INNOVATION Five-story Building Test 5 Structural engineers verify precast concrete construction technologies for earthquake-prone regions.
SPECIAL REPORT School Highlights Center Meet 13 outstanding new faculty and get the latest facts and figures about the School in the annual highlights report.
ALUMNI PROFILES Erik Engleson 10
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Bioengineering inventor Erik Engleson helps save the lives of thousands through techniques to improve brain surgery. FALL 1999
Jacobs School of Engineering
Engine Research Saving Millions
Department of Defense Funds $3 Million Project to Develop New Cruise Missile Engine
AS THE PENTAGON moves to avoid a shortage of cruise missiles for hot spots around the globe, engineers at the Jacobs School are using their expertise in combustion and control systems to develop a revolutionary jet engine for long-range cruise missiles. These engines, based on pulse detonation, would cost at least 50 percent less than current engines, be more maneuverable, and be capable of traveling at varied speeds across further distances. Long-range cruise missiles are increasingly the U.S. weapon of choice for attacking heavily defended targets. The idea of developing a pulse-detonation engine (PDE) for such missiles was originally proposed by Gabriel Roy,
on national defense
propulsion program manager for the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research. “This is the time to look for the new generation of engines which will be more efficient and have more dynamic cycles,” said Roy. “We began looking at PDEs because they offer the possibility of both reduced costs and increased performance. In addition, we think PDEs will be easily scalable and require lower development time.” Through this and other initiatives, the Navy hopes to reduce the cost of a cruise missile from about $2 million to $1 million. A PDE uses high-speed detonations of fuel to provide jet engine thrust. Conversely, current engines in cruise missiles are based on gas turbines that create compression to produce thrust. If successful, PDEs would use less fuel, be smaller and have fewer moving parts than the traditional gas turbine engines. With lighter, more fuel efficient engines, cruise missiles would be able to travel greater distances, which would also help keep U.S. troops further
see NEW ENGINES page 4
The research will focus on a pulse detonation engine.
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Dean’s Column
Jacobs School of Engineering
School Administration
Dean Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Associate Dean for Research Assistant Dean for Administration and Finance Executive Director of External Relations Robert W. Conn Anthony Sebald Enrique Luco Paul Croft Joseph Bear
The New Economic Landscape:
Hightened Responsibility for Research Universities
AMERICA HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED by a globalized economy, a restructured and highly productive private sector, a downsized and in many ways transformed federal government, and a set of state governments with increasing responsibilities. Industry today is lean, sharp, competitive and focused on the marketplace with less capital to invest in long-term basic research. As a result, the Research University Complex remains as the single and clear social entity with the responsibility to create fundamental knowledge through research. I believe that in this new era, research universities not only have the mission to educate and create new knowledge, but the added responsibility to proactively ensure discoveries are translated rapidly and effectively for the benefit of society and people. This is a fundamental change to the university’s core mission, and one that is being actively debated. The University of California, under the leadership of President Richard Atkinson, has undertaken new and ambitious efforts to partner with industry, demonstrating that this expanded responsibility can succeed and be consistent with the university’s mission to educate and to search for truth through research. Likewise, the Jacobs School has proactively expanded our partnership with industry. For example, through our Center for Wireless Communications (CWC), now more than four years old, we broke new ground with respect to campus policies on overhead and on delays in publication related to patent review, and to UC policies on intellectual property, In the area of intellectual property, member fees support the research effort, and companies wanted equal rights to intellectual property developed at the CWC. The university and the companies agreed that if any one member company was granted ownership under a patent disclosure involving the university and an industry member, that particular member would provide all other members with a nonexclusive, royalty-free license for all aspects of the invention. In essence, the university and all CWC member companies would share de facto ownership. This approach required flexibility on the part of the companies and an exception to policy on the part of the university. The CWC has perked along ever since, and no major issues have developed, even as several research projects have led to patent disclosures and associated agreements. In another example, we are developing a Center for Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Technology Transfer to be located in our new privately-funded building for bioengineering. This center will house resources relating to the startup of new companies and the licensing of intellectual property. The cenUC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering / Fall 1999
Council of Advisors to the Dean
Chairman Malin Burnham CEO, John Burnham & Company
Robert Akins 74 83 CEO, Cymer, Inc. James Bixby Charles H. Gaylord Irwin Jacobs CEO, QUALCOMM, Inc. Scott McClendon CEO, Overland Data, Inc. Duane Roth CEO, Alliance Pharmaceutical, Corp. Ron Taylor PYXIS J. Robert Beyster CEO, SAIC Harry Gruber CEO, InterVu James Lemke William Otterson Director, UCSD CONNECT David Schwab 79 General Partner, Sierra Ventures Buzz Woolley President, Girard Foundation
Corporate Affiliates Program Executive Board
Chair Dan Sullivan QUALCOMM, Inc. ViCo-Chair A. Currie Munce, Jr. 79 IBM Corp. Michael Sekins Carmie Hull Ray McHenry Riko Radojcic Chris Haudenschild Nick English Dick Joy Wallace Breitman Jack Schwarzenbach Dave Roberts William Loyd Allan Camaisa Todd Gutschow Mircho Davidov Michael Dowe Ramesh Sirsi Larry Behmer David Grooms Barbara Campbell Shuzo Kato Alan Chow John Gelm Daniel Alspach 70 Scott McClendon Deborah Traub Steve Scroggins Ervin Frazier Thomas Dillon Dave Geier David Esbeck Tei Iki Emil Sarpa Drew Traver 85 David Evans Lawrence Muschek Donald Spencer Jerry Tustaniwskyj Steve Hart 80 86 William Lee Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. AMCC Asymtek Cadence Design Systems, Inc. CliniComp, Intl. Conexant Systems Consultant Cymer, Inc. Encad, Inc. General Atomics Hewlett Packard Company High Technology Solutions HNC Software, Inc. Hughes Network Systems Information Systems Laboratories Integrated Sensor Solutions, Inc. InterVu Kyocera America, Inc. Lawrence Livermore National Lab Mitsubishi NCR Corporation Nokia Mobile Phones Orincon Corporation Overland Data, Inc. Peregrine Raytheon Rincon Research Corporation SAIC SDG&E Solar Turbines Inc. Sony Corporation Sun Microsystems Computer Co. System Design Group The Aerospace Corporation Trega Biosciences, Inc. TRW, Inc. Unisys Corp. ViaSat, Inc. Vodafone Airtouch Plc
ter will guide university personnel who have developed new technology and wish to determine if and how it can be pursued commercially. The motivation is to speed the transfer of biotechnology for the purpose of improving health care. A unique feature is to locate in the building, for a strictly limited time, new startup companies that may form and have licensed UC San Diego intellectual property. Companies would be asked to hire student interns and be willing to keep the university abreast of developments so that the university can manage, and avoid, conflicts of interest. The advantages foreseen are that the companies will have access to the technical experts whose research gave rise to the formation of the company, albeit under normal university rules regarding consulting. Companies would also have convenient access to specialized instrumentation. The Campus and the School are viewing this initiative as an experiment. We have set up appropriate policy and review boards, drawing upon people from across the campus and from key Academic Senate committees, and we will evaluate the results and impacts of the center carefully. We are indeed at a defining moment in the history of our great Research University Complex. The University of California and others are exploring how they should change to remain vital. The issue here is central to whether our nation will remain an economic and innovation powerhouse, creating a better life for all our people and setting a standard for the world.
