Student Spotlight: Aiseosa Omorogieva

This spotlight is part of our 2022 Black Futures Month feature.

Aiseosa Omorogieva, a fourth-year electrical engineering major from Sacramento, remembers the first time he and his twin sister got on the computer as kids. Everything was wired, and as the years went on, he was fascinated by how technology evolved. Green energy, robotics, math and physics were also primary interests growing up. He knew engineering was his calling. 

At UC Davis, Aiseosa focuses on signals and communications and is motivated by student design projects such as EE-Emerge. He serves as president of the Black Engineers Association (BEA) at UC Davis and has already secured a job after graduation as a hardware engineer at Cisco.

After an advisor encouraged him to join clubs during a meeting his freshman year, Aiseosa became involved in BEA. Getting involved, going to office hours and forming the right friend group early on were critical sources of support during four rigorous years studying engineering. He has also kept a steady eye on graduation, recognizing that, with an engineering job, he will reap the fruits of his labor and all the struggles will be worth it.

“Black History (Futures) Month is important because I feel like a lot of Black accomplishments are often overlooked or slept on,” Aiseosa explains. “The first video game station was created by a Black engineer. The incandescent lightbulb technique was created by a Black engineer. It is important to highlight the accomplishments of specifically Black people and people of color, so people have examples to look up to.