Fall 2013 Issue - Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Michigan
Fall 2013
Bridges to Prosperity in
Bolivia
Building a Net-Zero Water
Home in Ann Arbor
The Microbial Ecology
in Water Engineering
Conference
Recognizing John L.
Tishman
cee
Kim F. Hayes
CHAIR
Kimberly Simmons
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in this issue
FEATURES
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The Microbial Ecology
in Water Engineering
Conference
8
Bridges to Prosperity in
Boliva
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COVER
Living Buildings:
Students Build a NetZero Water Home
DEPARTMENTS
27
New Plaque
Recognizes John L.
Tishman's Legacy
Visit our
CEE Website
1 Chair's Message
22 Alumni Events
2 New Faculty
23 Alumni Spotlights
including online exclusives
5 Faculty Honors
25 In Memoriam
from the growing CEE
11 Student Honors
26 New Staff
13 Student Organizations
26 Staff Honors
18 Student Profiles
28 Coming Events
for more information,
such as videos and research
community.
19 CEEFA President's Letter
cee.umich.edu
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f a c u l t y
chair's message
Dear CEE Alumni and Friends,
Building bridges, living buildings and building a stronger CEE – it has been
an eventful year for our department. I am pleased to take this moment to share a
few community highlights with you, some of which you can explore further in the
newsletter.
This year we welcome a new faculty member, Assistant Professor of
Construction Engineering and Management Carol Menassa (p. 2). With an
expertise on assessing the impact of occupants on energy use in buildings, she
adds to a growing group of faculty focused on smart infrastructure systems
engineering.
A joint College of Engineering/UM Transportation Research Institute faculty
search in sustainable transportation systems engineering is on-going and represents a commitment to restart
a transportation engineering program in CEE. We will be conducting two searches this coming year, one in
structural engineering and the other in water-geo-energy systems engineering. We will cast a wide net for
individuals who will enhance our strategic focus on smart and sustainable infrastructure systems and sustainable
water-energy resources engineering.
With growth comes the need for commensurate space and facilities. To address this, two new committees
were assembled this past year: a space planning committee and a fundraising planning committee. Through
these efforts, plans were developed to optimize current space and garner the resources needed for expansion
and facilities improvements. As a starting point, a $1M renovation and equipment upgrade of the hydraulics and
fluid mechanics laboratory is currently underway and will be completed this fall.
From student participation in the “living building challenge” (p. 9-10) or bridge building in rural Bolivia (p. 8), to
faculty innovation in the development of web-based classroom tools (p. 3) or smart civil engineering materials
of the future (p. 4), our faculty and students are discovering solutions of societal impact at both local and global
scale.
Our alumni continue to impress. Three are highlighted herein, one who was named one of the “Top 20
Engineers under 40” (Ken Maschke, p. 25) by Engineering News-Record Midwest, one who is a successful
entrepreneur who started his own general contracting company and served as the lead contractor for an Extreme
Makeover: Home Addition episode (Jeff Jozwiak, p. 23) and one who just launched his career at Caterpillar, Inc.
(Sanat Talmaki, p. 24).
A few noteworthy faculty accolades: Professor Lutgarde Raskin was selected for an endowed professorship.
She is now the Altarum/ERIM Russell O’Neil Professor of CEE and will be honored on September 4 at a
special lectureship ceremony. Professor James Wight spent the past academic year visiting peer institutions
and affiliated organizations around the world as the 2013 President of the American Concrete Institute (ACI).
He was recognized by the United States House of Representatives for his leadership of ACI. Professor Peter
Adriaens was inducted into the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts for his work bridging environmental
engineering with entrepreneurial business fundamentals. Assistant Professor Ann Jeffers received a National
Science Foundation CAREER award for her work on traveling fires in structures.
These are exciting times for CEE at UM. For alumni and friends wishing to reconnect or to support us in
our mission, please contact me or other members of our CEEFA (Civil and Environmental Engineering Friends
Association) Board (p. 21). I thank you for your continuing support of the department. If your travels bring you to
Ann Arbor, please stop by and say hello.
Regards,
Kim F. Hayes, Ph.D.
CEE Professor and Chair
cee-chair@umich.edu (734) 764-8495
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faculty news
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new faculty
carol menassa
increasing building energy efficiency
THE CIVIL AND Environmental Engineering department welcomes Carol
Menassa to the faculty. She begins her appointment as assistant professor this
September.
Menassa’s research has focused on understanding and modeling the impact
of occupants on energy use in buildings and developing decision frameworks to
sustainably retrofit existing buildings.
“Using innovative data collection methods will provide insights into how different
occupants use energy in buildings. This understanding will allow us to model
occupant behavior in buildings using complex adaptive systems approach,”
explained Menassa.
She is also involved in research projects focused on international construction, integrated project delivery and
quantitative assessment of project manager competencies.
Menassa has multiple publications in structural design, financial engineering and most recently, sustainability
in buildings. She is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Construction Research
Congress and the Construction Industry Institute.
Menassa earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the American University of
Beirut. She earned her PhD in civil and environmental engineering and a master’s degree in finance from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has served as an assistant professor at the department of civil
and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since August 2009.
Menassa looks forward to becoming part of the CEE community.
“I am excited about the opportunities to interact with talented undergraduate and graduate students both in my
classes and through research opportunities in my lab.”
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f a c u l t y
beyond the
classroom
geoenvironmental
engineering projects
presented online
HAVE YOU EVER turned in a class
project and wished you could get a
second opinion? In Professor Dimitrios
Zekkos’ geoenvironmental engineering
graduate-level course, you can.
Zekkos developed a web-based
platform for students to prepare
class projects on his website www.
geoengineer.org. During the winter
semester he posted an invitation on
the website for experts to provide
feedback on the projects. He also sent
the invitation to the ASCE
Geoenvironmental Engineering
committee and to contacts from his
previous career with consultants.
Within two weeks of sharing the
invitation, each project had been visited
by 800 or more people and various
engineers had written feedback.
“The comments our project received
were from a highly knowledgeable
professional who is familiar with our
topic, so they were extremely helpful.
The professional pointed out some
important errors in our writing and
helped increase our fundamental
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understanding of the topic,” said
student Elizabeth Grobbel.
Professor Zekkos paired
geotechnical students with
environmental students so they could
work in pairs to answer
interdisciplinary questions about
geoenvironmental remediation. Once
their projects were reviewed and
commented on, the students had to
address the comments.
“Knowing that your project would
be published online and read by some
experts in the field provided extra
motivation to turn in a quality report,”
said student Jonathan Hubler.
Sharing the projects online not only
provided extra motivation and helpful
comments, it also opened the door to
professional opportunities. Zekkos
received a message from an
engineering firm interested in working
with him to facilitate future hiring
opportunities with the students.
The attention is exciting, but the
biggest excitement comes from seeing
the students respond well to the new
challenge.
“The motivation for this initiative is
the research findings that students
are more motivated, find a class more
appealing, and learn better when class
projects have an impact beyond the
classroom and are viewed by more
individuals than the instructor. I feel
like I am opening my classroom to the
world and so all that is exciting for me
and the students,” said Zekkos.
