Arizona Engineer | Winter 2021 | The Diversity Issue

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DETECTING

Cancer, COVID-19, Contaminants

4 Women Engineers Lead Campus Liesl Folks and Betsy Cantwell envision growth

5 New Positions Reflect Priorities

Research expansion & greater inclusion among focus areas

8 Home Away From Home Clubs bolster underrepresented students

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D E A N’ S M ESSAGE

Engineering Success Reflects the Makeup of Society I HOPE YOU had a joyous and safe holiday season and 2021 is starting on a note of optimism. Along with the rest of the nation, our campus community has experienced a range of emotions with the close of 2020 – from apprehension and relief to confidence and pride.

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who has experienced loss and hardship.

Despite the extraordinary events over much of the last year, the college is moving the needle, and I am so very proud of our students, faculty and staff in advancing the college’s teaching and research enterprises.

While the pursuit of engineering knowledge has at times seemed inconsequential in the course of the pandemic, the work we’ve done to advance technology, help fight COVID-19, and graduate students ready to take on the challenges of today and tomorrow has proven that the spirit of Wildcat Engineering is stronger than ever.

Look out, world!

Rightful Place Among Top Land-Grant Institutions

I’ve shared with many of you plans to grow the college to its rightful place among other top land-grant universities, and UA Provost Folks and President Robbins are fully behind the college’s strategic priorities.

Support from UA leadership, the state, and Arizona industry to grow the college is built largely on the recognition that engineering graduates play a key role in driving a robust and innovative economy. It is also well known that to achieve optimal impact, the engineering enterprise must reflect the diversity of society at large.

Research shows that diverse teams outperform nondiverse teams. We simply will not meet workforce needs if large percentages of the population are excluded from participation. The one constant I hear from industry and government is strong support for a deep and richly diverse pool of talented and well-trained engineers. My unwavering goal is to deliver these students.

A Strong Foundation for Growth and Change

With the UA’s designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution; an Excelencia award for Arizona’s Science, Engineering, and Math Scholars program; and the college’s ASEE Diversity Recognition award, we are starting on solid ground. The college also has outstanding student-led efforts, including local chapters of the Society of Women Engineers, National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Phi Sigma Rho. I look forward to increasing support to all of our student organizations, and am grateful for your support to date.

Let’s Work Together!

This issue of the alumni magazine focuses on what success looks like for the college.

I hope you enjoy reading about the many outstanding people working toward creating the best engineering program in the nation – one that is rich in the student experience and reflects the diversity of our society.

It has been great to see so many of you at virtual events, like the recent town hall and research speaker series. We’ll continue to hold them for as long as we must remain distant to be safe.

Thank you for your continued support of the college. Together we will keep building on our strengths and striving for excellence in all that we do.

Bear Down!

David W. Hahn Craig M. Berge Dean, College of Engineering

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As Dean David W. Hahn, says, “To be the best it can be, an engineering enterprise must reflect the diversity of our society.”

CONTENTS FEATURED STORY

IN EVERY ISSUE

6 Detecting Cancer, COVID-19, Contaminants in the Little Sensor Lab

2 Dean’s Message

Judith Su creates technology to detect and distinguish single molecules of substances, including biomarkers for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and even the coronavirus.

17 Class Notes 19 Thoughts on Philanthropy

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Women Engineers Lead Campus — Liesl Folks and Betsy Cantwell help guide the university through a difficult year and look ahead to the college’s growth.

Positions Reflect Priorities — The college has hired three SIE faculty members and named two department heads and two associate deans.

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Home Away From Home — Clubs geared toward underrepresented groups provide a support network for many engineering students.

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Women in Engineering Leading on Campus Betsy Cantwell and Liesl Folks help guide the university through a difficult year and look ahead to the college’s growth.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA made a number of important engineering hires in 2019, including Betsy Cantwell, senior vice president of research and innovation, and Liesl Folks, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. The two, whose leadership has been especially critical during the pandemic, see big growth potential for the College of Engineering, where they also hold faculty positions.

an MBA from Cornell University, the decisive moment came when, at 16, she visited a linear nuclear accelerator during a science camp.

“Something went off in my lizard brain, and I thought, ‘I want one of

She was drawn to that field by her interest in the space program.

“I love building and making, as engineers do, but the system that one has to develop to support others’ research being planned, funded, and successful is one of the coolest systems challenges around,” she said.

Cantwell also holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

“If you look at how Bringing Out the Best extraordinary our science Their paths weren’t always enterprise is, it’s an easy, as they navigated obvious next step for sexist attitudes. However, engineering to be amped these experiences only up to meet the needs of Liesl Folks and Betsy Cantwell help steer the university through the COVID-19 crisis. made the women stronger the state and the nation,” advocates for diverse said Folks, professor of teams. Folks helped spearhead an those,’” she said. “I always advise electrical and computer engineering initiative through the American students to trust their instincts, and previously dean of the School of Society for Engineering Education Engineering and Applied Sciences at the because one thing I still really love to increase diversity and inclusion about physics is working with large, University of Buffalo. at engineering colleges across the steel ‘toys’ in the lab.”

United States. Likewise, Cantwell The women’s careers span decades in has championed racial, ethnic, and academia and industry as researchers, Cantwell, professor of practice in administrators and leaders. A year aerospace and mechanical engineering gender equity in the workforce, and her office houses Arizona’s Science, marked by unprecedented challenges and former CEO of Arizona State Engineering and Math Scholars has made the solutions-driven University Research Enterprise, program, which focuses on promising mindsets of engineers especially completed a bachelor’s degree in underrepresented students. essential, according to Cantwell. psychology and went on to earn a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Diversity played a key role during “Faculty and students in the College of University of California, Berkeley.

