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Mark I. Austin, P.E. (B.S. Civil Engineering, \u201893) has been appointed as a municipal engineer for Hamden<\/a>, CT.\u00a0 Most recently, Austin served as the director of public works for Southbury, CT and, previously, the town of Bristol, CT as both a civil and environmental engineer.\u00a0 A member of the Connecticut Society of Professional Engineers for 22 years, he earned a Masters of Public Administration at Norwich University in 2012.<\/p>\n Ada Liz Gabancho-Soto (B.S. Environmental Engineering, \u201814) recently joined the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC)<\/a> as a conservation crew leader.\u00a0 \u00a0VYCC is a statewide nonprofit organization serving youth ages 16-24.\u00a0 This summer, Gabancho-Soto is leading local teens restoring historical trails at the Gettysburg Quarry in the Dorset Town Forest.\u00a0 Prior to joining VYCC, she was a Long Island Sound Water Quality Communication GLOBE Intern at The Nature Conservancy.<\/p>\n Lise Moloney (B.S. Chemical Engineering, \u201997), Director of Business Development at Sciessent, LLC<\/a>, recently had an article<\/a> published in Med Device Online, a resource for manufacturers involved in medical device design.\u00a0 In her commentary, \u201c5 Antimicrobial-Related Trends In Medical Device Design,\u201d Moloney explores the factors driving healthcare providers to compel medical device manufacturers and other suppliers to share liability for high hospital infection rates.\u00a0 Prior to joining Sciessent in 2011, she was a group leader for advanced technology at Covidien.<\/p>\n Jim R. Nichols (M.S. Environmental Engineering, \u201894) was selected as city manager for Des Moines<\/a>, Washington.\u00a0 He previously served as county manager of Douglas County in Nevada, Las Vegas deputy city manager, and assistant city manager in Midland, Texas.\u00a0 Nichols has more than 17 years\u2019 experience in local government management with expertise in public works, engineering, public safety, community services, parks and recreation and capital improvement programs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Memorium<\/em><\/p>\n Edward C. Keough, Sr. (B.S. Electrical Engineering, \u201956) of Sandy Hook passed away July 16, 2016 <\/a>at his home.\u00a0 His career spanned over 50 years beginning at CT-based Burndy Electrical Products. Other corporate roles moved his family up and down the east coast before returning to CT, spending 30 years in Wilton.\u00a0 Keough retired from Keough\u2019s Paint and Hardware, the business he and his wife founded in 1972 and now owned by their youngest son.\u00a0 He was 83.<\/p>\n Daniel A. Lehn (B.S. Chemical Engineering, \u201981) of North Liberty, Iowa, died on July 19, 2016 following a vehicular accident<\/a>.\u00a0 Lehn was a professor of psychology at Coe College and also served as associate dean of the faculty. \u00a0He had been with Coe since 1993.\u00a0 Lehn attended high school in Fairfield, Connecticut and earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology at Dartmouth College in 1993. 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