U.Va. Department of Materials Science & Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
LIGHTER,
STRONGER
Undergraduate research seeks to improve
advanced armor materials
Cross section of steel plate revealing
the copper jacket and lead core of an
armor piercing round following impact.
Image taken on Hirox optical by Jeff
O’Dell aided by Kathleen Shugart.
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SUMMER 2012
Volume 3, issue 1
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Jeff O’Dell:
Making Better Armor
Undergraduate
Highlights
Produced in Virginia:
First Class
Graduate Student
Highlights
Chris Petz:
Good Citizen Personified
Faculty Spotlight:
Bill Soffa
Faculty
Notes
Alumni
Updates
Editor
Eric Newsome
Writer, Copy-Editor, Contributing Editor
Susan H. Bagby
Graphic Design
Travis Searcy,
Mountain High Media
Photography
Eric Newsome, Susan H. Bagby
MSE News is published by the
University of Virginia School of
Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Materials Science and
Engineering.
from the chair’s chair
Greetings alumni and friends! The past several months have been an exciting time for the
department with several faculty members and students receiving special recognition and a
record number of students receiving a B.S. in Engineering Science. Professor Haydn Wadley was
selected for the 2012 University of Virginia Distinguished Scientist Award (Pg 10) and Professor
John Scully received two international awards for his work on corrosion (Pg 10). Professor Bill
Soffa retired in January after 42 years in academia (P 8). Known by undergraduate and graduate
students alike for his deep understanding of materials science and for his demanding courses,
Bill’s classroom presence will be missed by everyone.
Forty-nine undergraduates, more than twice the previous record high of 21, received their
bachelor’s degrees in Engineering Science this academic year. Among them, eight students
were in the PRODUCED in Virginia program (Pg 5) and roughly half of the graduates were
Nano-medicine and MSE named programs students. Working with Civil and Environmental
Engineering, ES has introduced a third named program called Structural Mechanics and
Materials.
As we plan to celebrate the 50th anniversary, we ask for your help. Please send us your
memories and photos of departmental life during your time here. We look forward to welcoming
all of our alumni, former faculty, and other friends to anniversary events.
Address corrections should be sent
to the Department of Material Sciecne
and Engineering, P.O. Box 400745,
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, or call
434.924-7237, or email
[email protected].
William C. Johnson
Department Chair
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Left: Hirox image of a steel plate cross
section after being impacted by an
armor piercing round.
Jeff O’dell: Making Better Armor
five years of active duty and is still serving in the Guard.
From his first deployment in theater until the time of his return
in 2009, things had changed. In the early years of the war, military
personnel improvised armor for their Humvees, using any scrap
metal they could find and attach, “hillbilly” style as Jeff calls it, to
their vehicles. Upon his return in 2009, Jeff found newly up-armored
vehicles using advanced materials. By the time he re-enrolled in SEAS
in spring of 2011, Jeff had made up his mind to work on improving
the armor. Since MSE 2090 had been “eye-opening” for him and the
field seemed to be a better match for his new goal, Jeff changed course
to pursue a degree in Materials Science and Engineering.
Jeff will graduate in May of 2013 with a B.S. in Engineering
Science (MSE concentration) and a second major in Mechanical
Engineering. Although he already has a job offer in armor research, he
is still considering graduate school as an option. Whatever the future
holds for Jeff, it is safe to say he has already experienced more of the
“real world” than most of his classmates. He will bring unparalleled
experience to any task he undertakes.
Jeff O’Dell, a rising 4th year Engineering Science major from
Martinsville, VA, says he had to “fight his way” into the army. Now,
he is conducting award-winning research on vehicle armor that may
someday save the lives of American servicemen and women. In March
Jeff learned he would receive a Harrison Undergraduate Research
award to support his endeavors. Distributed among thirty-eight
students from the wide range of disciplines university-wide, Jeff was
one of nine engineering majors selected for the prestigious award.
