Sheldon Buck

sheldon.buck@comcast.net

Sheldon Buck is an aeronautical engineer who specializes in the development of aerospace control systems and geophysical instrumentation. He has experience fishing in remote inland areas of Alaska and camping in the wilderness areas. He has also visited the existing Alaska oil pileline. Sheldon is looking forward to working with you and Kip Hodges in the Fall.

Expertise: Aerospace engineering with an emphasis on missile guidance systems and aircraft and helicopter control. As a member of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory which became the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory 1959 until present, I worked on the Atlas, Titian 2, Minuteman, MX / Peacekeeper, Polaris, Posidon, and Trident Missile Programs. Experience as both an airplane and helicopter pilot trained at Pan American World Airways and Handscom Field.

Geophysical instrumentation engineer particularly in seismology and gravimetry assigned to the MIT Earth and Planetary Science Department 1968 to 1973 working for Prof. Nafi Toksoz and Prof. Frank Press, Department Head. Technical Director Lunar Traverse Gravimeter Experiment flown December 1972 on the Apollo 17 flight. Member Apollo 17 EVA Team at NASA Mission Control during the flight.

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Winslow "Win" Burleson

win@media.mit.edu

Winslow Burleson has been a mentor for Missions 2005, 2006, and now 2007. His knowledge relevant to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge includes his experience as a researcher at Rice University where he conducted high resolutions hydrophonic surveys of subsea floor deposits investigating the presence of sand banks which are highly correlated to oil reserves. His more recent interests extend to areas of extreme environment exploration including Mars, oceanographic exploration, and Antarctica, a location for which he has researched the oil and mineral rights allocation and the international implications for the Antarctic Treaty.

Currently Winslow is a Ph.D. candidate in the Context-Aware Computing Group (http://cac.media.mit.edu:8080/contextweb/jsp/index.htm) at the MIT Media Lab (http://www.media.mit.edu/). Before coming to MIT he worked in the USER Group (http://www.almaden.ibm.com/software/user/) at IBM's Almaden Research Center’s department of Computer Science. After completing a Master of Science degree at Stanford University's Mechanical Engineering Product Design Program (http://design.stanford.edu/PD/) he served as a lecturer on brainstorming, creativity, and visual thinking within that department. Prior work included curriculum development at the SETI Institute, (http://www.seti.org/) co-principal investigator on the Hubble Space Telescope's Investigation of Binary Asteroids (http://www.stsci.edu/resources/), and consultant to UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org/) and the World Scout Bureau (http://www.scout.org/front/index.shtml) on Healthy Lifestyles for Youth. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Rice University (http://www.rice.edu/).

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John Carrier

John.F.Carrier@grace.com

John Carrier has a strong interest in the environment, having worked for three and one-half years at an MIT-based environmental startup company, after completing his PhD from MIT.

John is currently a Six Sigma Black Belt at W.R. Grace in Cambridge, MA, where he focuses on new product development. Prior to Grace, he spent 2 1/2 years at Bain & Co. as a consultant serving industrial and high-tech companies. In the course of his career, he has learned the importance of strong organizational, communication, and team skills, and he hopes to encourage Mission 2007 students to develop and employ such skills in order to structure their project and communicate the final results.

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Peter Cheimets

pcheimets@cfa.harvard.edu

Peter Cheimets is a project engineer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. His specialties include mechanical design, the development of dynamic control systems, complex project management, and just plain problem solving.
He has spent time traveling in Antarctica and Alaska.

This is his second tour of duty as a 12.000 mentor, having served for Mission 2005.

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Benjamin Crosby

mountain@mit.edu

I fell into the Arctic without even knowing it. When we started dating, I had no idea that my wife, Uluak, and her family are Inupiaq and have lived for generations in Northwest Alaska. When we married, we moved to be with her family in the village of Kotzebue. There our daughter was born and I became a part of the family. I learned to hunt, to endure winter and to eat native foods. I learned a little Inupiaq, how to cut fish, ride snowmachines, ATVs, drive boats and teach at the local school. I worked as a geologist at the worlds largest Pb/Zn mine, Red Dog, and came to understand the constraints of running a major industrial operation in the Arctic. As someone from "outside" (anyone from the lower 48), I was anxious to learn and asked many questions of building techniques, of animal behavior and of culture. I was smitten.

