Tech Topics - Fall 2008 - (Page 40) BURDELL & FRIENDS W. Scott King, ME 02, is an engineer-intraining with Atlanta’s Newcomb & Boyd. Thitima Kongnakorn, PhD IE 04, and Peeranan Towashiraporn, MS CE 98, PhD CE 04, announce the birth of their daughter, Aryn Towashiraporn, on Feb. 21. The family lives in Arlington, Mass. John Mogge, PhD CE 04, has been appointed business development and planning director for CH2M HILL’s Environmental Services Business Group. An experienced program manager, sustainability consultant and architect, Mogge has more than 30 years of experience in successfully managing federal and civil infrastructure programs. Prior to joining the environmental group, Mogge led the firm’s Southeast Transportation Business Group. Jenny Schwerman Molaison, ChE 02, MS ME 04, and her husband, Chris, announce the birth of a son, Jack Reynold, on April 7. Molaison is an engineer at GE Energy. The family lives in Atlanta. Kahlillah Dotson Mosley, M Arch 04, had her work displayed in “2% — Women of Color in Design,” an exhibit hosted by the Boston Architectural College at the American Institute of Architects’ national convention in May. She is a staff architect with Richard Wittschiebe Hand in Atlanta. Jake Rosiek, Mgt 01, and his wife, Cari, announce the birth of a son, Caulin Jacob, on May 15. Rosiek is an intramural sports coordinator in Coastal Carolina University’s department of campus recreation. The family lives in Conway, S.C. Christina Sampanes, IntAML 00, and Marc Westmoreland, ME 97, were married May 3. Sampanes is a position trader at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Westmoreland is a banker at Natixis Real Estate Capital. The couple live in Atlanta. Emily Taylor, IntA 05, and Adam Bever, EE 04, were married March 29. Taylor is a project assistant with the RAND Corp., and Bever recently was promoted to principal systems engineer/technical lead at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. They live in Fairfax, Va. George A. Walters III, ME 07, has joined the firm of Newcomb & Boyd in Atlanta as a plumbing engineer. Cato Walthour III, ME 04, has joined the firm of Newcomb & Boyd in Atlanta as a mechanical engineer. Heather Whaler, PubPol 04, MS PubPol 05, and Jonathan Spillman, Mgt 05, were married May 10. Heather is a senior consultant with BearingPoint, and Jonathan is a senior financial manager with Elavon. The couple live in Decatur, Ga. Kai Chi Wong, EE 06, has joined Atlanta’s Newcomb & Boyd as an engineerin-training. Liuchun Yang, PhD Chem 05, has joined the intellectual property law firm Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione as a scientific adviser. Yang’s practice will focus on the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology arts. Before joining Brinks, she was a project coordinator for SynChem Inc. in Des Plaines, Ill., and worked as a research scientist at Biotium Inc. in Hayward, Calif. She also was a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University in Atlanta. Jennifer Zeitang, BME 07, and Christopher Smith, EE 07, were married June 7. Zeitang serves as a biomedical engineer with USHIFU, a distributor of high-intensity focused ultrasound devices, and Smith works as an engagement manager for Bank of America. The couple live in Charlotte, N.C. Ramblin’ Roll Mark McCord, CE 02, who is a civil engineer, married Stacey Mellema on May 3. The couple live in Atlanta. John W. McGuthry, MS MoT 00, has been promoted to assistant to the president at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga. McGuthry will continue to serve as chief information officer, a post he has held since joining the university in January 2005. ALUMNI ABROAD Nanoscience on a Global Scale By Van Jensen A ndrew Musser, Phys 07, was recently accepted into the Huygens Programme, an elite track for science students at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Musser will work on a master’s degree and continue his research in nanoscience. He began that effort at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, where he was studying biochemistry. “I learned synthetic chemistry in my first week and started creating new molecules,” Musser said of his time in Germany. “It was quite intense but a great experience.” Huygens is considered one of the top programs in which to study nanoscience, Musser said. He still hasn’t decided whether to pursue a doctorate once he completes the program. “In the longer term, I hope to get involved in applications of nanotech in the energy industry,” he said. Musser’s father works as a geophysicist for an oil company in Saudi Arabia. “I’m interested in undoing everything he’s done,” Musser admitted. Living overseas has become the norm for Musser. Over the past two years, he’s split most of his time between Germany, England and Russia, where he had two extended visits. Most recently he lived in Moscow “to practice Russian” and intern for the Angel Coalition, a counterhuman trafficking organization. He’d been fascinated by the country since high school, when he became interested in Russian literature and history. “I was shocked how much Russia changed,” he said of his last visit. “In just the year I’d been gone, you could tell economically they’d moved along significantly. People were living much better.” GARY MEEK Andrew Musser’s studies have taken him around the world. 40 TechTopics | Fall 2008
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.