How Ambitious Outdoor Gear Was Created at Wentworth
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Alumnus Breathes New Life into Maine Town
Strategic Plan Calls for Optimistic Urgency
M.Arch@10 With the Master of Architecture program (M.Arch) celebrating a decade at Wentworth, we look at a moment from the past year that demonstrates both the program’s meticulous dedication to design, in addition to its playful side. Student Tyler Nguyen, B.S.Arch ’18, M.Arch ’19, designed a board game entitled “For Ages 1 to 99: Finding a Child’s Play in Everyday Objects.” The game was played by students and faculty as part of Nguyen’s thesis presentation. Among those pictured with Nguyen are Associate Professor Antonio Furgiuele, Spring 2019 thesis advisor, and Adjunct Professor JP Allen, independent thesis advisor, B.S.Arch ’99. A commemoration of the program’s 10 years was coordinated on October 18 and 19 in conjunction with the Office of Alumni and Donor Relations. Events featured keynote speakers, the “Innovation by Design” student work exhibition, an alumni reunion, and tours of the newly renovated Center for Advanced Research, a student-focused collaborative environment for investigating emerging fabrication technologies and methods.
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A tent that can be suspended between trees, an ultralight camping cot, and a boot made for one of the most grueling winter races in the world. Our students create amazing things. Learn about how these particular projects came together.
Best of social media New faculty members Recommended reading
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Webb Chappell, Kathleen Dooher, Heratch Ekmekjian, Brian Smith, Joshua Touster MARKETING & C O M M U N I C AT I O N S C O - O P
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In the face of a changing academic landscape, Wentworth is taking a highly strategic approach to plan for its future.
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Courtney McKenna Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Policy
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Tools of the 1920s
How an alumnus has helped transform a vacant plot of land into a bustling village complete with a new residence hall for the University of Maine.
Commencement Class Notes
WENTWORTH IS REBRANDING! Check out what’s coming up at wit.edu/NewBrand
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Making It Official THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT MARK THOMPSON was a multiday celebration for the entire Wentworth community. From the annual Women’s Lunch and a panel held in conjunction with the JFK Library to a motivational workshop and community-wide scavenger hunt, the week of Oct. 15–20 provided something for everyone. Thompson was officially inaugurated that Friday with Family and Alumni Weekend rounding out the events over the weekend.
2. Students strike a pose in the photo booth during the Inaugural Ball 3. From left: President Thompson; 2019 Young Alumni Award recipient Obadiah Rankin, BSCM ’14; Wentworth Alumni Association Vice President, Alumni Engagement Stephanie Holland, AAET ’04, BFPM ’06; and Trustee Ryan Hutchins, CMT ’96, CMC ’98, at the Annual Alumni Awards event 4. From left: Karyn, Elizabeth, Kathryn, and Mark Thompson 5. Karyn Thompson as keynote speaker for the annual Women’s Lunch 6. Newly named chair of the Board of Trustees Gregory Janey, ARS ’82, BCM ’04, Hon. ’17, speaks during the inauguration ceremony in Watson Auditorium
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PHOTOS: DARLENE DEVITA, JOSHUA TOUSTER, YUNJIA HOU, STEVE GILBERT, AND ERIC ROE
1. Essi Kudjoe, BSEE ’21, performs during the Inaugural Ball Thursday night
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The best of social media We selected the most popular Instagram images to run on official Wentworth accounts during the latter part of 2019. For a full list of official accounts, visit wit.edu/media/ sm-accounts. And be sure to use #WITpride whenever you’re sharing anything related to Wentworth!
@CLPwentworth provided a window into the work that Wentworth students completed on the Church of St. Augustine and St. Martin in Boston. The Center for Community and Learning Partnerships helped organize the renovation of the church’s outdoor space into a community garden and gathering spot.
Drew DiGeronimo, BSME ’20, stands alone on the ice in this shot from @witAthletics. @WITadmissions captured this shot of one of Wentworth’s newest students saying goodbye to his family on movein day.
Members of the Wentworth women’s soccer team leap for joy at Sweeney Field in this @witAthletics picture.
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Maarouf Barry, BSM ’20, represented Eleis Farm at a September Accelerate Kickstart event. Find more about Barry in the Summer 2019 edition of WIT magazine and see more photos from Accelerate, Wentworth’s Innovation + Entrepreneurship Center @witaccelerate. @wit_swe shared a picture of Society of Women Engineers members taken immediately after they raised $3,343.97 for Relay for Life.
ORA team members Noelle Benavides, BBME ’19, Hayley Rutkey, BBME ’19, and Courteney DiDomenico, BIND ’19, utilize the Maker Space in the Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences. @witaccelerate gave a nod to ORA, an interdisciplinary senior capstone team that designed a wearable device capable of measuring UV radiation exposure, hydration levels, and GPS location.
Mechanical Engineering students were shown at work in the Kingman Hall Projects Lab by @WentworthInstitute. @WentworthInstitute captured RAMP students presenting their final projects on “Urban Farming” in Watson Auditorium. RAMP is a pre-college bridge program for Boston residents who will be attending Wentworth in the fall as first-year students.
President Mark Thompson and the Leopard join students at a community BBQ on the front lawn in this @WentworthInstitute image.
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New Faculty Additions
Wentworth welcomed 13 new educators at the start of the Fall 2019 semester. The faculty members include Saurav Basnet (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Yetunde Folajimi (Computer Science and Networking), Angelos Fotopoulos (Sciences), Pilin Junsangsri (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Frank Kreimendahl (Computer Science and Networking), Sharon Lanneville (Construction Management), Sylvia Masters (Interior Design), Alireza Mahdavi Nejad (Interdisciplinary Engineering), Alexander Meill (Sciences), Jelena Nikolic (Humanities and Social Sciences), Adam Payne (Humanities and Social Sciences), Anthony Piermarini (Architecture), and Dimitre Tzigantchev (Applied Mathematics).
