Dr. Daniel Halpin Named as Interim Head, see page 4CIVILENGINEERINGP U R D U EUNIVERSITY

Martin C. Jischke, formerly president of Iowa StateUniversity, has become Purdue University’s tenth president.The announcement came at a press conference held May

23, 2000, on the West Lafayette, Indiana, campus. J. TimothyMcGinley, chairman of the Purdue Board of Trustees, announcedthe selection of Jischke following an eight-month national searchfor a successor to Steven C. Beering, who stepped down thissummer after 17 years as president.

The board unanimously confirmed the appointment at its June 1, 2000 meeting, andJischke assumed the responsibilities of the office on August 14th, a week before the beginningof the fall semester. Jischke (pronounced JIS-key) was one of five final candidates forwarded tothe trustees by a 14-member search committee, led by McGinley and composed of trustees,faculty, students, administrators, and alumni.

“Members of the board met individually and in small groupswith each of the finalists in a variety of settings,” McGinley said.“We were dealing with a stellar group of people, but withoutexception, the individual trustees listed Dr. Jischke as their firstchoice, based on his accomplishments and on his fit with Purdue.

”He brings a strong record of achievement, as well as idealtalents and background. Not only has he been at the helm of amajor land-grant university for nine years, he also has an excep-tional academic record in both teaching and research, and he hasbeen a highly effective university administrator at all levels.”

Before coming to Purdue, Jischke, 58, had served as presidentat Iowa State in Ames, Iowa, since 1991. Before that he led theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla as chancellor for five years. He servedthe University of Oklahoma for 17 years as the director of and a professor in the School ofAerospace, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering; Dean of the College of Engineering; andInterim President.

“I have worked with the Purdue administration and faculty for many years and hold themin the highest esteem,” Jischke said. “Purdue has benefited from outstanding leadership fromSteve Beering and is internationally known for its scholarship and research. I feel privileged tojoin the Purdue team as it enters the new millennium. Purdue is a world-class university thathas great momentum, and opportunities for the future are even greater. I am very excitedabout this opportunity.”

For more information, visit Purdue’s web site at: http://www.purdue.edu/oop/president/

INTRODUCING PURDUE’SNEW PRESIDENT...MARTIN C. JISCHKE

WANTED: LEADER,INNOVATOR,VISIONARYAND MORE

F inding one individual whomeets all the qualificationsenvisioned by students,

faculty and alumni for CivilEngineering’s new head sends achallenging serve to the searchcommittee. As applications havebeen reviewed and interviewshave begun, confidence isbuilding that an ace candidatesoon will be found.

Among the stellar strengthssought: leadership, administra-tion, research, teaching, innova-tion, development and communi-cation.

“We’d like to find a promi-nent civil engineering educatorwho can build on the strengths ofthe School and carry it to evenhigher achievements,” says RichardSchwartz, Dean of the Schools ofEngineering.“We’re lookingfor someonewith a goodacademicbackground,strong researchcredentials andoutstandingleadershipskills.” Admit-ting that’s a tall order, he adds,

Dean Richard J. Schwartz

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Dr. Martin C. Jischke

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Civil EngineeringAdvisory Council

Nicholas J. Aschliman - Vice ChairATC Associates

Joseph R. BroylesIndianapolis Water Company

William F. BrumundGolder Associates

Christopher B. BurkeChristopher B. Burke Engineering

Bryan A. ErlerSargent & Lundy Engineers

Harold F. ForceForce Construction Company, Inc.

Susan M. FreyCh2M Hill

Michael D. KerrHuber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc.

Angela T. JenkinsDuPont

Gary R. Kent, L.S.The Schneider Corporation

Robert K. LawCharles Pankow Builders

William M. Lyles IIILyles DiversifiedJames A. Maple

J. A. Maple & AssociatesRosalie Flack Morgan

Engineering ManagementConsulting Services, Inc.

Za-Lee MohMoh and Associates, Inc.

Alex D. Oak - ChairPaul I. Cripe, Inc.Michael A. Pierle

Solutia Inc.Dan R. Stoppenhagen

Fluor DanielPhilip J. Stutes

John Chance & AssociatesStephen F. Weintraut

Butler, Fairman and Seufert

Schoolof

Civil Engineering

Daniel W. HalpinInterim Head

James E. AllemanAssistant Head

V. James MeyersAssistant Head

Julio A. RamirezAssistant Head

Area Heads:Daniel W. Halpin

Construction Engineering & ManagementChad T. Jafvert

Environmental & Hydraulic EngineeringAdolph G. Altschaeffl

Geotechnical EngineeringJan Olek

Materials Engineering (Civil)Mark D. Bowman

Structural EngineeringEdward M. Mikhail

Geomatics EngineeringKumares C. SinhaTransportation and

Infrastructure Systems Engineering

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Faculty News ............................................................ 4-5New Faculty and Staff ......................................... 5

Area Features ........................................................... 6-9Michael Transportation Laboratory ................... 6Alumni Carry Torch ............................................. 7Victory from Defeat ............................................. 8Environmental Open House ................................ 9

Student Features .................................................. 10-13Goldberg Fellowships ........................................ 10Internet Course .................................................. 10Steel Bridge Team .............................................. 11CE Job Market .................................................... 12N.A.P.A. Scholarships ........................................ 13

Alumni Features .................................................. 14-19CE Open .............................................................. 14CE Breakfast ...................................................... 15Fritz Leonhardt .................................................. 15Engineering and the Peace Corps ..................... 16Alumni Updates ............................................ 17-19

Civil Engineering Donors .................................... 20-26Development ............................................................. 27Calendar of Events ...................................... Back Page

Editor ........................................................ Stuart JonesAssistant ................................................... Diana EvansContributing Writer ................................. Kathy MayerDesign & Layout ....... Engineering Productions Office

FEATURES...Transportation Lab Namedin Honor of Harold Michael

Alumni Carry Torch for World-Class Lab

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Dr. Daniel W. HalpinProfessor and Interim HeadSchool of Civil Engineering

Dear Alumni and Friends,

We are in a time of transition. A time that challenges us to look at where we’ve been and envision where we need to be going. As youknow, Vince Drnevich stepped down as Head of the School of Civil Engineering on June 30. I am honored to be serving as the interimHead during the period of searching for a new Head. The search committee has been active since early last spring, and a slate of outstand-ing candidates has been identified. We are presently interviewing these candidates. This is always an interesting period since the interviewstypically lead to a period of reflection and reconsideration of our goals, traditions, and procedures. Such a self study activity is healthy andappropriate at this point in the history of the School.

Of the faculty members who were here in 1987 when I arrived at Purdue, 22 remain active. Our faculty size is now 52 so our level ofturnover is close to 60 percent during the past 13 years. The composition of the faculty has changed substantially. This, of course, is to beexpected.

As we enter the millennium, new challenges are confronting Civil Engineering as a discipline and the School of Civil Engineering atPurdue in particular. During the Spring of this year, a workshop was held at MIT to consider the future of Civil Engineering and the changesthat Civil Engineering Schools will confront in the coming decades. The general atmosphere as reported by a number of colleagues whoattended was one of “gloom and doom.” In fact, there will be change. But remember change offers opportunity as well! At Purdue, weare poised to make great strides forward. We have an outstanding faculty with the center of gravity moving towards youth and innovation.The School has been able to recruit exceptional young faculty such as Marika Santagata, John Haddock, and Judy Liu. Both Marika andJohn joined the faculty this fall. Judy will come on board after the first of the year.

As reported in the last newsletter, we are working towards the construction of a new High-Performance, Large-Scale Laboratory, which,at approximately 50,000 square feet, will be one of the largest facilities of its type in the country. In addition, the future construction of anew Engineering building at the corner of Northwestern and Stadium (just behind the Civil Building), will create new space for someschools and organizations currently occupying space in the Civil Engineering building. As a result, Civil Engineering will regain some of thatspace which will then offer us the opportunity to expand, enhance and renovate labs and offices.

Our new President, Martin Jischke, assumed his duties in August and has made a very positive impression on everyone who has met himand heard him speak. President Jischke is an engineer by background. He clearly understands the pre-eminent position that engineering atPurdue holds in the scheme of things. This certainly bodes well.

I think that all members of the faculty and staff are very upbeat about our School’s future. Rather than “gloom and doom,” the futurelooks very bright as we see it! As alumni and friends we look forward to working with each of you to reach new levels of excellence. Withyour help and support we can accomplish great things.

Best regards,

Daniel W. Halpin

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FACULTY NEWS

FACULTY AWARDS

Professor Emeritus Jacques Delleur2000 Planning and Management Council’sService to the Profession Award

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P rofessor Julio Ramirez has been appointed a member ofthe Technical Activities Committee of the American ConcreteInstitute. This committee is responsible for the content of all

the Institute’s technical publications, the work ofthe committees and the programs at conventions.

Professor Ramirez has also been recom-mended to serve as a member of the GraduateCouncil of Purdue University for a three year term.

In addition Professor Ramirez has beeninvited to participate in the Second US-JapanWorkshop on Performance-Based SeismicDesign Methodology for Concrete Buildings, tentatively scheduledfor September 12 & 13th, 2001 in Hokkaido, Japan. US andJapanese participants include both academic researchers andpracticing structural engineers. The workshop supports and is anintegral part of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research in UrbanEarthquake Disaster Mitigation program (sponsored by Monbushoand The National Science Foundation), as well as of the perfor-mance-based earthquake engineering programs sponsored by thePacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER).

Professor Rodrigo Salgado was theGledden Senior Fellow at the Center forOffshore Foundations Systems, University ofWestern Australia, in Spring, 2000. He alsospent 50 days as a Visiting Associate Professorat the University of Newcastle in Australia.

HALPIN SERVES AS INTERIM HEAD

A global perspective; 25 years’experience as an administrator;and depth of knowledge in

construction simulation, automation androbotics all pointed to Daniel Halpin asthe best candidate to serve as CivilEngineering’s interim head while thesearch for a permanent head is underway. He was appointed to the post in Julyby Richard Schwartz, Dean of the Schools

of Engineering, when Vince Drnevich stepped down to resume teachingand research. “Dan has served Purdue with distinction for many years,and he brings to the position a knowledge of CE’s operations and alot of administrative experience,” Schwartz says.

A professor and head of Civil Engineering’s Division of Construc-tion Engineering and Management, Dr. Halpin previously was ClarkChair in Civil Engineering at the University of Maryland, and from1973 to 1985, he headed the Construction Program within CivilEngineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Widely PublishedDr. Halpin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point

in 1961 and served in the Army Corps of Engineers in Europe, Vietnamand the U.S. He holds a master’s and doctorate in civil engineeringfrom the University of Illinois at Urbana. He’s published more than60 papers and five textbooks, some in German, a language hespeaks and writes fluently.

