Alumni News

Bernie Michaud (MSCE '94) was married to Mary Davis in 1998. He was promoted to lead engineer in the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fish passage and screening program, shortly before the couple moved to Madison in December 2000.

What does it take for a technically oriented professional to start his or her own business? Stuart G. Walesh (PhDCEE '69) answers this question in his new book, Flying Solo: How To Start An Individual Practitioner Consulting Business (2000: Hannah Publishing). This isn't Walesh's first effort as an author; he also wrote Engineering Your Future and is author or co-author of more than 100 publications and presentations in the areas of engineering, management and education. A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Walesh received the Distinguished Service Citation from the College of Engineering in 1998.

Mary Adams (BSCEE '80) is a senior environmental engineer in the Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards Division of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She handles safety licensing of the handful of chemical plants in the U.S. that manufacture nuclear power plant fuel and manages one particular license for a high-enriched uranium plant making submarine and aircraft carrier fuel.

Randy M. Lund PE (BSCEE '85), former consultant for Foth & Van Dyke and Westbrook Engineers and the city engineer for Ashland, started his own company in January 2000. Lund Engineering is a small consulting company that partners with other firms to provide local engineering and surveying services to northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Thomas Carlsen (BSCEE '68) has joined HNTB as vice president and leader of HNTB-Wisconsin operations. In his new position, Carlsen oversees statewide operations in the Madison and Milwaukee offices. He is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and past president of the Wisconsin section of the ITE.

Charles Nahn (BSCEE '83) joined Ayres Associates' Madison office as manager-municipal/storm water services. He is responsible for managing water resources and municipal projects in the Madison area. Nahn has more than 19 years in water resources and municipal engineering.

Oscar C. Boldt (BSCEE '48) received the American Society of Civil Engineering's Distinguished Constructor Award last fall at the annual ASCE civil engineering conference in Seattle, Washington. Boldt, chairman of the board of the Boldt Group, Inc., in Appleton, Wisconsin, received the award for his company's response to and rescue efforts in the Oklahoma City bombing.