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Berkeley Engineering Alumni RelationsNews SpotlightAn Intentional Life: Software engineer Charles Simonyi (B.S.’72 Eng Math) scores success with space sojournAlumnus Charles Simonyi scores success with space sojourn He is no stranger to bold ventures. At age 17, he left his family behind in communist Hungary, with no intention of returning, to pursue his dream of becoming a computer programmer. When government authorities discovered the defection, it was his father who took the punishment by having his electrical engineering professorship stripped from him. The boy would not see his family again until 1989, when the Iron Curtain fell. Read more … Featured EventsSpring Reception for GraduatesMay 12, 2008 Congratulations on your upcoming graduation from Berkeley Engineering and welcome to the alumni community!… Read more… Feed the Bears Study BreakMay 19, 2008 Free snacks and drinks for Engineering students during finals. Hosted by Berkeley Engineering Alumni Relations (BEARs).… Read more… Class NotesTOBIN BASTA (M.S. CEE 2003 )recently joined Q&D Construction of Reno, Nevada, as project manager on the Ritz-Carlton Highlands Lodge, a 173-room, $200,000,000 project featuring a six-story ski resort and spa. At the time of his report, Basta's team had installed the 110-foot concrete core, footings and walls. Read more … |