Physics Dept.
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Alumni
Updates.
If your info is
out of date, wrong, or missing and you
would like
to be
included so your peers can find you,
email Dr. Williams
(kwillims@mac.com) and she'll try and get it on the site.
We often wonder where you are and how you are doing!
It is
because of students like you that we keep teaching.
If you're ever in Ada, come see us. We're in the book.
PHYSICS
GRADS BY YEAR..."Almost" Physics Grads Grouped at the End
2009 May Graduates:
Prachanda Subedi will attend U of Delaware
(in astrophysics -maybe).
Darrin Foster will attend OUHSC in
medical physics.
Caleb Wingo will attend OU Med school
and become a Doctor.
Rocco DiMambro is deciding what to do when
he graduates, maybe engineering?
2008 Dec. Graduate:
Chris Barnett is working on getting into
medical physics graduate school while taking care of baby while his
wife graduates from ECU.
2008 May Graduate:
Zack Broderick is trying to now get into
pharmacy school, is teaching at VoTech and working at McCourtney's
Pharmacy.
2007 Graduates:
Erik
Gonzales is now at OSU in engineering graduate school in the
Bridges to the Doctorate program. He and Mary
are the proud parents of a cute baby boy born Spring '07.
Another Gonzales physicist?? (email is: krazyeg@msn.com)
Jonathan Gonzales was headed to OSU for a MS in electrical
engineering. He is also in the Bridges to the Doctorate Program
at OSU. His email
is: jonmgon@gmail.com
Brad Madron started work for Hunter Mechanical May 14th with
Erin Bevil (ECU grad '02) and loves it. His wife Londa got a job
teaching at the fabulous Classen School for Advanced Studies in OKC
area. (madron@sbcglobal.net).
Vince Freeman moved to Woodward and is teaching high school
there. Good Luck! (Servant2Redheads@aol.com).
2006 Graduates:
Sabina Koukourinkova Duncan (Dec. '06) went to graduate school in
physics
at University of Arkansas. She plans to study nanotechnology
there. (koukourinkova_sd@yahoo.com)
Todor
Ivanovic graduated
in Dec. '06 and started graduate school at UCO in physics doing
research in cylindrical fluids. (tosno6382@yahoo.com)
John
Linton is deciding on graduate school and still taking classes at ECU.
(soonerboognish2003@yahoo.com). Where ARE YOU JOHN?
We had 9 Graduates in May 2005 !
Scottt
McIver is in pilot training school in the USAF as an officer.
(mciver130@hotmail.com). Saw him at the Ada airshow and he was
still excited about flying-fast. Pic at bottom of page!
Sam
Hobson received his MS in HVAC Engineering from OSU and is working in
the Tulsa area. (sam.fdjks@yahoo.com)
Kara (Chapman) Kanedy and Levica (Chapman) Smith (levica@neo.tamu.edu)
are at Texas A&M
for a Physics PhD. Both married Summer '06.
Kara
works for Dr. Weimer at TAMU and Levica for Dr. Naugle. (chap_twins@hotmail.com) .
Justin Thompson was married to Tara Wilson and he graduated Physical
Therapy School (MS) and is in Marlow, OK working as PT. He
and Tara are expecting a child. (justinthomp@hotmail.com)
Zac Hawkins (z_hawkecu@yahoo.com) got married and is working for
Chickasaw Nation as a Special Projects Coordinator for BIA Roads
Program.
Tim Claxton (tclaxton@vanoss.k12.ok.us) has a job teaching physics and
math at Vanoss. He was awarded a plaque for excellence in physics
teaching by the
AR-OK-KS Section of the American Assoc. of Physics Teachers on Oct. 31,
2008. Congratulations Tim! See pic on SueEllen's blurb on 1989
(below).
JohnPaul Townsend (john-paul@gami.com) is working for Gami airplane
outfitters. He and Christina have a son,
Harrison Franklin born 7/4/07. Looks just like John
Paul! Christina works in loans at Vision Bank in Ada.
Levi Standeford moved to Nowata and works at Public Service Company of
Oklahoma in Bartlesville. He married 3/06 and they were expecting
a baby girl.
(lgstandeford@hotmail.com)
Sigma Pi Sigma grads shown
Marshall McCutchen ('04) (shown with his Mom) is in
graduate school at OU in physics.
(manustrium@hotmail.com)
2003 Graduates
Kristen (Brendle) Taylor ('03) graduated with a MS in Medical
Physics from OUHSC in Aug. 05. She had lots of
experience with the gamma knife in OKC. She now works at St.
Anthony's radiation therapy center and travels to other locations in
the state. She and Bobby had a son, Breckin
in Feb. '06 and they now live in Newcastle, OK.
(kristen_k_taylor@yahoo.com)
Shenale Glenn ('03) graduated with MS in Dosimetry at Univ of
OKHSC (Dec. '06) and works in Dallas at Sammons Cancer
Center. Congratulations! Her email is:
Shenale.Glenn@USONCOLOGY.COM
2002 Graduates
Erin Bevill ('02) is now working for Hunter Mechanical
in
Oklahoma City
as a heating/Air computer
controls engineer. He is busy as a bee and hiring ECU grads
(Brad Madron '07). His email is:
erin@huntermechanical.com.