International ExperienceHe’s also held visiting professorships in Australia, Switzerland and

Germany.“His knowledge of both engineering practice and education in

several other countries is pretty astonishing,” notes Robert Tener, P.E.,Ph.D., Consulting Executive in Civil Engineering and Director ofInternships for Construction Engineering and Management at Purdue.

Another plus, says Tener: “He applies his insights about the realchallenges, near-term and long -range, which civil engineeringfaculty face both here and in other top programs in the U.S.”

Dr. Jacques Delleur has been chosen to receive the year 2000Planning and Management Council’s Service to the ProfessionAward. Dr. Delleur is Professor of Hydraulic Engineering. He wasan original petition signer for the formation of the Water ResourcesPlanning and Management Division (now part of the Environ-mental and Water Resources Institute) and for the creation of theUrban Water Resources Committee (now Urban Water Infra-structure Committee of the Infrastructure Council). Much of Dr.Delleur’s experience has been of the international flavor. He co-organized an International Symposium on Urban Hydrology andwas co-editor of the proceedings, published in 1983. Dr. Delleurhas been instrumental in the Society’s interest in maintenanceand rehabilitation of urban storm water infrastructure.

PROMOTIONSCongratulations to the following faculty members who werepromoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Larry Nies Srinivas Peeta Andrzej Tarko

Professor Daniel Halpin (left)with alumnus Mike Falk (right),

BSLS '83at the CE Breakfast.

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STAFF NEWS

I n mid July, Diana Evans joined theCivil Engineering Development Teamas the new Development Secretary for

Stuart Jones (replacing Taya Cook whomoved to Deleware). She is enjoying her new position andcomes to Civil with fresh ideas from herdevelopment background. Diana and her

family recently moved to Lafayette from southern Illinois whereDiana worked for Lincoln Trail College on community outreachprograms and was secretary for the athletic department/alumnirelations. Diana’s husband Rick Evans also works at PurdueUniversity in Sponsored Program Services as a contract analyst.They have two daughters Jessica (age 12) and Jenna (age 8).

Professor Adolph G. Altschaeffl will retire in December 2000 after an academic career at Purdue University that has spanned over 48 years.

He earned his bachelor’s (1952), master’s (1955) andPh.D. (1960) degrees at Purdue University.

Prof. Altschaeffl began his teaching career at Purdue asan Instructor in Civil Engineering in 1952. In 1960 he

became an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering and was promoted tothe rank of a Professor of Civil Engineering. He was Assistant Head of CivilEngineering from 1983 to 1991. He has served as Head of theGeotechnical Engineering area since 1994.

The role of an academic, according to Prof. Altschaeffl, is to serve theuniversity community and society through teaching, research and serviceactivities. During his 48 years at Purdue, Prof. Altschaeffl taught 32different courses and served as major professor to approximately 100students. This association with a large number of students has led tonumerous technical publications. Prof. Altschaeffl is a member of anumber of professional and scholarly societies. He also serves on the JTRPboard and has been actively engaged, together with INDOT engineers andthe geotechnical engineering faculty, in identifying research that can helpINDOT engineers solve their most difficult problems. He has served on theUniversity Senate and on the Engineering Area Promotions Committee. Hewas involved for thirty years in the planning and logistics of Universitycommencement exercises.

Prof. Altschaeffl has served since 1960 as Advisor to Purdue PhysicalPlant on soils and foundations for all continuing development of Universityphysical facilities. This work involves the writing of construction specificationsdealing with earthwork and foundations, the planning and supervision of siteexploration programs and the design of foundations and other geotechnicalstructures. Perhaps the most important characteristic of Prof. Altschaeffl isan abiding concern for students and for their experience while at PurdueUniversity. He was often sought for advice and counseling, and has helpedmany students and colleagues. This dedication to the people that gothrough our program in geotechnical engineering in the School of CivilEngineering is his most important legacy to Purdue University.

NEW FACULTY

John E. Haddock joined the School of Civil Engineering as an assistant professor in July 2000 and is a registered Professional Engineer

in Indiana. He received a B.S. in Physics fromPurdue in 1987, an M.S. in Civil Engineering fromPurdue in 1993, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in1998 from Auburn University. He has worked in

private industry as a materials engineer, as a senior researchassociate for the National Center for Asphalt Technology, as aresearch engineer for the Indiana Department of Transportation,and as a district engineer for the Asphalt Institute. Over the yearshe has been responsible for the production of asphalt mixturedesigns, forensic pavement investigation, and pavement design andanalysis. His research experience includes participating in researchto adapt Superpave techniques and specifications to specialized hotmix asphalt mixtures, preparation of specialized hot mix asphaltconstruction guidelines, development of new test methods, non-destructive pavement testing, and accelerated testing of hot-mixasphalt pavements.

Dr. Haddock’s current research interests include bituminousmaterials and mixture design, pavement design, non-destructivepavement testing, pavement materials including aggregates andsoils, pavement management, and pavement failure investigation.

Marika Santagata joined the School of CivilEngineering in August 2000, as an assistant professor.A native of Italy, Dr. Santagata received the degreeof Laurea (B.S. + M.S.) in Civil Engineering in fromthe University of Ancona, Italy in December of 1990.She completed her education at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology in Cambridge, MA where

she earned her M.S. in 1994 and her Ph.D. in 1998, both from theDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering. At MIT shewas involved in both experimental and theoretical research in thearea of geotechnical engineering, investigating topics such as theeffects of sampling disturbance on soft clays, the behavior of suctioncaisson foundations, and the modeling of shallow undrained penetra-tion in saturated clays. Her dissertation focused on the characteriza-tion of the small strain stiffness and small strain non-linearity ofcohesive soils. During 1996 and 1997, on leave from her doctoralwork, Dr. Santagata joined the Department of Earth and MaterialsSciences of the University of Ancona as a research associate. Duringthis period she co-taught the core course on the mechanical behaviorof construction materials, and supervised research on topics includ-ing microcement based grouting, compatibility of calcium-magne-sium acetate deicers with concrete, controlled low strengthmaterials, and interface resistance of thin bonded overlays.Following the completion of her Ph.D., she resumed her position atthe University of Ancona for over a year, and was promoted toresearch associate with tenure in April of 2000.

Dr. Santagata’s current research interests are experimental soilmechanics, ground improvement, and soil behavior.

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AREA FEATURES

TRANSPORTATION LAB NAMED IN HONOR OF HAROLD MICHAELProfessor Michael was a lifelong resident of Indiana. He had a

meritorious service record in the U.S. Army and served in fivecampaigns in Europe in World War II. Upon returning from militaryservice, Professor Michael received his Bachelor of Science in Civil

Engineering from Purdue in 1950 with highestdistinction as well as his Master’s of Science in CivilEngineering in 1951. He joined the faculty atPurdue upon receiving his master’s degree andremained there for 40 years. From 1951 to 1954,he served as the Director of Urban TransportationStudies, on loan by Purdue University to the IndianaState Highway Commission. During that time hewas also an instructor and research assistant atPurdue. In 1954 Professor Michael becameAssistant Professor of Highway Engineering and in1956 attained the status of associate professor. Hewas promoted to professor in 1961 and was theHead of the Transportation and Urban Engineeringarea in Civil Engineering from 1961 to 1978. Hebecame the Head of the School of Civil Engineeringat Purdue in 1978, a post that he held until hisretirement in 1991. To honor his accomplishments,Purdue bestowed Professor Michael with anhonorary doctorate of engineering in 1992. An extremely active participant and leader inmany professional and technical organizationsthroughout his career, Professor Michael washonored with many awards that were testimony tohis stature as an authority in transportationengineering, including induction into the NationalAcademy of Engineering in 1975 at the age of 55.He was very active in the West Lafayette commu-

nity as well and was the first and only head of itsTraffic Commission, which was established in 1956, apost he still held at the time of his death. ProfessorMichael also was the first and only chairman of theTippecanoe County Technical Highway Committee, anadvisory panel of the Area Plan Commission created in1965. He was also a dedicated member of RotaryInternational and Redeemer Lutheran Church and wasa very active alumnus in the Purdue Class of 1950. “The colleagues and students who were privileged

to work with Professor Michael will always remember him as ahumble and compassionate man,” said former colleague and closefriend, Professor Kumares Sinha. “He was an intelligent and innova-tive scholar and humanitarian who quietly and willingly contributedmany years of service to his alma mater, his community, and hisprofession.” Professor Sinha further commented that it is fitting thatthis first of its kind laboratory in Indiana be dedicated to ProfessorMichael, as the teaching and research activities planned there areintended to advance the field of traffic engineering that he so dearlyloved.

T he legacy of one of the true transportation engineering pioneersat Purdue University was preserved on September 26, 2000 withthe dedication of the Harold L. Michael Traffic Operations Laboratory

in the School of Civil Engineering. Very active in transportationengineering until the day he died, Professor Michaelpassed away in August 1999 at the age of 79 whileattending the annual convention of the Institute ofTransportation Engineers in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Over 100 Purdue faculty, staff, and students, aswell as Professor Michael’s son, Edward Michael, andnumerous associates and friends attended thededication ceremony. Speaking in his honor andsharing personal reflections of Professor Michaelwere Dean of Engineering Richard Schwarz, InterimHead of the School of Civil Engineering ProfessorDan Halpin, Olson Distinguished Professor of CivilEngineering Kumares Sinha, and Indiana Departmentof Transportation Commissioner Cristine Klika(BSCE ’78). Edward Michael unveiled the plaquefor the new facility and expressed his family’sappreciation for this living memorial of their father’slifelong commitment to Purdue and transportationengineering. In her remarks, Commissioner Klikamarveled at Professor Michael’s enduring influenceand historical impact in his field, “He was such agreat force for transportation, and it’s wonderful thathe’s being honored as we move into the 21st century.”

Designed to educate new civil engineers in thefield of Intelligent Transportation Systems, the newlaboratory is being funded mainly through theJoint Transportation Research Program (JTRP).Founded in 1937, JTRP, originally known as the JointHighway Research Project (JHRP), is an ongoing researchpartnership between Purdue University’s School of CivilEngineering and the Indiana Department of Transporta-tion. Professor Michael was an active participant in theprogram since 1954 and its Director for many years. Hewas a member of its Advisory Board at the time of hisdeath. He helped to establish this highly successfulprogram as a model for cooperative efforts betweenacademia, government, and private industry in theidentification of engineering problems and theirsolutions. Many participants in JTRP have gone on to becomeinfluential professionals in the field of transportation around the world.

The new laboratory has the capability of studying traffic data inreal-time using video cameras that feed directly to the laboratory incontrast to past and current methods that use field-collected data,which is both delayed and prone to human error. Another componentof the laboratory is sophisticated traffic simulation equipment,somewhat like a flight simulator, that mimics traffic flow at severalintersections simultaneously. The ultimate goal of the Harold MichaelLaboratory is to become a training ground and on-line source ofreal-time data for transportation professionals in Indiana.

Edward D. Michael (son of HaroldMichael) unveiling the plaque for

the new lab.

