Alumni
Now Graduate Students Survey
During the 2002-2003 academic cycle 16 MetE students
graduated. Seven, or of
these students were accepted into graduate school.
The students and the graduate schools where they were accepted
are shown in Table X.
Table X. 2002-2003 graduates who were accepted
into graduate programs.
| Student |
University |
| Rene Aldrich |
Penn
State |
| Sarah Rouse |
Penn
State |
| Derek Rebsom |
SDSM&T |
| Brooks Henderson |
SDSM&T |
| Jack Massarello |
New
Mexico Tech |
| Jered Fry |
University
of Dayton |
| Dan Storjohann |
Colorado
School of Mines |
| Rene
Aldrich-10/22/02 |
Penn
State |
Dr. Howard:
Greetings!
How are you? Things are going well here, but I must say
that I wish you were teaching my graduate thermo class!
I'm glad you taught the class in such a way that I ended up loving
it, otherwise I am sure my professor here would have me hating
it by now!
Anyway, I'm
not writing to complain about my thermo class; I'm writing to
ask if you would be willing to provide a reference for me for
the NSF Graduate Fellowship competition? The references
are due December 5. If you're willing to help, let me know
and I'll send you the link with the reference form. Also
let me know if you would like a copy of my resume' and/or some
information about the research I am doing.
I hope the semester
is treating you well!
Regards,
Rene
| Sarah
Rouse-10/22/02 |
Penn
State |
Dr. Howard:
Greetings from Penn State! I hope that this message finds
you in good health and
good spirits.
I am enjoying grad school very much. I am taking a graduate
thermo class, and I
am happy to say that I scored and A on my first exam.
Thanks for the wonderful
instruction, Dr. Howard. I believe that I have the strongest
thermo background
of all my peers.
I am doing research on CdSe nanocomposite synthesis and
dispersion mechanisms
for NASA. It has been challenging and fun.
I am applying for a NSF Fellowship. Would you be willing
to write a reference
letter for me? I will send you additional information
after receiving your
response.
Regards!
Sarah M. Rouse
| Derek
Rebsom |
SDSM&T |
| Brooks Henderson |
SDSM&T |
SDSM&T
| Jack
Massarello- request sent 5/5/04 |
New Mexico
Tech |
jack.massarello@kirtland.af.mil
Hey
Dr. Howard, [--] I'd be glad to share some comments--I hope this
isn't too late though, I just finished my spring semester of grad
school and am now back at the office for the summer. Here
are a few sincere comments about my undergraduate experience...
The ability to tackle any academic subject is
an essential skill necessary for the completion of a graduate
degree at an alternate college. One of the challenges I
face at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is that
I am a stranger, new to the system, and unfamiliar with the culture
and standards of the institution. So I do my best, and carry
forward the skills of discipline and knowledge that I acquired from
my time at SDSM&T. In particular, I should recognize
the handful of professors who taught me to teach myself,
who challenged me to the limit--Dr. Kenneth Han and Dr. Stanley Howard,
as well as Dr. Jon Kellar, Dr. Al Boysen, and Dr. Carter Kerk
who provided me the opportunity to evolve as a thinker and
a leader. With their guidance, enthusiasm, persistent professionalism, and
dedication to my metallurgical engineering education, I am
able to compete in the current graduate setting.
It is to these five men that I owe a debt of gratitude, for setting
a supreme example, for mentoring me, and for not only teaching
me how to teach myself, but how to tackle a problem with enthusiasm
and panache. It is the
character of these professors that has motivated me to successfully
move forward in my career and higher education.
To me that is what a baccalaureate education is all about,
not how much I know, but from whom I learn.
Also,
Dr. Howard, I took an excellent applied statistics class this
spring. You may be interested in the material I studied.
I'd be glad to answer any additional questions, but please
consider the following text at your leisure:
Design and Analysis of Experiments by Douglas A. Montgomery
, ISBN 0-471-31649-0, and Applied Statistic for Engineers and
Scientists by David M. Levine... ISBN 0-13-488801-4
Montgomery
is a bit math intensive, but Levine's text compensates nicely
with easy reading. With
the two combined, I was able to make some great progress on my
thesis experiments.
Regards,
and please send my best to Carol.
Jack
| Jered
Fry- reply requested 5/5/04
jeredfry@lycos.com |
University
of Dayton |
-----Original Message-----
From: Jered Fry [mailto:jeredfry@lycos.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004
6:35 PM
To: Howard, Stanley M.
Subject: Hello
Dr. Howard,
It's good to hear from you again. Sorry for my untimely reply. I've been pretty busy this week with work. I'm working for a tree service in Alliance that
employed me right before starting at SDSM&T. The pay is low, but I get a lot of good exercise.
It also helps pass the time while I'm waiting for this
Air Force thing to go through.
My recruiter just retired, and during the
swap from him to my new recruiter, a lot of things got mixed up
at the recruiting office. Due
to their lack of organization, my file will not be reviewed until
the August 3rd officer selection board.
To say the least, I'm not thrilled about the wait.
I will be sure to let you know how my situation turns out.
Concerning how the SDSM&T faculty did
and what could be done better, I can really only come up with
one thing to say. I feel
that you did an excellent job.
When I talk to others that have a similar education in
engineering or science, I can't help but get the feeling I've
received a superior one. I
suppose it would help out if the faculty could somehow give the
economy a boost...haha. Seriously though, one thing that would be time
well spent is more time in the labs.
More hands-on experience would be helpful for some issues,
especially for the students not fortunate enough to get summer
internships. I noticed people having a lot of trouble with
things as simple as mounting and polishing samples. Most of my hands on knowledge that other students
did not possess came from my internships.
Take care,
Jered
Fry
| Dan
Storjohann - email unavailable |
Colorado
School of Mines |
| Dustin
Ellis- 5/7/2001 update requested 5/5/04 |
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute |
Dr. Howard:
I hope all is well with you and your family. I enjoyed talking to you over
the Christmas break about graduate study. I have a favor to ask. I am now
working at GE R&D and have just been selected for
an accelerated materials
engineering graduate study program at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute and I
need to submit a graduate application very quickly.
Would you mind
completing a recommendation form for me if I sent it
to you? If this is
acceptable, please email me back and I will send you
the materials.
Thank you very much.
Dustin
GE Power Systems
| Anders
Amudsen- 9/26/2003 |
Norway
- Sidney |
Hi Dr. Howard,
Now its soon four years since I graduated from SDSM&T
and the metallurgical
engineering department. Since then I've been one year
in Sydney finishing a
master degree in material science and technology. This
was mostly modeling
work, FEM and more advanced material characterization.
At this time I'm
working at Elkem, in southern Norway, at their central
laboratory. I've
been
here since April, 2001.
I'm working with material-characterization, aluminum
(foundry, press and
sheet ingots) cast Iron (grey, ductile and compacted),
silicon and coal,
micro-silica, polymers and all kinds interesting materials.
My specialty is
image processing, SEM, and fractography work, and yes,
I do some excel
programming....
I surfed through the sdsmt-website, and just wanted to
say hi. I hope you
all are doing well at the metallurgical department.
My time spent studying
is paying off now, and all your courses were valuable
and are the
foundation
for doing my work here at Elkem.
Best Regards,
Anders Amundsen
Met Eng '00
Hi Jeff,
How are things going at CSM?
We are doing ABET and would like to hear
about any brief comments you might offer on your preparation for
CSM from us.
Thanks