Familiar Faces in New Roles Join New Department Heads in Recent Appointments Two new department heads were recently named, a familiar face returned to campus, and two faculty members saw their roles elevated. Mark Mulligan, a practicing architect and a scholar of contemporary Japanese architecture and urbanism, was named chair of the Department of Architecture. He formerly taught design studios, fabrication, and construction technology for more than 20 years at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. An expert on devising accommodations and devices to help the elderly live better lives, Seunghae Lee was named chair of the Department of Interior Design. She has held interior design faculty positions at Oregon State University’s College of Business; Purdue University; California State University, Northridge; and Michigan State University. 8 | WINTER 2020
Richard Hansen, meanwhile, has returned to campus. He is currently Wentworth’s interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, a position he held from 2015 to 2017. He was most recently interim president of Lesley University. Working within Hansen’s office now are Amanda Hattaway and Durga Suresh. Hattaway was named interim associate provost after having served as chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics since 2011. She originally came to Wentworth in 2004 as a faculty member and helped establish the Applied Mathematics major in 2012. Suresh is now the special assistant to the provost for graduate programs. A 19-year veteran of Wentworth, Suresh is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Networking who helped lead the establishment of the Master of Science in Applied Computer Science program.
Book Club Looking for a good book? Our recently promoted faculty members have recommendations. We list nine educators who were promoted this year and their favorite books. Each book can be found at the Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons, which also played host to a fall reception for the faculty members.
1. Beth Anne Cooke-Cornell Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston “Hurston’s training as an anthropologist and her command of regional African American dialects and folklore paint for the reader a rich picture of the American experience.” 2. Douglas E. Dow Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Play and the Human Condition by Thomas S. Henricks “The author’s exploration of play resonated with many observations I have made throughout life, including the experiences of good stress and bad stress.” 3. Franz Rueckert Department Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Sciences Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman “This collection of anecdotes shows the personal side of science and underlines the need to approach all aspects of life with curiosity and imagination.” 4. Kristen Hudak Rosero Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba; Bryan Mealer “This is an engaging biographical story, which shows the human significance of technology and engineering.”
5. Mark Mixer Interim Department Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss “I highly recommend the writings of Dr. Seuss to anyone seeking a break from the routines of academic life.” 6. Ryan Rogers Associate Professor, Department of Sciences Rosalind Franklin by Brenda Maddox “Learning about her life made me feel like it was acceptable to speak for myself and just go for it—whatever ‘it’ may be.” 7. Greg Sirokman Professor, Department of Sciences Embassytown by China Miéville “I found this exploration to be intellectually invigorating. And it’s a really good story to boot.” 8. Simon Williamson Professor, Department of Industrial Design The Little Prince by Antoine De SaintExupéry; Richard Howard (Translator) “Each day I give my best effort at recognizing and describing an elephant being eaten by a snake, and sometimes I have to box up a sheep.” 9. Jones Yu Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Computer Networking The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman “Although it is an easy-to-read book, it contains wisdom and insightful observations in life.”
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On the Rise Wentworth Earns Best-Ever Rankings in Three U.S. News College Categories The 2020 Best Colleges rankings from U.S. News & World Report show Wentworth Institute of Technology posting its best performance to date, rising significantly in three main categories: “Best Regional Universities North”; “Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (with no doctorate available)”; and “Best Value Schools (North).” Additionally, Forbes named Wentworth to its 2019 list of “America’s Top Colleges” and the university was given a “Best in the Northeast” selection in The Princeton Review’s 2020 Best Colleges: Region by Region for the 13th year in a row. The Princeton Review also named Wentworth to its “Guide to Green Colleges” for the fourth consecutive year.
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The ASAP Scholarship Challenge At a celebratory Inauguration dinner on October 17, President Mark Thompson announced the creation of a $10 million scholarship challenge called the ASAP (Advancing Student Access and Potential). “College was my ticket to a lifetime of security and success,” Thompson says. “It transformed me. I want everyone who has an interest and motivation to have the same opportunity as I did.” President Thompson and his wife, Karyn Thompson, were the first donors to make their personal commitment to this important scholarship challenge. With the ASAP challenge, Wentworth aims to increase the amount of permanent financial aid available to students. The university for the first time will be taking $5 million of unrestricted funds from its endowment to match dollar for dollar the creation of new endowed scholarships of $25,000 or more, thereby doubling their impact for students and expanding the school’s overall scholarship endowment to more than $35 million. Under ASAP, the university will also match gifts of $25,000 or more that are made to existing scholarship funds. This initiative will run through June of 2021, or until all $5 million in matching funds is expended. The funds will help to: • create high-school-to-college pathways for Boston youth; • attract more women and underrepresented populations to Wentworth’s engineering, science, math, design, and management programs;
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Best Value Schools (North)— WIT is up 13 spots from #70 in the 2019 rankings
• help students from lower-income or working-class families reduce their debt level at graduation. Those looking to learn more about the challenge may contact Paula S. Sakey, vice president, Institutional Advancement, at 617-989-4219 or sakeyp@wit.edu. — Dennis Nealon
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Trying, Failing, and Adjusting Led to Stunning Outdoor Pieces BY GREG ABAZORIUS Rich Woessner has long considered himself an outdoors type. But lugging around heavy equipment during a minus 8-degree camping trip led him to think that there might be a better way. “It was hell,” he says with a laugh. The trip, as well as a conversation with Assistant Professor of Industrial Design Derek Cascio, led him to investigate ultralight camping materials (those weighing two to seven pounds). Nicole Nassif, by contrast, did not consider herself an outdoorsy person. A speedskater interested in winter activities, Nassif looked to racing when asked by Cascio to create a product that would appeal to outdoor aficionados. She found the Iditarod, a 938-mile sled dog race that stretches from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, and set out to create better footwear for competitors. Meanwhile, Sam Owens wanted to truly test his own design limits by creating a tent that could be suspended from trees. He would later call his process “intense and different,” and ambitious enough that it would not allow him time to create smaller prototypes. He would have to simply build it. All three Industrial Design students succeeded in their quests, the end results—along with 13 other projects— showcased in a stunning Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences floor display that would look at home in stores like REI or L.L. Bean. This is how they did it.
