Alumni Corner

Stephen F. Staie, ’95 and his family are relocating to Lancaster County, PA. Carol E. Cramer-Pait, ’79 is in the Air Force and working for the DOD. Her career is with the operation and maintenance of HVAC systems. Carol says, “I have learned that after the design phase, and the construction phase, the “real work” begins—making the HVAC work and keeping it working!  I am happily married and even “get into” mechanical work when I go home, as my husband is restoring a Delorean car.” Daniel Rogers, ’95 joined the ICF team implementing NYSERDA’s New York Energy $martSM Small Commercial Lighting Program (SCLP) which promotes effective, energy efficient lighting. He is working specifically with the New York City design community. In 2006, Daniel and his wife celebrated their 10th anniversary and welcomed the arrival of their first child, Leah Grace. Chuck Tomasco, ’88 is in the process of planning a 10-year reunion for the AE class of 1998. He and his wife, Amy, and their two children, Jack (4) and Sophie (2), reside in Washington D.C, but occasionally like to hang out at the local hot spots in University Park. Neil G. Unger, ’98 has been promoted to the position of project engineer and project manager for the Commercial Skylight market at Wheaton & Sprague Engineering, Inc. of Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Neil will provide project management, project engineering, system design and product engineering applications work for commercial and residential skylight, slope wall, and conservatory clients. Timothy Stauffer, ’03 is presently employed as a project manager with Grey Lundberg/CMI Homes Inc. in Bellevue, WA. Greg Spaulding, ’97 is employed by the High Construction Company as a project manager and works on a variety of construction projects. William A. Trach, ’67 is employed by TRACH Cellars, Inc. and Del Ciotto Architects, Inc. as a senior mechanical and electrical engineer. His is responsible for the planning, calculations, and design specification writing/editing for many of the firms projects. Andrew Rhodes, ’07 has joined Southland Industries in Dulles, VA as a Mechanical Design Engineer. Holly Mawritz, ’05 is currently with Brinjac Engineering in Philadelphia, PA. Shayna Bramley (Collins), ’99 and her husband Jonathan Bramley (LEEDS exchange student 96-97) have welcomed their second son, Sean Connor  on June 15, 2007.  Tom Forsberg, ’92 is currently employed as a senior project manager with Baker, Ingram & Associates in Lancaster, PA. Daryl Summerson, ’05 is with STV Incorporated in Douglassville, PA. Stephen Geyer, ’94 is now the vice president of a company he co-founded with a former co-worker, Sean Gaydos, in 2007. Ascent Architectural Lighting , located in Denver, CO, is a decorative company specializing in cost effective sconces, pendants, chandeliers, etc. Walter Grondzik, ’71 has begun a new position as professor of architecture at Ball State University. He has been named a Fellow of ASHRAE and co-authored three recently published books: Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Building (10th ed), The Green Studio Handbook, and Air-Conditioning System Design Manual (2nd ed). Alfred R. Mangus, ’76 married Divina Alves of Brazil in Redmond, WA on Feb. 10, 2007. He is employed by Caltrans in Sacramento, CA as a transportation engineer. Jeffrey C. Pitchford, ’00 is currently employed as a project engineer with CVM Engineers in Wayne, PA. Justin Schultz, ’07 is now with Flack + Kurtz, Inc. in San Francisco, CA. Paul Morris, ’82 and his wife, Mindi and their two children, Matthew (16) and Nicole (14) live in Ridgefield, CT. Paul is working at IVI International as a senior project manager. Scott Walthour, ’00 has joined Arium AE in Columbia, MD as an engineering department manager. Peter Brumberg, ’00 and his wife, Katie (Heisey), ’00 are the proud parents of a son, Peter Cooper (who goes by the name Cooper), born on April 18, 2007. Cooper is keeping Peter and Katie very busy these days, but he has finally managed to sleep through the night! Michael H. Schwarz, ’01 has had a busy couple of years. In September 2006 he married his longtime girlfriend, Kristin Rodman, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Lancaster, PA. The couple then traveled to the Hawaiian islands of Kaua’i and Oah’u for their honeymoon. Michael is employed by KlingStubbins in Philadelphia, where he has been promoted to Associate. He is responsible for the overall coordination of HVAC system design, including concepts, drawings, technical specifications, and construction administration for multiple project types, including data centers, offices, and laboratories. Jeff Gerwing, ’98 and his wife Heather have been blessed with their second daughter, Alyssa Noelle. She joins her big sister Hayley. Jeff is employed at SmithGroup as a Principal, Senior Lighting Designer. Chad Allison, ’03 obtained his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Ohio State University. He is now working at the Ford Motor Company, where is a Fuel Cell Research Engineer. He recently helped to develop the fuel systems for the Hyseries edge, the first plug in fuel cell vehicle, and the Hydrogen 999, the first fuel cell vehicle to go over 200 mph. Last May he married Katy, whom he met while at Ohio State, and they are now living in Plymouth, MI.

Help us Showcase your Work
The AE department would like to display our alumni’s accomplishments. Please send us (framed or unframed) pictures of building projects (completed and under construction) that you are especially proud of and we will hang them in our halls and offices. Please keep the size around 17” x 20” and include your name, year of graduation, and a brief description of the project. We’re looking forward to seeing what our alumni are up to!

2007 Baker Medal

'Load-carrying capacity of flooded masonry arch bridges,' a paper authored by Kent Hulet (M.S. 2006), Colin Smith and Matthew Gilbert  has been awarded the 2007 Baker Medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers, London.  The Baker Medal was founded in 1934 in memory of Sir Benjamin Baker (1840-1907), a Past President of the Institution, and is awarded in recognition of services to development or investigation of bridges, dams, tunnels, soil mechanics, foundations, transport, research or materials.  The paper, published in the September 2006 issue of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Bridge Engineering, reports on research Kent conducted at the University of Sheffield, while visiting there under the sponsorship of the World Universities Network Program.  In his research, Kent was supervised by Drs. Matthew Gilbert and Colin Smith.  The medal was presented during a ceremony at the annual meeting of the ICE in October 2007.

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