Solar Decathlon Team—Fourth Place Winners!

Details on page 6

Alumni Corner 2—3

Department News 4—5

Solar Decathlon 6

Student Honors, Activi-ties, and News 7

2007 AE Career Fair 8-9

Letter from the Department Head 10

AE GSA Fund Raiser 11

Contents

Department Head: Chimay J. Anumba

Editors: Lori A. Smith

Nancy J. Smith Phone:

814-865-6394 Fax:

814-863-4789 www.engr.psu.edu/ae

ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING Newsletter FALL/WINTER

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Stephen F. Staie, ’95

and his family are relocating to Lancas-ter County, PA. Carol E. Cramer-Pait, ’79 is in the

Air Force and working for the Department of Defense.

Her career is with the operation and maintenance of HVAC sys-tems. Carol says, “I have learned that after the design phase, and the construction phase, the “real work” begins—making the HVAC work and keeping it working! I am happily married and even “get into” mechanical work when I go home, as my husband is re-storing a Delorean car.” Daniel Rogers, ’95 joined the team im-plementing New York States En-ergy Research and Development Authority’s New York Energy $martSM Small Commercial Lighting Program which promotes effective, energy efficient lighting. He is working specifically with the New York City design community. In 2006, Daniel and his wife cele-brated their 10th anniversary and welcomed the arrival of their first child, Leah Grace. Chuck Tomasco, ’88 (right) is in the proc-ess of plan-ning a ten-year reunion for the AE class of 1998. He and his wife, Amy, and their two children, Jack (4) and Sophie (2), reside in Washington, D.C, but occasionally like to hang

out at the local hot spots in Uni-versity Park. Neil G. Unger, ’98 has been promoted to the posi-tion of project engineer and pro-ject manager for the Commercial Skylight market at Wheaton & Sprague Engineering, Inc. of Cuyahoga Falls, OH. Neil will pro-vide project management, project engineering, system design and product engineering applications work for commercial and residen-tial skylight, slope wall, and con-servatory clients. Timothy Stauffer, ’03 is presently em-ployed as a project manager with Grey Lundberg/CMI Homes Inc. in Bellevue, WA. Greg Spaulding, ’97 is employed by the High Con-struction Company as a project manager and works on a variety of construction projects. William A. Trach, ’67 is employed by TRACH Cellars, Inc. and Del Ciotto Architects, Inc. as a senior mechanical and electrical engi-neer. His is responsible for the planning, calculations, and de-sign specification writing/editing for many of the firms projects. Andrew Rhodes, ’07 has joined Southland Industries in Dulles, VA as a mechanical design engi-neer. Holly Mawritz, ’05 is cur-rently with Brinjac Engineering in Philadelphia, PA. Shayna Bram-ley (Collins), ’99 and her hus-band Jonathan Bramley (LEEDS exchange student 96-97) have welcomed their second son, Sean Connor on June 15, 2007. Tom Forsberg, ’92 is currently em-ployed as a senior project man-ager with Baker, Ingram & Associ-ates in Lancaster, PA. Daryl Sum-merson, ’05 is with STV Incorpo-rated in Douglassville, PA.

Stephen Geyer, ’94 is now the vice president of a company he co-founded with a former co-worker, Sean Gaydos, in 2007. Ascent Architectural Lighting , located in Denver, CO, is a deco-rative company specializing in cost effective sconces, pendants, chandeliers, etc. Walter Grondzik, ’71 has begun a new position as professor of architec-ture at Ball State University. He has been named a fellow of ASH-RAE and co-authored three re-cently published books: Mechani-cal and Electrical Equipment for Building (10th ed.), The Green Studio Handbook, and Air-Conditioning System Design Manual (2nd ed). Alfred R. Man-gus, ’76 married Divina Alves of Brazil in Redmond, WA, on Feb. 10, 2007. He is employed by Cal-trans in Sacramento, CA as a transportation engineer. Jeffrey C. Pitchford, ’00 is currently em-ployed as a project engineer with CVM Engineers in Wayne, PA.

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Work The AE department would like to display our alumni’s accomplish-ments. Please send us (framed or unframed) pictures of building pro-jects (completed and under con-struction) that you are especially proud of and we will hang them in our halls and offices. Please keep the size around 17” x 20” and in-clude your name, year of gradua-tion , and a brief description of the project. We’re looking forward to seeing what our alumni are up to!

