Theta Tau

Kyra is a senior from Naperville, IL studying Operations Research with a minors in Dyson and Information Science.

Outside of Regent, she is Training Chair as an Outdoor Odyssey guide, a Trail Running and Stand Up Paddling instructor for COE, and a TA for ORIE 1101 and ORIE 3120.

She has worked in industrial engineering, consulting, and most recently, data analytics at JPMorgan.

Her long-term career interests lie in education, chicago, patagonia, women in stem, and mostly, being a good human.

Beyond academia, she enjoys jewelry-making, anything outdoors, and of course, spending time with friends.

Yanir is an Independent Major in Electrical Engineering and Psychology with a deep interest in enabling healthy digital interactions that are mindful of human behavior.

Marc is a senior from Westchester, NY, currently having the pleasure of majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering while pursuing a minor in Operations Research and Information Science. He hopes to evolve the latter interest in graduate school some day.

This past summer, Marc worked in Portfolio and Transaction Management as a summer analyst at Morgan Stanley, where he has decided to double down and return full time. In previous summers, he did project and asset management with the Port Authority of NY and research in Lebanon.

On campus, Marc is treasurer on Theta Tau's Core Eboard, as well as treasurer for the Reserve Club Tennis team and a portfolio monitor in Cornell Hedge Fund.

Feel free to find Marc in Duffield or non-Duffield locales to talk about your favorite book or video game, why the Knicks stink/any other sport, or whatever philosophical conundrum is keeping you up at night.

Michael Xiao is a junior from Blacksburg, Virginia, studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. On campus, he is a shop manager at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, a subteam lead within the ESW Biofuels project team, and an Autodesk campus ambassador. Michael is also heavily involved in research in the Shepherd Lab, where he explores the application and design of soft robotics.

This past summer, Michael interned at Facture, a product design firm in Seattle where he worked on a novel wallet design, an electric skateboard, an autonomous glassware cleaner, and an alternative one-handed keyboard. He hopes to pursue a career in product design, tech, or academia.

Outside of the classroom, he enjoys rock climbing and thrifting.

TK is a senior from New York City studying Information Science, Systems, and Technology.

He spent the past two summers as a Product Design Intern at Facebook (this summer on Facebook Groups, and last summer on Facebook Marketplace). On the side, he has built products like interns.design and Pixelcode.

On campus, TK is the design lead for Cornell AppDev and teaches Intro to Digital Product Design. He's also a member of a social fraternity and previously led CUAUV's business subteam.

In his free time, TK likes to play volleyball and soccer, snowboard, design things, and eat lots of sweets.

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Clara is a senior from Greensboro, North Carolina studying Chemical Engineering with a minor in Sustainable Energy Systems. After graduation, she wants to work in the energy industry to make refining processes more environmentally sustainable.

This past summer, Clara worked at the Phillips 66 Bayway refinery as a process engineering intern. The previous summer, she studied at the Imperial College London, where she worked in a carbon capturing plant.

On campus, Clara is the president of Engineers for a Sustainable World, an AEW instructor for CHEM 2090, a TA for EAS 4800, and a Peer Advisor. In her free time, Clara enjoys rock climbing, hiking, pulling pranks, as well as secretly wishing she went to culinary school in lieu of studying engineering.

Cayla is a senior studying Information Science, Systems and Technology from Westchester, NY.

Last summer, she worked as software engineer for New Relic, an application performance monitoring company located in Portland, Oregon. She will be returning there to work as a full-stack developer upon graduation.

The summer before, she worked as a front-end developer for IBM on a project to connect software developers with quantum computing. Prior to that, she did an REU at Argonne National Lab where she worked on a IoT sensor network in downtown Chicago.

On campus, she is a manager for campus tour guiding, on the web team for the Cornell Daily Sun, a researcher in the Architectural Robotics Lab, works for an on-campus startup called Complex, and a part of a social sorority.

Andrew Tsakiris is a junior from Acton, MA studying Computer Science. Andrew is the philanthropy chair for Fall 2019 after a successful term last spring in which he created the 150 hours of service goal, organized the First Annual PFC Philanthropy March Madness Challenge, and sent brothers to lots of new events. On campus, he is a Tour Guide, a TA for CS 2110, and an Outdoor Odyssey trip leader. Last summer, Andrew interned at Ridgeline as a software engineering intern (a growing startup in Incline Village NV founded by Dave Duffield). The previous summer, he conducted research in an REU program at Temple University.

Sophia is a sophomore from Pasadena, California studying Operations Research and Information Engineering and pursuing a minor in Design and Environmental Analysis.

On campus, she is the battery team lead for the Cornell ChemE Car project team, from back when she had high aspirations to be a ChemE. She is also looking into research into how public services, driven and organized by algorithmic systems, can shape social inequalities. Her professional interests lie in understanding how data-driven public technologies affect social climates, but you may get a different answer if you ask her tomorrow.

When she is not found hunched over a table in Upson, you can find her people watching, cooking, playing the violin, fermenting (not as weird as it sounds, she promises), watching all the Bon Appetit YouTube videos, eating all of the food in her sorority house, and missing her dog.

Keethu is a sophomore from Salt Lake City, Utah studying Computer Science.

This past summer, Keethu worked at the Applied Cognition Lab at the University of Utah, where she developed autonomous driving software. She has also worked on several mobile applications, and is passionate about building impactful, intuitive, and accessible technology.

