Classnotes

’80s

  • Michael Calise, BS EE ’83, was named executive vice president and head of US operations for Mitrionics, Inc., developer of the Mitrion Software Acceleration Platform and the Mitrion Virtual Processor. Calise had been ClearSpeed Technology, Inc.’s president and head of global business development. Email to a friend

  • Rick Emerling, BS EE ’83, was appointed manager of engineering at Curbell Electronics, after serving as a product engineer and software engineering manager in the Space and Defense Group at Moog Inc. Email to a friend

  • Anne Fischer, BS CE ’80, will exhibit her work at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY in the show “MAGnificent Inspiration: The Art Quilt.” Email to a friend

  • photo of Mark Glauser Mark N. Glauser, BS ’82, PhD ’87 ME, professor (MAE), Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, and associate director, research, New York State STAR Center for Environmental Quality Systems was elected fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for his “innovative use of multi-point dimensional methods to elucidate key physics associated with time-dependent flow phenomena for flow control applications in turbulent jets, shear layers and separated flows. Email to a friend

  • Wilfred V. Huang, MS ’82 PhD ’87 IE, professor, Management Information Systems, Alfred University, led a student group to Heidenheim, Germany where they participated in lectures at the Berufsakademie Heidenheim University, and were featured in the local newspaper. Email to a friend

  • Louis Jeffrey Markin, BS IE ’80, president and CEO, VirtualScopics Inc., was named to Rochester’s 2007 Top 50. Prior to joining VirtualScopics he had been with Eastman Kodak Co for 26 years and received the Kodak Chairman’s Leadership Award in December 2004. Email to a friend

  • photo of Chrysostomos L. Nikias Chrysostomos L. Nikias, MS ’80, PhD EE ’82, was elected to the National Academy of Engineers. Dr. Nikias is the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at USC Viterbi. His research interests are statistic signal processing and immersive technologies for the future internet. Email to a friend

  • photo of Roberta Ober Roberta Ober, BS CE ’85, was part of a team awarded the Environmental Protection Agency 2007 National Notable Achievement Award. The Rocky Mountain Arsenal Revitalization Team, Region 8, transformed one of the world’s most contaminated sites into a National Wildlife Refuge. Email to a friend