Spring 2006 - College of Engineering

theTrendSpring-Summer 2006: Volume 56, Issue 1in engineeringIn This IssueWilliam H. FoegeBuilding Dedicated 4Dean’s Message 2News Spotlight 3Winners 5Matthew O’Donnell 6Alumni News 8Creating Futures 10Open House 12A new deanfor Engineering...Page 6

Message from the DeanMoving In, On and UpThe cover and centerspread of thisissue of The Trend report our mostexciting news: After a yearlongnational search, we’re pleased toannounce that the College of Engineeringhas a new dean.Matthew O’Donnell, chair ofthe Biomedical Engineering Departmentat the University of Michigan,will take the college’s top post thisfall. His official start date is Sept. 1.We’re excited to have Matt onboard.He is a distinguished scholar,widely published and at the cuttingedge of his field of biomedical imaging.He is a visionary leader withextensive experience working acrossdisciplines, and colleagues can attestto his engaging personality, candor,and keen professional drive.In short, he is the perfect fit totake UW Engineering to the nextlevel of excellence. You can readmore about Matt on pages 6–7.I also extend special thanks totwo people who helped us attractsuch a high-caliber candidate. LastMani Soma, Acting Deanyear, Frank and Julie Jungers gave$4 million to create the Frank andJulie Jungers Endowed Deanship inEngineering. At the time, Frank saidhe hoped it would help us obtain thevery best leadership available for thejob. It did, Frank — our heartfeltthanks to you and Julie.Other big news is the opening ofa new home for our highly rankedDepartment of Bioengineering.Nobel Peace Prize Laureate andformer President Jimmy Carter wasthe keynote speaker at dedicationceremonies for the William H. FoegeBuilding, which houses Bioengineeringand the Department of GenomeSciences. Microsoft Chairman BillGates, whose foundation donated$60 million toward the structure,also participated in the event. Ourbioengineering faculty now have ahigh-tech facility that is worthy oftheir internationally regarded work.Read more about it on page 4.I would like to brag a bit aboutone of our outstanding facultymembers. The dean’s office recentlylost a talented leader to a highercalling. Mary Lidstrom, our formerassociate dean for new initiatives,is now a vice provost overseeingresearch for the entire university.That the UW turns to Engineeringfor leadership at the university-widelevel says a lot about us.On this page you also will readabout outstanding faculty who havemoved into important administrativeroles at the college.A new dean, supportive friends,a new building, and a lot of talented,innovative, hard-working people.That sounds like an equation forexcellence to me. I invite you to bepart of it. Together, we can ensurethat UW Engineering continues itsrise to international prominence. nDaniel T. Schwartz joinedthe college leadership team asthe associate dean for newinitiatives in November 2005.He also is the Boeing-SutterProfessor of Chemical Engineeringand an adjunct professorof materials science and engineering.His research focuseson electrochemical and microsystemengineerng and electrochemicalmaterials science.Eve Riskin became associatedean for organizationalinfrastructure in October 2005.She is a professor of electricalengineering and also directsthe ADVANCE Center forInstitutional Change, whichseeks to increase participationof women in science, engineering,and mathematics. Herresearch team works on imageand video compression.Carmen Sidbury moved up tothe new position of assistantdean for diversity and studentservices in April 2006. She hadbeen director of this unit since2004. Sidbury formerly was adiversity program manager atthe Georgia Institute of Technology.As a mechanical engineer,she also has worked inthe private sector in high-techresearch and development.Henry M. Levy became chairof the Department of ComputerScience & Engineeringon April 1. A faculty membersince 1983, he also holds theWissner-Slivka Endowed Chairin CSE. He has made significantcontributions to computerarchitecture, operating systems,distributed and parallel computing,and understanding ofInternet and Web use. TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring-Summer 2006

