Capstone Engineer - Fall 2003

CAPSTONEENGINEER Fall 2003

Engineering Alumni Think Outside the Box

Excellence and Leadership in Engineering Education

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1-800-333-8156 Rodney W. Summerford, PE Mobile, Ala. National Chair, Board of Directors Cheryl Altemara Director, Capstone Engineering Society Timothy J. Greene Dean, College of Engineering Karen Meshad Baldwin Director of Advancement Mary Wymer Editor Deidre Stalnaker Assistant Editor

CAPSTONEENGINEER Capstone Engineer is published in the spring and fall by the Capstone Engineering Society. Address correspondence to the editor: Capstone Engineering Society, The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Box 870200, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0200. Issue No. 28.

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Cover Story: Engineers Thinking Outside the Box

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Six alumni with interesting careers discuss how engineering affects their everyday lives.

CE Student Balances Classwork with Busy Rodeo Schedule

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Sophomore Brian Wheat competes as a professional bull rider.

UA Honors Pioneers at “Opening Doors” Event

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The College of Engineering strives for diversity through the Multicultural Engineering Program.

News

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Surveying the College

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Events

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Alumni Notes

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In Memory

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Donor Listings

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Engineering Student Services

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Dean’s Message

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s I’ve mentioned in previous issues of our Capstone Engineer, one of the activities that I enjoy as dean is to travel across the United States meeting our outstanding alumni. Our alumni have followed so many different successful paths in their lives.

Many of our alumni have followed non-traditional paths and this issue of the Capstone Engineer focuses on some of those exciting careers.

Besides the stories here, our alumni have designed and built NASCAR racetracks, and created and led companies in the service and manufacturing fields. Some alumni have been elected or appointed to serve in city, state and federal government. We also have alumni who have been major land and housing developers, as well as senior military officers.

We have alumni who have also received law degrees and practice in a wide range of legal professions from environmental law to corporate law to patent law. Some have gone on to receive medical degrees and practice nearly every type of medicine.

Our alumni have continued their educations to earn master’s and doctoral degrees not only in engineering, but also in business and other fields.

They have been leaders in engineering colleges nationwide, and some have become deans. We have engineering alumni who have gone on to be senior scientists for NASA and other government laboratories, as well as one becoming an astronaut.

I hope you will enjoy this issue of the Capstone Engineer and reading about the varied careers of our alumni as much as I have enjoyed meeting these outstanding engineers.

Changing subjects, I want to tell you how pleased we are to have President Robert E. Witt and his wife, Mrs. Anne Witt, as our new president and first lady of the University. They joined us March 1 and immediately began to influence the University’s and College’s directions. President Witt is a strong supporter of the College of Engineering—undergraduate and graduate teaching, research and scholarship. One of his five key points is

to increase the research performed on this campus, and the College of Engineering is the leader on externally funded research at The University of Alabama. He also speaks to urgency, wanting to seek growth in all aspects of the University. Our goal of increasing our undergraduate enrollment from 1,583 undergraduates in the year 2003 to 2,010 in the year 2010 is an indication of how urgent the College of Engineering believes it is to grow this important component of our College.

The College continues to grow, and I thank you on behalf of the students, faculty and staff. I thank you for all of the contributions and support that you give to the College of Engineering that allow us to continue to follow our motto—“Excellence and Leadership in Engineering Education.”

Timothy J. Greene Dean, College of Engineering

Message from National Chair

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t is a privilege to serve as national chair of the Capstone Engineering Society, and I look forward to working with the College of Engineering staff and alumni. I am proud to be a graduate of the University and being involved in CES has allowed me to give back a little to the College of Engineering.

The primary objective of CES is to provide financial support to engineering and computer science students. This is done through scholarships awarded to highly qualified and deserving students. Attracting the top level high-school graduates to our College benefits them and allows us to continue in developing a program that will be second to none. The goal at Alabama is always to be number one, and the College of Engineering is no exception. The best way to make this happen is through the active support from all engineering alumni.

I encourage each of you to become involved through your financial contributions and active participation in the functions of the CES. There are many opportunities to participate both in your local area and on campus. I’m sure you will benefit from interaction with current students, as well as visiting with alumni who were in school when you attended. It is a good way to renew old friendships and to make new ones.

I hope to see you at the CES tent prior to home football games this fall.

Best regards,

Rodney W. Summerford, PE B.S.C.E. ’62 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | 1

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n today’s society, we are all encour-

aged to “think outside the box” and

come up with innovative solutions to complex situations. This cliché encourages looking at projects and life in a new way, perhaps even questioning conventional wisdom. These University of Alabama College of Engineering alumni did just that—thought creatively and responded to their own dreams, not to fixed ideas of what engineers should be—and got fantastic results.

From UA to . . .

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. . . the Mayor’s Office Tuscaloosa Mayor Al DuPont, B.S.C.E. ’61

“I BECAME INTERESTED IN POLITICS IN LOUISIANA, AS I WAS

As a young boy, Al DuPont would watch engineers build levies on the Mississippi River near his family’s farm in Louisiana. He knew that was what he wanted to do when he grew up. And he did, that is, after he served as a medic in the U.S. Army during World War II. During his short military term, he was wounded twice, received two Purple Hearts and married a girl from Tuscaloosa, Ala. DuPont began his engineering career working for the highway department and studying at Louisiana State University. On one of his many visits to Tuscaloosa, he met University of Alabama professors Warren Keith and Longino Woodman while working on a Tuscaloosa water shortage problem. They convinced him to work for the City of Tuscaloosa and attend the University.

GROWING UP DURING THE

DEPRESSION.” After working for the City for more than 30 years, DuPont decided he wanted a change. “I had kids out of school, out of college,” he said, “so I decided to run for mayor.”

He has been elected mayor of Tuscaloosa six times since that decision. He admits that even before he was interested in engineering, he was interested in politics. “I became interested in politics in Louisiana, as I was growing up during the Depression,” DuPont said. “My family have always been supporters of politics. We even entertained (former Louisiana governor) Huey Long at our farm.”

. . . the Courtroom Patent Attorney Pete Pappas, B.S.Ch.E. ’84, J.D. ’87 Patent attorney Pete Pappas started at the Capstone in chemical engineering. During final exams of his junior year, he decided he didn’t want to be a chemical engineer after all but he didn’t know what he wanted to do. Then he spoke with Dr. Ervin Van Artsdalen, a professor in the physical chemistry department, and that conversation changed his life. Van Artsdalen suggested that Pappas go to law school and consider becoming a patent attorney.

“To become a registered patent attorney, you must have a degree in engineering or science,” explained Pappas. “My job is to protect technology and I have to understand that technology in great detail and be able to explain it in writing.

Because of the technical nature of the products I represent, I use my chemical engineering degree every day.”

Today, Pappas is a partner in the Atlanta firm Sutherland Asbil & Brennan and concentrates primarily in chemical patent prosecution, mechanical patent prosecution, federal trademark prosecution, and licensing. One of the most fulfilling aspects of his job is representing the Coca-Cola Co. and understanding the history and technology of such an interesting company.

Sorry, but Pappas does not have the recipe.

“BECAUSE OF THE TECHNICAL NATURE OF THE PRODUCTS I REPRESENT, I USE MY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE EVERY DAY.”

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. . . the U.S. Embassy in France Ambassador Joe Rodgers, B.S.C.E ’56 Joe Rodgers has engineering in his blood; his father, three brothers and brother-in-law were all engineers. “It just seemed like the thing to do,” Rodgers said, on the decision to study engineering.

However, he did rebel just a bit—he went to UA instead of Auburn. His father, who was the Alabama highway director and worked closely with Auburn and UA, recommended the Capstone.

During his engineering career, Rodgers worked for and founded several successful contracting firms, but another duty was calling.

“I’ve always felt that people have a responsibility to be involved in politics,” he said. “One way is to vote—going further is to actively participate.”

Rodgers participated and became chairman of several committees and campaigns for the Republican Party, including the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and the U.S. Trade Representative’s Foreign Investment Advisory Committee.

His most rewarding achievement was being appointed U.S. ambassador to France in 1985, a position he held until 1989. French President François Mitterrand awarded him Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, a rank only seven other living Americans hold.

Even after all of his political success, he still returned to his first passion—engineering. He is still actively involved in Rodgers Capital Corp. and American Constructors Inc., which he founded.

“I’VE ALWAYS FELT THAT PEOPLE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS. ONE WAY IS TO VOTE—GOING FURTHER IS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE.”

. . . Hollywood Studio Executive Bernard Weitzman, B.S.C.E. ’47 Bernard Weitzman earned a civil engineering degree from The University of Alabama, and then returned to his home state of Massachusetts to work for an engineering firm in Boston. He wouldn’t stay long; his dreams were calling him to Hollywood.

“I always wanted to be in show business,” Weitzman said. “And back then engineers weren’t too well paid. There was a lot more money, and a lot more laughs in show business.”

Weitzman worked his way from being an usher to being an executive at Desilu, Lorimar, MGM and Universal Studios, working on shows like “I Love Lucy” and movies like Duel, which launched Steven Spielberg’s career. Today, he is president of Sussex Ltd., a management company for aspiring writers, actors and producers.

It took a great deal of hard work, and a

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SOME CALLED HIM CRAZY, BUT HE FOLLOWED HIS DREAMS, AND THEY TOOK HIM TO WHERE HE BELONGS. little bluffing, to get to the top, he said. He’ll never forget the feeling of accomplishment he had when Universal Studios named him a vice president and general manager.

He didn’t listen to anyone who told him that he wouldn’t make it, that he should just stay in Boston. Some called him crazy, but he followed his dreams, and they took him right to where he belongs.

. . . the Halls of Justice Environmental Attorney John Daniel, B.S.C.E. ’65, J.D. ’68

“MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT IS

Another of our graduates who chose to put his engineering expertise to use in the legal arena, John Daniel has devoted his career to environmental concerns. Daniel grew up with the desire to be both an engineer and attorney; he just had to figure a way to use both degrees together.

As he was preparing for life after law school, Dr. James Walters, professor emeritus of civil engineering, suggested he work in the public health service. In 1968, Daniel was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service; he was one of two chosen that year because he had engineering and law degrees.

He was placed in air pollution control at the federal level.

Since then, his career has soared in environmental law, especially in dealing with government contracts and policies. Daniel has held

ALABAMA IN THE 1970S.”

DEVELOPING THE AIR POLLUTION STANDARDS IN THE STATE OF

several government positions, including chief of staff of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, chief of the Environmental Law Division of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, and counsel to the then Alabama Air Pollution Control Commission.

“My proudest achievement is developing the air pollution control standards in the state of Alabama in the 1970s,” explained Daniel. “At the time Alabama had the worst air pollution laws in the country, and my engineering degree enabled me to combine the science aspect with the new air pollution laws.” Today, Daniel is an attorney in the Washington, D.C., office of the Atlantabased law firm Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy.

. . . the Doctor’s Office Ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia McCoy, B.S.Ch.E. ’85 Dr. Patricia McCoy always wanted to be a doctor, but she grew up in Huntsville, Ala., an engineering town, and her father is an engineer. So, when she started at the Capstone she didn’t know if she wanted to stay in school “forever” to become a doctor, and since she had a background in engineering, she decided on chemical engineering.

During her years in chemical engineering, she interned at Dow Chemical Co. in Baton Rouge, La. “It was a lot of fun working in the chemical plant in the summer,” said McCoy. She decided to stay in school and went to medical school at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, then on to an internship at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and her residency at the University of Tennessee at Memphis. Today, McCoy is a practicing ophthalmologist with The Eye Center in Huntsville, Ala. “I use the skills I learned in engineering every day,” explained McCoy. “Engineering basics are problem solving skills and I encounter different types of problems with each patient I work with, whether it is eye surgery for cataracts, glaucoma, crossed eyes or eye lids.”

“The part of the job I really love is that my patients see immediate results, and that differs from my work in chemical engineering in that sometimes projects take weeks and sometimes months before you can see the results,” said McCoy.

“I USE THE SKILLS I LEARNED IN ENGINEERING EVERY DAY.”

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CE student balances classwork with busy rodeo schedule

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ull riders live for the excitement, competitiveness, and adrenaline rush they experience with every ride. They can’t wait for the next opportunity to sit on a bull for a mere eight seconds!

Brian Wheat, a sophomore in civil and environmental engineering, experiences that excitement every weekend bull riding in rodeos. As a member of the Southern Pro Bull Riders Association, Wheat competes in rodeos in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

“Riding bulls is fun and exciting, but I knew I wanted to study engineering.”

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A native of Tuscaloosa, Wheat got interested in bull riding when a highschool friend talked him into trying it at a practice area in Cottondale, Ala. After that experience, he’s been riding ever since. He was on the National High School Finals team and was ranked in the top four high-school bull riders in the state of Alabama. Wheat was offered scholarships to colleges with rodeo teams throughout the Southeast, but he decided not to accept them because none of the colleges had engineering programs.

“Riding bulls is fun and exciting, but I knew I wanted to study engineering,” said Wheat.

“Making a good salary bull riding is tough, especially when you are injured. With engineering, I’ll be able to have a more stable career.”

Wheat’s best ride has been a high of 89 points out of 100. Another thrill was attending the Terry Don West Bull Riding School. His

worst ride was in September 2001, when he dislocated his shoulder and had major reconstructive surgery on his face. After that ride, Wheat now wears an optional safety helmet.

“So far, bull riding has not really interfered with my school work, although I did have to reschedule my final exam in Dr. Haynes’ class because I had a rodeo in Georgia,” commented Wheat.

UA HONORS PIONEERS AT “OPENING DOORS” EVENT College of Engineering strives for diversity

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he University of Alabama honored outstanding pioneers who played key roles in breaking racial barriers on campus as part of “Opening Doors,” a three-day program June 9–11 that commemorated the 40th anniversary of the first successful enrollment of African-American students at the Capstone. Gov. George Wallace’s famous “stand in the schoolhouse door” was met with a different reaction 40 years later when Gov. Bob Riley welcomed Vivian Malone Jones with open arms.

“Diversity is an integral part of the success of this University,” commented Dr. Timothy J. Greene, dean of the College of Engineering. “To provide a well-rounded education, faculty, staff and students must interact with each other to experience different backgrounds, races, religions and cultures fully.”

The College of Engineering continues to recognize the importance of diversity through its Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP), which was established in 1987 through a joint grant from the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. MEP services include pre-college counseling; enrollment counseling; tutorial assistance and counseling for enrolled students; assistance with the Cooperative Education Program; internship programs; and job placement upon graduation. MEP also assists undergraduate students applying for scholarships and other financial aid and provides information about scholarships and fellowships for graduate students.

