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On Saturday May 22, 2004 starting at the unheard of hour of 7:30 am in the Gordon Field House on the RIT campus (from left to right) Jessica Gehlhar, Jon Lorang, Nicole Mahany, Elizabeth Martin, Alistair Neal, Luke Sorensen, Katrina Willoughby, Trevor Ehman, Jessica D'Amico, Lisa Bozek, and Jeff Detrick participated in the graduation ceremonies of 2004. On the spur of the moment the group decided to make informal graduation portraits and even Luke and Trevor, who arrived after they were made, were included in the final list using the magic of image assembly to put their faces against a background more-or-less similar to that of the others. (See if you can detect the errors in the paste-ups!). After the photographs the group reassembled in the Field House and had a merry old time until the call to graduation came from the event officials. The ceremony transpired without any significant side-shows typical of the restrained and conservative behavior of Tech students! (If you buy this I have a bridge for sale...!). Anyway, a good time was had by all and many happy memories of the occasion will surely remain forever etched in every students mind.

Words are probably not needed to describe this particular event. It is the Annual Exhibition of work by students who have just completed the year long Tech Photo One course taught by Prof. Stephen Diehl. The work on display is a mix of assignments completed during the course and self-directed projects that the students chose to pursue on their own initiative. Each student had a space of 4x8 feet in which to install their personal work and most consisted of 6-8 photographs. We had to choose a single example per student due to space limitations on this site.

The work shown above is by (from left to right starting at top): Katelyn Kern, Michael Gillman, Danielle Simmons, Sarah Keesler, Evan Andersen, Natalie Sinisgalli, Jessica Roy, Colin Becker, Jeremy Tamagna-Darr, Michael Orts, Yu Tak Kwok, Lauren Harnett and Erin Fredricks.

The umpteenth Spring Picnic and Barbecue jointly organized by the TPSA, SPIE and IPT was held on May 1, 2004 in the newly remodeled and refurbished Eastman Kodak Quad area in front of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. The event went off without a hitch in spite of thunderstorm warnings issued earlier in the day. Attendace to this annual ritual exceeded all expectations with students from all years in the program in attendance. Black Bean Burgers and Tofu Dogs as well as chicken beast patties complimented the usual fare of sirloin burgers and dogs. In particular, the newly introduced (to this event) Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches were the hit of the food fest. It seems like the Summer Fairies smiled on the attendees as the sun was out throughout the afternoon and provided the pefect setting to engage in such physically strenuous sport activities as croquet, bocci ball and frisbee. Photographs by Matt Swain, Carl Smith and Anonymous.

Here is an interesting update from a Tech grad from a couple of years ago. She works at NASA Johnson Space Center for DynCorp. as a photographer. She does a lot of Vomit Comet photography cause she does not get nausea and she is a good photographer to boot!

Hey Andy, Mark, Robert and I were talking about Zero G and the student program. Mark thought some photos might help encourage others to get a proposal together. So, here are some fun photos of what we do on the plane. Robert took this picture of me in action the other day. The other one is a picture I took of a group of students documenting their flight on the plane. Enjoy. I hope life is treating you well.

Crystal Schroeder, Digital Imaging Specialist, DynCorp - NASA/JSC

The Technical Photography Student Association in collaboration with the student chapter of SPIE and the Imaging and Photographic Technology department organized a lecture, "Flash for Rich Internet Applications" by Tech grad Phillip Kerman, '89, on Tuesday, April 6 at 7:30 pm. He said: " Flash can do much more than gratuitous animations-it's the perfect front-end to complex data because you can add rich media and compelling interactivity. Besides the existing support for XML and flat text databases, Flash now seamlessly exchanges data with application servers and web services. In addition, the Flash Communication Server lets multiple users connect to the same live data including streaming media. The benefits of rich-internet applications created in Flash include an immersive branded interface, local storage of complex data (beyond what cookies can do), and no need to refresh the browser - which all lead to a better user experience."

After graduating from the Imaging and Photographic Technology program in 1989 Phillip went to work as a technical/sales representative for Sinar Bron. In 1991 he could see that "multimedia" might really be the next "plastics" and hooked up with a tiny company called The Human Element. There he produced computer based training for corporate clients using Authorware - which matched his technical skills with the ability to do programming. In 1993 he moved to Portland Oregon where he's been working as an independent consultant/contractor ever since. He transitioned to Macromedia Director and then to Flash - but can still see direct links to his Photography degree. Watching a photograph come to life for in the developer is like the feeling you get when you assemble all the media elements and see a computer application run for the first time.

