2011 Oregon Stater - College of Engineering - Oregon State University

2011 Oregon Stater
Engineering Awards
Friday, February 25, 2011
CH2M HILL Alumni Center - Corvallis
Celebrating the impact of OSU Engineering leadership on the global community

Meyer Proudly Congratulates
Stanley Cheng, Chairman and CEO,
as a recipient of the
2011 Oregon Stater Award
Engineering Hall of Fame

COntEntS
3 Welcome to the 2011 Oregon Stater
Engineering Awards Edward J. Ray, President, Oregon State University
4 A Proud Moment for Oregon State
Ronald L. Adams, Dean, College of Engineering
Hall of Fame
6 StAnlEy K.S. ChEng BS Mechanical Engineering ’71
6 ElMOnd dECKEr BS Electrical Engineering ’51
6 dr. rudOlPh J. FrAnK
MS Electrical Engineering ’70, PhD Electrical Engineering ’72
7 lEWiS A. FrEdEriCKSOn BS Chemical Engineering ’57
7 dAn KEutEr BA Nuclear Engineering ’73
7 BErt lOughMillEr BS Civil Engineering ’64
8 MOrSE FAMily: Bill MOrSE Friend of OSU
8 FrAnK MOrSE MA General Studies ’70
8 JOnAthAn MOrSE BS Construction Engineering Management ‘70
8 dr. rOBErt W. thrEShEr
Colorado State University, PhD, Mechanical Engineering ’70
Michigan Tech University, MS, Mechanical Engineering ’67
Michigan Tech University, BS, Mechanical Engineering ’62
Academy of Distinguished Engineers
8 JEFFrEy K. BlAnK BS Mechanical Engineering ’90
9 VAlEriE BrOWn BS Chemical Engineering ’80
9 dr. hOSung ChAng MS Electrical Engineering ’85, PhD Electrical Engineering ’93
9 grEgOry K. dElWiChE MS Civil Engineering ’83
10 duAnE KEnAgy BS Civil Engineering ’79
10 MArK g. lyMAn BS Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering ’81
10 C. JOhn MEAghEr BS Construction Engineering Management ’78
11 COE MilES BS Electrical Engineering ’84
11 dr. BAhrAM nASSErShAriF
BS Mathematics ’80, PhD Nuclear Engineering ’82
11 gAry A. PiEtrOK BS Construction Engineering Management ’84
12 dr. KAtE rEMlEy
BS Electrical Engineering ’92, MS Electrical & Computer Engineering ’96
PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering ’99
12 JAMES “JAKE” VAndErZAndEn BS Mechanical Engineering ’87
12 dr. tOdd WArEing BS Nuclear Engineering ’87
Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers
13 AndrEW dyKEMAn
BS Construction Engineering Management ’97, BS Business Administration ’97
13 JEFF FrEEMAn
BS Construction Engineering Management ’97, BS Business Administration ’97
13 dr. yuntEng huAng PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering ’97
14 dr. yOung KiM MS Environmental Engineering ’96, PhD Environmental Engineering ’00
14 dr. thAnA SOrnChAMni
MS Chemical Engineering ’01, PhD Chemical Engineering ’04
14 dr. KEnt B. WEltEr MS Nuclear Engineering ’01, PhD Nuclear Engineering ’03
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Welcome to the
2011 Oregon Stater
Engineering Awards
By Edward J. Ray, President
Oregon State University
Oregon State University has
become increasingly recognized in
recent years for its excellence and
outstanding performance in many
disciplines, from accounting to
zoology. But time and again, the
work of our College of Engineering
has drawn the attention and admiration
of the many constituents we
serve, whether through boosting
our economy with growing numbers
of spinoff businesses, leading
the way in development of wave,
solar and nuclear energy or creating
international accords that put
its research in sustainable engineering
practices to work around
the world.
As those of you gathered this
evening for the Oregon Stater
Awards are well aware, the college
has been on an upward trajectory
for years. Its performance in
2010, however, set a new standard.
Engineering faculty, for instance,
landed research grants and contracts
totaling nearly $37 million,
improving their performance by
some $12 million over the previous
year and helping to propel
the university overall to another
record-breaking year. Likewise,
companies spun off from college
research earned more than half of
the venture funding attracted by
all Oregon businesses in the first
half of 2010 – more than $57 million
in all. In both achievements,
the college made valuable contributions
to an Oregon economy
working to rebound from the challenges
of the past two years.
The foundation for such achievement
lies within the excellent
faculty and outstanding students
who comprise the college. They
were recognized as such in 2010
by organizations ranging from
the National Science Foundation
to the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute. Its outstanding students
often become high-achieving
alumni, a point driven home
in June, when NASA astronaut
Donald Pettit, a 1978 chemical
engineering graduate currently
preparing for another mission
aboard the International Space
Station, delivered OSU’s commencement
address.
By your presence here this evening,
you show that you share the
regard for the college that is growing
so rapidly around our state
and in engineering circles around
the United States and beyond. It
is through such support for its
educational programs, scholarship
and research that the college will
scale greater heights this year.
Thank you for your belief in the
College of Engineering and for
being a valuable part of its ongoing
ascent to the upper echelon of
academic engineering excellence.
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Blount International, Inc.
would like to congratulate our own
Jake VanderZanden
a 1987 Oregon State University graduate
and honored as the
Distinguished Young Business Professional
OregOn State UniverSity FOUndatiOn
A Proud Moment
for Oregon State
By Ronald L. Adams, Dean
Oregon State University
College of Engineering
Tonight we are proud to honor 29
College of Engineering alumni and
friends who are literally changing the
world. As you will observe from the
range of accomplishments demonstrated
by these honorees, an engineering
degree from Oregon State provides
a solid foundation for success in
many areas.
For example, Hosung Chang (Ph.D.
’93) came to Corvallis to obtain
an advanced degree in electrical
engineering before returning home
to South Korea, where he eventually
became president of Dankook
University. Stanley Cheng (BSME ’71)
revolutionized the cookware industry
by inventing and patenting the first
nonstick, hard anodized cookware,
then went on to become chairman
and chief executive officer of the
world’s largest cookware company,
Meyer Corporation, and owner of the
prestigious Hestan Vineyards in Napa,
Congratulations, OSU Engineers
Calif. Valerie Brown (BSCE ’80) spent
several years as an environmental and
process exploration engineer with
Chevron before establishing a distinguished
career in the financial sector.
Her last position was chief executive
officer of ING Advisors Network. You
can read more about these dynamic
alumni and the rest of our honorees in
this publication.
At the College of Engineering, we
work closely with industry to turn
research results into new companies
and products that create jobs while
helping people to lead better lives.
For instance, people who require
kidney dialysis may soon have a more
The OSU Foundation salutes the winners of the 2011 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards and thanks the
5,957 engineering alumni who are supporting The Campaign for OSU. Your innovation, generosity, and
leadership are making Oregon – and the world – a better place.
With a goal of $850 million, the Campaign for OSU is transforming our campus. donors have created
37 endowed faculty positions, provided over $100 million for scholarships, and launched more than
a dozen construction projects.
OSU FOUndAtiOn
541-737-4218 Corvallis
503-553-3400 Portland
CampaignforOSU.org
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convenient way to receive treatment,
thanks to microtechnology developed
by Goran Jovanovic’s research team.
A company called Home Dialysis Plus,
Ltd., founded in 2003, has exclusively
licensed their patented technology to
develop a dialysis system that allows
patients to experience treatment in
the comfort and privacy of their own
homes.
Some basic research may seem to
have less tangible outcomes, but is
no less critical for human health. For
example, the use of nanomaterials
has exploded in recent years, making
it important to understand the
implications for public health. Stacey
Harper is exploring the relationships
among nanomaterial exposure, dose,
and toxicity to maximize the benefits
of nanotechnology while preventing
possible adverse consequences.
As we have worked harder in
recent years to move new College of
Engineering technologies into the
marketplace through commercialization,
we are helping to strengthen the
economy in Oregon and beyond while
providing hands-on learning experiences
for our students. A decade ago,
we saw one or two companies spin out
from our research every five years.
Today, we are seeing 15 spin-outs
every five years. Each of those spinouts
used innovative technology to
solve a problem and created jobs in
the process.
We are also making huge forward
strides in the area of environmental
sustainability. At the national level, for
instance, our researchers are working
day and night to seek ways to implement
alternate energy sources such as
wave, solar, and wind. Other researchers
in fundamental materials science
are inventing new environmentally
friendly and biocompatible alternatives
to hazardous, lead-containing
substances currently used in electronic
devices.
At the global level, a recent agreement
with the Iraq Ministry of Higher
Education will ensure that sustainable
engineering practices developed
at Oregon State benefit Iraq’s efforts
to rebuild its engineering higher
education, reconstruct its infrastructure,
and foster mutually supportive
partnerships among Iraq’s 23 universities
and our students and faculty. In
addition, college representatives are
helping Qatar to develop and implement
advanced agricultural systems
and new technologies that promise
to help the country re-establish their
local food supply system and reduce
foreign imports.
One of the best things that could
come out of tonight’s celebration
is that our students will walk away
newly inspired and motivated because
they see the potential for their own
career trajectories. As you can see,
our graduates and faculty are already
driving social, environmental, and
economic prosperity in the 21st century,
and we expect nothing less from
our current students. Our commitment
to experiential learning and collaborative
innovation means that our
students don’t have to wait until they
graduate to start making a difference.
By emphasizing authentic engineering
experiences within our curriculum,
we’re committed to equipping them
with the knowledge, skills, and passion
to advance innovative solutions
to the world’s most pressing problems.
To say that we are proud of our
alumni is an understatement. The
power of our engineering program is
demonstrated through tonight’s honorees,
but they represent only the tip
of the iceberg. Every day, our College
of Engineering students, faculty, and
alumni are making a real difference.
We invite your continued partnership
with us as we strive to achieve even
greater things in the coming years.
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STANLEY K.S. CHENG
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BS Mechanical Engineering ’71
Chairman & Chief Executive Offi cer
Meyer Corporation – Vallejo, California
Stanley Cheng grew up in Hong Kong, where his
family owned a manufacturing business. He
came to the United States for a business education
at the University of Oregon, but within his first two
years the Cultural Revolution overtook China and
Cheng changed directions. “I decided I had better
get an engineering degree so I could get a job anywhere,”
says Cheng. He transferred
to Oregon State University.