To support the MEP, the Council of Partners, which was formed three years ago, consists of eight corporate participants who serve diversity programs as financial contributors, program steering representatives, program evaluators and student mentors. Each Council of Partners member sends a representative to meet on the UA campus twice a year to give oversight and direction to the College’s diversity programs.

“Currently, more than 18 percent of the College of Engineering’s undergraduate population are minorities (AfricanAmerican, Hispanic and Native American). The College has demonstrated a long-term commitment to improving

educational opportunities for minorities in engineering professions,” said Miranda Carlisle, Southern Company multicultural engineering program coordinator. “With a minimum annual contribution of $25,000 per year for four years, the Council of Partners helps secure many opportunities for our students.”

Recently, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama joined Alabama Power, American Cast Iron Pipe Co. (ACIPCO), BE&K, BellSouth, Southern Company, Southern Nuclear, and United States Steel as a Council of Partners member.

“These dedicated companies recognize the importance of diversity in their businesses and strive to develop multicultural organizations,” explained Carlisle. “We’re thrilled that Honda Manufacturing of Alabama has chosen to help expand the future of many students through UA’s diversity programs.”

“Diversity is an integral part of the success of this University. To provide a well-rounded education, faculty, staff and students must interact with each other to experience different backgrounds, races, religions and cultures fully.”

—Dr. Timothy J. Greene, Dean of the College of Engineering

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News HALL OF FAME INDUCTS TWO COE ALUMNI

CARUSO NAMED COE OUTSTANDING ALUMNI VOLUNTEER

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he State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted two College of Engineering alumni during a ceremony on Feb. 15, 2003, at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center.

The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame was founded by proclamation of the governor in 1987 to honor, preserve and perpetuate the outstanding accomplishments and Dennis L. Baxendale contributions of individuals, projects, corporations and institutions that have brought and continue to bring significant recognition to the state. College of Engineering alumni inducted were Dennis L. Baxendale and Leroy McAbee.

Dennis L. Baxendale (B.S.Ch.E. ’66), president and CEO of ELTECH Systems Corp., began his career in chemical engineering as a process engineer at Diamond Shamrock’s chlorine plant in Mobile. The University of Alabama graduate held many executive and management positions at the company and was a “charter member” of the upper management team of Diamond Shamrock’s divestiture unit, which became ELTECH. Baxendale continues to have strong links to his alma mater—he was recognized as a Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 2000 and as a Chemical Engineering Fellow in 1999.

Leroy McAbee (B.S.M.E. ’62) formed McAbee & Company in 1963 and it has grown into one of the most respected construction and engineering firms in the region. The firm’s employment practices have earned a National Society of Professional Engineers commendation, and the firm’s accident reporting is 80 percent below average. McAbee has been honored as a UA Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 1988 and the Leroy McAbee Tuscaloosa County Citizen of the Year and has earned Scouting’s Silver Beaver Award and a presidential appointment to the U.S. Selective Service Board.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2005 State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. Nomination forms are available at http://aehof.eng.ua.edu and are due by July 1, 2004.

n 1995 the College of Engineering began an annual tradition of recognizing alumni who have put forth exceptional effort to promote and support the College as its Outstanding Alumni Volunteer. This year’s honoree is Vincent P. Caruso.

Caruso has exhibited dedication to the College of Engineering as well as to the engineering profession and his community. He has served the College for many years on the board of the Capstone Engineering Society and was an active and loyal supporter for many years prior to this service.

Caruso wanted to support students, so he established an endowed scholarship that will provide perpetual financial support. He also has been supportive of many other scholarships through the College.

For almost half a century, Caruso contributed to the fields of industrial and aerospace engineering. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Alabama in 1951 and started a career with Standard Casket Manufacturing in Birmingham. He then went on to spend 35 years with NASA and the Boeing Co., focusing on space vehicle manufacturing, assembly, and test and launch operations. He has worked on many projects, including the Saturn, Apollo, Skylab and space shuttle programs.

He retired from NASA in 1987 and from Boeing in 1998. Along the way he received many top awards for his work. Among his honors is the Silver Snoopy Award given annually by NASA to the top one percent of their workforce. He also won NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal and was recognized in the 105th Congressional Record for outstanding professional and civic service.

Caruso was honored as this year’s Outstanding Alumni Volunteer at the College’s Distinguished Engineering Fellows banquet in March. Previous winners of the award include F. William Keith Jr., Susanna Tomlinson, Tom Patterson, Charles “Pap” Long, John Phillip Duke, Mike O’Brien, Dan Turner and Leroy McAbee.

UA President Robert E. Witt (left), Vincent Caruso (center) and Dean Timothy J. Greene (right).

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News CAPSTONE ENGINEERING SOCIETY– CONTEST FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

COLLEGE ANNOUNCES NEW DOTHAN AREA STUDENT RECRUITING AND ADVISING

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his spring the Capstone Engineering Society held a “Contest for Scholarships” and encouraged alumni to make contributions to CES and recruit new members. Points were awarded to those who participated during the contest period from February 1 through April 30. Several alumni participated and CES members Charles York of Dothan and Tom Terrell of Mobile tied for Charles York the win. This fall, the two will have scholarships awarded in their names to deserving engineering students who have a financial need.

York said he was happy to be a contest winner and feels strongly that scholarship support is critical to the quality of our engineering student population. “Anytime a student can get a little relief from the financial pressure of getting an education, it is well worth it,” commented York.

“The engineering curriculum is fairly demanding; I hope that my scholarship recipient will be able to worry a little more about the classroom and a little less about the cost of being in the classroom.”

Tom Terrell Terrell agrees and looks forward to corresponding with his engineering scholarship recipient during the year. “I would like to meet the recipient of my award and stay in touch through his or her time at UA,” Terrell said.

“You never know what will make a difference in someone’s life. I hope that in some way this bit of financial support will instill confidence in this student and make their experience better, richer, and, in the end, help create an excellent engineer.”

The $1,500 scholarships are for one year only and will be presented to students who have exhibited solid academic ability but also have a financial need. If you have an interest in providing financial support for engineering students, please contact the College’s director of advancement, Karen Baldwin, at 1-800-333-8156.

Thanks to all who participated in the contest!

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alcolm “Mickey” Johnson, B.S.M.E. ’65, will now assist the College of Engineering in student recruiting and advising in the Dothan area, specifically to support the B.S.M.E. at Troy State University Dothan. A reception dinner was held at the Dothan Country Club to introduce Johnson on April 24, 2003.

Johnson, retired vice president of BE&K Engineering Co., is a registered Malcolm “Mickey” Johnson engineer in Alabama and California and has held executive positions at Georgia Kraft Co., Union Camp Corp., and Monsanto Chemical Co. He was named a Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 1997.

BIG THANKS TO . . .

Our recent partners in the UA College of Engineering family. We appreciate their support of our students and programs.

Honda Manufacturing of Alabama becoming the newest Council of Partners member by supporting the Multicultural Engineering Program for the next four years BellSouth Corp. for continuing support of the Council of Partners in the Multicultural Engineering Program ACIPCO for their continuing support of the Council of Partners in the Multicultural Engineering Program Alabama Power Foundation for continuing support of the Chair in Intelligent Systems for Manufacturing in the industrial engineering department Southern Nuclear Operating Co. for continuing support of the Southern Nuclear scholarship funds for College of Engineering students 3M Foundation Inc. supporting the Multicultural Engineering Scholarship Program for the 2003–04 academic year The Boeing Co. for continuing support of a scholarship for multicultural engineering and two general engineering scholarships Rodgers Foundation for continuing support of the Rodgers Family Scholarship for civil engineering students Warren Ross for continuing support of an endowed scholarship in aerospace engineering and mechanics Diversified Career & Educational Services for their continuing support of the Multicultural Engineering Program Tom E. Doster III for continuing support of an endowed scholarship in industrial engineering Robert J. and L. Dianne Dlouhy for continuing support of an endowed scholarship in civil engineering Magnequench Technology Center for continuing support of the metallurgical and materials engineering department

Pictured from left to right: Clint Coleman, John Covington, James Delahay, Terry Woods, Merrill Jones, UA President Robert E. Witt and Dean Timothy J. Greene.

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select group of six alumni of the University of Alabama College of Engineering were honored in March as Distinguished Engineering Fellows. Recognition as a Fellow is the highest commendation given to graduates and other supporters who have strengthened the reputation of the College through their efforts and achievements.

Clint Coleman, B.S.E.E. ’83 Clint Coleman is vice president of Carrier Networks Division Engineering, Loop Technologies for ADTRAN Inc., a manufacturer of innovative telecommunications projects. Coleman began his professional career with UDS/Motorola in Huntsville as a design engineer. In 1987, he joined ADTRAN where he was a charter member of the design team that developed ADTRAN’s first HDSL transceiver. Through his contributions, he helped ADTRAN grow from a small start-up company to a major telecommunications equipment provider with annual revenues exceeding $450 million.

John W. Covington, B.S.Ch.E. ’72 John Covington is president of Chesapeake Consulting, a company he founded in 1988, which gives more than 10 percent of its pre-tax profits to charities chosen by a committee of employees. After years of working in various management roles, Covington got the chance to follow one of his dreams by starting his own business, Chesapeake Consulting. Through Covington’s leadership, Chesapeake Consulting has worked with companies around the globe including Georgia Pacific Corp., 3M Corp., and Wilson Sporting Goods Co. This past year, the company’s recorded gross profits surpassed $3 million. Covington was named Small Businessperson of the Year by the Greater Severna Park (Maryland) Chamber of Commerce in 2002.

James M. Delahay, PE, B.S.C.E. ’80, M.S.C.E. ’87 James Delahay, president and CEO of LBYD Inc., has been the structural engineer of record for hundreds of commercial and industrial building projects throughout the United States. A few notable building projects with LBYD include the award-winning Birmingham Airport additions and renovations and the Mercedes-Benz Visitor and Training Center in Vance.

Delahay has been the chairman of the Structural Committee of the International Building Code. He also has served as the vice chairman of

the Wind Load Task Committee of the ASCE 7 Committee. Through his leadership, this group redefined the procedures for calculating wind loads and is considered the foremost wind-engineering group in the U.S. Merrill Jones, B.S.Ch.E. ’61, M.S.Ch.E. ’63, Ph.D. ’65 Merrill Jones is the project manager for sustaining engineering, program engineering and program closeout for the NASA Spacelab and payloads carriers programs for the Boeing Co. He was the Boeing member on an international team to plan Spacelab’s use for educational purposes by the United States and Europe. Jones’ outstanding performance on both the Spacelab and the International Space Station programs has been widely recognized as a key contribution to program success for the Boeing Co. and to the U.S. space program. Jones received the H.G. Johnston Memorial Award for the outstanding UA engineering student in 1961, and he received a UA Outstanding Chemical Engineering Fellow Award in 1988.

Marc Bryant Tyson, B.S.C.E. ’85 Marc Bryant Tyson is president and founder of Ready Mix USA Inc. He has established the company as one of the top ready-mix concrete, concrete block and aggregate producers in the Southeast. The company employs more than 1,100 people in five states and includes 80 ready-mix concrete plants, 18 block plants, seven sand and gravel operations, and a septic tank plant. Notable projects where Ready Mix USA products have been instrumental include Shelby Hall, the interdisciplinary science building under construction on the UA campus, the Honda manufacturing plant in Lincoln, and the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant in Vance.

Terry R. Woods, PE, B.S.Mt.E. ’80 Terry Woods is the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Nuclear Power program chief civil and metallurgical engineer, responsible for providing technical support and strategic guidance to multiple plant sites on safety and reliability issues. Woods was recently featured in Diversity Careers magazine for his involvement in recruiting and training new college graduates and he is instrumental in TVA’s recruiting of UA interns and graduating engineers.

Woods received a UA Outstanding Metallurgical Engineering Fellow Award in 1988.

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Surveying the College CORDES RECEIVES HACKNEY AWARD Dr. David Cordes, associate professor and head of the computer science department, received the 2003 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership Award. The award honors a faculty member who exemplifies the leadership qualities that advance and add to the stature of the College of Engineering.

Cordes has served the College of Engineering admirably for 15 years.

He has been involved in several professional organizations, has received numerous awards for his accomplishments, and has authored more than 100 publications and presentations throughout his career. Cordes received his B.S. from the University of Arkansas, his M.S. from Purdue University, and his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University.

Under Cordes’ leadership, the computer science department has evolved into a valuable resource in the College of Engineering. Through his efforts the department has become a well-respected program academically and has developed a solid research foundation. He has been a key figure in developing innovative curriculum for the department, which has been awarded competitive grants totaling more than $4.5 million.

Dean Timothy J. Green (left), Destin Sandlin (center) and Cheryl Altemara, director of the Capstone Engineering Society (right).

SANDLIN RECEIVED OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD A $500 cash stipend and plaque were presented to Destin Wilson Sandlin, a mechanical engineering major, as the 2003 CES Outstanding Senior. He is the recipient of a NASA Space Grant, ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Scholarship, the Milton Ward Scholarship, the Todd Memorial Scholarship, a Boeing Scholarship, the New York Chapter Alumni Aerospace Scholarship, the Madeline Keaton Kuniff Endowed Aviation Scholarship, and the Youngblood Engineering Scholarship. Sandlin’s academic honors include the President’s List, the Dean’s List, NASA Space Grant Scholar, Pi Tau Sigma, Pi Eta Sigma, Mortar Board, International Gas Turbine Institute Award, Harrisberger Award for senior design excellence, and Tau Beta Pi–Shiniest Bent.

UA President Robert E. Witt (left), Dr. David Cordes (center) and Dean Timothy J. Greene (right).

In addition to his departmental duties, he currently is serving as project director for the State of Alabama National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR Internet2 Effort, which extends the scope of state research by combining efforts with six universities in the state. He also has been a key figure in the Foundation Coalition, serving as the national strategy director for sharing, outreach and dissemination activities.

This award was created as a tribute to T. Morris Hackney for his leadership of the Citation Corp. As president of Citation, Mr. Hackney supported The University of Alabama with a $1 million endowment to provide student scholarships and fund renovations of UA’s foundry. This award is made possible by contributions from Mr. John H. Josey, and his son, Mr. Howard Josey.

Cordes was recognized as the Hackney Award winner at the College’s Distinguished Engineering Fellows banquet in March.

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COE STUDENTS RACE MINI-BAJA IN UTAH A team of six mechanical engineering seniors competed in Provo, Utah, May 6–12, racing a Mini-Baja vehicle on an off-road track as part of a senior design-class project. The students designed and built the Mini-Baja under project advisor Dr. Joey Parker, associate professor of mechanical engineering. They competed in three separate events, against more than 100 teams, and achieved their primary goal of completing the endurance portion of the race.

