College of Engineering Magazine- Fall 2001

Class Notes

Ricardo Simonelli ('62) of Monroeville, Pa., retired from his position as engineer at Westinghouse, and now works part-time as a tax consultant at H&R Block.

Kevin Finn ('84) of Wilmington, Del., received the Entrepreneurial Success Award at the 2001 Small Business Week awards dinner in May in Dover, Del. Kevin is a co-owner of the Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant. E-mail Kevin at kfinn@ironhillbrewery.com. (Click here for story.)

John A. Perrotti ('84) and Jennifer I. Paquette (COM'84) of New York, N.Y., celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary last year. They live in Manhattan with their sons, Johnny, 5, and Nicholas, 3. John practices plastic surgery and was recently appointed program director of the prestigious aesthetic surgery fellowship at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Contact John at jperrotti@ usa.net.

Juan Jose Diaz-Colocho ('85) of San Salvador, El Salvador, worked at the Lincoln Labs' electromagnetics center at MIT after earning a master's at Northeastern University in 1988. He then returned to El Salvador to work at his family business, Diaz Colocho Hermanos, a hobby shop retailing novelties, toys, and automobile accessories. Juan introduced a line of lighting fixtures for residential, commercial, and industrial complexes, and has since completed more than 1.5 million square feet of lighting projects for settings ranging from small apartment complexes to the largest commercial mall and sports field in the country. Juan was also nominated last February to be president of the commerce committee of the Salvadorean Chamber of Commerce and Industry. E-mail Juan at diazcolocho@ telesal.net.

Andy Lisa ('86) of Wheaton, Ill., is director of lean manufacturing for Taubensee Steel and Wire Company in Wheeling, Ill. He married Dawn Rogodzinski in July 2000. Andy would love to hear from old friends at alisa@taubensee.com.

William T. Shampine ('86) of Freehold, N.J., and his wife, Donna, had a daughter, Emma Rose, in May. Their other children are William, 7, and Alexander, 5.

Michael J. Colman ('88) of Brunswick, Maine, is currently serving as the operations officer for P-3 Orion Patrol Squadron eight, based in Brunswick. He is often in Boston on the weekends for BU events or Red Sox games. Michael writes, "BU ENG/Myles Standish/ NROTC grads are welcome to drop me an e-mail." Contact him at colmanm@ patron08.cpw5.navy.mil.

Carter Alvord ('90) of Apex, N.C., went on to graduate school after BU and completed a master's degree in computer engineering. He has been working for the past eight years for Alcatel USA in North Carolina as an ASIC design engineer. Carter was married in 1996 and has a set of beautiful 2-year-old identical twin girls. "Anybody out there?" E-mail him at Carter.D.Alvord@ usa.alcatel.com.

Dorothy Gregg ('90) of Alameda, Calif., married John Jensen in June in the Adirondacks of New York. In attendance were fellow alums Jessica Mann, Margaret McGonagle (MET'90, SED'97), Jennifer Mancini (MET'91), and Kim Collins (COM'90).

George Hambel ('90) of Breinigsville, Pa., has been living in eastern Pennsylvania since 1992 with his wife, Lois. They have three children: Georgie, 5; Benjamin, 2; and Jacob, 4 months. George works for Agere Systems as an IC design engineer specializing in device architecture and verification. E-mail him at ghambel@fast.net.

James Lee ('90) of Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif., is director of business development at Houston Fearless 76, Inc., in Los Angeles. James also received a naval reserve officer commission as an engineering duty officer and is now commanding officer of an explosives outload team at Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, Calif. In his spare time, he enjoys playing clarinet in a symphony orchestra, and teaches music to children. E-mail James at james.lee@houstonfearless.com.

Siubhan McCabe Bongiovanni ('91) of Chittenango, N.Y., received a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Tufts University in May 2000 and since then has worked for the Chittenango Animal Hospital. Her husband, James Bongiovanni ('90), telecommutes to his job as a project engineer for Communication Test Design in Westboro, Mass., while also pursuing a distance learning master's degree in engineering management. Contact them at jmbongiovanni@yahoo.com.

Paul Bierden ('92,'94) and Sheryl Cotter Bierden (SAR'95,'97) of Westwood, Mass., are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Charles Arthur, in May. Write Paul at pab@ bostonmicromachines.com.

Kelly Wehner Detra ('92) of Plainfield, Ill., has been elected to the board of trustees of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. She will serve a two-year term of office, lending her leadership and expertise to the governance of all society operations.

