CSU Chico Department of Physics

The Department of Physics Graduates

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CSUC Degree	Graduate	Last Known Status	Advanced Degrees
Spring 13 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Lena Heffern	Physics Graduate School University of New Mexico
Spring 13 BS Physics Adv. St.	James Delles	Physics Graduate School University of Minnesota
Spring 13 BS Physics Adv. St.	Carlene Busse	Retail Management
Spring 13 BS Physics Adv. St.	Justin Baran
Spring 13 BS Physics Adv. St.	Dana Baylis	Astrophysics Graduate School New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
Spring 13 BS Physics Adv. St.	Evan Ide
Spring 13 BS Physics Adv. St.	Chris Hasek	Computer Specialist CSU Chico
Fall 12 BS Physics Adv. St.	Isaac-Cesar Aguilar	Test Engineer Trainer Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp.
Spring 12 BS Physics Adv. St.	Matthew Ammon
Spring 12 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Benjamin Fisher
Spring 12 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Austin Hagerman	Quality Assurance Engineer Shasta QA
Spring 12 BS Physics Adv. St.	Spenser Johnson	Laboratory Technician dB Control
Spring 12 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Daniel LeSher	Teaching Associate CSU, Long Beach
Spring 12 BS Physics Adv. St.	Patrick McDougall	Physics Lecturer CSU Chico
Spring 12 BS Physics Adv. St.	Rei Ohno
Spring 12 BS Physics Adv. St.	Rebecca Rolapp	Sales Operations Specialist Tesla Motors
Fall 11 BS Physics Adv. St.	Chris Evans	Automation Engineer Intel Corporation
Fall 11 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Alexander Skeffington	Enloe Hospital
Fall 11 BS Physics General	Evan White	Credential Program CSU Chico
Spring 11 BS Physics Adv. St.	Adam Archibald	Physics Graduate School Washington University
Spring 11 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Kyle Scully	Product Design Engineer Black Diamond Video
Spring 11 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Alex Wallace	Engineering Physicist PPA Electronics and Software Engineering Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Spring 11 BS Physics Adv. St.	Pasha Wrangell
Spring 10 BS Physics Adv. St.	Preston Countryman	Physics Graduate School North Carolina State University
Spring 10 BS Physics Adv. St.	Don Ashby	Applying to grad schol for Fall 2011
Spring 10 BS Physics Adv. St.	Terry McAfee	Physics Graduate School North Carolina State University
Spring 10 BS Physics General	Chad Gillis	Physics Teacher Marysville High School	Physics Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Spring 10 BS Physics General	Alan Hans	Medical School Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Spring 10 BS Physics General	Jason Belveal	Science Teacher Upperlake High School	Physics Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Spring 10 BS Physics Adv. St.	Kris Kilpatrick	Mathematics Grad School University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Spring 10 BS Physics General	Carey Scott	Physics & Earth Science Teacher San Benito High School	Physics Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Fall 09 BS Physics General	Sam Hage	Sales Engineer Sentek Dynamics
Fall 09 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Chris Griffo	Holographic Optical Lab Technician Luminit	MS Physics CSU Fullerton
Fall 09 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	James Hardeman
Spring 09 BS Physics Adv. St.	Toru Kitazawa	Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis Engineer Research Center of Computational Mechanics, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Spring 09 BS Physics Adv. St.	Brendan O'Dea	Design Engineer Timbercon	MS Applied Physics University of Oregon
Spring 09 BS Physics Adv. St.	Joel Amato	Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman
Spring 08 BS Physics Adv. St.	Tiara (Norris) Diamond	Physics Graduate School Florida State University	Masters in Physics Florida State University
Spring 08 BS Physics Adv. St.	Justin Dhooghe	Physics Graduate School UC Davis
Spring 08 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Yuya Ishiwatari	Sumitomo Corporation, Japan
Spring 07 BS Physics General	Daniel Bowen	Advanced Biodiesel Equipment
Spring 07 BS Physics Adv. St.	Brendan Diamond	Physics Graduate School Florida State University	Masters in Physics Florida State University
Spring 07 BS Physics Adv. St.	Joe Gran	Financial Technical Analyst Applied Underwriters	Ph.D. Computational Physics UC Davis
Spring 07 BS Physics Ap. Phys.	Tamara Jones	Staff Physicist China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center
