Dimensions Magazine

Fall/Winter 2011-12

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Preparing for Greatness

Class of 2015:

Left to right: Dr. Hermann Viets, MSOE president; Dr. John Choren, director of theRapid Prototyping Consortium and Tom Bray, dean of applied research, met to discussa part made by the RPC’s new machine: an iProTM 8000 SLA® Precision Center. MSOEis the only American university to own this machine.

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Fall/Winter 2011-12Volume 25, No. 3

This is the tale of two institutions, or at least,two approaches. Twenty years ago, the firstinstitution received a grant to purchase half of aliquid polymer rapid prototyping machine. Thesecond institution received an entire machineunder a grant. The second institution had notime pressure to get its machine operational, solittle has been accomplished. On the contrary,the first institution, MSOE, needed to pay offtheir debt on the machine so they created aconsortium of companies to support appliedresearch utilizing this new technology. The fiveearliest company members of the consortiumwere Snap-on Inc., Harley-Davidson Motor Co.,Evinrude Outboard Engines, Kohler Co., andMaster Lock Co. Twenty years later, these samecompanies are still members of MSOE’s RapidPrototyping Consortium, which has now grownto about 70 companies and is one of the oldestand best consortia in the United States.Along the way, there were many exciting

times, perhaps beginning with a local newspaperarticle advising us to simply throw in the towelbecause we had little chance of success. MSOEhas since purchased several new machines andadvanced the technology. New members joinedand the consortium grew to its current size.There are many past contributors to this

initial success including Tom Davis ’68, Tom Bray, Dr. Dan Brandt, Dr. Bob Crockett,

Jeff Konopacki ’91, Darius Daruwala ’98 andStewart Davis ’96. Current key staff membersare Dr. John Choren, Sheku Kamara ’01, VitoGervasi ’96, ’03, Vince Anewenter ’11, DouglasCook ’98, ’07, and again, Tom Bray. Manystudents, well over 150, contributed to theRPC’s success. How could they succeed when others with

more support failed? They had the challenge of adversity. They responded because thealternative was failure, and with their efforts created a model dedicated to serving the customer. This model is a smaller version of MSOE

itself. We have no guarantee of our existence andno one to bail us out if we fail. We must performon a yearly, no make that a daily, basis. Thus, we are a working model of

entrepreneurship, a dedication to makingsomething work through the strength of goodideas and hard work. May we have many more!

Sincerely,

Hermann Viets, Ph.D.President

President’s Message

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2..................................Spotlight on LeadershipNew MSOE Regents: G. Woodrow Adkins,Thomas A. Burke and Robert E. Vieau ’69

3..................................Presenting: Workspaces of the future

4-7................................Highlights

8..................................Faculty FeatureDr. Anne-Marie Nickel, associate professor,Physics and Chemistry Department

9..................................Welcome Week

10................................Commencement

11................................Recruiting MSOE’s Top-notch Talent

12-13..........................Quick Takes

14-15..........................Meet the Class of 2015

16-17..........................Raiders’ Wrap-Up

18................................Focus on Grohmann Museum H.D. Tylle: Touring Germany and Working in Wisconsin

19-28..........................Alumni Roll Call

29................................Campus Calendar

Back Cover ..............New Home, New Name

On the CoverNathan Tonkinson is one of the four fastest speedskaters (18and under) in the U.S. He’s also a freshman industrialengineering major. Get to know him, and other members ofclass of 2015, on page 14.

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ipSince it was founded in 1903, MSOE has benefitted from the advice and support of

volunteer leaders. Comprised of representatives of business, industry, government andeducation, the Board of Regents governs the operations and the future planning of theuniversity. This fall, MSOE welcomed three new Regents to the Board and four newCorporation members. Mark Train, retired president and CEO, Jason Inc., returns to the Board of Regents from Regent Emeritus status.

New Regents

G. Woodrow AdkinsG. Woodrow Adkins is the chairman and CEO of Adkins Holdings LLC of Waukesha, Wis., a

private investment company. He is the first holder of the Uihlein/Spitzer Chair of Entrepreneurship inthe MSOE Rader School of Business. Adkins also is chairman, shareholder, managing director orpartner of several companies and investment funds. He began in the meat industry and is a longtimefood industry executive. Adkins is a member of the International Chief Executives Organization,chairman of Wisconsin Presidents Organization, and past chapter chairman and international directorof the Young Presidents Organization.

Thomas A. BurkeThomas A. Burke has been the CEO and president of Modine Manufacturing Co. in Racine, Wis.,

since 2008. He previously was the company’s chief operating officer, chief technology officer andinterim regional vice president of Americas, taking on the responsibility for streamlining thecompany’s global organizational structure. Burke also served as CEO and president of CompositeSolutions Inc. Prior to joining Modine in 2005, Burke held leadership positions at Visteon Corp. andheld a variety of engineering and operations positions in the Climate Control Division of Ford MotorCo. in the U.S. and Mexico.

Robert E. Vieau ’69 Robert E. Vieau graduated from MSOE in 1969 with a degree in electrical engineering. He spent

his career with high tech companies such as Texas Instruments and Compaq Computer Corp. AtCompaq, Vieau served as the senior vice president of corporate operations and was responsible forglobal manufacturing of the desktop and portable computer lines with operations in Houston,Singapore and Scotland. In 1993 Vieau moved to the Thomas-Conrad Corp., where he becamepresident and CEO. He led the company through massive change, culminating with the company’sacquisition by Compaq. He is currently president and owner of Vieau and Company in Montgomery,Texas, through which he provides consulting services.

New Corporation members

• William Beckett, president and CEO, Chrysalis Packaging and Assembly Corp. (Chryspac), Milwaukee• Randal S. Howard, president, Forrer Business Interiors Inc., Milwaukee• Wendy Burke Slocum, president, Burke Properties, Milwaukee• Richard Stangl, chairman and CEO, Weimer Industries, Menomonee Falls, Wis.

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Dr. Charlene Yauch P.E. (left), associate professorand industrial engineering program director, joinedRandy Howard (center), MSOE Corporationmember and president of Forrer Business InteriorsInc., and Dr. Viets, MSOE president.

Dr. Alan Ruud ’69, P.E. (center), chairman of theBoard of Regents and vice chairman of RuudLighting – A Cree Company, talked with studentsat the lab’s grand opening.

Students gatheredaround the SteelcaseMedia:scape donatedby Forrer BusinessInteriors Inc., whichfacilitates group work.Up to six laptops canconnect to the largescreen, making it easyto collaborate on aproject or prepare apresentation.

Industrial engineering sophomoreNoah Corbeil-Wild tested out theSteelcase Walkstation, which combinesa height-adjustable surface with a low-speed, commercial-grade treadmill.

Presenting:Workspaces of the future

Students in MSOE’s industrialengineering program now have anew incentive to finish theirhomework: they can work inMSOE’s newest laboratory, theIndustrial Engineering ProcessInnovation Laboratory. Withtechnologically advanced,ergonomic work stations andstate-of-the-art LED lighting,the laboratory is unlike any other at MSOE and fosterscollaborative, group learning.Ruud Lighting – A CreeCompany and Forrer BusinessInteriors Inc. donated lightingand equipment for the space,where students can conductexperiments on workplaceefficiency and ergonomics.


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MSOE named a top university MSOE received national recognition this

fall when it earned the 19th spot onU.S.News & World Report’s 2012 list of BestUniversities in the Midwest. MSOE wasranked 11th in the Best UndergraduateEngineering Programs category among engineering schoolswhose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s. MSOE also wasnamed one of America’s Top Colleges by Forbes and one of thebest colleges and universities in the Midwest according to ThePrinceton Review.

Organizations consider a number of different factors whendetermining their rankings, including peer reviews, percentageof alumni who donate to their alma mater, class sizes, strength ofthe faculty, post graduate success and more.

Grads bring home big paychecksAccording to PayScale Inc., MSOE

graduates have the highest averagestarting salary ($54,100) in Wisconsincompared to all other universities in thestate. For mid-career salaries, MSOE wasranked second, behind only LawrenceUniversity, with an average of $86,500.

