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		YURI DE SOUZA Chair of Student Branch Yuri is a Senior Electrical Engineering and Computer Science major. He is a member of CBU’s Honors Program, the Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, the Alpha Chi Honor Society, the Math Association of America (MAA), the Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the International Student Alliance (ISA) at CBU. Yuri has a Goan ancestry and hails from the Sultanate of Oman where he did his pre-college schooling. He worked as a Web Developer for the Information Technology Services at CBU. Yuri will graduate in May, 2008 and has accepted a job offer from Microsoft Corporation. He plans to attend graduate school in the near future.


		CAITLIN WOODWARD Vice Chair of Student Branch Caitlin is a Junior Electrical Engineering and Computer Science major. She is a member of CBU’s Honors Program and IEEE. Caitlin hails from Newalla, Oklahoma.


		BINH NGUYEN Secretary of Student Branch Binh is a Sophomore Electrical Engineering major and Mathematics minor. He is a member of the Math Association of America (MAA) at CBU. Binh was born in Vietnam and left for the United States of America when he was eight years old. Binh plans to graduate in May of 2010 and attend graduate school.


		DAVID JAMES Treasurer of Student Branch David was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee and is currently a Junior Electrical Engineering and Computer Science major at CBU. On the weekends, he runs the Help Desk for the Information Technology Services (ITS) at CBU. He also works at the Math Tutoring center at CBU and aids students in various topics in Mathematics. Outside the classroom, David holds a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is also an Eagle Scout from a local Boy Scout Troop. Looking towards the near future, David is considering pursuing a Masters degree in Computer Engineering. He intends to later follow this up with an MBA. David might not be sure where his career will lead him. He is however certain of one thing, whatever he does "will have something to do with computers."


		DR. JOHN VENTURA CBU Student Branch Counselor Dr. John Ventura is the Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at CBU. He graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Christian Brothers College and earned a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida in 1967. He has a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and currently holds licenses in the following states: Tennessee - Professional Engineer (retired) and Mississippi - Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor. John is a senior member in IEEE, serves as the IEEE student advisor at CBU, and serves as the student coordinator for the Memphis Section of IEEE .