Ryan Belfer Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 2016

Ryan Belfer is from Cherry Hill, NJ, and graduated from in 2016 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a major in Astrophysics. He was involved in many facets of the School of Engineering, including as an SOE Ambassador, EGC class representative, AIChE member, and was in honors societies including Omega Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Beta Kappa, the latter of which was through a concentration in Japanese. Ryan also performed research in the Materials Science department through the Aresty Summer Science Program, as well as in the Chemical Engineering department, both in pharmaceuticals and catalysis. He completed the Slade Scholars program under the direction of Professor Celik. Ryan has held internships at NASA's Goddard Institute and at Henkel, and worked as a computer technician, tutor, and tour guide during the school year. He accepted a position at AIG as a technical analyst, starting shortly after he graduated. He also plans to pursue a Master's degree part-time in Chemical Engineering while working, with a Master's thesis under his undergraduate research professor. While at Rutgers, Ryan helped to organize Interns Present, Rutgers Open House, and participated in other events including community outreaches. Rutgers was a good fit because it offered so many possibilities, such as different fields of research and a large array of languages, including Japanese. After studying at Rutgers for three years, Ryan's fourth year was spent as an enthusiastic recruiter for Rutgers as an SOE ambassador. He hopes to continue to be involved in the Rutgers community, both as a graduate student and alumnus. Linh Chieu Biomedical Engineering, 2016

Linh Chieu grew up in a small town of Merchantville and after fifth grade, she moved to a neighboring town called Pennsauken. She then graduated from Pennsauken High School as the Valedictorian of her class of 400 students. She continued to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in the field of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University, with a focus in tissue engineering. Throughout her college career, she was active on campus by participating in several academic and non-academic associations. She was an academic leader in the B.E.S.T Dormitory Hall, an executive board member in the Rutgers University Pre-Optometry Professions Society, and a member of the Rutgers’ chapter of the Biomedical Engineering honor society: Alpha Eta Mu Beta. During her junior year, she was involved in a research project with Dr. Prabhas Moghe through the ARESTY Program; studying the targeting effects of amphiphilic nanoparticles on low-density lipoprotein derived plaques in patients with atherosclerosis. The following year, she joined Dr. Joseph Freeman’s Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Laboratory to study how to enhance the mechanical properties of a biomimetic bone scaffold as part of her Senior Design project. She most enjoyed the friendships that she made during her stay at the School of Engineering and the professors that she had the chance to interact with away from the classroom. She is excited to start a new chapter of her life by pursuing a Doctor of Optometry degree at the State University of New York for the next four years, located in midtown New York. Maxine Deines Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2016

Maxine Deines is a software engineer and has been working professionally since 2016. She is originally from South Brunswick, where she attended South Brunswick High School. She then graduated with highest honors from Rutgers School of Engineering, where she double majored in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. During her time at Rutgers, she was involved with the student club Women in Computer Science, and she was elected to serve as Project Manager. Her duties included creating projects to introduce club members of all skill levels to different technologies. Additionally, she was a member of the Rutgers Alumni Industry Scholar Program, where she helped with events such as Interns Present. She interned at a variety of companies, including Eisai Inc., SNP GL Associates, and Bright Cloud International Corporation. Maxine's current skillset includes proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript, PHP, HTML and CSS as well as developmental experience with Unity3D. Most of her work has involved designing and developing front end interfaces. Her current post-grad plans include further developing these skills as well as gaining more experience in backend development. She is also interested in further pursuing virtual reality technologies. She is grateful to Rutgers School of Engineering for helping her develop the technical and personal skills necessary for starting her career. She remembers her enthusiasm when she was able to apply the skills she learned to projects both in and out of the classroom, and how this passion helped drive her to learn more and reach for the best possible results. Maxine Deines currently lives in Jersey City, New Jersey and works for Google. Sofia Hernandez Industrial Engineering, 2016

Sofia Hernandez received her Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering in 2016. She is from Middletown, NJ and went to High Technology High School, a pre-engineering high school in Lincroft. After graduating high school, she started her college career at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where she initially pursued game design, then switched to chemistry in her second year. During the summer of 2011, between her first and second year at RIT, she interned at International Flavors and Fragrances, where she worked with an analytical chemistry team to determine the properties of fragrance ingredients. She switched out of chemistry due to health concerns during the spring of 2012. After this, she transferred to Rutgers and started in the industrial engineering program in the fall of 2013. During the summer of 2014, she interned at Pioneer Industries, where she looked at determining the current efficiency of two of the processes to make door jambs and ways to improve those areas.