NEW FACES AT THE COE

ME PROFESSOR RECEIVES TWO FELLOW AWARDS

SUTTON JOINS AS NEW HEAD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Dr. Stephen Kavanaugh, professor of mechanical engineering, was presented with Fellow awards by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. Kavanaugh and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Kavanaugh is considered an international authority in ground-source heat pump technology and use.

The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently named Dr. William Sutton as head of the department of mechanical engineering (ME).

“The College of Engineering is excited that Dr. Sutton will serve as head of mechanical engineering,” said Dr. Timothy J. Greene, dean of the Sutton College of Engineering. “He brings to the position an accomplished background of research and teaching, and his dedication and leadership will advance both the College and the University.”

Sutton received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University in 1973, 1975 and 1981 respectively.

After receiving his doctorate, Sutton began teaching at the University of Oklahoma, where he became professor and interim director of the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. His research and teaching emphasize environmental energy systems and thermal sciences.

Sutton is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and Oklahoma, and he is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Society of Automotive Engineers. He also has authored or co-authored more than 40 articles, conference presentations and research reports.

Before pursuing his doctorate, Sutton worked in the private sector as a design engineer at Rockwell International and as a senior engineer at Carolina Power & Light Co.

PROJECT ROSE RECEIVES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AWARD Project ROSE (Recycled Oil Saves Energy), the voluntary, used motor oil recycling program for the state of Alabama, recently received the 2003 Best Environmental Education Program in Alabama award from the Environmental Education Association of Alabama.

WYMER JOINS AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Mary Wymer joined the College as director of public relations. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., she received her degree in public relations from Florida State University. Wymer is responsible for publicizing news and events of the College of Engineering and serving as editor of the Capstone Engineer. Most recently, Wymer Wymer served as the public relations senior account executive at the advertising agency of Gish, Sherwood & Friends in Nashville, Tenn., where she managed public relations campaigns for numerous manufacturing-based clients.

A group of UA engineering students recently performed experiments in a NASA-sponsored reduced-gravity laboratory. The students experienced a “weightless” testing environment by spending several hours aboard a Boeing KC-135A jet, which performed parabolic maneuvers to create reduced-gravity conditions. The research project was titled TARGET: Threaded Assembly Reduced Gravity Environment Testing.

TWO COE STUDENTS PLACE IN IIE STUDENT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

JEWELL IS NEW CES PROGRAM ASSISTANT Angela Jewell has joined the Capstone Engineering Society as the new program assistant.

The Tuscaloosa native has more than 10 years of administrative experience. Her duties with CES include receiving and acknowledging contributions, working with the board of directors on various activities, and providing general assistance for CES members.

STUDENTS EXPERIMENT ON NASA'S FLYING LABORATORY

Recent UA industrial engineering graduates Tonita Romero and Kayla Erwin placed second and third, respectively, for the Institute of Industrial Engineers Student Award of Excellence. The two were recognized for the awards at the IIE annual conference in May.

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Surveying the College IE PROFESSOR ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ISOES Dr. Paul S. Ray, associate professor of industrial engineering, was elected president of the International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety. Founded in 1986, the ISOES consists of engineers specializing in occupational ergonomics and safety in more than 17 countries.

UA ASME WINS LITTLE GIANT AWARD UA’s student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers recently received the Little Giant Award, a national award for its activities.

The award recognizes student sections that show outstanding achievement based on student section effectiveness, including diversity of activities. To be considered for the award, an ASME chapter must be judged to have merited distinction in its respective region. The UA chapter received first place in region XI. Other colleges in the region include Auburn University, Mississippi State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

CE PROFESSOR ELECTED TREASURER OF CUTC Dr. Daniel S. Turner, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the University Transportation Center for Alabama, has been elected treasurer of the Council of University Transportation Centers. This initiates a four-year commitment to the CUTC, during which Turner Turner will serve one-year terms in succession as treasurer, vice president, president, and then on the executive committee.

COE ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP BOARD CHAIR Robert Haubein, retired executive vice president of Southern Company Generation, has been named chairman of the College of Engineering Leadership Board. During his two-year term, Haubein will preside over all Leadership Board meetings and oversee all the activities and Haubein responsibilities of the board. The Leadership Board consists of engineering leaders from Alabama and the United States.

Its mission is to review programs and accomplishments of the College of Engineering and provide the dean with critical analyses.

TODD ELECTED SOUTHEAST ASEE PRESIDENT Dr. Beth Todd, associate professor of mechanical engineering, recently was elected president of the Southeast Section of the American Society of Engineering Education.

NSF HAS RECORD-BREAKING CONFERENCE

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The 2003 National Science Foundation’s Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, hosted by the COE, was held in Birmingham. The conference included more than 725 attendees, 500 posters, 350 papers, 30 invited talks, six technical tours and included the keynote lecture by Paul MacCready, Time magazine’s Engineer of the Century.

Honor someone close to you this holiday season… by giving a gift in their name that supports engineering and computer science students. The College of Engineering will send a holiday card acknowledging your thoughtful donation directly to the person of your choice. Your gift will benefit the Capstone Engineering Society, which funds scholarships, recruitment activities and student awards.

Call 1-800-333-8156 by December 12 to place your donation card order.

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RESEARCH NEWS

TRUCK WITH PROTOTYPE FUEL-CELL AUXILIARY POWER UNIT VISITED UA CAMPUS A heavy-duty highway tractor truck equipped with a first-of-itskind fuel-cell auxiliary power unit (APU), which is designed to reduce diesel fuel consumption and emissions, made a stop at the College of Engineering. Researchers at UA’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies have been directly involved with the development of the truck-mounted device.

The Freightliner Class 8 Sleeper Cab truck is equipped with a fuel-cell APU, which generates power for the truck’s onboard electronics and appliances. The APU has the potential to substantially reduce fuel usage, vehicle emissions and maintenance costs by more efficiently and cleanly meeting power needs. This prototype APU recently was awarded the Automotive Engineering International Tech 2003 Award for being one of the top technologies on display at the Society of Automotive Engineers’ World Congress in Detroit, Mich.

UA’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies supports the fuel-cell APU partnership by providing noise and vibration analysis and system modeling capabilities.

Dr. Philip Johnson (right) holds a piece of rebar with a hole in it made by the waterjet drill. Dr. Andrew Graettinger stands in the background.

UA RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW METHOD TO STABILIZE OLDER BUILDINGS Dr. Andrew Graettinger, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Dr. Philip Johnson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, have developed a method of drilling long, straight, small holes in typical building materials without compromising the strength of the structure. This new method will be used for building stabilization, especially in areas that are considered earthquake zones.

Masonry structures can withstand tremendous vertical loads, but problems arise when the structure moves horizontally as happens during an earthquake. Steel reinforcing bars inserted vertically and horizontally through the walls can stabilize the structure, but conventional drilling equipment cannot be controlled well enough to drill holes into an existing wall.

Graettinger and Johnson developed a new waterjet drill that makes long holes which are smaller and straighter than any other current drill. The waterjet is also portable, making it easy to bring to and move around the work site. They modified a pressure washer to incorporate grit into its water stream. The mixture of water, polymer and grit shoots out of a 1/4inch drill rod that is connected to an abrasive injection system and 5,000psi pressure washer. At 545 miles per hour, the mixture sands and washes away almost any material including steel, concrete and brick.

The holes can be used for the insertion of stabilizing bars to tie a structure together internally to resist shaking. This new method could preserve historical structures and save thousands of dollars in construction costs.

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Surveying the College RESEARCH NEWS

UA COMPUTER SCIENTISTS DEVELOP NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCH ENGINE CHE PROFESSOR RECEIVES NSF CAREER AWARD The National Science Foundation has awarded Dr. Tonya Klein, a Reichhold-Shumaker Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, with a CAREER Award, NSF’s most prestigious award for top performing scientists and engineers early in their careers. Klein has been awarded a five-year, $570,000 grant to further explore ways of producing smaller and less expensive computer chips.

The award is courtesy of NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER). NSF established CAREER in 1995 to help top performers early in their careers to develop simultaneously their contributions and commitment to research and to education. According to the NSF website, CAREER supports the activities of those teacher-scholars who are “most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century.” CAREER awardees are selected on the basis of creative, career-development plans that effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their institution.

Klein will investigate “atomic layer deposition.” This is a method for depositing thin films—only several molecules thick—one atomic layer at a time, as a process for forming materials used in electronic and magnetic devices, including computer chips.

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Arrests, routine traffic stops and other daily law enforcement duties can be dangerous for police officers, but now they are becoming a little safer, faster and more accurate thanks to a new system developed by UA computer scientists.

The Law Enforcement Tactical System, or LETS, is a secure, Web-based search engine that allows law enforcement and criminal justice agencies to search numerous databases simultaneously, returning information in real time while it facilitates in-depth searches. Those searches can be done by person or vehicle characteristics. The system was developed by UA’s CARE Research & Development Laboratory (CRDL) in 2002 and has grown rapidly.

“Officers in the field can find out who is driving a car they are following and can make a positive identification of people who do not have a driver’s license in their possession,” explained Dr. David Brown, computer science professor and director of development of the CRDL. LETS also can check warrants and protection orders. Officers on the side of the road can gain access to these databases without having to radio the information to a dispatcher, who would then input it into one database at a time.

Brown works with Dr. Allen Parrish, associate professor of computer science and director of the CRDL, and Dr. Brandon Dixon, assistant professor of computer science, on the growing LETS project. Currently, there are about 3,000 users of the system, and an average of one database a month is being added.

The UA team is working with several agencies throughout the state to continue the development and implementation of LETS, including the Alabama Office of Law Enforcement Systems Integration and Standards, Department of Public Safety, Administrative Office of Courts, Office of the Attorney General, and the Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

Direct financial support has come from the Southwest Alabama Integrated Criminal Justice System.

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Events GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES FUNDS FOR CES The Greater Birmingham Chapter of the Capstone Engineering Society held its third annual CES Golf Tournament on April 28 at the Tannehill National Golf Course in Birmingham.

Net proceeds of almost $6,000 will benefit CES initiatives, including scholarships for outstanding engineering students. The tournament was open to alumni and friends.

BIG THANKS to this year’s sponsors

•ACIPCO •Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP •Brasfield & Gorrie •Burr & Forman LLP •Chesapeake Consulting Inc. •Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co. Inc. •Continental Conveyer & Equipment Co. •Corus Tuscaloosa •Crest Cadillac of Birmingham •C. S. Beatty Construction Inc. •Dobbs Electric •Doughty & Powers Engineering LLC •EBSCO Promotional Products •Forestry Environmental Services Inc. •Martin Engineering Co. Inc. •Malcolm Pirnie •McAbee Construction Inc. •Rast Construction Inc. •Russo Corp.

•Saiia Construction LLC •The Thompson Foundation •USInfrastructure Inc. •Volkert & Associates Inc. •Vulcan Painters Inc. •Wade Sand and Gravel Inc.

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Above: Jon Noland (center), B.S.M.E. ’92, congratulates the winners, Dan Smith (left) and Chris Rush (right), B.S.C.E. ’96.

Noland and Rush were co-chairs of the golf tournament.

Left: Brian Moore, B.S.C.E. ’97, won the putting contest. Moore served as a co-chair of the golf tournament.

GREATER BIRMINGHAM AREA CES CHAPTER PLANS MEETING AT NEW MOTORSPORTS PARK IN OCTOBER All Greater Birmingham Area UA engineers and friends are invited to tour the new Barber Motors Sports Park in Leeds on Wednesday, October 29. The new park is rumored to be one of the finest road racing facilities of its kind in the country. Attendees will learn about the course and its design, as well as tour the facilities and the motorcycle museum located in the park. The motorcycle collection is considered the largest in the world. There will be a charge to attend.

For more information, please call Cheryl Altemara at (205) 348-2341 or e-mail caltemara@coe.eng.ua.edu.

GREATER BIRMINGHAM CES CHAPTER TOURS SLOSS FURNACES Birmingham-area UA engineers gathered on February 28 to tour the historic Sloss Furnaces and hear from the director of the furnaces, Bob Rathburn, Ph.D. After a brief update on continued efforts to preserve the furnaces, attendees took a guided tour of the grounds. The group is pictured just beyond the structure where the blast furnace is housed.

COE CELEBRATES FIRST ENGINEERING WEEK (E-WEEK) The College celebrated its first Engineering Week, March 8–14.

Events included a University-wide open house, a bowling tournament, pizza party, and an alumni panel discussion.

BELLSOUTH CORP. AND HONDA MANUFACTURING OF ALABAMA SUPPORT THE COUNCIL OF PARTNERS

BOEING CO. CONTINUES COE SUPPORT WITH SCHOLARSHIPS Dean Timothy J. Greene accepts a scholarship check from Peri Widener (left), Boeing Huntsville senior site executive, and Dan Olberding (right), Boeing missile defense systems director of engineering. On April 4 at the Boeing Tech Fellowship Banquet, Boeing presented the College of Engineering with a $2,000 scholarship for multicultural engineering and two general engineering scholarships for $6,000.

ALABAMA POWER HOSTS UA ENGINEERS LUNCHEON Alabama Power Co. treated its Birmingham-area employees, who hold engineering degrees from The University of Alabama, to lunch on April 22 at its headquarters in Birmingham. The luncheon was a great way for the Capstone Engineering Society (CES) and alumni to connect. Selina Lee (B.S.E.E. ’90), assistant to senior vice president of power delivery for Alabama Power, coordinated the luncheon with the CES. This is the first event of its kind for CES and other events are being planned with companies employing many COE graduates. If you would like to host an event like this for UA engineers at your company, please call Cheryl Altemara at (205) 348-2341.

Dean Timothy J. Greene accepts a check from Darryl Jones, district manager of electronics deployment with BellSouth. Pictured left to right are Miranda Carlisle, College of Engineering Southern Company multicultural engineering coordinator; Dean Greene; Darryl Jones, BellSouth; Sylvia Kelsoe, major accounts manager with BellSouth; and Karen Baldwin, College of Engineering director of advancement.

COE ALUMNI ENJOY MCGIFFERT FISH FRY On May 1, 2003, McGiffert & Associates LLC hosted a fish fry at the McGiffert family farm for COE alumni. Guests were treated to a dinner of catfish, chicken fingers, fried shrimp, chicken livers and all the trimmings.

Approximately 150 alumni gathered at the farm to enjoy fellowship and delicious food.

