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AE Newsletter - Spring/Summer 2001
Joseph Smith ’00, Project Engineer, E.E. Austin & Son, Erie, PA . . . Jared Loos ’94 was named a shareholder in Ewing Cole Cherry Brott and his article focusing on building a state-of-the-art shipbuilding facility in Philadelphia was featured in the December 2000 issue of Modern Steel Construction . . . Mark Scott ’78, working at MKK Engineering, current project is the Denver Art Museum . . . Kristie Bosco Mertz ’91, and her husband, Christopher, gave birth to a daughter named Katarina on February 20, 2001. Kristie is also working on her PhD at Carnegie Mellon University . . . Alex P. Cheng,’90 a lighting specialist at Gannet Fleming, received a 2001 Technical Achievement Award from the Central Pennsylvania Engineers Week Council. He is responsible for lighting projects involving highways, toll plazas, tunnels, bridges, parking lots, and other transportation-related facilities . . . Raymond Sowers, Jr. ’88, Vice President of Clark Concrete Contractors . . . Michael Prioletto ’96, project superintendent for Turner Construction Company, currently working on a $10 million football stadium and field house for the Pine-Richland School District in Gibsonia, PA . . . Kevin O’Hearn ’75, Facility Engineer for VA Medical Centre in Wilkes-Barre, PA, completing a three-year role as project coordinator for a $40 million ambulatory care addition . . .	Billy Hodges, ’95 shares a “first” Dodgers game with new daughter, Grace, born April 4, 2001 . . . William Campbell, ’63 BAE, ’74 MEng, retired in February 2001 after more than 26 years of teaching at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD . . . Mitchell Steinman ’77 BAE, ’01 PhD, received his PhD from Penn State in Thermal Comfort Design in May 2001 . . . John Myers ’87 BAE, and his wife Angie had their second child, a daughter named Makenna, on November 3, 2000. John is also involved in the development of a new architectural engineering program at the University of Missouri-Rolla, where he is an assistant professor . . . Don Riegel ’68, is Director of Engineering at Vector Engineering Services in Denver, CO . . . Judy Liu ’95, is an assistant professor at Purdue University, where she is teaching steel design; she has recently become engaged . . . Brian Trimble ’86, is regional director for the International Masonry Institute covering PA, DC, MD, and VA. He recently did a presentation in Paul Bowers’ AE 221 class, and his comment after not having visited PSU for several years – “wow has it changed!”. . . Kathleen Scholz ’95 and Kenneth Baur ’77 are part of a group at High Concrete Structures in Denver, PA, that have developed a new hauling technique that could eliminate wide-load trucks . . . Christine Sciulli, ’90, is self-employed and operates Christine Sciulli Light + Design, and is celebrating her 1-1/2 year anniversary with husband Carter Burwell.
PSU HARD HATS The AE Graduate Student Association has organized a hard hat sale fund-raiser. The hard hats (shown left) are white and feature the AE logo in Penn State blue. Each hard hat costs $15 and can be shipped for an extra $5. Multiple hard hats can be shipped to one location for the same shipping charge. For additional information about the fund-raiser, please contact Jing Song at (814) 863-2088. Our adorable model is Matthew Potts, son of Drew Potts ’88 and wife Tanya. Matthew celebrated his fourth birthday on April 21st. Happy birthday Matt!	CLASS OF 1992 REUNION The AE Class of 1992 is planning a 10-Year Reunion that will be held in May 2002 in State College. Information is currently being gathered and a master mailing/email list is being developed. If you are a graduate of the Class of 1992 please forward current mailing and email addresses to: John Bechtel, (412) 255-5400 (jbechtel@tcco.com) or Tina Bernhardt, (301) 916-5317 (thebernhardts@netscape.net). LET US HERE FROM YOU!!! Your friends, fellow alums, and the AE faculty and staff enjoy reading updates on how you are doing! Please take the time to drop us a line for the next AE Newsletter. Also, don't forget to send us any address changes so that we can keep our database current. Thank you!

