MetAlum NewsA Newsletter for the Alumni of the Departmentof Metallurgical Engineering - Fall 2003

Comments from the ChairRon Kohser

The dominant news of the year has to bebudget cuts. Just when we thought we hadsurvived the last round of rescissions, the axwould fall again and we were back to the pantry.We were allowed to pay the assessed amounts ona one-time basis, using any available funds.Unfortunately, the assigned amounts were suchthat department scholarships became an integralpart of the budget saving measures. Departmentalscholarships were used to replace state-fundedscholarships so the state funds could be divertedelsewhere to sustain the campus. It appears thatthis policy is now past, at least for metallurgicalengineering. For those students enrolled this fall,the one-time scholarships provided by the St.Louis ASM Chapter (see related article elsewherein this Newsletter) will be able to replace most, ifnot all, of the departmental support that was lostlast year. The net result of the succession of cuts,however, has been the depletion of almost alldiscretionary funds and cushions.

As a campus, we had hoped to weatherthe storm without jeopardizing the year-to-year

renewable funds provided by the state. Thesedollars and are used to provide salaries and wages,support for student teaching assistants, and E&E(education and expenses) to operate thedepartment (phone, copy machine, limited travel,etc.). We had been meeting all of the previouscuts with one-time funds that come from a varietyof sources such as a campus return of overheadbased on research productivity, unspent residuals,gifts, and unspent salaries due to leaves,sabbaticals, and academic year releases (wherein afaculty member buys time to conduct research).Specific funds included equipment funds, travelfunds, and miscellaneous useful reserves. Mostare now well depleted!

Unfortunately, the cuts have continued,and there appears to be no visible turn-around inthe near future. A campus decision has beenmade that all 2003-2004 cuts will have to be metwith rate dollars. Figures were provided to eachof the Schools and Colleges and further parceledto the departments. Over the next two years,metallurgical engineering has been asked toreduce its annual state-funded expenditures byover $56,000 (half or $28000 this year and the full$56,000 in the next and future years). Unless thereis some positive change, we will have to carrymuch of the department operation on fundsgenerated through research productivity anddonations.

On the positive side, we are one of themost productive research departments, and thedollars generated by this activity will now beaccessible to the department (last year we had touse these funds to meet the one-time dollar cuts!).

Our financial plight is severe, and nearlyevery faculty meeting has a significant portionfocused on budget. Last year, the Met. alumniwere great! You heard our plea and responded in

News Update!Most recently, our faculty has held a

number of meetings in which we have askedhow we can best assure the future growth andsuccess of the department. Several of thesemeetings have been conducted with the fullfaculties of both metallurgical and ceramicengineering as we seek to pursue commongoals. Where this will take us – only time willtell. We will be meeting with our department’salumni advisory board to seek their input, butthe advice and comments of each and everygraduate are truly valued.

an outstanding manner. Phonathon receiptsjumped from approximately $30,000 to nearly$45,000. We received cash contributions from20% of our living alums, and a number ofmatching gift firms magnified those contributions.As the entire campus continues to struggle, anumber of our peers envy the support that wehave received.

In spite of the recurring cuts, we havecontinued “keeping on”, and have actually grownin key areas. In a recent ranking of UMRdepartments based on combined teaching andresearch productivity, metallurgical engineeringranked as the best department on the campus. Ourscholarship endowments enabled nearly $35,000in departmental scholarships to be awarded for thefall semester, to be matched by a similar amountin the spring. A one-time St. Louis Section ASMgift has provided over $20,000 to compensate fornearly all of last year’s sequestered scholarships.Clearly we are doing an exceptional job in takingcare of our students – probably the best on thecampus!

We recently compiled a departmental “Facts andFigures” sheet that was sent to prospectivefreshmen. Some of those facts and figuresincluded:

• The UMR Metallurgical engineeringprogram is one of very few four-yearprograms focused exclusively on metals.That uniqueness makes our graduatesattractive to many firms.

• Between 1996 and 2002, the 141 B.S.graduates of the department took initialemployment at 65 different companies,spanning the entire metals profession.Twenty-four graduates went directly tograduate study, 11 remaining at UMR.

• The recent ABET accreditation visitfound no weaknesses or shortcomings,only commendable activity, and wereceived a full six-year extension ofaccreditation.

• Last fall, five of our ten teaching faculty(one was on leave) received studentteaching evaluations of 3.5 or higher and8 of the 10 were at or above the campus

average of 2.9. Similar results werereceived for the spring semester.

• Two new edition textbooks werepublished: the 4th edition of The Scienceand Engineering of Materials by Askelandand (new co-author) Puhle, and the 9th

edition of Materials and Processes inManufacturing by DeGarmo, Black andKohser.