When we moved to Boston, I began to study Landscape Evolution. Even though my thesis focuses on how rivers in New Zealand have adjusted to changes in climatic and tectonic conditions, I still have a soft spot for Arctic landscapes. During the summer of 2003, I lived in Kotzebue and spent a lot of time learning about how arctic landscapes behave. Unique conditions such as subzero annual average temperatures and extended periods of dark or light drive strange landscape evolution processes such as permafrost, pingos and patterned ground. Though my future after grad school is uncertain, I have a feeling I may move North again.

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Jeremy David

jdavid@alum.mit.edu

Jeremy has two MS from MIT, Chemical Engineering (99) and Technology and Policy Program (00).

He was also a Research Assistant at the Energy Lab; his thesis focused on the economics of carbon dioxide sequestration.

He has joined Capital One after graduation, focusing on portfolio analysis and analytical marketing. He is moving to Boston to lead a small team delivering credit risk innovations.

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David Day

david.day@gs.com

David finished Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. in 1998. He joined Salomon Brothers Inc in 1997 and then joined Goldman, Sachs & Co., Financial Institutions Group, as a Financial Analyst in 1998. Promoted to Associate in 2000.

Transferred to the Hong Kong High Technology Group in 2000. Returned to the New York Financial Institutions Group in 2001.

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Anneliese May Dickman

amay@alum.mit.edu

"I am a public policy researcher and analyst with a non-partisan think tank located in Milwaukee, WI. I have experience in cost-benefit analysis, policy analysis, and legislative drafting. My areas of expertise include education policy, information technology policy, and economic development. After graduating from MIT (course 5), I received my J.D. from the University of Denver law school.

My mother is an Alaska native and I was born and raised in Colorado. Environmental issues, especially as they relate to economic development, have long been of particular interest to me."

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Jason Donovan

donovan@alum.mit.edu

Jason Donovan is a pilot, diver and nature lover. He would like to share hands on international relations experience with the executive and legislative branches.

He was invited in 2001 to address the Juneau and Anchorage, AK Chapters of the World Affairs Council, he also managed an industrial restructuring project to develop environmentally friendly technologies.

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John Graham

jjgraham@alum.mit.edu

"My work while a graduate student at MIT in EAPS focussed on nonmethane hydrocarbons and other tropospheric trace gas concentrations in Southern China.

Since graduation in 1998, I have worked primarily in the field of air pollution. I began with the US EPA in Boston, working with Region 1 on the 8-hour ozone standard and health risk communication using real-time ozone maps. From there I moved to CT DEP to work in their air planning and standards division, where I dealt with criteria pollutants. Most of my efforts were geared toward understanding the fine particle and haze issues relevant to the state of Connecticut. I moved back to laboratory work with the US Coast Guard in 2001, where I led their oil identification lab performing environmental forensics work. Now I find myself back in Boston working with a non-profit air quality outfit, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM). I have a keen interest in our environment and continually try to improve my understanding of how the natural system works and what mankind does to perturb the system.

I am an avid singer and bicyclist, though I expect these have little relevance to the course."

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Christen Gray

cmgray@mit.edu

" I am currently a senior at MIT. I have spent 3 years working with the Mission classes starting with my own freshman year as we set out to find life on Mars. Since then I have been a Teaching Fellow for the two following Missions. Outside of Mission, I am majoring in Biology. My intended career field is international public health. I have spent time working on a complex problem in health in Uganda for the past year and a half. I look forward to working more with Mission and I welcome any questions."

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Jean-Yves Gresser

jygresser@alum.mit.edu

Jean-Yves whould like to share the following experience:

"Value management (I applied it mostly to finance and information industry- I am currently gathering information to spot where IT actually changed our lives for the best- I think this approach would do a bit to sort out the complexities and the contradictions of the mission).

Web based communication (From a couple of trips in Quebec and contacts in the sub arctic region I feel this has an impact on the perception of space and environment there).

