INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Inside Story 2 Inside Story 2 Inside Story 2 Inside Story 3 Inside Story 4 Inside Story 5 Inside Story 6 MAY 2012 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 www.d.umn.edu/civileng INSIDE THIS ISSUE: A Message from the Department Head 2 Recent UMD News 3 Faculty and Student News 7 We are very proud to present our first civil engineering graduate class. We wish them all the best in their civil engineering careers. See page 3 for more details on the first graduating class, including the names of the new civil engineers appearing in the pho- tograph above. OUR MISSION The mission of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth is to prepare graduates for professional practice and graduate study through a program firmly based in strong technical skills, fundamentals, hands-on learning, sustainability, and professionalism. Congratulations to our new graduates! T T T HE HE HE C C C IVIL IVIL IVIL S S S COOP COOP COOP The Department of Civil Engineering The University of Minnesota Duluth
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I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
A Message from
the Department
Head
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Recent UMD
News 3
Faculty and
Student News 7
We are very proud to present our first civil engineering graduate class. We wish them all the best in their civil engineering careers. See page 3 for more details on the first graduating class, including the names of the new civil engineers appearing in the pho-tograph above.
OUR MISSION The mission of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of
Minnesota Duluth is to prepare graduates for professional practice and
graduate study through a program firmly based in strong technical skills,
fundamentals, hands-on learning, sustainability, and professionalism.
Congratulations to our new graduates!
TTTHEHEHE CCCIVILIVILIVIL SSSCOOPCOOPCOOP The Department of Civil Engineering The University of Minnesota Duluth
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A Message from the Department Head Dear friends of the Civil Engineering department,
This year is a very special year. We are graduating our first class in Civil Engineering at UMD. We are extremely proud of our students and we are overwhelmed by their achievements. Many of these and other achievements of the department you will find in this publication, but allow me to add a personal note of observation to this. When being asked to serve as search committee chair for the new Civil Engineering depart-ment head after Dr. Andrea Schokker was selected and took the position as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at UMD, I got to know the faculty and staff at the department. I was quite surprised to be asked to serve as interim department head until a new person could be found. It has been quite a learning experience for me and I have found that the faculty in Civil Engineering are outstanding professors who make the Swenson College of Science and Education and UMD at large proud of their achievements in research and their dedication to teaching, mentor-ing and advising students. The Civil Engineering department has become a strong contributor in the college and I was privileged to be a small part of it. The faculty have developed under the leadership of Dr. Schokker and continue to develop a collective sense of vision and dedication for the depart-ment. The department is strong and will continue to do very well in the future, based on what I have seen and experienced. If I were a student with interest in Civil Engineering or if one of my children would develop interest in Civil Engineering, this department would be the place, I would put on the top of my list. I am humbled by the acceptance of the department of me as their interim department head. Many times I made the joke that I am the "fifth area" in the department besides the current four areas of specialization. I have learned a lot about Civil Engineering, the research areas of the faculty, the importance of the mission of the department at UMD, in our state of Minnesota and be-yond. I am full of confidence that the department will continue to strive and serve our students, the community at large and the people of the State of Minnesota and beyond. My appreciation for the success of the department also goes to the dedicated staff members. Without them, many things would have been impossible to accomplish. It was and is a privilege to interact with our wonderful students. They have a high level of maturity and academic excellence and show strong leadership. All these qualities will serve them well in their professional lives. I am grateful to our industrial advisory board members. We appreciate their input and guidance. We hope to continue to deepen the close ties we have with all our friends. We are looking forward to your continued interest in the depart-ment and partnership with the community. As it is customary with ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), once a class has graduated the ABET approval process begins. We are preparing all documentation and are looking forward to the visit of the ABET team this fall and ac-creditation of the program to ensure retroactive accreditation of all our graduating students. Once this takes place, the Civil Engineering department will be again reviewed later with all other UMD engineering departments as well as Computer Science. Please stop by if you are in the area. We are looking forward to seeing you and telling you what is new in the department. Please stay in touch.
