Theta Tau

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

Outside of being Regent of TT, she is Training Chair for Outdoor Odyssey, Comm Director for Spark, teaching Trail Running and Stand Up Paddling COE courses, and a TA for Intro to OR.

She has worked in industrial engineering, internal consulting, and next summer is heading to JPMorgan.

When not on late-night runs in her reflective construction vest, you can find her crafting, singing, grazing with her woMUn, or watching sunsets in Rhodes. Her long-term career interests lie in education, chicago, patagonia, and mostly, being a good human.

Marc is a junior from Westchester, NY, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and minoring in Operations Research and Management Science. Career-wise, Marc is considering pursuing finance or graduate school.

This past summer, Marc worked as a project and asset management intern at the Port Authority of NY/NJ in their World Trade Center Department. The previous summer, he worked as a research intern at the Antonin University in Lebanon.

On campus, in addition to being professional development chair for Theta Tau, Marc is a member of Cornell Hedge Fund's TMT investing team and treasurer of Cornell Reserve Tennis Club.

If you ever run into him (you probably will), you can talk to him about literally any sport, current events, books, video games, or any philosophical question keeping you up at night.

Michael Xiao is a junior from Blacksburg, Virginia, studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. On campus, he is a subteam lead within the Biofuels project team, Vice President of Communications of Engineers for a Sustainable World, and an Autodesk campus ambassador. Michael is also heavily involved in research in the Shepherd Lab, where he studies the application and design of soft robotics.

This past summer, Michael interned at Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati where he worked on augmented reality, power systems, and biometric authentication. He hopes to pursue a career in product design, tech, or management.

Outside of the classroom, he enjoys rock climbing, cooking, and arts and crafts.

Omar is a senior from Oakland, CA studying Operations Research and Information Engineering.

This past summer, Omar interned at the State Department as a product manager through the Civic Digital Fellowship. Prior to that, he held two internships at HP, doing 3D printing research then product management. On campus, he is the president of Thread Magazine, a project manager at The Daily Sun, and the producer of a podcast called Students Who Design.

In his free time, Omar likes to take photos, work on his highly curated Spotify playlists, and sit in Duffield until 4 AM for literally no reason.

Cayla is a junior studying Information Science, Systems and Technology from a little-known area called Westchester, NY.

She hopes to work as a front-end software developer upon graduation and eventually go on to achieve a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction.

Last summer, 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 campus tour guide, on the business team for Cornell Data Science, and a consent-ed ambassador. Additionally, she does HCI research in the Information Science department and works for an on-campus startup called Combplex. You can find her most days in Temple of Zeus consuming gallons of soup, embroidering geckos into her jean jacket or chasing after the google maps car.

Julia is a former CivE major, former AEP major, and current MechE major from Brooklyn, New York.

Last summer, she stayed in Ithaca, taking some classes and doing research. Her research was at the Organic Robotics Laboratory, where she focused mainly on fabricating microrobotic bees powered by combustion and altering code to enable multimaterial silicone printing.

Last year, she spent time on a fabrication sub-team within the AguaClara project team and went on an LGBTQ-focused service trip with Cornell’s Alternative Breaks. She is also involved with diversity and inclusion efforts within her sorority and Greek Life in general.

When she’s not on the engineering quad, you can find Julia taking dance classes, going on bubble tea runs with Kanha, playing guitar, purposely spelling names wrong at her Starbucks job, going on night hikes, talking about educational discrimination, working out at Newman with Anuj, sewing, and looking at pictures of cute dogs with Liz. She also spends a great deal of time making fun of Collin’s management of the TT website.

(Which is of course just her way of saying how great she thinks it is.)

Darren is a junior from New Paltz, NY studying computer science. On campus he is product development lead for Cornell iGEM, a synbio project team, as well as External Director for the student consulting organization Social Business Consulting.

He has spent the last two summers in Ithaca, creating personal projects as well as participating in Rev Ithaca Startup Work’s summer hardware accelerator program with his project team. 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 dropping out and teaching English in Asia.

This summer he will be working at Deloitte as a technology consultant.

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.

Andrew is a sophomore from Acton MA studying Computer Science with a minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. On campus, Andrew enjoys leading backpacking trips with Outdoor Odyssey, talking to prospective students as a tour guide for the Visitor Relations Office, and being a teaching consultant for CS 2110. Andrew is also serving as the philanthropy chair for this semester!

Last summer, Andrew conducted data science research at Temple University as part of an REU program. Next summer, he will be going to Tahoe to work as a software engineering intern at Ridgeline.

In his free time, Andrew enjoys going to the gym, playing board games, and spending time with friends.

Collin is a sophomore from Basking Ridge, NJ studying CS and minoring in OR. If he could, he'd also study political science, quantum physics, and theoretical math, but unfortunately having four majors isn't exactly a path to graduating.

Last summer, he worked at PVSC, an EPA water treatment facility, where he cleaned the sewers programmed and managed network security in their IT department.

All engineering aside, Collin loves music. He's played classical and ragtime piano for fourteen years and helps give lessons on campus through the Cornell Piano Society. He also sings with the Conell Glee Club and, as their webmaster and TT webmaster, hopes to one day completely own the internet. If you're ever looking for some good classical pieces, don't hesitate to ask!

