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FALL 2014

The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)

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Fall 2014 63 Bryan "Brick" Rickard is WPI's associate director of alumni relations. 2011 Jason Gabriel writes, "Greetings. I'm serving on active duty in the U.S. Air Force as an astronautical engineer. My home station is the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., where I work on developing the next generation of military satellite and missile technologies. I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, serving as a liaison offcer to U.S. Special Operations Command for an Air Force reconnaissance system." Ross Yaylaian joined Cantor Colburn as an associate in the frm's Hartford, Conn., offce, after graduating with distinction from Suffolk University Law School in May. His practice will focus on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications related to chemical engineering technologies for foreign and domestic clients. Prior to that, Ross worked as an in-house patent agent, handling patents concerning photoluminescence, dynamic color change, nanomedicine for the treatment of MDR cancer, and biomedical computer software. 2012 Patrick Kearney writes, "After spending a year (including the worst winter on record!) living in Chicago and studying at Northwestern University, I have completed my MS degree in neurobiology. This fall I will be moving back to the Worcester area to continue my education and begin my PhD at UMass Medical School. Looking forward to being back in the neighborhood!" 2014 Keleigh O'Neil is a technical consultant for Expicient Inc. She lives in Portland, Maine. Nick Rallis works for General Dynamics Electric Boat as a fuid systems engineer. '09 Jennifer (Himottu) and Keith Flanders ('10 MS FPE) are currently living in Christchurch, New Zealand, for a year. Jennifer had the opportunity to go back and work from her company's satellite offce, and Keith was able to transfer over to his frm's New Zealand offce. Jennifer is a structural engineer in Thornton Tomasetti's property loss consulting department (working with most of the buildings that were affected by the series of 2010 -2011 earthquakes). Keith is a fre protection engineer in Aon New Zealand's sprinkler certifcation sector. "We've both had a lot of fun traveling around Australasia while not working," Jennifer writes, "and hosting WPI alum travelers who fnd their way to New Zealand." class notes

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