Emily Scott ('02) married Spring 05 to a wildlife
firefighter (Larry) so she is now
Emily
Clark and lives in Sulfur working as a hydrology tech.
(lifes_gooood@hotmail.com).
Eugene Blackburn ('02) is now working for OG&E as a
reliability
technical specialist at Konawa. His children are now 11, 6, and
that baby girl is 2 now! (BlackburnE@oge.com)
Tim Hall was going back to Canada for grad school.
2001 Graduates
William 'Jon' Cloud ('01) is working at Tinker AFB as a
civilian in
logistics
and is now the proud father of a boy (11/02). His email is:
William.Cloud@tinker.af.mil. Saw him at Charlie Daniels concert
at ECU and did NOT recognize him! Shame on me (KW). Sorry,
that big cowboy hat threw me off!
Chris Grace('01) is currently a golf pro working with
Dave Pelz.
April Hendley ('01) received her MS in astrophysics from OU and
is teaching at Pryor School for Math/Science. Her
email is aprilhandley@att.net or april.hendley@netechcenters.com (work).
2000 Graduates
Chad Delozier ('00) is working for Walmart in Bentonville,
AR as a physicist/programmer. He lives in Lowell, AR and still
has fancy fast cars! His
email is: cddeloz@cox.net
In Oct. 08, he and Wendi had a daughter, Savannah Grace.
Congratulations!
Jarrod Tollett ('00) still has his
comic
book
store on 10th St. He is the upward bound coordinator and
teaches some night sections of math/algebra at Seminole State
College.
His email is: the_caveguy@yahoo.com. He is also
working to finish his MS in Education at ECU.
Kevin Bishop ('00) works for PEC in Ada as a electrical
systems engineer. His email
is:
kbishop@peoplesec.com.
1999 Graduates
John Medeck ('99) graduated
from
MSU-Mankato with a master's in Mechanical engineering in 5/03. He
is married and has a tall son Ian. He is in Le Sueur, MN about 1
hour south of the Twin Cities. Last I knew he worked for
Dessert
Inspirations, a division of HJ Heinz as a project engineer. The
factory makes cheesecakes, gourmet cakes, dessert bars, and numerous
other desserts. John identifies ways to improve dessert
making. (Lost contact with, email?)
Kent Dillin ('99) is now married had a son and daughter. He is
working in Stillwater,
OK in a
solid
state company that makes optically luminescent dosimeters. His
email is: kdillin@landauerinc.com.
He received his MS in Engineering and Technology Management Summer 2008
at OSU.
Monalita Wright ('99) is working in industry doing
quality control
at a
firm
in Olkmulgee that makes nutrasweet (tm). Her sister-an Ada police
officer was killed
in an auto accident (11/02), our sympathies to her and her family.
Brandon Phillips ('99) received a BS in mechanical
engineering at
OSU
after
his BS in physics and is now working at Halliburton Energy Services and
was promoted from
a field engineer to a tech advisor with large customers in Tulsa area
to help with well stimulation. He married and has a 3 yr old son
and a year old daughter. He lives in Sapulpa.
His email is: brandon.phillips@halliburton.com.
Gregg Frame ('99) stopped by during Homecoming game 10/25/08
and said he is in OKC area in technical sales for the oilfield
industry. His email is gregg.frame@cox.net.
Richard Wilmeth ('99) is working in manager training at Walmart
in
Lawton,
OK.
1998 Graduates
Ed Keeley ('98) is working at OG&E
now as a plant operator at
Konawa. He even gave our students a tour of the plant last
spring. Thanks Ed! His email is
KeeleyED@oge.com
Ted Williams ('98) was last teaching physics in Arlington, TX and
working summers at Six Flags in money office.
1997 Graduates
Alan Snedecker married Julia Mead and have 3 girls. He
works for McGuyer Homebuilders in Houston, Texas as a “Senior Systems
Analyst”. He programs the company websites using .NET
Framework. ( alansned@excite.com, juliasned@excite.com)
(his work: asnedeker@mhinc.com)
Chris Hayes was in technical sales and then was certified to teach
physics...at Little Axe.
1996 Graduates
John Tolley ('96) worked for MCI and now works for Farmers Insurance in
Tulsa. (jtooley@farmersagent.com)
Julia Mead married Alan Snedecker ('97) and worked for Envoy NEIC and
now is a full time Mom and homeschool teacher for their 3 girls
(juliasned@excite.com).
David McDonald went into the Air Force last we heard.
1995 Graduates
Rebecca Glass Foster ('95), married, works for Kerr lab in
Ada. (foster.rebecca@epa.gov)
Captain Edward Lee Hobbs ('95) of US Army was in Afghanistan as
an
AH-64
Apache pilot....flying as was his dream. He is married now and
has
two boys. He recently completed his MS Nuclear Engineering.