When he's not "studying" in Duffield, you can find Collin practicing in Lincoln, working on one of his many software ventures, or devouring hummus like a fiend (he swears it's his Turkish blood). He does taekwondo and boxing and firmly believes everyone should ice skate at least once in their life. He also enjoys the company of his fellow Brothers™ and has a lot of experience dealing with Kanha, so feel free to reach out if he ever gives you any trouble.

From a land far far away, Kanha is a sophomore 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.

Over the summer, Kanha interned in Bali, where he worked with a five star hotel chain to help make them zero waste to landfill. On campus, he is a research advisor for AguaClara and is involved in the training of retrievers and shepherds with Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Despite this, you can almost always find him in Duffield.

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 to join him on random trips to watch movies at the Regal Cinema.

Clara is a junior 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 chemical processes more environmentally sustainable.

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

On campus, Clara is an AEW instructor for CHEM 2090, and is the Membership Vice President and a team lead for Engineers for a Sustainable World, where she’s developing a solar powered generator. In her free time, Clara enjoys running and hiking, as well as secretly wishing she went to culinary school in lieu of studying engineering.

Francis is a junior from New York City pursuing a major in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a minor in Business.

On campus, apart from being Recruitment Chair for Theta Tau, Francis currently does research in the Communication and Collaborative Technologies Lab, serves as an RA on North Campus, is an Engineering Ambassador, and works part-time in the Engineering Admissions Office. He was also previously a part of the Analysis Subteam for Cornell Concrete Canoe.

In the past, he has interned at a health and wellness startup in New York City with their Sales and Operations team and has tutored mathematics and computer science for middle school students. Next summer, he will be working as a Global Data Summer Analyst at Bloomberg LP.

On a more professional note, he is interested in the cross-section between engineering, business, and design and hopes to make an impact on underrepresented minority communities. On a less professional note, in his spare time (what a concept, right?) he likes to spend his time kayaking, aspiring to be a digital photographer, drinking coffee, and discovering new music.

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

Last summer, Rema was a member of the Particulate Process and Product Design lab at Arizona State University, where she conducted research on the relationship between shear stress and flowability for solid particles.

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 certified Spinning® instructor.

In her free time, Rema enjoys creating spin workouts, reading bestselling memoirs, cooking spicy food, eating brunch, sampling cheese, and posting on her food blog.

Mabel

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Don't let the engineering degree fool you: Mabel has spent the past two summers as a carpentry intern building scenery for theater productions. Mabel is pursuing an independent major in mechanical engineering and theater, and hopes to find a career as a set designer merging technology and the arts.

On campus, she is involved with Cornell Outdoor Education and Medium Design Collective. For a fun time, ask Mabel about her love of pups, travel, or food.

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

In addition to intramural chair, Judson is the battery omega sub-team lead of Cornell ChemE Car, a corporate outreach liaison for the Engineering Career Fair Team, and an active member of FourC (Cornell ChemE Crash Course).

Last summer, Judson worked as a fire protection engineering intern at Victaulic , where he optimized the efficiency of hybrid fire suppression systems, and had experimental results regarding the system's performance confirmed in San Fransisco, Dubai and Chile. He plans to focus on biochemical engineering and hopes to one day pursue a career in pharmaceuticals.

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

Omar Rasheed is a sophomore from Portland, Oregon studying Computer Science with a minor in ECE (or robotics??). On campus he is an iOS developer on Cornell AppDev and a TA for both CS 1110 and the Intro to iOS development course taught by AppDev (quick plug).

Last summer he was a part of the Facebook University Engineering program and will be returning to Facebook as a software engineer this 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.

Celine is a junior from Holmdel, NJ studying Information Science, Systems, and Technology and minoring in film studies. She is also the Diversity and Inclusivity chair for Theta Tau!

Celine is passionate about creativity and social impact. The two worlds she would like to practice those ideas are in (1) tech and (2) creative writing. On campus, she writes for the Daily Sun and manages volunteering at the LGBT resource center. Besides that she watches more shows/movies than she should and also writes an assortment of mediocre fiction. Sometimes she looks at the A24 hiring page.

Professionally, she was involved with software engineering at Google and is now planning on trying Project Management next summer in a frantic/existential search for a Fitting Career.

Omar is a senior from Oakland, CA studying Operations Research and Information Engineering.

This past summer, Omar interned at the State Department as a product manager through the Civic Digital Fellowship. Prior to that, he held two internships at HP, doing 3D printing research then product management. On campus, he is the president of Thread Magazine, a project manager at The Daily Sun, and the producer of a podcast called Students Who Design.

In his free time, Omar likes to take photos, work on his highly curated Spotify playlists, and sit in Duffield until 4 AM for literally no reason.

Lindsey is a Senior from Wayne, NJ studying Mechanical Engineering with interests in the Automotive and Oil Industries.

On campus she is the Libero and Captain for the Lady Bears Club Volleyball team, a suspension sub-team member of the Cornell FSAE Racing Project Team, and in the past has served as the Professional Development, Philanthropy, and Recruitment Chair for Theta Tau.

