Alumni Limelight

When I was in the final stages of completing my master’s degree at the University of Utah and in one of Dr. Hoeppner’s classes, I had attended class one afternoon wearing interview attire.  He inquired if I was looking for a job.  He encouraged me to talk to him about continuing on for a doctorate; I had never really considered this seriously before.  I set up a meeting time with him and was immediately interested in the possibilities.  The research being performed at the time was corrosion fatigue related, in

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PLYMOUTH, UT – Dr. Jacob Kingston, a U of U Mechanical Engineering graduate and the President and CEO of Washakie Renewable Energy, is creating green jobs and helping the environment in Utah. Washakie Renewable Energy is a biodiesel production company headquartered in Plymouth, Utah.  Its $10 million production facility directly employs 65 people in Box Elder County, and has annual sales of $3 million. Plant workers have spent the last year building a system known as the “green line process,” which will facilitate the production of up to 10 million

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Cody Perkins, nicknamed “Flash”, triumphantly returned to Salt Lake this week from Topeka, Kansas, as the Top Alcohol Dragster at the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) Summer Nationals. The race was held on Sunday, May 29, where Perkins clocked his best time of the year: traveling a quarter of a mile in 5.37 seconds, traveling 263.15 mph. Flash, a graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering here at the U of U, has been racing professionally since 2006. He was the NHRA’s rookie of the year in the top alcohol

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Zane Beadles, a first-team All-American as a senior on the Utah football team last year, has been named the 2009-10 Mountain West Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Beadles, who is now playing for the Denver Broncos as a second-round draft pick, graduated from Utah last December with a 3.568 cumulative GPA and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. A four-time Academic all-MWC honoree, Beadles was a 2009 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA second-team Academic All-American and the recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He was a finalist for the 2009 Lowe’s

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Microjet Transdermal Drug Delivery Technology—developed by Ameya S. Kantak, graduate of the University of Utah’s Department of Mechanical Engineering—was awarded the Edison Silver Award for the Best New Product in the “Science and Medical – Game Changer Technology” Category for 2010. Kantak, who was lead engineer on the project developed at Corium International, has worked on the project since its inception and was the core inventor the new technology. Microjet technology is a transdermal drug delivery platform that can deliver a variety of different drugs to the human body. Through

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Former University of Utah offensive tackle and first-team All-American, Zane Beadles has been selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the NFL Draft. Beadles’ selection is anticipated to “provide quality depth to the offensive line,” according to a statement on www.nfl.com. Though Beadles is well known for his athletic prowess and ability to get the job done on the football field, he also has a lesser known, but equally as solid, reputation as a student in the University of Utah’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was a

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