Brian Mahlstedt President

Class of 2010

Redwood City, CA

I am a 5th year pursuing doctoral studies in aeronautics, and I am a master of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Control.

I'm also Cal's dodgeball champion.

Jamie Young Internal Vice President

Class of 2011

Granada Hills

My hobbies include building ikea furniture, watching my dog watch tv, and knitting hats. I hope to use the riches earned using my ME degree to raise many dogs.

David Shulman External Vice President

Class of 2012

Baltimore, MD

Can entropy ever be reversed?
....
Insufficient data for a meaningful answer.

David Kimber Secretary

Class of 2011

Bakersfield, CA

If you ever want to play basketball, soccer, football, etc., I'm your guy. And I'm pretty much a professional video gamer. And I'm Canadian...

Kelly Zhang Treasurer

Class of 2010

Alhambra, CA

This is my last year at Cal, 5th year in the bay area. I love to hang out with friends and meet people with different background. So if you see me in class or out, just wave and say hi. I would really appreciate that. =)

Randy Mallari Activities

Class of 2011

Granada Hills, CA

I like bumming around my apt watching tv (huge Entourage, Breaking Bad, House fan), playing video games, and eating.

I am also obsessed with watching basketball (Lakers will repeat!), but I'm horrible at actually playing the game. If you ask me whether Kobe or Lebron is better, get ready for a 20min lecture.

Academically, I have no idea what I want to specialize in. I have no aspirations for grad school, but I would love to get involved in the aerospace industry after graduation.

Lingmiao Wang Activities

Class of 2012

Newbury Park

call me LING!!! plez =)

I'm a third year mechanical engineer. I hate physics but love colorful things =) (note, physics textbooks are NOT colorful)

Martin Cacan Activities

Class of 2011

Santa Barbara, CA

I am currently taking me102a, me102b, me275 and anthro2ac (easiest ac class you will EVER find). Feel free to ask me any questions on them if you want/need/have to take them.

I do research in the Berkeley Manufacturing Institute with Lee Weinstein (Chair of Pledge Projects). Our test bed is visible from the second floor of etch. You can see it in the lab with all the windows next to the computer labs. Our experimental setup is across from the CNC machine.

My hobbies (when school work allows) include hard shell kayaking (see profile picture), ultimate frisbee, brewing (and consuming) beer and doing random stuff with friends.

Daniel Wernicke Activities

Class of 2012

Whittier, CA

Call me Danny,

Love a challenge, running, backpacking - pretty much anything outdoors and FOOD.

Han Chen Industrial Relations

Class of 2011

South Pasadena

First thing, I am a major anime fan. Every anime made after 2006 I've pretty much seen (at least one episode of, since some of them were simply intolerably bad). Most of my music collection comes from anime or jpop and I even have worked in a fansub group over the internet. Due to school pressures, however, I am currently on hiatus from that part of the internet.

Aside from my interests in taking mechanical engineering classes and toying around with math and programming, I am something of a gamer at heart (or at least used to be). Before I became an engineer, I was quite the DDR competitor, an avid swimmer, and an average runner. My proudest DDR achievement was once AAing the Max 300.

Nowadays, I spend most of my time on homework for my classes and reading academic papers from LBL (among other sources) for my research. Although I consider myself something of a jedi with the adobe suit, I don't consider myself much of a design artist and often find myself enjoying the theoretical side of mechanical engineering more.

Come talk to me if you are an anime fan, enjoy gaming, like math and theoretical stuff, like mythbusters, watch man v. wild, keep up with the news, or whatever!

Stephanie Scott Industrial Relations

Class of 2012

San Francisco

http://www.me.berkeley.edu/me198industry/

Benson Khai Industrial Relations

Class of 2011

Rosemead, CA

What to say when there is nothing to say besides "Hello"

Edwin Wibowo Industrial Relations

Class of 2011

Semarang

I'm a transfer student as a junior. I like to make friends and hang out with others. Hope we can be good friend later.

Ann Yun Industrial Relations

Class of 2012

Los Angeles

Hello! Let's be friends.

Matthew Ford Outreach

Class of 2012

Roseville, CA

I like riding bikes fast, walking on ropes tied to trees, and backpacking. I also like school. I like learning new stuff, so if you know about something cool, let me know.

I love physics, so if you want to talk about how cool physics is you should talk to me. If you don't like physics, you should talk to me anyway and I'll try to set you straight. Or I'll help you with your problem sets.

Valerie Chang Outreach

Class of 2012

West Hills

Hi there!
I’d like to help you out. The door is that way.

Dominic Scalise Outreach

Class of 2011

Oakland, CA

I once covered a friend's car entirely in sticky notes... yes, that's what friends are for.