“The engineering education I
received at OSU was a great help
to my career, and I had a wonderful
time there,” says Cheng. “It
was academically rewarding and
socially stimulating.”
As an undergraduate,
Cheng began planning
a manufacturing strategy
that would change
the course of his family’s
company. “I began
leading the company
in a new field of business—nonstickcook-
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acquisition for the Hong Kong plant. Without my
engineering background, it would have been nearly
impossible to begin an entirely new business from
scratch, and design our products and our production
facilities.”
Today, the family business—Meyer Corporation—
is the largest cookware manufacturer in the United
States and second in the global marketplace.
Company headquarters are in California, but
manufacturing occurs in England, Italy, China and
Thailand, where its largest plant produces an average
of 100,000 pieces of cookware per day.
“Students should have the courage to chase after
their dreams and the commitment to not give up,”
says Cheng. “One of the greatest strengths of the
American culture is that the creative spirit is stronger
here than anywhere else.”
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ELMOND DECKER
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BS Electrical Engineering ’51
National Air and Space Intelligence Center (Retired)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base – Dayton, Ohio
Elmond Decker is an engineer, an inventor, and
a science educator. A 1944 graduate of Salem
High School, Decker was raised by parents who
guided him in achieving his fullest potential. They
even built him a laboratory in their home for electrical
systems and amateur radio equipment.
After high school, Decker joined the U.S. Army Air
Corps. Because of his amateur radio background
and his Morse code speed, he became a radio operator
on B-24 bombers and logged more than 300
hours in flight before receiving an honorable discharge.
He returned home to study electrical engineering
at Oregon State on the G.I. Bill.
“Oregon State gave me hands-on experience with
a broad diversity of electrical
systems,” says Decker. “At graduation,
I was recruited by RCA for
their global Field Engineering
Support Program to the United
States Air Force.” Decker helped
install power distribution, radar
maintenance, and communications
systems “Oregon State
in Japan, Korea, and gave me hands-on
Europe.
experience with a
Decker was asked as broad diversity of
a civil servant to join
electrical systems.”
what has now become
the National Air and Space Intelligence Center
(NASIC). In the post-Korean War era, Decker was
given free reign by the Air Force to do the technical
research and engineer an over-the-horizon radar
system to better monitor Russian missile launches.
“At the time, there was a global challenge requiring
highly technical and classified work in 20 countries,
which was rewarding and remains highly classified,”
says Decker.
Upon his retirement from NASIC, Decker worked
through the Dayton, Ohio, Engineering and Science
Foundation to develop 91 Waves Science Kits and
books for school systems around the world, including
the Salem Public Schools.
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DR. RUDOLPH J. FRANK
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MS Electrical Engineering ’70
Phd Electrical Engineering ’72
Vice President, Optical Networks (Retired)
Lucent Technologies – Murray Hill, New Jersey
Since leaving Oregon State University with master’s
and PhD degrees in electrical engineering,
Rudy Frank has led a life of professional and personal
achievement and contribution, both at home
in the United States and internationally.
Frank, who retired in 2001 as vice president
of optical networks for Lucent Technologies,
introduced telecommunications
transmission products in
Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia,
India, and South Africa. Prior
to that, he served as president
of Cincinnati Bell Information
System’s international group,
overseeing the firm’s
international business Along the way,
operations. He also Frank says he lived
served as senior vice his life abiding by
president of technolo- the motto, “Keep
gy and network servic- Your Eyes on the
es for Cincinnati Bell
Prize.”
and as technical direc-
tor and manager with AT &T’s Bell Laboratories.
But optical network technology and international
communications were not Frank’s only passion. As
a business executive, he served as the creator and
director of BEST—Building Enthusiasm for Science
and Technology, as a member of a White House science
and technology advisory committee on black
colleges and universities, and on the board of governors
of the Communications Society of the Institute
for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE).
Frank is well recognized as a national community,
social, and educational leader. He served on
the Sloan Advisory Board for the Graduate School
of Business at Stanford University and as an advisory
board member for the National Urban League’s
Black Executive Exchange Program.
Along the way, Frank says he lived his life abiding
by the motto, “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize.” Frank
now makes his home in Seattle. He and his wife,
Jolene, have seven children and 13 grandchildren.
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hall of Fame
LEWIS A. FREDERICKSON
BS Chemical Engineering ’57
Corporate Fluid Catalytic Cracking Specialist (Retired)
Chevron Corporation – Oakland, California
Lew Frederickson grew up in Klamath Falls,
Ore. “I had an absolutely great childhood
there,” he says. “A fishing pole in one hand and
a shotgun in another—I loved the outdoors.” As
he finished his high school career, Frederickson
was a finalist in the Westinghouse National
Science Contest and was selected for a Bechtel
Scholarship. He took his promise to Oregon State
University.
“The thing I was most proud of when I went to
Chevron out of college was that
I was thrown right away into
a process design engineering
group with graduates from MIT,
Carnegie Tech, and Michigan
State,” Frederickson says. “But
my education from Oregon
State allowed me to
compete against them
very nicely in the
kind of work we were
doing.”’
Frederickson went
on to work around
the world on Chevron
projects and refiner-
“But my education
from Oregon State
allowed me to
compete against
them very nicely in
the kind of work we
were doing.”
ies. He returned to the San Francisco Bay Area in
1986 to take on responsibilities as Chevron’s corporate
specialist for its fluid catalytic cracking
and delayed coking facilities. During that time,
he participated in upgrading all six of the fluid
catalytic cracking units in Chevron’s domestic
refineries, and served on global expert panels for
the National Petroleum Refinery Association.
Looking back on his life, Frederickson feels satisfied.
“I was an Eagle Scout, got good grades in
school and the career recognition I was looking
for,” he says. “And I was always proud that after
my freshman year, I was able to pay my own way
through Oregon State.”
hall of Fame
DAN KEUTER
BA nuclear Engineering ’73
Vice President, Commercial Nuclear Projects
CH2M Hill – Madison, Mississippi
Dan Keuter was part of an emerging technology
when he became one of the first graduates in
nuclear engineering at Oregon State University. “It
was the field to go into at the time,” says Keuter,
who was an Albany, Ore., student athlete attending
Oregon State on a wrestling scholarship.
Keuter’s knee gave out after three years on the
mat, but his academic desire continued. “The thing
I liked about Oregon State was the hands-on experience,”
he says. “The nuclear reactor was on campus.
There weren’t that many students, so there was a lot
of individual attention.”
After graduation, Keuter went straight to
Portland General Electric as an engineer at
the Trojan Nuclear Plant. His first job was followed
by operations positions with the Rancho
Seco Nuclear Plant in Northern California and
the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1995, Keuter
started a 15-year career with Entergy Nuclear
Corporation, where he made
an impact on company earnings
and the nuclear regulatory
industry.
“I am most proud of my involvement
in Entergy’s purchase of six
existing nuclear plants between
1999 and 2005, which
accounted for more “The thing I liked
than half the earnings about Oregon State
of the company,” he was the hands-on
says. Keuter also had a
experience.”
pivotal role in getting
the 2005 Energy Act passed, which allowed nuclear
plants to once again be built in the United States.
Today, Keuter serves on the advisory board for
Oregon State’s School of Nuclear Engineering
and Radiation Health Physics, and is enjoying his
“retirement” career with CH2M Hill: helping countries
to develop nuclear energy programs. “My passion
is developing small reactors for the production
of electricity and hydrogen to replace fossil fuels,”
he says.
hall of Fame
BERT LOUGHMILLER
BS Civil Engineering ’64
President & Principal (Retired)
Automatic Plastic Moulding, Inc. – Benicia, California
BBert Loughmiller’s father survived the Great
Depression by building bridges across the
prairie gulches of eastern Colorado for the Work
Projects Administration, a New Deal program that
funded public works projects. He moved his family to
Oregon to give his children a better life.
“Oregon State University gave substance to my
father’s dream by giving me a
scholarship,” says Loughmiller.
“From his early bridge building
days, my father saw civil engineering
as a high calling. I adopted
that view.”
Loughmiller’s degree from
Oregon State was soon
complemented by an
MBA from University
of Oregon and he
began a successful
business career that
combined the best of
both disciplines.
“Oregon State
University gave substance
to my father’s
dream by giving me
a scholarship.”
“I had the opportunity to participate in the startup
of RapidFAX and its successful development and
manufacture of the first commercial high-speed digital
facsimile machine,” says Loughmiller. After the
startup’s acquisition, he became a principal in APM,
Inc., a specialty supplier to the electronics and aerospace
industry. He helped transition the company as
it became the leading supplier of specialty packaging
for wine and gourmet foods.
Throughout his career and after his retirement,
Loughmiller has had a strong passion and commitment
to give back by helping his employees
better their lives, founding the Los Altos Education
Foundation, advising small businesses, mentoring
and tutoring young people, and acting as trustee for
the Oregon State University Foundation.
“Aside from my family, a call to community service
has been a major part of my life,” says Loughmiller.
“I have tried to put into practice a great life lesson
learned from my father—to give someone of modest
beginnings the opportunity to have a better life.”
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hall of Fame
MORSE FAMILY:
BILL MORSE Friend of OSu
STATE SENATOR
FRANK MORSE
MA general Studies ‘70
JONATHAN MORSE
BS Construction Engineering Management ‘70
Morse Bros Inc, Oregon
BILL MORSE FRANK MORSE JONATHAN MORSE
IIn 1941, Joe Morse asked his brother Forrest
to join him the sand and gravel business in
Harrisburg, Ore. Their brother, Bill, joined them
in 1943, and Morse Bros., Inc. was formed.
“As kids, the second generation grew up together
riding our bikes around the gravel yards,” says
Jon Morse, son of founder Joe Morse. Jon’s brother
Frank, cousins Mike and Steve (Forrest’s sons)
and Greg and Ray (Bill’s sons) joined the business
in turn.
Jon and Frank’s Oregon State education served
them well. “Besides learning engineering fundamentals,
there was the practical side of construction
industry interaction and application
to problem solving,” says Jon, who became asset
manager and oversaw
the maintenance division
and agency interactions.
Frank became
president of the company
in 1980. “I am
extremely proud of
the success of our
family business—the
transition from the
“Besides learning
engineering
fundamentals, there
was the practical
side of construction
industry interaction
and application to
problem solving.”
– Jon Morse
first generation to nine members of the second
generation and all the complexities that come
with family ownership,” says Frank.
