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: 03/11/2009
Larry Faria, '98
Structural Engineering
Structural Discipline Practice Leader, CH2M HILL

Faria (pictured in upper right) was recently appointed as the Structural Discipline Practice Leader for CH2M HILL's Government Facilities & Infrastructure group. Faria and his wife, Ausa, recently welcomed their second child, Madison Anne, in July 2008. She joins her 5 year old big sister, Lauren Michelle.

Date Submitted: 05/02/2008
Daren Deffenbaugh, '98
Bioengineering
Sr. Project Engineer, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

On Saturday, April 26th, Daren's granddaughter, Elizabeth Belle Gainey, was born.

He just completed teaching his first course at Indiana Institute of Technology. Later, this August, he will begin studies in pursuit of an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University through the online program, Kelley Direct.

Date Submitted: 03/12/2008
Frank Jacobitz, '98
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Associate Professor, University of San Diego

Frank Jacobitz, an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of San Diego, has been selected for the Outstanding Engineering Educator Award of the San Diego County Engineering Council. The award was presented at the National Engineering Week Banquet on February 22nd, 2008.

Date Submitted: 02/20/2008
Larry Faria, P.E., '98
Structural Engineering
Structural Technology Practice Leader, CH2M HILL

Mr. Faria was recently promoted to the role of Structural Technology Practice Leader for the Government Facilities - Architectural and Engineering division of CH2M HILL in Dallas, TX. His responsibilities include developing and implementing structural engineering best practices and technology initiatives for the corporation. He also serves as the lead structural engineer for federal government facilities located around the world that are designed for anti-terrorism force protection and progressive collapse mitigation.

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: 05/05/2008
Jon Haller, '96
Structural Engineering
Program Manager, Entrega Systems Group Inc.

Jon currently works as a Program Manager at Entrega Systems Group, Inc. building custom software applications for a variety of clients and recently completed the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

He is happily married and has two sons, Alex and Zac, who are three and one, respectively.

Date Submitted: 10/19/2008
Stanley Peng, '94
Electrical and Computer Engineering

After graduating from UCSD in ’94, Stanley Peng earned his MSEE from USC in Dec. '97. Currently, he works with a high-tech company managing design projects in next generation ASICs for internet products. An avid athlete, Stanley has finished several marathons and triathlons over the past few years and works as a PSIA skiing instructor during winter. "It's not about getting a degree and getting a job, but doing things that get some degrees out of yourself." He enjoys long-trip driving and eventually will drive an RV around America.

Date Submitted: 01/10/2009
Gregg Spagnolo, '93
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Vice President, AECOM

I'm living outside Washington DC with wife Sandy and two boys Sam(5) and Anthony(3).

Date Submitted: 10/28/2008
Sunil Dalal, '93
Bioengineering
Senior R&D Manager, Abbott Laboratories

Sunil returned to the San Francisco Bay Area last February, and started working for Abbott Laboratories as a Senior R&D Manager in the New Product Development Department in Abbott's Diagnostics Division. His family spent 10 relaxing days in Kauai to round out an otherwise busy summer. His 4 year old daughter Naia and 1 year old son Milan got to see sea turtles and monk seals come up to them right on the beach!

Date Submitted: 09/24/2008
Eric Takeuchi, '93
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director of Business Development, Daylight Solutions

With his wife Kathryn (UCSD Class of 1994), they have a daughter, Megan (5) and son, Kevin (3). Megan has recently started kindergarten and has joined the "Black Belt Club" for her Tae Kwon Do hobby. Kevin has started soccer and loves his preschool. Eric continues his work with Daylight Solutions, focused on molecular detection and imaging. Daylight is commercializing technology that will someday be able to provide non-invasive glucose monitoring solutions to the world's diabetics as well as diagnosis of disease through breath analysis.