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Justin Schultz, ’07 is now with Flack + Kurtz, Inc. in San Fran-cisco, CA. Paul Morris, ’82 and his wife, Mindi and their two chil-dren, Matthew (16) and Nicole (14) live in Ridgefield, CT. Paul is

working at IVI International as a senior project manager. Scott Walthour, ’00 has joined Arium AE in Columbia, MD, as an engi-neering department manager. Peter Brumberg, ’00 and his wife, Katie (Heisey), ’00 are the proud parents of a son, Peter Cooper (who goes by the name Cooper), born on April 18, 2007. Cooper is keeping Peter and Ka-tie very busy these days, but he has finally managed to sleep through the night! Michael H. Schwarz, ’01 has had a busy couple of years. In September 2006 he married his longtime girlfriend, Kristin Rodman, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Lan-

caster, PA. The couple then trav-eled to the Hawaiian islands of Kaua’i and Oah’u for their honey-moon. Michael is employed by KlingStubbins in Philadelphia, where he has been promoted to associate. He is responsible for the overall coordination of HVAC system design, including con-cepts, drawings, technical speci-fications, and construction ad-ministration for multiple project types, including data centers, offices, and laboratories. Jeff Gerwing, ’98 and his wife Heather have been blessed with their second daughter, Alyssa Noelle. She joins her big sister Hayley. Jeff is employed at Smith-Group as a principal, senior light-ing designer. Chad Allison, ’03 obtained his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 from Ohio State University. He is now working at the Ford Motor Company, where is a Fuel Cell Research Engineer. He recently helped to develop the fuel sys-tems for the Hyseries edge, the first plug in fuel cell vehicle, and the Hydrogen 999, the first fuel cell vehicle to go over 200 mph. Last May he married Katy, whom he met while at Ohio State, and they are now living in Ply-mouth, MI.

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2007 Baker Medal 'Load-carrying capacity of flooded masonry arch bridges,' a paper au-thored by Kent Hulet , ’06g, Colin Smith and Matthew Gilbert were awarded the 2007 Baker Medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. The Baker Medal was founded in 1934 in memory of Sir Benjamin Baker (1840-1907), a past president of the institution, and is awarded in recognition of services to development or investi-gation of bridges, dams, tunnels, soil mechanics, foundations, trans-port, research or materials. The paper, published in the September 2006 issue of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Bridge Engineering, reports on re-search Kent conducted at the Uni-versity of Sheffield, while visiting there under the sponsorship of the World Universities Network Pro-gram. In his research, Kent was supervised by Drs. Matthew Gilbert and Colin Smith. The medal was presented during a ceremony at the annual meeting of the ICE in October 2007.

CLASS REUNION

The Penn State Architectural Engi-neering Class of 1998 is planning a 10-year reunion in State College for the weekend of July 18 - 20, 2008. Please contact the reunion team of Chuck Tomasco, Justin Ziegler and Angie Cotie (Hamlett) at psualumni.ae98@gmail.com for additional details and to provide your current contact information.

Hankin Distinguished Lecture Series

The Hankin Distinguished Lecture Series was established in 2006 in honor of the late Bernard Hankin. World-class speakers are invited to Penn State to address students and faculty. This year's Hankin Dis-tinguished Lecturer was Dr. David Seiders, chief economist and sen-ior staff vice president of the Na-tional Association of Home Build-ers (NAHB). The title of his presen-tation was, “Causes and Conse-quences of the Boom-Bust Housing Cycle in the U.S.” Dr. Seiders writes several regular columns on housing and the econ-omy, and he appears regularly in the print and broadcast media. He is a member of a variety of eco-nomic forecasting panels, including Blue Chip and Consensus Econom-ics, as well as the exclusive Confer-ence of Business Economists. He has testified before Congress and federal regulatory agencies on monetary and fiscal policy, banking and housing policy issues. Prior to joining NAHB in 1984, Dr. Seiders was a senior economist at the Fed-eral Reserve Board in Washington, DC. In 1981-82, he was the chief policy analyst for housing finance with President Reagan’s Commis-sion on Housing. Mr. Seiders re-ceived a BA degree in economics, with highest honors, from LaSalle College in Philadelphia, and he holds a Ph.D. in economics from Penn State. He has taught under-graduate economics and housing policy at the graduate level.

