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Alumni Profile: Robert I. SolenbergerEngineeringSurgicalInnovationsWhether you address him as “Dr. Robert Solenberger” or “Colonel RobertSolenberger,” you’ll be talking to an outstanding surgeon and highly decoratedmilitary officer who has helped heal thousands of lives with his own hands andthrough his medical innovations.Robert Solenberger, a native of Oakland, California,graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1965 witha degree in chemical engineering and had a successfulengineering career. But things changed after he developedwalking pneumonia and a serious disability during OfficerCandidate School. Inspired by the doctors and nurses whonot only helped him but treated soldiers wounded in Vietnam,he soon had a different goal. He decided to pursue medicine.He received his M.D. in 1974 from the University of MarylandSchool of Medicine, completed his surgical residency, andwent on to fellowships in pediatric surgery at the JohnHopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and the University ofTexas Medical Branch in Galveston. Solenberger’s long careerincluded appointments at several army medical centers, mostrecently as Chief of the Department of Surgery at Carl R.Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas, the largestArmy base in the world.Solderberg’s training at UNM provided a valuable foundationfor his career as he used his engineering skills to developmany important medical innovations. “I learned aboutmethodologies, the systematic examination of subjects,separating facts from fiction, and how not to be afraid ofthinking out of the box,” says Solenberger of his engineeringexperience at UNM. In 1982, he developed a three-prongedtreatment for ruptured appendicitis that is still consideredthe gold standard today. In 1995, Solenberger coordinatedthe delivery of twins who were born attached from thebreastbone down, sharing one pelvis and three legs. Hehelped lead the 70-member surgical team that transformedthe twins’ lives with five medical breakthroughs. Thesuccessful operations gave both girls the ability to walkand to bear children.Giving Back“My UNM professors advised us to never forget thatlearning is followed by leading and teaching others andsharing, and your learning process has to go on forever,”says Solenberger. He stays busy following their advice.Solenberger continues to practice medicine as the onlypediatric surgeon at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center.He is on the teaching faculty at two medical schools andruns an emergency room training program at Fort Hoodthat has produced residents with the highest ER boardcertification scores for the past six years.During his career, Solenberger has authored articles formedical journals and has been affiliated with numerousprofessional organizations. He has also received severaldistinguished awards for his exemplary military serviceand exceptional dedication to his profession. Solenbergerfrequently travels to combat zones around the globe topatch up Purple Heart recipients because, “as long as they’reout there doing what they’re doing, I should be there too.” d16 UNM Engineering
New FacultyChemical and Nuclear EngineeringCassiano de Oliveira ProfessorThroughout his research career, de Oliveirahas specialized in unstructured finiteelement techniques, high-performancecomputing and advanced solution methodsapplied to radiation transport andradiative transfer and also to multiphaseflow, electro-seismics and global oceancirculation. Most recently he was aprofessor at the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Programwithin the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering ofthe Georgia Institute of Technology.Civil EngineeringRafiqul A. Tarefder Assistant ProfessorTarefder’s research interests includecharacterization and modeling of pavementmaterials and system, mechanistic pavementdesign, geotechnical applicationsrelated to transportation systems, numericalmodeling at multiple length scales, neuralnetworks, and nanoscale measurements ingeo-paving materials. He received his Ph.D.from the University of Oklahoma.Giovanni C. Migliaccio Assistant ProfessorJoining the CE department in ConstructionEngineering and Management, Migliaccio’sareas of expertise include innovativeprocurement, project management,sustainability and design-constructionintegration. He completed his Ph.D. at theUniversity of Texas at Austin.Andrew J. Schuler Assistant ProfessorA recipient of the NSF CAREER Award,Schuler brings his expertise in biologicalwastewater treatment, nutrient removal,agent-based modeling, sedimentation,and the application of molecular methodsto the expanding UNM EnvironmentalEngineering faculty. He received hisPh.D. from the University of Californiaat Berkeley.Computer ScienceJoel Castellanos LecturerCastellanos’ background includesworking as a senior software engineersubcontractor to Lockheed Martin andteaching college and high school math,science and computer science. He receivedhis MS in Computer Science from UNM.Joseph Kniss Assistant ProfessorKniss is currently conducting research onhigh quality, interactive visualization ofextremely large-scale 3D datasets fromscience and medicine. His work also focuseson the visualization of 3D image data forvisual representation of uncertainty anddecision-making using visualization tools.He looks forward to developing stronginterdisciplinary collaborations within science, medicine, and industry.He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah.Jedidiah Crandall Assistant ProfessorCrandall’s research interests includesystems, security, and malware. Hismain area of research is to understandInternet worms and the exploits thatthey use to propagate so that computerscientists can automatically captureand analyze them. He received his Ph.D.from University of California, Davis.Electrical and Computer EngineeringRafael Fierro Associate ProfessorFierro’s interests include hybrid andembedded systems, coordination ofmultiagent systems, optimization-basedcooperative control of unmanned aerialand ground vehicles, mobile sensornetworks, and robotics. He receivedhis Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Arlington and was an assistantprofessor at Oklahoma State.Nasir Ghani Associate ProfessorGhani’s research interests includecyber-infrastructures, optical networks,protocols, traffic engineering, survivability,network virtualization and services,performance evaluation, simulation,and stochastic modeling. He received hisPh.D. from Ontario’s University of Waterlooand has held senior positions in industry.Jamesina J. Simpson Assistant ProfessorSimpson is interested in computationalelectromagnetics theory and applications,especially finite-difference time-domain(FDTD) solutions of Maxwell’s equations.Her research topics range from near-DC to light, and include modeling theEarth-ionosphere waveguide and opticalinteractions with living tissues. Shereceived her Ph.D. from Northwestern.UNM Engineering 17
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