Spring 07 BS Physics General	Masaki Hamada	Physics Graduate School University of Cincinnati
Spring 07 BS Physics Adv. St.	Matt Smith	Post-doc University College of London	Ph. D. Biophysics Lehigh University
Spring 06 BS Physics Adv. St.	Justin Stimatze	Physics Graduate School Georgetown University
Spring 06 BS Physics General	Ryan Morrison	Engineering Technician City of Marysville
Spring 06 BS Physics Adv. St.	Jeremiah Ruesch	Idaho National Laboratory
Spring 06 BS Physics Adv. St.	Andrew Fisher	Product Engineer L-3 EDD West
Spring 06 BS Physics Adv. St.	Jacob Baker
Spring 05 BS Physics Adv. St.	Kevin Meagher	Physics Graduate School University of Maryland
Spring 05 BS Physics Adv. St.	Joseph Piacentine	Project Parts Engineer Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Spring 04 BS Physics Adv. St.	Robert Foster	More classes at CSUC
Spring 04 BS Physics Optics	Titus (Roff) DeVine	Senior Metrology Engineer Tinsley Laboratories
Spring 04 BS Physics General	Lindsay Rowland	Physics/Math Teacher Champion Christian School
Spring 04 BS Physics Adv. St.	Antony Visco	Physics Graduate School University of Michigan
Fall 03 BS Physics Adv. St.	Erin Jordan	Physics Lecturer CSU Sacramento	Masters in Physics Brandeis University
Spring 03 BS Physics General	David Atkinson	Physics Teacher Lindhurst High School	Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Spring 03 BS Physics Adv. St.	Eric Edlund	Postdoc Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	PhD Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring 03 BS Physics General	Greg Johnson	Physics Teacher Yuba City High School	Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Spring 03 BS Physics Adv. St.	Cory Poole	Physics Teacher University Prep High School	MS Physics University of Maryland
Spring 03 BS Physics Optics	Tim Sweeney	Postdoc US Naval Research Lab Washington, DC	MS Physics University Of New Orleans PhD Physics University of Oregon
Spring 02 BS Physics General	Rebekah Funes	North State Resources
Spring 02 BS Physics Adv. St.	John Eltgroth	Optical Engineer LightSmyth Technologies	Master of Science in Applied Physics University of Oregon
Spring 02 BS Physics & Math	Jon Nay	US Navy Nuclear Officer Program
Spring 02 BS Physics General	Lukas Kennedy	Physics Teacher Red Bluff High School
Spring 02 BS Physics General	Roy Fisher	Near Eastern Language Graduate Theological Union	Masters in Language Graduate Theological Union
Fall 01 BS Physics Chem&Math	Danny Laycak	Safety Analyst Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Fall 01 BS Physics and Math	John Mahoney	Postdoc UC Merced	PhD Physics UC Davis
Summer 01 BS Physics	Kathryn Roscoe	Researcher-Consultant Deltares (Netherlands)	MS Hydrology UC Davis
Spring 01 BS Physics and Chem	Keith Bein	Graduate School in Atmospheric Sciences UC Davis
Spring 00 BS Physics and ME	Jason Jordan	Oceanography Graduate School Scripp's Institute	MS Oceanography UC San Diego
Spring 00 BS Physics General	Audrey Bruce
Spring 00 BS Physics and Math	Joshua Strieby	deceased (memorial website) United States Thermoelectric Consortium
Summer 99 BS Physics and EE	Greg Calfee	Environmental Engineer Hewitt Pacific
Spring 99 BS Physics General	Samantha Baumgartner	Environmental Health Specialist Sonoma Co. Resource Management	Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Spring 99 BS Physics	Samansa Maneshi	Postdoctoral Fellow Max Planck Institute for Structural Dynamics in Hamburg, Germany	PhD Physics University of Toronto
Spring 98 BS Physics	Robert White	Professor of Physics Butte Community College	PhD Physics University of Illinios
Fall 97 BS Physics	Brian Willard	Air Quality Scientist Illinois Environmental Protection Agency	Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Fall 97 BS Physics	Jack Thorsen
Spring 97 BS Physics	Jason Trento	Physics Professor Butte Community College	MS Physics UC Davis
Spring 97 BS Physics	Jory Culbreath	Network Engineer The Pentagon
Spring 97 BS Physics	Justin Mosier	Engineer Deposition Sciences
Fall 96 BS Physics	Damon Todd	Physics Graduate Student Indiana University
Spring 96 BS Physics	Tom Nielsen	VP Government Relations Physical Optics Corporation	MS and PhD Physics UC Davis
Spring 96 BS Physics	Marcus Watson	Physics Professor Cabrillo College	MS and PhD Physics UC Davis
Spring 96 BS Physics	Elias Afxentiou	IT Consulting Manager KPMG Cyprus	MS Elect. Eng. and Comp. Sci. CSU Chico
Spring 95 BS Physics	Chihiro Shimasaki	Home to Japan to teach English
Spring 95 BS Physics	Jeff Spence	President, Innovolt, Inc.