With best regards,
Paul Kiprof, Ph.D. Interim Department Head, Civil Engineering Interim Associate Dean, Swenson College of Science and Engineering Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Recent UMD Civil News Our First Civil Engineering Graduates
From Bottom Left to Right: Waylon Munch, Phil Koktan, Spencer Newman, Tyler Riech, Jayson Honer, Max Seitz, Dave Nadeau, Jason Losey, Zach Higgins, Joe Schramm, Dylan Meyer, Brock Rysdahl, Tim Gearns, Chris Bruhn, Andrew Lund, Kyle Berg, Andew Venaas, Ryan Pittman, Justin Baker, Ben Thiesse, Frank Borich, Dan Abramson, Linnea Johns, Danny Carlson, Gary Doup, Matt Fournier, Phil Behling, John Laine, Allison Carlson, Chelsea Hanson, Brandon Brever, Mike Kleven.
You can now get the Civil Scoop through email! To request the Civil Scoop via email instead of paper copy, please send an email to Jill Berg-man at [email protected]
Our first graduating class (pictured be-low) started the Civil Engineering pro-gram at UMD in the Fall of 2008. These new civil engineers have completed courses in fundamental and specialized topics of civil engineering in the four major areas covered in our program (alphabetically listed): geotechnical, structural, transportation and water
resources engineering. When asked about their experience in the new Civil Engineering Program students had the following to say: “The program far ex-ceeded my expectations“ -Dylan Meyer; “Each member of the faculty was easy to approach with an open door policy” -Neil Ramdhan; “The intrinsic accountability within the program has instilled us with pro-
fessional responsibility” -Gary Doup. We look forward to following each of our alumni as they progress through their careers and continue to be active in the Civil Engineering community. Our best wishes to our new graduating class!
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19th Annual ASCE Toothpick Bridge Competition High school students gathered in Duluth to see what they can do with toothpicks and archi-tecture on a small scale. Stu-dents from a dozen regional high schools competed in the 19th Annual Toothpick Bridge Competition at UMD. The competition was held for the second time in the High Bay Lab, in the Swenson Civil Engi-neering Building. It is organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as a fun way of teaching structural de-sign. "We believe this is an excel-lent learning experience for stu-
dents who possibly want to get into engineering or understand engineering a little better", said John Hinzman, a member of ASCE. "We teach a lot about the geometry of the bridges and the structural capacity of the bridges”, said Hinzman. The bridges weigh only about a third of a pound, but some can hold 150 pounds. Students were also judged on their bridge's appearance. Some put so much work into their pro-ject that they did not want the bridge tested, which would destroy their creation.
Top Picture: High School student watches eagerly as load is applied to his bridge. Bottom Left: Different bridge models are on display for everybody to see. Bottom Right: High school student watches as her bridge begins to fail.
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Recent UMD Civil News First Civil Engineering Career Fair
On January 25th, 2012 the Civil Engi-neering Department had its first Civil Engineering Career Fair for the stu-dents. Fifteen companies around the Northern area, from Bemidji, to the Iron Range, as well as the Duluth-Superior area attended the career fair. The night before, company rep-resentatives had the opportunity to give an overview of their companies. This gave students a general under-standing, in turn allowed them to seek out specific companies as well
as to ask questions during the career fair. During the career fair students were able to have one-on-one time with company representatives. Even some companies started to interview qualified students. In the future, the Department of Civil Engineering is looking forward to holding many more career fairs for its students.
In Clockwise Order: Top Right Picture, CE student Spencer New-man talks to Krech Ojard, Representative David Franseen. Middle Picture, CE student Kristine Rykken asks Barr Engineering repre-sentative Carol Andrews questions (in the background, CE stu-dents Dylan Meyer and Jeremy Schwarze talk to Barr rep. Travis Davidsavor). Bottom Picture, CE student Brock Rysdahl shakes hands with Twin Ports Testing representative. Top Left Picture, In the High Bay Lab the Civil Engineering Department held their first Career Fair.
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Former U.S. Representative James Oberstar talks about Evolution of U.S. Transportation Over Last 60 years at the Department of Civil
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In the photograph, left to right: Professor Eil Kwon, Former U.S. Representative James Oberstar, and Professor Eshan Dave.