• Research productivity has been growingat a consistent rate, and we are currentlyconsidered to be significant players inseveral new technologies (more elsewherein this newsletter). Most of our researchgroups include undergraduate students,thereby expanding their educationalexperience. One-third of last year’sfreshmen were already involved indepartmental research.

• A new curriculum was initiated thissemester – retaining the traditions of asolid foundation in chemical, physical andmanufacturing metallurgy, a liberalnumber of elective courses, and a highnumber of hands-on laboratories.

A letter was recently sent to high schoolstudents who attended our summer Jacklingprogram providing the following supplements:

• Seven of our eleven faculty recentlyreceived Dean’s awards for “SustainedExcellence in Teaching”.

• All students who maintain a 3.0 or highergrade point average receive departmentalscholarships, along with a number ofothers selected on the basis of specificcareer interests or activities.

• Met. students have been extremelysuccessful in national scholarshipcompetitions, receiving awards as high as$6000 per year.

• Two of our recent May graduates receivedprestigious national competitionfe l lowships (Nat iona l Sc ienceFoundation, Department of Energy, andTau Beta Pi) to support their graduateeducation.

• December and May graduates continued toreceive employment at companies such as

Caterpillar Tractor, Olin Brass, Honeywell,General Motors, American Steel Foundries,Inland Steel, National Steel, and MarathonAshland Petroleum. Starting salaries weretypically between $45,000 and $55,000. Articlesin this newsletter will summarize and amplifythese and other items of interest.

Undergraduates Win NationalScholarships

Recent graduate David Swartz receivedone of ten George A. Roberts Scholarships fromthe ASM International Foundation. Thescholarship was in the amount of $6000 for senioryear expenses. David also received a LightMetals Division scholarship from TMS, makinghim a double winner. Alicia Cobb, another recentgrad, received one of the three ASM OutstandingScholar Awards in the amount of $2000.

Current students, Dee Ann Collins andBarbara Monroe both received H.H. Harrisscholarships through the Foundry EducationalFoundation.

Emily Brackin has received a two-year,$5000 per year, scholarship from the CopperClub. She joins Nathan Switzner, who isentering the second year of his Copper Clubaward. Jorg Peter, currently a Met. graduatestudent, was a past recipient of this competitiveaward.

Emily Brackin was also selected as oneof two recipients of a $2000 Willy Korf MemorialScholarship by the Iron and Steel Societyscholarship committee. The photo below showsDr. Peaslee presenting Emily with a plaque thataccompanied her scholarship.

Recent Grads Win NationalFellowships

Two of our May graduates weresuccessful in receiving national-competitionfellowships for their graduate studies. MartyRust was among the 900 students nationwide toreceive a 2003 National Science FoundationGraduate Research Fellowship. These three-yearawards carry a $27,500 annual stipend, along witha cost-of-education allowance of $10,500 to covertuition and fees, and are awarded to students in themathematical, physical, biological, behavioral andsocial sciences, as well as engineering. Marty willbe remaining in the department here at UMR,working on a master’s degree under thesupervision of Dr. Rajiv Mishra. His researchwill be in friction-stir processing.

James Reck received two nationalfellowships to help him pursue graduate studies.A National Defense Science and EngineeringGraduate Fellowship (awarded by the U.S.Department of Defense) provides full tuition andfees for three years, along with a stipend of$23,500 for the first year, $24,500 for the second,and $25,500 for the third. In addition, Jamesreceived a one-year $10,000 fellowship from TauBeta Pi, the engineering honor society. His wasone of 35 such fellowships awarded nationally byTau Beta Pi. James will also be remaining in thedepartment, and is pursuing his graduate researchin the area of microforming under the direction ofDr. Rajiv Mishra.

St. Louis Section of ASM SponsorsScholarships

Bad news became good news for anumber of the department’s undergraduates thisfall. The St. Louis Chapter of ASM, long-timefriends of the department, responded to lowinvolvement and participation and elected todisband the chapter. After meeting withdepartmental faculty members Dave Van Akenand Ron Kohser, the officers voted to distributethe bulk of their remaining treasury, over $20,000to department undergraduates in the form of one-time scholarships. The decision was made to usethe funds to “reimburse” students who saw areduction in their 2002-2003 financial aid when

departmental scholarships were used to replacestate-funded scholarships in their total support.

The depar tment has awardedapproximately $35,000 in departmentalscholarships for the fall semester in addition to the$20,000+ from the ASM Chapter. At present, itappears that “Scholarship Offsets” will not be partof the budget reduction procedures formetallurgical engineering students this academicyear. If so, we will once again assume ourposition as the best department on the campus forsupporting its students!