During her time at Rutgers, she was involved with Alpha Pi Mu, the Industrial Engineering honor society, which she joined in her junior year. During her junior year she served as the group’s Engineering Governing Council Society Representative. For the last three semesters of her time at Rutgers, she served as the group’s Treasurer. She was also very active within the industrial engineering department. She acted as a mentor to industrial engineering underclassmen during her junior year. Over her junior and senior year, she also spoke to both current freshmen and prospective students about her experiences at several sections of the Introduction to Engineering course and during several department tours.

At Rutgers, Sofia learned not only the tools and principles of her field, but also the skills to adapt to a variety of circumstances. She also learned the importance of building a professional network. She excelled in her classes due to her strong work ethic, which was reflected in the awards she received. In addition to the Alumni-Industry Scholarship, she won an award from her department for being the highest ranked junior in her class. She also won the German Center for Research and Innovation Foundation Engineering Prize in 2016. After graduating from Rutgers, she started pursuing her PhD in Operations Research at North Carolina State University

Kevin Kastner Mechanical Engineering, 2016

Kevin Kastner is a graduate from Rutgers School of Engineering with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a concentration in Aerospace. He grew up in Brick Township, New Jersey, and attended high school at Brick Township Memorial High School. During the summers leading into his junior and senior years of college, he partook in an internship at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., where he worked in Customer Engineering and expanded his knowledge in the utility industry. Focusing on the load density of electricity usage in Manhattan, his typical workday involved reading cable layouts and estimating the demands of new customers. In his time at Rutgers School of Engineering, Kevin enjoyed taking on the challenges of the Mechanical Engineering curriculum, while also creating memories by spending time with friends, playing intramural sports (volleyball, flag football, ultimate frisbee, basketball), and enjoying the excitement of every Rutgers football game. Upon graduating with highest honors of Summa Cum Laude, he accepted a full time offer with Lockheed Martin with the title of Associate Systems Engineer. His department works with integrated weapons systems and sensors as a part of Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Training business sector, their main customer being the United States Navy. Kevin is looking forward to meeting the new wave of Alumni Industry Scholars and is open to any questions that his new peers may have for him, so please do not hesitate to reach out. Marcos Luna Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2016

Marcos Luna majored in civil and environmental engineering and received his Bachelors of Science degree from Rutgers in the spring of 2016. He is originally from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Stroudsburg High School. During his time at Rutgers, he was an active member of the Steel Bridge Team, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Salsa Club. He has also served as a peer mentor for the Society of Hispanic Engineers and as a student tutor for the School of Engineering. In the last four years, he has received a total of 13 academic awards and scholarships. In addition to his academics and involvement at Rutgers, Marcos has also completed two civil engineering related internships during the summers of his sophomore and junior year. The first internship was with Dynamic Engineering Consultants in Chester, New Jersey. Here he worked on a variety of projects in the land development sector and dealt with numerous local and state government agencies to acquire the necessary permits and approvals for construction. The second internship was with Bechtel Corporation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on their Uranium Processing Facility Project for the federal government. Here he worked as a civil-structural engineering intern and assisted the department with numerous change management and civil engineering related tasks. Marcos says the most memorable moments during his time at Rutgers have come when spending time with his friends or fellow students either working on accomplishing a project or just relaxing and having fun. While his priority has always been to stay on top of his work and do his absolute best, he says it has been just as important to make time for fun and maintain all of his relationships with friends, professors, and mentors. After graduation, Marcos will be working as a civil engineer with Bechtel Corporation on the same project he interned at in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Andrea Penafiel Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2016