Phillip splits his time between programming, teaching, writing, and keeping up-to-date on software trends. He has three books in print and is working on a new one due out this summer. You can learn more about Phillip at www.phillipkerman.com and www.phillipkerman.com/newsletter
Thank you Phillip!

Jessica D'Amico was the recipient of a special award a few days ago. The Institute recognized her as a Rochester Institute of Technology Scholar as a result of her demonstrated devotion to excellence having achieved a Cumulative GPA of 3.85 out of a possible of 4.0 complemented by creative work, service on student committees, civic activities, employment and independent research.

A graduate of Cicero-North Syracuse High School in Cicero, N.Y. and a student in the Imaging and Photographic Technology program, Jessica works as a lab assistant and on the data collection team for Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing group in Imaging Science. The results of her work will he published in a scientific journal this spring. She is a recipient of RIT Presidential and Dr. Ronald Francis scholarships and was inducted in the Golden Key International Honour Society last year. Jessica is also a member of the International Society of Optical Engineering and the Equestrian Club. She plans to obtain a masters degree in remote sensing.

Greetings Andy and Glenn, Meredith and I would like to introduce you to our newborn son, Pierce Christopher Stotzner, born 23 Mar in San Jose California. Stats:
weight: 7lbs 5oz
length: 19.5 in
Hair: Blond - yes he has hair
Eyes: Blue - this is a no brainer with Mom and Dad both having blue eyes.

as for Mom and Dad, despite Dad's best efforts, we're still in California. Meredith is still working for Adobe. I'm now with PiXIM in Mountain View CA. Hope to hear from you all soon, Bill and Meredith Stotzner

The featured speaker for the March 25, 2004 general meeting of the Technical Photography Student Association (TPSA) was Gloria Putnam, Applications Engineering Manager in the Image Sensor Solutions, Display and Components division of the Eastman Kodak Company. Ms. Putnam spoke on digital imaging sensor design and performance comparisons between CCD and CMOS imagers. CCD is a well developed and "mature" product but CMOS holds much promise especially in the areas of low power consumption, low noise levels and fast access. An interesting effect to this reporter was her explanation of the "rolling shutter" effect when a CMOS sensor is used without an auxiliary mechanical shutter. She wrapped up her presentation with encouraging words about working for Kodak. All-in-all this was a great lecture for all those that attended.

... well, that is all I can remember from the NGS - oh, they don't have openings and everyone loves their job! BTW, as seen in the group photo with the MITRE corporate logo we also spoke with government agency representative Scott Bogart, Tech grad from 2 years ago of NGA (National Geospacial Imagery Agency) on left and visited several labs of a major defense contractor (MITRE Corporation) as guests of Rick Behrens, Tech grad from about 6 years ago, standing next to Scott. They both agreed that Tech grads have the "right stuff" and that the Modulation Transfer Function rules.

Oh, we also did the usual touristy thing of perambulating on the Mall and we got to visit the House of Representatives while it was in session as the guests of the representative from Florida. At the hostel where we stayed we celebrated Elizabeth's birthday with pizza, cake and ice cream and met with other hostelers from England, Puerto Rico and China and we had an animated converstaion on world politics. All in all we had a pretty good time.

Greetings from New Hampshire. I just returned from my first trip to Europe. I spent a week in Heidelberg Germany for a Product Managers Meeting. I'm returning to DŸsseldorf Germany on April 12 and will stay for six weeks for the Drupa convention. Are you or any Tech Grads going? Please ask for me. I enclosed the latest picture of our little girl. I can't believe she'll be two years old next month. I just finished our log home and we moved in on January 5, 2004. Hope all is well with the Tech program. Keep in touch. --- Karl

Another year has passed by and the Annual Show of work by the faculty of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at RIT has opened in the SPAS Gallery on the 3rd floor of the Gannett Building. Representing the department of Imaging and Photographic Technology work by three of its faculty members was included in the exhibition. They are Dr. Bruce Kahn, Prof. Glenn Miller and Prof. Andrew Davidhazy. The subject matter extended from molecular interpretations in 3 dimensions, to camera-less digital image creation to stroboscopic movement and photo-lampshades as illustrated by the accompanying illustrations. Click on them to see in larger versions.

