| | This article has been nominated to be checked for its neutrality. Discussion of this nomination can be found on the talk page. (December 2007) | Cogswell Polytechnical College is a private, non-profit college located in Sunnyvale, California. It holds accreditation through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC),[1] but its engineering programs are not ABET accredited. Cogswell had a small student body of approximately 145 full-time and 141 part-time students in 2006.[2] Along with several other non-profit organizations,[3] Cogswell College is under the umbrella of the Foundation For Educational Achievement,[4] as was the similarly-named Henry Cogswell College, which has since ceased operations.[5] [edit] History Cogswell College was founded as Cogswell Polytechnical College on March 19, 1887 by Dr. and Mrs. Henry Cogswell. The college opened in August 1888 as a high school offering technical classes for boys and business classes for girls. It changed its status to technical college on June 30, 1930. The original campus building, located in the Mission District in San Francisco, was occupied in 1888. When the 1906 earthquake partially destroyed the campus, the College relocated across the street to an existing home on the property. After the City of San Francisco purchased some of the land by eminent domain in 1917, a new building was constructed at Folsom and 26th Streets to house the school. In 1974, having outgrown the existing campus, the College moved to a location at Stockton and California Streets. In 1985, the College moved to Cupertino, where it remained until 1994 (its old San Francisco building became a Ritz Carlton hotel[6]). The College purchased its present Sunnyvale campus in 1993.[7] Among the college's current programs are animation and video game development.[8] - About 15% of the student population are women.[9]
- The student to faculty ratio is approximately 12:1[9] or possibly 9:1[10]
- Cogswell currently offers the following degrees
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- B.A. Digital Art and Animation
- B.S. Digital Audio Technology
- B.S. Computer Engineering
- B.S. Software Engineering
- B.S. Digital Arts Engineering
- B.S. Fire Science
- Additionally, in November 2007 Cogswell announced the addition of a minor in business management.[11]
- Cogswell students won first place in the 2007 SIGGRAPH SPACE-TIME Student Animation competition in the category of Storytelling/Narrative[12][13]
- A Cogswell student won for “Best Editing” at Columbia University's National Undergraduate Film Festival.[14][15]
[edit] Notable alumni - Michael Apolis, Level Artist/Cryptic Studios[16]
- Chris Armstrong, Writer / Director / Producer at Elysian Pictures, LLC[17]
- Eric Bermender, Sr. Systems Engineer at ImageMovers Digital[18]
- Alan Blaine, Game Designer at Rockstar San Diego[19]
- Nathan Brenholdt, Sr. Sound Designer at SCEA[20]
- Colin Brown, Character Animator at NCSoft/Paragon Studios[21]
- Todd Campbell, Sr Animator/MotionBuilder Artist at Elektrashock[22]
- Cecil Carthen, Sr. Game Designer at Lucas Arts[23]
- Ernest Chan, CG Supervisor at Nickelodeon Animation Studio.
- Jeff Chandler, Design Engineer : Embedded Systems at Dolby Laboratories[24]
- Will Christiansen, Contract Animator at Bungie Studios[25]
- Scott Church, Director or Product Management at Universal Audio[26]
- Colin Clark, Senior Software Developer / Project Manager at TC Applied Technologies Ltd.
- Grazia Como, Digital Training Resource Manager at DreamWorks Animation[27]
- Zachary Todd Cox, Senior Concept Artist at Activision/Underground Development[28]
- Raymond Crook, Senior Animator at Double Fine Productions[29]
- Bob Deaver, Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology[30]
- Dan Donati, Vice President, Engineered Solutions Group at Elgar Electronics and Division Director, Global Sales and Marketing at Ametek Programmable Power[31]
- Josh Dudley, Software Engineer at PlayFirst Inc.[32]
- Nick Duguid, Environmental Artist at Atari/Cryptic Studios[33]
- Eric Erbes, Freelance Artist at VIZ Media[34][35]
- James Flaagan, VFX Artist at Atari/Cryptic Studios[36]
- Joel Foster, Character Animator at Sony Picture Imageworks[37]
- Peter M. Gaviglio, USS Naval Captain, Commander of USS Kepler & USS Shasta
- Pat Gillette, Contract Animator at Bungie Studios[38]
- Colin Hodges, Director Performance Technology at Pendulum Studios[39]
- Dave Huddelston, Animator at Activision/Toys For Bob[40]
- Michael Hunter, Senior UI Design Engineer at Sony Pictures[41]
- Austin Ivansmith, Assistant Director/Designer at Wayforward Technologies[42]
- Sean Kraft, Level Artist (The Sims)at Electronic Arts (EA)[43]
- Jared Kuharski, Artist at Tricky Software[44]
- Marc Miller, Lighting Artist at Dreamworks Animation[45]
- Hoa Nguyen, Asset Artist at Sony Computer Entertainment[46]
- Dave Oleksy, Senior Design Engineer, Software at Dolby Labs[47]
- Ryan Page, Character Animator at Sony Pictures Imageowrks[48]
- Mike Paget, Technical Marketing Engineer for TelePresence at Cisco Systems, Inc.[49]
- Lyndsay Pearson, Producer at Electronic Arts[50]
- Kevin Richardson, Senior Producer at Viacom: Nickelodeon Kids and Family Games Group, Senior Producer at MTV Networks, Strategic and Creative at Richardson Entertainment[51]
- Roger Rose, Animator at Pixar[52]
