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Virginia Engineering
Spring 2005, Volume 17, No. 2
Class
Notes & In Memoriam
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What Are They Doing Now?
Catching up With Science and Technology Policy
Washington, D.C., Interns
 Ginger
Moored ('02)
At age 20, as an aerospace engineering major from Elkton, Va., Ginger
Moored was one of the first Science and Technology Policy Washington,
D.C., interns. During her internship with the U.S. State Department,
she researched civilian space travel, summarizing potential issues
of a prospective space travel industry: Are there going to be ownership
rights? Jurisdiction issues? Will new laws be needed?
Following graduation, Moored returned to D.C. to teach high school
physics with Teach for America. "Every day I'd see how much
poverty affected my students," she recalls, reflecting on her
ongoing interest in social inequalities.
Her education-especially the internship-reinforced her belief that
"policy serves as a vehicle for change." She's now enrolled
in a two-year master's degree program in public policy at Princeton
University, and hopes to work in urban community development.
 Natalie
Giannelli ('04)
Working in Sen. Hillary Clinton's office during her 2002 Washington
Internship, the Westchester County (N.Y.) native was one of about
30 other interns there, largely liberal arts majors. Working on
energy and policy issues, her engineering studies gave her a distinctive
problem-solving mind-set, a don't-just-talk-about-it attitude that
pushed her to create a briefing book about an upcoming bill.
Giannelli describes the personal energy she gained about what was
possible for her to accomplish as an engineer: "It just blew
my whole outlook wide open. I saw how desperately in need of technological
skills the whole world is-and not just in the laboratories."
Currently at MarketBridge Consulting, developing business strategies
for Fortune 500 companies, Giannelli is excited to be back in Washington,
and she continues to revisit friends in Clinton's office. The internship,
she notes, "was not just a lasting memory, but is still an
active part of my life."
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1950s
Stan Lanford (CE '55), retired president of Lanford Brothers,
a highway and bridge construction company in Roanoke, Va., was elected
to membership in the Raven Society in the 2004 Fall Election.
1960s
David P. Hines (EE '68) is manager of information technology
for the Supreme Court of Virginia.
1970s
Phillip M. Chambless Sr. (ME/BME '77) is a radiological physicist.
He is president and co-owner of Phoenix Technology Consulting in
Roswell, Ga. His son Phillip M. Chambless Jr. will graduate in May
2005 with a degree in systems engineering.
Barry S. Evans (ME '73), after working for 20 years with
leading-edge technology at Raytheon Missile Systems Company in Tucson,
Ariz., as a senior principal mechanical engineer, is taking full
retirement to focus on completing his top 100 goals in life. He
expresses his thanks to all those who contributed to his experiences
and growth at U.Va., especially his advisor, Dr. J. Taylor Beard.
1980s
Paul A. DeBarry (CE '82) published a book titled Watersheds:
Processes, Assessment, and Management, about aspects of watershed
physical processes such as assessing, classifying, and evaluating
a watershed; using GIS models for watershed assessment; and effectively
planning for future use and demands.
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| Elyse Nicole McKenney, the daughter of
John C. McKenney (EE '80) and Lori Jones McKenney (EE
'82), is a first-year engineering student.
John W. Via III (ChE '84) is director of manufacturing of
Alcon Manufacturing's ASPEX plant in Fort Worth, Texas. He also
is an adjunct professor at Texas Christian University, where he
teaches an undergraduate course on issues in engineering design,
and at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he teaches a graduate
course in engineering management. He serves on the advisory board
of the chemical engineering department at Lamar University, and
recently completed a two-year term on the associate advisory board
at the Cox School of Business at SMU.
John E. Daugherty (ChE '89) was promoted to director of
engineering for the FEOL Product Group of Lam Research Corp., leading
maker of plasma etch systems for the semiconductor fabrication industry.
1990s
Adam P. Burden (EE '92) is a partner with Accenture.
Erica Michaels (CE '94) is manager of regulatory affairs
at the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies in Washington,
D.C.
