Class Notes

50s

Carl T. Herakovich (CE, 1959) has been presented the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who. He is an engineering professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and made significant academic contributions in studying the mechanics of fibrous composite materials. 80s

Steve A. Whitaker (BSME, 1981/MSME, 1991)

has retired as chief engineer with BorgWarner Inc., where he worked since 1983. Bill J. Pine (CE, 1985) received the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association’s Most Active Member Award. He is director of construction asphalt quality control operations with The Heritage Group. Robert J. Schukai Jr. (EE, 1986) has been promoted to executive vice president for technology development, fintech and new infrastructure with Mastercard. Patrick P. Wildemann (ME, 1986) has come out of retirement to be a part-time consultant with Leonard DRS systems, a company specializing in defense, security and aerospace. Adrian C. Lawhorn (MA, 1988) has taken his expertise on sports personality/behavioral data and analytics to serve as a sports data specialist with Profile. He also continues to work with DBA Wizard Sports, a company Lawhorn founded in 1996.

Seenu Sarma (EE, 1988)

is the senior vice president and chief procurement officer of Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, a regional amusement-resort operator. He formerly had leadership roles with Dean Foods and Deloitte Consulting. Kurt R. Auzins (EE, 1989) is now a data analyst with Dickinson Fleet Services. He formerly had similar roles with other companies in the Indianapolis area. 90s

John E. Ball (EE, 1990) is senior vice president/general manager with ServiceNow's customer workflow business unit. He has more than 25 years of experience developing enterprise software products. Dennis Black (EE, 1990) is general manager of Steel Dynamics’ new Southwest-Sinton (Texas) Flat Roll Steel Division, scheduled to begin operations later this year. Since 2016, he had been general manager of the company's Vulcan Steel Products Division in Alabama. Brett A. Starr (ME, 1990) has written and self-published the book of poetry “Random Acts of Poetry: Best Read with Coffee or Tea.“

Daniel J. Keown (CHE,

1991) has been promoted to general manager of Steel Dynamics’ Columbus (Ohio) Flat Roll Steel Division, operations that he helped reengineer and operate after acquisition in 2004. He has worked for the company since 1998. Jeff A. Hansen (CHE, 1992) has been given additional responsibilities as vice president of human resources, health and safety with Steel Dynamics. He is shaping strategies related to environmental resources, potential capital investments and climate-related objectives.

Andy K. Stirn (CHE,

1992) has been promoted to vice president of injection machinery and aftermarket for North America with Cincinnati-based Milacron. He has worked for the company since 2011. Jay Tarrh (ME, 1992) is now leading quality global operations and lean systems with Wabash National’s western region. Bryan S. Ware (AO, 1992) is chief executive officer of Next5 after being assistant director for cybersecurity at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Brock A. Taylor (CPE, 1994) is the new director of HPC software with Advanced Micro Devices after having the same position with Intel Corporation.

Tony S. Locker (EE,

1995) was promoted to senior vice president of product management with Tripp Lite, overseeing operations for more than 5,000 products. He had been vice president within the division.

Daryl L. Peterson (ME,

1995) is the first managing director of the University of Notre Dame’s Engineering Innovation Hub and professor of practice within the College of Engineering. He had more than two decades of experience in manufacturing with Deere & Company. David E. Orr (ME, 1996) has been named a partner with W&W Holding after being vice president for manufacturing/innovation with MacuLogix.

Henneke, Moeller Named Fellows in Career Fields

Alumni Greg L. Henneke and Trevor M. Moeller have achieved career distinction as fellows in their professions. Henneke (CE, 1975) was recognized as an American Society of Civil Engineers fellow, an honor bestowed upon only 3 percent of ASCE members, for celebrated contributions to the industry and creative solutions that have enhanced lives. He has spent 24 of more than 40 years contributing to civil engineering through his work with American Structurepoint, currently as senior vice president. He has helped the Indianapolis-based company grow to have more than $100 million in revenue and over 500 employees. Henneke also has served the public sector in various roles with the Indiana Department of Transportation and the Indianapolis Department of Public Works. Moeller (ME, 1991) was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for significant contributions during 10 or more years of active engineering practice. He is an associate professor with University of Tennessee’s Space Institute, leading nearly $8 million in research programs examining dynamics of thruster diagnostics, rocket programs and high-enthalpy flows. Moeller has had more than 41 papers featured in professional journals and conference proceedings and has received one patent.

