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Vision Research Phantom and Miro high speed cameras demonstrated in High Speed lab

[vision research high speed camera demo on oct 8 2008]

On October 8, 2008 representatives of the Vision Research Corporation, gave a presentation to the students in the High Speed/Time Lapse photography course. Mr. Rick Robinson and his assistant Toni started the meeting with an overview of high speed imaging technology followed by a an opportunity for the students to "play" with latest Phantom-V camera capable of 1,000,000 pictrues per second (granted not each very big!) and the Miro, a highly user friendly and hand-holdable camera that they brought along with them for the occasion. The students were particulary taken with the samll, portable, Miro camera and photogrpahed a variety of subjects including a soda can crushed by the impact of a hammer.

From high speed imaging like this students are tasked with quantitative analysis of their records and with determining the velocity of some part of the subject of their movies.

Recent news from a few IPT graduates

Early in October 2008 news arrived that Anita Bauer became Anita North as follows:" We got hitched on June 14th, Patrick is alumni from Computer Science and is working on his master in Imaging Science online. Several attendees at the wedding were RIT alumni. Three grads from Imaging and Photo Technology: Nicole MarUosek, Kristen Weghorst, and Garret Vanderover. We had an absolute blast!!! We are very happy". Can't get much better news than this! CONGRATULATIONS!

Jeff Detrick dropped in on his way back to Indiana. He says he has not been in his regular office at Delphi Automotive in Kokomo for long as he is on "travel assignments" for much of the time. Mostly in Mexico and he has picked up a few words of Spanish. Jeff is involved with color, color specification and characterization especially of paints these days. Big problemns that face the company include having to go to water based paints instead of solvent based ones. We believe he still has the opportunity to catch a glimpse of future models of the latest "hot" cars.

Mike Caputo and his family dropped in during Brick City on the weekend of October 11, 2008 and in addition to coming for homecoming activities they toured their older son around campus as he is looking into Computer Science or Computer Engineering as a potential career path in the future. Along with Mike are his wife Karen, daughter Brittany, younger son Chris and older son Michael. It is hard to think about the fact that it seems lie only yesterday that the :gang" of c. 1987 was here terrorizing the tech faculty!! You all done good!!

OLYMPUS high speed cameras demonstrated in High Speed lab

[olympus high speed camera demo on oct 1 2008]

On October 1, 2008 representatives of the Olympus Corporation's High Speed Video Division, gave a presentation to the students in the High Speed/Time Lapse photography course. Mr. Robert Randhare and his assistant Paul started the meeting with an overview of high speed imaging technology followed by a an opportunity for the students to "play" with two Olympus "i-SPEED cameras that they brought along with them for the occasion. The ultimate capability of the cameras was not really tested by the students who used them at up to 5,000 frames per second and exposure times of 1/20,000 second while the cameras are able to go much faster and deliver much shorter exposure times.

Firecrackers, focal plane shutters, high speed drills drilling into wood blocks, the blink of an eye and a rat trap destroying a small water balloon were some of the subjects photographed and destined for later analysis by the students.

All in all everyone learned about the i-SPEED cameras and had FUN in the process.

TPSA/SPIE meeting devoted to COOP reports

On September 26, 2008 the Technical Photography Student Association in conjunction with the Student Chapter of SPIE (the International Society for Optical Engineering) held their second meeting of the Fall quarter. The meeting's main purpose was to share experiences with the group by students who had just completed a period of coop employment this past summer or earlier.

Brian Elder was presenting at the time these photographs were made. He interned at a golfing magazine near his home and did extensive photography fro the magazine. Chris Ubelacker said he had spent the summer working at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in MD doing much high speed photography. Eric Kerby and Chelsea McCulley spoke about their coop with the FBI where they did lens testing. Eric Kerby also related his experience from the previous summer when he worked at NASA's Langley Research Center. Eric Evans told of his coop at NASA's Langley Research Center and an earlier coop with NuKote in Rochester and also told of his experience attending the recent SPIE Annual Convention in San Diego with expenses covered by SPIE. Jessica Scott described her coop with the Image Permanence Institute right down the hall from Tech Alley where she is still working part-time.

All in all a VERY informative meeting. The diversity of activities secured and undertaken by Tech students was truly impressive to hear!

Photo and text updates from several Tech graduates

Gary VanDeMortel sent this brief update as both he an Joy (also a Tech grad) are now relocated t the Washington, DC area. He says: Joy is with ITT Space Systems Division (Washington Engineering Center) here in Washington, DC now. She was with Kodak in Rochester previously. I am now with ATK Spacecraft Systems in Beltsville, MD as Pricing Manager for the division. I was with Orbital Sciences Corporation previously.

Here is a picture of Joy and I at the Nationals game. It was an RIT Alumni event. Please let us know if you come to the DC area either for business or pleasure!! You always have a place to stay!! Gary"

While we don't have specific information from Michelle Hill we garner from her Facebook page that she recently married and the marriage took place on Mount Rainier. As far as we know she is working at Microsoft in the Seattle area. Hers is the first marriage that we know of that took place at such a picturesque alpine location and elevation. While she was surrounded by a wild flowers they were no competition to Michelle. Don't you think? Congratulations to the happy couple!

and from Mike McNamara: I am involved in several projects right now consulting being the money maker but having a blast with developing my current web site and doing a weekly radio segment (see http://www.McNamaraReport.com), plus working on a new online magazine launch for the fall. If you get a chance, check out the dozen-plus photos I shot for the October issue of FitYoga magazine. (Male and female yoga gurus around a waterfall outside Woodstock, NY). Hope to do more of that! :) Catch you next time I'm up. Mike IPT_mikemcnamara79@mac.com

And while we don't have a photograph from the rest of the grads who sent in material here are some of the text items that arrived recently: Jeff Detrick (with Delphi) says : "I am hardly ever at my home anymore. Currently i'm spending close to 160 days a year on travel and currently have logged up 130,000 flyer miles to date. Im actually writing you at the airport in Austin TX (at least I made it out before Ike hits.) I was in Mexico the last few weeks working on a new VW program and a new painting process. I'm hoping I can make it Rochester sometime this fall to see the campus and also find out if you got the Spectrophotometer up and working. Take care, Jeff Detrick"

And from Bianca Koscielski who is in Washington, DC area as well: "I'm now a year at the National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, MD as a Web Application User Interface Specialist - who knew? I sucked so bad at Visual Basic courses freshman and sophomore year. Anthony and Kristen had to help me get through it! And now, just the other day, we have this "ancient" VB application project that needed eradicating and redesign overhaul because it could only be viewed on one computer in the whole office; it's so obscure. ha!

