SHINE 2019 Mentors
Aerospace
Saakar Byahut
Professor Uranga, Mentoring Achintya and Katelyn.
Mark Hermes
Professor Luhar, Mentoring Noah
Shilpa Vijay
Professor Luhar, Mentoring Jacklyn
James Croughan
Professor Uranga, Mentoring Marco
Bradley McLaughlin
Professor Spedding, Mentoring Lukas and Tianhao.
Biomedical
Yuta Ando
Professor Shen, Mentoring Jingyu
Jonathan Wang
Professor Chung, Mentoring Jiwoo
Jonathan obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, with a concentration in Biomechanics. He then continued with a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Hopkins, while also working part-time with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He is now a PhD student in the Chung Biomaterials Lab at USC.
Deborah Chin
Professor Chung, Mentoring Jaya
Joycelyn Yip
Professor McCain, Mentoring Jennifer
Sean Burkitt
Professor Zavaleta, Mentoring Samuel
Alex Czaja
Professor Zavaleta, Mentoring Nova
Jeffrey Santoso
Professor McCain, Mentoring Jaylene
Civil
Gokce Ozcelik
Professor Gerber, Mentoring Saul and
Ameyalli
Computer Science
Chung-Wei Lee
Professor Luo, Mentoring Alec
Mengxiao Zhang
Professor Luo, Mentoring Justin
Chemical
DongQing Zheng
Professor Graham, Mentoring Jehyeok
Kaori Noridomi
Professor Roberts, Mentoring Sarah and Alex
Yimin Wang
Professor Lee, Mentoring Daniel
Electrical
Yinghau Hu
Professor Nuzzo, Mentoring Ryan
Jun Tao
Professor Kapadia, Mentoring Abhinav
Hongyu Fu
Professor El-Damak, Mentoring Arnav
Nan Wang
Professor Wang, Mentoring Michael
Chanwook Ho
Professor Nuzzo, Mentoring Pratham and Jason
Fangzhou Wang
Professor Sideris, Mentoring Matthew
Environmental
Sofia Plata
Professor Childress, Mentoring Pearson
Allyson McGaughey
Professor Childress, Mentoring Pearson
Allyson has been a Ph.D. student at USC, working with Dr. Amy Childress, since August 2015. Her research focuses on novel membrane processes used for wastewater treatment and desalination. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Washington in Seattle and a minor in music (when she's not doing research, she enjoys playing cello!)
Yamrot Amha
Professor Smith, Mentoring Sarah
Lily Shi
Professor McCurry, Mentoring Max
Euna Kim
Professor McCurry, Mentoring Andrew
Zakiyyah Brown
Professor McCurry, Mentoring Angel
Ali Zarei-Baygi
Professor Smith, Mentoring Sarah
Materials Science
Boyang Zhao
Professor Ravichandran, Mentoring Elizabeth
Robotics
Thomas Groechel
Professor Mataric, Mentoring Ipek and Mena
Christopher Birmingham
Professor Mataric, Mentoring Riya and Ishaan
Jessica Lupanow
Professor Mataric, Mentoring Junzhe (Josh) and Cassandra
Dario Urbina Melendez
Professor Valero-Cuevas, Mentoring Bryant and Irie
Naghmeh Zamani
Professor Culbertson, Mentoring Rachel