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Alumni News

Chip E. Bradway (CE,

1997) is now an associate and senior project manager with CE Solutions. Since 2010, he has worked on complex, fast-paced projects for the Carmel, Indiana-based company. Jae E. Billingsley (ME, 1999) has been promoted to manager of industry solutions and strategic partnerships with CAE Healthcare. Cmdr Andy M. Cain (ME, 1999) is a military assistant to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Agency administrator. He completed a two-year command of the Navy’s USS Helena Los Angeles-class attack submarine. Jeremy C. Price (CPE, 1999) is a technical trainer with Amazon Web Services after having the same role at Rackspace Technology. John J. Straigis (CHE/ME, 1999) has completed several long-distance running races throughout the western U.S., including a 30th place finish in a 238-mile event near Moab, Utah.

00s

Bryan W. Egli (CE, 2000) has been promoted to vice president of operations with Thieneman Construction, Inc. Hansong “Andy“ Liu (MSEE, 2000) is head of China business operations with Novotech Health Holdings. Mandy L. (Smith) Loftus (EE, 2000) is a project manager with Elanco’s production plant in Clinton, Indiana. Jamie E. (Funk) Miller (CPE, 2000) is now leading information technology security strategy and planning with Corteva. Jessica S. (Huggins) Bastin (CE, 2001) is the county engineer for Madison County, Indiana, after spending a year as executive director of facilities at Anderson University.

LaTisha A. (Arroyo) Egenolf (CHE, 2001)

is president of Direct Path Alliance, a woman- and minority-owned business that helps clients align and calibrate operations for peak performance. Dan R. LaBar (ME, 2001), a senior data scientist with Resultant, was among TechPoint’s Tech 25 Class of 2020 for helping to grow Indiana’s tech and tech-enabled companies. Maceo R. Lewis (CE, 2001) has been promoted to senior capital improvement project manager with Black & Veatch. Dan S. Young (EE/ME, 2001) is an acoustic engineer and laboratory director with U.S. Navy’s Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory.

Steve A. Corbin (BSEE, 2002/MSEMGT, 2012)

received the Department of Defense’s STEM Education and Outreach Advocate of the Quarter Award. He has worked for 20 years with the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana.

Sean R. Durrant (MSAO,

2002), laser systems group scientist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren (Virginia) Division, was a recipient of the group's Black Engineer of the Year Award. He is supporting the development of directed energy weapon systems to combat naval threats.

Clint E. Ferguson (CE,

2002) is vice president of business development with Chicago-based Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. He will establish strategies for the firm’s core business and targeted industries. Kevin A. Klues (EE/CS, 2002) is a principal software engineer on NVIDIA’s Cloud Native team. Joel M. Smith (CHE, 2002) co-authored the Applied Statistics Manual, named one of the most popular books published in 2020 by Quality Press. He is director of rapid continuous improvement at Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. Lindsey R. VanSchoiack (CHE, 2002) is now a consultant with Spiral Medical Development and Blake Consulting Group. Joshua T. Reed (CE, 2003) is a senior vice president for equity originations with Merchants Capital. Sid L. Stamm (CS, 2003) has been granted academic tenure as a computer science and software engineering professor at Rose-Hulman.

Anne E. (Trueblood) Trobaugh (ME, 2003)

is deputy director of global quality at Flowserve in Southlake, Texas. She formerly worked at Cummins Inc. Matt L. Colatruglio (ME, 2004) is a product manager with Fire-Dex, a company providing personal protective clothing for emergency response personnel. Laura J. Hemming (CE, 2005) is deputy garrison manager with the U.S. Army’s Garmisch community in Germany. Larissa M. Oaks (ME, 2005) is the indoor environmental quality specialist with the U.S. Green Building Council, managing LEED technical development/maintenance quality credit certifications. Aaron R. Roberts (CE, 2005) has returned to WSP as a senior project manager. He worked for the firm in 2013-14. Neil P. Myers (ME, 2006) is global controls design lead for Carrier. Crystal N. Reichert (PH, 2006) is co-owner and social media manager with Stellar Candle Company in Frankfort, Indiana. Eric D. Wojak (CE, 2006) is vice president of development for luxury-leased homes with Thompson Thrift’s Watermark residential division in Indianapolis.

Drenten Ferro on HVAC ‘Woman to Watch’ List

Stephanie Drenten Ferro (ME, 2011) has been named one of Engineered Systems Magazine's 20 to Watch: Women in HVAC for 2021. She is project manager and energy engineer with Heapy Engineering’s building optimization practice in Cleveland, Ohio. Drenten Ferro is skilled in sustainable planning, renewable energy, mechanical engineering, project management, and business development. Past projects have included leading a team that completed a massive energy review for the Ohio Veteran Affairs’ six statewide campuses. She has earned a master’s degree in engineering for sustainable development at the University of Cambridge (England), is a certified energy manager, and is a member of the Association of Energy Engineers.