Also, last month, my high school sweetheart boyfriend and I brought home a new baby puppy! We're very proud faux parents. We've never had dogs growing up despite us always wanting one, so to heck with it, we were ready now. He's our practice child ;) He's a 3 month old Goldendoodle (75% standard poodle, 25% golden retriever). His temperament is just awesome. He's smart, cute and sweet. Not much to brag about compared to others out there getting married and having kids, but we're very excited and happy.

And political! This city just comes alive whenever there is an election. It's truly exciting being in the DC area where everyday brings a new political debate with friends/family/coworkers. As it turns out, I might be able to get involved in the campaign myself and have a chance to work with Obama when he comes to DC. I don't know too many details yet, but I'm looking forward to the opportunity. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods, take care of yourself, ooOO ;) Bianca, '02

First meeting of the TPSA/SPIE joint chapter on Sept. 12, 2008

The first, or inaugural meeting, of the Techical Photgraphy Student Association (TPSA) and the joint chapter of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) took place on September 12, 2008 in Tech Alley. The event was marked by a heated discussion related to several possibilities for activities to be undertaken by the gorup over the coming months. These include a golf put-put event, a bowling night, field trip to NASA Glenn Research Center, field trip to witness and photograph close-up the launch of the next Shuttle at KSC, running the Annual SPAS auction, bulding a TPSA kite camera, etc. The photograph here can be seen larger if you click on it. Congratulations to the officers and club members for a superior meeting. The pizza was not bad either!

Fading Vintage Tech photographs of grads now forever archived!

Recently in a fit to organize the bulletin board outside office 07B-2244 a bunch of "vintage" photographs (a couple dating back to 1987 and another to 2001) were taken down (finally) from the board and archived in a desk drawer probably never to again be seen by human eyes! So the photographs shown here are the photonic records of those fun times we had in '87 on Galveston Beach, at a graduation party in 2001 and a record of an experiment recorded with a high speed camera gone slight awry. It is not the only experiment that Imaging and Photo tech graduates miscalculated slightly when it came to setting up a photographic system. It seems the "Davidhazy approach" of estimation and operating by the seat of your pants does not always work in industry!

Names and exact dates are not listed to protect the innocent but if for some reason the images by themselves are a problem for anyone let me know and it shall be taken down immediately. On the other hand I hope they do strike a bit of sentimentality and bring back memories of good times to all. You all are the source of many happy memories for me for sure!

Do drop me a line from time to time if you feel like it. With news about "developments in your life. And if you think it should be a private communication let me know that too and I will not share with anyone. andy

Fall 2008 PIG roast dinner and Astronomical photography

On Sept. 5, 2008 these 15 Imaging and Photographic Technology students (mostly upperclass since apparently the frosh are still shy!) congregated under the umbrella of the Technical Photography Student Association and the joint chapter of the Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers at the home of Andy Davidhazy and after feasting on a dinner of roast pork, corn, salt potatoes, macaroni salad, coleslaw, a roll, brownies, soft drinks and a Klondike ice cream bar, they set up three cassegrain telescopes (a Questar and two Celestrons, each 1500 mm in focal length) and proceeded to do some sky gazing.

The moon was the only object that was easily identifiable that night as there was intermittent cloud cover. As you can see Aly managed to get a pretty good shot of the gibbous moon with one of the Celestrons equipped with a Canon Digital Rebel.

We all tried to locate Jupiter with its moons or Saturn with its rings but no luck that night. Maybe in the winter quarter we'll have more luck although it will be much colder then!!

Around 9pm everyone departed for other destinations. Probably nobody to do homework though!

Click on thumbnail to see a larger image!!

Imaging and Photo Tech students fly on the NASA Weightless Wonder

Chris Ubelacker (Team Leader) and Greg Sharp, Jarrett Whetstone and James Craven (Flight Team) proposed an experiment to the NASA Reduced Gravity Flight Program and their proposal, dealing with an examination of the performance of ink-jet printers in a microgravity environment was accepted. They designed and constructed their experimental package over the Winter and Spring quarters and in July 2008 transported it to Houston where NASA engineers and scientists examined their work and ultimately approved it for flight. On July 17 and 18, 2008 the team flew on the C-9 airplane (aka the Vomit Comet) and conducted their experiments. Chris and James flew first and they encountered many unanticipated problems. These were fixed by the group overnight and the next day Jarrett and Greg flew with the package and acquired data that is currently being prepared by the group into a final report. The team received support from RIT's president, Dr. Bill Destler, the IPT department and outside sources.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S Team!

News of Imaging and Photo Technology Grads near and far

Meredith (Payne) Stotzner, sent this bit of news about developments in her life: A brief review of what we are upt othese days includes that we welcomed a daughter in January; Halcyon Elise Stotzner 1/18/2008 8lb 5oz 20.5" Like her brother, Pierce, she remains above average in the size department - so it appears she didn't inherit my little shrimpy genes. Her name is a reference to Halcyon Days - calm ocean water. We were in Hawaii when we picked it. We were looking for names that had ocean/sea in the meaning. We're all doing well. Bill and I both love Adobe. I recently returned from Maternity leave and am getting used to life with a full-time job and 2 kids.

The Adobe Lightroom team just sent Bill to Tasmania Australia for 2 1/2 weeks to do some underwater photography for a book that's being published by O'Reilly. But I won't steal his thunder. I'll let him tell you about it and send you links to the photos he took. So Bill SCUBA dives quite a bit although he quit being an instructor on the weekends. I have put all my hobbies on hold (rescuing sea lions , dragon-boating, and wheel-thrown pottery) until the kids are a little older or I win the lottery and get all our meals catered. ;)
Best wishes!
Meredith

News from Tracy Kreckman: I'm still at Raytheon out here in San Diego, and I'm developing computer-based training materials for the new class of Navy destroyers called Zumwalt. I got married last year and picked up a (now) 13 year-old stepson, Nathan, in the process, so life is pretty good right now.

I just sat in on a lunchtime brief that was really interesting, and thought I'd pass it along. It was presented by Janet Shields of the Atmospheric Optics Group of the UCSD Scripps Oceanography Institute. They've put together a system to view a wide-field image along with a simultaneous high-mag view using a beam splitter and microscope optics.

