On November 7, 2016, a ceremony was held at the Illumina Headquarters Facility in San Diego, CA for the Spring 2016 HVAC Design and Control Course Graduates, Sonia Alamina, Jason Budd, Anis Al Habeeb, Humberto Mireles, Alejandro Sanchez, and Qais Yaqoobi. Congratulations to the Spring 2016 Graduates!



From Left to Right: Anis Al Habeeb, Qais Yaqoobi, Jason Budd, Sonia Alamina, Alejandro Sanchez, Humberto Mireles, Frank Shadpour, and Jerry Yaddgo.


On October 9, 2016, an awards ceremony was held at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Extension for the winners of the Spring 2016 HVAC Direct Digital Control (DDC) Course Class Competition. Contest judges Jacky Ly, PE and Matt Greenberg, PE, SDG&E were in attendance along with Instructor Frank Shadpour, PE and UCSD Extension Assistant Director of Engineering Tony Babaian, PE. The winners of the competition are as follows:


Design Originality:  Design Excellence:  

First Place:

- Vanessa Gong
- Anis Al Habeeb
- Qais Yaqoobi
 
First Place:

- Sonia Alamina
- Shawn Stead
- Ali Khalid
 

Second Place:

- Sean Carroll
- David Shadpour
- Brandon Smith
 
Second Place:

- Kelcy Guest
- Brian Wright
- Ryan Austin

- Melanie Angle
- Jason Budd
- Ana Sical (Gutierrez)

Third Place:

- Brett Boger
- Derek Brown
- Matt Marks
 
Third Place:

- Gonzalo Botello
- Trevor Brown
- Pedro Parra
 



First Place, Design Originality: Frank Shadpour, Jacky Ly, Vanessa Gong, Matt Greenberg, Tony Babaian, Anis Al Habeeb, and Qais Yaqoobi



First Place, Design Excellence: Frank Shadpour, Jacky Ly, Sonia Alamina, Shawn Stead, Ali Khalid, Matt Greenberg, and Tony Babaian



Second Place, Design Excellence: Frank Shadpour, Jacky Ly, Brian Wright, Ryan Austin, Matt Greenberg, and Tony Babaian



Second Place, Design Excellence: Frank Shadpour, Jacky Ly, Ana Sical (Gutierrez) and Son, Jason Budd, Matt Greenberg, and Tony Babaian



Third Place, Design Originality: Frank Shadpour, Jacky Ly, Brett Boger, Matt Greenberg, and Tony Babaian



Third Place, Design Excellence: Frank Shadpour, Jacky Ly, Gonzalo Botello, Pedro Parra, Matt Greenberg, and Tony Babaian