- Rod Canion
Rod Canion has been a leading figure in the technology industry since co-founding Compaq Computer Corporation in 1982 and serving as its Chief Executive Officer through a decade of unprecedented growth. During his tenure as CEO, Compaq set records for the largest first-year sales in the history of American business and reached the Fortune 500 and the $1 billion revenue mark faster than any other company in history.
- Julie Trenor
- Umesh Verma
Umesh Verma Chief Executive Officer
- Terry Hudgens
Terry Hudgens (1976 BSCE) is senior vice president of Power Supply of PacifiCorp in Portland, OR. Hudgens is responsible for the companys Power Generation, Wholesale Sales and Mining businesses.
- Raymond Haak
Raymonds engineering education at UH prepared him for managing the vineyard and winery. He says making wine is not complicated engineering, the engineering helps, but what is really needed is common sense. Working with percentages and weights, he is able to make the correct choices in adjusting the brix (sugar content) or the acid levels in his wine.
- Daniel Wong
Daniel Wong (1983 BSCE, 1985 MSCE, 1988 PhD CE) was sworn-in as a council member for the City of Sugar Land on May 21, 2002. He is president of Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc. and can be reached at dwong@tweinc.com.
- Paul Ruchhoeft
Paul Sarvadi (1976 BSChE) received the Service Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Ernst & Young. He is president, CEO and co-founder of Administaff, a Kingwood-based company that provides businesses with an array of human resources services, including payroll, benefits, recruiting, hiring and work site safety inspecting.
- Kevin Lee Self
Kevin Lee Self (1991 BSEE) and wife Elizabeth Lee welcomed home their first child Joshua Lee Oct. 8, 1999. He weighed seven pounds and nine ounces. Almost two years old now, Joshua is already disassembling things and losing the pieces; a true engineer in the making! Kevin is a senior applications engineer for Dallas Semiconductor and can be reached at myself@airmail.net.
- Richard B. Bannerot
Dr. Richard B. Bannerot Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Thomas Edmund Pickell
Thomas Edmund Pickell (1950 BS ChE) died Nov. 6, 2002 at the age of 73. A native Houstonian, he was a direct descendent of Alexander Hodge. A retired employee of the City of Houston, he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Korea, umpired for the parks department for many years and was a member of the Knights of Columbus as well as the American Legion.
- Michael Lacy
Michael Lacy (1985 BSCE) and wife Rebecca welcomed home twins Kaitlyn Leigh and Brenna Aileen Dec. 26, 2000. Kaitlyn weighed five pounds and two ounces and measured 18.25 inches long. Brenna weighed four pounds and 11 ounces and measured 18.25 inches long. Mike is the vice president of Cobourn, Linseisen & Ratcliff.
- David Higgins
David Higgins (1986 BSCE, 1995 MSCE) and wife Alma welcomed home Eva Rae Higgins Sept. 14, 2000. She weighed seven pounds and two ounces. David is a structural specialist for Burt-Kleinpeter, Inc. and can be reached at dhiggins@bkiusa.com.
- Terry E. Swift
- Kaihan Abidi Ashtiani
Kaihan Abidi Ashtiani (BSEE '88, MS EE '91, PhD Plasma Physics '95) is currently a product General Manager at Novellus Systems, Inc. in San Jose, California. Kaihan can be reached at kaihan.ashtiani@novellus.com.
- Leslie Coward
- Harriet Yim
- Don Willhouse
Don Willhouse (1973 BSCE) recently joined the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. Previously he was manager of plant maintenance and operations for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. He is past president of the Austin Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers and received the Service to People Award from the ASCE Texas Section in April. He is a retired Lt. Colonel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- Rod Canion
Rod Canion , co-founder and former CEO of Compaq Computer Corporation, delivered the keynote address to over 400 participants and guests at the Awards Banquet; sharing his lessons learned in launching Compaq, which became a multi-billion dollar company and one of the most successful technology entrepreneurship stories. He even shared the story of designing the first portable computer on the back of napkin at a local coffee shop (it was actually on the back of placement).
- May Shek
- Colby Wright
Colby Wright (CE) Download officer/chairman job descriptions
- Nelson Clegg
Nelson Clegg “Ned” Turner (1971 BSEE) died Feb. 12, 2003 at the age of 98. In the early 1930s, he spent two years in the Soviet Union advising the government about modernizing natural gas processing facilities. At the time, Turner, a chemical engineer, worked for Burrell-Mayes Engineering Corp., which contracted to advise the Soviet government about upgrading their gas industry. After returning from Russia, he went to Clarion, Pa. , to design a liquefied gas plant.
- Bharat Marwaha
- Julius Victor Tupa
Julius Victor Tupa (1956) died Oct. 5, 2002 of cancer at the age of 71. A guitarist and bass player, Tupa performed in Western swing and polka bands, and his last group, the decade-old Sound Connection, was the first Slovenian-style polka band in the state. In 1951, he made his first recording and met his future wife at a Heights-area Czech dance hall. The Tupas were married three years later in Germany, where he was stationed with the military.