Spring 95 BS Physics	Brian Weise	Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Stanford University	MS Electrical Engineering Stanford University
Spring 94 BS Physics	Michael Beerman	Material Science Graduate Student University of Washington	MS Mechanical Engineering Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Spring 94 BS Physics	Tony Zanatta	Adjunct Physics Professor Eastern Maine Community College	MS Engineering Physics University of Maine
Spring 94 BS Physics	Jeffrey Mallory	US Forest Service Remote Sensing Lab
Spring 93 BS Physics	Matthew Smyers	Gaffer	MA Fine Arts Columbia College Chicago
Spring 93 BS Physics	Chris Kosmakos	Software Engineer Maxis
Fall 92 BS Physics	James Martin	Senior Software Engineer Informative Graphics	MS Physics University of Illinois
Spring 92 BS Physics	Clark Pickell
Spring 92 BS Physics	Edwin Mattice	Food 4 Less
Spring 92 BS Physics	John McMenomey	Electrical Engineering Manager Retech (Lockheed-Martin)
Fall 91 BS Physics	Cody Sandifer	Professor of Physics Towson University (Maryland)	MS Physics Purdue University PhD Science Ed UC San Diego
Fall 91 BS Physics	Warna Hettiarachchi	RF Test Systems/Operations Manager Richardson RFPD
Fall 91 BS Physics	Derrick Booth	Assistant Dean Science & Engineering American River College	MS & PhD Environmental Eng. University of Washington
Spring 91 BS Physics	Mohammad Talebi	Engineering Graduate Student Portland State	MS Elect & Comp Engineering Portland State University
Spring 91 BS Physics	Benjamin Kokenge	Senior Analyst Common Resources	MS Physics Texas A&M
Spring 91 BS Physics	Max McCoskey	Math Graduate Student CSUC
Fall 90 BS Physics	Craig Galloway	Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Marines (Aviation)
Fall 90 BS Physics	Todd Powell	Executive Vice President Elekta Software
Spring 90 BS Physics	Brian O'Leary	Project Manager URS Corporation	MBA Logistics Naval Post Graduate School
Spring 90 BS Physics	Stephen Haderle	Software Engineer Sparta Inc.	MS Computer Science
Fall 89 BS Physics	Dennis Murray	Instrumentation and Electrical Technician BHI
Spring 89 BS Physics	Bryan Smith	Java Architect Sun Microsystems
Spring 89 BS Physics	Benjamin Catching	Senior Optical Fabrication Engineer JDSU-Advanced Optical Technologies	MS Physics University of Delaware
Spring 89 BS Physics	Peter Bermudez	Test Engineer Lockheed-Martin
Fall 88 BS Physics and Math	Tracey Johnson	Physics Graduate Student UC Davis Physics Teacher Sem Yeto High School	MS Physics UC Davis
Fall 88 BS Physics	David Snyder	Plant Superintendent Georgia-Pacific Chemicals
Fall 88 BS Physics	Ali Talebi
Summer 88 BS Physics	Paul Henry
Spring 88 BS Physics	Ed Noddings	Science Teacher Buljan Junior High School
Fall 87 BS Physics	Brian Hoffman	Physics Teacher Rancho Verde High School	Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Fall 87 BA Physics BA Music	Ronald Hall	Civil Engineer CA Dept of Transportation District 3	MBA U.C. Davis