On campus, she is an Engineering Ambassador, on the Electronics sub-team of ChemE Car, and a Python peer tutor.

In her free time, Keethu gets made fun of by her friends for being vegan. She enjoys hiking, acrylic painting, traveling, spending time with friends, and trying to make her life look like a Wes Anderson movie.

Kevin is a sophomore from Westchester, New York, majoring in Biomedical Engineering.

The past two summer, Kevin interned in the Hematology & Medical Oncology department at Weill Cornell Medicine. He conducted research on the inhibitory effects of different cancer therapeutics on protein expression. On campus, he is a member of the ChemE Car project team, working to improve the chemical reaction stopping mechanism for a small car. He is also the Photography Director for the Crème de Cornell food magazine, but only for the free food of course. Lastly, he conducts research in the Putnam Lab on biomimetic polymers.

Aside from academics, Kevin loves art, fitness, music and food. Ask him about his secret life as a food connoisseur so he can show off his food instagram (bonus points if you follow it: @dk_eeeats).

Rema is a junior from Gilbert, Arizona studying Materials Science and Engineering with minors in Fiber Science and Fashion Studies. Professionally, she is interested in textile development for athletic apparel. She also hopes to get her MBA later on in her career.

This past summer, Rema conducted research in the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory within the Fiber Science and Apparel Design Department at Cornell, where she worked on projects geared towards smart clothing.

On campus, she is a part of the Mix Subteam for Cornell Concrete Canoe, a director of Career Development for the Society of Women Engineers, and an Engineering Ambassador. Additionally, she is a campus tour guide for the Office of Visitor Relations and a spinning instructor at Helen Newman.

In her free time, Rema enjoys posting on her food blog (@remashungry) and reading The New Yorker.

Carol is a junior from Boston, MA majoring in Computer Science.

On campus, she is also involved in Cornell University Sustainable Design, Cornell Undergraduate Asia Business Society, and a social sorority.

She is currently exploring her options within the software engineering field but will most likely be pursuing product management or tech consulting in the near future. She worked at a healthcare tech startup in New York City this summer.

When Carol is not ~studying~ in Duff with the Pis, she enjoys discovering music, going swimming/hiking in the gorges, and most of all, annoying Thomas when he’s supposed to be doing work.

Deniz is a junior from Istanbul, Turkey majoring in Chemical Engineering. Her academic interests include sustainable energy and all things sustainability.

On campus she is a peer advisor for the College of Engineering, the Vice President of Communications for Engineers for a Sustainable World and an undergraduate research assistant for Hanrath Lab.

This past summer, Deniz spent a month in Ithaca doing research where she worked on inkjet printing capabilities of quantum dot solutions for a DOE funded project. Afterwards she studied in Imperial College London and worked in a carbon capture plant while also traveling across the city.

In her free time Deniz loves to take long walks and cook as much as humanly possible. She also loves to travel whenever she can and likes encouraging her friends to try new restaurants with her.

Emma is a sophomore from Albany, NY, studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is primarily interested in applying this to medical devices and the biomedical field.

Last summer, Emma stayed in Ithaca to work with her project team (iGEM) on creating an autonomous boat and bioreactor for the detection and treatment of harmful algal blooms. She also did research in the Erickson Laboratory, where she helped create rapid diagnostic devices for low resource settings.

In her free time, Emma enjoys talking for hours while pretending to do work, hanging with the Pis at Club Upson, being talked into random trips with Kanha, traveling, hiking, painting, sports, and puns.

Alexa is a junior from Little Ferry, NJ majoring in Computer Science.

Last summer, she was a Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft working on the Workplace Analytics team. Professionally, Alexa is passionate about working on mission-driven technology and projects in the social impact space.

On campus, she is a technical lead for Hack4Impact, the Underclassmen Outreach Co-Director for Women in Computing at Cornell, and a leader for the Pre-Orientation Service Trip.

When she’s not procrastinating in Upson with the other Pis, she enjoys making ice cream runs to Sweet Melissa’s, watching sunsets on the slope, throwing a frisbee on the arts quad, hiking, thrifting, and spending time with friends (especially at Wings with Carol and Thomas).

Celine is a senior from central Jersey studying Information Science, Systems and Technology and minoring in film studies. In Theta Tau she is the Diversity & Inclusion chair. She has experience interning as a software engineer and program manager (last summer she became an honorary father on a punny, Dads-Only team at Microsoft).

In her free time, she makes very bad and very awkward jokes, attempts to "read more" (mostly an unsuccessful endeavor for about 2 years now), writes an assortment of fictional things, impulsively goes to Cinemapolis at untimely occasions, and is trying to figure out how to be an actual human. And in case you were wondering: she believes free will is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Madeleine is a junior from New York City studying environmental engineering.

This past summer, Madeleine interned at Intel in the Bay Area ensuring compliance with environmental permits. Previously, she worked at a lighting company in New York also researching environmental compliance laws. On campus, she is the marketing chair for Theta Tau and will be pursuing a dance minor with the Performing and Media Arts Department. She has also danced with Big Red Raas and been a member of AguaClara.

In her free time, she enjoys searching for new recipes and sewing.

Kyra is a senior from Naperville, IL studying Operations Research with a minors in Dyson and Information Science.