Kumares Sinha,Olson Distinguished Professor

Attendees take a tour ofthe new Harold L. Michael Traffic

Operations Laboratory with graduatestudent guide, Bill Eidson (far left).

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ALUMNI CARRY TORCH FOR WORLD-CLASS LAB

Well before the XXVII Olympiad returns in 2004 to its Grecian birthplace and the center of the world’s earliest civil engineering feats, results from CE’s new, world-class,

High-Performance, Large-Scale Laboratory at Purdue University willbe contributing sound findings to the structures the world createsfor generations to come.

Fueling the momentum: our own alumni, who understand CE’srole as torchbearer to the world and the need for a high-perfor-mance, large-scale lab unlike any other facility. Words such asunparalleled, unprecedented and unrivaled touch on the expectedimpact of the planned 50,000-square-foot lab. And “Olympic”describes its scope, breadth and spirit.

Early Gifts Hearty Endorsements“Already, significant gifts have been pledged by some of our

alumni,” says Stuart Jones, Director of Alumni Relations andDevelopment. “But it is very early in the campaign and we arelooking for more alumni who have the same vision to help us sharethis dream through their financial gifts.” According to Jones, “Todate, we are close to the $3 million dollar mark, but need approxi-mately $5 million to break ground , and a total of $9 million tocomplete the project.”

Reflective of the alumni response to the project, Vern Casteel(pictured above) (BSCE’57), of Casteel Construction Corp. in SouthBend, Ind., gets right to the point, “To be first class, we need it. It’sawfully, awfully important.”

On a recent campus visit, Casteel toured CE’s current facilities.“Everything is so crammed, there is so much going on, we justcouldn’t do the big things. And you’ve got to be able to if you’regoing to be at the top.”

Stephen Bechtel (BSCE ‘46, HDR ‘72), chairman emeritus ofCalifornia’s Bechtel Corp., says he, too, strongly endorses theproject. “If you’re going to be a leading engineering school, you’vegot to be equal with the best or even better with all your facilities. Ihave a lot of confidence in Purdue having figured out what’s impor-tant. That’s a plus right there.”

He’s also interested in the potential the facility offers in structuresdesign research. “Better information would be helpful in gettinggood designs, economic designs, designs that are safe. That makesthis a very positive, very favorable program.”

Winning the GoldFor the Black and Gold

Just one of the “big things” will be in the area of earthquakestructure testing, notes Richard Schwartz, Dean of the Schools ofEngineering. “The new lab will place us in a very competitiveposition for funding expected in this area from the National ScienceFoundation. And it will allow us to work with various companies,helping them in their structural testing.”

The planned space includes a bolted-down structural floorcovering half of the football-field-sized building; a mezzanine; upperand overhead walkways; overhead crane; and conference room,offices and shops.

The facility will accommodate testing of high-performance steel,high-performance asphalt, stronger-than-ever-before concrete andother materials, evaluating their soundness, durability and efficacy ina myriad of combinations and structures. And all will be done in afull-scale or near-full-scale environment, particularly where computermodeling and small-scale testing cannot extrapolate to large-scale.

The Team ApproachIn true Olympic style, Civil Engineering understands the next level

in research is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach,integrating disciplines to solve problems that impact many branchesof knowledge. Creating the new space will encourage interactionamong Purdue’s researchers in science and engineering. And it couldeven encompass civil, aeronautical, agricultural, chemical, mechani-cal, electrical, materials, industrial and computer engineering, as wellas agronomy, forestry, landscape architecture and building construc-tion management.

Work on the academic program that will be incorporated in thenew lab is already well under way, reports Professor Julio Ramirez. Itsfocus, a parallel to the facility’s Olympic dimensions and scope, willposition Purdue students to garner the gold academically.

“There’s no question that Purdue’s Civil Engineering is a leader,and we should remain a leader,” Casteel says. “It takes this type offacility to do it.”

Alumni such as Vern Casteel (BSCE '57) (center), look over and discuss theSchool's plans to construct a new High-Performance,Large-Scale Laboratory.

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RESEARCH SNATCHES VICTORY FROM DEFEAT

A team of Purdue University engineers and scientists recently spent three weeks in the Duzce-Bolu region in Turkey investigating the effects of a series of earthquakes that shook

the region in the fall of 1999.Prof. Mete Sozen, the Kettelhut Distinguished Professor of Civil

Engineering at Purdue University, says the destruction in Turkey isthe worst he has ever seen. “Millions of people slept in the streetson a Friday night when a seismologist’s warning of a possible repeatof the earthquake was misunderstood,” Sozen says.

Back-to-back earthquakes cut through the heart of an industrialcenter, killing thousands, displacing hundreds of thousands, andleaving the nation of Turkey overwhelmed. Earthquakes can’t bestopped, neither can the destruction that they bring. The destructionof an area’s infrastructure can be reduced, however. Buildings don’thave to collapse killing hundreds of people. Thus, structural researchcan be conducted in the aftermath of an earthquake to betterunderstand how to construct future buildings to withstand thedestructive force of an earthquake. And whom do you call upon forsuch important research? You call upon the best! You call thestructural and geotechnical experts from Purdue University’s Schoolof Civil Engineering to take on the research project!

The project is being sponsored by the National Science Foundation.The research is a cross-disciplinary effort that includes Purdue facultyfrom structural engineering (Robert J. Frosch, Julio Ramirez, and MeteSozen), geotechnical engineering (Antonio Bobet), and the departmentof earth and atmospheric sciences at Purdue (Arvid Johnson and KenRidgway). The expedition to Turkey included the faculty as well aseight undergraduate and graduate students from Purdue. The researchconcentrated on rapid assessment surveys as well as detaileddamage studies in three cities including Duzce, Kaynasli, and Bolu.

The specific and sole objective of the work is to gather, collate,and archive for distribution data related to the assessment of urbanbuilding seismic vulnerability to earthquake from this region in Turkey.The work will focus on the damage caused by the November 12thevent and is being carried out by faculty and students of PurdueUniversity cooperatively with the University of Notre Dame, theUniversity of Illinois, and the Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

Members of the National Science Foundation research team sent toTurkey, includingProfessors Frosch, Ramirez, Sozen, and Bobet from Purdue Civil Engineering

The distinctive feature of the project is that the final product willinclude a database (to be found at: www.AnatolianQuake.org)containing information selected by a cohesive group of structuralengineers, geotechnical engineers, and geologists. This informationis presented in a manner to be understood by researchers in allthree disciplines so that cross-cutting hypotheses about urbanearthquake-risk can be tested. Availability of these data, focused onspecific locations of heavy and light damage to the built environ-ment, will provide a rich and useful database to geologists,geotechnical engineers, and structural engineers working jointly orindependently to test and develop methods for assessment ofearthquake vulnerability. Additional findings can also be foundonline at the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s web siteat: www.eeri.org

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EVIRONMENTAL AND HYDRAULICS OPEN HOUSE

O n March 2, 2000, the Environmental & Hydraulics area of CivilEngineering hosted the first ever ‘Open House’ for prospectivegraduate students. After the welcome and presentations, there was an

introduction of students and a question and answer session. More facultyjoined in as Suresh Rao led everyone in a working lunch with more ques-tions and answers. The students then had a chance to tour the Civilfacilities, including the labs and the campus. Over all, it was a wonderfulchance to show off CE ‘stuff’ to the students and to reinforce to each otherthe School’s strengths and the great program found in the Environmentaland Hydraulics area of Civil Engineering.

Many thanks to those who donated time and expertise to this event. JimAlleman presented a warm welcome and an overview of the School. MarcieDuffin gave an overview of the graduate program in Civil. Chad Jafvert gavean area overview. P. Suresh Rao was representative of the Graduate Com-mittee and host. S.R. Govindaraju presented Hydraulics and Hydrology. InezHua gave a Water/Wastewater presentation. Juan Carlos Ramirez, Doctoralstudent for Robert Jacko, gave a presentation on Air Quality, and ZachiaParrish, a graduate student in Environmental & Hydraulics, graciously hosteda student from Alabama.

Suresh Rao, Rieth DistinguishedProfessor in Civil Engineering,welcomes prospective graduatestudents

“And when that person finishes walkingacross Lake Michigan, we’ll start on theocean.”

Student SupporterInteractive, cooperative relationships with

both students and faculty top the list for CEstudent Alison Adele Hunyar. She’d also like tosee strong support for student organizations.“I think someone who acknowledges thevaluable education that students receiveoutside the classroom would make an idealhead.”

MotivatorLeading and at the same time supporting

the faculty are a top priority in the positionannouncement. “We need somebody who isable to motivate and empower the faculty.That’s the big one,” says alumnus Susan Frey(BSCE’76 and Senior Structural Engineer withCh2M Hill, Inc. in Corvallis, Oregon). “Thehead has to keep the faculty engaged,wanting to stay, and giving them growthpaths.”

Motivating alumni also is important, Freybelieves. “You need to bring in alumni andindustry support, too.”

Consensus Builder“The new head must be able to continue

the outreach efforts in getting the alumnicommunity involved with the school,” echoesalumnus Christopher Burke (BSCE’77,MSCE’79, Ph.D.’83 and President of Christo-pher B. Burke Engineering Ltd in Rosemont,Illinois). “It’s got to be someone who can set aclear direction and get consensus from a lot ofdifferent groups.”

Taking on the task as members of the HeadSearch Committee are Professors MarkBowman, Chair, Ernest Blatchley, Jon Fricker,Steven Johnson, Jan Olek, Phillippe BourdeauKumares Sinha, Elisa Sotelino, Ronald Wukash,and Dr. Robert Tener, consulting executive anddirector of internships.

Although the committee has not set anexact timetable, expect a strong volley as theynarrow their search.

Wanted: Leader, Innovator,Visionary and Morecontinued from front page

Potential grad students attending the first Environmental and Hydraulics Open House.

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A ll that glitters isn’t gold. In this case, it’s concrete and steel,thanks to two John E. Goldberg Fellowships in Civil Engineer-ing established by the late professor’s wife, Dorothy Goldberg.

This year—the golden anniversary of the Goldbergs’ arrival atPurdue—two structural engineering graduate students are continuingtheir studies and research in the area Dr. Goldberg devoted his life to.

Eric Tompos’ research is bringing new knowledge on the shearstrength of reinforced concrete beams. “The fellowship made theresearch I am doing possible,” he says. “It’s totally defined mygraduate experience, which has gone far beyond all my expectations.”

Kara Elliott, in her first year of graduate studies, says, “Myinterests lie in the structural analysis and design of both reinforcedand prestressed concrete structures. This fellowship allows me toconcentrate on these studies.” Her career goal is to work onanalysis, design, and rehabilitation of concrete structures.

Their interests mirror Dr. Goldberg’s, whose work in determiningwind stresses in multistory buildings, treating translational vibrationswithin tall buildings, and predicting the lateral buckling of frameswas recognized internationally. Besides 25 years of teaching at Purdue,his career included serving as expert consultant for Chicago’s 100-story John Hancock building, ship research, director of the NationalScience Foundation, several visiting professorships, and countlessother structural engineering projects.