Micah (on January 24, 2004) says: Thought Id fire off a quick update for y'all. IÕve been back in DC since sometime before x-mas and have been doing assignments for Getty Images. In fact a picture from my first assignment wound up on washingtonpost.comÕs homepage the very next day! But the best part was that my editor saw it and called me as I was on my way to see her in NYC! Made for a great meeting. Anyway, I'm headed to Israel this weekend for about 6 weeks and then I'm back in DC to do features and cover some election related stuff for Getty. Ah the life of a freelance photographer. I have to say, I love it. Its not for everyone, but I am having the time of my life right now.

My techyness is still hanging in there though as I just finished calibrating and profiling my monitor. When I get back to Israel I am sure all my photog buddies are going to ask me to do the same to theirs as they are completely in the "Dark". Anyway, things are going well, I was up in Rochester briefly over new years and had a great meatball and cheese sub at Dibellas. Something you just cant get in Israel! Till next time.... - ciao - micah
Micah Walter -photojournalist- U.S. - 202-517-9194, Israel - +972-6-776-5973, http://www.micahwalter.com
 

At the last TPSA/SPIE joint chapter pizza n' movie night of 2003 that was held on December 11, 2003 the inFamous TPSA Rocket Truck that has delighted thousands over the years met an ignominous fate to the cheers and applause of a record-breaking crowd. Approximately 20 starving Techs (Including Iris Sprow, Jeff Kurtz, Sergio Guevara, Jeremy Tamagna-Darr, Jessica Gehlhar, Carl Smith (whose photographs illustrate this report) along many others) met in Tech Alley around 9pm for the start of what promised to be a usual pizza n' movies evening. Little did they know!

The events of the evening transpired with the viewing of a movie (Pirates of the Caribbean) played back on Bruce Butkus' DVD equipped laptop. This was follwed by a traditional raffle of things lying about the alley and several techs walked away with interesting prizes. For example, Jenna Venturini became the keeper of Rus Kraus' Pradovit 35mm slide projector while others became proud owners of lenticular flip images depicting Xena, the warrior princess, smashing her sword on a hapless victim, and Luke Sorensen walked away with a newly printed science picture book.

Then came the moment everyone had been waiting for. The Rocket Truck Run. Parts were assembled and the launch tube was prepared on the ramp. Anxious moments passed as final prepartions were made. Two spectacular runs, triggered by Elizabeth and Trina were completed without incident. However, just as a decision was being made to do one last run Campus Safety drove up the ramp. Whew! False alarm. They were coming to lock a door for someone in the art school!

Anyway, once nerves were again settled, Jeff Detrick decided to install a double whammy on the vehicle: 2 D engines. They were properly held in place by the Handyman's Secret Weapon, Duct tape. When it came time to launch the igniters would not ignite but after a few seconds of holding the firing pin to the metal suddenly, in a burst of flame and fire and an ear-splitting roar of the solid fuel boosters the truck careened down the launch tube and emerged trailing a comet-like trail of sparks and smoke. It made several pirouettes in space as it flew down the predetermined flight path until it finally landed next to a pine tree and, just before shutting down forever, it gave one last gasp it seemed, and belched thick black smoke accentualted by a loud report of the exploding engines. Then it was all quiet - except for the thunderous applause of an appreciative audience of techs who went to retrieve the remains of the truck scattered over the neighborhood. It was a fitting demise for the little red truck that could ... until December 11, 2003!

Hi Andy -- I just wanted to drop you a quick note to update you on some of my upcoming changes. This week (end of November 2003) marks my last at Minolta-QMS. Due to the recent merger between Konica and Minolta, the new company decided to shut down Engineering here in Mobile, AL and thus we all lost our jobs. I am therefore getting ready to make the big move from Mobile, AL to Doylestown, PA as a result. I will be starting a new position on December 1 with my sister and brother-in-law's online travel agency at www.cheapcaribbean.com. I am excited about the upcoming changes and the opportunity to be closer to my family. Furthermore, with the completion of my MBA in Technology Management degree scheduled for Feb of next year, I am well positioned to take my career in a slightly different direction.

Sometime next year, one more thing will be changing: my last name. I recently got engaged to my loving boyfriend of three and a half years. Our picture is attached. We're planning a very small wedding for sometime in June of next year. The email portion of my contact information is not changing, so the one you seem to have on file is and will continue to be the best way to reach me: annakoby@comcast.net. All communication to any other addresses should cease as it will most likely not be received.   Take care! ~Anna

Lindsay Sargeant, a junior in the Tech program completed a coop work block at the Space Science Telescope Institue in Baltimore, MD., last summer. One of the images she worked on during her stay there was released by the Institute today, November 4, 2003. You may want to check it out at http://heritage.stsci.edu/2003/31/index.html

And HERE is some more biographical information about Lindsay and how she came to pursue the Imaging and Photographic Technology program. CONGRATULATIONS Lindsay!