Here's a shot from our wedding a year ago. Of course, Nathan has already grown considerably since then. Tracy
Tracy Kreckman,
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC.

Recently Emily Antoine who is working in the Washington, DC area, stopped by Tech Alley to say hello and to comment in very general terms about her life there. She is doing well and loves her job. She also works with several other grads of the Tech program and sees Lindsay, who is still rowing, Sarah and Scott on a regular basis.

Elizabeth Martin also dropped in to Tech Alley for a short visit to pass the time while her friend was doing some business in Rochester. Guess what? She brought along her newly adopted dog all the way from the west coast. Cute little animal. It mostly liked to snuggle in Elizabeth's lap. You could tell she treats him like a king!
Anyway, we spent a few hours together, had lunch at DiBella's and she related how happy she was for making the move to Califirnia and joining Micron Technology. This company is in the process of starting what I believe is a "spin-off" company called Aptima and she is excited about this move as well as it will give her more responsibility and opportunities to make a difference. She is a Camera Characterization Engineer for the company and is located, where would you guess?, in San Jose, California in the heart of Silicon Valley.

On July 7m 2008 Bret Harmen and family stopped by the 2nd floor of SPAS, more specifically to Tech Alley, with the purpose of meeting some of the faculty members. Unfortunately they only ran into one of them! Everything is going well for Bret and he mentioned that Jacob is a great little baby.

Imaging and Photo Technology Graduates Celebrate!

On May 24, 2008 the it was graduation day and several members of the senior class attended the graduation ceremonies. Among them were Elise Hubbard, Brian Elder, James Craven, Jarett Whetstone, Gillian Kovalcik and Greg Sharp. This was the smallest graduating class in several years but what they lacked in numbers they sure made up in terms of quality. Full time employment and graduate school are a certainty for some and objectives for others of these outstanding Tech grads from 2008.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T E C H G R A D U A T E S !

Imaging and Photo Technology students exhibit in 2008 SPAS Honor Show

On May 16, 2008 the annual SPAS Honors Show opened in the Photo Gallery and the work of several IPT students was accepted for inclusion in this prestigious end-of-year exhibition. On the left, "The Magician" a photograph by Aly Artusio-Glimpse and on the right "SAU Quad Polar Pano", an assembly by James Craven can be seen. Larger if you click on them! Also a collaborative lab report by Brian Gamm on "Analysis of Spatial Uniformity and Temporal Consistency for the Heidelberg Anicolor Inking System" was on display. James Craven's photography, in addition, was the recipient of two purchase awards totaling $300.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T E C H S !

TPSA and the joint SPIE Student Chapter holds Elections on May 16, 2008

On May 16, 2008 the Technical Photography Student Association and the joint students chapter of SPIE met to hold year-end election of officers for the coming year. Eric Evans the current president even managed to scrounge up a podium and a gavel to presidentially conduct the business of the day. Accompanied by the smell of fresh pizza the proceeding proceeded almost without a hitch. The new officers for the coming year include: Eric Evans as the returning president, Brian Zaczek as Treasurer, Jessica Scott as secretary and Bert Crawford as vice-president. There is also a TPSA webmaster and he is Eric Kirby.

Best wishes to these new officers and make sure you let your desires and interests for activities during the coming year known. Without your guidance they will be floundering in the dark. CONGRATULATIONS!!

TPSA / SPIE / DIPT Dinner Out on May 17, 2008

A bevy of students in the Imaging and Photographic Techology program went out for dinner on May 17, 2008 and enjoyed a scrumptuous italian "fete" along with heated conversation and amusing anecdotes with Eric Evans outdoing himself relating stories of urban survival techniques in the area of leftover nutritional items found scattered throughout the campus ... more or less. Plans for the summer and the future consumed another sub-set of the group. The students and faculty who attended were: Greg Sharp, Josh Zollweg, Eric Kerby, Chelsea Mcculley, Jarret Whetstone, Eric Evans, Jessica Scott, Cassi Fecho, Gillian Kovalcik, Chris Ubelacker, Andy Davidhazy, Terry Kessler, Nanette Salvaggio, Jacqueline Caci, Aaron Hendrickson, Nitin Sampat, Donna Sterlace, Bryan Zaczek, Shane Kearney, Aly Artusio-Glimpse

All in all a most successful end of the year event and one that portends great things to come from this group that at this occasion welcomed Josh Zollweg as a new transfer into the program.

Historical Photographic Processes course news

The students in the Historical Photographic Processes class recently took a break from their darkroom coating and printing [Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Albumen, Silver Salt Prints, Toning etc.] and visited the Conservation Lab at George Eastman House. Mark Osterman, an expert on collodion process and other historical imaging processes, provided an overview of their work and demonstrated some emulsion coating methods he's recently been working. In the photograph Dustin Haas, Nino Gordeladze, Rachel Unkle, Mark Osterman and Jessica Scott. Robert Crawford, Heather Meers, Doina Abukarma, Eddie Rodriguez, Aura Broida, Keila Martinez, Kathleen Swarthout and Jim McDade also crammed into the darkroom for the demonstration and discussion.

Afterwards, some of us gathered for a coffee down the street and Prof. Schwartz insisted on a photo. L to R, Jim McDade, Jessica Scott, Robert Crawford, Nino Gordeladze, Doina Abukarma, and Aura Broida. In the class, students learned about the origin of photographic processes, chemical sensitizers, coating methods, and the challenges of hand coating onto surfaces including glass, paper, wood, fabric and (new one) 'Stone Paper'. For more information contact Paul Schwartz email: paspph@rit.edu Student work will be exhibited in the main Lobby of Kodak Park Theater on the Ridge and also some spaces at RIT this summer.

Current students toiling in Optics, Jessica Roy drops in and Gillian Kovalcik receives Outstanding Undergraduate award!

On April 18, 2008 the roving reporter dropped in to the Dr. Ronald Francis Photo Chemistry Lab and found several students from the Photographic Optics class toiling away on optical benches under the direction of Mr. Leo O'Neill. From the left: Shane Kearney lines up a collimator, then Aly Artusio-Glimpse and Jacqui Caci try to bring light to a focus, then Aly with Prof. O'Neil review image extension, and finally Shane and Brian Gamm attempt aligning a mock-up of a Galilean telescope. In the evening they will try to spot the moons of Jupiter much like Galileo did.