Dr. Goldberg, who was academic head of Purdue’s StructuralEngineering studies at his retirement in 1975, was the first to receivethe ASCE Nathan Newmark Medal, in 1976, for his pioneering work“in a wide range of problems in structural engineering and structuralmechanics.” The following year he received the Senior ScientistAward of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of West Germany.

CIVIL’S FIRST INTERNET COURSE

T welve civil engineering students from Purdue are currently caught in the “web” of teaching technology. They are enrolledin a new Internet course, CE 597F; “Integrated Urban Water Quality Management.” The course is being taught online byProfessor Poul Harremoës and Mr. Eric Warnaars of the Denmark Technological University (DTU) in Lingby, near

Copenhagen, Denmark. The students all receive the necessary course materials and software via the Internet. They also submittheir reports and homework assignments to the DTU faculty online. Furthermore, they correspond with the Danish faculty byan online chat room, e-mail, and by means of a bimonthly video-conference.Purdue Civil Engineering professors Jacques Delleur and Chip Blatchley are available to the students for consultation on thehydraulics and Environmental aspects, respectively. Also available to the students at Purdue is the course’s teaching assistantMr. Fuad Dahan. Dahan went to the Denmark Technological University during the summer to work with Dr. Harremoës andMr. Warnaar in order to become familiar with the software and course subject matter.This online course is quite unique in that the hydraulic/hydrology, the water treatment, and the effects on the receiving streamare modeled in such a way that the effects of changes in one component can be evaluated interactively on the other ones. CE597F is believed to be the first international Internet course in the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University

While his fame was worldwide, teaching and students werewhat he treasured most. “Over the years, we were godparents to alot of students,” recalls Mrs. Goldberg,who frequently hosted students in theirhome.

Former students of Dr. Goldberg’shave cited his contributions as “relevantand significant for generations tocome.” And with the Goldberg Fellow-ships, those contributions to structuralengineering now continue.

(left to right) Eric Tompos, Dorothy Goldberg, and Kara Elliott.

GOLDBERG FELLOWSHIPS FUND PROMISING STUDENTS, RESEARCH

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ASCE STEEL BRIDGE DESIGN TEAM SHINES!But Needs Your Help To Do Even Better This Year

T he Purdue American Society of Civil Engineers Steel BridgeDesign Team had quite a successful year! What is The SteelBridge Design Team you might ask? The steel bridge team is

made up of ASCE student members who design and build a bridgemade of steel according to specifications set in the competitionrules (which are changed each year). Near the end of each springsemester a regional competition is held among other colleges anduniversities in the area. If the team places first or second they thenadvance to national competition to compete against other schoolsfrom the United States and Canada.The Purdue team competes each year in the Great Lakes Regionalconference against teams from several schools including Universityof Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign,and Northwestern. The 2000 regional competition was held atBradley University on May 4 - 7. This year the Purdue team wasfaced with the challenge of entirely new bridge design specifica-tions. Their innovation, hard work, and 6:00am practicesbrought Purdue 1st place in both aesthetics and lightnessaswell as 2nd place overall.As a result of their 2nd place finish Purdue team earnedthe right to travel to the National competition held May18 - 21, 2000 at Texas A&M University. After some quickrepairs and modifications and some help from newcorporate sponsors, the team loaded up their belongingsand their bridge, and drove to College Station, Texas. Outof the 43 teams who made it to the National Competi-tion, the Purdue Bridge earned a 3rd place in aestheticsand 4th in lightness.The 2000-2001 Steel Bridge Team is already making plansfor this year’s bridge competition. They have received thenew rules and specifications and are already hard at workin making preparations for this years regional, and hopefullynational, competition.Based on last year’s experience against other university bridgeteams, they learned that only through additional funding will theyhave the means to purchase stronger steel materials to construct amore competitive bridge to place higher in competition. Therefore,the Team needs your help. Your gift to the Purdue ASCE SteelBridge Team can allow our students to take this year’s design bridgeto the next level of competition and perhaps win at Nationals. Ifyou want to help these young people accomplish their goals thenplease send your gift today!Make checks payable to: Purdue FoundationSend your check to: School of Civil Engineeringc/o Stuart Jones1284 Civil Engineering BuildingWest Lafayette, IN 47907

1999-2000 Purdue ASCE Steel Bridge Team: (left to right)Abby Conover, Joshua Horning (Team Co-Captain), Mike Wigger, Andy Saksa,Chris Miller , Todd Chariton, Matt Wichman, Jason Hickle , Amy Piskorowski

(Team Co-Captain), Geoffrey Heneggler, Scott Zajac (kneeling)*not pictured isAlison Hunyar, Vice President ASCE Purdue Student Chapter, who served as

the Team’s publicist, fundraiser, and trip coordinator.

L ast year’s 1999-2000 Team would like to thankthe following corporate sponsors, and the personswithin them, who generously underwrote the

expenses for the trip to Texas A&M.Ch2MHill: Stephen WandersHNTB: James BarkerButler, Fairman and Seufert: Stephen WeintrautSverdrup Civil, Inc.: Robert CrawleyBRW Hazelet & Erdal: Dallas Montgomery

Without their support, the experience of competing in theNational competition would have been impossible.

The Purdue ASCESteel Bridge DesignTeam at this year'sGreat Lakes RegionalCompetition atBradley University.

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HI! HO! IT’S OFF TO WORK THEY GOPurdue’s 2001 CE graduates will likely take on the “Smiley”persona as they interview and head off to work this spring.

F ederal monies for transportation projects are fueling top jobsin that sector, reports Steve Wanders (BSCE ’78, MSCE ’79),vice president of Dayton, Ohio’s Ch2M Hill, Inc. The consulting

field, too, offers its share of plums, says Larry Irvine of Kimberly-Horn & Associates in Dallas. Overall, students can expect “greatopportunities,” predicts Al Oak (BSCE ’68), president of Paul I.Cripe Inc. in Indianapolis.

Purdue Grads Well RatedTop players are turning to Purdue for their recruits, report Linda

Higgins and Maeve Drummond in CE’s undergraduate office. Theyworked with more than 150 different companies seeking recruitslast year, and expect to top that this year. “These companies coverevery area, from consulting to construction, transportation, designfirms, environmental firms and state and local government,”Higgins says. “Students have a wide range of opportunities.”

“Employers know Purdue graduates will be productive early intheir careers,” Drummond says, citing students’ technical creditsand expertise. “Companies know our program is very rigorous andour graduates are used to working hard.”Students with a bachelor’s degree can expect to be rewarded fortheir achievements with annual starting salaries of about $40,000,Oak suggests. What do they want in return? “Employers arelooking for students with both technical and interpersonal skills,”he says.

Bethany Garretson (left), a senior in CE, meets with Ann Luther, BSCE ‘80 (center) and Gary Linard BSIDE ‘79(right), of Charlier, Clark & Linard of Indianapolis regarding employment opportunities.

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Jobs AplentyOdds are students will have their pick of jobs, Wanders says.

“It’s going to be important for students to make a good choice, tofind a job doing what they want to do.”

“We’re limited not by the amount of work but by the amountof people who can produce it,” says Irvine, who’s also looking formulti-talented graduates. “We need people to be a consultant, notjust an engineer. So they have to be equally interested in thetechnical, business and marketing aspects to be successful.”Recruiting graduates is becoming more competitive than ever, Irvinesays. “Management consulting firms are dipping into the engineer-ing students as well, and the promises of higher salaries arediverting some folks from their original goal of a ProfessionalEngineer. But they won’t be able to do that if they go into anotherarea, because they wouldn’t be supervised by a PE and able to takethe test. That’s our one remaining defense.”

Purdue An Employer’s ResourceHiggins invites employers eager for a glimpse of Purdue’s pool of

“very highly qualified” 2001 CE graduates to browse resumesonline.Her office also posts employers’ needs at the site:http://CE.www.ecn.purdue.edu/CE/News/Employment/Job_Postings

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T he Asphalt Pavement Association, in cooperation with the National Asphalt Pavement Association Research and

Educational Foundation, sponsor scholarships for selectedundergraduate students in Civil Engineering.

Students must be a sophomore, junior or senior, enrolled in afull-time civil or construction engineering program and be a citizenof the United States. Criteria includes consideration of past aca-demic performance and future potential, leadership, and participa-tion in school and community activities, work experience, statementof career and educational aspirations, goals, unusual personal orfamily circumstances, and an outside appraisal.

Scholarship applications are reviewed by a representative fromeach university and forwarded to APAI for final selection. Studentsare recognized at an awards program at APAI.The 2000 Scholarship recipients are as follows:Jennifer E. Ridd - Recipient of the Fred M. Fehsenfeld, Sr.

/Milestone Contractors Scholarship and the NAPA ResearchEducation Foundation Scholarship. Jennifer is a junior in theSchool of Civil Engineering.

CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS RECEIVE N.A.P.A. SCHOLARSHIPSAdam J. Marolf - Recipient of the John and Emma Brooks

Scholarship and the NAPA Research Education FoundationScholarship. Adam is a junior in the School of Civil Engineering.

Troy Larkins - Recipient of the John and Emma Brooks Scholar-ship and the NAPA Research Education Foundation Scholarship.Troy is a sophomore in the School of Civil Engineering.

George Daniel Williams - Recipient of the D. S. Mohr Scholarshipand the NAPA Research Education Foundation Scholarship.George is a junior in the School of Civil Engineering.

Jason M. Petty - Recipient of the Rieth-Riley Construction Com-pany Scholarship and the NAPA Research Education FoundationScholarship. Jason is a senior in the School of Civil Engineering.

Thomas B. McQullian - Recipient of the D. S. Mohr/RogersGroup, Inc. Scholarship and the NAPA Research Education Foun-dation Scholarship. Thomas is a sophomore in the School of CivilEngineering.

Students were congratulated and presented their awards by Dr.Daniel W. Halpin, Professor and Interim Head of the School of CivilEngineering on Friday, September 15, 2000.

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NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

(From left) Jason Petty, Adam Marolf, Troy Larkins, Jennifer Ridd,Professor and Interim Head, Dr. Daniel Halpin. (not present: George Williams and Thomas McQullian)

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The rackets were strung, the clubs were polished, thecarts were lined up, everyone was smiling and thecourse looked better than ever. Thus began the 40th

Annual CE Golf and 5th Annual Tennis Open on June 9,2000. This year’s tournament was held at the Lafayette Elk’sCountry Club.

For the golf portion of the tournament, participantswere broken into teams and assigned a starting hole. Theformat of play was “Best Ball Scramble.”