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GETTING THINGS OFF THE GROUND Titled “Adventure Studio,” Cascio’s class asked eight seniors to solve challenges related to enhancing the outdoor experience and beyond. Owens became engrossed with the idea of tensile strength, or the resistance of a material to breaking under tension. He also loved the idea of getting a campsite out of the dirt. His suspension tent includes an elevated platform and a traditional dome. All of it attaches to a harness suspended between two trees. The harness connects to a carbon fiber frame with elastic webbing woven in for structural support. Implementing tensile strength material, tie-down points found in traditional tents would not be necessary. The tent—made of a waterproof, ripstop nylon—is punctuated by netting storage underneath and can be carried in a branded duffel bag. “Most industrial design projects are handheld, but the scope of this project would have made a small-scale model impossible,” Owens says. Like other students in the class, he utilized labs and other resources on campus, save for a few 3D-printed pieces that a friend produced. When a prototype was created, Owens applied rigorous testing, literally clawing at the material and dumping water onto it. A trip to Maine saw the brackets holding the harness fail. “I had an internal breakdown,” he recounts. “I kept thinking there’s something wrong with the project.” Owens called his friend and classmate to emergency 3D print stronger brackets. They worked the next time. Owens and friends ultimately took the tent to Cathedral Ledge in New Hampshire for a photo shoot that called for the tent to be suspended on the side of a cliff, an experience Owens calls “the scariest part of the project.” He is now at a point where he would consider bringing the tent to market after a few more tweaks. Those who have seen the prototype have even asked where the tent can be purchased. “Derek (Cascio) was great and let us experiment,” he says. “As you get older, Wentworth lets you do more and have more responsibility and freedom. This studio was really the first time that I felt like it was coming from me and I had control over everything.”
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Called the “last great race on earth,” the Iditarod is a punishing event that often asks participants to traverse blizzards and gale force winds that can lower the wind chill to minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The footwear that racers utilize is critical to staying in the event. Nassif designed an overshoe—called Aurora—that fits over a boot or other footwear to provide increased warmth and waterproofing. But for Nassif, the shoe also had to be stylish. To get it right, she spoke with three people who had participated in the race, camped overnight in the snow in Western Massachusetts, and met with a woman who owns a sled dog company. She also met with a shoe designer at the company Vibram. She borrowed a shoe model from studio and started testing different straps in her residence hall. She would design a 17-inch-tall model with a gaiter at the top to seal off body heat and keep snow from entering the boot. The sole is made of a strong PVC material in lieu of traditional rubber, and the upper bottom consists of heavyweight waterproof material that is also coated with a waterproof sealant. A sun design inspired by the Haida Indians adorns the back of Aurora. “Initially, I didn’t know what I was going to do with this boot,” says Nassif. “I’d never had to design something and then think about how it functions without feeling it physically. To see it come together was extremely gratifying.”
THINKING LIGHTER The hellishly cold camping trip that Woessner took found him and his buddies often sitting on ice and frozen logs. One of the campers brought a chair, but it proved heavy to haul during hikes, and the air mattress Woessner attempted to sleep on was numbingly uncomfortable. The experience led to his Base-05 Ultra-Lite Cot. The cot weighs a total of five pounds with an overall length of 82 inches. The structure is made of carbon fiber with injection molded, glass-filled nylon rod connectors. The cot contains a sewn-in pillow and a detachable stool. “This type of design had not been done before, so we had to make connectors that were more structurally sound,” he says. Woessner went through five prototypes, adjusting the geometry each time. The result is a model that features a straightforward setup and one that Woessner hopes to ultimately market to the ultralight community. Cascio, meanwhile, plans to bring the studio class back in 2020. “Wentworth has everything you need to make something like this,” he says. “Between the labs and equipment on campus, it’s the biggest treat to be able to make something with what you already have at hand.”