“This is the first time in my
undergraduate career that my class
work has had a broader impact in the
civil engineering community…This
external impact encouraged me to
broaden my research base, seek more
guidance in writing my project, and
motivated me to produce a high-quality
technical work,” Grobbel said.
Zekkos looks forward to teaching the
course again using a new theme next
winter.
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PROFESSOR VICTOR LI’S MATERIAL
EXHIBITED AT ECOBUILD 2013
The Future Materials Gallery at EcoBuild brings the
world’s latest building technologies together in a futuristic
showcase. Li's material was one of them.
THERMALLY ADAPTIVE BENDABLE concrete, known as Phase Change Material - Engineered Cementitious Composite
(PCM-ECC), was displayed in England at EcoBuild, the world’s largest showcase for sustainable products and materials. The
PCM-ECC was developed as a suite of smart (self-healing, self-sensing, and self thermally adaptive) materials in Professor Li’s
laboratory. Graduate student Devki Desai, a National Science Foundation fellow, participated in this research.
The PCM-ECC material can stabilize indoor temperature by rapidly storing heat when a building heats beyond its indoor
comfort temperature. It uses micro-encapsulated components that freeze and thaw at indoor comfort temperature to store
heat and then release it when a building cools. The material can also accept deformation in ways that regular concrete cannot
because it is an Engineered Cementitious Composite material.
Three thin panels of PCM-ECC were sent to EcoBuild, which took place in early March 2013. One panel was subject to
a flexure test, as seen in the photo below to the left. The material was part of EcoBuild’s Future Materials Gallery, which is
designed to educate and inspire the next generation of architects.
Flexure Test
Future Materials Gallery
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f a c u l t y
faculty news
faculty honors
adda athanasopouloszekkos
NSF Fellow for the Network for
Earthquake Engineering Simulations
ENHANCE Program
nikolaos katopodes
Honorary Doctorate from the University
of Thessaly in Greece
Best Paper Award, 5th ASME Conference
on Dynamic Systems and Control,
co-authored with PhD student Boyun
Wang and Mechanical Engineering
student Anna Stefanopoulou
avery demond
sanghyun lee
Sarah Goddard Power Award from the
Academic Women's Caucus
Best Paper Award at the 2013
International Conference on Construction
Engineering and Project Management
Named a member of the Board of
Governors of the ASCE Construction
Institute
Named Chair of ASCE Construction
Research Council
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sherif el-tawil
jerry lynch
Fellow of the Structural Engineering
Institute of the ASCE
John F. Ulrich Educational Excellence
Award from the College of Engineering
will hansen
lutgarde raskin
Service Excellence Award from the
College of Engineering
Research Excellence Award from the
College of Engineering
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faculty news
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faculty honors
james wight
dimitrios zekkos
Recognized by the House of
Representatives for his leadership to
the American Concrete Institute
2013 Excellence in CEE Award
professor peter adriaens
inducted into the belgian
royal academy of sciences
and the arts
professor ann jeffers
receives national science
foundation career award
professor lutgarde raskin
earns endowed professorship
Adriaens said the induction is an
important recognition and validation
that his career shift from traditional
research into bridging environmental
engineering with entrepreneurial
business fundamentals has paid off.
“Bridging engineering and business
is valued in the academic community,
because it translates knowledge from
the classroom to practice,” Adriaens
said.
CAREER awards support junior
faculty who exemplify the role of
teacher-scholars through outstanding
research, excellent education and the
integration of education and research.
Her award, entitled "Traveling Fires Do they Really Matter," will commence
in September 2013 and continue
through August 2018.
Professor Lutgarde Raskin is
now the Altarum/ERIM Russell
O’Neil Professor of CEE. She will be
honored on September 4 at a special
lectureship ceremony.
This endowed professorship is one
of the highest honors that the College
of Engineering can award to a faculty
member.
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MICROBES GALORE!
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CEE’S ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY GROUP
MERGES EXPERTISE TO BUILD A WORLD CLASS,
COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY
DRS. WIGGINTON, RASKIN and Love have merged their research
expertise and coordinated lab renovations to develop the Environmental
Biotechnology Laboratory in the EWRE Building on North Campus. In this
shared space, approximately 20 students, post-doctoral research associates
and faculty work toward improving methods for detecting chemical and
microbial pollutants, elucidating their fate in natural and engineered systems,
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ORGANIZED BY CEE
THE FIFTH QUADRENNIAL International Water
understanding microbial phenomena in these systems, and developing
Association (IWA) Specialty Conference on Microbial
treatment technologies for water use, reuse and energy recovery.
Ecology and Water Engineering (MEWE) was hosted
From viruses to bacteria and archaea to protozoa, these research teams are
at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan
developing methods, technologies and models that advance knowledge about
from July 7-10, 2013. This was only the second
microbial systems as they apply to engineered treatment systems and public
time the conference has been held in the United
health applications.
States and attracted delegates from 29 countries.
The laboratory includes or will soon acquire a range of high-end equipment,
CEE faculty member Dr. Nancy Love chaired
including: devices that allow the team members to use sophisticated methods
the twenty year anniversary of this conference,
from molecular biology to apply to the systems they study; a high resolution
which was held at The Rackham Graduate School
liquid chromatography (LC) orbitrap- mass spectrometer for analyzing
Auditorium and the Michigan League. Other
biomolecules and organic contaminant at extremely low concentrations; and
participants from CEE included Dr. Lutgarde Raskin,
high resolution fluorescence microscopes.
who was a member of the program committee and
The three faculty principal investigators also collaborate extensively with
one of five keynote speakers at the meeting.
others both inside and outside of UM; CEE faculty collaborators include Drs.
Six CEE graduate students: Tara Clancy, Adam
Kim Hayes, Terese Olson, Steve Skerlos, and Dimitrios Zekkos. Members of
Smith, Lauren Stadler, Jeseth Delgado-Vela, Antone
the Environmental Biotechnology lab are involved with a range of projects,
Jain and Fei Xunchang served as graduate student
including the impact of disinfectants on viruses during water treatment;
assistants to the program committee. The program
anaerobic biotechnologies for solid waste management and energy
committee was rounded out by consultant Jennifer
recovery; the microbial ecology of drinking water systems; novel nitrogen
Huntington, with assistance from U-M Conference
treatment technologies; and the fate and environmental risk associated with
Services.
pharmaceuticals in water. For more information about the group, see their
recently revised website: http://envbiotech.engin.umich.edu/envirobio.
Approximately 175 conference attendees,
including Dr. Glen Daigger who is the current
President of IWA, gathered for three days to
discuss, share and learn about state-of-the-art
research and applications of microbial ecology
to: nitrogen transformations during water and
wastewater treatment; activated sludge systems;
drinking water systems; phosphorus removal and
recovery; biofilm systems; anaerobic systems;
emerging and trace contaminants; natural
environments; and molecular and microbial
methods.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF Michigan
Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) chapter,
founded by CEE Professor Ann Jeffers,
traveled to Bolivia in May 2013 to build
a pedestrian footbridge for the 250
families living in the rural Bolivian village
of Palca.