On September 11, 2001, Jeff was a college senior working on a
B.A. in business. The harrowing events of that day motivated Jeff to
enlist in the military, but he was at first denied due to a prior rotator
cuff injury. In 2003 he was finally able to enlist, and he served two
tours of duty in Iraq. Leaving active duty, but signing up for the Army
National Guard, Jeff entered SEAS in the fall of 2007 as a biomed
major. In spring of 2009, he had completed most of his engineering
fundamental courses when he received the call to head to Mississippi
for Bradley gunnery training. Withdrawing from the university, Jeff
ultimately spent another nine months deployed in Iraq. He has served
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Undergraduate Highlights:
CONTRIBUTION
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Thank you for providing the gifts that make these awards possible.
Sponsored research simply can’t be used to fund discretionary student awards.
PRODUCED in Virginia ES/MSE
and 4th year student Greg Troyer, who
earned a 4.0 GPA, was given the 2012
Materials Science and Engineering
Distinguished Undergraduate Award
in recognition of his “exceptional
academic achievement.”
Shane Hodson received the 2012
Engineering Science Distinguished
Undergraduate Award for his
“exceptional academic achievement.”
Shane graduated with a 3.94 GPA and
also this April won 2nd place in the
4th year poster symposium.
Two 4th year students with the Engineering
Science/Nanomedicine concentration were given
Special Recognition for Distinguished Service
to Engineering Science. Keerthi Vijayakumar
and Alessandra Grasso were honored “for their
exemplary and selfless leadership in helping
to establish and publicize the Nanomedicine
named program.”
From Left to Right:Maria Campa,
Tyler Pegoraro, Juliana CanoMejia, and far right, Dean Aylor
listening to Rebecca Conti.
Winners of the Engineering Science 4th Year Poster Symposium,
held on April 4th, were also given their awards and prizes. The
symposium, organized by Professor Burns, included 29 posters
presented by individual Engineering Science students and six
group presentations. In the individual poster category, Steven
D. Bailey won 1st place, Shane M. Hodson took 2nd place, and
Rebecca M. Conti placed 3rd.
The first place group was comprised of three Engineering Science
students, Maria F. Campa Ayala, Brittany S. Johnson, and Tyler
Pegoraro. BME major Juliana Cano-Mejia was also a member of
the 1st place group.
The second place group winners were ES/MSE students Ryan E.
Duff and Bradford K. Slocum, and Systems major Roy Hanna.
The third place group winners were ES/Nanomedicine students
Alessandra Grasso, Lauren Griggs, and Keerthi Vijayakumar.
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PRODUCED IN
VIRGINIA:
First Class
Engineers PRODUCED in Virginia is an academic outreach
initiative of the School of Engineering and Applied Science,
in partnership with the Virginia Community College System
(VCCS). Students at any of the fourteen community colleges
participating in the program can complete the first two years of
their engineering requirements at the community college, and
if they have attained the required GPA, they can then transfer
into SEAS. As fully-recognized students of the University of
Virginia, even though they are not in residence, the PRODUCED
students participate in all of their classes online, through a
“desktop-synchronous” format. Under the direction of MSE
professor James Groves, who also serves as Assistant Dean for
Research and Director of Outreach Programs, the PRODUCED in
Virginia program graduated its first eight students in May: Jacob
Bumgarner, Scott Campbell, Jamie Garrison, Bryan Hedrick, Ryan
Martell, Caleb Tomlin, Greg Troyer, and Sandy Harris Wilson.
The PRODUCED in Virginia students enroll as Engineering
Science majors, and of the first eight graduates, four completed
the Materials Science and Engineering concentration in ES.
These eight students all came to SEAS from Central Virginia
Community College in Lynchburg, which served as the pilot
campus for the program. On Friday, May 4th, Georgia Willis
Fauber, former member of the University’s Board of Visitors
and a resident of Lynchburg, hosted a dinner celebration for
the eight graduates of the PRODUCED program. Attended by
Dean Aylor, Professor Groves, and MSE Chair and Professor Bill
Johnson, as well as by the president of the community college
and representatives from the engineering firms where the students
work, all who spoke focused on the ground-breaking achievement
of these students. As James Groves observed, by their successful
completion of the program, these first eight students have
demonstrated that PRODUCED in Virginia has achieved its goal:
to produce engineers needed for jobs in Virginia.
The above single crystal of NaCl (table salt) is more than a centimeter across, and
took students in MSE2500 nearly 4 weeks to grow by evaporation from a saturated
solution of salt water. Along the way, students learned about solution thermodynamics
and phase transformations. The arrow-like feature is a growth dendrite.