This past summer Lindsey interned at Phillips 66 at the Bayway Refinery in Linden, NJ as a Project Engineer Intern on the Small Capital Projects Team. Last summer, she was at the Refinery as a Maintenance Engineer Intern on the Fixed Equipment and Reliability Team. She will be returning full time as a Project Engineer next year.

When she's not working in Duffield you can find her playing board games, crafting, discovering new foods, chasing dogs around campus, eating at Keeton Tuesdays with Kyra, acing Francis and digging his hits on the volleyball court, and missing/facetiming her fellow Kappa, Katrina, who already graduated.

Joe is a senior in Mechanical Engineering from Amman, Jordan. The summer after his sophomore year he interned at Sensata Technologies where he worked in Mechanical/Process design, which he also did at Apple the Spring of his junior year. His time's an even split between looking at full time jobs, cycling, classes, and working on his personal watchmaking projects detailed on his site (WIP): josephnadas.wixsite.com/projects

Giacomo is a senior from Northport, New York, studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. In the past few years Giacomo has been a part of the Cornell Mock Trial team as well as a TA for ECE 2300. He has recently started working in the People-Aware Computing Lab this semester.

This past summer Giacomo worked at SiFive, a semiconductor company that creates IP for SoCs and development boards based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture. Giacomo worked as a software engineer on verification of the designs and developed a quality assurance framework for a new web product that generates and delivers customized cores to customers.

Although he appreciates the tech side of the industry, Giacomo has interest in attending law school after graduating from Cornell in order to practice intellectual property law.

Kara Guse is a senior in Materials Science & Engineering with a minor in International Relations. She is from Bay Area, CA (West Coast Best Coast) and has interests in communication in STEM fields and applying materials engineering to commercial products.

Kara only has experience in 3D printing but has decided she never wants to do it ever again. Possibly, she doesn't know yet. It's complicated. Two summers ago, she was a Advanced Materials Development Intern for Stratasys, Inc. formulating polycarbonate (PC) and polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PET-G) filaments for Stratays's F123 series printers. Last summer, she was part of HP's new 3D Metal Printing Team investigating different binder formulations. Despite having all of her work experience based on polymers and chemicals, by far her worst subject is Chemistry. Don't ask her about it. It's a sensitive topic.

On campus, Kara is exploring new electronic materials through the Schlom Group with her current senior thesis focusing on how to modify the electrical properties of thin-film magnetite. She is also the Vice President of Cornell Materials Society and the Diversity and Inclusion Chair for Alpha Phi. In the past she has been a project team member, an OL leader, a project facilitator for ENGRI 1110, Engineering Peer Adviser, and tried a bunch of other extra-curriculars which she failed miserably at. You can ask about those, they're fun stories.

This upcoming summer, Kara is very excited to work full time for DuPont in Philadelphia for their Field Engineering Rotation program. If you have any info about housing in Philadelphia, slide into her DMs. She likes bubble tea. *end scene*

Peter is a Senior Mechancial Engineering student from Abu Dhabi and Lebanon. Two summers ago, he worked for Turner Construction in NYC, last summer he worked for BNP Paribas in NYC, where he will be returning to full-time. His goal in life is to amass enough money in the future to create and manage a music venue for oriental house music primarily. He likes dogs too.

Yeolim is a senior mechanical engineering major from Brookline MA. On campus she is a team lead of Cornell Baja Racing, a project team that designs, analyzes, manufactures, and races an off-road vehicle. This past summer, she was a vehicle engineering intern at SpaceX, and two summers ago she interned at Hyperloop One.

Yeolim's interests include trying to figure out what she's interested in, Heely-ing around town, dirt biking, and writing.

Francis is a junior from Clifton, NJ studying Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering, hoping to earn a Ph.D. and become a professor.

Last summer, Francis was a Chemical Engineering R&D Intern at Merck Research Labs in Rahway, NJ. He did research on optimizing the TTP Labtech Dragonfly for use dispensing chromatography resins.

Two summers ago, Francis conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley as a member of the 2017 NSF REU Integrative Biology Program. He worked with Dr. David Sedlak in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His project focused on removing dissolved metals from urban stormwater using manganese oxide-coated sand. His work contributed to a larger effort to increase water security in urban areas.

The previous summer, Francis became a member of Dr. Christopher Alabi's lab, where he currently works, researching drug delivery techniques. His project focuses on developing antibody-drug conjugates to improve drug delivery and disease diagnostics.

Outside of research, Francis is the principal tuba player of the Cornell Symphony Orchestra. He is also an Outdoor Odyssey guide, leading incoming freshmen on pre-orientation wilderness trips to help their transition to Cornell. Francis also serves as an Engineering Peer Advisor, mentoring freshmen engineers. He is Treasurer for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) chapter here on campus. Finally, Francis is a recent graduate of the Cornell Engineering Leadership Certification Program.

At the rare times Francis is not studying in Duffield, you can find him sleeping in his hammock, exploring and questioning the intricacies of the universe and society, spending time with friends, or blocking Lindsey and spiking his way to victory on the volleyball court.

Conrad McCarthy is a senior from Longmeadow, MA, studying Mechanical Engineering.