In 1998, Morse Bros., Inc., was purchased
by MDU Resources Group and merged with its
subsidiary Knife River Corporation. At the time,
Morse Bros. was the largest construction company
in Oregon.
“To be able to be in business with our father,
uncles, brothers, sisters, cousins—it is a treasure
not offered to just anybody, and a pleasure that
few can experience,” says Frank.
hall of Fame
DR. ROBERT WALLACE
THRESHER
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, 1970-1984
Wind Energy Research Fellow
National Renewable Energy Laboratory – Golden, Colorado
Robert Thresher is a pioneer in modern wind energy
technology. He has more than 40 years of research,
development, engineering and management experience
in wind technology, plant engineering, and aerospace
systems. As a professor at Oregon State University
from 1970 to 1984, he worked with the Department of
Energy to develop early modern wind technologies.
“Just after the 1974 oil embargo, the university was
contacted by Eugene Water and Electric Board about
the prospect of using wind on the Oregon Coast to
generate energy,” says Thresher. “The atmospheric sciences
department collected money from neighboring
coastal utility districts to monitor wind levels on the
coast. That was my introduction to wind energy.”
With innovation and a nose for
funding, Thresher helped develop
a wind energy program at Oregon
State. “It was a coalescence of
synergies,” he says. “We worked
primarily with people in mechanical
engineering to understand wind
turbines.”
Thresher left Oregon “We worked
State to become a prin- primarily with
cipal scientist at the people in mechanical
National Renewable engineering to
Energy Laboratory,
understand wind
overseeing a program to
turbines.”
prove the ability to pre-
dict performance and loads for wind turbines and the
effects of atmospheric turbulence.
With numerous global accolades on his resume,
Thresher received the Pioneer Award at the World
Renewable Energy Congress and a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the American Wind
Energy Society.
Currently Thresher is moving from wind to wave
technology and has directed his research interests at
NREL to ocean energy systems. “We have developed
a cooperative research and development agreement
between Oregon State and the Northwest National
Marine Renewable Energy Center to study wave and
tidal energy,” he says.
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
JEFFREY K. BLANK
BS Mechanical Engineering ’90
Vice President, Product Development
Xerox Corporation – Wilsonville, Oregon
Jeff Blank is an engineer who obtained a business
degree to widen his skill set. A native of
Beaverton, Ore., Blank went on from Oregon State
University to earn a Master’s of Science degree in
mechanical engineering from Stanford University
and a Master’s of Business Administration from the
University of Portland.
“Oregon State has a fantastic
engineering school and I was prepared
with a sense of discipline
and great engineering knowledge,”
says Blank. “Equally important,
Oregon State prepared me to
work in teams—to communicate,
make decisions, and
recognize the people “Oregon State has a
side of projects.” fantastic engineer-
Immediately after ing school and I
graduating from was prepared with
Oregon State, Blank a sense of discipline
joined the Department and great engineer-
of Energy’s Sandia
ing knowledge.”
National Laboratories
in Livermore, Calif., where he became the lead
mechanical engineer on several nuclear weapon system
design teams. After five years at Sandia, Blank
wanted to bring his family back to the Northwest and
joined the Tektronix division purchased by Xerox.
“At Xerox, I run the part of our organization that
delivers ‘solid ink’ products—a unique technology,”
says Blank. “I am most proud of our Color Qube 9200
series—a cartridge-free technology with solid ink
sticks that is very sustainable, providing 90% less
waste than cartridge ink.” Blank is a part of a succession
of Oregon State involvement in Xerox, including
Ron Adams and Jim Rice.
Blank’s advice to engineering students is threefold:
“Do not underestimate the importance of
communication in your field,” says Blank. “Make
sure what you are engineering can be manufactured
cost-effectively in a global marketplace, and
understand the life cycle of your design from concept
to sustainability.”
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Previous AwArd winners
Award Winner Year of Induction Award Winner Year of Induction Award Winner Year of Induction
Engineering Hall of Fame
Al Hundere (BSME 1938) 1998
Arthur E. Hitsman (MSME 1950) 1998
Bruce E. Hofer (BSEE 1970) 1998
Cecil W. Drinkward 1998
Chih H. Wang (PhD 1950) 1998
Conde B. McCullough 1998
Craig Wohlgemuth 1998
Dale Pence 1998
Donald S. Trent
(BSAE 1962, MSME 1964, PhD ME 1972) 1998
Douglas C. Engelbart (BSEE 1948) 1998
Edward C. Lynch 1998
Edwin Hunt (MSME 1946) 1998
Eugene C. Starr (BSEE 1923) 1998
Fred Merryfield (BSCE 1923) 1998
Fredrick J. Burgess, 5th Dean
(BSCE 1950) 1998
George Kenneth Austin (BSIE 1954) 1998
George W. Gleeson, Fourth Dean
(MSChE 1934) 1998
Glenn W. Holcomb (MSCE 1931) 1998
Grant A. Covell, First Dean 1998
H. A. “Andy” Andersen 1998
Harry S. Rogers, Second Dean 1998
Holly A. Cornell (BSCE 1938) 1998
Jack E. Thomas (BSME 1954) 1998
James C. Howland (BSCE 1938) 1998
James S. Marsh (BSCE 1937) 1998
James W. Poirot (BSCE 1953) 1998
Jerry Franciscovich (BSEE 1952) 1998
John A. Young (BS 1953) 1998
John Owen, Sixth Dean 1998
John R. Holmquist (BSEE 1951) 1998
Kazuyoshi Kawata (BSCE 1949) 1998
Larry Chalfan (MSEE 1969) 1998
Linus C. Pauling (BS ChE 1922) 1998
Marion E. Carl (BSME 1938) 1998
Marion T. Weatherford
(BSIA 1930, MSIA 1938) 1998
Mark K. Miller (BSME 1948) 1998
Martin N. Kelley (BSCE 1950) 1998
Milosh Popovich
(BSChE 1939, MSME 1941) 1998
Milton Harris (BSChE 1926) 1998
Natale B. Giustina (BSME 1941) 1998
Octave Levenspiel
(MSChE, 1949, PhD ChE 1952) 1998
Richard H. Dearborn, Third Dean 1998
Richard W. Boubel (MSME 1954) 1998
Robert C. Wilson (BSCE 1950) 1998
Robert D. Cess (BSME 1955) 1998
Robert S. Proctor
(BSME 1947, MSME 1949) 1998
Robert W. Lundeen (BSChE 1942) 1998
Rudolf S. Engelbrecht (PhD, EE 1979) 1998
Samuel H. Graf (BSEE 1907, BSME 1908,
MSEE 1908, MSME 1909) 1998
Thomas Burke Hayes (BSEE 1938) 1998
W. Bruce Morrison (BSME 1934) 1998
Waldo G. Magnuson (PhD, EE 1966) 1998
Wayne W. Bostad (BSME 1959) 1998
William A. Mittelstadt
(BSEE 1966, MSEE 1968) 1998
William T. Peckham (BSCE 1948) 1998
Alexander Kent Davidson (BSME 1957) 1999
Andrew V. Smith (BSEE 1950) 1999
Charles E. Wicks (BSChE 1950) 1999
Darrell W. (Chuck) Halligan (BSCE 1952) 1999
Donald F. Hays (MSME 1952) 1999
Earl C. Reynolds Jr. (BSCE 1947) 1999
Edwin J. Stastny (BS Ag Engr 1938) 1999
Howard D. Eberhart
(BSCE 1933, MSCE 1935) 1999
Jack L. Kerrebrock (BSME 1950) 1999
Jackson Graham (BSCE 1936) 1999
James G. Knudsen
(PhD, ChE 1950, Michigan) 1999
James L. Riggs
(MSME 1958, PhD ME 1962) 1999
James R. Kuse (BSChE 1955) 1999
James R. Welty
(BSME 1954, MSME 1959, PhD ChE 1962) 1999
John D. Caplan (BSChE 1949) 1999
John Harrison Belknap (BSEE 1912) 1999
Miles Lowell Edwards (BSEE 1924) 1999
Percy H. McGauhey (BSCE 1927) 1999
Perry Walter Pratt (BSME 1936) 1999
Ralph S. Gens (BSEE 1949) 1999
Rex A. Elder (MSCE 1942) 1999
Richard S. Nichols (BSEE 1949) 1999
Robert Adams (BSCE 1948) 1999
Robert L. Polvi (BS 1956, MS 1958) 1999
Ronald T. Miller (BSME 1942) 1999
Stephen Oswald Rice (BSEE 1929) 1999
Wanda Munn (BSNE 1977) 1999
Wilfrid Estill Johnson
(BSME 1930, MSME 1939) 1999
William E. Cooper
(BSME 1947, MSME 1948) 1999
William H. Huggins
(BSEE 1941, MSEE 1942) 1999
Zed J. Atlee (BSEE 1929) 1999
Charles C. Bayles (BSCE 1936) 2000
Eugene F. Grant (BSEE 1941, MSEE 1942) 2000
James D. Nordahl (BSIE 1949) 2000
Jean McGlenn Richardson (BSCE 1949) 2000
John A. “Jack” Talbott (BSME 1949) 2000
John H. Lienhard IV (BSME 1951) 2000
LaMont Matthews (BSME 1956) 2000
Milton R. Smith (MSEE 1969) 2000
Sidney S. Lasswell Jr. (BSCE 1949) 2000
Carl L. Urben (BSME 1958) 2001
Henry W. Schuette (BSME 1950) 2001
J. Jack Watson (BSIA 1950) 2001
Lee S. Ting (BSEE 1965) 2001
Lee W. Kearney (BSCE, 1963) 2001
Lewis N. Spencer (BSCE 1949) 2001
Paul H. Emmett (BSChE 1922) 2001
Ralph I. Larsen (BSCE 1950) 2001
Robert B. Johnson (BSEE 1968) 2001
Robert C. Alton (BSME 1964) 2001
Tommy W. Ambrose (PhD, ChE 1957) 2001
Douglas P. Daniels (BSCE 1960) 2003
H. Dean Papé (BSME 1943) 2003
James B. Johnson 2003
James R. Street 2003
John A. Schnautz (PhD, ChE 1958) 2003
Orin F. Zimmerman (BSEE 1947) 2003
Paul I. Anderson (BSME 1956) 2003
Robert E. Barber (BSME 1957) 2003
Ronald K. Hanson (BSME 1961) 2003
Oregon State University College of Engineering Previous Oregon Stater Engineering Award winners A

Award Winner Year of Induction Award Winner Year of Induction Award Winner Year of Induction
Seichi Konno (BSCE 1953) 2003
Adam Heineman (BSCE 1949) 2004
August D. Benz (BSChE 1954) 2004
Chun Chiu (MSEE 1969) 2004
Fred M. Briggs (BSEE 1971) 2004
Galen Ho (BSEE 1968) 2004
Harold D. “Hal” Pritchett
(BSCE 1957, MSCE 1961) 2004
Jack Meredith
(BSME 1961, BS Mathematics 1961) 2004
Kenneth M. Wightman II
(BS Forest Engineering 1968) 2004
Pala Sookawesh (MSIE 1969) 2004
Raymond E. Southwell (BSChE 1950) 2004
Richard S. Reid (BSME 1962, MSME 1965) 2004
Robert E. Wilson
(BSME 1955, PhD ME 1963) 2004
Robert W. Morrison, Jr. (BSME 1968) 2004
Stephen A.D. Meek III (BSEE 1950) 2004
Theron M. Bradley, Jr.