Fletch Wason ('92) of Scituate, Mass., writes, "After 10-plus years performing biopharmaceutical research, I have hung up the scalpel and dumped the electrophys rigs for Visual Basic, Perl, JAVA, and SQL! I'm now a software engineer (no more biomed) for Sun Microsystems and trying to wrap myself around Solaris." Fletch's daughter, Erin, just celebrated her second birthday. E-mail him at amcfrweac@mediaone.net.

Weng Ki Ching ('93) of Pasadena, Calif., completed his doctoral work at Caltech in environmental engineering science. When he wrote in May, he was expecting to receive a Ph.D. in June. He would love to hear from old friends and classmates at wkc@caltech.edu.

Matt Mills ('93) and Jennifer Swartz Mills (SMG'92) of Bellevue, Wash., had their first child, Jack Henry, in June. You can reach Jenn at jmamills@hotmail.com and Matt at mjmills0@yahoo. com.

Brett Bu Sha ('94) of Lebanon, N.H., is finishing his third year of postdoctoral research in biomedical engineering/physiology. He plans to transition to industry and eventually enroll in an M.B.A. program. Brett is also looking to move to New Jersey.

Alicia N. DeCesaris ('94) of Upper Marlboro, Md., earned her master's degree in mechanical engineering from George Washington University. She currently works as a mechanical engineer at an architectural and engineering firm in Arlington, Va. Alicia would love to hear from any old friends at andecesaris@hotmail.com.

Laura Rennie Hoar ('95) of Riverton, Utah, is a project manager for Cambric Corporation, an MCAD services provider in Draper, Utah. In August 1999, she married Tyler, an engineer at Northrup Grumman. They live only a fifteen minute drive from the ski slopes, and Laura is still an active volunteer for the National Ski Patrol. Laura would love to hear from friends at tyhlar@earthlink.net.

Jong Chen ('96) of Alexandria, Va., is a software engineer at Advanced Switching Communications in Vienna, Va. He would like to hear from former classmates at jchen@asc.com.

Joaquin "Jack" Hernandez ('96) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is an engineer at a video post-production company. Jack writes, "I'm looking forward to hearing from old friends, especially those who tried to play football with me! If anyone is interested in partying Miami style, just send me a note!" E-mail Jack at joaquin_h_2000@yahoo. com.

Jay Hancock ('99) of Somerville, Mass., received a master's degree from MIT in June 2001 and plans to continue studying there for his Ph.D. E-mail him at jkixonia@mit.edu.