COVID-19, as university teams came Engineering are critical to reimagining together to plan for safe campus reentry. and reworking how we operate on “Any time you bring together a campus and in every aspect of our lives,” said Cantwell, who has directed the workforce of diverse people, it’s “Any time you bring together a workforce of diverse people, it’s amazing the campus research response to COVID-19. amazing the quality of work that quality of work that comes out, and “That need, and that drive to innovate, the pandemic has highlighted that,” will continue beyond the coronavirus.” comes out, and the pandemic Folks said. “People across all different has just highlighted that to an disciplines – male and female, Embarking on the STEM Path LGBTQ+, all different races and ethnic Both remember vividly when they extraordinary degree.” backgrounds – are leveraging their chose to pursue STEM. For Folks, LIESL FOLKS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT expertise to support our Wildcat who has a PhD in physics from the FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST community through the pandemic.”

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New Leadership, Faculty Committed to Expanding Diversity and Research College takes it up a notch with two associate deans, two department chairs and three SIE assistant professors, including an alumna.

KATHIE MELDE, who became associate dean of faculty affairs in 2019, is now associate dean of faculty affairs and inclusion. She has been in the university’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for nearly 25 years and is a fellow of IEEE. She was instrumental in the college’s Bronze Award from ASEE’s Diversity Recognition Program.

MARK VAN DYKE, associate dean of research, is responsible for growing expenditures and infrastructure and fostering industry collaboration. He has worked at Dow Chemical Company and Southwest Research Institute. Van Dyke was associate professor and director of the Industry Partners Program in biomedical engineering and mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

KIM OGDEN, who has been with chemical and environmental engineering for 28 years, is now chair of the department. She was formerly the UA interim vice president for research and president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Ogden researches production of biofuels and bioproducts from algae and plants, as well as water and energy for remote communities such as Native American tribes.

MOE MOMAYEZ is interim department head and the inaugural David & Edith Lowell Chair in Mining and Geological Engineering.

The chair is named for alumnus and industry pioneer David Lowell, who passed away at 92 in May 2020, and his wife. Momayez has been with MGE since 2007 and also leads the energy and geosensing team at the Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources.

HANNAH BUDINOFF earned a BS in mechanical engineering from the UA in 2013, worked for Honeywell, and completed a PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

The additive manufacturing researcher says she is thrilled to be back at the college.

AFROOZ JALILZADEH earned a PhD in industrial engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She researches stochastic and simulation optimization for processes that involve uncertainty and randomness. For example, her work could aid in determining optimal power generation levels.

ERFAN YAZDANDOOST HAMEDANI also earned a PhD at Penn State. He works on large-scale and distributed optimization for machine learning, signal processing and statistical data analysis.

His proposed methods could improve the algorithms that power systems with large numbers of variables.

Alumnus Pays It Forward in Zambian Parliament

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EDUCATION TRANSFORMED Brian Mushimba’s life. From growing up in a small house with 15 siblings and no running water in Zambia, he is now the country’s Minister of Higher Education.

Among his first acts in the position, nearly 20 years after earning a mining engineering degree at the UA in 2000, was creating scholarships for vulnerable youth.

“I knew there was a better life if I got an education.”

BRIAN MUSHIMBA, Zambian Minister of Higher Education

He says his time in Tucson, made possible by a scholarship from the Zambian mining industry, was a turning point in his life, and ultimately inspired him to advocate for quality education for all Zambians.

“It’s given me opportunities that I never thought I could have.”

Mushimba went on to earn an MBA from Salem University and work in management roles with global high-tech company Siemens, building materials producer Lafarge, and aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. He returned to Zambia in 2013 with his wife and two children.

After working for three years at the biggest electricity generator in Africa and earning a PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Zambia, he was elected to parliament, starting as minister of transport and communication.

Brian Mushimba

“It’s been an honor to do this for my country of birth, and it’s been an honor to see what the quality engineering education I received at the UA has done for me,” said Mushimba.

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Little Sensor Lab Detects Cancer, COVID-19, Contaminants

Judith Su’s technology detects single molecules of “anything worth sensing,” including biomarkers for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and – most recently – the coronavirus.

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SOME DISEASES, like certain types of cancer, can stealthily avoid detection until it’s too late.

the specially rounded walls mean a whisper can be heard from across a 100-foot room.

Judith Su’s ultrasensitive sensor for environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics could detect a disease before any symptoms appear, letting health care providers treat disease early, when it’s still curable.

To detect substances down to the single molecule, FLOWER uses waves of light instead of sound, traveling around a ring-shaped device that measures only about 100 microns across, or about the size of a grain of table salt.

“Having a rapid and sensitive sensor can also enable monitoring of disease progression and quantify the effect of different treatments,” said Su, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and optical sciences and a member of the BIO5 Institute. “Our lab, for example, currently works on detecting low concentrations of biomolecules that indicate Alzheimer’s disease or cancer in blood, urine and saliva samples.”

“Dr. Su and her team have a tremendous opportunity to develop a portable technology that could be a game changer in multiple arenas.”

In under 30 seconds, the sensor can detect and distinguish extremely low concentrations of molecules – down to one in a million trillion molecules.

“This makes our sensor among the most sensitive in existence,” said Su, who recently received a $1.82 million, five-year award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to further work in her Little Sensor Lab.

Tiny Circular Racetrack The one-of-a-kind frequency locked optical whispering evanescent resonator, or FLOWER, identifies substances through a phenomenon called whispering gallery waves. The most famous examples of these waves come in the form of sound: At St Paul’s Cathedral in London, for example,

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Light races around the ring 240,000 times in 40 nanoseconds. Some of the light extends outside of the ring, where it interacts with a liquid sample surrounding the sensor. If the molecule under scrutiny – say, a cancer or COVID-19 biomarker – is present, it will subtly affect the light’s speed each time it goes around the ring.

“Normal sensors interact with a molecule once. But in this case, it interacts with the molecule hundreds of thousands of times, so we get this buildup of signal, which is what gives us our sensitivity boost,” Su said.