Soccer student-athletes earn AcademicAll-District honors

In women’s soccer, junior defender Kate Herrmann wasnamed to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team.Herrmann majors in biomedical engineering with a 4.00 GPA.For men’s soccer, senior midfielder Dan Hosko was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team forDistrict 6. Hosko is an architectural engineering major with a 3.77 GPA.

is popular place to hang outMSOE’s new Bridge is all the rage among prospective

students. In its first month more than 1,500 members joined thedynamic social community. Of those, nearly 1,400 areprospective students. They’ve created accounts and quicklybecome “friends” with each other, MSOE admission counselors,faculty members and current MSOE students. Conversationsare happening 24/7, and high schoolers are finding that theBridge is the go-to place to become an MSOE Raider. “TheMSOE Bridge is a unique program that I have just used for about a week and I have already grown to love it,”said Gerald Soriano, a student at Waipahu High School inHawaii. “It helps me to connect with college students andcollege staff/faculty.” Join the community by visitingadmissions.msoe.edu.

An incredible offer – free graduate tuition There’s added incentive for students to attend MSOE. Those

who complete their bachelor’s degree can return to MSOE fortheir master’s degree, free of tuition charge, if they begin theirfull-time graduate studies within one year of graduating fromMSOE and satisfy a number of criteria. The MSOE GraduateTuition Grant will cover 100 percent of tuition for 9-15(program specific) graduate credit hours per term for the Masterof Science degrees in civil engineering, construction andbusiness management, engineering, engineering management,marketing and export management, new product management,and structural engineering. Students must meet a number ofcriteria to qualify for and keep the tuition grant. Completedetails are available online at www.msoe.edu/gtg.

News

A job well doneDuring Fall In-Service, MSOE presented two faculty members

with awards. The Falk Engineering Educator Award was presentedto Dr. Charlene Yauch P.E., associate professor and industrialengineering program director in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment. The award is given annually to a full-time facultymember with less than seven years experience. It is a testament toexemplary dedication and performance.

James Blaha ’74, ’85, adjunct associate professor in the ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science Department, received theJohnson Controls Award, presented annually to an outstandingpart-time faculty member. The award was inspired by Robert C.Moore, a long-time faculty member in the Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science Department.

Highlights


Left to right: Jessica Iversen, Dylan Sandretto, Jessica Phillips, Tanya Otto, Elise Pinkerton, NoelleLayman, Brandon Jacobson, Dr. Dudley Outcalt, associate professor and faculty advisor for the group.

Back to back national champs MSOE’s student chapter of the National Electrical

Contractors Association (NECA) won the nationalchampionship in the 2011 Green Energy ChallengeStudent Competition. This is the second yearMSOE has participated, and the second year in arow that they won the championship! For thecompetition, the students analyzed Roy W. JohnsonResidence Hall and recommended updating thelighting and heating controls, and installing solarpanels to heat water and reduce energy costs. Thecompetition is sponsored by ELECTRIInternational - The Foundation for ElectricalConstruction and NECA.

A decade of successFor the tenth consecutive year, at least one of MSOE’s teams

took first place at the Associated Schools of ConstructionRegion III Student Competition. This year, thePreconstruction Team and the VDC (Virtual Design andConstruction) Team took first place in their respectivecompetitions and were coached by Dr. Jeong Woo, assistantprofessor. The Design Build Team took third place and wascoached by Robert Lemke, associate professor.

Survey says…Thank you to everyone who responded to the Dimensions Reader Survey. Overall, the results showed that our readers are happy with

the content and look of the magazine. An overwhelming 91% of respondents said they would prefer not to receive Dimensions via email.• 77% of respondents are MSOE alumni• 92% said Dimensions left them with a positive impression of MSOE• 44% would like to see more MSOE history/nostalgia• 47% want to read more about student and faculty research• 46% would like more entrepreneurial success storiesBased on the survey results, you can expect to see more stories about MSOE history (see inside back cover) and research, and when

students or faculty alert Dimensions staff about their successful entrepreneurial ventures we’ll be sure to report on them.

Left to right: Brian Filkins fromMortenson Construction with VDC Team members Dr. Jeong Woo, Mark Peterson, Brent Verhyen, Justin Cosgrove, Austin Meier. Not pictured: Angela Ahlbrect and Ben Turk.

Left to right: PreconstructionTeam members: Dr. Jeong Woo,Matt Bakke, Josh Halvorsen,Nick Zamorski, Jared Gothard,Cate Scholfield, Chris Dublinski


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International research opportunity Dr. Subha Kumpaty P.E., Mechanical Engineering

Department, and Sheku Kamara ’01, RapidPrototyping Center, were the principal investigators ona collaborative, international research project with theNon-Ferrous Materials Technology DevelopmentCentre (NFTDC) in Hyderabad, India. Three MSOEstudents, Alex Gratton, Mary Roath and Nora Huang,and Marquette University student Warren Ragland IIIworked with Kumpaty and Kamara to researchmaterials and biomedical applications of rapidprototyping with non-ferrous materials. The teamtraveled to India over the summer to investigate andtest different types of metal that can be used formedical implants and devices. They worked withNFTDC researchers in state-of-the-art facilities, and were the first undergraduate students ever who were allowed to completeprojects at the NFTDC. The project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Kumpaty and Kamara are taking four more students to India next summer and another four in summer 2013 for ongoing collaborative research with NFTDC.

More kudos and congratulations• Several faculty members recently received awards and honors:Dr. Patrick Jung, associate professor, General StudiesDepartment

Accepted a Stemmy Award on behalf of MSOE with St.Joan Antida High School from STEM Forward for theHUGE Futures collaboration between MSOE and SJA

Tony Luciano ’95, lecturer, Civil and ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction Management Department

Named Engineer of the Year by The Daily ReporterDr. Mohammed Mahinfalah, professor, MechanicalEngineering Department

Elected a Fellow of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers

Dr. Russell Meier, associate professor, Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science Department

Received the IEEE Education Society Edwin C. Jones, Jr.Meritorious Service Award and the IEEE EducationSociety Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award

• The Office of Servant-Leadership received a three-year$180,000 Brady Corporation Foundation Inc. grant toexercise the tenants of servant-leadership through MSOE’sproject management courses. Brady Corp. will providefinancial and intellectual capital for Rader School ofBusiness students to learn project management theory whileengendering projects benefitting the greater Milwaukeecommunity.

Celebrating 20 years of rapid prototyping MSOE’s Rapid Prototyping Consortium celebrated its 20th anniversary in October. An event was held at the Milwaukee Art

Museum for consortium members. Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch spoke about technological innovation and its impacton our lives, and the future perspective on economic growth in Wisconsin. Lt. Colonel Dick Rutan (ret.) delivered the keynotepresentation. Rutan was a pilot and co-developer of the Voyager aircraft, which flew around the world without stopping andwithout refueling. Afterwards, consortium members had the opportunity to tour the Rapid Prototyping Center at MSOE and see the new iProTM 8000 SLA® Precision Center. MSOE is the only American university to own this machine.

MSOE sponsors ISSOTL conferenceMore than 600 people from over 20 countries came to Milwaukee in October for an International Society for the Scholarship of

Teaching & Learning conference. A pre-conference reception was held at the Grohmann Museum. Dr. Kelly Ottman played a keyrole in organizing the conference and reception. MSOE’s Office of Servant-Leadership helped secure conference bags for allattendees. The bags were hand made in Kenya by women in an urban slum. MSOE students worked with these women in the pastand helped to transport the bags to Milwaukee.

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On the Move Dr. Kathy Faggiani, professor, Rader

School of Business, has been appointeddirector of continuing studies and outreach.

James Kieselburg has been appointeddirector of the Grohmann Museum.

In the Finance Office, Janda Vavricka hasbeen appointed controller and JennyManning has been appointed payrollmanager and assistant treasurer.

Mike Hassler, Civil and ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction ManagementDepartment; Dr. Robert Kern, MechanicalEngineering Department; and Nancy Olmsted, Mathematics Departmentwere named Professors Emeriti. Hassler andKern will continue to teach as adjunct facultymembers at MSOE.

David Schmitz, instructor and coordinatorof Graduate Management Programs, RaderSchool of Business, moved from part-time tofull-time status.

New faculty

Several of MSOE’s newest full-time faculty members gatheredfor a photo at In-Service. Back, left to right: Dr. Jung Lee,Douglas Nelson, Dr. Matthew Anderson, David Schmitz, Dr. Matthew J. Traum. Front, left to right: Nicole Corso, Dr. Luis A. Rodriguez, Dr. Gulbin Ozcan.