(BS Physics 1967, BS Mathematics 1969) 2004
Thomas M. West ( PhD IE 1976) 2004
Donald E. Guinn (BSCE 1954) 2005
Elizabeth Juckeland Carrell (BSME 1959) 2005
Frank E. Block (BSChE 1949 2005
Henry Oman (BSEE 1940, MSEE 1951) 2005
Louis L. Mace (BSCE 1959) 2005
Niels Reimers (BS BA ME 1956) 2005
Peter E. Johnson (BSChE 1955) 2005
Phillip L. Cole (BSCE 1947) 2005
Ralph R. Peterson (BSCE 1969) 2005
Raymond K. Asbury (BS Physics 1974) 2005
Raymond L. Chalker
(BSCE 1954; MSCE 1955) 2005
Walter Plywaski (BSEE 1957) 2005
Bernard A. “Bud” Ossey (BSCE 1943) 2006
Chao Chen Mai (MSEE 1964) 2006
Frank Biasca (BSChE 1941) 2006
George B. Cox (MS Ed 1940) 2006
George Reed (BSAE 1968) 2006
Hiro Moriyasu (BSME 1958, MSEE 1969) 2006
John Loosley (BSCE 1949) 2006
Paul Lorenzini (PhDME 1970) 2006
Rex Smith (BSEE 1971) 2006
Dale R. Laurance (BSChE 1967) 2007
David Schlegel (BSAE 1950) 2007
Donald B. Maussharddt
(BSCE 1959, MSCE 1960) 2007
Dwayne L. Foley (BSME 1967) 2007
Jay A. Mackie (BSChE 1961) 2007
Keith K. Slack (BSEE 1963) 2007
Kenneth F. Durant (BSCE 1961) 2007
Michael S. Inoue (MSIE 1954, PhD 1967) 2007
Steven J. Campbell (BSEE 1963) 2007
William M. Jabs (BSCE 1969) 2007
Charles W. Lacey (BSCE 1951) 2008
Edward J. Swenson (MSEE 1967) 2008
Greggory L. Nesbitt (BSME 1958) 2008
James C. DeBroekert (BSEE 1952) 2008
Jerry E. Swiggett (PhDChE 1968) 2008
Michael A. Sharp (BSChE 1974) 2008
Michael R. Gaulke (BSEE 1968) 2008
Norm McKibben BSCE 1959) 2008
Richard B. Evans (BSIME 1969) 2008
Richard B. Stout (PhD NE 1972) 2008
Rodney M. Boucher (BSEE 1965) 2008
Roger Gohrband (BSChE 1951) 2008
Terry W. Baker (BSME 1963) 2008
Carroll E. Page (BSIE 1950) 2009
Darry Callahan (BSChE 1964) 2009
Frank J. Dudek (MSCE 1976) 2009
Greg P. Merten (BSEE 1968) 2009
Jackson Wong (BSME 1958; MSME 1959 2009
Jean Watson (BSChE 1971) 2009
Junku Yuh (MSME 1982; PhD ME 1986) 2009
Larry Watson (BSChE 1971) 2009
Pat J. Connolly (BSME 1968) 2009
Ramesh C. Malhotra (BSCE 1956) 2009
Robert M. Bonney (BSCE 1941) 2009
Ronald D. Arps (MSEE 1963) 2009
Christopher I. Grimes (BSNE 1971) 2010
Husnu M. Ozyegin (BSCE 1967) 2010
Max J. Clausen (BSNE 1970) 2010
Robert C. Hall (BSCEM 1971) 2010
Robert F. Olsen (BSCE 1971) 2010
Roy L. Rogers (BSEE 1956) 2010
Timothy W. Tong (BSME 1976) 2010
William “Bill” H. Tebeau (BSChE 1948) 2010
Academy of
Distinguished Engineers
Duane Wallace (BSIE 1979) 1998
Edward J. Swenson (MSEE 1967) 1998
Gary L. Yancey (BSEE 1967) 1998
Harry R. Anderson (MSEE 1985) 1998
James R. Plasker (MSCE 1973) 1998
Jay N. Wilt (BSIE 1975) 1998
Jean C. Watson (BS ChE 1971) 1998
Jeffrey D. Peace (BSME 1973) 1998
M. Craig McKibben (BSCS 1969) 1998
Mark S. Childs (BSIME 1978) 1998
Paul G. Lorenzini (PhD NE 1970) 1998
Peter E. Johnson (BSChE 1955) 1998
Ralph R. Peterson (BS 1969) 1998
Richard B. Stout (PhD NE 1972) 1998
Richard Kaplan (BSCS 1985) 1998
Walter W. Laity (PhD ME 1977) 1998
William D. Byers (BSChE 1973) 1998
William L. Reiersgaard (BSME 1960) 1998
William M. Jabs (BSCE 1969) 1998
Amir Faghri (BSME 1973) 1999
Andrew D. Bartmess (BSIME 1982) 1999
Brian T. Laine (BSCS 1975) 1999
Dale R. Laurance (BSChE 1967) 1999
Darald (Darry) Callahan (BS ChE 1964) 1999
David P. Nicoli (BSCE1979) 1999
Donald R. Pettit (BSChE 1978) 1999
Gregory P. Merten (BSEE 1968) 1999
Louis A. Licht (MS Ag Engr 1978) 1999
Mark A. Lasswell
(BSCS 1976, MSCS 1978) 1999
Marvin E. LaVoie (BSEE 1974) 1999
Randy McCourt (BSCE 1978) 1999
Richard K. Gardner (BSIE 1979) 1999
Robin L. Feuerbacher (BSNE 1974) 1999
Thomas C. Madsen (BSME 1969) 1999
Thomas D. McGaw (BSME1972) 1999
Timothy S. Leatherman (BSME 1970) 1999
Dan R. Keuter (BSNE 1973) 2000
David E. Isett (BSIE 1978) 2000
Gary S. Nuss
(BS AgEngr 1980, MS AgEgr 1982) 2000
Giuseppe Cerbone (PhD CS 1992) 2000
Jack Hurt (BSME 1971; MSME 1972) 2000
Jeffrey A. Coe (BSChE 1974) 2000
Jeffrey B. Bradley
(BSCE 1975; MSCE 1977) 2000
Keith C. Kullberg (BSEE 1978) 2000
Lane C. Wickwire (BSME 1961) 2000
Lori A. Craven (BSCS 1979) 2000
B Previous Oregon Stater Engineering Award winners Oregon State University College of Engineering

Award Winner Year of Induction Award Winner Year of Induction Award Winner Year of Induction
Maurice E. Gunderson
(BSME 1974, MSME 1976) 2000
Max J. Clausen (BSNE 1970) 2000
Robert M. “Mike” Phelps (BSCE 1976) 2000
Ronald K. Hanson (BS 1961) 2000
Alfred J. McSwain (BSME 1964) 2001
Cleora F. Raulerson (BSCS 1976) 2001
David Hackleman (BSEE 1973) 2001
DeQian Wang
(MS AgEngr 1987; PhD ME 1990) 2001
Gary Hall (BSChE 1969) 2001
Jack W. Lentsch, (BS 1965, Chemistry;
MS 1966, Radiation Physics) 2001
Jen-Hsun Huang (BSEE 1984) 2001
Michael J. Schaer
(MSChE 1962, PhD ChE 1965) 2001
Patrick R. O’Brien, (BSCEM 1973) 2001
Richard B. Evans (BSIE 1969) 2001
Robert G. Jossis (BSCE 1970) 2001
Timothy W. Tong (BSME 1976) 2001
Chane C. Cullens (MSCS 1984) 2003
Dale K. Atkinson (BSNE 1978) 2003
David R. Hatch (BSCE 1976, MSCE 1978) 2003
Gary Kaleta 2003
Gary W. McNair (BS, MS, PhD, NE 1983) 2003
Gregory E. DiLoreto (BSCE 1976) 2003
John T. Myers III (BSME 1970) 2003
Jon S. DeVaan (BSCS 1985) 2003
Landis D. Kannberg (PhD ME 1976) 2003
Mark A. Christensen (BSIE 1982) 2003
Michael A. Van Buskirk (BSEE 1977) 2003
Michael D. Brady (PhD, ChE 1968) 2003
Michael G. West (BSEE 1980) 2003
Randal Conrads (BSIE 1972) 2003
Ronald A. Dilbeck (BSEE 1975) 2003
Terry C. Valenzano (BSCE 1967) 2003
Catherine M. Nelson (BSCE 1982) 2004
David J. Brown (MSEE 1983) 2004
Huei Liang (William) Chang (BSEE 1981) 2004
J. Craig Dutton (MSME 1975) 2004
James A. Johnson (BSIE 1984) 2004
James L. Buelt (BSChE 1975) 2004
Jeffrey E. Klemann (BSME 1984) 2004
Kyle Doyel (BSChE 1980, BS Business
Administration 1980) 2004
Michael W. Cappiello (BSNE 1974) 2004
Susanna M. Laszlo (BSCE 1983, BS Forest
Engineering 1983) 2004
William A. “Bill” Sundermeier
(BSCS 1985) 2004
Barry J. Winstead (BSME 1980) 2005
Denise J. Ecklund (PhD CS 1987) 2005
Edward A. Froese (BSEE 1972) 2005
J. Scott Carr (BSCS 1984) 2005
James W. Pond Jr. (MSIME 1971) 2005
Jay L. McQuillen Jr. (MSCE 1986) 2005
Jeffrey A. Benjamin (BSNE 1985) 2005
Kay E. Altman (BSChE 1987) 2005
Norkun Sitthiphong
(MSME 1977; PhD ME 1981) 2005
Randall L. Smith (BSCE 1977) 2005
Richard R. Duncombe (BSEE 1981) 2005
Roger M. Nielsen (BSIME 1983) 2005
Thomas R. McKinney (BSChE 1973) 2005
Walter R. Gamble (BSCEM 1969) 2005