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On March 27, 2012, UMD students and faculty attended a special guest lecture by Mr. James Oberstar, Former U.S. Representative of Minne-sota’s 8th Congressional District. Oberstar’s lecture, entitled “Evolution of Transportation over Last 60 Years”, touched on topics such as the railroad, trucking, airline, and shipping indus-tries. The lecture discussed how the United States transportation systems have changed over the past 60 years, the current state of the transportation industry, and some of the changes that we can expect in the future. Ober-star explained how deregulation has affected transportation systems by allowing smaller com-panies to compete, but now the companies are
merging into large corporations. Students and faculty were able to ask questions about how the population growth has affected modes of transportation, and how to get more use of mass transit. Oberstar mentioned that the population has increased mostly in urban areas, and this is where we have problems with congestion. He said that the US has under-invested in urban transit, and when we have congestion there are significant costs in addition to the extra time spent traveling. This lecture allowed students to gain a national level view on transportation topics that are being discussed in classes.
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Faculty and Student News
Teaching and Research in Environmental and Water Resource Area at the Department of Civil Engineering
Led by the efforts of Professor Nathan Johnson and Professor Rebecca Teasley, the water resource area in the department of civil engineering has been very active in both teaching and research. The group led by these two faculty has been offering new courses for senior and graduate students at-tracting students from the Department of Civil Engineering, as well as other departments at UMD (such as the De-partment of Geological Sciences). Some of the courses for senior and graduate level students offered during the Spring semester were: Applications in Environmental Modeling, Hydraulic Design and Water Resources Engineer-ing.
The area has also been very active in research. The following are some of the projects in which these faculty and their students have been involved:
Research is being continued for the Minnesota Department of Natural Re-sources and Pollution Control Agency to consider the fate and effects of sul-fate in the St. Louis River watershed (this project is led by Dr. Johnson). Laboratory studies and field sampling have involved both undergraduate and graduate students. Two projects will be wrapping up this summer. One was using passive sampling devices to meas-ure the chemistry of sediment in areas supporting the growth of wild rice. The other has been investigating the poten-tial for removing sulfate and hardness from mining pits by stimulating specific biological activity that targets sulfate.
A project starting this summer will be measuring the production of methyl
mercury in the sediments of rivers, lakes, and wetlands downstream from the Mesabi Iron Range. Methyl mercury is the form of mercury that can accu-mulate in fish tissue and present risk to humans. The objective of the study is to understand where methyl mercury is being produced and how it is trans-ported to lakes and rivers where fish-ing is an important recreational activity. Partners on the project include the Science Museum of Minnesota and the University of Toronto - Scarborough.
Brian Beck, a graduate student working with Dr. Johnson, is completing re-search for his MS degree this spring. Brian's project has used laboratory microcosms to test the effects of addi-tional sulfate to sediment in the St. Louis River Estuary. The study involved collecting large diameter sediment cores from various locations in the estuary and incubating them in con-trolled conditions for 6 months. At the end of the incubation, chemicals includ-ing sulfate, sulfide, iron, and mercury were measured to test how much methyl mercury was produced in the sediment and transported to the over-lying water. In addition to working on his research, Brian has served as a teaching assistant for the Hydraulics and Hydrology course and he has served on the committee organizing the department seminars this spring. (article continues in next page...)
Collecting sediment from the bottom of a local wild rice water for chemical analysis.
Students are preparing to deploy a passive sampling device to measure sulfur and iron in sediments.
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(article continued from last page...) Nathan Gieske, a senior in the CE department, has spent the last sev-eral semesters working on research projects at UMD while taking a full load of classes. He has helped with both lab and field research. Nathan will be working at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Duluth office this summer as an intern.
Brian Beck works on his sediment microcosm incubations in a Civil Engineering lab.
UMD Civil Engineering Attire for Sale: A few options of UMD Civil Engineering attire are available for purchase. A lightweight pullover jacket (black, $40), a cotton polo (maroon, $25), and a work shirt (tan, black, or maroon; short sleeve $25, long sleeve $30). All are embroi-dered as shown on the left. To place an order, contact Jill Bergman ([email protected]) or go in person to the main office (Room 221) of the Swenson Civil Engineering Building.
Nathan Gieske prepares to deploy equipment to measure chemicals in a lake.
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Civil Engineering Student Presents at the NCUR The 26th Annual National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) was held March 29th-31st at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. NCUR promotes undergraduate re-search, scholarship, and creative activ-ity in all fields of study. The annual conference gives undergraduate schol-ars in all fields and from all types of institutions of higher learning a forum to share the results of their work through posters, presentations, per-formances and works of art.
