Memories…
For those alumni who have fond (or even not so fond) memories of
the Kingsbury 105 Power Laboratory, we still have a number of brass control
panel connectors we will give you for a donation of $25.00. If you are
interested in a connector, contact Professor Clark. Please send us a note and
let us know where you are, what you are doing, etc. We hope that you enjoy
reading this section, which always brings back fond memories of our alumni.
Mike Healy Jr. (BS '59) e-mailed in the solutions to last year’s annual
puzzle. Congratulations Mike! Mike had the correct answers and was the second
person to respond.
Robert Stetson (BS ’66) e-mailed Dr. Glanz. Bob works at Cabletron
Corporation in Massachusetts.
Edward W. Smith (BS ’71) is president of Smith Engineering, Inc.
He writes that he has been in private practice (consulting) since 1979. He said
that business has been good in this nice strong economy and that UNH helped him
develop a good foundation for many aspects of application engineering. Edward is
living in Englewood, Florida.
Kevin White (BS ‘72) sent Dr. Clark a nice note recently. Dr. Clark
mentioned that Kevin was one of the ringleaders on the electric car project and
the designated driver for the contest at the GM proving grounds when we took the
car to Michigan. Kevin works at APC (American Power Conversion) in Billerica MA
and is the program manager for a new product that will be released soon. Kevin
wrote the note while on his way to the Philippines where he went to do a pilot
production run on his company’s first SMT line. Kevin said, "if all goes well we
go to production April lst and start making 25,000 UPSs to stock the
store shelves." Other than work, Kevin is on a five-year plan to buy a bigger
boat and sail to the Caribbean for a year or two.
Steve Stroebel (MSME ’78, EE Minor) talked to Dr. Glanz at Prodessor
Limbert's retirement party. Steve works for Eaton Corp in Chicago as a designer
and uses EE all the time.
Kris T Newport (BS ’80) is an associate department head for the MITRE
Corporation (Tampa, FL). Kris recalls that he has very fond memories of UNH and
the ECE Department.
Kris writes, "I was very lucky to have gone to UNH. The education I received
was excellent and I (and my family) have reaped the benefits ever since. I
graduated from UNH in 1980 and went into the Air Force. I got out of the Air
Force after four years and went to work for the MITRE Corporation at their Rome,
NY site. I got my Master's Degree (MSEE) from Syracuse University in 1988. I
spent 7 years in Rome before I relocated to Tampa, FL in 1992. I currently
support the Defense Department's Special Operations Command, Central Command,
and Southern Command from the site here in Tampa. I'm married (wife's name is
Kim) and have two children (Jessica and Sarah)."
Tom Young (BS '82) talked with Dr. Glanz at Durham Library’s birthday
party. Tom recently moved to Durham with his business that has to do with audio
and video equipment most of which happens online so he and his family could
relocate wherever they wished.
Charles Bianchi (BS ’83, MS ‘85, Ph.D. ‘95) was a judge at this year’s
annual Senior Projects Day Poster Session. Chuck currently works at Lucent
Technologies in Andover, MA. Thanks for helping us with project judging
Chuck!
Peter Arnoldy (BS ‘84) sent in his e-mail and land mail address for our
department database. Thanks Peter.
Jeffrey Hird (BS ’84) is the district sales manager for Molex, Inc.
Jeffrey sells interconnect products (both copper and fiber) to various
industries including network, medical and contract manufacturers. Jeffrey writes
that he has been living in York, ME for the last nine years. He has been married
for ten years to Maureen (a Framingham State grad) and has three daughters (a
seven year old and twin four year olds).
Michael Hirst (BS ‘84) met Dr. Glanz in Durham. Michael works in
Burlington, Vermont on firmware for printing.
Kevin Donohue (BS ‘84) met Dr. Glanz in Kingsbury Hall. Kevin started his
own company in Washington DC installing networking systems.
Carl-Henry Piel (MS ‘85) was a judge at this year’s annual Senior
Projects Day Poster Session. Carl is working for IBI Group in Boston MA, which
is a professional engineering consulting company. Thanks for helping us with
project judging Carl!
Dr. Clark was recently visiting his brother Stanley A. Clark (BS '49)
at Pleasant Lake, Deerfield, NH when a couple came to the door. Who was it but
Nancy "Fernald" Reese (BS '88, MS '91) and her husband. They were both a
bit surprised and had a nice chat. Dr. Clark asked Nancy to send us a note about
her life after UNH.
Nancy writes, "I started working for Sanders as a summer intern during the
summer of 1991, which then turned into a permanent position in the fall of 1991.