Andrea Penafiel is a Class of 2016 graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Jersey City, New Jersey. The summer before starting her first semester at Rutgers University, she participated in the Equal Opportunity Fund (EOF) summer program, which gave her the opportunity to learn how to manage an intensive course load and develop close friendships with many of her fellow peers. With a desire to help her fellow students, Andrea became a Learning Assistant, where she led a Physics study group and provided additional support during recitation sessions; the following year, she became a tutor for Rutgers' Student Support Services as well as for the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) summer EOF program. Andrea also became involved with various student organizations such as the sorority Alpha Omega Epsilon, where she held the position of academic chair and participated in various philanthropic events, such as the Rutgers' Bed Races for Charity. Other student organizations include the fraternity, Tau Beta Pi, where Andrea served as a member of the MindSET committee, whose responsibility was to host events for elementary school students to promote an interest in engineering. Over the summer of her junior year, Andrea interned at Ericsson as a Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer, where she was named "Intern of the Week" for her role in aiding senior engineers on various projects. Following graduation, Andrea will be working at Harris Corporation as a Digital Signal Processing Engineer and plans to obtain her Masters in a few years. What Andrea enjoyed the most about her time at Rutgers was the opportunity to engage in the diverse culture it offers by working with various student leaders from different majors.

Amulya Kattimani

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2016

Internships/Research Texas Instruments Data Reporting and Analytics Intern at Avaya Rutgers ITV Studio

Job Offers Digital Marketing Strategist at JuiceTank Sales Associate at Charter Communications Columbus program at Mu Sigma Inc. (India)

8 Sarah Abdelaziz Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017

Sarah Abdelaziz graduated with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is from Asbury Park, New Jersey and attended Ocean Township High School. Sarah was involved in many engineering organizations around Rutgers. She is a sister of Phi Sigma Rho, the National Engineering Social Sorority, as well as a member of Alpha Pi Mu, the Industrial and Systems Engineering Honor Society, and Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society. Sarah also served on the executive board of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She also worked as a student ambassador for the School of Engineering, helping to promote Rutgers SOE to potential students. Outside of engineering, Sarah played for the Rutgers Club Field Hockey team for all four years and served on the executive board. During her time at Rutgers Sarah had two summer internships. The first was as a Production Intern with P.I.M. Brands in Somerset, New Jersey, the company that manufactures Welch’s Fruit Snacks, where she helped optimize the water treatment operation in order to reduce costs. The second internship was with Amazon as an Operations Leadership Intern in Indianapolis, Indiana. At Amazon, Sarah got to learn the roles of the different operations managers in the fulfilment centers and work on her own project to help improve the packing procedure. Sarah was one of ten 2017 graduates from Rutgers SOE who received a cumulative 4.0 GPA throughout all four years of undergrad. Sarah was awarded the “Outstanding ISE Student of the Year” for all of her years within the department and received the prestigious Dwight D. Gardner Scholarship from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Sarah has accepted a full-time offer with Amazon where she will be working as an Area Manager in the operations department of the fulfilment center in Edison, New Jersey. Youssef Al Fahham Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2017

Youssef Al Fahham is an ordinary class of 2017 civil and environmental engineering student. He is originally from Cairo, Egypt but spent his middle school and high school years relocating due to his father’s work commitments. He lived in 4 different countries and travelled to more than 6. He attended Henry P. Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford, New Jersey before having to relocate to Doha, Qatar where he attended The Oxford School. He graduated from the Oxford High School with AS Levels in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) curriculum from the University of Cambridge International Examination Board. Youssef’s on campus involvement started early in his sophomore year where he was a member of the steel bridge team and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He later expanded his involvement and joined Engineers Without Borders (EWB), Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), the Engineering Governing Council (EGC) and Chi Epsilon (XE). He also served as a transfer student mentor for the School of Engineering where he mentored a total of 5 students. During his senior year, he was elected as the ASCE chapter president and founded the American Water Works Association (AWWA) student chapter. During the summer of 2016, Youssef interned with Bouygues Construction, a top 10 ENR 2016 company that is also a Fortune Global 500 company and one of Forbes’ biggest public companies. He was hired as a Civil Engineer Intern in Miami, Florida where he was assigned to work on the Brickell City Centre, a $1.05 billion mixed-use development project and the single largest project currently underway in Downtown Miami. Youssef’s most enjoyable experience was volunteering for Rutgers Day and Open House where he got to educate the general public about civil and environmental engineering while having fun doing some simple experiments with the kids. He finds giving back to the community and sharing his passion in engineering a very rewarding way to live. Youssef will start working as a water/wastewater engineer with Mott MacDonald in Iselin, New Jersey and is super stoked for the challenges that he will face. Taylor Au Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017

Taylor Au was adopted from China, raised in Bridgewater, NJ, and reached her 7th continent at age 19 thanks to her very adventurous mother. As a female engineer, writer, and world traveler, Taylor is just as passionate about advocating for women in STEM as she is about sustainable travel. She truly embodies the "Jersey Roots, Global Reach" motto.