New Faces We are pleased to announce that Dr. Chimay Anumba has accepted

the position of head of the depart-ment of ar-chitectural engineering. Dr. Anumba comes to us from the Loughbor-ough Univer-sity in the United King-

dom with an outstanding record of teaching, research and service re-lated to construction in the building industry. He is a chartered profes-sional engineer in the UK and is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engi-neers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Chartered Institute of Building, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has received numerous honors for his work. He holds a doctor of science degree from the Loughborough University (2006) and an honorary doctorate from Delft University of Technology (2007). Please join us in welcoming Dr. Anumba to the Penn State family! Dr. Kevin W. Houser joined the AE faculty as an associate professor in January 2008. Prior to joining Penn State, Dr. Houser was an associ-ate profes-sor of archi-tectural en-gineering at the Univer-sity of Ne-braska-Lincoln in Omaha. He has been the manager of Lighting Education for Philips Lighting Company and has also worked for Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ellipti-par Corporation in Connecticut, and Edwards and Zuck in New York City. He is also the owner of Loucetios

LLC, a lighting consulting firm based in Omaha. Dr. Houser received his Ph.D. degree from Penn State in 1997. Welcome back to Penn State!

Faculty Honors Jelena Srebric, Ph.D., received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Heating, Re-frigerating and Air-Conditioning Engi-neers (ASHRAE) at its 2007 annual meeting. The Distinguished Service Award salutes members of any grade for giving freely of their time and talent on behalf of the society. The honor recognizes participation in chapter, regional and society activities.

CONVR 2007 The 7th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR) was held at Penn State on October 22-23rd at the Nit-tany Lion Inn. CONVR 2007 brought together researchers and practitio-ners in all areas of the AEC Industry and promoted exchanging and imple-menting innovative ideas for apply-ing virtual and augmented reality. These technologies allow visualiza-tion and interaction with a building or infrastructure design and con-struction process before it is con-structed. Over 50 registrants from academia and industry participated in the event and 25 peer reviewed papers were presented. The ses-sions were on virtual reality in de-sign; virtual reality and education; interactive workspaces; augmented reality; and visualization and model-ing. International participants came from Germany, Australia, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Turkey, Finland, and Switzerland. The Computer Integrated Construc-tion Research Program at Penn State and Dr. John I. Messner chair of the organizing committee, were proud to host this conference. Interactive tours of our visualization labs includ-ing the Immersive Construction Lab and the Immersive Environments Lab were provided to the conference

participants, along with a tour of the new Stuckeman Family Building, a LEED Gold building constructed for the School of Architecture and Land-scape Architecture. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to conference, and also Autodesk for sponsoring the event. For more infor-mation on the CONVR 2007 and a link to the published papers, please visit: www.engr.psu.edu/convr/proceedings.htm. We hope that you will review and enjoy the conference papers, and be able to join future CONVR events.

Two Longtime Faculty Members Recognized Congratulations to Associate Profes-sors Moses Ling and Kevin Parfitt, who were honored in recognition of their 25 years of service at Penn State. To commemorate this mile-stone, Ling and Parfitt were pre-sented with the 25 Year Length of Service Chair from Penn State Uni-versity. Thank you!

National Academies Committee Dr. William Bahnfleth, professor of architectural engineering and direc-tor of the Indoor Environment Cen-ter, was named to a National Acad-emies committee charged with re-viewing efforts to protect occupants of Department of Defense buildings from chemical and biological weap-ons attacks. The group will provide advice to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency as the Pentagon plans, designs, con-structs and operates future chemical

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Department News

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Department News

We are deeply saddened to report that

Sharron E. Williams, beloved AE staff assistant, lost her battle with cancer, and passed away on December 8, 2007. Born June 15, 1943, in Phil-ipsburg, she was a daughter of Alice Mae Butter-worth Williams of Clearfield and the late C. Max Williams. She had one brother, the late Douglas M. Williams, of Silver Spring, MD, and she is sur-

vived by her mother and a sister, Loretta R. (Williams) Rodier, and brother-in-law, Louis T. Rodier, of Weymouth, MA. Sharron was the student records staff assistant for nearly 34 years in the Penn State architectural engineering program. She had a very per-sonal commitment to our program and the students she served. She was affectionately known as “the Answer Lady” and faculty, co-workers and students relied heavily on her expertise related to student records and academic procedures. Sharron had a very kind and self-effacing nature. She was devoted to the AE students and made them her num-ber one priority. Time and again, students have expressed their grati-tude for the special attention she gave to their individual needs and problems. Alumni who visited the Department always made a point of stopping by to say hello to Sharron.