At left, the Base-05 Ultra-Lite Cot designed by Woessner
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BY GREG ABA ZORIUS Success. Serious. Interactive. Boston. Static. Co-op. Tough-grading. Mentors. Wentworth leadership invited constructive feedback this fall when they asked community members to share how they might advance things at the university. The word associations above come courtesy of an immersion activity with Wentworth students. Several workshops related to creating a new strategic plan were held during Opening Days in September with faculty. A student workshop (pictured here) later in the month found improving the website, increasing campus events on weekends, providing more contact options for faculty, and opening up office hours with financial services experts among ideas for improvement. The workshops came on the heels of three town hall-style events held this summer by President Mark Thompson in which he outlined the need for a new five-year plan and steps taken to properly develop one. Thompson’s timeline is aggressive, as he moves toward a finalized strategic plan, with Board of Trustees approval, by early Spring 2020. To properly meet that goal, he created four working groups respectively tasked to his four strategic focus areas: Inclusive Excellence, High-Value Learning, a Transformative Student Experience, and Next-Generation Partnerships. Each group comprises roughly 18 members, its makeup ranging from students, faculty, and staff to trustees and university advisers. Members have also been encouraged to consult with additional groups including internal and external stakeholders and partners. “I’ve said this before, and firmly believe, that this plan will only be as strong as the diversity of ideas generated,” Thompson said. The working groups presented their initial strategic recommendations in early November to the strategic plan’s steering committee made up of Thompson, Interim Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs Rich Hansen, Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs Annamaria Wenner, Board of Trustees Chair Greg Janey, University Advisers Chair Rose Conti, and Wentworth Student Government President Casey Germain. The steering committee then shared the recommendations with the community and provided opportunities for feedback in November and December on these initial ideas. Taking this community input into account, the steering committee is refining the strategic plan in preparation for presenting it to the Board of Trustees in early spring 2020. This plan is being developed at a time when colleges and universities face increasing challenges in the coming years due to a dwindling number of traditionally aged college students, increased competition, and shifting demographics. Thompson sees much opportunity in the face of these challenges and believes that Wentworth’s hands-on, career-readying model strongly positions the university for the future. However, he believes that Wentworth must move quickly given the speed at which the educational landscape is changing. “I am highly encouraged by the thorough work that has been undertaken,” he said. “The initial ideas presented by the working groups have met my expectations and are aligned with my sense of optimistic urgency to take bold and transformative steps to remain relevant and successful in the current higher education environment.” With a strategic planning process that has incorporated wide and honest input from the Wentworth community, Thompson firmly believes that Wentworth will develop a plan that will be transformational for the university.
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The Maine Event Alumnus Matt Morrill breathes life into historic Maine buildings. BY HEATHER MAYER IRVINE
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MATT MORRILL AND HIS WIFE spent three years on a boat in the Virgin Islands after he graduated from Wentworth with an associate degree in Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Technology. “We left to play and get it out of our system,” he says. Traveling opened their eyes to many things and inspired them when they returned in 2003, when Matt dove right into the world of engineering and design. After working for a local engineering firm in Maine for several years, Morrill and his wife, Tammy, started Grand View Builders, which specialized in custom home buildings and commercial construction. Over the years, Grand View’s focus shifted toward large commercial projects. This led the husband-and-wife duo to start Mastway Development, Inc., a separate real estate development company.
“With my architecture and engineering background, I fell in love with brick buildings. It’s the historic features you don’t see in today’s construction.” MATT MORRILL ’00 At left, an artistic rendering of Stevens Hall
Morrill, inspired by his undergrad studies at Wentworth, sought opportunities to work on historic buildings. “With my architecture and engineering background, I fell in love with brick buildings,” he says. “It’s the historic features you don’t see in today’s construction.” Then, in 2016, Morrill got his chance. The state of Maine put a 54-acre property up for bid: the Maine Industrial School for “viciously inclined girls,” which closed in the 1970s. Also known as the Stevens School, the five-building campus, in the Augusta-adjacent Hallowell, housed offices before sitting vacant for a decade. Morrill owns four of the buildings; he sold the fifth to a housing development company in Portland, which will build affordable housing units for senior citizens. “My wife calls this [purchase] my midlife crisis,” Morrill says, laughing.
When Morrill won the bid he didn’t waste any time getting to work. The buildings were severely deteriorated, some on the brink of condemnation. Morrill worked with the U.S. Department of the Interior, the National Parks Service, and the Maine State Historic Preservation Commission to bring his newly acquired buildings back to life. The campus is now called Stevens Commons, and its restored buildings include offices, apartments, and student housing for the University of Maine at Augusta. “This is the college’s first housing for its students,” Morrill says. “The University of Maine at Augusta is primarily a commuting school, but finding apartments in the Augusta area was always a struggle.” What sets Morrill’s historical renovation project apart from more traditional developments is the private-public partnership Morrill and the city of Hallowell forged to make the most out of the land. “When I bought the campus, it was such a large undertaking,” Morrill says. “I went to the city and proposed a private partnership. I told them we should work together to revitalize the campus.” The city agreed to rebuild the roads and infrastructure, while Morrill would renovate the buildings. The state-owned buildings were just sitting there, Morrill explains, not generating any tax dollars. “The city saw it as a win-win,” he says. “Eventually we got the whole campus back on the tax rolls.” The campus is also home to a newly restored fire station. An anonymous donor gave the city $2 million for a new building, stating only that it had to be built on Stevens Commons. Morrill and his company were on the design team task force, weighing in on critical design elements that would keep the new structure aesthetically in line with the rest of the historic campus. It was completed in May 2018. This past August, the first student residential building welcomed 37 college students. A second student residential building is underway, which will house another 47 students. Bringing his work to a college campus has been rewarding, Morrill says. “This campus is probably comparable to the size of the Wentworth campus. . . It’s weird for me being out of college 20 years and going back [to a campus] to see how students use the buildings. It’s fun to see them there having fun,” he says. “Most of [the students] are architecture students. They’re sitting on the quad and doing prospective line drawings of old buildings. It’s come full circle. Kids are drawing my buildings.”
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CATCHINGUP Tools of the Twenties A RECENT EXHIBIT offered a glimpse into the world of a Wentworth student from nearly a century ago. Books, mementos, and tools once belonging to Joseph W. Odlum, a student in the Steam and Electrical Power Plant Practice, were on display during the fall semester. The Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons hosted the exhibit—entitled “TBTwenties: Student Memorabilia and Tools in the 1920s”—in the Guarracino Family Gallery. Joseph’s son, Frank A. Odlum, discovered his father’s objects in the process of downsizing his house, and donated them to the Wentworth Archives. In addition to the objects seen on these pages, items included a 1924–25 course catalog, a class schedule and tardy card, baseball tickets, and dance cards. The family has also established the Joseph W. Odlum Scholarship, awarded to Mechanical Engineering students. Joseph Odlum was the president of his class and once president of the Wentworth Alumni Association.
