Professional Documents
Culture Documents
SPRIN G 2 0 09
Movers and Shakers—Doctoral students Matt Schoettler of UCSD (left) and Dichuan Zhang of UA
(center), and Professor Robert Fleischman (right) inspect the second floor of the 500-ton test parking
structure at the Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.
The Future: Mission Possible and materials. The school will bring
together more than 50 faculty members
and draw on expertise throughout
New school and department Science Foundation’s Directorate the campus. We see SSES as the
for Engineering. Since then, I have
will secure College’s future been working with faculty, staff and
cornerstone in using basic science and
knowledge to bring problem-solving
By Jeff Goldberg, Interim Dean students to chart our direction during systems and devices that consider
College of Engineering the next 5 years while Tom has been public policy and market challenges.
deciding how to spend the engineering
I’m sure some of you were expecting directorate’s share of the NSF’s One of the many strengths of the
a different photograph on this page. $3 billion stimulus package. school is the inclusion of Systems
I’m Jeff Goldberg and I became dean and Industrial Engineering. Taking the
on Jan. 1, 2009, when my good friend My role as dean is to develop an systems approach, rather than tackling
and colleague Tom Peterson went to infrastructure that will enable us to
individual components, will enable us
Washington, D.C., to lead the National best perform our mission of education,
to design interfaces, understand and
research, service and outreach. As I
quantify unexpected consequences,
evaluate how we currently work—and
and consider large-scale models—all
how we might work in the future—I
critical for solving difficult problems.
remain focused on creating an
environment that attracts the best Biomedical engineering is an area
students, faculty and staff. of tremendous potential for Tucson
and Arizona. We are already strong in
Many changes are under way at
medical imaging, nanomedicine, and
the UA and College, including the
cardiovascular and neural engineering.
creation of a Department of Biomedical
Bringing in faculty from the colleges of
Engineering, and the establishment of
Medicine, Science, and Agriculture and
the School of Sustainable Engineered
Life Sciences will intensify that strength.
Systems, or SSES, which will consist
of the departments of Civil Engineering I look forward to working with each of
and Engineering Mechanics, you as we continue to refine and enrich
Mining and Geological Engineering, the College of Engineering. Please feel
Chemical and Environmental free to contact me and please drop in if
Engineering, Materials Science and you are in the neighborhood.
Engineering, and Systems and
Industrial Engineering.
The SSES will focus on critical
linkages between systems in
environment, energy, water
Senior Gets Scholarship at Saudi University “Jim has a clear sense of the goals of an
engineering education,” said Goldberg. “He
Mechanical engineering senior Azeem Shahid has worked on all phases of our curricula,
has been awarded a Discovery Scholarship including analysis, practice and design,
by King Abdullah University of Science and teamwork, communication, and ethics. He is
Technology in Saudi Arabia. well known for being a passionate advocate
for quality in education, from both faculty and
Shahid will graduate from UA in May 2010 with
student perspectives.”
a bachelor’s degree, and enroll in a master’s
FULL STORY degree program at KAUST in Baygents’ research interests include transport
Ae Number 28 the fall of 2010. “Most likely in processes in natural and engineered systems.
chemical and biological engineering,” Shahid He is a member of the Department of
said. KAUST is scheduled to open in September Chemical and Environmental Engineering and
2009 and will only offer graduate degrees. Azeem Shaheed the Program in Applied Mathematics at UA.
ASEM Award
for Engineering
Management
Mike Arnold and Jane Hunter, director
and associate director, respectively,
FULL STORY of the Engineering
Ae Number 19 Management Program,
brought good news on their return
from the annual American Society for
Engineering Management (ASEM)
conference in November.
Namely—the Engineering Management
Program had won ASEM’s Founders
Award, which every year recognizes the
outstanding ASEM student chapter.
