Sarah “Sallen” Allen

PM / Analyst at Modus21, LLC

Interests – Dance (Hip-Hop), Karate, Catholic Young Adult group, Volunteering

Since Olin, I’ve become an aunt for the 5th time and drafted my Bucket List!

I miss THE PEOPLE most about Olin – but I don’t miss the snow.

I signed up to be a member of a breakdance crew. Wish me luck!

Charleston, SC

Simone Sequeira

First year at the KaosPilots in Denmark

Still interested in design thinking and social entrepreneurship

Recent paradigm shift during rush hour in Copenhagen: bikes are a form of transportation

Aarhus, Denmark

Ruth Hunter, 2008Carpinteria, CA

Engineer / analyst at NGAS Astro Aerospace

Soon to take lead on dynamic / kinematic modeling for SMAP reflector at work

My non-work time has been filled with reading, teasing the cats, more reading, and numerous attempts at gardening… with haphazard results.

Morgan Boes

Human Dynamics and Controls Lab– Working on compact pneumatic

AFO Since Olin I completed my

masters degree and have been continuing to work towards my PhD + MD.

From Olin, I miss being able to chat with my professors

I stay busy playing my French horn and directing the handbell choir at church

Urbana, Illinois

Demonstrating a miniature hydraulic excavator

(Part of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power)

Major Research Project: Portable Pneumatic Powered

Ankle-Foot Orthosis – working to use for stroke

rehabilitation

Bennett Chabot

Working for Linder on ADE: Morocco

Moved to SF Looking for work in

sustainability

San Francisco, CA

Janet Tsai

Grad Student at CU-Boulder, Mechanical

Still teaching yoga too Since Olin I go outside

more I miss everyone most about

Olin The reunion was a blast.

Now I’m on the summer book committee so hit me up with your book suggestions!

Boulder, CO

Mike Taylor

Research Staff / PhD student, Robotics Institute at CMU

Doing design work in Haiti and tackling Big Data problems related to air quality

Since Olin, I earned an M.S. in Robotics and designed a new type of actuator for robotic legs

Olin: I miss the zebra lounge

Travel agenda for the summer: Haiti, Italy, Rwanda, Uganda

Pittsburgh, PA

Evan Morikawa

Founder, Proximate Dev | UX | E! | D! Since leaving Olin

I’ve been self professionally unemployed

Boston, MA

•Programmer at Google•Climbing (not enough),

Reddit (too much)•Life is good!•Miss being as much of

a night-owl as I once was

Sam FreilichSomerville, MA

Julia Buck

PhD Student at Texas A&M University

Received Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences

Started playing Vampire: The Requiem

I miss the tight knit community at Olin

Bryan, Texas

Erin McCusker Satwicz

Consultant at BCG focusing in Global Health org and strategies

Almost done with Duke Cross-Continent MBA!– Visited 8 new countries

Elected the OAA's first President

Jeff and I bought a new house!

Waltham, MA

Susan Fredholm Murphy ‘06

Still consulting on sustainability and LCA at PE International

Adopted Nilo last July

Honored to be given a look at Olin from a new perspective on the Board of Trustees!

Quincy, MA

Alyssa Levitz, 2011

PM at Microsoft Becoming outdoorsy.

Seattle doesn’t have mosquitoes!

Since Olin, I have visited 8 countries

I miss dorm life most about Olin

Seattle, WA

David Stamp

Finishing M.S. MechE - Colo. School of Mines

High School Nordic Ski Coach

Moving to Anchorage AK this summer!

Golden CO / Casper WY

Got engaged to Francys Scott in March

Moving back to Boston for 2 years this September

Shooting my 3rd feature film, Todd Lucas: Singer/Songwriter this summer in San Diego

OAC Treasurer

Kevin TostadoSan Diego, CA

Maria Firstenberg

SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry

Graduating!(And green infrastructure design, especially rain gardens.)

Since Olin I began working on a Masters degree and, more recently, have been hiking around western MA every chance I get.

I miss the amazing community and the “shoot for the starts” attitude on projects most about Olin.

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Syracuse, NY & Littleton, MA

Mikell Taylor

Moving this weekend to the UK to join my fiancé Nick

After 2 years in the UK we’re off to Australia for a few years

Still working for Bluefin Robotics, even after the move, so I’ll be back to visit

I now might even have time to get a “hobby”!

En route to Plymouth, England

Casey Canfield ‘10

PhD Student in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University

Since Olin I adopted a cat

I miss hanging out with the HPV team – congrats on the success in Grove City!

Pittsburgh, PA

Spike Curtis

Just moved to the Bay Area!