- Dave Russell, Modeler/Rigger/Animator at Double Fine Productions[53]
- Scott Russell, Senior Environment Artist at EA Blackbox[54]
- Eric Sackett, Program Manager at Cisco Systems[55]
- Richard Schritter, Environment Artist at Electronic Arts[56]
- Randal Shaffer, Senior Environment Artist at Foundation 9 Entertainment[57]
- Greg Shaw, Audio Director at Microsoft, Audio Director at Microsoft Corp. (Turn 10 Studios), Audio Director at Microsoft (Turn 10 Studios)[58]
- Chelsey Shuder, CG Animator at OLM Digital Inc.[59]
- Nicholas Spier, Previz Artist at Buckheimer Films[60]
- Allen Stetson, Lead Technical Director at Dreamworks[61]
- David Sumich, Principal Applications Engineer at Digidesign, a division of Avid, Inc.[62]
- Steve Swink, Game Designer/Artist at Flashbang Studios and author of Game Feel[63]
- Ben Taylor, Render I/O Coordinator at Rhythm & Hues (The Mummy 3 and The Incredible Hulk)</ref>
- Scott Thomas, Program Manager at Digidesign, a division of Avid, Inc.[64]
- Marika Timmerman, Modeler/ Texture Artist at Electronic Arts (EA) [65]
- Scott Tiraschi, Executive, Global Supply Chain and Corporate Infrastructure at KLA-Tencor[66]
- Angela Traeger, QC Lead at Lucasfilm Animation[67]
- David Trounstine, Creative Technical Director at The MediaTile Company[68]
- Carrie VanEtten, Paint Fix Artist at PDI/DreamWorks, Paint Fix Artist at DreamWorks Animation, Paint Fix Artist at PDI/DreamWorks Animation[69]
- Nathan Vegdahl, Character Rigger and Animator for Big Buck Bunny[70]
- Sean Velasco, Designer / Director at WayForward Technologies[71]
- Matthew Wegner, Content Director at Independent Games Festival, Editor at Fun-Motion.com, Founder and CEO at Flashbang Studios[72]
- Randy Wilburn, Senior Black Box Engineer at Netflix[73]
- Albert Wong, Software Architect at Intel[74]
- Douglas Wright, President & CEO at Sonoma Wire Works[75]
- Paul Yan, Lead Animator at Activision/Toys For Bob[76]
- Altan Yazar, Sr. RF System Validation Engineer at Apple Inc.[77]
[edit] Notable Cogswell Faculty - Dr. Hadi Aggoune holds a Ph. D. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington. He taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington; King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; The National Polytechnic School, Algiers, Algeria; and Henry Cogswell College, Everett, Washington, USA. He is a Professional Engineer (PE) registered in the State of Washington, Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Evaluator with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), and Affiliate Faculty in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington.[78]
- Albert Chen, Assistant Professor (Game Design and Development), studied at UC Davis, and has worked for at Electronic Arts (EA), Factor 5, The 3DO Company, and LucasArts[79]
- Dr. Timothy Duncan, Associate Professor and Director of DAT (Digital Audio Technology), Universities of Tennessee, Memphis and Cincinnati, as well as pursuing additional study at Brooklyn College, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. In addition to teaching, he has worked for Leapfrog Enterprises and the Asonda Corporation. He is a member of the College Music Society, the International Computer Music Association and the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group. Dr. Duncan's areas of specialization include sound synthesis, music composition and computer programming.[80]
- Susan Harby, Associate Professor (Digital Arts), studied at Boston University (BFA) and Stanford University (MFA)[81]
- Michael Zachary Huber, Assistant Professor (Digital Arts), has worked on The Matrix Revolutions, Minority Report, Godzilla, and Fifth Element, among other films[82]
- Michael Martin, Dean of the College and Associate Professor (Digital Arts). Michael is a graduate of Fresno State University (BS Art) and San Jose State University (MFA Photography) and is Chair of the San Jose Arts Commission[83]
- Dr. Younes Mourchid, Associate Professor and Director of Degrees at a Distance Programs. Younes earned a double Masters Degree from Southern Illinois University in Communication and Applied Linguistics and then went on to the University of Southern California to earn a Ph.D. in International Development Education.[84]
- Vihn Phat, Associate Professor of Electrical, Software and Digital Arts Engineering.[85]
- Nirmal Singh, Associate Professor General Education. Professor Singh is a graduate of Panjab University, Punjab, India (MA in Mathematics and BS in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics), and of Cogswell Polytechnical College (BS in Engineering Technology). In addition, Professor Singh holds certificates in a number of digital media tools[86]
- Dr. Kathy Williams, Director of General Education and Professor of History. Dr. Williams is a graduate of the City University of New York (Ph.D.), Columbia University (MA), and Wellesley College (BA) Phi Beta Kappa. In addition to book chapters, articles and reviews, she is the author of three books on naval history published by the Naval Institute Press.[87]
- Reid Winfrey, Associate Professor (Digital Arts), studied at UC Davis (B.A. with Honors) and San Jose State (MFA). His work as a painter is in hundreds of private collections and has been exhibited throughout the United States and in England and Japan.[88]
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