Senior Design Work Leads to “BestPaper”

The cumulative work of several seniordesign projects led to a “Best U.S. Paper” awardfor faculty member Matt O’Keefe and co-authorJim Morris of Speedline Electrovert inCamdenton, MO. The paper on “EquipmentImpacts of Lead-Free Wave Soldering” waspresented at the 2003 Electronics AssemblyProcess Exhibition and Conference (APEX) inAnaheim, California on March 31st. Stainlesssteel equipment components were corroding whenin contact with the molten lead-free solders. Overa two-year time period, three groups ofundergraduate students researched aspects of theproblem as their senior design project. They wereable to identify why the parts were corroding andwent on to evaluate a coating that could be used todelay the corrosion. The students whoparticipated in the project were: AllenBirschbach, William Blair, Jason Carter, MattCavins, Nick Cook, Heather Davenport,Kristen Hartman, Lucie Johannes, and BenYenicek.

Metallurgy’s Tucker TwinsSome of you older graduates no doubt

know MSM/UMR’s “Tucker Twins” – activealums who graduated in Mining Engineering backin 1940. Armin and Norman live in Rolla andhave become a true campus legacy. You’veprobably never met the newest “Tucker Twins”,however. Jason Tucker, a graduating senior in

Metallurgical Engineering, became the proud papaof twin girls, Allison and Rebekah, on February14th (Valentine’s Day) this past spring. Jason wasin his last semester, and many of us activelyfollowed the pregnancy and anticipated birth. Thephoto below shows Jason, wife Kristina, and thenew twins as they visited the department on April29th. Following graduation, the Tucker familyelected to remain in Rolla. Jason has put hismetallurgical training aside (at least for now), andcurrently serves as full-time youth minister atLandmark Baptist Church here in Rolla.

New Research in ContinuousSteelmaking at UMR

A project funded by the US Departmentof Energy was started in May of this year toinvestigate and develop a new process forcontinuous steelmaking. Kent Peaslee, VonRichards, David Robertson, and Jeff Smith (allprofessors at UMR) are teaming with BrianThomas (professor at University of Illinois) andsix scrap-based steel companies (Nucor Steel,Nucor-Yamato Steel, TXI-Chaparral Steel, SMISteel, Gerdau Ameristeel, and Bayou Steel) totackle this project. Continuous steelmaking is nota new subject and has been investigated by otherswith little success over the 30 years. However,

this project differs from previous research in thatthe process is scrap-based and will integrate newtechnologies (computer controls and sensors) thatwere not previously available. If successful, thisproject could revolutionize the way steel is madein the United States.

The Metallurgical EngineeringDepartment Faculty and Staff

Current members of the department faculty andstaff include:

Professors:Ron Kohser, Professor and ChairDavid RobertsonMark SchlesingerDavid VanAken

Associate Professors:Rajiv MishraJoe NewkirkMatt O’KeefeKent PeasleeChris RamsayVon Richards, R.V. Wolf Professor ofMetal Casting

Assistant Professors:Scott Miller

Adjunct Professors:Scott Volner

Emeritus Professors:Don AskelandFred KisslingerPhil LeighlyArt MorrisTom O’KeefeHarry Weart

Administrative Assistant:Joyce Erkiletian

Secretary:Priscilla Winner

New Powder Metallurgy Furnace toArrive in 2004

The powder metallurgy work of Dr. JoeN e w k i r k has attracted the attention ofFluidTherm Technology Limited, a companybased in Chennai, India, and they have expresseda desire to design, build and donate a customlaboratory furnace for the sintering of powdermetallurgy compacts. The furnace will be apusher type with temperature capabilitycompatible with most P/M alloys. Nitrogen-hydrogen mixtures will be used to achieverequired dew points, with different atmospheresbeing possible in the burnout and cooling zones.Gas and fan cooling will be available for activecooling, and will enable the incorporation of sinterhardening. The furnace will be used for bothundergraduate instruction and graduate research,and will be located in the Thermal ProcessingLab, directly across the hall from the GeneralMotors Powder Metallurgy Laboratory.

FluidTherm is a major internationalsupplier of furnaces and research services to theheat treatment industry, and is represented in theUnited States by G.E. Totten & Associates ofSeattle, Washington. It is their desire to exposefuture metallurgical engineers to their equipment,and they feel that UMR is the best place in the USto do this. We look forward to the arrival of thisexcellent new facility.

Development of Materials for Meso-MEMS Switches

Graduate students Eric Dahlgren, YanLiu, and Joe Edington and post-docs D r .Benedict Johnson and Dr. Jinghua Sun in Dr.Matt O’Keefe’s research group have beenworking with Dr. Jim Drewniak and students inthe Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment and personnel at Motorola’sAdvanced Technology Center in Schaumburg, ILto develop a new type of radio frequency (RF)switch for wireless communications. Called a“meso-MEMS”, (MEMS stands for micro-electro-mechanical systems) the objective is to use metal(copper) and polymers to replace the currentMEMS switch material, silicon, as well as solidstate RF devices. These meso-MEMS switcheswork much like a light switch. A meso-MEMS

switch is either on or off, unlike the current solidstate technology, which is on at some level all thetime. One significant advantage to using thisswitch is that, because it does turn completely off,it saves energy. Energy savings are also realizedwith MEMS switches made of silicon, but siliconRF MEMS switches are relatively expensive.