Taoism (Jigong and taijiquan are my closest experience to shamanism- traditional visions need to be integrated into modern projects, they can be the source of valuable information). A drawback? I know nothing about oil."

Another interesting fact about Jean-Yves:

"A fews years ago at pointe Mingan, I joined Sear's team to watch whales looming around Anticosti and New Foundland (just for afew days). For various reasons I've always been interested in what your neighbous call "les premières nations"."

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Dr. Robert "Bob" Gurnitz

rgurnitz@alum.mit.edu

Bob Gurnitz has been a mentor several Missions

Experience:
* 1997-2001 Envirosource, Inc., Horsham, PA - Chairman
* 1991-1997 Northwestern Steel and Wire Co., Sterling, IL - Chairman and CEO
* 1988-1991 Webcraft Technologies, Inc., N. Brunswick, NJ - President
*1985-1988 Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, PA - President, Shape and Rail Products Division
* 1984-1985 Rockwell International Corporation, Troy, MI - Vice President/General Manager, On Highway Axle Division;
* 1980-1984 Rockwell International Corporation, London England and Troy, MI - President, Body Components Division; 1978-1980 Rockwell International Corporation, Troy, MI - Vice President/General Manager, Supply and Mass Transit Div.
* 1977-1978 Rockwell International Corporation, Troy, MI - Vice President, Business Development;
* 1974-1977 Rockwell International, Pittsburgh, PA
Senior Engineering Executive, Corporate Staffs.
* 1973-1974 President’s Executive Interchange Program U. S. Government, D.H.E.W., Washington, DC
Director, Office of Management Technology
* 1966-1973 Rockwell International, Canoga Park, CA
Manager, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Rocketdyne Div.

Education:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA: S.B. 1960 Chemical Engineering; S.M. 1961 Chemical Engineering; Ph. D. 1966 Chemical Engineering
Hobbies Sailing, skiing, fishing, traveling, reading

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Todd Harland-White

todd@alum.mit.edu

Todd Harland-White's career since MIT (XIII-C, '76) has involved designing and building manned and unmanned systems operating in the deep sea for Northrop Grumman Oceanic Systems, where he is now Chief Architect for Integrated Underwater Systems. Projects have included design of deepsea research submersibles and mini-subs, participation in teams designing new submarine and surface ship classes, developing underwater robotic systems, and both optical and acoustic sensors for probing and mapping the underwater space. This is his third tour of duty as a 12.000 mentor, having served for Missions 2005 and 2006; Todd also serves as an MIT Educational Counselor possibly responsible for some of you being there at MIT to begin with! Todd's career includes dealing with many issues relevant to Mission 2007.

Naval architects have to be profoundly sensitive to environmental concerns in their work. Wind and waves and the cold pressures of the deep are a harsh environment in which to expect systems to operate properly, and inattention to detail can cause not only loss of a ship and its crew, but disaster - both environmental and economic - for nearby coastlines and associated shore life. Yet systems that will never fail are impossible to build, and even "highly reliable" systems that will seldom fail can not always be designed to be affordable, practical, and even feasible. And regulatory restrictions can further complicate the decisionmaking process, adding many non-technical factors into the analyses of potential solutions. Deciding between what is "good enough," "safe enough," "affordable," and "allowable" is an every day concern. The ANWR environment, like the underseas environment, is remote, without power and communication, and far enough away from civilization to preclude the rapid arrival of outside assistance.

Todd's company has expertise in sensor systems both placed within the environment and operated from remote locations - underwater, airborne, or even in space - that may be of assistance in the development of Mission 2007 designs to monitor the status of installed equipment. Another naval architecture issue related to the project is that off-shore drilling and the transporting of oil from far away countries by ship are natural competitors for the ANWR oil project: that's what is done now. Student considerations in the project might have to weigh not only how to maintain the health of the ANWR, but also the impact on the health of other ecosystems from and though which oil from other countries will have to pass should the ANWR project not go forward. This will be a very interesting - and very typical! - problem to be dealt with.