Class Notes Ricardo Simonelli ('62) of Monroeville, Pa., retired from his position as engineer at Westinghouse, and now works part-time as a tax consultant at H&R Block. Kevin Finn ('84) of Wilmington, Del., received the Entrepreneurial Success Award at the 2001 Small Business Week awards dinner in May in Dover, Del. Kevin is a co-owner of the Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant. E-mail Kevin at kfinn@ironhillbrewery.com. (Click here for story.) John A. Perrotti ('84) and Jennifer I. Paquette (COM'84) of New York, N.Y., celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary last year. They live in Manhattan with their sons, Johnny, 5, and Nicholas, 3. John practices plastic surgery and was recently appointed program director of the prestigious aesthetic surgery fellowship at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Contact John at jperrotti@ usa.net. Juan Jose Diaz-Colocho ('85) of San Salvador, El Salvador, worked at the Lincoln Labs' electromagnetics center at MIT after earning a master's at Northeastern University in 1988. He then returned to El Salvador to work at his family business, Diaz Colocho Hermanos, a hobby shop retailing novelties, toys, and automobile accessories. Juan introduced a line of lighting fixtures for residential, commercial, and industrial complexes, and has since completed more than 1.5 million square feet of lighting projects for settings ranging from small apartment complexes to the largest commercial mall and sports field in the country. Juan was also nominated last February to be president of the commerce committee of the Salvadorean Chamber of Commerce and Industry. E-mail Juan at diazcolocho@ telesal.net. Andy Lisa ('86) of Wheaton, Ill., is director of lean manufacturing for Taubensee Steel and Wire Company in Wheeling, Ill. He married Dawn Rogodzinski in July 2000. Andy would love to hear from old friends at alisa@taubensee.com. William T. Shampine ('86) of Freehold, N.J., and his wife, Donna, had a daughter, Emma Rose, in May. Their other children are William, 7, and Alexander, 5. Michael J. Colman ('88) of Brunswick, Maine, is currently serving as the operations officer for P-3 Orion Patrol Squadron eight, based in Brunswick. He is often in Boston on the weekends for BU events or Red Sox games. Michael writes, "BU ENG/Myles Standish/ NROTC grads are welcome to drop me an e-mail." Contact him at colmanm@ patron08.cpw5.navy.mil. Carter Alvord ('90) of Apex, N.C., went on to graduate school after BU and completed a master's degree in computer engineering. He has been working for the past eight years for Alcatel USA in North Carolina as an ASIC design engineer. Carter was married in 1996 and has a set of beautiful 2-year-old identical twin girls. "Anybody out there?" E-mail him at Carter.D.Alvord@ usa.alcatel.com. Dorothy Gregg ('90) of Alameda, Calif., married John Jensen in June in the Adirondacks of New York. In attendance were fellow alums Jessica Mann, Margaret McGonagle (MET'90, SED'97), Jennifer Mancini (MET'91), and Kim Collins (COM'90). George Hambel ('90) of Breinigsville, Pa., has been living in eastern Pennsylvania since 1992 with his wife, Lois. They have three children: Georgie, 5; Benjamin, 2; and Jacob, 4 months. George works for Agere Systems as an IC design engineer specializing in device architecture and verification. E-mail him at ghambel@fast.net. James Lee ('90) of Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif., is director of business development at Houston Fearless 76, Inc., in Los Angeles. James also received a naval reserve officer commission as an engineering duty officer and is now commanding officer of an explosives outload team at Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, Calif. In his spare time, he enjoys playing clarinet in a symphony orchestra, and teaches music to children. E-mail James at james.lee@houstonfearless.com. Siubhan McCabe Bongiovanni ('91) of Chittenango, N.Y., received a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Tufts University in May 2000 and since then has worked for the Chittenango Animal Hospital. Her husband, James Bongiovanni ('90), telecommutes to his job as a project engineer for Communication Test Design in Westboro, Mass., while also pursuing a distance learning master's degree in engineering management. Contact them at jmbongiovanni@yahoo.com. Paul Bierden ('92,'94) and Sheryl Cotter Bierden (SAR'95,'97) of Westwood, Mass., are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Charles Arthur, in May. Write Paul at pab@ bostonmicromachines.com. Kelly Wehner Detra ('92) of Plainfield, Ill., has been elected to the board of trustees of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. She will serve a two-year term of office, lending her leadership and expertise to the governance of all society operations. Fletch Wason ('92) of Scituate, Mass., writes, "After 10-plus years performing biopharmaceutical research, I have hung up the scalpel and dumped the electrophys rigs for Visual Basic, Perl, JAVA, and SQL! I'm now a software engineer (no more biomed) for Sun Microsystems and trying to wrap myself around Solaris." Fletch's daughter, Erin, just celebrated her second birthday. E-mail him at amcfrweac@mediaone.net. Weng Ki Ching ('93) of Pasadena, Calif., completed his doctoral work at Caltech in environmental engineering science. When he wrote in May, he was expecting to receive a Ph.D. in June. He would love to hear from old friends and classmates at wkc@caltech.edu. Matt Mills ('93) and Jennifer Swartz Mills (SMG'92) of Bellevue, Wash., had their first child, Jack Henry, in June. You can reach Jenn at jmamills@hotmail.com and Matt at mjmills0@yahoo. com. Brett Bu Sha ('94) of Lebanon, N.H., is finishing his third year of postdoctoral research in biomedical engineering/physiology. He plans to transition to industry and eventually enroll in an M.B.A. program. Brett is also looking to move to New Jersey. Alicia N. DeCesaris ('94) of Upper Marlboro, Md., earned her master's degree in mechanical engineering from George Washington University. She currently works as a mechanical engineer at an architectural and engineering firm in Arlington, Va. Alicia would love to hear from any old friends at andecesaris@hotmail.com. Laura Rennie Hoar ('95) of Riverton, Utah, is a project manager for Cambric Corporation, an MCAD services provider in Draper, Utah. In August 1999, she married Tyler, an engineer at Northrup Grumman. They live only a fifteen minute drive from the ski slopes, and Laura is still an active volunteer for the National Ski Patrol. Laura would love to hear from friends at tyhlar@earthlink.net. Jong Chen ('96) of Alexandria, Va., is a software engineer at Advanced Switching Communications in Vienna, Va. He would like to hear from former classmates at jchen@asc.com. Joaquin "Jack" Hernandez ('96) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is an engineer at a video post-production company. Jack writes, "I'm looking forward to hearing from old friends, especially those who tried to play football with me! If anyone is interested in partying Miami style, just send me a note!" E-mail Jack at joaquin_h_2000@yahoo. com. Jay Hancock ('99) of Somerville, Mass., received a master's degree from MIT in June 2001 and plans to continue studying there for his Ph.D. E-mail him at jkixonia@mit.edu.
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