Class Day 2010
Class Day – May 31, 2010
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering graduated 37 students this year. Many are continuing their studies in graduate schools such as the University of Maryland, Cornell, UC Berkeley, Stanford, University of Texas/Austin, University of Cambridge, MIT, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, Purdue, University of Michigan/Ann Arbor and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Other graduates will pursue careers in industry; some as engineers in such companies as Schlumberger and Bechtel Engineering. Some graduates will enter the field of management consulting in companies such as Bain & Company, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and Dean & Company. Others will join the field of financial consulting at Bridgewater Associates and Susquehanna International Group. One student anticipates a professional career playing hockey while another will join the U.S. National Rowing Team. Another will enter the Military in the United States Marine Corps. One student will begin a Pre-Med program. Two students will participate in Princeton in Africa and Princeton in Latin America.
We are very proud to announce that David Karp was selected as Valedictorian for the graduating Class of 2010 at Princeton. David has also been awarded a Churchill Scholarship and a Hertz Fellowship. He will pursue a Master of Advanced Studies in Applied Mathematics at the University of Cambridge next year and then will pursue a PhD at Stanford University studying computational fluid dynamics. Jillian Alfred has received a Fellowship at the University of Maryland and will pursue a Masters Degree. Margaret Byron has received a CiBER IGERT traineeship fellowship from UC Berkeley to pursue a PhD degree. Richard Harris has received a fellowship from Stanford University and will pursue a PhD degree. David Kwabi will pursue a Master’s degree with his fellowship from MIT. Mike Papageorge received a Research Assistantship to pursue a PhD program at Texas A&M. Mack Pasqual has received a Research Assistantship to pursue a Masters Degree at Purdue University. Maya Srinivasan has received a 2
Merit Scholarship and will pursue a Masters in Vocal Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Mack Pasqual has written a paper with Professor Clarence Rowley and Lindsey Brown entitled "Interactive Multimedia Demonstrations for Teaching Fluid Dynamics" which was presented at the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Conference in November of 2008 in San Antonio, Texas.
Mike Papageorge’s thesis work in hypersonic turbulent boundary layers on rough walls will be included in a journal publication which is currently in progress. Mike is co-author.
A paper based on Alex Gasner’s thesis research in Nuclear Archaeology for Heavy-Water-Moderated Plutonium Production Reactors has been accepted for presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) in July 2010; Publication of the main results are anticipated to appear in a peer-reviewed journal later this year.
28 students have received certificates from other programs which include Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Applications of Computing, Materials Science in Engineering, Sustainable Energy, Environmental Studies, Music Performance, Engineering Biology, Applied and Computational Mathematics, and Spanish Language Studies.
This year, our department participated in an exchange program with Oxford University. We have one student who has completed her final year of study at Princeton but will be graduating at Oxford this summer. We are pleased to have hosted Catherine Cleary.
Now to Award our Prizes:
The Sigma Xi Book Award
The Sigma Xi Honor Society recognizes students for excellence in research with research potential shown by independent work or senior thesis. The department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering recognizes one outstanding 3
individual by presenting the Sigma Xi Book Award. We are pleased to announce the winner:
Mack Owen Pasqual
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The George Bienkowski Memorial Award
This prize consists of the income from an endowed fund. It is given in honor of George Bienkowski a former Professor and Undergraduate Representative in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. It is to be awarded to a graduating senior for scholarship and service to the department during their career at Princeton:
The Co-Winners of the George Bienkowski Award are:
Victor Marcelo Pinedo
(for serving as MAE Student Council President)
And
David Benjamin Hegermiller
Trevor Martin O’Neill
and
Carly Frances Sakumura
(for serving as AIAA Officers)
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The John Marshall II Memorial Prize
The John Marshall II Memorial Prize was established by his friends at Sikorsky Aircraft. In the Fall semester, it provides funding support for senior independent work projects, with a preference given to those in the Aerospace field. Competition is by means of competitive proposal. 4
We would like to recognize the following students who were awarded funding to support their senior projects, please stand:
Jillian Samantha Alfred, Clayton James Flanders, and Brendan Emmanuel Mahon
For: "Autonomous Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle via an Apple Iphone"
AND
Hunter Ellis Garland and Maya Srinivasan
For: "Characterization of and Improvements on the Cardiopulmonary Bypass Pump"
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The Morgan W. McKinzie ’93 Senior Thesis FUND Award:
Established in 1999 by Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. McKinzie in memory of their son, Morgan W. McKinzie, Class of 1993. This prize is awarded to provide financial support for independent work in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department with preference given to students with projects in aircraft design and propulsion. Competition is by means of competitive proposal.
