{"id":23504,"date":"2017-04-06T14:21:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=23504"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:20:00","slug":"alumni-news-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/04\/alumni-news-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&gt;Roland Boucher (B.S. Electrical Engineering, \u201954) authored a paper entitled, \u201cThe Pendulum and Standards of Measure in the Ancient World,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.callabmag.com\/the-pendulum-and-standards-of-measure-in-the-ancient-world\/\">published<\/a> in the January 17 issue of <em>Cal Lab Magazine<\/em>, a quarterly publication that covers measurement science and instrument calibration for managers, engineers, and technicians.\u00a0 In the article, Boucher describes how coherent measurement systems were in place 5000 years before the metric system and how Queen Elizabeth decided to mix and match to create the current \u201cEnglish\u201d measurement system.<\/p>\n<p>Allison Burch, P.E. (B.S. Civil Engineering, \u201902) has been appointed to serve a three-year term as a director on the board at the American Eagle Financial Credit Union, the largest community credit union in Connecticut.\u00a0 Joining the credit union as a volunteer in 2009, Burch has served as an associate director since 2012, and is currently chair of the Supervisory Committee.\u00a0 She is a Transportation Engineer in the Asset Management Group at the Connecticut Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>David Robitaille (B.S. Chemical Engineering, \u201912) has been named Global Marketing Manager, Oligomers &amp; Coatings,\u00a0 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dymax.com\/\">Dymax Corporation<\/a>, a leading manufacturer of advanced light-curable adhesives, coatings, oligomers, light-curing equipment, and fluid dispense systems that work together to optimize assembly processes.\u00a0 After graduating UConn, Robitaille joined DuPont where he served in various positions until joining Dymax in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Memorium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Corvari (B.S. Electrical Engineering, \u201956), 88, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/obituaries\/corvari-john\/article_6f893aa4-0f0d-11e7-9f4f-f3f6af181cf8.html\">died<\/a> on March 16, 2017 in McLean, Virginia.\u00a0 After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, Covari earned his degree at UConn and a master&#8217;s degree in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. His professional career included engineering, management, and consulting roles primarily in postal automation for companies in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in touch with the School of \u00a0Engineering.\u00a0 Join our <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?gid=153271&amp;trk=hb_side_g\"><em>LinkedIn alumni group<\/em><\/a><em> to share your latest activities and learn what your fellow graduates are doing.\u00a0 You may also send your news directly to <\/em><a href=\"mailto:heidi.douglas@uconn.edu\"><em>Heidi Douglas<\/em><\/a><em>, Director of Engineering Alumni Relations.\u00a0 We love hearing from you<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay up to date with UConn Engineering updates from around the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":221830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[40],"class_list":["post-23504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engr"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 06:27:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221835,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23504\/revisions\/221835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/221830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23504"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=23504"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=23504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}