Stanford here I come

I was selected to go to Stanford for 3 weeks this summer to work with NASA on migrating an active satellite (Gravity Probe B) to the Air Force Academy. I will be the Computer Science team lead, and my mission will be to figure out how to migrate the control center and the mission center to the academy and integrate them into our network and architecture. I am going to be one of 7 people that got selected on this 100 million dollar project. My team members were selected from a wide variety of intellectual faction, such as astrology, aeronautical engineers, history, system engineers and management majors. But when all is said and done, not only will the Air Force Academy get an active satellite (and a famous one) but I will have had the opportunity to go to Stanford and represent the Air Force.

Ring Dance 2006

Finally, It arrived. For those of you who do not know, ring dance is a huge deal. Ring Dance is the ceremony, and ball where upcoming seniors at military academies receive their academy/class rings. It is also the second most revered ball in our society to attend right behind the Presidential Inauguration Ball. The ring is a symbol not only of your completion of a military academy, but also of your individual class. I will be the 49th graduation class from the Air Force Academy, and thus the graduation class of 2007 has our own crest. It is this crest that is engraved into the right side of the ring, where the academy crest is engraved into the left side. The top of the rings are customizable and thus are unique in nature, yet they all are the same in spirit. Here are some pictures from Ring Dance where my beautiful guest was my fiance Sarah.


My roommate Ryan Stillwell, my old roommate Ricky Ricciardi and me.


Sarah wearing my bling with hers.


The gang, Front row, Shawn Steipp, Bryan Pascuzzi and Ryan Moss. Me in the back.

The view. Here is the view of the Eagle and Fledgling with all the couples walking in front of the fountains on the terrazo.


Sarah and I standing in front of the fountain pools.


Me with my sweet new ring.



Sarah is distracted by the shiny sparkles.

Dead Week Fly Fishing

One of the great benefits of having "Dead Week" after finals here, is that you have a whole week off (mostly) with no stress, to go and do whatever it is that you want to do. This year I went with some friends and took a three day fly fishing trip in southern Colorado on the South Plate River. Some of the most incredible fishing and scenery I have ever seen. Here are some pictures.

Night out on the Town

Here are some shots we took while trying out this swanky new bar in Denver called Mynt, they had some of the greatest Mojitos I have ever tasted.














Shot of Paul Wegner and I













Group pic, from Left to right, Chris Maguire, Bill , Megan Cram, Paul Wegner, and Me.