Alumni Newsletter - Mechanical Engineering - University of Memphis
Alumni Newsletter - Mechanical Engineering - University of Memphis
Alumni Newsletter - Mechanical Engineering - University of Memphis
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<strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong>Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mechanical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>ALUMNI & FACULTY OF THEME DEPARTMENTWelcome to the November 2003 edition <strong>of</strong> our<strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong>…a little news, a fewannouncements, and a chance to say hello.Notes about this newsletter: I will prepare thenewsletters using MS Word, and convert themto pdf files that you can upload from ourdepartment web site. The pdf files will haveartwork and photos in striking color. The text<strong>of</strong> the newsletters will be sent to you in an e-mail.(Note: This newsletter and its predecessors areavailable in all their glory as PDF’s athttp://www.me.memphis.edu/alumni/letters.htm).LUNCH GET-TOGETHERNext LuncheonWhen: December 10, 2003Where: Rafferty’s (on Poplar, a few blocks east<strong>of</strong> Campus)Time: Gather starting at 11:30DEPARTMENT NEWSAs announced in thelast issue, thisnewsletter has a neweditor—Dr. William S.Janna. I am pleased towork on this monthlypublication and tocommunicate ratherclosely with ouralumni. Dr. Hochsteinmentioned that thequality <strong>of</strong> this publication will improve, and Ihope to live up to his expectations. I will try tokeep this newsletter brief and interesting.The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Memphis</strong>NEW JOBS, NEW FACES, NEW PLACESNews items are listed by year <strong>of</strong> graduationand then alphabetically. Thank you to thosewho have sent, and those who will send, thesenews items.Brian Newbill (1997) accepted the position <strong>of</strong>Manufacturing <strong>Engineering</strong> Team Leader(<strong>Engineering</strong> Manager) for Robert BoschCorporation, Automotive Chassis Division,Clarksville, Tennessee Facility. Brian waspreviously the interim Operations TeamLeader (Operations Manager) for the samefacility. Clarksville Facility produces OEMbraking components for Ford, DCX, and GM.Brian.Newbill@us.bosch.comConfidential to Dr. Janna from Brian Newbill:I am going to get a white board and put thedrawing <strong>of</strong> a hand on it for all my engineersalong with a big TS.Jeremy Daughertyaccepted an engineeringposition in May with EZFlow in Oakland, TN. EZFlow is a branch <strong>of</strong> RingIndustrial, and isconcerned with soilsamples and drainagesystems. Theymanufacture apolystyrene packingpeanut-type <strong>of</strong> materialwhich surrounds plasticpiping. The company isin the process <strong>of</strong> gettingthe product approved inall 50 states.
From the EditorI received an e-mail from Rich Tinsley(rtinsley@midsouth.rr.com) recently, informing methat he was in the job market again. I askedhim about several <strong>of</strong> the former students thathe studied with. He told me an interestingstory about Milton Lamb; Rich writes:I talked to Miltonrecently. He’s leftengineering andstarted up anewspaper like the<strong>Memphis</strong> Flyer downin [Alabama]. It’scalled the ValleyPlanet(www.valleyplanet.com)and the maiden issue[was] just released acouple <strong>of</strong> weeks ago. Check it out.Rich goes on to say:It’s been 10 years since we all graduated. Ipredicted it then and I’ll stand by myprediction now—the real world <strong>of</strong> engineeringis nowhere near as difficult and stressful asschool was. Either you guys did it right, or I’mdoing it wrong.You may quote me.RichSo I went to the Valley Planet web site, andwrote to Milton who is doing very well aseditor. I also entered a contest and won aValley Planet T-shirt—the pride <strong>of</strong> mycollection.Positions Sought / Positions AvailableThe <strong>Alumni</strong> portion <strong>of</strong> the web site can beaccessed from a drop-down menu on the site’shome page, or directly at:http://www.me.memphis.edu/alumni/default.htm. Inaddition to providing a repository for past e-newsletters, it holds two tables that may be <strong>of</strong>interest to you: Positions Sought and PositionsAvailable. Any alum interested in “testing thewaters,” may anonymously post a notice <strong>of</strong>their availability on the market and mayprovide as much or as little information aboutthemselves as they wish. You may provideyour own contact information or you mayremain completely anonymous by workingthrough the web curator using analphanumeric identifying key. If you are aware<strong>of</strong> opportunities in your current organization,we hope you will choose to post thatinformation to the Positions Available table sothat other alumni will know <strong>of</strong> theopportunity. In such an instance, simply sendthe web curator a very brief description to postin the table and, if you can, a morecomprehensive job description that will beposted to a paged linked to the table. Thecurrent web curator is Pr<strong>of</strong>. Hochstein(jhochste@memphis.edu), but you can alwaysreach the curator for the ME Department website at me_web@cc.memphis.edu.Dr. John Hochstein1.WordPuzzlesIIIIOOO2.StandIFollowing are some word puzzles. The solution to each is afamiliar saying or phrase. No problem for the ME <strong>Alumni</strong>Scholar; but just in case, solutions will be given next month.3.TOUCH4.GIC C C C5.Blouse C
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