To make the tournament more challenging, contestswere placed at random holes throughout the course. Thecontests included Closest to the Hole, Longest Putt, andMen and Women’s Longest Drive. In spite of the heat,everyone had a great time and played a wonderful game.The tennis portion was played in a round robin format.Participants engaged in men, women’s, and doubles, as wellas singles matches. At the end of the day, participants fromboth tournaments came together for a picnic dinner andawards ceremony. Vince Drnevich shared about what washappening in the School of Civil Engineering. He touchedon present accomplishments and achievements as well asthe future of the School. The highlight of the dinner wasspeeches from representatives of Purdue’s Athletic Depart-ment, including Jay Price, Assistant Coach of the PurdueMens Basketball team and Coach Kristy Curry, Head Coachof the nationally acclaimed Purdue Women’s BasketballTeam. (To update those living outside of the Lafayette/WestLafayette community, Coach Curry recently gave birth toher first daughter, Kelsey).

The School of Civil Engineering is already beginning theplanning process for next year’s tournament. Right now wehave confirmation that the Lafayette Elk’s Country Club hasagreed to host the tournaments next year on June 8, 2001.We are also trying to find engaging contests that reflect theskills and talents (and sometimes luck) of the participants.We are working on ways to make the tournaments moreentertaining and interactive for all participants. We hopethat through our efforts we can put together a tournamentthat people will want to continue returning to.

In closing, we would like to extend a heart-felt thankyou to all of the CE Open Committee hole and hourthponsors, guest speakers, event coordinators and volun-teers, and, most of all, the Participants of this year’s event.Without you we would not have the great time that we did!We look forward to seeing everyone at next year’s CE Golfand Tennis Open on June 8, 2001 at the Elks Country Clubin West Lafayette.

Tennis anyone?Participants in theTennis Open taking aneeded water break.

A mighty foursome! (leftto right) Professor VinceDrnevich, Pam Murphey,Chris Burke and Greg Wilcox.

Are wehaving fun yet?

Team members searchfor a lost ball.

CE GOLF AND TENNIS OPEN A GREAT SUCCESS

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CRACKING A FEW EGGS FOR A RECORD CROWD!T he omelets were delicious! The crowd was huge! The enthusiasm was high!

The room was crowded but the fellowship was fantastic! What more canbe said of the CIVIL ENGINEERING HOMECOMING BREAKFAST held on

Saturday morning, September 23? (Besides the fact that it was the largestattended event of all the Engineering Schools during Homecoming!)

Some 35 Civil Engineering faculty worked hard to prepare, cook, serve up(and even clean up) a delicious breakfast of made-to-order omelets, sweet rolls,muffins, and beverages. Appreciative of their efforts was a record breaking 230Civil Engineering alumni, friends, and theirfamilies from as far away as California,Louisiana, and Pennsylvania. Interim Head,Daniel Halpin welcomed the large crowdand gave special recognition at thebreakfast, to the Homecoming silver andgolden anniversary classes of 1975 and1950 and the alumni who representedthem.

Students from the Purdue Chapter ofthe ASCE were on hand at the breakfastto display their award winning Steel Bridgedesign as well as sell CE shirts, sweatshirts,and stickers. Prof. Darcy Bullock had aportable, live-time traffic video display on hand to share with alumni about transpor-tation research. In addition, an attractive display about the Civil Engineeringcampaign to build the new High-Performance, Large-Scale Laboratory andrenovate the existing Civil Engineering building was on hand to educate and informattendees (see related article “Alumni Carry Torch for World-Class Lab” in this issue).Also, free issues of the newly publishedbook, Engineering in the City of the Century(based upon the 1998 John E. GoldbergDistinguished Lecture Series) was availablefor alumni to receive. (If you would like acopy of the book contact Stuart Jones,Director of Development, 765-494-2236.)

To cap off the morning, and just beforethe alumni went off to see the Purduefootball team pound the MinnesotaGolden Gophers on the gridiron, thedrawing for the special Drew Breesautographed Purduefootball helmet was heldand Warren Frosch (fatherof Prof. Robert Frosch )was the lucky winner.

Don’t feel too badly ifyou missed all the fun ofthis CE Breakfast becausethere will be more tocome!

LEONHARDT’S 70-YEAR CAREER

SPANNED THE GLOBEFritz Leonhardt was just 23 when he came from Germany toPurdue University as a Civil Engineering graduate student in1932. In the U.S., he studied suspension bridges, then two yearslater designed his country’s first such structure.

Honorary Doctoral Degree From PurdueHe went on to oversee construction of hundreds more bridges inGermany, Argentina and Norway—and even one in the UnitedStates, the Pasco Kennewick Bridge in the state of Washington,built in 1978.He founded Leonhardt, Andra und Partner in Stuttgart; was aprofessor at Stuttgart University; and published more than 300papers and a dozen books, including Bridge Aesthetics & Design.In 1980, he received an honorary doctoral degree from PurdueUniversity’s Schools of Engineering.

Master of BridgesShortly before his death in March 1999, at the age of 90, Dr.Leonhardt was interviewed by Helena Russell, who dubbed him“master of bridges” in an article in Bridge Design & Engineering,United Kingdom, 1999. She wrote:“He had already founded an office in Munich in 1939, and in1945 the practice moved to Stuttgart and a partnership was setup with Wolfhart Andra and Willi Bauer. The company has beensolely a structural engineering practice ever since — now withfour offices and some 170 staff working on bridge design andstructural engineering projects around the world.”Russell listed these Leonhardt achievements, among numerousothers, in her article:* The Koln-Deutz bridge over the Rhine, completed in

1948—the first really slender large-span hollow box beam,with a span of 185 m and a slenderness ration l/d of 56.

* The Knie Bridge, which held the world-record main spanof 320m at its 1969 completion.

* Credit for being one of the first engineers to exploit thepotential of the modern cable-stayed bridge.

* Development of the incremental launching method ofconstruction.

In the interview, Dr. Leonhardt told Russell, “Bridge buildingcan grow into a passion that never loses its freshness andstimulus throughout a man’s life.”

Dr. Fritz Leonhardt

Warren Frosch (left), winner of theDrew Brees autographed football helmet

with Stuart Jones.

Professor Chad Jafvert preparinganother delicious omlete.

A hungry crowdof 230 alumni,friends,andfaculty show upfor breakfast.

Plan now to attend the upcoming April 21, 2001 CIVIL ENGINEERING GALA WEEKEND BREAKFAST! (seethe “Calendar of Events” ) It promises to be just as exciting and will include Coach Gene Keady as special guests

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ENGINEERING, THE PEACE CORPS, ANDA SHINY NEW THEODOLITEBy Timothy J. Thompson, BSCE, 1997

I spent a lot of time at Purdue contemplating the idealisticapplications of engineering in development. For this I have noregrets (the extended daydreaming sessions brought me to the

Peace Corps). However, I do wish that I had invested similaramounts of time in mastering some fundamental technical skillsthat could have put more of my ideals to practice in the last twoyears. Although I was not invited to do engineering, my currentwork-load is dominated by it. And while I remember the PeaceCorps recruiter in Chicago telling me that engineering work wasn’tamong the available volunteer opportunities at the time, I nowunderstand that the opportunity to put an engineering education touse in the Peace Corps or any similar program is a daily reality.

Roughly three weeks prior to graduating from Purdue inDecember of 1997, I accepted an invitation to join the Peace Corpsin Panama to work in an environmental education program. Afterthree months of training, I was sent to an agricultural high school inthe province of Bocas del Toro in June of 1998. Besides givingclasses and studying Spanish and a local indigenous language, Ispent my first year helping students with science and math, andhelping the Ministry of Health with a couple of aqueduct studies.

In January of 1999 my town’s drinking water pump stoppedbecause of a minor electrical problem and I was clueless. That samemonth the school tractor had mechanical problems and I was onceagain void of the type of practical knowledge that make people likeMacGyver so helpful.

My technical opportunity to shine finally materialized a fewmonths later. As I calmly made my way down the hallway, anagriculture teacher alerted me to the arrival of a seemingly randomdonation from the Government of Spain: surveying equipment. Ihappened to be the only person on the scene with any knowledgeof surveying (CE 200) and so was asked to teach some twelfthgrade students the basics of topography. In September, a naturalresources teacher and I began to design a community serviceproject for the 2000 school year for which we would teach thetwelfth grade class surveying with the objective of titling land. Themunicipal drafter from a nearby city provided us with lessons infree-hand drawing (AutoCAD hasn’t caught on yet) and we madeinitial contact with the provincial office of Agrarian Reform.

Prior to the Peace Corps, I knew little about property rights andless about their historical influence upon social, economic, and evenenvironmental evolution around the world. According to Peruvianeconomist Hernando de Soto, roughly 4 billion poor people in¨under-developed” and former communist nations hold, but don’tlegally own, real estate worth $9.3 trillion, a figure equivalent to 46times the amount of all World Bank loans made over the past threedecades. A land title not only facilitates economically-just land

transactions, but can also serve as collateral for bank loans to start-up small-scale agriculture and business projects.

Of course, the land titling process in Panama and elsewhererequires more than surveying and a plan. But apart from bureau-cracy, the costs associated with the technical work are the greatestreason why people don’t have titles. To measure between 1 and 10hectares (~2.5-25 acres) of land, a local surveyor will charge around$300. The average monthly income is roughly $200, and even lessfor unemployed campesinos (peasants). Unfortunately, our time,salaries, and the limited endurance of a Sokkia DT5A electronictheodolite won’t allow us to unleash the full potential of those $9.3trillion. However, the project is slowly moving, and if the teacher Iwork with stays at the school (as he intends to), the project couldhave a significant local impact over the long term.

Besides surveying, two months ago I helped install a rainwaterharvesting system for a community school, and I also recentlystarted a public opinion survey for the district (population: 70,000)authorities to determine the social and technical severity of theirtrash problem. All of these projects require a certain amount ofenvironmental education, and all represent opportunities to doengineering. I now look to return home in December and topossibly pursue a PE License. My experiences here have beenrewarding, but beyond this, I now have valuable insight into boththe promises and limitations of engineering in promoting socialprogress throughout the world.

(Editors Note: You can send comments or questions to Tim at his emailaddress: timthompson80@hotmail.com)

Alumnus Tim Thompson (far right) teachingtopography to students in Panama.

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FiftiesRichard O. Albright (BSCE ’51, MSCE ’54)Carmel, INIndiana Civil Engineer of the Year

Richard O. Albright, Fellow and Life Memberof American Society of Civil Engineers wasnamed ASCE’s Indiana Outstanding CivilEngineer at the evening banquet during theSection’s AnnualMeeting on April11, 2000.Albright receivedan impressiveplaque and wasintroduced toAwards ChairMike Wenningof Indianapolis.Dick Albright hasserved theengineeringprofession inboth the public and the private sectors forover 49 years. He was the President ofPurdue Student Chapter, 1950-1951 andwas recognized as one of the three out-standing students during his senior year bythe Indiana Section of ASCE. He has servedASCE in many capacities and is still active inASCE.