Compared with prevailing sensors, Su’s technology also works with

much smaller amounts of a substance, and there’s no need for costly radioactive tags or fluorescent labels for sample slides.

COVID-19 Testing FLOWER can be adapted for various substances to address a number of medical problems.

Su is using the method with a group at the California Institute of Technology to develop a COVID-19 drug. The teams are searching for compounds that interfere with binding of the virus to a specific receptor in the lungs and thus protect against the virus. They also are studying the possibility of a breath test for COVID-19 and other diseases.

“There are a lot of molecules in the air that could provide a noninvasive way to test for disease,” Su said.

Next Up Is Portability Additionally, the researchers intend to increase the device’s sensitivity to detect even smaller and more lightweight molecules, as well as molecular abnormalities or changes in shape. As just one example, the device could aid in studying light-activated proteins in the eye to increase understanding of vision. The team is even incorporating artificial intelligence so the system can continually improve itself.

On the horizon is a portable version of the device. Su envisions a smartphone attachment for soldiers to detect contaminants in water, paramedics to find trace amounts of disease, and citizen scientists to test air quality.

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Student Clubs Work to Ensure All Voices Are Heard Organizations geared toward underrepresented populations become home away from home for many engineering students.

Society of Women Engineers Lightens the Load

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MANY MEMBERS OF the UA section of the Society of Women Engineers, or SWE, attended Shadow a SWEster in high school, where local students spend a day on campus, attending classes and getting a taste of college life. From there, many high schoolers go on to join the club in college, excited by the opportunity to hear from industry speakers about worklife balance and careers, and from society members about professional development and support systems.

When she started college, Cecilia Stoesser, club president and engineering management senior, was taking algebra, while some of her friends were in vector calculus.

She felt behind Rebecca Shanks, SWE and social chair, and Cecilia unsure Stoesser, SWE president. of herself until a senior SWE member, who also started out

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in algebra, assured Stoesser that the experience was not unusual, just different.

“That was what struck gold for me: ‘You’re on a different path,’” Stoesser said. “Hearing that was just the biggest weight off my shoulders. Now I give that same advice to others a lot: Don’t compare yourself to others, and find your support group. And SWE has been that support group for me.”

The organization has moved its high school recruitment and industry networking night online for the time being. The November 2020 national SWE conference also went virtual, so the entire club was able to attend.

Phi Sigma Rho Takes Inclusion to Next Level

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PHI SIGMA RHO is a social and philanthropic sorority for women in engineering and technology fields.

“There’s a perception that if you’re feminine, you’re not serious about academics,” said 2020 group president Melissa Requist, a senior double majoring in biomedical engineering and flute performance. “I think you can see that a lot in stereotypes, broadly, of all sororities, but especially in more technical fields. When really, the way that you express your gender has no bearing on your ability to be a good engineer or be good at any other profession.”

For Madison Sitkiewicz, a materials science and engineering junior, the conference has netted two internships with Raytheon Technologies.

When Requist became president in January 2020, she created a diversity action plan to address racial and ethnic, socioeconomic, LGBTQ+ and academic inclusivity.

“If it weren’t for SWE, I wouldn’t have my dream internship that’s turning into another dream internship,” she said.

“A lot of people want to help but don’t know where to start,” said the group’s director of diversity and inclusion, Valeria Regalado,

a computer science sophomore. “I’ve been that starting place, providing resources for people.

Taliah Gorman, Grace Halferty and Celeste Williams

Whether they want to talk about politics or just being a woman of color or being a woman in STEM, I’m there to listen and help as much as I can.”

During the pandemic, the sorority has held regular meetings focused on fellowship and mental health and put on virtual events, including a 5K fundraiser and a partnership with the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona to donate 200 boxes of cookies to first responders.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Becomes ‘Familia’

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THE UA CHAPTER of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, or SHPE, extends its support throughout the community and fosters leadership growth among its members.

The two go hand in hand.

“When I first joined, it Nayleth Ramirez was not only the sense of community and the people that made me want to keep coming, but SHPE’s vision for its members – what we call the familia,” said Nayleth Ramirez, a senior studying systems engineering. “I realized this club was perfect for me, because I can learn and become a better citizen of the community and the world, while also gaining these skills that are so critical for both academic and future career success.”

National Society of Black Engineers Puts Outreach First

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THE NATIONAL SOCIETY of Black Engineers, or NSBE, aims to increase the number of Black and other minority engineers working in industry and attending graduate school.

“Before NSBE, I’d only met a handful of Black engineers, but when I joined, we had engineers from different companies come speak to us, and they were mainly Black,” said club president Kodjo Seddo, a senior studying systems and industrial engineering. “That kind of pushed me to do better.”

Through outreach in local middle and high schools, NSBE is paying forward that sense of belonging.

“As minorities in STEM, we have a responsibility to the next generation to be the representation we wish we’d had,” said chemical engineering sophomore Neb Seged. “Whether we go into industry or academia, our biggest influence will be on young Black kids looking up to us and thinking, ‘I can do that same exact thing.’”

In response to COVID-19, club members have shifted to virtual events and strengthened sponsor recruitment to support shareable academic resources and relief scholarships.

Ramirez is vice president for the club’s Advancement of Latinx in Engineering event, a series of themed workshops that promote STEM in high schools throughout the Southwest. The online spring 2021 event will feature a variety of companies that need engineers.

“My goal is to inspire at least one person out of the 200 or so high school students to come to engineering and join SHPE UA,” she said.

Perhaps most importantly, the club is a place where members, many of whom are first-generation college students, join forces with others from similar backgrounds.

Members of NSBE are showing Black youth that STEM success is well within their reach.

NSBE members agreed that even if they understand they can do whatever they set their minds to, without role models it can feel like navigating uncharted waters. But that’s one more reason to forge ahead: In a world with so much to fix, engineering offers a way to make lasting change.

