Alumni Notes

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1962
Judith H. Maddox, BSChE
Judith is currently enjoying her retirement in Aiken, South Carolina.

1965
Edward L. Root, BSChE
Edward is currently on disability from Affiliated Computer Services in New Orleans, Louisiana. He and his wife Madeline enjoy time-share condos in Orlando, Florida.

1947
Rex A. Roden, BSChE
Rex has been happily retired since 1986 and is currently enjoying beach life in Orange Beach, Alabama.

1957
William C. Morgan, BSChE
William was a Pediatrician for 25 years. He is currently the Associate Chief Medical Officer at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida. He and his wife Hope have one daugher, Julie, who is married to a Major is the US Air Force and has 2 sons. William enjoys backpacking, canoeing, and tennis is his 'spare time.'

1959
W. Kelly Smith, BSChE
Mr. Smith is currently the President of Smith MacKinnon PA in Orlando, Florida. He is a practicing lawyer and consultant on many matters involving technical issues and has always been thankful he had a strong engineering/math/science education. Mr. Smith is on the UF Law School Board of Trustees, Board of Directors-Gator Boosters, Board of Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America, Chairman Pollution Control, Board of Reedy Creek Improvement District (Walt Disney World.) Mr. Smith enjoys adventure traveling all continents and 100+ countries, running, snow skiing, and
photography.

1969
Dr. Kamlesh K. Bhatia, PhD
Received the 2005 AIChE Process Development Practice Award which was presented to him at the 2005 Spring AIChE National Meeting

1970
Dennis C. Prieve, BSChE
Dennis is a Gulf Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests focus on the nature and measurement of colloidal forces and their effect on transport of colloidal particles.

1975
Mark N. Congiundi, BSChE
Mark is a Senior Principal Engineer with Sasol North America in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He and his wife Ellen have 5 children: Anthony, Joseph, Samuel, Lisa, and Sarah. Mark enjoys traveling, motorcycling, computers and chess.

1978
Diana Morandi, BSChE
Diana is Vice President of Morandi Engineering & Construction in Tamarac, Florida. Diana is currently working as a Real Estate Broker and involved in the design and construction of residential buildings. She received her Masters in Civil Engineering in 1993 from Florida Atlantic University and is married with 2 daughters.

1979
David C. Attride, BSChE
David is currently a Senior Research Associate in Eastman Chemical Company's Research Department in Kingsport, Tennessee after being promoted in November 2001 from Research Associate. David is the holder of 2 patents and is in charge of Vitamin E process and another proprietary process. He has been married to his wife Sherry for 24 years and they have 2 sons: Kevin, 18, and Timothy, 15. David enjoys researching his family's genealogy, snow skiing, and scuba diving.

1985
Steven J. Bos, BSChE
Steven is working at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Examiner in Crystal City, Virginia. He and his wife Gena have 3 children: Michael, 12, Christopher, 7, and Abigail, 4. Steven is a conscientious blood donor, giving every 2 months. He enjoys snow skiing, watching Gator football and basketball, and working on computers.

1988
Demetri Clikas, BSChE
Demetri is currently an Oilfield Supply Boat Captain of a 500-ton Oceans Master for Seabulk Internation in Layfayette, Louisiana. Demetri spent 1999-2001 working, traveling, and fishing in Mexico. He had so much fun he returned with a new wife and son. His and his wife Laura's son, James Andrew, was born August 2001.

1989
Wendy M. Takken, BSChE
Wendy is a Research Scientist in the Product Development R&D Division of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Canton, Georgia.

1992
Noel R. Mateo, BSChE
Noel is a Duroblade Specialist for BTG Americas, Inc., Norcross, Georgia, providing technical support to customers in the Pulp and Paper Industry. Noel started working for BTG in June 2002 after working for Paragon Trade Brands/Tyco from June 1996 to February 2002 when his job was eliminated. He is a member of the Atlanta Chapter of AIChE and a member of TAPPI (Technical Association for Pulp and Paper Industry.) Noel still enjoys watching Gator sports and traveling. He is married to his wife Mona.

1993
Daniel A. Hall, BSChE
Dan is with Lockheed Martin in Webster, Texas, as a Senior Engineer providing research and engineering support for batteries. He is currently working on an application of fractional calculus to battery systems. Dan is married to wife Madelin.

1996
Corey A. Wisniewski, BSChE
Corey is an Assistant Store Manager of Publix Supermarkets in Columbia, South Carolina. He and his wife Dawn have 3 children: Bryan, 5, Jacob, 2, and Courtney, 7 months.

1997
Kevin L. Van Workum, BSChE
Kevin is now with the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a Post-doctoral Associate in Gaithersburg, Maryland after receiving the National Research Council Post-doctoral Associate Award in 2002. Kevin received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in November 2002.

1999
Christopher B. Bedwell, BSChE
From April 2000 through May 2002, Christopher worked for a company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that made catalytic converters. Christopher was recently laid off but looking for contacts and openings. He is currently located in Brandon, Florida.

2000
Steven K. Fanning, BSChE
Steve is with Intel Corp in Queen Creek, Arizona, as a Process Engineer in Chip Manufacturing.

2001
Devina Pillay, BSChE
Devina is a Graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin.

Miyako Hisamoto, BSChE
Miyako is a Ph.D. Graduate Student at University of California, Santa Barbara under Susannah Scott.