ECHANICAL ENGINEERING

IBRATIONS

Spring 2014

Inside This Issue:Chairman’s Message 1New Faculty 2KUME by Design! 3New Staff 4Alumni Focus 5Transportation Update 6Professor Faddis 7KUME Impact 92013 Graduates 10Donor Recognition 11

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over 500 friends of the Department.

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I’m delighted to present the Spring, 2014 copy of Vibrations, which provides an overview of many of the accomplishments of our students, faculty members, and staff over the past year.

We are thrilled with the generous support of Ron and Sue Hill who have named the new West Campus School of Engineering facility The Hill Engineering Research and Development Center. The Hill Center provides our EcoHawks students with an exceptional learning environment in which they are tackling some of society’s most vexing problems pertaining to the evolving energy economy.

Jayhawk Motorsports continues to flourish in national and international competitions. As described inside, we are delighted to have recently hosted Mr. Mark Reuss, who at the time of his visit was an Executive Vice President and the President of GM North America; he has since been promoted at General Motors. It is fair to say that Mr. Reuss was extremely impressed with the hands-on engineering of both the EcoHawks and the Jayhawk Motorsports students who design and build race- and road-worthy conventional and electric vehicles.

Our industry-sponsored capstone projects courses have been expanded and modified. Since the Spring of 2013, 17 projects involving 55 seniors have been sponsored by 12 companies ranging in size from a Fortune 350 firm, to a startup company with two employees. Meanwhile, the KUME cornerstone design courses, offered in the first semester of the freshman year, have been restructured so that our students are introduced to Computer Aided De-sign, and then convert the CAD data into real machines and devices using 3D additive manufacturing all in their first few weeks at KU. More details about our design courses, and many other activities are described herein.

As should be evident but is sometimes overlooked, none of our accomplishments would be possible without the hard work and dedication of the KUME faculty members. The examples in this issue of Vibrations are only a few ways that excitement is generated when curious and imaginative students are mixed with a creative and dedicated faculty that is supported by a skilled and talented staff.

As we navigate 2014, KUME faces an unprecedented challenge to grow our faculty size and successfully com-pete with many other aggressive universities to attract the next generation of stellar faculty members to KU. This is, in fact, the greatest challenge we face, and, with the support of our alumni and friends, we will continue to win.

I hope you enjoy your copy of Vibrations, and I invite you to drop in during your next visit to Lawrence to meet some of the students, faculty members, and others who are changing the face of engineering education.

Regards,

Theodore L. BergmanCharles E. & Mary Jane Spahr ProfessorChairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Message from the Chairman

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Dr. Candan Tamerler, the Wesley G. Cramer Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was most recently a Research Scientist and Assistant Director of the Genetically-Engineered Materials Science & Engineering Center at theUniversity of Washington.

Previously, she was a Full Professor at Istanbul Technical University, and also served as the Chair of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department at ITU for eight years. Professor Tamerler founded the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center at ITU, a multi-disciplinary initiative involving faculty members from Chemical Engi-neering, Materials Science and Engineering, Me-chanical Engineering, Chemistry, Molecular Biolo-gy, and Physics. She was also instrumental in raising funds for the 40,000 sq. ft. building that houses the Center.

Dr. Tamerler has authored or co-authored 120 refereed journal articles and book chapters, including contributions in venues such as Nature Materials, Langmuir, Nano Letters, and the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. She has been awarded visiting scientist and professorship positions at Nagoya University and the University of Westminster, has given numerous invited and distinguished lectures worldwide, and is one of approximately 120 Principal Members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, the highest honor bestowed on researchers from that country.

Professor Tamerler indicates that she is “delighted to join the University of Kansas and is especially happy to get to know the students in the mechanical engineering and bioengineering programs. My experience with undergraduate and graduate students in my class, as well as in the research environment has been awesome.”

Dr. Lin Liu, Assistant Professor, received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State where he developed new theoretical models to predict both the electrochemical performance and the structural reliability of high-temper-ature solid oxide fuel cells.