The annual visit to the PhotoPlus Trade Show and Expo in New York City by some faculty, students and graduates of the Imaging and Photographic Technology department is always a fun event. This year the attendance was somewhat sparse so it was decided to include pictures of some anonymous participants to the Halloween Parade held concurrently to the show and the NYC Marathon. A good time was had by all even thought there is no visual record of the visits by everyone who dropped in to the school's booth on the exhibit floor. Grads who made it included Craig Diamond (who unfortunately I did not get a chance to talk to much) Tom Ashe, Dave Gallagher (who now owns his own business in Atlanta), Bret Harmen and Garrett Vanderover as well as Barbara (Bah) Lee along with Heather Reid (pictured in costumes above ... guess which ones!).

The 54th Annual Fall Tech Pizza Party, Movie and Raffle was held in Tech Alley on the evening of October 3rd, 2003. The event, the brainchild of Prof. Rus Kraus, of Materials and Processes fame, brought together Tech students from all levels of the program, from First through Fourth year students as well as some additional guests. The movies, Tolkien's "The Hobit - Part 1" (or maybe it was part 2) was considered a hit (once Bruce Butkus and several other Techs managed to figure out how to connect the computer to the LCD projector) but it sure took a long time to show! During intermission pizza was delivered and at the end of the show several excess departmental items were auctioned off including a 286 laptop computer that was originally owned by the President of RIT as well as a couple of German Precision Timers and 11x14, some Polaroid backs for unknown cameras and 16x20 packages of Kodak Fine Art fiber based photo paper. After the party in Tech Alley several unidentified seniors (students and faculty!!) moved on to McGregor's where they closed the establishment in the wee hours of the morning.

October 3rd proved to be one heck of a day when Tech grad Paul Reichert (and friend Christine) dropped in for a visit to Tech Alley to meet with current faculty and students to "raise awareness" about the opportunities for contributions to NASA in general. Paul works with several Tech graduates at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Paul stressed professionalism and responsibility as key elements for success in any career and added that a good dose of curiosity and initiative within the context of a team approach to problem solving also go a long way to establishing a person's reputation as a contributing employee in any situation.

Paul and Christine shared interesting insights into the investigations regarding the recent Columbia shuttle accident and mentioned that imaging is playing an ever greater role in many NASA activities. Proficiency with computing and digital aspects of imaging, in particular, were mentioned as a key skills that future empolyees of NASA should be proficient with. Photoshop as well as other image management programs were considered important to be incorporated into anyone from the Tech program contemplating working at any NASA site around the country (and there are about 20 of them!).

CONGRATULATIONS to a few happy Tech couples!!! Brady Hackleman, '99, sent this brief note: "...BTW, I married a wonderful woman named Jennifer Binner on March 29th this year. :o)". They are seen in the photograph on the left. Todd Minnigh sent this bit of news: "John Hill Married Jen Mone' on September 3 this month. Loretta Riley Bootle with her husband Eddie along with my wife Denise and I attended the ceremony at the West Fifty Third Club in NYC. It was quite the swanky event. Unfortunately Loretta and Eddie did not make the photo. Todd". BTW, Todd, in the right photo with John Hill, is Marketing Manager, Computed Radiography, Health Imaging, Eastman Kodak.

Also, a brief note and photograph was received from CT Yeung: Hello from the mid-west, Minneapolis, MN! Like to introduce you to my new family, my wife Marcia and our dog, Krug. Marcia and I met about five years ago. We finally tied the knot this year (2003) in July. How is the tech program? Take care. Marcia, CT and Krug.

Patrice Farrell retuned to Tech Alley in August of 2003 after an absence of about 10-12 years! After graduation from the program she went to work at NASA Ames Resarch Center in San Jose, CA but after a few years there she decided to pursue other interests and when an opportunity opened up with Adobe, also in San Jose, she took it and the rest, as they say, is history. She met her husband Dave there and they are happily settled in the vicinity. She said she never thought she would be doing programming or anything related to it but she is now enjoying her work that indeed involves a LOT of programming and related skills. In this reporter's opinion Patryce's career progress is typical of Imaging and Photographic Technology graduates. Like others, Patryce had a foundation in several technical disciplines and this allowed her to "look around" when she felt the need to do so.