In 2004, members of the AE class of 1999 pooled their resources to establish the Sharron E. Williams Scholarship “in honor of a beloved staff assistant and dedicated employee of the Department of Architec-tural Engineering.” The scholarship was a high tribute which is typically only done to honor a senior or emeritus faculty member. When the first scholarship was awarded at our senior banquet that year, it was noted that Sharron had tirelessly answered questions, advised and resolved problems for most of the more than 200 people present in the room that evening—including a lot of the jury members and even a few faculty members! The announcement of the scholarship was greeted with thun-derous applause and a standing ovation, which lasted for several min-utes. It was a moving experience that clearly demonstrated the sincere and genuine regard that the AE students and alumni felt for Sharron.

Throughout her long career in AE, Sharron has been an outstanding staff member and a respected colleague. She will be greatly missed.

A memorial service for Sharron was held on Saturday, Dec. 15 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in State College. In lieu of flowers, her family requested that donations be made to the Sharron Williams Me-morial Scholarship fund in the AE department. After nearly 34 years of dedicated service to the faculty and students in the AE Department, we think this is a wonderful way to honor her legacy!

If you would like to donate to the Sharron Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund, checks can be made payable to “Penn State” and noted on the comment area as the Sharron Williams Memorial Scholarship. Checks can be sent to the attention of Nancy Smith in the AE main office at 104 Engineering Unit A, University Park, PA 16802. Thank you.

- and biological-resistant facilities. Part of the committee's job will be to analyze existing military and civilian studies on pre-venting and mitigating the effects of a chemi-cal or biological release. The information will then be used in formulating new protection schemes.

Shaking Things Up Dr. Ali Memari, associate professor of archi-tectural engineering, was featured in a video clip produced for a program called Discover-ies and Breakthroughs Inside Science for Ivanhoe Broadcast News. The video show-cases Dr. Memari’s research into how non-structural components of buildings react dur-ing an earthquake. You can view the video at: http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2007/17124.html. Behr Appointed Director of the Smart Spaces Center On Jan. 17, 2008, Dr. Eva Pell, Penn State’s senior vice president for research, an-nounced that former AE department head Richard A. Behr, now the Charles and Elinor Matts Professor of Architectural Engineering, will be appointed the founding director of the Smart Spaces Center. The center is an inter-disciplinary Penn State initiative to conduct research that will enable our elderly citizens to age more successfully in place – thereby delaying as long as possible the need to move elderly persons to assisted living facili-ties. The Smart Spaces directorship is effec-tive July 1, 2008, with some activities com-mencing immediately based on early access to FY 2009 Penn State funding for the cen-ter. The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, the Colleges of Engineering, Arts and Architecture, Health and Human Development, and Information Sciences and Technology, and the Social Sciences Re-search Institute have committed to providing an initial three years of baseline funding for the Smart Spaces Center. Smart Spaces for our aging population can be conceptualized as a set of at least four “spaces” surrounding the core individual: (1) smart personal space; (2) smart living space; (3) smart information space; and (4) smart societal space. Here, “smart” means that each space is embodied with research-derived enhancements that will better enable our senior citizens to age more successfully

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Penn State Solar Decathlon Team Brings Home 4th Place! By: Jude Simpson The October air was charged with en-thusiasm and hope. A procession of 20 select international teams made their way down Decathlete’s Way on the Mall in Washington, DC. They stood together, poised under the big white tent waiting for the judges’ final determination. How would their teams’ two year efforts to design, build and live in a completely solar powered high performance house fair? The results, Penn State, fourth, Santa Clara University, third, University of Maryland second with Germany’s Technische Universität Darmstadt in first place. It was a bittersweet mo-ment for everyone. As the emotional rollercoaster took off, feelings of pride, relief and disappointment be-came entangled. We were all so close in the running. All the teams achieved excellence. Their commit-ment and beautiful renewable energy homes gave us a compelling glimpse of our near future. Every two years the Solar Decathlon challenges student teams. For most universities participation is only a dream. I offer my congratulations not only to the Penn State team, but to everyone involved in the event. I have no doubt these students will impact the way we all live and use energy, as they pursue their educa-tion and careers with new found en-thusiasm backed by the power of the sun to bring us closer to a safe, reli-able energy neutral world.

