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Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Helping students and alumni stay connected
Summer 2012
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Greetings from Rolla, Missouri!
“ Our students always appreciate your encouragement and any career guidance you are able to offer them.” — William P. Schonberg Professor and Chair
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Chair’s message
Ladies and gentlemen, the Civil Engineering Phonathon is just around the corner! In fact, the exact dates for this year’s Phonathon are Sept. 17 through Oct. 4. Last year, the Civil Engineering Phonathon raised over $135,000 thanks to the participation of so many of our alumni. This level of support and participation continues to provide scholarships to students and supports many important research and teaching activities in this great department. My sincere and heartfelt thanks to all of you who participated — the support you have provided has helped make us a powerful force in civil, architectural and environmental engineering research and education! Your gifts and generosity will help ensure that your department continues to sustain a high level of excellence in teaching and in research for future generations of civil, architectural and environmental engineering students. Some of your gifts are used for undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to recruit and retain outstanding students. Other gifts provide funds that help recruit and retain outstanding faculty members. Alumni gifts also help our student organizations participation in regional and national design competitions (concrete canoe, steel bridge, solar house, etc.) and sponsor student participation at national engineering and leadership development conferences. Still other gifts support lectures by visiting civil engineering professionals and field trips by students that enrich their classroom learning experiences. Your gifts also provide the flexibility the department needs to meet unforeseen challenges and to take advantage of opportunities as they arise. Modernizing and maintaining laboratory equipment and computer facilities will forever remain a challenge as we endeavor to educate our students using equipment and software they are likely to encounter in professional engineering practice.
You will soon receive a phone call from a student who is currently enrolled in one of the department’s three undergraduate programs. While it’s hard to know ahead of time what number will appear on your caller ID, it will likely be a 573-341-6??? or 7??? phone number … or it may just say “MO UNIV SCI TECH” or something like that … or possibly even “UNKNOWN.” If it does THAT’S ROLLA CALLING!!! Last year we had an unusually high number of unanswered calls — and we’d like to avoid that this year, if at all possible. Many of you worked on the Phonathon during your student days, so you know the kind of effort it takes. Along with making a pledge, please take time to talk with the caller. Our students always appreciate your encouragement and any career guidance you are able to offer them. A few days after your call, you will receive a letter by mail. Please include your company’s matching gift form (if your company is a matching gift contributor). With your help and support, we will continue to grow this department to be one of the most successful and distinguished engineering departments in the country. Any amount you give will be appreciated, and most importantly, you will make a positive difference in the lives of our students! Thank you for your continuing loyalty and generosity. If you are able to make it back to campus during Homecoming (or at any time), please stop in for a visit. We’d love to see you! — William P. Schonberg Professor and Chair
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student highlights
Low-impact
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By Andrew Careaga
ison Melissa Morr , ll fa t s la rs For 24 hou rite things — o v fa r e h f o e gave up som op-Tarts, the P d te s a to , chewing gum g. xt-messagin te d n a t e rn Inte Melissa Morrison, pictured above at the Rolla Recycling Center. Photo by B.A. Rupert
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A freshman civil engineering major from Nixa, Mo., Melissa Morrison was one of several S&T students last semester who tried to minimize their impact on the environment for a day. During her 24-hour experiment, Morrison went without prepackaged foods (like Pop-Tarts), soda, television and computer games. She also ate no meat, poultry, fish or seafood. Perhaps most challenging of all, she did not send any texts that day. In other words, Morrison tried to do in 24 hours what Colin Beavan attempted for a year. Beavan is the author of No Impact Man, the book all students enrolled in English 20 (Exposition and Argumentation) were assigned to read this year through Missouri S&T’s One Book Program. In his book, Beavan, a New York-based author, chronicled his year-long “lifestyle experiment” to answer the question, “How truly necessary are many of the conveniences we take for granted but that, in their manufacture and use, hurt our habitat?” Morrison was enrolled in the English 20 course taught by Fred Ekstam. As part of that class, Ekstam asked Morrison and her fellow students to attempt to follow Beavan’s human guinea pig approach to low-impact living — but only for 24 hours — and then to write about the experience. Morrison survived the day without many of the conveniences we take for granted. She also survived without elevators, which can be tough to do in Thomas Jefferson Hall when your friends live on the 11th floor and you aren’t allowed to use technology to communicate with them. “I took so many stairs that day,” she says.
