<p class="MsoNormal">Goooooooooooooooood Morning College of Engineering <b>Faculty</b>,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">It’s that time of year again to select </span><b><span style="font-size:20pt">one</span></b><span style="font-size:20pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">of our four department level outstanding engineering graduates to be designated </span><b><u><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-size:18pt">Valedictorian</span></u></b><span style="font-size:18pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">for this year. Below, you are provided some information on each candidate along with a little write-up provided by the department. You must then </span><b><span style="font-size:18pt">respond with a reply email</span></b><span style="font-size:18pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">to <b>me</b> with your </span><b><span style="font-size:18pt">“single”</span></b><span style="font-size:18pt"> <b>vote</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt">. The </span><b><span style="color:red;font-size:20pt">deadline</span></b><span style="font-size:20pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">for <b>me</b> to <b>receive votes</b> will be </span><b><u><span style="color:red;font-size:18pt">Close of Business (COB) on Tuesday, April 16th</span></u></b><b><span style="color:blue;font-size:14pt">.</span></b><span style="color:blue;font-size:14pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><b>________________________________</b><u></u><u></u></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b></p><b><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">CANDIDATE #1</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Department:<span> </span>Aerospace</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Candidate:<span> </span>Dejan Samardzic</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">GPA:<span> </span>Major – 3.95; Cum – 3.94</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Remarks:<br>
</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Dejan Samardzic was born in Croatia and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 12 years old.<span> </span>He is multi-lingual (speaks five languages fluently).<span> </span>Dejan (pronounced “Day-yon”) excelled in high school in Santa Clarita, California.<span> </span>He joined the Navy to serve his adopted country, learn a skill and obtain funding for college.<span> </span>He advanced rapidly in the Navy to positions of increased responsibility, serving in Washington D.C., Souda Bay, Greece and Anbar Province, Iraq.<span> </span>He was selected as the honor graduate and class leader of his Engineering “A” School class in the Navy.<span> </span>He was selected “Sailor of the Quarter” for Naval Facilities Engineering Command.<span> </span>He has been on the Dean’s list throughout his university career and co-authored a research paper on:<span> </span>Multi-Theory FEM Architecture for the Generation of Advanced Mixed Shear Deformation Theories Based on the Generalized Unified Formulation for Composite Structures.<span> </span>Dejan has been hired as a design and development engineer by MagCanica, a San Diego company that makes high performance wireless torque sensors for a wide array of applications including Formula One race cars and military vehicles.</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span>__________________________________</b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">CANDIDATE #2</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Department:<span> </span>Civil, Construction, and Environmental</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Candidate:<span> </span>David John Shields<span style="color:red"></span></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">GPA:<span> </span>Major – 3.93; Cum – 3.87</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Remarks:<span style="color:red"><br>
</span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">David Shields is the Outstanding Graduate of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. David has maintained a 3.93 GPA in Civil Engineering, and has defined the word student-athlete by having great success both in the classroom and on the football field.<span> </span>David has been recognized as 2009-2012 Mountain West All Academic Team, 2010-2013 Malik Award (given to SDSU student athlete with highest GPA), and 2008-2013 Scholar-Athlete. While interning for Kiewit, a Fortune 500 contractor, he was also an active member of Chi Epsilon and the American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter, where he led the construction efforts of the concrete canoe. David is an outstanding student, an outstanding athlete, and an outstanding contributor to the Department and the College.</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span>__________________________________</b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">CANDIDATE #3</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Department:<span> </span>Electrical and Computer</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Candidate:<span> </span>Colin Jamison Fera<span style="color:red"></span></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">GPA:<span> </span>Major – 3.84; Cum – 3.50</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Remarks:</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">I am pleased to nominate Mr. Colin Jamison Fera for the outstanding graduate from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Colin has developed a passion for Electrical Engineering at a very early age.<span> </span>By the time he was 12 years old, he was working on Electronics projects and assembled test equipment in his closet at home for this purpose.<span> </span>He told me that at the age of 12 he went to a swap meet and carried an oscilloscope on his bike because he needed for one of his projects.<span> </span>When he realized in 2000, that he did not have sufficient resources to go to college after graduating from high school, he joined Marine Corps to<span> </span>earn the GI bill that can pay for his college expenses. He served the country for four years.<span> </span>During this time, Colin served as a computer system specialist (network administrator) including deployment in support of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.<span> </span>In 2004, he left the Marine Corps after serving honorably and started a civilian career as an engineer moving rapidly to become a senior engineer earning six figure salary.<span> </span>In spite of a stable job and a wonderful family with 2 kids, he felt that something was missing.<span> </span>He realized that his thirst for knowledge and enquiry in his favorite field of Electrical Engineering<span> </span>was the first reason he joined the military so that he can get resources through the GI bill to realize this dream.<span> </span>So he decided to sacrifice his income and join SDSU to pursue a BS degree in Electrical Engineering.<span> </span>Colin will be graduating in spring 2013 from our department with a major GPA of 3.86. Faculty who had him in their classes are amazed by his intelligence, maturity and desire to learn new things.<span> </span>I have personal knowledge because he was in one of my classes.<span> </span>Apart from his course work and part time job,<span> </span>he is also doing undergraduate research in Dr. Ashrafi’s<span> </span>Digital Signal Processing Lab. Dr. Ashrafi states “ Colin is hardworking, knowledgeable,<span> </span>professional<span> </span>and a gentleman”.<span> </span>His future plans are to obtain an advanced degree in the field of Electrical Engineering.</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Mr. Colin Jamison Fera is exemplary not only for his accomplishments but also for his perseverance and sacrifices necessary to realize his dream.<span> </span>The Department Faculty are proud to nominate him as an outstanding graduate from our department.</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span>__________________________________</b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">CANDIDATE #4</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Department:<span> </span>Mechanical </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Candidate:<span> </span>Carlos Nunes</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">GPA:<span> </span>Major – 3.92; Cum – 3.91</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">Remarks:<br>
</span></b></p><div style="border-width:medium medium 1.5pt;border-style:none none solid;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p style="padding:0in;border:currentColor"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">I was born in San Diego in April of 1991 to Carlos and Mary Jane Nunes. I have one sibling, Janae, who is three years younger than me.<span> </span>I attended pre-school at Murdoch elementary and attended elementary school at Avocado<span> </span>elementary in La Mesa, CA before heading to Hillsdale middle school and Valhalla high in El Cajon, CA. At Valhalla my senior year football team advanced all the way to the CIF championship at Qualcomm stadium. Since then I have attended SDSU as a mechanical engineering major. As of May 19 I will have completed an undergraduate degree in four years. Over the summer I have a gas compressor internship at Solar Turbines that I hope to turn into a full time job.</span></b></p>
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