Alumni gifts this past spring also provided support for Jerry
Floro’s new “Materials Explorations” lab class. The class
was premised on an experiential learning approach towards
understanding the nature and behavior of materials. Instead
of being rooted in the traditional lab modality of generating
predictable experimental outcomes and performing routine,
highly-proscribed exercises, the one credit class allowed first
year students to seek unknown outcomes using a guided inquiry
process. This approach more greatly approximates the graduate
experience where failure is a valuable learning experience, and
outcomes are truly unknown. Thank you for your support which
provided the equipment and supplies that made it possible.
welcoming aboard
This spring the department added three new staff members:
Kim Fitzhugh-Higgins in the position of Graduate Coordinator,
Tonya Reynolds as the nanoSTAR Institute Coordinator, and
Shelley Mendez as the office manager for the CESE.
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Graduate Student Highlights:
Clockwise from top left: Ryan Comes receiving his first place award, Micah Shiable (above)
and Rebecca Schaller (below) discussing their research with UVERS participants, and Katheen
Shugart at the Tea Time awards receiving the Rosi Award.
standing students pursuing degrees in science and engineering.” The
Univeristy of Virginia is one of 52 participating schools and belongs to
the Metropolitan Washington chapter of ARCS. Advised by Professor
Giovanni Zangari, Lok-kun’s work focuses on applications to solar
cell technology, specifically investigating a means of splitting water for
hydrogen production by a light-induced electrochemical process.
MSE graduate student Eric Schindelholz and second-year chemical
engineering student Bailey Risteen received one of only eight “Double
Hoo” awards given university-wide. Their research investigates the role
atmospheric contaminants play in the corrosion and the durability of
structural metals. Both are advised by Professor Rob Kelly.
Two of Professor Leo Zhigilei’s students also received a Double Hoo
Research Award. The “Double Hoo” awards are given to a team of
students, one graduate and one undergraduate, who collaborate on a
research project. Cheng-Yu (Darren) Shi, a 2nd year Engineering Science major, and graduate student Chengping Wu received a grant to
continue their research “on the atomic-level simulation of short-pulse,
laser-metal interaction.”
At the eighth annual U.Va. Engineering Research Symposium – known
as “UVERS” – graduate students from SEAS presented original
research to faculty and the public. Overall, 1st place went to Ryan
Comes (EP), and 5th - Rebecca Schaller (MSE). Honorable mentions
were garnered by Micah Schaible (EP) and Kathleen Shugart (MSE).
This May the department held its annual award event at which
Kathleen Shugart received the 2012 Fred D. Rosi Outstanding Citizen
Award for her “outstanding contributions to the academic, educational
and outreach goals of the MSE department and for exemplary teamwork.” Ryan Comes was awarded the 2012 Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf
Graduate Student Award in recognition of his “outstanding research
achievements and exemplary contributions to the advancement of the
MSE academic mission.”
Lok-kun Tsui, a Ph.D candidate in materials science, was a 2011
awardee of an ARCS Scholarship, and that award has been renewed for
2012. The competitive awards are given across a variety of academic
areas critical to promoting American technological leadership and
advancement. The ARCS FOUNDATION (Achievement Rewards for
College Scientists) is “dedicated to providing scholarships to out-
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CHRIS PETZ:
Good Citizen Personified
Left: Chris stands in front of the Molecular Beam Epitaxy
system he helped build during a Nanodays open house. Top
Right: Chris helping to feed the hungry with a food drive,
and Lower right: acting as science emissary during an open
house domestication.
here: Chris’s leadership and exemplary service to the department.
(Chris was awarded the inaugural Doris Kulhmann-Wilsdorf
Outstanding Citizen Award in 2010.) He is always willing to answer
any call for volunteers, and as three-year president of the local
student chapter of MRS, Chris organized his fellow members to
host departmental barbecues, prepare food for holiday luncheons,
and gather donations for the food bank. Chris has been a volunteer
leader for the Nanodays school events, and with Ryan Comes, he
wrote a successful proposal that brought a grant from PBS’s NOVA
for local outreach and promotion of the Making Stuff series.
