Update CEM

I thought maybe it would be good to give you faculty updates, one each year.  I’ll go first.  Life is pretty good!  My two sons Mattie, now age 30 (wow…) is gainfully employed by Lutron Corporation and works on their new product design team.  His new band, Tithonus, is mixing their second EP.  His wife, Hannah, works for DeVry University and is a big-time slam poet.  They live in Phoenixville, PA, outside of Philly.  My younger son Jim (age 23, JimBob, he doesn’t like it when I call him that anymore…) just graduated from PSU where he majored in electrical engineering.  He’s now at Case Western in Cleveland, OH where he’s in grad school in electrical engineering in his first year.  For fun, the kid likes to program, how nerdy is that?

My wife Holly (see above, whiffleball pitcher and organometallic chemist extrordinaire), and I live in the woods 1.5 miles from Rose Valley Lake.  We just “finished” a new screened in deck/porch, which is a way fun place to hang out when it’s nice (or thunderstorming).  I just purchased a Honda ATV, which Holly assumes will put me in the hospital.  I still like mountain biking, ping pong, and basketball.  My knees are turning to jello so the last activity is becoming problematic.  At the Christmas dinner this year I’m getting a watch for being here for 2.5 X 101 years.  I fear a roast will take place……  Here’s a summary of what we’ve been up to in the research lab.  We are prepping a paper right now, has the best stuff in it we’ve ever done!