We would like to recognize the individuals who received funding to support their senior projects, please stand:
Margaret Louise Byron
For: "The Design and Locomotion of a Robotic Manta Ray"
And
Michael John Papageorge
For: "Hypersonic Rough-Wall Turbulent Boundary Layer", ____________________________________________________________________________ 5
The Enoch J. Durbin Prize for Engineering Innovation
Established by Dr. Paul A. Durbin, Mr. Jonathan E. Durbin and Mrs. Karen Jain in memory of their father, Professor Enoch J. Durbin. This prize is awarded to a senior or seniors in the department where independent work or thesis has shown special interest and aptitude in engineering innovation. The prize is awarded to:
Michael T. Schoder
And
Jordan Culbreath
"Design and Construction of a Cold-Water Hydrotherapy System"
which is now functioning in the Department of Athletics
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The John Marshall II Memorial Prize is awarded in Spring to a senior or seniors who, in the opinion of the faculty of the department, excelled in their undergraduate independent work with a preference given to those in the Aerospace field.
In Third Place:
Alex Wolf Sawits Gasner
FOR: "Beyond GIRM: Nuclear Archaeology for Heavy Water-Moderated
Plutonium Production Reactors"
In Second Place:
The team of:
Hunter Ellis Garland
And
Maya Srinivasan
For: "Characterization of and Improvements on the Cardiopulmonary
Bypass Pump"
And In First Place: 6
The team of:
Nathan Benjamin Buch, David Benjamin Hegermiller, and Trevor Martin O’Neill
For: "Design and Construction of a Solar Powered Aircraft"
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The Donald Janssen Dike Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Established in 1976 by Mrs. Helen J. Dike in memory of her son, Donald Janssen Dike, Class of 1951. It is awarded annually to the senior or seniors in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering who, in the opinion of the faculty of the department, have excelled in undergraduate independent work.
The department would like to recognize the following individuals:
In third place:
Michael T. Schoder and Jordan Culbreath
"Design and Construction of a Cold-Water Hydrotherapy System"
In second place:
Margaret Louise Byron
"The Design and Locomotion of a Robotic Manta Ray"
And, in first place:
Anthony Drew McDougal
For his project:
"Mimicking Micro-networks: Design, Methods, and Techniques for Particle Flow and Deposition"
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The Morgan W. McKinzie ’93 Senior Thesis Prize
We are very pleased to announce the Morgan W. McKinzie ’93 Senior Thesis Prize. This prize was established in honor of Morgan, a member of the Class of 1993, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. McKinzie and is awarded to an individual having the best Senior Thesis in the Mechanical and Aerospace 7
Engineering Department as determined by the Undergraduate Faculty Committee.
This year we are pleased to offer the Award to CO-WINNERS:
David Eric Karp
For:
"Adjoint-Based Design Optimization for Unsteady Flows"
AND TO
David Gator Kwabi
For:
"Adhesion and Failure in Stretchable Organic Electronic Structures"
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FOR OUR FINAL PRIZE:
Sau-Hai Lam*58 Prize in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
This prestigious prize was established by our faculty emeritus, Professor Sau-Hai Lam *58. It is awarded to honor academic achievement and excellence in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
It is my pleasure to announce, the 2010 winner of the Sau-Hai Lam*58 Prize for Academic Excellence in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:
David Eric Karp
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This concludes our Awards Ceremony.
Please join us for the School of Engineering reception inside the Friend Center beginning at 3 pm. The School’s award ceremony begins at 3:15 pm in this location.