James Freer (center), team manager in Honda’s human resources department, presents Miranda Carlisle (left) and Karen Baldwin (right) with Honda’s Council of Partners check. Freer will be Honda’s Council of Partners representative.

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Alumni Notes JOBS/PROMOTIONS/ AWARDS 1949 Richard Acker, B.S.I.E. ’49, was inducted into the Mississippi Business Hall of Fame in 2003.

Acker was the former director of Mississippi operations for Delphi Packard Electric and executive director of the Jackson Enterprise Center. Acker was inducted as a Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 1987.

1963 Ed Watt, B.S.C.E. ’63, received the Outstanding Engineer of the Year award from the professional engineering societies in Chattanooga, Tenn. It Watt is presented to an engineer who has made outstanding professional contributions to his or her profession, public welfare and/or humanity. Watt is an executive vice president at the Volkert & Associates Inc. Chattanooga office.

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1975 Jane Ammons, Ph.D., B.S.I.E. ’75, M.S.I.E. ’76, received the Institute for Industrial Engineers Fellow Award, which recognizes distinguished service and leadership.

Ammons is the NSF ADVANCE professor of engineering and a professor in industrial and systems engineering in the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Ammons was inducted as a Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 1993.

1982 Mark Fuller, B.S.Ch.E. ’82, J.D. ’85, was appointed to the Middle District bench by President George W. Bush in August 2002. Fuller received recommendations for the district judgeship from Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby. Previously, Fuller served as assistant district attorney for the 12th Judicial Circuit in Alabama.

Rodney M. Young, B.S.M.E. ’82, joined Thompson Hine LLP in Cincinnati, Ohio, working in the intellectual property practice group. Young is a registered patent attorney, admitted to practice in Ohio, Indiana and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.

John Daniel, B.S.C.E. ’65, J.D. ’68, joined Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP in Washington, D.C., as Of Counsel to the firm’s government and Daniel construction contracts practice. Daniel is a member of the 1986 College of Engineering’s Leadership Teresa Compton Guarcello, Board and was inducted as a B.S.M.E. ’86, and Scottie Penton Distinguished Engineering B.S.Pet.E. ’86, announced Oliver, Fellow in 1988. the formation of Executive Advantage Group, a minority1973 owned consulting firm that matches Robert M. Savage Jr., B.S.Ch.E. the skill sets of executive parents ’73, joined Northrop Grumman with corporations that need highInformation Technology, which is level expertise but want to avoid supporting the Defense Threat the high overhead costs of full-time Reduction Agency in employees. Executive Advantage Alexandria, Va. 20 | CAPSTONE ENGINEER

Group will operate out of offices in Atlanta, Ga., and Tampa Bay, Fla. Pamela Jenkins, B.S.Ch.E. ’86, joined Westinghouse-Anniston as its assistant operations manager.

1991 Brad Newman, B.S.I.E. ’91, M.S.I.E. ’98, was promoted to plant manager for Collins & Aikman’s Nashville, Tenn., plant. The Nashville facility supplies interior trim components to Toyota, Mercedes-Benz (Daimler-Chrysler), and General Motors. Previously, Newman was the operations manager of the Collins & Aikman’s Athens, Tenn., facility, which was recognized as an Industry Week’s Top 10 Plant in North America in 2002.

1995 Brett Crider, B.S.E.E. ’95, systems engineer for Hired-Hand Manufacturing, along with his brothers Tony and Shawn, recently received the SHARP certification award from the UA Safe State Program. SHARP (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program) is a national safety recognition program that provides incentives and support to small, high-hazard employers to work with their employees in order to develop, implement and continuously improve the effectiveness of their workplace safety and health programs. Hired-Hand is only the third company in Alabama to achieve this national safety award.

Melinda Durham Immel, B.S.C.E. ’95, received the Young Engineer of the Year 1993 Award from the Mobile Tom Broadfoot, Area Council of Engineers.

B.S.Ch.E. ’93, was proImmel joined Volkert & moted to manufacturAssociates Inc. in Mobile ing engineering in 1995 and is responsispecialist at 3M Co. ble for the design of civil in Decatur. Broadfoot and utility engineering has been a major projects for municipalities contributor to the Immel and utility boards. She was Scotchgard™ carpet the project engineer for site work, protector product line. paving, landscaping, permitting and tank construction for the award1994 winning Three Mile Creek Severe Richard A. Nail II, B.S.C.E. ’94, Weather Attenuation Tank. was promoted to principal and stockholder at LBYD Inc. in Birmingham.

Nail’s current projects include the development of numerous high schools, Walgreens Drug Stores, Advance Auto Parts and Blockbuster Videos throughout Alabama.

1996 Allen Welch, B.S.Ch.E. ’96, was promoted to plant process improvement engineer for the Memphis Oil Refinery (Wesson) division of ConAgra Foods.

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1998 Kenneth Criswell, B.S.M.E. ’98, passed the professional engineer exam and is employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Montgomery.

Above: U.S. Navy Lt. Timothy Waits, B.S.A.E. ’93, was seen in the cover page photo of the May 2, 2003, edition of USA Today. Waits is the first person standing to the right of President George W. Bush on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Photo copyright 2003, USA Today. Reprinted with permission.

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Tanya Cole Andrews, B.S.M.E. ’99, received the Society of Women Engineers (UA Chapter) Alumni Service award. Andrews is also the co-chair of Explore Engineering, which is the K–12 outreach portion of the upcoming SWE National Conference to be held in Birmingham in October. Andrews and her husband, Jarod Ray Andrews, B.S.M.E. ’99, had a baby, Cole Ray Andrews, on December 10, 2002.

Ashley Taylor, B.S.Ch.E. ’00, was promoted to programmer/analyst for Gulf States Paper Corp.’s information services division. She is located at Gulf States’ national headquarters in Tuscaloosa.

2001 Nathan Reamey, B.S.I.E. ’01, joined Vulcan Painters Inc. in Bessemer as the ISO and continuing improvement coordinator.

Reamey is responsible for managing quality and maintaining ISO 9000 standards.

Brett Tucker, B.S.C.E. ’02, was seen falling out of the skies in the Birmingham area while taking skydiving lessons. Tucker, a civil engineer at Burk-Kleinpeter Inc. in Birmingham, is finishing his master’s degree in civil engineering at the Capstone.

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In Memory

William Frank Cobb Jr.

Edward J. Dulis

William Frank Cobb Jr. died on July 28, 2003. Cobb, a resident of Jasper, Ala., received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1939. Cobb was retired president of Cobb Coal Co., Mammoth Coal Co., Bankhead Mining Co. and Jefferson Coal Co., and he also was a retired director of Northern Energy Resource Co. He held the title of Honorary Director of the Alabama Coal Association and the National Coal Association.

Cobb was very involved with the Capstone, serving as the past chairman of the Mining Chair Advisory Committee in the department of mineral engineering. He was also a member of the Capstone Engineering Society, the Board of Regents and the Alabama Museum of Natural History. In 1988, the College inducted Cobb as a Distinguished Engineering Fellow.

Edward J. Dulis died on April 4, 2003, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Dulis received a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering in 1942 and a master’s degree from Stevens Institute of Technology. He ended his career with 41 years at Crucible Materials Corp. research division. While at Crucible, Dulis served on the board of directors, was a corporate vice president of Colt Industries when it acquired Crucible, and retired as president of research.

He continued there as a consultant until 1991.

Dulis has authored more than 60 publications on various aspects of metallurgy, and was the inventor on more than 20 patents. He was a Fellow and member of the Board of Trustees of the ASM (International Materials Information Society).

Dulis’ career awards include the 1985 ASM Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, the 1990 AIME Robert Earll McConnell Award and was inducted into UA’s Distinguished Engineering Fellows in 1988. The family is establishing the Edward J. Dulis scholarship in his memory through the ASM International Foundation.

Edna Ray Davis Edna Ray Davis, the widow of John Virden Davis, died on October 11, 2002. Both were actively involved in supporting the University and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. John V. Davis received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1929, was named a Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 1988 and was inducted in the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2000. Edna R. Davis received a bachelor’s degree from New College in 1983. Combining her many years of teaching, attending UA during the summers and writing a book about lighthouses, she fulfilled her requirements for a degree.

The Davises donated a rare 1936 “Hooper Body” Rolls Royce to the College and endowed a scholarship for students in mechanical engineering.

Edna Davis also gave gifts of a 1929 crimson wool pillow with a leather seal and a 1926 “Yea Alabama!” song sheet to the museums. In addition, the Davises were charter members of The University of Alabama’s Denny Society.

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Johnnie Culpepper Farabee Johnnie Culpepper Farabee, the widow of Dr. Ray L. Farabee, died on Feb. 6, 2003. Both were actively involved in supporting the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. In 2000, the renovated foundry at the College was dedicated to Ray Farabee in recognition of his many contributions to the College.

Aaron S. Glidewell

Ferrin Y. Mathews

Aaron S. Glidewell died on Feb. 10, 2003. Glidewell is survived by his wife, Hildred, a son, David, who is a 1973 metallurgical engineering graduate, a daughter, Rebecca, and a grandson.

Glidewell received a bachelor of science in chemistry (metallurgy option) in 1950 and was named a Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 1988.

Glidewell served the metallurgical industry for more than 40 years beginning in 1950 with Jackson Industries in its production foundries division. In 1962, he became a partner in Calera Castings and Specialty Co. Foundry, and a year later became owner and president, changing the name to Glidewell Specialties Foundry Co. Eventually, he formed and headed two other industry companies—Metallurgical Services Inc. and Southern Foundry Co.

Ferrin Y. Mathews died on Nov. 21, 2002. Mathews attended The University of Alabama before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. In the service, he served as gunnery officer on the USS Iowa during World War II and was active in the Naval Reserves. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in textile engineering in 1948 and he earned his J.D. from Emory University in 1951. He worked for the city of Atlanta’s legal department for 25 years, serving as city attorney for five years. He retired from the city in 1980 and pursued private practice. Although he did not finish his degree at the Capstone, Mathews was a longtime friend and supporter of the College of Engineering.

Rickey Harrison Rickey Harrison died on May 27, 2003, in Northport, Ala. Harrison is survived by his wife, Sharon, two daughters and one granddaughter. Harrison received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in civil engineering in 1972, 1973 and 1988 respectively.

Harrison designed many of the systems that today bring clean water to many rural West Alabama communities that once relied on contaminated well water. Harrison was the owner of Harrison Engineering Inc. in Tuscaloosa.

Dr. Joe Overton Ledbetter Dr. Joe Overton Ledbetter died on Nov. 13, 2002. Ledbetter, a native of New Hope, Ala., served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, primarily doing research on biological warfare. After the war, he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1950 from The University of Alabama. He worked as a civil engineer for the Alabama Highway Department before joining the Texas Highway Department.

Ledbetter joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 1956, where he earned his master’s degree in sanitary engineering in 1958 and a Ph.D. in civil engineering in 1963. In 1993, he retired as professor emeritus in civil engineering, after having served as assistant chairman of the department, graduate adviser of environmental health engineering, and undergraduate adviser. At one time, Ledbetter’s former students headed each of the major state agencies in charge of various aspects of environmental regulation in Texas, and students he educated have taught air-pollution engineering around the world.

Ledbetter and his wife, Ann, established an annual scholarship fund for civil engineering in 1998.

Albert Russell “Bert” Simmons Albert Russell “Bert” Simmons died on May 13, 2003, in Jasper, Ala. Simmons is survived by a daughter and two sons, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Simmons received a bachelor of science in chemical engineering in 1933 and was named a Distinguished Engineering Fellow in 1988. That same year, the Simmons family created the Albert R. Simmons Endowed Engineering Excellence Fund and the earnings are used for teaching, research, service, equipment and facility updating to maintain and enhance the atmosphere influencing the academic and college life of engineering students.

Simmons was the retired president and chairman of the board of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Jasper, now known as Pinnacle Bank. He was retired president of North Alabama Lumber Co. Inc., the Simmons Agency, and Cleveland Lumber Co., as well as a retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel. Simmons was a recognized community leader serving as the past president of the Jasper Rotary Club and the Jasper Chamber of Commerce, the director emeritus of the Alabama Automobile Association, and a life-long member of the Black Warrior Council of Boy Scouts of America.

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Donors

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he College of Engineering wishes to thank our many donors who have loyally supported us through the years. The list below reflects cumulative development records from individual donors as of June 26, 2003. If there is an error or omission, please bring it to our attention by calling 1-800-3338156.

1837 Club ($1 million and above) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Patterson Estate of *Mr. Alton N. Scott Mr. and *Mrs. Clarence W. Scott

Leadership Circle ($100,000–$999,999) Mrs. Karen P. Brooks *Mr. Marvin Alvin Chapman Mrs. Susan P. Cork Mr. and Mrs. L. Earl Crittenden *Mr. and *Mrs. John Virden Davis Mr. Garry Neil Drummond Mrs. Wilhelmina Q. Echols Dr. Betty and Mr. Edward Englebert Mr. T. Michael Goodrich Mr. James Hodge Johnson Jr. Mr. James C. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Lewis Estate of *Mr. and *Mrs. Artemus Pervis Maness Mr. Leroy McAbee Estate of *Mr. Don Carlos Nelson Ms. Beverly C. Phifer Estate of *Mr. Blaise Leonard Rampone *Mr. Henry H. Reichhold The Honorable Joseph M. Rodgers Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Taylor Mr. Milton H. Ward

The Bridgebuilders ($25,000–$99,999) Mr. Robert N. Almon Sr. *Mr. and Mrs. Bernard N. Ames Mr. Raymon J. Baker Mr. James A. Blackwell Jr. Mr. W. Houston Blount *Dr. William S. Byers Mr. and Mrs. C. Arland Carroll Mr. R. Eugene Cartledge Estate of *Mr. Harvey Coleman Jr. Mrs. Charlie Hyram Cook (Wanda) Mr. and Mrs. William E. Crowder Jr. Mr. Robert J. Dlouhy Mr. Thomas Edwin Doster III Mr. H. Allen Franklin

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Mr. William J. Fritton II *Mr. J. G. G. Frost Estate of *Mr. John William Hager Estate of *Mr. David D. Heald Mrs. Mildred R. Hire Fleming *Mr. James Massey Hire Jr. Mr. Bomar L. Ingram Mr. John H. Josey Mr. William Hugh Lawler Dr. and Mrs. Philip W. Lett Mr. John Wiley Lewis Jr. Mr. Hua-An Liu Mr. James S. Marlen Mr. and Mrs. Carlos W. McDonald Mr. John K. McKinley Mr. Buell V. Moore Mr. Frank Owen Mr. Alsey C. Parker Jr. Mr. L. Stancel Pate IV Mrs. Margaret Plank Mr. G. William Quinby Mr. Charles M. Rampacek Mr. John M. Reeder Jr. Estate of *Mr. Edward R. Sanner Mr. Beal M. Teague *Mr. Richard W. Thompson Dr. Daniel Shelton Turner Mr. Thomas W. Wilder III Estate of *Mrs. Louise D. Wright