Despite the inconvenience of that day, Morrison discovered that minimizing her environmental impact wasn’t as difficult as she’d imagined. “When I first heard about the assignment, I thought it would be fun, but I also thought it might be kind of hard,” she says. “It turned out to be easier than I’d expected.” Morrison’s main insight from her low-impact day was the realization that we use so many resources. “It showed me how much we could live without,” she says. Since her 24-hour project, Morrison is trying to purchase more goods in bulk. “But it’s hard to buy too much in bulk,” she says, “because I have limited refrigerator space and limited room space.” Morrison was one of about 440 S&T students who read No Impact Man last fall. Another 240 S&T students read Beavan’s book last spring. It is being offered again this year and Beavan is scheduled to be on campus to speak during Earth Day 2013.
Maybe you’d like to try the experiment yourself. To find out how, go to noimpactproject.org. common ground | care.mst.edu
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student highlights
Shaw awarded American Concrete Institute Foundation Student Fellowship
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Dane Shaw (pictured above), a graduate student studying structural engineering at Missouri S&T, has been honored with an American Concrete Institute (ACI) Richard N. White Student Fellowship Award for the 2012-2013 academic year. ACI Foundation Fellowships are awarded to high-potential undergraduate and graduate students who are studying engineering, construction management, or other related fields in the area of concrete. There were 14 finalists selected to be interviewed and to receive a fellowship at the ACI Spring 2012 Convention in Dallas, Texas, in March. Fellowship awards range from $7,000 to $10,000. In addition to the awards, recipients are paired with an industry mentor and are paid travel expenses and registration fees to two ACI conventions. Some students also receive industry internships.
Did YOU know? ACI offers 18 certification programs designed to form a minimum qualification for personnel employed within the concrete construction industry. Certification examinations and optional training courses are conducted through an international network of over 100 Sponsoring Groups. Since 1980, ACI has administered exams to over 400,000 individuals, with over 90,000 certifications currently maintained by ACI.
Learn more at www.concrete.org
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Students place high at undergraduate research conference Students from Missouri S&T recently participated in the 2012 Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference gives undergraduate students opportunities to showcase their research efforts to the campus community and the general public. This marked the eighth year for the event. Judges awarded cash prizes – $750 for first place, $500 for second place and $250 for third place – in multiple categories, which were based on fields of study and types of presentations.
Second place, Annelise Smith and Lucas Laughery, students in architectural engineering, “Climate-Responsive Adaptive Control for Natural Ventilation,” advised by Joon-Ho Choi. SOCIAL SCIENCES POSTER SESSION: Second place, Montana Puckett and Lee Voth-Gaeddert, students in civil engineering, “PulaCloud Research,” advised by Dan Oerther.
The following students from civil, architectural and environmental engineering were judged winners: ENGINEERING POSTER SESSION: First Place, Amanda Holmes, a student in environmental engineering, “Seasonal Variation of Contaminant Concentrations In Planta,” advised by Joel Burken.
Pictured left to right are Lucas Laughery, Annelise Smith and Lee Voth-Gaeddert.
390: Watch it — do it — teach it! Students participating in experiential learning — co-op, independent research, and study abroad — learn more and earn more. Dan Oerther, the Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering, invites students earning an A in his CE/EE 261 “Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering” course to participate in CE/EE 390 Independent Research. Eight students have taken advantage of this opportunity by travelling to Kenya, collaborating with Mizzou to study human obesity and improving water quality throughout the state of Missouri. A couple of students have been TAs for 261. The “watch it — do it — teach it” model promoted by Oerther exposes students to the best learning opportunities available.