Find more highlights and news in theNewsroom at www.msoe.edu/newsroom

Civil and Architectural Engineering and ConstructionManagement

Douglas Nelson, P.E., InstructorDr. Gulbin Ozcan, Assistant Professor

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Omar Abdel-Baqi, Adjunct Assistant ProfessorMark Krueger ’90, Adjunct Assistant ProfessorKendra Walther, Adjunct Assistant Professor

General Studies

Elizabeth Skwiot, Lecturer

Mathematics

Dr. Lesya Chorna, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Matthew Anderson, Assistant ProfessorChristopher Lentz ’98, ’10, LecturerDavid L. Pettiford ’91, ’99, Adjunct Associate ProfessorDr. Luis A. Rodriguez, Assistant ProfessorDr. Matthew J. Traum, Assistant Professor

School of Nursing

Nicole Corso, Assistant Professor

Physics and Chemistry

Dr. Jung Lee, Assistant Professor

Rader School of Business

Dr. Kathleen Miezio, Adjunct ProfessorPatrick S. Watson ’07, Lecturer

New staffAthleticsDavid Bugalski, Director of SportsMedicine Algeria Monroe, Administrative Assistant

Enrollment ManagementAmanda Runnalls, Admission CounselorChristopher Smith, Admission Counselor

FacilitiesBenjamin Buesing,CustodianGeraldo Howard, CustodianDennis Mentel, CustodianJune Prentice, Custodian

Financial AidLuke Sleman, Financial Aid Counselor

Information TechnologyPaul Fabian, Network/Security AdministratorFred Wood, Systems Administrator

James Kieselburg

David Bugalski

Dr. Kathy Faggiani

Janda Vavricka


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Favorite subject to teach: Intermolecular forces (chemistry),because intermolecular forces canexplain many interestingphenomena, including whygeckos can crawl quickly upa wall, how we distillcrude oil and how soaps clean.

Best vacation: Any ocean beach,preferably with big wavesand warm water, like HapunaBeach, Hawaii, or the outerbanks of North Carolina.

Favorite book: Most recently, The ImmortalLife of Henrietta Lacks or The Help.

Favorite thing aboutMSOE: The people—students, staff and faculty.

Favorite element inthe periodic table: Nickel, of course!

As an associate professor in MSOE’sPhysics and ChemistryDepartment, faculty representativefor the Athletic Department, wife,and mother of two small boys,Dr. Anne-Marie Nickel hasher hands full. We caught upwith her to learn more abouther life inside and outside ofthe classroom.

Best advice: Make a decision and then make it work.

Favorite sport team: Milwaukee Sport Club U-7

soccer team, which my son playson, or the MSOE Raiders.

Best distraction: Playing board games,

reading novels, chatting with friends, watching The Big Bang Theory.

Best place to hang out on campus:

The Kern Center.

Favorite musicalinstrument you neverlearned how to play:

Acoustic guitar.

Better chemist, MarieCurie or Emil Fisher:

Marie Curie.

Dr. Anne-Marie Nickel


Rick Gagliano, director of Student Activities,greeted all freshmen and transfer students atWelcome Week.

Students who participated in ProjectLead The Way in high school attendeda Welcome Week event just for them,where they fashioned towers out ofstraws and paper clips using theknowledge they learned in PLTW.

Dr. Charles Tritt,assistant professor andbiomedical engineeringprogram director, gave alecture on the biologicaldynamics of zombies. Thelecture acclimatedstudents to college-levelclasses and gave them achance to perfect theirnote-taking skills.

Incoming students andtheir families had abeautiful day for move-in,and filled the residencehalls to near capacity.

MSOE’s Developmentand Alumni AffairsDepartment held a cookout during WelcomeWeek. Students had theopportunity to networkwith area MSOE alumniat the event.

For the first time ever, MSOEhosted a week-long WelcomeWeek in late August and earlySeptember. Activities andmeetings were designed tohelp incoming freshmen andnew transfer students adjustto life at MSOE. Studentsattended informationsessions, tours of campusbuildings and downtownMilwaukee neighborhoods,residence hall events,academic departmentprograms and much more.

Welcome Week


MSOE’s distinguished alumnibody grew by more than 80 peopleafter this year’s Fall Commencement.Dr. Roger Frankowski, MSOEretired vice president of academics,received an Honorary Doctor ofCommunication degree anddelivered the keynote address. Headvised graduates to work hard, beagents of change, take the time todream and be happy, and be humble.

Honorary degree recipient Dr. Roger Frankowskiaddressed the crowd at Commencement.

Quentin J. Blacklock, management information systems major, was the class respondentand graduated with high honors. He told graduates, “Let us remember the people whohelped us in this journey and thank them in our hearts.”

Fall Commencement

More than 150 companiesattended the 2011 Career Fair,

held in October. They were recruitingfor a variety of full- and part-time jobs

and internships in Wisconsin, the Midwestand nationwide. In addition, students attendedMSOE’s first-ever Graduate and ProfessionalCollege Fair, where attendees met withrepresentatives from graduate schools andemployers recruiting those with graduate-levelskills and/or seasoned professionals.

An MSOE student (left) learnedmore about graduate school atMichigan Tech from arecruiter at theGraduate andProfessionalCollegeFair.

Business management seniorAmontré Ross (right) spokewith a recruiter from Liberty Mutual while at the Career Fair.

Left to right: A representative from Medical College of Wisconsin met withKate Herrmann, Dylan Heun and Taylor Dieringer.


Recruiting MSOE’s Top-notch Talent


Quick Takes

Milwaukee blacksmithKent Knappdemonstrated his tradeduring the GrohmannMuseum’s Lost Artsevent. Guests observedartisans practicing tradeslike lace-making, woodenshoe carving and more.

Technical communication major and professional cakedecorator Barbara Meyer (right) hosted a cake decoratingclass on campus. Students practiced tricks of the trade andperfected their frosting techniques.

As part of Wheelchair Days, MSOEstudents rode Milwaukee Countybuses to nearby businesses. The eventraised awareness of the difficultiesfaced by those with disabilities.

Quick Takes


WMSE’s 10th Annual Food Slam featuredmore than 20 local restaurants and raisedmore than $25,000 to support theindependent radio station. In addition,325 pounds of food were donated to theHunger Task Force.

Graduates of the UpwardBound program celebratedtheir commencement. Thefederally funded programhas allowed MSOE to helplow-income studentscomplete high school andtransition to highereducation for more than20 years.

Ryan Damask (center), recipient ofthe Jackie and Michael BarberScholarship, joined Regent MichaelBarber ’82 and Corporationmember Jackie Herd-Barber ’84 atthe Scholarship Luncheon.

MSOE’s National Society ofBlack Engineers and Societyof Hispanic Engineers hosteda resume workshop. Here,Vicki Beckman of TrueProcess met withmanagement informationsystems major FernandoGarcia to review his resume.

In October, President Viets attended the LWL-IndustrieMuseum dedication in Westfalen, Germany. The museumfeatures pieces from collector Werner Bibl and is a sistercollection to the Man at Work collection at the GrohmannMuseum. Left to right: Dirk Zache, LWL-Industrie museumdirector, Werner Bibl, Dr. Eckhart Grohmann, MSOERegent, and Dr. Viets.

Jackson HogoboomA native of El Segundo, Calif., Jackson Hogoboom

traveled far to attend MSOE and major in mechanical engineering. After touring campus during a summer break, Hogoboom knew MSOE was the right fit for him.

What do you like about MSOE so far?

Being in a new place, taking classes that interest me and learning things that I KNOW I will use in my career.

What brought you here all the way from California?

I came because of the size of MSOE, the job-placement rates, the relationshipsbetween students and professors that develop in such small classes, financialreasons, and because I wanted to experience something different.

What did you bring to campus that you couldn't

leave home without?

My pillow.

What is your favorite place on campus?

Probably the athletic field, I play a lot of ultimate Frisbee there and have made a lot of good friends playing.

• There are 438 full-time freshmen,349 live on campus• 155 were involved in Project LeadThe Way in high school• The average ACT score is 27.3• The average high school GPA is3.67 out of 4.00• There are 16 international studentsfrom 7 countries: Bangladesh,Canada, China, Pakistan, SaudiArabia, Taiwan and Turkey• 283 are from Wisconsin, with 139from out of state and 16international students

AT A GLANCE

All MSOE students are bright, hard-working and top-notch in many ways, andthe incoming freshman class is no exception.They are a uniquely talented group with adiverse range of interests, passions andperspectives. Meet four members of the classof 2015 below, and see for yourself.

Meet the Class of 2015


Logan BaumanFreshman Logan Bauman left his home state of Pennsylvania to enroll in

MSOE’s nursing program and play hockey for the Raiders. Logan knew hewanted to pursue a career in the medical field, and chose nursing at MSOEfor its great reputation.

