Cornell Engineering : Summer 2006

Summer 2006


		Beyond Cornell World BY MELANIE BUSH Tammy Freeman chose the co-op program as a way to get off campus and experience the real world. “It was one of the best decisions I ever made.”

Make a Life of Your Passion BY MARK RADER Over the course of her nearly 30-year career, Christine Maglione (Beniers) ’86 OR has proven herself to be nothing if not versatile. And she always follows her heart. Searching for Instability BY KENNY BERKOWITZ ’81 Harnessing instabilities in physical and chemical systems, Paul Steen has created an electrical switch made of water and filled with enormous potential. Managing Information BY JAY WROLSTAD Students in the new Information Science, Systems and Technology curriculum call it the “major for the future,” pointing to the need for people who can apply technology to business processes and issues that affect society at large. Systems Engineering (pdf) CEAA connection (pdf) Complete issue in pdf		News News in Action: Inaugurating, chatting, racing, code-cracking, construction planning, collaborating, game designing, implant developing, nano ranking, light amplifying, road repairing, solar home auctioning, and last but not least, python puzzling. People Deep Impact: Members of the Engineering community are teaching in China, winning awards, receiving honors, earning fellowships, setting examples, building educational putting greens, and urging their colleagues to Change the World! Hometown Hero A Talent for Improv: An engineering degree can be the key to the future—sometimes in unexpected ways. Catherine Marie Charlton took hers to the top of the worldwide instrumental music charts.