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January 29, 2004

Designing an ECE Winner from the Top-down: Padmini Gopalakrishnan

Whether finding solutions for wireload uncertainty or winning accolades through her SRC Graduate Fellowship, ECE graduate student Padmini Gopalakrishnan is wired for success. Chosen in the nationwide SRC contest for outstanding academic achievement and microelectronics research, and the recipient of a CSSI Fellowship, she was already a Senior Software Engineer with two patents in development before returning to school.

May 12, 2003

Kettler Plays A Full Hand As Product CTO At Dell

These are heady times at Dell Computer. Still a prolific PC maker, with double-digit sales growth through the recent slump, Dell is pushing into new territory on several fronts -- designing and selling its own printers and PDAs, navigating a broad technology shift in the server market, and exploring new wireless interconnect technologies for home and business use. At the center of the action is Kevin Kettler (B.S. 1984 (Lehigh); M.S., 1989, PhD 1999, Carnegie Mellon), VP and Chief Technology Officer for the Dell Product Group.

Lincoln Westfall: A Lot Can Happen One Year After Graduation

A lot can happen in one year -- just ask Lincoln Westfall (B.S. ECE, 2002; B.A. Russian Studies, 2002). Since his departure from CIT a mere 365 days ago, he has moved to Germany to pursue a master's degree in biochemistry. He is married and now a father and is seriously considering medical school. According to an exuberant Westfall, his life is going along just as he has planned.