Date Submitted: 10/23/2011
Matt Leshaw, '09
Structural Engineering

After working in the aerospace industry at San Diego Composites for a year after graduation, I have decided to return to school to pursue a medical degree. I recently sent out applications and am hoping to hear back regarding interviews sometime in January! Can't wait to wear my Jacobs School t-shirt on my first day of class.

Date Submitted: 08/22/2011
Ryan Griswold, '08
Structural Engineering
Development Engineer, UCSD

I'm back at UCSD working in the MAE department. I work for professor Nemat-Nasser as a Development Engineer. We are working on a lot of exciting projects right now ranging from designing materials with controlled band structure to investigating shock wave mechanics and material response to shockwaves. I get to work alongside Jon Isaacs who is a fantastic experimentalist and has been generous in sharing his extensive knowledge with me. I am enjoying the work here and glad to be back on campus. When I am not working in the lab, I like to be climbing in the mountains or spending time with my two boys at the beach

Date Submitted: 09/06/2011
Arwa Kassamali, '06
Bioengineering
R&D Systems Integration Engineer, Abbott Laboratories

Over the past five years, I have worked with multiple divisions in projects related to manufacturing, quality, operations, R&D,and supply chain. I am currently on a project to design enhancements to the Diagnostics Instruments. I am currently pursuing my Executive MBA.

Date Submitted: 08/03/2011
Fontaine Shu, '06
Computer Science and Engineering
Senior Web Developer, SweetLabs, Inc.

I started working with this cool startup based in Downtown San Diego called SweetLabs this past March and I create HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript web applications for our Pokki platform. Pokki just recently launched in Vegas at the Future of Web Apps conference and so far it's gotten a lot of good press and our development community is growing!

Date Submitted: 07/24/2011
ricardo rubalcava, '06
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Environmental Coordinator, BAE Systems

During the past five years I have worked exclusively in the environmental field. Major Projects I have managed include industrial facility closures, facility layout design, hydrocarbon remediation and developing an environmental management system. This past July my wife Donna gave birth to our first child, Maceo. When it comes time for him to choose which college to attend I hope he makes the smart choice and selects UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering. His first step to a bright future.

Date Submitted: 01/12/2012
William Sam Hin, '05
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sales Engineering Mgr, LC&D, An Acuity Brands Co

Since graduating in '05, I've been busy working for Lighting Control & Design, a leading manufacturer of energy management and lighting control systems for a sustainable world. Numerous UCSD buildings and facilities are controlled by our lighting systems. I sure miss America's Finest Campus--will visit soon. Proud to be a Triton!

Date Submitted: 06/06/2012
Doug Hofmann, '04
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Engineering & Science Directorate, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institut

I received my Ph.D. in Materials Science from Caltech in 2008. I worked in industry after I graduated and in 2010, I was hired at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the Section Technologist for Mechanical Fabrication. I founded the new Metallurgy Facility at JPL in 2012. I am a Lecturer and Visiting Associate at Caltech and I co-advise 4 Caltech graduate students in Materials Science and Applied Physics.

Date Submitted: 11/10/2012
Kiyoharu Miyagishima, '03
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Staff Scientist, National Institute of Health

Ph.D. (2010) Systems Biology and Disease, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. Current research focused on investigating the retinal pathways involved in "blue cone" mediated color vision and in characterizing retinal pigment epithelium transplants for potential to restore vision.

Date Submitted: 06/28/2012
Edan Wernik, '03
Bioengineering
Family Physician, Kaiser Permanente

I'm am a family physician practicing with Kaiser Permanente in San Jose. I'm married to Neta Retter (Electrical Engineering 2005) who works as a hardware designer for Broadcom. In December 2011 we welcomed to our family our first child, a beautiful baby boy by the name of Amit.

Date Submitted: 01/15/2012
Joshua Hu, '03
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
General Manager, Thai Grill

I'm now the General Manager of Thai Grill restaurant in Floresville, Texas. We serve authentic Thai/Laos/Chinese/Vietnamese dishes to our customers in South San Antonio.

Date Submitted: 06/30/2012
Aaron Wang, '02
Bioengineering
Resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital

After undergrad at UCSD and then med school at Stanford, I'm now starting ophthalmology residency at Johns Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute for the next three years (finish June 2015). I got married to a med school classmate (Vi) and now a proud father of a 4 month old baby boy, Aaden!

Date Submitted: 06/29/2012
Michael Houston, '01
Computer Science and Engineering
Fellow, AMD

I've been at AMD for 5 years working on parallel architectures and programming models. I was the technical lead for OpenCL at AMD and then for HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture). I am now Chief Architect for one of AMD's processor programs. I'm married to Tina Wang (who I met at UCSD in the CS program) with 2 children, 1 & 3.

Date Submitted: 06/29/2012
Tina Wang, '01
Computer Science and Engineering
Associate, Haverstock & Owens LLP

I'm currently an attorney specializing in intellectual property. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my husband and our two young children.

Date Submitted: 08/15/2011
Matthew Moore, '01
Computer Science and Engineering
Co-Founder & CTO, CrowdMob Inc.

Closed an angel & venture round for our new company called CrowdMob Inc. We're bringing real-time redemption, virality, and loyalty to the local deal word! We're looking for great hires too!