Outside of Regent, she is Training Chair as an Outdoor Odyssey guide, a Trail Running and Stand Up Paddling instructor for COE, and a TA for ORIE 1101 and ORIE 3120.

She has worked in industrial engineering, consulting, and most recently, data analytics at JPMorgan.

Her long-term career interests lie in education, chicago, patagonia, women in stem, and mostly, being a good human.

Beyond academia, she enjoys jewelry-making, anything outdoors, and of course, spending time with friends.

TK is a senior from New York City studying Information Science, Systems, and Technology.

He spent the past two summers as a Product Design Intern at Facebook (this summer on Facebook Groups, and last summer on Facebook Marketplace). On the side, he has built products like interns.design and Pixelcode.

On campus, TK is the design lead for Cornell AppDev and teaches Intro to Digital Product Design. He's also a member of a social fraternity and previously led CUAUV's business subteam.

In his free time, TK likes to play volleyball and soccer, snowboard, design things, and eat lots of sweets.

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Daniel is a Senior from Austin, TX studying Environmental Engineering with a strong interest in sustainability.

Daniel co-led the Solarize subteam for the Cornell University Sustainable Design (CUSD) project team building a solar trailer and is currently a co-leader for the aquaculture team. This past summer he was stormwater fieldwork intern for Tompkins county. Past summers he did research at the University of California, Davis to developed a program to predict emissions from cooling towers and worked at Macmillan learning. He also has experience doing research in plant pathology and does research in water quality and algal blooms. He has been active with The Society for Natural Resources Conservation (SNRC) making Cornell's campus greener. He hopes to continue making the world more sustainable.

Aside from school, Daniel enjoys traveling, visual arts, music production, and ancient history.

Emma Renner is a Senior from Round Hill, VA, studying Mechanical Engineering. Last summer she interned at W.L. Gore and Associates working on designing and characterizing fine particle filtration methods. Before this, she worked as a Wilderness Ranger in Montreat, North Carolina.

On campus, Emma is Paddle Chair for Cornell Outing Club, an Outdoor Odyssey Guide, and teaches paddle and ski classes for Cornell Outdoor Education. Emma also serves as President of Professional Fraternity Council.

Outside of school and the outdoors, Emma enjoys donuts, folk music, and Ira Glass.

Michael Xiao is a senior from Blacksburg, Virginia, studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. On campus, he is a shop manager at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, a subteam lead within the ESW Biofuels project team, and an Autodesk campus ambassador. Michael is also heavily involved in research in the Shepherd Lab, where he explores the application and design of soft robotics.

This past summer, Michael interned at Facture, a product design firm in Seattle where he worked on a novel wallet design, an electric skateboard, an autonomous glassware cleaner, and an alternative one-handed keyboard. He hopes to pursue a career in product design, tech, or academia.

Outside of the classroom, he enjoys rock climbing and thrifting.

Marc is a senior from Westchester, NY, currently having the pleasure of majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering while pursuing a minor in Operations Research and Information Science. He hopes to evolve the latter interest in graduate school some day.

This past summer, Marc worked in Portfolio and Transaction Management as a summer analyst at Morgan Stanley, where he has decided to double down and return full time. In previous summers, he did project and asset management with the Port Authority of NY and research in Lebanon.

On campus, Marc is treasurer on Theta Tau's Core Eboard, as well as treasurer for the Reserve Club Tennis team and a portfolio monitor in Cornell Hedge Fund.

Feel free to find Marc in Duffield or non-Duffield locales to talk about your favorite book or video game, why the Knicks stink/any other sport, or whatever philosophical conundrum is keeping you up at night.

For the longest time, my family and I believed I would be a professional tennis player. Although I come from a financially stable household, my parents recognized how costly and difficult it was to attend a top university. Due to the limited access to STEM learning opportunities at my schools and my parents having a background as athletes, they saw our best shot was to get an athletic scholarship as a collegiate tennis player. Because of this, I spent the first 15 years as an athlete first and a student second.

But after having greater exposure to STEM in high school my family and I saw how many opportunities I had ahead if I focused on my education. I quit tennis as a junior in high school and for the first time in my life was a student first.

Ever since I realized the empowerment STEM education provides, I have been trying to increase students' access to quality STEM education. in February 2018 I founded uniVRsity to make online STEM education more engaging for students through Virtual Reality(VR). I’m currently on a leave of absence pursuing our mission full-time and will be doing so for the next full year.

Rees is a senior from Westport, Connecticut studying Materials Science and Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. Professionally, Rees is interested in combining computational materials science and machine learning for applications in alternative energy or drug discovery.

Last summer, Rees interned at Berkeley National Lab, where he learned how to juggle. Previously, he interned at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where he learned to make pistachio crusted lamb chops.

On campus, Rees has done computational solar cell research in the Hanrath group and served as a grader for MSE 2610. Currently, he is a TA for CS 4780, is a volunteer biology TA (despite not knowing any biology) for inmates at Cayuga Correctional Facility, and does computational molecular self assembly research in the Dshemuchadse group.

In his free time, Rees enjoys playing soccer, exploring the outdoors, going to Teagle with Yanir and Chris, and cooking inedible food but eating it anyways.