Dick obtained a BSCE from PurdueUniversity in 1951 and MSCE in 1954. Hisprofessional career began in 1951 with theUS Army, Corps of Engineers with which heserved in the US and Korea until 1953. Hisengineering professional experience includesseveral firms starting in 1959 through 1989.In 1999 to present Dick now has his ownprivate practice

Samuel L. Triece, (BSCE ’57)Livingston, TX-Samuel recently moved to anew address in Livingston, TX . Samuelretired January 1, 1993 from Ford MotorCompany, Engineering in Dearborn, MI.

John G. Van Sickle, (BSCE’59)Hamilton, OH-John is President of CritoriumHough Van Sickle Engineers in Hamilton,Ohio. He is a member of the LegislativeAffairs Committee Consulting EngineersCouncil of Ohio. He is also a member ofCECC, CECO and ACEC.

SixtiesDonald R. Cook (BSCE’63)Milltown, IN-Congratulations to Donald onhis retirement! Donald recently retired fromLGE Energy, Inc.

Robert A. Sayle (BSCE ’66, MS)Hillsborough, CAVice-President of Business DevelopmentOperations, JetForm Corporation

JetForm Corporation announced RobertSayle as Vice-President of Business Develop-ment Operations, North American SolutionsGroup, August 2, 2000. JetForm Corpora-tion makes Web-based software solutionsthat automate business processes andtransform them into “e-processes.” Withoperations in 11 countries, and a globalnetwork of partners, JetForm is uniquelypositioned to address the needs to interna-tional business.

Robert Sayle brings an impressive 30 yearsof broad-based business experience to hisnew position and will be responsible forJetForm’s operational engagements withpartners and system integrators. He holds aBachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineer-ing from Purdue University and a Masters ofBusiness Administration from IndianaUniversity. His extensive career began withnine years at Arthur Andersen & Co. wherehe specialized in working with clients in themanufacturing and distribution industries.From there he was co-founder of GatewaySystems, a consulting company based inSan Francisco, specializing in the develop-ment and implementation of projectmanagement systems for the utility indus-try; to Vice-President of Sales & Marketingat Target Computer Rentals, along withvarious management positions at ROLM/IBM Corporation in California. Sayle playedinstrumental roles as Director and Vice-President in JetForm’s services organizationsince the acquisition in January 1998 ofWorkFlow Partners, a company specializingin the automation of business processes.

For more information on the JetFormCorporation check out www.jetform.com.

ThirtiesFloyd R. Moore, (BSCE ’35)Coronado, CA-Floyd retired in 1988 fromhis position as Engineering Consultant forthe City of Coronado.

FortiesW.G. “Jack” Irmscher (BSCE’43)Amelia Island, FL-Mr. Irmscher is a retiredCEO in the cement industry. Presently he isa board member of the United States Line &Minerals Corp, Dallas, TX; board memberfor N.Viro International, Toledo, OH; and anadvisory board member of U.S. ConcreteCorporation in Houston, TX.

Donald R. Hanson (BSCE’48)Charlottesville, VA-Mr. Hanson is retiredfrom the Center for Human Settlements,United Nations, in New York. He completeda book “Four Worlds or One”, based onfour years in the U.S. State Department and28 years in the United Nations, involving 82nations in the developing third world.

Paul Parks (BSCE ’49)Mattapan, Massachusetts-We are pleased torecognize Paul for his B’nai B’rith RaoulWallenberg Loge award received October22, 2000 in Berlin, Germany. This prominentaward is for helping to free prisoners of theNazis. The award is named for RaoulWallenberg, who saved thousands of Jewsin Budapest, Hungary in 1944. Paul Parkswas an engineering student at PurdueUniversity when he was drafted in 1942.One of the few black students to beadmitted to a major university. Paul ispresently the President of Paul Parks &Associates, Inc. in Mattapan, MA.

Richard O. Albright

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Edwin Klobovcnik (BSCE ’80)San Angelo, TX-Edwin retired after 20 yearsof service in the U.S. Air Force as a CivilEngineering Officer. He started a newposition in July as traffic operations engineerwith the Texas Department of Transportation,San Angelo District. He has been registeredas a Professional Engineer in Texas since 1993.

Debra S. Wright (BSCE ’82)Elkhart, IN-Congratulations to Debra in hernew position as traffic engineer for the cityof Elkhart, Indiana.

Bradley E. Brink, (BSCE ’83)Mokena, IL-Bradley is now the President ofBrink Engineering, Ltd. which is located in asouthwest suburb of Chicago. They provideprofessional civil engineering services forthe private sector, public institutions, andlocal agencies in Illinois, Indiana, andMichigan. Congratulations to Bradley!

Dr. Andrea Rinaldo (Ph.D. ’83)Dr. Andrea Rinaldo, Ph.D. 1983, did hisgraduate work at Purdue’s School of CivilEngineering (Hydraulic Engineering), washonored by the American GeophysicalUnion at their fall meeting. Dr. Rinaldo,now a professor at the University of Padova,Italy, was the recipient of the 1999 ResearchAward presented by the Hydrology sectionof the AGU. He was recognized for hispioneering and innovative research contri-butions in: (1) numerical modeling of solutetransport in heterogeneous porous forma-tions; and (2) geomorphologic characteriza-tion of river networks. In his acceptancespeech, Dr. Rinaldo mentioned his outstand-ing graduate education at Purdue andacknowledged his mentors there, includinglate Professor Aldo Giorgini (taught from1967 to1994).

Mark A. Wiegman, PE (BSCME ’86)Cincinnati, OH-Congratulations to Mark!Mark was named Vice President of Opera-tions of Warm Brothers Construction Co.,Florence Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Dr. Andrew Hashimoto (BSCE ’66, MSCE’68)Honolulu, HI-Dr. Hashimoto was recentlybeen appointed Dean of the College ofRopical Agriculture and Human Resourcesby the University of Hawaii Board ofRegents. He is currently Vice Provost foracademic affairs, and professor ofbioresource engineering, at Oregon StateUniversity. He will begin his new post onOctober 2, 2000. Dr. Hashimoto is a 1962graduate of Punahou School. He receivedhis bachelor’s and master’s degrees atPurdue University before earning his PhD atCornell University.

SeventiesRobert A. Drag (BSCE ’71)Crown Point, IN-Robert has a new positionwith Union Tank Car Company as plantmanager. Congratulations Robert in yournew position!

Chuck Knotts (BSCE ’72, MSCE ’73)Brandon, FL-HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHUCKfrom your family and friends. Chuckcelebrated his 50th birthday on October25th. If you would like to send a birthdaywish his home address is 638 Pine ForestDrive, Brandon, FL 33511.

Edgar L. Tohill, (MSCE ’74)Alton, IL-We wish Edgar the best with hismove to Alton, IL. Edgar is retired from theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers. His lastpositions held were 1994-1995 DeputyDistrict Engineer for Program & ProjectManagement, Far East District in Seoul,Korea; 1984-1994 Chief of ConstructionDivision, Far East District in Seoul, Korea.

EightiesLarry Harder (BSCE ’80)Reston, VA-Congratulations to Larry on hispromotion! Larry was just promoted to VicePresident, Director of Development forCostco Wholesale, Sterling, VA.

NinetiesAndrew Cigolle, (BSCE ’92, MSCE ’93)Sunnyvale, CA-We wish Andrew the best inhis new position at Network Appliance! Heis the new Finance Manager in Engineering.

Charlie Mergentime, (HDR ’93, BSCE ’53)Lebanon, NJ-Congratulations to Charlie! Hewas elected the founding president of thenewly-formed Construction Institute ofASCE at the ASCE meeting in Wilmington,Deleware.

Jeffrey Sriver, (BSCE ’93)Chicago, IL-Welcome Back to the U.S.,Jeffrey! Jeffrey recently moved to Chicago,IL. In April, Jeffrey returned to the U.S. aftermore than three years of work in Japan as aTransport Planner for the Tokyo-basedconsulting firm, PADECO Co. Ltd. Hecurrently has a new position as Manager ofResource Planning for the Chicago TransitAuthority. They are one of the nation’ssecond-largest public transit agency. CTA’shas 11,000 employees, more than 1.5 millioncustomers each day on 1,900 buses andseven urban rail lines. His new responsibili-ties include developing mid-term resourceallocation plans for CTA’s bus and rail fleets,projecting future labor needs and analyzinglong-term service expansion opportunities.

Wei Chu (Ph.D. ’94)Hong Kong-Dr. Chu is an associate profes-sor in the Department of Civil and StructuralEngineering at the Hong Kong PolytechnicUniversity.

Jennifer Ingall Jones (BSCE ’94)Palatine, IL-Congratulations to Jennifer!Jennifer has a new daughter named SarahElizabeth Jones born February 10, 1999.

Shannon Jaeger (BSCE ’94)Fairfield, OH-Shannon just recently movedto Fairfield, OH. We wish her the best in hernew position at R.D. Zande & AssociatesInc. located in Cincinnati, OH, as a DesignEngineer.

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IN MEMORIUM1930’s

Robert K. Cameron, BSCE ’35, Painesville, OHWilliam E. Collins, BSCE ’30, Longmont, CO

Glen D. Cross, BSCE ’38, Burbank, OHJames A. Erskine, BSCE ’35, Mobile, AL

John S. Gregory, BSCE ’31, Oceanside, CAJames R. McAdams, BSCE ’35, Lac Du Flambeau, WI

Harry S. Ross, BSCE ’32, Louisville, KYRobert C. Turnbell, BSCE ’37, Fort Wayne, IN

Constantin B. Voldrich, BSCE ’31, Columbus, OH

1940’sWilbur D. Klepinger, BSCE ’48, Belleville, NE

Edwin L. Molzahn, BSCE ’40, LaGrange Park, ILJustin A. Seiler, BSCE ’49, Mansfield, OH

Harold Taber, BSCE ’48, Memphis, TNCharles M. Weis, BSCE ’42, Anderson, IN

1950’sDonald A. Bettge, BSCE ’50, Lorton, VA

Getendra M. Das, BSCE ’58, Calcvita, IndiaHoward L. Gallop, BSCE ’54, Cornwall, PA

Roland B. Givens, BSCE ’50, Deerfield Beach, FLDavid W. Hawkins, BSCE ’59, Pointe Verra Beach, FL

Charles Hurych, Jr., BSCE ’51, Algonquin, ILJohn W. Judge, BSCE ’51, Kettering, OH

Joseph P. Kaminski, BSCE ’50, Munster, INCecil B. Lay, BSCE ’50, Knoxville, TN

Harold E. Rein, BSCE ’50, New York, NYRobert C. Warner, BSCE ’51, Pittsburgh, PA

1960’sRichard L. Elliott, BSCE ’60, Mason, OH

Herbert J. Miller, Jr., BSCE ’69, Gilbert, AZWilliam R. Stover, BSCE ’65, Decatur, GA

James T. Wang, PhD ’61, Atlanta, GA

1970’sRobert J. Kroll, BSCE ’79, Houston, TX

1980’sDavid C. Seagren, BSCE ’82 MSCE ’83, Long Beach CA

FriendsHenry W. Bremer, Saginaw, MIGarald D. Gill, Frankfort, IN

M. L. Kaiser, Quincy, ILEarl A. Roth, Birmingham, ALLee T. Whetzell, LaPorte, IN

Susan D. Reed (BSCE ’95)St. Joe, Indiana— Congratulations to Susanfor receiving the Daniel V. Terrell Awardearlier this spring at the ASCE District 9Council Mπeeting in Evansville, Indiana. Theaward was given to Susan for her paperaddressing this year’s topic on the ethics ofengineers sealing project drawings. Susan’smain interests have been in structures,construction and geotechnical engineering.She spent three years working for the city ofAkron, Ohio as a civil engineer. She is currentlyworking as a design engineer with Vulcraft,a division of Nucor, in St. Joe, Indiana.