He also developed new experimental processes to fabricate materials for use in these high-efficiency energy conversion devices.

While at Iowa State, Dr. Liu was one of the few graduate students to receive both the university-wide Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, as well as the Iowa State Graduate Student Research Excellence Award. In 2011 he was named one of 7 Iowa State graduate student Wakonse Fellows, a national honor given in recognition of being “models for the (national) community of teachers/scholars.”

Dr. Liu most recently was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, where he investigated the degradation mechanisms leading to the failure of lithium-ion batteries. By developing an in-depth, science-based understanding of these phenomena, he is enabling battery manufacturers to make higher-performance and more reliable devices. He has co-authored 9 refereed journal articles, as well as numerous conference papers and technical reports. Dr. Liu also has industrial experience at General Motors and The Stanley Works.

Professor Liu indicates that he is “really passionate about our energy future,” and “KU is going to be a great place for me to teach as well as to contribute my expertise toward the development of a more sustainable and safe energy infrastructure.”

Meet our New Faculty Members

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KUME . . . By Design!Consistent with booming student interest in me-chanical engineering nationwide, KUME currently enrolls approximately 500 undergraduates, an all-time record. A pressing challenge is to provide hundreds of students with both an in-depth cover-age of the principles of engineering, and meaningful hands-on experiences in a multitude of ME courses. Various approaches are being taken at KU, rang-ing from making greater use of technology in the classroom, to modifying our most important design courses.

The first KUME cornerstone design course in the curriculum, headed by Dr. Lorin Maletsky and Mr. Doug Kieweg, is offered in the first semester of the freshman year. Although most first-year en-gineering students learn Computer Aided Design (CAD) programming, our newest undergraduates take their programming experience much further by converting their CAD data to engineered parts using 3D additive manufacturing.

An example from the Fall 2013 semester is a complex pump impeller modeled after a Grundfos (Olathe, KS) product that the students first designed

using CAD, then additive-manufactured just 6 weeks into their first semester at KU. Starting in the fall of 2014, students will take the process beyond manufacturing, and will test the performance of the various devices using advanced data acquisition and control systems. According to Dr. Maletsky, “All of this excites our youngest students, and will bring to life the engineering theory they will be exposed to later in the ME curriculum.”

KUME’s capstone design courses, taken by our seniors, involve industry-sponsored projects, and are coordinated by Drs. Chris Depcik, Ron Dough-erty, and Ken Fischer. Since modifications were made in the Spring of 2013, 17 projects involving 55 seniors have been sponsored by 12 companies. Our industrial partners are located in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

The two-semester capstone projects expose our seniors to real-world engineering problems ranging from designing new devices to improve operations in manufacturing plants, to developing new diag-nostic equipment for monitoring human or animal health. Because there is a substantial sponsorship fee under the new model, the projects involve fre-quent and substantive dialogue between the stu-dents and their liaisons in industry.

According to Dr. Dougherty, “because these are real projects that real companies want addressed,

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KUME student Kimi Han and a 3D-printed brake caliper.

Capstone team of Alex Staton, Jo Jo Xu, and Dominic Prapassorn.

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most of our students are totally committed to pro-ducing a usable design and product. The students are very proud of their results, and rightfully so.”

Clint Chastain, KUME senior from Ulysses ex-plains from the student perspective. In his project, sponsored by Berry Plastics of Lawrence, “we get to work with engineers, and we are exposed to things we don’t learn in the classroom, like finding and contacting vendors, and being responsible for bud-gets. We can’t pick up a book and read about how to do our project, we have to figure it out ourselves. It’s a satisfying experience.” Adds Tyler Underwood, a senior from Derby, “This is what I was hoping to work on when I got into mechanical engineering. It’s surprising how many details need to be ad-dressed when we work on an industrial problem, compared to doing homework. Our sponsor has been great!” BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) is lo-cated in Columbus, Nebraska and has been one of KUME’s most important capstone project spon-sors under the new model. According to Mark Roe (BSME, 1987), Engineering Manager at BD’s Co-lumbus facility, “BD had been looking to establish relationships with several universities by sponsoring capstone projects in engineering. In addition to get-ting meaningful results, we wanted the opportunity to show students and faculty what we are about, and what we stand for as a company. In an initial discus-sion with Dr. Bergman, we were pleased to learn that KUME had an established system that made it very easy for us to work with KU.” Mr. Roe adds, “It is really neat to see KUME students so engaged with our projects, and we could not be more pleased with Dr. Dougherty, the stu-dents’ faculty advisor. BD is interested in discussing future projects involving teams of KUME students and students from other engineering disciplines, as well as KUME teams with disciplines as diverse as business, the arts and architecture. Future graduate-level research projects would be a natural outgrowth of the capstone projects.” According to Department Chairman Ted Berg-