News SpotlightAlex Jen, Acting Chair of Materials Science & EngineeringMSE Snares Big Research GrantsMaterials Science & Engineering has secured close to$18 million in research funding since last spring. Recentgrants to MSE faculty members by high-profile fundingagencies show how fast the department’s star is rising.Research ranges widely from design of electro-opticmaterials, to new spintronics materials and devices, nextgenerationpolymers and composites, nanostructuredand genetically engineered materials, and biomedicalwork. Alex Jen, acting chair and holder of the Boeing-Johnson Endowed Chair in MSE, will lead a new UWinstitute on advanced materials science and technology.Two Program Directors Honoredfor Outstanding Diversity InitiativesCheryl Burgstahler for DO-ITBurgstahler founded and directs the UW’s nationallyacclaimed Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworkingand Technology program administered by the College ofEngineering. She has received the Catalyst Award fromthe Trace Research and Development Center for promotingthe academic success of students with disabilities.Burgstahler also co-directs the new AccessComputingAlliance, a national, NSF-funded effort to bring morestudents with disabilities into the computing field.Eve Riskin for ADVANCERiskin received the first University Change Agent Awardon June 12 from the Women in Engineering Programs &Advocates Network. It recognizes her efforts to improvethe climate for women faculty at UW in engineering,science, and math. Read more about Riskin on page 2.Learn more about UW Engineering’s research and educationprograms on the Web at: www.engr.washington.edu.Go to “About Us,” then News and Washington Engineer.Provost Taps Engineering Leadersto Oversee UW Research VenturesNot long after Phyllis Wise became UW Provost onAugust 1, 2005, she turned to the College of Engineeringfor the skills, experience, and administrative savvy neededto guide the university’s $1 billion research enterprise.Last fall, Wise tapped Mary Lidstrom, the college’sassociate dean for new initiatives, for the position of viceprovost for research. On September 1, when Mani Somaturns in his acting dean title, he will don a new hat, nothis beloved chef’s toque, but the title of associate viceprovost for research. Congratulations, Mary and Mani!Before we introduce you to these leaders and theirroles, we offer a brief primer on the provost’s office —the behind-the-scenes engine that keeps the university’swheels turning. Provost Wise is the UW’s chief academicand financial officer. Nine vice provosts manage diversearenas such as graduate and undergraduate education,budgeting and planning, global affairs, and tech transfer.The Office of Research plans and promotes new initiativesand assists researchers by providing central supportservices and management for interdisciplinary centers.Provost Phyllis M. WiseWise holds a doctorate in zoologyfrom the University of Michiganand has won National Institutes ofHealth awards for her innovativework on the role of estrogen inhuman learning and memory andhow it influences aging of thebrain. She was dean of biologicalsciences at UC Davis prior toassuming the provost’s role at UW.Vice Provost Mary LidstromLidstrom devotes 75% of her timeto directing the Office of Research,and 25% to teaching and researchin the area of genome sequencing.A professor of chemical engineeringand microbiology, she holds theFrank Jungers Chair of Engineering.She earned a PhD in bacteriology atthe University of Wisconsin.Assistant Vice Provost Mani SomaSoma will work with faculty to facilitate research andwill focus on industry relations and information systemstechnology in a 40% appointment. A professor ofelectrical engineering, he holds a PhD from Stanford andworks on integrated circuits and bioelectronic systems.TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring-Summer 2006

A Center for InnovationFormer President Jimmy Carter speaksto the press prior to the dedication.Top left: Striking design turns theunderside of a staircase into a spot forlingering in Bioengineering’s lobby.With a Presidential Seal of Approval,Bioengineering Opens New EraAn enthusiastic crowd of at least 800 braved windand rain to celebrate the March 8 dedication of theWilliam H. Foege Genome Sciences and BioengineeringBuilding. Though the skies were dark, three brightbeacons for global health — Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates,and Bill Foege — spoke glowingly of the promise ofthe new building and the interdisciplinary work to bedone by engineers and medical scientists. At a pressconference Carter said the devices developed here willgo into hospitals, clinics, and homes, and “will have adramatic effect on the total cost of health care.” Foegebelieves that his namesake building will be “the placethat sets the stage for global health in the future.”William H. Foege(UW Medicine, ’61) is apublic health icon forleading the worldwidecampaign to eradicatesmallpox. He headed theCenters for Disease Controland Prevention during theCarter Administrationand is now a senior fellowat the Bill & MelindaGates Foundation.More info at http://depts.washington.edu/bioe/about/news/Foege_Dedication/index.htmlLeft: Bioeningeering Chair Yongmin Kim (L), William Foege, and Robert Waterston,chair of genome sciences, cut the ritual building-opening ribbon. Below: Bill Gatesintroduces former President Carter (seated at left with Bill Foege); at right areUW President Mark Emmert and Mani Soma, acting dean of engineering.Below right: Carter glimpses the micro world during a tour of the laboratories.Building photosby Mary Levin;dedication photosby Valerie Hsu andAnita Wahler TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring–Summer 2006

