Concurrently with the launch of the new website, we intend to make a much more concerted effort to reestablish and maintain contact with alums of the Cal Poly Pomona Physics Department.
Please use the link below to send news about and contact information for you and any other alums you may know something about. Be sure to indicate your class. Thanks!
(NOTE: Please don't change the subject line of the email message.)
Most recent sightings ... (look for dates in red!)
| Class | Name | Other Degrees |
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| 2004 | Emily Thompson | web | Hi all at Cal Poly! How is everyone? I wanted to give an update...I'm sitting in my apartment right now in France, on the border with Switzerland...
I just moved here a month ago, and am working at CERN for the next year or so. We're excited for the startup of the LHC (hopefully) this summer!
I'm still doing research on the ATLAS project, mostly muon reconstruction, data quality and helping out here and there when they need a hand bundling cables down in the "pit".
Soon we'll start the commissioning the detector, and myself and theother people in the Boston area are mostly responsible for the MuonSpectrometer endcaps.
I've also been adding some pictures of my experience here (and trying to keep the captions updated). If anyone wants any CERN or ATLAS paraphernalia, just let me know! =) Hope all is well back in California, -Emily -February 2008 |
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| 2003 | Jeannie Anderson | M.S. -UCR |
I am currently teaching physics labs at Cal Poly and I also work at Loma Linda Medical Center as a calibration physicist for the radiation medicine department. I plan to become a medical physicist and help treat cancer patients. | |
| 1998 | Steven M. Guertin | M.S., Physics -UCLA 2001 | Since graduation I've been working in JPL's radiation effects group, primarily studying the response of digital electronics to ionizing particles. I am presently on limited schedule there in order to finish my Ph.D. at UCLA on neutral pion production in deuteron+gold collisions at STAR. | |
| 1998 | Vincent Kong | web | Graduate Student in Physics High Energy Gamma Ray Astrophysics Group University of California at Riverside - November 1999 |
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| 1997 | Julie Bray-Ali (Murakami) |
M.S. -USC |
Teaching astronomy at Mt. SAC since 2000. | |
| 1997 | Shane Rubin | I've been involved in the wireless industry for 9 years specializing in distributed antenna systems for all the major US wireless operators. Sorry to report that I haven't been involved in the research of super massive black holes, M-Theory, or dark energy - just good old proven RF. If any of you have a way of seeing RF through battery powered goggles I could sure use a pair. Battery power is key. Extension cords can become quite cumbersome in real life applications. - June 2005 |
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| 1996 | Kevin Boerwinkle ("MOOSE") | M.S. -CSUF 1998 | I worked full time in hobby games field for 2 years in Ontario, CA, and continued to freelance in that capacity for 3 years after that on a part time basis. Since the summer of 2000, I've been doing software engineering work in Santa Monica, CA; Culver City, CA; Houston, TX; and Augusta, GA. Currently residing in Augusta, GA - March 2008 |
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| 1996 | Jim Hill | Staff Engineer - Physics working at Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices Inc. in Torrance. William Greer where are you? Torrance, CA - May 2003 |
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| 1995 | Bill DeGraffenreid | Ph.D. '00 -U. of Md |
web | After earning my PhD in Chemical Physics from the University of Maryland, I worked for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for two years in the Atomic Spectroscopy Group. I joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Sacramento State in 2002. My research interests are in spectroscopy, light-matter interactions, and instrumentation. - October 2005 |
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| Gloria Putnam | Physics Teacher, Diamond Bar High School, 21400 Pathfinder Road, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Telephone: 594 1405 - July 1996 |
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| Jesse Sanchez | Currently managing a microprocessor and chipset validation lab for Intel in Chandler, Arizona. - April 2004 |
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| Geoffrey Simms | web | I have been working as a research staff member at HRL Laboratories in Malibu, CA since November 1998. In that time I have done research on electromagnetic scattering calculations, strained semiconductor epitaxy, single electron spin-sensitive quantum transistors, quantum algorithms and quantum computing architectures. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I live in Thousand Oaks with my wife Luma (who is also a Cal Poly Physics grad), and our three daughters. - October 2005 |
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| Jason Tedford | web | I’ve been working in the semi-conductor industry for quite awhile now. I’ve been primarily involved in RF/Mixed Signal CMOS design verification. I was recently tapped to teach a Test theory class for new hires recently, scary. I can be reached at tedfordjst@aol.com - April 2004 |
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| 1994 | Ruwan Jayasinghe | web | After graduating in '94 I joined the District Intern Program of LAUSD and have been teaching Chemistry and Physics at Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles. Also since then we've (Tracy and I) had Sarah who is almost 1.3 +/- 0.1yrs Science Department, Roosevelt High School, 456 S. Mathews Street, Los Angeles CA 90033. Telephone: (213) 268-7241 FAX: (213) 269-5473 - Septermber 1996 |
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| 1993 | Ty Buxman | web | Director, Office of Undergraduate Affairs, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0484 - July 1996 | |
