Date Submitted: 11/03/2009
Roman Kononov, '08
Computer Science and Engineering
Software Engineer, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Roman joined Cisco approximately a year before graduation and he has been with the company ever since. "I love ever moment of it," he says, and is part of the Physical Security Business Unit of the Emerging Technology Group. At Cisco, he works on "bleeding-edge" technologies such as new high-definition (1080p) surveillance camera systems.

Date Submitted: 10/27/2009
Jessica Godinho, '05
Structural Engineering
Project Engineer, Hinman Consulting Engineers

Jessica Godinho graduated with a Masters degree in Earthquake Engineering from University of Pavia, ROSE School, Italy and University of Patras, Greece under the MEEES program in 2007. Since then, she has been working as a project engineer at Hinman Consulting Engineers in San Francisco, CA, specializing in blast resistant design and analysis of structures.

Date Submitted: 10/06/2009
Jonathan Haller, '96
Structural Engineering
Production Lead Engineer, Lockheed Martin

Jon moved to the Denver area earlier in 2009 to accept a position as Production Lead Engineer at Lockheed Martin.

Date Submitted: 06/05/2009
Wing Sum Cheung, '98
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Project Engineer, URS Corporation

My wife Brenda and I have a daughter Rachel (now almost 4). We are currently living in the suburb of Baltimore. Joined URS Corp in 06 and I design Baggage Handling System for airports.

Date Submitted: 07/27/2009
Chuck Eggers, '87
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Associate Patent Counsel, Qualcomm, Inc.

Chuck lives with his wife of 14 years, Sandy, and their 11 year old daughter, Remy, in Ocean Beach. Chuck began a transition into patent work in 2002, leading eventually to a JD from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2007. He is currently working at Qualcomm, Inc., as an Associate Patent Counsel.

Date Submitted: 10/14/2008
Val Steven Schmidt, '80
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principle Consultant, SAP

After living abroad (Denmark) for the past 24 years I have now returned to San Diego to work on the West Coast. Seeing how UCSD has grown in size and reputation makes me proud to be an alumni.

Date Submitted: 07/30/2006
Rob Schamberg, '78
Computer Science and Engineering
Superintendent, Black Oak Mine Unified School District

I have been Superintendent of the Black Oak Mine Unified School District since 2004. After a year spent programming computers, I have since spent 26 years as an educator. My wife Suzy and I live in Cool, CA and have two children, Zack (19) and Gabe (16). Zack is a communications major at UCSD!

Date Submitted: 07/20/2006
Peter Meisen, '75
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Can you feel the heat? The Global Energy Network Institute (geni.org) partnered with KLD Research & Analytics (kld.com) to launch the Global Climate 100 Index -- a specialty index designed to promote investment in public companies whose activities demonstrate the greatest potential for mitigating immediate and long-term causes of climate change.