The joint TPSA and SPIE Student Chapter in the Imaging and Photographic Technology department received a travel grant from the International Society for Optical Engineering that helped fund the travel of two chapter members to the SPIE Annual Meeting that was held in San Diego, CA from August 3-8, 2003.

In addition to receiving travel support from SPIE, Jessica and Luke also were supported with lodging at the EZ-8 Motel located in the Old Town area where student attendees from a dozen different countries were housed. In addition to attending the trade show exhibition and meeting with representatives of various optics, imaging and instrumentation companies, Jessica also attended a day-long seminar presented by renowned optics instructor Robert Fisher on the topic of Principles and Applications of Polarization.

Beyond the conference they also attended several social functions and still had time for a bit of sightseeing. They visited Coronado Beach on the Pacific ocean, Tijuana across the border in Mexico and waited in line for 2 hours to get back from that memorable excursion where they enjoyed the sights and sounds of the quaint border town as well as the invigorating taste of watered down margaritas! In addition, they rented cross-country bikes and went riding on one of the many bike trails in the San Diego area in almost 100 degree heat and with the sun blazing down on their shoulders. They came back roasted!

Needless to say they had a GREAT time. They and the Imaging and Photographic Technology Department are grateful to SPIE for providing this wonderful educational and social opportunity. Plans are already beginning to be formulated for next year's conference!

On the occasion of the visit to San Diego by two current "tech" students a meeting was arranged with several graduates of the program who are living and working in the San Diego area. The dinner meeting took place at Croce's Restaurant in downtown San Diego. Attending were Jessica Gehlhar, Luke Sorensen (current seniors), Anthony Tanbakuchi, (who just graduated and who was on coop at Kodak this summer and as part of his last duties for them before going of to UofA in Tucson was working at the SPIE Kodak booth) and Katie Nifong and Taek Kim, both of whom are with Hewlett-Packard working on various projects but mostly including color issues and Mike Klayman who is with Colorworks, a major full-service imaging bureu.

From: Jeff Detrick
Subject: Greetings from Kokomo

Hey Andy, Just wanted to drop you a line to tell you how things are going. I'm working with Delphi Delco Automotive Systems who is now an independent manufacturer no longer with GM and we are based out of Kokomo, Indiana, an hour north of Indianapolis.

Things are going good in Kokomo, I'm getting to work on lots of interesting projects and also go on some great trips. In fact the first Thursday I was here I was already on a two day trip to Michigan. On the Thursday we went to Milford to the GM Proving grounds for a review of a part we were proposing to GM and Friday we were in Dearborn, Michigan at Ford's headquarters. Also you will be happy to know; on the Milford trip one of the people at the meeting was JPHT's very own Ann-Marie (you can see her standing next to me in the photo). She is very cool and a really upbeat person. She graduated from the program some years back and is married and lives in El Paso I believe. We all got to hang out back a the hotel after the meeting and also at breakfast the next day before the team I was with had to go to Dearborn and Ann-Marie's team's flight departed back to Mexico. I can't really talk about what I saw at these places but let's just say for a car guy, I was in heaven!

In Dearborn we got to stop into the Automotive Hall of Fame, and look around at some of the cars that were considered turning points in automotive production. The only remaining Honda S800 is there along with a replica of the first Mercedes-Benz powered carriage that was ever produced. It was a really great experience and I learned a bunch of stuff that I never knew before at the museum.

The work that I do somewhat varies from day to day, but right now my main focus is on an instrument correlation project between three spectral radiometers that the TALC department has. The only problem is that our one Photo Research 705 died because of a circuit board failure, but we hope to have that back up and working in a week or so. The other piece of equipment that I have been getting familiar with is a Radiant Imaging ProMetric1400 Color. It a computer controlled Peltier cooled 14-bit CCD photometer, radiometer, and colorimeter that allows us to take an image of an HVAC unit or a radio to evaluate nighttime illumination and create 3D plots of basically anything we need to know in addition to doing defect analysis of the prototype.

How are things back in Rochester? Did you get any postcards from other co-op students? Hope everything is well and im looking forward to classes starting in the fall. Take care,

Jeff Detrick
Delphi Delco Automotive Systems
Appearance Technology - TALC/1639
jeffrey.m.detrick@delphi.com
Phone: 765 451-6750

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