Newsletter Team
Editor Denine Hagen Design Michele Humphrey Layout and Production Paul Laperruque Printing Birmingham Press
Bob Conn, Dean
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Additional reading: “The Research University Complex in a New Era: An Inquiry and Implications for its Relationship with Industry” presented by Bob Conn to the University of Virginia. Available on the Web at www.soe.ucsd.edu/events/news.html.
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New Department Chairs Begin Service
Five faculty members take the helm as department chairs this quarter. Here’s a brief look at their top three goals:
Our New Look
This issue of UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering comes to you with an exciting new design and lineup of articles. In a recent survey our readers said they wanted more stories about the faculty and their research, so we’ve devoted the cover and three pages to research. We’ve also reorganized so you can get the information you want quickly. Tell us what you think. Send comments to Denine Hagen, dhagen@ucsd.edu.
Bioengineering
David Gough Goals: 1) make
outstanding faculty appointments that enhance and complement Bioengineerings existing strengths; 2) update and expand educational offerings in Bioengineering at all levels; 3) solidify ties and expand collaborations with affiliate departments, the School of Medicine, neighboring institutions and industry.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Charles Tu Goals: 1) establish the
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
new thrust area in biochips with the Bioengineering Department; 2) make the department a better place to study, to learn, and to work; 3) foster communications/involvement with ECE alumni.
Juan C. Lasheras Goals: 1) further
UC San Diego Wins Award for Good Management
The UC San Diego management team recently won the Rochester Institute of Technology/USA TODAY Quality Cup award for its innovative approach to cutting costs, solving problems and increasing efficiency. The sole winner in the education category, UC San Diego was one of only six organizations nationwide to receive the award. With almost 20,000 students and over 18,000 employees, UC San Diego has the management challenges of a small city.
strengthen the mechanics of materials research area and foster new synergies between the new dynamics systems and controls group and the materials and fluid mechanics groups; 2) expand activity in geophysical and environmental flows; 3) complete the restructuring of teaching programs to better address changing professional needs of the students.
Contents
CENTER SECTION
Annual Highlights Report
Structural Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Frieder Seible Goals: 1) implement
Larry Carter Goals: 1) enhance
the vision of a cross-disciplinary structural engineering curriculum and research agenda; 2) complete faculty appointments in the areas of aerospace structures design, computational structural analysis, and experimental earthquake engineering; 3) develop the idea of renewal engineering into a viable research focus area.
quality education and provide new undergraduate opportunities such as honors classes and increased involvement in research; 2) balance growth in student enrollment with staff responsibilities; 3) Enhance symbiotic relationships with industry partners, the San Diego Supercomputer Center, funding agencies, and other partners.
Many Thanks to our outgoing department chairs for their dedication and outstanding work: Bioengineering, Shu Chien; Electrical & Computer Engineering, William Coles; Computer Science & Engineering, Jeanne Ferrante; Applied Mechanics & Engineering Sciences, Forman Williams.
Students 7 ON THE COVER
Jacobs School graduates take jobs in California, according to annual student survey.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department leads research on cost-effective engines for cruise missiles.
Corporate Partnerships 8
Research 4
Genetic Circuits, Parallel Computers, and Image Compression.
New Corporate Scholarship Program tailored to meet student and industry needs.
Community Relations 9
Innovation 5
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Mobile Communications: new amplifier has lower power consumption and improved dynamic range.
Jacobs School awards recognize outstanding students, alumni and industry leaders.
Alumni 10
UC San Diegos area code
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has changed from 619 to 858. You can now reach the School at (858) 534-4575.
John Kosmatka appointed to Callaway Golf Chair in Structural Mechanics.
Structural engineering alumni help dedicate new $15 million earthquake testing facility.
Job Opportunities
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Research
Web Watch
New approach to beat drug-resistant bacteria
Bernhard Palsson (Bioengineering) and his research group are developing a new concept called genetic circuitscomputer simulations that describe how gene products interact to perform cellular functions. This work may have future applications for developing treatments against drug-resistant bacteria. Incorporating information gathered about the genetic make-up of bacteria, Palssons team is applying the genetic circuits approach to model how bacteria behave and to predict how antibiotic cocktails might block the path of drug-resistant bacteria. Visit www-bioeng.ucsd.edu/research/ research_groupsgcrg/GC_CONCEPT.html
NEW ENGINES from page 1
from harm’s way. Forman Williams, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) at the Jacobs School, is leading a team of eight researchers from UC San Diego, Stanford University and the University of Florida to develop knowledge needed to create the PDE. This team will also be working with the Naval Research Laboratory and the Naval Post-Graduate School. The project represents a strong collaboration among combustion, fluid mechanics, and control system experts in the Jacobs School’s MAE Department. In the new engine, liquid fuel mixtures with air will be detonated inside multiple tubes, thus allowing tailored, sequential thrust. Efficient, rapid and controlled fuel injection and ignition are essential to the success of the engine. The researchers will be
exploring several issues including fuel and air mixing, high energy density additives, methods for injection and ignition, control of the multi-tube system, and innovative diagnostics to evaluate the pulse detonation engines. Williams says two of the technical problems relate to control of detonation: “One challenge is how to rapidly initiate detonation of ordinary fuels over a very small distance. The other challenge is how to tightly control sequential detonation in a multi-tube system.” “Understanding these technical milestones, the availability of modern adaptive and active control, and a thorough knowledge of the highly interactive processes involved have made it possible for practical PDEs to be developed,” says Williams.