What do you like about MSOE so far?I am enjoying all aspects of MSOE, even the school part isn’t that bad,

ha-ha. I really like all of my professors and being on the ice hockey team is ablast on and off the ice.

What did you bring to campus that you couldn't leave

home without?

My lucky charm. It’s a little figurine I put on my student ID lanyard. Hisname is the Eliminator and he eliminates all my worries and stress. I know itsounds corny, but I’ll take all the help I can get.


The Student Life and Campus Center. It’s the central meeting spot foranyone with a free hour, and it’s great for getting a good breakfast and coffee.

How do you like the nursing program, and

have you always wanted to pursue nursing?

So far I am enjoying the nursing program and all of my professors aregreat. Becoming a nurse was a spontaneous decision for me. When I gotaccepted to MSOE I learned about the nursing program and heard that ithad a great reputation. I knew that my career opportunities would betremendous after earning my degree from MSOE.

Nathan TonkinsonIndustrial engineering major Nathan

Tonkinson hails from Stacy, Minn., and trainsdaily at the Pettit National Ice Center for theJunior World Team in speedskating (see alsocover photo). In fact, he’s one of the fourfastest speedskaters (18 and under) in the U.S.

What do you like about

MSOE so far?

I thoroughly enjoy my smarter-than-average classmates and the hard teachers.

What did you bring to campus

that you couldn't leave home

without?

I cannot survive without my Bible.Without it, I lose focus and becomediscouraged and brain-dead very fast.


I love the Grohmann Museum. It is a very restful place to study.

What do you do in your free time?

Free time? What’s that? During Welcome Week, when we didn’t have classes, my floor played a lot of chess and poker.

Katie MakiArchitectural

engineering/constructionmanagement major KatieMaki is the youngest, and firstNative American, to win aworld championship for theUSA in the ancient sport ofPankration, a form of martialarts. Maki, a Minocqua, Wis.,native, competed in Serbiaand took home the goldmedal in September.

What do you like

about MSOE so far?

I like that MSOE challenges me more than high school ever did. I alsoreally enjoy the environment and the people here.

What did you bring to campus that you couldn't leave

home without?

That would probably be my cell phone, but only because it helps me keepin touch with my family and it has all of my music.

What do you do in your free time?

In my free time I hang out with my friends, play basketball in the Kern orjust simply relax.

What was it like to compete and win in Serbia?

This achievement is one of a lifetime. The feeling of standing on thepodium while they raised my country’s flag and played The Star-SpangledBanner is one I used to think was simply a dream. The reality is so muchgreater; words cannot describe it.


Raiders’ Wrap-up

Zachman withtop score at NACChampionshipafter first tworoundsSenior Dane

Zachman stands in firstplace after the secondround of the NorthernAthletics ConferenceChampionship for men’sgolf at Whistling Straitsin Kohler, Wis. TheRaiders are in secondplace as a team behindEdgewood. The finaltwo rounds to determine

the NAC Champion and the conference’s automatic qualifier forthe NCAA Championships will take place in April 2012.

Cayo named to All-NAC Senior Carol Cayo

was named to the All-Northern AthleticsConference Team afterreaching semifinals atthe Northern AthleticsConference Women’sTennis IndividualTournament this pastfall season. During theregular season, Cayowas 6-5 in singlescompetition. At theNAC IndividualTournament, shelogged a record of 3-1.

Grousnick earns All-NAC honors; Phelps,Koziczkowski, Janus and Norris garnerHonorable Mention statusThe MSOE men’s

cross country teamplaced fourth at theNorthern AthleticsConferenceChampionshipswhile the women’ssquad was eighth atthe UW-ParksideCampus. TheRaiders’ top finisherwas sophomoreSteven Grousnick,who came in tenthplace with a time of27:38.2 in the 8Kevent. For his finish, Grousnick garnered All-NAC status.Next for MSOE on the men’s side was sophomore Trevor

Koziczkowski, who placed 17th with a mark of 28:08.2. Justoutside of the top 20 was freshman Brian Janus in 21st at28:17.0. Sophomore Terrence Norris finished 26th with atime of 28:28.1. Koziczkowski, Janus and Norris each earnedNAC Honorable Mention honors for their performances.The top runner for the women’s team was junior Holly

Phelps who was 22nd with a mark of 25:37.3 in the 6K event. Phelps also earned NAC Honorable Mention status for her performance.

Raiders reachNAC men’s soccerchampionshipgameThe MSOE Raiders

men’s soccer program hadanother outstanding year,making it all the way tothe Northern AthleticsConference title gamebefore falling toDominican 4-0. MSOEshut out Concordia-Wisconsin 2-0 in the

semifinals to reach the championship with goals from senior DanHosko and junior Mat Braden. In the first round of the NACTournament, Hosko scored both of MSOE’s goals in a 2-1 victoryover Benedictine. The Raiders ended the season with a 12-8-1overall record and went 8-3 in NAC play.Hosko was selected First Team All-NAC as he led the

conference in goals (11), assists (9) and points (31). Also earningFirst Team All-NAC status was senior Michael Vanek who had sixgoals on the year. Second Team All-NAC honors went to seniordefender Matt Keating and sophomore forward Patrick Gathofwho had six goals as well. Senior defender Ben Sprecher garneredHonorable Mention status while goalkeeper Garret Farin made theAll-Freshman Team. Farin recorded three shutouts with a goalsagainst average of 1.07.

Dane Zachman

Mat Braden

Steven Grousnick

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Collingbournenamed NACDefensivePlayer of the YearIn women’s

volleyball, seniorKathleenCollingbourne wasnamed NorthernAthletics ConferenceDefensive Player ofthe Year and was alsoselected First TeamAll-NAC.Collingbourne ledthe conference in digs(507) and digs per set

(5.12). She is the NAC’s all-time leader in digs with 2,029. Collingbourne isthe second MSOE player ever to surpass the 2,000 dig mark in a career.Junior Stephanie Hasler was third in the conference with 42 service aces

and tenth with 2.63 kills per set. Hasler recorded her first career triple-doubleagainst Concordia-Wisconsin Oct. 26 with 11 kills, 14 assists and 16 digs.

MSOE rowing earns wins at Headof the Eagle and Tail of the FoxThe MSOE rowing team finished its fall

season at the Head of the Eagle Regatta inIndianapolis. The Raiders won the openlightweight 4+ race with a time of 13:33.90. Inthe boat were senior coxswain Rachel Connon,sophomore stroke Jonathan Allen, junior BenLang, senior Erik Winer and senior bow seatLuke Engebretson.MSOE also competed in the 47th Head of

the Charles Regatta in Boston. The eventincluded teams from all over the globe and morethan 300,000 spectators watched the racesduring the three days of competition. TheRaiders finished eighth of 22 boats in thelightweight fours event. They defeated such IvyLeague powers as Harvard and Dartmouth ontheir way to the top ten finish.At the Tail of the Fox Regatta on the Fox

River in DePere, Wis., MSOE finished first inall races in which they competed. Back inSeptember, the Milwaukee River Challenge,MSOE’s home regatta, had the mostcompetitors and spectators in the history of theevent. The men’s 8+ boat for the Raiders placedsecond behind Purdue.

Women’s soccer breaksMSOE record for winsin a season; Axt namedNAC Offensive Player ofthe YearThe MSOE women’s soccer

team had their best season ever asthey set a new record for wins in ayear with 13, breaking the recordof 12 wins, set in 2008. Seniorforward Jessica Axt was namedNorthern Athletics ConferenceOffensive Player of the Year for heroutstanding performance duringthe season. Axt also was named

First Team All-NAC.The Raiders left their mark on the NAC

Tournament as they defeated Concordia-Wisconsin 1-0 in the first round before falling totop seed Aurora 3-2 in the semis.MSOE made a splash nationally as two players

were ranked high on the nation’s leaderboardthroughout the season. Axt spent most of the yearas the nation’s leader in total goals and total points.She finished her career with 76 goals, which is themost in MSOE and NAC history. Axt’s 28 goalsand 62 points are single season MSOE records.Senior midfielder Jamie Janczak was ranked in thetop ten in assists during the regular season. She ledthe NAC with 14 assists and finished her careerwith 38 assists. Janczak was selected Second TeamAll-NAC as was sophomore forward Paula Bohl,who had 11 goals and seven assists. Junior goalieEmma Lumpe earned Honorable Mention statusfrom the conference after logging six shutouts anda goals against average of 0.96. Making the NAC All-Freshmen Team were

defender Shelby Struble and forward/midfielderGabbie Pung who recorded ten goals and sevenassists during the 2011 season. The Raidersfinished the season with a 13-8 overall record andhad a 9-3 mark in conference play.

