Alumni Profiles
We are proud to feature some of our outstanding alumni.
Recent Profiles
Fred Hoffmann (BE EE 1995)
Over the past 150 years young people interested in technology have been drawn to the
field by such world-changing inventions as the telegraph, radio, electronics and the
Internet. In the case of Fred Hoffmann, it was the emergence of Internet technology
in the 1990’s that was the primary driver of his interest in engineering. He was fascinated
that there was a network of devices that could provide global access to information
and communications between countries. While he was at first inclined to computer science
as a major, it was the underlying communication infrastructure that intrigued him.
Today Fred is Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Future Tech
Enterprises, an award-winning Long Island-based company that helps companies and federal
partners simplify their toughest Information Technology challenges and embrace digital
transformation.
Click here to read our profile of Fred Hoffmann
Jacqueline Grace (BE EE 1999)
It was a programming class in middle school that set Jacqueline Grace on her life’s
path. As she puts it, she fell in love with programming and computers. In 7
th grade, her science fair submission was an amateur coded version of the hit show “The
Dating Game.” She had so much fun with that experience, Jacqueline decided that she
wanted to understand more about computers. Not just about programming, but what happened
“in the box” once she entered her code. It was at that point that she knew she wanted
to be a computer engineer. After graduating from Stony Brook’s Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, nine years in the financial industry, business school and
progressing through a career in the entertainment industry, Jacqueline is now Senior
Vice President and General Manager of the Tropicana Atlantic City Hotel Resort & Casino.
Click here to read our profile of Jacqueline Grace
Dr. Saifur Rahman (MS EE 1975)
Exciting careers await those who have technical acumen, drive and communication skills.
An excellent example is Dr. Saifur Rahman, the Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Prof. Rahman earned his Master’s degree
in electrical engineering from Stony Brook University in 1975.
Professor Rahman came to Stony Brook from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, where he received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. At Stony Brook he developed a passion for teaching by being a teaching assistant for Prof. Ken Short and Prof. C.T. Chen. He also developed a passion for research by interacting and doing joint work with an adjunct professor from nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and did a summer internship with that professor’s group there in 1975. The internship gave him the self-confidence to do bigger things in his academic and professional career as he worked alongside other well-known professors from prestigious research universities such as Carnegie Mellon and Cornell.
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All Profiles
Bachelor's of Engineering
- Zeynep Altinbas (BE CE 2012), Hardware Engineer
- Venancio L. Fuentes (BE EE 1980), Professor and Chair
- Shelanda Gonsalves (BE EE 2006), Power Industry Manager
- Jacqueline Grace (BE EE 1999), Senior Vice President and General Manager
- Jerry Harrison (BE CE 2012), Software Engineering Manager
- Fred Hoffmann (BE EE 1995), Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer
- Lissette Lugo (BE EE 2006), Human Resources - Power Industry - Author
- Renee Moadel (BE EE 1987), Physician
- Peter Sciotto (BE EE 2003), Aerospace Industry Engineer
- Lendon Simpson (BE EE 2006), Embedded System Engineer
BS EE Online Degree
- Roger Alford (BS EE Online 2015), Principal Staff Scientist
- Steve Shelby (BS EE Online 2014), Embedded Control Systems - Business Owner
Master's of Science
- Vaishali Damle (MS EE 2003), Managing Editor, Publishing
- Rupesh Joshi (MS CE 2015), DevOps Engineer
- Ikechukwu Okoligwe (MS EE 2012), Digital Engineer
- Saifur Rahman (MS EE 1975), Professor
- Danny Ventura (BE/MS EE 2017), Product Development Engineer
Doctor of Philosophy
- Douglas Johnston (BS CS 1986, MS EE 1989, PhD EE 1994), Professor
- Myung Oh (PhD EE 1972), Government Minister and University President
- Dipankar Raychaudhuri (PhD EE 1979), Professor
- Bingxin Shen (PhD EE 2011), Biomedical Industry Manager
- Cagla Tasdemir (PhD EE 2018), Data Scientist
- Meng Wang (PhD EE 2011), Application Engineer