man, “Just as industry gains confidence in KUME through our capstone projects, our students gain confidence in themselves by successfully responding to raised expectations. We believe this gives them a decided advantage over their peers from other universities. There have been many success stories, such as students on projects being recently hired into full-time engineering positions at the sponsor’s company. Ultimately, we want to develop a pipeline where today’s cornerstone and capstone students become tomorrow’s sponsors of student projects. It’s at that point we’ll know we’ve done our job well.”

Susie WhalenStephanie Moore

. . . By Design! (cont.)

Stephanie Moore joined the department as a Senior Administrative Associate in March of 2013. Stepha-nie is a 3rd generation Lawrencian, and has been employed with the University of Kansas since 2008. Stephanie enjoys watching sports, playing video games and doing puzzles with her children, play-ing pool, and going out to eat whenever she has the chance.

Susie Whalen joined the Mechanical Engineering Department as an Administrative Associate in De-cember of 2013 after leaving Stormont-Vail Health-care as a histotechnologist. She previously worked in the Dean’s office of the KU School of Pharmacy from 1997 to 2007. Susie is a native Kansan and has lived in Lawrence for 20 years.

Meet our New Staff

Artist rendering of Kingdom Tower.

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Joe Bauman: At the Edge of a Technological Revolution

In a 2008 study entitled “Route to the Top” con-ducted by the executive search firm Spencer Stuart, it was reported that the most common undergradu-ate degree among Chief Executive Officers of the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in America is engineering. In fact, engineering dominated by producing 22% of the CEOs in our country. A similar study by the same firm in 2006 revealed that 33% of the CEOs of the largest 1000 companies hold undergraduate degrees in engineering. Why is it that engineering, which graduates a relatively small number of students compared to many other disciplines, produces such a disproportionate share of corporate leaders?

We posed the question to Joe Bauman (BSME, 1961) whose career path has taken him from his days as a KUME undergraduate, through an ex-traordinary time at the edge of a technological revolution, to the Deanship of the KU School of Business, and beyond.

Joe grew up on the South Side of Chicago, and later attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City where he “was taught how to think.” After Rockhurst, he enrolled in mechanical engineering at KU and took his first full-time job as an engineer at Bendix in Kansas City. It was at Bendix that Joe “was exposed to some of the most advanced manu-facturing capability in the world,” leaving a lasting impression on the young Mr. Bauman. A few years later he joined IBM, and was soon the Superin-tendent of Manufacturing at the company’s Boca Raton, Florida plant.

It was around 1980 that the seeds of a technologi-cal revolution were taking root. Joe recalls, “a few small companies (one of which had the unusual name ‘Apple’) started rolling out personal comput-ers,” and Joe was assigned to a tiny task force of 12 whose objective was to start a PC business and “ship high volumes of personal computers in a short time.” In fact, Joe was given just 30 days to devise a plan to manufacture IBM PCs in-house. In three years, the little task force had grown to IBM’s PC Division with 12,000 employees.

Joe was responsible for PC manufacturing and logistics.

