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Notable Alumni

This is a list of recent alumni who have been critical to the advancement of the snowmobile team. This page is a thank you for all their efforts as well as a way to highlight the great opportunities the UICSC team can help bring about in its members' careers.

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Ian Sullivan

 

Mechanical Engineer

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Test Engineer, Achates Power, Inc.

 

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Jared Kellerer

 

Mechanical Engineer

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Sedron Technologies

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Benjamin DeRuwe

 

Mechanical Engineer

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Oshkosh Corporation

 

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Zachary Lipple

 

Mechanical Engineer

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BorgWarner Morse Systems

 

Cade Smith

 

Mechnical Engineering

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Bosch Vehicle Division

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Patrick Paulus

 

Mechanical Engineering

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Graduate Student,

University of Idaho

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Phoenix Duncan

 

Mechanical Engineering

 

SEL

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Jason Maas

 

Mechanical Engineering

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Boeing

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Mark Woodland

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Mechanical Engineer, PACCAR

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Graduate Student, Michigan Tech.

 

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Dillon Savage

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Mechanical Engineering

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Development Engineer, Evinrude

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Thesis: Two-Stroke Engine Test

Procedures for Performance and

Emissions Based Calibrations

Adam Sedgwick

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Mechanical Engineering

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Bechtel

 

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Aaron Eliason

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Mechanical Engineering

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Test Engineer, HP

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Crystal Childress

 

Mechanical Engineer, PACCAR

 

Chase Smith

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Mechanical Engineering

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ATS Engineers

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Drew Hooper

 

Mechanical Engineer, Research

Engineer

 

Thorn Industries

 

Thesis: Effect of High Speed

Asymmetric Exhaust Port Timing

on Emission Efficiency, and Power

Output of Twin Cylinder Direct

Injected Two-Stroke Engine

 

Alex Fuhrman

 

 

Mechanical Engineer, Field

Calibration Engineer

 

Artic Cat

 

Thesis: Comparison of the

Exhaust Emissions From a

Synchronous Charge Trapping

Engine and a Rotax E-TEC Engine

 

 

 

Peter Britanyak

 

Mechanical Engineer, PACCAR

 

Thesis: Synchronous Charge Trapping

Modification of a Two-Stroke Engine

 
Austin Welch

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Polaris

 

Thesis: Performance and

Emissions Analysis of a

Synchronous Charge Trapped

Two-Stroke Engine

 

Neil Miller

 

Mechanical Engineer 

 

Dyno Support Engineer, Polaris

 

Arctic Cat

 

Dylan Dixon

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Development Engineer, CCI

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Thesis: Comparison of Variable

Exhaust Flow Techniques in a

Modern Two-Stroke Engine

 

Sam Smith

 

Dyno Technician

 

Polaris

 

Cole Bode

 

Electrical Engineer

 

Barrick Gold

 

Amos Bartlow

 

 

Electrical Engineer, US Air Force

 

 

 

Jeremy Nichols

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Paccar

 

Nathan Bradbury

 

Mechanical Engineer,Wagstaff

 

Thesis: Retrofitting Direct-Injection and a Turbocharger to a Two-Stroke Engine For Snowmobile Applications

 

Andrew Findlay

 

Mechanical Engineer, Stihl

 

Thesis: Brake Specific Fuel Consumption and Power Advantages for a Turbocharged Two-Stroke Direct Injection Engine

 

Nick Harker

 

Mechanical Engineer, Paccar

 

Thesis: System Design and Performance Comparison of Blended Gasoline/Ethanol Fuels in Semi-Direct and Direct Injected Two-Stroke Engines

 

Justin Johnson

 

Mechanical Engineer, Evinrude

 

Thesis: Comparison of Stratified and Homogeneous Combustion in a Direct-Injected Two-Stroke Engine for Snowmobile Applications

 

Christopher Tockey

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Thesis: Computer Modeling of a Gasoline Direct Injection Two-Stroke Snowmobile Engine with In-Cylinder Pressure Data Analysis

 

Ryle Amberg

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Benjamin Armstrong

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Phil Auth

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Amanda Battles

 

Mechanical Engineer, Clearwater Paper

 

Zach Battles

 

Finance

 

Zack Beeler

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Ben Birch

 

Sport Science

 

Brad Devorak

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Tyler Doil

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Chris Dux

 

Electrical Engineer

 

Todd Freeman

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Forrest French

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Rachel Geerlings

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Ben Hanks

 

Mechanical Engineer, John Deere

 

Brian Hanson

 

Biological and Agricultural Engineer Schweitzer

 

Ty Harris

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Jason Harwood

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Chris Hill

 

Vehicle Dynamics Test Engineer at Honda R&D.

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Patrick Hess

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Andrew Hixson

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Karrick Kelly

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Drew Kirsch
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Shawn Kimbley

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Heber Lemmon

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Stan Longhmiller

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Ty Lord

 

Mechanical Engineer, Barrick Gold

 

Theo McJunkin

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Seth Millhorn

 

Mechanical Engineer, Self Employed

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Scott Nedrow

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Collin Neu

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Russ Nishikawa

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Rob O'Neil

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Jesse Pentzer

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Jon Pentzer

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

David Polehn

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Russel Schiermeier

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Ben Steinhilber

 

Mechanical Engineer

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Charles Stock

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Michael Thompson

 

Business, Vintners Logistics LLC

 

Erik Van Patten

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Giselle Veach

 

Mechanical/Electrical Engineer

 

Nate Wasankari

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Scott Wemhoff

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

Dana Westrom

 

Mechanical Engineer

 

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