CSE Professor Andrew Chiens High Performance Virtual Machines (HPVM) Project is exploring the critical technologies needed to build large scale computing systems from commodity PC building blocks. Along with his graduate students and staff, Chiens focus is on middleware to meld resources together, and lightweight, user level networking at multi-gigabit speeds. Demonstrations of 256 to 512 processor systems with terabytes of storage have delivered excellent performance in all dimensions. The key software technologies have been distributed and used by many other researchers. Visit www-csag.ucsd.edu/
HPVM: large-scale computing from PCs
Work in Progress: Research on the pulse-detonation engine began in April 1999, and the UC San Diego team is progressing on design of the fuel injection system and initiation of ignition. Pictured here are fuel droplet studies related to preparing the fuel mixture for detonation. Researchers seek to control the spray of fuel from the injector and are studying variables like droplet size and direction.
Image compression and error-resistant transmission
Professors Pamela Cosman and Kenneth Zeger (ECE) study how to transmit compressed images and video over noisy channels, including both packet erasure and discrete bit-error channels. One approach is error-resilient source coding, with re-synchronization points at fixed intervals. Another method involves forward error correction (FEC). These approaches can be used together, and provide robust performance over a range of channel conditions. The effect of lost packets can also sometimes be mitigated using postprocessing concealment techniques at the decoder. For more information about the Information Coding Lab, Visit www-code.ucsd.edu/
Patents and Disclosures Mobile Communications
Larry Larson (ECE) has recently disclosed three new inventions. The first, a joint invention with Mr. Wei Xiong of Qualcomm, Inc., pertains to a design for an amplifier with lower power consumption and improved dynamic range for use in mobile environments. The other two, joint inventions with Dr. Robert Hammond of Superconducting Technology, Inc., relate to improvements in the linearization of high-temperature superconducting filters for microwave power combing and low-noise applications. The work was supported by the Center for Wireless Communications, and several member companies have expressed interest in the Centers patent pool to protect these inventions. Dr. Larson also recently filed a patent disclosure with the US Patent Office on a joint invention with Professor Henry Abarbanel in Physics and several members of the Institute for Nonlinear Science on an improved impulse radio communication technique based on chaotic modulation. This invention has been licensed by Time Domain Sciences Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., and the work was sponsored by the US Army Research Office through a Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) grant. accelerated by Amos Yahil at SUNY Stony Brook. The invention may be applied in any area of imaging such as medical, satellite, and communications. Pixon LLC has licensed the technology, and inquiries should be directed to Amos Yahil at 516-632-8224 or info@pixon.com, http://www.pixon.com.
GENOMATICA.com
Enhancing Images
US Patent No. 5,912,993, issued June 15, 1999, describes a method to reconstruct and restore clarity to images. Images are described as a quilt made up of a minimal number of patches called Pixon elements, selected to optimally express the information content of the image. The technology was originally developed by Richard Puetter and Robert Pina at UC San Diego to increase resolution of astronomical images and was subsequently significantly
Bernhard Palsson (Bioengineering) has recently licensed from the University two technologies arising out of his research on genomics as part of his start-up company Genomatica.com. Palsson intends to further develop the work to create genomic models and genomic databases for sale to third parties.
This column is provided by UC San Diegos Technology Transfer Office. For more information call 858-534-5815 or visit the Website invent.ucsd.edu.
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Innovation
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Large-scale test validates new earthquake-resistant construction systems
IN RECENT MONTHS, Turkey, Greece, Taiwan and Mexico have been rocked by huge earthquakes. Meanwhile, UC San Diego structural engineers were testing new construction technologies which could have a major impact on construction of office buildings, hospitals and apartment towers in earthquake-prone regions. During August and September, the researchers subjected a 40-foot tall, five-story building to a series of simulated earthquakes. The goal of the research was to validate new precast concrete construction systems for earthquake-prone regions. The test was the culmination of a 10-year research program named PRESSS (Precast Seismic Structural Systems), a collaboration of more than a dozen university research teams across the country in partnership with industry. The building was erected in the Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems Laboratory. The largest structural model ever tested in the U.S., the building weighed in at 500 tons, contained 91 precast components and was 900 square-feet per floor. “The building was a composite of five different structural systems, so we effectively tested five different buildings. There was one wall type and four frame types within this large-scale model, “ said Nigel Priestley, professor of structural engineering and principal coordinator of PRESSS. “Each of the building types incorporated new connections between the precast concrete elements. These connections are designed to make the building ductile and dissipate seismic energy so that it withstands an earthquake without major damage.” Priestley says most of these connections also include a pre-compression mechanism that allows the building to sway with an earthquake and then self-center to the building’s original position. Precast Stands the Test The research team subjected the test building to a series of simulated earthquakes of increasing intensity, culminating in an earthquake level one and a half times the most stringent California design requirement. Forces and displacements (back and forth movement) simulating the effects of the earthquake on the building were applied by 10 computercontrolled hydraulic actuators, two at each floor level, capable of applying forces up to 100 tons. Instrumentation on the building enabled the computer controlling the test to measure the structural performance of the building during the earthquake simulation. “Tests conducted on the building, including one which reached lateral displacements of 18 inches, validated the use of precast systems in high seismic regions,” said Priestley. “We also uncovered potential areas susceptible to localized damage, but the damage was minimal and the tests revealed that such damage could be avoided in real buildings.” A New Construction Alternative Today, cast-in-place concrete or steel is used in construction of tall buildings in seismic areas. Until now, use of precast, or prefabricated, concrete has been limited in seismic regions of the U.S. because of poor performance of inappropriate connection details in past earthquakes. However, precast concrete is an attractive alternative to steel or cast-inplace concrete because it is relatively inexpensive, and quick and easy to install. In addition, there is more quality control in manufacturing because components are prefabricated in a controlled environment. Architectural design features can also be incorporated into the precast elements.