Fall 87 BA Physics	Richard Radcliffe	Principal Madison High School	MA Education CSU Chico
Spring 87 BS Physics	Mark Cheeseman	Product Manager Siemens Business Communications
Spring 87 BS Physics	Ann Conley	Program Manager Raytheon	MS Systems Management College of Notre Dame
Spring 87 BS Physics	Stephen Conley	Postdoc Atmospheric Science UC Davis Pilot - Scientific Aviation, Inc.	PhD Atmospheric Science UC Davis
Spring 87 BS Physics	James Millerd	Chief Technology Officer 4DTechnology	MS & PhD Electrical Engineering University of Southern California
Fall 86 BS Physics	Neil McClure
Spring 86 BS Physics	Jack Osborne	Physics Lecturer Sacramento State Univ.	MS & PhD Physics UC Davis
Spring 86 BA Physics	Paul Bennett	MIS Analyst Irwin Home Equity	Teaching Credential Cal-Poly, Pomona
Fall 85 BS Physics	Jun Seok Park
Spring 85 BA Physics	Joshua Fishkin	Engineer/Scientist The Boeing Company	MS & PhD Physics University of Illinois
Spring 85 BA Physics	Shannon Jackson	Senior Software Analyst ABC Advisors
Fall 84 BA Physics	David Bolt	Vice President Engineering Light Blue Optics Inc.	MS & PhD Computer Science University of Colorado
Spring 84 BA Physics	Robert Bartholomew	Senior Software Engineer Acres Gaming	MS Computer Science Florida Institute of Technology
Spring 84 BA Physics	Theresa Hartsell	Professor of Physics Clark College	MS & PhD Astrophysics University of Colorado
Summer 83 BA Physics	Brent Beverly
Spring 83 BA Physics	Danny Sorenson	Physicist Los Alamos National Lab	PhD Physics UC Davis
Spring 83 BA Physics	Richard Aglipay	High School Physics Teacher Trinity High School	Teaching Credential Oregon State University
Spring 83 BA Physics	Stephen Burke	Vice President Burke & Pace
Spring 83 BA Physics	Stephen Chappell	Senior Engineer General Dynamics
Fall 82 BA Physics	Bradley Utterback	ITIL/ITSM Consultant Hewlett-Packard	MDiv Theology Trinity Divinty School
Fall 82 BA Physics	Kinchung Chan
Spring 82 BA Physics and EE	Bishara Shamee	Optical Communications Laboratory University of Southern California	MS Elect. Eng. and Applied Math Oregon State University
Spring 82 M.A. Phys. Sci.	Joseph Polen	Professor of Physics Shasta College	MA Physical Science CSU Chico
Spring 80 BA Physics	Scott Smith
Spring 80 BA Physics	Abdulhaiem Qari
Spring 80 BA Physics	Mansor Padzin
Spring 80 BA Physics	Shaibuden Daud
Spring 79 BA Physics	Mathew Morey
Spring 79 BA Physics	Mark Hamilton
Spring 79 BA Physics	Michael Griffin	Atmospheric Physicist MIT Lincoln Laboratory	MS & PhD Atmospheric Sciences University of Utah
Fall 78 BA Physics	Robert MacKay	Professor of Physics Clark College	MS Physics Portland St. MS & PhD Atmospheric Physics Oregon Graduate Institute
Spring 78 BA Physics	John (Tim) Jenkinson	Geophysicist Mobil Oil Corp.	MS Geological Sciences University of Southern Calif.