Pictured in the back row, left to right: Katie Kuehn, Melissa Buechlein and Tommy Goodwin. Front row, left to right: Alex Korff, Montana Puckett and instructor Dan Oerther. common ground | care.mst.edu
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student organizations
Friendships and
fun!
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
S&T’s ACI Chapter had a busy year. The chapter sent two teams to the Fall 2011 Convention in Cincinnati for the Pervious Cylinder Competition, where Team #1 placed second out of 37 teams.
ITE had an exciting year as a newly re-activated chapter. The year started off as planned with professional speakers and presenters on industry topics. ITE joined the Missouri Valley Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (MOVITE) in Lincoln, Nebraska, for the spring meeting and conference. While in Lincoln, they met many S&T alumni working in the transportation field. Plans have been made for future trips to other local college chapters of ITE.
In the spring, two teams traveled to Dallas for the 2012 Convention. Dallas hosted the Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) Bowling Ball Competition where Team #2 won second place in the Prediction category and fifth place in the Performance category. S&T also sent a Bowling Ball team to compete at the ASCE Mid-Continent Conference in Nebraska in April. The team placed third in a competition that included bowling 5 frames with the concrete ball they constructed. Lesley Sneed, assistant professor of structural engineering, is their advisor.
Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) AEI participated in the Charles Pankow Competition, but unfortunately did not place. One of the meetings this spring involved a trip to the old Rolla Courthouse to look at the architecture and structural changes to the building. AEI is also working to increase attendance at their meetings.
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Water Environment Federation (WEF) This past year, WEF students got their hands dirty in a river clean-up and a tie dye station at Earth Day. They attended WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation’s annual Technical Exhibition and Conference and also the Missouri Water Environment Association (MWEA) annual conference. New officers were elected and the group toured Kingsford Charcoal Company and a local water treatment plant.
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Student Design Center
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Fred, CE’55, and June Kummer pictured with former Chancellor John F. Carney III at the center dedication.
“There’s MORE to engineering than just engineering!” That’s the idea behind S&T’s Student Design and Experiential Learning Center (SDELC) that supports 13 different multidisciplinary student design teams. Under the SDELC’s guidance, students learn to plan, finance, design and implement real-world projects, blending their technical designs with the critical communication, business, project management, and even safety skills necessary to make the team, their projects and eventually their careers successful. Employers target Missouri S&T design team members as valued future employees and leaders. Firms consistently report that team veterans “know how to think on their feet, don’t mind getting their hands dirty, and contribute to their employers’ success from the first day on the job.” Four of those student-led groups — Concrete Canoe, Engineers Without Borders, Solar House and Steel Bridge — draw many of their members from the civil, architectural and environmental engineering fields of study. Mimicking small start-up engineering firms, they compete against teams from other universities to handle hypothetical construction projects, or solve real-life problems in developing countries.
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design teams
Concrete Canoe Goal: to design a concrete hull that minimizes drag in the water, is strong enough to support several paddlers, remains buoyant when completely filled with water and is as lightweight as possible. The racing attracts the most attention, but the real challenge is to use concrete in an unorthodox application. Engineering reports, load testing, product judging and presentation skills all earn points at the ASCE competition.
The S&T team recovered from disastrous damage to the boat when it came loose in the trailer causing big cracks on both sides, and a water line that looked like swiss cheese. After a few tense minutes the Miners grabbed the duct tape and said “OK, let’s fix this thing!” Not once, not twice, but three times they taped up the canoe and went back into the fray. They took a big deduction for the taping job, but they didn’t work all year just to watch others race.