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Kirsten Oleson (CE '96) is on leave from her job as an environmental
engineer at the World Bank to pursue a Ph.D. at Stanford University's
Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. Her research
centers on the environmental linkages of macroeconomic reforms.
Janis Price-Green (ChE '96) recently graduated from the
Medical College of Virginia and started residency training in OB/Gyn
at Boston Medical Center. She and John Green (Sys '96) married
in August. He is currently enrolled in a dual-degree program at
Kennedy Government School and Harvard Business School.
Kelly McClenathan Nelson (ME '97) and Douglas Nelson
(Aero '97) had their first child, a son, in June. She is a biomedical
engineer at the National Institutes of Health, and he is a senior
aerospace engineer at Orbital Sciences Corp.
2000s
David A. Britz (ME '02) is studying for a Ph.D. at the University
of Oxford. He and his colleagues have succeeded in making the world's
smallest test tube, as certified by Guinness World Records. He minored
in Materials Science and was a recipient of the Harrison Undergraduate
Research Award.
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Jill Tietjen - Looking Beyond
Dilbert: Life Outside the Cubicles
- Jeanne Siler
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Following the November 17 lecture co-sponsored by the Engineering
School and the University of Virginia's Women's Center, an
engineering student in the audience noted that she is working
harder academically than friends in the College of Arts and
Sciences. She asked speaker Jill Tietjen (Applied Math '76)
what she should tell those who ask, "Why do it?"
Tietjen, a former national president of the Society of Women
Engineers, told the young woman that she should tell her friends
it's because of engineers that people can ride safely
in planes. Because of engineers, people have reliable lighting
and heating for class. "There is value that comes from
the work that engineers do," declared the engineer and
author. As for the extra work, the 2004 Distinguished Alumna
of Tau Beta Pi told her audience, "There will be a payoff.
You will make a difference in the world."
Tietjen believes that engineering is suffering from an image
problem stemming partially from the rise of the environmental
movement in the 1960s and Earth Day celebrations of all things
natural over things technical and humanmade.
"But I have a reconstructed knee," she said. "That's
not just medicine, you know? There's a lot of engineering
in that. The screws weren't made by doctors; they were made
by engineers."
Tietjen's own thesis at U.Va. had to do with the mechanical
strength of dissolvable sutures.
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"There are a lot of fascinating things that engineers
do," she emphasized, always trying to counter the popularized
image of an engineer as a Dilbert type: a solitary, lonely,
undervalued worker in a cubicle. "I have personally never
worked in a cubicle," she stated firmly. Since graduating
as one of six women in her engineering class, she has worked
in the electrical utility industry, been an independent engineering
consultant, served as an expert witness, earned an MBA, and
become a motivational speaker on behalf of women in science
and engineering.
In order to help remedy the engineering public-relations
problem, Tietjen encourages fellow engineers-men and women-to
become more visible in the community: "For example, run
for school board, for city council. Run for Congress. Don't
just join professional organizations. Join the Rotary Clubs,
the Lion's Clubs. This is how engineers become real to others."
She laments the dearth of positive role models for scientists
and engineers, noting how the medical and legal practices
are celebrated in shows like "ER" and "L.A.
Law." Citing estimates that three-quarters of the country's
women and half the men don't even know what engineers do,
Tietjen points out that it's also why many parents don't direct
their children to engineering careers. Consider that among
those same men and women are our children's schoolteachers,
and the problem is compounded.
"I have a friend who owns a company that makes equipment
that cleans water. That gives her great satisfaction,"
says Tietjen, noting that Americans enjoy long life expectancies
in large part because of clean water. When engineers take
technology skills to developing countries to improve water
systems, she says, an important outcome is that "little
girls no longer have to carry water for their families. They
can go to school. They can become literate. That's how engineers
add value to life."
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1940s
Commander Charles T. Sizer Sr., USN (Ret.) (Engr Und
'40) of Fernandina Beach, Fla., died in October 2004.