The UC San Diego project was the first evaluation of new precast concrete systems inside a completely framed building.
Throughout the PRESSS program, structural engineers investigated several new types of connections including the five selected for the largescale test. The UC San Diego project was the first experimental evaluation of these systems as part of a complete building model. PRESSS will use the results of the UC San Diego test to recommend a set of new design guidelines for precast concrete frame and wall buildings in seismic zones. Financial support for the PRESSS program has been provided by the National Science Foundation, the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Manufacturers Association of California. Additional Information: Precast Concrete Institute Journal, MarchApril 1999 “An Overview of the PRESSS Five-Story Precast Test Building” Pp. 26-39. UCSD TV: Documentary on the PRESSS building test will air in November. Watch the programming schedule for details at http:// ucsd.edu/ucsdtv/
Focus Center
for Information Displays
AN INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION
Attract and train students in the field; conduct pre-competative, marketrelevant research; target University resources to projects of corporate interest technical focus: Human interface challenges with new display technologies Standards for display operation and lifetime Design and manufacturing of flexible displays
Learn how your company can get involved.
Contact Jeff Nagle 858-822-1803 jnagle@ucsd.edu
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Faculty
The Schools Dynamic Systems and Control Group now represents one of the countrys strongest programs for theory of robust and nonlinear control and system identification, and applications to fluid, structural, aerospace and engine control.
Robert Bitmead on Control: Keep It Suitably Simple
FROM COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS to gas turbines, Robert Bitmead creates controllers for practical applications and generates the theory to back it. He joins the Jacobs Schools Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department after 16 years on the faculty at the Australian National University. His addition completes the five-member Dynamic Systems and Control Group. Rather than striving for perfect models which capture as much fine detail as possible, Bitmead focuses on the limited information needed to design a controller. To tease out which information is important, he conducts a sequence of closedloop experiments. Bitmead illustrates the point with a controller he designed for the sugar cane mills. He first observed the mill operating with the existing poor-performing controller. The data yielded a model and revealed where the controller was under-achieving. He designed a second controller and conducted an experiment with it operating, generating a more appropriate model and a prototype high-performance controller. With the prototype installed, he repeated the cycle again and settled on the optimal control system. For the past eight years, Bitmead has applied his closed-loop approach in his role as Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Robust & Adaptive Systems. This government-supported university-industry center was an incorporated not-for-profit company. The Centres research resulted in several products such as audio compression software for the Australian Federal Police. But Bitmead says the Centres greatest contribution related to graduate education. We educated students who not only knew how to prove theorems, but who also understood the context of research and who appreciated, at some level, issues involved in launching new products, said Bitmead. The value added was obvious in that 50% of our graduates went on to work in companies a much higher proportion than you would find in the overall PhD population in Australia. Bitmead looks forward to the challenge of making a new start in the U.S. The Dynamic Systems and Control Group at UC San Diego is probably the most exciting new venture in our field in the past decade, he said.
Good Vibrations: John Kosmatka uses a non-contacting scanning laser vibrometer, available at only a few universities, to visualize vibrations on the face and crown of a golf club head. Used in a variety of Kosmatkas research projects, the equipment scans the entire body of a structure and precisely maps the shape of the vibrating structure.
John Kosmatka appointed to Callaway Golf Chair in Structural Mechanics
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Professor John Kosmatka specializes in composite structural design and in the mechanics and dynamics of structures for which weight is critical to performance. Kosmatka has applied his expertise to exciting projects such as designing a mobile graphite/epoxy bridge for the U.S. Army that weighs only 12,000 lbs. and is able to carry a vehicle load in excess of 750,000 lbs. He has designed composite helicopter blades that change shape to improve performance and reduce noise, and explored ways to extend the life of jet engines by dampening vibration of turbine fan and propeller blades. Kosmatka has been collaborating with Callaway Golf for several years. In fact, five of his former students are now employed at the company. “Our work with Callaway is exciting because we can make recommendations which will influence millions of product units,” said Kosmatka. “It is a wonderful research challenge to find the limits on performance while improving the player’s enjoyment.” Kosmatka says golf research encompasses many aspects of engineering, from impact modeling and swing dynamics to acoustics and aerodynamics. “No aerospace rocket has the launch requirements of a modern golf club and ball, where during the 0.005-second impact the ball experiences 50,000 g’s and deforms to nearly half its size and then launches off the club face with a desired spin to produce lift for maximum distance.” Kosmatka has been helping Callaway design clubs with improved performance and feel: “When golfers swing the club, they want a certain level of feedback to let them know whether they’ve hit the ball properly.” “This helps with training and muscle memory. We’re helping Callaway design clubs that provide a positive feel and sound when hit properly, and a series of different feelings when hit improperly. Harsh vibration levels are reduced to eliminate discomfort or fatigue.” Kosmatka was recently appointed the first holder of the Callaway Golf Chair in Structural Mechanics. Callaway established the $500,000 endowed chair last year to help strengthen ties with the Jacobs School and encourage continued research collaborations. Kosmatka has served on the UC San Diego structural engineering faculty since 1989. He earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from UCLA in 1986. Among his many honors and awards, Kosmatka was recently named an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Faculty Honors
Bennet Yee (CSE) is one of 78 engineers selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineerings Symposium on Frontiers in Engineering. A forum for the nations best young engineers to share ideas, this years event will focus on information technology, bioengineering, energy and the environment, and optics. Marcos Intaglietta (Bioengineering) received the 1999 Landis Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Microcirculatory Society. Intaglietta was cited for his career achievements in the regulation of minute blood vessels. Shu Chien (Bioengineering) has been named president-elect of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and will begin his term as president in March 2000. Larry Milstein (ECE) received the 1999 teaching award from the UC San Diego Academic Senate. The faculty describe Milstein as a thoughtful instructor who inspires students with enthusiasm and a unique style of teaching. Robert Skelton (MAE) will receive the 1999 Norman Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for his paper titled Structural Control: Past, Present, Future, published in the September 1997 Journal of Engineering Mechanics. George Tynan (MAE) has received a three-year $500,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energys new Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Program. Tynan will use the funds to examine whether sheared flows can stabilize turbulence in magnetized plasmas. If experiments behave as anticipated, the work may provide additional support for the idea that heat leakage rates can be reduced significantly in future fusion energy devices. Such a result would imply that smaller, possibly less expensive, fusion devices could be designed and built using new physics insights.
