College of Engineering Magazine- Spring 2001

Class Notes

Boston-area housing is very tight as we approach the fall 2001 academic year.If you have a room,apartment,or other housing available to rent to an incoming College of Engineering graduate student,please forward the information to Susan Mitchell at the Dean's office:617/353-4909 or smitchel@bu.edu.

Do you have rental housing available for an incoming graduate student?

Silas K. Baker Jr. (’56) of Rockledge, Fla., retired last year as Atlas Program director at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Thomas Bovis (’80) of Providence, R.I., has been promoted to assistant vice president of engineering/ administrative services at Blue Cross Blue Shield in Rhode Island. E-mail him at bovis.t@bcbsri.org.

Zaven Kaprelian (’81, GRS’83) of Rye, N.Y., received a $230,000 grant from the New York State Spinal Cord Research Fund. He works as an associate professor of pathology and neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

Tamim Habal (’84) of Paris, France, is a training manager and consultant for Merant. Prior to that, he worked for its Cambridge, Mass., site as a software and technical support engineer. He is married with a 10-year-old daughter. E-mail Tamim at Tamim.Habal@ Merant.com.

Sanjay Prasad (’86,’87) of Sunnydale, Calif., is chief patent counsel for Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores, Calif. E-mail him at sanjay.prasad@oracle.com.

Giorgio Ungarelli (’87) of Geneva, Switzerland, married Nancy Duppenthaler (CAS’89) on November 24, 2000. Their twins, Sabrina Audrey and Stefano Marco, were born on Feb. 6, report the happy and "somewhat overwhelmed" parents. For more information see their family Web site at www.ungarelli.net or e-mail Giorgio at giorgio@ungarelli.net.

Sean Casey (’88) of Columbus, Ohio, recently formed a new law firm practicing exclusively in the field of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and related litigation work. The patent law portion of his practice focuses on mechanical, electromechanical, computer, and biomedical technology areas. Friends can reach him atsmcasey@ flash.net.

Thomas Gennosa (’88) of Williamston, N.C., received an M.S. in biomedicine from the University of Connecticut Health Center. After completing medical school, Thomas says he is now a “simple country doctor” in Williamston, N.C. He would love to hear from old friends and classmates at tgennosa@pol.net.

Alex D. Konde (’88) of Alexandria, Va., and his wife, Pam, bought their first home, a townhouse in Alexandria, just west of scenic Old Town Alexandria. Alex says, “I am now a regular at the local hardware store!” He continues to practice telecommunications and information technology law. He is affiliated with the law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. were expecting another girl in April 2001. Lowell would like to hear from his old classmates at Beatlemen@aol.com.

Gary S. Rudman (’88) of Tucson, Ariz., was promoted to major in the Air Force in January 2000. In July 2000 he became a presidential advance agent coordinating presidential air travel world-wide. Now he works with EC-130H Compass Call as the operations group standardization and evaluation navigator. Gary and his wife, Jennifer, have three daughters, Hannah, 3, and Rachel and Caitlin, both 6. E-mail him at rudmanfamily@net-zero.net.

Michelle Firestone Avers (’89) of Boca Raton, Fla., married Lawrence Avers in 1994. They have two sons, Samuel, 2 years old, and Jacob, 2 months. Michelle works at Motorola as a mechanical engineer for the New Product Introduction Center.

Lowell Handschu (’89) of Great Neck, N.Y., received an M.B.A. in financial management from Pace University in September 1999. He is a financial analyst for Staff Builders, a home healthcare company. Lowell and his director at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Kalliopi Malai Lambrou (’89,’92) of Limassol, Cyprus, wants to get in touch with fellow biomedical engineering classmates from 1989. She writes, “I miss Boston, the river, the lobster at Legal Sea Foods, and walking on Newbury Street on Saturday morning. Boston, I’ll be back one day!” Kalliopi adds, “To my dearest friend Robin Murray (’90), I just want to express my deepest sympathy for the loss of her father and grandmother.” E-mail Kalliopi at kaliopi@ cytanet.com.cy.

Jason Colacchio (’90) of Peabody, Mass., was named president of ADCCO, Inc., on November 1. E-mail him at jpc@adcco.com.

Liam Quinn (’90) of Austin, Tex., is the director of communication technology strategy and development for Dell Computer Corporation. He is also an assistant professor at the University of Texas and the author of the book Fast Ethernet, published by John Wiley and Sons. E-mail Liam at liam-quinn@dell.com.

Dmitry Grenader (’92) of Salem, Mass., is director of solutions architecture for Immersant, an Internet consulting firm. He encourages people who need help building a Web solution or looking for a job in e-space to e-mail him at dgrenader@ hotmail.com.

Ali N. Yemeniciler (’92) of Boca Raton, Fla., earned an M.S.C.E. in structural engineering at Florida Atlantic University in 1999. Ali is a state-licensed professional engineer and has been doing consulting for two years at his own company. E-mail him at
yemeniciler@net-zero.net.

Vinay Chandra (’93, CAS’93) of Atlanta, Ga., is president and COO of Resourcis Information Services. He lived in India and Germany before moving to Atlanta with his wife, Nandini.

Javed Hosein (’93) of West New York, N.J., joined Accenture, previously known as Andersen Consulting, in October 2000 as an experienced consultant in the firm’s communication and high-tech practice out of the New York office. In 1999 he completed his M.B.A. at Cornell University, then worked at Arthur Andersen for a year before joining Accenture. E-mail Javed at jh101@cornell.edu

Robert Hight (’94) is completing three years of service in Washington, D.C., and will be stationed at Yokota Air Base outside of Tokyo, Japan, for the next two years. E-mail Robert at gaijin-rob@ netscape.net.

Margaret Herman (’99) of Fall River, Mass., married Jeff Lortie (CAS’97) on July 29, 2000, in Rocky Hill, Conn. “Alumni attending the wedding included Micah Jacobs (’99), Keith (CAS’97) and Amanda (SED’98) Coffman, Jeff Bober (MET’99), and Loretta Hawkes (’00).” Margaret was a quality engineer at Pratt and Whitney in Conn., but recently left on maternity leave. Jeff is an actuary for Fidelity Investments in Boston. The couple is expecting their first child in late spring. E-mail them at Jeff.Lortie@fmr.com.

Marissa Fayer (’00) of Nashua, N.H., is a manufacturing engineer at Atrium Medical Corp. in Hudson, N.H. E-mail Marissa at mfayer@atriummed.com.

Loretta Hawkes McHugh (’00) of Chestnut Hill, Mass., began a job as a development engineer at Wyman-Gordon in North Grafton, Mass., last September. On October 7 she married Evan McHugh in Maine, and they honeymooned in Ireland. Loretta would love to hear from classmates and old friends from the 1996–1997 London Program. E-mail her at LMcHugh@wyman.com.

Louvere Walker (’00) of Boston, Mass., is a training engineer at Mathworks in Natick, Mass. E-mail her at lwalker@mathworks.com.


