Alumni
Startup Founders, Fortune 500 CEOs and Wildcats for Life
U of A School of Electrical, Computing, and Software Engineering graduates transformed the semiconductor, energy and defense industries in the 20th century. Now alumni are pioneering cloud data storage and security, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence.
Whether your college years involved writing code for room-size analog computers in the Old Engineering Building, designing nanoantennas for biomedical devices in an ECSE lab, or operating self-driving cars outside Old Main, you are a valued member of the department’s vast network of accomplished and influential alumni.
You are executives at Microsoft, Intel and Cisco and program managers at Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments and NASA. You are inventors and entrepreneurs whose startups have spurred economic growth in Arizona, the Silicon Valley and beyond. And you are researchers, professors and administrators guiding students at major universities.
Thank you for your contributions to the school, college, university, industry, and indeed, to the world.
ECSE Industrial Advisory Board
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College Giving Opportunities
2025 U of A College of Engineering Alumni of the Year Award
Susan Gray
President & CEO, Tucson Electric Power/UNS Energy Corp.
Electrical Engineering, BS 1996
2025 U of A College of Engineering Bear Down Award
Don McDonald
Electrical Engineering, BS 1965
Alumni Highlights
Setting industry standards
Aycan Erentok earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in electrical and computer engineering at the U of A, where he built expertise in electromagnetics theory, antennas and microwave engineering. He applied that knowledge in industry, creating antenna designs for modern wireless products.
"It's an honor to represent the Wildcats – hopefully this inspires students to pursue bold ideas."
Lessons for the community
Raymond J. Oglethorpe graduated from U of A with a degree in electrical engineering in 1966. His career took him from helping grow AOL into a cultural phenomenon to co-founding an education non-profit.
"A STEM education gave me the tools to help build something that connected millions of people, but the most rewarding work of my life has been giving back… I'd encourage every student here to think not just about what technology can do for your career, but what it can do for your community."
Coming back to give back
Don McDonald earned his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from U of A in 1965. After a 40-year career working with semiconductor technologies, he returned to campus to serve as a judge and then mentor for the Craig M. Berge Design Day.
"It keeps me focused on what is going on with the newer generation of engineers, and I can help guide those people to be better at establishing their careers and joining the engineering community as a whole."