This year’s ASEM Conference was
hosted by the Department of Systems Courtesy of Mike Arnold
Engineering at the United States Military Quality Management—Left to right: Engineering management seniors Cary Broschat,
Academy in West Point, New York. Joel DeLaRosa and Tim Budinger; Jane Hunter and Mike Arnold, associate director
and director, respectively, of the Engineering Management Program; and engineering
Melissa Sarmiento, academic advisor management senior Geiler Eckman.
and Engineering Management
Award because of our great student mentoring provided by upperclassmen
program coordinator, said: “Our
chapter of ASEM,” Arnold said. “The for newer students. “This mentoring
student chapter put in a lot of work
chapter is quite active hosting a variety includes ASEM-hosted exam review
this year and kudos to them for
of social activities. The chapter also sessions where upperclassmen review
winning the best student chapter.”
increased membership significantly course material and work out problems
Arnold agreed with Sarmiento: “I in ASEM.” What sets UA apart from for the benefit of students in lower
believe we garnered the Founders other chapters, added Arnold, is the division courses,” Arnold said.
Some Milestones and Awards • Head of the Department of Civil • Distinguished Contributions Medal
• Received the 2009 Suklje Award from Engineering and Engineering from the International Association
Mechanics from 1987 to 1991 for Computer Methods and
the Slovenian Geotechnical Society
• Awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Advances in Geomechanics
• 2009 Hind Rattan Award from the
Foundation U.S. Scientist Prize • Clock Award for Outstanding
Nonresident Indian Welfare Society
by the German government Contributions to Mechanics
• Delivered the 2009 Paul Fraser Kent
• Received the Meritorious and Thermal Sciences from
Distinguished Lecture at the University
Civilian Service Award from the ASME’s Electrical and Electronic
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
U.S. Corps of Engineers Packaging Division
• 2009 Diamond Jubilee Honour by
• Outstanding Contribution Medal from • El Paso Natural Gas Foundation
the Indian Geotechnical Society
the Czech Society of Mechanics of Faculty Achievement Award for
• Appointed Regents’ Professor in 1989 the Czech Academy of Sciences teaching and scholarship at UA
The diversity of the membership is its strength, said Cat Flight—Wildcat 8 makes a smooth landing during IARC.
Baja team leader Andrew Smock, a mechanical
engineering senior. “Every member brings unique
qualities to the team along with unparalleled ambition
UA Aerial Robotics Team
for success, both in school and on the dirt,” Smock Awarded Prize Money at IARC
said. “On their own they are motivated students from
The UA Aerial Robotics Club (ARC) was awarded $1,200
different educational backgrounds with the desire prize money Aug. 1 at the 2008 International Aerial Robotics
to accelerate their professional and mechanical
FULL STORY Competition (IARC) awards banquet in Fort
knowledge. Together they are an unstoppable force Ae Number 3 Benning, Ga. The team will use the award to
more commonly known as UA Baja Racing.” cover the cost of entering this year’s competition.
In its last race, the 2008 vehicle was one of 31 out of The banquet was held to thank sponsors and those who
the entire field to finish the endurance race and one of helped make the event a reality, and to recognize the
even fewer vehicles to complete all dynamic events. achievements of competitors.
Placing 33rd overall, the UA Baja team accomplished an
Although the UA team did not get the chance to demonstrate
unprecedented feat by jumping roughly 50 placements the full range of its system’s capabilities, it is looking forward
in one year. “Couple that with unparalleled recruitment to next year’s competition. “We still had a great time at the
and retention rates along with community activism,” said event and we gained a lot of valuable experience from it,”
Smock, “and the result is the beginnings of a program said a team member on the ARC blog. “The team seems to be
that will continue to raise the bar year after year.” stronger than ever and we are all incredibly excited about next
year’s event.”
It was confirmed at the awards banquet that 2009’s IARC will
be scaled down to an indoor competition. This will require
the UA team develop a completely new platform because its
current air vehicles are not suitable for indoor flight.