Erin is a senior studying Information Science in the College of Arts and Sciences. The past few summers, she's been working at tech start ups, in Ithaca giving campus tours, and most recently, at Blackstone Innovations as a business analyst. Her interests lie in product design and product management. She loves to talk about all things design related -- tech or not. Find her on campus eating pineapple-jalapeno pizza with Priyanka or watching Bon Appetit videos (or possibly both).

Celine is a senior from central Jersey studying Information Science, Systems and Technology and minoring in film studies. In Theta Tau she is the Diversity & Inclusion chair. She has experience interning as a software engineer and program manager (last summer she became an honorary father on a punny, Dads-Only team at Microsoft).

In her free time, she makes very bad and very awkward jokes, attempts to "read more" (mostly an unsuccessful endeavor for about 2 years now), writes an assortment of fictional things, impulsively goes to Cinemapolis at untimely occasions, and is trying to figure out how to be an actual human. And in case you were wondering: she believes free will is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Ask me about nanotechnology, complex systems, popular science communication or cooking!

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Priyanka is a senior studying Chemical Engineering, hoping to pursue a career in pharmaceutical process development. This past summer Priyanka interned at Genentech in the Small Scale Purification Pilot Plant, learning more about pharma technical operations and enjoying the Bay Area with some other Nus. Outside of the ChemE grind, she enjoys eating pineapple-jalapeño pizza with fellow Nu, Erin Chen, chasing dogs, puzzling, and laying in the grass.

Jared is a senior from Irvine, California, studying Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. His professional interest is software engineering and safety in artificial intelligence.

During the summer, he was interning as a software engineer at Amazon, and during the spring at Google. On campus, Jared is a backend developer at Cornell AppDev, and worked as the Education Lead of Cornell Data Science and co-lecturer of their machine learning course until last winter.

In his spare time, Jared reads books and Bible, listens to music, and dreams about the future. He also set a personal record for solving Rubik's cube in 10.59 seconds three years ago, which never happened again. He hopes to eventually develop a general intelligence and bring changes to the world.

Yanir is an Independent Major in Electrical Engineering and Psychology with a deep interest in enabling healthy digital interactions that are mindful of human behavior.

Chris is a senior from Rochester, NY majoring in mechanical engineering and minoring in business.

Last summer, Chris worked for P&G as a product supply engineer, where he focused on loss elimination for Pampers diapers. Previously, Chris worked as a mechanical design intern at Teknic, where he optimized the production process of integrated servo motors.

Chris is the sole proprietor of Wright Reactions LLC. His company does freelance work designing and he subcontracts the building for dominoes and chain reaction for trade shows, commercials, parties, and more. His work has been featured on The Tonight Show, The Discovery Channel, America's Got Talent, and he has had the opportunity to work with corporations such as Microsoft, Pizza Hut, Gillette, and Disney.

Anuj is a junior from Kathmandu, Nepal with Biological Engineering major and BME minor. His passion lies in exploring bio-inspired engineering from medical to agricultural field.

Last summer, Anuj had a great time in Ithaca doing research and working for the orchards. On campus, he is a co-president for International Students Admissions Ambassador club and a TA for BEE 2600. He is also a research assistant in a Sacks lab where he processes and analyzes chemical compounds in wine.

Besides, he enjoys hiking, traveling, and trying out new food.

Liz is a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering while taking Mandarin and business courses. On campus, she is the Vice President of Philanthropy for the Professional Fraternity Council, is part of ESW, and is an RA in Cascadilla Hall. Last summer, she studied abroad in London where she was able to run a pilot carbon capture plant. In her free time, she enjoys running, yoga, reading, travelling, and going on exciting adventures with her BroTThers

Chelsea is studying ISST and pursuing product management. The past year she worked at Bank of America, Apple, and Microsoft. She is currently taking a gap year and living in London. :0

Olia is a junior from San Diego, CA studying Operations Research and minoring in Engineering Entrepreneurship. On campus she's involved with Humor Us! Sketch Comedy, Outdoor Odyssey, a social sorority, and Cornell Club Tennis as Captain. She does literally nothing technical outside of class and LOVES that.

Last summer, Olia interned at Viasat Inc. in Carlsbad, CA as a Reliability Engineer where she primarily conducted Big Data analysis with Splunk to pinpoint the data patterns of specific mechanism failures. She really enjoyed this work, but wants to try something totally different next summer with food supply-chain industry.

Olia is a loyal friend, and wants more than anything to make her parents proud. But also, she want’s you to enjoy life and not take yourself too seriously.

Kompella is a senior from New Delhi, India majoring in Computer Science in the College of Engineering. This past summer Kompella interned at The Blackstone Group as a Product Management Intern. The summers before, Kompella worked for the Data Analytics Division in Gartner and as a Tech Consultant in Deloitte. On campus he is a TA for CS 4410, AEW Instructor, Athlete Tutor and does Research as well. His end goal is to move back to India and start his own business venture. Eventually, he hopes to spend his time and effort on tiger conservation in India.

From a land far far away, Kanha is a junior EnvE major. Born and raised in a country with the most diverse flora and fauna in the world, Indonesia, he has developed a passion for the environment, sustainability and nature. Thanks to long history of keeping reef aquarium, Kanha has the ability to identify many coral and fish. He's even started comparing the Xi class to coral species. For example, Collin is a green star polyp. You can ask Collin to explain why.