After Boca Raton and an intermediate, three-year assignment as Plant Manager of the IBM Rochester, Minnesota facility, Mr. Bauman was promoted to corporate headquarters in 1985. Initially, he was IBM Director of Materials, and in 1988 was named IBM Director of Quality. Because of Joe’s impres-sive track record (for example, IBM received the Baldridge Quality Award in 1989) and a growing interest in operations management and logistics in business schools worldwide, Joe was invited and served on advisory boards at the Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, as well as the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. He provid-ed invited lectures at institutions such as Harvard and Berkeley. It was during his visits to academia that Joe “gained an appreciation of faculty mem-

IBM PC advertisement from the 1980s.

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KUME Alumni Focus

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As society grapples with a broad array of daunting challenges relative to our transportation and energy infrastructure, KU mechanical engineering students and faculty members are making direct contribu-tions to their solutions. Transportation and energy, along with biomaterials and bioengineering, are the primary focal areas of KUME. Current transportation and energy teaching and research activities include but are not limited to: improving the range and performance of electric vehicles, integrating electric and hybrid automobiles with the electric grid, exploiting lightweight com-posite materials for improved strength and reduced vehicle weight, creating new ways to store massive amounts of energy to bring down the costs of solar- and wind-generated electric power, formulating new biofuels, and reducing water consumption as-sociated with electricity generation. An integral part of KU activities is engaging in-dustry to provide our students with unique insights, experiences, and opportunities. For example, in early November, Mr. Mark Reuss, former Execu-tive Vice President of GM and President of GM North America, delivered the KU School of Engi-neering 2013 Distinguished Engineering Lecture. The format was a delightful and informal fireside chat, hosted by Professor Robb Sorem. Mr. Reuss,

Transportation Update

who encouraged students to follow their passion to future success and professional satisfaction, has since been promoted to be Head of Global Product Development at General Motors. In addition to the open forum, Mr. Reuss, amechanical engineer by training, spent many hours of one-on-one time with KU students, in particu-lar students involved with Jayhawk Motorsports, advised by Dr. Sorem, and EcoHawks, advised by Professor Chris Depcik. “I’m excited to visit Law-rence and engage in dialogue with the students about the future of engineering and the automotive industry,” Reuss said. “It’s always insightful for me to hear what’s on the minds of students as they prepare for their careers.” According to Chris Depcik, “It was a tremendous opportunity for both undergraduate and gradu-ate students to interact with Mr. Reuss, and ask pertinent questions about the automotive industry. Moreover, it was great to hear Mr. Reuss inquire about the different projects at KU and engage the students about their research. The students were motivated and encouraged about the direction of the transportation industry.” Adds Robb Sorem, “It is refreshing to see a top level executive who is truly passionate about his work. He’s a car-guy first and foremost, and his enthusiasm is contagious!”

KUME undergraduate student Jill Langlas and Mr. Reuss.

KUME graduate student Patrick Collins and Mark Reuss.

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As a youngster growing up in College View, Ne-braska, Terry Faddis “loved airplanes” and dreamed of someday working at NASA. He heard that KU had a good aerospace engineering program and, after two years at a junior college in McCook, Terry transferred to KU and eventually received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1968.

As an undergraduate, Terry enrolled in a ma-chine design course taught by George Forman, and realized that this subject matter was his calling. It was Professor Forman who introduced Terry to Prof. Bill Barr, who in turn convinced Terry to pursue a doctoral degree in ME at KU. Some of Terry’s graduate student cohorts include KUME Distinguished Alumni LaRoux Gillespie (BSME, 1965; MSME, 1968), Frank Gordon (BSME, 1967; D.E. 1972), and Bill Tompkins (D.E. 1970). As a doctoral student Terry performed seminal research on complex, 3D composites materials, and received his doctoral degree in 1972.

Unfortunately, Dr. Faddis’ graduation from KU “could not have come at a worse time. It coincided with NASA laying off 7000 engineers,” so Terry joined Didde Graphic Systems in Emporia, a manu-facturer of printing presses and collators with about 600 employees. After a brief time at Didde, Terry was recruited to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he was the composite materi-als expert in their Device Division. Appreciating the schools and lifestyle of the Midwest, however, he soon returned to Didde where he quickly rose through the ranks to become Head of Research, Head of Research & Development, and ultimately, Vice President of Engineering. Terry also served on the KUME Advisory Board while he was at Didde, and was recruited to join KU as a faculty member in 1986.