Canfield Promoted to COO with Indy Firm

Cash E. Canfield (CE, 1994) is now the chief operating officer and a partner with American Structurepoint, Indianapolis’ largest civil engineering company. He is responsible for ensuring the firm’s profitability and strategic, sustainable growth throughout the country, driving key company performance indicators, and monitoring and adjusting various production units for maximum efficiency. He also assures that all processes and systems operate efficiently. Cash previously served as an executive vice president responsible for executive oversight and quality assurance of all transportation projects. He has more than 27 years of experience in the design and management of more than 100 transportation improvement projects. He led efforts on the $55 million pavement replacement and widening of three miles of I-80/94 in northwest Indiana, the most heavily traveled truck route in the country, and the $175 million “Super 70“ project in Indianapolis. Cash gives back to RHIT by being a member of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s board of advisors and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity alumni advisory board.

Yaw Aning (CE, 2007), co-founder and chief executive with Malomo, was among PitchBook's 53 Black Founders and Investors to Watch in 2021. Ben B. Mitchum (ME, 2007) is a senior engineer with Alfons Haar, Inc., and continues to be an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati. Mike Shepard (ME, 2007) is an entrepreneur-inresidence with Elevate Ventures, a private venture STEM development organization. Adam N. Kirn (BE, 2008) is an associate professor of engineering education in the Department of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. Ben T. Lauer (ME, 2008) is a principal flight reliability engineer within a five-member team responsible for SpaceX’s Crew and Cargo Dragon vehicle missions.

Danny T. Sing (BSME, 2008/MSME, 2012)

is a senior mechanical design engineer with Ouster. Ross D. Uthoff (OE, 2008) has been promoted to principal engineer in optical systems with Lumotive. Abisha (Varatharaj) Gross (BE, 2009) is now a quality engineer with Medtronic. Beau D. Inskeep (BE, 2009) has been promoted to supervisor of product development with LifeNet Health. Ryan H. Westlund (ME, 2009) is a senior manager of radiant heating and cooling in the building solutions division at Rehau, Inc., in North Carolina.

10s

Michael Z. Jones (BSSE/CS/MA, 2010; MSSE,

2016) is a lead software engineer with Genesys. Greg T. Neumann (CHE, 2010) has been promoted to associate professor, with academic tenure, in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman. Gina M. Olson (ME, 2010) has completed a doctorate in robotics from Oregon State University and is a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. Kirk M. Thompson (AB, 2010) is a spine surgeon at Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics in Memphis. Kyle J. Boone (CE, 2012) is a reliability program manager with Amazon. Sutton Coleman (ME, 2012) is an operations strategy lead for Raytheon Technologies’ missiles and defense division. Erik R. Hoeg (EE, 2012) is a software development engineer with Amazon.

Whitney H. (Baenziger)

Horsley (BE, 2013) is a pediatrician with Samaritan Health Services' Mid-Valley Children’s Clinic in Albany, Oregon. She earned a medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine.

Priscilla A. Magee (CE,

2013) is now the director of government affairs with the National Elevator Industry after serving as outreach manager with the American National Standards Institute, both in Washington, D.C.

Alex P. (Bledsoe) Rybicki (CHEM, 2013)

has been promoted to value stream manager with Catalent Pharma Solutions. Jacob A. Weldon (EE, 2013) has become a logistics field service engineer with Peak-Ryzex. Kelli P. (Greenberg) Aellen (BE, 2014) is a senior quality engineer at JunoPacific. Nic A. Bander (CE, 2014) was among four high school finalists for Vanderburgh County Outstanding Educator of the Year. He is a computer science teacher at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center in Evansville. Yueheng Dou (ME/EE, 2014) is a member of Johnson & Johnson's Research & Development Leadership Development Program. Sarah C. Irish (CHE, 2014) is a reliability manager with Element Six. Matthew J. Kane (ME, 2014) is now a product design engineer with Google. Esther Kim (BCMC, 2014) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern. Matthew T. Mercer (SE/CS/MA, 2014) is a software engineer with NIKSUN. Luke D. Reichert (CHE, 2014) has been promoted to engineering manager with TekModo. Elaine M. Schaudt (CE, 2014) is a construction manager with Tesla, helping bring online a critical part of the company’s San Diego-area supercharger network. Anthony “TJ“ Shevchenko (ME, 2014) has been promoted to program manager with Kimball Electronics. Zachary T. Troope (ME, 2014) is the energy storage systems after sales service manager with the Saft innovative battery development firm. Deanne M. De Keizer (CHE, 2015) is now an application specialist with Crane ChemPharma & Energy. Erin (Campbell) R. Wang (BE, 2015) has been promoted to quality systems engineer with Philips Medical Systems Inc. Chelsie S. Donnelly (CE, 2016) is a tier III civil engineer with Black & Veatch. Joe Kaltenthaler (ME, 2016) is now managing solution architects with Lev and president of Five Loaves Two Fish, a faith-based global non-profit. Ian G. Ludden (CPE, MA, 2016) has been named a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow as a computer science doctorate candidate at the University of Illinois.