As a result of the combined efforts,demonstration of the technology in a prototypeproduct resulted in improved signal quality (lessstatic) and lower signal loss (better volume). TheUMR Met department team has been focusing ondeveloping new surface coating materials andprocesses used in the fabrication of the devices.As part of the program, Eric, Yan, and Joe haveeach spent a summer working as an intern atMotorola over the last three years. The valuableexperience gained working side by side with theMotorola engineers has significantly enhanced theexchange of knowledge between UMR andMotorola, with a direct result of decreasing theamount of time needed to develop the technology.

New Equipment and New CoatingsThanks to the hard work of Dr, David

Van Aken’s colleagues and the foundation builtby his previous students, UMR now has a realplasma spray facility. As part of the project andcost share for the AISI-DOE project SteelmakingNozzles That Resist Clogging, a new SulzerMetco plasma spray system was purchased. Thenew facility was installed at the TemporaryResearch Building (TRB) located on the otherside of highway 44 from McNutt. TRB was oneof the few locations on campus where we couldobtain 400 amps at 460 volts. The new Sulzer-Metco 9M (80 kW) plasma spray system includesa 10MR power supply, chiller, heat exchanger,9MP mass control powder feeder, and 9MCpower/gas control. In addition, we now have aproper hood and dust collection system, which hasbeen a big hit with our EnvironmentalManagement group on campus. We have becomean important aspect of their continuousimprovement in waste management on campus.The people in Fulton Hall are glad we moved too.Thanks to a generous donation from Caterpillar,we also have a 5-axis robot to do our spraying.

Trent Weaver was extremely helpful in arrangingthe acquisition.

The original plasma spray system wasobtained from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Rollafacility. We borrowed the 40kW Plasmatronsystem and installed it in Fulton Hall. CraigTyhurs t (M.S. 1997) was responsible forresurrecting the equipment and for the past 7 yearsplasma sprayed coatings were produced using thissystem. Our first big research break came with aproject from Boeing Commercial Aircraft oncoatings for refractory concrete dies used forsuperplastic forming of titanium. Scott Miller(Ph.D. 1999), Trent Weaver (Ph.D. 2001),Fatameh Razavy (M.S. 2002) and Yoshi Kato(M.S. 2003) also completed their work using theold Plasmatron. Of course each student added hisor her own mark to the old plasma system in aneffort to keep it working. Your efforts were verymuch appreciated!!!

Current students working on plasmasprayed coatings include Otto Rajtora as part ofthe steelmaking nozzle project, Yoshi Kato isdoing his Ph.D. on amorphous metal coatings andKathleen McNelis is working on nickel siliconalloys. Kathleen is our featured person in thephotograph. Yoshi and Otto built the spray hoodand had a great deal of fun learning to weld.

Faculty NewsDr. Mark Schlesinger spent the fall

semester of 2002 as a Fulbright Scholar at theKungliga Tekniska Hogskolan (Royal Institute ofTechnology) in Stockholm, Sweden, performingresearch on molten sulfide mattes. During his onesemester leave, he also entertained the Rolla crew

with a succession of E-mails describing Swedishculture, Swedish television, and other relatedtopics.

Dr. Von Richards, our Wolf Professor ofMetals Casting, will chair the Key Professorssessions at the upcoming Foundry EducationFoundation’s College-Industry Conference,scheduled for November 13-15 in Chicago.Scheduled topics include exhaust capture and airquality issues for foundry laboratories, and new ornovel processes to enhance foundry coursecontent.

Dr. Rajiv Mishra was recently appointedto serve as Vice Chairman of the “ASMNanomaterials Technology Task Force”. In therecent round of promotions and tenures, Dr. MattO’Keefe was awarded tenure at his present rankof Associate Professor, and Dr. Rajiv Mishrawas awarded both tenure and promotion to therank of associate professor. Congratulations toboth!

As of the first of the year, Dr. Dave VanAken is now the Associate Dean of Research andGraduate Studies for the School of Mines andMetallurgy. He replaced the retiring NickTsoulfanidis, a Professor of Nuclear Engineering.

Department faculty were well representedwhen our Dean recognized School faculty whohad consistently ranked among the top 25% of allfaculty on the student teaching evaluations (3.2 orhigher ratings). Certificates were awarded tothose who had sustained this level of performancefor four or more years (Kohser, Miller, Matt

O’Keefe, Peaslee, Ramsay, and VanAken), withyounger faculty of less than four years receivinghonorable mention if their ratings met or had risento the criteria (Mishra). In essence, seven of oureleven full-time faculty members receivedrecognition!