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Competition Results: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Overall 5th :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Race Points 3rd :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Design 2nd :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Oral Presentation 3rd ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Photos by Bob Phelan
Engineers Without Borders
Vision: Improving the quality of life in developing countries, so that all people have access to adequate sanitation, safe drinking water, and the resources to meet their other engineering and economic needs. 2012 Destinations and Updates: Los Eucaliptos May 23 - June 6 Worked to add to the gabion spurs they built last summer to prevent erosion. They are currently working to solve the community’s flooding problems during the rainy season, as well as finding a well driller to provide the community with a reliable water source. Nahualate, Guatemala July 11-22 Began building the town’s water distribution system. The well house was completed last summer and the drillers are still working on the well.
Tacachia, Bolivia July 25 - August 5 Re-channeling the river that is currently eroding away the farmland. This will be done by excavating the bank opposite of the community to encourage the river to flow/erode on that edge. The team will be assessing if the community, which currently receives its water from the river, can access a more reliable, safe drinking water source. Santiago, Honduras August 1-9 Drilling a well and constructing a well house to double the town’s water supply. The community currently gets water every other day for 4-6 hours. The team is also investigating controls to automatically turn on the well pumps when the tank is low, so that the community’s system can remain pressurized and reliable. common ground | care.mst.edu
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Solar House
S&T’s Solar Village
2013 Solar Decathlon: We made it! The U.S. Department of Energy selected 20 universities to participate in the October 2013 Solar Decathlon and S&T was among the chosen.
The Miner Solar House Team spent spring and summer finishing its design and broke ground on the 1,000-square-foot house in August.
Objective: capture, convert, store and manage solar energy to power an entire household.
Designing and building a 100% solar powered home is a BIG deal. Don’t forget that each team must ship and reassemble their solar home on the Irvine, California, competition site.
The focus is on engineering, energy efficiencies and adaptable living — with moveable parts, including a grid wall, adjustable solar panels and transforming furniture.
After the competition, the house will return to Rolla as the 5th studentdesigned solar home on campus.
To follow the competition go online: www.solardecathlon.gov
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Steel Bridge Goal: to develop a scale steel bridge that is economical, can be assembled quickly, has visual appeal and can support a substantial load. Judged on: deflection under load, assembly time and completeness of design through engineering reports and presentations.
Award: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Their operational excellence earned the students the inaugural SDELC Director’s Award :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Competition Results: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ASCE Regional Conference 6th place
Team leader Chris Ferguson reports S&T also had the lightest bridge at the event, which counts for some points, but en route to the loading station things went awry. Seems the bridge was a great design for supporting loads, but not so good for being lifted to move. During the move, one of the bridge piers came partially undone — nothing a rubber mallet wouldn’t fix — but rules prohibit any “repairs” once the structures are complete. Photos by Bob Phelan
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alumni news
Stay connected Have you recently been promoted, gotten married or had a little Miner? We want you to share your personal and professional accomplishments.
email your news to: care@mst.edu
l1950s Eugene A. Bartels, CE’50: “My wife, Marilyn, and I observed our 60th anniversary on Aug. 12, 2011. I was 86 on Aug. 27, and our daughter was 55 on Aug. 20. I recently had my 39th surgery.” Gerald B. Bellis, CE’51: “This is my 60th anniversary of graduation.” Delmar Wallace Breuer, CE’50: “I live in Bethany Village Retirement Center. Good food, good love, lots of activities. Former schoolmate lives in the same building as I do.” Edward B. Campen, CE’57: “We are still moving along. The old oil patch is getting some steam up again. If we could get the feds out of our face, we would not be in the fix we are now in.” Jack L. Feaster, CE’57: “Gwen, my wife of 49 years, passed away in 2006. I am remarried to my lovely wife and am quite happy. This is my 20th year of retirement from AT&T.” John F. Kirse Jr., CE’58: “Finally enjoying full retirement and sharing hunting, fishing and shooting with my lovely wife. We are getting very serious about archery practice and hunting.” 16
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William M. Penney Jr., CE’52: “This year I took my French friend on a tour of eight western states for three weeks. After taking her home to California, I came to Thermopolis, Wyo., where I helped recover and prepare dinosaur bones for study and display — much fun and interest. Two of my granddaughters recently presented me with great granddaughters.” Delmar “Bud” Picker, CE’55, retired in 1993 after 30 years with Groner & Picker Consulting Engineers. He’s been married to Rita for 58 years and has one son, one daughter and two grandsons. An avid golfer, he enjoys travel, fishing and hunting. Eugene R. Russell Sr., CE’58, is still working part time doing highway safety research. Nick Schurick, CE’53, “I retired as city engineer. I’m active on the golf course and enjoy watching my granddaughters, Jacqueline and Elizabeth, play volleyball and basketball. I’m hoping they will become engineers at Rolla.”