Chris reflected, “This MSE department has provided the
resources and support to develop an outstanding outreach team
for early science education, with thank you especially to Professor
Jerry Floro. Programs like this are very important to make sure
grad students don’t lose sight of the awe-inspiring aspects of
science that caused us to choose this field in the first place, and to
continue to pay-forward this insight to aspiring engineers.”
When asked about his favorite memories of the department, Petz
mentioned the “Wilsdorf basement-crew’s” weekly lunches at the
Qdoba Restaurant. He also recalled the fun times of the annual
spring barbecue, where he could often be found behind a smoking
grill or handing out gag door prizes. He will indeed be hard to
replace here, and we wish Chris all the best in his future endeavors.
Chris Petz (Ph.D., MSE, May 2012) joined Professor Jerry Floro’s
group upon his arrival in Charlottesville in August of 2007.
Having graduated (with distinction) in June of that year from
the University of Washington in Seattle with a B.S. in Materials
Science, Petz was ready to get to work. As an undergraduate, he
had served as a research associate on synthesizing “metallic and
oxide magnetic nanocrystals in organic and aqueous solutions.”
In the summer of 2006, Chris worked as a photolithography
intern at Micron Technology in Boise, Idaho. Now as he leaves
the University of Virginia with his doctorate, Chris will be
returning to Boise to work for Micron Technology in research and
development on “physical vapor deposition of metal thin films for
DRAM and solid state memory devices.”
When asked to comment about Chris’s career in the
department, Professor Floro said, “Chris has turned into an
excellent materials scientist in his time here; his research is
something I’m very proud of. He will be hard to replace in our
lab since he is a master of our molecular beam epitaxy chamber,
which Chris helped to build. What I think has helped Chris
to do so well is his relative lack of fear when it comes to trying
new things in science, and because of that, he has developed an
impressive range of skills.”
Floro also noted something that has been obvious to everyone
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faculty spotlight:
Bill Soffa
Bill with Liz Cantando, his most recent PhD graduate student.
the afternoon. More than a week after the test, Bill received an oldfashioned post-card, typed and signed by Loretta. “Your score on TEST
#....... was 93. Your military orders are now null and void, and you have
been removed from the draft pool.” Bill Soffa, who has given hundreds
of tests in his teaching career, in this way passed a test that allowed him
to go to Vietnam, in later years, as a professor and engineer, rather than
as a young soldier.
In 1967, upon completing his doctorate at the Ohio State, Bill spent a
post-doc year on a N.A.T.O. Fellowship in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science at Oxford University. Before coming to this
department in 2004, Bill served as professor and chair (1996-2000)
during a long tenure (1968-2004) in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. In his relatively
brief tenure here, Bill served as a co-coordinator of the Engineering
Physics program. Of his nearly one hundred published articles, Bill’s
colleague David Laughlin (Carnegie Mellon University) tells us, “His
early work (1970s) with Datta on CuTi alloys set the bar for the quality
of electron microscopy and diffraction on spinodal alloys.”
Now, after nearly fifty rewarding years as an engineer, Bill says it is
appropriate that he retire at this time. “I am an anachronism,” he says,
“a bit of an academic dinosaur. The university [academia] has changed
William A. Soffa began his life near the conjunction of three rivers
in the “Steel City,” and although he has lived in far-flung places such
as Vienna and Oxford, Pittsburgh remains his home. In 1963, the
Pittsburgh draft board, and specifically a woman named Loretta who
worked in the Selective Service office, played a pivotal role in Bill’s life.
At the time of the first big draft call-up for the war in Vietnam, Bill had
just completed his master’s degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
and was waiting to begin a fellowship at Ohio State the following
February. Since he was briefly not enrolled as a student, he became
draft-eligible, even though he was married and his wife [Mary Lou
Soffa, current chair of the Department of Computer Science at UVa]
was pregnant with their first child. He received notification that he had
been drafted, and he went to the Pittsburgh Selective Service office to
find out why. When he explained his situation to Loretta, she told him
about a test the military gave to scientists and medical doctors called
the “Critical Skills Exam.” Scoring high enough on that exam would
excuse someone from the draft. The test was to be given in Albany, NY,
in two weeks, and Loretta signed Bill up for it. Bill told a friend of his
about it, and the two of them took the test together. An endurance test
as much as it was a test of their knowledge, Bill and his friend were
in the examination room for four hours in the morning and four in
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Left: Bill Soffa in uniform for Carnegie Tech (Carnegie Melon) where
he was a stand-out student athlete. Top: on return from Oxford, and at
graduation. Right: with Nitin Singh
“Bill is a true scholar and mentor, the kind of
academic colleague that one is privileged to know.”