We are proud of our students andfaculty who have won an amazingarray of honors and awards — toomany to report them all here. Visitthe news sections of the college anddepartment Web sites for more.Eggers Elected to NAEComputer Science & EngineeringProfessor Susan Eggers is a newmember of the National Academyof Engineering. She co-invented arevolutionary computer processingtechnology that makes more efficientuse of a chip’s computing power andboosts speeds by as much as 400%.Four Faculty Elected to theAmerican Association forthe Advancement of ScienceCynthia Atman, professor of industrialengineering and the Mitchell T.Bowie and Lella Blanche BowieEndowed Chair, directs the Centerfor Engineering Learning and Teachingand the Center for the Advancementof Engineering Education.Alex Jen is the Boeing/JohnsonProfessor of Materials Science &Engineering and department actingchair. He has made pioneering contributionsto the field of molecularphotonics and to the developmentof novel materials that have enabledentirely new photonic devices.Kannan Krishnan is the CampbellProfessor of Materials Science& Engineering. His research hasestablished fundamental correlationsof magnetism, transport, and microstructurein technological materialsand he has developed novel electronmicroscopy techniques.Mary Lidstrom holds the FrankJungers Chair of Engineering and isa professor of chemical engineeringand microbiology. Her work focuseson biomolecular and metabolicengineering, and she has pioneereddevelopment of technology formultiparameter single-cell analysis.u Student HonorsAeronautics & Astronautics students won three of six awards at the AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Region VI Student Conference heldat UC Irvine in April. Takashi Maruo placed first and Alice Kunkel second forundergraduates, and Jeffrey Boulware placed second for graduate students.Bioengineering Five graduate students have won National Science Foundationfellowships: Jackie Callihan, Asanka Dewaraja, Kristy Katzemeyer, KyungPark, and Lauren Shepherd.Chemical Engineering undergraduates swept the awards at the AmericanInstitute of Chemical Engineering Pacific Northwest Regional StudentConference at the University of Idaho in April. Aaron Saks placed first,John Frostad second, and Zudtky Wisecarver third.Computer Science & Engineering graduate student Michele Banko has won aGoogle Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship for 2006–2007. She is one of 19winners of the $10,000 scholarship. UW CSE’s Annie Liu and Sunny Consolvowere among 28 finalists who received $1,000 awards.Electrical Engineering graduate student Jue Wang has been named a MicrosoftResearch Fellow, a two-year award. He and Sudip Shekhar are 2006–07Intel Foundation PhD Fellowship Award winners.u Faculty Honorsu Winners uBioengineering and Chemical Engineering Professor David Castner is a newFellow in the Biomaterials and Engineering section of the Society for Biomaterials.Professor Alan Hoffman received the 2006 International Award fromthe Society of Polymer Science, Japan. Professor Buddy Ratner received the2006 William Hall Award from the Society of Biomaterials.Chemical Engineering Professor Bruce Finlayson has won the Dow LectureshipAward from the Chemical Engineering Division of the American Society forEngineering Education. Mary Lidstrom, professor and UW vice provost forresearch, has won the 2006 Microbiology Graduate Teaching Award from theAmerican Society for Microbiology.Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor David Stahl received the 2006Procter & Gamble Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology fromthe American Society for Microbiology.Computer Science & Engineering Professor Ed Lazowska won a 2005 Associationfor Computing Machinery President Award, one of only seven awardedsince 1985. Professors Tom Anderson and Dan Weld are new ACM Fellows.Electrical Engineering Professors Blake Hannaford and Richard Shi have beenelected Fellows of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers. ProfessorSinclair Yee has won the 2006 UW Outstanding Public Service Award.Materials Science & Engineering Professor Kannan Krishnan is 2006 Professor-at-Largefor the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of WesternAustralia. He will spend two to three weeks a year at UWA in 2007 and 2008.Mechanical Engineering Professor Wei Li received a Presidential Early CareerAward, at a White House ceremony in May. Emeritus Professor Jens Jorgensenwas honored with the 2006 Bernard M. Gordon Prize from the NationalAcademy of Engineering. He won the $500,000 prize for his role in creatingThe Learning Factory, a multidisciplinary forum in which students work withindustry to solve real-world problems.TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring–Summer 2006