This past summer Conrad interned as a Solutions Design Engineer at Amazon Robotics. This fall he is returning to campus from a semester spent abroad where he studied at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. In past semesters, Conrad was a member of the Autonomous Bicycle Project team and Professor Keith Green's Architectural Robotics Lab on campus. He was also an Executive Board member for Spark Product and Industrial Design Club and for 3 Day Startup at Cornell.

Aside from his academic involvements, Conrad is excited to return for his last season on the Sprint Football team and a final fall semester windsurfing on Cayuga Lake.

Kenta Takatsu is a senior from Westchester, NY, studying Computer Science.

On campus, he is a team lead for Cornell Data Science Research team, and a first author of natural language processing papers. Also, he is an undergraduate researcher from the Social Dynamics Lab, where he conducts machine learning research using social media data to study social impacts of technologies. Currently he is working on a collaborative research project with University of Washington NLP group, aiming for publication in winter.

This summer, he worked as a software engineering intern at Microsoft for the autoML team.

In his free time, he dances with BreakFree HipHop, watches films, and studies Art History. He secretly dreams of running a coffee shop with his cat in Hawaii after his retirement.

Jinghan is a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in English. She hopes to go to medical school and specialize in reconstructive surgery, but also believes that it is foolish to have hopes.

For the past few summers, Jinghan hasn't stepped foot out of Ithaca because she lives in her research laboratory. This past summer was especially titillating because she studied for the MCAT and turned into a hermit, but without any of the advantages, such as leading a carefree existence.

On campus, Jinghan works in the Brito Lab, where she grows bacteria, which is as delectable as it sounds. She is a TA for BIOMG 3300. Additionally, she is the Structures Lead for Design Build Fly, a project team that designs, builds, and flies airplanes. Very self-explanatory. Finally, Jinghan is the Vice Regent and New Member Educator of Theta Tau.

Jinghan doesn’t know how to have fun, nor does she have the time, so she doesn’t know what else to write in this blurb. The End.

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

Outside of being Regent of TT, she is Training Chair for Outdoor Odyssey, Comm Director for Spark, teaching Trail Running and Stand Up Paddling COE courses, and a TA for Intro to OR.

She has worked in industrial engineering, internal consulting, and next summer is heading to JPMorgan.

When not on late-night runs in her reflective construction vest, you can find her crafting, singing, grazing with her woMUn, or watching sunsets in Rhodes. Her long-term career interests lie in education, chicago, patagonia, and mostly, being a good human.

Joanna is a senior from the Greater Boston area, majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Business.

This past summer, she was a Manufacturing Engineering Intern at Procter & Gamble. In the past, she was an Image Analysis Intern at Harvard Medical School, analyzing traumatic brain injuries. She also worked with a startup in 3D printing, which focused on creating customized orthotic products.

On campus, she is involved with Engineers for a Sustainable World: Biofuels and Engineering World Health. Joanna is also a TA for introductory biology classes and tutors math. Outside of Cornell, she enjoys hiking and exploring new places.

Jordan is a senior from Tampa, FL studying Chemical Engineering.

Last summer Jordan worked at 3M doing research and development in their Automotive and Aerospace Solutions Division. In the past, Jordan worked at Goldman Sachs in Global Investment Research. Next year Jordan will be working at ZS Associates in San Francisco.

Jordan takes pride in being a part of the best demographic on campus, the women of Mu. On campus, Jordan is the team captain of ChemE Car, a PD chair for AICHE, and a TA for Kinetics. Additionally she researches in the DeLisa lab, where she works on engineering antibodies to recognize carbohydrate antigens.

In her free time, Jordan enjoys sleeping, doing yoga late at night in Duffield, crocheting scarves, and craft nights with the womMus.

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

This past summer, he was a Product Design Intern on Facebook's Buy and Sell Groups team and he will be returning this upcoming summer. Prior to that, he interned at a fintech startup in NYC and spent 4 weeks in Italy, participating in the Italia Innovation Program.

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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Don't let the engineering degree fool you: Mabel has spent the past two summers as a carpentry intern building scenery for theater productions. Mabel is pursuing an independent major in mechanical engineering and theater, and hopes to find a career as a set designer merging technology and the arts.

On campus, she is involved with Cornell Outdoor Education and Medium Design Collective. For a fun time, ask Mabel about her love of pups, travel, or food.

Erik Lech is a senior from northeastern MA studying Chemical Engineering with a minor in Business.

Professionally, Erik is interested in sustainability in the manufacturing and energy industries. During his career, he hopes to tie this together with his lifelong interest in business. He will be joining the Strategy & Operations practice at Deloitte Consulting next fall.

On campus, Erik is the Treasurer for both Habitat for Humanity and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE for short). He has also conducted research with the CBE Department's Hanrath Group on the scalable manufacturing of semiconductor nanowires for implementation in novel lithium-ion battery technologies. In the past, Erik has performed this research during the summer in addition to interning at a battery materials startup on campus called Conamix. This past summer, Erik worked as a Manufacturing Engineer Intern at Procter & Gamble.

In his free time, Erik enjoys mountain/trail biking, skiing, a quality book, and listening to music from his favorite artists.