This past summer, Kanha interned in Ithaca, helping AguaClara develop and prototype a Gravity-powered Wastewater Treatment System for developing countries. Previously, Kanha interned in Bali, where he worked with a five-star hotel chain to help make them zero waste to landfill. On campus, he was a research advisor for AguaClara and is involved in the training of retrievers and shepherds with Guiding Eyes for the Blind.

This semester, Kanha is currently a Data Analyst Intern in a building energy efficiency company in Ithaca as part of the COOP program. He is currently getting the best of all worlds; participating in an internship, while remaining in Ithaca, without taking any classes.

Kanha is big fan of coffee, which is why he's always attempting to get people to join him for a cup of coffee from his endless collection of coffee. He often creates impromptu plans to get Gimme Coffee with Julia, Liz and Anuj, or convinces people (particularly Emma) to join him on random trips to far locations.

Collin is a junior from Basking Ridge, NJ studying CS and minoring in OR. If he could, he'd also study international relations and quantum physics, but unfortunately he has yet to find a clear three-major graduation path.

Last summer, he worked at Google in NYC as a software engineer on their security and privacy team. Prior to that, he's worked in IT and full-stack development. On campus, he's part of Ava Labs, a blockchain-based startup under Professor Sirer.

Engineering aside, Collin loves music. He's played classical and ragtime piano for sixteen years and helps give lessons on campus through the Cornell Piano Society. He also sings with and is the General Manager of the Conell University Glee Club (no, not like the TV show). If you're ever looking for some good classical pieces, don't hesitate to ask!

Francis is a senior from New York City majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and minoring in Business. His main interest lies in the cross-section between engineering, business, and design in an effort to positively impact underrepresented minorities.

Francis currently is an RA on North Campus, is an Engineering Ambassador, and works part-time in the Engineering Admissions Office. He also used to do research in the Information Science department and was a part of Cornell Concrete Canoe.

This past summer, he was interning at Bloomberg LP in their Global Data department. And after graduation, he is looking to delve into the world of product management and eventually pursue his MBA. But sometimes he wonders what it’d be like to leave everything behind and open up a bakery shop in Lower Manhattan.

Julia is a former CivE, former AEP, current junior MechE, and future engineering dropout from Brooklyn, New York.

This past summer, she went home to spend time with her family, work as a counselor at her climbing gym, and avoid interacting with people she doesn’t like.

On campus, she splits her time between the Organic Robotics Lab where she studies the robotic applications of bioluminescent algae and the Temple of Zeus where she people-watches and plays a game called: “Are They A Sorority Girl or A Co-op Member?”

She is also excited to be a first-time facilitator for Cornell’s Intergroup Dialogue Project, a class that allows students to connect across difference. She believes the communication skills developed in this course are crucial to good relationships. She’s hoping that expanding her knowledge base into other academic disciplines will better prepare her for the mid-life crisis she plans to have at 35 when she realizes she's sick of engineering.

As the former NME for Spring 2019, she's proud to see her TT children off slaying their new EBoard positions. She looks forward to meeting the next class and teaching them to take themselves less seriously.

Darren is a senior from New Paltz, NY studying computer science. On campus, he is a part of Cornell iGEM, Social Business Consulting, and is a TA for CS 2110 and AEM 4420.

Last summer he worked as a technology consultant for Deloitte in NYC where he helped organizations undergo digital transformations. He’s passionate about the social impact space and hopes to one day pursue a career in product management or consulting before moving to venture capital, but occasionally debates leaving it all to go teach English in Asia.

In his free time, he likes to dance at parties (poorly) and reminisce about his days as lead singer of a middle school garage band called The Roof.

Andrew Tsakiris is a junior from Acton, MA studying Computer Science. Andrew is the philanthropy chair for Fall 2019 after a successful term last spring in which he created the 150 hours of service goal, organized the First Annual PFC Philanthropy March Madness Challenge, and sent brothers to lots of new events. On campus, he is a Tour Guide, a TA for CS 2110, and an Outdoor Odyssey trip leader. Last summer, Andrew interned at Ridgeline as a software engineering intern (a growing startup in Incline Village NV founded by Dave Duffield). The previous summer, he conducted research in an REU program at Temple University.

Clara is a senior from Greensboro, North Carolina studying Chemical Engineering with a minor in Sustainable Energy Systems. After graduation, she wants to work in the energy industry to make refining processes more environmentally sustainable.

This past summer, Clara worked at the Phillips 66 Bayway refinery as a process engineering intern. The previous summer, she studied at the Imperial College London, where she worked in a carbon capturing plant.

On campus, Clara is the president of Engineers for a Sustainable World, an AEW instructor for CHEM 2090, a TA for EAS 4800, and a Peer Advisor. In her free time, Clara enjoys rock climbing, hiking, pulling pranks, as well as secretly wishing she went to culinary school in lieu of studying engineering.

Brandon is a senior from Kenilworth, IL studying Operations Research and minors in Business and Real Estate.

This previous summer he interned at Discover Financial Services where he was an analytics intern working on optimizing organizational structure and routing for customer service calls to agent groups utilizing natural language understanding. The summer before that he interned at Allstate on one of their commercial real estate investment teams.

In previous years Brandon has been involved in Cornell Mars Rover, Cornell Strategic Consulting, been a TA for ORIE 3120, and various other campus organizations. He hopes to make the most of his last semester at Cornell and in his free time enjoys playing poker, basketball, and taking lots of naps.

