The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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Winter 2015 65 class notes Ron Barth's band, Clockwork, performed at WPI's Intergalactic Inaugural Ball, held in Harrington Auditorium on Nov. 8, which was a highlight of Inauguration Weekend. "It was such an incredible experience to be back at my alma mater playing for over a thousand alumni, faculty, and students," he writes. "And meeting President Leshin was an honor! I love being able to split my career between music (playing on weekends), and developing database applications during the week as a software consultant through my company, Alternative Systems Inc." '86 John Goodwin tells us, "So, after a long non-traditional WPI career path of sales and marketing, I am returning to graduate school to become a physics teacher. Teaching STEM these days is a good thing because a) you will be able to fnd a job and will be sought after; b) they don't care if you are 50-something; and c) you get a lot of vacation (needed to recover from one of the hardest jobs on the planet!)." Paul Kidder writes, "My career has led me through United Technologies, where we made the equivalent of internet network cards that cost multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars in the 1980s, and included incredible radar systems and command and control systems work. I completed my MS in management at Purdue in 1986, did missile systems work at Raytheon, and now I am a senior procurement fnancial analyst at Boeing Commercial Aircraft in Everett, Wash. Never a dull moment! I have two kids: Arisen, a CPA tax accountant, and Ryan, who owns his own business servicing construction equipment." 1982 David Kelly was named a fellow of ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. He is president and CEO of Bluefn Robotics, a Battelle company that designs, manufactures, and operates Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) systems and related technology, including battery power systems for defense, commercial, and scientifc applications. "It is a true honor to be selected as an ABET fellow," he said in a company press release. "I take great pride in the work I do every day and appreciate the recognition from this prestigious organization." Kelly currently serves as a representative director for ABET, and has also served as executive committee member and commission chair for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. He holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University and an MS in computer science from the University of Texas at Dallas. 1983 Cynthia Kosciuczyk shares that she's thankful for Southern California weather and excited about starting to be involved in teaching workshops for Bridgepoint/Interlink in San Diego this winter. Terese Kwiatkowski was promoted to senior principal at GZA GeoEnvironmental, an environmental and geotechnical consulting frm in Norwood, Mass., where she has worked for 29 years. She currently sits on the company's Board of Directors. A geotechnical engineer, she specializes in large transportation infrastructure projects; building development projects for colleges/universities, medical institutions, and commercial, retail, and residential developments; and energy transmission projects. She has served as the president of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers and chair of the Geotechnical Institute Committee. GZA president and CEO William Hadge said, in announcing her promotion, "Terese throughout her career has been a pillar of professionalism and technical excellence. She is a visible leader in the engineering community and has made many signifcant contributions to GZA's success."