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In Memoriam
Denise W. Nicoletti, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Woscester Polytechnic Institute, died Monday, July 22 in a tragic automobile accident. Denise received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University. Drs. Nihat Bilgutay and Banu Onaral were her doctoral advisors. While at Drexel, Denise was the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award, the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, and gave the graduate student address at the 1991 graduation ceremony.
She joined WPI in 1991 and was granted tenure in 1997. She was an authority on ultrasonics, nondestructive testing, scaling and fractal properties, the assessment of student learning, and the promotion of science and engineering to under-represented groups. She was published widely in academic journals and conference proceedings.
During her career, she won the Eta Kappa Nu award for Outstanding Teaching (1992), the Joseph Samuel Satin Distinguished Fellowship (1993), was selected as a member of the "Who's Who Among America's Teachers," (1998) and received WPI's IEEE Community Service Award.
She was the founder and director of Camp REACH (Reinventing Engineering And Creating new Horizons), a two-week long residential program for seventh grade girls, which was established in 1997. In 1998, she created WPI's WECE (Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering) organization to support and inspire WPI's female students. She was a member of the IEEE, the Acoustical Society of America, the American Society of Nondestructive Testing, the Society of Women Engineers, the American Society of University Women, the Women in Engineering Programs Advocates Network, and the Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kapa Nu, and Sigma Xi honor societies.
Denise is survived by her husband Richard and their three children Lucio, Marcello, and Celeste. Her funeral service was held on July 27 at the First Congregational Parish Unitarian Church in Petersham, Mass.
Memorial donations may be made to The Nicoletti Children Scholarship Fund, UBS PaineWebber, 10 Chestnut St., Suite 600, Worcester, MA 01608; or to the Camp REACH Fund, WPI, 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609.
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- Michael Zoltowski (BSEE, MSEE, 1983) is the recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing Society's (SPS) Technical Achievement Award. This honor will be awarded to Zoltowski at the annual IEEE SPS's conference, which will be held in Hong Kong in April 2003. Zoltowski has also been selected as a lecturer for the IEEE SPS's Distinguished Lecturer Program.
- John E. Davies, Jr. (BSEE, 1979) has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations and elected as a corporate officer by Checkpoint Systems, Inc. board of directors. Checkpoint Systems, located in Thorofare, NJ, is a provider of supply chain management and security solutions.
- Phillip L. Kershner (BSEE, 1992) of Entech Engineering, a full-service engineering and architectural firm, has been named Manager of Electrical Engineering.
- Edward J. Marino (MSEE, 1978) was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Presstek, Inc. Presstek, Inc., located in Hudson, NH, is a direct digital imaging technology provider.
- Sigmond Mosko (BSEE, 1958), a retired Senior Researcher from Oak Ridge National Lab, was named to Diversified Product Inspections, Inc. Technical Council. Diversified Product Inspections, Inc., based in Oak Ridge, TN, is a provider of independent failure analysis air contamination and fire investigations for the insurance industry.
- Bill Hall (BSEE, 1980) was appointed to the position of Vice President of Corporate MarketingFairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME), a global company that designs, manufactures and markets high-performance building block semiconductors.
- Larry Schwerin (BSEE, 1979) was promoted to General Partner of Vanguard Ventures (Palo Alto, CA), a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early stage technology investments.
- Brian Burns (BSEE, 1985) was named Chief Information Officer for Indian Affairs by Neal A. McCaleb, the U. S. Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.
Please
contact Ms. Stacey Caiazzo with additional Alumni News at:
Stacey Caiazzo
Graduate Programs Coordinator
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: (215) 895-6917 Fax: (215) 895-1695
e-mail: caiazzo@ece.drexel.edu
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