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Solar Decathlon

Our Sponsors MorningStar

Audubon Pennsylvania National Electrical Contractors Associations Electri International Penn State Office of Physical Plant

Pulsar General Motors Hidden Lane Landscaping & Design Raymond A. Bowers Program for Excellence in De-sign and Construction of the Built Environment Sunrise Homes The Roofing Industry, Alliance for Progress West Penn Power, Sustainable Energy Fund, Inc. Quasar Arthur Glenn of Burdeshaw Associates, Inc. Balfour Beatty Lockheed Martin National Electrical Contractors Associations Southland Industries TRF Sustainable Development Fund Truland Sunrise CertainTeed Clark Nexsen Architecture & Engineering Lezzer Lumber Penn-Del-Jersey Chapter of NECA Recycle Bank Washington Group International

Team 7group American Insitute of Steel Construction Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, LLC Buch Construction Cannon Design, Inc. Energy Opportunities, Inc. Envinity Francis Krahe & Associates Inc Howard Kulp Architects, P.C. Jeff Park Michael Prinkey Mid-Atlantic Dairy Assoication Paul Macht Architects Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association SSOE, Inc. Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. The Knight Foundation Fund of Centre County Com-munity

Friend Barton Malow Company Bovis Lend Lease, Inc. Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania Gale Associates Gilsanz Murray Steficek Grunley Construction Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern, Inc. Holder Construction Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Inc. James G. Davis Construction Company Kent & Robin Becker Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Steenstra Patricia Mezzi Sebesta Blombert & Associates, Inc. Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. Sippel Co., Inc. SK&A Structural Engineers, PLLC

Structa - An Engineering Collaborative Structural Group, Inc. Sustainible Community Development Company The American Institute of Architects, Pennsylvania

Donor Advanced Building Systems, Inc. Alan R. Nord Alliance Environmental Ann Avallon Anthony C. Floyd Arthur & Susan

Calabrese Ault Family Barton Associates, Inc. Brad A. Robertson Burchart Horn, Inc. Burrell Mining Products, Inc. Carolyn Bartlett Charles D. Showalter Christopher Green &

Paula Hiltz Close the Loop, LLC Cynthia S. Schiffrin Daniel E. Willis EDiS Company EI Associates Emanual Tire of PA, Inc. Facility Engineering Associ-ates, P.C.

Foreman Architects, Engineers, & Construc-tion Managers

Forrester Construction Com-pany Gary C. Debes Gerald F. Burnhart & Son, Inc. GHT Limited Gillespie Engineering, Inc. Jamie & Fritz Witzel Janet & Monte Klein Joan Epifano John & Veronika Reida John Boecker John N. Park John O'Connor John W. Priesing KD3 Design Studio Kelly C. Deitman L. Robert Kimball &

Associates, Inc. Lepi Enterprises, Inc. Mary Ann Grossen-

bacher Michael Cihlar Michael Welch MJ Sagan Architecture, P.C. Morningstar Corpora-

tion Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Frederick

Sheridan Mr. & Mrs. James D. Reese Mr. & Mrs. Phil Avallon Mulhern & Kulp Nancy Fiscus Levan New Pig Corporation Peter Rieck Rader Engineering, Inc. Ralph J. Meyer Co. Richard Fruth Ronald Faul & Associ-

ates, Architects Ruby + Associates, PC Sikora Family SKIII Spacevariations LLC Smith Masonry, Inc. Sunlight Homes The Tri-M Group, LLC

Todd and Elizabeth King Tottser Tool and Manu-facturing

Warfel Construction Com-pany

Warren Cross Charita-ble Foundation

William T. Jack Yoshio Satoh Youchak & Youchak, Inc.