In Memorium
Flaviu Cristian (CSE), a world expert in dependable computer systems, passed away on April 27 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Cristian joined the UC San Diego faculty in 1991 and was elected a Fellow of IEEE in 1998. He was widely regarded as a technical leader in the design and analysis of fault-tolerant distributed systems.
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Students
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Lessons in Earthquake Engineering
WHY DO SOME bridges and buildings collapse during an earthquake, while others sustain little damage? That’s a question that received answers for middle school students participating in an outreach program created by UC San Diego’s graduate student chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Last spring, the structural engineering graduate students gave five one-hour earthquake engineering lessons to seventh and eighth graders with La Mesa Middle School. The presenters used hands-on demonstrations to bring the course to life. For example, they used a miniature shaking table to demonstrate seismic design concepts such as base isolation, stiffening and ductility. Teacher Cathy Harshmann praised the UC San Diego instructors, saying it was “very educational for the students, and it created a renewed interest in science.” Eric Hines, UC San Diego’s EERI president, said, “We were intrigued by the challenge of presenting our work in a manner which the students could understand. Hopefully, we have interested some young students in an engineering future.”
Quick Study
Having Fun the Nokia Way
Nearly 3,000 students attended Nokias Carnival of Fun on campus last April. The event included a BBQ feast, Nokia-theme carnival games, and a human velcro wall. The company also gave away three Nokia cellular phones to lucky raffle winners. Nokia has selected UC San Diego as one of its key universities, and attendees of the event had the opportunity to meet with the Nokia Team to discuss internship and career opportunities.
Mentor Match
Structural engineering graduate student Eric Hines uses an inverted pendulum to demonstrate the effects of earthquake loads on structures.
Through the Mentor Program at the Jacobs School, undergraduate students receive guidance from working professionals, and companies get to know promising young people. During an event this spring at Qualcomm, more than 50 people turned out to meet their assigned mentors/students. They are among the 250 engineering students and 100 industry mentors who have benefited from the program since it began in 1993. To learn more, contact Engineering Student Services at (858) 534-6105 or ess-info@soe.ucsd.edu.
1999 Undergraduate Survey: 340 seniors shared their near-term plans with us
IMMEDIATE PLANS
AMONG THOSE WHO TOOK JOBS... WHERE THEY GO
Starrett Memorial Scholarship
San Diego 63% San Diego 63% Other cities in California Other cities in California 24% Unidentified 8% Unidentified 8% Texas 3% Texas 3% Massachusetts 2% Massachusetts 2%
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering seniors Michael S. Fraser, Lianne Bell and Julie A. Wolf received the 1999 John E. Starrett, Jr. Memorial Scholarships. Awarded annually to seniors who have displayed academic excellence, the scholarship program was established in 1991 in memory of John E. Starrett Jr., who was the principal development engineer for UC San Diegos Center for Excellence for Advanced Materials.
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ELEMENTARY STUDENTS GATHERED at UC San Diego last spring to launch bottle rockets they built themselves. It was the capstone event to the 1998/1999 Jacobs School K-8 Student Outreach program. Through the program, volunteer teams of Jacobs School undergraduates visit San Diego schools to conduct hands-on experiments that promote student interest in math and science. Since the
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TRW Foundation recently contributed $10,000 to support the Jacobs School K-8 Outreach Program
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Corporate Partnership
CAP CORNER
Corporate Affiliates Program
Corporate Scholarships: Visibility and Access to Students For Company Sponsors
MORE THAN 30 UC San Diego undergraduate students are receiving help with tuition this fall through the new Corporate Scholarships program. UC San Diego staff work with companies to create individualized funds that meet sponsors’ objectives. Options range from summer internship/fall scholarships that allow corporate sponsors to cultivate potential employees, to scholarships which reward students for community service. To increase sponsors’ visibility among students, the scholarships are named for the companies that support them. Sempra Energy provided $25,000 to sponsor six sophomore and junior engineering students this fall. Kelly Prasser, manager of corporate and community relations, says the new program is helping to bring promising students and the company together, which is a great way to help recruit local talent while assisting students in finding good internships and jobs. Company managers helped evaluate applicants, and then took the opportunity to meet and interview all of the Sempra scholarship recipients on-site at the company’s headquarters in downtown San Diego. Scholarships average $2,500 per year, and help UC San Diego attract and keep the best students. Companies may either select the scholarship recipients themselves, or ask the university to select the students based on the company’s criteria. The new program includes special events to bring sponsors and students together, and to raise visibility for the sponsors among the student body. For more information, contact Brian Daly at (858) 822-1536.
UC San Diego has created a strategic program that matches corporate needs to recruit local talent with students needs to find good jobs in their field.
Kelly Prasser, Sempra Energy
SAVE THE DATE for upcoming CAP
events: 1999 October 29 (CAP Reception), December 13 (Student Resume Database Released), 2000 January 27 (Board Meeting), February 25 (Research Review), May 15 (Recognition Banquet). > Dan Sullivan (QUALCOMM) is the 99/00 chair of the CAP Executive Board and Currie Munce, 79 (IBM), will serve as vice-chair. Many thanks to Dave Esbeck (Solar Turbines Incorporated) who was the 98/99 Executive Board Chair. > Welcome to our CAP members who have joined over the past 18 months: Asymtek, Encad, High Technology Solutions, Information Systems Laboratories, Mitsubishi, Peregrine Systems, Raytheon, SDG&E, System Design Group, Trega Biosciences, Inc., and Vodafone. > CAP is working towards its goal of putting surplus computer and research equipment to good use in the education labs at the Jacobs School. Many thanks to Hughes, Clinicomp, SAIC and Sun Microsystems for their gifts over the past year. For a wish-list of equipment needs, contact Kelly Briggs at 858-534-2329. > CAP kudos to Jerry Tustaniwskyj (Unisys) who was named 1999 Unisys fellow for his role in launching the company into the worldwide chip-testing market. > TRW Foundation has provided a $60,000 unrestricted gift for research. Awards were made to: George Polyzos (CSE) for Enhanced Performance Protocols for Wireless Access to the Internet; Larry Milstein (ECE) for Enhanced Receiver Design for InterferenceLimited Multiple Access Channels; and Peter Asbeck and Larry Larson (ECE) for Heterostructure Transistors for High PowerHigh Frequency Switching Applications.