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Pinaki Kar

pkar@alum.mit.edu

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Mike Laird

mlaird@alum.mit.edu

Mike is a senior manager with broad experience in developing new, technology intensive products. His role has varied from technical development manager, to marketing, to “product visionary”. He has participated in the development of a wide range of new products, including, digital production printing systems, digital document management systems for top secret information, PC based global funds transfer systems, sales and prescription database systems for pharmaceuticals, stock quote information distribution systems.

Other expertise that could be useful to the Mission 2007 teams includes the following. While a consultant at McKinsey & Co., he led small teams in 3 to 5 month projects to develop major new business recommendations that led to successful new products or new business capabilities at his clients. In one of those projects, he led 5 teams at Lagoven, a Venezuelan oil company (formerly Exxon), to develop a completely new strategic direction that generated several billion dollars of value for the company. As a consultant and line manager, Mike has been a student and a practitioner of the exercise of power / influence in large organizations and between competing organizations.

Additional background of interest includes the following. Mike has MIT degrees in Chemical Engineering, Political Science, and Management. He has vacationed several times in Alaska and has been active in rock climbing. He recently retired.

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Ariel R Martinez

ariel.martinez@shell.com

Ariel currently lives in Houston, TX but spends a significant amount of time in Europe (mainly in The Netherlands). He works for Shell Exploration & Production. During his career he has done mostly technical & economic project valuation. However, in the last 2 years Ariel has focused into developing a career in corporate finance inside Shell (which he enjoys). He can share his experience in oil & gas exploration and production industry, as well as his experience with geotechnical & geoenvironmental project maangement & financial and economic valuations.

Education:
MBA (Finance & Strategy) Oxford University (UK) – Sept 2001
Master of Science (Geotechnical Eng) MIT (USA) - Feb 1999
Civil Engineer (& Project Management) University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1996
Management Accountant CIMA-UK – In Progress (planned 2004)

Work Experience:
Ariel is a Sr. Financial Advisor / EP-Europe / NAM (Netherlands)
EP-Europe (temporary) - Project Controller
EP-Europe (temporary) - Business Warehouse Content Expert
EP - NAM - Management Information & Reporting
EP- NAM & out of Shell - Finance & Economic Modeling Consulting (out of Shell) - Project Manager

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Colin Maynard, PE

cmaynard@bbfm.com

I have been a resident of Alaska since 1961 (except a short stay in NYC in the early 80's). I have seen the growth of the oil industry in Alaska and the current decline in oil production and am familiar with the effect that is having on the economy and the political environment. I am involved in a variety of professional and community groups as well as the legislative process in Alaska. I have also done some work on the North Slope (builldings, oil and drilling mud tanks, etc.) and and am familiar with the insistence on safety and environmental sensitivity. I am also familiar with the effect the oil money has had on the quality of life in Alaska, especially in the rural communities that primarily live a subsistence lifestyle but also want the modern amenities (running water, sewer systems, schools, internet access, etc.).

I have spent a considerable amount of time in the wilderness of Alaska. This includes time as a Boy Scout in the late 60's and early 70's, as a Scoutmaster in the 90's, as well as family outings and hiking or cross country ski trips in various parks, including Denali National Park, Chugach State Park, and Chugach National Forest.

OTHER INFORMATION:
I am a principal in the structural engineering firm BBFM Engineers Inc. We are the largest purely structural engineering firm in Alaska. I have designed buildings in all regions of the state and my company did the structural design (including the jacking system) for the new NSF research facility at the South Pole.