Meet MattO’DonnellThe college community officially welcomes Matthew O’Donnell as theFrank and Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering on September 1. Matt hasvisited campus several times to meet with faculty, staff, and students andto attend key events. We are delighted to introduce him to you.Speaking at the May 5 Diamond Awards Dinner“Did you hear what happened in Seattle last week?”Matt O’Donnell wants that question to be on lips fromBoston to Berkeley in the not too distant future. It willbe a sign the science world is buzzing about innovationscoming from UW Engineering. And it will be a sign thatthe college is breaking into the ranks of first-tier schoolsafter a steady march into the top 20.A solid-state physicist by training, our new deanis aiming for a quantum leap upward over the nextdecade. As chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineeringat the University of Michigan, he comes from anengineering school ranked sixth nationally.This New York native radiates high-energy, go-for-itdrive and enthusiasm. “I’m excited to help the collegebecome one of the truly premier engineering schools inthe country. With support from the UW administrationand the extraordinary faculty, students, and staff inthe college, we are ready to take the next major stepforward,” O’Donnell says.As an expert in real-time ultrasound and ultra-fastoptics, O’Donnell is a scientist–engineer who readilycollaborates across disciplines. He also has significantindustry and entrepreneurial experience. These are keyreasons UW President Mark Emmert tapped O’Donnellto lead the college.“This is the time for the university to stake outstrategic investments in areas where we can truly makea difference, and engineering is one of them,” Emmertsays. “Matt O’Donnell is just the right leader to expandprograms at this critical time and, to borrow a phrase,re-engineer engineering.”Education is one starting point. “In the twenty-firstcentury it will be hard to be technologically illiterateand still function at a high level in society. You could get“I’m excited to help tone of the truly premschools in the countrytake the next major staway with that in the twentieth century, but not now,”O’Donnell says. “Engineering and technology will needto have a core role in a liberal education, rather thanjust a specialty role. We can make an important contributionto the UW in this regard.”College leaders and faculty are considering a proposalto admit students to engineering majors in thefreshman rather than junior year. O’Donnell stronglyendorses that change and wantsto accelerate its implementation.He recognizes that studentstypically find pre-engineeringcoursework exceedingly rigorous,and don’t always have a clearidea where it will take them.“The most significant way toimprove the student experienceis to ‘own’ those kids when theyfirst walk in the door at the UW. They need to feel theyare engineers and part of the college from the beginningand we need to nurture them through all four years,”O’Donnell says. “They will be better engineers whenthey come out.”O’Donnell confesses that one of the more difficultaspects of the decision to take the dean’s post is theneed to reduce his teaching load. “I love to teach and Itaught a large freshman class during my seven years asdepartment chair at Michigan. After I get my feet on theground at the UW I hope to develop a seminar series forgraduate students focused on the transition and steps tobecoming a high-level researcher.”Over his career, O’Donnell’s own work morphedfrom the esoteric specialty of solid-state physics to thenascent field of biomedical physics in the late 1970s,through electrical engineering aspects of medical imag- TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring-Summer 2006

