VOLUME 13, NO. 1     DEC 1999

Welcome new faculty

The following tenure-track professors were recently appointed to the faculty:

Bogdan D. Doytchinov, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, was most recently a postdoctoral associate at Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a Ph.D. in mathematics. He also holds an M.S. in mathematics from Moscow State University.

Michelle K. Ephraim, assistant professor of English, received a B.A. in English and history from Tufts University and a master's in English literature and a doctorate in 16th century British literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Richard K. Jordan, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics at Northeastern University and his doctorate in mathematics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Christopher J. Larsen, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, holds a B.S. in physics from Carnegie Mellon University, a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon.

Jamshed J. Mistry, assistant professor of management, received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Poona (India) University, a bachelor's degree in management from Purdue University, an M.B.A. from the University of Utah, and a D.B.A. from Boston University.

Jeanine D. Plummer, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, earned a B.S. in civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University and an M.S. in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Soraya Rana, assistant professor of computer science, received a B.S. in computer science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in computer science from Colorado State University.

Mark R. Stevens, assistant professor of computer science, holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Maine in Orono and a master's and a doctorate in computer science from Colorado State University.

Jeffrey A. Tyler, assistant professor of biology and biotechnology, received a B.S. in biology from Davidson College and a Ph.D. in ecology and animal behavior from the University at Albany.

Nathaniel A. Whitmal III, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, an M.S. in engineering management at Tufts University's Gordon Institute, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science at Northwestern University.

Z. Amy Zeng, assistant professor of management, received a B.S. in engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, an M.S. in engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a Ph.D. in business administration from Pennsylvania State University.

Joining the faculty in January:

John Bergendahl, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering, an M.S. in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Connecticut.

Matthew C. Bromberg, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, earned a B.S. in engineering math and an M.A. in mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of California, Davis.

Nancy A. Burnham, associate professor of physics, received a B.A. in physics from Colgate University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Retired at the close of the 1998-99 academic year:

Frank D. DeFalco, professor of civil and environmental engineering

Wilhelm H. Eggimann, professor of electrical and computer engineering

H. Peter Lanyon, professor of electrical and computer engineering

Dieter Klein, professor of management

Lt. Col. Stephen H. Tupper, professor and head of the Military Science Dept.

Van F. W. Bluemel, associate professor of physics

Retiring effective Dec. 31, 1999:

James S. Demetry, professor of electrical and computer engineering

Joseph J. Malone, professor of mathematical sciences