The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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classnotes Justin Lutz '02 and Jennifer Donovan were married Oct. 27, cross-section of the cycling community, including road riders, implementation to support federal mandates and achieve en- 2012, in Massapequa, N.Y. After a honeymoon in St. Thomas, die-hard commuters, racers, mechanics, frame builders, and ergy goals throughout the region. I was fortunate to join the couple resides in Concord, Mass. the like, through high-quality photographs, essays, stories, '05 Phi Sigma Sigma sisters Angela Martino, Pamela and illustrations. Giasson, Marissa Kahan, and Susan Moussalli in New- Celine McGee '02 writes from Philadelphia with news of a port, R.I., for a bon voyage trip before I relocated to Italy to new job at GE, as sourcing quality manager of casting and Sarah Doherty '04 was promoted to regional energy man- embark on this challenging yet exciting assignment. If your forging for GE Wind. ager for the Commander Navy Region Europe, Africa, & South travels bring you to Europe, please look me up. Ciao!" West Asia. She moved from Norfolk, Va., to Naples, Italy, to Gregory Milette '02 gave a talk about Android Sensors at work under the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. "I am A replica of Daniels 320—the freshman dorm of Jeremy GDG Boston (Google Developers Group) in November. He responsible for managing the Navy's shore installation energy Hitchcock '04 –served as a cozy lounge for employees of and co-author Adam Stroud (Professional Android Sensor Pro- reduction programs, initiatives, and renewable technology Dynamic Network Services (Dyn) in Manchester, N.H. Jeremy gramming) explained common code applications and tech- and Tom Daly '04 incorporated Dyn at WPI in 2001, and niques for creating amazing apps using contextual informa- have hired many WPI grads since then. They drove all the way tion provided by real-time sensor data. to WPI to haul back the surplus furniture for their "dorm." Joan Norton '02 married Jeff Felton in September. She is an 17 equine veterinarian and consultant with a private practice in Unfortunately, the replica had to be dismantled last year to create more workspace for their growing company. "Something like that reminds you of your roots," says Hitchcock. "As Noblesville, Ind. She has known Jeff since their days in the for Tom and me, we were never roommates, but I was told to Worcester rugby league, when she played for the Shamrocks, never let facts get in the way of a good legend." and he played for the Worcester Men. Gregor Kronenberger '04 and his wife, Ahra, were married Jody (Kenniston) Staruk '02 writes, "My husband, Daniel, June 30, 2012, in Wiesbaden, Germany. Greg is still employed and I welcomed our first baby, Madilyn Jade, on Dec. 2, 2012. at Booz & Company, a management consulting firm, and spe- She is a happy little girl and we're loving every second of be- cializes in advising clients in the consumer and retail sector on ing parents!" IT-related topics. Chris Cammack '03 says, "My wife, Jaime, and I are proud 18 Montira Satienpoch '04, '05 (MS ME) writes, "After to announce the birth of our second child, Genevieve Victoria, being hooked on London ever since IQP I have moved to , on Nov. 27, 2012, in Fairfax, Va. We are all doing very well." Birmingham, England, where I am working as a senior design engineer for HS Marston Aerospace (a UTC company)." Ben Parks '03 joined Eric Jost in a domestic partnership on Monitra married Patrick Krupa of London, on Sept. 27, 2012, Sept. 13, 2012. "A celebration is planned for May," he writes. in Las Vegas. "Yes, a drive-through wedding," she says. "No, Ben is a reactor systems engineer for the U.S. Nuclear Regu- Elvis was not involved. We did not have an official honey- latory Commission in Washington, D.C. moon, as we have no plans to ever stop exploring the world!" Justin Schumacher '03 married Sarah Besse on June 30, 2012. He is a principal engineer for Sweetspot Diabetes Care. In March, John Baird '04 presented at SXSWedu 2012, the education track of South by Southwest, in Austin, Texas. Marjorie Scardino, CEO of Pearson, and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan both praised John's talk in their keynote addresses. They cited him and a few other presenters as key examples of modern educational development taking shape. John also led a pair of workshops at the Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching (CAMT) in July 2012. He is now teaching Grade 7 math at NYOS Charter School in Austin, having moved from Houston over the summer. 17 Dave Chiu '04 writes, "In July I traveled to Belgium and France to shoot the world's biggest annual sporting event, the 99th edition of le Tour de France, for Embrocation Cycling Journal. The picture shows me in the middle of the photo scrum waiting for the sprint finish in the city of Metz." The journal is a quarterly publication that serves an ever-evolving 88 Winter 2013 18