ALUMNI NEWS

AE Newsletter - Spring/Summer 2001

Joseph Smith ’00, Project Engineer, E.E. Austin & Son, Erie, PA . . . Jared Loos ’94 was named a shareholder in Ewing Cole Cherry Brott and his article focusing on building a state-of-the-art shipbuilding facility in Philadelphia was featured in the December 2000 issue of Modern Steel Construction . . . Mark Scott ’78, working at MKK Engineering, current project is the Denver Art Museum . . . Kristie Bosco Mertz ’91, and her husband, Christopher, gave birth to a daughter named Katarina on February 20, 2001. Kristie is also working on her PhD at Carnegie Mellon University . . . Alex P. Cheng,’90 a lighting specialist at Gannet Fleming, received a 2001 Technical Achievement Award from the Central Pennsylvania Engineers Week Council. He is responsible for lighting projects involving highways, toll plazas, tunnels, bridges, parking lots, and other transportation-related facilities . . . Raymond Sowers, Jr. ’88, Vice President of Clark Concrete Contractors . . . Michael Prioletto ’96, project superintendent for Turner Construction Company, currently working on a $10 million football stadium and field house for the Pine-Richland School District in Gibsonia, PA . . . Kevin O’Hearn ’75, Facility Engineer for VA Medical Centre in Wilkes-Barre, PA, completing a three-year role as project coordinator for a $40 million ambulatory care addition . . .

Billy Hodges, ’95 shares a “first” Dodgers game with new daughter, Grace, born April 4, 2001 . . . William Campbell, ’63 BAE, ’74 MEng, retired in February 2001 after more than 26 years of teaching at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD . . . Mitchell Steinman ’77 BAE, ’01 PhD, received his PhD from Penn State in Thermal Comfort Design in May 2001 . . . John Myers ’87 BAE, and his wife Angie had their second child, a daughter named Makenna, on November 3, 2000. John is also involved in the development of a new architectural engineering program at the University of Missouri-Rolla, where he is an assistant professor . . . Don Riegel ’68, is Director of Engineering at Vector Engineering Services in Denver, CO . . . Judy Liu ’95, is an assistant professor at Purdue University, where she is teaching steel design; she has recently become engaged . . . Brian Trimble ’86, is regional director for the International Masonry Institute covering PA, DC, MD, and VA. He recently did a presentation in Paul Bowers’ AE 221 class, and his comment after not having visited PSU for several years – “wow has it changed!”. . . Kathleen Scholz ’95 and Kenneth Baur ’77 are part of a group at High Concrete Structures in Denver, PA, that have developed a new hauling technique that could eliminate wide-load trucks . . . Christine Sciulli, ’90, is self-employed and operates Christine Sciulli Light + Design, and is celebrating her 1-1/2 year anniversary with husband Carter Burwell.

PSU HARD HATS

The AE Graduate Student Association has organized a hard hat sale fund-raiser. The hard hats (shown left) are white and feature the AE logo in Penn State blue. Each hard hat costs $15 and can be shipped for an extra
$5. Multiple hard hats can be shipped to one location for the same shipping charge. For additional information about the fund-raiser, please contact Jing Song at (814) 863-2088.
Our adorable model is Matthew Potts, son of Drew Potts ’88 and wife Tanya. Matthew celebrated his fourth birthday on April 21st. Happy birthday Matt!

CLASS OF 1992 REUNION

The AE Class of 1992 is planning a 10-Year Reunion that will be held in May 2002 in State College. Information is currently being gathered and a master mailing/email list is being developed. If you are a graduate of the Class of 1992 please forward current mailing and email addresses to: John Bechtel, (412) 255-5400 (jbechtel@tcco.com) or Tina Bernhardt, (301) 916-5317 (thebernhardts@netscape.net).

LET US HERE FROM YOU!!!

Your friends, fellow alums, and the AE faculty and staff enjoy reading updates on how you are doing! Please take the time to drop us a line for the next AE Newsletter.

Also, don't forget to send us any address changes so that we can keep our database current. Thank you!

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