Alexander Miyakawa Outreach

Class of 2012

Nevada City

I like to go on backpacking trips in the mountains.

Alexander Weingart Pledge Projects

Class of 2012

Agoura Hills

Hmm...what to say...I love to play tennis (I’m also involved in Tennis at Cal) and table tennis, although I haven't played in a while. I also enjoy going to the gym with friends and wasting time on facebook…I have this incredibly bad habit of picking up random things and breaking them...which is also how I know I’m in the right major...one more thing...I like ellipses...

Lee Weinstein Pledge Projects

Class of 2011

San Anselmo

Let's build a space elevator. It will take us to the future faster.

Matthew Fay Pledge Projects

Class of 2013

Newport Beach, CA

I'm a second-year engineering physics major (how'd that happen?!?) hailing from Orange County that loves to play pickup basketball at the RSF, listen to/perform/compose music, and work on sweet engineering projects, like TREBUCHETS, RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINES, and ROCKET BOATS!!!

Jina Wang Publicity

Class of 2011

Cupertino, CA

I like food, sleeping, and running, only if I can tear myself away from watching TV shows.

I'm interested in biomedical/biomechanical engineering; I think being an engineering consultant at some pharmaceutical company would be pretty cool.

Yay

Michael Yu Publicity

Class of 2010

El Monte, CA

I am a graduate student in the ME 5 year BS/MS program. My focus is in mechanics of materials. I hope to land a career in aerospace or defense that will give me the opportunity to work on composite materials.

I currently work on non-lethal projectiles in the Ballistics Impact Laboratory with Professor Lieu. The irony is my research group shares the lab with another research group that tests lethal projectiles.

If you have any questions about PTS or anything, feel free to talk to me. I will be more than willing to help.

Soo Hark (Scott) Chung Web Designer

Class of 2012

Daegu, Korea; Plano, Texas

I'm from Texas, but I've moved around a lot. I'm interested in programming and robotics, and product engineering. I'm a typical nerd. I like all the regular things like music, reading, and spending time on the computer. And I'm Asian.

Leonard Carrier Web Designer

Class of 2013

Irvine, California

You should totally look at my webcomic: nolongernow.com

Also, please bother me to finish working on my game. If you don't want me to finish my game, you can always instead bother me to play TF2 or L4D2 with you.

Ivan Chang Historian

Class of 2011

Castro Valley, CA

I like what I do and I try to do them well.

Suraj Bhogal Townhall Coordinator

Class of 2012

Stevenson Ranch, CA

I hail from southern California and love the sun, sports, and iced coffee. When I’m not busy getting my study on, I like to play/watch basketball and soccer (my favorite teams are the Lakers and Manchester United), but I also started to pick up golf over the summer and am looking to improve my swing.

Besides majoring in mechanical engineering, I am hoping to pursue a minor in bioengineering/biomechanics—I still can’t decide whether I want to enter the medical field or chase my childhood dreams of space exploration by working for NASA.

Although it gets hectic, I love being involved in student groups on campus and I hope to see you at PTS events in the future.

Nikhil Jain Townhall Coordinator

Class of 2011

Pasadena, CA

I am an avid sports fan-football, basketball, hockey, and more- but most importantly soccer. I've been playing it all my life and love to watch my favorite team, FC Barcelona.

I've also been playing the cello for many many years. Music is a huge passion of mine; i like to listen to many different types in addition to the usual kinds including samba and trance.

I also like to explore new places and do crazy things that push the limits. Skydiving, cliff jumping, and jet skiing are probably the most exhilarating things for me after soccer of course!

I am slowly pursuing a pilots license and am excited to see where that will take me...

Giorgio De Vera Adviser

Class of 2009

San Francisco, CA

I love fluid mechanics and theoretical mechanics in general. I also love the history of science and math. It's sadly a lost art in these parts. You've heard of Euler, Lagrange, Riemann, Cauchy, and those other old guys. You gotta wonder what made them tick.

Life story in a nutshell: Born and raised in the Philippines, 5 years in the US Marines (worked on Harriers!), current PhD student, former PTS president, TBP and EJC officer and ASME secretary.

I play bowling, tennis, and softball. I play guitar and speak a little French. I like board games, crosswords and classic movies.

I love my San Francisco Giants.

Aaron Alpert Adviser

Class of ?

nowhere, apparently

This semester, I am advising the Industrial Liaisons. Aside from my engineering interests, I spend entirely too much time with Israeli Folk Dance (I even teach a DeCal on it) and theater (my minor!). An interesting fact: I have never owned an MP3 player, and I don't intend to. (Technically, I had one once, but it didn't work, and I didn't bother to return it.)