Abhi Y. Talwalkar (BSEE 1986) 2006
Ahmed Abdel-Warith (PhD 1990) 2006
Chaur-Fong Chen
(MSAE 1989, PhD CE 1992) 2006
David Allstot (MSEE 1974) 2006
David Browning (BSME 1986) 2006
J. Gary Lanthrum
(BSNE 1975, MSNE 1978) 2006
Manuk Colakyan
(MSChE 1980, PhD 1985) 2006
Mary Mollison Coucher (BSChE 1984) 2006
Maryam Aghamirzadeh (BSEE 1981) 2006
Mo Jamshidi (BSEE 1977) 2006
Sadanand Patil (MSChE 1981) 2006
Scott Williams (BSCEM 1974) 2006
Stephen Mara (BSCE 1982) 2006
Tony S. Keller (BSGE 1978) 2006
Anton T. Skoro (BSCEM 1981) 2007
Barry Rahimian (BSME 1986) 2007
Carmen Tseng (BSEE 1983) 2007
Catherine Mater (MSCE 1984) 2007
Craig L. Overhage (MSEE 1989) 2007
David F. Skillern (BS Bus & Tech 1976) 2007
Douglas J. Tindall (BSCE 1978) 2007
James D. Rise (BSME 1986) 2007
Joseph P. Danko (MSChE 1985) 2007
Kevin W. Clarke (BSEE 1988) 2007
Michael C. Park (BSCS 1980) 2007
Parke D. Ball (BSCET 1977) 2007
Pradip Banerjee (MSEE 1983) 2007
Roderick J. Ray Jr. (BSChE 1979) 2007
Steven L. Stockton (BSCE 1971) 2007
Timothy A. Dunn (BSEE 1988) 2007
Timothy L. Weber (BSME 1986, PhD 1991) 2007
W. Louis Peterson (BSNE 1984) 2007
William J. Roesch (BSEE 1981) 2007
William O. Nicholson (BSNE 1980) 2007
Allen G. Crouch (BSCS 1986) 2008
David G. Rynders (MSRHP 1997) 2008
Direk Lavansiri (PhDCE 1977) 2008
George D. Rose (MS Math 1972,PhD 1976) 2008
Grant M. Yoshihara
(BSNE 1978,MSNE 1980) 2008
Janet L. Redmond (BSAE 1985) 2008
Jay C. Eisenlohr (BSME 1977) 2008
John E. Macnab (BASE 1975,MSAE 1976) 2008
Kheng-Joo Khaw (BSECE 1982) 2008
Loren K. Brown (BSCEM 1977) 2008
Mohammad Faghri (PhDME 1973) 2008
Paula J. Hammond (BSCE 1979) 2008
Randy L. Schussler (BSIE 1987) 2008
Saeed A. Kazmi (MSEE 1976) 2008
Scott A. Stevenson (BSChE 1982) 2008
Shane D. Wall (BSCpE 1988) 2008
Ajit G. Rode (MSEE 1976; PhD EE 1978) 2009
Andly LaFrazia (BSIME 1987) 2009
Cheryl L. Britton (BSCS 1977 2009
Christopher Gesh (BSNE 1988) 2009
Dan L. Kavanaugh (BSCEM 1982) 2009
Darrell A. Teegarden (BSChE 1980) 2009
Donald R. Chambers
(BS Engineering Physics 1973) 2009
Gayle D. Harley (BSCE 1973) 2009
Howard C. Yang
(MSEE 1987; PhD EE 1990) 2009
Jay C. Compton (BSCEM 1979) 2009
Jeff Ammon (BSNE 2001) 2009
John Barneson (BSIME 1998 2009
Kelton M. Peery (BSME 1972) 2009
Mark Frank Madison (BSAE 1979) 2009
Michael D. Miles PE (BSME 1980) 2009
Mitch Nichols
(MS Industrial Education 1981) 2009
Nivruti Rai (MSIE 1993) 2009
Robert Lee Cheatham (BSEE 1978) 2009
Oregon State University College of Engineering Previous Oregon Stater Engineering Award winners C

Award Winner Year of Induction Award Winner Year of Induction Award Winner Year of Induction
Suzanne Townsen
(BSCE 1977, MSCE 1986) 2009
Taymoor Arshi (PhD CS 1982) 2009
William R. McHolick (BSChE 1980) 2009
Abdulla A. Al-Joaib
(BSCE 1989, MSCE 1990, PhDCE 1994) 2010
Daniel J. Brose (BSChE 1984) 2010
David A. Brockman (BSGen. Sci. 1986) 2010
Douglas M. Carmean ( BSEE 1985) 2010
Douglas W. Fisher (BSEE 1985) 2010
John S. Uczekaj (BSEE 1981) 2010
Michael B. Stowell (BSME 1980) 2010
Nabilah M. Al-Tunisi (MSECE 1982) 2010
Paul M. Sakamoto (BSEE 1977) 2010
Richard J. Sander (BSIME 1983) 2010
Stanley C. Lynch (BSNE 1973) 2010
Stephen H. McDonald (BSChE 1978) 2010
Tod A. Laursen (BSME 1986) 2010
Tony Kingsbury (BSChE 1983) 2010
Walter G. Kortschak (BSChE 1981) 2010
Council of Outstanding Early
Career Engineers
Curt A. Nilsen (BSEE 1987) 1998
Darcy J. McCallum (MSCS 1993) 1998
Jake VanderZanden (BSME 1987) 1998
Jay C. Compton (BSCE 1979) 1998
Jeffry L. Duncan (BSChE 1980) 1998
Joan O. Heaberlin (PhD NE 1997) 1998
Mark A. Christensen (BSIME 1982) 1998
Richard P. Tolvstad (BSCEM 1987) 1998
Roger M. Nielsen (BSIE 1983) 1998
Scott A. Ashford (BSCE 1983) 1998
Timothy L. Weber (PhD, ME 1991) 1998
Tod A. Laursen (BSME 1986) 1998
Tung X. Bui (BSEE 1988) 1998
Christopher M. Carpenter (BSME 1985) 1999
Debra Walt Johnson (BSEE1995) 1999
Eric Johnson (BSCS 1984) 1999
Galen E. McGill (BSEE 1987) 1999
James A. Johnson (BS 1984) 1999
Janet G. McFadden (BSNE 1992) 1999
Peter Oosterhof (BSCS1987) 1999
Richard K. Tenneson (BSCEM 1985) 1999
Steven C. Lovejoy
(BSME 1987; MSME 1989) 1999
Allan A. Douglas (MSEE 1993) 2000
Brent J. Kerr (BSCE 1983) 2000
Brian J. Cox (BMES 1981) 2000
Byung-Oh Cho
(MSNE 1988; PhD NE 1991) 2000
Herschel P. Weeks (MSAgE 1983) 2000
Jay L. McQuillen Jr. (MSCE 1986) 2000
John G. Robinson (BSME 1983) 2000
Junku Yuh (MSME 1982; PhDME 1986) 2000
Lori M. Strong (BSIME 1986) 2000
Richard D. Braatz Jr. (BSChE 1988) 2000
Shane D. Wall (BSECE1988) 2000
Steven R. Van Arsdale (BSIME 1984) 2000
William A. Oefelein (BSEE 1988) 2000
Abhijit Y. Talwalkar (BSEE 1986) 2001
Andy P. Pihl (BSIE 1984) 2001
Howard C. Yang
(MSECE 1987, PhD ECE 1990) 2001
James D. Rise (BSME 1986) 2001
Janet Gulley (BSME 1986) 2001
Jerry Abdie (BSCS 1986) 2001
Jim S. Gruher (BSIE 1983) 2001
Richard W. Latta (BSChE 1987) 2001
Ronald G. Olshausen (BSCS 1985) 2001
Scott C. Franz
(MSNE 1994, PhD NE 1997) 2001
Todd A. Wareing (BSNE 1987) 2001
William L. Drinkward (BSCE 1990) 2001
Bryan R. Lewis (BSNE 1986; MSNE 1992) 2003
Donald M. Whitehead (BSCE 1988) 2003
Guojin Liang (PhD ECE 1991) 2003
Jonathan J. “JJ” Cadiz (BSCS 1997) 2003
Marcus H. Wilcox (MSME 1989) 2003
Robert J. Crawford (BSIE 1985) 2003
Salvador M. Aceves (PhD ME 1990) 2003
W. Scott Hoodenpyle (BSCEM 1989) 2003
Denis Burger, Jr. (BSCS 1987) 2004
Gregg V. Thompson (BSCE 1992) 2004
Jatila Ranasinghe
(MSME 1986, PhD ME 1989) 2004
John F. McKibben (BSChE 1984) 2004
Kent Boden (BSCEM 1988) 2004
L. Eric Smith (BSNE 1994) 2004
Patrick Jensen (BSEE 1989) 2004
Sterling L. Smith (BSEE 1990) 2004
Craig M. Marianno (PhDRHP 2000) 2005
Harish Pillay (BSCS 1988; MSEE 1990) 2005
John S. Anttonen (BSME 1989) 2005
Patricia A. McDonald (BSChE 1987) 2005
Steven D. Townsen (BSCE 1994) 2005
Ben Wahlstrom (BSME 1996) 2006
David Y. Young (BSEE 1989; MSEE 1992) 2006
Keith A. Pauley (BSNE 1988, MSNE 1995) 2006
Keith A. Pauley (BSNE 1988, MSNE 1995) 2006
Marc A. Leslie (BSChE 1993) 2006
Steve Malany (BSCEM 1991) 2006
Tiffany Adams (BSCE 1995) 2006
Bradley T. Hogan (BSIME 1991) 2007
Eric K. Rockett (BSNE 1993) 2007
Matt Boyd (MSBRE 1997) 2007
Michael J. Baker (BSCE 1991) 2007
Ryan Fujimoto (BSChE 1996) 2007
Sanjay Vancheeswaran
(MSCE, Chemistry 1999) 2007
Scott C. Kveton (BSCS 1997) 2007
Brian K. Wilson Jr.