A second type of award was alsoinstituted to recognize “Innovation in Teaching”.Only one award was given, but the efforts ofRajiv Mishra, were considered to be sufficient tomerit honorable mention recognition. In teachingMet. 218, the second laboratory in our requiredphysical metallurgy sequence, Rajiv sought someform of capstone or culmination experience. Hetook the class through the Rolla Briggs andStratton small engine assembly plant and thenacquired two of their engines for disassembly.Students were then challenged to take componentparts, subject them to the various methods oftesting and inspection, and report their findings.What had they learned about their parts? – whatmetal or alloy? how manufactured? heat treated?surface treated? etc. Oral and writtenpresentations then focused on the parts, theirdesign requirements, material selection, method offabrication, and expected performance. Theproject was exceptionally well received andstudents saw immediate value to their laboratorytraining. This year, the class will be examiningtop-of-the-line circular saws provided by alumnusJohn Remmers of Robert Bosch Corp.

SOMM Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award winners. Front row (L to R) Paul Worsey, Kent Peaslee,Matt O’Keefe, Gary Mueller, Franca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Jeff Cawlfield, Dick Brow, Bill Fahrenholtz, andTadGolosinski. Back row (L to R) Chris Ramsay, Richard Bullock, Scott Miller, Ron Kohser, John Hogan, DaveWronkiewicz, Greg Hilmas, Dave Van Aken, and Bob Laudon

Professional Degree to RandyHauser

As part of the December, 2002commencement, the University of Missouri-Rollaawarded a Professional Degree to Randy Hauser(B.S., Met. E.,‘83), President and CEO of ChicagoMetal Fabricators and Chicago WirecraftProducts, both of Chicago, IL. Some of you willno doubt remember Randy as a defensive back onUMR’s outstanding football teams of the early‘80’s, for which he was two-time all-Conferenceas well as an Academic All-American. As youwatch TV football this fall, notice the variety ofhelmet face guards – and then remember thatmany of those were made by Chicago Wirecraft.Obviously, Randy’s interest in the game has notdiminished, but his successes have extended wellbeyond the playing field. Congratulations on anhonor well deserved!

Alumni in the NewsD. Scott MacKenzie (M.S., 1995 and

Ph.D. 2000) is co-editor (along with GeorgeTotten) of the new two-volume Handbook ofAluminum, published by Marcel Dekker andoffered by ASM International. Volume 1 (1296pages) focuses on “Physical Metallurgy andProcesses”, while Volume 2 (736 pages) covers“Alloy Production and Materials Manufacturing”.Scott is currently a technical specialist in heattreating at Houghton International, Inc. in ValleyForge, Pennsylvania. Faculty member, JoeNewkirk contributed the chapter on aluminumpowder metallurgy to Volume 1.

Chris Reiter (B.S., 1995) was recentlypromoted to General Manager of Marketing andSales for Copperweld’s North AmericanStructural Tubing Group. He is responsible for allcommercial activity in structural steel tubularproducts in North America.

Drake Clarke (B.S., 1994) is nowGeneral Manager of the Kaiser AluminumExtrusion operation.

Kerri Vencato (B.S., 19xx) has movedfrom Ford Motor Company in Detroit to GoodrichAircraft Interior Products in Phoenix, Arizona.

Scott Zimmer (B.S., 1982) now operatesan independent testing company in St. Louis,Quality Testing Services, Inc.

Megamet Industries – an entrepreneurialfirm started by Greg Brasel (B.S., 1984) hasbecome a Division of Nooter Corporation.Megamet specializes in metal injection molding(MIM).

Bruce Bramfitt (BS ’60, MS ’62, PhD’66, Prof. Degree ’89) recently published TheMetallographer’s Guide – Practices for Irons andSteels, published through ASM.

William Kovacich (BS, ’85) received apatent for liquid phase sintered braze performs forpowdered metal parts (a new technique forapplying PM braze material during sintering). Heis employed by Caterpillar in Rockwood, TN.

John Remmers (BS ’84) was recentlypromoted to Senior Vice-President of Engineeringfor the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation.

Scott Avis (BS ’86) has moved toGeorgia, where he currently manages Caterpillar’sseal ring foundry.

Don Chronister (BS 76, MS ’80) hasbeen promoted to Global Refining Advisor –Metallurgy and Corrosion at BP.

Mike Deelo (BS ’67) has taken retirementfrom Doe Run and is now working for ArrowTerminals, a company involved with importedmetallurgical materials.

School of Mines and MetallurgyAcademy

Several of our department’s alumni wererecently honored by induction into the School ofMines and Metallurgy Academy. April, 2003inductees included: Edwin Goetemann (B.S.’44) retired from Universal-Cyclops Steel Co.;Thomas J. O’Keefe (B.S. ’80, M.S. ’84)currently Vice-President. Olin Corporation; andJohn Remmers (B.S. ’84), Vice-President ofEngineering, Robert Bosch Corp.

Slated for induction in October, 2003 isAlan Burgess (B.S. ’54, M.S. ’55).

ObituariesThose of you who were here in the late

‘40s through the late 70’s will be saddened tolearn of the passing of Marion Eppelsheimer onJuly 31, 2003 at the Rolla Presbyterian Manor.Marion was the spouse of former faculty memberDan Eppelsheimer, and the mother of UMR/MSM

alumnus Daniel (B.S. Nuc E ‘64) and David.Marion was actively involved in the activities ofthe department for many years, and played animportant role in making new students and newfaculty feel welcome and at home in Rolla, MO.

Gary Schuchardt (B.S., 1976) passedaway in Jonesboro, Arkansas on January 25, 2003.Gary had been the plant general manager for B&CDie Cast in Jonesboro.

Other recent passings include severalfriends of the department: Bob Moore, professorof ceramic engineering and former ceramicengineering department chair, and M i r i a mPlanje, the widow of former dean of the School ofMines and Metallurgy, Ted Planje.

Department Receives New Six-YearABET Accreditation

Last fall, we reported that the departmenthad recently undergone an on-site ABETaccreditation visit along with the otherengineering disciplines on the campus. Theresults are now in, and they show metallurgicalengineering in a most favorable light. Wereceived the full six-year accreditation – themaximum available! Specific quotes from theevaluation report include:

“This is one of the few materialsengineering programs in the United States thatretains a primary focus on metals. An excellentrecord of placement of graduates demonstrates ahigh level of demand for them. The program is anasset for the State of Missouri and for the nation.”

“Faculty … are committed to a rigorous,high-quality undergraduate program and toexcellence in scholarly activity.”

“Program students are articulate, and theyspeak highly of their program and its faculty.They commend the faculty for open-door policies,willingness to involve (undergraduate) students inresearch, and interest in students as individuals.Students appreciate the program rigor and thequality of their laboratory experience.”

Corporate ContributionsLast year, the following firms made

contributions to the Metallurgical EngineeringDevelopment Fund through either Phonathonmatching gifts or direct donations:3M General MotorsAlcoa Gould ElectronicsAmeren Henkel Corp.Anheuser-Busch HoneywellBP IBMCaterpillar MaytagConoco Phillips Minerals TechnologiesEltech Systems MotorolaExxon Mobil OlinFord Motor Co. Proctor & GambleGeneral Electric Texas InstrumentsTextron

2002 Phonathon Sets New RecordMany thanks to all of the alumni who

contributed to the department Phonathon last year.Metallurgical Engineering alumni contributed$44,660 – up significantly from the $29,876received the previous year. The Met. honorsociety, Alpha Sigma Mu, helped to organize thestudent callers that resulted in our ability tocontact over 55% of all living alums in four nightsof calling. Over 20% of our 1,684 alumnicontributed, with the average gift being $132. Alist of of 2002-2003 donors is provided below.Please let us know if you were somehow omittedfrom this list. We will update the database andinclude your name in next year’s listing.

Calls for this year’s Phonathon will bemade on the evenings of October 22, 23, 27 and28. Our need is greater than ever, as you can seeby reading the Chairman’s Comments. Budgetcuts have nearly erased what we used to call“discretionary funds”, and the Phonathon is one ofthe few unencumberable resources that remain inthis area to help provide opportunities forstudents. We sincerely hope that you can help usby making a pledge – help us break the $50,000barrier. While you are at it, take the time to visitwith our current students. They appreciate theencouragement and guidance you can offer them.

2002-2003 Donor List

Allen AffolterBecky AkersCharles AkmakjianJay AlfordJerrold AlyeaDennis AmendHarvey AndersonHumberto ArzabeJohn AshleyScott AvisBruce BachmanRob BaileyDavid BallantyneMichael BalogaAaron BarklageRobert BarrowHeather BarstadBarry BasdenOral BassLeah BattleMary BecherGary BeckaApril BeisiegelChristel BemelmansMike BenchEdward BennRobert BennerLyle BennerRalph BerglundVernon BerkeyGerald BersettElisabeth BersettRobert BersettJohn Berwick, Jr.Irving BetzStanley BevansKevin BiggersDavid BishopDavid BlumeDennis BlunierJesse BodineGenevieve BodnarDavid BoedekerDonald BogueRonald BohacAndrea BonoAdrian BoschNatalie Bourgeois

