The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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classnotes as a lead systems test and evaluation engineer at Textron De- fense Systems due to ongoing restructuring. This came as a blessing in disguise, as my wife and I were expecting identical twin boys at the time. Being home allowed me to complete household projects and to get the house ready for the boys' arrival. We welcomed Jaxson and Dylan to the world Jan.17, 2011. I am hoping to find a new job in the not too distant fu- ture, but in the meantime I'm enjoying my time at home watch- ing the boys grow." Tobin McGee '10 says, "Upon graduation I made the national rowing team and competed in Belarus at the World Rowing Championships. When I returned to the US, I started at Fuel Cell Energy in Danbury, Conn., as a process engineer, when I was contacted by Kevin Boyd '99, asking if I was interested in working at IBM. So, now I'm a semiconductor process engineer for IBM, living in White Plains, N.Y., with my fiancée, whom I proposed to in December. I am still rowing, at the New York Athletic Club, and have won two national cham- pionships since graduation." 30 Francis Song '09 says, "I am a first lieutenant in the US Air Force, currently assigned as an air weapons officer on the NATO AWACS, stationed at Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany. I recently completed a three-month rotation in Afghanistan in support of NATO-ISAF, after becoming Combat Mission Ready. Last year I also deployed to Sicily in support of Opera- tion Unified Protector. I am in the middle of online graduate courses for a master's degree." Mark Wunderli '09 (MS PSM) says, "As a DSCADA engi- neer, I have developed communication infrastructure with various vendors equipment to monitor and control 15 remotely located devices with a new distribution management system. The new DMS will pinpoint the faulted section of line using real time data and provide fault analysis. These new technologies will isolate that faulted section and restore power lowering the duration and number of impacted customers and will be de- ployed to all major distribution circuits." Lesley Drohan '10 writes, "For nearly two years, I've worked for Lonza Biologics, a pharmaceutical CMO (custom manu- facturing organization) in Hopkinton, Mass., and have been quite happy there. Recently I was asked to transfer for six months to another site. I am now a resident of Slough, Berk- shire, U.K. The city is about the same size and diversity of Worcester, though a bit more industrial, and only a 20-minute train ride from London. I'm planning on going back to school for a PhD within the next year." Eric Lees '10 completed his master's program in systems engineering in WPI's Corporate and Professional Education Division. He writes, "In October 2010, I was let go from my job Kevin O'Brien '10 is living in Brookline and working as a system specialist at Fidessa in Boston. "I've been writing more lately, am still single, and have plans to live and work in Europe for a while," her says. "We'll see how that turns out." After a year in the work world, Adam Panzicia '10 has returned to WPI to pursue a master's degree in robotics. Arie Vilders '10, '11 (MS ME) writes, "I moved to Erie, Pa., to work for GE Transportation, where we make locomotive engines and mining motors. I'm in a two-year rotational program for operations management, after which I plan to get my mas- ter's in supply chain management. My ability to watch and attend Celtics, Bruins, Sox, and Patriots games has greatly de- creased, but at least I still have a big body of water to enjoy." Ryan Doherty '11 says, "I'm working part time at BAE Sys- tems as a software engineer in Burlington, Mass., while com- pleting my master's degree in robotics engineering at WPI. As graduation apporaches, I'm hoping to relocate closer to work." Jared Drake '11 writes, " I'm a mechanical design engineer at Micron Products, a plastics molding company in Fitchburg, Mass. My projects include military, medical, and automotive applications. I wouldn't have had this opportunity were it not for WPI—I found it through the CDC's WPI JobFinder site." Jason Gabriel '11 reports, "I'm currently serving on active duty in the U.S. Air Force at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albu- querque, N.M. I work at the Air Force Research Laboratory developing technology for the next generation of U.S. ballistic missiles." Ben Goldberg '11 has switched jobs and is now at Casenet, in Bedford, Mass. Mark Kuhlwein '11 writes, "I hope everyone has been doing great with their lives since graduation. I know I have—I'm an MCAS biology teach at Fitchburg (Mass.) High School. Basi- cally, the kids who are having trouble passing the state's stan- dardized test have to take a class with me before they take the test again. It's a challenge, but as all of you know, good things come from hard work and dedication." Victoria Mason '11 is a claims coordinator at Enservio, and a part-time personal care attendant for a girl who has cerebral palsy. She say, "These jobs occupy my time as I wait to hear about medical school admission for the fall of 2012." Nathan Nesbitt '11 reports, "Last fall I moved to Medford with two friends from WPI who graduated with us. It sur- prised me once I settled in how many other WPI alumni live in the area; we've had several dinners since with a bunch of us that sort of knew each other while at WPI, and have all enjoyed building new relationships. I am a physics graduate student at Boston College, where I will be doing research on either bio-sensing or meta-material solar cells this summer. I bike 14 miles to get to school, which has been a wonderful experience after living in Worcester—they have bike lanes in Boston!" Kushal Palkhiwala '11 is a graduate student at WPI, and just got an internship with CR Bard working on a tissue regen- eration project. Sean Patrick '11 married his high school sweetheart of 10 years, Jessica Gay, on Sept. 10, 2011. They live in East Free- town, Mass. Caitlyn Shaddock '11 is about three-quarters through the master of arts in teaching program for secondary school edu- cation at Northeastern. She is completing her student teach- ing at Burlington High School, with hopes of securing a teach- ing position somewhere for the fall. "Hey! This is Rashmi Venkatesh '11. I've been pursuing a PhD at Georgetown University in Pharmacology and have been doing great!" Ian Williams '11 says, "I've been working at Microsoft since July, and the time has come to finally ship my product. Excit- ing times! In other news, I've taken up snowboarding as a hobby and become a metalhead—our old WWPI president Devon Ward would be proud." Adelina Zaimi '11 (MME) writes, "As a math teacher, I have been analyzing Worcester School District MCAS data. I look for trends, areas of weakness by type of question, by strand, as well as by different subgroups such as performance of students with disabilities, and students for whom English is a second language." Spring 2012 85