Photo by Chip Van Gilder for Team Photogenicing tools in the 1980s, and then to bioengineering.What always turned his lights to bright, even as anundergraduate, was not just scientific theory, but thetrue engineer’s zest for building things, be it a Geigercounter or a multichannel analyzer. At General Electric’sresearch center in upstate New York he had the chanceto help create new “gadgets,” including the first wholebody,high-field MRI system and an ultrasound instrumentusing VLSI, which transformed the technology.By 1990 he was ready for new challenges. “I reallycaught the imaging bug. I love to make pictures, but Iwanted to be a bioengineer and integrate the lifesciences and physical sciences through academicresearch,” he explains. “There is absolutely no coolerthing than to see one of your devices used in the clinic.”That goal took him to Michigan, where he focusedon imaging to monitor cellular and molecular interactionsand to measure function, such as catheter-basedoptical systems for coronary arteries.In describing the “big goal” for his research,O’Donnell zooms from molecular scale to wide-screenvision in a nanosecond. “My dream for these tools istransformation of the health care system from 90%treatment and 10% diagnostics and prevention to 50%diagnostics and prevention and 50% therapeutics.”The path, he explains, involvescellular and molecular-levelhe college becomeier engineering. ... we are ready toep forward.”diagnostic tools that are“noninvasive, easy, and cheap”and will foster a more holisticapproach to health care.He will continue his imagingresearch here and is eager toexplore connections in a regionhe calls “an absolute center” ofbioengineering. Other prime draws are the UW’s growingfocus in molecular engineering and the strong trackrecord of interdisciplinary work throughout the universityand the College of Engineering.O’Donnell believes that the launching pad for thequantum leap upward must be a college-wide culture ofexcellence in which decisions “always go in the directionof quality.” He envisions UW Engineering as a highlyrespected research engine, an educational innovator, anda leader on campus, across the nation, and worldwide.One additional internal measure of success will bethat everyone in our community of innovators has a lotof fun along the way. He’s also not worried about theNorthwest’s reputation for gloomy rain.“I’m genetically Irish,” he says. “Mist doesn’t botherme.” Just don’t offer him a green beer — in his view acorruption of true Irish tradition. nA Matt O’Donnell SnapshotBorn/Raised:Education:Academia:Bronx and Yonkers, New YorkUniversity of Notre DameBS in Physics, PhD in Solid State PhysicsUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1990–2006)Chair, Biomedical Engineering Department (1999–2006)Jerry W. and Carol L. Levin Professor of Engineering (1998–2006)Professor, Biomedical Engineering (1997–2006)Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (1990–2006)Yale UniversityResearch Fellow, Electrical Engineering (1984–1985)Washington University, St. Louis (1976–1980)Sr. Research Assoc. in Physics / Research Instructor in MedicinePostdoctoral Fellow in PhysicsIndustry:General Electric Company, Schenectady (1980–1990)Physicist, Research and Development CenterKey Honors/Affiliations:Fellow, AIMBE (American Institute for Medical andBiological Engineering)Fellow, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)University of Michigan Teaching AwardsCollege of Engineering, 1996Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, 1995Member, American Physical Society and Sigma XiAssociate Editor, Medical ImagingChair, Biomedical Imaging Technology Section, NIHResearch:Innovation:Enjoys:Biomedical imaging, optics, and ultrasonics;nano-micro technologies53 patents (50 issued)Tennis, skiing, reading, and book clubsRecently read: The Swallows of KabulThe O’Donnell Family: Matt with his wife, Catherine, a journalist,and sons Brendan, a UW graduate student in Earth & Space Sciences,and Sean, a junior at the University of Michigan.TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring-Summer 2006

Alumni News & EventsPhotos by Team PhotogenicEECelebratesDavid Allstot, EE chair, welcomesguests to the celebration.Electrical Engineering’s centennial celebration onApril 29 drew more than 200 alumni, faculty, staff,students, and friends for a look back at EE historyand a look forward to what the 21st century maybring. Lab tours also gave attendees a sneak previewof emerging innovations. The day concludedwith a festive dinner that featured a keynotespeaker, live music, and reminiscing and catchingup with classmates, faculty, and colleagues.Left: Professor Emerita Irene Peden; Center: Stewart Wu (MS ‘85, PhD ‘90), a program panelist, andTeresa Wu; Right: John (BS ‘67) and Laurel Coltart look over a sample handler for genome analysis.Farewell to Two Pioneers and“Legends in Their Own Time”UW Engineering