On Satrudrday April 19, Jessica Roy and her friend Brian dropped in on their way to Niagara Falls and possibly for a ride on the Maid of the Mist that takes visitors almost to the very edge of the famous waterfall. This is an experience not to be missed!. Jess was taking Brian to Tech Alley and impress him with the area's decor and liveability quality. She said that both she and Yu Tak are doing well at Spencer Labs in Melville, NY. Jessica shares a house with 3 guys in case you were wondering. Holds the rent to a manageable level for all.

Gillian Kovalcik received an Ouststandinng Undergraduate Scholarship from the Institute on April 10, 2008. To receive this award a student must achieve a GPA of at least 3.85 over a 125 credit hour span. Gillian is graduate from Chantilly (Vt.) High School, Gillian is majoring in imaging and Photographic Technology. Her awards include RIT the Presidential and the Dr. Ronald Francis scholarships. Gillian has volunteered at a local retirement center and at Goodwill. Gillian is currently employed at Event Rentals in Chantilly as a Web developer She is involved in intramural sports including soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and dodge ball. She is planning to attend graduate school and find a job in which she can further develop her imaging and photographic technology skills.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S Gillian!

TPSA/SPIE Bawling Night Out

On March 26, 2008 memebrs of TPSA and the joint student chapter of SPIE went out for a night of bowling at Olympic Bowl just down the road apiece. Attendace at the event exceeded all expectations. Let's see ... Elisa, Chelsea, Cassie, Gillian, Nino, Jessica, Bert, Greg, Chris, James, Brian, Eric plus Nanette & son and Andy were seen performing at various levels of achievement on the lanes. High scorer, of course, was Cassie who we learned later is nothing short of a pro. Gillian Kovaleik A graduate from Chantilly (VA.) High School, Gillian is majoring in imaging and Photographic Technology. Her awards include RIT Presidential and Dr. Ronald Francis scholarships. Gillian has volunteered at a local retirement center and at Goodwill. Gillian is currently employed at Event Rentals in Chantilly as a Web developer She is involved in intramural sports including soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and dodge ball. She is planning to attend graduate school and find a job in which she can further develop her imaging and photographic technology skills.

More grads drop in for a visit and one sends news

From time to time grduates of the Tech program drop in for a visit. Raymond Fredricks was in the vicinity while working in Syracuse and decided to drive up to Rochester and sit-in on a Special Effects course in the evening. He obviously wanted to feel like he was in class again! Raymond has been photographing all kinds of things but concentrates on people.

Bruce Butkus and girlfriend Kristen dropped in during their Easter break. They are both working in the Philadelphia area. Bruce is with Edmund Optics and he brought his newly "remodeled" Canon Digital Rebel Xti modified to photograph by infrared and also ultraviolet. Carl Smith, who is completing a graduate program in CIS next door, joined us for brunch at IHop nearby. Tracey Kear, who used to work at Kodak is now with Noritsu and her area includes Northern California and Nevada. Who can ask for better scenery than that!?

And on Career Day around March 26th, Imaging and Photo Tech grad Lindsey Brady came to town to attend as a recruiter for Canon USA. She had also been at PMA but this time we managed to get a photograph of her at the Canon booth. A Hershey bar to whoever detects an alteration to this photograph! ;)

Grads with children older and younger plus one not yet!

Here are photographs sent by several grads of the Tech program testifying to the fact that there is more to life than just hard work! Bret Harmen and wife sent a photograph of their son Jacob who must be about 6 months now (?), David Gallagher is doing well in Atlanta and now is the proud dad of three young uns, Melanie Niles and her husband are delighed with their twins and Kevin Lesnewski and Ann stopped by Tech Alley with their son Benjamin who is a junior in HS and starting to look at colleges. Kevin is now in a new field but doing well in New Jersey next to the Water Gap. Lindsay Sarget dropped in on business from Washington, DC where she is doing important work plus she is a member of the Delaware Rowing Club. Not much else we could talk about, although we reminisced about her stint with the Hubble Team and JPL and smiled ... laughed a bit in retrospect. She is as smiley and happy as ever.

Prof. Steve Diehl at Nymphest 2008

Steve Diehl reports that he and his wife just returned from making a presentation at Nymphfest 2008 in Athol, MA before a regional meeting of the Dragonfly Society of America. They lectured on and demonstrated using a flatbed scanner as a camera to image dragonflies, damselflies, and the "exuviae" or skins of the nymph stages of Odonates. The image here is a photo of an Aeshna exuvia.

Tech alumni meet at PMA reception in Las Vegas and lose their shirts!

Several graduates of the Imaging and Photographic Technology program visited the National Convention of the Photo Marketing Association as representatives of various companies who had exhibits on the convention floor. At the alumni reception hosted by RIT these grads came together and shared successes and "war" stories among each other.

Sara Arnold, who is at Kodak was there and is seen in this picture at the left. Next to her is you-know-who and the tall dude is Bret Harmen who is Photo Summit in New Jersey. Next is bubbly Joanne Kirwin who works for FujiFilm and on the right is Taek Gyu Kim who is with Hewlett-Packard in San Diego. Another grad who missed the photo op was Lindsey Brady, who after finishing an MBA in theSchool of Business at RIT, went back to her coop employer while she was doing her BS degree and now works for Canon USA. She said that Techs students would probably be in demand at Canon in the future.

Tech students build an LSD synchronizer

Students enrolled in the senior level Photoinstrumentation course are seen here assembling a Light, Spound and Dark activated synchronizer that also can function as an intervalometer. Similar commercial devices cost somewhere between $500 and $1,500. The students make their own printed circuit boards and go on a shopping spree to obtain the necessary components and then put it all together into a (hopefully) functional unit. This particular project is a project that Photoinstruentation graduates have usually proudly displayed on their shelves but hardly ever use!! But it should bring back memories for grads and provide a significant experience for current Tech students.

Hard at work are Chelsea McCulley, Jake Blumenfeld, Cassandra Fecho, James Craven and Eric Kerby. The class only had 8 students enrolled so it was a pretty "homey" situation!

For those interested there is an article describing the circuit and its application for photographing the splash of water drops on a surface and barn swallows in flight as they return to their nests at the following links: Birds in flight and Photography of splashes.

Tech graduates from 2007 and their employment / study status

Here is a picture of the current status of last May's graduates of the Imaging and Photographic Technology program. We don't have final data on everyone but this will give you an appreciation for the scope of post graduation activities that Tech students pursue. As can be seen from the companies and schools where these graduates continued their education or started their professional lives, the scope is varied. From high speed photography at Harley Davidson to color quality and measurement at Spencer Labs and NASA photographer at Johnson Space Center and graduate school here at RIT, the Tech Photo graduates choose from a wide variety of options. You can see a listing of all graduates of the Tech program at: IPT GRADUATES.

