At Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering, all of our students choose a major, and many also pursue an additional major to refine their engineering expertise and expand their career opportunities. Most of our students also enhance their education by conducting research, joining and leading student organizations, and spending their summers studying abroad or working as interns.
That’s why we are so happy to showcase some of these outstanding graduating seniors. You will surely be impressed with all that these young engineers have accomplished, and like us, you’ll be thrilled to see some of the exciting plans they have for the future.
Nancy Anderson
Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
ACS Scholar | Apple Master’s Scholarship in Integrated Systems
- Interned at Capital One as a Technology Intern
- Served as Public Relations Chair for the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Corporate Relations Chair for the Society of Women Engineers
- Interning at Apple in Cupertino this summer before returning to CMU for a master’s in electrical and computer engineering in the fall
Quote: "I will miss all of the supportive friendships I have made with my peers!"
Note: ACS Scholars are undergraduate seniors who embody Carnegie Mellon’s high standards of academic excellence, volunteerism, leadership, and involvement in student organizations, athletics, or the arts. They are selected each year by their deans and department heads to represent their class in service and leadership.
Sruti Bapatla
Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Studies & Art
University Orchestra Bassist | ACS Scholar | President of Pi Tau Sigma (International Mechanical Engineering Honor Society)
- Interned at Caterpillar, testing dual-fuel engines, and integrating and validating new vision systems
- Interned at Smith+Nephew, designing robotic hardware used for shoulder procedures
- Studied abroad in Costa Rica, taking environmental science courses
- Member of Society of Women Engineers, Student Advisory Council, and Mortarboard
- Returning to Carnegie Mellon for the 5th Year Scholar program after a summer internship with dental tool company, Neocis
Quote: “The College of Engineering became a true home for me, always welcoming and encouraging my pursuits, both creative and technical. I'm graduating with a deeper confidence in who I am — as both an engineer and a person.”
Ethan Cooper
Chemical Engineering
ChemE Student Travel Award and Senior Leadership Recognition Award recipient
- Interned at Covestro, studying properties of molded plastics with varying injection speeds for the Technical and Production Quality Management team
- Conducted research on the spontaneous convective flow created between an oil and aqueous phase when they contain oppositely charged surfactant types in the Complex Fluids Engineering lab
- Studied abroad in Dortmund, Germany, with the International Summer Program
- Worked as an Orientation Counselor and Orientation Leader, and served as a Teaching Assistant in Physics
- Member of Chem E Cube, AIChE, Fringe (Booth and Buggy), CMU Ballroom Dance Club, CMU Run Club, and Mortarboard.
Quote: “CMU is a great place to get involved in areas outside of your discipline. This includes different departments, colleges, and student organizations. I appreciate that the college of engineering made it a point to cultivate wellness and community among the students and organizations.”
Eleanor David
Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Arts
Violist | President and Head Mechanic of Fringe and Out in STEM @ CMU | Community Engagement
Student Council Orientation Counselor| ACS Scholar | oSTEM Chevron Scholar
- Interned at Kairos Power, a clean energy company, and at Procter & Gamble as an Energy Manufacturing Intern
- Developed microphase-separated compound by initiating polymerization reactions with UV light in the CMU’s Complex Fluids Engineering Lab
- Studied abroad in Lisbon, Portugal, with the College of Engineering Real World Engineering Experience program
- Member of the Society of Women Engineers, Women’s Club Soccer, Ski & Snowboard team, Tau Beta Pi, PRISM, and Blackbird Buggy team
- Joining Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Post-Baccalaureate
Quote: “I’ve really loved that people at the College of Engineering are supportive of any project you want to start. We have so many resources for students to pursue interesting projects and realize a physical object as a prototype, and the people in charge of those are incredibly kind and helpful.”
Garrett Doherty
Chemical Engineering
College Sports Communicators All District awardee
- Interned at Ocean Spray, performing data analysis on processes to identify causes and possible solutions for product defects
- Tartan football team offensive lineman
- Worked as a desk attendant in the Highmark Center for Health, Wellness, and Athletics
- Joining The Kraft Heinz Company as a research and development trainee
Quote: “The College of Engineering provided a consistent challenge of thought that I hope to encounter in my career.”
Abigail Gredell
Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
ACS Scholar | Carnegie Mellon Women's Association Outstanding Graduating Senior Student
- Interned at the University of Michigan Clinical Outcomes Research and Reporting Program (MCORRP) with the team that abstracted data from patients on anticoagulation medication to find ways to improve their quality of care
- Worked as a lab assistant on multiple live animal studies with Biomedical Engineering Professor Keith Cook
- Tutor with Personalized Learning Squared (PLUS Tutoring)
- Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Strong Women Strong Girls
- Volunteered with the UPMC Hospital Elder Life Program and learned to play the violin
- Will intern with MCORRP this summer and is applying to medical school
Quote: “I loved my time in the College of Engineering because it always challenged me to not only do better but do the absolute best I could. From a combination of exceptional professors and other equally driven students, I have completed college far surpassing my expectations for myself.”
Eileen Hung
Engineering and Public Policy and Materials Science
Kiltie Band Color Guard | Flutist and Piccolo Player | NSF Graduate Research Fellow
- Interned at U.S. Steel, conducting inclusion and failure analysis of steelmaking
- Performed microstructure analysis to investigate grain growth and boundary movement using data analysis in Fortran and atomistic simulations in LAMMPS with Materials Science and Engineering professor Gregory Rohrer
- Studied abroad at the University of Sheffield with the Summer Research Experience program, conducting a life-cycle assessment of ceramic tile manufacturing
- Member of the Tartan Wind Ensemble, ChemE Car, Chess Club, and Artist Alley Club
- Will attend MIT to pursue her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
Quote: “I really enjoyed the diversity of interests that everybody had. EPP gave me a look into all the other engineering majors, and MSE had such a breadth of research areas that it felt like everybody was doing something totally different and really exciting.”