A major challenge for the UA team will be securing funding
to redesign its systems. The team’s current sponsors include
Raytheon, Advanced Ceramics Research, Lockheed Martin,
Cloud Cap Technology and TacGeo.
A team member explained: “The last few years have been
relatively inexpensive for us as a club because we already had
most of the expensive parts that we needed from previous
years. Now that we have to scale down drastically, none of
our existing electronics or airframes are suitable.”
The team thanked its sponsors on the ARC blog: “[We] want
to thank everyone that helped support us this season … We
still had a great year and learned a lot. This coming year will
UA Foundation/David Allen be the best one yet!”
Hispanic Engineer Group Gets Technology Awareness Grant The theme of the event was “breaking
the digital divide”—that is, bridging
The UA student chapter of the Society October with help from community
the gap between the younger
of Hispanic Professional Engineers organizations, schools, clubs, and
generation that has grown up taking
FULL STORY received a grant in 2008 corporations throughout the country.
Ae Number 10 to conduct La Familia
computer technology for granted
The chapter received the grant from and the older generation, which
Technology Awareness Programs.
Career Communications Group, is more likely to be unfamiliar with
This is the eighth year the UA chapter
founder of the La Familia Network, computers. The event was sponsored
has organized the La Familia event.
to hold activities in Tucson. In by BAE Systems and IBM, and gave
The annual La Familia Technology addition to the grant, the chapter 130 participants an opportunity to
Awareness Week was celebrated in received technology teaching tools. learn how to use a computer.
In March 2008, the race team consisted of four students plus Goertz and Davis. Drifter was
in pieces, funds were short and support had waned. Three months later, Drifter 2.0 was
performing to race standards during trials, the crew of 16 was ready to take to the
road with a fleet of support vehicles, and the team had the support of AzRISE
and the College of Engineering. Team confidence was high despite formidable
competition from an experienced international field that included the United
States, Germany, England and Canada.
Drifter 2.0 is registered with the Arizona Department of Transportation
as a convertible, and is the state’s first street-legal solar-powered car.
Goertz also cited community support as an important reason
for the team’s race readiness. “The community is fascinated,”
he said. “No matter where we go, people are excited that
somebody is doing something about solar power.” That
support translated into a local RV company helping
prepare the truck and trailer for the journey, and a
high-tech battery company pitching in to help
iron out some of the power supply problems
that bedeviled the original Drifter in 2005.
Regardless of who got to the checkered
flag first, the race made quite a
statement at a time of record-high
energy costs: These cars did
not consume a single drop of
gasoline on their 2,400-mile
journey. They were instead
powered by energy that
will be available for a
billion years from a
source that is clean,
reliable, cheap
and sustainable
— the sun.
Thank You!
These pages list the companies,
organizations and individuals
who have contributed to the
College of Engineering during
fiscal year 2007-2008.
Their support is vital in providing
scholarships, funding programs
and supporting research.
Without this help, some
students would not be able College of Engineering/Pete Brown
$1,000 to $4,999 Lindy Coté and Thomas Owen Joy Mining Machinery RBF Consulting Irving G. Studebaker
Achen-Gardner Engineering Gregg D. Cure Amanda J. Kaufmann RS Engineering Inc. Keith W. Taylor
Linda K. Adamski Wayne and Carol Dawson Michael and Robin Kaiserman Raytheon Company Tobin and Kristen Thomas
Advanced Ceramics Research Inc. Newton Don Lee A. King John A. Reagan Marjorie A. Thomas
Ansoft Corporation Jake and Beverly Doss Daniel and Cynthia Klingberg David F. Rhoades Belle K. Tom
David and Frances Areghini Dow Chemical Company Foundation James and Krina Komadina Richard E. Rhoades Michael and Mary Turner
Arizona Society of Civil Engineering Downing Teal Inc. Lockheed Martin Corporation Sarianne R. Rittenhouse Donald Uhlmann
Enrique and Jennifer Aviles William and Ella Dresher M3 Engineering and Technology Vieno S. Rukkila Eugenie Uhlmann
BAE Systems Richard P. Edwards Martha A. Marek SAE International Juan B. Valdés
BP Foundation William J. Elowitz Materials and Electrochemical Research S.M.E. Tucson Section Robert and Sue Vaughan
Sukhendu and Susmita Barua El Paso Corporate Foundation Lee and Diane Matsch Jesse L. Saar Wells Fargo Foundation
Baybridge Dental Clinic ExxonMobil Foundation Sara C. McCoy Daniel M. Seif Williams Companies
Bechtel Group Foundation John A. Fenn S. Jack McDuff Shell Oil Company Foundation Mark and Guadalupe Woodson
The Boeing Company Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund William and Dianne Mensch Matthew and Andrea Shelor Israel and Renate Wygnanski
Robert and Susie Bowers George and Dixie Shirley Xilinx Inc.