(BSCS 1989,BSEP1990) 2008
Charla Triplett ( MSBE 2000) 2008
Dan D. Euhus (BSChE 1999) 2008
Dawn Lesley (MSBioE1993) 2008
Jennifer A. Rosales (BSCE 1995) 2008
Jon J. Amack (BSEE 1992) 2008
Paul D. Stull III (BSCE 1993, MSCE 2004) 2008
Ryan Dow (BSCE 2000) 2008
Adam King (BSChE 1993) 2009
Adi Kusma (BSIME 1998) 2009
Angie L. Cook (BSME 2003) 2009
Brian M. Davis (PhD CE, 2003) 2009
Jason Smesrud (MSBE 1998) 2009
John H. Weisner (BSCEM 1995) 2009
Peter Koonce (BSCE 1995) 2009
Seth M. Sproul (BSNE 1997) 2009
Yui-Luen Jeremy Ho
(BSEE 1990; MSEE 1992) 2009
Eric G. Hulbert (BSCS 1999) 2010
Kathryn M. Brock (MS Env. Health 1999) 2010
Kelsy M. Ausland
(BSCE 2002, BACE 2002) 2010
Lisa J. Graham
(BSChE 1996, PhDChE 1999) 2010
Timothy N. Bergler (BSIME 19997) 2010
D Previous Oregon Stater Engineering Award winners Oregon State University College of Engineering

Academy of
distinguished Engineers
VALERIE BROWN
BS Chemical Engineering ’80
Chief Executive Offi cer
Cetera Financial Group – Los Angeles, California
Valerie Brown leveraged her engineering education
into the world of business with a chemical
engineering degree from Oregon State University
and an MBA from Stanford University. She worked
as a co-op student for Chevron Oil Company in the
San Francisco Bay Area during her undergraduate
years and went back after graduating to work as a
process engineer and an environmental
lobbyist.
“Oregon State prepared me
extraordinarily well,” says
Brown. “Although I have not
done engineering-specific work
since the 80s, my engineering
education taught me to solve
problems, crunch
numbers, and drive to
results—what it takes
to run a business.”
After four years at
Chevron, Brown was
ready to move out of
“An engineering
undergraduate
degree prepares a
person to go
many ways.”
technical applications and into management. With
a Stanford MBA in her portfolio, she worked in
strategy management consulting with Bain and
Company, as vice president of marketing for Taco
Bell, as chief executive officer of ING Advisors
Network, and spun off into her current position
heading Cetera Financial Group.
“Taking Cetera private was a very challenging,
interesting and amazing time,” says Brown.
“Getting there was my dream and I get to live
it now, so that is good.” Brown is also living
the dream personally with her husband of 31
years, Don Baker, and their sons Hyatt, 25, an
asset-backed security trader on Wall Street, and
Christian, 21, a business major at the University
of Michigan.
“An engineering undergraduate degree prepares
a person to go many ways,” says Brown. “And
Oregon State’s engineering program is doing so
many innovative things in the major disciplines. I
am just proud to be from that school.”
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
DR. HOSUNG CHANG
MS Electrical Engineering ’85
Phd Electrical Engineering ’93
President, Dankook University
Republic of South Korea
Hosung Chang serves as president of Dankook
University—Korea’s first four-year private university.
It was founded in 1947 by Chang’s grandfather,
Beomjeong Hyung Chang, and later led by his
father, Dr. Chungsik Chang.
Chang’s journey to serving as president of
Dankook University began with college studies in
electronic engineering at Sogang University and
a tour of duty in the South Korean military. He
earned a master’s and a PhD in electronic engineering
from Oregon State University.
Upon returning to Korea after graduation,
Chang was awarded a professorship in electronics
and electrical engineering at
Hanyang University. In 2000, he
joined Dankook University and
later became its president. The
university features 20 undergraduate
colleges and has an
enrollment of 26,000 students on
two campuses.
Chang is a noted
author and a prolific
researcher in the field
of electronic engineering.
His doctoral
thesis from Oregon
State was entitled
“Analysis of linear
and nonlinear coupled
dielectric waveguides”
and he has conducted
extended research in
Chang is a noted
author and a prolific
researcher in
the field of electronic
engineering. His
doctoral thesis from
Oregon State was
entitled “Analysis of
linear and nonlinear
coupled dielectric
waveguides”
the fields of optical electromagnetic and microwave
engineering.
As a South Korean leader, Chang promotes the
growth of Korean youth sports and the overall
development of sports in Korea, Asia, and other
countries. He embodies new age globalization by
stressing Dankook University’s motto: “challenge
and creation.”
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
GREGORY K. DELWICHE
MS Civil Engineering ’83
Senior Vice President, Power Services
Bonneville Power Administration – Portland, Oregon
Greg Delwiche has spent his entire professional
career working in resource management roles
associated with the mighty Columbia River—a passion
and interest lit when he visited the West from
his native New York as teenager.
Although Delwiche earned his undergraduate
degree in civil engineering from the University of
Florida, he returned to the West
for his post-graduate studies at
Oregon State University.
“My Florida classmates found
jobs with oil companies along
the Gulf Coast. I yearned for the
outdoors and wanted to specialize
in water resources
and environmental “I guess you could
engineering,” says say that both
Delwiche. “I was inter- professionally and
ested in programs that personally, I have
were more practical
been ‘living the
and real-world in their
dream’.”
focus, and Oregon
State was a perfect fit for me.”
Delwiche began his career working for the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, planning Columbia and
Willamette river reservoir systems. In 1992, he
moved to the Bonneville Power Administration to
manage power operations planning, and is most
proud of his role in the successful negotiation of the
historic Columbia Basic Fish Accords in 2008. The
agreement among four Northwest tribes and two
states created a partnership in salmon and steelhead
restoration in the Columbia River watershed.
“Oregon State could not have prepared me better
for my career,” says Delwiche. “The coursework and
vigorous classroom dialogue about water resources,
environmental engineering, natural resource management,
fish and wildlife, and ecosystem management
all prepared me for a professional career that
has been a natural progression of my interests. I
guess you could say that both professionally and
personally, I have been ‘living the dream’.”
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Academy of
distinguished Engineers
DUANE KENAGY
BS Civil Engineering ’79
Senior Vice President
Moffat & Nichol – Long Beach, California
Duane Kenagy grew up in Albany, Ore., where
he picked beans and strawberries during the
summers of his early years. After graduating from
Albany Union High School (now West Albany)
and completing his first year of college, he took a
summer job at the Oregon State Highway Division
in 1973. He was hooked. He returned to Oregon
State University as a civil engineering major.
“Oregon State gave me a strong work ethic and a
practical approach to problem
solving,” says Kenagy. “My degree
required a pretty diverse set of
classes, which prepared me to
take on a lot of new interesting
things in my career and avoided
me being pigeon-holed in a nar-
row skill area.”
Kenagy has managed
and directed
major highway,
bridge, rail, and other
multi-disciplinary
public works projects
“Oregon State gave
me a strong work
ethic and a practical
approach to problem
solving.”
in the United States and overseas. He recently
served as program manager and director of
engineering for the award-winning, $2.5 billion
Alameda Corridor in Los Angeles, and is developing
major projects for Southern California,
Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, and
Barcelona, Spain. He currently directs Moffatt
& Nichol’s Project Development Group and the
firm’s transportation practice area.
Kenagy continues his involvement with Oregon
State, where he helped to start up a fellowship for
civil engineering and supports the rugby club.
“It took me quite a while to understand that the
most difficult engineering challenges are usually
not technical—they are usually political, social, or
financial,” says Kenagy. “Communication skills and
sensitivity to people make the difference. The best
career advice I ever got was that job is always bigger
than the in-box.”
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
MARK G. LYMAN
BS industrial & Manufacturing Engineering ’81
President
West Salem Machinery Co., Inc. – Salem, Oregon
Mark Lyman’s family history is related to machinery
manufacturing in the Willamette Valley. His great
grandfather, German immigrant Carl Gerlinger, founded
and built Gerlinger Carrier Co. in Dallas, Ore.
Although the parent company was sold and eventually
merged with Caterpillar, Lyman’s grandfather
and father retained a spin-off called West Salem
Machinery. Today, the company designs, engineers, and
manufactures heavy machinery and processing systems
to convert fiber products and recyclable material
into value-added products.
Following through with the thought of returning
to his family-owned business,
Lyman transferred from University
of Oregon, where he was majoring
in business, to Oregon State
University. He earned a degree in
industrial and manufacturing engineering
from Oregon State.
“My degree prepared
me well for my career,”
says Lyman. “The engineering
coursework
at Oregon State incorporated
business and
accounting principles
and practical training in
“The world
continues to be
a more technical
place, and there is
a need for quality
engineers.”
facility layout, inventory control, work flow, and manufacturing
processes.”
Lyman is proud to say that his company has grown
from 25 to 90 employees in the past decade. “I am
proud that I have been able to grow the business, be a
good contributor to the community, and have been able
to employ an engineering staff and skilled machinists
in family wage jobs,” says Lyman. “If I can make my
people successful, our company will be successful.”
Lyman sees a need for more engineers. “The world
continues to be a more technical place, and there is
a need for quality engineers,” he says. “We are heavy
equipment manufacturer competing well in a world
marketplace, but we need the talent from which to
draw our employees.”
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
C. JOHN MEAGHER
BS Construction Engineering Management ’78
Vice President, Division Manager
Traylor Bros, Inc. – Long Beach, California
While growing up in Beaverton, Ore., John
Meagher was always a builder. He graduated
from building tree forts to holding summer jobs in
construction for local remodelers. “I wanted to be
a builder and a contractor, and Oregon State had
a perfect program,” says Meagher. “Construction
engineering management was a great professional
preparation—a mixture of business and technology.”
Meagher graduated and headed
straight to Riedel International
in Portland to become a project
manager in the United States and
then overseas for more than a
decade. He moved to California
and eventually landed at Traylor
Bros., Inc., to continue a success-
ful career, working
on some of the largest
construction projects
in the world.
“I’ve been very fortunate
to have been
involved in many oncein-a-lifetimeconstruc-
“If you want to be
a contractor and
build ‘big things,’ the
Oregon State program
remains especially
viable.”
tion opportunities,” says Meagher. “I’ve worked on
the largest double-track lift span railroad bridge in
the free world in Portland, the world’s largest subsonic
wind tunnel at Moffit Field in California, and
right now I’m working on the West Closure Complex
in Louisiana, the largest pump station that has ever
been built.”