Terry recalls, “There was no higher engineering position within my company, and the prospect of a career as a faculty member working with gradu-ate students and doing research was compelling.” In fact, Terry always supported between 5 and 10 graduate students throughout his academic career, and has been continually engaged in high-level

consulting in machine design, mechatronics, and composite materials. Dr. Faddis also served as the Chair of the Department under challenging condi-tions from 1990 until 1999.

According to Prof. Sara Wilson, “Terry has been a bedrock of the ME Department. He is great with students, and our graduate students have learned many useful skills for their research in his classes. He is a thoughtful, considerate, and reliable col-league.” Ted Bergman adds, “Although I did not have the opportunity to learn from Terry when I was a student at KU, Terry has taught me a great deal over the past 18 months. He has been a pas-sionate supporter of the profession, a staunch advocate for research and discovery, and a creative pragmatist who knows how to get things done.”

Terry plans to remain busy in retirement, hav-ing recently finished building a new, fully-equipped shop at his home in the country, complete with his own personal CNC routing machine. Terry also enjoys weaving beautiful textiles, using a large loom similar to the one he used to fabricate composite materials for testing. He writes poetry, enjoys gar-dening, and fishing trips to Canada.

When asked for advice he would give to students of any age, Dr. Faddis’ suggestions are twofold. First, “do something you love,” and second, “always do more than what is expected of you.”

The entire KUME family wishes Terry an enjoy-able, happy, and active retirement.

Professor Faddis Retires

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Professor Robb Sorem (left) shares a light moment with Mark Reuss.

bers, who spend their careers in the noble pursuit of knowledge.”

As chance would have it, one of Joe’s invitations to speak came from his alma mater. He accepted, and was subsequently recruited to KU’s School of Business where he spent about 7 years, the first five of which he served as Dean. In 1997 Mr. Bau-man returned to the business world, first at Adams Business Forms in Topeka, then as CEO of Cardinal Brands in Lawrence which, at the time, had five manufacturing plants and 2000 employees. Cardinal was eventually sold to R.R. Donnelly.

Retiring in 2005, Mr. Bauman and his wife Joanie spend time between homes in Lawrence and Marco Island, Florida. Joe enjoys tennis, bike riding, walk-ing on the beach and reading non-fiction.

When asked for advice he would give to learn-ers of any age, Joe suggests, “Do something im-portant, do something you might be good at, and do something you enjoy.” And in retrospect, Mr. Bauman stresses that he has been fortunate “to have always worked for highly ethical companies, to have worked with remarkably capable people driving real technological changes, to have spent a career designing things and working in logistics, to have experienced working abroad, and, especially, to have a supportive spouse and family.”

So, returning to our original question, what are the attributes that make so many engineers reach positions of leadership in industry? Mr. Bauman responded, “Engineers make things happen. We are trained to be good at learning. We are curious and we are always asking ‘why?’ We constantly diagnose how things work. These are the traits that make engineers different from most people, and are the same traits needed to lead in industry.”

In the vernacular of academia, the attributes identified by Mr. Baurman may certainly be neces-sary, but are probably not sufficient. However, when combined with his advice to students of all ages and some good, yet simple fortune, the outcome can be unbeatable.

Department Chair Ted Bergman commented that “KU is privileged to have hosted Mr. Reuss. It is important for our students and faculty to converse with industry leaders who can provide a unique perspective on evolving trends. This insight might come in the form of advising a single student re-garding his or her future career, to discussing press-ing research challenges facing an entire industry. It is well known that KU has produced a dispropor-tionate share of leaders in both the transportation and energy industries, and KUME is committed to continuing that proud tradition.” Mr. Reuss joins two prominent KU engineering alumni who have had remarkable careers in the automotive industry and have recently provided School of Engineering distinguished lectures. Alan Mulally (BSAE, 1968; MSAE, 1969) is Ford Motor Company’s president and CEO. Bob Eaton (BSME, 1963), is former chairman of the Chrysler Corpora-tion and past president of the U.S. National Acad-emy of Engineering.

