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MAE ’09 MENS SOCCER TEAM
WINNERS OF THE IM DIVISION A LEAGUE
WINNERS OF THE IM DIVISION A LEAGUE
October 2009
Bottom row left to right: Lu Chao, Thanh Nguyen, Fadi Abdeljawad, Sherif Soliman, Sieu Ha.
Top row left to right: Brandt Belson, Talal Al-Housseiny, Victor Oyeyemi, Adam Hickle, Esteban Gonzalez, Ismaiel Yakub, George Young
2009 Fall Festival
The Fall Festival held on Thursday, October 22nd turned out to be a huge success!! The carousel moonbounce and obstacle course were a hit and well enjoyed by all.
There were 8 entries in the Pie Baking Contest, with Professor Claire Gmachl’s research group creating the MIRPLE Pie. In the end, the winners, chosen by Professor’s Lex Smits, Bill Russel and graduate student Chrissie Peabody, were Kate Harrison-Apple Pie, Megan Leftwich-Mixed Berry, and Lauren Padilla-Berry Pear. Each received a custom logo embroidered apron. Many thanks to Sarah Braude and her aunt for this!!!
The Donut eating contest was held near the end of the event and the winners were Mac Haas, Josh Heyne and Joe Lefkowitz.
We received 36 entries in the “Guess the Candy Corn” jar, and Tyler Groff took the prize by guessing 237, closest to 240. He then began a candy corn catching contest from the roof patio of Bowen Hall down to Professor Craig Arnold and Justin Love, son of MAE Staff member Jo Ann Love.
There were many great pumpkin carvings and crafts made by children, grad students and faculty.
We received a few donations from local caterers and vendors, that I would like to show our appreciation to. Cox’s Market gave very tasty pies, Business Bistro provided the excellent wings, and Dunkin Donuts on route 1 provided some of the donuts. In addition we had make your own caramel apples. It was a bigger success than I had expected it to be.
All in all it seems it was a great event, if you would like to see pictures, please go to:
Special thanks to Ray Cheung, Dan Swain and Paul Reverdy for their shots!!
2009 Chili Cookout
2009 Chili Throwdown. The Winner!
They also serve who only sit and look
Two "Winners"
You have to keep a good man under control.
Just what is a Flow Reactor?
A delicate concoction for a friend?
Onlookers! Well wishers?
So let's go Home!
Swede Wins Flesh Eating Contest
Eli Harari, CEO and founder of SanDisk, discusses the outlook for flash memory in The Chronical of San Fransisco. The article can be accessed at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/09/28/BUBV1352BL.DTL
First Annual MAE Chili Throwdown
Mike Burke, Mac Haas, Maureen Hickey, Lex Smits, Mike Littman, Steve and Bing Brunton
Princeton, NJ: It was a heated competition last night in the EQuad courtyard as contestants vied for the First Annual MAE Chili Throwdown Belt of Honor. Following an exhaustive tasting by judges Maureen Hickey, Jeremy Kasdin and Alexander Smits, Steve Brunton and his wife, Bing, rose as the 2008 Throwdown champions and keepers of the Belt of Honor. Steve will be walking the MAE halls and labs today donning his prize Belt - which incidentally was exquisitely fabricated by our own Glenn Northey - so make sure to congratulate Steve and thank Glenn!
The Brunton’s winning chili was a delicious, traditional, red sauce and ground beef, with a medley of fresh peppers, onions, grated cheese and sour cream on the side giving the discerning eater many flavor options. Their recipe may be disclosed at a later date or for a small fee to assist their meager Graduate Student lifestyles.
The Chili Throwdown was the brainchild of native Texans Mac Haas and Steve Brunton. Mac and Mike Burke worked tirelessly to recruit cooks, then setup, cleanup, and play under sunny skies last evening. Mac was sporting a plaid shirt, Wrangler jeans, boots and hat and fashionable “Don’t Mess with Texas” belt buckle and a cup of Sierra Nevada. Mike was attired in an “I Mess with Texas” apron and fetching cowboy hat. Mac and Mike’s chili entry was a collection of meats in a red sauce accompanied by their flaming BBQ Sauce – literally flaming in a teapot fired by a propane tank.