Taylor graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rutgers University with a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a minor in Business Administration. During her time on campus, she was President of Rutgers Engineering Honors Council, Vice President of Engineers Without Borders, a sister and Philanthropy Chair of Phi Sigma Rho, the National Engineering Sorority, E-Week Chair for Engineering Governing Council, a Resident Assistant for McCormick Honors Residence Hall, , and a Site Leader for RU Alternative Breaks. Taylor spent her sophomore year as a Research Assistant working on a facility planning project with the ISE Department Chair, Dr. Mohsen Jafari, as well as working as a Geocoder for the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation. She also spent her first two summers working at the NJ Governor's School of Engineering and Technology summer residential STEM program on campus, first as a Residential Teaching Assistant and the following year as the Head Counselor of the program. During the summer of her junior year, Taylor interned at Credit Suisse as a Technology Analyst.

Through her involvement and with the unconditional support of the Deans at the Office of Student Services, Rutgers is where Taylor learned to start living an intentional life... of taking ownership and responsibility for herself. She learned three big lessons:

1. There is value in speaking with purpose and being "quiet" is not necessarily a weakness. College is where leaders come in all shapes, sizes, and most importantly… volumes. 2. Nothing lasts forever, either good or bad, and that's okay because if college lasted forever, we would never fully appreciate our limited time on campus. 3. As important as it is soak in life like a sponge, it is equally important to remember to wring yourself out every once in a while. How can you possibly absorb anything new when you're already drenched?

Because of her time at Rutgers, Taylor learned to build her resilience and create the life that she desires.

In addition to being accepted into the Alumni Industry Scholar program, one of Taylor's proudest accomplishments was getting tapped into the Cap and Skull Senior Honor Society during her junior year. Taylor's post-graduation plans include moving to Washington D.C. for her new job with Deloitte Consulting and traveling around the world with her #1 travel partner, her mom.

Sriram Gidugu Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2017

Sriram Gidugu is a Class of 2017 graduate from Rutgers University’s School of Engineering, who double majored in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science. He is originally from North Brunswick, NJ and grew up there, even attending North Brunswick Township High School. In his time at Rutgers University, Sriram was heavily involved with a student run organization known as Engineers Without Borders, which aims to serve communities locally and abroad by solving issues regarding basic human needs (such as lack of access to clean drinking water) through engineering solutions. Throughout his years at Rutgers, Sriram was the Project Lead for the Rutgers Chapter’s Kenya Water Supply Project. As Lead, he completed the construction of rainwater catchment systems at two local schools and assessments for new borehole well drillings in the targeted village. Sriram also served as the Vice President for the Rutgers Chapter of Engineers Without Borders during which time he closely worked with all four of its projects in Kenya, Tanzania, Guatemala, and Camden, NJ.

With respect to internships, Sriram has had a diverse range of experience from research to industry. Following his freshman year, Sriram interned at Rutgers Wireless Information Networks Laboratory (WINLAB) where he worked in a research team with other students to design a canine-sound processing system using signal processing and machine learning techniques. Sriram’s next internship, the following summer, was with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) where he held Top Security Clearance and worked as an Intelligence Analyst, processing data for various cases. During his junior year summer, Sriram worked at Citigroup as a Technology Analyst where he designed web applications for internal usage. With three years of internship experience, Sriram decided to join Citigroup as a full- time technology analyst. Sriram is very thankful for the many opportunities he had as a student at Rutgers, which have helped him to get to the position he is in today. With support from the Alumni- Industry Scholar Program, he has been able to find and foster his passion for technology and hopes to return the same guidance and support he got back in the near future.