TOP LEFT: Calipers, used to measure the distance between opposite sides of an object TOP RIGHT: Odlum’s hard hat BOTTOM LEFT: Mining axe BOTTOM RIGHT: Slide rule, an early predecessor to calculators and computers marked with logarithmic scales and used for making rapid calculations
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Commencement Events Celebrate Pantić, Welcome Thompson Presiding over his first Wentworth commencement ceremony in August, President Mark A. Thompson called members of the graduating class, “a great source of hope and optimism.” “You are equipped with everything you need to understand and help solve the complex problems of the day and of the future,” he said. “Be intentional about it. Be purposeful about it. Give the world the benefit of your full creative capabilities. It is a world that greatly needs you!” Keynote speaker Jody Rose, president of New England Venture Capital Association, recalled that her Jamaican-born parents convinced her a strong education could lead to the prosperity and success they longed for. Despite being told by a high school counselor that she was not good enough to attend a four-year college, Rose persevered, ultimately taking highprofile jobs at companies including MTV and HGTV, as well as co-founding Hack.Diversity—a program that connects Black and Latino STEM students with internships at major tech firms. “Pursue that which you’re curious about, the things that excite you, the dreams you cannot stop dreaming about,” Rose said.
“Be bold, be courageous, be selfless, be curious, believe in yourself, and never stop taking risks.” Spring Commencement was an equally historic event, as Zorica Pantić, the first female engineer to head an institute of higher learning, presided over her final Wentworth commencement event. President Pantić stepped down in May after leading the university for 14 years. “And so today, as one of our students pointed out, it’s as if I am also graduating,” she said. “I charge you to go out and do good work, pursue excellence in your profession, provide service to your community, and follow your passions.” Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was the April event’s featured speaker, whose refrain to the graduating class was to “be positive, be constructive, and be a good teammate.” — Greg Abazorius
“Pursue that which you’re curious about, the things that excite you, the dreams you cannot stop dreaming about,” Rose said. “Be bold, be courageous, be selfless, be curious, believe in yourself, and never stop taking risks.”
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Former President Zorica Pantić greets guests gathered on campus during her final Wentworth commencement. Governor Charlie Baker can be seen directly behind Pantić.
President Mark Thompson addresses the crowd during his first Wentworth commencement, held at Seaport World Trade Center.
The first Umoja Cultural Graduation Ceremony took place the Friday before Summer Commencement. Organized by the Center for Diversity and Social Justice Programs, the event acknowledges and embraces the rich culture of graduating students of color.
Retiring Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science Frederick Driscoll was honored with an honorary doctorate as well as the title of dean emeritus. Driscoll served as a leader, educator, and valued colleague for more than 50 years.
Members of the Class of 1969 pose with President Pantić during the Black and Gold event, which invites graduates celebrating their 50th anniversary back to campus for honorary bachelor’s degrees.
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CLASSNOTES 1963 1 Paul DaVia, CHE, invented the patented GutterWhiz gutter
cleaner and ToeMedic toe care device. He formerly spent 34
years as a Navy civil service construction project manager in locations including Spain, United Kingdom, Azores, and Egypt.
1964 David Cass, BC, was selected as the 2019 grand marshal of
the Freetown, Mass. Fourth of July Parade.
1966 2 David Westerling, CHE, received the 2019 Boston Society
of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE BSCES Horne/Gaynor Public
Service Award after recently helping to create a capital planning committee in the Town of Berlin, Mass. His previous public service included serving as the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) congressional fellow in the U.S. Senate and serving as interim inspector general in New Orleans after Hurricane
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Katrina. He is now professor emeritus in the Department of Civil Engineering at Merrimack College and active on the BSCES Government Affairs Committee.
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1967 3 Richard Laudenat, MPE, was recently elected president of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. During the induction ceremony, Laudenat (pictured right) also received his honorary bachelor’s degree from Wentworth as a surprise.
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CLASSNOTES 1969 Barry Flemming, BCS, retired at 70 years old after 50 years in the residential
design/build industry. After graduating from Wentworth, he transferred
Storytelling and Social Responsibility in Design Work
to Arizona State University where he graduated with a major in Structural Engineering and a minor in Architecture. He worked as a designer for four years before starting his own design/build firm, which thrived for 30 years before he sold it in 2006. Barry stayed on as an outside consultant until January 2019. Barry relates that he is enjoying retirement by traveling in the 1935 Chevy he “hot rodded” with his wife of 50 years, Jean. The couple will travel throughout the United States and enjoy time with their children and grandchildren. 4 Gary Pyatak, EET, shared a picture of his wall from home, which includes
framed photos from the Black and Gold Reunion and Spring Commencement
events he took part in during 2019.
1978 James Farrar, CC, is the president of Farrar Associates, a leading
construction management firm located in Newport, R.I. Bank Newport is one of the oldest mutual savings banks in the country. Gary Keith, MPE, ME ’80, retired after a 39-year career in fire, life safety, and
property protection; 21 years with FM Global in Norwood, Mass., over two
separate periods; and 18 years with the National Fire Protection Association in Quincy, Mass.
1979 Ed Szajna, BCS, continues to grow a construction consulting firm based in New York City. He is looking to connect with Wentworth alumni.
5 John Ferreira, AET, AE ’81, organized a golf outing with seven of his
alumni friends at Trull Brook in Tewksbury at the end of July.