Jason Babcock drops in and Evans & Craven team up for contest

Imaging and Photographic Technology graduate Jason Babcock dropped in to visit on January 19th and brought his wife Jillian along to check out Tech Alley and the high speed lab. Jason is involved in a number of projects and has continued to develop and refine various projects he started while a student (such as video-based panoramic photography). Jillian is a photo editor for Road Runner magazine in NYC.

On January 19th the MAC Group organized a photo contest at school where teams of 2 students competed against each other to solve a visual assignment in as creative and effective a fashion as possible. The theme was PSYCHO!. James Craven was the photographer of the Tech duo while Eric Evans played the part of the psychotic clown juggling a bowling ball, a soft rabbit doll and a machete. While they did not place among the winners they had much fun and we are happy to report that no arms or legs were slashed or injured in the process!

Tech students mixing D-72 from scratch

Imaging and Photographic Technology students Jacqui Caci, Noah Cohen and Aly Artusio-Glimpse are shown here getting the ingredients ready to prpepare a batch of D-72 developer. This is gettinmg to be a very unusual experience as the digital revolution is poised to swamp chemistry out of the curriculum. But most of the the IPT faculty feel that all this means is that the few remining individuals with knowledge of photographic chemistry will be able to garner that much greater interest and salaries! The course is being taught by Paul Schwartz who is retired from the Eastman Kodak Company. Paul also teaches the Historic Photographic Processes course.

Tech students visit Corning Glass Works

Several Imaging and Photographic Technology students visited the Corning Museum of Glass along with Prof Nitin Sampat. The Museum is located about 100 miles southeast of Rochester and it is a visit that everyone interestd in optics should make at some time in their career. Kirsten, Jillian, Nathan and Nino got to see some landmark items from the collection including several microscopes, and telescopes including a giant blank or pattern for the Hale telescope (similar to the one more recently used for the Hubble telescope) and learned about the technology of fiber optics and their application. They also had fun looking at their distorted reflection from an irregularly shaped mirror.

Recent News from graduates!!!

Akira Hasegawa, Imaging and Photo Technology grad from 1993, was married in Avon, NY to Carolina on September 15, 2007. Past and present faculty from the Tech department attended the ceremony. Noteworthy among the wedding party was our very own Dr. Russell Kraus who is enjoying retirement in the Las Cruces area in New Mexico. The wedding was an affair not to be forgotten. Carolina and Akira were dressed in traditional Japanese dress for thewedding ceremony. But once the dancing started they wisely changed into something more comfortable! Akira is working for Kyoto Computer Gakuin a family owned private Computer Training Junior College in Japan.

John McCartney, '06, dropped in to Tech Aly around October 10, 2007. Why you might ask? Well, just to say hello and to lead a tour of the Tech digs for his buddy Rob Drury who is a Film/Video student here. John says he is doing very well and likes his job at Edmund Optics in Barrington, NJ (near Philadelphia).

Similarly, Scott Bogart, '00, droped in briefly to chat with anyone on the floor and spent time with Prof. Glenn Miller sharing as many details as he could with us but given his employment this was mostly summarized by: "Things are going great!" We were glad to see him here although his primary interest was connecting with Prof. Doug Rea about some concern having to do with digital photography.

2007 Imaging and Photo Tech Fall Brunch

[Tech brunch in Honeoye Falls on Sept 09, 2007]

In spite of a steady drizzle that sometimes seemed more like a downpour, 10 Imaging and Photographic Technology students dared the weather and drove south a few miles for a late Sunday brunch. The 11 am start time sat well with their schedule as most had been up way late the night before and this allowed them a chance to sleep in.

The brunch was a three course affair starting with orange juice and copious amounts of bacon and scrambled eggs followed by all-you-could-eat french toast and topped off with a totally french crepe suzette all washed down with an unlimited supply of milk and coffee. Later the group went outside, visited Bee and Tote in their barn and then played bocci ball in the rain. This was followed by animated conversation in the garage mostly about Eric's surplus depot. We'll have to do this again sometime, eh?

As always, click on the thumbnail image above to see it in a larger version.

Michael Klayman, '99, has some good news to share from sunny San Diego!

[Michael Klayman and Heather on July 8, 2007]

Hi, I've been meaning to send an update. I got married on July 8th! Heather and I had a great honeymoon in Monterey and we are enjoying our new blenders and cookware. I've attached a picture, and you can find more at: http://picasaweb.google.com/michaelklayman

Work is good; I've spent the past 18 months at Filmetrics, a thin-film measurement company in San Diego. It's not very photographic in nature but our primary technology uses white light interferometry, so I can still use some things I learned at RIT. As the technical sales manager, I have to sound smart enough to convince CEOs and PhDs to buy our systems, which requires some technical knowledge about different industries such as semiconductor, ophthalmic coatings, biomedical devices, etc. and a lot of report writing. It's always a pleasure to hear from you and the RIT folks!
Michael Klayman

Graduation 2007

Graduation 2007 and another bunch of Imaging and Photographic Technology students received their diplomas and started out on a new chapter in their professional lives. Some are going on to work at corporations nationwide, such as InDyne (a contractor for NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston that provides imaging services), SpencerLab in Melville, NY, Harley Davidson in Milwaukee, and ITT in Rochester, while some are considering other opportunities and a couple are going on to graduate school both at RIT and elsewhere.
For a fairly complete listing of where the ALL the graduates of the Tech program are working, their positions and their email addresses visit GRADJOBS .

Historic Photographic Processes News

[Historic Photo Processes - Elisa Hubbard]

The students in the Historic Photographic Processes course this last Spring quarter, delivered by Adjunct Porfessor Paul Schwartz, visited the George Eastman House as guests of Mark Osterman, an expert on wet collodion and other esoteric and historical imaging processes. In the photograph you can see Mark Osterman, James Craven, Elisa Hunbbard, Jessica Scott, Greg Sharp, Gillian Kowalcik, Chelsea McCulley, and Prof. Paul Schwartz. In the class the students laerned about a range of processes [Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Albumen or Silver Salt Prints], coating methods, and hand coated-onto surfaces including paper, wood, glass or fabric. Ultimately they were also invited to exhibit their photographs in the Eastman Kodak headquarters lobby.