Sidney H. Franklin Microsoft Corporation
Kenneth and Victoria Boyd Sergey and Natallya Shkarayeva
Freescale Semiconductor Larry F. Milner Robin and Chigusa Yoshimura
Dietmar Breitkreuz Ernest and Joanne Smerdon
Gannett Foundation Errol L. Montgomery
Herb and Sylvia Burton
Goodwill Golf Tournament Bruce and Mary Moreton Society for Mining, Metallurgy $500 to $999
Castro Engineering Corporation and Exploration
Richard Guthrie and Patricia Dunford Newmont Mining Corporation APS Foundation
Caterpillar Foundation Norman P. Soloway
Harbour & Associates Nextgen Aeronautics Inc. Adelina Acevedo
CH2M Hill Companies Southern Arizona Architects and
Ray M. Haynes Nordson Corporation Engineers Marketing Association Andrew J. Adams
CH2M Hill Foundation
J. Brent and Margaret Hiskey Edward and Patricia Nowatzki Southern Arizona Institute of Mark R. Adamski
David P. Christie
Lawrence and Virginia Hjalmarson Northrop Grumman Foundation Transportation Engineering Darcy J. Anderson
Mike and Kathy Chowaniec
Ernst and Judith Hofmann Osborn Maledon Attorneys at Law Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation Stephen M. Arndt
Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation
Hofmann Family Foundation P&H Mining Equipment Stewart Foundation Dale and Debra Atkinson
Nicolas Cocavessis
Ta-Ming and Shuh-Ming Hsu Thomas and Shannon Peterson Stormwater Plans LLC BAE Systems
Gail G. Collins
Community Foundation IBM Corporation Joan S. Pracy Structural Grace Inc. Louis E. Becker
for Southern Arizona Intel Corporation Daniel Preslar Jerry and Belinda Swanson James and Margaret Bly
Randolph and Virginia Rogers Hussein S. Salty Richard D. Scranton Dean M. Shough Marie Smith Dale and Susan Stevenson
Russell and Joselle Rogers Gilbert A. Saltzman James and Sharon Seal Mark C. Siemens Rodney L. Smith Douglas and Cathine Sticht
Waldo and Lila Rogers Steven and Karen Sandahl Kristina J. Searle Stephen and Julie Silliman Christopher B. Smith Ronald and Wanda Stiles
Thomas R. Rohrer Daniel and Twila Sandblom Allen P. Sehloff Sills, Cummis & Gross PC John and Deborah Snodgrass Sheryl L. Stogis
Richard R. Romero Lester L. Sanders Ronald and Lori Semel Elliot and Nancy Silverston Mary R. Sokol Edward G. Stokes
Ferdinand Rosa Michael A. Sandford Sentient Engineering John A. Simler John R. Somsel Vern W. Stoneback
and Technology LLC Robert A. Stott
Robert and Laura Roscoe Marc and Elizabeth Scancarello James and Kathryn Simms Southern Arizona Kart Club
Paul and Ruth Seppala Ronald and Carolyn Stott
David B. Rosenbluth Richard E. Schilk Jay I. Simon Deborah A. Souza
Charles Sersun John D. Struble