Jessica Axt

Kathleen Collingbourne


H.D. Tylle: Touring Germanyand Working in WisconsinFeb. 17 – April 22, 2012

More than 70 large oil paintings by artist H.D. Tylle werepresented to the German public in October 2011. They formedan overview of the German industrial world, including theworking environments of well-known German companies BASF,BMW and Merck, among others. Many of those same pieces willbe featured in the upcoming Grohmann Museum exhibit, H.D.Tylle: Touring Germany and Working in Wisconsin. Also includedin the exhibit are some of Tylle’s representations of Wisconsincompanies such as Charter Manufacturing, Kondex and PieperElectric, among others.

Tylle’s work is featured extensively in the Grohmann Museum.He designed the colorful floor mosaic in the atrium, painted the 700-square-foot circular ceiling mural and created eight stained-glass windows for the dome of the museum.

Current Exhibit:Through Feb. 6, 2012Working Legacies: The Death and (After) Life of Post-Industrial Milwaukee Photos and histories by David Schalliol and Michael Carriere

This exhibition uses the contemporary moment to explorethe legacy of work in Milwaukee through documentaryphotographs and site histories of former and current industrialfacilities in the city, keeping a keen eye on their present useand local context. The result is a document of Milwaukee’sindustrial past and present—and the hopeful groundwork forits future.Gallery Night Event: January 20, 2012 • 5 - 9 p.m.

For more information on this and other exhibits, visitwww.msoe.edu/grohmann.

Focus onGrohmann Museum

In October, guests attended H.D. Tylle’s exhibition in Germany. The artistdisplayed more than 70 of his oil paintings of well-known German companies.

Tylle, H.D. [German]: Electric Arc Furnace After Charging, 2009, oil on canvas, 43x71 in.

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New Assignments

1970sGary Stetler ’74 BIM, product manager– Holo-Flight Processor, MetsoMinerals Industries Inc., ColoradoSprings, Colo.

1980sEric Lee ’83 ABCET, ’85 AE, vice-president lead fire protection projectengineer, Environmental SystemsDesign Inc., Chicago

David Kurth ’87 MDET, senior projectengineer, MRPC, Butler, Wis.

Michael Hobbs ’88 MET, businessmanager, Avanti Wind Systems Inc.,New Berlin, Wis.

Todd Bonack ’89 EET, senior softwareengineer, Accuray Inc., Madison, Wis.

Craig Goettl ’89 ME, director ofengineering, KMC Stampings, Port Washington, Wis.

1990sRick R. Thompson ’90 B&CS, chiefinformation officer, Brownstein HyattFarber Schreck, Denver

Brian Gronski ’91 EE, businessdevelopment director, Praxilient Inc.,Appleton, Wis.

Walter Guttenfelder ’99 EE, associateresearch physicist, Princeton PlasmaPhysics Laboratory, Princeton, N.J.

Brian Zobel ’99 MSEM, director offacilities services, Darlington SchoolDistrict, Rome, Ga.

2000sClover (Perry) Barnes ’01 NU, chiefoperations officer, Milwaukee HealthServices Inc., Milwaukee

Dennis Lohr ’01 ME, commoditymanager, Manitowoc Cranes, Shady Grove, Pa.

Andrew Boeck ’02 AE, vice presidentcommercial division, Total MechanicalInc., Pewaukee, Wis.

Anthony Janke ’02 EE,MCU fieldapplications engineer, TexasInstruments, Tempe, Ariz.

Mark Fingerholz ’03 ME, test andevaluation engineer, Marine CorpsSystems Command, Woodbridge, Va.

Kevin Anschutz ’05 ME, structuralengineer, P&H Mining Equipment,Milwaukee

Patrick Torhorst ’05 BMS, chiefinformation officer, Quest CESolutions, Milwaukee

Michael Kessen ’06 ME, powertraincooling CAE engineer, General Motors,Warren, Mich.

Allan Nagy ’06 CE, productdevelopment engineer, Advanced MicroDevices Inc., Austin, Texas

John Bauman ’07 ME, manufacturingengineer, Woodward MPC, Skokie, Ill.

William LaPalm ’07 MSEM, operationsmanager – fabrication, CentralMaintenance and Welding, Lithia, Fla.

Alumnus Jon Meyer ’06 led an alumni group on a tour of TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis,which included the Presidential Suite, premium seating, Press Box, DQ Club Room, media room,Hall of Fame, Gopher locker room (second largest in the nation, behind Lambeau Field), Gophertunnel and field.

Janelle Leafblad ’00, MSOE San Francisco area chair organized an event where guests watchedthe Green Bay Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings. They reminisced about their favoriteMilwaukee restaurants, how they came to MSOE and how they ended up on the West Coast.


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Daniel Scharf ’07 CM, projectsuperintendent, MSI General Corp.,Oconomowoc, Wis.

Toni Cannova ’08 ME, servicesupervisor, Carrier Corp., Elmhurst, Ill.

Jacob Gay ’08 ME, BSM, sales engineer,Xact Wire EDM Corp., Cary Ill.

Steven Storvik ’08 BE, biomechanicalengineer, Vector Scientific Inc., Golden, Colo.

Michael Allen ’09 CM,marketingengineer, Trane Inc., La Crosse, Wis.

Matt Kawahara ’09 AE/MSST, structuralengineer, Thornton Tomasetti, Chicago

Matthew LaValley ’09 BE, ’11 MSP,perfusionist, Marquette General HealthSystem, Marquette, Mich.

William Mak ’09 AE, mechanical designengineer, Epstein, Chicago

Velemir Terzic ’09 AE, engineer, Geiger& Larson Engineering, Milwaukee

2010sEdward Anderson ’10 BSM, clientsupport analyst, Direct Supply,Milwaukee

Matthew Barr ’10 ME, design andmanufacturing engineer, Itasca Plastics,St. Charles, Ill.

Caitlin (Berigan) Scarborough ’10 NU,nurse, United States Army, Landstuhl,Germany

Timothy Breecher ’10 EE, wirelessdevice engineer, Nsight, Green Bay, Wis.

Kevin Curtis ’10 SE, applicationdeveloper, Ascedia, Milwaukee

Ivan Domacinovich ’10 CE, computerengineer, United States Air Force,Milwaukee

Alicia Garton ’10 AE, mechanicalengineer, AECOM, Roanoke, Va.

Jessica (Helmin) Lo Bello ’10 AE/MSST,structural engineer, Opus Group,Minnetonka, Minn.

Ryan Kaplanek ’10 AE, assistant projectmanager/superintendent, Total TeamConstruction LLC, Waukesha, Wis.

Kayla Labunski ’10 NU, registered nurse,Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin,Milwaukee

Thomas Laur ’10 ME, process engineer,Pure Power Technologies – a NavistarCompany, Waukesha, Wis.

Corey LiDonne ’10 EE, electricalengineer, Environmental Systems DesignInc., Chicago

Richard Meyer ’10 MET, designengineer, Drewco, Franksville, Wis.

Justin Reiter ’10 ME, project andapplication engineer, Dielectric Corp.,Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Noah Schwalbe ’10 ME, associatemechanical engineer, Stratasys Inc.,Eden Prairie, Minn.

Savannah Anderson ’11 BE, engineer,Parcus Medical LLC, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Leo Baber ’11 BUS, integratedmarketing communications leader,Milwaukee Area Investment Board,Milwaukee

Trick-shot golf artist Peter Longo entertained (back row, left toright) Armund Janto, MSOE VP of finance and CFO; Jim Friauf,associate professor; Rick Kettler, Wagner Companies; (seated, left toright) Dr. Eckhart Grohmann, MSOE Regent; and Dr. Jack Blank,MSOE Regent. The golf outing raised $118,200 in scholarshipfunds for MSOE students! Thanks to all who participated.

Left to right: Regents John Cain and Dr. Jack Blank joined PresidentHermann Viets, Ph.D. and Sharon Haverstock of Scot Forge at the22nd Annual MSOE Regents’ Golf Outing in August.

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Jacob Bagal ’11 AE, electrical engineer,Arnold & O’Sheridan Inc., Brookfield, Wis.

Mitchell Bartczak ’11 IE, manufacturingengineer, Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.,New Berlin, Wis.

Aaron Baumgartner ’11 AE, engineeringdesigner I, exp (formerly X-nth),Milwaukee

Casey Becker ’11 IE, manufacturingengineer, Intel Corp., Chandler, Ariz.