Alumni Focus (cont.) Transportation (cont.)

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KUME ImpactWe congratulate the following students, faculty, and staff for their contributions to, and recognition by the university, national, and international commu-nities.

• Henry Clever, KUME senior, received the Second Place Poster Award at the International Undergrad-uate Research and Design Expo at the 2013 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition held in San Diego. Also recognized was Henry’s advisor, Prof. Sarah Kieweg for their poster entitled “ULTRAMOUSE: A communicative device which allows those with disabilities to operate a computer using head movement.”

• Charles Sprouse III, KUME graduate student, is the lead author of the most-frequently downloaded journal article in mechanical engineering, world-wide, published in the first six months of 2013. This recognition, made by the publisher Elsevier, is for the contribution entitled “Review of organic Rankine cycles for internal combustion engine waste heat recovery,” published in Applied Thermal Engineering. The article, one of an estimated 20,000 eligible for this singular distinction, is co-authored by Mr. Sprouse’s advisor, Prof. Chris Depcik.

• Ted Bergman, Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor, co-authored two texts published in 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Principles of Heat and Mass Transfer and Foundations of Heat Transfer. Previ-ous editions of texts he has co-authored have been translated to Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, and are used in mechanical, chemical, and nuclear engineering programs worldwide.

• Chris Depcik, Associate Professor, was named a Docking Faculty Scholar in September of 2013. This university-wide award was established by a gener-ous gift from the late Meredith Docking to honor faculty members who have distinguished themselves early in their careers. The award consists of a gener-ous annual stipend for five years.

• Paulette Spencer, Ackers Distinguished Professor, has been selected to receive a J. William Fulbright Award to Brazil. The Fulbright is one of the highest accolades given to researchers, worldwide. She was also appointed to the Oral, Dental and Craniofacial Sciences Study Section of the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review and elected to the Nominating Committee of the Section on Dentistry and Oral Health Sciences of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• Candan Tamerler, Wesley G. Cramer Associate Professor, received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Materials Research Society for organiz-ing one of 50 symposia at the Fall MRS meeting in Boston. The meeting was attended by over 5600 researchers from around the world. Dr. Tamerler also presented distinguished and invited lectures at the Fall MRS meeting, the University of Southern California, and the 2013 Engineering Conference International meeting at Lake Louise, Canada.

• Ash Shadrick was named the University Support Staff Employee of the Month in September of 2013. Mr. Shadrick is a Research Technologist in the De-partment, and assists students and faculty members with various capstone and research projects. In addition to the recognition, the award carries a cash stipend.

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Blackwell, Brian N. Chappell, Isaac DanielHausmann, Austin Joseph Hirst, Thomas Thayer Joy, Aaron DavidLee, Hunwoo Mattson, Jonathan

McVey, Molly Ann Mendoza, Yusshy R. Modaresi, Saman Pickett, Derek Pochiraju, Anirudh Powell, Michael Joseph Ragone, J. Colter

Richardson, Keith Jack Rooney, Craig R. Shlghom, Mutasim Hadi Strecker, Bryan A. Tobaben, Nicholas E. White, John Preston III

2013 GraduatesGraduate Students

Undergraduate StudentsAcevedo-Pando, Edgar Allenbrand, Bryce Garth Alnefaie, Naif Fahad A. AlZeeby, Khalaf S. A. A. KH. Alzuabi, Mohammad Khalaf Apple, Maxwell Thomas Arnold, Colby PaulBillings, Wade Michael Branch, Jamie Lee Burrows-Ownbey, Robyn Warren Butz, Tanner KyleCaptain, Evan Shands Castilleja, Zachery Michael Coatney, Jesse Crow, Blaine Keaton Curley, Trudy MaeCzyz, Robert Anthony Davis, Benjamin Warner Devine, Robert Matthew Dickinson, Jeffree Sea Dodson, Stone Walker Reichert Drown, Robert WilliamEaton, Kacey Marie Ellis, Derek Ashton Estrin, Stephanie Diane Farha, Joseph Charles Faucett, Shannon Marie Favrow, Mitch T. Frizzell, Ellen Riley Haik, Peter