Bryan Smith (BSCE ’95)Schwenksville, PA-Bryan is a projectengineer for the Civil Engineering/HighwayDivision of URS Corporation in King ofPrussia, PA.

Daniel W. Smith, (BSCE ’95)Columbus, OH-Daniel recently moved toColumbus, OH and has taken a newposition. He has currently joined Jones-Stuckey Ltd., Inc. as a project engineer. Wewish you the best in your new position.

Deborah Van Daele, (BSCE ’95)Ann Arbor, MI-Deborah recently moved toAnn Arbor, MI. She is an EnvironmentalEngineer at General Motors, Powertrain M/C.Best wishes to Deborah with her new move.

Eric Rysdon, (BSCE ’95)Charlotte, NC-Congratulations to Eric andLaura Rysdon on the birth of their first childFebruary 21, 2000. Eric works at Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. as an analyst.

Frank G. Truong, (MSE’96)New York, NY- Welcome back to New YorkFrank. He is currently an associate in theInvestment Banking Division at SolomonSmith Barney Inc. Frank finished his MBA atUniversity of Chicago in June 1999. Heworked in London for six months and justreturned to New York June 2000. He hasbeen covering Chemicals Industry sinceSeptember 1999 and is responsible for M&AAdvisory, debt and equity underwriting forglobal client base.

Shane Farr, (BSCE ’97)Mundelein, IL-Congratulations to Shane andEmily on their recent marriage! Shane andEmily Brewer (BS’99) have recently movedto Mundelein, IL. He is a project engineer atSTS Consultants, LTD.

Erica Prestrod, (BSCE ’99)Louisville, KY-We wish Erica the best withher recent move to Louisville, KY. She hasaccepted a new position as AssistantEngineer with Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade& Douglas.

Two ThousandAndrew H. Doane, (BSCE ’00)Chicago, IL-Andrew recently moved toChicago, IL and has a new position as aproject engineer at Fisher and HorosStructural Engineers. We wish you the bestwith your new position.

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Earl & Elizabeth PrechtelDavid & Patricia ProbstRichard PruittNorman & Anita Pumphrey, Jr.Scott & Susan PutnamGregory QuebeBrian QuinlanCarol & Brian QuinnDonald QuistOlin & Donna RabyManuel & Joan RaffoDavid & Winifred RampeRichard RamponeRonald & Blanca RardinJoseph & Nancy RascheAndrew RawlinsWilliam & Cheryll Read, IIKevin & Anne RearickRobert & Marilyn RedmanEric & Nancy RegelinGil & Helen RehmRobert ReicheRobert & Lynda ReidPeter & Terry ReigertJohn & Barbara ReihlEric & Virginia ReinerPaul RentnerDavid & Carol RhinardStephen & Karen RicksJay RidensLorie RieckersTerry RinehartGregory RiolaDavid RippleKathleen & Kristen RisaDaniel & Constance RitterskampCharles & Norma RitzlerGene & Lou Ann RizerMichael & Mary RobsonRonald & Judith RodkeyCarl & Marjorie RohdeDwayne & Helen RollagGlenn RomingRobert RossAlfred & Angelica Rossi, Sr.Ben & Janet RothJames & Joan RothelRobert & Carlene RouseChristopher & Dawn RousseyNorman & Judith RoweMax RowlandBetty RoxboroughRonald & Norma RudeEdwin & Maureen RugensteinLeo & Judith RumschlagJoseph & Sharon RussellFrederick Rhyner & Sally NevinDale & Beth RyanJohn & Elvira RyanRobert RydellEric & Laura RysdonTimothy & Margaret RytlewskiMichael & Melissa SalmonIrwin SaltzAlan & Nancy SandersonJean & Frank SangiorgioDario & Sara SantanaPaul & Amy SatterlyRobert & Robin ScaerCraig & Rose SchaeferPhillip SchaefferJames & Flora SchafenackerDennis SchickFrank & Mary SchiltJohn & Carol SchmidtLeroy SchmidtPaul & Donna SchmidtDeven & Lucy SchmittJeremy SchmittJohn & Glenda SchneiderThomas Schnetzer, IIGeorge SchoeneRick Schroder

Romayne & Joy SchroderBarry SchuelerDaniel & Susan SchullerDavid SchulmanLawrence & Carol SchulmanPaul SchulzRobert SchusterJames ScottStephen & Debrah SeaboyerL.R. & Skeek SecrestFrederick & Anne Seeger, Jr.Leon & Jerilynn SeibelJustin SeilerEphraim & Nahu SenbettaKim & Magali SermersheimRichard SesnyAchyut & Shashikala SetlurPatrick & Jane SettleArthur & Eva ShakCarl & Jennifer ShangrawRobert ShanklandVernon ShanklinJoseph & Sherry SharpMaurice & Sharon SharpThomas & Janet SharpWesley & Kathryn ShawRichard & Ruth SheaDennis & Treva SheetsRonald & Patricia ShefflerBradford ShillingBarton & Marta ShivelyDaniel & Mary ShoopRichard & Elizabeth ShoupeJoan ShowersGordon & Franceen ShunkDonald & Jane ShurigGary & Suzanne SidersScott SieboldtDavid & Virginia SigalWilliam SigmanFernando & Rosa GalvezCarlyle & Louan SimsHeung-Gweon & Mihee Ji SinScott & Lisa SipesMax Sittenfeld Appel & AdrianaSuarez UrhanJames SlambrookRobert SlinkerJason SluzasDavid & Pamela SminchakDon & Dorothy SmithGary & Desma SmithKeith SmithMelvin & Peggy SmithMurray & Mary SmithStephen & Janet SmithWilliam & Janet SmithGeorge & Beth SnyderElizabeth & James SolbergRobert & Elizabeth SolowKurt & Anne SommerRonald & Kathleen SonntagGeorge & Iris SosciaDouglas & Patricia SpauldingMark & Rita SpearsJohn SpiessAthanasius SpiridisKaren Springer & Jon FrickerRoger & Betty St. GermainJoseph & Paula StallsmithJohn & Geraldine StammWilliam & Cynthia StamperStephen & Susan StanichAlan & Donnabelle StanleyGeorge & Veronica StanleyJeffrey & Terri StapletonJanna Stathyelich & Scott YelichJames & Jeanne SteeleRonald & Mary SteeleIrma SteinhausJack & Virginia StephensMark & Mona SternRobert Stevenson

Bradley & Lori StewartDean & Melissa StewartErnest & Donna StoopsLarry & Lois StoverVergil & Mary StoverKenneth & Doris StreeterElliott SturgeonJohn SuardiNathan SublerDennis & Sheila SullivanMarlin & Karla SumnerHsiao-Lan SunMichael SusongWalter & Joan SwansonThomas Swantko & Kathlyn GailJames & Mary Sweet, Jr.Donald & Mary SwingVincent TaborPeter TalaricoRichard & Marsha TaliaferroJo TarrhCarol TasilloStephen & Kathleen TatroCharles & Lucile TaylorHarold & Joan TaylorJohn & Marie TellmanMary TellmanJohn Tesner, Jr.Jerome & Cindy Thinnes, Jr.Mark ThomasAndrew ThompsonBethany & John ThompsonDwigh t & Deanna ThompsonRaymond & Joanna ThompsonSidney ThompsonPatricia & Bernard TobergteJulius & Margaret ToenniessenFujio TomitaHisao & Jennie TomitaRobert & Nancy TomlinsonMark TomsyckMiller & Dolores TonkelMatthew & Nancy TravisTheodore TreadwayCarlton Trimble, Jr.Nicholas TsongosJames & Susan TullyDonald & Tina TurnerRobert & Janis TurnerCarl & Barbara TuttleDavid & Donna UckotterRodney & Sharon UrbanoKent & Joan VailEdward VanaTerrance & Teresa VandereykDirk & Tammy VanZylDaniel & Nina VictorDavid & Mary VidimosLouis & Joan ViolantiJoseph VisalliCharles & Mary Ann VoylesFrank & Jacqueline Vukovits, Sr.Anthony & Linda WachinskiNathan Waggner & AmySwartzentruberJeffrey Walker & Carey BeckerRichard & Alice WalkerThomas & Jane WalkerTina & Barry WalkerJohn & Caro l WalshC. M. WaltonRudy & Marguerite WalzYuting Pei & Dong WangCurtis & Jan WardDennis & Nancy WarrenHarold & Ruth WarrenWilliam & Susan WatersLeith & Theresa Watkins, IIIRonald WattMichael & Ione WeaverCarl & Verona WebbRobert Webb

T o give away moneyis an easy matter, and

in any man’s power. But to decideto whom to give it, and how largeand when, and for what purposeand how, is neither in every man’spower - nor an easy matter.Hence it is that such excellence israre, praiseworthy, and noble.”

-Aristotle

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Paul & Catherine WedelDennis & Sidney WeeterGary & Anne WeidmanRichard & Shannon WeigandJames & Barbara WeinheimerStephen & Joyce WeintrautJonathan & Brandy WeissJohnny & Rose WellsFrank & Jeanne WellwertsChristopher & Paige WenaasDennis & Sally WermcrantzKevin & Lois WesterveltMichael & Robin WesthaferTodd WhaleyRobert & Phyllis WheelerStephen & Pamela WhitcombDaniel & Marla WhiteDavid & Annette White, Jr.Margaret & James WhiteheadNicholas & Laura Whitney, Jr.Kenneth & Rita WichorekStacey WiegandCharles & Patricia Wiegman, Jr.Robert & Janet WieseThomas & Judith WieseWayne & Mary WildenradtLawrence & Kathleen WilderPaul & Debra Wilkinson, Jr.Max WilliamsStephen & Constance WilliamsGeorge Williams, Jr.Dirk & Elizabeth Willms

Civil EngineeringTELEFUND

(formerly the Phon-A-Thon)

January 17 - 24, 2001Enthusiastic Purdue students will be calling selected

alumni from Civil Engineering during the week ofJanuary 17 to 24. They want to personally share with

you some of the great things happening in yourSchool in order to help raise needed funds. Thanks toalumni like you, CE broke an all time record last year

in raising over $93,000 through the TELEFUND. Inaddition, last year’s average pledge per alumni was

$90. Let’s set a new record this year!

