I am delighted to announce the graduation of our second class of MS students in Software Engineering. The MSSE program, launched in Fall 1997 to address the needs of industry for highly skilled software engineers, has become one of the department's most successful and popular programs. The program's innovative, software-focused curriculum and professional-format instruction have led to tremendous demand for the limited number of seats we have available. At the time of this writing, we are filling the seats for the class of 2002. At the same time, our first alumni (the class of 1999) have been gathering together monthly for professional and social networking.

For more information on the program, please visit the MSSE web page.

Congratulations Class of 2000! It has been a pleasure working with you, and we look forward to seeing you again in the future.

Joseph A. Konstan
Director of Graduate Studies, 1999-2001
Master of Science in Software Engineering

MSSE Class of 2000

S. Ola Bildtsen, Network Computing Services

Dave DeCesare, Lifetouch

Azure Duan, Left Hand Side Inc.

Steve Esboldt, Rosemount Inc.

Ralph A. Foy, Cargill Inc.

Kurtis Halvorson, Hutchinson Technology

Michael Herrman, Lawson Software

David Hertwig, Datacard Inc.

Mohammad S. Khan, Hutchinson Technology

Liana Kiff, Honeywell International Inc.

Peter Kwan, Guidant Corp.

Narayan G. Lakshmy, iDLX Technology Partners

Maria L. Lulich, Lockheed-Martin Tactical

Peksun Mak, West Group

Matthew D. Moore, West Group

Farhan Muhammad, Norstan Consulting

Michael Neill, Trans-Consolidated Inc.

Corey Ney, Medtronic Inc.

Brooke Nielsen, Maxim Group

Richard J. Novak, Lockheed-Martin Tactical

Jay Peterson, Check Technology

Michael Quinn, United Defense

Jeff Steil, St. Paul Companies

Richard Stevens, IBM Corp.

Ming H. Tan, West Group

Hoa Thu Tran, IBM Corp.

Phillip True, Compuware Corp.

Dan Waseen, Watlow Controls inc.

Ronald P. Wirth, University of Minnesota