Justin Baker, a student in the Depart-ment of Civil Engineering advised by Professor Eshan Dave, attended the conference and presented the re-search work “The Use of Taconite Tail-ings in Asphalt Mixtures to Reduce Envi-ronmental Impacts of Pavement Infra-
structure”. Justin’s research includes a laboratory investigation of moisture damage in asphalt mixtures containing taconite tailings (a mining by-product). The project is broken down into three parts including material procurement and mix design, laboratory testing, and report and result dissemination. For various materials tested in the study, a series of moisture conditioning levels will be evaluated. The effect of freeze-thaw cycles on asphalt concrete’s indi-rect tensile strength and fracture re-sistance will be determined. The ulti-mate goal of this project is to evaluate the moisture damage potential of as-phalt mixtures containing taconite tailings and recycled asphalt binder compared to conventional asphalt mix-tures.
Technical Seminar Series at the Department of Civil Engineering Started in the Spring
“Development of Best Practices for Inspec-tion of PT Bridges in Minnesota” by Kyle Berg.
“Sulfur and Carbon Controls on Mercury Methylation in St. Louis River Estuary” by Brian Beck.
“Synthesis of Performance Testing of As-phalt Concrete” by Phil Koktan.
The following presentations (listed in chronological order) have been given by invited professionals working in civil engineering industry:
“Engineering the Port of Duluth-Superior” by Jim Sharrow, Facilities Manager, Duluth Seaway Port Authority, Duluth, Minnesota.
“Foamed Concrete and Other Low Strength Concrete Materials” by Jeremy Carlson, Chief of Staff at Arrowhead
Coordinated by Professor Nathan Johnson and with assistance of gradu-ate students Brian Beck and Christo-pher Bruhn, a bi-weekly series of semi-nars on Civil Engineering topics was started this Spring semester.
The seminars are conceived with the intention that students present their research work and also with the inten-tion that students learn technical topics as presented by professionals working in the different fields in civil engineer-ing.
The following presentations (listed in chronological order) have been given by civil engineering students from our department:
“Impact Resistance of Filled Concrete Box Sections” by Chris Bruhn.
Concrete Works, Duluth, Minnesota.
“Perspectives on Civil Engineering Educa-tion” by Dr. Mark Cal, Head of Depart-ment at Civil and Environmental Engi-neering, New Mexico Tech.
We would like to encourage all stu-dents to keep an open eye for an-nouncements posted for coming semi-nars, and to try to attend these, as this is an excellent opportunity for learning more about particular aspects of civil engineering. Also, students interested in presenting their research are en-couraged to talk to their faculty advi-sors or to Prof. Johnson to schedule a future seminar presentation.
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Field Trip to Ulland’s Aggregate Processing and Hot Mix Plant as Part of the Infrastructure Materials Course
Ulland Brothers Inc. engi-neer, Troy Plaster, and Min-nesota Asphalt Pavement Association’s associate di-rector, Jill Thomas, talk to our students during a tour of the Ulland brothers plant in Scanlon, Minnesota.
manufacture, plant operation and road construction to the civil engi-neering students, earlier that morn-ing, at our department. Mr. Troy Plaster from Ulland Brothers Inc. guided the students around the hot-mix asphalt facility and gave a tour of the plant as well as the control room. A total of 30 students at-tended the field trip.
The Infrastructure materials (CE3027) course is one of the several core courses that all civil engineering undergraduate students take during their junior year. The course spans across a variety of topics and mate-rials including: engineering and fail-ure behavior of infrastructure mate-rials, steel and aluminum, aggre-gates, Portland cement and con-
A field trip was organized for civil engineering undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the courses: Infrastructure Materials (CE3027) and Advance Infrastructure Materials (CE5027). The field trip, which was organized by the instruc-tor, Professor Eshan Dave, took students to an aggregate processing and asphalt manufacture plant oper-ated by Ulland Brothers Inc. in Scanlon, Minnesota.
The Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA) helped with the organization of the field trip and provided boxed lunch to students. Ms. Jill Thomas, who is associated director of MAPA joined students during the field trip. Ms. Thomas also delivered a lecture on asphalt
crete, asphalt binder and mixture, wood, composites and sustainability in infrastructure materials. The course is designed to have a bal-ance between in-class lectures and hand-on lab instruction. Over the course of the semester the students conduct over twenty different lab experiments, following ASTM speci-fications.
