ESM Dept. E SCI Class of 2005

Back row: Dr. Christine Masters, Brian Piccione, Ryan Pfaff, Brian Murtha, Sean Pursel, Shelby Fidler, Alexander Robinson, Ryan Melnychuck, John Meeker, Gavin Hawk, Stefan De Biasi, Myo Thein, Dr. Clifford Lissenden

Front Row: David Bernstein, Katherine Weaver, The McSweeney, Karen Wright, Gaelle Belot, Tamara Valinoto, Gabrielle Tremblay, Brett Shapiro, Dr. Judith Todd

Engineering Science and Mechanics held a Senior Tea on Friday, May 13th, 2005.

Graduating Seniors for Summer 2004, Fall 2004, and Spring 2005

Gaelle T. Belot (Spring 2005)
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
Hometown: Hollis, NY
“Measurement of Residual Stress in Thin Films”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Mark W. Horn
Plans: industrial position

David P. Bernstein (Spring 2005)
Minors: Engineering Mechanics and Math
Hometown: Narberth, PA
“Task Dynamics of Aiming at a Target:
Goal-Equivalent Manifolds, Stability and Control”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Joseph P. Cusumano

Paul D. Brugan (Spring 2005)
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
Hometown: Jim Thorpe, PA
“Controlled Fracture of Ceramics Using a Dual-Beam Laser System”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Albert E. Segall
Plans: Employment at Lockheed Martin Corporation,
Valley Forge, PA

Jacqueline Dancu (Fall 2004)
Hometown: Holland, PA
“Preliminary Research and Design for the Implementation
of a Small Field Scale Anaerobic Digester in Jamaica”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Raymond Regan

Stefan F. De Biasi (Spring 2005)
Hometown: Coopersburg, PA
“Electroless Copper Deposition on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Ivica Smid
Plans: Employment at Air Products and Chemicals

Shelby L. Fidler (Spring 2005)
Minor: Engineering Entrepreneurship
Hometown: Leola, PA
“Interference Patterns and Matching Circuit Design for
Ultrasound Enhanced Drug Delivery and Testing”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Nadine B. Smith
Plans: Employment at U.S. Patent Office, Alexandria, VA

Gavin Hawk (Summer 2005)
Hometown: Palmerton, PA
“Surface Roughness Effects on Nucleate Pool Boiling”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Lawrence Hochreiter

Kimberly G. Love (Spring 2005)
Minor: Bioengineering
Hometown: Davidsonville, MD
“Failure Rates of Rectangular Arrays Used in
Noninvasive Insulin Delivery”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Nadine B. Smith

Thea McSweeney (Summer 2005)
Minor: Bioengineering
Hometown: Sayre, PA
“Effect on Non-Newtonian Rheology in Cardiovascular Flow Fields”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Arnold Fontaine

John Meeker (Spring 2005)
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
Hometown: Sanatoga, PA
“Thermal Stress Intensity Factors Due to an
Arbitrary Thermal Shock by an Inverse Method”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Albert E. Segall
Plans: Graduate School

Ryan M. Melnychuk (Spring 2005)
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
Hometown: Bloomsburg, PA
“Laser Beam Absorption in Metallic Powder Beds”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Richard Martukanitz
and Dr. Judith Todd
Plans: Attending Graduate School at PSU
in Industrial Engineering

Ryan M. Melsert (Fall 2004)
Minor: International Studies
Hometown: Burnt Hills, NY
“Hydrogen Combustion Dynamics and its
Applications as a Transportation Fuel”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Joel Anstrom

Brian A. Murtha (Spring 2005)
Minor: Math
Hometown: State College, PA
“Modeling Heat Transfer Characteristics of Multi-Layered Structures”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Anil K. Kulkarni
Plans: Graduate School at Penn State University
in Engineering Science

Ryan W. Pfaff (Spring 2005)
Hometown: Strongsville, OH
“Fiber Reinforced Elastomers:
Fatigue and Microbuckling Behavior”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Charles E. Bakis
Plans: Graduate School — Penn State University

