MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR: Forward
Motion
 ow! Where is the time going? It is hard to imagine
that yet another summer has passed and the fall semester is almost over.
The department continues to move forward in educating exceptional students;
leading scientific discovery and knowledge creation; and serving our
university, local, state, national international and professional constituencies.
We had another successful summer placing students in practical internships
and co-ops; our Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge teams participated in
national competitions (where the canoe team is a five-time champion
as well international competition champion and steel bridge finished
in third place); Associate Professor Michael
Oliva was in high demand as everyone wondered what happened in the
Minneapolis bridge collapse; and alum Mike
Davy (BSCE ’69), of Davy Engineering Inc., was honored with
the College of Engineering Distinguished Achievement Award.
From the development perspective, we have initiated the following endowed
scholarship funds: $250,000 from J.H. Findorff and Sons; $100,000 for
the L.G. Arnold Scholarship started by Dean Arnold (BSCE ’71)
in honor of his grandfather, company and employees; and $75,000 from
Dan Gilbert (BSCE ’66) to initiate the James L. Clapp fund. Dan’s
gift is intended to start that fund and we are hopeful others will join
in contributing. We have also received a $50,000 seed grant to jump-start
a research effort in sustainability and advanced materials, design and
construction methods. This grant must be matched before we can start
the effort. A $100,000 pledge has also been made by Faith Technologies
Inc.
We continue to hold receptions to connect with alumni and our industry
partners. This fall, we held receptions in Denver, Madison and Milwaukee.
We have receptions planned in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., right
after the first of the year. If you are interested in helping us organize
a CEE alumni reception, please contact me at russell@engr.wisc.edu.
We are also in the planning stage of establishing the CEE Alumni Association.
Raj Sheth (MSCE ’72) is leading this effort and will have more
details available in the coming months.
Our 11th annual golf outing was a HUGE success, raising
more than $100,000 for the department! This year we did not have any
rain … but we did have a record turnout of more than 260 participants.
We appreciate all the CEE Golf Committee’s hard work, as well
as all those who attended and supported the event. Julie Zogg and Nicole
Daehn did a marvelous job organizing and leading the event.
In August of next year, James Synder will
be joining our faculty. We are excited to have him joining us as a colleague.
Professor Craig
H. Benson will be leaving in July of next year and will be the new
civil and environmental engineering department chair at the University
of Washington-Seattle. We wish Craig well as he embarks on a new adventure
and challenge. We are also grateful for the service of our staff. Marsha
Landretti, our department administrator, retired in early September;
Sue Brunsell, after 34 years of service, will
be retiring at the end of December; and Lynn Maertz
will be retiring in the spring after 27 years of service. We are pleased
and excited to welcome Liz Funk Smith as our
new department administrator and the college has hired Julie
Zogg to assist us in our graduate program activities.
We continue to work at the strategic planning process. The faculty met
both in May and August and have revised our strategic plan. The plan
is helping us reshape the departmentin the face of considerable change
in the profession, in the marketplace, and in how the university is
positioned within the state of Wisconsin. Our hiring committee is hard
at work defining our future strategic hires. Our future as a department
is directly tied to the faculty we hire, develop and promote, and the
students we attract and develop.
Our enrollments continue to be strong—we currently have more than
270 students in the department, with 25 students planning to graduate
in December, and about 40 students planning to graduate in May. Pre-engineering
is showing that we have 90 freshman and sophomores who are pre-CEE (i.e.,
interested in, but not yet admitted to, the department). We continue
to work hard at hosting prospective students, as we want to capture
their interest and imagination so that they want to become civil engineers.
Please stay in touch—write us or stop to see us. We appreciate
connecting with you.
On Wisconsin!
Respectfully Yours,
Jeffrey
S. Russell, PhD, P.E., F., ASCE
2205 Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/262-7244
Fax: 608/262-5199
E-mail:
russell@engr.wisc.edu
THANK YOU! |
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PRIZE DONORS |
| GOLF
OUTING SPONSORS
Diamond ($5,000):
Mortenson Construction
Bucky Photo Sponsorship and
Diamond ($5,000): Miron Construction Co. Inc.
Dinner ($3,500):
Reynolds Transfer & Storage
Platinum ($2,500):
Affiliated Engineers Inc., Alain H. Peyrot, C.D. Smith Construction
Inc., DPR Construction Inc.; Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer &
Associates Inc.; Hoffman Construction Co., J.H. Findorff &
Son Inc., Kiewit Western Co., Marshall Erdman & Associates,
McCarthy Building Companies Inc., Michels Power, MSA Professional
Services, Opus North Corp., Staab Construction Corp., The Boldt
Co., The Spancrete Group Inc., Tri-North Builders Inc.