The Advance Infrastructure Materials (CE5027) course is designed to be an advance level continuation of CE3027 at graduate level. The course is divided equally between a portion dealing with Portland Ce-ment and Concrete, taught by Prof. Eric Musselman; and a portion deal-ing with Asphalt Binder and Mix-tures taught by Prof. Eshan Dave.
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ACI (American Concrete Institute) Student Competition On March 17th - 21st twelve UMD Civil Engineering students traveled to Dallas, Texas to compete in the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fiber Reinforced Concrete Bowl-ing Ball Competition at the ACI spring convention. Twice a year ACI holds an international confer-ence for the concrete industry. Faculty, students, practitioners, suppliers, and many others attend the conference that includes work-shops, committee meetings, ses-sions, and student competitions. ACI is the code writing body for the national Concrete Building Code and has a membership of over 14,000 people worldwide. Unfortunately, UMD didn’t bring home another top three finish, but
everyone had a great time and it was a good learning experience for all of us! Thirty-eight teams com-peted at this year’s spring conven-tion from all across North America. Each team was challenged to dem-onstrate the effect of fibers in rein-forcing concrete, and to gain ex-perience in forming and fabricating a concrete bowling ball that would carry a maximum load and roll straight after sustaining an inch of deflection. Team one placed 19th while Team two placed 22nd. Team members included: Matt Fournier, Dan Abramson, Allison Carlson, Kyrstyn Haapala, Justin Baker, Phil Koktan, Kyle Berg, Ben Thiesse, Andrew Venaas, Chelsea Hoplin, Miranda Anderson, and Jared Ol-son. Dr. Eric Musselman and Dr. Eshan Dave were the faculty advi-sors. The UMD ACI Student Chap-ter would also like to thank all of those organizations that helped make this trip a reality. Without their support we wouldn’t have been able to attend the convention. The sponsors were: Minnesota Concrete Council, American Engi-neering Testing, Meyer Borgman Johnson, Krech Ojard & Associates, World Block, Country Lanes North, Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota and Arrowhead Con-crete. The ACI Student Chapter is looking forward to competing in the ACI Egg Protection Device Competition in Toronto, ON, Canada next Oc-tober. If you are interested in sponsoring or participating in this competition please contact ACI Student Chapter President Matt Fournier at [email protected].
Top Left: Matt Fournier rolling Team 1’s ball down the ramp. Bottom Left: Group picture of team members, from L-R: Kyle Berg, Dan Abramson, Allison Carlson, Jared Olson, Matt Fournier, Ben Thiesse, Justin Baker, An-drew Venaas, Chelsea Hoplin, Phil Koktan, Kyrstyn Haapala, Miranda Anderson, and Dr. Eric Musselman Faculty Advisor.
This spring semester, the ACI-UMD Student Chapter was once again able to attend the American Concrete Institute’s biannual con-vention. This year the convention was held from March 18th through the 22nd in Dallas, Texas. The ACI-UMD Student Chapter was able to raise enough money to pay for almost all travel and lodging expenses. This was made possible through many thoughtful donations as well as the first annual ACI-UMD Bowling Fundraiser. The bowling fundraiser was held on March 4th of this year at Country Lanes North Bowling Alley. Approximately 13 teams
were entered into the competition. Each team paid an entry fee that provided them with 3 games of bowling, shoe rental, and a ticket into the raffle drawing. Extra raffle tickets were sold for $1 a piece. The fundraiser was a great success and the ACI-UMD Chapter ended up making over $1000. The ACI-UMD Chapter would like to thank Scott Carlson, owner of Country Lanes North, and his employees for helping to make the fundraiser a great success. The Chapter would also like to thank all who attended and everyone who made donations for the trip to Dallas.
Some of the participating ACI student members that helped put together the fund-raiser. From L-R: Andrew Venaas, Ben Thiesse, Club President Matt Fournier, Club Vice President Dan Abramson, Phil Koktan, and Kyle Berg.
