000 through the phone-a-thon for civil engineering, withthe average pledge being $75.These funds were given by 20%of the CE alumni contacted.

We want you to have an enjoy-able conversation when you talkto the Purdue student who makesthe call to you. Your contributionto the CE phone-a-thon is usedto help improve our laboratories,purchase computer equipment,provide scholarships and fellow-ships, and allows us to continueour increased communicationwith all of our alumni.

Say Yes to the student caller whenyou hear, "Hello, I’m calling fromPurdue University for the Schoolof Civil Engineering."

There must be a smile on everyBoilermaker’s face around the world these days.

by Don Fry, Director of Alumni Relations and Developement

While walking across campus early in the semester, near Engineering Mall,sections of the Purdue All-American Marching Band were being put throughtheir paces by upperclassmen. For me this was a sure sign that the new schoolyear had started.

These days, the entire band marches and plays proudly as they pass by the CivilEngineering Building every Thursday. The Purdue football spirit is back! Theymarched by my window before, and I heard them — but this time it’s different. Itwas always a joy to be part of Purdue University, but these days it’s FANTASTIC.

As the band practiced, the football team must have been getting in step too. Mybest line for the football season is “Coach Tiller is my neighbor.” Actually, theTillers live a block away, but even our small neighborhood has been enthralledwith the football team’s new success and our new neighbors. The School of CivilEngineering is proud to have two players on this year’s team — senior Lee Brush,#10, and Todd Stelma, #37.

One wonderful constant in the Purdue scene is that traditions abound on thiscampus. So if the football fans are reenergized by a successful season, I’d liketo think Purdue’s alumni want to connect to their academic school as well. Thecivil engineering team — faculty, staff, and students — works hard to be suc-cessful. I don’t just see this on Thursdays or on Saturday afternoons. I see it ev-eryday of the week! You should know that today’s students are experiencingmany of the memories you have about being a Purdue student. Some say it’snot as hard, some say it’s harder. What matters is that the school, through thefaculty, adjusts to graduate the best civil engineers for today and the future ofthe profession. My opinion is that if there were a “bowl game” for academics,Purdue School of Civil Engineering would be bringing home “roses” every year.

If you have the “Old Gold and Black” back in your veins this year, be sure to re-member the thousands of students, academic areas and laboratories that couldnot exist without financialassistance through alumniand friend contributions toour program.

You will have the opportu-nity to respond to theschool’s request for dona-tions soon, either by mailor by phone. We needeveryone’s support.

Hope to see you at a bowlgame. Go Boilermakers!

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February 19, 1998 - Civil Engineering Alumni Achievements Award Dinner andBanquet. Purdue Memorial Union - Reservations required. For more information,call (765) 494-2166.

April 25, 1998 - CE Breakfast, 8 - 10 a.m., Civil Engineering Building. All CEalumni and friends and their families are invited.

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