Cristovian Basden is an electrical engineering major finishing his BSEE in December of 2011. His primary motivation for pursuing electrical engineering has been power production. In pursuit of these interests, Cristovian has interned at Siemens Energy for the last two years where he works with the wind turbine engineering group. Cristovian is currently searching for a full time position within Siemens where he can develop a lifelong successful career in power systems.
Rebecca Rashkin is currently a senior level electrical engineering student at the University of Central Florida. She is graduating with University Honors in December of 2011. For the past two years, she has been working as a drafter for CDM, a consulting engineering firm, where she has been learning about power distribution for water treatment facilities. After graduation, Rebecca will begin employment at LSI, a simulation training company, where she will have the opportunity to work with both hardware and software.
Andrew Pagliari has been interested in computers from a very young age. He is studying to become a computer engineer at the University of Central Florida and is scheduled to graduate with a bachelor's degree on December 15, 2011. Computers have always been of interest to him, and throughout his educational career Andrew has found a great deal of enjoyment programming software. He feels that the possibilities and puzzles that programming has to offer make it a challenging and diverse field to be a part of. After graduation, Andrew plans on pursuing a career at an engineering firm such as Harris or Lockheed Martin to further challenge and educate himself in the engineering field.
Javier Vazquez is an electrical engineering senior at UCF graduating in Fall 2011. Javier has an interest in communications topics including antenna design, microwave engineering, and wireless technologies. In addition to the electrical aspects of communications, Javier is also interested in networking and other software-related topics pertaining to communications. After graduating, Javier is expecting to attend graduate school to obtain a master's degree in network security in order to acquire a balance between hardware and software in his academic career.