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Mark A. McCaffrey

mccaffrey@oiltracers.com

Education:
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geochemistry, 1990. Dissertation: reconstruction of paleoenvironmental conditions from marine sediment organic chemistry.
B.A. Harvard University, Geology, Magna Cum Laude With Highest Honors, 1985. Harvard College Scholarship "for academic achievement of high distinction": 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84.
Certificate University of California Irvine, Extension, Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation, 1995. An eight course program on the characterization and remediation of contaminated soils and groundwater. Industry experience:
OilTracers¡, L.L.C., Dallas, Texas:
Co-founder and President. Technical service to substantially reduce oil and gas exploration risk, assess reservoir continuity, allocate commingled production, and assess field fill direction (1999-present). Arco Exploration Production Technology, Plano, Texas:
Senior Research Geochemist. Research and technical service to substantially reduce oil and gas exploration risk, assess reservoir continuity, allocate commingled production, and assess field fill direction (1995 - 2000). Received (with project team members) Arco Award of Excellence "for developing a new charge and migration model for the Brookian petroleum system, allowing improved charge risk assessment for prospects on the Central North Slope of Alaska." Exploration Technical Service: Alaska, South China Sea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Gabon, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Romania, Qatar, Tunisia, North Sea. Development Technical Service: Alaska (8 fields, including the two largest fields in North America), South China Sea, Qatar, Tunisia, North Sea Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, La Habra, California: Team Leader, Exploration Geochemistry. Risk assessment of gas and oil exploration prospects using organic and inorganic geochemistry. Projects in China, Australia, North Sea, Nigeria, Texas. (Jan. 1995 - Sep. 1995). Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, La Habra, California:
Team Leader, Reservoir Geochemistry Applications. Development of geochemical tools for production allocation and reservoir management; technical service for oil and gas fields in California, Texas, North Sea, Kazakhstan, and Angola; oil biodegradation studies. (Oct. 1992- Dec. 1994).

Chevron Oil Field Research Company, Richmond, California:
Research Geochemist. Development of geochemical parameters for evaluating petroleum source rocks from migrated oils. Technical service projects concerning the Canadian Beaufort Sea, East Siberian platform, on and off-shore Albania; Italian Adriatic Sea; Indonesian Natuna Sea; Uinta basin, Utah (July 1990- Sept. 1992).

Additional Credentials:
Awards: 1995 recipient of the Pieter Schenck Award from the European Association of Organic Geochemists - given every second year "to a scientist under 35 years of age who has made a major contribution to organic geochemistry or a related field."
" The Committee in particular recognizes [M. McCaffrey's] outstanding work on biomarkers in relation to paleoenvironmental studies and petroleum exploration."

Certifications: California Registered Geologist, License #5903, requiring 7 yrs experience as a project-manager-level geologist and >70% on 7 hr examination; required for various environmental remediation projects. Certified Petroleum Geologist, Certificate #5339 - American Association of Petroleum Geologists Div. of Professional Affairs

Publications: Senior or co-author of 30 articles (listed below) on petroleum exploration, reservoir management, oil biodegradation, hazardous waste remediation, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, and marine chemistry.
Professional Contributions: Distinguished Lecturer, 2001-2002, Society of Petroleum Engineers. Chairman, 2002 Organic Geochemistry Gordon Conference. Vice-Chairman, 2000 Organic Geochemistry Gordon Conference. Chairman, 1996 Organic Geochemistry Gordon Conference Biomarker Session; Chairman, 1996 Geochemical Society OG Division Nominating Committee; Chairman, 1997 AAPG National Convention Reservoir Geochemistry Session.

Geology Field Work: Geological mapping, Wyoming. Evaporite field studies, Bahamas. Ship-based sediment studies, Chesapeake Bay , and coastal Peru. SCUBA Certification. Outcrop studies and mapping, Utah, and California. Well logging, San Joaquin Valley, California. Chevron courses: "Clastic Stratigraphy", "Reservoir Engineering", "Advanced Formation Evaluation."

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Gerard P. Mc Hugh

Gerard-McHugh@worldnet.att.net

Gerard Mc Hugh, a native of Dublin, Ireland, works as a Policy Consultant for international institutions, national governments and non-governmental organisations, focusing on the areas of Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Prevention.

Gerard trained as a general nurse in Dublin, and subsequently worked in the area of Intensive Care Unit Nursing in Iraq during 1989/1990. He returned to university to study Engineering at Trinity College Dublin in 1991, and was elected a Foundation Scholar of that institution in 1993. Upon graduation in 1995, Gerard pursued two consecutive graduate-level programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) -- a Naval Engineer's Degree (Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering) and a Master's Degree in Political Science (International Relations). Following completion of this graduate study, Gerard worked as a Research Fellow in the Centre for International Studies at MIT until he commenced work as an Independent Consultant in late 1999, based in Cambridge, MA.