The bridge gives the families yearround access to nearby healthcare,
education and markets that were
previously blocked by a river that is
impassable during the rainy season.
Recent CEE graduate Lydia
VanTimmeren led the trip. She said
this was a great opportunity to use
her engineering education to support
a humanitarian cause and learn about
engineering concepts in the real world.
“I liked seeing how the bridge was
needed and would be used, it gave me
a broader perspective on infrastructure
need,” VanTimmeren said.
Emily Saban, a current CEE student
who will help lead B2P next year, said
the experience taught her there is
often a large difference between what
makes sense in class and what works
in everyday life.
At the B2P meetings, the team came
up with a design that called for about
4-5 meter anchor holes. When it came
time to pick up the shovel and dig, 5
meters no longer looked reasonable.
The team agreed to use 2 meter holes
instead with high factors of safety.
Saban said she was happy to
discover the innovative ideas the local
community came up with.
“They only have experience and
elders to learn from, but they were
teaching us many field 'tricks' to make
our work both more efficient and more
beautiful,” Saban said.
The memory of the trip that sticks
out the most for VanTimmeren is
the christening of the bridge. The
team received necklaces made from
strawberries, potatoes and popcorn
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BUILDING BRIDGES IN BOLIVIA
from the local government as a thank
you for their effort.
The greatest form of gratitude for the
team was watching the families use the
bridge.
“It was months of preparation and
work finally embodied and there is no
better feeling in the world,” Saban said.
The Bridges to Prosperity chapter
looks forward to building another bridge
in May 2014.
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ELIMINATING WATER BILLS
STUDENTS DEVELOP A NET-ZERO WATER HOME
IN THE WEST side of Ann Arbor
there sits a 112-year-old Victorian
home with an interesting feature – it
consumes net-zero energy over the
course of a year.
A student group led by CEE doctoral
student Devki Desai is ready to make
the home even more sustainable by
making it net-zero water as well.
To become net-zero water, the team
must create solutions for recycling
greywater for cleaning or irrigation and
find a way to capture and treat enough
rainwater on site to supply the home
with clean drinking water.
The group is the U-M Living
Buildings Challenge Team; part of
the BLUElab (Better Living Using
Engineering Laboratory) student
organization. The team formed in
January 2013 after Matthew Grocoff,
the home owner, and Dr. Steve
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Skerlos, the BLUElab faculty advisor,
approached BLUElab with the idea of
making the net-zero energy home into
a net-zero water home as well.
Desai became interested in getting
involved because she is familiar with
Living Buildings, which are buildings
that can self-sustain within their site
footprint. She learned about them
during her undergraduate experience
at Washington University in St. Louis,
home to one of the first certified Living
Buildings.
A Living Building must:
• generate all of its own energy
through clean, renewable resources;
• capture and treat its own water
through ecologically sound techniques;
• incorporate only nontoxic, locally
and equitably sourced materials; and
• strengthen the integrity of the local
ecosystem through careful site design
The International Living Building
Institute certifies these buildings. With
this understanding in mind, Desai
thought the Living Buildings Challenge
would be a good fit for the Grocoff
home. She pitched the project to
BLUElab and sent a mass email to CEE
students. Soon a team had formed of
13 students.
The project appeals to students
who are systems level thinkers. Desai
said the team members have a variety
of skills - such as understanding
soil properties, energy flows, fluid
mechanics, ecology and historical
preservation. They enjoy using an
interdisciplinary approach to tackle the
challenge.
Team member and fellow CEE
doctoral student Emily Herbert was
drawn to the project because of her
love of preserving historic buildings.
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She became even more enthusiastic
when she learned about the Living
Buildings Challenge. She said an
undergraduate CEE course on waste
water and drinking water treatment has
been vital in preparing her for this.
Derya Ayral, another CEE doctoral
student, is leading the water quality
and purification research for the team.
She joined the team to apply the
technical skills she learned from her
environmental engineering courses
toward a real life water treatment
challenge. “I am really happy to be
a part of the living building project
because it is very inspirational and
provides a great opportunity to serve to
the community,” Aryal said.
Herbert and Desai both plan to use
what they’ve learned about concrete
from Professor Victor Li to help with the
challenge, perhaps by using pervious
concrete on the driveway and sidewalk
for sub-surface rainwater collection.
As they conclude the first semester
of research and conceptual design
on the rainwater harvesting and
purification system, the team’s first
priority is testing the runoff water from
the roof, site and pavement so they
can tailor the treatment system to the
site. Other upcoming goals include
prototyping runoff pre-treatment
bioswales and a ceramic filter that
could be used to treat greywater. The
team plans to spend the next year
creating test versions of their designs
for proof of concept.
The Grocoff family has been a big
help to the team, Desai said. The
family manages to use an average of
64 gallons of water in-home a day,
while the average U.S. three-person
household uses 210 gallons, according
to data from the Environmental
Protection Agency. Desai said it is
inspiring to see a 112-year-old house
function more efficiently than most new
buildings.
If you would like to get involved,
email living.buildings.team@umich.edu.