Sarah Libring Biomedical Engineering, 2017

Sarah Libring is from Westampton, NJ, in Burlington County. She majored in biomedical engineering with a minor in sociology and a certificate in packaging engineering. She was very involved in research and the engineering department while on campus. She was a member of Theta Tau, the Professional Co-Ed Engineering Fraternity, where she was the new member recruitment chair, the national career fair designer, and the corresponding secretary. She was also the secretary of AEMB, the Biomedical Engineering Honor Society, and the historian and internal vice president of BMES as an undergraduate. While at Rutgers, Sarah researched in two labs, under Dr. Joseph Freeman (BME) and Dr. Meenakshi Dutt (CBE), where she co-authored two papers and defended a thesis for the James J. Slade Scholar Program. She also had REU internships at The University of Texas at Austin and Purdue University during her sophomore and junior years respectively. These positions allowed Sarah to give 22 poster and oral presentations over her four years, including some at Rutgers, the national BMES meeting, the national AIChE meetings, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional AIChE Student Conferences. Notably, she’s won First Place in the Rutgers Researcher Present oral competition, won the “Best Science” poster award in Poster Session One at the Biomedical Engineering Mid-Atlantic Graduate Fair at the University of Delaware, and she won Second Place in the AIChE Mid-Atlantic Poster Session at the Rowan University. She was also able to gain industry experience by shadowing at D.E. Shaw Research and Becton Dickinson as a Sustainability and Biomedical Extern. After undergraduate, Sarah is pursuing a PhD in biomedical engineering at Purdue University under Dr. Solorio, where she will continue her work on biomaterials, cellular causes of disease, and tissue regeneration. Her ultimate goal is to research in industry or a national lab. As a first-generation college student, Sarah feels extremely privileged to have graduated completely on scholarship and believes Rutgers provides amazing resources and research opportunities to those who push for them.

Madeline Nivar Mechanical Engineering, 2017

Madeline Nivar graduated in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in energy. Prior to her schoolwork at Rutgers University, she attended Perth Amboy High School in New Jersey. Madeline has been a hard worker all her life, maintaining several forms of employment since her junior year of high school. She has gone from being a barista to her most recent employment at NAVAIR as a mechanical engineer. In the past, she has interned at Raytheon as a during her summer of 2016 and at Henkel as a technical customer service intern during her summer of 2015. Madeline is also an EOF alumna and NACME scholar - two accomplishments she holds near and dear to her heart. She is a member of Pi Tau Sigma, the mechanical engineering honor society, and was treasurer during her senior year. Currently, her post-graduate plans include thriving in NAVAIR’s Leadership Development Program and traveling as much as she can before she starts to work full-time. She also hopes to obtain a masters degree in the near future. One of the most memorable moments at Rutgers for Madeline was when she had found out she was chosen to be an Alumni Industry Scholar. She recounts that she had been working a shift at the Alexander library soon after feeling bummed about an exam she had right before. The news made her so happy that she cried. “It happened at a moment I needed it most,” she said. Being an AIS scholar has helped Madeline develop both professionally and personally. She is endlessly thankful for the many opportunities the program has offered her. Another memorable moment Madeline recalls was seeing her senior design project work. Her project was a wind-walker, a moving mechanism powered solely by wind, and it took some of its first steps on Rutgers Day. This was a great accomplishment for her and her team. The senior design project taught Madeline many valuable lessons on teamwork and engineering design, lessons which she will apply in her engineering career. Now that Madeline is a Rutgers alumna, she has hopes of being able to give back to the Rutgers community and the Alumni Industry Scholars program as well as her community back in Perth Amboy.

