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FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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Oregon State University
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
2013 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards
38.022013 OSU
9.022113
AcademyofDistinguishedEngineers
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
LawrenceA. Sitz
L
arry Sitz claims Oregon State DNA in
his mitochondrial chain. “Growing
up in Burns, OSUwas in our blood,”
says Sitz. “My dad is a graduate. I
attended 4-H summer school, Boys’ State,
and annual football games on the
campus.”
So it wasn’t surprising when Sitz
enrolled as an engineering student. He
completed a new program created
specifically to meet construction industry
needs.
Over the years, Sitz has climbed the
ladder at Emerick — literally and
figuratively — and now runs the company
that is considered to be one of the
Northwest’s top general contractors.
Along the way, he has continued to bring
Oregon State interns and new employees
to Emerick from the university.
Sitz credits his Oregon State education
for giving him the foundation he needed
to succeed in his career and serve his
company’s clients. “Civil engineering
technology prepared me to step into a
project engineering role at Emerick,” says
Sitz. “It also gave me a network of
program alumni which has proven to be
invaluable as I have moved through the
leadership track at the company.”
B.S. Civil Engineering Technology ’75
Chief Executive O cer
Emerick Construction Company
Portland, Oregon
Sitz credits his
OSUeducation
for givinghim
the foundation
heneeded to
succeed inhis
career and
servehis
company’s
clients.
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Annabelle Pratt
A
nnabelle Pratt decided early in her
education to pursue a career in
industrial research. She earned her
bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees in
electrical engineering from the University
of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and traveled
to Oregon State to pursue her doctoral
studies.
“Beyond the stellar instruction and
guidance fromworld-class researchers on
faculty at OSU, I hadwonderful
opportunities towork on industry-
sponsored research,” says Pratt. “This
focusedmy energy and talent on projects
that would not only advance a particular
technology, but also the business interests
of the company for which I work.”
After a stint at Advanced Energy
Industries, where shewas part of the
development teamof an active rectifier
that has become the basis for an award-
winning photovoltaic inverter product,
Pratt joined Intel Corporation. She is
currently researching energymanagement
of buildings to shape power demand and
benefit consumers byminimizing energy
costs and enabling reliable smart grids
with significant renewable generation.
“I am fortunate to have spent a
significant part of my professional career
working on technologies aimed at
increasing the sustainability of our power
delivery infrastructure,” says Pratt.
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering ’99
Senior Power Research Engineer
Intel Corporation
Hillsboro, Oregon
“This focused my
energyand talent
onprojects that
wouldnot only
advancea
particular
technology, but
also thebusiness
interestsof the
companyfor
which Iwork.”