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Students Attend the 60th Annual Minnesota Geotechnical Engineering Conference in St Paul
On February 24, Civil Engineering stu-dents attended the 60th Annual Geotech-nical Engineering Conference at the Uni-versity of Minnesota, Saint Paul Campus. These series of annual geotechnical con-ferences were started in 1953 and are among the oldest still on-going annual conferences organized by the University of Minnesota. The Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference attracts profes-sionals working in the geotechnical engi-neering field in Minnesota and bordering states. The 60th conference in which our students participated was attended by more than 200 geotechnical professionals and representatives of geotechnical engi-neering companies working in Minnesota and other states. The conference series consist of a main lecture, called the Ker-sten lecture (in honor of Prof. Miles Ker-sten who was instrumental in developing programs in soil mechanics and highway
engineering at the University of Minne-sota) which is given by an invited geo-technical professional working on a par-ticular geotechnical field, followed by a series of lectures on different geotechni-cal topics, delivered by speakers from both industry and academia. This year the Kersten Lecture was given by Dr. Robert D. Holtz, Professor Emeritus University of Washington, Seattle, a world renowned authority in geosyn-thetic reinforced soil technology; the title of the lecture was "Geosynthetic Rein-forced Soil: From the Experimental to the Familiar". Past Kersten Lectures were given by world renowned geotechnical professionals, such as the Kersten lec-ture "Integration of Geotechnical and Struc-tural Design in Tunneling" delivered by Dr. Evert Hoek in 2008; "What Does Reliabil-ity Analysis Add To Our Understanding of Geotechnical Engineering?" delivered by
Dr. John Christian in 2005; "Karl Terzaghi and Engineering Geology" delivered by Dr. Richard Goodman in 2004; "Leaning Tower of Pisa: The End of an Odyssey" de-livered by Dr. Michele Jamiolkowski in 2002; "Geo-Engineering for Power in the Northland" delivered by Dr. Ralph B. Peck in 1998; and many others.
Students enjoyed very much the oppor-tunity to listening to lectures on geotech-nical engineering given by excellent speakers as well as meeting many profes-sionals and company representatives working in the geotechnical engineering field. Attendance to future annual confer-ences of the Minnesota Geotechnical Society will be organized every year (in late February), and will be coordinated by geotechnical engineering Professors David Saftner and Carlos Carranza-Torres.
From Left: Kristine Rykken, Tyler Reich, John Allen (a practicing geotechnical engi-neer and spouse of Profes-sor Rebecca Teasley), Bran-don Brever, Jayson Honer, Dr. Carlos Carranza-Torres, Dr. David Saftner, Frank Borich, Andrew Lund, Jer-emy Schwartz, Neil Ramdhan, Dylan Meyer, Brock Rysdahl, Gary Doup and David Provost.
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Gary’s T-Shirt Celebration Day
From Bottom Left to Right: Waylon Munch, Tyler Reich, Jayson Honer, Gary Johnson, Chris Bruhn, Max Seitz , Justin Baker, Andrew Lund, Zach Higgins, Kyle Berg, Joe Schramm, Chelsea Hanson, Allison Carlson, Abdi Muham-med, Dylan Meyer, Brock Rysdahl, Ben Thiesse, Zach Schmitz, Matt Fournier, Dan Abramson, Danny Carlson, Brian Beck, Dr. David Saftner, Jill Bergman, Dr. Rebecca Teasley, Dr. Eshan Dave, and Dr. Eric Musselman.
Gary Johnson is the custodian of the Department of Civil Engineering and since his arrival at UMD, approxi-mately 2 years ago, Gary has be-come a beloved figure in the Depart-ment of Civil Engineering for stu-dents, faculty and staff alike. Gary starts his work as a custodian in the late afternoon, and he finishes his work around mid-night. His eve-ning schedule overlaps well with the (long) schedule of our civil engineer-ing students who many times have to
stay well into the evenings complet-ing their course assignments or re-search in computer labs and under-graduate and graduate student of-fices. Every single evening, in his in-teraction with our students (and most faculty and staff who typically finish their work earlier than the students!) Gary is ready to offer an optimistic chat that feels as a re-freshing splash when the day seems endless. Organized by graduating students Waylon Munch and Chel-
sea Hanson, Gary's T-shirt celebra-tion day took place on Friday May 4th. The celebration included a (surprise) pizza lunch in the Mate-rial's Lab at which Gary was the guest of honor. During the celebra-tion attendees wore a T-shirt spe-cially designed for the occasion, showing Gary's photograph and one of Gary's most popular optimistic phrases: "Super!" (which refers to as how things are going for him!).
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