- Nathan Harris
Nathan Harris (1995 BSME) presented two papers at the 53rd International Astronautical Congress at The World Space Congress 2002 in Houston Oct. 10–19. The paper he wrote with George Morgenthaler, former president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and currently at the University of Colorado, was entitled, “Planning, Implementation and Optimization of Future Space Missions Using an Immersive Visualization Environment (IVE) Machine.”
- Jack Scamardi
Jack Scamardi (1952 BSIE) now enjoys teaching at his grandchildren’s private school. He worked for Continental Can Company as a manufacturing engineer, then Houston Natural Gas (Enron) and Reliant Energy (Centerpoint Energy). His son graduated from the UH Law Center.
- Earl Reynolds
Earl Reynolds (1993 MSPetroE) was named senior vice president of operations Aug. 18, 2000 for Ocean International, Ltd., a subsidiary of Ocean Energy, Inc. Previously, he spent 10 years for Burlington Resources in a variety of operational and management positions, including director and general manager in London, England and general manager of acquisitions and international ventures.
- Hernan Escalante Jr
Hernan Escalante Jr . (1979 BSEE) is president of Brewer & Escalante Associates, Inc., a Houston-based consulting engineering firm. Previously, he served as vice president and secretary of the company and as president and owner of Escalante Engineering. Hernan can be reached at hescalante@brewer-escalante.com.
- C. Rick Coneway
C. Rick Coneway (1973 BSCE, 1976 MSCE) is senior vice president of the Department of Defense Services for Informatics Corporation in Richland, Washington. Colonel Coneway retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve after 31 years of commissioned service. He was also named the 2000 Engineer of the Year from the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Rick can be reached at itrickconeway@earthlink.net.
- Syl Turicchi
Syl Turicchi (1968 BSChE) is senior manager of the Center for Chemical Process Safety, an American Institute of Chemical Engineers Industry Technology Alliance. Previously, he worked for Union Carbide for 32 years. He retired as senior general manager of Plants, OPTIMAL, a UCC joint venture with Petronas, the National Petroleum Company of Malaysia. He can be reached at sylt@aiche.org.
- David Griffin Killough
David Griffin Killough (1956 BSME) died on Nov. 28, 2001 at the age of 84. He graduated from A&M College of Texas in 1939 with a B.S. in electrical engineering and was a Texas Registered Professional Engineer. He was a retiree of ExxonMobil Corporation with 34 years of service, where he excelled at computer systems engineering. After retirement, he served eight years as a lecturer in applied computer science engineering in the UH Cullen College of Engineering.
- Dale Rudick
Dale Rudick (1991 BSCE) was promoted to city engineer for the City of Sugar Land. Dale is past president of the Engineering Alumni Association.
- George Henry Pardue Jr
George Henry Pardue, Jr . (1968 MSME) died Jan. 9, 2003 at the age of 76 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was a Phi Beta Kappa, a Shriner and a “Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech,” earning a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1948.
- Louis Aaron Kronberg
Louis Aaron Kronberg (1947) died Nov. 14, 2002 at the age of 79. A loyal alumnus of San Jacinto High School, he had just attended his 61st reunion. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific during WWII, attaining the rank of corporal. A self-described gourmet chowhound and raconteur, he was also an avid Ham Radio enthusiast (W5IHY) and renowned water colorist.
- Arup K. Sengupta
Arup K. Sengupta (1984 PhD) is a professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lehigh University located in Bethlehem, PA. He can be reached at arup.sengupta@lehigh.edu.
- Ursula Ollivierre
Ursula Ollivierre , Departmental Business Manager
- Owen Karl Payne
Owen Karl Payne (1990 BSME) died on July 3, 2002 at the age of 40. He was a senior staff engineer for Shell Pipeline Co. L.P. He was a member of the Fellowship Bible Church of Pearland, serving as elder and youth leader.
- Edwin P. Mueller Jr
Edwin P. Mueller, Jr . (1959 BSEE) died Feb. 23, 2000. He was a design assurance engineer for Motorola.
- Kenneth M. Mercado
Kenneth M. Mercado (1985 BSEE, 1991 MSIE) and wife Jill welcomed home Corinne Kristen Mercado Nov. 16, 1999. She weighed seven pounds and 13 ounces and measured 19.5 inches long. Kenneth is manager of the Magnolia Park Service Center for Reliant Energy. He can be reached at kenneth.mercado@reliantenergy.com.
- Imran Vehra
Imran Vehra (1999 MSCSE) is an electrical engineer for Halliburton, where he worked when he was a co-op student at UH (when it was SperrySum). He can be reached at ivehra@hotmail.com.
- Scott R. Elmer
Scott R. Elmer (1997 BSCE) was named the 2001 Young Engineer of the Year by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers-Houston chapter. He is the city engineer for the City of Missouri City, Texas.