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By Melvin Morales Industrial Design ’18 Storytelling is crucial in all areas of design. One of the main points about storytelling is empathy. Empathy is an important product of good storytelling. By creating characters or relatable points in a story and empathizing with them, designers are able to better communicate about and with their target audience. Empathy may even work the other way around by helping the designer convey a message or feeling to the user. Everyone can relate to something—a powerful story and message can become beneficial for any design project. Put yourself in situations that allow you to learn and gain as many experiences as possible. At the end of the day, we are designing a better world. Your designs should be human-centered. As a designer, you will learn that you have a social responsibility to create a better world for those who need it most. The experiences you have in life allow you to empathize with others. My favorite project was my senior thesis, SupplyAid. SupplyAid is a service that connects different companies, local government, and people by coordinating relief goods using an emergency kit to provide assistance to those affected by natural disasters. I focused on disaster relief because my family was directly affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. I wanted to see how design could create value and change the experience by those affected. Melvin Morales is a marketing designer at First Family Insurance in Fort Myers, Fla. The text above originally appeared on STEAMboston.com.
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Shawn Seaman, AET, AE ’84, has been named the chief operating officer
at The Fallon Company. With more than three decades of development,
architecture, and construction experience, Seaman will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of all Fallon development projects across the United States, with concentration on the Eastern seaboard. Mike Hastings, MPE, and his company, Cardinal Heating & Air in Kirkland,
Wash., won an award in the 2019 Tops in Trucks Fleet Design Contest.
1988
7 Brian J. Curley, AVS, was appointed a United States Coast Guard
administrative law judge by the secretary of Homeland Security. Judge Curley hears and decides merchant mariner credential suspension and revocation (S&R) cases, as well as other cases initiated by the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies as assigned by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
1994 Rob Kuhn, AEC, has joined Gienapp Architects as a project manager.
Andrew Connerty, MDE, MEC ’89, was named the vice president of quality assurance and regulatory affairs at First Light Diagnostics. Connerty brings
more than 25 years of quality systems management expertise at a strategic and tactical level. He has successfully formed effective quality departments and deployed compliant quality systems for a broad range of medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, biologic, bioabsorbable devices, and life science products.
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1995 Thomas Kennedy, MET, MEC ’96, was named business director of LNG & Utility Service.
1997 8 Jason Dunster, CMT, BCET ’99, design manager at McCarthy Holdings,
Thomas Cousineau, AET, ARC ’94, has been promoted to chief operating officer of Michael Integlia & Company, a Rhode Island-based real estate
developer and property manager.
Inc., and Jeremy Squire, BENV ’00, vice president of Murex Environmental,
recently met Professor Cindy Stevens (Management) and a group of students
when they traveled to Los Angeles. Dunster and Squire provided insight from their education and co-op experiences.
6 Christopher Jenkins, CEC, has joined architecture firm HNTB as a project
director and associate vice president in the program and construction
management practice, based in the firm’s Empire State Building offices in New
9 Paul Williams, ELMT, BEET ’99, a U.S. Army Cyber Officer, was featured
on STEAMboston.com, a website run by Wentworth alumni.
York City. Throughout his 32-year career, Jenkins has contributed to projects including New York’s Goethals Bridge and World Trade Center, the Boston Big Dig, and major highway projects in Austin, Texas. Jim Currie, AET, was hired by Fishman & Associates as senior project manager.
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10 Derek Albert, BCMT, was promoted by Landry/French Construction
to the role of project executive. In his new role, he will provide overall
team leadership and ensure client satisfaction. He has 23 years of project management experience in the commercial construction industry.
2001 11 Lauren Comley, AAET, BINT ’04, joined SV Design as an interiors
project designer.
2002 12 Saul Schrader, BCMT, has been promoted by the Acella Construction
Corp. to executive vice president. He will support all departments at Acella, increasingly becoming more involved in all projects, as well as oversee and
maintain all work at major accounts. Schrader has been with Acella since the founding of the company.
2003
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13 Rachael Montosi, ACET, BCET ’05, was named one of the “2019
Women in Construction” by the editorial board at Constructech magazine. She is a senior project manager at Kaplan Construction.
14 Richard Grundy, BCOS, has been honored with a “40 Under 40” award
from Providence Business News. The honor recognizes individuals who are
under the age of 40, have excelled in their chosen professions, and are involved in their communities. Grundy is the president of AVTECH, a software company based in Warren, R.I. He also serves on the Wentworth Alumni Association board as vice president, governance, and was recently elected as a university adviser. Aldo Cassano, Jr., BSCM, who works as a civil engineer, is giving back to
the community by translating Italian for patients who have language difficulties
within a medical company.
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2004 Chris Gibaldi, BCT, was promoted to the position of managing director of
development by Rose Associates, a multi-family and mixed-use real estate developer and operator based in New York City.
2005 15 Mugure Njendu, BARC, was elected as the new president of the
Architectural Association of Kenya.
2006 16 Stacy O’Halloran, BINT, published her seventh novel, Gripped Part 2:
Blindsided, a contemporary thriller.
2008 17 Michael Swick, ABC, was hired as the vice president of operation for the
construction division of H. J. Russell & Company. Swick is a LEED-accredited
professional and previously served as the president of the U.S. Green Building Council of Georgia. In 2011, he was recognized by Engineering News-Record as one of the Southeast’s “Top 20 Under 40.”