“Knowing others share that same feeling of wanting to make their family proud while having all this “As minorities in STEM, we have a pressure on their shoulders responsibility to the next generation to is really reassuring,” said club president Fabian be the representation we wish we’d had.”

Medina, a PhD student in mechanical engineering.

NEB SEGED chemical engineering sophomore Fabian Martinez

“I feel like, next to doctors, we as engineers help people the most, because our impact is felt from the food we process to the systems and circuits we all use every day,” Seged said. “We are always looking for ways to make the world better.”

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David W. Hahn, Craig M. Berge Dean, welcomes guests to the 2020 virtual homecoming, saying, ‘The richness of experience and background makes us a better college.’

First Virtual Homecoming Showcases Resiliency College’s digital celebrations put diversity first and look to the future.

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AT THE VIRTUAL Engineers Breakfast in November 2020, David W. Hahn, Craig M. Berge dean, spoke for a moment about what the world was like 50 years earlier, when the Class of 1970 graduated.

Gas was 36 cents a gallon, for one. The famous phrase, “Houston, we’ve had a problem” was uttered. And the average annual income in the United States was $9,400. The last 50 years have seen a multitude of changes, and few years brought more change than 2020.

Nevertheless, there are some things that have remained the same, as Lindsay Koelbel, president of the Engineering Student Council, mentioned in her opening remarks.

“Although we face new challenges this year, our school is not defined by the buildings we learn in, but by the people who continue to work hard for our students and the world around us,” she said. “Engineering at the University of Arizona is not simply about earning a degree. It is about applying our skills to real-life problems and tackling the hardest challenges.”

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A Seat for Everyone at the Table

Hahn spoke about how the annual event is a celebration of the college’s people, who all contribute diverse perspectives.

“I see every day how the richness of experience and background makes us a better college,” he said. “I also hear regularly from leaders in industry and government that their future success depends on the ability to attract the next generation of talent. I want that talent to be Wildcat Engineering talent. And to meet those needs, it’s necessary to attract students and faculty members from all walks of society.”

For example, he said, the college recently established a scholarship fund specifically for transfer students, who often come from less financially privileged backgrounds than other students. Worldwide, enrollment in higher education has decreased considerably during the pandemic. Yet, the College of Engineering has seen only slight drops, in part due to significant increases in transfer student enrollment.

Keynote speaker Joaquin Martinez, who grew up in poverty and earned a civil engineering degree in 1993, said that during his career in the global oil and gas sector, he’d found that talent was evenly distributed across the world, but opportunities were not.

“When you see somebody who comes from an underprivileged background, they’ve had to overcome some incredible obstacles to get to be in front of you,” Martinez said. “They’ve adapted and had to cultivate some survival skills. Because of the environment we’re in, there are so many businesses that are struggling to survive, so wouldn’t it be handy and helpful to have somebody with these survival skills on your team?”

Joaquin Martinez

Recognizing Awardees and Scholarship Recipients

Guest speakers included a range of alumni and students, from Wildcat Engineers at the start of their academic journeys to seasoned professionals, like Martinez and 1971 mechanical engineering graduate Gary Harper, who shared his story about being a community college transfer student.

The 2020 alumni awardees, listed below, continue to give back to the college and society in many ways, including through generous scholarships.

A short video featured scholarship recipients, including a single mother, transfer student, and young man who traveled 1,500 miles from home to attend college. Firstgeneration college student and daughter of immigrants Denise Renteria was among those who shared their stories.

“My parents raised me that you have to work really hard to get what you want,” said the civil engineering junior. “I’m beyond grateful for having these scholarships.”

2020 Alumni Awardees

Alumnus of the Year

Professional Achievement Award

Thomas W. Peterson

Kristina Swallow

(MS chemical engineering, 1974)

After graduation, Thomas Peterson returned to campus as a faculty member, chair of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and ultimately, dean of the college for 12 years. He went on to serve as assistant director of the Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation and provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California, Merced.

(BS civil engineering, 1994)

Kristina Swallow’s 25-year career spans engineering, public policy and community advocacy. In 2019, she was appointed director of the Nevada Department of Transportation. Swallow was named 2018 president of the American Society of Civil Engineers and 2019 Distinguished Alumna for UA Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics.

J. David Lowell

Honoring a Mining Pioneer

The Department of Mining and Geological Engineering’s 15th Annual W.C. Lacy Distinguished Lecture paid homage to alumnus J. David Lowell, who discovered the world’s largest copper deposit and is considered the most successful mineral prospector of the past century. Lowell died in 2020 at the age of 92.

Lowell and his wife are namesakes for the Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources, Lowell Program in Economic Geology, and David & Edith Lowell Chair in Mining and Geological Engineering.

Mary Poulton, professor emeritus and former head of mining and geological engineering, recalled her amazement the first time she saw Lowell in person, after reading about him as a legend in the pages of textbooks.

Outstanding Young Alumni Volunteer

Young Alumni Professional Achievement Awardee

Brody Rastall

Andrew Friedman

(BS and MS mining engineering, 2018 and 2019)

(BS systems engineering, 2009)

Brody Rastall is a member of Women in Mining and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, which promote the industry to the public. She volunteers at alumni events, including speaking at an event highlighting the importance of scholarship support. Her story has inspired numerous students to join UA mining engineering.

Andrew Friedman has been with Microsoft, most recently as principal program manager, since his graduation. In his 11 years with the company, he has worked on products that touch the lives of millions, such as Microsoft Outlook. The once Engineering Ambassador now mentors and recruits UA Engineering graduates for positions at Microsoft.

“His guidance, his advice, his perseverance, his patience really transformed my life and career, and permanently transformed the minerals programs at the University of Arizona,” she said.

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2020 Year of Quantum

Engineers at the Forefront of National Centers

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THE WHITE HOUSE National Quantum Coordination Office issued “A Strategic Vision for America’s Quantum Networks” in February 2020.