The Grocoff Home
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student news
student honors
ADAM BICHIR
SHERRI COOK
JEREMY GUEST
Thornton Tomasetti
Fellowship
Rackham Predoctoral
Fellowship
Honorable mention for
the Rackham/ProQuest
Distinguished Dissertation
Award
Advisors: Nancy Love and
Steve Skerlos
Advisor: Nancy Love
LINGLI HE
JONATHAN HUBLER
NADINE KOTLARZ
Rackham Predoctoral
Fellowship
Dow Sustainability Doctoral
Fellowship
NSF Graduate Fellowship
Fellowship
Advisor: Adda
Athanasopoulos-Zekkos
Advisors: Lutgarde Raskin
and Kim Hayes
Advisors: Valeriy Ivanov and
Nikolas Katopodes
TREBECCA
MCDONALD
Distinguished Leadership
Award (Undergrad)
JENAHVIVE MORGAN
ASCE Graduate Student
Instructor Award
Advisor: Aline Cotel
COURTNEY
PECKENS
Richard and Eleanor Towner
Prize for Distinguished
Academic Achievement
Advisor: Jerry Lynch
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s t u d e n t
fall 2012
phd
Dorit Hammerling
Suyang Dong
Abhishek Chatterjee
Monthian Setkit
Sanat Arun Talmaki
RAVI RANADE
SARA RIMER
Richard and Eleanor Towner
Prize for Outstanding PhD
Research
Distinguished Leadership
Award (Grad)
International Institute
Fellowship
Advisor: Victor Li
Advisor: Nikolas Katopodes
FRANK SEDLAR
KATHRYN SNYDER
Distinguished Achievement
Award
Marian Sarah Parker Prize
Stutz-McDonald Fellowship
Advisors: Lutgarde Raskin
and Kim Hayes
fall 2012
master's
Yu Bai
Nadeem Ramzi Banda
Christopher Bove
Divya Brundavanam
Wai Cheung Chan
Jianfan Chen
Branden Clements
Kevin Fielder
Julie Fogarty
Ali Golabchi
Erica Green
Zaher Hamzeh
Wenyu He
Kristen Hinkle
Alexander Hoogland
Lynn Itani
Ivan Jayawan
Aniket Shivaram Joshi
Mohammad Ali Kabalan
Stephen Klenke
Zi Liang
Mark Morath
Mark Poll
Chirag Reddy
Osai Robinson
Yang Shi
Francisco Sotomayor
Lauren Stadler
Marie Ternes
winter 2013
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recent grads
winter 2013
master's
Marina Acevedo
Edward Byrne
Kathryn Farnum
Walid Fayssal
Stephen Gora
Johanna Grum
Andres Guerrero
Nicholas Gutschow
Ashley Hammerbeck
Siddharth John
Nadine Kotlarz
Cory Kurtz
Jun Hyuk Kwon
Claire Martin
Darin McLeskey
Ha Thi Thu Nguyen
Steven Offringa
Motohiro Ohno
Margarita Otera
Heidi Pence
Angelica Perez-De La Rosa
Vidhya Ramalingam
Harikrishnan Ranjith
Chelsea Ranson
Maria Thompson Schneider
Yujiang Shu
Kathryn Vanderweele Snyder
Andrea Trese
Haoyi Wu
Brian Wybrecht
Tianshu Zhang
Lauren Zwang
summer 2013
phd
Monisha Brown
Honghao Li
Jenahvive Morgan
phd
LAUREN STADLER
Fellowship
Matthew Fadden
Jongho Kim
Hyon-Sohk Ohm
Yuntao Zhou
Advisor: Nancy Love
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student news
student organizations
american society of civil engineers (asce)
By Mark Peters, President
ASCE HAD A jam packed year!
We were able to keep up many of the
chapter’s traditions and add a few new
twists to the existing lineup of events.
The year started off with the annual
Kickoff BBQ and Softball game
between faculty/staff vs. students. This
year, the event was hosted at Burns
Park and attracted over 40 students.
Other social events included an ice
cream social, intramural football and
broomball, holiday potluck party and
skate night at Yost Arena.
The chapter also had a full lineup of
professional development activities.
The annual speaker series featured a
talk from CEE Alumnus Jeff Jozwiak,
who presented on building a house
for ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home
Edition with his Chicago-based firm,
Norcon, Inc. Other talks included
networking, job
hunting, the history
of the AISC Steel
Bridge Competition,
BIM modeling,
and origins of the
Zilwaukee Bridge in
Michigan.
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The annual ASCE Fall Career Fair
brought in 22 companies and around
150 students. The chapter was also
able to continue hosting mini courses
to help prepare for the LEED GA
exam. The courses were open to
CEE, Architecture and Urban Planning
students. A special thank you goes
out to Katie Farnum for making those
happen. Finally, the annual Chicago
Trip occurred during February of 2013.
Twenty-eight students went on the
trip and toured a live construction site
renovation, attended a networking
dinner with alumni, checked out the
Willis Tower Skyboxes and attended a
transportation design presentation by
CH2M Hill featuring an expansion of
the toll way for the O’Hare airport.
The community service
events included a hard fought battle
between faculty and students for the
Holiday Food Drive. After a four year
losing streak the faculty finally came
out on top, much to the delight of
Professor Wright. The chapter also
had a few members attend a build day
for Habitat for Humanity in Ypsilanti,
Michigan. Members put up siding and
drywall and painted cupboards. In the
future, the chapter is looking to expand
their relationship with Habitat and win
back the coveted Pork & Bean’s Trophy
during next year’s food drive.
Future work for the chapter includes
recruiting younger members within
CEE and becoming more involved
with the Southeastern Michigan ASCE
Branch. The chapter looks to continue
developing well rounded
engineers who will make a big
impact on the world when they
graduate.
For more information,
please visit the chapter’s
website: asceatumich.
wordpress.com or contact
the officers at asce-officers@
umich.edu.
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bridges to prosperity at the university of michigan
(b2p)
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By Paul A. Beata, President
BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY is a student organization that designs
and constructs footbridges in rural, impoverished locations around the
world. Many isolated rural areas encounter difficulty in accessing nearby
healthcare, education, and markets due to natural geographic barriers.
By constructing these pedestrian bridges, community members obtain
safe, consistent access to these necessary services and opportunities.
The U-M chapter of Bridges to Prosperity is a student-run
organization made up of undergraduate and graduate students.
Though the CEE students make up the majority of the team, students
from several different departments throughout the University contribute to this chapter.
In the summer of 2013, several members of B2P traveled to Palca, a rural village in Bolivia, to build the pedestrian
footbridge they developed during this past year. They acquired funding, designed the bridge, developed construction
schedules, coordinated trip logistics, and collaborated with the parent organization of Bridges to Prosperity as well as local
technical mentors.
To build this bridge, the students worked side by side with members of the local community as they completed the
month-long project. The bridge has benefited approximately 250 families in the Palca region. Previously, community
members used a makeshift bridge of tree trunks during the dry season and could not cross the seasonally flooded river at
the peak of the rainy season. The new elevated suspended footbridge will ensure that children are able to attend school,
workers are able to reach jobs, farmers can obtain access to markets, and the population can have year-round access to
healthcare. The team is currently planning to design, build, and fund another bridge project for a May 2014 construction
trip. Please email B2P-officers@umich.edu for more information or visit http://www.umich.edu/~umbridge/.
chi epsilon
By Olivia Marshall, President
CHI EPSILON HAD another great year. They once again hosted an FE exam review session for all engineering students,
which over eighty people attended. They also hosted the annual CEE Potluck, giving current and prospective students an
opportunity to interact with faculty members. In February, chapter members created heart-felt Valentine’s Day cards for their
instructors.
In March, the chapter hosted the District Conclave for the Great
Lakes District. Along with conducting business, the group played an
exciting round of civil engineering Jeopardy! and toured the Argo Dam
in Ann Arbor.
Over the past year, seven pledges were initiated into Chi Epsilon and
two members were elevated to chapter honor member. The pledges
volunteered at the local food bank and participated in the chapter’s
invasive species removal project.
Next year Chi Epsilon plans on attending the National Conclave
in Salt Lake City, Utah in March 2014. If you have any questions
regarding Chi Epsilon, please contact chiep-officers@umich.edu.
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earthquake engineering research institute (eeri)
student chapter
By Clinton Carlson, President
THIS PAST YEAR, EERI organized the first undergraduate student
design team to participate in the Bridge Seismic Design Competition
at the National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways. The
chapter plans to continue involvement in this competition.
EERI also hosted two lectures. Dr. Ramin Golesorkhi from
Treadwell-Rollo spoke on the development of site-specific ground
motions from a practitioner’s perspective. Prof. Tom O’Rourke of
Cornell University presented on the new normal for natural disasters.
