Alumni Profiles

Florian Kuehnel MS (EE), 2006 Position: Chassis Control Sensors Specialist for BMW After I returned to Germany, I started looking for a job.  I got excellent feedback from all the companies to which I applied.  Actually, I am convinced that my UF degree helped me to get job inerviews at some exciting companies. I accepted a position at BMW's Research & Development Center in Munich.  I work as a HW engineer and am responsible for sensors used in chassis control systems.  I think this position in the controls area is a great start into my professional career and I am looking forward to design vehicle dynamics control systems, which is challenging, but exciting.
Bill Martin BSEE 1971, MS (EE) 1972 Position: Automatic Test Equipment Semiconductor Applications Specialist, Hewlett-Packard I'm basically involved in the selling of our ATE systems products. It's more than a technical sale becsue you have to understand the economics.
Wilford "Bill" Poe BSEE, 1958 Position: Vice President, Space and Strategic Systems Operations Division, Space Systems Group, Honeywell, Inc. Attitude control systems for Space Station Freedom, flight control systems for the Space Shuttle and guidance systems for the Atlas Centaur and Titan 4 launch vehicles.
Elizabeth Polcar Poul BSEE, 2000 Position: Electrical Design Engineer for United Space Alliance I am a member of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Design Engineering Electrical Group. My group of six people has the design responsibility for the Shuttle Flight Termination System (FTS). My work includes analyzing system performance, responding to changes in Air Force or NASA requirements by generating and presenting engineering changes, and supporting shuttle FTS testing, including during launch countdown.
Lesa B. Roe BSEE, 1986 Position: Director, NASA Langley Research Center I am responsible for the center's aeronautical and space research programs, as well as facilities, personnel and administration.
Sam Thompson BSEE and BSCEN, 2000 Position: Senior Electrical Engineer for Motorola I work as a member of a New Products Develpment Team for cell phones. I work on the digital hardware portion of the cell phone design. This includes the microprocessor, memories, displays, and other peripheral devices.  I am also involved with architecture design, schematic capture and layout, manufacturing, testing, and support of the product in the field.