Justin is a Senior studying Computer Science. He has grown up in Thailand, New Jersey, Ohio, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, which is where he currently lives.

This past summer, Justin interned at Adobe Systems Inc. as a software engineer in their digital marketing team. Previously, he has interned at Uber Manila and Proctor & Gamble Singapore.

In his free time Justin enjoys going to the gym, laying on roofs, and being a law abiding citizen. His professional interests include product management and his unprofessional interests include dogs, pasta, and sushi.

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

He leads the Solarize subteam for the Cornell University Sustainable Design project team building a solar trailer to provide on-the-go energy. This past summer he was a Earth/Life Sciences Editorial Content Intern at Macmillan Learning working on environmental science textbooks. The summer before that he did research at the University of California, Davis and developed a program to predict PM10 emissions from cooling towers. He also has experience doing research in plant pathology and will begin doing research in water quality this semester. 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 Junior from Round Hill, VA, studying Mechanical Engineering. Her career aspirations include working on the Mission to Mars, focusing on resource sustainability. She is currently the Proposal and Presentation Subteam Lead for Cornell MicroG, a team that designs tools for microgravity environments. She also is a research assistant working on hydroponic systems in Cornell Greenhouses. Additionally she is an Outdoor Odyssey Guide, teaches sea kayaking for COE, and is VP of Cornell Outing Club.

This past summer, Emma worked as a Wilderness Ranger in Montreat, North Carolina. She led public hikes, maintained hiking trails, and assisted with wildlife conservation and wrangled snakes.

Emma is a self-proclaimed dessert connoisseur and mountain enthusiast. When not studying in Duffield, Emma can be found playing Settlers of Catan, hanging with the women of Mu, listening to NPR and swing dancing in various places.

Michael Xiao is a junior from Blacksburg, Virginia, studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. On campus, he is a subteam lead within the Biofuels project team, Vice President of Communications of Engineers for a Sustainable World, and an Autodesk campus ambassador. Michael is also heavily involved in research in the Shepherd Lab, where he studies the application and design of soft robotics.

This past summer, Michael interned at Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati where he worked on augmented reality, power systems, and biometric authentication. He hopes to pursue a career in product design, tech, or management.

Outside of the classroom, he enjoys rock climbing, cooking, and arts and crafts.

Omar is a senior from Oakland, CA studying Operations Research and Information Engineering.

This past summer, Omar interned at the State Department as a product manager through the Civic Digital Fellowship. Prior to that, he held two internships at HP, doing 3D printing research then product management. On campus, he is the president of Thread Magazine, a project manager at The Daily Sun, and the producer of a podcast called Students Who Design.

In his free time, Omar likes to take photos, work on his highly curated Spotify playlists, and sit in Duffield until 4 AM for literally no reason.

Marc is a junior from Westchester, NY, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and minoring in Operations Research and Management Science. Career-wise, Marc is considering pursuing finance or graduate school.

This past summer, Marc worked as a project and asset management intern at the Port Authority of NY/NJ in their World Trade Center Department. The previous summer, he worked as a research intern at the Antonin University in Lebanon.

On campus, in addition to being professional development chair for Theta Tau, Marc is a member of Cornell Hedge Fund's TMT investing team and treasurer of Cornell Reserve Tennis Club.

If you ever run into him (you probably will), you can talk to him about literally any sport, current events, books, video games, or any philosophical question keeping you up at night.

Nicolas is a senior studying computer science from Miami Beach, FL who has a passion for entrepreneurship.

He co-founded uniVRsity, a VR tutoring company, with Nicolas Buitrago last February and went through Ithaca’s Life Changing Labs Incubator this past summer with the company. Here he learned about customer development, developing a minimum viable product, iterating on a business model, and presenting and developing a pitch deck.

They will be conducting a pilot run this semester at a local Ithaca High School. Until then uniVRsity will be working on their MVP and continuing customer interviews. Their goal is to provide engaging and immersive tutoring without the hassle of meeting in person.

Nicolas also loves playing basketball and following his favorite team the Miami Heat.

Rees is a junior 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.

Last summer, Rees interned at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center where he learned how to make pistachio crusted lamb chops. On campus, Rees does research in the Hanrath group.

In his free time, Rees enjoys playing soccer, exploring the outdoors, going to Teagle with Yanir and Chris, and finding new places on campus to nap.

Erin is a junior studying Information Science in the College of Arts and Sciences. The past few summers, she's been working at start ups and herding around anxious high schoolers on campus tours. Her interests lie in product design and learning about how people interact with technology (we know -- classic Info Sci). She hopes to work in these areas in her career, and then spend the rest of her days as a teacher. She’s usually on campus eating pineapple-jalapeno pizza with Priyanka, but this semester she’ll be in Copenhagen studying graphic design.

Celine is a junior from Holmdel, NJ studying Information Science, Systems, and Technology and minoring in film studies. She is also the Diversity and Inclusivity chair for Theta Tau!

Celine is passionate about creativity and social impact. The two worlds she would like to practice those ideas are in (1) tech and (2) creative writing. On campus, she writes for the Daily Sun and manages volunteering at the LGBT resource center. Besides that she watches more shows/movies than she should and also writes an assortment of mediocre fiction. Sometimes she looks at the A24 hiring page.