The chapter partnered once again with the Geo-Institute and GrEENPEAS to host the Sixth
Annual Student Technical Symposium, in which graduate students from all civil and environmental engineering disciplines
presented their research.
Members also participated in community outreach by promoting engineering to second-grade students. They visited Bates
Elementary in Dexter and used a computer program to teach and guide the students as they built and tested bridges.
EERI welcomes students to join and learn about groundbreaking research in the field of earthquake engineering. Email
eeri-officers@umich.edu to learn more.
the geo-institute (g-i) graduate student organization
By Yao Zhang, President
THE G-I HAD a successful fourth year. In the fall, the G-I hosted a wonderful welcome picnic in Gallup Park. G-I members
and the geotechnical faculty had a great time together, enjoying the beautiful sunshine and delicious barbecue. After lunch,
the students formed two teams, led by Prof. Zekkos and Prof. Hryciw, and played an intense but exciting volleyball game. In
December, the G-I invited Dr. Liming Li, manager of centrifuge research center in the Columbia University Department of Civil
Engineering Mechanics, to give a special seminar on "Application of Centrifuge Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering."
The G-I is a specialty membership organization of the American Society of Civil Engineers focused on the geo-industry, with
the purpose of enhancing the education and personal experience of students in the geoengineering community at U-M. The
G-I is trying its best to provide geotechnical graduate students with professional development and social opportunities.
The organization will soon begin planning the social and professional events for the coming fall semester. If you have any
questions about the G-I or are interested in supporting
the group’s efforts, please contact the officers at
gi-officers@umich.edu or visit www.umich.edu/~geotech.
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graduate environmental engineering network
of professionals, educators and students
(greenpeas)
By Gwendolyn Ryskamp, President
OVER THE COURSE of the 2012-2013 academic year
GrEENPEAS brought the Environmental and Water Resources
Engineering (EWRE) program together with several social events and
volunteer activities. In an effort to increase the sense of community
within the program, GrEENPEAS administered student surveys in fall
2012 and spring 2013 to access the needs and interests of the EWRE students.
As a response to these surveys, GrEENPEAS worked in conjunction with the CEE department administration
to provide free bagels and coffee on alternating Friday mornings to CEE faculty, staff, and graduate students. This event
served to bring individuals from around the department together to forge new relationships and discuss research as well as
social topics in what became affectionately became known as “Free Bagel Friday.” Additionally, GrEENPEAS hosted several
successful happy hours and participated in the fall 2012 Huron River Roundup. In the spring, GrEENPEAS worked together
with EERI and Geo-Institute to organize the 6th annual CEE Tech Symposium which offers graduate students a chance to
showcase their research to the department.
As we bring this year to a close, we look forward to the next with great ambitions and plans for advancing the professional,
social, and academic goals of the EWRE program. If you would like to contact GrEENPEAS about becoming involved or
sponsoring events, please do so by emailing the GrEENPEAS officers at greenpeas@umich.edu.
the network for women in civil and environmental engineering (newincee)
By Qianru Guo, Co-President
NEWINCEE AIMS TO provide female undergraduate and graduate students with the mentorship, support and guidance
necessary to achieve excellence in the Civil and Environmental Engineering field. Through a number of activities that include
a lecture series, a research and internship summer program, networking, a mentor program and an awards program,
NeWinCEE aims to promote excellence in academics and leadership in the profession. The network also intends to
strengthen the ties between current students with alumni and friends of CEE.
In the second year of our organization, we have expanded our one-to-one mentorship program to include 35 mentees. This
program helps form a continuously growing, strong network that engages current CEE students, faculty, alumni and industry
professionals. Undergraduate students are paired with graduate students, faculty or professionals for career advice while
graduate students are mentored by faculty or professionals. In addition, NeWinCEE invited and hosted a number of women
leaders in the profession who gave lectures to our department and student
body. In summer 2012, NeWinCEE supported seven undergraduate women
students in ongoing research projects in our department. NeWinCEE also
hosted four advising two-hour sessions on career development in industry
and academia with strong student participation.
In the coming year, we are planning a variety of activities for students.
A bowling game and an award ceremony are currently under planning.
Membership application will be open at the beginning of each semester. We
will continue to invite more leaders from industry and academia to present
at our speaker series. If you would like to know more about our group
and be a part of it, join our Linkedin group which already includes 111
members or just participate in our activities.
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steel bridge team
By Matt Hartigan, Captain
THE 2012-2013 SEASON for the U-M Steel Bridge Team
was marked with many successes, firsts, and foundations that
were laid for future teams to build upon. Our year started out
with recruitment events at Northfest and Tech Day, followed
by mass meetings designed to orient new members with our
team, the Wilson Center machine shop, and competition rules.
In late September the team began designing the bridge
using RISA and AutoCAD software. After investigating and
debating the advantages and disadvantages of two different bridge
models, we decided to go with an under-truss design. This allowed us to have one simple beam
section spanning the length of the bridge with a series of long, slender members underneath. These slender members
provided additional depth and stiffness to the bridge while simultaneously enabling us to reduce the overall weight.
By November, it was time to get into the shop and start fabricating the final product. About a dozen civil and mechanical
engineering students spent hours upon hours in the Wilson Center rough cutting, milling, and welding different bridge
components together. We also got to use the HAAS CNC mill to machine member connections to tolerances that were within
a few thousandths of an inch!
After months of hard work, the bridge was finally completed in early March and weighed in at just 92.4 pounds - the lightest
in Michigan history! From that point on, five of our team members spent nearly every weeknight leading up to competition
in the FXB atrium, practicing timed construction of the bridge. In April, the team traveled to Houghton, MI for the annual
North Central Regional Competition. The team earned a second place finish in display and first place in the technical
communication portion of the competition. Heading into next year, we are all very excited about the team members that are
returning with a full year of experience now under their belts. We hope to continue to be a top contender in an increasingly
competitive North Central Region. If you are looking for more information on the 2013-2014 team or wish to get involved,
please contact incoming captain Bryan Smith (bryansmi@umich.edu). Go Blue!
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student profiles
jane gregg: pedaling ahead
IN HER SOPHOMORE year of high school, Jane Gregg participated in the Habitat 500 –
a bicycle ride and fundraiser that covers 500 miles in 7 days to raise money for Habitat for
Humanity. At U-M Gregg continues to be involved with cycling and Habitat.
Gregg is the Club President of the U-M Cycling Team; she organizes home races and has
successfully grown the team to about 18 members, twice the size it was when she joined.
She even recruited the team’s first ever coach. She says the team is supportive, especially of
new cyclers, and she enjoys being part of the strong community. She is also a talented racer,
this year she qualified for Collegiate Cycling Nationals.
Gregg is also the ASCE Community Service Chair. She managed a Habitat for Humanity
fundraiser and signed the student group up for a build day.
“You know you are doing something good for the community,” Gregg says of her involvement with Habitat.