l1960s John V. Andesilich, CE’66: “I’m still working. Enjoying a short assignment in Fernice, British Columbia, with my wife,
Laura. It’s a new experience for both of us. It is beautiful here and the people are wonderful. I’m proud of my granddaughter, Jordan Swing, who is majoring in civil and architectural engineering at S&T.”
They are planning a three-month visit to India.
Ralph G. Angle, CE’60, has been retired for 24 years and plays golf frequently.
James P. Odendahl, CE’64: “Still retired here in Indian Land, S.C.”
Michael J. Brynac, CE’66: “Retired and loving it. The sky is blue, the grass is green and I am playing golf. Thank you, God, I’m vertical.”
Aaron “Mike” Reuck, CE’62, retired as faculty manager and engineer from William Jewell College in 2001. He and his and wife, Karel, live at Bennett Springs State Park in Lebanon, Mo. Their daughter, Tonya (Reuck) Lohman, CE’97, graduated from William Jewell College and Missouri S&T. She is a professional engineer and works for the Missouri Department of Transportation. She has three children with husband, Brian Lohman, NDD’97, who earned a metallurgical engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2002.
Walter H. Dickens, CE’60: “Betty and I are retired and are still living on MM Highway in Dixon, Mo. Classmates, friends and relatives are always welcome to sit and visit on our front or back porch. When the weather is uncomfortable in Missouri, we will move inside for comfort and food.” Al Driemeier, CE’65, and his wife, Linda, moved to Port Orange Fla., to be closer to their kids. Charles W. Foster, CE’69, MS CE’70: “Retirement is so close, but seems to be staying ahead of me. Just can’t make it happen.” Murray M. McCrary, CE’62: “I’ve been in the San Francisco area since 1969 and managing my construction company since 1973. Planning on retiring in two years (40+ years is long enough in this business). Now I have to figure out what to do with my time.” Edgar L. Morris, CE’60: “Keep up the good work. I got the message that “Rolla” will be in next year’s U.S. News and World Report for best engineering schools.” Shafique Naiyer, CE’63: “We are enjoying retirement by traveling. We spend November to April in our vacation home in Desert Hot Spring, Calif.” The couple traveled to Turkey for 17 days and spent three weeks in Arizona visiting the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Scottsdale.
Maurice L. Northcutt, CE’63, MS CE’64: “My best wishes to all in the civil department, especially the old timers.”
Warren Stanton, CE’67: “After 38 years of job satisfaction as a professional civil engineer, I retired from the Kansas Department of Transportation. Following seminary studies, I am a licensed and ordained Baptist minister, and have served as pastor of First Baptist churches for the past five years.” Roger H. Stickler, CE’65, and his wife, Karen, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August. Their three children and seven grandchildren joined them for a vacation on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Alfred J. Thiede, CE’65, MS CE’72, MS EMgt’72: “Chris and I continue to enjoy retirement in lovely Port Ludlow, Wash. We joyfully welcomed our 14th grandchild, Laurel, in July. Life is wonderful.” Harrel Timmons, CE’63, was inducted into the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame. In 1969, he established a fixed-base operation in Galesburg, Ill., which is now called Jet Air Inc. A Cessna aircraft dealer, (continued on the next page) common ground | care.mst.edu
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alumni news he flew a Cessna Citation 500 in 2009 over the Arctic Circle to deliver it to Sweden.
