Addison Bain ’72 M.S. wrote The Freedom Element, Living with Hydrogen, a book explaining the cause of the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster. The title of his book is explained on the back cover, “Hydrogen could now become our ‘Freedom Element’ and release us from the shackles of the Petroleum Czars.” College of Science Dean Gordon Nelson helped Bain with his research and is mentioned in the book which is available through
www.bluenotebooks.com
Jim Downey, president of our alumni association, continues to recruit for Florida Tech. Here are his latest prospects for the Class of 2021 (Connor James and Kaiden Craig) and the Class of 2025 (McKinley Edward and McKinna Belle). Jim reports that both sets of grandtwins are already showing Panther Pride
Robert Gallop ’02 Ph.D. is president of EPI, Environmental Professionals Inc., in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Jeffrey Hoel, M.S., recently retired from the Navy after 20 years of active duty. A graduate of the Navy’s Diving and Salvage School in 1989, he served in the Navy’s Ocean Facilities Program as an ocean engineer and diver. Currently, he is a lead systems engineer for General Dynamics in Northern Virginia.
Edward Thomas Jr. is a tenured associate professor of physics at Auburn University in Alabama. He also directs the Plasma Sciences Laboratory. He and wife Wendy reside in Auburn and are parents of Edward, 12, and Maya, 7.
Sharon (Maddock) Nader and husband Stuart are parents to Hannah Krista, born in November 2006. Mom is a first officer for American Airlines, where dad is
also employed. The family resides in New Lenox, Ill.
Glenn Clinger is the author of Flight 412, an aviation thriller that is offered through Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com. He also wrote a children’s television show that aired in Hawaii. Glenn and wife Alicia live in Easley, S.C. His Web site is
www.glennpclingeriii.com.
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Don Davis and wife Wendy welcomed Lauren Emma in November 2006. Don works for the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan and is a U.S. Coast Guard reservist. Wendy is a stay-at-home mom. The family relocated to Waukesha, Wis., from Clermont, Fla., last year.
Judd Weaver, M.S., and wife Malia are first-time parents to Nolan, born March 2007, and live in Santa Maria, Calif. Judd is employed at ACTA Inc., and Maria is regional manager at Coasthills Federal Credit Union.
Cory Beilharz, wife Jen and
3-1/2-year-old Jack welcomed Ava Kate in January 2007. Cory works in engineering for CSXT in Birmingham, Ala.
Steven Polk, M.S., was recently promoted to manager, centralized procurement, at Harris Corp.’s Government Communications Systems Division in Palm Bay, Fla., where he has been employed for more than 22 years. He and wife Annette ’93 M.B.A. live in Orlando, Fla.
Michelle (Boehmke) Fillingim and husband Matt Fillingim ’95 are the parents of Drake Edwin, born in August 2006, in Berkeley, Calif., and big sister, Kiara.
Carrie (Green) Knatz and husband Ken live in Oceanside, Calif., with daughter Ava Jade. Carrie is employed by CDM, an environmental engineering consulting firm. Proud dad works for the engineering division of the City of San Clemente.
Diana (Dingfelder) Campos and husband Reggie Campos ’93 welcomed son Benjamin Francisco in October 2006. Diana is a software engineer at Northrop Grumman, and Reggie is an electrical engineer at Harris Corp. The family resides in Malabar, Fla.
Jose Rivera, M.S., is dean of the School of Management at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico in San Juan. He was honored with the 2006 Higher Education Award by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Currently, he is working on his Ph.D. dissertation from the University of Central Florida.
Kenneth Connell ’05 M.S., a member of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss., is the winner of the 2007 PIANC USA DePaepe-Willems Award Contest. His paper is titled “Modeling Navigation Channel Infilling and Migration at Tidal Inlets: Sensitivity to Waves and Tidal Prism.”
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Jason Terreri is an airport operations supervisor, working with the Landside Operations Division at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. His e-mail is Jason.Terreri@atlanta-airport.com.
Leroy Straker and wife Marcene welcomed their second son, Jadon Nathanael in December 2006. Older brother Kobe is 7 years old. Leroy is network administrator at Call One Inc. in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Daniel Chardon and wife Jessica Ramirez welcomed Sofia in January 2007. The family lives in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. He works for a software company, Altiris Inc., based in Utah, and is the regional manager for the Caribbean region and Bermuda.
Rebecca Almeida was recently promoted to lieutenant junior grade (LJG) in the NOAA Corps. Assigned as a flight meteorologist, she will be forecasting hurricanes from inside the Hurricane Hunter planes. Rebecca is located in Tampa, Fla.
Kenneth Zugel ’88 died of injuries suffered in a traffic accident on March 7. For the past 10 years, he was employed as a pilot at Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. in Manassas, Va.
Survivors include his wife, Mim, and two children, Cecilia and Patrick, of Haymarket, Va. |