Kevin is a sophomore from Westchester, New York, majoring in Biomedical Engineering.

The past two summer, Kevin interned in the Hematology & Medical Oncology department at Weill Cornell Medicine. He conducted research on the inhibitory effects of different cancer therapeutics on protein expression. On campus, he is a member of the ChemE Car project team, working to improve the chemical reaction stopping mechanism for a small car. He is also the Photography Director for the Crème de Cornell food magazine, but only for the free food of course. Lastly, he conducts research in the Putnam Lab on biomimetic polymers.

Aside from academics, Kevin loves art, fitness, music and food. Ask him about his secret life as a food connoisseur so he can show off his food instagram (bonus points if you follow it: @dk_eeeats).

Nick Diaco is a junior Engineering Physics major from Tampa, Florida. On campus, he is an active member of CUABS. In his spare time, Nick is an avid surfer and meditator.

Nick's research involves industrial and medical applications of polymer chemistry, with a focus on 3D printing and cancer treatment. Nick is also a first author on papers in mathematics and stem cell therapy.

For an interesting conversation, ask him about ice fishing, his flip phone, or how urine will solve the world hunger crisis.

Kelly is a senior from Utica, NY studying Computer Science and minoring in Information Science.

This past summer, she interned at Squarespace as a Frontend Software Engineer. The previous 2 summers before, she interned at a government contractor company that specialized in Cybersecurity. She worked very closely with security penetration testing and practiced cyber security tactics. Kelly also had the chance to write a paper to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force on the potential applications of blockchains in the Air Force, honing blockchains because of its data validation and virtual ledgers. Kelly has had quite the experience the summers of 2017 and 2018, running 8 miles every week. It's also important to note that physical physique is not her greatest strength. Ask her about it, and she'll tell you how this past summer was a blessing to her.

Judson is a junior from Bethlehem, PA majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in business.

Judson is the junior captain of Cornell ChemE Car, a corporate outreach liaison for the Engineering Career Fair Team, and an undergraduate research assistant in the Wiesner Group, focusing on the application of self assembling polymers in energy storage devices.

This past summer, Judson studied abroad at Imperial College in London, learning more about process controls and design through their Carbon Capture Pilot Plant. Before that, Judson worked as a fire protection engineering intern at Victaulic, where he optimized the efficiency of hybrid fire suppression systems for uses in all local applications. He plans to focus on biochemical engineering and hopes to one day pursue a career in either pharmaceuticals or energy storage.

Judson enjoys both watching and playing all sports, reading, late night bubble tea and learning new things.

Cayla is a senior studying Information Science, Systems and Technology from Westchester, NY.

Last summer, she worked as software engineer for New Relic, an application performance monitoring company located in Portland, Oregon. She will be returning there to work as a full-stack developer upon graduation.

The summer before, she worked as a front-end developer for IBM on a project to connect software developers with quantum computing. Prior to that, she did an REU at Argonne National Lab where she worked on a IoT sensor network in downtown Chicago.

On campus, she is a manager for campus tour guiding, on the web team for the Cornell Daily Sun, a researcher in the Architectural Robotics Lab, works for an on-campus startup called Complex, and a part of a social sorority.

Madeleine is a junior from New York City studying environmental engineering.

This past summer, Madeleine interned at Intel in the Bay Area ensuring compliance with environmental permits. Previously, she worked at a lighting company in New York also researching environmental compliance laws. On campus, she is the marketing chair for Theta Tau and will be pursuing a dance minor with the Performing and Media Arts Department. She has also danced with Big Red Raas and been a member of AguaClara.

In her free time, she enjoys searching for new recipes and sewing.

Cathy is a junior from Morgantown, West Virginia studying CS in Engineering and minoring in Music.

This past summer, she worked as a Software Development Engineering Intern on Amazon's Promotions Platform and previously, she worked as a research assistant at West Virginia University (homegirl was a ChemE once upon a time).

Aside from the time she spends on insulting Shalin and being an ~engineer~, Cathy plays trumpet in the Cornell Jazz Ensemble and piano in The Original Cornell Syncopators. She also enjoys hiking, skiing, night drives, concerts, and Oishii Bowl.

Marguerite is a junior from Montreal, Quebec, majoring in Environmental Engineering and currently studying abroad at the University of Cantabria in Santander, Spain.

At Cornell, Marguerite is a high jumper on the Track and Field team, an Outdoor Odyssey guide, and a member of the Analysis and Paddling sub-teams of Concrete Canoe.

Last summer, she worked at a marine lab on an island in New Hampshire as a Sustainable Engineering intern, focusing on projects related to solar energy infrastructure. Prior to that, she worked as a research assistant at McGill University in Montreal, and studied methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells

Outside of the classroom, Marguerite loves skiing and canoeing, talking about sustainability, discovering different types of music, and finding people to speak French with.

Shalin is a computer science major from Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. He enjoys coding, designing, thinking up random facts, and watching both Netflix and HBO shows such as Prison Break, Breaking Bad, Narcos, Sherlock, Game of Thrones, Westworld, and Silicon Valley.

This past summer, Shalin worked at Amazon in Seattle as a Software Development Intern on the Prime Video Payments team. On campus, he is the Vice President of Cornell Data Science and the Social Chair of the Society for India. In his free time, Shalin enjoys hanging out with friends, eating Indian and Thai food, listening to Spanish music, and engaging in fun conversations.