Alumni News

Saltchuk Logistics VP drives Continuous Improvement

When Seattle-based transportation/distribution company Saltchuk began building a continuous improvement framework within its logistics operations, officials recalled the skills and work of Krista S. (Elliott) Williams (ME, 2002) as a process improvement consultant. They hired her in 2018 to be the director of operations and continuous improvement and since November 2020 as vice president of Saltchuk Logistics. Williams is leading a commitment to continuous improvement within Saltchuk companies providing air cargo, domestic shipping and logistics, international shipping and logistics, marine services, petroleum distribution, and trucking services throughout North America. She also is always looking to improve the world, being passionately engaged in several international causes. Williams and her husband have built their family through international adoption from Ethiopia, funded the construction of clean water wells in Uganda, and launched hundreds of small, women-owned businesses in East Africa and the Caribbean. Her artisan cooperative in Haiti is enabling women to earn a sustainable income to care for their children and providing a pathway for Haitian families out of poverty.

Jeremiah L. Tate (CPE, 2016) is a hardware design engineer with Microsoft after spending more than four years with Intel Corporation.

Dieter J. Schultz (BSCE, 2016/MSEMGT,

2017) was promoted to business planning advisor with ExxonMobil.

Marissa A. Wilkins (BSME, 2016/MSEMGT,

2017) is strategic partnership manager with Verizon in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Alex J. Crowley (CS, 2017) is a software engineer with Emplify. Lingxiao Gong (EE, 2017) is a cell manufacturing control development engineer with Tesla. Nate T. Green (ME, 2017) is co-founder and technical director with Perfect Harvest, a startup providing management and consulting services for the indoor agriculture industry. Malcolm D. Marshall (BE, 2017) is a technical specialist with the Faegre Drinker law firm in Indianapolis.

Jennifer A. Mobley (BSCHE, 2017/MSCHE,

2018) is a technical representative with CTE Global Inc. Gary L. Newell (ME, 2017) has been promoted to design engineer with Kinze Manufacturing Inc.

Sarah A. Sawin (BSME, 2017/MSEMGT,

2020) is a system engineer with Aerodyne Industries. Donglai Guo (CPE, 2018) is a software development engineer with Amazon in Seattle after earning a master’s degree in computer engineering from Columbia University. Gabriele J. Razma (BE, 2018) is a biomedical engineer with Kablooe Design. Lecea Sun (ME, 2018) is a mechanical design engineer in the CoRE rotation program with Lam Research. Lucas J. Weier (SE, 2018) is a software engineer with Scientia. Jenner D. Wile (SE/CPLS, 2018) is a software engineering with ADESA. Collin W. Wojcik (CE, 2018) is a senior staff estimator in renewable engineering and project management for Invenergy. Zilong Zhou (EE, 2018) is a chip integration engineer with Stealth Startup after earning a master’s in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Southern California. Ariel M. Bohner (BIO/BMA, 2019) has accepted a National Institutes of Health fellowship supporting her clinical research in veterinary medicine at Cornell University. Casey D. Garner (MA/CPLS, 2019) has been named a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow as a mathematics doctorate candidate at the University of Minnesota. Brennan H. Santaniello (CHE, 2019) is a technical associate with Elanco.

20s

Logan Fenimore (CHE/CHEM, 2020)

has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to study reprocessable thermoset polymers as a chemical engineering doctorate student at Northwestern University. Alexa Kovacs (MA/ECON, 2020) was named Indy Hackers’ 2020 Rising Star of the Year for her Indiana tech community advocacy efforts. She serves as a junior data scientist with Resultant. Devin JT Williams (ME, 2020) won best overall male weightlifter and set four Indiana state records at the 2020 USA Powerlifting Rage Against the Barbell event. He lifted 1,780 pounds across three categories.

CORRECTION: In Fall Echoes, a Class Note item should have identified Jeff E. Froyd as a mathematics alumnus. We regret the oversight.

MAJORS KEY BCMC: Biochemistry/Molecular Biology | BE: Biomedical Engineering | BIO: Biology | BIOE: Biological Engineering | CE: Civil Engineering | CHE: Chemical Engineering | CHEM: Chemistry CPE: Computer Engineering | CS: Computer Science | CSPL: Computational Science | ECON: Economics | EE: Electrical Engineering | EMGT: Engineering Management

EN: Environmental Engineering | EP: Engineering Physics | MATH: Mathematics | ME: Mechanical Engineering | OE: Optical Engineering | PH: Physics | SE: Software Engineering

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