Zack Seibert Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017

Zackery is a May 2017 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Rutgers School of Engineering, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering. Zackery was born in Princeton, New Jersey and has been a longtime resident of Bound Brook, New Jersey. He graduated in the top five of his senior class from Bound Brook High School in June 2013. Since starting at Rutgers in September of 2013, Zackery has been involved in numerous organizations both on and off campus. He was a general body member of the School of Engineering's Engineering Governing Council during his freshman year, and was inducted into both the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Delta Epsilon Iota – The Academic Honor Society during his sophomore year. In his sophomore year, Zackery also joined the Rutgers' chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi – The Co-ed Professional Business Fraternity. Within the fraternity, Zackery held numerous leadership positions such as Scholarship Chair and Unity Chair. It was during this time period, too, that Zackery was selected to join the School of Engineering's Alumni – Industry Scholars Program, where he has helped plan and assist in various school-wide events such as Interns Present and the Alumni – Industry Scholar E- Newsletter. During his time at Rutgers, Zackery has gained valuable problem-solving skills and has been able to apply what he has learned in his engineering curriculum to real-world situations. During the summer after his freshman year, Zackery interned at Norland Products in Cranbury, New Jersey. Here he assisted in gathering and testing data mined from fiber optic test equipment. After his sophomore year, Zackery interned at UnitedHealth Group, where he worked as a Summer Project Analyst and, alongside a team of other interns, created a proof-of-concept Salesforce.com-driven management tool. Prior to the start of his senior year, Zackery interned at Deloitte as a Summer Scholar within their Federal consulting practice in Arlington, Virginia. It was during this summer that he fostered a passion for coming up with solutions to issues that individuals and organizations face on an everyday basis. After graduating, Zackery will be spending his summer traveling throughout Southeast Asia and has plans to visit Iceland and Germany, as well. He will be relocating to the Washington, D.C. area in September where he will be starting a full-time job with Deloitte Consulting LLP, as a Business Technology Analyst in their Federal practice. Zackery credits his friends, family and his experiences at Rutgers University for all of his achievements. His favorite quote is “there is little success where there is little laughter” by John D. Rockefeller and his piece of advice to current School of Engineering students is “Immerse yourself in your surroundings and try as many new types of things as you can. It is perfectly fine to make mistakes – we're human and that's what college is all about!”

Jaslin Singh Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2017

Jaslin is a Structural Engineer, living in Edison, who is hoping to concentrate in bridge design. In May of 2017, she graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor’s in Civil & Environmental Engineering. Thereafter, she continued her education in the five-year program at Rutgers and hopes to complete her Master’s degree within the year after her summer internship at Hardesty & Hanover in New York City. While she was at Rutgers, Jaslin was very involved with many engineering as well as non-engineering organizations. She was involved with Engineers Without Borders since freshmen year where she served as the Secretary and the Sustainability Lead as well as the Guatemala Project Co-lead. In January 2016, she was fortunate enough to travel to the project location in NSCI, Guatemala with five other Rutgers students as well as two professional engineers from CDM Smith. The experiences she had in Guatemala were her most memorable moments while she was at Rutgers University. Her senior year, she was also very involved as the Vice President of the American Society of Civil Engineers where she started a program referred to as Shadow Days with various companies as well as hosted the Concrete Canoe Competition with the rest of her events team for the Metropolitan Region. During this time, she also served as the Treasurer for Bridges to Prosperity, an organization that builds pedestrian bridges in developing countries. While being involved with these engineering organizations, she was also able to be a part of Rutgers Sikh Student Association as well as Habitat for Humanity during her earlier years at Rutgers. Being a Civil & Environmental Engineer, there were a variety of disciplines that she could choose from such as construction, structural, geotechnical, transportation, and environmental. Therefore, to determine which path she wanted to take, she took advantage of her summers by completing three internships. The summer after her sophomore year, she did an internship at ANS Consultants, a local firm where she did geotechnical and environmental work. The summer after her junior year, she worked as a Transportation intern at Dewberry in the Bloomfield, New Jersey office and this upcoming summer she will be interning at Hardesty & Hanover as a Bridge intern, a subsector within structural engineering. After graduating with her Master’s in Engineering in May of 2018, Jaslin hopes to work in the structural engineering industry in order to obtain her professional engineering license while teaching as an adjunct professor at a university to continue her passion for teaching.

Lola Castellanos from Havana, Cuba Electrical and Computer Engineering, Classical Music Performance (B.M.), 2017

Rutgers Involvement Society of Women Engineers Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Women Investing in and Guiding Students Internships/Research Core Avionics Engineer/Electronic Design and Analysis Engineer at The Boeing Company IT Project Manager/Functional/System Analyst at The Boeing Company Class Assistant Intern in Rutgers English as a Second Language Program Awards/Honors Magna Cum Laude (B.M.) D Most Memorable Moment at Rutgers When I found out that I was accepted to be part of the Alumni-Industry Scholars. I was so happy when I read the e-mail. It definitely changed my life, I was able to dedicate more time to studying, to participate in conferences, to contribute to the community, and to even study abroad for a semester! This opportunity has allowed me to grow and to become a better person. I am looking forward to graduating and one day being able to also make a positive impact in the lives of other students.

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