TO DATE, the following corporate sponsors have pledged a total of $100,000 for students Agouron Pharmaceuticals Bank of Commerce CliniComp Int’l Los Angeles Times Nokia QUALCOMM Sempra Energy SAIC Shidler Group Silicon Graphics Stac Union Bank of California
$700,000 Grant from Microsoft Research for Computer Science Education
COMPUTER SCIENCE and engineering students will soon study computer science, software engineering, multimedia Web design, and database design using a newly outfitted Microsoft Windows NT Laboratory, thanks to a grant from Microsoft Corp.’s Research group. The gift includes 100 Pentium 450 computers loaded with the most recent version of Windows NT Workstation, Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), and other software. The grant also includes a Pentium multi-processor server and two workstations for curriculum development. Microsoft Research purchased the hardware from Micron Electronics, Inc. Micron will donate its time to set up the lab and train the faculty on the new equipment. Each Micron system will ship with Micron University, an online training resource.
DESIGN
curriculum.
With 100 workstations available to
students, professors will be able to incorporate more hands-on design and programming projects into the
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Community Relations
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Jacobs School Launches $19 Million Fundraising Campaign for Bioengineering
AS THE BIOENGINEERING Department moves forward with its strategic plan for the 21st Century, the Jacobs School is leading a campaign to raise $19 million for infrastructure to support the Department’s goals. Private contributions would fund new construction, a Center for Entreprenuership and Leadership, and several endowed chair professorships, and would leverage a $26 million investment made by the Whitaker Foundation and Charles Lee Powell Foundation. Local industry leader Stephen Flaim is working with Joe Bear, executive director of external relations and the School’s external relations team on the campaign.
Stephen Flaim Joe Bear
Stephen Flaim brings more than 25 years of experience in bioengineering to the School’s fundraising effort. Flaim earned his Ph.D. in human physiology and was in academic medical research before switching to industry. He worked on drug discovery for Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and went on to perform research at San Diego’s Alliance Pharmaceutical and Trega Biosciences. He also served on the Industrial Advisory Board for UC San Diego’s Department of Bioengineering. An introduction to Dean Robert Conn led to Flaim’s involvement with the Jacob School’s Corporate Affiliates Program and more recently the fundraising campaign. “It’s exciting to get involved with the School directly on a professional level, having been acquainted with UC San Diego before as a volunteer.” Joe Bear can be reached at 858-534-2776. Stephen Flaim can be reached at (858) 822-3490.
Synergy (sin r je) n. the simultaneous action of separate agencies
which, together, have greater total effect than the sum of their individual effects. Synergy Theme Captures Momentum Of Jacobs School Partnerships
1998-1999 MARKED A YEAR of extraordinary achievement for the Jacobs School and its partners. And 430 community friends, corporate partners, alumni, faculty and students celebrated these achievements at the School’s Third Annual Recognition Banquet entitled “Synergy, Together We Achieve the Extraordinary.” The event, held May 7 at the Hyatt Torrey Pines, was co-hosted by Solar Turbines and QUALCOMM and sponsored by 34 corporate partners.
1999 Jacobs School Recognition Awards
Philanthropy Award The Charles Lee Powell Foundation
For long-standing support of UC San Diego research and education, including an $8 million gift for the Powell-Focht Bioengineering Building and a $1 million endowment for Kunzel Scholarships and Fellowships.
The Whitaker Foundation
For critical support of the Department of Bioengineering including the 1998 Leadership Award totaling $18 million.
Undergraduate Student Leadership Award Neil Gupta Mechanical Engineering
For outstanding leadership of student organizations, coordination of the Human-Powered Submarine project, and academic service.
Graduate Student Research Award Lelli Hose & Pedro Silva Structural Engineering
For exemplary research in earthquake engineering to improve bridge safety.
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Outstanding Alumnus Award Erik Engelson Executive-In-Residence, Institutional Venture Partners
For extraordinary inventions that have set the foundation for interventional neuroradiology.
A. Currie Munce Jr. Director of Storage Systems & Technology, Director of Advanced Technology, IBM
For superior leadership and technical expertise in storage systems at IBM.
Greg Papadopoulos Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Sun Microsystems
For excellence as an entrepreneur, academician and leader at Sun Microsystems.
Outstanding Executive Award David Esbeck Vice President of Engineering, Solar Turbines
For exceptional guidance of the Jacobs School Corporate Affiliates Program.
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Alumni
in venture capital in fields such as e-commerce and life sciences, and is serving on the boards of several start-ups. He’s also been traveling extensively, but has not been sailing, a life-long passion, nearly as much as he would like. Even as a child, Engelson dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur. He ran the classic lemonade stand and started fledgling ventures like a butcher block manufacturing business. As he approached college, he became interested in medicine, and decided to pursue a microbiology degree at UC San Diego. Though the practice of medicine was not for him, Engleson found his calling when he chanced upon Bioengineering Professor Geert SchmidSchoenbein’s microvascular physiology lab. He completed his M.S. in bioengineering in 1984. “As I was studying, I continued to hunger for the business element,” he said. Engleson went on to develop some 45 patents, many of which were issued during his time with Target Therapeutics. “When I joined Target in 1985, it was a yetto-be-incorporated concept for a company focusing on innovative treatments for liver disease. But as I got out there and started to talk with physicians in the field, I stumbled upon unmet needs for brain vascular treatments. For me, it was a matter of being there and having lightbulbs go on every now and then.” Engelson’s inventions turned the focus of Target towards neurovascular treatments and the company flourished, finally being sold to Boston Scientific in 1997. One of Engleson’s inventions opened up the field of interventional neuroradiology. To deliver treatments through remote blood vessels leading to organs like the liver, interventional radiologists used a guidewire to thread microcatheters through the twists and turns of the blood vessel. These microcatheters had a delicate tip and as the physician inched the guidewire forward, the tip was slid over the wire to move the catheter. Prior to Engleson’s invention, this process was extremely difficult if not impossible to perform in the brain because the catheter tip was often too stiff to work into the branch points of the blood vessel. Rather than following the guidewire through a turn, the microcather would go straight and pull the guidewire out of place. “The invention was very simple and yet novel. We just made the tip softer so the microcatheter would follow the guidewire,” said Engleson. “The hard part, of course, was to select the right materials and overcome issues like friction and kinking.” Engelson credits much of his success to the theory and knowledge he learned in bioengineering. He looks back to UC San Diego with affection, pride, and even a sense of ownership. He hopes to find ways to help enhance the university. “UC San Diego is a place where new ideas are welcomed. There is this can-do attitude that helped shape my way of thinking. I’d like to help the university as it creates its strategic plan for the future,” says Engleson.
