Michigan Engineer

Published by the University of Michigan
College of Engineering

Publisher
Stephen W. Director,
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering

Executive Editor
Byron Roberts (BA ’85)

Editor
Bill Clayton

Designer
Mark Nystrom

Contributing Editors
Jean Dougherty, Neal Lao, Lois Rose and Connie Scheibe

Photographers
George C. Anderson, Jay Asquini, Stewart Cohen, Richard Hirneisen, Paul Jaronski, Marcia Ledford, Ryan McVay, Mark Nystrom, Michael J. Schimpf, J.D. Small, Martin Vloet and Bill Wood

Printer
Homewood Press

Michigan Engineer is published two times a year by the University of Michigan College of Engineering.

Michigan Engineering offices are located at:
2966D Cooley, 2355 Bonisteel Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104

Phone: (734) 647-7089
Email us at: MichiganEngineer@umich.edu
Visit us on the Web at www.engin.umich.edu

Periodical postage paid at Ann Arbor, MI.

Send address changes to:
Engineering Alumni Relations
1221 Beal Ave, Room 2C11A
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2102
Or email: Engin.Alumni.Relations@umich.edu.

CONTRIBUTORS

Claudia Capos is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The Detroit News, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday and Travel & Leisure.

Debbie Feit (BA ’88) is a freelance writer living in Farmington, Michigan. After ten years of working as an advertising copywriter, she began writing feature articles and personal essays. She was the editor of The Big Idea magazine. As a freelancer, her work has appeared in Conde Nast Bride’s, Good Housekeeping, American Baby, Bridal Guide, Mode, Pet Life and other publications.

Alice Rhein (BA ’84, MS ’86) is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Michigan Living, Hour Detroit and numerous regional publications. She is the former assistant managing editor of the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers and a frequent contributor to Michigan Alumnus magazine.

Kim Roth is a freelance writer who has contributed to the Chicago Tribune, the Chronicle of
Philanthropy, The Washington Post and the Gale Group E-Commerce Sourcebook (forthcoming).

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
David A. Brandon, Ann Arbor
Laurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms
Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich
Rebecca McGowan, Ann Arbor
Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor
Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park
S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms
Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor
Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio