Alumna Epps Selected as Astronaut Candidate
 Aerospace engineering alumna Jeanette Epps (M.S. '94 and Ph.D. '00) has been selected as an astronaut in the NASA 2009 candidate class. She will train for space flight at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Training lasts approximately 2 years. Read more about the Clark School's connections to the space industry online.
Coming Soon: Offer Your Comments on the Clark School Strategic Plan
The upcoming issue of E@M Magazine asks all alumni to learn about and comment on the Clark School Strategic Plan, 2009-2014. The magazine includes examples of specific strategies included in the plan and provides a link to a special website at which alumni may enter comments and ideas. Please be on the look out for the issue, and send us your thoughts and ideas.
Great Expectations Spotlight: Play Golf and Support Scholarships, September 23
Come out for an afternoon of fun and networking with your friends and fellow alumni at the 6th Annual Clark School Engineering Alumni and Faculty Golf Outing & Banquet at the newly-renovated UM Golf Course. Shotgun start is at 2 p.m. An awards banquet and silent auction will immediately follow. If you would like to assist the Alumni Chapter Board in planning this tournament, please contact Josey Simpson. Register and learn about tournament sponsorships online. Proceeds benefit scholarships for Clark School students.
You're Invited: Innovation Hall of Fame and White Symposium, October 15
Phase-shift lithography innovator Buno Pati (B.S. '86, M.S. '88 and Ph.D. '92, electrical engineering) will be inducted into the Clark School's Innovation Hall of Fame on Thursday, October 15, at 5 p.m. Following the ceremony, the Clark School will hold its annual White Symposium on Engineering Innovation at 5:30 p.m. All alumni are invited to attend both events. Stay tuned for more details.
Join in Homecoming Weekend Activities,
October 15-17
All Clark School alumni are invited back to campus for a full slate of Homecoming weekend activities beginning the evening of October 15 with the Clark School's Innovation Hall of Fame induction ceremony and White Symposium (see above). For full details regarding Homecoming activities across campus, please visit the Alumni Association's Homecoming web site.
Whiting-Turner Business & Entrepreneurial Lecture Series
The Fall 2009 Whiting-Turner Business & Entrepreneurial Lecture Series will kick off on the evening of November 5 with George Vanderheyden, president and CEO of Unistar Nuclear Energy. The next lecture will be Tien Wong, chairman & CEO of Opus8, Inc. Both lectures are at 5 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building Lecture Hall. For more information: https://eng.umd.edu/whitingturner/.
Gabriel Co-Director of MEPP
Prof. Steven Gabriel has been named the new co-director of the University of Maryland Master of Engineering and Public Policy (MEPP) Program. MEPP is a partnership between the School of Public Policy and the Clark School of Engineering.
New Nuclear Engineering Curriculum Now Online
The Clark School, in collaboration with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has developed a new curriculum and courses to better meet the needs of nuclear engineers all over the U.S. and worldwide. Students within the program will receive instruction from the Clark School's foremost experts in nuclear engineering as well as international experts from the public and private sectors.
Leaving No Tone Unturned
ECE Professor Bruce Jacob, with the help of Clark School students and alumni, has launched a line of new electric guitars that provides musicians with more sound capability than ever before.
Wereley Named Engineer of the Year
Norman M. Wereley, the Techno-Sciences Inc. Professor of Aerospace Engineering and director of the Smart Structures Laboratory and Composites Research Laboratory, has been awarded the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics National Capital Section Engineer of the Year Award.
Clark School Alumni Spotlight – Robo-Vendor
 Perry Hahn, B.S. '86, mechanical engineering, has garnered the nickname Robo-Vendor at area baseball stadiums. As a beer vendor at baseball games, he uses his own invention, a device that sheers the lids off of two beer cans simultaneously. The device allows him to open and pour two beers in only six seconds. (Photo by Flickr user dontdothisathome)
Clark School Students Soar to New Heights
A student team based at the Clark School, and including interns from other schools, broke last year's record for amateur radio high-altitude ballooning. The team's super-size helium-filled weather balloon rose up to 128,379 feet before bursting. Last year's record-breaking flight was 125,449 feet by a team from Cornell University. Also, a team of Clark School aerospace engineering students has won the 2009 American Astronautical Society and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics CANSAT competition in only their first year in the contest. The CANSAT competition allows students to design, build and test a rocket payload the size of an elongated coke can.
The Clark School is Tweeting!
Follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about our students, faculty, research and events. The Institute for Systems Research is also on Twitter and on Facebook – become a fan. Finally, if you haven't already, become a fan of the Clark School on Facebook too!
