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USD ENGINEERING

Alumni

Undergraduate Engineering and Computer Science Alumni Updates

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JEREMY HAGEN NATHANIEL MAGILL

from Iceland to Japan — and had the “most rewarding, exciting and memorable experience.” Nathaniel Magill (ISyE) relocated to Columbia, Tennessee, with his wife and 4-month-old son, Nathaniel John Magill II. He is a project manager at Parker Hannifin, where he has worked for eight years, previously as an engineer for seven years. Magill and his wife celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary in 2024.

2010 Ryland Gill (ISyE) is currently employed as a lean manager at Parker Hannifin. Gill, along with USD’s engineering and computer science alumni council, is actively engaged in launching a new mentorship program for students. 2014 Chris Anderson (EE) is retiring from the Marine Corps after more than 20 years of service. He is transitioning to a project manager role for Navy and Marine Corps IT systems development at IBR in Quantico, Virginia. Nick Delgado (EE) and his wife, Sam, welcomed daughter Romi into the family in August 2023. He is currently working as a systems engineer for L3Harris in Carlsbad, California. Michael Rose (ME) is the senior vice president of Strategic Initiatives for Carrington Mortgage Holdings, leading an initiative to bring artificial intelligence to the mortgage and real estate industry. 2015 Jeremy Hagen (ME) completed his seventh year employed at Diakont, a small robotic inspection company. He also completed a year-long, solo journey, traveling around the world through 20 countries —

2000 Ricardo Valerdi (EE) is a department head and professor in the department of systems and industrial engineering at the University of Arizona. He also serves as Arizona’s faculty athletics representative to the NCAA/Big XII Conference. 2004 Samuel Stewart (EE) was recently promoted to technical director for electrical engineering at General Atomics, Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). This year, he will celebrate his 20th year working at GA-ASI, as well as his 20th wedding anniversary with his wife, Mary (Zangari) Stewart ’03 (BA) . 2009 Ben Hunter (ME) is a program manager for research, design, test and evaluation for Waterfront Inspection Technologies with NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center. He and his team are pursuing multiple patents to support the U.S. Navy.

Alyssa Zamora (ME) is a senior materials engineer at Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, NAS North Island on Coronado. In 2019, she received the Lasswell Award for Fleet Support from the National Defense Industrial Association for resolving U.S. Navy in-service composite repair challenges. Outside of engineering, Zamora is a personal trainer at MFN Performance, empowering friends and family through fitness. Troy Zawlacki (ME ) is rounding out year seven at Apple, designing iPhone

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