The document stated, “By leading the way in quantum networking, America is poised to revolutionize national and financial security, patient privacy, drug discovery, and the design and manufacturing of new materials, while increasing our scientific understanding of the universe.”

Qubit-Driven Tech to Transform the Internet The UA has received an initial, five-year, $26 million grant from the National Science Foundation, with an additional five-year $24.6 million option, to establish and lead the Center for Quantum Networks. Core partners are Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale University. Vasić, Zhang and Zhuang are all contributing their expertise.

CQN aims to lay the foundation for the quantum internet. The central focus is on creating a fabric to connect quantum computers, data centers and gadgets using their native quantum information states of qubits. Qubits offer dramatic increases in processing capacity. They allow for processing the

UA engineers are answering the call. Bane Vasić, professor of electrical and computer engineering and mathematics and a member of the BIO5 Institute, Zheshen Zhang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and optical sciences, and Quntao Zhuang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and optical sciences – are playing critical roles in two new quantum centers at the forefront of these national efforts.

0 and 1 states of classical bits at the same time, called “superpositioning.”

“The transformation of today’s internet through quantum technology will spur entirely new tech industries and create an innovation ecosystem of quantum devices and components, service providers and applications. The potential impact of CQN is so immense, it is almost incalculable,” said Saikat Guha, CQN director and principal investigator and associate professor of optical sciences.

The UA team includes experts from engineering, law, optical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.

Super-Powerful Computing for GPS, Health Care, Astronomy A $115 million Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, or SQMS – led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab – aims to build a quantum computer and develop quantum sensors that could lead to discoveries about dark matter and other elusive subatomic particles.

Quntao Zhuang, Zheshen Zhang and Bane Vasić

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Vasić, a pioneer in classical error correction and fault-tolerant decoders, is adapting

his algorithms to ensure information processed in a quantum computer remains intact.

Zhang and Zhuang are working on increasing the Zheshen Zhang’s laboratory. precision of quantum sensing for applications including GPS, astronomy laboratories, biomedical imaging and fundamental physics.

“It’s an exciting time in the College of Engineering, as teams of our researchers work on efforts to revolutionize the way we compute, communicate and sense,” said David W. Hahn, Craig M. Berge Dean. “SQMS is focused on addressing some of the most fundamental barriers to quantum computing, and I know the expertise of Bane, Zheshen and Quntao will prove invaluable.”

Both centers are dedicated to inspiring and training students, and the university is developing a graduate program in quantum information science and engineering.

“Quantum computing is going to completely transform our current technology and become a driver for the economy,” Zhang said. “We expect the centers will play a major role in changing the next generation of our workforce.”

Jennifer Barton Becomes Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair

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IN HER NEWEST role as the Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of the College of Engineering, BIO5 Institute director Jennifer Barton is moving forward development of tools for early detection of cancer. The chair is tasked with advancing biotechnological research and education in the college, fostering collaborations with other campus units, promoting and working with diverse teams, and providing national leadership in the field of bioengineering.

Barton, who also serves as a professor of biomedical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, biosystems engineering, optical sciences and medical imaging, will be replacing former chair Linda Powers, who recently retired and was named a professor emerita.

“I am honored to be named the Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair,” said Barton, who has been with the university for more than 20 years. “I plan to accelerate my research in early cancer detection and try out some ‘I wonder…’ ideas that could be major breakthroughs but are too speculative

along with Page Burr, in 1956. After Burr sold his share in the company, Brown guided the company for more than four decades. Burr-Brown grew to become one of the world’s largest suppliers of high-performance analog semiconductors and to develop the first commercial solid-state operational amplifier.

BIO5 director Jennifer Barton

for federal funders to support. I look forward to forming teams of basic scientists, engineers, physicians and entrepreneurs to tackle difficult biomedical problems, and to engaging students in all stages of research.”

The Thomas R. Brown Foundations, founded in 1998, are guided by the life principles of Thomas R. Brown, who founded Burr-Brown Research Corp.,

The corporate purpose of Burr-Brown was to provide something of value to humankind, whether it was through creating technology, supplying jobs to Southern Arizonans or supporting education. The foundation has created five endowed professorships at the UA, started an extensive scholarship program at the university and developed a variety of initiatives to support K-12 and community college students.

“This prestigious professorship speaks directly to the legacy of Thomas R. Brown and the strong support of his family for the University of Arizona,” said David W.Hahn, Craig M. Berge Dean. “Jennifer’s record of teaching, research and scholarship is outstanding, and she will proudly carry the Brown name forward.”

Herbold Fellowships Support Data Science Research

Bob Herbold, former chief operating officer of Microsoft Corp., and Patricia Herbold, who served as a U.S. ambassador to Singapore, started the Herbold Foundation in 2002 to provide scholarships nationwide to students studying STEM subjects. This year, they are sponsoring the

inaugural class of University of Arizona Herbold Fellows. The five graduate student fellows will each receive $10,000 for their work applying computer science and data sciences to a wide range of subjects, including quantum communications, hypersonic flight and medical imaging.

“Both my wife and I benefited very significantly from scholarships for our college pursuits,” explained Bob, who has a PhD in computer science from Case Western University. “And in today’s world, there’s a genuine need for individuals with skills that are developed in engineering.”

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Pictured left to right: Ethan Bolze, Christa Sonderer, Michael Bullock, Kira Zeider and Morteza Boroun

Space Exploration Is for All

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STUDENTS FROM underrepresented backgrounds are designing, building and operating CubeSats, or miniature satellites, to study asteroids as part of a three-year, $3 million NASA project.

Jekan Thanga holds a tiny satellite developed in the SpaceTREx Laboratory.

The University of Arizona first received funding from the Minority University Research and Education Project

Institutional Research Opportunity in 2019.

minorities be part of these great accomplishments,” said University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins.

Assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering Jekan Thanga is leading the project lab, which is dubbed the Asteroid Science, Technology and Exploration Research Organized by Inclusive eDucation Systems, or ASTEROIDS Lab. Re-creating the low-gravity surface conditions of asteroids from the Earth’s surface is impossible to do for long periods of time, and sending missions to actual asteroids costs hundreds of millions of dollars. Students will be designing “mini-labs in space” – CubeSats that will orbit Earth and simulate the conditions found on asteroids.

Despite the pandemic, the team continues to provide opportunities for students. A group of 41 undergraduates – 32.4% of whom were Latino or Hispanic and 41% of whom were women – participated in a summer 2020 academy as part of the lab’s Undergraduate Research and Education Program. The students learned about planetary science and space propulsion, received mentorship from faculty and graduate students, and designed their own lunar mission concepts. Thirty of the students continued their research into the fall semester.

“Space exploration is for all, and as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, we’re incredibly proud to be making great strides in having underrepresented

“I am very excited to be part of this program, and I look forward to what is yet to come,” said Jerry Flores, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering.

Summer Programs for Underrepresented Students Go Virtual

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SUMMER IN THE College of Engineering is a busy time. Though the standard semester classes aren’t in session, underrepresented students from across the country participate in UA undergraduate research programs.

In 2020, two of these programs, both funded by the National Science Foundation, shifted to an online format.

“The opportunities and resources that the CAT Vehicle program provides are certainly second to none, as are the faculty that worked so hard to keep the whole thing running smoothly,” said Calvin Barrett, a student at Haverford College who said the program inspired him to apply to graduate school.

head of MSE, and Sara Chavarria, assistant dean of research in the College of Education, have seen previous participants go on to graduate school and excellent industry jobs. So, deciding the summer 2020 program was too important to cancel, they shifted to a virtual format instead.

Advancing Self-Driving Vehicles

Studying the Power of Sound The Department of Materials Science and Engineering, or MSE, hosts the New Frontiers of Sound Research Experience and Mentorship. Traditionally, it involves students spending the summer researching the behavior of sound waves at the University of California, San Diego, then receiving an academic year’s worth of mentorship through the UA.

“It’s just so rewarding and amazing to see how confident they become, and really believe in themselves, because they’re scientists, they’re engineers, they’re researchers — they’re living it!”

Chavarria said.

The Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle Research Experience for Undergraduates, housed in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is led by associate professor Jonathan Sprinkle and assistant professor Gregory Ditzler. A group of nine students – seven of whom were women – spent the summer communicating via phone, videoconferencing and other technology to conduct research on autonomous vehicles.

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Program leads Pierre Deymier, department

Participants of the 2019 New Frontiers of Sound Research Experience and Mentorship program look toward grad school and great jobs.

Former Elite Swimmer and Her Once Adviser Buck Tradition

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JUSTINE SCHLUNTZ AND Arvind Raman are aerospace and mechanical engineering alumni and university employees who have been teaching since 2016. They go way back: Raman was Schuntz’s undergraduate adviser.

The two started in academia worlds apart, each are in same sex marriages now, and both are diligently preparing students for what’s next.

“I teach all of my students the best I can,” said Schluntz, assistant teaching professor and faculty adviser for engineering sorority Phi Sigma Rho and the Society of Women Engineers.

“For some, I am able to have an even deeper impact, just by being open about who I am.”

Culture Shock and Mentorship Raman moved to Arizona from India 20 years ago when he was 18 to study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott.

“Coming from a city of 15 million…to a city of 40,000 was a change,” he said.

“For the first few days, I was like, where is everyone hiding?”

Raman earned two UA master’s degrees – a second in engineering management – and “stumbled across” the academic advising job in the process. He also advises the fraternity Theta Tau, teaches classes, including one on aviation, and does K-12 outreach.

“They think, ‘Maybe I can do it too’ when they see someone in STEM who looks like them.”

Transparency With Students Schluntz got a BS in mechanical engineering while breaking records in the pool and racking up titles, including 2010 NCAA Woman of the Year and fivetime national champion. She earned a PhD in engineering science at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship then was

Over the last decade Arvind Raman and Justine Schluntz have gone from a student-adviser relationship to being colleagues.

diagnosed with depression, which she openly discusses when student groups invite her to speak.

Depression in elite athletes, who can be reluctant to disclose symptoms, is more common than most people realize. By some accounts, suicide, often connected with depression, is the third-highest cause of death among NCAA athletes. Additionally, some studies indicate LGBTQ+ individuals are twice as likely as others to experience anxiety and depression.

Not wanting to focus on research, Schluntz accepted a policy fellowship in Washington. Six-hundred-page reports on fuel economy weren’t for her either. So she worked as a project manager in the UA’s global office before settling in to teaching.

“What I wasn’t enjoying about engineering was how far removed it felt from having an effect on people.”

Coming Out and Carrying On Recently married, Schluntz chalks up a disinterest in dating during college to the rigors of swimming and academics. It was only as she wrapped

up her time at the UA that she realized there were other reasons. Raman, who has been with his husband for 10 years and married for six, knew he was “different, or gay,” at 8 years old. But he also didn’t come out until after his undergraduate years.

“With every person I told, the burden became less.”

For Schluntz, being a woman in STEM has made a greater impression than identifying as a lesbian.

“It’s not as obvious as being a woman.”

One student, for example, said, “Having a female thermodynamics professor was extremely empowering.”

Schluntz and Raman are grateful that the college recruits students, faculty and staff who contribute varying perspectives.

Said Schluntz, “If you only have one or two types of people as engineers solving problems, they are only thinking about the problems people like them have faced, and about solutions that work for people like them.”

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Provost Recognizes Three Engineers

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The UA Office of the Provost selected three engineering faculty members for 2020 university-wide awards, which recognize excellence in research, teaching and outreach.