Herbert J. Hamilton
(Engr '45) of Lansing, Mich., died in November 2004.
Joseph C. Addington Jr. (ME '48) of Virginia Beach,
Va., died in November 2004.
Donald E. Draper
(Engr Und '48) of Harper Woods, Mich., died in June 2004.
1950s
Stephen L. Ochos Jr. (ME '50) of Union City, Calif.,
died in August 2004.
Jerome A. "Jerry" Isear (EE '51) of Salisbury,
Md., died in March 2004. He was a
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Navy veteran, worked in sales for Union Carbide and Dresser
Wayne, and later in the concrete business with Pocahontas
Inc. of Salisbury, where he was instrumental in developing
new concrete products and processes. He was the owner of Cavalier
Energy Co. and served in many leadership roles in the National
Oil Fuel Institute. He also helped establish the Salisbury
School.
Robert W. Fralich (Aero '52) died in Yorktown, Va.,
in August 2004.
Willie E. King (Engr '52) of Portsmouth, Va., died
in April 2004. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II and retired from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 41 years
as an architect in the design division.
Cecil G. Haney (Engr Und '55) of Midlothian, Va.,
died in February 2005.
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1970s
Cheryl L. Tropf (Applied Math '72) of Highland, Md.,
died in March. She was an accountant and former physicist
at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. She was a member
of Phi Beta Kappa and was a congressional science fellow with
the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
She was later hired by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and
managed nuclear power plants. She was former chair of the
Howard County Commission for Women and was named businesswoman
of the year in 1988 by the Howard County chapter of the American
Business Women's Association.
2000s
Chyler Ebersold (Engr Sci '05) of Charlottesville,
Va., died in January 2005.
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 Seeking
Distinguished Alumni
The Virginia Engineering Foundation
is seeking nominations for alumni worth of recognition for
the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award. Consideration
will be given to almni who, through career and service, have
brought recognition to U.Va. and to themselves as individuals.
To nominate alumni for consideration,
please send e-mail to George Cahen: glc@virginia.edu. Include
a brief reason for the nomination.
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in
memoriam
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1940s
Commander Charles T. Sizer Sr., USN (Ret.) (Engr Und '40)
of Fernandina Beach, Fla., died in October 2004.
Herbert J. Hamilton
(Engr '45) of Lansing, Mich., died in November 2004.
Joseph C. Addington Jr. (ME '48) of Virginia Beach, Va.,
died in November 2004.
Donald E. Draper
(Engr Und '48) of Harper Woods, Mich., died in June 2004.
1950s
Stephen L. Ochos Jr. (ME '50) of Union City, Calif., died
in August 2004.
Jerome A. "Jerry" Isear (EE '51) of Salisbury,
Md., died in March 2004. He was a
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Navy veteran, worked in sales for Union Carbide and Dresser Wayne,
and later in the concrete business with Pocahontas Inc. of Salisbury,
where he was instrumental in developing new concrete products and
processes. He was the owner of Cavalier Energy Co. and served in
many leadership roles in the National Oil Fuel Institute. He also
helped establish the Salisbury School.
Robert W. Fralich (Aero '52) died in Yorktown, Va., in August
2004.
Willie E. King (Engr '52) of Portsmouth, Va., died in April
2004. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and retired
from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 41 years as an architect in
the design division.
Cecil G. Haney (Engr Und '55) of Midlothian, Va., died in
February 2005.
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1970s
Cheryl L. Tropf (Applied Math '72) of Highland, Md., died
in March. She was an accountant and former physicist at the Johns
Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa
and was a congressional science fellow with the Senate's Commerce,
Science and Transportation Committee. She was later hired by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and managed nuclear power plants.
She was former chair of the Howard County Commission for Women and
was named businesswoman of the year in 1988 by the Howard County
chapter of the American Business Women's Association.
2000s
Chyler Ebersold (Engr Sci '05) of Charlottesville, Va.,
died in January 2005.
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