One of her favorite experiences was being part of a presentation in which new bicycles were given to each of the children in a
Habitat family. She said seeing the look on the children’s faces was a special experience.
gregory ewing: bonding with brazil
AS A FRESHMAN looking for hands-on engineering practice, Greg Ewing was
attracted to the Pantanal Partnership, a student-led organization that works to improve
access to education, healthcare and sustainable technologies in the Brazilian Pantanal.
Now a graduating senior, Ewing has spent the past year as the group’s president.
“I have stayed on the project for the past four years because every year I make tighter
bonds with the people that we work with. Every year we find ways to improve old designs
and find more areas where we can get engaged with the community.”
Ewing says his favorite experiences in Brazil include overcoming language barriers,
watching students have the “a-ha!” moment when they learn how the filter works,
applying his classroom lessons to real life and playing futebol.
For the past three summers, Ewing has spent one month in Brazil while spending three months at internships. He
encourages others to make time for these opportunities during the four-month U-M summers.
“This kind of experience is incredibly valuable. I have learned more from being out in the field and building things with
my hands than I have in all the desk jobs I've had. Plus, you get the added bonus of working with and experiencing a new
culture.”
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alumni news
ceefa updates
ceefa outgoing president's letter
Dear CEE Alumni, Students and Friends:
As I write this message, my last as CEEFA President, I’m struck by the timeliness of my
immediate task. It’s spring, making me just one of legions leaving the University; although my
eight-year involvement with CEEFA likely eclipses even the most tenured students packing for
home or new jobs.
When I reflect on the newly minted Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineers, I’m reminded
of an anecdotal story about the rivalry between Harvard and MIT. Both campuses are situated
along the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge. About seventy-five years ago, MIT students
developed a password for safe evening passage onto their campus. They would challenge any
approaching student with a simple “E”. If the response “=mc2” was not immediately returned, the unfortunate scholar was
assumed to be from Harvard and thrown into the water. This is only one example, albeit a somewhat Draconian one, of the
historic rivalry between an education in the arts and an education in the sciences.
Michigan CEE graduates are similar. Our password may be slightly different (perhaps “wl2 /8”?), but our academic focus
clearly favors math and science over history and literature. I am delighted to have this final missive to encourage, if not
browbeat, our recent graduates (and thus new CEEFA members) to broaden their engineering perspectives by enjoying some
decidedly non-technical literary works.
Look at the building of the Panama Canal, arguably one of the world’s most significant feats of civil engineering. With all
due respect to the scientific precepts behind structural engineering, hydrology, geotechnical engineering and hydraulics, the
design and construction of the Panama Canal is as much about nation-building, medical discovery, politics, saber-rattling and
cut-throat competition as it is about science and engineering. I strongly encourage all to read David McCullough’s masterful
work on the creation of the canal, “The Path Between the Seas.” Extraordinary projects are proposed and brought to fruition by
extraordinary individuals. Let us always strive to learn from the big picture perspective which a career in civil and environmental
engineering provides.
Fortunately for me, I’m afforded significant latitude as I craft this swan song. My late father, a professor of engineering at
Michigan, was a voracious reader. His passion for prose, regardless of language, was inspirational. (Not coincidentally, he was
the family’s most coveted partner for Trivial Pursuit). My goal is not to inspire every recent graduate to become a literary genius,
but rather to simply to open their eyes to more of the other half of
a well-rounded education; especially as it relates to our chosen
profession.
Go Blue!
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
MCMLXXIX
Daniel J. Sinnott (BSE '79, MSE '80)
Former CEEFA President
dsinnott@tcco.com
Civil and Environmental Engineering Friends Association
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With the beginning of a new fall semester
comes a new and renewed focus on our Civil and
Environmental Engineering Friends Association
(CEEFA). Under our past president, Dan Sinnott,
CEEFA accomplished a lot in 2012-13. I want to
thank Dan for his contribution and leadership of our
association. Dan is a dedicated individual who has
unselfishly shared his time and talents.
There is a lot going on in CEE and with CEEFA. In 2012 Professor Kim Hayes
became the department chair after serving as interim chair in 2011. I would like
to officially welcome Dr. Hayes; he has the talent and energy needed to take CEE
forward. I think CEEFA, CEE and the University are fortunate to have him at the
helm.
In July we had a change in several board positions. I want to thank Paul
Freedman, Anne Voshel and Lynley Weston for their dedication and service to the
board as they move on to pursue other opportunities. We know they will remain
connected to CEEFA and look forward to our future with them.
Stepping in to fill their shoes are newly appointed directors, Tim Newman,
Tarolyn Buckles and Monique Gibelli. We are thrilled to have them. They bring new
and creative thinking that will continue to move us forward. To complete the board
changes, directors Jim Jacobi and Evan Avery have accepted the roles of vice
president and secretary respectively.
This board is committed to working with faculty and students to advance
our strategic plan, which consists of four key themes: recruiting, developing,
connecting and fundraising; all centered around the idea of helping students
change the world. The plan is alive and well. A great example of our efforts is an
upcoming program call CEE Connect. This program encourages CEE alumni to
create short videos highlighting some of their accomplishments since leaving the
University. We hope this becomes a fun way for alumni to reconnect to CEE and
one another. Stay tuned for more to come.
For now, get connected to the CEEFA and CEE Department on Linkedin by
visiting the CEE homepage http://cee.engin.umich.edu/. This is a great way to
catch-up on news and old friends.
We hope to see you at one of our many events throughout the year.
CEEFA Faculty
Award
Professor Emeritus
Richard Woods
ASCE Faculty
Award
Professor Terese Olson
ASCE GSI Award
Jenahvive
Morgan
ASCE Staff Award
Matt Blank
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Dear CEE Alumni, Students and Friends:
John Hiltz (BSE '84)
CEEFA President
john.hiltz@ohm-advisors.com
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asce-ceefa banquet
awards
ceefa incoming president's letter
2013 ceefa faculty
award nominations are
now being accepted. Please
submit a nomination letter detailing
why a current or past CEE faculty
member deserves the award.
Letters should be sent to:
John Hiltz, CEEFA President
Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
2350 Hayward Street
2340 GG Brown
You may also email your nomination
to kasimm@umich.edu
Deadline: Friday, Feb 1, 2014
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CEEFA ORGANIZATION 2013-2014
Vice President
Jim Jacobi
President
John Hiltz
Secretary
Evan Avery
DIRECTORS
Tarolyn Buckles
Jim Fausone
Monique Gibelli
Charley Ireland
Tim Neuman
EX-OFFICIO
Department Chair
Professor Kim
Hayes
Unit Administrator
Patricia Brainard
Development
Liaison
Melanie Zauel
Administrative Support
Kimberly Simmons
did you know...?
CEEFA
Membership
is FREE!