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Alumna at Forefront of Airport Health and Wellness Have you been to the airport lately and caught sight of a spa store adorned in orange and green? If so, Wentworth alumna Iga Wyrzykowski created that. In the past two years, Wyrzykowski helped build or remodel about 40 airport spas nationwide with XpresSpa, one of the largest spa networks in the country. The spas provide various massage services, including manicures and pedicures, to help travelers relax between flights. The San Francisco location also couples with a gym to provide services from both worlds in one place, while XpresSpa is looking to partner with chiropractors and other specialists at other locations. Wyrzykowski is busy designing for them all. She notes that the pop-up spas have especially been a hit with young travelers. “It was important to keep things updated for millennials,” Wyrzykowski says, noting that the color scheme was one area that she focused on to provide a modern look. Wyrzykowski, BSA ’12, MARC ’13, worked for Heitler Houstoun Architects in New York upon graduating, managing more than 30 Drybar hair salons from schematic design through construction. She believes a smaller company can be a good option for architecture students first starting their careers. “You get to see everything within the project, from the design side to the financial side and the construction side,” she said. After breaking into the industry, Wyrzykowski decided to try her hand at a larger company, taking a technical designer role for Gensler, where her clients ranged from Verizon to the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2017 she joined XpresSpa as a construction project manager and was responsible for the overall development project management of the spas, including project proposals, budgets, and timelines. In 2018 she was promoted to director of store design and construction. Her advice for aspiring architects? “Focus on an industry you really want to pursue,” she says, “learn as much as you can and branch out to that.” — Yunjia Hou
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19 2009 Adam Palmer, BELM, received a senior-level promotion at JM Electrical. Palmer first joined the company in 2009 as project manager. Along with building automation, he focuses on energy initiatives for the company. 18 Allyson Wyand, BINT, was hired by Gawron Turgeon Architects. She
brings expertise in healthcare and commercial design to her role as an interior
designer at the company.
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2010 Megan Dobstaff, BINT, received the HiP Designer Rising Star award at this
year’s Interior Design NeoCon. The designer convention and award ceremony were held in Chicago. 20 Ryan Rainville, BELM, was recently married and several Wentworth
alumni attended the wedding. Rainville serves on the Wentworth Alumni Association board as vice president, student engagement.
2011 21 Carlie Biron, BSA, MARC ’12, was elected president of the Wentworth
Alumni Association, and she serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the university.
19 Katelyn Grooms Manfredo, BSA, MARC ’10, and her husband, Shawn,
welcomed a baby girl, Emerson James Manfredo.
22 Marie Valentim, BSM, and Justin Valentim, BCET, welcomed their first
child, Amelia Grayce.
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23 24 22 2014 23 Giuseppe Alberti, BMET, Jen Anderson, BSA, Tom Julian, BSCE, and
Brian Mangiamele, BSCE, recently met up for a skiing trip in Frisco, Colo.
2016 Michael Fallon, MSCM, became president of real estate development firm
The Fallon Co.
25 2017 25 Dahnaya Joyner, BCOT, who works as a web developer, was featured
on STEAMboston.com. She shared her transition to the software from the hardware side.
2018 Quinn Morrissette, BIND, was recently honored for the completion of his
40-foot-long “Centennial Spiral” sculpture. He was chosen as a White Thomas Cracolici, BSA, MARC ’17, joined DeStefano Maugel Architects as
Mountain National Forest artist-in-residence.
a designer. Cracolici will contribute to residential, commercial, and interior
design projects and work to uphold the firm’s commitment to master planning and restorative renovation.
Collin Sabin, BSA, MARC ’19, and Vrajesh Patel, BSA, MARC ’19, led
a team to assemble a pair of bamboo structures at Ryan Park in Mattapan,
Mass. They learned about bamboo construction through a WIT independent 24 Hayley Patton, BBME, (left) took Wentworth to new heights—literally,
study program set in the Indonesian island of Bali.
to the top of a mountain—while visiting her friend and former roommate, Pamela Mudge Galeno, BSNE, in Lugano, Switzerland.
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in memoriam / 1940
Donald S. Freeto, EI&M
1943
1960
1973
Richard M. Earp, BC
Charles E. Theroux, MDE
Hugo G. DiMascolo, AM
Chris A. Samaras, EEE
Edward D. Wallenthin, EI&M
1949
Harold J. Bleicher, AC
1950
Fred B. Curtis, AC
William W. Seaward, Jr., EC
1952
1961
Ronald H. Gilmore, AME
Donald B. Sampson, MC&TD
1955
Lucien P. Baron, MC&TD
1956
Jarvis W. Newman, AM
Robert J. Tseki, AET
1983
Dennis B. Miele, EEP
Frank V. Aniello, AE
1962
Allan C. Ekstrom, EEP Edward A. Scholter, EEP *
Richard L. Contorelli, S&DE Philip L. Haynes, AM
1964
Richard F. Donovan, CHE Norman R. Tucker, NET *
1965
Bruce W. Raymond, EET *
1966
Ronald B. Boudreau, AT
1967
Ercole E. Marino, Jr., BC
1958
1968
Vincent P. Messina, S&DE Leonard B. Snyder, IE
1959
Robert W. Hickson, MED * David P. Israelson, BC * Paul D. Lynam, BC *
Grant F. Milner, MEP *
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1988
Ronald D. Desrosiers, CEC
1993
Peter Thomas Snow, EEC
1995
Kevin Beaton, EEE
1996
Darrell Joseph Cyr, CEC
Warren K. Allen, ASE
Stephen P. O’Donnell, Jr., EE
Benjamin F. Fudge, AM *
Dennis M. Fitzgerald, MAC
Joseph F. Cusano, Jr., MD
Walter F. Zajac, IE *
Jonathan S. Foss, MC&TD
1986
Robert D. Williams, EEE
Neil J. Collins, NET
1957
Charles Jackson III, BCS
Joseph A. Kmiec, EEE
Richard A. Susi, EEE
1954
1976
Richard J. Courtois, AM *
Clifford W. Sjoberg, Jr., MC&TD
1953
John D. Hinckley, BCS
1997
Christopher J. Bedard, EEC
2015
Shelby Alisabeth Shay
FORMER FACULTY Pasquale Demarco
Scott W. Stephen, EEE
1970
Thomas S. Farrell III, CHE
1971
Thomas N. Campiglia, AET
1972
James E. Charland, AM
* Denotes a military veteran
We are pleased to recognize the following individuals, who have made commitments through gift planning or let us know that Wentworth is included in their estate plans.