Runners up winning special prize ribbons were Milos Ilak, for his Serbian Grilled meats, and Stephanie Goldfarb for delicious S’mores with Lindt CHILI chocolate – both new, inventive, and surprising complements to the traditional chili meal. There was a host of other fabulous dishes which must be mentioned:
Adele Lim’s International Vegetarian Chili with chick peas a little taste of curry; Megan Leftwich’s red beans and rice, Paul Michniewicz’s Amish style chicken corn stew; Eric Cady’s beautiful and scrumptious pies; Christina Peabody’s Mac and cheese and cornbread; Marcos Chaos’ Tortilla de Patates; Jenna Ombrello’s beer bread and Mike Vocaturo’s homemade jalapeño poppers.
There were lasso roping, dog wrestling, beer swizzling, and baby kissing events throughout the evening adding to a festive and very fun mood. We hope more people will join us next year and add to the silliness. Our congratulations again, to Steve and Bing Brunton – Keepers of the BELT OF HONOR!
Mike Burke Stirring the Pot
Milos Ilak and his Grilled Serbian meats - Yum!
Christina, the Lasso Queen!
Again!
The gals
The Wranglers!
Cowgirl Hickey
Megan's Beans and Rice
Judges Hickey, Smits and Kasdin in Fetching Hats
Very Serious Analysis
The Big Announcement
The 2008 Winners - Steve and Bing Brunton
Milos with his ribbon and Steve with The Belt of Honor!!!!!
Someday this could be yours
Peter Norgaard has received an Excellence in Teaching award from the School of Engineering and Applied Science for his contributions as an Assistant in Instruction for MAE 303 during the spring term of 2008.
Craig A Woolsey *01, an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech. in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering has been awarded the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award of the SAE. At Princeton, Craig obtained his Ph.D. under the mentorship of Prof. Naomi Leonard.
Alyssa Sandrowitz *02 has joined the law firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein and Fox based in Washington, DC. After graduating from Princeton, she earned her law degree from Washington College of Law at American University. Alyssa graduated in 2002 with a MSE under the direction of Professor Judy Wornat.
Albert Lee *90 is Program Officer at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health. His work with other federal agencies is designed to stimulate researchers in the physical and engineering sciences to work on biomedical problems.
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MAE brings home the trophy! Thursday Night, August 2nd the MAE Softball team outplayed Computer Science in the season ending Championship game. Although close, MAE pulled it out with an 8 to 7 win against their unrelenting competitors.
The team, pictured to the left, consisted of: top row, from left to right: CJ Kalra, Michael Burke, Teddy Helfers, Jason Kay, Manny Stockman (Team Coach), Josh Proctor, Noel Eisley, Prof. Jeremy Kasdin, Derek Paley, Mac Haas, Tim Ombrello; bottom row , from left to right: Melissa Green, Christina Peabody, Andy Stewart, Megan Leftwich, Katherine Timpano.
At the Commencement ceremonies on June 5th, Norman Augustine, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws. He obtained his undergraduate and master's degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton in 1957 and 1959, respectively. After spending nearly 20 years as an engineer at aerospace companies and serving twice as undersecretary of the Army, he joined the Martin Marietta Corp., a leading aerospace and defense manufacturer, in 1977, and became chairman and CEO. He then served as president of the Lockheed Martin Corp. upon its formation in 1995 and was named its CEO and chairman before retiring in 1997.
Luke Uribarri has been awarded a Wallace Memorial Fellowship in Engineering for the 2007-08 academic year. Honorific fellowships recognize outstanding performance and professional promise, and represent high commendation from the Princeton University Graduate School.
The Wallace Memorial Fellowship was founded in 1930 by Bonnie Wallace LeClear and reconstituted in 1963 as one of the highest awards conferrable in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Egemen Kolemen, a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has been awarded a top University prize, a Jacobus Fellowship. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Boğaziçi University in Turkey. With the aim of imaging extra-solar planets, his research focuses on providing the dynamical framework for the next generation space-telescopy consisting of a formation of spacecraft.
Other News Resources
Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Daily Princetonian
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School of Engineering and Applied Science
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