With other major construction projects too numerous
to mention on his resume, Meagher finds time
to continue to recruit civil engineers and construction
majors from Oregon State. “If you want to be a
contractor and build ‘big things,’ the Oregon State
program remains especially viable,” he says. “The
OSU construction management program still has a
very strong core engineering curriculum that allows
grads to obtain their professional engineer license.
That is a very strong selling point for the Oregon
State program.”
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Academy of
distinguished Engineers
DR. COE F. MILES
BS Electrical Engineering ’84
Partner
Wong, Cabello Lutsch Rutherford & Brucculeri –
Houston, Texas
Once a year, the Kiwanis Club in Molalla, Ore.,
rounded up kids and took them to an Oregon
State football game. Coe Miles was a lucky participant
in those field trips. It’s no wonder that he returned to
the Beaver Nation to begin his college education.
“From the time I was in grade school, I only wanted
to be an engineer,” he says. “My classes were incredible,
my professors were excellent;
I got up every morning wanting to
go to class.”
Miles’ journey from Oregon
State to Houston is testimony
to a man who loves to learn. “At
Oregon State, I discovered I really
like to learn new things, and I was
taught how to learn,”
says Miles. “Those two
tenets have been the
mainstay of my career,
which has changed
quite a bit.”
After earning a bachelor’s
degree in electri-
“My classes were
incredible, my professors
were excellent;
I got up every
morning wanting to
go to class.”
cal engineering at Oregon State, Miles went on to earn
a master’s in computer science and PhD in computer
engineering from Santa Clara University. He married
Ellen Ochoa, former astronaut and deputy director of
the Johnson Space Center, whom he met while on contract
with NASA’s Ames Research Center, where he
worked in the Intelligent Systems Technology branch.
After his experience with NASA, Miles went to
McDonnell Douglas. Then, in a career about-face, he
attended Baylor College of Medicine as a postdoctoral
fellow, conducting research in the Department of
Neurology. Then another big shift—Miles headed to
law school, with a singular intent to study patent law
as it pertains to emerging technologies. Today, Miles
is a respected patent attorney.
“Always choose a job that is interesting,” says Miles.
“I followed my passions and took jobs for lower pay.
That eventually led me to patent law, and now I have
the best of both worlds.”
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
DR. BAHRAM
NASSERSHARIF
BS Mathematics ’80
Phd nuclear Engineering ’82
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Rhode Island – Kingston, Rhode Island
Bahram Nassersharif left Tehran, Iran, at the
age of 17 to begin his nuclear engineering studies
at Oregon State University. He completed his
undergraduate degree in mathematics in three years
and walked as the youngest graduate of the class of
1980. Nassersharif completed his PhD program and
defended his dissertation in 1982, becoming one of
the four youngest doctoral candidates in engineering
in the country.
“The most memorable aspect of my education at
Oregon State was having great professors with a
genuine interest in my success,” says Nassersharif.
“I have maintained contact with my professors
throughout my professional career. Learning from
them and building on the knowledge
they provided gave me the
foundation for my achievements.”
Nassersharif taught briefly at
Oregon State before becoming
a scientific staff member at Los
Alamos National Laboratory.
He then resumed
teaching, taking on
professorships and
directorships at Texas
A & M University and
New Mexico State
University. He eventually
became dean of the
College of Engineering
at the University of Rhode Island.
“The most memorable
aspect of my
education at Oregon
State was having
great professors with
a genuine interest
in my success.”
“My most recent career accomplishment is
starting a new nuclear engineering program at
the University of Rhode Island last year,” says
Nassersharif. “I am very proud of my students—they
won first place in the national American Nuclear
Society student design competition last November.”
With his skills at mentoring young nuclear engineers,
Nassersharif is quick to give advice: “Get to
know your professors and your classmates,” he says.
“These friendships will serve you well throughout
your career and life.”
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
GARY A. PIETROK
BS Construction Engineering Management ’84
President
Kiewit Engineering Co. – Omaha, Nebraska
Gary Pietrok has not wandered far from the
educational and professional foundation
established at Oregon State University.
Pietrok’s construction management career
actually began in 1983— one year before his
graduation in construction engineering manage-
ment from Oregon State—with a summer intern- intern-
ship at Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc.
Since that beginning, when he
worked on a pipeline project in
Washington state, Pietrok has
been with Kiewit.
Over the years, he contributed
to and led the construction
of a variety
of noted projects, “To be successful at
including work along Kiewit, you have to
San Francisco’s have a passion for
Fisherman’s Wharf construction and
and major bridge
want to be a
and highway proj-
problem solver.”
ects in Oregon and
California. Since 2004, Pietrok has served as a
Kiewit district manager in Omaha, Neb., where
he is in charge of Kiewit Engineering Co.’s engineering
and estimate activities. The position has
required him to focus on design and geotechnical
matters.
“To be successful at Kiewit, you have to have a
passion for construction and want to be a problem
solver,” Pietrok said when he was named
manager of Kiewit Engineering. “With estimating,
there’s always something different. You can come
at it from a different angle—look at things in a
different way to help deliver a client’s project on
time and within budget.
“The real challenge for (Kiewit Engineering)
going forward is to continue to deliver tangible
added value by providing high quality, cost effective,
and timely services to our operating districts,”
Pietrok said in 2004.
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Academy of
distinguished Engineers
DR. KATE REMLEY
BS Electrical Engineering ’92
MS Electrical & Computer Engineering ’96
Phd Electrical & Computer Engineering ’99
Leader, Metrology for Wireless Systems Project
National Institute of Standards and Technology –
Boulder, Colorado
Kate Remley’s father was a television broadcast
engineer who conceived electronics projects
with his daughter as she grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich.
“When I was 20, I got some wanderlust,” she says.
“I ended up in Eugene, went to Lane Community
College to become an electronic technician, and was
hired as a radio station broadcast engineer.”
After working until she was 28, Remley realized
she wanted to become an electrical
and computer engineer. She
enrolled in Oregon State and completed
her Bachelor of Science
degree magna cum laude. Remley
fell in love with school and stayed
on in Corvallis to finish a master’s
and PhD.
“Having worked
before I came to
school, I knew that the
University was really
different than the world
of work,” she says.
“OSU prepared me to
explore new options
and taught me fundamentals
behind wireless
communications,
“OSU prepared
me to explore new
options and taught
me fundamentals
behind wireless
communications,
which was always
my interest and is
now my career.”
which was always my interest and is now my career.”
She left Oregon for the U.S. Department of
Commerce National Institute of Standards and
Technology, where she develops measurement methods
and provides technical support for industry and
the public safety sector.
“I am very proud to work for the government as a
civil servant,” Remley says. “I am most proud of the
standards developed for the public safety community.
It’s important to know their technology is going to
operate reliably in their situations because their lives
could depend upon it.”
Remley also serves as the editor of Microwave
Magazine, the professional periodical for IEEE. “I
sometimes include anecdotes of my days at Oregon
State in my editorials,” she chuckles.
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
JAMES “JAKE”
VANDERZANDEN
BS Mechanical Engineering ’87
Senior Vice President, Business Development
President, ICS
Blount International Inc. – Portland, Oregon
Jake VanderZanden grew up on a farm in Banks,
Ore. “Farm life was the most single-handed influence
in my life in terms of teaching me problem-solving
skills,” he says. “In fact, that farm experience led
me to select engineering as a possible career path.”
Oregon State was his first choice because of its
beautiful campus and high-quality engineering
program, says VanderZanden. As a mechanical engineering
major, he graduated with honors while serving
as president of his fraternity, taking an active
role in two honoraries, and serving in leadership
positions at the Memorial Union.
“My technical education at Oregon State taught
me discipline and rigor and the importance of com- com-
pleting things,” he says. “It’s been
a real benefit in business to have
a technical background—no one
can buffalo you. I owe the university
a great deal for that.”
VanderZanden joined Blount
International in Portland after
graduation and served
in various engineer- “My technical educaing,
management, and tion at Oregon State
marketing develop- taught me discipline
ment capacities in the and rigor and the
Oregon Group. In 1992,
importance of com-
he co-founded ICS,
pleting things.”
Blount’s brand and
strategic business division. Today, he serves as the
president of the new venture construction products
division.
“Founding ICS and growing it into a very profitable
business with lots of associated jobs gives me a
lot of pride,” says VanderZanden. “But I am probably
most proud of growing new technical and business
leaders in the field—that is why I come to work
every day.”
VanderZanden served on Oregon State’s
Mechanical Engineering Industry Advisory Board
and works with student projects sponsored by his
company.
Academy of
distinguished Engineers
DR. TODD A. WAREING
BS nuclear Engineering ’87
Owner, Co-founder, Chief Technical Offi cer
Transpire, Inc. – Gig Harbor, Washington
Todd Wareing wasn’t very interested in studying
in high school. He drove a hot rod Camaro
and took a gap year after graduation. “My dad said I
was too smart to stay out of college,” he says. So he
started on his basics at Idaho State University, and
then learned about the accredited nuclear engineering
program at Oregon State.
“I absolutely loved it in
Corvallis—the beauty of the university,
the depth of the program I
was in,” says Wareing. “Basically,
Oregon State gave me the strong
passion for nuclear engineering
and the foundation for everything
I do in the field.”
Wareing went on to
earn his doctorate in
nuclear engineering
and scientific computing
from the University
of Michigan, and
then to the Transport
Methods Group at Los
“Basically, Oregon
State gave me the
strong passion for
nuclear engineering
and the foundation
for everything I do
in the field.”
Alamos National Laboratory, where he became recognized
as an international leader in methods development
for deterministic solutions of the radiation
transport equation.
Los Alamos gave Wareing a three-year entrepreneurial
leave to form the start-up Transpire, Inc.
“The lab gave us the safety net to take technology
we developed—a radiation transport code—license
it, and market it to customers around the world,” he
says. “Oregon State has the university license to our
code—it’s still a very symbiotic relationship.”
Transpire recently teamed with Varian Medical
to develop new software for calculation of radiation
doses in radiotherapy, bringing a fast and precise
calculation method to the radiation oncology field.
“If you go to Oregon State for engineering, you
can’t go wrong,” says Wareing. “You will get the fundamentals
and will have the skills to work and compete
for jobs anywhere.”