Vicky Karanikola Early Career Scholar

An assistant professor in chemical and environmental engineering, Karanikola researches water purification, particularly in the context of indigenous nations. She also collaborates with IndigeFEWSS, a program that addresses challenges faced by indigenous communities, and Engineers Without Borders, an organization that partners with disadvantaged communities to help residents meet their basic human needs.

Jonathan Sprinkle Distinguished Scholar

Sprinkle, the Litton Industries John M. Leonis Distinguished Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering, is currently researching autonomous vehicles at the traffic system – rather than the individual car – level. He also co-founded the CAT Vehicle Research Experience for Undergraduates, which provides students across the country a chance to work with the Cognitive and Autonomous Test vehicle.

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Ricardo Valerdi Distinguished Outreach Faculty

Valerdi is a professor of systems and industrial engineering and faculty athletics representative for the PAC-12 and NCAA. He also founded the Science of Sport program, which has engaged more than 300,000 children in STEM activities through athletics. Valerdi has developed programs for 12 major league baseball teams, three NBA teams and four major league soccer teams.

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Mikah Inkawhich, a graduate student in environmental engineering and civil and architectural engineering and mechanics, and Kerri Hickenbottom, assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering, are among researchers working on the desalination system,

Team Harnesses the Sun to Purify Concentrated Waste Streams

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REVERSE OSMOSIS IS one of the most common methods for purifying saline water, but the process produces limited results. About 20% to 50% of the water that enters the system remains as a concentrated waste stream.

There are several methods for handling concentrate streams, but most are expensive, time consuming and energy intensive.

A team of UA engineers and scientists is developing a solar-powered desalination system to more efficiently recover water from concentrated waste streams. The work is funded by $500,000 from the Department of Energy’s Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment manufacturing institute.

Hickenbottom’s work also includes exploring the water-energy nexus in data centers.

The system combines several types of technologies, including concentrated solar power, photovoltaics and membrane distillation. The process uses less energy at a lower cost than existing methods. It could provide more water for resource-scarce inland regions, like in Arizona, and can stand alone in off-grid areas, such as on tribal lands.

“We can double the energy efficiency compared to existing thermal desalination systems,” said Kerri Hickenbottom, assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering and principal investigator for the project.

“We can double the energy efficiency compared to existing thermal desalination systems,” KERRI HICKENBOTTOM assistant professor, chemical & environmental engineering

Andrea Achilli, also an assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering, and Robert Norwood, a professor in the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, are involved with the research. The project reflects the UA’s 2020 designation in the Academic Ranking of World Universities as No. 1 in the United States and No. 2 globally in the category of water resources.

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2010s

Syntia Bebongchu, BS/ECE 2019 and MS/ECE 2020, accepted a position as a design engineer at Intel Corporation after finishing her second engineering degree at the University of Arizona. As a student, she completed two internships with Syntia Bebongchu the company.

Vinodh Subramanian, MS/EngMgt 2019, was named Student Inventor of the Year at the Tech Launch Arizona I-Squared Awards for his system to reduce patient no-shows in the health care industry. His startup, Hipokratiz Vinodh Subramanian LLC, aims to ensure patients receive proper care, while saving the industry billions in annual losses.

Rodney Zinyemba, BS/ChE 2017, now works in the wine, spirits and beer industry, currently as a quality control technician with Rodney Zinyemba G3 Enterprises.

He enjoys it so much that he started a master’s program in brewing and distillation at Heriott-Watt University in fall 2020.

Brianna Grembowski, BS/AE 2015 and MS/SE 2019, now works as a guidance, navigation and control engineer at Northrop Grumman, where she recently sat on console for the launch of the NROL-L129 mission. “Watching as the vehicle I worked on for years hurtled toward space was simply an indescribable feeling. Seeing the telemetry that showed our orbital requirements were met was icing on the cake.”

2000s

Freda (Klumpp) Rauch, BS/ChE 1997, spent much of 2019 traveling the country with her husband, Brody.

They recently completed their second book project, an e-book titled “Not by Bread Alone: Devotionals, Resources, and Gluten-free Recipes.” She says she never dreamed that the problemsolving skills she learned at the UA would help her “re-engineer” recipes to help her husband improve his health.

Remigio H. Galárraga-Sánchez earned his PhD in 1995, majoring in hydrology and minoring in civil engineering.

He has worked in many positions since then, including as a department chair at National Polytechnic School in Ecuador, a visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, and a private consultant in the areas of water resources and climate change.

Cemal Basaran, PhD/CE 1994, is now a professor of engineering mechanics at the University at Buffalo. He recently published a new book, “Introduction to Unified Mechanics Theory with Applications.”

The text includes both mathematical formulations and proofs and information about real-world applications, such as how to design a system to perform its intended function safely Carlos Chang over its lifespan.

Carlos Chang, PhD/ BME 2008, is bringing his background in designing and developing biomanufacturing systems to Avery Therapeutics, Inc., a company led by fellow University of Arizona alumni.

He serves as senior product development engineer at the company, which is advancing tissue-engineered therapeutics to treat conditions such as heart failure.

In his more than 13 years with the City of Tempe Transportation Division, Julian Dresang, BS/CE 2003, has worked on many bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects to reduce the number of fatal and serious injury bike crashes. He was selected as the city’s 2020 Bike Hero for his efforts.

Brianna Grembowski, shown here in front of the Minotaur IV launch vehicle from the NROL-129 mission, says, ‘Watching as the vehicle I worked on for years hurtled toward space was simply an indescribable feeling.’

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1980s

Noel Sobelman, BS/ME 1987, joined Change Logic, a strategy and growth consultancy founded in 2007, as a principal in 2020. He’ll be using his more than 25 years of experience to lead the company’s innovation practice. Previously, he served as a partner and managing director at Kalypso LP.

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C L AS S NOTES Ken d’Entremont, BS/ME 1984, now an associate professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, recently published a textbook.