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Paul Cherkas,* AC & D ’42
Edward Z. Hawkes, AC ’53
Kenneth R. Shaw
James F. Adams,* MW& TM ’51
Paul C. Chrestensen, MED ’62
J. Richard Hero, Jr., MED ’64
Harold F. Shea, Jr., IE ’57
George V. Albert,* Sr., AC ’46
Kenneth H. Clark,* AC ’58
Todd A. Johnson, AET ’76
Douglas C. Shepherd, EEE ’60
Charles T. Anderson*
Kenneth R. Clarke, AET ’66
Robert A. Kilgore,* BC ’50
Michael T. Anthony, IET ’82, MA ’84, Hon. ’15
Robert W. Cookson,* MC & TD ’57
Nikolaos D. Kokolakis, IET ’81
Ernest E. Siegfriedt,* Jr., PT ’57, Hon. ’02
William M. Coombs, PLS, CHE ’62
David W. Kruger, Hon. ’04
Jack G. Corey, AET ’64, and Jean Corey
George L. Larned,* Jr., CHE ’60
Eric T. Asikainen, AET ’96, FMC ’98, TC ’98
William G. Creelman, BC ’64
Howard V. Levine, AIA, AET ’72, AE ’74, Hon. ’06
Barbara A. Balboni, AET ’84, AEC ’86, P’89
Richard L. Cudmore, AME ’52
Constance L. Lewis
Robert W. Basile,* AET ’62, and Paula K. Basile
Russell F. Decatur,* EC ’51
Stuart Locke,* EC ’39
Gerald H. Deshaies, EEE ’61, P’84
G. Raymond Luddy, MDE ’66
Sherman L. Ayers,* EC ’28
Louis C. Beggs, MC& TD ’43, Hon. ’13 George L. Bent,* MW& TM ’51
Ethel and Vincent DeVito,* BC ’38, P’62, P’69, and Ethel DeVito* John S. Ducat, MC & TD ’51
Ronald G. Betts
Theodore W. Edwards, Jr., MEP ’64
Benjamin Blake*
A. W. Erickson,* Jr., Hon. ’86
Robert A. Booker, BCS ’75, and Paula R. Booker
David B. Fein, EEE ’80, EE ’82
Armand E. Bourgeois,* MC & TD ’50, Hon. ’00
Angelo R. Firenze, MED ’64, and Wega G. Firenze
Dorothy Bourget*
William H. Flanagan,* MC & TD ’51, Hon. ’11
Robert W. Boyden, MC & TD ’52, MC & TD ’58, Hon. ’98, and Carol A. Boyden
Frederick M. Forbes, CHE ’62 Peter A. Fougere, EEE ’72, EE ’74
John E. Brooks, IE ’53, P’90, and Jean A. Brooks, P’90 David L. Brown,* PET ’59 Russell E. Bryant,* MC& TD ’31, and Mary Z. Bryant* Reinhold A. Carlson, EC ’50 Donald L. Champagne, MED ’62
Edward T. Gallagher, MD ’61 William F. Gilbert,* Jr., IE ’51 John B. Gray,* Hon. ’04 John A. Grimes, MD ’61, and Marianna Grimes Martin D. Guyer, MEP ’64, Hon. ’12 Charles C. Halbing, Jr., EE ’66
Eugene A. McCalvey, MDS ’72 John S. McGrath, CHE ’62 Robert W. Meeken, AC ’51 John P. Meloni,* EM ’77, EES ’78
Edward C. Skerrett, AET ’59 Everett W. Skinner, Jr., CHE ’64, PLS ’05 Edward G. Smethurst, EEE ’63 John F. Smith, IE ’58, Hon. ’89 Charles G. Stacey, BC ’66 Edward C. Stickney,* MW& TM ’41 George G. Swain,* Jr., MC & TD ’35 Myles E. Sweeney,* AC ’28, and Eugenia Sweeney,* Hon. ’09 Ella M. Taylor*
Clifford A. Mohwinkel,* Jr., EEE ’61
Kenneth E. Taylor, S & DE ’58, EEP ’59, P’89
Edward L. Montesi,* BC ’60
Robert H. Therrien, AET ’68
Harold P. Nelson,* IE ’53
Arthur T. Thompson,* Hon. ’85, and Virginia D. Thompson*
David E. Overberg, MED ’63, P’99, and Gail E. Overberg, P’99
Phillip L. Tropeano,* S & EMO ’42
Sandra Pascal
John F. Van Domelen, Hon. ’05, P’96
Lawrence A. Perkins, EET ’64
Joseph T. Vercellone, AET ’60
Richard E. Portors, MP ’61
Richard L. Watts,* EEE ’62
Michael R. Rocchi, EEE ’68
Paul C. Wellington, S & DE ’57
Chris A. Samaras, EEE ’60
Elmer M. Wetmore, Jr., S & DE ’49
Douglas D. Schumann, AM ’64, Hon. ’08
Donald B. Wilson,* Hon. ’95
Susan E. Schur William M. Scranton
Michael F. Wojcik, MPS ’75 Robert P. Yarmo, BCS ’75
* Deceased
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