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Council of Outstanding
Early Career Engineers
ANDREW DYKEMAN
BS Construction Engineering Management ’97
BS Business Administration ’97
Project Manager
Lease Crutcher Lewis – Portland, Oregon
Andy Dykeman grew up in a linear-thinking
household, with a mother who was an accountant
and a father who owned a car repair shop and
espoused the philosophy that there wasn’t anything
out there that couldn’t be fixed. Dykeman attended
Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, where
he took a pre-engineering curriculum. Oregon State
University was a natural fit.
“One of the great things about
the construction engineering
management program at Oregon
State is the strong bond and connection
to the industry,” says
Dykeman. “Those professional
links were strong while I was
there and just as strong
today in giving students
a sense of real life experiences
and the value of
their chosen field.”
Today, Dykeman is
an authority in sustainable
construction and
an expert in mechani-
“Working with
young engineers
in our industry
is something
from which I get a
tremendous amount
cal, electrical, and plumbing systems coordination as
he serves as a project manager for Portland general
contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis, a company where
he completed an internship while in college.
As a young graduate, Dykeman remains intensely
involved in Oregon State, serving as a mentor,
speaker, and advisor at his alma mater. “Working
with young engineers in our industry is something
from which I get a tremendous amount of satisfaction,”
he says. “I enjoy mentoring, helping them to
learn and grow and become strong contributors to
our industry.”
Dykeman served on the Governor’s Energy
Performance Scores Task Force, a panel to study
the use of energy scores and the labeling of commercial
and residential buildings. He is active
in Associated General Contractors and currently
serves as vice chair of the Construction
Management Education Council.
Council of Outstanding Early
Career Engineers
JEFF FREEMAN
BS Construction Engineering Management ’97
BS Business Administration ’97
Knife Innovation Manager & Lead Design Engineer
Gerber Legendary Blades – Tigard, Oregon
Born the youngest of nine children, Jeff Freeman’s
life as a young boy in Sweet Home, Ore., revolved
around the outdoors—hunting, fishing, hiking, and
camping. He was drawn to knives for their beauty
and utility, and began collecting them at the age of 10.
Freeman’s college studies were interrupted when
he enlisted in the United States Army in 1989 at the
onset of Operation Desert Storm. “After basic training
and machinist school, I was shipped off for a
36-month tour in Panama,” says Freeman. “I was the
sole machinist and toolmaker for a 1,500-person helicopter
aviation maintenance brigade.”
When Freeman returned, he completed his general
engineering courses at Central Oregon Community
College and transferred to Oregon
State to tackle an industrial
and manufacturing engineering
degree and participating in the
Multiple Engineering Cooperative
Program (MECOP).
“I learned fluids, thermo,
dynamics, and all the
of satisfaction.” rest, but most impor- “The problem-
tantly I learned how to
learn,” says Freeman.
“The problem-solving
skills I picked up at
Oregon State have
been invaluable as I
approach tasks in my
career.”
solving skills
I picked up at
Oregon State have
been invaluable as
I approach tasks in
my career.”
After graduation, Freeman started his dream job
as a manufacturing engineer at Gerber Legendary
Blades, one of the most respected knife and tool
manufacturers in the world. Today, he holds seven
design patents and numerous product awards, but
he is most proud of the products he designs for the
United States military.
“When I get emails from our servicemen and
women describing how they use the product that
I designed to either do their work or save lives, it
makes me feel good to know I played a part in that,”
says Freeman.
Council of Outstanding
Early Career Engineers
DR. YUNTENG HUANG
Phd Electrical & Computer Engineering ’97
Director of Research & Development
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. – Sunnyvale, California
Yunteng Huang grew up in China and earned a BS
in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong
University in 1991. “In semiconductor circuit design,
we look to American universities as a prime place to
get further education,” says Huang. “Gabor Temes,
a professor at Oregon State, was very well known in
his field and I wanted to study under him.”
In spite of struggling with
language fluency when he first
arrived, Huang found Oregon
State an ideal place to study.
“From the beginning I encountered
great professors who
shaped my education and began
long-term relationships,
which benefit “Gabor Temes, a
everything I do in our professor at Oregon
industry,” he says. State, was very well
“OSU provided the known in his field
right mix of minimal
and I wanted to
distraction plus the
study under him.”
opportunity to develop
close working relationships with companies which
had shaped many of the industry trends.”
Huang began work with Newport
Communications developing high-speed mixed signal
circuits. He joined Silicon Laboratories, based in
Austin, Texas, where he has held various engineering
and management positions. Huang also led the
start up of SourceCore Technologies in Shenzhen,
China, which was later acquired by Silicon Labs.
“I am proud that I have been able to use my
knowledge in engineering to develop a product line
that has made our company stronger,” says Huang.
“And I am fortunate to have been involved with the
company in its early stages and helped it grow to
900 employees.”
As the current director of research and development
at Silicon Labs, Huang focuses on the company’s
strategic development in new product vectors.
Huang has authored and co-authored over a dozen
IEEE journal and conference papers and holds 28
U.S. patents.
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Council of Outstanding
Early Career Engineers
DR. YOUNG KIM
MS Environmental Engineering ’96
Phd Environmental Engineering ’00
Director of Research & Business
Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering
Korea University–Sejong – Seoul, Korea
Young Kim was born in Yeo-soo, Korea, and
attended undergraduate school on full scholarship.
He earned a bachelor’s in civil engineering in
1988 and master’s in civil and environmental engineering
in 1990—both from Korea University.
“Environmental engineering definitely sparked
my interest,” says Kim. “I wanted to study further
under a leader in that field
and that search led me to Dr.
Lewis Semprini at Oregon State
University.”
As a young teaching assistant
and research associate, Kim
quickly earned his master’s and
doctoral degrees at Oregon State
while participating
in research and studies
on the topic about
which he is most passionate.
“As I worked to
earn my PhD at OSU, I
conducted many studies
and went through
many discussions with
“I feel the most
accomplished when
my students succeed
and continue in
careers of their own,
expanding on what
I have taught them.”
my peers and professors,” says Kim. “These processes
have become a firm stepping stone for all the
research I am now conducting.”
Kim returned to Korea University as an environmental
engineering professor. He receives great satisfaction
mentoring students the way he was mentored
at Oregon State. “I feel the most accomplished
when my students succeed and continue in careers
of their own, expanding on what I have taught
them,” he says. “Thinking critically and logically is a
key to survival in this world.”
Kim’s vita lists hundreds of presentations and
published papers with global reach—an impressive
accomplishment for such a young professional. He
continues to work with Dr. Semprini, his Oregon
State thesis advisor. The two are now collaborating
on a research project involving the United States
and Korea.
Council of Outstanding Early
Career Engineers
DR. THANA SORNCHAMNI
MS Chemical Engineering ’01
Phd Chemical Engineering ’04
Researcher, Process Technology Research Department
PTT Public Company Limited – Sanubtup, Wangnoi,
Ayuttaya, Thailand
When Thana Sornchamni was a small boy
growing up in Chonburi province, south of
Bangkok, Thailand, he remembers seeing an advertisement
on television showing a chemical engineer
working for an oil company. “I thought it was really
cool and looked very smart to be an engineer in a
petrochemical plant,” he says. “That is when I decided
what I wanted to be in the future.”
Sornchamni went on to earn his undergraduate
degree in chemical engineering from Chulalongkorn
University in Bangkok. “Some of my professors at
CU had graduated from Oregon State University
and several of my senior colleagues planned to
attend for their post graduate studies,” he says.
“After some research, I was convinced,
and my experience in
Corvallis was exceptional.”
Thailand has a strong need
for chemical engineers in the
petroleum and petrochemical
sectors, and this convinced
Sornchamni to pursue
his advanced degrees
in the field. “At Oregon
State, I was trained
to be a person who
thinks outside the box
and with some imagination.
Of course,
“At Oregon State,
I was trained to
be a person who
thinks outside the
box and with some
imagination.”
the imagination needs to be backed up with good
rationale,” he says.
Today, Sornchamni works as a researcher at
PTT Public Company Limited—the privatization of
the Petroleum Authority of Thailand. His current
research focuses on microchannel-based gas to liquids
technology for flared gas and small to mediumstranded
gas reserves.
“PTT is now the first and only company in
Thailand to adopt and focus research and development
on microchannel-based technology,” says
Sornchamni. “This technology is something I learned
while a graduate student at Oregon State University.”
Council of Outstanding
Early Career Engineers
DR. KENT B. WELTER
MS nuclear Engineering ’01
Phd nuclear Engineering ’03
Senior Safety Analysis Manager
NuScale Power, Inc. – Corvallis, Oregon
home-schooled boy from Oakridge, Ore., Kent
A Welter was lucky to have parents who provided
an environment for learning for their selfstarting
son. At the age of 14, Welter began classes
at Lane Community College. He transferred to
Oregon Institute of Technology to earn his under-
graduate degree in mechanical engineering, and
then earned advanced degrees
at Oregon State.
“I really fell into nuclear engineering
at Oregon State because
I wanted to stay in Oregon for
my post-graduate studies,” says
Welter. “The program gave me
very hands-on practical
design and test- “The program gave
ing experience in the me very hands-on
nuclear field.”
practical design and
This practical knowl-
testing experience
edge served Welter well
in the nuclear field.”
as he headed east to
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where he
led a branch that worked in partnership with universities,
laboratories, and other national and international
research centers involved in the development
of software for analyzing nuclear reactor safety.
In 2008, Welter returned to Corvallis to join
NuScale Power, Inc., a spin-off company that is a
collaboration of the U.S. Department of Energy,
the Idaho National Environment and Engineering
Laboratory, and Oregon State University. The
NuScale nuclear reactor is a small nuclear power
plant using new technologies developed at Oregon
State. With technology approval from the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it is hopeful the
compact power plants will come on line in 2012.
The skills, experience, and practical approach
Welter learned at Oregon State serve him well as he
works on the team to bring this new product to fruition.
“When we began to develop the new company,
we took existing technology and worked to apply it
cheaply, safely, and practically,” Welter says.
14 Oregon State University College of Engineering 2011 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards

TR TRAYLOR TR TRAYLOR AYLOR BROS., BROS., INC.
INC.
Proudly
Congratulates
C. John Meagher, Vice President
OSU BS Construction Engineering Management ‘78
2011 Distinguished Engineer
Our impact:
Feel it in the air.
“I’ll be a project engineer and help construct electrical
substations that transfer electricity from wind turbines in the
Columbia River Gorge to the user. I’m proud to contribute to
the supply of sustainable power. I am Powered by Orange.”
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Cory Smith ’09
Construction Engineering Management
Assistant Project Engineer
Tice Electric Company, Portland
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