In-Kind Contributors AccuWeather Alexander Building Construction Altoona Pipe and Steel ArtRageous Embroidery of Pittsburgh Automated Logic BioPreserve BP Solar Bradley Builders Cabot Corporation Carrier Catie Rasmussen & Kasey Wheeland Color Kinetics Duo-Gard

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Commencement Commencement for the College of Engineering was held on Dec. 22, 2007. Architectural engineering conferred 5 B.A.E., 25 M.A.E., 2 M. Eng. degrees and 1 Ph.D. Congratulations to our most recent graduates!

2007 ASHRAE Student Design Project ASHRAE student members Kevin Kaufman and Justin Bem placed 3rd in the 2007 ASHRAE Student Design Competition's system selection category. The project con-sisted of the design and selection of the heating, cooling, and air conditioning systems for a renovation of a down-town New York City building that is being converted to a biotech research building. The goal of the project was to compare multiple air and water side systems based on life cycle cost, and make the appropriate recommenda-tions. One of the challenges of the project was balancing the large amount of air and space pressurization require-ments f or laboratory spaces while still meeting energy codes. NYC's high energy costs also required that many alternatives be analyzed. The selected air side system consisted of a combination of VAV air handling units and dedicated outdoor air sys-tems (DOAS) with radiant cooling panels. Air cooled screw chillers provided the chilled water for the air han-dling units and the radiant panels. A hot water heat re-covery system was also implemented that provided "free" domestic hot water heating by using the chilled water sys-tem's condenser water loop. A variety of both air and wa-ter system combinations were compared but were not recommended because of higher life cycle costs. Air sys-

tems compared included VAV, DOAS, and chilled beams while some waterside options explored included water and air cooled central plants. The selected system had an initial cost of $755,766 which is higher than others, but has a payback period of three to four years due to energy savings.

Grad Student Wins Several Awards Ph.D. candidate Sezer Atamturktur has won several awards during the past year. First, she has been chosen as the recipient of the Dominick J. DeMichele Scholarship Award. The purpose of this award is to honor and memorial-ize the generous spirit of Dick DeMichele by providing financial assistance to students traveling to present papers at an Interna-tional Modal Analysis Confer-ence (IMAC). Sezer was also the 2007 recipient of the James L. Noland Student Fellowship Award for her work on the structural assessment of exist-ing masonry structures by utilizing the nondestructive testing and computer modeling under the direction of Dr. Thomas E. Boothby. Finally, Sezer was granted the World University Network Fellowship and visited the Department of Civil & Structural Engineering at the University of Shef-field in the United Kingdom. While at the university she worked with Professor Aleksandar Pavic and Paul Rey-nolds. Their research centered around the Beverly Minis-ter Church which is located in Beverly, United Kingdom. She was joined by AE MS students Sally Gimbert and Ste-fanie Terentiuk who visited the University for a short time to help Atamturktur with her work. Congratulations Sezer!

in place. The goal of the Living Better Longer in Smart Spaces initiative is to create inter disciplinary teams of Penn State faculty and strategic partners to perform research that advances what we know about aging, home design, technology, community planning, and public policy to create innovative and prac-tical solutions to enable elderly persons to remain at home as long as possible, while maintaining a high qual-ity of life. The Smart Spaces Center will partner with business and industry, insurance companies, health care systems, foundations, local communities, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the federal government, and national or-ganizations to ensure that the Penn State produces inno-vative research that translates into better quality of life for our aging population.

Smart Spaces Center Continued from Page 5

Exterior Vert Murus Gilbane Building Company New Age Solar Hafele America Open Signs, Inc. Hardwood Manufacturer's Association PBCI-Allen HAVTECH Schneider Electric Hidden Lane Landscaping and Design Southland Industries Honeywell International Spectra Wood Furniture Lewis Lumber Products Stark Environmental Lezzer Lumber Sunrise Homes Lutron Electronics Trex Company

Thank You To All Our Sponsors!

In-Kind Contributors (cont.)

AE Practitioner Instructor (PI) Update Due to the generous sponsors of the AE Practitioner In-structor (PI) program our pledges/investments received as of January 2008 total $753,500. THANK YOU! Fur-ther details on the PI program can be found online at: http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/pi/index.asp.

