Galen Rasche at Lexmark, Co-op of the Year 2000

Galen Rasche, pictured in Lego Land at the Disney Theme Park in Orlando , Florida , graduated from Paducah Tilghman High School in 1997, then from UK in 2002. He was in Orlando in January 2000 to receive recognition as the national co-op of the year by the American Society for Engineering Education. Galen is now working in R&D at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio , Texas . Below is the news item from January 2000:

Galen Rasche Named 1999 National Co-op of the Year

Galen Rasche, a fourth year electrical engineering student in the BS/MBA program, is the National Cooperative Education Student of the year as chosen by the Cooperative Education Division of ASEE and the Cooperative Education Association. The Kentucky Association of Cooperative Education and Career Employment had previously chosen him as the Kentucky winner for 1999. Both awards carry a $1,000 scholarship.

Galen has worked in the Advanced Technology Group of Lexmark International's Consumer Printer Division for two terms. One of his primary responsibilities with that group was for the implementation of a working RF wireless communication model. During this process he wrote the assembly code for transmitting large blocks of data and communicating bi-directionally over the wireless transceiver. In addition to this, he has also developed ASIC controllers for both USB and IEEE 1394 interfaces. As part of this process, he learned to use the design tool Renoir (for VHDL) and ModelSim software simulation tool. Another area in which he has been very active is that of Intellectual Property development. He has submitted several invention disclosures, three of which have been rated "protect" and are being investigated for patentability by Lexmark's IP Law office.