Theta Tau

Jordan is a junior 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.

In addition to being the regent of Theta Tau, Jordan takes pride in being a part of the best demographic on campus, the women of Mu. On campus, Jordan is the junior team captain of ChemE Car, a junior rep for AICHE, and on the recruiting team for Cayuga's Watchers. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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, doing research at the Social Media Lab, and herding around anxious high schoolers on campus tours. Her interests lie in UX, product design, and studying the relationship between psychology and technology (we know -- classic Info Sci student). She hopes to work in these areas during her career, and then spend the rest of her days as a teacher.

Priyanka Konan is a junior chemical engineer from Chandler, Arizona. On campus she is involved with the DeLisa Research Group, teaching a CHEM 2090, serving as the Vice President of Event Planning for her social sorority, and the co-recruitment chair for Theta Tau.

This past summer, Priyanka studied abroad at Imperial College in London, learning more about process design and optimization through their Carbon Capture Pilot Plant. The previous summer she stayed in Ithaca to research with the DeLisa Research Group.

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.

Kyra is a junior from Naperville, IL studying Operations Research with a minor in Dyson.

On campus she is involved in Outdoor Odyssey, Ambassadors, Spark, and teaching the Trail Running COE course, as well as the current Social (and Mu Morale) Chair for TT.

She interned as an Industrial Engineer for IDEAL Industries after freshman year, and this summer, at Bosch, she worked in the consulting group on digital strategy.

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 career interests lie in education, chicago, patagonia, technology, and being a good human.

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.

Chelsea is a junior from Irvine, California who at one point in her college career used to be ChemE, MechE, ECE, or CS. She is now pursuing Information Science with a minor in ECE and CS (and Business?).

The past summer she worked at Bank of America's Cybersecruity division and in the previous summer she worked at an education tech startup in Taiwan.

On campus she is currently a part of Cornell Mars Rover's electrical subteam. At one point in her college career, she was involved in orchestra, chorus, and a variety of other musical activities.

Professionally, she is interested in pursuing Product Management and will most likely be taking a co-op and a gap semester the following year.

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

In addition to academics chair, Chris is president of Energy@Cornell, the thermoelectric generation sub-team lead of ChemE Car and is active in his social fraternity.

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 domino chain reactions for advertisments, trade shows and museums and has worked with companies such as Microsoft, Disney, Gillete and Pizza Hut.

Chris also enjoys lifting, reading, Pokeland and learning new things.

Matt is a junior from LaGrange, IL pursuing a degree in engineering physics with minors in materials science and applied mathematics. His main interests lie in the research and development of functional quantum materials which he will pursue by way of a Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics. He has had the fortune to tackle these sorts of problems as member of the Kourkoutis Lab on campus, and at the University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory this past summer as an REU fellow.

Matt is a BIG fan of nature, both the esteemed publication as well as that stuff you find outdoors. Matt loves to cook for himself and for others. Matt has figured out how to navigate the entire physical sciences complex such that he only ever has to walk down stairs. Matt is adamant in his claim that VISST 2000 is the single best course offered at Cornell. If Matt could add another nose on the palm of his hand, he would! Just think of all the advantages it would bestow to his culinary exploits, not to mention the added dimensionality in his firm handshakes...

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 sub-team lead 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 on his far too frequent runs to Gimme. He often creates impromptu plans to get bubble tea with Julia and Liz, 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 Diversity and Inclusion Chair for Theta Tau, Francis is a part of the Analysis Subteam for Cornell Concrete Canoe and is an Engineering Ambassador. He also works part-time in the Engineering Admissions Office.

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, specifically the Asian American, first-generation, and disabled individual 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.

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.

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.

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.

On campus she is involved in Outdoor Odyssey, Spark, Ambassadors, and teaching the Trail Running COE course, as well as the current Social Chair for TT.

She interned as an Industrial Engineer for IDEAL Industries after freshman year, and this summer, at Bosch, she worked in the consulting group on digital strategy.

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 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 junior 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.

In addition to being the regent of Theta Tau, Jordan takes pride in being a part of the best demographic on campus, the women of Mu. On campus, Jordan is the junior team captain of ChemE Car, a junior rep for AICHE, and on the recruiting team for Cayuga's Watchers. 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.

Ganesh is a senior from Rockaway, NJ majoring in Operations Research and Information Engineering. Last summer, Ganesh worked at J.P. Morgan on their energy derivatives trading desk where he will be returning for full time. In the past, Ganesh has interned at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a Quantitative Trading Firm, and United Health Group.

