In Memoriam T
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Andrew R. “Andy” Teed (B.S. 1968) passed away on August 19 at the age of 64. A respected professional engineer, Teed had retired from PPG Industries and was employed by Westinghouse at the time of his death. His hobbies included wood- working, trains, and being outdoors hunting and fishing. Teed is survived by his beloved wife of 42 years, Patricia. He is also survived by son Andrew, daughter Holly and her husband Frederick, and step-grand- son Michael Olko. The Department of Mechanical Engineering sends its sympathies to the Teed family.
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Sidney Kaufman (B.S. 1949) passed away on December 19, 2010, at the age of 89. He was living in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife Matilda at the time of his death. A Pittsburgh native, Kaufman served in the Navy during World War II and worked as an engineer for many years at Westinghouse’s Bettis Plant. He was predeceased by Eileen, his wife of 46 years. Together, they raised four children: Ronald, Robert, Harold, and Lisa. Kaufman is also survived by seven grandchildren. The Department sends its condo- lences to the Kaufman family.•
Alumni Updates
he Department of Mechanical Engineering extends its deepest sympathies to the families of these alumni who passed away recently.
John Gross (B.S. 1971, M.S. Heinz School 1973) was appointed Director of Financial Management for Long Beach, California. His previous posi- tions included Director of Finance for Aurora, Colorado, and Finance Director of Arlington Heights, Illinois. “Long Beach is a dynamic city with incredible assets and a great team of professionals,” says Gross. “I look forward to helping keep Long Beach financially strong and provide services effectively and efficiently.”
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Barb Samardzich (M.S. 1985) was recently promoted to the position of Vice President, Product Devel- opment, Ford of Europe. In this new
role, Samardzich oversees all Prod- uct Development activities in the European region. She also manages Ford’s Global Vehicle Engineering, Noise Vibration and Harshness, and Global Vehicle Evaluation and Verification teams. Samardzich was featured on the home page of the Carnegie Mellon Web site in September; read the story at
http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/ environment/2011/summer/ford-
leadership.shtml.
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Miguel Pinilla (M.S. 1988) has joined SunRun, the nation’s leading residen- tial solar company, as Vice President of Engineering. Pinilla and his team are developing the software infra- structure needed to deliver affordable residential solar power to millions
of American homes as SunRun expands. Originally from Zaragoza, Spain, Pinilla came to Carnegie Mellon as a Fulbright Scholar. He holds several patents and has published multiple technical papers.
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Nathan Harding (B.S. 1990) was featured in the July 2011 issue of Carnegie Mellon Today in an article called “Standing Tall.” The article
focused on how Harding’s company, Berkeley Bionics, is helping paralyzed and injured people regain movement through intelligent bionic devices called exoskeletons. Read the full article at
http://www.carnegiemellon-
today.com/article.asp?aid=1034.
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Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck (B.S. 2009) was awarded a 2011 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Kuter- Arnebeck, a Ph.D. student at the McGill University Department of Mechanical Engineering, was among 167 award recipients. The scholarship provides $50,000 in annual support for three years. Kuter-Arnebeck’s project will look at the design optimization of portable single crystal silicon microresonators with passively self-sealing microfluidic conduits for fluidic and biological sensing applications.•
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