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The College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University is honoring alumni from the college’s academic departments, who have distinguished themselves during their careers and in service to the university, by selecting them as their 2014 Distinguished Alumni.

The names, degree programs, year of graduation and current positions and city/state for each of this year’s Distinguished Alumni are as follows:

• Dr. Mohammad F. Kiani, biomedical engineering, 1987 – Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa.
• Dr. Brandon Lane Phillips, chemistry, 2000 – Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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• John William ‘Billy’ Moore, civil engineering, 1972 – Project Engineer with Cardno TBE Group in Shreveport, La.
• William Wayne ‘Bill’ Seaman, computer science, 1970 – Owner of W.W. Seamans & Associates in Huntington, Conn.
• Kenneth Lynn ‘Ken’ Ward, construction engineering technology, 1995 – Project Manager for Caddo Parish Public Works in Shreveport, La.
• Timothy Mark ‘Tim’ Lazaroe, electrical engineering technology, 1990 – Manager and Owner of RV Cams in Baton Rouge, La.
• Elizabeth M. Taylor, industrial engineering, 2001 – Group Leader for NASA’s International Space Station Environmental & Thermal Operating Systems in Houston, Texas.
• Oscar Kemper ‘Jack’ Pickels, Jr., mechanical engineering, 1957 – Professor of Graduate Courses for SMU’s Engineering Management Program in Dallas, Texas.
• Elam Charles ‘Bud’ Frye, Jr., physics, 1959 – Owner of Frye International in Longview, Texas.
• Ronald Hobart ‘Ron’ Thompson, Sr., science education, 1961 – Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La.
• Dr. Robert Howard ‘Bob’ Newell, Ph.D., electrical engineering, 1954 – Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La.
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Dr. Hisham Hegab, interim dean of the College of Engineering and Science, says these alumni are examples of what students enrolled today can achieve with their engineering and science degrees.

“These alumni have left Louisiana Tech and demonstrated what can be accomplished with a degree from one of our programs,” said Hegab.  “Our current students can study their successes and use them as role models for what they can accomplish after graduation.”

Louisiana Tech’s College of Engineering and Science offers 14 degree programs which include new offerings in nanosystems engineering and cyber engineering. Written by Catherine Fraser – cfraser@latech.edu