[Faculty] COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING VALEDICTORIAN VOTING

Tue Apr 26 07:57:55 PDT 2011

To Faculty,

I can add that Josiah came to SDSU as a transfer student in Fall of 2009.
He interned at Kennedy Jenks in summer of 2010 as a part of the MEP Summer
Team Internship Program.  The folks at Kennedy Jenks were very impressed by
his work and offered him a scholarship.

Theresa M. Garcia, M.A.

'91 & '09

SDSU MEP Director

619 594-5679

"Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished : If
you're alive, it isn't."  ― Illusions, Richard Bach

From: faculty-bounces at engineering.sdsu.edu
[mailto:faculty-bounces at engineering.sdsu.edu] On Behalf Of Jay Harris
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 5:05 PM
To: 'Larry'; faculty at attila.sdsu.edu
Cc: 'Lal Tummala - EE/Comp'; 'Donovan Geiger'
Subject: Re: [Faculty] COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING VALEDICTORIAN VOTING

Dear Everybody,

I have the decided disadvantage this year of not knowing any of the
candidates.  The criteria I usually use in voting, in addition to the grade
point average, include: (1) Did the student's extra curricular activities
make a real contribution to his department or to the college, and (2) What
fraction of his work did the candidate complete at SDSU, 

The write-ups don't provide all the information I'd like, which is the
reason for this note.  Based on what we have, Josiah Shultz seems most
worthy.  Please advise if there is other information a voter should have.

Best wishes,  Jay Harris 

  _____  

From: faculty-bounces at engineering.sdsu.edu
[mailto:faculty-bounces at engineering.sdsu.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 1:46 PM
To: faculty at kahuna.sdsu.edu
Cc: 'Donovan Geiger'; 'Lal Tummala - EE/Comp'
Subject: [Faculty] COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING VALEDICTORIAN VOTING
Importance: High

Goooooooooooooooood Morning College of Engineering Faculty,

It's that time of year again to select one of our four department level
outstanding engineering graduates to be designated Valedictorian for this
year.  I am going to provide you with some information on each candidate
along with a little write-up provided by the department.  You must then
respond with a reply email to me with your "single" vote.  The deadline for
me to receive votes will be 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday April 27th .

Alejandrina Nuno - Aerospace Engineering 

GPA: 3.45

Alejandrina was born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico.  At the age of 18 she
decided to follow her dream of becoming an aerospace engineer and moved to
San Diego.  With the support of her parents, she enrolled at Southwestern
College and then transferred to San Diego State University.  During her
senior year she obtained an NSF-STEM research scholarship which led her to
obtain an internship at General Atomics in composite materials. This fall,
Alejandrina will pursue her Masters in Aerospace Engineering Structural
Mechanics at San Diego State University under the guidance of Dr. Satchi
Venkataraman.

Josiah Shultz - Civil Engineering

GPA: 3.92

Josiah comes from a long line of San Diego State Aztecs, so his choice of a
university was quite clear to continue his proud family tradition. After
taking transportation engineering with Dr. Supernak, Josiah was inspired and
found his calling and passion in civil engineering. He was involved with
many student organizations such as MEP, ASCE, ITE, Tau Beta Pi, and Chi
Epsilon. Josiah credits his strong desire to excel academically, along with
an immense amount of love and encouragement from family, as the driving
force in his success. 

Micah Schirmer - Electrical Engineering

GPA: 3.85

Micah Schirmer is from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Navy
shortly after graduating from high school in 1993. As an Electronics
Technician, he served two deployments in the Persian Gulf on a guided
missile cruiser, the U.S.S. Cowpens, based in San Diego. In 2000, Micah
received an honorable discharge from the Navy and began working for the
Dept. of Homeland Security as a Telecommunication Specialist. He designed
and maintained a federal law enforcement communication system used by the
Border Patrol, DEA, FBI, and other government offices. He then began taking
classes at Mesa College to qualify for transfer to SDSU's Electrical
Engineering program in the fall of 2006. Just before starting at SDSU, he
accepted a position with BAE Systems and continued to work with law
enforcement communications. For the next 5 years, he attended SDSU classes
while working full time until completing his degree last December. Micah is
still employed at BAE Systems and is now married to his wife, Hiroko, and
has two children, Nicholas and Jewel.

Thomas Bruget - Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.98

Originally from the small town of Hamar, Norway, Thomas Bruget spent his
junior year of high school as a foreign exchange student in Thousand Oaks,
California. On top of enjoying the sunny, beautiful weather, Thomas made
many great friends during this year, making it an easy decision to return to
southern California to attend SDSU. Thomas naturally excelled in math and
science and after speaking with Dr. Mehrabadi, he was convinced that
mechanical engineering was the perfect fit. Outside of classes he worked on
Dr. Bhattacharjee's flame tower project and was active in Tau Beta Pi. In
the fall, Thomas will be going to Stanford to pursue a master's degree in
mechanical engineering, and possibly an MBA.

THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!  Please vote for one (1)!!

Thanx,

Don't just have a good day but MAKE a GREAT day,

                         -Larry-

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Lawrence C. Hinkle

Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

College of Engineering

San Diego State University

5500 Campanile Drive

San Diego, CA 92182-1326

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