—Professor James Howe
of the subject, and emphasis on the fact that Josiah Willard Gibbs was
the greatest American scientist (and why) ensured we walked out the
door as ‘proper dirt-under-the-fingernails engineers.’ That was definitely
worth the price of tuition.”
It would be difficult to list all of the highlights of Bill Soffa’s long and
illustrious career. Professor James Howe, the Thomas Goodwin Digges
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering here, has these words to
say about Bill: “Bill is a true scholar and mentor, the kind of academic
colleague that one is privileged to know. One of Bill’s greatest qualities
is that you feel his passion for learning and understanding, and that
he cares what you think and understand, whenever you talk to him. In
today’s academic environment where so much emphasis is put on doing
and producing, Bill still puts thinking, quality, and mentoring as the
top priorities, no exceptions. I have worked with Bill in many different situations and am always impressed by his personal and academic
integrity. Bill has been a great role model for me and I will miss having
him in the department.”
Oh, and Bill Soffa still holds five school records, including most
points in a career (1571), from his years of playing basketball as an undergraduate at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon). But that would
be a different story altogether.
so much since I began teaching in 1968, after returning from Oxford...
Students have changed, of course, but the university has changed in that
it has adopted the values of corporate America.” Bill says the new view
of education as a “product” and the administrative push for “conspicuous productivity” has radically changed what it means to be a professor.
Finding a balance between research and teaching, and doing both well
and with passion, is Bill’s formula for a professor worthy of the title.
Bill’s colleague at Pitt, Jerry Meier, would say that Bill always placed
a primary emphasis on education. “Bill clearly enjoyed teaching at all
levels: from introductory MSE and Chemistry courses to advanced
graduate courses. During his time at Pitt he taught courses across a
remarkably broad spectrum of subjects. He put considerable effort into
every course—even for repeat courses, he prepared new notes virtually
every term. Bill generated great enthusiasm for whatever subject he was
teaching and demanded that the students perform.”
Professor Soffa received awards for outstanding teaching at Pitt in
1982, 1989, 1992, 1994, and 1996, as well as the “Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award” from this department in 2006. Recent Engineering
Science graduate Bradford Slocum (2012) adds his own accolade: “Professor Soffa’s Advanced Materials Processing class was hands-down one
of the best I took at U.Va. His combination of wit, depth of knowledge
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Faculty Highlights:
triple crown
Professor Haydn Wadley was this year’s
recipient of the 2012 U.Va. Distinguished Scientist Award and is the first
faculty member from SEAS to be so
honored. In 2004, the U.Va. patent
foundation honored him as the EdlichHenderson Inventor of the Year. Under
his guidance, the Intelligent Processing
of Materials Laboratory group has spun
off several successful startups and pioneered the integration of insitu sensing
with predictive process modeling and
feedback control concepts. His current
work is exploring cellular materials,
spintronic devices, and thermal barrier
coating systems.
Professor Johnson stated
that without the ability and
efforts of his students, the
conference wouldn’t have
been the success it was.
Above, from left to right
are Justin Erwin, Meredith
Elrod, Justin Deighan, and
O.J. Tucker.
On February 27-28, Professor R.E. Johnson hosted a by-invitation only international workshop, Modeling Atmospheric Escape. Professor Johnson’s cohost for the workshop was Dr. Francois Leblanc of the Institut Pierre Simon
Laplace, a consortium of six French laboratories whose research concerns the
global environment.
The two day, interactive workshop, held at the Colonnade Club on the
Lawn, emphasized various methods for modeling the physical processes occurring in the rarefied upper atmospheres of planetary bodies. “Since the future of
the Earth’s atmosphere is a major issue, it is exciting that there are now planets
of many different sizes and ages on which atmospheric models can be tested,”
said Professor Robert Johnson.
A follow up workshop will take place in either Paris or Beijing in preparation for the New Horizon encounter with Pluto 2015 and for MAVEN being
inserted in orbit about Mars in 2014.