Class Notes Boston-area housing is very tight as we approach the fall 2001 academic year.If you have a room,apartment,or other housing available to rent to an incoming College of Engineering graduate student,please forward the information to Susan Mitchell at the Dean's office:617/353-4909 or smitchel@bu.edu. Do you have rental housing available for an incoming graduate student? Silas K. Baker Jr. (’56) of Rockledge, Fla., retired last year as Atlas Program director at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Thomas Bovis (’80) of Providence, R.I., has been promoted to assistant vice president of engineering/ administrative services at Blue Cross Blue Shield in Rhode Island. E-mail him at bovis.t@bcbsri.org. Zaven Kaprelian (’81, GRS’83) of Rye, N.Y., received a $230,000 grant from the New York State Spinal Cord Research Fund. He works as an associate professor of pathology and neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Tamim Habal (’84) of Paris, France, is a training manager and consultant for Merant. Prior to that, he worked for its Cambridge, Mass., site as a software and technical support engineer. He is married with a 10-year-old daughter. E-mail Tamim at Tamim.Habal@ Merant.com. Sanjay Prasad (’86,’87) of Sunnydale, Calif., is chief patent counsel for Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores, Calif. E-mail him at sanjay.prasad@oracle.com. Giorgio Ungarelli (’87) of Geneva, Switzerland, married Nancy Duppenthaler (CAS’89) on November 24, 2000. Their twins, Sabrina Audrey and Stefano Marco, were born on Feb. 6, report the happy and "somewhat overwhelmed" parents. For more information see their family Web site at www.ungarelli.net or e-mail Giorgio at giorgio@ungarelli.net. Sean Casey (’88) of Columbus, Ohio, recently formed a new law firm practicing exclusively in the field of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and related litigation work. The patent law portion of his practice focuses on mechanical, electromechanical, computer, and biomedical technology areas. Friends can reach him atsmcasey@ flash.net. Thomas Gennosa (’88) of Williamston, N.C., received an M.S. in biomedicine from the University of Connecticut Health Center. After completing medical school, Thomas says he is now a “simple country doctor” in Williamston, N.C. He would love to hear from old friends and classmates at tgennosa@pol.net. Alex D. Konde (’88) of Alexandria, Va., and his wife, Pam, bought their first home, a townhouse in Alexandria, just west of scenic Old Town Alexandria. Alex says, “I am now a regular at the local hardware store!” He continues to practice telecommunications and information technology law. He is affiliated with the law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. were expecting another girl in April 2001. Lowell would like to hear from his old classmates at Beatlemen@aol.com. Gary S. Rudman (’88) of Tucson, Ariz., was promoted to major in the Air Force in January 2000. In July 2000 he became a presidential advance agent coordinating presidential air travel world-wide. Now he works with EC-130H Compass Call as the operations group standardization and evaluation navigator. Gary and his wife, Jennifer, have three daughters, Hannah, 3, and Rachel and Caitlin, both 6. E-mail him at rudmanfamily@net-zero.net. Michelle Firestone Avers (’89) of Boca Raton, Fla., married Lawrence Avers in 1994. They have two sons, Samuel, 2 years old, and Jacob, 2 months. Michelle works at Motorola as a mechanical engineer for the New Product Introduction Center. Lowell Handschu (’89) of Great Neck, N.Y., received an M.B.A. in financial management from Pace University in September 1999. He is a financial analyst for Staff Builders, a home healthcare company. Lowell and his director at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Kalliopi Malai Lambrou (’89,’92) of Limassol, Cyprus, wants to get in touch with fellow biomedical engineering classmates from 1989. She writes, “I miss Boston, the river, the lobster at Legal Sea Foods, and walking on Newbury Street on Saturday morning. Boston, I’ll be back one day!” Kalliopi adds, “To my dearest friend Robin Murray (’90), I just want to express my deepest sympathy for the loss of her father and grandmother.” E-mail Kalliopi at kaliopi@ cytanet.com.cy. Jason Colacchio (’90) of Peabody, Mass., was named president of ADCCO, Inc., on November 1. E-mail him at jpc@adcco.com. Liam Quinn (’90) of Austin, Tex., is the director of communication technology strategy and development for Dell Computer Corporation. He is also an assistant professor at the University of Texas and the author of the book Fast Ethernet, published by John Wiley and Sons. E-mail Liam at liam-quinn@dell.com. Dmitry Grenader (’92) of Salem, Mass., is director of solutions architecture for Immersant, an Internet consulting firm. He encourages people who need help building a Web solution or looking for a job in e-space to e-mail him at dgrenader@ hotmail.com. Ali N. Yemeniciler (’92) of Boca Raton, Fla., earned an M.S.C.E. in structural engineering at Florida Atlantic University in 1999. Ali is a state-licensed professional engineer and has been doing consulting for two years at his own company. E-mail him at yemeniciler@net-zero.net. Vinay Chandra (’93, CAS’93) of Atlanta, Ga., is president and COO of Resourcis Information Services. He lived in India and Germany before moving to Atlanta with his wife, Nandini. Javed Hosein (’93) of West New York, N.J., joined Accenture, previously known as Andersen Consulting, in October 2000 as an experienced consultant in the firm’s communication and high-tech practice out of the New York office. In 1999 he completed his M.B.A. at Cornell University, then worked at Arthur Andersen for a year before joining Accenture. E-mail Javed at jh101@cornell.edu Robert Hight (’94) is completing three years of service in Washington, D.C., and will be stationed at Yokota Air Base outside of Tokyo, Japan, for the next two years. E-mail Robert at gaijin-rob@ netscape.net. Margaret Herman (’99) of Fall River, Mass., married Jeff Lortie (CAS’97) on July 29, 2000, in Rocky Hill, Conn. “Alumni attending the wedding included Micah Jacobs (’99), Keith (CAS’97) and Amanda (SED’98) Coffman, Jeff Bober (MET’99), and Loretta Hawkes (’00).” Margaret was a quality engineer at Pratt and Whitney in Conn., but recently left on maternity leave. Jeff is an actuary for Fidelity Investments in Boston. The couple is expecting their first child in late spring. E-mail them at Jeff.Lortie@fmr.com. Marissa Fayer (’00) of Nashua, N.H., is a manufacturing engineer at Atrium Medical Corp. in Hudson, N.H. E-mail Marissa at mfayer@atriummed.com. Loretta Hawkes McHugh (’00) of Chestnut Hill, Mass., began a job as a development engineer at Wyman-Gordon in North Grafton, Mass., last September. On October 7 she married Evan McHugh in Maine, and they honeymooned in Ireland. Loretta would love to hear from classmates and old friends from the 1996–1997 London Program. E-mail her at LMcHugh@wyman.com. Louvere Walker (’00) of Boston, Mass., is a training engineer at Mathworks in Natick, Mass. E-mail her at lwalker@mathworks.com.
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