Hayley is a junior from Barrington, IL studying Chemical Engineering and pursuing a minor in French.

On campus, Hayley is the grant writing chair and a mentor for Youth Outreach Undergraduates Reshaping Success, a member of the project team Engineers for a Sustainable World, and an undergraduate researcher in Professor Abbott's Laboratory for Molecular Engineering.

Last summer, she worked as a chemical engineering intern at Lonza Pharma&Biotech. During previous breaks, Hayley worked at Dick’s Sporting Goods (no, the discount is not great) and helped develop an engineering curriculum geared towards middle school students in the Detroit area. Her current career interests lie in implementing environmental and economical solutions within pharmaceuticals.

When Hayley isn’t studying (hiding) in the Johnson Management Library, you can find her running through campus, playing card games, or throwing peanuts at Cathy Li's head from the top floor of their lofted bedroom.

Omar Rasheed is a Junior from Portland, Oregon studying Computer Science with a minor in Robotics. On campus he is an iOS developer on Cornell AppDev and a TA for both CS 3110 and the Intro to iOS development course taught by AppDev (quick plug).

Last summer he was a Software Engineering Intern at Facebook in Seattle and does not know where he's going for next summer.

In his free time, he like to listen to music, workout, play soccer, and you'll often find him napping somewhere in Duffield/Upson.

Rema is a junior from Gilbert, Arizona studying Materials Science and Engineering with minors in Fiber Science and Fashion Studies. Professionally, she is interested in textile development for athletic apparel. She also hopes to get her MBA later on in her career.

This past summer, Rema conducted research in the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory within the Fiber Science and Apparel Design Department at Cornell, where she worked on projects geared towards smart clothing.

On campus, she is a part of the Mix Subteam for Cornell Concrete Canoe, a director of Career Development for the Society of Women Engineers, and an Engineering Ambassador. Additionally, she is a campus tour guide for the Office of Visitor Relations and a spinning instructor at Helen Newman.

In her free time, Rema enjoys posting on her food blog (@remashungry) and reading The New Yorker.

Alexa is a junior from Little Ferry, NJ majoring in Computer Science.

Last summer, she was a Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft working on the Workplace Analytics team. Professionally, Alexa is passionate about working on mission-driven technology and projects in the social impact space.

On campus, she is a technical lead for Hack4Impact, the Underclassmen Outreach Co-Director for Women in Computing at Cornell, and a leader for the Pre-Orientation Service Trip.

When she’s not procrastinating in Upson with the other Pis, she enjoys making ice cream runs to Sweet Melissa’s, watching sunsets on the slope, throwing a frisbee on the arts quad, hiking, thrifting, and spending time with friends (especially at Wings with Carol and Thomas).

Cort is a sophomore from Boston, MA pursuing an Independent Major in Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering.

Last summer he was a member of the Harvard Medical School Immunology Summer Program and a researcher in the Moon Immunology Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. His work focused on the development of new viral vectors for injectable gene therapy for immune cells.

On campus, he works on 3D organ-on-chips for modeling lymphatic and blood vasculature, cancer biology, and immunoengineering in Esak Lee’s Lab. He is also a member of the Cornell Consulting Group where he works with companies to solve business challenges. Previously, he was a member of the Singh Immunotherapy and Cell Engineering Lab.

In his free time, he loves to hike, hang out at Farmer’s Markets, and find great cold brew coffee.

Edward is a sophomore from Shunde, China, studying environmental engineering and (maybe) minoring in business. He is passionate about everything green, like sustainability, plants, and matcha.

On campus, Edward is involved in Cornell Sustainability Consultants, ASABE, and Compost Managers Club. He spent the last summer grinding plant and soil samples in an agroecology lab. Now he’s a master grinder.

Edward loves exploring new music and food. You can find Edward trudging between Riley-Robb and Hollister Hall or heading for bubble tea with friends. In his free time he also works out, plays board games, badminton, and tennis (poorly) and lets his hair grow.

Kyu is a Sophomore from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam studying Computer Science. On campus, he is Alumni Chair of CUABS, and he can be found working behind the scenes at Goldies, making sandwiches.

Last summer, Kyu spent time as R&D Product Development Team Intern at a Furniture company in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

In his free time, he enjoys listening to music and playing guitar/violin. He also loves to lie down and watch Youtube all day long.

Deniz is a junior from Istanbul, Turkey majoring in Chemical Engineering. Her academic interests include sustainable energy and all things sustainability.

On campus she is a peer advisor for the College of Engineering, the Vice President of Communications for Engineers for a Sustainable World and an undergraduate research assistant for Hanrath Lab.

This past summer, Deniz spent a month in Ithaca doing research where she worked on inkjet printing capabilities of quantum dot solutions for a DOE funded project. Afterwards she studied in Imperial College London and worked in a carbon capture plant while also traveling across the city.

In her free time Deniz loves to take long walks and cook as much as humanly possible. She also loves to travel whenever she can and likes encouraging her friends to try new restaurants with her.

Emma is a sophomore from Albany, NY, studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is primarily interested in applying this to medical devices and the biomedical field.

Last summer, Emma stayed in Ithaca to work with her project team (iGEM) on creating an autonomous boat and bioreactor for the detection and treatment of harmful algal blooms. She also did research in the Erickson Laboratory, where she helped create rapid diagnostic devices for low resource settings.