In May, the 4th year members of the Aerospace Engineering honor society
Sigma Gamma Tau voted among themselves to select the best professor in
Aerospace Engineering, and they selected—drumroll–– our Rob Kelly. Professor Kelly has been teaching “Aerospace Materials,” MSE 3610, cross-listed as
MAE 3610, for years. Congratulations, Rob, for being the leader of the pack.
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John Scully, the 2009 recipient of the H.H. Uhlig
award presented by the Electrochemical Society’s
corrosion division, has been given the 2012 Willis
Rodney Whitney award. This award is the highest
technical honor given by NACE International, the
largest international professional society concerned
with corrosion science and engineering.
The award is given “in recognition of individuals
who have made significant contributions to
corrosion science, such as the development or
improvement of a theory that provides a more
fundamental understanding of corrosion phenomena
and/or the prevention of corrosion.” Professor
Scully spoke on his many contributions in the
area of hydrogen embrittlement when he gave the
award address at the NACE International meeting
in Salt Lake City in March of 2012. Having won
the Campbell Award of NACE (for best paper by a
young author, in 1985) and the Uhlig Award, Scully
has achieved the “triple crown” of awards bestowed
in electrochemical and corrosion engineering.
In January, Professor Scully also
began his term as technical editorin-chief of the Journal of Corrosion
Science and Engineering. Scully was
a unanimous choice of the NACE
Publications Administration
Committee for this editing post.
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Alumni Updates:
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Through the generous support
of a donor, the Hirox optical
scope in NMCF can now precisely characterize 3-D surfaces
by generating a wireframe measured model of depth.
mailbag
Left: Chuck Ross. Right: Daryl Little surveying his old lab.
Daryl Little (Ph.D MSE ‘98) visited from Colorado in route to Tennessee. Daryl currently works
for the Bureau of Reclamation, part of Department of Interior. While walking through old MSE
building, he toured his former office, which students at the time called “the ghetto.” Daryl remembers that at one point “there were 9 of us crammed in there. Our desks were separated by a piece of
plywood.” In the suite were housed Steve Sharp, Brian Chambers, Amber (Aiken) Merish, Jason Lee,
and Brian Connelly. George and Lisa Young were also denizens. The last time he saw Wilsdorf Hall,
it was “hole in the ground.” Of newer building, Wilsdorf Hall, he offered “its nice, but its way too
quiet.”
Charles D. (Chuck) Ross (Ph.D. MSE ‘88) came to visit department chair Bill Johnson to discuss
possible collaborations between the department and Longwood University. Chuck is Professor of
Physics and Dean of the Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences at Longwood. He did his doctorate under the supervision of R.E. Barker, Jr., his post-doc under Doris Kuhlman-Wilsdorf, and
maintained a connection with the department for many years by bringing Longwood students to
work in the labs of Robert Hull. Chuck’s study of science and technology in the U.S. Civil War
has led to three books and appearances on The History Channel, PBS and the National Geographic
Channel. His work on battlefield acoustics also led to his working as a consultant with the LAPD
and FBI.
S. Ray Taylor, (Ph.D. MSE 86’) a former research faculty member here, is now at the University
of Texas, Health Science Center, in Houston. Ray is a professor there in the School of Dentistry’s
Department of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics.
A graduate of the University of Virginia with the BS in Engineering Science, Ray has this to say
about his undergraduate degree program: “I received my BS in Engineering Science in January
1976. I knew as an undergraduate that I wanted to go to graduate school in biomedical engineering. The Engineering Science program provided the latitude to take courses like organic chemistry
and physiology. That is the reason I went into the ES program.” Ray graduated with “High Distinction.”
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Kiril Simov (Ph.D EP ’11), or
“KRS” sent the department a
note informing us that he was
offered a position at the Intel
Masking Operations of Santa
Clara, CA this Spring. In his
email he told his committee
members that “a family gives
you birth, but your teachers are
the ones who help you develop,
and I would not have reached
this offer without you.”
Liz Cantando (Ph.D EP ’10)
checked in telling us that she
joined NanoTEM in Arizona.
She will be doing TEM based
investigations of layered
structures containing ordered
materials.
Congratulations to YunJo Ro who
celebrated his twins first this past winter.
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