When a student calls you on behalf of CivilEngineering take your time and enjoy your

conversation with them. And remember,your gift to the TELEFUND is used to help improve

many things within the School (i.e. laboratoryequipment, computers, scholarships). Thanks for

your help and please give generously!

Say “Yes” to the student caller when you hear,“Hello, I’m calling from Purdue University on

behalf of the School of Civil Engineering.”

Dale & Cathlyn WillsStephen & Ann WillsJames & Anne WilsonJared & Jean WilsonKevin & Margaret WilsonJohn & Melanie WinstanleyVirginia WinterAlan & Susan WisemanWilliam & Mary WitzellCharles & May WizaWilliam WolfJack & Mary WolfeThomas & Kathleen WolffAlbert & Marlene WollmannJoseph WoodAnn & Kenneth WoodhullWilliam & Mary-Frances WorkDebra WrightJerome & Vesper WrightNancy & David WrightJonathan & Mary WuDavid & Kelly YangJoseph & Kee Lam YauSteven YeatsJi Yeh & Xie YingCharles & Odiene YokochiJeffrey & Sheila YurasovichRichard & Anne-Marie ZielinskiHerbert & Maxine Zinsmeister, Jr.Robert & Janet ZolcakRoberta & Howard Zuvers

Cristine Klika, BSCE ’78,INDOT Commissioner,

Richard Schwartz, Dean Schools of Engineering,

and Daniel Halpin,Professor and

CE Interim Head.

Much to choosefrom at the luncheonfor the HaroldMichael’sLab Dedication.

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Abbott Laboratories•

American Society ofCivil Engineering

•BP Amoco

Foundation Inc.•

Carlin Engineering•

Carrier Corporation•

CE Solutions,Incorporated

•CH2M HillFoundation

•Charles W Hoppe Inc

•Christopher B. Burke

Eng. Ltd•

Civil Designs PC•

County Surveyor’sAssoc./IN

•Douglas A. McComb

Inc.•

DW Squared Inc.•

E & S Bechtel Jr Fdn•

Engineering Mfg.Services Co.

•Engineering

Resources Inc.•

Ernest K. Hirata& Associates

•Exxon MobilCorporation

•Fidelity

Invest. Char. Fund•

Florence McKee Trust•

Fluor Foundation•

Force ConstructionCompany

•Geosurv Inc.

•Glennenn Farm

•Grabill Cabinet

Company•

Hamilton HunterBuilders

•Indiana Society of

Prof. Land Surveyors•

Innovative Design•

Institute of Trans.Engrs.

•Intel Corporation

•J.S. Sweet

Company Inc.•

James P. MorfordIncorporated

•

John F. W. Koch& Assoc. Inc.

•Lafayette Rotary Club

•Lima Cement Products

Inc.•

M. L. Kavvasand Associates

•Maple Point

Foundation Inc.•

MilestoneConstruction Inc.

•Milestone

Contractors L P•

New York BlowerCompany

•Occidental Petroleum

Corp.•

Ottenweller CompanyInc•

Parsons BrinckerhoffGrp Adm

•Paul I. Cripe

Char. Fdn. Inc.•

Paul I. CripeIncorporated

•Perry MeridianMiddle School

•Perry TownshipAdministrators

•

Plastic Processors Inc•

Powder CoatingInstitute

•Precast/Prestressed

Concrete•

Purdue UniversityStudent Org

•RaineybrookRealty Corp.

•Reliance Electric

•Roger Ward

Engineering, Inc.•

Rudolph & Sletten Inc.•

Sherwin WilliamsCompany

•Sloane Development

•Smith & Dowling

•Stone Engineering

•Sverdrup Civil

•T.C. Engineering

Company•

Terrel Research•

TJW Survey•

UOP LLC•

1999/2000 Corporate/Foundations Donations to Civil Engineering

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Alcoa Foundation•

American ExpressFoundation

•Ameritech Foundation

•BP Amoco Foundation

Inc.•

Archer-Daniels-MidlandFoundation

•AT&T Foundation

•Bechtel Foundation

•Bristol-Myers Squibb

Foundation Inc•

Butler ManufacturingCo. Foundation

•Caterpillar Foundation

•DaimlerChrysler Fund

•Chubb & Son Inc.

•CIGNA Foundation

•Dow Chemical Co.

Foundation•

Eaton Charitable Fund•

Eli Lilly and Co. Fdn.•

Exxon MobilFoundation

•Ford Motor Company

Fund•

GE Fund•

Glaxo Wellcome Inc.•

HalliburtonFoundation Inc.

•Hewlett-Packard

Company•

IWC ResourcesCorporation

•Marsh & McLennan

Co. Inc.•

3M Foundation Inc.•

ExxonMobil MGP•

Motorola Foundation•

Philips Elec NorthAmer Corp

•American Electric

Power•

Penn. Power & LightCompany

•Philip Morris

Companies Inc.•

Phillips PetroleumCompany

•PPG Industries Fdn.

•Ralston Purina

Trust Fund•

TRW Foundation•

Turner Construction

Company•

Union PacificCorporation

•USX Foundation Inc.

•Wausau Insurance

Companies•

The WilliamsCompanies Inc.

•Wisconsin Energy

Corp Fdn Inc•

General MotorsFoundation Inc.

•Minerals Technologies

Inc.•

First Indiana Bank•

Edison International•

Radian International•

Morrison KnudsenCorp. Foundation

•IBM International

Foundation•

ScheinPharmaceutical Inc.

•Kellogg Corp.

Citizenship Fund•

BellSouthTelecommunications

•CINergy

Foundation Inc.•

ConAgraFoundation Inc.

•Owens-CorningFoundation Inc.

•Andersen Consulting

Foundation•

IPALCO EnterprisesInc.

•PG&E Corporation

•USA Group

•Boeing Gift Matching

Program•

ChevronCorporation/MGP

•Fluor Foundation

•Raytheon Charitable

Gift Fund•

GoodYear Tire& Rubber Co

•Chicago Bridge & Iron

Company•

Columbia EnergyGroup

•Shell Oil Company

Foundation•

Matching Corporations Contributingto Civil Engineering

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FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

SUCH EXCELLENCE IS RARE“To give away money is an easy matter, and in any man’s power.But to decideto whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how,is neither in every man’s power - nor an easy matter. Hence it is that suchexcellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.”

- Aristotle

After enjoying lunch recently with alumnus Al Oak of Indianapolis,he shared about he and his wife Shari’s intent to give a gift to theCivil Engineering’s campaign to build a High-Performance, Large-Scale Laboratory. “The folks at Civil are like family!” Al said. “Myheart belongs to Purdue.”

“Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.”I telephoned Jim and Beatriz Houmard, from Akron, Ohio, a

while back to thank them for a recent gift they had made to CivilEngineering. I left a telephone message of appreciation and acouple days later received an email message in which Jim wrote:“Our recent contribution is in appreciation of the fine educationprovided by the Civil Engineering School. This enabled me to enjoya most interesting career...the great education I received is thanksenough!”

“Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.”Another of our alumni, Vern Casteel, who lives and works in

South Bend, Indiana with his wife Marti, also recently made a giftto the High-Performance, Large-Scale Laboratory campaign. WhenVern told me of his decision to give an early leadership gift he said,“I would not be where I am today in my business if it were not forPurdue Civil Engineering. I owe them so much!”

“Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.”Jim Wurster, from Indianapolis feels very much the same way as

Vern. He and his wife Sarajane are also giving a leadership gift tothe new Lab campaign. When Vince Drnevich and I met with himat his office he said, “It’s time I gave something back to Purduebecause of all they have given me in my career.”

“Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.”

I wish I could share with you all the stories about all the alumniwho give their gifts out of devotion and love for the School so thatno one would feel left out. But you know who you are! And yourSchool knows who you are! And if your name is on our “Honor”list in this issue, then your extended Civil Engineering family knowswho you are too!

On behalf of the entire School of Civil Engineering and itsthousands of alumni, I again want to say “Thank You” for the giftsyou give. This issue of TRANSITIONS lists all alumni, like you, whoover the last year have displayed such rare excellence. We recog-nize you because what you have done in support of Civil Engineer-ing in the past, and for what you will continue to do in the future. Iecho the words of Aristotle, “such excellence is rare, praiseworthy,and noble.”

In appreciation,

Stuart D. JonesDirector of Development and Alumni Relations

Stuart Jones, Shari Oak and Al Oak enjoy a round together at the CE Open

Some alumni and friends of the School are moved to contribute gifts inmemory of a loved one. Such is the case of Dorothy Goldberg anddaughter Jane Goldberg. In honor of the significant work of CivilEngineering faculty member John (Jack) E. Goldberg in teaching andresearch, Dorothy and Jane have sought to honor the contributions oftheir late husband/father with the School's first million dollar gift towardthe construction of the High-Performance, Large-Scale Laboratory.

"Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble."

CALENDAR OF EVENTSC I V I L E N G I N E E R I N G

Transitions is published semiannually for alumni, faculty and staff, parents, and friends of the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. Send comments, news, and addresschanges to: Transitions Editor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1284 Civil Engineering Building, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1284 or e-mail: cenews@ecn.purdue.edu

http://ce.ecn.purdue.edu/CECIVIL

ENGINEERINGP U R D U EUNIVERSITY

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PAIDPurdue University

Commencement ReceptionDecember 17, 2000

Immediately following graduation.Civil Engineering Building main foyer.

All graduating CE students, family and friends are invited.

Illinois CE Alumni ReceptionJanuary 6, 2001, 11:00 a.m.

Illinois Alumni Reception at Carmen’s Pizzeria inEvanston, Illinois

2:00 p.m. Purdue vs. Northwestern Basketball Game atNorthwestern Univ. in Evanston

For more information or to make reservations,contact Thomas Burke at:

847-823-0500 or at: tburke@cbbel.com

CE Alumni ReceptionIn conjunction with the

Transportation Research Board in Washington, DCJanuary 7, 2001

5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel,Washingon, D.C.

All Purdue CE alumni and friends are invited to attend.

CE Alumni Achievement AwardsMarch 8, 2001

6:00 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom

CE Advisory CouncilMarch 9, 2001Civil Engineering Building

87th Purdue Road SchoolMarch 20-21, 2001Purdue University in Stewart Center.

Gala Week/CE BreakfastApril 21, 20018:00 a.m. Breakfast in Civil Engineering Building, room G150,prepared by our “world famous”faculty fhefs.All Purdue CE alumni and friends are invited to attend.special Guest: Gene Keady

Commencement ReceptionMay 11, 2001Immediately following graduation.North Patio of Civil Engineering Building.All graduating CE students, family and friends are invited.

Annual CE Golf and Tennis Open and PicnicJune 8, 2001At the West Lafayette Elks Country Club.All Purdue CE alumni and friends are invited to attend.2:00 p.m. Registration1:00 p.m. Golf and Tennis Tournament5:30 p.m. Catered Picnic