Engineering
lessons come first with this basketball player
Mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) student Chris
Kilburn-Peterson '99 found himself on the Dec. 22 cover
of the Princeton Athletic News. Chris was featured as the Player
Profile in the program for the men's
basketball game versus Rutgers. He is a center on the team.
The feature recaps Chris's decision to miss last year's National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament in favor
of traveling to Thailand with his MAE design team to present
their quiet vacuum cleaner to manufacturing executives.
Chris was one of eight engineering students selected by competition
to present their product design concept for possible commercialization.
The trip was the culmination of MAE 321: Engineering Design,
taught by Associate Professor Daniel Nosenchuck. The
course introduces students to the principals of engineering
design in a global context.
"Missing the NCAA tournament was difficult," Chris
is quoted as saying. "I worked with the team all year,
and I would have loved to have been there for the tournament.
But in the long term, I felt for my personal growth and development
I made the right decision."
Chris is not the only basketball-playing engineer. Team members
Mason Rocca '00 and Phil Jackman '02
are also engineering students.
| Grad student is top
scholar
Joseph Stencel, a graduate student in the department
of civil engineering and operations research, received
the top scholarship award in the third annual Hazardous
Materials Management Student Competition. Professor
Peter Jaffé is his thesis adviser.
The competition featured entries from full-time students
enrolled in more than 100 universities throughout the
United States.
Joseph presented his entry, titled Environmental Concerns
for Trace Metals in Water Partitioned from Crude Oil,
at a special session of the Academy of Certified Hazardous
Materials Managers'.
The competition is sponsored by the Institute of Hazardous
Materials Management, a nonprofit organization, with
the primary mission of providing credentialed recognition
to environmental professionals.
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CookieTime is a new tradition begun during
the fall semester at the School of Engineering and Applied
Science. Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon cookies and
beverages are served in the Faculty Lounge. CookieTime was
started as another venue in which students and faculty can
interact in an informal setting. The new twice-weekly snack
hour has been well-received by students and faculty alike.
Photo by Stephen Bleezarde
Illustration by Ann Haver-Allen
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