has lost two prominentalumni. Both were pioneers, onein the air and one on the ground,who challenged the physics of speed.Scott Crossfield: “The Right Stuff”Legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield,the first person to fly at twice thespeed of sound (1953), is our onlyalum (BSAA ’49, MSAA ’50) immortalizedon the silver screen, in the1983 film The Right Stuff. In 1955he went to work for North AmericanAviation to help design the X-15,which he piloted more than a dozentimes. Crossfield died at age 84 in theApril 20 crash of a Cessna he waspiloting. (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/267536_crossfield21.html)Bill Kirschner: Revolutionary SkisH. William Kirschner (BSME ’39)invented an icon among Olympiccaliberdownhill speed demons andrecreational skiers on slopes fromCrystal Mountain to the Alps. Hisfiberglass K2 skis, made on VashonIsland, transformed a sport and anindustry. He died April 23 at age 87.(http://www.seattletimes.com; searchwordsare: His skis were legendary)Alum Tom Draeger (CE ‘68), left, president ofBechtel Construction Operations, hosted thetour. With him is Howard Wahl (CE ‘57),a former leader at Bechtel.Alumni Go “Behind the Scenes”at Tacoma Narrows BridgeAbout 40 alumni and friends of UWEngineering got a close-up look at theconstruction of the new suspensionbridge across the Tacoma Narrowsduring a fall 2005 visit sponsored by thecollege and the UW Alumni Association.After a slide-illustrated briefing on the$849-million project, the group took ahardhat tour of the construction siteand along the catwalk of the old bridgefor an upclose look at the new span.Read more about the tour in the May2006 issue of Washington Engineer:www.engr.washington.edu/enews.You Have a Lotto Be Proud of.Join the UW Alumni Association todayand $10 will go to thescholarship fund of your UW college.You will get a ton of member benefits,and you’ll be showing your Husky Pride.What could be better than that?Just go toUWalum.com/supportscholars/Or call 1-800-AUW-ALUM. TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring-Summer 2006

2006Diamond AwardsSparkling Event Honors Outstanding AlumniPhotos by Chip Van Gilder for Team PhotogenicDiamond Award Honorees L–R: Al DeAtley, Chumpol Na Lamlieng,Jeffrey Dean, and Jeremy Jaech.College leaders, faculty, alumni, and friends gathered in theAllen Center’s Microsoft Atrium on May 5 for the first annualDiamond Awards Dinner to honor outstanding alumni.Distinguished Achievement — Chumpol Na LamliengChumpol built Siam Cement Group into Thailand’s biggestindustrial conglomerate, with capitalization of $7 billion and35,000 employees. Recently retired, he chairs the board ofSingTel Group and is a member of the Asia Pacific AdvisoryCommittee to the New York Stock Exchange. He holds a BSME(’64) from the UW and an MBA (’67) from Harvard.Matt O’Donnell, incoming dean, congratulatesChumpol Na Lamlieng. Ray Bowen, dean emeritusand member of the awards committee, looks on.Left: AA alum Suzanna Darcy-Henneman and Jack Darcy-Henneman.Right: MSE alum Bonnie Dunbar, a member of the awards selectioncommittee, introduces honoree Al DeAtley.Entrepreneurial Excellence — Jeremy JaechOver the past 20 years, Jeremy has co-founded the softwarecompanies Aldus (acquired by Adobe), Visio (acquired byMicrosoft), and now Trumba, which he leads as president andCEO. Jeremy earned an MS (’80) in computer science at UWand is an active volunteer for both the college and university.Distinguished Service — Albert DeAtleyA pillar in the asphalt paving industry, Al led the creationof a national foundation that provides scholarships for civilengineering students. He owns Superior Asphalt Co. and isactive in civic causes in the Yakima Valley. He studied at theUW and is a member of the UW Construction Hall of Fame.Early Career — Jeffrey DeanMillions of people satisfy their curiosity every day by usingJeff’s handiwork. He helped develop and implement threegenerations of Google’s Web crawling, indexing, and queryserving systems. Jeff is now a Google Fellow in the systemsinfrastructure group. He earned his PhD (’96) at UW CSE.Tom Delimitros, chair of the awardscommittee, and Jeremy Jaech.For more information on theaward winners and photosof the May 5 event,and to make a nominationfor the 2007 awards, visit:www.engr.washington.edu/awards/diamond.htmlME and IE alumJohn Purvis andNancy Wrightdance to thelively music ofa brass quartet.TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring-Summer 2006

