Maha has received a generous annual gift from Mr. and Mrs. Ken Warren. Mr. Ken Warren and his wife were welcomed to Maha on February 10, 2012 where a special luncheon was held. The event also featured remarks about the on-going research at Maha by Prof. Monika Ivantysynova, Marco Zecchi, Michael Sprengel, Najoua Jouini and Paul Kalbfleisch.

It was my good fortune to receive 2 tickets to the Super Bowl from the Indiana Blood Center. My daughter, Cammie, and I had a wonderful time walking around Super Bowl Village, watching the intrepid souls on the ziplines, seeing people juggling, dancing, and a kid who was pounding the daylights out of some buckets. It was amazing to watch the variety of things going on between the Convention Center and Monument Circle. The NFL Experience was not open on Sunday because that was the area where most of us waited to go into the stadium itself. Our seats were high, but not the nosebleed sections.

Thank you to all who participated in our first Indiana Blood Center Mobile drive and thank you to Dr. Engel for making it possible. We hope to be able to help again in the future. Breaking New Ground had the honor of both the first donor (Steve Swain) and the last (Paul Jones)!

Robert W. Stuthridge (PhD) "The Consideration of Usability in the Process of Designing and Selecting Assistive Technology for Use in Agricultural Settings." January 24, 2012, 10 am ABE 212 (Field).

Matteo Pelosi (PhD), "An Investigation on the Fluid-Structure Interaction of Piston/Cylinder Interface." February 15, 2012, 8:30 am, Maha Fluid Power Research Center (1500 Kepner Drive, Lafayette) (Ivantysynova).