Brian E. Piccione (Spring 2005)
Minors: Engineering Mechanics and Physics
Hometown: Langhorne, PA
“Application of Atomic Force Microscopy to the Study of Bio-Cells”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Bernhard Tittmann
Plans: Graduate School at Purdue

Sean M. Pursel (Summer 2005)
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
Hometown: Catawissa, PA
“Investigation of Polymeric Sculptured Thin Films”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Mark W. Horn

Caitlin A. Roberts (Fall 2004)
Minor: Bioengineering
Hometown: Allentown, PA
“Oligonycleotide-Directed Patterning of
Microstructures through Microcontact Printing”
Thesis supervised by Dr. William Hancock
and Dr. Jeffrey Zahn

Alexander J. Robinson (Spring 2005)
Minor: German
Hometown: Purcellville, VA
“Molecular Dynamics Simulations of
Impinging Nitrogen Atomization”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Michael Micci
Plans: Travel Abroad

Donald A. Sampson (Fall 2004)
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
Hometown: Knox, PA
“Examination of Adaptive Reconfigurable
Control Methods Problems and Solutions”
Thesis supervised by Dr. David Spencer

Jed Schober (Summer 2005)
Hometown: Lititz, PA
“Design and Analysis of a Flexing
Bicycle Suspension Device”
Thesis supervised by C. E. Bakis

Brett Shapiro (Spring 2005)
Minors: Engineering Mechanics and Spanish
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
“Semi-Active Damping Using a Fiber Wound Elastic Tube”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Christopher Rahn
Plans: Graduate School at MIT

Shaun F. Stasik (Fall 2004)
Hometown: Ballston Spa, NY
“Fabrication and Preparation of Iron Sculptures Thin Films of Various Morphologies for Biological Reduction Studies”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Mark W. Horn

Matthew Stefanski (Spring 2005)
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
Hometown: Verona, NJ
“A Study on Chiral Reflector-Based Microcavity
Light Emitting Devices”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Jian Xu

Rocky K. Styer, Jr. (Spring 2005)
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
“A Technical Evaluation of a Cylindrical
Rotary Stirling Engine”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Horacio Perez-Blanco

Myo M. Thein (Spring 2005)
Dual Degree: Engineering Science and Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Yangon, Burma
“Modification of the Selectivity of Gold Nanowire Based Mercury Sensors by Self-Assembled-Monolayer Functionalization”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Stephen J. Fonash
Plans: Graduate School at Penn State University in
Engineering Science

Gabrielle Tremblay (Spring 2005)
Minor: Engineering Leadership Development
Hometown: McMurray, PA
“Fluid Mechanics Videos for Use in Undergraduate Education”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Gary S. Settles
Plans: Internship Summer 2005 with General Electric and Graduate School Fall 2005 at University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, in Industrial and Operations Engineering

Brie E. Turso (Summer 2004)
Minor: Bioengineering
Hometown: Harbor Creek, PA
“Finite Element Modeling of Plantar Pressure
Distribution on the Foot-Shoe Interface”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Peter R. Cavanagh

Tamara R. Valinoto (Spring 2005)
Minor: Engineering Mechanics
Hometown: Stowe, PA
“Comparison of the Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of
Cryo-Treated and Untreated Aluminum Alloys
Under Simulated Wire-Rope Conditions”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Albert E. Segall
Plans: Employed by Northrop Grumman,
Electronics Systems, Linthicum, MD

Abhay Verma (Fall 2004)
Hometown: Meadville, PA
“Investigation of Sculptured Thin Films on Patterned Topography”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Mark W. Horn

Katherine E. Weaver (Spring 2005)
Hometown: Rochester, NY
“Theoretical Modeling and Simulation of Contact Lithography
with Broadband Illumination and Immersion”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Plans: Penn State University for one more semester to finish Master’s degree and Graduate School Fall 2006

Karen K. Wright (Spring 2005)
Minors: Engineering Mechanics and Japanese
Hometown: Williamsville, NY
“Development of a Web-Based System for Mass Customization”
Thesis supervised by Dr. Tim W. Simpson

Plans: Employment at Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD and possible MBA in the future