Anthony Tanbakuchi drops in for a visit

Anthony Tanbakuchi, who graduated from the Tech program a couple of years ago and is now finishing up his PhD at the University of Arizona attended a local conference on optics and took the opportunity to visit the department and shared some of his experiences with faculty and students. He has made significant strides in completing his education and showed us a design for a new endoscopic lens that he designed and is trying to find a manufacturer for. He also shared that he is doing some teaching in Tucson and is enjoying it and is considering a teaching career possibly. Currently he teaches calculus part-time at a local community college. He also brought news about Prof. Emeritus Rus Kraus and reports that he is doing well and considering teaching literature in Las Cruces, NM, where he has retired.

Imaging and Photo Technology Annual Dinner Out Big Success

The annual Tech's Dinner out took place on May 11, 2007 and drew one the largest group of Tech students to such an event in recent history. From 1st year to 4th year, 20 students along with 6 faculty and staff members attended the gathering at Michelina's italian restaurant on West Henrietta Road. They were treated to three different entrees, from stuffed shells to chicken french and scrumptious deserts the food and the service were excellent. Everyone enjoyed the chance to chat and share experiences and plan for the future as well as review some of the more hilarious experiences of the past year.

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Another 1st year student work exhibit

The students in Prof. Steve Diehl's Imaging and Photographic Technology Photography I course are exhibiting the results of their latest assignment which centered on "The Formal Portrait". The collection is being shown on a 2nd floor hallway bulletin board which the students prepared for this exhibition. Students not only had to execute the photographs but also recruit models and provide them afterwards with 1st class prints as compensation for their collaboration. The assignment was completed with digital cameras encompassing small and medium format models. Most students have their own DSLRs and the medium format cameras were borrowed from the "cage". As soon as possible we'll get a listing of authors to go along with the images. CONGRATULATIONS FROSH!

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Edmund Optics Imaging Challenge BIG success again!

Tech grads Jessica Gehlhar and Bruce Butkus came to Tech Alley again this year bringing with them the Edmund Optics Imaging Challenge. Four Tech students participated as speakers and several more, including four members of the faculty, attended as part of the audience and as guests to the pizza lunch also provided by Edmund. Eric Evans spoke on the general topic of reverse engineering a medical 35 and 16mm medical projector, Jonathan Winkle on a comparison between a regular McBeth projector and a "home made" one, Greg Sharp's presentation centered on improvised methods for shadowgraph and schlieren photography and James Craven on the technique of 360 degree holography. The judges were so impressed with the presentations that they decided to award prizes to all speakers with Greg Sharp being awarded the top prize.

After the presentations the group assembled in Tech Alley for some chit-chat around a sheet pizza from Salavtore's and Jessica and Bruce esconced themselves in an office and conducted interviews for a possible coop/internship at Edmund this summer. Needles to say it was a GREAT event and one we hope Edmund Optics will continue to support in years to come! Thank you Jessica, Bruce and all the attendees to this event!

News from the Pacific Northwest

It was a pleasant surprise to hear from Michelle Hill and other Tech grads who are living in Seattle. During this reporter's stay in the northwest hopefully it will be possible to connect with the rest of the gang here. Michelle met with me at Espresso Vivace Roasteria located on Capitol Hill near where I am staying for the next few months. We had a great time gossiping about anything and everything! Michelle herself has recently switched jobs and whereas before she was working for software ginat Adobe she is now working still in the software area but for a smaller company of about 25 people called The Omni Group and her official title there is Software Test Pilot!!. She says that the company has a very informal work environment and that they even provide breakfast, lunch and dinner for the employees right on the premises. It is amazing what a small company can do to boost empoyee morale and contribute to a creative workplace!

More recently Rick Tuttle and his bride Patti also dropped by and we spent some time getting updated on his current activities in Walla Walla, WA. Also Jeff Myers dropped by and we had pizza at Romio's pizza place near lake Union and the UofW. It was pretty good pizza! Jeff, besides running a couple of personal enterprises, one related to sales of motor scooters (both gas powered and electric ones!) is working at Tectura in Seattle, has a house a bit south of Seattle, is married and has two lovely daughters.

Also heard from Mary Webb who is working for Microsoft and also from Trent and Paula Siegel. Unfortunately we were not able to meet in person this time. Maybe next time I drop in to Seattle in December 2007!

Recent visitors and updates

Early October brought several graduates from 1986 back to the department and also several updates in the form of emails received. To begin with, Raymond Fredricks came in for the Brick City event (Homecoming) for his 20th class reunion. He has migrated to Information Technology in terms of his work-related activities. He is at the USDA in Montpelier, Vermont as IT Computer Specialist after working at Patuxent Naval Air Test Center in Virginia as as Photographic Technologist doing weapons tests. Ray was heavily involved in photoinstrumentation at Patuxent but felt this move to IT was one that would lead to more personal opportunities for him. He is not the only Tech who has migrated in this direction.

Conor Kelly, '02, and Elizabeth Martin, '04, checked in to visit Tech Alley and to relate that Conor, after completing a MS degree, was now working in Corvallis, Oregon for Hewlett Packard as a Research Engineer and that Elizabeth, who had been working for Xerox was on her way to the west coast and joining another firm whose name honestly escapes me at this moment but maybe somebody who reads this can "enlighten" me as to the details.

Brian True has also migrated out of the strictly imaging industry and is now working in the area of commercial real estate sales. He was in town showing his nephew the faciltities in the School of Design. Brian did not look a day older than when he graduated in '88!.

A note came in from Ivan Latanision who along with Staceyann Smith graduated in 1990 from the Tech program. They married and now Ivan says: Staceyann is with Altria (Nabisco's parent company) working as a project manager in the global networking group. I am currently Chief Technology Officer at SourceMedia, a publishing company in NYC that focuses on the fincial services indistry. We have 2 daily newspapers, 45 magazines, 60 web sites, 50 software products, directories and a large conference division. We had a daughter Zoe, she's now 20 months old (picture attached). Fortunately she looks more like Staceyann than me :)" Here at IPT News we "love" baby pictures and thought you all would enjoy seeing this little cutie!.

And this note in from Lisa deBettencourt: "Chris and I are thrilled to announce that Tristan Avery Caldwell was born on Saturday, October 14th at 7:36am. 18 days past due, he was 8lbs, 6oz and 20" long. We're all at home now getting to know one another and enjoying the land of dirty diapers, spit up, and 2am feedings. We have also officially relenquished our identities and have taken on the new title of "Tristan's parents". =) ~Lisa and Chris"

CONGRATULATIONS you all from the "gang" at RIT!