Melvin and Betty Ross George A. Schlegel Robert W. Simpson Steven J. Spease
Nelson and Virginia Student Council Engineering
Diane Ross James and Priscilla Schmalzel Severinghaus Greg and Lois Sims Robert and Donna Spencer
Bruce and Augusta Roth Theodore and Janice Schmidt Michelle A. Sinotte James D. Spinhirne John L. Stutz
Narendra C. Shah
Steven W. Rothstein Steven R. Schmidt Dean and Ilene Sipe Frank L. Spittle William R. Sublette
Harry N. Shaver
Sakthivel L. Subramanian
Reid and Kathryn Royball Grant R. Schmieder Joseph and Sandra Shea Robert and Donna Sisley Donald A. Spong
Mark J. Sullivan
Fred A. Rubi Susan Schmitt Leonard and Beverly Shenfield Magali Smith Stanley and Jodi Stachowiak
Robert M. Sullivan
Scott R. Rudin Sally J. Schmitt Marie S. Shepherd Mitchell R. Smith Robert and Ellen Stamp
Sun City Vistoso Community
Emil and Alexandra Rudolph Donald W. Schoeneman J. Michael and Mary Sherer Darrell J. Smith Robert and Diane Steenbergen Association Inc.
Thomas N. Rumney Nick and Jean Schott Daniel X. Sherwood Charles H. Smith David and Tonda Stegman Scott A. Sundahl
Debbie Ryan Daniel and Donna Schotter Fang Shi Michael L. Smith Donald and Sharon Steinwachs Warren A. Sunderland
John A. Rykala Richard R. Schroeder Suzanne J. Shields Mona E. Smith William and Sherry Steinway Sam W. Swan
Daniel and Donna Sablich Betty Gail Schuessler Mark A. Shill Paul F. Smith Larry and Sandra Stephens Gordon C. Sweet
Saguaro GeoServices Inc. George and Nelda Schuler Gordon and Wyona Shipp Nancy F. Smith Larry D. Sternaman Donald and Marjorie Swindle
Paul Y. Sako Michael A. Schwager William R. Shoemaker Virginia G. Smith William and Tammi Stevens Synopsys
Michael and Cecelia Salcido Elizabeth H. Scott Eugenie R. Sholl Ronald T. Smith William R. Stevens William R. Taft
Damian J. Salese Laurence and Sherry Scott Sally A. Shoop Bruce D. Smith James and Alice Stevens Albert Tarcola and Cecilla Madrid
Earthquake Engineering while measuring the stresses that almost construction sites and seen steel rebar
CO N T I NUED F RO M PAGE 1
reduced it to rubble. sticking out of unfinished concrete
structures. Prestressing involves
which will protect buildings—and their The million-dollar test required the
stretching this steel in a mold, or bed,
occupants—from earthquakes. construction of a 3-story, half-scale
and then pouring the concrete to embed
precast concrete structure on a giant
The research project, headed by it. Once the concrete is dry, the stretched
shake table at UC San Diego’s Englekirk
Fleischman, has been conducted steel is cut. “It’s like a big rubber band,”