The William K. Rey Society ($10,000–$24,999) *Mr. T. Louis Austin Jr. *Mr. Leonard B. Barnes Jr. Mr. T. Massey Bedsole Sr. Mr. Walter Donald Bell Mr. William M. Bell III Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence Byers Dr. Chester C. Carroll Mr. Ranganath Chakravarthi Miss Mary Seton Chapin Drs. Hui and Der-San Chen Mrs. Frances Noland Chew Mrs. Julia Ann Simmons Cleage *Mr. W. Frank Cobb Jr. Mr. John J. Cowin *Dr. and Mrs. James R. Cudworth Sr. *Mr. John Cottingham Curry *Dr. Ray Littleton Farabee Mrs. Anna Simmons Gainer Mrs. Jane L. Griffin Mr. T. Morris Hackney Estate of *Mr. Philip Charles Hansen *Dr. and Mrs. David R. Hart Dr. Charles David Haynes Mr. Monzer Hourani Mrs. Rachel Parker Johnson Mr. and Ms. William D. Jordan Jr. Mr. John Howard Josey Jr. Mr. Tom D. Kilgore

Mr. and Mrs. Herschel A. Matheny Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mathews *Mrs. Virginia McAlpine Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. James A. McCollum *Mr. Gordon Morrow Mrs. Josephine Simmons Pankey *Mr. Holt Rast Mr. and Mrs. Mark Alan Roberts Mr. John Rollins Jr. Mr. Warren Richard Ross Mr. Albert Haston Simmons Dr. John G. Simmons Ms. Terry Kay Simmons Mr. Thomas R. Simmons II *Miss Thelma Mildred Smith Mr. and Mrs. James Erwin Summerville Jr. *Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Thomas Thompson Jr. Mr. Michael D. Thompson Ms. Jeanette Rey Todd Dr. and Mrs. James V. Walters *Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie B. White Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ray Wildes Estate of *Mr. Frank Burton Wood *Dr. and Mrs. John Newton Youngblood

Partners in Progress ($1,000–$9,999) Mr. George D. Adams Mr. Philip Amsterdam *Mr. Kurt Andersen Dr. and Mrs. Gary C. April Mr. Thomas Robert Armstrong Mr. Charles Bagby Mrs. Dianne Lawson Baker Dr. John Edward Ball Dr. Karl O. Ball Dr. Robert F. Barfield *Mr. Leonard B. Barnes III Dr. Robert G. Batson Mr. Stephen Wayne Beadle Mrs. Marjorie M. Bean Mr. William Lewis Beeker Dr. James David Bercaw Mr. Russell Blackwell *Mr. Winton M. Blount Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Russell Bobo Dr. Karen M. Boykin Ms. Susan Gertrude Braden Mrs. Constance Clark Brown Mr. James A. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Chesley Brown Mrs. Lorene M. Browning Dr. Colgan Hobson Bryan Jr. Mr. S. T. Bunn Jr. Mr. J. Brad Burke Dr. John F. Burnum Mr. Hal Stanley Burton *Dr. O. William Bynum Mr. Ronald R. Cafferty Mr. Edward Lyle Cain *Dr. and Dr. Thomas A. Carlton Jr. Mr. Buddie Elton Carroll

Mr. Vincent P. Caruso Dr. Reggie Jackson Caudill Mr. Russell W. Chambliss *Mr. and *Mrs. Charles Edward Clark Jr. *Mr. Paul Clark *Mr. Fred L. Clayton Jr. Dr. William C. Clements Jr. Mr. Vance D. Coffman Mrs. Margaret Shook Cooper Dr. and Mrs. Mark Elbert Cooper Mr. Dale Corley Mr. and Mrs. John W. Covington III Mr. David A. Craig Mr. Eugene L. Croxton Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Allen L. Cudworth Mr. John Edgar Daniel Mr. Kenneth R. Daniel Mr. Rayford Franklin Davis Mr. John F. DeBuys Jr. Mr. George W. Dockery Jr. Mr. Gene Austin Dodson Mr. Erskine Grier Donald III Mr. Harvey Mitchell Donaldson Mr. C. R. Douthitt Mr. John Phillip Duke *Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Dunning Jr. Dr. Gary Neil Durham Mrs. Margaret Shotts Edmonds Mr. and Mrs. L. Lamar Faulkner Mr. Darry Allen Ferguson Mr. Kenneth Wayne Fields *Mr. Edward Judson Finnell Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Adams Fite Dr. Raymond W. Flumerfelt Mr. Aubrey Allen Free Dr. Samuel C. Gambrell Jr. Mr. Louis Davis Gaynor Mr. Michael Alan Gibbs Ms. Karen Gilliam Mr. David E. Goldberg Mr. George Thomas Goodwyn Mr. N. S. Gowadia Mr. James W. Grace Mr. Carlos Andrew Gregg Mr. Mark Charles Gregoire Mr. Charles Hoyt Griffin Ms. Margaret L. Griffin Dr. Robert A. Griffin Mr. Gene Haas Mr. Charles Frederick Hains Jr. Gen. George F. Hamner Dr. and Mrs. Steven M. Hansen Mr. Samuel R. Hart Jr. *Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Hartman Dr. Kenneth Edwin Harwell Dr. William J. Hatcher Jr. Mr. Joseph Charles Hedstrom Mr. Charles Wayne Helms Dr. and Mrs. James L. Hill Mr. William Oliver Hill Dr. Bernice Keith Hodge Mr. Harry Hill Holliman Mr. William Alfred Hughes * Deceased

Mr. Hayes Hutchins Dr. George Earl Hydrick Lt. Col. Glover Leon Jackson Mr. Donald M. James Mr. Charles R. Jamison Mr. Walter F. Johnsey Mr. Glenn Edward Jones Dr. and Mrs. William Ditmer Jordan Mr. Afton Bradford Jowers Mr. Randy Junior Mr. Julius Louis Kayser *Mr. and *Ms. Warren G. Keith Mr. Frank H. Kendall Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Maclin Sloss Kennemer Jr. Mr. Moon Saeng Kim *Mr. Howard W. King Jr. Mr. Kalmanje Srinivas Krishnakumar Mr. Eugene Earnest Langner Jr. Mr. E. Sorrell Lanier Dr. Alexander Lapteff Mr. Vincent Dominie Lauria *Dr. and Mrs. Joe Overton Ledbetter Mr. Reid Ledbetter Dr. Jang Gook Lee Dr. Seong-Min Lee Mrs. Jeanne Leyhan Mr. John T. Link Mr. Charles Allen Long Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Reese Ewell Mallette Jr. Mr. George Marling

Mr. Frank L. Mason *Mr. Ferrin Young Mathews Mr. Lawrence Hinton McCook Mrs. Alice Bryan McKelvie Mr. Christopher D. Messelt Mr. William D. Millar III Mr. Donald A. B. Mills Mr. Benjamin Kyser Miree Dr. Jerry Don Moore Dr. Robert Avery Moore Dr. Lloyd A. Morley *Mr. Carl Morris Moseley Jr. *Mr. Stephen Dewey Moxley Jr. Mr. Tom C. Moxley Mr. H. M. Nelson *Dr. and Mrs. William G. Nichols Dr. Thomas Novak Mr. Thomas Casey Nylund Mr. J. Michael O’Brien *Mr. H. Leo Ollinger Jr. Mr. Charles Howard Osborn Mr. Gary S. Osborn Mr. William Harold Owen Mr. Duk-Won Park Mrs. Mary Lee Patterson Mr. Richard J. Peppin *Mr. Raymond McDonald Phillips Ms. Jacqueline D. Pirkle Ms. Betsy Ann Plank Mr. Hobert Edgar Plunkett

Dr. J. Leith Potter Mr. Kenneth Potter Mr. Allen Kent Powers Mr. Peter Gunter Prater Mr. Roland Pugh Dr. Erwin A. Reinhard *Mr. William Kenneth Rey Mr. Lee Harold Richey Mr. Gordon Lee Roberts Mr. Richard Howard Robinson Mr. James Edward Rorex Mr. Joseph Everett Sanders Jr. Mr. Robert Gerald Sanders *Dr. Richard L. Sanford Mr. Takashi Sawai *Mr. Arthur Carl Schenck Mr. Walter Schoel Jr. Dr. Charley Scott Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Levirgil Sentell Mr. B. Hobson Shirley Ms. Eleanor R. Shotts *Mr. Thomas Gaines Shurett *Mr. Albert R. Simmons *Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Simpson Sr. Mr. Charles Allen Sipe Jr. Mr. Allen Skouby Mr. Billy Hayden Smith Mrs. Carolyn Liles Smith *Mr. Merle Everett Smith Jr. Mr. Dan Spain

*Mr. Paul Meredith Speake Mr. G. Gregory Stephens Mr. Dale Robert Summers Mrs. Alice S. Summerville Mrs. William Taylor Mr. Thomas J. Terrell Mr. Hall W. Thompson *Maj. Gen. James Baird Tipton Dr. Beth A. Todd Mrs. Susanna V. Tomlinson *Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Manly Tommie Jr. *Mr. Daniel H. Turner Mr. Anthony Keith Tyree Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frank Vasut Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Ward Mr. William L. Waters Dr. George Eliot Weeks Mr. Colvin Clay Wellborn Mr. James C. White *Dr. George P. Whittle Mrs. Mary Shook Wilkinson *Mr. Jerry Frank Wilson Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Marvin Wolson Miss Margaret Susan Wood Dr. Nancy K. Woodley Dr. Larry T. Wurtz Mr. Robert Zinke * Deceased

CORPORATE SPONSORS The following list reflects cumulative development records from corporate donors as of June 26, 2003.

The Platinum Club ($1 million and above) Mentor Graphics Corp.

The Gold Club ($100,000–$999,999) 3M Foundation Inc. ADTRAN Inc. Alabama Power Foundation Inc. American Cast Iron Pipe Co. Aries Technology Inc. B E & K Inc. BellSouth The Blount Foundation Inc. Boeing Co. BP Amoco Foundation Inc. Citation Charitable Foundation Citation Corp.

Consolidation Coal Co. Dow Chemical Co. Foundation Drummond Co. Inc. Dupont Ebasco Inc. Elanix Inc. Exxon Co. USA

Foundry Educational Foundation IBM Corp.

Intergraph Corp.

National Action Council Minorities in Engineering J. Reese Phifer Jr. Memorial Foundation Procter & Gamble Co. Rust Constructors Inc. Shell Oil Co. Foundation Southern Nuclear Operating Co. Stockham Valve & Fitting Co. Teledyne Inc. Texaco Inc. Texas Instruments Inc. Jim Walter Resources Inc. The Waste Management Foundation

The Silver Club ($25,000–$99,999) 3M Corp.

Alabama By-Products Corp.

Alabama Section A.I.M.E. Alcoa Foundation Altria Group Inc. AT&T Foundation Betz-Converse-Murdoch Inc.

Brasfield & Gorrie Inc. Calvert & Marsh Coal Co. Champion International Corp.

ChevronTexaco CONSOL Inc. D C E S Educational Services Digital Equipment Corp.

Doster Construction Co. Inc. Eastman Chemical Co. Eastman Kodak Co. ELE International Electromet Corp.

ExxonMobil ExxonMobil Foundation Ford Motor Co. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. General Motors Corp.

Geophysical Services Inc. Georgia Power Co. Halliburton Foundation Inc. H. H. Harris Foundation Hewlett-Packard Co. International Paper John H. Josey and Co. JVC America Inc. Lucent Technologies McAbee Foundation William A. McCalla Memorial Trust

Meritor Automotive Inc. MHJ Group Inc. Mobil Foundation Inc. Monsanto Co. Stephen D. Moxley Medical Trust MTM Association Norfolk Southern Foundation Phifer Wire Products Inc. PPG Industries Foundation Quantronix Corp.

Ryder International Corp.

Sony USA Foundation Inc. Southern Company Services Inc. Southern Tube Co. Inc. Standard Machinery Co. William H. and Kate F. Stockham Foundation Sullivan Long & Hagerty Sun Microsystems Inc. A. R. Taylor Veneer Co. Texaco Producing Inc. Trane Co. TransAmerican Equipment Co. TTL Inc. United States Steel Foundation Inc. U.S. Army Missile Command Vulcan Materials Co. WAAIME, Al-T Section THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | 25

Donors Wheelabrator Technologies-Rust International Charitable Foundation Wheland Foundry

The Bronze Club ($10,000–$24,999) Alabama Power Co. Alagasco American Foundrymen’s Society American Westmin Inc. Ameron International Corp.

AmSouth Bank Foundation Ashland Inc. Atmel Corp.

AVCO Financial Services Bankhead Mining Co. J. L. Bedsole Foundation Bell Microproducts The Boeing Co. Charitable Trust Brice Building Co. British Steel Caterpillar Inc. CCIP Inc. Champion Foundation Chevron Products Co. CIBA-GEIGY Corp.

Cobb Coal Co. Corus Tuscaloosa Cowin & Company John Deere Foundation Dynamic Systems Inc.

Ethyl Corp.

Findlay Towing Co. Fluke Corp.

Fort James Corp.

Foundry Information Systems General Services Administration Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. The Hackney Group Hardaway Foundation Inc. Haskell Co. Hendon Engineering Associates Inc. Integrated Engineering & Construction Inc. Kimberly-Clark Corp.

King Saud University Kinlock Coal Co. Lane Bishop York Delahay Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Foundation MacMillan Bloedel Inc. Magnequench Technology Center McDermott Inc. Mead Corp. Foundation Mitchell Industries Foundation Motorola Foundation The MOUAT Co. Inc. Mueller Co. North American Refractories Co. Rockwell International Corp.

Walter Schoel Engineering Co. Inc. Society of Mining Engineers Thompson Tractor Co.

The Copper Club ($5,000–$9,999) Addison Products Co. Almon Associates Inc. American Association of Cost Engineers American Can Co. American Foundrymen’s Society American Foundrymen’s Society Piedmont Chapter District Amoco Production Co. API Warrior Basin Chapter AVEX Electronics Inc. Basell North America Inc. W. C. Bradley Co. Brainard-Kilman Drill Co. British Petroleum Bucyrus-Erie Foundation S. T. Bunn Construction Co. Inc. Burlington Industries Foundation CH2M Hill Foundation Coalite Inc. Combustion Engineering Inc. Compass Bank Control Data Corp.