“Engineering Ethics and Design for Safety” draws on his years spent managing real-world product-safety efforts and aims to prepare students for ethical decision making in their careers.

William “Bill” Champion, BS/ChE Ken d’Entremont 1983, was named to Peabody’s board of directors. Previously, he served as principal at Gladiator Mining Group LLC and in several executive management positions at Rio Tinto PLC. His experience in the metals and mining industry ranges across materials, countries and companies.

1970s

Linda (Headley) Repking, BS/ChE 1975, worked in the oil industry for nearly two decades after graduation, then chose to stay home with her children. She returned to the field in 2006 as a senior design engineer at Jacobs Engineering and was pleasantly surprised to see how many women had since entered the

profession. She quit working in 2012 and lives in southern California, where she enjoys gardening, cycling and visiting extended family.

1960s

Richard “Dick” Linda (Headley) Repking visits campus, touring the distillation column in the Harshbarger Building.

Edwards, PhD ChE 1964, was the college’s first chemical Byron Garretson, BS/EE 1958, grew engineering PhD recipient. He also up in Phoenix, attending grade school served as associate and acting dean of the and high school with Craig M. Berge, College of Mines, received the U.S. Navy’s after whom a UA Engineering design Purple Heart for his service in World War program is named. After his college II and helped bring the UA into the PACgraduation, he worked for the Salt River 12 Conference. He celebrated his 100th Project, earned a master’s degree, and birthday in 2020. worked internationally with companies E-Systems and Aramco. Since his retirement in 1995, he has done some s contract work and now lives near San Robert M. Jones, BS/ME 1958, retired Antonio, where he stays active playing from his own company, Vibrometrics, tennis and basketball. in 2019. It was his fourth retirement, after leaving the U.S. Air Force in 1979, the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1990 and SKF Reliability Systems in 2001. He has published two engineering books and now lives in Las Vegas, where he enjoys astrophotography.

Four retirements later, Robert M. Jones is enjoying astrophotography.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES Thank you to all the people who wrote in to help identify the photo on the back cover of our last issue. It pictures Martha Whitaker, MS 1993 and PhD 2000 in hydrology and water resources, collecting data about soil moisture near Tombstone, Arizona.

“Why should we care about soil moisture? Because it is an important and sensitive input to climate change models,” Whitaker said. “My MS research helped researchers better understand soil moisture variability (on a small scale), in comparative contrast to satellite data.” Whitaker is now an assistant professor of practice in the UA Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences.

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Philanthropy Homing in on STEM Inclusion in Higher Ed Donors are saying diversity is good for the bottom line, and it’s the right thing to do.

THE DEVELOPMENT and alumni relations team works with individuals, foundations and corporations to secure financial resources that support the dean’s vision and goals. We strive to engage alumni with the college and university in significantly meaningful ways.

enables. That’s why donors give to initiatives like the Dean’s Fund for Excellence and Transfer Student Fund, as well as student organizations such as the societies of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Women Engineers.

“Significantly meaningful” takes many forms and is different for each person. We are seeing more and more alumni support initiatives that not only honor their values, but also enable them to have a greater impact and ignite lasting change. Increasingly, individual and corporate donors alike are fueling their passion for change through philanthropic action directed at growing the number of women and underrepresented students in STEM fields.

They are supporting undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, student clubs and faculty activities – all with the aim of increasing diversity not only within the college, but throughout the engineering profession.

To take it a step further, industry representatives see the necessity of an inclusive workforce, and diversity in higher education is key to accomplishing their goals.

Combined, these efforts help the college make important strides toward fulfilling the dean’s vision of a more representative college.

Keeping Standards High Donors and alumni say it is critical for the college to keep increasing enrollment of students from diverse backgrounds, and they want the dean to have resources to proactively recruit and retain the best students.

They know that a commitment to diversity does not mean relaxing standards. To keep growing the college, we need the competitive advantage that a diverse student population

Margie Puerta Edson, CFRE Senior Director of Development & Alumni Relations 520.626.0572 • puertaedson@arizona.edu

Meeting Needs of the Workforce

Microsoft, Caterpillar, Raytheon, Tucson Electric Power, Exxon Mobil and other companies all tell us they want to support engineering colleges that demonstrate a commitment to inclusion among their own students, faculty and staff.

While having diverse representation at the table improves the bottom line, companies are not just concerned about the bottom line. They are sincere in their commitment to social responsibility. Inclusion, they say, is not just common sense.

It’s the right thing to do.

Lasting Pledge to Change I am convinced that this interest in supporting diversity is not just a passing fad. Rather, it is a lasting pledge to the future. Like our dean, alumni and donors are deeply committed to making the world a better place for everyone and to seeing talent succeed. For our alumni and donors, these efforts to support a more diverse college are both significant and meaningful.

Thank you for being part of the dean’s vision, and for supporting our students and faculty!

“For our alumni and donors, these efforts to support a more diverse college are both significant and meaningful.”

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NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID PHOENIX, AZ PERMIT NO. 2877

The University of Arizona College of Engineering 3740 E 34th St Tucson, AZ 85713

CALLING ALL ALUMNI! Where has life taken you since graduation? We’d like to know and so would your college classmates.

Please email us with details (no more than 300 words) and be sure to include the following information: • Name and year you graduated • Major • Degree (BS, MS, PhD, etc.)

• Details of your activities

We’d also be interested to see – and share – pictures of your family, your latest work project, that boat or hot rod you just finished building in your garage, or your blossoming gardens.

Vacation photos are great, too. We’ll publish your news and photos online and in the next print edition.

BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY? Let us know if you’ve been getting some media attention.

Just email the link, and we’ll keep spreading the news on the college website and in social media.

Please send your email to

classnotes@engr.arizona.edu

FROM THE ARCHIVES

This photo has us stumped. There were no notes on the back of the print to give us a clue, so we need your help identifying the person and project.

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