Scott Beckord ’11 AE, HVAC engineer,WMA Consulting Engineers Ltd.,Chicago

Andrew Bendtsen ’11 EE, electricalengineer, Ruud Lighting – A CreeCompany, Racine, Wis.

Matthew Bennett ’11 CM, projectengineer, F.H. Paschen, S.N. NielsenInc., Chicago

Karen Bieck ’11 AE, electrical engineerII, Ghafari Associates LLC, Chicago

Kevin Blank ’11 ME, design engineer,Curt G. Joa Inc., Sheboygan Falls, Wis.

William Boelk ’11 ME, technical serviceengineer, Caterpillar Inc., SouthMilwaukee, Wis.

Samuel Bramstedt ’11 ME, designengineer, Advanced Design ConceptsInc., Pewaukee, Wis.

Nicole Briggs ’11 MSEM, injectionmolding engineer, Proctor & Gamble,West Chester, Ohio

Allyse Brost ’11 AE, HVACdesigner/engineer, Monroe EquipmentInc., Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Ryan Bykowski ’11 EE, engineer I,Johnson Controls, Milwaukee

Casey Buschkopf ’11 ME, designengineer, HUSCO International,Waukesha, Wis.

Aaron Choate ’11 EE, field controlsengineer, Twin Disc Inc., Racine, Wis.

Megan (Gloor) Cochrane ’11 AE,engineer, PSJ Engineering Inc.,Milwaukee

Matthew Cramer ’11 CM, projectengineer, Riley Construction Co. Inc.,Kenosha, Wis.

Brian Danielson ’11 MET, engineer,EMT International Inc., Green Bay, Wis.

Dominick Deligio ’11 AE, systemstechnician, Johnson Controls, ArlingtonHeights, Ill.

Lukasz Dendura ’11 EE, sales accountrepresentative, Holt Electric/RevereElectric, Hartland, Wis.

Steven Doocy ’11 AE, assistant projectmanager, Lange Brothers WoodworkingCo. Inc., Milwaukee

Graduates from the Milwaukee County School of Nursing class of 1961 gathered for a photo during Summer in the City. They attended a scholarshipluncheon honoring all MCGHSN alumnae, with a spotlight on the classes of 1961 (50-year anniversary) and 1986 (25-year anniversary). Proceedsbenefitted the MSOE School of Nursing.


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Andrea Frahm ’11 MIS, technicalsupport engineer II, Invivo Corp.,Pewaukee, Wis.

Zachary Fredenberg ’11 EE, softwareengineer, Plexus Corp., Neenah, Wis.

Brendan Fong ’11 ME, package designengineering intern, Knowles Electronics,Itasca, Ill.

Philip Gabor ’11 ME, product engineer,Maysteel LLC, Allenton, Wis.

Ian Gesme ’11 ME, technical serviceengineer, Caterpillar Inc., SouthMilwaukee, Wis.

Jeremiah Gillis ’11 EE, electricalengineer, BRP US Inc., Sturtevant, Wis.

Jolisa Gold ’11 CM, project engineer,F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen Inc., Chicago

Matthew Graser ’11 ME, mechanicalengineer/project lead, Generac PowerSystems, Waukesha, Wis.

Eric Greene ’11 MIS, IT documentsupport services, Liberty MutualInsurance Co., Wausau, Wis.

Joseph Gries ’11 CE, associate softwareengineer, Cognex Corp., West Allis, Wis.

Zachary Griffa ’11 ME,mechanicalengineer, ACS Group, New Berlin, Wis.

Heidi Harry ’11 NU, registered nurse,Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee

Bryan Henne ’11 CM, project manager,ProStar Inc. Athletic Surfaces,Milwaukee

Peter Hobson ’11 ME, mechanicalengineer, Manitowoc Cranes,Manitowoc, Wis.

Zachary Holyszko ’11 ME, engineeringPDP, Abbott Laboratories, Des Plaines, Ill.

Brian Jacoby ’11 AE/CM, field engineer,Kiewit Corp., Kansas City

Steven Johnson ’11 CE, lead developer,Visionary Apps LLC, Hartland, Wis.

Christopher Karas ’11 EET, electricaldesign engineer, Electronic Design Inc.,Sheboygan Falls, Wis.

Brandon Karl ’11 BE, field servicetrainee, Sysmex America, Mundelein, Ill.

Spencer Kennedy ’11 ME, applicationengineer, Bornquist Inc., Chicago

David Kinziger ’11 MIS, informationtechnology analyst, Liberty MutualInsurance Co., Dover, N.H.

Matthew Kram ’11 EE, accountrepresentative, IEWC Global Solutions,New Berlin, Wis.

Matthew Kundert ’11 ME, designengineer, HUSCO International,Waukesha, Wis.

Christopher Kwasegroch ’11 EE,instrumentation and controls engineer,CH2M Hill, Denver

Peer Larson ’11 ME/MIS, projectengineer, Repete Corp., Sussex, Wis.

Philip Lee ’11 IE, industrial engineer,Ultra Tool & Manufacturing Inc.,Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Grant Lees ’11 SE, software engineer,Quad Graphics Inc., Sussex, Wis.

Adam Leslie ’11 CE, controls engineer,Temple Control Systems Inc.,Milwaukee

Patrick Lohaus ’11 AE, field engineer,Bechtel Construction, Pueblo, Colo.

Allen Long ’11 EE, electro-mechanicalengineer, Felins Inc., Milwaukee

Travis Malouf ’11 ME, associate designengineer, Ariens Corp., Brillion, Wis.

Ryan Markgraf ’11 AE/MSST, projectengineer, Novum Structures LLC,Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Brian Meissner ’11 AE/MSST, designengineer, Kiewit Corp., Omaha, Neb.

Jacob Melbostad ’11 AE, electricalengineer, Tolk Inc., Fairfax, Va.

Tyler Miller ’11 AE, structural engineer,Structural Dimension Inc., Brookfield, Wis.

Anthony Nespoli ’11 IE, productknowledge analyst, WTS Paradigm,Middleton, Wis.

Michael Norris ’11 AE/CM, integratedconstruction coordinator, MortensonConstruction, Minneapolis

Jason O’Boyle ’11 AE, staff engineer,Professional Service Industries Inc.,Hillside, Ill.

Justin Odders ’11 CM, project manager,Transwestern Sustainability Services,Milwaukee

Timothy Oldiges ’11 BE, consultant,OptumInsight, Chicago

Ryan Osiecki ’11 AE,HVAC engineer,Kohler Co., Kohler, Wis.

Kyle Ostapina ’11 AE, field servicetechnician, Extreme Engineering,Minot, N.D.

After the annual Career Fair held in October, MSOE alumni and friends relaxed in the ToddWehr Auditorium to catch up with classmates and enjoy a traditional Oktoberfest celebration.

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David Paton ’11 ME, design engineer,Nordco Inc., Oak Creek, Wis.

Devin Pettis ’11 ME, technical serviceengineer, Caterpillar Inc., SouthMilwaukee, Wis.

Seth Pollen ’11 SE, teaching assistant,University of Wisconsin – Madison,Madison, Wis.

Joshua Pordon ’11 SE, softwaredeveloper I, RedPrairie Corp.,Waukesha, Wis.

Bernard Pyzdrowski ’11 ME, designengineer, Hydac International, Glendale Heights, Ill.

Alexander Raver ’11 CM, assistantproject manager, HunzingerConstruction Co., Brookfield, Wis.

Brittany Remington ’11 BUS, marketingassistant, DP Electronic Recycling,Elkhorn, Wis.

Aaron Robbins ’11 EET, avionicssystems engineer, Carlisle InterconnectTechnology, Franklin, Wis.

Emily Schmeling ’11 NU, registerednurse, Froedtert Memorial LutheranHospital, Milwaukee

Baseball FeverWhat better way to end the summer than with America’s favorite pastime? MSOE alumni across the country participated inbaseball-themed alumni events.

As part of the September Fifth-ThursdayAlumni Event, guests toured Miller Park andhad the chance opportunity to meet legendaryMilwaukee Brewer Robin Yount (center), Hallof Famer and MVP.

The East Chapter of MSOE’s Alumni Association watched the New York Mets take on the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field. Pictured left toright are: Jessica Gregg, Josh Gregg ’00, Steve Baranello ’78, Joe Stromwall, James Wiltzius ’90, Stephanie Zeiler ’91, Reg Zeller ’02, JessicaGuttenfelder ’02, Walter Guttenfelder ’99 and Melissa Niebes.


