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The Fellows The program was created for MBA and graduate Engineering and School of Information students with an interest in technology, business, and the rapid development of China's high tech economy. Applicants must be a full time Haas MBA student or a MS or PhD student in the College of Engineering or the School of Information, and enrolling in classes in the Fall. An information session is held in March for those interested in applying for the following year. |
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LUCAS DUNNINGTON, MBA CANDIDATE, HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS As a 2nd year MBA at the Haas School of Business, Luke Dunnington is pursuing a focus on CleanTech and finance. He’s the student leader of an Alternative Energy Speaker Series and VP of Community inside the MBAA. He spent half of his summer researching the viability of financing micro-hydro projects in rural Peru based on coffee and remittance income and the other half as a Summer Associate at Bain & Company/Mexico on a due diligence strategic acquisition case. Prior to business school, Luke organized organic coffee cooperatives in Central America as a Peace Corps volunteer, followed by 4 years implementing agribusiness development projects with an international development consulting firm. Luke’s interest in China is focused on cleantech development, production, and local adoption. |
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Prabal Dutta |
PRABAL DUTTA, PHD CANDIDATE, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE Born in India, and raised in Ohio, Prabal holds bachelors and masters degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate and National Science Foundation Fellow in the Computer Science Division at U.C. Berkeley. His current research focus is on the design, implementation, and evaluation of wireless sensor network systems and architectures. Some of his recent research artifacts have been commercialized by Aginova, Arch Rock, Crossbow Technologies and Moteiv (three of which are Berkeley spinoffs) and are in use by hundreds of research and commercial organizations worldwide. His research has led to several large-scale sensor network deployments and 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Prior to graduate school, Prabal spent five years working in the consumer electronics and industrial communications sectors. He designed the first virtual reality joystick which won PC Week's "COMDEX Best of Show" award. He also co-founded and grew NetEnabled, a machine-to-machine device networking startup, into a multi-million dollar business that counted among its customers the nation's largest electric utility and the nation's fastest growing oil and gas services company. Prabal's interest in China is focused on understanding semiconductor and electronics supply chains. |
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KIMBERLY LAU, MASTERS CANDIDATE, COLLGE OF ENGINEERING, MECHNICAL ENGINEERING A Bay Area native, Kimberly Lau was born and raised in San Francisco before moving just across the bay to UC Berkeley for her undergraduate studies. While pursuing her BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, she served as leader of many student groups, including President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. She is currently a 2nd year graduate student, working towards her MS degree in ME with a focus on Product Design and Design Methodology. This summer, she interned at the Volkswagen Electronics Research Lab, designing cutting-edge concepts for future cars. She also visited indigenous communities in Panama to promote methods for reducing battery waste and increasing energy efficiency. Kimberly is very excited about studying the technology industry in China and expanding her knowledge about doing business in China. |
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Peng Li |
PENG LI (李鹏) PHD CANDIDATE, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS Peng is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research with concentration in Financial Engineering. His recent research topics include robust asset pricing, dynamic risk measures and hedging, and credit risk modeling. He is also interested in stochastic control, supply chain management and other applications in finance and operations research. He was an intern at Moody’s and Morgan Stanley, and is also excited about developments in China’s financial market. He has been actively involved in promoting Berkeley Chinese society and was the president of Berkeley Chinese Students and Scholars Association. Peng joined the Ph.D. program of IEOR in 2004, and is also pursuing a master degree in Statistics at Berkeley. He earned another M.S. from UC-Davis and his B.A. with honors from Fudan University, both in Applied Mathematics. |
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Martina Martina |
MARTINA MARTINA (赖凤箐), MBA CANDIDATE, HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Martina is a second year MBA student at the Haas School of Business. Hailing from Indonesia, she did her undergraduate study in Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley. Afterwards, she worked at Novellus Systems in San Jose as a process engineer. While working at Novellus, she had the opportunity to work in Taiwan and China, and learned how to conduct business in that region. She aims to expand her knowledge of doing business in China through this program and gain more exposure of China’s technology industry. She is hoping to apply this knowledge when she returns to Indonesia. |
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ADRIEN MONVOISIN, MASTERS CANDIDATE, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Adrien is originally from Paris, France. He graduated from ENSAM in 2006 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering (ME) and is currently pursuing his MS degree in ME. His research mainly focuses on the stress analysis through a Finite Element’s model in Low-K dielectric materials during the Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP), which is a major step in the Integrated Circuits fabrication. One year ago, Adrien did a 3 month internship at Technicatome (Cadaraches, France), a subsidiary of the world nuclear energy expert AREVA where he designed a heat exchanger for a nuclear ground test reactor. In 2004/05, Adrien was also nominated as Chairman of the ENSAM AMJE Cluny, a small company made up by students themselves and working on a variety of projects relevant to the engineering coursework (CAD, website creation, ...). As an ambitious student in the College of Engineering, Adrien values the importance of business skills. The “Middle Kingdom” has a wealth of talent and huge potential on a worldwide scale: the MOT-CRC China Fellowship is a promising opportunity for him to explore Chinese technological advances and business culture. |
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OTTO WILLIAMS, MBA CANDIDATE, HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Born and raised in Nigeria, Otto holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the California State University, Long Beach, where he graduated as a National Science Foundation Scholar. Prior to Business school, Otto was the Director of Production at a Digital Marketing startup, where he led a cross-functional global team to execute multimillion dollar web marketing initiatives. Otto spent the summer interning at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Merger-Integration advisory practice, where he worked on the merger-integration of an international technology company and spin-off of a multi-billion dollar telecommunications division. At Haas, Otto holds an elected position as the MBA Association’s VP of Diversity and Co-President of the Haas Leadership Club. His active participation in the 2007 Berkeley Business Plan Competition, led his team to 1st place overall in the competition and People’s Choice Award winner. He is also the MBA Chair of the upcoming 3rd Annual Haas Diversity in Business Conference. |
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Chengning Yang |
CHENGNING YANG (杨承宁), MBA CANDIDATE, HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Prior to Haas, Chengning worked as a Senior Engineer at a start-up biotech firm in Silicon Valley, with extensive experience in product development from R&D to manufacturing. At Haas, he is a VP for both Finance Club and Asian Business Conference 2008. During the recent summer, Chengning interned at Qiagen’s (a global life science and diagnostic solution provider) China office for a marketing project and Agilent Technologies’ U.S. office for a finance project. In addition to the upcoming MBA degree, Chengning also holds an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from South China University of Technology and a master degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland. Having paid close attention to emerging markets, Chengning is going to leverage the MOT-China program to further understand the economic transition currently taking place in China. |
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