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thesis project at the prestigious Frontiers in Education conference in Uppsala, Sweden. Sophia is cur rently working toward obtaining her professional engineering license.

May Tabsh (EE) started a new posi tion this year as a surgical intelli gence quality engineer at NuVasive.

Amiri Diwan serves as the central administrative body of Kuwait, in which Alkazemi has the opportunity to contribute to significant projects. Erica Jenkins (ME) was recently promoted to senior development engineer at Surgalign. Jenkins completed her MBA at the top of her class in Summer 2023 and is looking forward to getting married at USD in January 2024.

in New York. Koshak is starting his Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Innovation Management at Carnegie Mellon in January 2024.

Sydney Lew (EE) started working postgrad at Abbott as an electrical engineer. She works in the research and development division on the hardware and firmware teams at CardioMEMS (heart monitoring systems). She’s survived her first winter in Boston, Massachusetts, and is looking forward to exploring more of the East Coast.

EMINA BELEKANICH SAUL OJEDA

Saul Ojeda (MS Cybersecurity Engineering) Saul is now a software developer at NAVWAR supporting the Navy’s digitization efforts. Tony Park (MS Cybersecurity Engineering) is the lead cybersecurity engineer for Terran Orbital, an aero space company in Irvine, California. He is also the founder of Temecula Web Solutions and a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.

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ABDULQADER KOSHAK DANIELLA WALTER

2021 Abdullah Alrayes (ISyE) became op erations manager at Gym Doctor Sporting Goods in Kuwait in 2022. In parallel with his professional duties, he continues to pursue his academic journey in business administration.

Jonas Petelo (ME) is currently work ing for General Dynamics NASSCO as a machinery systems engineer and pursuing a Master of Science in Me chanical Engineering at San Diego State University. Daniella Walter (ME) is in her third year of her PhD in mechanical engi neering at the University of Califor nia, Santa Barbara. She was awarded with the National Science Founda tion Graduate Research Fellowship in 2023, and her research looks at how extracellular matrix mechanics influ ence mammary tissue development and breast cancer progression.

SOPHIA AUSTIN

Devin Devlin (EE) achieved a career milestone as a product manager at Microsoft. Within nine months, Devlin received a promotion for exceptional performance working on Microsoft Excel. In addition, Devlin has taken on a leadership role within Blacks at Microsoft, supporting and mentoring underrepresented students in the STEM fields, empowering them to pursue successful careers.

SYDYNEY LEW

Yesenia Ponce Medrano (EE) is working with Northrop Grumman as an electrical engineer for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) team. She has also start ed her Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering program

ERICA JENKINS

Andrew Jones (EE) and Olivia Jones ’19 (biochemistry) were blessed with the arrival of their baby, and future Torero, Jackson Jones.

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ABDULLAH ALRAYES

Anthony Wilkinson (MS Cybersecu rity Engineering) continues to enjoy working in cybersecurity. Currently, Wilkinson works for Deloitte, deliver ing cybersecurity services focusing on identity and access management. 2022 Emina Belekanich (MS Applied Data Science) is a data analytics di rector at Symetra Financial, where she spearheads the utilization of da ta analytics for legal and regulatory decision making. Belekanich's ex pertise in navigating complex regu latory frameworks and driving stra tegic decision-making using data has earned her industry recognition.

2023 Leonid Shpaner (MS Applied Data Science) is a data scientist at UCLA's Health Clinical Translational Science Institute of the David Geffen School of Medicine. He also co-designed and instructs the Probability and Statistics course in Python for USD's Masters in Applied Artificial Intelligence program. Degree Programs: CS : Computer Science EE : Electrical Engineering ISyE : Industrial and Systems Engineering

Mohammed Alsinan (ISyE) started a new position this year as a senior asso ciate of business coverage for the Tour ism Development Fund of Saudi Arabia.

ANDREW JONES

Daniel Ley (ISyE) has graduated with a Master of Science in Opera tions Research Engineering from the University of Southern Califor nia. At USC, he received the award for Master's Student of the Year, for graduating with the highest GPA in the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineer ing. Following his graduate educa tion, he started a position as a data scientist at Gap, Inc.

DEVIN DEVLIN

Bryce Fledderman (IntE) is current ly working for General Atomics supporting the manufacturing and testing of the largest supercon ducting magnets in the world. The magnets will be used for ITER, an international nuclear fusion research and engineering mega project in France. He also recently began pursuing an MBA at USD.

2022 Sophia Austin (IntE) started a new position upon graduating as an air quality engineering consultant at Ramboll. She was also recently spon sored by both Ramboll and an NSF grant to present her USD Honors

MOHAMMED ALSINAN

Abdulqader Koshak (CS) is working as an analyst for Venture Capital, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm

IntE : Integrated Engineering ME : Mechanical Engineering