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JJ Schultz ’95 has worked as a software engineer at PandoraInternet radio since 2006, despite the fact that he graduatedwith a mechanical engineering degree. “I only took onecomputer programming class at MSOE; it was Fortran, and Igot a D. The only D I ever got in my whole life,” he joked.Pandora is a free (and legal) way to listen to music online.Select a song you want to listen to, and Pandora will scan itsvast catalog of music and select other musically-similar songsto follow. Users can create up to 100 unique “stations,” andrefine the stations to improve accuracy.

After graduation, Schultz moved to Detroit where hedesigned tools and gears for Masco Corp. The work wasrepetitive, and he realized he could automate much of it usinga programming language called AutoLISP. “I got intoprogramming AutoLISP and became fairly decent at it,” hesaid. Around that point he took a vacation to San Francisco,and never looked back. “I packed up my car, threw outeverything that didn’t fit and drove out there.”

Schultz relied on his AutoLISP skills to find a job in SanFrancisco, working his way up from answering help deskphone calls to building custom in-house apps for a number ofcompanies in the Bay Area. Eventually, he found a job as a javaapplications engineer for a company called Consilient, before

joining Pandora in 2006. “MSOE taught me how to be anengineer, how to be disciplined in my work, how to be detailoriented and thorough and how to get my pocket protector tosit just right,” explained Schultz.

In his free time, Schultz plays in a band and enjoys writingand recording music. “Pandora allows me to tie together mypassion for engineering with my passion for writing music.Plus, Pandora is quite popular so there are some veryinteresting engineering challenges to work on. There’s a thrillto knowing that when you push out some code, millions ofpeople will use it right then (and will immediately findproblems if there are any!).”

For Schultz, it’s important to be able to learn new thingsand adapt to change quickly. “Technologies come and go, sothe one skill that I’ve always tried to keep sharp is my abilityto learn new things quickly. I think that’s probably been mymost valuable skill throughout my entire career.”

Despite his success, Schultz still fondly remembers his timeas an undergraduate. “My favorite times at MSOE werehanging at Big Boy with my friends. Iced tea and cheese sticksalways made for good times. I loved my classes with ProfessorsKuhfittig and Dyskow and I still think of them often.”

Thinking outside the box at Pandora

MSOE alumnus JJ Schultz ’95 combineshis love for music with his passion forengineering. Photo courtesy of200pockets.com.

“MSOE taughtme how to be anengineer, how tobe disciplined inmy work, how tobe detail orientedand thorough andhow to get mypocket protector tosit just right.”

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Ian Schmit ’11 ME, mechanical designengineer, Telsmith Inc., Mequon, Wis.

Alexander Schmude ’11 CM, estimator,J.F. Ahern Co., Fond du Lac, Wis.

Jordan Schuessler ’11 ME, mechanicaldesign engineer, Alaark Tooling andAutomation Inc., Sheboygan, Wis.

Justin Sell ’11 AE/MSST, constructionproject engineer, Continental PropertiesCo. Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Mario Sevilla ’11 EE, project engineer,Enhanced Automation, MenomoneeFalls, Wis.

Benjamin Steele ’11 EE, electronic andelectrical engineer, Boeing, St. Louis

Michael Swagger ’11 ME,mechanicalengineer, CDLMS Inc., Greendale, Wis.

Marcus Traber ’11 ME,mechanicalengineer, Ampco Pumps, Glendale, Wis.

Brandon Ullrich ’11 ME, projectengineer, Signicast, Milwaukee

Nathan Vandermause ’11 EE, electricalengineer I, Johnson Controls,Milwaukee

Michael Varga ’11 ME, inside salesengineer, Rotork, Milwaukee

Charles Waelti ’11 ME, technicalprogram engineer, Harley-DavidsonMotor Co., Milwaukee

Benjamin Weigert ’11 MIS, technicalanalyst, Virtual Care Provider Inc.,Milwaukee

Devin White ’11 CM, site engineer, J.P.Cullen & Sons Inc., Brookfield, Wis.

Brandon Wilk ’11 BE/CE, programmeranalyst, Medical College of Wisconsin,Milwaukee

Perry Wirth ’11 MIS, digital clientservice liaison analyst, Accenture,Milwaukee

Ryan Wyss ’11 BE, remediationengineer, Baxter Healthcare, Round Lake, Ill.

Zachary Zussman ’11 ME, sustainingengineer, Kenall Mfg. Co., Gurnee, Ill.

MarriageAnnouncementsMichael Trader ’89 EE married KristenSeas on May 7, 2011.

Emily Taugher ’02 CEmarried ChrisMason on Aug. 19, 2011.

Mark Fingerholz, ’03 ME marriedShannon Starling on May 14, 2011.

Jamie Gunn ’03 BMSmarried SarahLawless on Sept. 3, 2011.

Daniel Sepe ’04 B&CS married KristinMorgans on May 21, 2011.

Kevin Anschutz ’05 ME married JillPlanksy on June 18, 2011.

Kelly Haas ’05 IEmarried Tyler Cvetan’07 SE on Oct. 6, 2011.

Eric Raz ’06 AE married Becky Fletcheron July 9, 2011.

Matthew Riggs ’07 CE married CoralSchwiesow on Jan. 1, 2011.

Jeremy Fredrich ’08 EE married KatrinaSchneider on Sept. 2, 2011.

Leanne Ausprung ’09 BE married KyleSchmocker on June 11, 2011.

Allison Friedli ’09 AE married AndrewBlau ’10 AE/MSST on Nov. 12, 2011

Brian Bromley ’94 AE (left) andCraig Trebatoski ’94 MEsuccessfully summited Mt.Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, WestAfrica in September 2011.

Stephanie Johnson ’00 IE andMike Powalish ’01 ME, alsosummited Mt. Kilimanjaro in2011. Congratulations!

Alumni reaching new heights!


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Nathan Mathiot ’09 MEmarried SarahWaite ’09 BE on Oct. 8, 2011.

Chaston Scarborough ’09 EE marriedCaitlin Berigan ’10 NU on Feb. 18, 2011.

Brenton Wehber ’09 ME married AimeeHintz on July 30, 2011.

Bradly Arnold ’10 MEmarried EmilyReinhard ’11 EE on July 23, 2011.

Kayla Madaus ’10 BSM married JustinSell ’11 AE/MSST on Sept. 24, 2011.

Aaron Crass ’11 AE/MSST marriedAlicia Armstrong on July 3, 2011.

Birth Announcements

To Michelle and Lee Griesbach ’93 EET,a son, Frederick, born on Jan. 18, 2011.

To Toni and Christopher Belsky ’98EE/BMS, a daughter, Maylynn, born onMay 4, 2011.

To Clyde and Amber (Boodey) Gnann’99 AE, a son, Trenton, born on Sept. 7, 2011.

To Bridgette and John Janik ’00 BE, ason, Andrew, born on Jan. 14, 2011.

To Clover (Perry) Barnes ’01, a son,Perry, born on April 11, 2011.

To Trudy and Dennis Lohr ’01 ME, ason, Desmond, adopted on Aug. 5, 2011.

To Emily and Ryan Gunderson ’01 EE, adaughter, Arya, born on Dec. 29, 2010.

To Katie and Matthew Lephardt ’01B&CS, a daughter, Hannah, born onJuly 7, 2011.

To Karen Long ’05 AE, a son, Tanner,born on April 21, 2011.

To KD and Jason Zoellner ’06 EE,a daughter, Scarlett, born on Sept. 3, 2011.

Achievements

Fernand Medeiros ’51 ACT wasrecognized for his service during WorldWar II. A bridge in Taunton, Mass., wasnamed the Fernand Medeiros POWbridge in his honor. Medeiros fought inItaly, where he was wounded and heldcaptive at a Nazi prison camp in Poland.He received the Outstanding AlumnusAward in 1981.

Joseph Rencis ’80 ABCET, has beennamed the Dean of Engineering and theClay N. Hixson Chair for EngineeringLeadership at Tennessee TechnologicalUniversity.

Neal Granroth ’79 CET, ’89 EET, was part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific software design team thatreceived a 2011 R&D 100 Award for a new product.

To Stephanie and Brian Rinke ’95AE, ’07 MSST, a son, ZacharyAnthony, born on Feb. 2, 2011.

To Christopher and Karen(Montalbano) Schoeder ’03 NU,a daughter, Layla, born on May 30, 2011.

To Megan and John Dirks ’04B&CS, a daughter, Madison,born on Sept. 8, 2011.

