3rd Alumni Career Celebration Event

A Business, Technology & Careers Conference

Friday, April 27, 2007
Clayton Hall Conference Center
University of Delaware

To register for the event, scroll down and click on RSVP below

Highlights - Opportunities

Overview of the state of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Delaware and its plans
Seminars by faculty and alumni on engineering technology, engineering business topics, and career planning and experience. CEU credits will be offered.
Extensive periods for interaction and networking among alums, faculty and students
Review/discussion of current reserach and development displays with graduate students
Social times for reunion and further networking
Continuous refreshments, cocktail hour, dinner followed by a keynote speaker and a time to honor and hear from six alums who have been cited as "Distinguished Career Alumni", class of 2007

Program Events

12:30	Registration
1:00	Welcome Dr. Thomas Buchanan, Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
1:30	Seminars in Track A or Track B

	Track A: Business & Technology	Track B: Career Planning
1:30	Wind Energy Dr. Leonard Schwartz Professor, Mechanical Engineering	Patent Law Gary Hecht '80 Partner, Synnesvedt and Lechner
2:15	Networking
2:30	Environmental Fluid Mechanics Dr. Lian-Ping Wang Professor, Mechanical Engineeirng	Your Own Business Jodie Morgan '85 President, SPI Foods
3:15	Networking
3:30	Airplane Forensics Brian Murphy '90 National Research Specialist, National Transportation Safety Board	Being C.R.I.S.P. in the 21st Century Workplace John Thackrah '79 Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
4:15	Networking
4:30	Panel Discussion with all Distinguished Career Alumni
5:30	Reception
6:30	Dinner
7:30	Distinguished Career Alumni Award Presentations
8:00	Keynote Speaker: Wind Energy Offshore Resource, Policy, and the Path Forward Dr. Willett Kempton Associate Professor, College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware

PDF of program events

Lodging

If you require lodging, we suggest the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel located immediately adjacent to the Clayton Hall facility. For rates and reservations, call (302) 737-0900 or visit www.udel.edu/hotel/.

Distinguished Career Awards

One of the objectives of this conference is to recognize alumni career achievements. This year's recipients include:

Donald R. Cohee, P.E. (BME 1968), Vice President of Research and Technology, ILC Dover, Frederica, Delaware

Michael J. Doyle (BME 1992), Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark, NJ

James B. Foulk (BME 1959) Chief Executive Officer of the SURVICE Engineering Company; President/CEO of Chesapeake Defense Services, Baltimore, MD

Jerry Kegelman (BME 1978) Associate Director of Aerodynamics, Aerothermodynamics, and Acoustics Research and Technology at the NASA Langley Research Center

Jodie (Kuchler) Morgan (BME 1985) President, SPI Polyols, Inc.

Nancy Sottos (BME 1986, PhD 1991) Donald B. Willett Professor of Engineering and Professor of Materials Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Previous recipients...

More information

Preparations for the upcoming Business, Technology & Career Conference were highlighted in the ME Winter Newsletter. Details from previous career celebrations can be found on the Alumni Events pages.

Contact Nate Cloud for more information.