Outside of his professional interests, Ganesh was heavily involved as the president of a South Asian Organization on campus last year and also served as one of the new member educators for Theta Tau. While he is still involved with CUAUV, he is now a happily retired senior. In his free time, Ganesh enjoys playing smash and driving to Taco Bell way too often.

Brian is a senior from Queens, New York, studying Computer Science.

This past summer, Brian worked on the Google Voice backend team, working on updating notifications in the backend to be more robust.

On campus, Brian is a consultant for 3110, as well as a member of the Phenomenon Step team. He is also the head of the tech team for Cornell Blockchain. In his free time, Brian likes to watch Game of Thrones, thread his eyebrows, and read books.

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 e-commerce platform, Marketplace, as a member of the Buy and Sell Groups team. 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 a business subteam lead for CUAUV, a product designer on Cornell AppDev, and a member of a social fraternity.

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.

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.

Perry is a Junior from Long Beach, CA studying applied and engineering physics and minoring in computer science.

He spent this past summer interning at the MITRE Corporation where he performed a survey of post-quantum cryptographic techniques for use in space systems like GPS. Last summer he worked in one of Mason Peck's labs working on the ECE sub-team of the Cislunar Explorers group, developing software for a satellite set to be launched into lunar orbit in 2019. He also taught a summer camp class called Rockets and Robots to children from eight to ten years old about the basics of, you guessed it, rocketry and robotics. He has also continuously worked a job in which he collaborated with a group headed by two professors at UCLA to develop and format material for an online textbook service called Coursapp/Kudu.

Outside of his academics, Perry enjoys reading the occasional book, hiking, rock climbing, and checking meh.com for his newest impulse purchase.

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 is on 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 is currently the Vice President for The Society for Natural Resources Conservation (SNRC) that coordinates events that practice and teach sustainability. He hopes to continue making the world more sustainable.

Aside from school, Daniel enjoys traveling, visual arts, hiking, 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 computational materials science.

This past summer, Rees interned at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center where he did R&D for a new photodetector technology but more importantly learned how to make pistachio crusted lamb chops. The summer prior, Rees stayed on campus taking courses, being a residential advisor, and conducting computational solar cell research in the Hanrath group, which he continues. On campus, Rees is involved with Cornell Materials Society and has served as a grader for MSE 2610.

In his free time, Rees enjoys playing soccer, exploring the outdoors, oversleeping in Bard Hall, and facetiming Kara at 5 am, accidentally waking up her dad (sorry Mr. Guse!).

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, doing research at the Social Media Lab, and herding around anxious high schoolers on campus tours. Her interests lie in UX, product design, and studying the relationship between psychology and technology (we know -- classic Info Sci student). She hopes to work in these areas during her career, and then spend the rest of her days as a teacher.

Yes hi Celine is a junior from Holmdel, NJ studying Computer Science and minoring in something that will probably change within a month so just ask her in person (film? english? creative writing ?? linguistics ? ?).

Celine is passionate about creativity and social impact (!!) and the intersection of the two. Professionally, she is interested in too many things but for now she has narrowed it down to: software engineering or product management (very specific, I know).

Last summer she worked at Google in the Kirkland office (near Seattle). Ask her about Seattle! :)

Matt is a junior from LaGrange, IL pursuing a degree in engineering physics with minors in materials science and applied mathematics. His main interests lie in the research and development of functional quantum materials which he will pursue by way of a Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics. He has had the fortune to tackle these sorts of problems as member of the Kourkoutis Lab on campus, and at the University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory this past summer as an REU fellow.

Matt is a BIG fan of nature, both the esteemed publication as well as that stuff you find outdoors. Matt loves to cook for himself and for others. Matt has figured out how to navigate the entire physical sciences complex such that he only ever has to walk down stairs. Matt is adamant in his claim that VISST 2000 is the single best course offered at Cornell. If Matt could add another nose on the palm of his hand, he would! Just think of all the advantages it would bestow to his culinary exploits, not to mention the added dimensionality in his firm handshakes...

Priyanka Konan is a junior chemical engineer from Chandler, Arizona. On campus she is involved with the DeLisa Research Group, teaching a CHEM 2090, serving as the Vice President of Event Planning for her social sorority, and the co-recruitment chair for Theta Tau.