Working at Palantir Technologies

So grateful to be near Oliners again

Reintroducing the bowtie to California

Palo Alto, CA

Cheryl Danner (Inouye) ‘06

Current job: Still a Systems Engineer for Raytheon– But now in the field!

Current top interest: delicious Japanese food

Since Olin, I’ve been slowly learning to be less shy

I miss the old, familiar faces most about Olin

Aomori-ken, Japan

Sakura festival at Hirosaki Sadly, no sakura trees at work

Sara Wheeland

PhD Candidate at UC San Diego

All kinds of baking – and EM research

Since Olin I was blessed with a beautiful baby girl.

I miss hanging out at 3am with really awesome people.

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San Diego, CA

Yiyang Li

Stanford University: Materials Science and Engineering

Renewable energy: solar fuels and batteries

Since Olin, I continue avoiding the real world

I miss professors who are so dedicated to project-based teaching

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Palo Alto, CA

Eamon Doyle, ‘09

Biomed. Eng. PhD at University of Southern California

Rock climbing and running

Since Olin I sold all of my Volvos

I most miss all my Olin friends.

I’m trying to travel more!

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Los Angeles, CA

Bill Dvorak

Algorithm Platform Manager @ TopCoder

Searching for sailing buddies on the Charles

I’ve been traveling a bit to Europe, and visiting Olin friends in the States

I miss projects with friends, creating tangible products

Arlington, MA

Joe Funke

Currently attending Stanford University

Since Olin I have been working on ‘Shelley’, an autonomous race car

I miss the dining hall most about Olin: a daily opportunity to connect with the very cool people that make Olin what it is (and the food was far better than what I cook)

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Palo Alto, CA

Catherine E. Murphie Hall

Engineering solutions to unique, crazy problems on a daily basis– Awesome job– Thanks, Olin, for making me

the ideal candidate Ed and I are working through

the very long home to-do list Five years post-grad, I finally

put up a Christmas tree LASIK was money well spent Why don’t more of you move

down to the DC area? ;-)

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Chantilly, VA

Simon Helmore

Mechanical Engineer at General Compression

Hiking all of NH’s 4000+ ft mountains

Baking delicious bread - Challah!

Traveled to Southeast Asia

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Somerville, MA

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Katie Kavett

I finally made my off-Broadway debut, on a show that the NY Times raved about.

Also: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, multiple awards shows, a few festivals, and lots of off-off-Broadway shows

Still love stage managing, still love impressing theater people with my engineering smarts

New York City

Carmella (Molly) McCormack

Ask me what a radome is! (or a pas de cheval)

Lately, I’ve been busing it to NYC on weekends for top notch ballet classes.

I miss seeing and talking to my friends every day…

I can’t believe Dewey will turn 5 this summer!

Waltham, Ayer, Melrose, MA

Polina A. Segalova

Current job: medical device engineer

Current top interest: enjoying the Cali life

Since Olin I… got a Ph.D. and a husband

I miss …. my classmates most about Olin

Bay Area, CA

Stephen J. Longfield, Jr.

PhD - Cornell University

Working on Async Computing

Since Olin I’ve learned how to motorcycle, joined a band, and continued to learn

Oliners are always the thing I will miss most about Olin

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Ithaca, NY

Tiana Veldwisch

Product Innovation Manager at athenahealth

Pursuing MBA at MIT Sloan in the fall

Ran my 1st half-marathon last summer and 2 more Tough Mudders since!

I miss random Olin dining hall conversations

Boston, MA

Ash Walker

Still a Telemetry Engineer at ULA. Now getting polled for terminal count readiness

Over halfway through a Masters in Engineering and picked up another FIRST robotics team

Since Olin I…..started drinking coffee

I miss …. having people to do problem sets with late at night and a machine shop

< --- That’s Walter– Yes, people look at you funny when

you slip and scream “Franklin Walter Olin” across the dog park

He was actually named after an astronaut

Highlands Ranch, CO

Alex WheelerTemecula, CA

Still doing quality control of explosives and ammo for the Navy

Will graduate with a Masters in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in June

Outside of work/school I mainly play with my Corgi & Border Collie or hang out at Disneyland

I can’t wait to do fun stuff again since full time work and school owned my life!

Come visit sunny Southern California!

Jerzy Wieczorek

U.S. Census Bureau: counting poor kids,making interactive graphs, teaching workshops

Throwing food in the air, convincing folks to try lard

I miss Oliners’ approach of “How do we make it happen?” instead of “Here’s why it can’t happen”

Washington, DC

Cody Wheeland

Senior Engineer at Qualcomm

Promoting wireless power solutions for the masses

Since Olin I got married and had a kid.

I miss the close-knit Olin community.

San Diego, CA