Gerard has undertaken policy-directed research and consultancy work for UN Security Council Member States, inter-governmental organisations and US- and Europe-based international humanitarian organisations. His specific areas of expertise include: UN Sanctions; UN Relations with Iraq; Conflict Resolution in Sub-Saharan Africa; and Mediation in Inter- and Intra-State Conflict.

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Douglas Quattrochi

dougjq@MIT.EDU

Douglas Quattrochi is currently a senior in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department. He participated in Mission 2004: Mission to Mars and was a teaching fellow for Mission 2005: The Atlantis Projects. He has co-authored two papers and chaired the Class of 2004 Ring Committee. Doug intends to go to graduate school to study space propulsion systems and space commercialization.

The problems of space commercialization and space tourism are analogous to the problems of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Both are basically a cost-benefit analysis. In each case, the potential benefits are staggeringly large, but the potential costs are just as large and less well understood. As such cost-benefit analyses usually start out highly subjective, it's often difficult to weed fiction from fact.

In the case of space commercialization (with human-rated commercial launchers), the potential market is enormous. Studies for the past 20 years have indicated a potential multi-billion dollar industry. We certainly have the technology to launch tourists into space on a regular basis. What holds the industry back is the issue of potential risk. Propulsion system and vehicle reliabilities are infamously poor, and potential regulations to limit noise, light pollution, and ozone depletion could drive operating costs to the point of no-profit.

Is there a way to make money from space tourism without killing anyone? Is there a way to make money from arctic oil without destroying the most pristine place in the United States? If people will die, or if the land will be destroyed, could it be worth doing it anyway?

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Nina Ross

NRoss@atlasventure.com

Nina Ross is Legal Counsel at Atlas Venture, an international venture capital firm with more than $2 billion under management. She is located in Boston, MA. Ms. Ross advises Atlas Venture in connection with its investments in public and private growth-oriented companies in high technology industries and life sciences. In addition to her legal expertise, Ms. Ross uses her economics and finance training to assist in evaluating investment opportunities and potential transactions. Prior to joining Atlas Venture, Ms. Ross was in private practice in Boston at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP. Ms. Ross received her BS in Economics from MIT in 1989, and her JD from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992.

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Paul Rudovsky

rudovskypaul@alum.mit.edu

Paul Rudovsky received an M.S. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1968. Since then, he has worked in a variety of industries including banking, consulting, automotive, plastics, and manufacturing, primarily in financial and operating capacities. He presently is semi-retired and serving in a part time capacity as CFO of HBN Shoe, LLC, a startup that licenses the Insolia® technology to the woman's shoe industry. Insolia has done the seemingly impossible by creating a patented technology that makes a high heeled shoe feel more like a flat.

By fundamentally changing the internal structure of a shoe, Insolia redistributes weight and provides ankle stability. This innovation is licensed to manufacturers and used in any heeled footwear without changing its appearance.

Mr. Rudovsky has been very active in alumni affairs at MIT over the past 30 years. Three years ago, he served as president of MIT s Alumni Association, and he has served as a member of the MIT Corporation since 1996.

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Catherine Shaw

cishaw@mit.edu

A recent graduate (Course 14 and 15, SB 2003), Catherine works for an economic consulting firm in Boston.

While at MIT she served as an UTF for Missions 2005 and 2006. She enjoys photography, pottery, and traveling.

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Marcelo Targino

Marcelo_Targino@hms.harvard.edu

Marcelo Targino majored in Course 4 and now is a second-year medical resident at Cambridge Hospital with a strong interest in environmental and occupational medicine. He has lectured at MIT as part of the Building Technology Seminar Series on the sick building syndrome and he is participating in research involving Brazilian house painters and lead poisoning in the Boston area.

He can provide advice on architectural design and building technology, medical topics including human performance questions, as well as human physiology, biology, and (to some extent) epidemiology. Medicine often involves problem solving with limited information and one-of-a-kind subjects. Thus, the problem solving skills and creativity of a physician can be applied to any situation where knowledge is incomplete.