Council for Chemical Research Dow Chemical Co. Dupont Agricultural Products Elk Corp. of Alabama Georgia Tech Foundation Inc. Golden’s Foundry & Machine Co. Hard Engineering Inc.

Hercules Inc. Investment Casting Institute King Coal Co. Inc. Kyanite Mining Corp.

Manufacturers Hanover Trust Merck & Company Inc. Mitchell & Neely Inc. Motorola Semiconductor Mulga Coal Co. North American Refractories North River Energy Corp.

Occidental Chemical Corp.

Olin Corp. Charitable Trust Owens-Corning Fiberglass Roland Pugh Construction Inc. Reynolds Metals Co. Foundation The Rodgers Foundation SASHTO SECME Sherman International Corp.

SMI Steel Inc. Southern Alloy Corp.

Sperry-Univac Technology Builders Inc. Texas Oil & Gas Corp.

UA Alumni Chapter–Houston & Henry Counties, AL UA National Society of Black Engineers Ultrasonics & Magnetics Corp.

Universal Data Systems Inc. Vista Chemical Co. Western Electric Fund

MATCHING GIFTS CORPORATE SPONSORS The following list reflects cumulative development records of matching gifts from corporate donors as of June 26, 2003.

3M Foundation Inc. Accenture Foundation Inc. Alabama Power Foundation Inc. Alco Standard Foundation American Standard Inc. Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Arthur Andersen Foundation Asarco Cyprus Inc. Ashland Inc. Barber-Colman Bechtel Foundation BellSouth BetzDearborn Foundation Inc. Boeing Co. BP Amoco Foundation Inc. Cerex Advanced Fabrics L.P. Champion International Corp.

ChevronTexaco Citgo Petroleum Corp.

CONSOL Inc.

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Corning Inc. Foundation CSX Corp.

Dow Chemical Co. Foundation El Paso Energy Foundation Emerson Electric Co. Energen Corp.

ExxonMobil Foundation Ford Motor Co. Fort James Corp.

General Electric Fund General Motors Foundation Georgia Power Co. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Gulf Power Foundation Inc. Halliburton Foundation Inc. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Honeywell Foundation IBM Corp.

International Paper

International Paper Co. Foundation Kimberly-Clark Foundation Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Foundation Lucent Technologies MacMillan Bloedel Inc. McDonnell Douglas Foundation Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Inc. Mobil Foundation Inc. Monsanto Co. Morton International Inc. Motorola Foundation Nike Inc. Northrop Grumman Litton Foundation Occidental Oil and Gas Charitable Foundation Olin Corp. Charitable Trust Pactiv Corp.

Pharmacia Foundation PPG Industries Foundation

Procter & Gamble Co. Progress Energy Raytheon Co. Russell Corp.

SBC Foundation Science Applications International Corp.

Southern Company Services Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Co. Stone & Webster Engineering Stone Energy Corp.

Teledyne Inc. Texaco Inc. Texas Instruments Foundation Thiokol Corp.

United States Steel Foundation Inc. United Technologies USG Foundation Inc. Waste Management Inc.

CAPSTONE ENGINEERING SOCIETY The College of Engineering wishes to thank donors to the Capstone Engineering Society for the September 2002–August 2003 academic year.

LIFETIME MEMBERS Mr. Kenneth Rule Daniel Mr. Samuel R. Hart Mr. Fred S. McFarland Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Pogue Jr. Mrs. Katherine Wade Thompson

BARNARD SOCIETY ($10,000 and above) None

HARDAWAY SOCIETY ($5,000–$9,999) None

COMER SOCIETY ($1,000–$4,999) Mr. Brian Douglas Barr Mr. and Mrs. R. Harmon Beauchamp Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Beeker Mr. Kenneth E. Bolen Mr. William P. Buckelew Dr. Robin B. Buckelew Mr. and Mrs. David G. Courington Mr. John Jordan Cowin Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dunn Mr. William T. Gaskell Mr. Alva M. Grimsley III Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George F. Hamner Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Helms Mr. G. Merrill Jones III Mr. F. William Keith Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald O. Musgrove Col. and Mrs. Charles Schimmel Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Sipe Jr. Mr. James D. Skinner Mr. and Mrs. Rodney W. Summerford Mr. William N. Thomas Mr. Marc Bryant Tyson Mr. Richard Hanna Wall Mr. and Mrs .John D. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Emmett B. Wheeler Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Kenneth White Sr.

HOUSER SOCIETY ($500–$999) Mr. Ronald Apel Mr. and Mrs. James R. Azar Mr. H. Ray Bailey Mr. Vance H. Barber Mr. and Mrs. Jeff W. Barker Mr. Phillip Dale Bates

Mr. Dennis Lynn Baxendale Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Russell Bobo Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Caruso Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Anthony Ciranni Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. John W. Covington III Mr. and Mrs. L. Earl Crittenden Dr. Allen L. Cudworth Mr. John E. Daniel Mr. Harvey M. Donaldson Mr. Edward L. and Dr. Betty B. Englebert Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Fite Ms. Sheri Marcelene Fuller Mr. David A. Glidewell Mr. Jorge Guisasola Mr. James Philip Hooper Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Seyed M. Javaheri Mr. Paul Lewis Jernigan Mr. and Mrs. Leroy C. Lehmann Dr. and Mrs. Philip W. Lett Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Lewis Mr. David D. Libbers Mr. Edward Jeff Lippincott Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Long Jr. Mr. Gregory A. Mann Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Wesley McDonald Dr. Lloyd A. Morley Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Morris Mr. James E. Parsons Mr. Kenneth Potter Mr. G. William Quinby Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Roberts Mr. Warren R. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Sammy James Seals Ms. Carolyn L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Spaulding Dr. Thomas H. Springfield Jr. Mr. DaBarion N. Taylor Mr. Thomas J. Terrell Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Watt Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. York

BEVILL SOCIETY ($250–$499) Mr. Thomas R. Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. James C. Bambarger Mr. Joe K. Banks Dr. Robert F. Barfield Mr. and Mrs. Willis Vincent Bell III Mr. and Mrs. Doyle W. Blair Mr. and Mrs. Calvin B. Blevins Sr. Mr. Philip H. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. William S. Brooks Mr. Robert L. Brown Jr. Mr. Paul C. Campbell Mr. Marvin Douglas Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Carr Mr. Gene and Mrs. Leslie Toles Cash

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Cole Mr. K. Paul Conner Ms. Sarah Wanda Cook Dr. David W. Cordes Mr. David A. Craig Ms. Rebecca B. Crane Mr. James Michael Curran Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel J. Davis Jr. Maj. Franklin L. Dement Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dlouhy Mr. and Mrs. John Phillip Duke Mr. Norman Ken Dyson Mr. James W. Early Mr. George S. Eastwood II Mr. and Mrs. Paul Elkourie Mr. John P. Evans Mr. L. Lamar Faulkner Mr. Ed M. Ford III Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Carson Gilbert Dr. John P. Gooch Dr. Timothy J. Greene Dr. Robert A. Griffin Mr. David M. Ham Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Joel Lynn Haney Ms. Suzanne S. Hardin Mr. Joseph Charles Hedstrom Mr. Ralph C. Herden Mr. Malcolm C. Johnson Mr. Griffin I. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James H. Johnson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jones Sr. Mr. Tommy DeWayne Kilgore Mr. and Mrs. Clifton A. Kirby Mr. Chris Kyle Mr. and Mrs. Fearn LaBan Mr. James Michael Lambert Mr. Paul W. Lammers Mr. and Mrs. E. Sorrell Lanier Mr. James Craiger Lewis Ms. Linda J. Lewis Mr. Donald R. Lucas Mr. Thomas D. Martin Mr. Frank L. Mason Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hugh Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Mathews Mr. Leroy McAbee Lt. Col. Mike D. McCarty Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ray McGaha Mr. and Mrs. R. Anthony McLain Mr. and Mrs. Buell V. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Wayne and Helen Moore Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Don Moore Mr. Talmadge M. Mosley Mr. Bradley J. Newman Mr. J. Michael O’Brien Ms. Donna B. Patmon Mr. Lowell D. Pell Dr. Michael E. Polites

Dr. J. Leith Potter Mr. Charles M. Rampacek Mr. John Matthew Reeder Jr. Mr. Phillip James Robins Mr. James Edward Rorex Mr. Robert C. Ross Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee Rutledge Mr. Joseph Aubrey Schill Mr. Clark Richard Shields Mr. and Mrs. Leland G. Sisson Mr. and Mrs. James H. Slate Mr. and Mrs. Randy K. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Darryl W. Sockwell Mr. Derek F. Solley Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Taylor Mr. William R. Terry Ms. Susanna V. Tomlinson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Troha Mr. and Mrs. Chester Timothy Tuggle Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Watkins Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Emile Edward Watson Dr. Steve W. Webb III Dr. and Mrs. Frank G. Westmoreland Mrs. Carol D. Windsor Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Winslow Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wolson Mr. and Mrs. John L. Woods Ms. Cara Leigh Wright

RODGERS SOCIETY ($100–$249) Mr. Russell H. Abel Ms. Janet Clawson Abercrombie Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Acker Mr. Terry W. Adderhold Col. and Mrs. Robert M. Alexander III Ms. Cheryl S. Altemara Ms. Angella Truelove Anderson Mr. and Mrs. David Wayne Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Jarod Andrews Mr. K. Anil Dr. and Mrs. Gary C. April Mr. Thomas R. Armstrong Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Antoine H. Ayoub Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bagdasarian Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Bailey Mr. Alan C. Bailey Mr. Robert E. Baker Ms. Karen Meshad Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Ballard Mr. Vance P. Ballard Mr. Thomas W. Barnes Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy G. Barnes Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Batson * Deceased THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | 27

Donors Dr. James E. Battles Maj. Gen. Kenneth H. Bayer Mr. and Mrs. Philip Elmer Bazinet Mr. James Herman Beard Mr. R. Michael Beasley Mr. Bill Beckman Mr. Edward Bell Mr. Floyd M. Belrose Mr. and Mrs. Timmy Lee Bentley Dr. and Mrs. James D. Bercaw Mr. and Mrs. J. Steve Biggs Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eugene Bishop Mr. Stephen T. Blackburn Mr. James E. Blair Mr. Thomas D. Blaylock Jr. Dr. Linda G. Blevins Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Blickle III Col. and Mrs. George H. Blood Mr. Billy T. Bobbitt Mr. Gonzalous A. Bobo Jr. Mr. Jack C. Bobo Mr. James M. Boozer Mr. L. Adrian Boutwell Mr. Clarence Boyd Dr. Richard C. Bradt Ms. Deborah Branch Mr. Robert Lewis Bronnes Dr. Marcus Brown Mr. Carl J. Brown Mr. Nicholas M. Brown Mr. John G. Buckley Mr. and Mrs. Marion Gerald Buckley Jr. Mr. Robert Lowell Burdick Mr. and Mrs. William E. Burkett Mr. Jerry N. Burns Mr. Hubbard Denson Burnum Jr. Mr. Robert Busby Mr. Russell Edward Butner Mr. Douglas Albert Campbell Mr. James E. Campbell Mr. Gary E. Canaday Mr. Scott James Caruso Col. Jesse R. Cheatham Mr. Eddie G. Chieves Mr. Ronald Childers Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Clark III Mr. James M. Clark Mr. Herman N. Clark Dr. and Mrs. C. Kendall Clarke Mr. John R. Clay Mr. Charles O’Neal Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cole Mr. William M. Colebeck Mr. Norman L. Connell Sr. Mr. Lewis J. Cook Jr. Ms. Mandi Russell Cooper Mr. Joel W. Cooper Jr. Mr. Wayne L. Coppedge Mr. Charles S. Cornelius Mr. Eric Cosper Mr. Lonnie Cowan Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Guyland Cowart Ms. Beth R. Crafton Jr. 28 | CAPSTONE ENGINEER

Mr. Robert Cranston Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crear Mr. and Mrs. William Bryan Crews Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Michael Criswell Mr. Charles H. Crow Mr. Eugene Croxton Jr. Mr. Robert A. Cubbedge Mr. Shane Christopher Curry Mr. Jerry D. Curry Mr. Robert G. Curry Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Alan Curtis Mr. Robert Daugherty Jr. Dr. William J. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Matt and Janet Davis Mr. and Mrs. Milton A. Davis Jr. Mr. Raymond Abraham Deep Dr. Joseph D. DeLorenzo Ms. Susan T. Denny Mr. T. Earl Diffee Mr. Grady N. Dill Jr. Mr. Gene A. Dodson Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Dollar Mr. and Mrs. Erskine G. Donald III Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dorschel Mr. Thomas Edwin Doster III Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Orville Doughty Mr. Curtis W. Downey Dr. William Joseph Doyle Mr. Orville E. Driver Mr. Charles A. Drouillard Dr. James E. Dudgeon Dr. Daniel Duke *Mr. Edward John Dulis Mr. Donald A. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Duncan Sr. Dr. Gary Neil Durham Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lavaughn East Jr. Ms. Tracy Williams Ellis Mr. Giles Milton Ellis Jr. Mr. Gregory David Elmore Mr. Isaac P. Espy Sr. Drs. James L. and Jane Evers Mr. and Mrs. J. Gary Falls Mr. Huaiguo Fan Mr. Michael D. Fanning Mr. Michial D. Farmer Mr. Julian J. Farrington Jr. Mr. Steve R. Fewell Mr. and Mrs. Jay Taylor Fish Mrs. Mildred R. Hire Fleming Mr. Dennis C. Foster Mr. Jeffrey T. Fowler Mr. Harry F. Francis Mr. Willie P. Franklin III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Frederick Dr. James French Mr. Thomas H. Gachet Dr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Gambrell Jr. Ms. Tammy G. Gattis Mr. Luther P. Gause Jr. Mr. John Charles Genter Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jay George Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Gierl

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Gilbert Mr. Harry Gogan Mrs. Roshellia Goines Mr. Kenneth J. Goodwin Mr. Ronnie M. Goree Mr. Thomas J. Grace Mr. John H. Graham Mr. Jonathan Arius Grant Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Gray Mr. and Mrs. John M. Green Ms. Amy Brooke Greene Mr. Edward O. Greeson Mr. Carlos A. Gregg Dr. Kelly V. Grider Mr. Charles H. Griffin Dr. Charles A. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Bob R. Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Kerry E. Hadaway Mr. Johnny Kennedy Haddock Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Hale Mr. William R. Hamby Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John C. Hamil Mr. Leon C. Hamiter Jr. Mr. Edwin M. Hardin Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Hardin Mr. Thomas Hargrove Mr. Richard M. Harkins Capt. Thomas G. Harrell Mr. James Oliver Harrell Dr. Henry Hoyt Harris Mr. Norm Rhea Harris Mr. Henry Archie Harris III Capt. David A. Harris Jr. Dr. Karen E. Harwell Drs. Kenneth Edwin and Sharon Harwell Dr. and Mrs. William J. Hatcher Jr. Mr. David P. Hatchett Ms. Kathy Ann Hatley Mr. John W. Haughton Mr. and Mrs. James Havard Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Garabed Haytaian Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Heiberger Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Helms Mr. Hugh Gordon Henley Mr. T. Allen Henry Mr. and Mrs. Johnny C. Heritage Mr. Harold F. Herring Mr. and Mrs. Danny J. Herron Mr. Clint Hill Mr. William Oliver Hill Dr. Ann Patterson Hine Mr. and Mrs. Douglas O. Hobson Mr. Darrell A. Hobson Mr. Harry Hill Holliman Mrs. Dorothy McKenzie Hollis Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Hollub Mr. and Mrs. David A. Honeycutt Mr. and Mrs. Mark Tracey Hood Mr. James Alan Hopkins Mr. George David Hopson Mr. John Howard Horn Jr.