CAMPAIGN UW: CREATING FUTURESCorporate Gifts Lead to Creation ofOne New Lab and Another in the WorksMicron Funds Combinatorial Materials ExplorationIn the works is an interdisciplinary laboratory basedin Materials Science & Engineering that will be part ofa global expansion in the search for next-generationmaterials. Scientists worldwide expect that this area ofresearch will do for materials science what the humangenome project has done for biotechnology.Micron Technology, Inc. and the Micron TechnologyFoundation have committed approximately $1 millionin cash and in-kind support for the first of three phasesof lab development, through April 2007.MSE Professor Fumio Ohuchi will direct an interdisciplinaryteam that includes scientists from theDepartments of Electrical Engineering and Physics.In the Micron CME lab, state-of-the-art equipment formaterials synthesis and characterization will expeditethe team’s quest to discover new materials for semiconductorsand many others uses. The lab also will enablethe UW to compete more effectively for federal researchgrants in this burgeoning field.Students check out theTektronix UndergraduateResearch Laboratory at theNovember 18 dedication.Right: Jim Brophy (C), localsales account managerof Tektronix, points outfeatures of the equipment.Tektronix Gives a Boost to EE Undergraduate ResearchThe Department of Electrical Engineering opened its firstlab dedicated solely to undergraduate research work.Tektronix, Inc. donated more than $350,000 worth ofequipment and furniture to outfit the lab in Sieg Hall.Undergraduate research is an increasingly importantaspect of training engineers for the twenty-first century.“Our alumni, friends, and corporate partners are helping to createthe future of UW Engineering. Support for faculty and students, andcutting-edge lab facilities, leads to innovations that benefit us all.”Steven R. Rogel, Chair, COE Campaign Executive CommitteeChairman & CEO, Weyerhaeuser Company“Crunching the Numbers” Reveals Wisdom of Planned GivingA “car guy” for as long as he can remember, G.R. “Duke” Williams started making and savingmoney at age 11, and proudly bought a new ’63 Corvette at age 16. After earning his BSME (’68)at the UW, his career ranged from production engineer at Pontiac Motor Division, to Air Forcemissile maintenance officer and staff engineer on a communications satellite program, and thencomputer industry sales/marketing specialist for computer-aided engineering products. As theCalifornia economy sank in 1991, he departed IBM and “hunkered down” as a private investor.His investing success and an inheritance from his parents enabled him to establish fellowshipendowments at his alma maters: UW, Wisconsin (MSME), and UCLA (MBA). One of many in the“boomer” generation who never married or had children, Williams decided to make an estateplan. “Gift annuities made sense because I want to offload portfolio managment tasks as I getolder — let the universities take care of it,” Williams says. “Crunching the numbers shows giftannuities provide a high after-tax return/risk ratio, and I can maintain my lifestyle on the income.”The Williams Family Endowed Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering also honors his parents.“I want the Williams family to leave a legacy that will enable others to achieve success too. Morepeople need to step up to help educate today’s engineering students. It’s vital to our country.”Duke Williams as a UWfreshman in 1965. Insome ways, he hasn’tchanged a bit. He’sstill a car nut and stillowns his ‘63 Corvette.Today, though, he runstrack events in his 1976Cosworth Vega and1991 Toyota MR2.10 TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring-Summer 2006

2000 ~ Donors for Engineering Endowments ~ 2006Creating endowments that support faculty and students —the College of Engineering’s greatest assets — is a priority ofCampaign UW: Creating Futures. Endowments provide resourcesin perpetuity that support education and research. Generousgifts from alumni and friends since July 1, 2000 have established89 endowments in the categories listed here. Minimum amountsrequired to establish engineering endowments are in parentheses.1 Deanship ($5 million)6 Chairs ($1.5 million)9 Professorships ($500,000)4 Regental Fellowships ($500,000)3 Presidential Fellowships ($250,000)15 Fellowships ($100,000)29 Scholarships ($50,000)22 Funds ($25,000)The College of Engineering is grateful to the individuals and corporations whose gifts of $5,000 or morebeween July 1, 2000 and May 1, 2006 have made these endowments possible. Thank you!$1,000,000 and aboveWilma BradleyDonald W.