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Deuchler Fellow No. 27Jasmine R. GaljourJasmine has receiveda civil engineeringdegree from theUniversity of Louisianaat Lafayette.H e r i m m e d i a t eplans include beginninggraduate workat the University ofTexas at Austin witha concentration inenvironmental engineering. Her specificinterest is in the treatment of contaminatedsoil, air, groundwater, or hazardous waste.She plans to deepen her knowledge throughresearch and coursework before becominginvolved in a more intensive, ground-breakingresearch project. Her goal is to earn aPh.D. in environmental engineering andbecome a professional civil engineer, eitherat a university or a private company. TauBeta Pi Record Scholar No. 91, Jasmine wasPresident of Tau Beta Pi’s Louisiana DeltaChapter, the Society of Women Engineers,and the Louisiana Engineering Society. Sheheld offices in Chi Epsilon and the ASCE.She organized and directed volunteer effortsto paint, clean, and landscape theengineering building and actively supporteda safer campus for all.Nagel Fellow No. 9David C. GomezTau Beta Pi NagelScholar No. 18, Davidis a graduate of thepetroleum engineeringprogram at theUniversity of Louisianaat Lafayette.His graduate workat his alma materwill focus on drillingengineering. Hisresearch and development will be on thetopic of using heavy foam as a drilling fluidin deep-water drilling. As petroleum drillingmoves to waters exceeding 1,000 feetin depth, there is increasing demand fortechnologies that are well-suited for hightemperature,low-formation fracture gradients,and especially high pressure. David’sresearch/development goal is to formulate adeep-water drilling fluid in the form of heavyfoam. An internship at Stone Energy solidifiedhis decision to become an operations /well-planning drilling engineer. He is a memberof Tau Beta Pi, Pi Epsilon Tau, LouisianaEngineering Society, Student Society ofPetroleum Engineers, Latin America StudentAssociation, and the American Societyof Petroleum Engineers.Anderson Fellow No. 2Michelle L. BashMichelle received herB.S.E.E. from OhioNorthern University.Her co-op work atAmerican ElectricPower became oneof her most formativeand challengingcollege experiences—troubleshootingequipment orschemes that were not working. Thesereal-world experiences tested both herengineering skills and her critical-thinkingabilities. During her schoolwork shediscovered another application for heranalytical skills; computer programming,which she adopted as a minor. She plans toattend Purdue University and pursue anM.S.E.E., with a concentration in powerelectronics, and doctoral studies. To prepareherself, she participated in a NASA-sponsoredsenior-design project that involvesan electronic system to power and control adisplay. President of the Ohio Iota Chapterof Tau Beta Pi, Michelle received the ECCSKingenberger scholarship two times. Shewas involved with Habitat for Humanityduring five successive years.Matthews Fellow No. 9Lisa J. LindquistLisa graduated fromthe civil engineeringprogram at OhioNorthern University.She will pursue anM.S.C.E. in the structuralengineering andmechanics disciplineat the Georgia Instituteof Technologywith expectation ofextending into a Ph.D. program. Her aimis to aid design of a reliable infrastructuresystem using available resources effectivelyin developing countries. She tailored herundergraduate education to complete aSpanish major, including study abroad inGunajuato, Mexico. Through organizationssuch as Engineers Without Borders, shehopes to gain practical international experience.As a senior, she helped the OhioDepartment of Transportation in designinga bridge to replace one that was functionallyobsolete. Her experiences solidifiedher interest in structural engineering. Hervolunteer activities included ONU Circle KClub, relay for life, and Habitat for Humanity.A member of Tau Beta Pi, Mortar Board,Phi Kappa Phi, and the ASCE, Lisa was onthe varsity track and field team throughoutcollege.Astronaut Fellow No. 6Justin L.R. LangloisJustin studied aerospaceengineeringat the United StatesNaval Academy,graduating at the topof his class. Duringhis senior year, he didresearch involvinga dynamic computermodel of a space powersystem consistingof a nuclear reactor and Stirling powerconverters. The reactor portion involvedworking with naval reactors in departmentof energy converters, and the Stirling powerconverters involved NASA. He is convincedthat nuclear energy is the next step requiredto increase the capability of space explorationand provide greater returns on spaceinvestments. In graduate school at theUniversity of Michigan, he would like tocontinue research in the dynamic modelingof space power or space-propulsion systemsfor the purpose of deep-space exploration.He hopes to become a Navy SEAL, wherehis technical background and leadership experiencescan be put to good use. A memberof Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi, Justinserved as a regimental commander in chargeof approximately 2,000 midshipmen.Tau Beta Pi Fellow No. 734Tondra DeTondra earned bachelor’sdegrees in electricalengineeringand in mathematicsat the University ofNevada, Las Vegas.Her greatest interestlies in making theteaching and learningof science, technology,engineering,and math more effective and inclusive. Asan undergraduate, she undertook numerousextracurricular research activities,including NSF-funded summer work. Shetaught an honors freshman class as wellas ethnographic studies. She completed atwo-year summer internship performingstatistical analysis and survey research atBechtel-SAIC. In her doctoral program atthe University of California, Los Angeles,Tondra will study the design of learningtechnologies that aid learning amongunderrepresented groups in engineering.Advanced coursework will prepare her fora dissertation in web-based learning. Sheis a member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi KappaPhi, Phi Eta Sigma, the Society of WomenEngineers, and the Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers. She receivedan NSF fellowship.SUMMER 2006THE BENT OF TAU BETA PI33