Erik Engelson
UC San Diego was the place where I had my intellectual awakening. Id like to give back.
AT THE RIPE old age of 39, Erik Engelson has a lot to be proud of. Consider inventions to treat thousands of people with life-threatening brain injuries or disease. And the growth of Target Therapeutics from a small joint venture to a publicly traded company with annual revenues of $90 million at the time it was sold for a purchase price in excess of $1 billion. These days, Engelson is attempting to slow down his hectic pace. He’s working part-time
Alumni Updates
1990 Mark M. Shih, B.S., Electrical Engineering. Shih is in the process of completing his residency after earning his M.D. at the University of Minnesota. Shihs dual specialty is in pediatrics and physical medicine & rehabilitation at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Shih, his wife Holli and their soon to be born son have moved to Portland, Oregon where Shih will be associate director of pediatric rehabilitation at Legacy Emmanuel Childrens Hospital. 1991 Pierre Durand, Jr., B.S., Bioengineering Pre-Medical. Durand is in his third year of residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Southern California. 1992 Glenn Friedman, M.S., Electrical Engineering (Applied Physics). Friedman is the Technical Programs Manager for Amkor Wafer Fabrication Services (AWFS) in Santa Clara. A new division of Amkor Technology, AWFS offers state of the art (0.25 micron and smaller) silicon wafer foundry services to the fabless and IDM semiconductor industry. 1993 Loren L. Turner, B.S., Structural Engineering. Turner obtained her Professional Engineers Licence in Civil Engineering in 1996 and is currently designing bridges and highway structures for Caltrans. 1994 Greg Worthey, B.S., Computer Engineering. Greg heads up a full-service consultancy, Worthey Computer Solutions (www.worthey.com), specializing in systems integration, networking, and network management. 1995 Mar k Randall Loveland, B.S., Computer Science. Loveland is a senior member of the technical staff at PAR Governent Systems. PAR is a government contractor specializing in Hyperspectral Systems. He is building an image analysis toolbox for a portable hyperspectral algorithm repository. For fun, Loveland road races grand prix motorcyles from Sears Point to Daytona Beach. 1996 Eric G. Nelson, B.S., Mech.E. Nelson is living in Lemon Grove with his wife Jennie Durward Nelson, B.S. Structural Engineering. Eric is working for Hewlett Packard in Rancho Bernardo and Jennie teaches math and physics to middle and high school school students in San Diego. Don Gurskis B.S., Bioengineering and Arlene Yang B.S., Bioengineering announce their engagement and will be married in May of 2000. Gurskis is currently employed with a womens reproductive health company called Conceptus, Inc. as a Senior Project Engineer and Yang is working for a vascular interventional medical device company called Guidant Corporation as a Senior Process Engineer. Both are located in the Bay Area. Martin A. Martinez III, B.S., Mech.E. Martinez has been promoted to 1st Lt. I in the USAF and has moved from Eglin AFB, FL to Kirtland AFB, NM. Hes working on real-time satellite operations for experimental R&D satellites. Martinez says he does a lot of interfacing with the contractors and organizations who own the actual experiment, and he conducts commanding procedures on actual satellite passes. Jacqueline Luk, BSME, MechE., Luk has been working as a technical project manager for MicroAge in Phoenix, AZ since September 1996. She will begin the High Technology MBA Program at ASU this term. 1998 Russ Kowalsky, B.S.,
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ECE. Kowalsky is completing the technical sales program with Texas Instruments in Houston, concentrating in the areas of digital and analog signal processing solutions, and telecommunications hardware. Sam Nicols, B.S., ChemE. Nicols is at UC Berkeley, starting the M.S./Ph.D. program in materials science with a focus on electronic materials under a full department fellowship. He recently completed an internship with Multek Europe, a PCB manufacturer in Boeblingen, Germany. Last summer, he did an internship with Bayer AG (makes Aspirin), a chemical company in Leverkusen, Germany. Navid Serrano, B.S., Electrical Engineering. Building on his work with professor Pam Cosman in digital imaging research, Serrano is participating in the Kodak Image Science Career Development Program. A 2year rotation, Serrano spends 20% of the time taking classes taught by Kodak experts and the other 80% of the time in work assignments at various units in Kodak. The company will also sponsor Serrano as he starts on his EE masters degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He recently married. Tina Shahidyazdani, a fellow UCSD alum who is a medical student at the University of Rochester.
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Around the World and Back To UC San Diego
AT THE 1999 RESEARCH REVIEW, we caught up with Jeff Mindes, who graduated with a B.S. in structural engineering in 1992. Mindes is one of those people who works hard and plays hard. Here’s his story: After completing an M.S. at Stanford, I moved to Oahu, Hawaii, where I managed construction for a medium sized general contractor and was involved in everything from construction of a McDonald’s restaurant to completing multi-million dollar hotel renovations in Waikiki. I then took a job with Charles Pankow Builders in Hawaii and moved back to Los Angeles to work on two high-rise, $200 million projects. After three years in L.A., I left Pankow to pursue a dream. I bought a VW Vanagon, loaded my surfboard, and spent six months driving through Central America. Then I hightailed it out of there, and flew from Costa Rica to Rome, bought a motorcycle in Switzerland, and biked through Europe and Scandinavia for four months. Finally, I returned to L.A. to get serious. I began working for the CIM Group, a real-estate development company involved in street retail projects like the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego. I provide construction consulting services and project management for their San Diego projects. One of the projects I am working on involves the rehabilitation and seismic upgrading of an eight-story concrete historic building. And that brings me to Research Review. As an undergraduate, I had the opportunity to be an assistant at the Powell Structural Research Laboratory. I was directly employed in the construction and instrumentation of concrete and masonry structures. I was fortunate to have worked on some of Professor Freider Seible’s projects and I hope to possibly apply some of the methods we tested to the building I am working on now. How exciting! At Research Review, I had the great fortune to steal a few minutes of Professor Seible’s time and hopefully I can make use of the contacts he provided me with. Who knows, maybe we can expand these retrofit methods from the Caltrans highway system to building construction.