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2007 Career Fair

Corporate Partners AltieriSeborWieber LLC Balfour Beatty Construction Barton Malow Company Bovis Lend Lease Buch Construction, Inc. Burdette, Koehler, Murphy & Associates DeSimone Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering, PC Ewing Cole Exponent, Inc. Forrester Construction Gilbane Building Company Girard Engineering, PC H.F. Lenz Company Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc. Heery - HLM Design Hensel Phelps Construction Company Hitt Contracting, Inc. Holbert Apple Associates, Inc. ISEC, Incorporated Jacobs JBA Consulting Engineers L. Robert Kimball & Associates Leach Wallace Associates, Inc. Meta Engineers Michael Baker Corporation Mueller Associates, Inc. Nutec Group Pierce Associates, Inc. Providence Engineering Corporation Rathgeber/Goss Associates Ruby + Associates, Inc. Skanska USA Building Southland Industries Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, Inc. Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. Turner Construction Company Vanderweil Engineers Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. X-nth, Inc. (formerly GRG, Inc.)

Sponsors Advanced Technologies Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Alexander Building Construction, LLC Barry Isett & Associates Barton Associates, Inc. Bognet Construction Associates Brinjac Engineering, Inc. Buccini Pollin Group Buchart Horn/Basco Associates Burt Hill

On Nov. 13, 2007, the Architectural Engineering Ca-reer Fair was held at Rec Hall on campus. Once again, it created a day of upbeat excitement and energy as companies sought to secure qualified stu-dents for full-time and summer jobs. It was a highly successful event. This year we had 141 companies attending the fair, 40 of which were corporate Partners. More than 600 students, rang-ing from freshmen to graduate students at-tended. As in previous years, we were pleased to welcome students from North Carolina A&T State University as well as students from the Penn State Department of Architecture. Student from other Penn State engineering departments, such Wor-thington-Scranton were also in attendance. This year, as a pilot program, we were also pleased to have students attending from the civil engineering department at Bucknell University in structures and construction. The Career Fair Social was held in the beautiful Hintz Family Alumni Center on campus and was well attended. The Social gave companies and AE sen-iors an opportunity to mingle in an informal setting. It is always great to see the seniors and underclass-men become excited as the day of the career fair draws near. For many students, the AE Career Fair is the primary source for meeting and securing inter-views with top firms in the AE industry. And for many companies, the AE Career Fair provides the opportu-nity to meet some of the best prepared engineering students. We look forward to continuing this rela-tionship in the years to come.

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2007 Career Fair Attendees

Sponsors (cont.) Buchart Horn/Basco Associates Burt Hill C. M. Kling & Associates, Inc. Cannon Design Inc. CJL Engineering Clark Nexsen Architecture & Engineering Cubellis Edis Company E. K. Fox & Associates, LTD Foreman Group Gale Associates GHT Limited Grenald Waldron Associates Grunley Construction Company Harman Group Hess Construction Company HLB Lighting Design Hope Furrer Associates James G. Davis Construction James Posey Associates, Inc. Joseph R. Loring & Associates Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt KTA Group, Inc. Leslie E. Robertson Associates, RLLP McClure Company McDonough Bolyard Peck McKamish, Inc. Mulhern & Kulp Structural Engineering P. J. Dick Incorporated RDK Engineers Reynolds Construction Management RMF Engineers RTKL Associates Sauer Incorporated Schlenger/Pitz & Associates, Inc. Severud Associates Consulting Engineers Simon Property Group SSOE, Inc. STRUCTURA Structural Rehabilitation Group, LLC The Harman Group (formerly Cagley Harman & Assoc.)Tim Haas & Associates Truland Systems Corporation Warfel Construction Company

General Abel Consulting Engineers AKF Engineers Atlantic Design Group, Inc. Atlantic Engineering Services Baker, Ingram & Associates Benchmark Construction Co., Inc.