Hardee, Dale Lowell Helton, Kevin D. Herrig, Tyler Stephen Hippe, Samuel Martin Hiskey, Evan Lee Hoops, David Welch Jeffries, Adam Bainbridge Jenkins, James Raymond Martin, Owen Robert McCarty, Robert George McKee, Haley Jolene Medenciy, Alex Michael Merriman, Corey Samuel Modha, Nimish S. Mumford, Nathan C. Murray, Andrew Nance, Jared Charles Nealon, Kyle Jacob Nguyen, Hai Hoang Papa-Silva, Arturo Daniel Park, Meghan Marion Patton, Christopher Ryan Peters, Katelyn Nicole Petersen, Joshua McClelland Poff, Ryan Eugene Pond, David Tyler Porter, Aaron Scott Prohaska, Dillon Severin Raitinger, Lawrence A. Roberts, David Benton

Roberts, Heather Michelle Rogers, Andrew David Romanas, Christos Michael Samuelson, John Stephen Sandt, Joseph David Sheehy, Kiley Julia Thorup, Logan JensToft, Matthew Ryan Turner, Andrew H. Twist, Phillip Logan Walther, Hans Wolfgang Ware, Brandon Miles Willoughby, Samuel Mark Wilson, Benjamin Paul Yoe, David Albert Yunker, Michael Fearon Zwibelman, Zachary Alan

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Mechanical Engineering Donor Recognition - Fiscal Year 2013

$25,000 to $49,999 Michael C. Noland, PhD & Karen Dicke Noland

$10,000 to $24,999Paul H. Mitchell & Nancy M. Mitchell

$1,000 to $2,999F. Joseph Fischer, PhD & Sharen L. Fischer James R. Sorem Jr., PhD & Gentra Abbey Sorem Kenneth L. Lawrence & Amanda Brant Lawrence Bernard Levine Timothy S. Isernhagen & Beth Isernhagen LaRoux K. Gillespie Brian G. Larson & Edie Carpenter Larson Jacob D. Homer Maynard P. Bauleke & Virginia Bauleke Theodore L. Bergman, PhD & Patricia S. Bergman Angela M. Chammas & George A. Chammas Kimberly Sedberry Hess & Marc T. Hess Nancy E. Lambros Deborah K. Markley Tanner J. Rinke Charles W. Salanski & Margaret Clark SalanskiMary Schauvliege Sorem & James R. Sorem Sr.

$500 to $999Robert R. Brockmeier & Diane Brockmeier Gregory S. Towsley & Julie Ann Towsley Christopher D. Depcik, PhD Grant D. TaylorErvin L. Cash & Fran B. Cash Torry Dickinson & Robert Schaeffer Diana D. Faltermeier & Michael J. Faltermeier T. Michael Garrison & Roberta Johnson GarrisonFrank E. Gordon, DE & Lynda L. Gordon Robert L. Henderson & Judyth B. Henderson Abigail L. Rimel Jenifer Sorem Rivera Paul D. Wilson & Melinda S. Wilson

$300 to $499Micheline Z. Burger & Philip M. Burger Thomas E. Franklin & Dorothy Monahan Franklin

$300 to $499 (continued)

Eric D. Cecrle Wayne L. Kern & Donna D. Kern Larry B. Morgan, PhD & Deborah L. Morgan Daniel A. Schmit Klaus K. Walther