Tau Beta Pi Fellow No. 735Amit Y. DesaiAmit is a materialsscience and engineeringgraduate ofNorth Carolina StateUniversity, where hegraduated first in hisentire class. He viewsa master’s degreein materials scienceas a necessary steptoward reaching aposition of meaningful leadership within hisfield and will attend Cambridge Universitythis fall. In college, he participated in twosummer research experiences. At Northwestern,he gained experience with cutting-edgeanalytical instrumentations andwitnessed the ingenuity required to modifythat equipment to suit special situations. Hewas one of 15 undergraduates selected bythe NSF to participate in ongoing researchat MIT. There, he investigated the potentialuse of titanium nitride as an adhesion layerand diffusion barrier in thin film ceramics.Amit is a volleyball player and performed inthe Raleigh Civic Symphony as a violinist. Amember of Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi,he also won a congressionally funded BarryM. Goldwater scholarship.Tau Beta Pi Fellow No. 737Hoda M. EydgahiH o d a g r a d u a t e dfrom Virginia CommonwealthUniversitywith a bachelor’sdegree in biomedicalengineering. Sheplans to pursue anM.S.E.E. at MIT andto obtain her Ph.D.s o o n t h e r e a f t e r.Through this plan,she will fulfill her goal of entering academiaas a university professor and conductresearch in the field of engineering withapplications in medicine. She views professorshipas an opportunity to both teach andlearn from her future students. In school,she developed an interest in medicine, signalprocessing, instrumentation, and robotics.Hoda would like to work on interdisciplinaryprojects such as smart instruments tobe used in surgery or devices used to benefitthe deaf. She has conducted research concerningthe knockdown of the Werner Syndromeprotein using a lentiviral system andpresented the results at six symposiums.Active in Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, andthe Biomedical Engineering Society, shehas volunteered for a variety of tasks atPeninsula Regional Medical Center.Tau Beta Pi Fellow No. 739Rachel L. HusfeldRachel completedher B.S.C.E. at ValparaisoUniversity.As a graduate studentat Texas A&MUniversity, she willpursue an M.S.C.E.with a specializationin structural engineering.She will investigatemethodsfor minimizing displacements and accelerationsthat act upon concrete and brick lowincomehousing units during earthquakesin Chile. She hopes to counteract lowerintensity structural motions that can causenausea among building occupants. She willperform numerical simulations and plansto test laboratory models on a shake tableat the University of Chile. She hopes toobtain funding from the Chilean Ministryof Housing for the construction of full-sizeexperimental buildings. She was presidentof her Engineers Without Borders chapterand helped lead a three-year clean-waterinitiative in Nakor, Kenya. Named to theUSA Today 2005 college academic all-starfirst team and a member of the ASCE andSWE, Rachel was inducted into Tau Beta Piand Alpha Lambda Delta.Tau Beta Pi Fellow No. 736Ryan G. DobieRyan graduated fromthe U.S. Naval Academywith a degree inmechanical engineeringand a Spanishminor. He will pursuea graduate degreeat the University ofPennsylvania. Hisgoal is to become anintelligence officerin the U.S. Navy, a position not availabledirectly from the academy. The ability to enterthis field is based upon experience. Thefield requires applying analytical skills tointelligence information in situations where“learning by experience” often means riskinglives. Faced with this responsibility,Ryan will study how to analyze situations,minimize risks, maximize success, andensure that he upholds the trust that isplaced in him. Through studies in operationsresearch, he intends to acquire the skillsnecessary to make real-time decisions withouthesitation and to gain the confidence ofthose with whom he serves. He commanded600 midshipmen and was given the responsibilityof investigating honor violations inhis senior year. An academic all-Americanmember of the club-sport hockey team,he was a member of Phi Sigma Iota andVice President of Tau Beta Pi’s MarylandGamma Chapter.Tau Beta Pi Fellow No. 738David L. HenannDavid graduatedfrom State Universityof New York atBinghamton with adegree in mechanicalengineering. Hewill attend graduateschool at MIT wherehe will concentrateon nanotechnologyrelated to mechanicalengineering. His ultimate goal is to do doctoraland post-doctoral work before joiningan engineering faculty. His current interestsare in nanotechnology, mechanical behaviorof materials, and computational mechanics.He gained a background in these subjectsafter undergraduate work in areas suchas solid mechanics, continuum mechanics,computational methods, and finite-elementanalysis. His research interest lies innanomechanics and nanomechanical testingwhich he experienced while at the NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology. Heplans to develop and design a novel mechanicaltesting method for nano-scale materialsand structures, because these pose specialproblems compared with conventionalmaterials testing. David was a member ofthe university wind ensemble, orchestra,and brass quintet. He is a member of TauBeta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, and Pi Tau Sigmahonor societies.Tau Beta Pi Fellow No. 740Krenar KomoniKrenar graduatedfrom Norwich Universitywith bachelor’sdegrees in computerengineeringand mathematics. Atage six, he wantedto know all aboutthe smallest circuitcomponents inside acomputer, and, today,that fascination has not changed. That lifelongcuriosity about computer engineering,mathematics, and computer science has preparedhim for graduate-level studies at TuftsUniversity. He hopes someday to design energyefficient and adaptive radio-frequencyintegrated circuits for various wirelessapplications, develop higher-performanceprocessors, or improve simulation and modelingtechniques for integrated circuits. Hisultimate goal is to succeed as an entrepreneurand still contribute to academia in someway. During college, he worked on a projectfunded by the National Security Agencyand later worked as a systems engineer forBitWave Semiconductor, Inc. Krenar wasPresident of the Vermont Beta Chapter ofTau Beta Pi and is a member of IEEE andEta Kappa Nu. He developed and updateda website for Direct Aid International, anonprofit group that builds schools, wells,and libraries in Afghanistan.34 SUMMER 2006 THE BENT OF TAU BETA PI
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