Start of 2006 year tidbits

The year got off to a grand start with several frosh attening the gala Tech Frosh Dinner Out with DIPT faculty. Max Zaczek, Tom Yang, Jacquie Allen and Lauren Muraco along with Nanette Salvaggio, Glenn Miller, Donna Sterlace and Andy Davidhazy went out to dinner at the Roadhouse Barbecue followed by scrumptuous deserts at Friendly's. See an enlarged version of the "candid" photos taken at the restaurants by clicking on the thumbnail version.

Prof. Glenn Miller has these news to share: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL Polland, 8 lbs. 6 oz., 21 inches long, was born TUESDAY, September 5, 2006 at Strong Hospital, Rochester, NY to my youngest daughter BETH and husband MICHAEL Polland - their first little one and our 3rd grandson! CONGRATULATIONS Glenn!

A brief message came in from Iris Sprow who is apparently not only working on exciting and challenging projects related to color at Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research in the field of media technology but is also finding that she has some free time to enjoy the Alps and the surrounding countryside. She says: "The end of September I'm going to Photokina in Cologne - are you going to be there? It'd be cool to meet up! Let me know. In the attachment are two recent pics, one was on a hike (it was exhausting!!) the other one last night at a party at the Landesmuseum". Sounds like a grand idea! Maybe TPSA will organize a field trip to Photokina this year!

On Sept. 29 Mike Caputo, '86, who has been with the University of Vermont School of Medicine for many years, passed through town on his way to a new position at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis where he will be Assistant Dean & Chief Information Officer, heading up Central Information Technology Services. He stopped by Tech Alley and shared some details about his new position. Mike has fond memories of his years here and states that one of the most important aspects of the Tech program that helped him succeed in his career was the "problem solving" experiences incorporated in most courses and the Digital Imaging background he acquired from Dr. Rus Kraus.

Around the same time Perry Farr also sent a very nice note updating his whereabouts: Hello Andy: It's been a long time, way too long. I wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you and have always valued what you taught me at RIT. Sure I have not had a chance to shoot a rifle inside a building or launch a rocket inside a classroom....but you taught me how to think in a non-textbook way and how to get your job done. My fondest memories of RIT are of your night classes, minus the snow and lack of women on campus! I hope to keep in better contact with you in the future and wish you all the best. You deserve it. I have attached a picture of my daughters to show you that I can still take a photo..... Perry
Perry Farr, Production Solutions Executive, Atlantic Coastal Customer Operations, Xerox Corp., Greenville SC

Carrie Johnson stopped in for a brief visit on Sept. 11 and brought along her significant other, Tom. She seems to have found her niche in the beading world after working for Kodak and Fuji in the, what now seems distant past. She has won beading competitions and is now in charge of beading classes offered by Accents Beads in Rockville, MD. Next to her photograph with Prof. Miller is Flow Blue, an example of one of her award-winning beading pieces.

Vincent Reich, who works at the Imaging and Photographic Technology department at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH, dropped in to check out Tech Alley and to just say hi. He continues to work providing high speed and thermographic imaging support there along with other specialty photoinstrumentation services.

John Grimm, who has been working at Eastman Kodak Company in the area of color applications while also going for a MS in Computer Science here at RIT, has decided to accept an offer from HP in Boise, Idaho, and move with his family out there. He says "Boise rocks!".

GRADUATION 2006

Graduation 2006 news and photographs are yet to be compiled into a meaningful report but to get going here is a listing of all those that attended the IPT graduation on May 25, 2006. If anyone in these photographs would like to get the original camera image files just drop me a line. Hopefully more text to come in the very near future.

Several Imaging and Photo Tech graduates drop in for a brief look-see!

[David Mersfelder and Steve Tardiff in 2006]

In the last few months or weeks several graduates of the Tech program dropped in to see if all was well in the old homestead. They were all astonished at the few changes that have taken place in Tech Alley and the huge changes that have taken place on campus. In town for a spring Job Fair at RIT where he came as an interviewer, Eric Sciacca is working at Goodrich Corporation in Massachusetts in the general field of remote sensing.

Iris Sprow came to town for a visit essentially since she had a few days off from work in picturesque Switzerland where she works in the area of color science.

Michelle Hill was in town for a seminar (I think) and when she dropped in to see us I immediately hit her up for a brief presentation to current Tech students in the Survey of Nonconventional Imaging. She is doing well at Adobe Corporation in Seatle, WA working specifically with their InDesign product.

David Mersfelder who is working at Harley Davidson Corporation in Wisconsin doing all manner of testing on their products including crash tests and part performance studies with high speed and other instrumentation, was on a job in Buffalo but included Rochester in his itinerary so he could meet with a current student, Steve Tardiff, who will be joining David as a coop student for the summer and fall quarters of 2006.

32nd Annual TPSA/SPIE/IPT Barbecue Rocks in Kodak Quad!

On Saturday April 22, 2006 the Technical Photography Student Association in conjunction with the joint student chapter of SPIE and the Imaging and Photographic Technology department organized another one of their tradionally spectacular Tech barbecues. This one was held in the Eastman Kodak Quad, just outside the school's building (the Gannett building!) and the occasion was blessed with a sunny and warm spring afternoon. I mention this because it rained in the morning and in the evening. Temperatures were in the mid 60s and abundant sunshine marked the occasion. Several Tech faculty were also in attendance. The barbecue went off without a hitch with juicy sirloin burgers topped with a special barbecue sauce and plump Rochester made hot-dogs the prime culinary attractions.

A spirited game of bocci ball provided much needed physical exercise to a few while the rest vegged out under the awning of building 7. VIP alumni also joined the festivities with Carl Smith dropping in.

The highlight of the afternoon was the raffle that was held where the winner, first year student Brian Gamm, took home with him a vintage Exacta camera and lesser prizes were won by several other Tech students. But probably what most will remember are the commraderie shared by the group and the desert that everyone savored, namely yum yum Klondike ice cream bars!

Edmund Optics Imaging Challenge Big Success!