Alex BowmanAaron BoyllBruce BramfittDenise BrandtDavid BrewerKarl BrownMatthew BruecknerStephen BruntsRobert BuelMelvin BuettnerMark BuhrEdson BumpsGregory BundyJohn BurgessFlake CampbellRichard CardettiLarry CarmackMichelle Carpet-ChichuraTimothy CarrJames CarrollLawrence CastorGlen ChaffinChi-Ming ChangRichard ChaoDonald ChronisterThomas ChronisterDrake ClarkeRichard ColePeter CollinsCrystal CookThomas CookDonald CooperKenneth CotterRicky CottrellBobby CoxGarry CrabtreeR Allen CrosbyEloy CuetoGeorge DahmHarry DameronPhilip DampfMichael DeanDuane DeClueMichael DeeloChristine DeinesMichael DeLuccaAdrian DeneysMorton Deutch

William DibertAlbert DillinghamDionne DillonRudolf DirscherlJennifer DiskinLarry DixDarrell DixonRobert DoellingDarrell DonisJames DowdPaul DowlingGary DowneyDennis DreyerJ Matthew DunehewMark DunlayBobby DyeJerome ElbaumRobert ElderWalter Ellis, Jr.John EnglundRichard EnochsJoseph EppersonLeif EricksonRobert ErskineDianne FeldewerthDavid FerrillDennis FeslerArmin FickGeorge FilatovsThomas FinleyRobert FischerLee FlaniganPaul FleischutGrey FoehrweiserDonald FosnachtRobert FossiRaymond FournelleJohn FrameKristopher FrankenPhilip FrekingRyan FritchleyHarold FukubayashiGale FulghumMichael GalbraithTheodore Garrett, Jr.Jack GatesJames GeeLloyd Gholson

Lawrence GidleyKenneth GielowDaniel GnanamuthuDiana GoedeckeDouglas GoedeckeEdwin GoetemannDavid GouldRonald GrahamMichael GrantThomas GregoryDavid GrimmMyron GrizioDaniel GroetekeThomas GroskoJoseph GroskoCynthia GrossMichael GrossMatthew GrovesPamela GumAlden HackerJohn HagerDenis HaleGeorge HallWilliam HallerbergWilliam HallettJohn HamPhillip HansenRussell HarrellWilliam HarrisKristen HartmanDavid HatfieldPaul HausnerHarry HaysFrank HeadingtonCarl HechingerBruce HelveyWilliam HenningJoseph HeppJames HesseBarry HeuerCharles HeuerJames HickernellFrederick HohenbergerWilliam HollanderRobert HollenbackMichael HolmWilliam HorstRichard Howell

John HowellJoseph HowertonJames HubeliAudrey HuddlesonGary Hudiburgh, Jr.David HughesSusan HunnLindell HurstPeter HuskaSantiago IbarraKevin IjamesErsan IlgarClarence IsbellNathan JaffeJohn JedlickaGeorge JohnsRobert JohnsonGregory JohnsonRalph JohnstonRichard L.JonesRichard JonesHerbert KalishJay KallorCatherine KammererE Louis KapernarosJohn KeatingWilliam KehrJames KeiserMichael KelahanGeorge KelleyJ Paul KemperChristopher KennedyChang Don KimKenneth KingMatthew KingFred KisslingerKris KitchenPaul KloerisBrian KlotzJohn KnoepkeEugene KoebbeHarold KoellingRobert KoesterWilliam KolnikB Edward KopaskieZelma KostyshakWilliam KovacichDonald Kozeni

Albert KrainessRandall KrauseJeffrey KrauseKeith KreitlerFrancis KrillDavid KroeterShrirang KulkarniCharles KunzJohn LambleStephen LaneMerritt LangstonCharles LaPrestaWarren LarsonMrs. Edward LaskoJohn LatimerGregory LeaHarry LeamyRonald LedbetterChi-Yuan LeiMichael LewisWarren LibermanFloyd LoftinSpencer LukeCharles LusherLeonard LutzGregory LynchPaul MachmeierDonald MackenzieDennis MadiganWilliam MagruderBrian MangognaHerman MansfieldPurushottam ManusmareDouglas MarquartRichard MartinHarvey MartinKenneth MartinezWilliam McClaneMark McCormickBeth McDanielRichard MeekThomas MeiserChun-Ping MengCarolyn MerrittJames MerwinDavid MeskanKenneth MetzKyle MetzloffGene Meyer

David MichelEric MillerFrancis MindenMichael MoatsRandall MooreScott MorrisonWalton MorseEdward MossRichard MuellerRandy MullinaxWalter MulycaPeter MushovicBrent MydlandCharles MyersJames NagyEric NealJohn NeetCharles NeuhartNorbert NeumannLeander NeumeierMarvin NevinsRobert NewcomerFred NiemeierKenneth NiewoehnerDaniel NixWilliam Oberbeck, Jr.Thomas O'KeefeThomas O'KeefeMatthew O'KeefeUriel OkoEugene OlcottJohn OlsonKenneth OsterJoseph OstermannPeter OttenMark OvermanMario PadillaRay Parker, Jr.Larry ParkinsonDanton PaulsonRhonda PautlerJohn PautlerKent PeasleeKenneth PendletonRobert PenmanGary PennellJeremy PepperRobert PeppersDavid Perkins