Blast from the Past: Help Us Uncover Clark School History
 Do you recognize anyone in this photo? Send any information you have to Missy Corley. Help us identify the people pictured and we will send you a Clark School t-shirt! We're still seeking information regarding the photo in June's e-newsletter.
View Webcast of Clark School Alumni Board Annual Meeting
Clark School alumni are invited to watch the webcast of the recent Alumni Board Annual Meeting, which recapped the Board's events from the past year and previewed upcoming initiatives and events. The webcast is available online.
Your Name Here—Sponsorship Opportunities
Thanks to Corporate Partner Cisco for sponsoring this month’s edition of the Clark School's e-newsletter. There are many chances throughout the year to put your name and support behind the activities of the Clark School. Sponsorship opportunities include not only this e-newsletter but also alumni receptions and student projects! Contact us to learn how you can make a difference!
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Professional
Mohammed Al Subaie (M.S. '04, fire protection engineering) is a team leader with Saudi Aramco.
Robert F. Barrick (B.S. '01, mechanical engineering), an engineer with consulting firm ARRO in Lancaster, Penn., has received his license as a professional engineer in the State of Maryland.
Eric R. Becker (B.S. '89, civil engineering) has been promoted to associate at consulting firm Dewberry in Lanham, Md.
Alison Camp (B.S. '08, mechanical engineering) is an engineer with General Electric.
Mina L. Clark (MEng. '02) is federal programs director at Washington, D.C.-area consulting firm Greenhorne & O'Mara.
David Dee Jr. (MEng. '98) is a senior project manager with Parsons Brinckerhoff, a consulting, planning, engineering, and program and construction management services firm, in Baltimore.
Neha Dua (MEng. '07) is a presales associate with Perot Systems in Noida, India.
Hsu-Wei Fang (M.S. '96 and Ph.D. '03, chemical engineering) has been promoted to full professor of chemical engineering at National Taipei University of Technology in Taiwan. Fang was recognized by the National Science Council of Taiwan earlier this year.
Paul Flack (B.S. '77, chemical engineering) has launched family venture Bridge Street Toys, an educational toy company specializing in girder-and-panel sets, in Weston, Mass.
Duncan Hastie (B.S. '95, civil engineering) has been promoted to associate with consulting firm Dewberry in Atlanta, Ga.
Roger Hawks (Ph.D. '72, mechanical engineering) recently retired from Tri-State University after 31 years with the school, where he was most recently dean of the Allen School of Engineering and Technology.
Stephen Kerber (B.S. '03 and M.S. '05, fire protection engineering) is a research engineer with Underwriters Laboratories.
Dann Layou (B.S. '00, fire protection engineering) has been named chief engineer of life safety at Hankins and Anderson Consulting Engineering in Richmond, Va.
Chan-Mo Park (M.S. '64 and Ph.D. '69, chemical engineering) has been appointed president of the National Research Foundation of Korea.
Rafael L. Rodriguez-Cambero (MEng. '07) is listed in the 2009-2010 edition of Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Business and the 2010 edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World.
Karen Rose (B.S. '86, chemical engineering) is a best-selling author of suspense/romance novels.
Kevin Schoonover (B.S. '06, aerospace engineering) is a missile defense manager for Clark School Corporate Partner ATK in Baltimore.
Kateri Simon (B.S. '03, biological resources engineering) has received her professional engineer's license and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accreditation.
Edward Smith (M.S. '90 and Ph.D. '92, aerospace engineering) will receive the 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dynamic Systems and Control Division Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award for the paper he co-authored, "Multi-Harmonic Adaptive Vibration Control of Misaligned Driveline via Active Magnetic Bearings."
Personal
Andrew Langsam (B.S. '97, civil engineering) is engaged to Kimberly Bardy. A November wedding is planned.
Alan Michael Pressman (B.S. '03, electrical engineering) is engaged to Ashley Klapper.
Dustin Charles Rauch (B.S. '08, civil engineering) married Gabriela Dias De Moraes Danieli last month in São Paulo, Brazil.
Derrick Treichler (B.S. '06, mechanical engineering) married Whitney Jones (also a UM alum) at the UM chapel in June.
In Memoriam
Over the past two months, we were saddened to learn of the deaths of Jay P. Bowker (B.S. '34, civil engineering), Louis Costrell (M.S. '49, electrical engineering), John A. Gurklis (B.S. '43, chemical engineering), Jacob R. Jacobsen (B.S. '54, civil engineering), Rembert Jones (B.S. '58, civil engineering), Janet B. Quinn (Ph.D. '00, materials science and engineering), Cavet Cloyd Snyder (B.S. '50, civil engineering), Arthur G. VanReuth (B.S. '34, civil engineering) and James Harland Van Wagner (B.S. '52, civil engineering).
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