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U-M CEE graduates
are automatically enrolled
as CEEFA members
upon graduation
CEEFA sponsors activities
around the world and on
campus to support the growing
CEE community
Your sponsorship helps support
CEEFA initiatives, including annual
faculty and student scholar awards
and career mentorship activities
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homecoming events
john mccarthy
2012 ALUMNI SOCIETY MERIT AWARD
student awards ceremony and alumni
reception
In conjunction with Michigan Engineering Homecoming
Weekend, the CEE department held the 5th Annual Student
Awards Ceremony and Alumni Reception on Friday, October
12, 2012. Alumni, students, faculty and staff enjoyed a lunch
and talk given by 2012 Alumni Society Merit Award Recipient,
John McCarthy.
John McCarthy (BSE '78, MSE '82) is a licensed
Professional Engineer in the states of MI, IA, IN, and TN. John
has spent more than 30 years in the building and engineering
industry. Among the many projects with which he has been
involved are hospitals, water and waste water treatment
plants, and nuclear power plants. Currently, he works for
Black & Veatch. Prior to that, he was
Vice President and Director of Structural
Engineering at the SmithGroup. Over
many years, John has been the driving
force in shaping the scope and context
for the capstone design projects in our
CEE 402 Senior Design course.
ceefa tailgate
On November 10, 2012, CEEFA hosted its 29th Annual Tailgate. Alumni, family, friends, faculty, students and staff
attended the event. Several student organizations were on hand to talk about their projects and upcoming activities. The
atmosphere was festive, and it was a great reunion of friends old and new.
Don't miss the 30th Annual CEEFA Tailgate and Football Game on November 9, 2013! Visit the CEE homepage
for event and registration information at cee.umich.edu.
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alumni spotlights
jeff jozwiak
“I REALIZED THAT if I struck it out
on my own, I would do what it takes to
make it successful,” Jeff Jozwiak (BSE
CE ’87) said of co-founding Chicagobased general contractor Norcon, Inc.
Since its founding in 1999, Norcon has
grown to manage about $65 million of
work a year.
As an entrepreneur, Jozwiak
recognizes the importance of keeping
up with a rapidly changing world and
intense competition. “You have to stay
ahead of it and continue to innovate,”
he said.
His team is prepared to take on
a new challenge at short notice. A
few years ago they were asked to
build a home on the television show
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The
proposition came four weeks before
construction was set to begin and they
had five days to build it. “The key is to
set up the leadership and organization
structure immediately and then prepare
and actively manage a comprehensive
schedule.”
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All efforts and materials were 100
percent donated for Extreme Makeover.
The experience set the tone for Norcon
to continue to help families in need.
Norcon volunteers with Habitat and
Jozwiak has been on the board of the
local Windy City Habitat for Humanity
chapter for two years. “It feels good
to put a deserving family into a new
home.”
Jozwiak’s advice to students is
to take internships that offer field
exposure. He says at Norcon they
like to see hands-on construction
experience on the resumes of potential
project managers. “Being involved in
executing the work creates a great
base to draw on in the future.”
In his limited free time, Jozwiak
enjoys skiing, running and playing golf
with his family.
On his favorite experience at U-M,
Jozwiak said “Football Saturdays were
the best.”
“It feels good to put a deserving
family into a new home.”
PICTURED TOP RIGHT: JEFF AND CREW AT THE
EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME
PICTURED BELOW: FRONT OF EXTREME
MAKEOVER HOME
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sanat talmaki
TALMAKI (MENG ’10, MSE
’12, PhD ’12) works for Caterpillar,
Inc., in the company’s leadership
technical development program.
This is an 18 to 24 month rotational
program that allows employees to
experience different business units
within Caterpillar. Talmaki is currently a
product development engineer within
the automation and enterprise solutions
division.
He attributes his successful transition
from academia to industry to his
advisor.
“Having a mentor/advisor in school
who understands your interests and
supports you from early in your grad
school journey is very important. I was
fortunate that I had the guidance of Dr.
Vineet Kamat, my PhD advisor who
encouraged me in any career direction
that I pursued."
Talmaki works with people from
various backgrounds and can work in
locations across the globe, which he
feels are benefits of working for a large
organization.
“This gives you the ideal path to
develop your skills in a well-rounded
manner and opens up further
opportunities as one advances in their
career,” he said.
Talmaki’s Construction Management
and Engineering courses prepared him
well for his career. He is working on
construction-related research projects
and still refers to his class notes, a
testament, he said, to their real world
relevance. He took computer graphics
and C++ programming courses outside
of CEE that have also helped him with
his research and marketability.
“I would definitely encourage all CEE
students to explore courses outside of
their immediate comfort zone as these
often have a huge impact on your
ability at finding a job.”
Talmaki also encourages students to
do internships in an industrial setting
to help decide if an industry career is
suitable to them.
One of his favorite memories from
CEE is being a part of the concrete
canoe team for two years.
“Being able to represent the
department and the block M in
competition is a proud moment for
any Wolverine and that was one of my
most memorable.”
“I would definitely encourage all
CEE students to explore courses
outside of their immediate
comfort zone.”
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in memoriam
In order by year of graduation:
ken maschke
IN 2013, KEN Maschke (BSE
’02, MSE ’03) was named one of the
Top 20 engineers under 40 in the
Engineering News-Record Midwest.
“It’s entirely up to each individual to
set their career goals and take steps to
achieve them,” Maschke said.
Maschke works in the Chicago
office of structural consultant Thornton
Tomasetti Inc., in the building
performance practice area. He is
currently the project manager for
the renovation of a 1920s University
of Chicago seminary building. “This
complicated project is a real test of my
technical knowledge and developing
management skills. This challenge is
what keeps it interesting day to day.”
One of the best experiences
Maschke has had with Thornton
Tomasetti was participating in an
exchange program with a Danish
firm. He said his time in Denmark
opened his eyes to the diversity of the
construction industry worldwide.
Maschke’s involvement with the
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CEE concrete canoe team prepared
him for his career. He said of his first
competition, “I second guessed all
the engineering decisions: Was the
hull thick enough? Did we cut away
too much of the freeboard when
stripping the forms? There would
be real consequences to these
choices. For that reason, I credit the
canoe competition for being the best
preparation for an engineering career.”
He adds that the courses he took
from Professors Wright and Hryciw
prepared him for his work in concrete
and foundation design and that he still
looks back on his notes from those
classes.
As a student, Maschke was actively
involved with ASCE and continues to
serve on numerous ASCE comittees.
“I wouldn’t be the engineer I am today
without the benefit of my ASCE and
project team experiences.”
Maschke maintains a blog about
his career at http://blogs.asce.org/
bridgingthegap.