Structural Engineering Center. About
FULL STORY jointly by The
says Fleischman. “The steel tries to
Ae Number 600 instruments throughout the
29 University of Arizona, shorten and it squeezes the concrete.”
structure measured its responses to
the University of California at San fifteen 20-second quakes simulated by These precast and prestressed slabs
Diego and Lehigh University. The the shake table. are transported to the construction site
research was funded by the Precast/ by truck and dropped into a concrete
Prestressed Concrete Institute, the Many of the structures that failed in
framework by crane. The slabs sit
National Science Foundation’s the Northridge earthquake were built
on ledges in the framework, and are
Network for Earthquake Engineering using precast concrete. This is a very
usually welded to adjacent slabs where
Simulation and Grant Opportunities economical construction technique
the steel protrudes. These joints are
for Academic Liaison with Industry, because the component slabs are
weak points in the structure, and can
and the Charles Pankow Foundation. made offsite. “Quality is much easier
come apart like a zipper during an
Fleischman recently secured funding to control, and therefore high,” says
earthquake. “When building a precast
to proceed with the second phase of Fleischman. “And the precast pieces last
structure in California, you have to
the research project. a lot longer than concrete that is cast in
actually pour cast-in-place concrete
situ at a construction site.”
The project involved building a 500-ton on top of it to hold it together,”
concrete parking garage and then Precast concrete’s strength derives says Fleischman. “And that kills the
subjecting it to a magnitude 7 earthquake from prestressing. We’ve all passed economic advantage.”
A.H. (Hank) Giesecke program, he spent many soil, and providing the and training. When not
BS/AE 1962 years in the corporate means for small business consulting on project
world. In 1996 he began development. These management, Giesecke gives
Giesecke went on to get a Reach Out Ministries to programs emphasized talks around the world—at
master’s degree in aerospace organize and support growing soybeans schools, churches, seminars,
engineering from USC agricultural projects in for protein, intensive camps and prisons—on
and a master’s in business Burundi and Malawi, gardening, composting, humanism and religion,
administration from UCLA. Africa, with the goals of irrigations systems, and and on the intelligent design
After some time in the space improving diet, enriching small business funding versus evolution debate.
award at the UCSD Jacobs engineer and entrepreneur,” Check, Please—Garrett Smith founded the team that won first
School of Engineering 28th he said. place and $78,000 in a UCSD business plan competition.
In Memoriam
Thomas E. Russell
BS/CE 1967
Russell died July 16, 2008. He was born in Phoenix,
Ariz., in 1930, and served four years in the U.S. Navy
aboard aircraft carriers USS Essex and USS Valley
Forge during the Korean War. He graduated at age 37,
on the same night as his 20th high school reunion.
Tucson, AZ 85721-0072
ALUMNI ECHOES
SEND US AN E-MAIL!
Where has life taken you since
Devon Campbell system in 2007, graduation? We’d like to know
BS/ME 1997, MS/ME 1999 and an automated
and so would your former
histology staining
Campbell has been named one of the system in 2001. engineering classmates.
top 100 notable contributors to the
Campbell’s Please e-mail us (200 words or
medical device and diagnostics industry.
award-winning less) and include the following:
These top 100 industry names were
products are not
selected by the staff and readers • Name and year you graduated
the only reason he
FULL STORY of Medical Device & • Major
Ae Number Devon Campbell was included in
9 Diagnostic Industry, a • Degree (BS, MS, PhD)
the industry’s top 100. “I was selected
monthly magazine for manufacturers of
for a number of reasons,” Campbell • Details of your activities
medical devices and in vitro diagnostic
said. “Including community outreach to
products, and published in the June Don’t forget to include a digital
2008 edition of MD&DI. attract elementary school kids to science
by giving larger-than-life physics picture of your family, latest
Campbell is senior manager, product demos. We even build a 5-foot-diameter project at work, or that boat or hot
development, in the primary staining hovercraft in one of the demos.” rod you just finished building in
business unit at Ventana Medical Systems
“I feel I have a responsibility to your garage. Vacation photos are
in Tucson, Ariz. He has engineered
numerous products at Ventana, support the College of Engineering and great, too. We’ll publish your news
including two gold medal winners in specifically the AME department, both and photos in the next edition.
the Medical Design Excellence Awards of which offered me significant support
Please send your e-mail to:
organized by the publisher of MD&DI. during my bachelor’s and master’s
The award-winning products were an degrees. I want to be able to help pnb@email.arizona.edu
automated histology slide preparation today’s students have that edge, too.”