DECaF 2009

Companies who attended DECaF 2009

Recruiter Feedback

"NAVAIR has been participating at DECaF for the past 5 years and is continually impressed as this event just keeps getting better and better! DECaF is a "target rich" environment for young, bright, and motivated entry level engineering graduates. We are fortunate to have such a fine school turning out some of the best engineers in the country in our own backyard. Due to the overwhelming number of students who participate in DECaF, we decided last year to staff our booth with 3 recruiters just to keep up with the number of booth visitors. NAVAIR looks forward to participating again next year."
- Christopher Root, NAVAIR
"[DECaF is a] great opportunity for a company to gain exposure to some of the most qualified engineering students for hire in the San Diego area. The event is well run and well attended by students."
- Michael Rhoades, Solar Turbines
"Our Cymer team was most impressed by the level of professionalism of the students attending. Each visitor to our booth had researched Cymer's open positions, was equipped with a resume, asked great questions, and was prepared for an on-the-spot interview. The energy of the event was contagious and the organization made the entire process simple and fun."
- Sarah Thomas, Cymer
"Sony Computer Entertainment America depends on the DECaF fair year after year to find candidates for all of our priority and hard-to-fill internships and full time opportunities. They have absolutely the top engineers that are enthusiastic, smart, hardworking and ready to contribute. If we had one fair to visit, this would be it."
- Melissa Banks, Sony Computer Entertainment America
"DECaF is just one of the many ways that UCSD demonstrates it is leading the way. DECaF provides a well organized and targeted technical career fair that allows engineering students to meet and speak directly with industry hiring managers. This event is always a top request by our hiring managers given their past success finding high caliber candidates at the event."
- Gabino Baltazar, Northrop Grumman Information Systems Sector

Press Releases

Employers Mine UC San Diego for NextGen Engineers
UC San Diego Unveils Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics
The DECaF Experience

DECaF 2008

Companies who attended DECaF 2008

Recruiter Feedback

"I've been to DECaF three or four times in a row, and it keeps getting better. It's by far the most comfortable and accommodating fair I've been to, including those put on by professional organizations like the Union Tribune. It's the quality of the student volunteers that really makes the difference."
- Nikolai Devereaux, ViaSat
"The student volunteers do an OUTSTANDING job of making recruiters feel welcomed."
- Leslie Gornig, IBM
"The most impressive thing about DECaF is that it was very well organized, coordinated and run. Execution of duties by the staff and the location was great. I was asked on a number of occasions if I needed help in setting up my booth or if I needed anything. Customer service was excellent! For being inside, the booth accommodations were superb!"
- Gary Osumi, QUALCOMM
"I was most impressed by the student volunteers; I have done numerous career fairs and trade shows and have never had such a great support staff offered by the sponsor. From the moment we parked up until the end of the day, there was always some one near by ready and eager to help. It made it very enjoyable to participate."
- Rosa Salazar, Rockwell Collins
"I was very impressed with how the job fair was set up and how it ran. I've been to quite a few job fairs and this one seemed much better than most of the professional ones that I attend. I think the students did a wonderful job with logistics. It really was a great event."
-Susanne Dunwell, Booz Allen Hamilton
"I think the caliber of students is excellent. I was very impressed with the level of professionalism each student brought to our booth."
- Katrina Hagg, Watry Design, Inc.
"DECaF is the only career fair we attend to support finding engineering personnel."
- James Burke, Breg
"I think DECaF was very well organized. More specifically, having the fair be focused on engineering related disciplines only, probably motivated a higher percentage of engineers to attend."
- Jay Bodenhausen, Garmin

Press Releases

The DECaF 2008 Blog
National Engineers Week at UCSD
The DECaF Experience
The Making of DECaF 2008

DECaF 2007

Corporate Recruiters Vie for UCSD Engineering Graduates
DECaF in Summary