THANK YOU 343 Jacobs School of Engineering alumni
pledged a total of $47,715 through the 1999 Annual Fund Drive. Many thanks for your gifts which will support students, educational initiatives, and priority programs at the School.
M ove rs &Shake rs
35 STRUCTURAL engineering alumni joined the Jacobs School and the Structural Engineering Department at the August 16 dedication of the $15 million Caltrans Seismic Response Modification Device testing facility. The first in the world of its kind and scale, the facility will be used to test new technologies to retrofit California’s long-span bridges for earthquake safety. Approximately 170 people attended the event, which included a champagne christening, tours, lunch and a special wine and cheese reception for alumni and graduate students.
Please take a few moments to update us on your recent activities and/or your new address. E-mail updates can be sent to: dhagen@ucsd.edu
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Job Opportunities
Companies listed are members of the Schools Corporate Affiliates Program. Visit the Corporate Jobs page at www.soe.ucsd.edu for direct links to detailed employment opportunities.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
www.cadencecafe.com/ 15015 Ave of Science, San Diego, CA 92128 e-mail: tomtri@cadence.com; tel: (619) 6182800; fax: (619) 675-3684
Nokia Mobile Phones, Inc.
www.nokia.com/careers/index.html 9605 Scranton Road, Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92121 e-mail: sandiego.resumes@nmp.nokia.com
System Design Group
Analog/mixed signal/RF engineers, CAD engineers, test engineers, device technology engineers, digital IC engineers, product engineers.
Nokia, global leader in wireless communications, seeks creative graduates with degrees in computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.
www.systemdesign.com 4520 Executive Drive Plaza 1 San Diego, CA 92121 Fax: (619) 5501442; tel: (619) 550-1441 x223
Software engineers (Jr. through Sr.): C, C++, Embedded, Windows CE, Windows NT/98/95 drivers, hardware engineers (Jr. through Sr.), digital design, FPGA, ASIC, Verilog, VHDL.
CliniComp, Intl.
www.clinicomp.com e-mail: jobs@clinicomp.com
ORINCON Corporation
CliniComp provides high-end software solutions to hospitals nationwide. Software engineers, systems analysts, and software testers are needed in San Diego.
www.orincon.com Human Resources, 9363 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 e-mail: blmitchell@orincon.com; fax: (858) 452-9327
The Aerospace Corporation
www.aero.org Professional Placement, P.O. Box 92957, M/S: M1029 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2957 e-mail: resume@aero.org fax: (310) 3367933; tel: (310) 336-5436
Hughes Network Systems
www.hns.com/careers/careers.htm Human Resources, 10450 Pacific Center Court San Diego, CA 92121 e-mail: resumes@hns.com; fax: (858) 457-3863
ORINCON Corporation is a research and development company specializing in system and software design, development & evaluation. Software and information engineer positions available in San Diego.
QUALCOMM
Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a Hughes Electronics Corporation company, is a world leader in telecommunications technology satellite, digital cellular, frame relay, ATM, and IP switching.
www.qualcomm.com University Relations, P.O. Box 919013, San Diego, CA 92191-9013 e-mail: resumes@qualcomm.com; fax: (888) 3494155
The Aerospace Corporation is nonprofit corporation that supports the U.S. government in research, development, and operation of space launch and associated ground systems. Positions available in a variety of specialties at the BS, MS, and Ph.D. levels.
TRW
Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. (ISL)
www.islinc.com Alexis Bugaj, Mgr. Operations & Corp. Admin. 7047 Carroll Road San Diego, CA 92121 e-mail: alexisb@islinc.com; tel: (858) 535-9680; fax: (858) 535-9848
QUALCOMM is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Companys CDMA digital technology. Opportunities available for the following majors: EE, CS and CE.
www.trw.com/careers/ Human Resources; One Rancho Carmel San Diego, CA 92128 e-mail: resumes@rc.trw.com; fax: (858) 592-3108
Software engineers digital/analog engineers communications systems engineers (desired degrees: EE,CE,CS, math, applied physics).
SAIC Science Applications International Corporation
VIASAT
Software Engineers: systems integration; controls; RF sensors.
www.saic.com e-mail: jobs@saic.com; fax (858) 826-7702
Kyocera America, Inc.
www.kyocera.com/kai
Applications engineers: organic/advanced ceramic; package/automotive/telecommunications production supervisor; sales trainee; sales manager metallized; PC support specialist; customer service; production supervisor.
SAIC, a diversified hightechnology research and engineering company, offers a broad range of expertise in technology development and analysis, computer system development and integration, and technical support services. Entry level and program management engineering and software positions are available.
www.viasat.com Recruiting Manager 2290 Cosmos Court, Carlsbad, CA 92009-1517 e-mail: resume@viasat.com; tel: (760) 438-8099; fax: (760) 438-8489
Digital design engineers, DSP/COM engineers, software engineers, system engineers.
Sony Technology Center San Diego
NCR CORPORATION
NCR provides data warehousing, analytical tools, and consulting services around the world. Entry-level software engineering positions are available in Southern California.
www.ncr.com/careers/ Human Resources attn: Kari Silber, 17095 Via Del Campo, San Diego, CA 92127
www.sel.newdobs.com Human Resources, 16450 West Bernardo Drive, San Diego, CA 92119 e-mail: Jobs@am.sony.com; fax (877) 822-8703
At Sony Electronics Inc., we believe in the power of imagination. Weve created an environment where you can dream the next generation of consumer electronics. If youre ready to begin your career in a fastpaced, teamoriented environment, and youre driven to succeed, wed like to see you .
University of California, San Diego Irwin and Joan
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