Professionally, she was involved with software engineering at Google and is now planning on trying Project Management next summer in a frantic/existential search for a Fitting Career.

How can the seemingly endless variety of the “stuff” that makes up your environment be explained under one unified theory? What is going on in these materials - and those yet to be discovered - at length and time scales far beyond our unaided perception? If aggregates of electrons and nuclei can give rise to both the device you are reading this on and the eyes you are reading it with, what else could we hope to innovate?

Matt is a junior from LaGrange, IL pursuing a degree in engineering physics and minors in materials science and applied mathematics with which he hopes to answer questions like these. On campus, he researches low-temperature ferroelectrics via cryo-electron microscopy in the Kourkoutis group in AEP. Last summer he studied unconventional superconductors at the University of Minnesota and Argonne National Lab. Next summer he will be at University of California, Berkeley researching novel electronic states in graphene allotropes. When not in lab, Matt loves bringing his experimental flair to the kitchen to try out the latest recipe from Bon Appetit or play around with manual coffee brewing.

Priyanka Konan is a junior chemical engineer from Chandler, Arizona. On campus, Priyanka is involved with the DeLisa Research group. She is also an AEW Facilitator for CHEM 2090, and in the past has served on e-board for Theta Tau and her social sorority.

This past summer, Priyanka studied abroad at Imperial College in London, learning more about process controls and design through their Carbon Capture Pilot Plant. This summer, Priyanka will be interning at Genentech in their Pilot Plant Small Scale Purification department.

Her current career interests include process engineering in biopharmaceuticals, opening a dog shelter, and hiking every mountain in the world. If you can't find her Olin Hall, you will probably see her eating pineapple, jalapeño pizza with Erin Chen.

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

Currently, he is taking a gap semester, interning as a software engineer at Google. This past summer, he was a software engineering intern at Workday. 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 this 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.

Nehal is a senior from Bangalore, India studying Computer Science.

This past summer, Nehal worked as a Software Engineering Intern at IBM Aspera. Previously, she interned at Saggezza working on data analytics products and at an e-commerce startup called QikPod, focusing on Android design and development. Her interests include entrepreneurship, health-tech, and using technology for social impact.

On campus, Nehal is on the Big Red Raas dance team and is a TA for CS 4780 - Machine Learning. In addition, she recently graduated from the Cornell Engineering Leadership Program.

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.

Chris is a junior from Rochester, NY studying mechanical engineering.

He is president of Energy@Cornell, the thermoelectric generation sub-team lead of ChemE Car and a member of Cornell Minds Matter.

Next summer, Chris will be working for P&G as a product supply engineer. Last summer, Chris worked as a mechanical design intern at Teknic, where he optimized the production process of integrated servo motors.

He also does freelance work building dominoes and chain reactions for advertisements, trade shows and museums and has worked with companies such as Microsoft, Disney, Gillette and Pizza Hut. www.christopherawright.com

Chris enjoys lifting, reading, Pokelava and learning new things.

Anuj is a sophomore from Kathmandu, Nepal with Biological Engineering. His core academic interest lies in sustainable agriculture and food processing.

This past summer, Anuj worked in CMDN (Centre for Molecular Dynamics), Nepal, where he helped the company outline a molecular biology laboratory course for high school students and undergraduates. Similarly, he also worked in CMDN's 3D printing laboratory to design and print 3D maps and architectural buildings. In addition, he also enjoyed his time backpacking in the Himalayas.

On campus, Anuj is an undergraduate teaching assistant for the investigate biology laboratory course (BIOG 1500). Similarly, he is also involved as an undergraduate research assistant in Sacks Lab.

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

Liz is a chemical engineering major and went to high school in Park City, Utah. When she's not crying to Kanha in Duffield or getting bubble tea with Julia, Liz is probably dying at the gym or at office hours.

On campus, she's involved in research, the Cornell Daily Sun, and is an RA for Eco-house. Liz is interested in sustainable energy development and hopes to get her MBA after working as a disposable engineer for a few years.

When she's not working, you can join Liz in eating vegetarian food, doing yoga, reading instead of studying, and hanging out with the best class.

(the Xi class. That's the best class.)

Chelsea is a junior/sophomore from Irvine, California who at one point in her college career used to be ChemE, MechE, ECE, and CS. However, she thinks(pfft) she has finally decided and is now pursuing Information Science Systems Technology with a minor in ECE and CS. Professionally, she is interested in pursuing Education related startup.

On campus she was a part of CMR, Cornell Cup Robotics, RPL, orchestra, and a variety of other activities. But she has quit all of them for her gap year.

Don't bet on seeing her at all this semester since she'll be in the West Coast and taking a huge leap of faith (in self?). Previously, she worked at an education tech startup in Taiwan and at Bank of America's Cybersecurity team. Currently, she is cooping at Apple as a Hardware Engineering Program Manager and will be interning at Microsoft as a Program Manager in the coming summer. Feel free to ask her what she'll be doing after that and before she comes back to finish her schooling.