l1970s Gregory Bachmann, CE’70, retired in Southern California after a 41-year career. He served in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy and worked for Chevron Oil, Occidental Petroleum and the Federal Aviation Administration, living throughout the world with his wife of 44 years, Diana. They enjoy boating, diving, water skiing, golf, cooking and house remodeling. “No sitting on the front porch in rocking chairs for us — the best is yet to come.” Herbert R. Bailey, CE’71: “Forty years since graduation and I’m still working!” (Thirty years at MoDOT, 10 at Bartlett & West) Danny L. Crain, CE’70, has been married to Karen since 1974. They have three children, Jamie (Crain) Sanders, BSci’98, Tracy (Crain) Sharp, and Wade Crain, and five grandchildren, Laney and Luke Sanders, Carson and Cameron Sharp, and Jeren Crain. Michael J. Filla, CE’77, MS CE’81, is vice president of sales and marketing at Nooter/Eriksen in St. Louis. He earned an MBA from Washington University in May 2011. His son, Joe Filla, CE’06, also earned an MBA in May from Webster University. Kent Florence, CE’70, retired in 2001 and has three young grandchildren: Adrienne, Lannon and Camille. He tutors first and third graders at two elementary schools. Stephen A. Kambol, CE’75: “I am a principal program manager for CH2M HILL in Seattle, where, for the past five years, I’ve managed a 60-firm consulting team in preparing ELS and preliminary engineering documents for the Puget
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South Regional Transit Authority’s 14-mile East Link Light Rail Project.” Stephen C. Kienstra, CE’77: “Still working for a living, no grandchildren.” Steve Malcolm, CE’70, was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in November for leading Tulsa-based Williams to an era of growth and expansion. His 26-year career with the company included serving as CEO from 2002 until he retired in 2010. Brad Parrish, CE’77, MS’78, received the Private Practice Distinguished Service Award from the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers. Larry J. Schall, CE’71, formed an expert witness and peer review company called Schall Engineering Consulting LLC. He specializes in civil engineering design and maintenance management for public and private infrastructure. The company handles both plaintiff and defense cases. Check out his website online at: schallengineering.com. Walter S. Schamel III, CE’70: “I have retired as training manager for airline transportation pilots in Jacksonville, Fla. Now it is time to tour the great West before hanging up my spurs.” Robert Lee Ward, CE’71, MS CE’74, was named National Advisor of the Year for Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honorary. He is a professor at Ohio Northern University.
l1980s Mark A. Cook, CE’83: “This year I have been working on micro-tunneling. Interesting work. Also took vacation time diving on the wrecks in the Keys and Antigua.” Jeff Harpring, CE’87, was promoted to project review engineer with the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Central Bureau of Construction.
Keith A. Hinkebein, CE’86, MS EMgt’95, was appointed to the board of directors of HNTB Corp. He is chief operating officer of HNTB infrastructure. Michael J. Perry, CE’80, was elected chair of the board for the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis. Randy Rapp, CE’83, explores everything from kitchen grease fires to volcanic eruptions in his new book, Disaster Recovery Project Management: Bringing Order from Chaos, published by Purdue University Press. “While each type of event requires a very different scale and type of response, the project management challenges that face restoration and reconstruction professionals after the emergency are remarkably similar.” Rapp says. Suzanne (Cooper) Riney, CE’85: “Second son off to college; Tom (Riney, ME’83) and I are poor lonely parents. Michael is in his third year at Auburn and David is a freshman at Alabama — War Eagle, Roll Tide. Both boys are studying engineering.” Matt Seiler, CE’88, was named assistant district engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation’s southeast district. Randy Jerome Shed, CE’85: “My son, Randy Jr., a 2004 Rolla High School graduate and 2008 West Point graduate, graduated from Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga., in April, after serving nine months in Iraq.” Mark Shelton, CE’85, was named district engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation’s southeast district. Tom Stehn, CE’83, was named assistant district engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation’s southeast district.