| Kendall Reeves | Physics Graduate Student, University of Texas at Austin, Postal Address: 2408 Manor Rd., Apt. 209 Austin, TX 78722 Thesis topic: HERA-B, CP Violation involving B Quarks. Research at DESY, Hamburg, Germany. - July 1996 |
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| 1992 | Byron Curry | I am a technician ECE Department of Cal Poly half time. I am also pursuing graduate studies at the University of Southern California in Electrical Engineering- Electrophysics Department. I hope to take the screening exam in March or April 97. ECE Department, Cal Poly Unviersity, Pomona, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768. Telephone: (909) 869-2515 - September 1996 |
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| 1991 | Mark Helmlinger | web | Validation & Calibration Field Engineer, Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer Science Team, Earth and Space Sciences Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 169-237, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 Telephone: (818) 354-0547 FAX: (818) 339-4619. - August 1996 |
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| 1990 | Pauline Chen | Software Engineer, Cisco Systems, Inc., 2569 McCabe Way, Irvine, CA 92614. - July 1996 |
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| Debbie Clark | web | Now teaching Physics, which I love and running various online ventures. Los Angeles, CA - January 2003 |
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| David A. Rapchun | web | Still alive...Check my page out... - June 2003 |
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| Roderick P. Tiangco | Currently Senior Staff Scientist working for the US Department of Energy, Special Technologies Laboratory. Santa Barbara, CA - March 2002 |
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| Alice Tong | M.S. '92 -CSULA |
MS Physics - 1992 Cal State, Los Angeles, Associate Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board, P.O.Box 8001, El Monte, CA 91734-2301.
- July 1996 |
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| 1989 | Christine Freytag | |||
| Christopher Freytag | web | I have been working in the RF field since 1990 with my first years involved in analyzing radar data. Since 2000 I have been a systems engineer working on a project to upgrade/install new radar systems at VAFB, PMRF, Kaena Point, Antigua, Puerto Rico, Florida and two ship based systems. These enhancements allow the C-band radars to coherently detect and track objects orbiting 40,000 km above. - September 2006 |
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| Richard Lay | Upper Atmosphere Microwave Development Group, Microwave, Lidar and Interferometer, Technology Section-386, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, mail stop 183-701, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 Telephone: (818) 354-3541 FAX: (818) 393-5065 - August 1996 |
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| Jack Tang | I am currently a Product Manager for the Norton AntiVirus product line at the Symantec Corporation's Peter Norton Product Group, located in Santa Monica, CA. My daytime phone number is: (310) 449-5495 My address is: P. O. Box 842 Walnut, CA 91788
- March 1997 |
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| 1988 | Ron Armale | Chair of the Physical Sciences Dept. since 1998. Tenure granted in 1999. My current passion is swing dancing and salsa dancing. Does anyone need a partner? Phone: (714) 826 - 9763, Department of Physical Sciences, Cypress College, 9200 Valley View Street, Cypress, CA 90630-5897 - December 1999 |
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| Leo Cheng | M.S. RPI |
web | Currently a Science Planning Engineer for NASA's Cassini Program at JPL. - August 2002 |
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| James R. Holden | System Engineer, Instrument Systems Engineering Group, Systems Engineering Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 301-485, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099. - August 1996 |
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| 1975 | Peter M. Kobele | |||
| 1974 | Keith E. Wilson | |||
| 1972 | Erik R. Ivins | M.S. -UCLA Ph.D. -USC |
Academic Recognition: Masters of Science at UCLA Planetary Physics and Geophysics, Ph.D. at USC in Earth Sciences, Reasearch Scientist, JPL, Principal Investigator of the Earth and Space Sciences Division, Theoretical Geophysics Group: Earthquake mechanics, Solid state creep mechanics of the Earth's mantle. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099. - September 1996 |
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| ? | Phillip Bekey | Science Teacher, Claremont High School ("A National Blue Ribbon School") 1601 Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont CA 91711 - June 2004 |
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| ? | Kevin "MOOSE" Boerwinkle | Team Leader, Application Integration Engineering Simulis, LLC. Houston, TX - April 2003 |
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| ? | Miriam Mirgoli | Clinical System's integration specialist, working in the Biotech industry around the country and Europe. It's great to see everyone's name on this list!!!! San Francisco, CA – April 2003 |
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| ? | Jack Tang | Currently a product manager at Microsoft, working on enterprise applications integration product. Sammamish, WA - August 2002 |
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| ? | Theodore R. Eastman | B.S. - NYIT |
After studying at Cal Poly, Ted Graduated from New York Institute of Technology with a B.S.G.S. Ted worked 8 years as a software engineer in the Navigation Section of JPL. He currently works in the Reengineering Section. He has written three separate expert systems for Navigation and invented a patented Electron Circulating Spin Memory. He is currently working on Condensational Ion Propulsion. Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109-8099. - July 1996 |