To Veronica (Konieczka)O’Dierno ’06 AE andDominick O’Dierno ’07CE, a son, Anthony,born on Sept. 24, 2011.

Have a new job title, achievement or life change you’d like to share? Submit it online at www.msoe.edu/alumni/update or call (414) 277-7151.

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Rebecca (Nelson) Bahm ’90 AE, waspromoted to commander of the 235thCivil Engineering Flight Unit,Baltimore, Md. Rebecca was the firstgraduate of the AFROTC programfrom MSOE.

Anthony Luciano ’95 AE, has beennamed Engineer of the Year by TheDaily Reporter, Milwaukee.Jessica (Gluckman) Ziegler ’98 AE,received a master’s degree in businessadministration from Cardinal StritchUniversity in 2011.

John Janik ’00 BE, received a Ph.D. inbiomedical engineering from MarquetteUniversity/Medical College ofWisconsin in 2011.

Kera (Vant) West ’00 BE, received PMPcertification in August 2011.

Mark Fingerholz ’03 ME, received amaster’s degree in systems engineeringfrom Naval Postgraduate School in 2011.

Steven Holland ’06 EE, received a Ph.D.in electrical engineering from Universityof Massachusetts – Amherst in 2011.

Brandon Strojny ’06 EET, received aPh.D. in electrical engineering from

Ohio State University and is currentlyan antenna design engineer for theUnited States Department of Defense.

In MemoryF.J. Daves ’47 RSGordon Severson ’47 RHACTRobert Thompson ’47 RHACTGerald Worden ’47 RHACSLester Peterson ’50 EEERobert Bryson ’51 EEEJames Brown ’52 EERobert Stewart ’52 EEPLyle Young ’52 RHACTJohn Colby ’53 RATTJoseph Silveira ’54 EEEJames Scroggin ’56 RTTHarvey Srolovitz ’56 EEERobert Brink ’57 MERobert Holden ’57 RTTDavid Macey ’58 EEEJames Schuh ’59 INDTJohn Anderson ’65 EECAllen Andree ’69 MEEarle Hopping ’69 EEGeorge Weiland ’70 ECETKenneth Hanna ’77 AIMMichael Lowy ’79 EEJames Passalaqua ’87 METSteven Dragosz ’96 MSEM

Pat Cummings, aka Cosmo Cruz, 91.7 FMWMSE disk jockey, passed away Aug. 2,2011. Cruz was a popular DJ for morethan 18 years. He played R&B, soul, doo-wop and funk, often pulling music from hisvast personal collection.

George Dalton, MSOERegent, passed awayNov. 18, 2011. Daltonwas the founder andformer chairman andCEO of Fiserv. Afterhe retired from Fiserv,he founded NOVO 1Inc., which he sold in

2009. Dalton was the 2005 recipient of thefirst BizTimes Milwaukee Bravo!Entrepreneur Lifetime AchievementAward. He served as an MSOE Regentsince 1996 and as chairman of the Board ofRegents from 2000 to 2002.

Thomas W. Nedwek, MSOECorporation member, passedaway Nov. 8, 2011. Nedwekwas always an activeparticipant in MSOE’s fundraising golf outings. He alsoworked at MSOE for anumber of years. He was anEnglish instructor, wasinstrumental in the planningand execution of theuniversity’s 75th anniversarycelebration, and served asthe vice president of publicrelations.

Dr. Donald Ashby passed away Oct. 8, 2011.Ashby began his employment with MSOE in1980 and served as director of MSOE’s TRIODepartment, overseeing the considerable growthof the department’s diverse offerings on behalf ofStudent Support Services and Upward BoundPrograms. He will be greatly missed.

John J. Van Beckum passed away Oct. 13, 2011. VanBeckum led a long career in banking and retiredafter 35 years as Group President of FirstarMilwaukee. He also served the MSOE communityas an MSOE Corporation member beginning in1974 and was part of the Student AffairsCommittee from 1976 and 1977. He served on theMSOE Board of Regents from 1979 to 1989, afterwhich he became a Regent Emeritus.


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196250th Anniversary



July 13 – 15, 2012 Honoring the classes of:

2012

Your OpportunityIf you own stock or have an interestin a closely held company that hasappreciated, you may owe asubstantial capital gains tax if yousell them. But, if you gift such assets to MSOE, you may avoidcapital gains tax while enjoying anincome tax deduction for the valueof the securities. Gifting securitieshelps conserve your cash. This isjust one of the many ways tosupport MSOE.

MSOE’s ExpertiseScott Weaver, JD has joinedMSOE’s Development and AlumniAffairs Department as the directorof planned giving. With more than30 years of experience in theinvestment industry, trustadministration, probate law andestate planning, Weaver can workwith you to determine whichplanned giving vehicle might beright for you and your family.

Making an ImpactPlanned giving donations ensurethat outstanding opportunities areavailable for students in generationsto come. The proceeds from aplaned gift may enable MSOE topurchase vital equipment in aspecified area or department. Aplanned gift could allow you toname an endowed scholarship,professorship or even a laboratoryor class room. Planned gifts helpMSOE build its endowment, whichis essential for the university tomaintain its competitive advantage.

Help future students while reducing your taxes

LEArN MorE ABouT pLANNEd GiviNGContact Scott Weaver at (414) 277-7148 or visit www.msoe.edu/plannedgiving


TheMSOE Relay, a monthly publication that combined thealumni bulletin, student bulletin and staff newsletter into onedocument, ran from February 1950 to June 1968. It started outas a small pocket-sized publication of approximately 15 pages,but grew to a larger size in 1955. Composed on IBMelectromatic typewriters and photographically reduced to asmaller size, it was produced by the Public RelationsDepartment and printed on campus using an offset press.

In this new, ongoing segment ofDimensions, we will present an object orphoto from MSOE’s extensive archivecollection, maintained by the MSOELibrary. We hope you enjoy the glimpseat our past.

January3 Classes Resume12 Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction

Management Career Fair16 Raider Day16 Board of Regents’ Meeting18 Working Professional Information Session at MSOE18 Great Books Dinner and Discussion24 Servant-Leadership Discussion Series26 Working Professional Information Session in

Neenah, Wis.28 Science Bowl

February11 Architectural Engineering Senior Design Show15 Great Books Dinner and Discussion20 Raider Day25 Winter Quarter ends/Commencement26 – Break WeekMarch 4

March3–4 Train Time4 Annual Rockabilly Chili Contest to benefit WMSE5 Spring Quarter classes begin12–16 St. Patrick’s Week14 Great Books Dinner and Discussion23 Raider Day29 Fifth Thursday Alumni Event

April 5–15 Spring Break16 Board of Regents’ Meeting21 Open House25 Great Books Dinner and Discussion

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If you have questions or need more information on any of these events, please call JoEllen Burdue at (414) 277-7117.Calendar of athletic events can be found at www.msoe.edu/athleticsCalendar of Fluid Power Professional Education Seminars can be found at www.msoe.edu/wp/seminarsBusiness Excellence Consortium (BEC) calendar available at www.bec.msoe.edu/schedule or call (800) 321-6763.

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New Home, New Name:Continuing Studies and OutreachThe Rader School of Business is the new home for Continuing

Studies and Outreach at MSOE, which combines and replacesthe Center for Working Professionals and Business ExcellenceConsortium (BEC). Professor Kathy Faggiani, Ph.D., will lead the new unit. “The

primary goal of Continuing Studies and Outreach is to connectthe MSOE academic community with those individuals andorganizations seeking to improve their effectiveness and level ofsuccess,” said Faggiani. “We want to be your resource for career-long development.” MSOE’s Continuing Studies and Outreach will develop and

deliver programs and services for:• Adult learners seeking education and professionaldevelopment opportunities through MSOE’s credit and non-credit programs.• Organizations seeking well-defined, strategic training andprofessional development opportunities for their workforce.• Individuals and organizations seeking assistance from MSOEengineering and industry experts to solve problems andenhance organizational effectiveness and success.Continuing Studies will offer bachelor’s degree completion programs for adults who have completed a two-year

associate degree; graduate programs; graduate certificate programs; and non-credit workshops that introduce newand innovative tools and practices.Outreach will help individuals and organizations respond to challenges occurring at all stages of the individual and

organizational life cycle. Services include customer-site training and assistance to support Lean Six Sigma programs,Project Management, Design for Producibility certification of the engineering workforce and more.

For more information contact Dr. Kathy Faggiani at (800) 321-6763 • (414) 277-7279 or [email protected].

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