ME

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Yes, I am Italian. I am an Italian American born and raised in San Francisco, CA. My mother is from the Southern region of Italy known as Calabria. My father was born in SF as well, however his parents, my grandparents, were from a small town near Palarmo in Sicily. Because I'm half Sicilian, friends love to throw Mafia and Mobster jokes at me. Both of my parents speak fluent Italian of various dialects. As for me.... You're lucky if you can get one word of Italian out of me. My parents refrained from teaching it to me when I was young because they were afraid it would affect my english.

Now moving on to my education.... I had a few ideas of what I wanted my major to be when I got out of high school but couldn't quite decide. Instead of possibly wasting tons of money at a CSU on an undecided major, I chose to go to City College of San Francisco. At first I thought my major was Computer Science, but then I realized I didn't want to work with program code 8 to 10 hours a day. Next was psycology. I pretty much enjoyed every psycology class I ever had, but as far as I could see the only way to have a chance of making money in this field was to get a Phd. Since I wasn't sure if I wanted to go that far in school, I dropped psycology as a major. During this phase of "trying out" classes I stumbled onto a manufacturing class in Engineering Technology. The purpose of the course was to give students a "feel" of the Engineering field. This begining course involved designing various projects and then building them. My favorite project in this class was the battery charger. I still use it to this day. My inspiration for going into Engineering Technology came from two men. Dr. Thiry and Professor Naylor. Dr. Thiry was my lecture teacher in the manufacturing course. One day he began "selling" the class by saying, "Where else, for thirteen dollars a unit, can you get all of these wonderful projects AND watch me make a fool of myself!" This character of Dr. Thiry's is one of many aspects that encouraged me to try engineering. Professor Naylor was the lab instructor for the same class and he helped me realize that a position in the engineering field was a realistic goal for me.

In the Spring of 1998, I left City College of San Francisco with an Associate in Science Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology. In the fall of that same year I left for Cal Poly Pomona to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET). For those of you unfamiliar with Engineering Technology, it's studies are almost parallel with Engineering except there is less calculus and theory. ECET's are excellent in the job field as test engineers or low level designers. However, because there is less calculus in the ECET curriculum, we are not qualified for high level design or research. ECET's are often refferred to as "hands on" engineers. Now that I've defined Engineering Technology... back to Cal Poly Pomona. Moving down to Southern California for Cal Poly Pomona was an... "adjustment". After entering Cal Poly Pomona, I became involved with, among other activities, one of the university's Solar Cars. The school presently doesn't race it's Solar Cars and, to my dissapointment, most likely won't in the near future. I've learned much about Solar and Electric vehicles since entering Cal Poly and am involved in a Hybrid Electric Vehicle for my Senior Project.

My Specifications:

Name: Vincent Gagliardo, Jr.

Sex: Lets see.... can you guess?
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Eye Color: Hazel Green
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Some Favorite Types of Music: Mainly Classic Rock, Alternative, Jazz/Swing....
Some Favorite Music Artists: Led Zepplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Alanis Morisette, Smashing Pumpkins, and yes... oh yes - Billie Holiday
Some Favorite Movies: Pulp Fiction, Braveheart, La Vita e Belle, Heat, Good Will Hunting, Contact, American Beauty...
Hobbies: Tinkering with stuff in general (especially cars), Sailing, and escaping from the study hole to get out and experience the real world.

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