l1990s Neil Brady, CE’95, was recently named vice president of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, a 1,400-member statewide association headquartered in Jefferson, City, Mo. Brady is president and engineering manager for Anderson Engineering in Springfield, Mo. Ryan Hahn, CE’99, and his wife, Heather, had a boy, William (Will) on Dec. 2, 2010. He joins brothers Jacob, 4, and Theodore (Teddy), 2. Karen (Thenhaus) Hand, CE’93, and her husband, Brian, had a boy, Silas Gage, on Sept. 15, 2010. Mathew David Silver, CE’98, and his wife, Marie, had twins, Grant and Rachel, in October 2010. They join brother Christopher, 6.
l2000s Benjamin Braatz, AE’02, MS AE’05, MS SysE’08, and Emilie (Els) Braatz, ArchE’08, had a boy, Caleb Robert, on May 17, 2011. He joins sister Anna Louise, born March 18, 2009. Joe Filla, CE’06, earned an MBA in May from Webster University. Eleanor A. Gillis, MS EnvE’08, finished a tour of duty to Iraq in May 2010. She is now attending medical school in Pennsylvania. Aaron T. Hargrave, CE’02, was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers. He is an associate engineer at Anderson Engineering, Inc. Jason Jeffries, CE’02, MS CE’04, and Shannon (Foil) Jeffries, CE, MS CE’03, had a girl, Harper Rene’, on Jan. 29, 2011. She joins brother Jack. Grandpa is Jim Foil, CE’74, MS CE’75. (continued on the next page) common ground | care.mst.edu
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alumni notes Jeremiah King, CE’06 and Maria (Conte) King, CE’05, MS CE’10 had a boy, Jeremiah David Jr., on June 25, 2011. Erik Lorince, AE’10, and Kierstyn Harvey, CE’09, were married on Oct. 22, 2011, at Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, La. They live in New Orleans.
Ryan Riess, CE’06, and Abigail (Pittroff) Riess, Hist’05, had a boy, Noah Michael, on Sept. 16, 2011. Grandfather is Robert A. Riess Sr., CE’79, and uncle is Robert A. Riess Jr., CE’04 Adam Rothermich, EE’09, and Rebecca Russell, ArchE’09, were married on April 24, 2010. They live in Lenexa, Kan.
Luke Miget, CE’04, and his wife, Sarah, had a boy, Matthew Charles, on April 17, 2010.
Brad White, ArchE’05, and his wife, Jamie, has a boy, Braden, on Jan. 9, 2010.
Christopher Morgan, CE ’02, and Sarah Phillips-Morgan, CE’02, MS CE’06, had a boy Levi Wyatt, on Sept. 16, 2010.
Zach White, CE’02 and Claire (Elsea) White, Math’03, Econ’03, had a girl, Elizabeth Claire, on April 24, 2011.
Rachel Mudd, CE’04, MS CE’06, married Chris Garrett on March 26, 2011, in Birmingham, Ala.
Philip Wilson, CE’02, joined Shafer, Kline & Warren Inc. (SKW) in the firm’s Macon, Mo., office.
Steve Puzach, CE’09, married Michelle Scheibel, ArchE’10, on Oct. 1, 2011.