General (cont.) Bergmann Associates Buro Happold CCRD Partners Clark Builders Group Clark Construction Group, LLC CUH2A DeStefano Associates Donohoe Construction Company Echelon Engineering, LLC Ehlert/Bryan, Inc. Environmental Systems Design Facility Engineering Associates, P.C. Fisher Marantz Stone Gillespie Engineering Harmon Inc. HGA Architects & Engineers HKS, Inc. Holder Construction Group, LLC JPI JVP Engineers, PC KLG, LLC The Lighting Practice LSC Design, Inc. Morris & Ritchie Associates Mulkey Engineers & Consultants Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc. Plano-Coudon, LLC Quandel Enterprises, Inc. RDH Building Sciences Inc. Regency Centers SBLD Studio Scheeser*Buckley*Mayfield, Inc. Sebesta Blomberg & Associates Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill LLP Structural Group STV, Inc. Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs, Inc. Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. URS Corporation Vitetta Weigand Associates, Inc. Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Woods Peacock Engineering Consultants, Inc.

The 2008 AE Career Fair will be held at the Bryce Jordan Center on campus in late October 2008. Further details will be mailed out later this Spring.

If you would like to be added to the 2008 Career Fair mailing list, please email Lori Smith at LoriSmith@psu.edu.

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Dear Alumni and Friends, I am delighted to be able to write to you as the new AE Department Head. Architectural Engineering at Penn State has a long and distinguished tradition and I am deeply honored to be given the opportunity to contribute to this. I look forward to working with the outstanding group of faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends to ensure that this is universally acknowledged as the pre-eminent AE program in the world. The Department is very well placed to move to this next level and, in this regard, I would like to pay tribute to my predecessor, Dr. Richard Behr, for his leadership and service to the AE Department over the last ten years. The esteem in which the Department is held was strongly reinforced when my wife, Claire, and I attended the AE Department’s Career Fair in November 2007. It was great to see over one hundred and forty com-panies from all over the country seeking to recruit our graduates. They were all highly enthusiastic about the quality of our program and the value that our graduates have added to their businesses over the years. It was also wonderful to see so many AE alumni coming back to recruit more AE graduates. I cer-tainly intend to build on this. The Department faces many challenges in the coming years. First is the tight economic environment within which we are expected to do more with fewer resources. Then there is the need to streamline and strengthen our undergraduate program, providing more flexibility and enhancing quality. The graduate program also needs to be developed further, particularly to enable the achievement of our new strategic goal of leading the development of high performance green buildings. Considerable progress has been made over the last ten years in raising the research profile of the Department but more needs to be done. There is also the growing competition from new AE programs across the country, which means that we cannot afford to be complacent or rely on past glory. The wider issues of sustainability, globalization and technological development will continue to shape and inform our future operations. Addressing the above challenges requires a multi-faceted strategy that builds on past AE traditions but provides the agility to respond to emerging opportunities. I am working with the faculty and staff in the development of a new 5-year strategic plan, details of which will become available at a later date. How-ever, it is evident that additional resources are required to upgrade our teaching and research facilities, attract and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and students, and maximize the potential of the new opportunities open to us. As such, I would like to solicit your support towards the establishment of major endowments for the AE program, as these will remove the constraints that limit the achievement of our goals. Finally, I would like to seize this opportunity to thank you all for supporting the Department (in cash and in kind) over the years and to wish you a new year that is your best yet! With best regards,

Dr. Chimay J. Anumba Professor and Department Head

Message from the Department Head

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AE Graduate Student Association Fund Raiser

Alumni Update Let us hear from you!

Name Date of Degree(s) Option Home Address Home Phone Employer Address

Office Phone E-Mail Address Type of Organization Occupation and Title Responsibilities Additional Comments (may be published in the next newsletter if applicable)

AEGSA Fundraiser The AE Graduate Student Association (AEGSA) has organized the following fund raisers to help support

activities for their group. If you are interested in purchasing an AE hard hat or an AE polo shirt, please read below for details:

AE HARD HATS The hard hat (shown left) is white and features the AE logo in Penn State blue. Each hard hat costs $15 and can be shipped for an extra $5. Multiple hard hats can be shipped to one location for the same shipping charge. (Our adorable model is four-year old

Matthew Potts, son of Drew Potts '88 and wife Tanya. Thanks for sharing the photo!)

AE POLO SHIRTS Polo shirts (shown right) are dark blue and white, 100% cotton, and embellished with the classic "AE" logo. They work well for business-casual occasions or everyday use.

For additional information on these fundraisers, please contact our AEGSA Treasurer Robert Leicht (rml167@psu.edu)

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