This past summer, Priyanka studied abroad at Imperial College in London, learning more about process design and optimization through their Carbon Capture Pilot Plant. The previous summer she stayed in Ithaca to research with the DeLisa Research Group.

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.

This past summer, he worked as a software engineer at Workday, building backend and frontend for regression performance testing framework. On campus, Jared is the Education Lead of Cornell Data Science and co-lecturer of their machine learning course. He is also a member of acm-icpc project team, and is conducting a research on counterfactual risk minimization with his research group.

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.

In addition to academics chair, Chris is president of Energy@Cornell, the thermoelectric generation sub-team lead of ChemE Car and is active in his social fraternity.

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 domino chain reactions for advertisments, trade shows and museums and has worked with companies such as Microsoft, Disney, Gillete and Pizza Hut.

Chris also enjoys lifting, reading, Pokeland 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 from Irvine, California who at one point in her college career used to be ChemE, MechE, ECE, or CS. She is now pursuing Information Science with a minor in ECE and CS (and Business?).

The past summer she worked at Bank of America's Cybersecruity division and in the previous summer she worked at an education tech startup in Taiwan.

On campus she is currently a part of Cornell Mars Rover's electrical subteam. At one point in her college career, she was involved in orchestra, chorus, and a variety of other musical activities.

Professionally, she is interested in pursuing Product Management and will most likely be taking a co-op and a gap semester the following year.

Olia is a sophomore attempting to study Operations Research and minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship in an effort to not disappoint her family. Her professional interests focus on creating sustainable public transit systems. On campus she's involved with Cornell Club Tennis, Humor Us! Sketch Comedy, Outdoor Odyssey, and Guayaki Yerba Mate as a campus ambassador. Last summer, she worked as an UberEATS driver.

Olia is from San Diego, CA. Olia is a loyal friend. Olia is a fun person who doesn't want you to 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 sub-team lead 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 on his far too frequent runs to Gimme. He often creates impromptu plans to get bubble tea with Julia and Liz, 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 Diversity and Inclusion Chair for Theta Tau, Francis is a part of the Analysis Subteam for Cornell Concrete Canoe and is an Engineering Ambassador. He also works part-time in the Engineering Admissions Office.

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, specifically the Asian American, first-generation, and disabled individual 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.

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 Tsakiris is a sophomore from Acton, Massachusetts studying Computer Science. Andrew’s involvements on campus include TAing for CS 2110, being an Outdoor Odyssey guide, and Cornell Data Science.

This past summer, Andrew participated in an REU program at Temple University in Philadelphia conducting machine learning and data science research in Temple’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences. In the future, he is looking to ditch the research life and immerse himself in the wonderful world that is the tech industry.

Outside the classroom, Andrew enjoys lifting in the North Campus gyms with all the freshmen, exploring the surrounding Ithaca area, actually reading for pleasure, and of course going outside as much as possible. Also coding.

Clara is a junior from Greensboro, North Carolina studying Chemical Engineering with a minor in Sustainable Energy Systems. Her interests lie in bridging sustainable energy with entrepreneurship, with the goal of reducing the stigma around alternative energy sources.

This past summer, Clara studied at the Imperial College London, where she worked in a carbon capturing plant. The summer before, she participated in the Rev: Ithaca Startup Works’ startup accelerator program, where she developed her fascination with the computer keyboard.

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. :)

Saie is an early M.Eng graduate student in Biomedical Engineering, working on a masters project in biomedical device design. Her professional interests include consulting, business development, and human-centered design projects. She works on North Campus as an RA, and previously researched in the Putnam & Hernandez labs, served as Alpha Epsilon president, and graduated from and served as a TA for the Cornell Engineering Leadership Program as an undergraduate.

Last summer, Saie interned at Prospect Bio, a synthetic biology start-up in San Francisco, and she previously worked at P&G as a products researcher. In her free time, Saie loves to bake seasonal desserts, binge watch the Great British Baking Show, and dance for Nazaqat, a classical Indian dance team.

Andrei is pursuing the MEng in Engineering Physics with interests in laser development, quantum information, photonics, and novel aerospace sensor technologies. He hopes to pursue a career in research and development in industry.

In the past Andrei has worked in the Quantum Sciences and Technology group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At Cornell he has been working in the Wise Group studying nonlinear optics and high power lasers.

In his free time he likes to travel, mountain bike, and beatbox.