Mr. William M. Hornsby Mr. and Mrs. Louis Richard Hovater Mr. William K. Howell Mr. Johnny J. Howze III Mr. and Mrs. H. R. "Rick" Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Arley E. Hughes Jr. Mr. William A. Hughes Mr. Richard T. Hughey Mrs. Nancy R. Hunley Mr. and Mrs. Bomar Ingram Mr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Irvine Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Jackson Mr. Frank Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Jacobs Mr. Donald C. Jacox Mr. Jerome C. James III Mr. Robert D. Jenkins Mr. Rashesh Jethi Ms. Laura Ellen Johnson Mr. Gary Johnston Mr. Wolsey V. Jones Mr. J. Randy Jones Mr. and Mrs. Charles Michael Jones Dr. and Mrs. William D. Jordan Mr. James Jordan Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Jowers Ms. Kitty J. Karson Dr. Stephen P. Kavanaugh Mr. Brian C. Keller Mr. W. Gene Kerlin Jr. Mr. Reginald Kerlin Mr. Joey V. Kirkpatrick Mr. Stephen B. Kishok Mr. Philip Hudgins Kitchens Mr. Donald R. Kitchens Mr. Karl R. Kropp Dr. Alan M. Lane Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Langner Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent D. Lauria Mr. Charles Anthony Lawley Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Leavell Mr. Thomas Jackson Lee Mr. Louis Leparulo Ms. Cary Martin Levensailor Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lewis Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Lewis Ms. Melanie Ontiveros Lillard Dr. and Mrs. H. Albert Lilly Mr. John T. Link Mr. Thomas C. Lomenick Mr. Long B. Loo Mr. James H. Looney Dr. Russell E. Lueg Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. MacKay Mr. Richard M. MacKay Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Andrew Maddox Mr. and Mrs. Luis E. Maldonado Mr. Reese Ewell Mallette Jr. Mr. Lenoard G. Mandell

* Deceased

Mr. William Hugh Mann Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Mapes Mrs. Paula J. Marques Mr. Jeffrey W. Martin Mr. and Mrs. V. Gary Martin Mr. William Warren Mason II Dr. R. Wayne Masters Mr. Christopher W. Matthews Mr. Terry C. McAnnally Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R. McBee Mr. H. Dean McClure Jr. Mr. Steven Todd McCormick Mr. and Mrs. David E. McCoy Mr. David W. McCrary Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. McCue Mr. Claudie Kenneth McDonald Mr. Earl H. McGuire III Mr. James Paul McHan Mr. James L. McHugh Sr. Mr. Albert K. McInnis Jr. Mr. Daniel G. McKenzie Jr. *Mr. and *Mrs. Julian T. McKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Victor Earl McMurray Mr. Charles E. McTiernan Mr. Duone Leon Millhouse Mr. and Mrs. George Shirley Mills Mr. Ronald K. Mills Mr. Glenn Milner Mr. Larry Thomas Miniard Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Destin Minor Mr. and Mrs. David J. Minor Mr. and Mrs. Stephen George Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Mitchell Mr. Frank L. Mitchum Mr. John Moebes Mr. Raymond C. Montgomery Ms. M. Rhea Montpool Dr. and Mrs. Robert Avery Moore Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Allen Moore Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hammond Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Murphy Sr. Mr. Victor S. Musick Mr. Richard A. Nail II Mr. Michael D. Nelson Mr. Robert P. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Nelson Mr. Jonathan Terry Nicholson Mr. Percy C. Nixon Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Noland Mr. and Mrs. Pierce H. Norton Jr. Mr. Roger Patrick O’Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. Stefan L. Olsson Mr. Bill Ondocsin Mr. and Mrs. John William Pamplin Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Pardue Mr. Vijaykumar N. Parekh Mr. Donald M. Parham Mr. Jerry Bennett Parker Mr. Clarkston T. Parker Mr. A. C. Parker Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy H. Parnell * Deceased

Mr. and Mrs. Manoj N. Patel Mr. Russell Howard Patrick Mr. Tim E. Patton Mr. and Mrs. Warren G. Payne Mr. William M. Phillips Mr. Tyler M. Phillips Mr. Cecil Roberson Pickens Mr. Ronald A. Piombino Mr. Fred J. Pisacane Mr. Felix Logan Pitts Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Edward Plotkin Mr. Kevin C. Poe Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ponds Mr. Allen Kent Powers Mr. Robert M. Powers Mr. Peter G. Prater Mr. George W. Prigge Mr. L. Scott Pruitt Mr. Travis Norm Pruitt Sr. Mr. Roy Keith Purcell Jr. Gen. Herbert Bowen Quinn Jr. Mr. Nathaniel Greene Raley Mr. Erskine Ramsay II Dr. Donald C. Raney Mr. Nathaniel Douglas Redmond Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Reed Sr. Mr. Danny R. Reese Mr. Mark Alan Reidenbach Ms. Lisa M. Rhiney Mr. Charles A. Richard Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Richardson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Riggs Mr. William Ring Mr. Joseph Ritter Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Roberts Mr. Leslie H. Roberts Mr. Shermon E. Roberts Sr. Mr. Terry Roberts Mr. Thomas M. Robinson Hon. Joseph M. Rodgers Mr. David M. Rogers IV Mr. James Richard Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Abraham H. Rolnick Mr. Michael H. Romine Mr. Charles Michael Rosen Mr. Charles W. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Rousey Mr. John Chirstopher Rush Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coleman Rutherford Mr. and Mrs. Kamal Sahawneh Ms. Rita Marie Sample Mr. Joseph E. Sanders Jr. Dr. Samuel David Sanders Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert M. Savage Jr. Mr. Thomas Shane Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Schafer Dr. Walter Schoel III Mr. Walter Schoel Jr. Mr. Thomas J. Schrimscher Dr. and Mrs. Verle N. Schrodt Mr. and Mrs. Leonard H. Sedlin Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Segner Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. David Richard Shaw Mr. Jason Shelton Mr. Joseph Shoemaker Jr. Dr. David L. Silverstein Mr. Jimmy Frank Sims Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Thomas Skelton Mr. Roy C. Smith Jr. Mr. William Smyly Mr. David K. Soares Mr. and Mrs. Dan Spain Jr. Mr. David K. Spares Ms. Dina B. Sparks Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Spencer Mr. Joe Stamba Mr. Timothy E. Stevens Maj. Albert Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Wendell F. Stokes Jr. Mr. Darrell W. Sudduth Mr. James E. Summerville Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brad Sutton Mr. and Mrs. James R. Tauby Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Paul Taylor Dr. Arthur R. Taylor Jr. Mr. Tommy Gene Taylor Dr. Dinesh Thati Mr. John Tillman Thomas Mr. James Bruce Thomason Mr. Michael Blake Thomason Mr. John W. Thompson Mr. Michael Wayne Todd Ms. Jo Anne Todd Dr. Beth A. Todd Mr. Randy D. Traylor Jr. Mr. Te-ru Tseng Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Tucker Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Doyle Turner Jr. Mr. John T. Turner Mr. Mark Vandewater IV Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Vann Mr. and Mrs. Ara T. Vardanian Mr. Edward E. Vettel Mr. and Mrs. William T. Vickers Mr. and Mrs. John S. Vodantis Dr. James J. Wade Mr. Larry Waggoner Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hunter Waite Sr. Dr. Henry Burton Waites Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lee Walker Mr. Gerald Allen Walker Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Wallace Mr. James P. Waller Mr. Joseph Murphy Walters Ms. Jamie Jones Watford Mr. and Mrs. Lee V. Watson Mrs. Edna Weaver Mr. Alexander E. Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Weeks Mr. James H. Weeks Mr. and Mrs. Donald Allen Welch Mr. Colvin Clay Wellborn Mr. Jimmy R. West Mr. Richard Carl Wetzel Jr. Mr. Edward W. Whaley

Mr. and Mrs. James Edwin Whisenhant Mr. Chad A. Whisnant Mr. William Benny White Ms. Ann B. White Mr. Roger P. Whitfield Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Whitson Mr. and Mrs. Hillman Curtis Wideman Jr. Dr. John M. Wiest Dr. David L. Williams II Ms. Elinor R. Williams Ms. Carvetta N. Williams Mr. James S. Williams Ms. Kimberly C. Williams Ms. Tammie D. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Williamson Mr. Richard Wilms Mr. and Mrs. Otis Wilson Mr. Ronald A. Windham Mr. James Larry Winters Ms. M. Ferne Wlodarski Mr. and Mrs. Randy Michael Wood Ms. Margaret Susan Wood Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Woodrow III Mr. and Mrs. Wayne A. Woodruff Mr. Cecil A. Wooten Mr. and Mrs. John C. Worthington Mr. Andrew T. Wuska Mr. Ronald D. Yantzi Mr. Gilbert Allen Yanuck Mr. William Neal Yates Mr. Carl W. Yost Mr. Jon A. Zachman Dr. and Dr. Qinsheng Zhu Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Zurich Mr. Felix A. Zydallis

YOUNG ENGINEERS (Recent Graduates) Mr. Phil Abeline Adams III Mr. William Oscar Adams Mr. Dallas Jay Adams Ms. Stacy Jennifer Adlman Mr. Jameel Majid Al Mr. Mohamed Ali AL-Nuaimi Mr. Walter Tywayne Anderson Ms. Mizuho Aoyagi Mr. Edward Lee Ash Mr. Oren Eliahu Azrad Mr. Avan Baggett Mr. Benjamin Darrel Bailey Mr. Amrit Bandyopadhyay Ms. Maria Lynette Barbee Mr. Derek Wayne Barber Mr. Jeffrey Wade Barksdale Ms. Rebecca Ann Beale Mr. Umut Bedir Mr. James Steven Bigelow Mr. Brian J. Birch Mr. Gregg Michael Bissot Mr. Joseph Matthew Bland Ms. Angela Michelle Bledsoe THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | 29

Donors Mr. Reginald Lamar Bobo Ms. Stephen Erskine Bolt Mr. Casey Edward Borden Ms. Alison Marie Bradley Mr. Gabriel Lacosta Brooks Mr. Berlin Lee Brown Mr. Phillip T. Burgess Ms. Janie Leigh Burns Mr. Corey William Calhoun Mr. Eric Lee Campbell Ms. Jennifer Caroline Carney Mr. Brian T. Chalfont Ms. Jil Chambless Mr. David Chen Mr. Philip Allen Chin Ms. Elizabeth Suzanne Coleman Mr. Patrick Ryan Colley Ms. Adrienne Paige Collins Mr. Michael Edward Cook Mr. Ty Seth Cooper Mr. Tracy Monroe Criss Mr. Ryan Joe Davidson Ms. Blair Elizabeth Davis Mr. Eric Jermaine Davis Mr. Roland Sage Davis Mr. Samuel Dobbs Davis IV Ms. Kenya Davis-Stewart Mr. Matthew Justin Dean Mr. Terry Heath Defoor Mr. Jeffrey Stephen Dinges Mr. Scot Leland Donald Mr. Brian Joseph Doyle Mr. Nicholas Randall Duckett Mr. Thomas Crutcher Dunnavant Jr. Mr. Justin David Evers Ms. Devon Elizabeth Farris Mr. Adam Kendrick Fears Mr. Edgar James Files III Ms. Stacey Alaine Findley Ms. Lee Ellen Fish Mr. Andrew Brent Freeman Mr. David Houston Fulmer Mr. Matthew Francis Garcia Ms. Shunta Lanae Garrett Mr. Kevin Ray Garrison Ms. Shaina Satin Geist Mr. Jonathan Robert Gerth Mr. Jeffrey Paul Goolesby Mr. Beau M. Grant Mr. James Frederick Graves III Mr. Kristopher Keith Graviet Ms. Katherine Irons Green Mr. Mitchell David Greggs Mr. Christopher Lee Guest Mr. Matthew Henry Habel Mr. Sadaka TeMorris Hall Mr. Jon W. Hamilton Mr. Daniel Thomas Hamm Mr. John Wesley Hammock Mr. John Price Harrod IV Mr. Andrew Kenny Harshman Mr. Matthew Paul Hauber Mr. Carsten Jens Haustein 30 | CAPSTONE ENGINEER

Mr. Ehab Hawsawi Mr. Glenn Lamar Hayes Mr. Preston Tyler Haynes Mr. Ryan Gregory Haynes Ms. Natalie Elizabeth Hendrick Mr. Adam Dennis Henry Mr. Barry Alan Hicks Mr. David Allen Hill Mr. Kenneth Lester Hoffman III Mr. Patrick Stephen Hollingsworth Mr. Robert James Holzer Mr. Christopher Van Howell Mr. Kevin Dewayne Hunter Ms. Misty Ann Hutchens Mr. William Michael James Mr. Ahmed Al Jehani Mr. Jonathan Brent Jones Mr. Charles Bradley Jones Mr. Tobia Nicholas Joseph Jr. Mr. Andrew Lee Kennedy Mr. Yu Ling Ko Mr. Michael Masaru Kora Mr. Justin Louis Ladner Mr. Christopher Morgan Lane Mr. Brian Jason Lang Ms. Sonya Miesse Lang Mr. Joseph Brandon Langford Mr. James Maurice Lee Jr. Mr. Brooks Anthony Lombardy Mr. Cody Lewyann Long Ms. Latronia Denise Lovell Ms. Briana Kelsey Lowe Ms. Kimberly Latrica Luvert Mr. Clarence Lamanuel Lyons Mr. Gregory Sean Maddox Ms. Robyn Renea McArthur Mr. Lindsey McCall II Mr. Melvin Jerome McCann Ms. Lauren Carly McCowan Mr. Adam McDowell Mr. Michael Joseph McKenna Jr. Mr. Andrew William McKenzie Mr. Alan Marsh McRee Mr. James Blake Medley Mr. Gregory Ryan Mehaffey Ms. Daphne Ann Messer Mr. Christopher Allen Michael Mr. Brian Michael Middleton Mr. Jarrod DeWayne Milligan Mr. David Brandon Minor Mr. Michael Wayne Missaggia Ms. Ashley Leigh Moore Mr. Timothy Jay Moore Mr. Jason Morgan Mr. Detus Colvin Morrow Jr. Mr. Brett R. Murphy Mr. Jerry Leland Nall Mr. Yukio Nara Mr. Travis Blair Newby Ms. Alyce Catherine Newlin Mr. Earl D. Nichols Mr. Jacob Clark Nims Mr. John Wesley Northington