Spring 78 BA Physics	James Bourey	Software Engineer PE-Genometrics	MA Solid State Physics CSU Fresno
Fall 77 BA Physics	Fiedler Harry
Fall 76 BA Physics	Kevin Mankin	Graduate Student Math Education CSU Chico
Fall 76 BA Physics	Michael Bridge
Fall 76 BA Physics	Gary Roseme	Chief Executive Officer Nelson & Roseme	MS Mechanical Engineering UC Berkeley
Fall 76 BA Physics	Thomas Hall	Software Consultant Self Employed	MS Computer Science CSU Chico
Summer 74 BA Physics	Gregory Smith	Engineer Qualcomm
Spring 74 BA Physics	Charles Massa
Spring 74 BA Physics	David Jenkins
Spring 74 BA Physics	Robert Messmer	deceased
Summer 73 BA Physics	Michael Porter	Chief Executive Officer Mike Porter Vineyard Consulting	MA Physical Science CSU Chico
Summer 73 BA Physics	Darryl Brock	Teacher Lakenheath High School	Teaching Credential CSU Chico
Spring 73 BA Physics	Michael Grimes	Physics Teacher Oakmont High School	Secondary Credential CSU Chico
Spring 73 MA Physical Science	David Dion
Fall 72 BA Physics	James Guynn	Project Manager Hewlett-Packard	MA Computer Science CSU Chico
Spring 72 BA Physics	Ronald Weakley
Spring 72 BA Physics	David Atchley	Semiconductor Engineer
Fall 71 MA Physical Sci	David Saul
Fall 70 BA Physics	Calvin Roberton	deceased
Fall 70 BA Physics	Jonathan Regalado	Vice President for Academic Affairs
Fall 70 BA Physics	Jeffery Evans
Fall 70 BA Physics	Francesco Dilorenzo
Fall 70 BA Physics	Dirk Borges	General Manager Canby Utility
Fall 70 MA Phys. Sci.	Reubin Ballesil
Spring 70 BA Physics	Scott Perry	Professor of Physics American River College	MA Physics UC Davis
Spring 70 BA Physics	Gary Hanlon
Spring 70 BA Physics	Lup Chung
Summer 69 BA Physics	Boyd Reasor	Senior Software Engineer Lockheed-Martin	Teaching Credential
Fall 68 BA Physics	Edwin Szymanski		PhD Atmospheric Physics New Mexico Inst of Mining & Tech
Fall 68 BA Physics	Steven DeCou	Civil Engineer CH2M-Hill	BA Civil Engineering CSU Sacramento
Fall 68 BA Physics	Ross Brown
Summer 68 BA Physics	Douglas Reynolds	Southern Pacific Railroad
Spring 68 BA Physics	Richard Rose		MA Math UC Davis
Spring 68 BA Physics	Thomas Love	Lecturer CSU Dominguez Hills	PhD Math UC Santa Cruz
Fall 67 BA Physics	Ching-Hsiang Chen
Spring 67 BA Physics	Thomas Gosnell	Radiation Physicist Lawrence Livermore NL	MS Nuclear Engineering UC Berkeley
Spring 67 BA Physics	Derck Massa	Senior Scientist Emergent Information Technologies	MA Physics UC Davis PhD Astrophysics University of Colorado
Fall 65 BA Physics	Troy Wilson
Fall 65 BA Physics	Ray Souders
Spring 65 BA Physics	David Bennum	Professor of Physics University of Nevada, Reno	MA & PhD Physics University of Nevada, Reno
Fall 64 BA Physics	Thomas Weber
Spring 64 BA Physics	Willard Reed
Spring 64 BA Physics	Carter Rabinoff	deceased 1986	M.A. Physical Science CSU Chico
Spring 64 BA Physics	Neil Madsen	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	PhD Applied Math University of Maryland
Fall 63 BA Physics	Donald Stuart	L3 Communications	MS Physics and Math University of New Mexico
Summer 63 BA Physics	Harvey Peck	Advanced Research & Application Corp.
Spring 63 BA Physics	Robert Souders
Spring 63 BA Physics	Donald Knifong	Data Processing Manager CA Dept of Health Services	M.A. Public Admin. Golden Gate University
Spring 62 BA Physics	Donald McCauley	Physicist Naval Air Warfare Center	MA & PhD Physics UC Davis
Spring 62 BA Physics	InSun Hong	Department Manager 3M Corporation
Spring 62 BA Physics	Ronald Fegley	Senior Technical Specialist Northrop-Grumman	PhD Physics UC Davis
Spring 62 BA Physics	Jon Bolstad	President Control Vision Inc.
Spring 61 BA Physics	Dale Pillsbury	Professor of Oceanography Oregon State University	MA Physics Univ of Calif PhD Oceanography Oregon State
Spring 60 BA Physics	Frank Blair	deceased
Spring 60 BA Physics	Ken LaBaw	deceased 1997
Fall 59 BA Physics	Granger Van Ess	deceased 1995
Spring 59 BA Physics	Floyd English	Chief Executive Officer Andrew Corporation	MS & PhD Physics Arizona State University

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