I worked there for about four and a half years, at which time I left to take a
contract position with Digital Equipment Corp. I worked there for about a year,
then moved on to another contract position at Hewlett Packard's Medical Products
Division, developing software driver interfaces for various medical devices. I
worked there for almost two and a half years, before leaving about two weeks ago
to await the arrival of my first child! In 1995 I married Charles Reese, whom I
had been seeing since our college days. He graduated from the UNH business
school in 1986 with an Admin degree. We bought our first house in Deerfield NH
in 1993 and that's where we reside today. Chuck is a real estate appraiser and
last year started his own appraisal business, working out of our home. In our
spare time we enjoy travelling, water skiing, mountain biking, x-country skiing,
collecting/restoring cars, and working on projects around the house. As of today
(7-12-99) I am 4 days overdue and just waiting for the baby to decide that the
time is right to make an appearance! We're both looking forward to this next
phase in our lives, which everyone tells us will never be the same again ;-)"
LAST MINUTE NEWS FLASH: Tyler Charles was born on July 17, 1999 at
2:08am, weighing in at 7lb 4oz and measuring 19.75 in length. Both he and Nancy
are doing just fine.
Mike Busby (BS '89) met Dr. Glanz in Kingsbury Hall. Mike works at Mass
Electric and is getting his MS at Northeastern.
Jim Doherty (BS '90, MS '91) sent in his e-mail address. He is doing ASIC
design at a startup networking company called Avici Systems in Billerica MA.
Heather Conklin (BS ’90, MS ‘95) remember the carpet you purchased for
Dr. Clark’s Communication Research Laboratory? Well Dr. Clark recently moved his
laboratory and the carpet was the first item moved into his new research area.
He said he would not accept a room that was too small for the carpet.
Mark Hughes (BS ’91, MS ‘95), Sue Anagnost Hughes ( BS ’92, MS ‘94), Bill
Cornell ( BS ‘84), and Kevin Major (BS ’84, MS ‘92) all had a hand in
arranging an ECE student tour of Lucent Technologies in Andover, Massachusetts.
Professor Drake’s Introduction to Fiber Optics class and a number of ECE
students participated in the Lucent Technologies tour. Mark was the tour
guide.
Dan Ciarcia (BS ‘92) sent in his e-mail address for our department
database. Thanks Dan.
Andy Bronson (BS ‘92) stopped by to see Dr. Glanz while on vacation from
work in Colorado.
Dennis Gum, (BS ‘92) met Dr. Glanz in Kingsbury Hall. Dennis works for
the Post Office in Manchester, NH and is getting his MSEE at Manchester Graduate
Center.
Rolandos Kamenias (MS ‘93) sent Professor Pokoski a nice note. Rolandos
writes, " I came back to Cyprus when I completed my studies from UNH and I got a
job in an offshore company known as CardTech. Basically we write software for
Credit Card operations. Our clients are usually Europeans and Middle East
companies and we have a few in Brazil , Island Victoria etc. There is some
travelling involved as well. I got married a year and a half ago to Natalie. She
is from Up-State New York and we have a 6-month-old daughter named Maria. We
came back in the US when we got married and I stopped by UNH on my way to New
York. It was summer so I did not get to see anybody. I would really like to hear
your news and any news from UNH. Please say hi to all the professors in the
Department and specifically to Dr Messner, Dr Miller and Dr Kraft."
Dario Carrara (MS ‘93) is living in Andover MA and is working for NetCore
Systems, Inc. in Wilmington, MA. He writes that NetCore is looking for qualified
individuals to help build their team. Interested people may send their resumes
to:
Att: Dario Carrara
NetCore Systems, Inc.
187 Ballardvale Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
Jeffrey Woodward (BS ‘94, MS ‘96) sent in his e-mail address for our
department database. Thanks Jeff.
Michael Audette (BS ‘96) writes that he is working for the #1 EDA company
Synopsys and was wondering if any VHDL or Verilog/Chip synthesis classes were
being taught yet at UNH. Well Mike, we now do. This fall (’99) we will introduce
VHDL and logic synthesis in EE711 Digital systems. Thanks for your persistence
in keeping us informed about the importance of VHDL and logic synthesis.
Amy Bonsall (BS ‘96) and David Weber (BS ‘96) visited the ECE Department
this spring semester.
Kim Roy (BS ‘96) wrote a nice article titled A Stroke of Luck in
this summer’s issue of Signals and Noise. Thank you Kim!
Katie Rothstein (BS ’97) came back to UNH this spring to attend this
year’s Senior Projects Day poster presentation.