Ms. Ashley Marie O’Cain Ms. McKensie Patton Osborn Mr. Christopher Lynn Osborne Mr. Michael Paul Palik Mr. Jason Wayne Park Ms. Amanda Diane Phillips Mr. Jonathan Ryan Phillips Mr. Steven Arnall Preyar Mr. David Matthew Price Mr. David Allan Price Ms. Catherine Mary Prodoehl Mr. Stephen Bryant Quattlebaum Mr. Torrey Ladell Rice Mr. Eric Paul Richards Mr. Robert Gordon Roberts IV Ms. Adria Nichole Roberts Mr. Russell Monroe Roberts Mr. Geoffrey Neil Rodgers Mr. Christopher Antwine Ruddock Mr. Adam Joseph Russell Mr. Adam Lee Sampley Mr. Mark Patrick Scott Ms. Bonnie Gail Self Mr. Collin Hunter Sewell Mr. Adam Ryan Short Mr. Arcesio Perdomo Silva Ms. Andrea Anne Sims Mr. David Zachary Smith Mr. Farricus Keyon Smith Mr. William Sanatra Smith Mr. Christopher Wayne Smith Mr. Robert Scott Smith Mr. Robert Edward Smith Mr. Phelon Kenay Snoddy Ms. Stormy Leigh Speer Mr. Alan Lee Stephens Mr. Cory Wayne Stevenson Mr. Michael Joseph Stoltz Mr. William Lance Strickland Mr. Christian Ryan Summer Mr. William Daniel Sutphin Mr. Stephen Dwaine Taylor Ms. Alexandra Adams Taylor Mr. Shawn Michael Templeton Mr. Mark Nathan Thornblom Mr. Mark Stuart Tomich Ms. Stephanie Leigh Tow Ms. Ngangiang T. Tran Mr. John Paul Trentham Mr. Eric Arthur Trzecki Mr. Brett N. Tucker Mr. Marc Christopher Vance Mr. Walter Dale Vickery Ms. Kam Alan Walker Mr. Samuel Gene Walker Mr. Ching Kuang Wang Mr. George Eddie Washington Jr. Mr. James Daniel Watson Mr. Leland Glenn Weaver Mr. Jason Michael Webster Mr. Michael Anthony Wells Mr. Christopher Williams Mr. Daniel J. Williams

Mr. Clayton Rashad Williams Ms. Pamela Esperanza Wilson Mr. Robert Park Wilson Mr. Griffin Lee Wilson Mr. Bradley Shane Wilson Mr. Timothy Michael Wingenter Mr. Thomus Dean Wolff Ms. Courtney Erin Wood Mr. James Brett Wood Mr. Chad Edward Woodard Mr. Dudley Lee Wriley Ms. Yohei Yamaoka Mr. Nicholas Paul Yerby Mr. Je-Seung Yoo Mr. Wayland Edward Young

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS (Up to $99) Mr. Robert J. Abernathy Mr. William G. Adams Mr. Christopher T. Allman Mr. Wray Allen Anderson Mr. Robert Armstrong Mr. Theo D. Baars III Mr. Anthony Baggett Mr. John Thomas Bambarger Dr. and Mrs. Benny B. Barnes Mr. Maxwell Barnett Ms. Mary Lee Maughan Barry Dr. Charles E. Bates Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Blake Beavers Ms. Laura Elizabeth Belou Mr. and Mrs. Howard Glenn Bird Mr. Joseph "Joey" S. Bivona Mr. Greg Blankenship Mr. Bruce T. Blatzer Mr. Peter C. Boisseau Mr. Louis E. Boothe Jr. Mr. John William Bray Mrs. Cassandra Braye Mr. and Mrs. Charles Randall Breedlove Mr. Evan Myles Brenner Mr. Henry C. Bright III Mr. John W. Bush Mr. and Mrs. David Butler Mr. Nicky Calhoun Mr. Robert M. Campbell Mr. Michael R. Caporale Jr. Mr. Delbert V. Carraher Mr. Robert Cater Mr. and Mrs. Brian Arthur Chen Mr. James H. Clements Jr. *Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Cobb Jr. Mr. Edward R. Collins Jr. Mr. Harold Norman Colvin

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Dr. William B. Compton III Mr. Brock L. Corder Mr. David A. Corelli Ms. Mary V. Cox Mr. Elbert B. Craig Mr. Donald R. Creamer Mr. Darryl B. Crider Mr. Robert S. Crowder Jr. Mr. Galen James Curry Mr. Mark Michael D’Andrea III Mr. James J. Downs Mr. James L. Duncan Jr. Mr. Michael Timothy Dunn Mr. Wendell E. Durham Mr. Robert Eberle Mr. Zerrell Edwards Jr. Mr. Harry Edwards Mr. Elon Ellis Mr. Michael Lee Ellison Mr. James M. Faircloth Jr. Mr. Hui Fang Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Farabee Jr. Mr. Robert W. Fikes Mr. George Louis Filip Mr. William J. Fiorentino Mr. Burl Fleming Jr. Mr. J. Byron Ford Jr. Mr. Tommy Kenneth Foster Mr. Sidney “Pete” W. Garrett Mrs. Rebecca Stokes Goins Mr. James Griffin Ms. Stephanie Groves Mr. Charles Hains Jr. Brig. Gen. Robert Hawlk Mr. John Douglas Henderson Mr. Robert Land Henderson Mrs. Wendy Henshaw Mr. Joe Mack Hereford Mr. Michael Hester Mr. Jimmy E. Hill Mr. Mark L. Hill Mr. Owen W. Hocutt Mr. Hiram Holland Mr. Jeffrey C. Hopper Mr. Eddie J. Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Hull Jr. Mr. Darrin Hynniman Mr. Dejuan R. James Mr. Charles Jamison Mr. Jerome Macky Johnson Jr. Mr. Spencer O. Johnson Mr. James Robin Jordan Mrs. Jill Jordan Mr. Nenad Jukic Mr. Ronald Junkin Mr. Ravindra Veerappa Kaggal Mr. William C. Keathley Dr. James L. Keating Mr. Eugene W. Key Jr. Mr. Kevin L. Killingsworth Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Kisgen Mr. Danny J. Kizzire Mr. and Mrs. Milan V. Kriznansky Mr. Joel Kucharski

Mr. David Jason Kudrav Mr. Timothy W. Langham Mr. Michael L. Lawley Mrs. Allison Outlaw Lawson Mr. Robert Michael Lewkovich Dr. William Timothy Logan Ms. Stacey Louise Lognion Mr. Charles Lyons Mr. James Michael Madewell Mr. Charles B. Malone Mr. Bryant Malone Mrs. Tina G. Mann Ms. Kristin M. Marczak Mr. Michael Allan Martin Mr. Huey Barry Mathews Mr. Joe E. McConnell Jr. Mr. Thomas E. McCoy Mr. Terrell Wayne McCray Mr. George Megginson Ms. Lisa Smith Miller Mrs. Sarah Mizell Mr. Steven Moore Dr. Jon P. Moseley Mr. Ronald Mott Mr. William James Neuffer Mr. Gary R. Nevin

Mr. V. Alton Newbill Mr. Gary S. Ogles Mr. Clarence Parsons Jr. Ms. Kit Perrien Mr. Frank U. Petcher Dr. Todd S. Peterson Mr. John Harold Phares Mr. Edward Phillips Mr. Jack Pollard Mr. Christopher Poythress Mr. William H. Prickett Mr. Robert Harold Prine Mr. Lee Pruitt Mr. James David Ramsey Mr. Charles P. Reynolds Dr. Theresa E. Rhodes Mr. Wade Riggs Mr. Kurt Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Salter Mr. Brandon J. Satterwhite Mr. Max Silver Dr. Harmohan Singh Mr. Ajay Singh Mrs. Annette Maddox Sledd *Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walter Sledge Jr. Mr. Robert Smith

Mr. and Ms. Brad Sparks Mr. Charles Daley Speer Mr. Eddie Stafford Mr. Ferris Marion Stewart Mr. Jon Rey Sullivan Mr. Christopher Sutton Mr. Charles Theim Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas Mr. William Sibley Thomas Jr. Mr. Michael Blake Thomason Mr. Brian Lee Thrasher Mr. John Douglas Vail Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Walker Mr. Terry A. Wallen Mr. Michael Waters Mr. Jesse L. Wells Mr. and Mrs. William A. White Mr. Olen Ermon Willingham Mr. Jack H. Wisdom Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Wrenn Mr. Haiming Yang Mr. Bryan Yeager Mr. Steve G. Zaharias Mr. Jefferson Zeanah * Deceased

JOIN CES TODAY! You can support engineering education at The University of Alabama by contributing to the Capstone Engineering Society today!

The Society is dedicated to maintaining relationships and sharing resources with UA engineering alumni to ensure that engineering students are provided a superior educational experience.

Go to www.eng.ua.edu/ces to contribute online or complete and mail the giving envelope included in this magazine.

The University of Alabama College of Engineering Box 870200 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0200 1-800-333-8156 • caltemara@coe.eng.ua.edu

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Engineering Student Services ESS PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR COE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI

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elping students get the required classes to graduate, counseling freshman and transfer students, providing scholarships, maintaining student records, and helping find the first job are just a few ways the Office of Engineering Student Services (ESS) serves the College.

Many of the College’s programs operate through the ESS including the Multicultural Engineering Program, student recruitment, the Freshman Experience, career services and the Cooperative Education Program. For general information about ESS, contact Greg Singleton.

Student Recruitment One of the College’s main goals is to increase enrollment to 2,010 by the year 2010, and the office of student recruitment is taking on this challenge with full force. A few student recruitment programs include E-Day, the College’s annual open house for high-school students, hosting corporate recruitment receptions and coordinating the Student Introduction to Engineering Program (SITE) each summer.

E-Day will be held on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will give prospective students a closer look at the College. Laboratory tours and exhibits will be offered through all departments, and engineering students and faculty will be available to answer questions throughout the day.

Each summer, the College hosts SITE, which is a week-long residential program for high-school juniors and seniors who have an interest in engineering and computer science. SITE students live in residence halls, tour a plant to see engineers at work and engage in teaming exercises. They attend mini-courses in math, engineering, computer science and English and take part in a design competition. The College is planning for SITE 2004 and expects three week-long programs in July.

For more information about student recruitment programs, contact Alicia King.

MEP services include pre-college counseling; enrollment counseling; tutorial assistance and counseling for enrolled students; assistance with the Cooperative Education Program; internship programs; job placement services; and co-coordinating SITE each summer.

For more information about the MEP, contact Miranda Carlisle.

Career Services and the Cooperative Education Program Engineering career services and the Cooperative Education Program have the daunting task of matching a company’s engineering personnel needs with outstanding candidates, but these two departments excel in getting UA engineering and computer science students cooperative experiences and their first jobs. The Cooperative Education Program has 95 students placed with companies throughout the country this fall. In spring 2003, engineering career services helped about 2,400 students—from reviewing résumés to counseling with mock interviews and career seminars.

If your company would like more information about the UA Cooperative Education Program, contact Roy Gregg.

Engineering career services also provides assistance to alumni who have found themselves back in the job market. Alumni can register with the online job database and work with career services to have a résumé reviewed.

If your company would like to recruit UA engineering students for employment opportunities, contact Angelia Knight Adams.

Multicultural Engineering Program The College’s Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) assists minority students who want to pursue careers in engineering or computer science.

Inset: The College hosted three Student Introduction to Engineering Programs (SITE) during July 2003.

Right: Students enjoy a NASA moonbuggy experience during E-Day 2002.

ENGINEERING STUDENT SERVICES CONTACTS General Information Gregory L. Singleton Student Recruitment

Alicia King

Multicultural Engineering Program UA Cooperative Education Program Engineering Career Services

Miranda Carlisle

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Roy Gregg Angelia Knight Adams

Director of ESS Coordinator of Student Recruitment Southern Company MEP Coordinator Director of the Co-op Program Engineering Placement Officer

1-800-369-ENGR or (205) 348-1447 1-800-369-ENGR or (205) 348-2547 1-800-369-ENGR or (205) 348-4267 (205) 348-6422 1-800-887-9711 or (205) 348-6382

gsingleton@coe.eng.ua.edu aking@coe.eng.ua.edu mcarlisle@coe.eng.ua.edu rtgregg@coe.eng.ua.edu aknight@coe.eng.ua.edu

YOUMIGHTBEAUAENGINEERIF...

■ you know Coach Bryant’s stats just like you know pi to the 100th decimal.

■ you average the gymnastic scores before the computer finishes.

■ you set your watch by Denny Chimes.

■ you measure land in relation to the size of the Quad.

■ you know where MIB is.

■ you calculate the height, arch and length of time the ball was in the air after every free throw in Coleman Coliseum.

■ you know how to cast an iron elephant.

■ your closest food source for four years was the Ferg.

ButyouknowyouareaUAengineerwhen...

■ you help shape the future of UA Engineering by supporting your College financially.

There are many ways to help—become a member of the Capstone Engineering Society, or donate gifts of cash, appreciated property or equipment for labs.

Take pride in the knowledge that your contributions make UA’s College of Engineering stand out in the eyes of the nation.

For more information, call us at 1-800-333-8156.

The University of Alabama • College of Engineering Box 870200• Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0200 1-800-333-8156 • (205) 348-6400 www.eng.ua.edu

Capstone Engineering Society Pre-Game Schedule All engineering alumni and friends are invited to join the Capstone Engineering Society for the 2003 football season. We host pre-game events on the Quad starting two hours prior to kick-off.

Make sure you join us for the following games: Alabama vs. Southern Mississippi (Homecoming)—October 11 Alabama vs. Tennessee—October 25 Alabama vs. LSU—November 15 Call 1-800-333-8156 or e-mail csanders@coe.eng.ua.edu for reservations.

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