Olia is a sophomore from San Diego, CA (best city in the world) studying Operations Research and minoring in Engineering Entrepreneurship. On campus she's involved with Humor Us! Sketch Comedy, Outdoor Odyssey, a social sorority, Guayaki Yerba Mate as a campus ambassador (yeah she's the free yerba plug), and Cornell Club Tennis as Captain.

Professionally, Olia is passionate about sustainability in food supply chains and procurement, and about public transit systems. Last summer Olia spent limited time as an UberEATS Driver, excessive time at the beach (she got so tan), and lots of time with her grandparents (solidifying her spot as favorite grandchild). This summer she will be interning at Viasat in Carlsbad, CA as a Reliability Engineer.

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 junior from New Delhi, India majoring in Computer Science in the College of Engineering. The past few summers, Kompella has worked at Data Analytics Division in Gartner and as a Tech Consultant in Deloitte. 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. There is only one way to reach Kompella’s heart, by speaking about the greatest tennis player of all time, Roger Federer!

From a land far far away, Kanha is a sophomore 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.

Over the summer, Kanha interned in Bali, where he worked with a five star hotel chain to help make them zero waste to landfill. On campus, he is a research advisor for AguaClara and is involved in the training of retrievers and shepherds with Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Despite this, you can almost always find him in Duffield.

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 to join him on random trips to watch movies at the Regal Cinema.

Collin is a sophomore from Basking Ridge, NJ studying CS and minoring in OR. If he could, he'd also study political science, quantum physics, and theoretical math, but unfortunately having four majors isn't exactly a path to graduating.

Last summer, he worked at PVSC, an EPA water treatment facility, where he cleaned the sewers programmed and managed network security in their IT department.

All engineering aside, Collin loves music. He's played classical and ragtime piano for fourteen years and helps give lessons on campus through the Cornell Piano Society. He also sings with the Conell Glee Club and, as their webmaster and TT webmaster, hopes to one day completely own the internet. If you're ever looking for some good classical pieces, don't hesitate to ask!

When he's not "studying" in Duffield, you can find Collin practicing in Lincoln, working on one of his many software ventures, or devouring hummus like a fiend (he swears it's his Turkish blood). He does taekwondo and boxing and firmly believes everyone should ice skate at least once in their life. He also enjoys the company of his fellow Brothers™ and has a lot of experience dealing with Kanha, so feel free to reach out if he ever gives you any trouble.

Francis is a junior from New York City pursuing a major in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a minor in Business.

On campus, apart from being Recruitment Chair for Theta Tau, Francis currently does research in the Communication and Collaborative Technologies Lab, serves as an RA on North Campus, is an Engineering Ambassador, and works part-time in the Engineering Admissions Office. He was also previously a part of the Analysis Subteam for Cornell Concrete Canoe.

In the past, he has interned at a health and wellness startup in New York City with their Sales and Operations team and has tutored mathematics and computer science for middle school students. Next summer, he will be working as a Global Data Summer Analyst at Bloomberg LP.

On a more professional note, he is interested in the cross-section between engineering, business, and design and hopes to make an impact on underrepresented minority communities. On a less professional note, in his spare time (what a concept, right?) he likes to spend his time kayaking, aspiring to be a digital photographer, drinking coffee, and discovering new music.

Julia is a former CivE major, former AEP major, and current MechE major from Brooklyn, New York.

Last summer, she stayed in Ithaca, taking some classes and doing research. Her research was at the Organic Robotics Laboratory, where she focused mainly on fabricating microrobotic bees powered by combustion and altering code to enable multimaterial silicone printing.

Last year, she spent time on a fabrication sub-team within the AguaClara project team and went on an LGBTQ-focused service trip with Cornell’s Alternative Breaks. She is also involved with diversity and inclusion efforts within her sorority and Greek Life in general.

When she’s not on the engineering quad, you can find Julia taking dance classes, going on bubble tea runs with Kanha, playing guitar, purposely spelling names wrong at her Starbucks job, going on night hikes, talking about educational discrimination, working out at Newman with Anuj, sewing, and looking at pictures of cute dogs with Liz. She also spends a great deal of time making fun of Collin’s management of the TT website.

(Which is of course just her way of saying how great she thinks it is.)

Darren is a junior from New Paltz, NY studying computer science. On campus he is product development lead for Cornell iGEM, a synbio project team, as well as External Director for the student consulting organization Social Business Consulting.

He has spent the last two summers in Ithaca, creating personal projects as well as participating in Rev Ithaca Startup Work’s summer hardware accelerator program with his project team. 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 dropping out and teaching English in Asia.

This summer he will be working at Deloitte as a technology consultant.

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.

Andrew is a sophomore from Acton MA studying Computer Science with a minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. On campus, Andrew enjoys leading backpacking trips with Outdoor Odyssey, talking to prospective students as a tour guide for the Visitor Relations Office, and being a teaching consultant for CS 2110. Andrew is also serving as the philanthropy chair for this semester!

Last summer, Andrew conducted data science research at Temple University as part of an REU program. Next summer, he will be going to Tahoe to work as a software engineering intern at Ridgeline.

In his free time, Andrew enjoys going to the gym, playing board games, and spending time with friends.

Clara is a junior 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 chemical processes more environmentally sustainable.

