#1 AGAIN: In this year's "Little Big Game" of touch football, which takes place annually on the Saturday morning of the Big Game, Berkeley's chapter of Tau Beta Pi (TBP), the national engineering honor society, defeated Stanford's chapter, 6-5. Here, team members celebrate their seven-year winning streak and defense of the axe, the game's prize. The TBP tradition started 11 years ago as a way for engineers from age-old rivals Cal and Stanford to drop their books and hit the turf for a little fun.

Three cheers! It's all over. . . the classes, the late nights, and (almost) the exams. You're done, and now it's time to celebrate YOU -- the Class of 2005. We dedicate this issue of Engineering News to you.

Inside, you'll read about winners of the College of Engineering's top awards as well as some superstar students who have worked on cool research projects. You'll learn about our graduation speakers, Eric Schmidt of Google and student speaker Misha Leybovich, and you'll find out how your class stacks up by the numbers. For a trip down memory lane, check out the year in photographs. And finally, in the last Pop Quiz of the year, read what you and your fellow students said about life here at Berkeley. Appropriately, you get the last word.

Keep in touch. We'd love to hear about your life after northside and all the great things you decide to do. Best wishes!

-- Rachel Jackson, Editor, Engineering News

FROM THE DEAN

Congratulations to all of you. You are truly the best of the best. You have not only endured, but you have succeeded in an institution that tests your abilities in many dimensions. Now you are part of the prestigious community of Berkeley Engineering graduates who are leaders in their fields, in their industries, in their communities, and in the world. Seek out opportunities not just for the challenge or the success, but because you can truly make a difference. Be sure to follow your passion, wherever it may lead you, and best of luck.
-- Richard Newton, Dean and Roy W. Carlson Chair, College of Engineering

FROM THE EJC PRESIDENT

Congratulations Class of 2005! We now stand ready to embark on the next stage of our engineering careers. An exciting road lies ahead. We have a broad array of options available to us, ranging from saving lives, to protecting the environment, to improving society. These amazing opportunities will present us with increasingly complex problems, but, thanks to the phenomenal learning experience we've had at Berkeley, I know we'll be able to tackle them. I look forward to hearing about your accomplishments in the future. Best of luck, and Go Bears!
-- Ryan Doan, BioE and outgoing Engineering Joint Council President

Seek and ye shall find: Alum and Google CEO to deliver Commencement address

This year's 2005 Commencement speaker is Eric Schmidt (M.S.'79, Ph.D.'82 EECS), CEO of Google. His company has become, among other things, a verb. In 2003, Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English added "google" as a word for search. If you google "Eric Schmidt CEO," these tidbits come up:

"Schmidt worked at two seminal technology labs, Bell Laboratories and Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, and at chip pioneer Zilog, Inc. The Virginia native joined Sun in 1983, a year after its founding, and ran various software operations. As chief technology officer starting in 1994, he helped popularize Java as a potential alternative to Microsoft's Windows dominance." (BusinessWeek.com)

"The primary mission of Google is...[FULL STORY]

Fun memories and future responsibility are themes of this year's student speaker

"There will be some funny, nostalgic stuff," says Engineering Physics senior and outgoing ASUC president Misha Leybovich, talking about the speech he'll give at graduation. "But it's also about the responsibility we have as engineers. We need to make life better for people."

As ASUC president, Leybovich says he hopes he's made life better for Cal students. The experience has certainly changed his own life. Before he just wanted to be an astronaut. Now Leybovich recognizes that...[FULL STORY]

Departments

• Awards and Scholarships

• The Year In Photos

• Looking Back

• Looking Forward

• Parting Words

• Fast Facts

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