Marcelo Lives in Cambridge and is available to meet with the groups in person.

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Ted Trueblood

TedT@tnh-inc.com

A 51-year resident of Alaska, Ted Trueblood has practiced civil engineering in Alaska for 31 years. His design and project management experience includes roads, railroads, family and troop housing, visitor and recreation facilities, schools, utility systems, parking lots, fuel storage facilities, bridges, shop buildings, and port facilities.

Ted is the manager of the Marine and Railroad Department, as well as President of Tryck Nyman Hayes, Inc., a mid-sized engineering consulting firm based in Anchorage. In addition, Ted serves as project manager on a variety of projects including transportation, marine facilities, Department of Defense, and general civil projects of varying magnitude throughout Alaska. He received his Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Alaska, Anchorage and his BSCE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ted became a registered civil engineer in Alaska in 1978.

Ted has received numerous honors and certificates including Alaska Engineer of the Year and Executive of the Year. He saw action in Vietnam and was awarded 15 military awards including 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Air Medals, a combat infantry badge, an Army commendation, Legion of Merit, and a Presidential Unit Citation.
Ted is very active in a variety of professional and community service organizations. He has served as an adjunct instructor teaching graduate level courses at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and is very active in Rotary and other community organizations. Ted is the founding president of the UAA Alumni Association and founding vice president of KSKA Public Radio.

EDUCATION M.S., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Alaska, 1980
REGISTRATION Professional Engineer, Alaska (4476E), 1978
ORGANIZATIONS / AWARDS Alaska Engineer of the Year, 1991
Executive of the Year, 1993
Anchorage Professional Design Council, President 2001/02
Society of American Military Engineers, Anchorage Post, Past President, Fellow
American Society of Civil Engineers, Anchorage Branch, Past President
Professional Engineers in Private Practice, Member
Consulting Engineering Council of Alaska, Member
American Railway Engineering and Matintenance of Way Association, Education Committee Member
Alaska Society of Professional Engineers, Anchorage Chapter, Past President
Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Technical
Committee, Member
COMMUNITY SERVICE Rotary International, Anchorage International Club, Past President
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Education Council
US Army Reserve, 1Lt. Engineer Corps

PUBLICATIONS
Environmental Review, Permitting, and Stakeholder Coordination for a Major Line Change Across Military Inastllations, Brian Koval, Ted Trueblood, P.E., and Kraig Hughes, P.E., for presentation at the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, September 11, 2001.
Market Development Potential for the Commodity Cargo Transport between Alaska, Canada, and the Northern Tier, Hal H. Cooper, Jr., PhD, PE, and Ted B. Trueblood, PE, for presentation at the Alaska-Canada Rail Link Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 20, 2000.
Performance of an Insulated Railroad Track in Interior Alaska, Ted Trueblood, Thomas C. Kinney and Danielle D. Kleinhaus, presented at the ISCORD =97, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Cold Region Development, 1997.
Rehabilitation of Five Tunnels on the Alaska Railroad, Ted Trueblood, presented at the American Railway Engineering Association Technical Conference, Snowbird, Utah, 1987.
Daylighting Alaska Railroad=s Tunnel No. 5, Ted Trueblood, presented at the American Railway Engineering Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1986.
Design of Railroad Roadbed in Areas of Discontinuous Permafrost, Ted Trueblood, unpublished research paper, 1982..

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Sharon Wason

swason@alum.mit.edu

Sharon Wason is AICP - American Institute of Certified Planners, Course 4, SB 1979. She is an Advocacy coordinator with Massachusetts Audubon. She went to graduate school at Tufts and Harvard.

Contact information: phone number 781-784-5691 x. 8105 work; 508-668-5134 home. She lives in Walpole MA, close to commuter rail, so she is available to meet folks on campus if needed/appropriate.

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Johnny Yang

jtyang@mit.edu

Johnny Yang is a current MIT student, senior, majoring in Management (Course 15). Johnny was a student in Mission 2004, an Undergraduate Teaching Fellow in Mission 2005 and 2006.
More about Johnny is coming soon.

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