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In memoriam
1930s Robert A. “Bob” Sackewitz, ’34 (Aug. 17, 2010)
1940s James R. Bowman, ’48 (Feb. 5, 2011) Albert S. DeValve, ’43 (Jan. 3, 2010) Eddie Dougherty, ’49 (Dec. 5, 2010) William Neustaedter, ’48 (April 22, 2011) Ernst A. “Ernie” Weinel, ’44, MS ’48 (Aug. 22, 2011) James C. Wilson, ’40 (Feb. 24, 2011)
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Joseph G. Bushko, ’55, was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity and served in the Korean War. He retired as a transportation engineer from the Missouri Department of Transportation in 1988. (Nov. 2, 2010) Roger Lee Feaster, ’57, was inducted into the S&T Hall of Fame for his performance on the track team and as quarterback and defensive back for the football team. He was commissioned to the U.S. Air Force in 1964 with the Air National Guard. He retired as lieutenant colonel from the Iowa National Guard in 1985 and retired from AON Corp. in 1999 as vice president of sales. He was a leader in his church and in many civic organizations. He loved sports, hunting, fishing and the outdoors. (March 21, 2011) Daniel D. Hall, ’59 (Sept. 10, 2011) Richard M. Humphries, ’54 (Oct. 20, 2010) Carl M. Knowles, ’50 (July 21, 2011)
Philip Averbach, ’50 (Oct. 16, 2011)
Sidney B. Norris, ’54 (May 14, 2010)
Charles L. Bambill, MS ’59 (May 20, 2011)
William R. Oldham, ’51 (Feb. 16, 2011)
James A.Van Bebber Jr., ’52 (Dec. 26, 2010) Brisbane H. Brown, ’59 (Nov. 15, 2010) Max A. Burgett, ’54, played on the Miner basketball team and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He retired from the Illinois Department of Transportation in Carbondale. He had heart transplant surgery in 1992 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was a devoted fan of Saluki sports and enjoyed gold with friends. (Feb. 28, 2011)
Bernard L. Pawloski, ’52 (Jan. 30, 2011)
1960s Richard I. Arnold, ’65 (Sept. 30, 2011) Dewayne A. Bell, ’60 (April 9, 2011) W. Howell “Hal” Branum, ’65, MS ’66, former assistant professor of civil engineering at S&T, passed away on July 1, 2011. Mr. Branum was president of Professional Service Industries, an engineering and environmental (continued on the next page) common ground | care.mst.edu
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consulting firm based in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. Prior to becoming president in 2000, Mr. Branum was chief operating officer of the company, which has 125 offices and 2,500 employees. Mr. Branum was also a veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, retiring with the rank of captain. (July 1, 2011)
William S. “Bill” Stokely, ’62 (Jan. 16, 2011) E.Victor Webb, ’69 (Sept. 11, 2010)
1970s
Robert Joseph Dacey, ’64, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1959. He earned an MBA from The George Washington University in 1972 and graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. He served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in France, Vietnam and the U.S., retiring in 1988 as an assistant chief. He attained the rank of major general, receiving the Distinguished Service Medal and Bronze Star.
Richard A. Dumay, ’71, MS EMgt’72, was a Green Beret during the Vietnam era and received a Purple Heart for his service. Later, Mr. Dumay worked as an engineer and helped build the city of Dubai. He retired as an engineer for the Department of Navy. (Oct. 29, 2010)
His post-military career included serving as senior vice president for design in the architecture and construction division at Mariott Corp., and as corporate engineer and a vice president of Science Applications International Corp., from which he retired in 2006. He received a professional degree from S&T in 1981 and was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. (Jan. 5, 2011)
David E. Shaw, MS ’71 (July 1, 2011)
Harold L. Hanlin, ’61 (Feb. 11, 2011) Alan A. Lischer Jr., ’63 (Aug. 15, 2011) John C. Minton, ’63 (Sept. 18, 2011) Vernelle T. “Vern” Smith, MS ’66 (Oct. 2, 2011) Virgil “Ed” Stiffler, ’67 (March 31, 2011)
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Mark S. Giulvezan, ’75 (May 25, 2011) Henry E. Haggard, ’77 (Sept. 9, 2011) Donald S. Peebles, ’70 (Aug. 8, 2011)
Frederick W. VonKaenel, ’71 (June 26, 2011) R. Allen Welshon Jr., ’76 (Jan. 31, 2011)
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