The Edmund Optics Corp. Imaging Challenge presentations were made on March 30, 2006 in response to an opportunity made available to Imaging and Photographic Technology students to engage in an optics related project of their choice and to present their report to a group of fellow students and faculty in the department. The winner of the top prize consisting of a $500 cheque was YuTak Kwok whose paper centered on determination of resolution capability of film and digital cameras. Natalie Sinisgalli, whose paper dealt with identification through remote sensing of constitutents in a gas exhaust plume and Ariel Schlamm, whose paper was about perception of the color of blue sky, each received a cheque for $250. After the presentations all the students in the department were treated to a dinner out (but in Tech Alley) made up of Buffalo chicken wings and Thai dishes plus decadent chocolate and carrot cakes from Wegmans. A veritable throng of over 20 Tech students and faculty attended the event. A great time was had by all! Thank you Edmund Optics!

CONGRATULATIONS to one an all and we hope to see you again next year!
Jessica Gehlhar, IPT '04, and Bruce Butkus, IPT '05) Edmund Optics.

Melanie and Mike Niles welcome twins!!

Dateline: Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Breaking News! Samantha Kate Niles was born at 2:52pm at 5lbs. 3 oz. Sydney Grace Nileswas born at 3:03pm at 4lbs. 10 oz. at Sequoia Hospital. Sam & Syd were transferred to Stanford NICU and are making steady progress for an early release home. Drop in to their website at http://www.babyhomepages.net/nilestwins/index.php to see the latest photographs and updates on the girls and proud mom and dad! Their latest update, dated Feb 24, states: Feb 24 ~ Samantha & Sydney are doing great. They are taking almost all of their feeds by bottle. They've both gained weight. Sam is 5lb3oz and Syd is 4lb10oz - back up to their birth weight! (It's common for babies to lose weight the first week or so. It's a big accomplishment to reach this goal).
CONGRATULATIONS Melanie and Mike!

Tech students celebrate end of Winter quarter by dining out!

On Feb 17, 2006, a large group of Tech students went out for dinner as guests of Dr. Les Stroebel (emeritus) who is currently residing in Florida enjoying the winter season there. 24 students and faculty members participated in this special event at the Yangtze Asian Restaurant and Bistro up Jefferson road apice. The event was marked by an enthusiastic, rowdy and voracious bunch of apparently starved students as the restaurant owner was blindsided by the humungous amounts of food consumed by the group. He mentioned that he lost money on the deal! And several students went back for 5ths! Escorting the students were several Tech faculty and staff members. Profs. Thomas Yeh, Paul Schwartz, Glenn Miller, Nanette Salvaggio, Andrew Davidhazy and Donna Sterlace comprised the "grown ups". Lots of embellished stories circulated around the table and creative photography was practiced by Jessica and Jennifer under the careful supervision of Cassie. Prof. Salvaggio brought us up-to-date on how she met her husband many years ago and Prof. Miller kept the group enthralled with stories about ... would you guess ... color!

A GREAT time was had by all. Thank you Dr. Stroebel for making this dinner out possible.

News from here and there

Jennifer (Governali) Tonelli, dropped in to Tech Alley recently along with her husband Rino. She said: "We were married on April 7, and we spent the 1st week travelling on Kaui. We took a boat trip to the NaPali coast. There were 14 foot ocean swells! Most of the boat was sick except for Rino and I. We did some snorkeling in too cold of water for my taste! But I swam with a sea turtle! The second week was on the big Island of Hawaii. We hiked the volcano national park and stood about 1 foot from hot flowing lava. That was spectacular. I'll send you some of those photos. That was well worth the 7 mile roundtrip hike! I swam with more sea turtles - which outside of getting married was a great thrill for a city chick like me. Also, we rented jeeps while on the islands.....I now own one! Couldn't resist. It takes me back everytime I drive it!

The pic of us on the beach is the famouse NaPali coast behind us. Can't get there by anything but air or boat. Jurassic Park was filmed there. Jennifer

Brian True, currently in commercial real estate business but still dabbling in forensic applications of imaging, stopped by and syas that things are going quite well for him and his family.

Joanne Kirwin and Chuck Torzilli dropped by the school's booth at the PhotoExpo Plus in New York city last month and both are doing well. Joanne at Fuji where she works in the area of environmental protection issues and Chuck is still with Symbol Technology, a company that is among the major players in scanning (like barcodes, etc.) systems. They took me out to McSorley's bar in New York City and it was a memorable occasion.

Mike Kinnear was in town for a seminar at which his company's (Latran) products (ablation proofing materials I seem to reacll) were being used and he came to make sure that everything would go to perfection!

Todd Minnigh dropped in and gave a presentation to the TPSA/SPIE student organization. He is now respnsible for global marketing of CR (Computed Radiography) products for the Eastman Kodak Company. He told us about his professional career and how it started with the Tech program. He worked for Agfa, Fuji, Philips and is now quite successful at the Eastman Kodak Company.

On Friday Nov. 04, 2005, a gaggle of Techs assaulted Tinseltown and experienced first hand the thrill of virtual moon dust being blown in their face in this 3D version of the landing and initial exploration of the lunar surface by earthlings. Attending this TPSA/SPIE sponsored and subsidized event were, from left to right, Eric Kerby, Carl Smith, Jarrett Whetstone, Collin Becker, Rob Mays, Greg Sharp, Elisa Hubbard, Steve Tardiff, Yu Tak Kwok, ZZ, Nick Cox, Jonathan Winkle, Andy and the photographer, Ariel Schlamm. Will someone help me straighten out the names???

And Iris Sprow wrote a most enlightening letter to Glenn Miller about her life in Switzerland. She said: "hi Glenn! how are you? I'm just sitting at work, trying to stay up while looking through the statistics of our psycho visual experiments. :-) I remember doing this with you at some point. It's nice being back in Europe, this weekend I drove up to visit my family, it's just a 2.5 hour ride. I get to know more people which makes life much better. 2 weeks ago I went hiking with a couple of people, it was wonderful! (As you can see from the enclosed photograph) And exhausting, I'm not used to hiking up such hight mountains yet! Work is good, I learn a lot and I'm reading lots of related material. Which I like, it still sometimes feels like college a little bit, that way. I miss taking classes, I'm thinking about working towards a master's degree. On fridays I usually go to the ETH, the universtiy in Zurich. My boss is giving a lecture there (digital publishing) so that's at least something. But I'm just lecturing it, I'm not enrolled or anything. My collegues have already checked what Sabine Susstrunk's departmentÊis offering in Lausanne. That would be something what I'd be interested in. I'll have to see what comes out of it,...EPFL is a few hours away from Zurich. Well, I gotta go and look at some light source distribution curves. Isn't it funny, it really is M&P all over again. ahhh, hahaha. I hope all is well with you. I'd be glad to hear back from you! have a nice day! iris"

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