* and Ruth M. Close (T)Michael and Myrna DarlandAlbert and Pat DeAtleyAnne C. Dinning and Michael WolfEstate of Mitchell Taylor BowieEstate of Evelyn S. EgtvedtFrank and Julie JungersPaul B. (Bao-Ho) and Mei-Yea Chiou LiaoFrank D. RobinsonHenry T. SchatzHoward W. and Carroll P. Wahl (T)Washington Research FoundationThe Wissner-Slivka Foundation$500,000 to $999,999Anonymous donorsEstate of Ruth S. EllerbeckEstate of Leon C. JohnsonEstate of Myrtle Louise MichalskiBill & Melinda Gates FoundationBill and Melinda GatesThe Grainger Foundation Inc.George S. JohansenJoel M. Kenney Irrevocable TrustWilliam F. Kipple (T)Louis M. and Patricia Marsh (T)Thomas R. Rehm (T)PACCAR FoundationWeyerhaeuser Company FoundationC. Bagley and Virginia B. Wright$250,000 to $499,999Anonymous donorsWilliam M. and Marilyn M. ConnerEstate of Edward E. JohnsonCharles V. “Tom” and Jean C. GibbsKirk A. and Melissa B. GlerumCharles W. H. and Helen MatthaeiAllan F. and Inger S. OsbergRobert Short and Emer DooleyAndy Studebaker (T)John Q. and Patricia M. TorodeDavid F. and Marsha J. WeilFlora Winter$100,000 to $249,999David C. AuthMarjorie Bevlin (T)Jagjeet S. and Janice E. BindraKenneth J. and Joanne BurkhardtTom H. and Jeannette DelimitrosDonald E. and Phyllis F. Dorset (T)Michael E. ElkeDonald E. and Diane Emon (T)Estate of Ammie B. FordEstate of Karsten SolheimEstate of Dean D. ThorntonBob Fries and Debra Dee DahlenEd and Kathy FriesKaren E. Fries and Richard TaitGE Foundation+John R. and Sharen LaVillette (T)Paul C. Leach (T)Daniel Ling and Lee ObrzutA. Pat and C. Beverly MillerStephanie L. Rosenbaum (T)Donna Sakson and Jonathan MarkTheodore H. SarchinJames A. and Patricia D. Schader (T)Louise C. SolheimJohn A. SchwagerGeorge W. Snyder*The Tock FamilyMark E. and Lisa M. TuttleFrank E. and Jane D. WagstaffBrian Yamasaki and Debora Chen$50,000 to $99,999Rose M. ChristieEstate of George K. DragsethEstate of Abraham HertzbergEstates of Richard and Ruth MeeseEstate of Alma ZaloudekGeoEngineers, Inc.Allan S. Hoffman (T)InfoSpace, Inc.Intelius, Inc.Harold H. Kawaguchi and Shaun A. HubbardRichard O. and Susan C. MartinDorothy C. MillsBeverly C. MorganNintendo of America, Inc.+Shannon and WilsonJack K. and Sallie A. TuttleG.R. Duke Williams (T)$25,000 to $49,999American Society of Civil Engineers (Seattle)Estate of Paulyne BatchelorEstate of John H. GoldieBiz HertzbergEleanor R. HertzbergPaul E. HertzbergRaymond D. and Louise PedrizettiJudith A. RameyWilliam L. and Crista A. ShacklefordBrad SilverbergRaymond H. West$5,000 to $24,999Anonymous donorsDavid J. and Vickie G. AllstotCharles L. and Barbara M. AndersonJ. Ray and Priscilla J. BowenChevron Corporation+Estate of Joseph McCarthyHugh S. FergusonWilliam H. and Mimi GatesHellmut and Marcy J. GoldeJames M. and Suzanne B. HewittTai-Yuan and Yuang Wang Chiang HouDonald F. and Julia N. KrickJason Yi-Bing Lin and Sherry WangBrian W. and Suchada Y. MacDonaldMicrosoft Corporation+Allison J. MyrickJerre D.* and Margarete H. NoeSteven R. and Connie R. RogelAugust T. and Margo C. Rossano FamilyG. Scott RutherfordRichard L. StorchTedrowe and Jill WatkinsJames M. and Virginia C. B. Webster*= deceasedT = named UW Engineering in will+ = matching corporate giftEvery effort has been made to ensure the accuracyof this list. If an error or omission has occurred,please contact the College of Engineering donorrelations office at 206-616-5949 so that we cancorrect our records.TREND • Vol 56:1 • Spring-Summer 2006 11

Top: Civil Engineering’s eye-catching display of infrared imagingtechnology drew the curious. Left: A Mechanical Engineeringstudent demonstrates how a flame reacts to different gas flowconditions. Is this any way to heat a slice of pizza?Engineering Open House 2006Drive in Husky Style!Treat your car to a set ofnew license platesdesigned by UW studentsto benefit UW students.Students check out the Aeronautics & Astronautics hypervelocityramjet accelerator. Right: In Electrical Engineering, a buddingengineer creates a potato person with electrical components.The April 28–29 open houseset an all-time attendancerecord! Some 9,800 peoplecame, saw, questioned,poked, prodded, designed,tested, learned a lot, andhad a great time at morethan 135 exhibits from our10 departments. Friday drewK-12 students from morethan 115 schools, and manyfamilies came on Saturday.For more information:www.uwlicenseplate.comor visit any Washingtonvehicle licensing office.CalendarSeptember 15, 2006Celebrate the Centennialof Mechanical Engineeringwww.me.washington.edu/centennialhttp://www.engr.washington.edu • Tel: 206.543.0340 • Fax: 206.685.0666The Trend in EngineeringMani Soma, PhDActing DeanJudy MahoneyAssistant Dean for External RelationsLinda SellersActing Director of CommunicationsSandy MarvinneyEditorRob HarrillContributing WriterMary LevinUW Photography(cover photo)Send address comments or corrections to:Editor, The Trendtrend@engr.washington.edu 371 Loew Hall, Box 352180Seattle, Washington 98195-2180