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

On campus, Clara is an AEW instructor for CHEM 2090, and is the Membership Vice President and a team lead for Engineers for a Sustainable World, where she’s developing a solar powered generator. In her free time, Clara enjoys running and hiking, as well as secretly wishing she went to culinary school in lieu of studying engineering.

My name is Brandon and I am a junior from Kenilworth, Illinois studying Operations Research and minoring in Business and Real Estate. Some things I enjoy are taking lots of naps, eating, and Real Estate. :)

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

This past 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.

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 sophomore 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 junior studying Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences. She wants to pursue a career in web development, and hopes to become a full stack developer by the end of her undergraduate career. Though she would rather binge watch Netflix shows, or fantasize about being a doctor like in Grey's Anatomy (hi Meredith Grey pls love her). The way to her heart is a good conversation about dogs, food, travel, and she guesses also cs stuff (but debatable!).

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

In addition to intramural chair, Judson is the battery omega sub-team lead of Cornell ChemE Car, a corporate outreach liaison for the Engineering Career Fair Team, and an active member of FourC (Cornell ChemE Crash Course).

Last summer, Judson worked as a fire protection engineering intern at Victaulic , where he optimized the efficiency of hybrid fire suppression systems, and had experimental results regarding the system's performance confirmed in San Fransisco, Dubai and Chile. He plans to focus on biochemical engineering and hopes to one day pursue a career in pharmaceuticals.

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

Cayla is a junior studying Information Science, Systems and Technology from a little-known area called Westchester, NY.

She hopes to work as a front-end software developer upon graduation and eventually go on to achieve a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction.

Last summer, 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 campus tour guide, on the business team for Cornell Data Science, and a consent-ed ambassador. Additionally, she does HCI research in the Information Science department and works for an on-campus startup called Combplex. You can find her most days in Temple of Zeus consuming gallons of soup, embroidering geckos into her jean jacket or chasing after the google maps car.

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

This past summer, Madeleine interned at a lighting company researching environmental compliance laws. Previously, she worked as an assistant environmental engineer completing site assessments and as an environmental steward at an ecology center in NYC. On campus, she is the junior captain of Big Red Raas, a competitive Indian dance team, and a member of AguaClara.

In her free time, she enjoys dancing and choreographing as well as finding new music.

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

On campus, she is a TA for CS 2800 and a member of the Currents subteam of Cornell University Sustainable Design, a team working on a predictive, high-efficiency HVAC system. This past summer, she worked as a research intern at West Virginia University.

Aside from the time she spends on insulting Shalin and being an ~engineer~, Cathy plays trumpet in the Cornell Jazz Ensemble and The Original Cornell Syncopators. She also enjoys hiking, skiing, night drives, concerts, being a Cayuga’s Watcher, and spending time with her social sorority.

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Marguerite is a sophomore from Montreal, Quebec, studying Environmental Engineering and hoping to minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies.

On campus, Marguerite is a high jumper on the Track and Field team (you can find her in Barton Hall all day everyday), an Outdoor Odyssey guide, and a member of the Analysis and Paddling sub-teams of Concrete Canoe.

Last summer, she worked as a research assistant at McGill University, studying methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells. Her dream for this summer would be to get a job in a National park and spend all her free time in the outdoors.

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

Shalin is a computer science major with a potential OR/MS minor from Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. His numerous interests include coding, designing, and watching Netflix mysteries and thrillers such as Prison Break, Breaking Bad, Narcos, and Sherlock.

On campus, Shalin is the Vice President of Cornell Data Science and a member of the Society for India. In his free time, he enjoys hanging out with friends, eating Indian and Thai food, listening to Spanish music, and improving his chess game.

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

Her last summer was spent working at Dick’s Sporting Goods (no, the discount is not great) and developing an engineering curriculum geared towards middle school students within the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program.

On campus, Hayley is the volunteer coordinator and a mentor for Youth Outreach Undergraduates Reshaping Success and she is a member of Engineers for a Sustainable World project team. Her current career interests lie in implementing environmental and economical solutions within pharmaceuticals but also her career interests tend to change with every passing day.

When Hayley isn’t studying (hiding) in the Johnson Management Library, you can find her running through North Campus, playing Solitaire, or curled up in her bed reminiscing on freshman year when she shared a room with Cathy Li.

Omar Rasheed is a sophomore from Portland, Oregon studying Computer Science with a minor in ECE (or robotics??). On campus he is an iOS developer on Cornell AppDev and a TA for both CS 1110 and the Intro to iOS development course taught by AppDev (quick plug).

Last summer he was a part of the Facebook University Engineering program and will be returning to Facebook as a software engineering intern this 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 sophomore from Gilbert, Arizona studying Materials Science and Engineering with minors in Fiber Science and Fashion Studies. Professionally, she is interested in materials research for athletic apparel. She also hopes to get her MBA later on in her career.

Last summer, Rema was a member of the Particulate Process and Product Design lab at Arizona State University, where she conducted research on the relationship between shear stress and flowability for solid particles.

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 certified Spinning® instructor.

In her free time, Rema enjoys creating spin workouts, reading bestselling memoirs, cooking spicy food, eating brunch, sampling cheese, and posting on her food blog.