(Edward.L.Hobbs@us.army.mil)
Chih-Yung Wang ('95) received his MS from UCO and is now
working in
the
research
and development of thin film transistor liquid crystal displays with
Contrel
in Taiwan. He is married with one son. His email is
cy-wang@contrel.com.tw
1994 Graduates
Jeff Miller ('94) received a MS in Nuclear
Engineering in 1997 at
UWisc
and worked at TwinStar as a DRAM manufacturer/process engr and at Ball
Semiconductor as a product developer. He was a Patent
Specialist with Haynes and Boone LLP in Richardson TX and will become a
patent agent when he passes the patent bar exam. (LOST contact with
Jeff, email?)
Travis Tindle is now the manager of the Ada Home Depot. Nice
seeing a friendly face in there!
1993 Graduates
Jimmy Musgrove ('93) (ppc@jandbgraphics.net) works for a
large sign
company. Calculates wind loads and such on big signs at business
so they'll stand up in the OK winds. He also has a huge CO2
laser (printer?) that makes signs on wood and tile. Neat!
Chris Smith ('93) is now Dr. Chris Smith having completed his
PhD
in
biomedical
engineering from Purdue in Dec 00.
He is working in San Francisco for the Stanford Research Institute
who designs medical devices. He married in '04 .
Congratulations!
(chris.smith@sri.com)
Suman Shresthra ('93) has completed his MS in EE from OSU and
is in
California to work for Intel. He will be in the cell phone/laptop
chip group there.
His email is: suman.shrestha@intel.com
Kent Boomhower earned his BS. in engineering at OSU in 2002. He
is now a field engineer at Baker Atlas in Corpus Christi, TX-according
to Google.
Mark Enfield left the Omniplex in OKC. According to Google:
He completed a Ph.D. at Michigan State University in area of
elementary science teaching and learning. Prior he earned his
M.Ed. at the University of Central OK and he is now an asst. professor
of education at Elon University in NC.(menfield@elon.edu)
Fred Frankenberg went to OUHSC in medicine. I believe this is his
contact info from Google. We'll mail him and see.
675 Harvard St
Nature Coast Family Practice
Brooksville, FL 34601
1992 Graduates
Ralph Johns ('92) (rajohns1@aep.com) is a Plant Operator
at a
medium/small
gas fired power plant Tulsa Power Station/AEP-PSO. He lives in
Drumright. Ralph works in the control room. The units are about
165 megawatts each. The boilers operate at 1005 deg F and 1850
psi at the throttle valves. It can go as high as 2200+ psi.
1990 Graduates
Robert Mallan (rkmallan@mail.utexas.edu)
1989 Graduates
Sue Ellen
McFarlane Frerichs ('89) teaches pre-engineering at the Gordon Cooper
Technology Center in Shawnee. She was awarded a plaque for
excellence in physics teaching by the AR-OK-KS Section of the American
Assoc. of Physics Teachers on Oct. 31,
2008. Congratulations ! (suef@gctech.org)
1964 Graduates
R. E. "Bob" Caldwell, is a professional engineer
(caldwellre@suddenlink.net)
And other physics 'friends' that took alot of physics but didn't
graduate in physics...but we claim you as yours anyhow!
Victor Jacome ('06) (general studies grad-but a 'physics' major at
heart) went to OUHSC in medical physics. He is now in
Springfield, MO
working in radiation therapy at the Hulston Cancer Center.
(Victor.Jacome@coxhealth.com)
Susan Ragland ('06), physics
major who graduated with general studies degree is now employed at
Tarrant County Community College as webmaster.
(susan.ragland@tccd.edu or susanraglandtcc@gmail.com)
Jennifer Mann, phys minor received her PhD in Mathematics and
is now
working at U of TX, Tyler TX.
Heather (Scholotthauer) Hannah (ECU math grad '02,
but
almost a physics
major) completed her doctorate in math from Notre Dame spring '07 and
is a full time faculty member in the ECU math dept!
Congratulations Heather. ( hhannah@ecok.edu)
Steven Kitchens ('05, physics
minor/chem major) got his masters at U of Arkansas (go hogs!) in
chemistry. He got alternative certification and is now teaching
at Bentonville HSchool. (srkitch@att.net)
Justin Wilks ('05chemistry major/physics minor) is in
graduate
school in
chemistry at U North TX.
Alfred Mason (engr tech major '94) is working as a
manager in a candle plant in OK,
has a
new daughter. NO GOOD email.
Bruce Williams (a pre-engr major from '92-'93) has now
finished his
engineering degree from OU and is working for IBM in San Jose, CA as a
software engineer. No good email.
We really do like hearing from
you...don't let us
think
you've fallen off the planet!!
We're proud of each and every one
of you.
Scott McIver ('06) in his first solo flight.
The airplane is a
T-6A Texan II. It is a turbo prop (Jet engine that spins a prop
through a reduction gear box)
that
has 1100 horsepower. It
produces about 3400 pounds of thrust and weighs 6500 pounds when
full of fuel.
At
normal cruise altitude it can do about 300 mph.
Updated 1/17/09