In her free time, Emma enjoys talking for hours while pretending to do work, hanging with the Pis at Club Upson, being talked into random trips with Kanha, traveling, hiking, painting, sports, and puns.

Sophia is a sophomore from Pasadena, California studying Operations Research and Information Engineering and pursuing a minor in Design and Environmental Analysis.

On campus, she is the battery team lead for the Cornell ChemE Car project team, from back when she had high aspirations to be a ChemE. She is also looking into research into how public services, driven and organized by algorithmic systems, can shape social inequalities. Her professional interests lie in understanding how data-driven public technologies affect social climates, but you may get a different answer if you ask her tomorrow.

When she is not found hunched over a table in Upson, you can find her people watching, cooking, playing the violin, fermenting (not as weird as it sounds, she promises), watching all the Bon Appetit YouTube videos, eating all of the food in her sorority house, and missing her dog.

Leena is a junior from Atlanta, GA, majoring in Biological Engineering in CALS.

On campus, she is VP of Development of the Engineering Career Fair Team. She also spends a lot of time in the basement of Riley-Robb Hall, doing research on foxes jumping into snow (it's actually much more complicated than the meme). Last semester, she presented this research at the APS March Meeting in Boston! She hopes to publish this before the spring semester, but currently she's stuck waiting for more snow to do experiments with. Over the summer, she briefly did research at Georgia Tech regarding sidewinding snakes before returning to Ithaca and taking some courses.

Other than research, Leena loves spending time with her fellow Pi class loves (yay Club Upson), as well as with her two dance teams, BreakFree Hip Hop and LOKO. She also enjoys baking macarons and watching Netflix with her twin sister, Jeena.

Rizo is a junior from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, studying Engineering Physics with a minor in Computer Science. On campus, he is on e-board for the Taekwondo team. Rizo is also involved in Cosmology research, where he analyzes simulations of the observable universe. On his free time, he enjoys stargazing, playing guitar, and bothering Nick with 'yet another cool story about Ancient Greece and Rome.

Keethu is a sophomore from Salt Lake City, Utah studying Computer Science.

This past summer, Keethu worked at the Applied Cognition Lab at the University of Utah, where she developed autonomous driving software. She has also worked on several mobile applications, and is passionate about building impactful, intuitive, and accessible technology.

On campus, she is an Engineering Ambassador, on the Electronics sub-team of ChemE Car, and a Python peer tutor.

In her free time, Keethu gets made fun of by her friends for being vegan. She enjoys hiking, acrylic painting, traveling, spending time with friends, and trying to make her life look like a Wes Anderson movie.

Nathan is a junior from Rochester, NY studying Computer Science with a minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Outside of TT, Nathan is an RA in Dickson Hall, the President and Founder of the Cornell Spikeball Club, an Outdoor Odyssey guide, and a TA for Functional Programming and Data Structures (CS 3110).

Nathan spent this past summer interning at Lutron Electronics in Philadelphia, PA working on their residential mobile apps team. His primary interests within CS are mobile development, AI, and software engineering.

Thomas is junior mechanical engineering major from south Florida minoring in aerospace engineering.

Thomas is the design and manufacturing sub team lead of Cornell Micro-G. When he is not daydreaming and procrastinating the work he needs to get done, he enjoys getting snickerdoodles with Carol at CTB and playing soccer. Whether that's playing as much intramural as possible or supporting his favorite Premier League team, Tottenham, even though they refuse to win anything. He also enjoys watching basketball and his favorite science fiction franchises like Star Wars, Doctor Who, and The Expanse.

Carol is a junior from Boston, MA majoring in Computer Science.

On campus, she is also involved in Cornell University Sustainable Design, Cornell Undergraduate Asia Business Society, and a social sorority.

She is currently exploring her options within the software engineering field but will most likely be pursuing product management or tech consulting in the near future. She worked at a healthcare tech startup in New York City this summer.

When Carol is not ~studying~ in Duff with the Pis, she enjoys discovering music, going swimming/hiking in the gorges, and most of all, annoying Thomas when he’s supposed to be doing work.

Kara is a Master’s of Public Administration candidate concentrating on Technology and Infrastructure Policy with certificates in Systems Thinking and Environmental Finance. She is attending as a recipient of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs Fellowship and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship from Cornell’s Southeast Asian Program. Her professional goal is to develop technology and infrastructure in Southeast Asia in a way that uplifts the communal and environmental health.

Oh yeah, and she was an engineer once (Materials Science and Engineering ‘19).

Peter obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is now a Operations Research Master of Engineering student from Abu Dhabi and Lebanon. Two summers ago, he worked for Turner Construction in NYC, last summer he worked for BNP Paribas as a Global Markets Analyst in NYC, where he will be returning to full-time. He enjoys producing and mixing music, playing tennis and practicing yoga.

Nehal is a Masters of Engineering CS student from Bangalore, India.

This past summer, Nehal worked as a Software Application Development Intern at Workday. She has previously interned at IBM Aspera on the DevOps team, Saggezza working on data analytics products, and at an e-commerce startup called QikPod, focusing on Android design and development.

Her interests include entrepreneurship, product design, and using technology for social impact. Outside of Cornell, Nehal loves to travel and scuba dive. In her free time, she enjoys reading, shopping, watching Friends reruns, and frequenting CTB’s ice cream counter.