Lunch ($1,500):
L.W. Allen Inc.
Gold ($1,000): Alfred
Benesch & Co., AGC of Wisconsin, Barry Weisberg, C.G. Schmidt
Inc., CGC Inc., Cubic Designs Inc., Earth Tech Inc., FABCO Equipment
Inc., Fish & Associates Inc., Flad & Associates, Gephart
Electrical Construction Co., Graycor Construction Co., H&H
Industries Inc., InterCon Construction Inc., J.P. Cullen &
Sons Inc., Jim and Diane Owen, Manhard Consulting Ltd., MasterGraphics
Inc., Mathy Construction Co., Mid-States Concrete Industries,
National Survey & Engineering, Pierce Engineers Inc., PMA
Consultants LLC, RMT Inc., Rod Hassett, Rouman & Associates,
Ruekert and Mielke Inc., Ryan Incorporated Central, Short Elliott
Hendrickson Inc., Strand Associates Inc., Terra Engineering
& Construction Corp., V3 Companies Ltd., Wade Trim &
Associates, Walsh Construction Co., Wisconsin Chapter of the
National Electrical Contractors Association, Xcel Energy
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Silver ($500):
Ayres Associates,
Brindley Engineering Corp., HNTB Corp., International Masonry
Institute–Wisconsin Area Office, J. F. Ahern Co., Jerome
R. McGinnis, Kapur & Associates Inc., Mead & Hunt Inc.,
Planning Design Build Inc., Wisconsin Asphalt Pavement Association
Inc., Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
Tee or Green ($250):
C.R. Meyer & Sons Co., Gephart Electrical Construction Co.,
Gilbert Mechanical Contractors Inc., H.J. Pertzborn, Hooper
Corp. (2), InterCon Construction Inc., Kenneth F. Sullivan Co.
Inc., Madison Concrete Pipe Inc., Manhard Consulting Ltd., Pangaea
Information Technologies Ltd., Patrick Bremmer (2), Pieper Electric
(4), Planning Design Build Inc.; Rezek, Henry, Meisenheimer
and Gende Inc. (2); Skender Construction Co. (2), The Rockwell
Group (2), TJK Design Build Inc. (2), Town & Country Electric
(2)
Student Golfer Sponsorship
($125): Capitol Underground Inc.,
Construction Specifications Institute–Madison Chapter
(2), FABCO Equipment Inc., Joseph E. Shefchek, Manhard Consulting
Ltd. (4), Nina Spexarth, Northeast Asphalt Inc., Raasch Associates
Inc., Richard Hilsabeck, Vierbicher Associates Inc. (2), Wisconsin
Concrete Pavement Association
Hole-in-One Prize Sponsorship:
Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association
Other:
Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. ($250), Gradex Inc. ($100),
James Larry ($300), Kenny Construction Co. ($2,000), Ned Paschke
($125), Otis Environmental Consultants LLC ($300), Paulette
Schlomann Goodno– Paulson &Clark Engineering Inc.
($125)
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Auction Items:
ACG of Wisconsin, C.D. Smith, Mark Cullen (2), Kurt Frey (2),
J.F. Allen, L.W. Allen Inc., Marshall Erdman, Meuer Art &
Picture Frame Co., Michels Power, Miron Construction Co Inc.,
Parisi Construction Co., SE Wisconsin Professional Baseball
Park District, Frank Sherkow, Stuart Walesh
Raffle Prizes:
Heavy Putter LLC, Kettle Moraine Golf Club Inc.,
Marshall Erdman, Meuer Art & Picture Frame Co., Mortenson
Construction, Raasch Associates Inc., Structural Research Inc.
Door Prizes:
AMEC, American Transmission Co., Ayres Associates, Davy Inc.,
Faith Technologies Inc. (2),
Mid-States Concrete Industries, RMT Inc.
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GOLF
OUTING COMMITEE MEMBERS |
Mark Beyer
Denny Brush
Laura Cataldo
Nicole Daehn
John Daley
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Matt Dupuis
Kurt Frey
Keith Garnett
Bob Gilboy
Matt Grove
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Rod Hassett
Corey Hessen
Don Jorgensen
Gus Meyer
Kevin Morgan
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Curt Norton
Jim Owen
Phil Ramlet
Jeff Russell
Nic Schilling
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Mike Schultz
Kevin Spexarth
Kent Straus
David Thomack
Chris Winiecki
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Al Wortley
Ryan Yoho
Julie Zogg
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