Michael PerkinsTerry PerkinsJorg PeterDonald PfanstielRonald PfeufferHerman PheiferAnn PhelpsJoel PhilliberJohn PhippsTim PostlewaitJoseph PriceDavid PriceWilliam PriesmeyerMiles ProppSiri Ram RaiDarlene RamasyWesley RanardJerome RangeJohn RatliffRichard RedlineJohn ReillyStephen ReillyDavid ReinhartChristopher ReiterJohn RemmersMiriam RemmersWilliam RickettsCharles RobersonFrederick RocchioGerald RoeHarvey RossDavid RothDonald RumseyWilliam Ruprecht JrMartin RustCarl SauerRobert ScanlonSeth SchaeferChristopher ScheiblhoferEric SchelinRoyce SchierdingSuzanne SchlemeierMark SchlesingerRichard SchmidtRobert SchmidtCheryl SchmittDonald SchnefkeJames SchoenGerald Schoep

Kevin SchoolcraftJohn SchorkJames SchroerRobert SchuchardtArthur SchweizerFrederick SchweizerMindy SettlesJoseph SevickBernard SexauerRamesh ShahLonnie ShaltonNancy ShawGalen ShepardBryce ShriverArthur ShrubsallAlvin ShwartzPaul SilversMandeep SinghJerald SmithWarren SmithBuddie SmithJohn SmithJames SpehrEdward SpeidelJames SplettstosserVijay SrinivasanGilbert StarkweatherRichard StehlinJoseph SteinkampFred SteinkuehlerMark StennettPeter SternLeslie StewartAshley StoutHenry StriederDana StroupColleen StuckerHerbert SturgesYu-Ming SuJames SullivanSteven SullivanGlen SwartzRoger SwensonEdwin SzumachowskiClarence TarrGerald TarrThomas TatmanAndrew TayonThomas Theobald

James ThompsonMilton TilmanBruce TiptonSarah ToddLamar ToddRobert TookeRegina TopiRichard TothJeanne TreasurerChi-Hua TsengMark TshoppLinda TutkoJames TwymanCraig TyhurstLester UnnerstallJames UrbonMichael Van DorfyJeremy VanderbarkJames VasherKerri VencatoJoseph VogtScott VolnerNeal WagenhiemDouglas WalkerYar-Ming WangChwan-Tsann WangJoseph WardStanley WaxmanDouglas WeaverSamuel WeaverMichael WebbWilbern WeddleBaltasar WeissGary WelchDavid WelshThomas WeyandCharles WieseLarson WileKimberly WilliamsDean WilliamsBenjamin WinterJames WolfeDouglas WoodKenton WrightShen YehGary YerbyZeyang ZhouScott ZimmerAlan Zunkel

Where Did the Graduates Go?

August, 2002M.S. DegreesDavid Akers Caterpillar, Mossville, ILSiddarth Sharma Pursuing Ph.D. in Met. E. at UMRBerny Rivera Vasquez Returned to PeruPh.D. DegreeJinghua Sun UMR as PostDoc Fellow

December, 2002:B.S. DegreesJason Carter Olin Brass, East Alton, ILAlicia Cobb U.S. Navy Nuclear ProgramJennifer Garrison Grad School – Colorado School of MinesTom Glynn American Steel Foundries, Granite City, ILWes Held Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Wash, D.C.Josh Lawalin National Steel, Portage, INItalo Marsano Fundicion Callo, Lima, PeruTravis McKindra Grad School in Met. E. – UMRKearney O’Connor National Steel, Portage, INDominic Purpura Honeywell, Kansas City, MOLeslie Swope General Motors, MI

December, 2002(cont’d):Steve VanHoose American Electric Power, Bridgman, MIM.S. DegreesJing Zheng Grad School – UMR Elect. Engr.Ph. D. DegreeDevin Hess General Motors, Saginaw, MI

May, 2003:B.S. Degrees:James Bruce Honeywell, Kansas City, MORob Dannenmueller Citation Corp., Skokie, ILPaul Hoppe Marathon Ashland PetroleumMohamed Izidbih Return to MauretaniaAndrew Klippel U.S. ArmyJames Reck Grad School – UMR in Met.E. – UMRMarty Rust Grad School in Met.E. – UMRJohn Scott Ispat-Inland Steel, Gary, INDavid Swartz Heidtman Steel, Toledo, OHJason Tucker Landmark Baptist Church, Rolla, MOM.S. Degrees:Aryama Saikia Pursuing Ph.D. in Met. E. at UMR

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