Walter Magnuson (BSECE ’31, MSE ’32)
January 1, 2012
Harold T. Spoden (BSECE ’40)
November 9, 2011
Sofyanos J. Sofyanos (MSE ’43)
November 12, 2012
Francis F. Widrig (BSECE ’48)
June 19, 2012
Dale E. Van Lente (BSECE ’48)
July 17, 2012
David M. Ormond (BSECE ’48)
September 24, 2012
James R. Cushman (BSECE ’49)
November 17, 2011
Joseph R. Harris (BSECE ’49, MBA ’64)
October 21, 2012
Anthony D. Rummo (BSECE ’50)
May 13, 2012
Stanley C. Passaris (BSECE ’50)
March 26, 2012
Stanford B. Wiggin (BSECE ’50)
June 1, 2012
Arthur Matsumura (BSECE ’50)
August 7, 2012
Robert I. Mordis (BSECE ’51)
April 16, 2012
Robert G. Young (BSECE ’52)
May 7, 2012
William W. Blausey (BSECE ’53)
December 26, 2012
John C. Habel (MSE ’54)
November 5, 2012
Mortimer H. Thomas (BSECE ’55)
March 13, 2012
Gerald L. Miley (BSECE ’56)
March 14, 2012
William A. Brennan (BSECE ’60)
March 19, 2012
Dietrich R. Bergmann (BSECE ’61)
April 3, 2012
Heinz G. Leistner (MSE ’63)
December 14, 2012
Philip A. Brand (BSECE ’68)
December 23, 2012
Mark I. Gelderloos (BSECE ’69)
November 10, 2012
Richard A. Giller (BSECE ’78)
June 17, 2012
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department news
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staff honors
Stephanie Ford joined the CEE family at the end of
October 2012 as the Research Process Coordinator.
Stephanie has over ten years’ experience with
research administration; working with the Department
of Physics (LSA), Department of Astronomy (LSA)
and Survey Research Operations (ISR). In her free
time, Stephanie and her husband enjoy supporting
their four children in their sporting events and taking
family camping trips. She also enjoys card making
and sewing.
Angela Jeon joined CEE in August 2012 as a
Student Services Assistant Associate. Angela was
raised in Houston, Texas and came to the University
of Michigan to pursue her undergraduate degree in
2008. She received her Bachelor's degree in History
in May 2012. While in college, she worked as a
computer technician at the Ford School of Public
Policy for nearly 3 years. Outside of work, she is
actively involved at her church and leads a college
student bible study group. After graduation, she went
on a mission trip to Indonesia. She enjoys baking, running, watching movies and
hanging out with friends.
Allison Lyons came to CEE in March 2013 after
nearly a year with the Atmospheric, Oceanic and
Space Sciences Department. Allison is a Marketing
and Communications Specialist for both departments
and holds a B.A. in journalism from the University
of Maryland. Allison grew up in Maryland and loves
seafood, swimming at the beach, camping and
cooking.
matt blank
U-M ASCE Student
Organization
Staff of the Year Award
jessica taylor
CEE 2013 Excellence in
Staff Service Award
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n e w s
d e p a r t m e n t
NEW PLAQUE
COMMEMORATES
JOHN L. TISHMAN
IF YOU’VE EVER enjoyed the
view of Chicago from the top of the
John Hancock Center, thank College
of Engineering alumnus John L.
Tishman (BSE EE '46, HD ENG '00).
He erected the Hancock Center and
the twin towers of the World Trade
Center - the world’s first three buildings
to stand 100 stories tall and above.
The G.G. Brown building is proud to
display a new plaque honoring John L.
Tishman’s legacy.
He has been an active and generous
alumnus. In 1998 the College awarded
Tishman the Alumni Society Medal,
the most prestigious award the
College can bestow on an alumnus.
In 2000 he received an honorary
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degree from U-M to recognize his
transformative contributions to
construction management as well as
his civil and philanthropic activities. The
Tishman Endowment, a $5 million gift,
allowed CEE to launch the Tishman
Construction Management Program
(TCMP).
The program is a groundbreaking
approach to education and research
that reflects the increasingly
interdisciplinary nature of construction
management, something that Tishman
pioneered. It blends architecture,
business and sciences with engineering
to create an educational track that’s
truly distinctive.
The first TCMP graduate students
enrolled in fall 2012. “Entering the
Tishman Program was like a dream
come true,” said student Mayank
Agarwal. “Such an education, a
supportive peer group, and the
faculty’s experiences will all one day
help me lead an organization as a
project manager.”
TCMP students have the opportunity
to interact with industry partners
through the U-M Construction Industry
Alliance Program (UMCIAP). This
collaboration provides students with
hands-on experience through research
projects and internships with alliance
industry members. The members
benefit by building close working
relationships with highly motivated
students. Members can also guestlecture, provide input on the curriculum
and help define research projects in
order to solve specific practice-related
problems.
UMCIAP members include Barton
Marlow, DTE Energy, PMA Consultants,
Turner, Walbridge, Walter P Moore and
Skanska. “This is a great opportunity
for construction-related industry
professionals to have a forum within
the civil department to discuss
trends, research and current industry
activities, as well as to support the
current student population within
the department,” Jennifer Macks of
Skanska said.
The students are already taking
advantage of what UMCIAP has to
offer. “Attending the PMA Technologies
conference allowed me to explore
topics further in the direction of my
interests,” student Sayali Kolte said.
“I was exposed to the work done by
PMA: risk analysis, challenges faced
by the clients, innovative planning
techniques, and a new arena in
scheduling.”
These opportunities would not
be possible without the vision and
generosity of John L. Tishman. Learn
more about the program by visiting
http://tcmp.engin.umich.edu.
d e p a r t m e n t
department news
n e w s
coming events
SEP 4
Dr. Lutgarde Raskin's
Professorship Lecture
meet john l. tishman
fellowship recipient
4:00 PM
Johnson Rooms
Lurie Engineering Center
mayank agarwal
GRADUATE STUDENT MAYANK Agarwal
said studying construction engineering and
management at the University of Michigan
was a “life-turning opportunity.”
He came to Michigan after earning a
bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the
Maharashtra Institute of Technology in India.
“I knew life at Michigan would be
challenging, but exciting since it was an
opportunity to prove my talent amidst all the
things I will have to handle by myself.”
Argawal said that receiving the Tishman
Fellowship, “makes me believe more in myself
and my ability to work even harder in my
further semesters.” He adds that the Tishman
Construction Management Program faculty
and peers have helped him remain focused
and determined, and he believes he will be
able to use his education to become a project
manager.
Mayank is one of 6 recipients of the
Tishman Construction Management Master's
Fellowship from the 2012-13 academic year.
Other recipients include: Nick Fredricks, Sayali
Kolte, Jun Hyuk Kwon, Maria Schneider and
Alireza Mohammadhosseinzadehgolabchi (Ali
Golabchi).
The Tishman Construction Management
endowment funds these annual fellowships
to support a world class and innovative
education in construction.
OCT 4
OCT 4-5
Student Awards Ceremony
and Alumni Reception
Michigan Engineering
Homecoming Weekend
Merit Award Recipient,
Joseph Malloure
(BSE CE '78; MSE '82)
12:00 – 2:00 pm
Visit the College of
Engineering's website for
event information:
mconnex.engin.umich.edu/
upcoming-events/
Location to be determined
OCT 4
NOV 8
CEEFA Board Meeting
(open)
ASCE Career Fair
2:00 – 5:00 pm
2355 GG Brown
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
North Campus
NOV 9
30th Annual CEEFA
Tailgate and Football
Game
Begins 2 hours before kickoff
O'Neal Construction
Argus Building
525 W. William, Ann Arbor
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