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To: Journalists
From: Emil Venere, Purdue University News Service
Date: February 28, 2000
Subject: Top Engineering Achievements Of 20th Century
The National Academy of Engineering recently announced the 20 most significant engineering achievements of the 20th century, all of them leading to a healthier, safer and more productive world. The academy unvieled the Top 20 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Purdue University alumnus Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, was the keynote speaker.
Experts in some of those engineering-achievement categories are available at Purdue to speak with the media. Here is a list of those experts:
1) Electrification: Paul Krause, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, (765) 494-3481, [email protected].
2) The automobile: Frederick Peacock, (765) 494-2142, or 494-2143, [email protected], a supervisor at the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at Purdue.
3) The airplane: Terrence Weisshaar, a professor of aeronautical and astronautical engineering, (765) 494-5975, [email protected], or Dominick Andrisani, associate professor of aeronautical and astronautical engineering, (765) 494-5135, [email protected].
4) Water supply and distribution: Ronald Wukasch, professor of civil engineering, (765) 494-2201, [email protected].
5) Electronics: Mark Lundstrom, professor of electrical and computer engineering, (765) 494-3515, [email protected].
6) Radio and television: Le Roy Silva, Ball Brothers Professor Engineering, (765) 494-5858, [email protected].
7) Agricultural mechanization: Larry Huggins, associate dean of engineering and professor of agricultural engineering, 494-5349, [email protected]; Vincent Bralts, head of the School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, [email protected], (765) 494-1162; or Gary Krutz, professor of agricultural and biological engineering, (765) 494-1179, [email protected].
8) Computers: Leah Jamieson, professor of electrical and computer engineering, (765) 494-3653, [email protected].
9) Air conditioning and refrigeration: Ray Cohen, Herrick Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, [email protected], (765) 494-2132, or James Braun, associate professor of mechanical engineering, (765) 494-9157, [email protected].
10) Interstate highways: Kumares Sinha, Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, (765) 494-2211, [email protected].
11) Imaging technologies: Jan Allebach, professor of electrical and computer engineering, (765) 494-3535, [email protected].
12) Health technologies, Leslie Geddes, Showalter Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering, (765) 494-2995, [email protected].
13) Laser and fiber optics: Dan Elliot, professor of electrical and computer engineering, (765) 494-3442, [email protected].
14) Nuclear technologies: Arden Bement, Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering, (765) 494-5742, [email protected].
15) High performance materials: Alexander King, head of the School of Materials Engineering, (765) 494-4100, [email protected].
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