Fall 2009 - Florida Tech Today - Florida Institute of Technology

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Kim Gronemeyer ’00 Psy.D. spends her
free time supporting fair treatment for animals
and wild land conservation. She also educates
people on the benefits of plant-based diets
and about how “going green” means reducing
people’s reliance on meat products …
Michael Letsky ’01, founder and CEO of RoboLabs
Inc., is lead engineer for his company’s robotic solutions,
which address commercial, residential and
military needs. His robotic lawn mower is a green alternative
to the traditional type …
Jim Quinn ’88 is the lead engineer at Orange
County Choppers in Newburgh, N.Y. The company,
featured on the Discovery Channel/TLC show "American
Chopper," built a bike for Chesapeake Energy that runs
on compressed natural gas and another for the Iowa
Farm Bureau that runs on ethanol. He is currently at
work on a bike for SIEMENS that will be all-electric.
The company is in the first LEED-certified building in
Orange County, N.Y. …
dan Williams ’90 M.B.A., ’95 Ph.D., is chief engineer
for advanced engineering at TRW Commercial Steering
Systems in Lafayette, Ind. He leads an R&D team on
a hydraulic power steering system for commercial
vehicles. The system reduces the power consumption
of a semi-tractor steering system to one-sixth of its
conventional value, which saves more than 100 gallons
of diesel fuel annually for a typical truck.
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cammie donaldson ’82
of Melbourne, Fla., is a
resource on sustainable
landscapes and native
planting. She also has
assisted St. Lucie County
for the past two years with
planning and executing
their successful Treasure
Coast Green Conference …
daniel Meeroff ’95,
associate professor of civil
engineering at Florida
Atlantic University, built
the Laboratories for
Engineered Environmental
Solutions from scratch.
His research areas include
wastewater technology
development, environmental
field monitoring,
aquatic toxicity and
environmental
modeling …
process
Arte Roman ’97
works for MSCW Inc., an
Orlando, Fla., planning,
environmental permitting
and design company
that specializes in “green”
and low-impact developments
and habitat restorations.
Other alumni
working there, too, are:
John Prowell ’97, eric
Whikehart ’04 and Anna
Landman ’02 and Lance
Bennett …