5Th Annual Careers Celebration & Conference

"Our goal is to provide a mutually beneficial relationship among the UD ME Department, Students and all UD ME Alumni."

5th Annual Careers Celebration & Conference

"A Business, Technology & Careers Conference

and Networking Event"

May 1, 2009

Clayton Hall

We are very sorry that this event had to be canceled because of concerns the University and the State's health officials had pertaining to the flu.

Highlights - Opportunities

●Celebrate alumni careers including this year’s recipients of the Distinguished Career Alumni Award.
●Keynote address by Dr. John Byrne, Nobel Prize Winner, University of Delaware, Center for Energy & Environmental Policy.
●Seminars by faculty, alumni and students on engineering, business and career topics— earn CEUs!
●Research and technology displays and extensive periods for interaction among alums, faculty and students.
●Social times for reunion and further networking.
●Cocktail hour and buffet

Program Events

12:00 / Registration - Refreshments and Displays;Demos Planned!
1:00 / Seminars
Track A / Track B
1:00 / "Innovation"
Dr. E. Fenton Carey, Jr. - '67
Consultant on Global Leadership and Innovation / "Forensic Engineering"
Dr. Michael H. Santare
Professor; Mechanical Engineering
1:45 / BREAK - Refreshments and Displays
2:00 / "Career Opportunities in Renewable
Energy"
John Harder '87
Product Manager, GE Solar / "U of D Sustainable Energy Initiatives"
Dr. Ajay K. Prasad
Professor,Mechanical Engineering
2:45 / BREAK - Refreshments and Displays
3:00 / Senior Design Projects
"Oxygenator Production Improvement"
Team Terumo
"Disc Mower Curtain"
Team CNH / Senior Design Projects
"Friction Testing System"
Team Southco
"Seal Repair Workstation"
Team John Crane
3:45 / Senior Design Posters - Networking and Refreshments
Displays, Discussions and Presentations with all 2008-2009
Senior Design Teams / Civilian Jobs in the Navy
John Thackrath '79
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
4:30 / Welcome from the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Anette Karlsson -Associate Professor and Department Interim Chair
4:45 / Distinguished Career Alumni Presentations
5:30 / Panel Discussion with all Distinguished Career Alumni
6:15 / Keynote Speaker
Dr. John Byrne - Nobel Laureate
University of Delaware - Center for Energy & Environmental Policy
"Climate Change"
7:00 / Social/Networking Buffet Dinner
8:00 / Adjourn

Distinguished Career Awards

One of the objectives of this conference is to recognize alumni career achievements. This year's recipients include:

E. Fenton Carey, Jr. ('67 & '70M) — who currently runs his own consulting business, has been a national policy maker in the areas of defense, energy, transportation, and the environment

John W. Gillespie, Jr. ('76, '78M, '85 PhD) — is Donald C. Phillips Professor at the University of Delaware and Director of UD's Center for Composite Materials.

E. Douglas Huggard ('55, '61M) — is a retired corporate officer of Atlantic Energy and a retired U.S. Navy Enginering Officer.

Jim Laser ('69) — a self-employed consultant to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, previously spent 28 years with Merk & Co. Inc.

Eric Svendsen ('71) — is CEO of Foster Wheeler Energia in Madrid, Spain, and CEO for Foster Wheeler Global Industrial Boilers.