alumni archives

2009
FriendFeed	Stanford friendships fed success of social networking innovator FriendFeed
Cammy Abernathy (PhD 1985, MS 1982 MSE)	Gator aggregator: Florida’s new engineering dean emphasizes collaboration, leadership
Craig Barrett (BS 1961, MS 1963, PhD 1965, MSE)	Craig Barrett: From the classroom to the board room
Clara Shih (BS CS/Economics, MS 2005 CS)	The personal connections that drive business go online in ‘The Facebook Era’
Mark Pinto (PhD '90 EE, MS '83 EE)	From modeling to manufacturing, engineer applies innovations in silicon
Sandra Begay-Campbell (MS '91, CEE)	Off the grid: Alumna helps tribes bring electricity to rural homes
2008
Carlos Guestrin (PhD '03, CS)	Alumnus� algorithms frugal with resources yet have wealth of applications	View »
Judy Estrin (MS '77, EE)	Prominent alumna calls attention to America�s �‘Innovation Gap�’ in new book	View »
Kirk Hawkins (MS '95 Eng, MS '05 Business)	Alumnus’ new plane allows regular folks to fly the sporting skies	View »
Ross Evans (BS '99 ME)	Alumnus’ bicycle design integrates cycling into everyday lifestyle	View »
Jorge Cham (PhD '03 ME)	Solace in a strip: Alumnus’ comic gives voice to grad student woes	View »
Ben Wildman-Tobriner (BS '07 Biomech Eng)	Stroke of genius: Swimmer looks to Olympics and then medical school	View »
Hervé Lebret (MS '99 EE)	Entrepreneurship in Europe: Alumnus brings Silicon Valley culture across the Atlantic	View »
Keith Comeaux (MS '91, PhD '95 AA)	Alumnus strives to safely land giant rover on Mars	View »
Nick Baxter (BS '79 Math, MS '80 CS)	Conundrum captain: Alumnus leads U.S. puzzle competitors	View »
Keith Hippely (BS '80 ME)	Hot job at Hot Wheels: Engineer designs tomorrow’s toys	View »
Kim Goodman (BA '87 Poli Sci, MS '87 IE)	Taking charge: Alumna runs American Express merchant network	View »
2007
Chris Poland (MS '74 CEE)	Earthquake engineer delves deep into improving policy	View »
Paul Kaminski (PhD '71 AA)	Medal honors alumnus who helped develop key defense innovations	View »
Ken Stinson (MS '70 CEE)	Major contractor brings builders, engineers closer together	View »
Cora Claudio (MS '82, PhD '87 EES)	Tireless alumna helps advance sustainable development in Asia-Pacific region	View »
John Smithson (BS '05 ME)	Sustainable and safe: Alumnus helps make embassies cleaner, less vulnerable	View »
Martha Mecartney (PhD '84 EE)	Material success: Engineering professor inspires UC Irvine with energy, creativity to spare	View »
John Hines (MS '75 EE)	Health in the heavens: Alumnus leads NASA research on space biomedicine	View »
Don McMillan (MS '82 EE)	Tech comedian finds laughter in logic, absurdity in analysis	View »
Frederick Heyler (BAS '88 CEE, MS '89 CEE)	Teaching science: Enthusiasm, hands-on experience make Honolulu school a paradise	View »
Dave Lyons (MS '90 MBA '01)	Alumnus engineers supercharged electric car with racetrack speed, style	View »
Martin Fisher (MS '80 ME, PhD '85 ME)	Alumnus’s nonprofit pumps up income for rural Africans	View »
2006
Mark Pigott (BS IE '76, MS Business '84, BA Humanities '98	Leader of the pack: PACCAR continues a long history of quality and innovation	View »
Marcian “Ted” Hoff, PhD '62 EE	Architect of the first microprocessor	View »
Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace, BA '75 French, BS '77 CEE	Alumna’s long-term focus reflected in deep Stanford ties, commitment to education, pursuit of renewable energy	View »
Gentry, Sommer, MS '98 EES & OR	Applying math to engineer more kidney transplants	View »
Barror, Richard, MS '75 CEE	Uniformed engineers deploy to the front lines of public health	View »
Lowry, Adam, BS '96 ChemE	Design, green chemistry, fresh fragrances prove a successful Method	View »
Engelauf, Phil, MS '81 AA	First in flight: AA alumnus leads NASA’s flight directors	View »
Carter, Karin, MS '02 ENG	Forward fashion: Alumna helps define future of Nike apparel	View »
Rossetter, Eric, PhD '03 ME	Finding fault: After a wreck, alumnus discerns what happened	View »
Smith, Alvy, PhD '70 EE	The pursuit of a computer-animated movie	View »
Smith, Charmin, MS '00 CEE	Basketball coach helps build winning teams, homes for Katrina victims	View »
King, Douglas, BS '70 ENG	The inspiration of St. Louis: Stimulating and sustaining science literacy	View »
2005
Ruddell, Jim, BS '77 CEE	Bridge building, or how to manage a truly large project.	View »
Mondavi, Peter, MS '82 IEEM	A mix of art, tradition, and engineering in Napa Valley.	View »
Aarabi, Parham, PhD '01 EE	Electrical engineer helps machines make sense of the world.	View »
Araki, Minoru "Sam", MS '55 ME	From the Cold War to the War on Terror, an engineering career of innovation.	View »