$100 to $299P. J. Adam & Barbara Mills Adam Edmund J. Theis & Alice L. Theis David M. Barber & Katherine V. Barber Robert N.S. Chiang & Sharon C. Chiang Earl M. ClarkColin P. Davidson Rebecca Mika Estrin & Richard B. Estrin William K. Fonger Paul W. Leupold Tom J. Love Jr., PhD Jeffrey Malone Joseph J. Tuck Paul J. Van Benthem & Sharon Jensen Van BenthemRobert R. Balsbaugh & Nancy W. Balsbaugh Gayle E. French & Thomas R. French Robert L. Lewis James I. Metzger Jr. & Joyce B. Metzger William A. Staggs III & Maxine Mitchell Staggs George VanTrump Jr. Judy M. Wohletz Troy A. Augustine Fred Barhydt Dustin J. Bergstrom Alison J. Brown C. David Clark Donald Cousins & Norma J. Cousins James J. Cronin David C. Davis Wends L. Davis & Thomas S. Davis Emily A. Dellwig Patricia P. Dickinson Margaret A. Estrin, MD & Frank Drinkwine William R. Francis & Marieta F. Francis

The Mechanical Engineering Department wishes to thank the following generous donors who have contributed from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.

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Donor Recognition (cont.)($100 to $299 continued)

Alan G. Fransen, PE & Judy K. Fransen Jason R. Funk Kyle D. Hamer Ronald A. HamptonRobert A. Heacock & Sandra Heacock Andrew M. Hillin Andrew J. Hineman & Elizabeth J. Hineman, MDMindy Holt Emilian S. Hwang & Dorothy T. Hwang, PhD Al Johnson & Sue Johnson Kevin M. Latinis, MD, PhD & Kelly Reardon LatinisLCDR David J. Latta, USN Anthony G. Liu & Jan Mabe Liu Lt. Col. Elmo E. Maiden, USAF (Ret.) & Dorsie Maiden Michael D. Moss Gerald F. Peterson & Mary Shillerston PetersonRonald Eugene Poff & Deborah J. Poff Bernard L. Renyer & Shirley Bowman Renyer John A. Scavuzzo & Pamela M. Scavuzzo Paul V. Sedlacek Ron Stitt & Karla Jo Stitt John E. Swigart & Ida M. Swigart Michael A. Viazzoli Krisada K. Virojanavat Paul J. Wallen & Jana Michelle Wallen Maurice W. Wildin, PhD & MaryAnn Christiansen Wildin Marsha Fields Wren & Eugene L. Wren

$1 to $99Todd J. Tarsney & Lynde Tarsney Kenneth G. Williams & Reba L. Williams Jonathan E. Rasa Richard R. Alford Merlin B. Halverson & Judith M. Halverson Michael J. Hannon Darryl M. Jones John F. Kaslaitis & Julienne T. Kaslaitis Kasonia S. Kisangani Jared S. Klein & Kristi L. Klein Patrick J. McQuade Joseph A. Moritz Thomas J. O’Connor & Derry L. O’Connor Mark M. Petersen & Lana J. Petersen

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Rory N. Ramsdell & Renetta Wray RamsdellMarco S. Randazzo & Mary Lee Randazzo Brian A. Rock, PhD, PE & Kristie M. Rock, PE Bradley Scott Vetal Ruth E. Warner & Richard L. Warner MAJ Matthew A. Ross Kalon L. Thrasher Steve Boresow Anthony C. Defilippo Maynard M. Herron Joyce E. Malinowski William A. Smiley Susan L. Allen, PhD Mary Dormer & Lon Dormer Georgia Kay Garrett Joseph E. Murray

Corporate Donors

$1,000 to $9,999Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP ExxonMobil Corporation SAE International OXY Inc.Schlumberger Technology Corporation Black & Veatch Foundation FEV, Inc. Space Exploration Technologies Corp Spirit AeroSystems

$100 to $999Garmin International, Inc. Koch Industries, Inc. P1 Group, Inc. Andy’s Auto SportApril Valley Farms Davidson Funeral Home Southwest Truck Parts, Inc. GarBec Team Kansas City Psychiatric Group, PA

$1 to $99Mike Wedman Homes RAZNDAZ, LLC Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.

On the Cover:Sue and Ron Hill and The Hill Engineering Research & Development Center. The Hill Center was named one of the 13 best designs of 2013, worldwide, by Architect magazine.

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