Jonathan Xavier Weinert 2008

Dear Friends and colleagues,
Just wanted to share with you a brief update of my recent happenings.

1. I finished graduate school, at long long last. I received my PhD in Transportation Technology and Policy from the University of California, Davis. If any of you are interested in killing a weekend and reading my dissertation on "The Rise of Electric Two-wheelers in China", you can download it at (http://www.jonathanweinert.com/presentations/Weinert Dissertation-v1-9.pdf) (7MB...may take a while).

2. I recently started work at Chevron Energy Technology Company. My official title is Planning Engineer, and I'll be working in the Alternative Fuels and Energy Group within their Process Planning Department. Our job is to assess upcoming energy technologies (e.g. biofuels, plug-in hybrids, etc) in order to inform Chevron's strategic planning decisions. I've got a great boss and teammates, and am really looking forward to the next chapter of life here at Chevron. (And the signing of the Energy Bill a couple weeks ago was quite a timely bonus to add some extra job security)

3. I'm now a BAR.  No, not the thing you do pull-ups from, and not the thing you buy drinks at, I mean I'm a Bay Area Resident. I live in the historic bayside community of Point Richmond, close enough to walk to work, which on a clear day includes views of Golden Gate bridge. It's stones throw (if you have a great arm) from San Francisco.

Jonathan

p.s. added some pictures to document my progression back home to the US and to where I am now.
1: e-bike riding grad student in China

2. Graduation day (dissertation officially signed by my three advsiors Joan Ogden, Dan Sperling, and Andrew Burke. I couldn't have done it without their wonderful guidance and support).

3. My first day of work. Kind of looks like my first day of elementary school picture, though I've reluctantly had to replace bicycle with car and lunchbox with briefcase.