Sarah Jensen
Integrated Master's and Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
Resident Assistant | ACS Scholar
- Interned at the Rotary Missions Systems branch of Lockheed Martin, training simulations for two summer internships
- Worked as a Community Advisor in E-Tower, leading five resident assistants
- Worked as a Teaching Assistant for the Numerical Methods course
- Joining Lockheed Martin in Orlando, Florida as a Mechanical Engineer
Quote: “My favorite engineering memories were in group projects. Two of the best engineering groups I worked in were for my junior design course and, more recently, for my senior capstone in Product Design. I was able to work in a group that was broadly skilled and played to each other’s strengths. My senior capstone project was also an academically fulfilling opportunity for me to challenge my technical skills in designing, building, and iterating on an engineering prototype.”
Jimmy Kim
Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
ChemE Student Travel Award and Senior Leadership Recognition Award recipient
- Interned at Caltech in Professor Mikhail Shapiro’s lab as part of a joint project with CMU Professor Rosalyn Abbott
- Conducted research with Dr. Abbott using non-invasive focus ultrasound to induce degradation on gas vesicles incorporated silk fibroin scaffolds
- Worked as a Teaching Assistant in the Chemical Reaction Engineering class
- Will attend CalTech to pursue his Ph.D
Quote: “I loved how CMU always provided the best environment for their students to succeed. Also, CMU provided me the opportunity to conduct research, and that led me to pursue a PhD.”
Jing Lin
Chemical Engineering
ACS Scholar | Sergi Scholarship Recipient | Heinz Computer Services Consultant | ChemE Teaching Assistant
- Interned at PPG Industries, reformulating a paint product from dry-liquid formula to an all-liquid formula that can improve processing time, and conducted a digital twin study on slurry intermediates used for the all-liquid formula
- Studied the complex interactions in the atmosphere that form aerosols, which contribute to cloud formation and impact the cooling of the Earth with Chemical Engineering Professor Coty Jen
- Member of the Men’s Ultimate Frisbee Club, ChemE Cube, and First Together
- Joining 3M as a graduate R&D intern before returning to CMU to pursue his master’s in
chemical engineering in the fall
Quote: “The thing that I loved the most and will miss the most at Carnegie Mellon is the collaborative nature in ChemE and all the close friends I made in those classes.”
Shagun Maheshwari
Materials Science Engineering
Innovation Scholar with the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
- Interned at Tesla and SpaceX in battery engineering and physics modeling and at Wispr AI in machine Learning (ML) and technical product engineering
- Worked on improving stability and accuracy in ML force fields for molecular dynamic simulations in Carnegie Mellon Engineering’s Mechanical AI lab
- Joining Tesla as a Battery Engineer on their Vehicle Engineering team
Quote: “What I love most about the College of Engineering is that everyone you meet carries a genuine passion for making the world a better place. There’s a shared drive, not just to grow individually, but to lift up those around them and build a better future together. I’ve never walked away from a conversation with a friend, professor, classmate, TA, or colleague without learning something new and inspiring. I’m so grateful to have been part of a community that supports and celebrates your effort to chase big dreams!”
Victoria Nguyen
Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
ACS Scholar | Tech Spark Student Worker
- Interned at Hologic, designing custom fixtures for aerosol deposition in ISO cleanrooms and modifying manufacturing processes to reduce mammography detection production errors
- Interned at Advanced Optronics, designing and assembling an electromechanical robot that inserts cochlear transplant electrodes
- Designed a proof-of-concept for a low-cost bio-mimicking prosthetic foot with CMU’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute professor Alexandra Ion
- Selected by the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission to attend the Fulbright Scotland Summer Institute on Technology, Innovation, and Creativity
- Member of Carnegie Involvement Association, Buggy, Futurist Club, and Innovation Scholars
- Will attend Georgia Tech to pursue a Master’s in Biomedical Engineering after completing a summer internship with Smith+Nephew
Quote: “What I'll miss most about the College of Engineering is the environment of taking technical knowledge to execute crazy, creative ideas. Buggy, booth, IDeATe, and BXA are all tenets of this mindset, and the students here are so passionate, it's inspiring.”
Sophie Vincens
Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy
President of Scotch'n'Soda Theatre | Student Director of Carnegie Institute of Technology Community Engagement Student Council | ACS Scholar
- Interned at Protect PT (Penn Trafford) collecting and testing water samples, installing air quality monitors, and preparing an Environmental Policy Advocate team for state hearing testimonies on road spreading, and recommending policy improvements to state legislators related to fracking, solar energy development, and hazardous waste
- Investigated the fundamentals of nanoparticle-plant interactions to minimize agrochemical pollution and manipulated properties of nanoparticle coating to understand uptake efficiency in plant cells with Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Greg Lowry
- Member of Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Student Advisory Committee
- EPP Scholarship and CMU Senior Leadership Recognition Award recipient
- Returning to Carnegie Mellon for the Integrated Master's/Bachelor's Engineering and Public Policy
Quote: “I love the community in the school and how there is always someone to turn to if I need anything.”
Jolie Wasserman
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Track and Field Team Captain | Javelin Thrower | ACS Scholar | Boeing Scholar
- Interned at Lockheed Martin as a software engineer and at Apple as a GPU Design Verification intern
- Designed an oscillating circuit coupled with a coil in a contact lens of a magnetic eye-tracking system with ECE professor Gary Fedder’s research team
- Member of Women in ECE
- Returning to Carnegie Mellon for the Integrated Master’s/Bachelor’s Electrical and Computer Engineering after a summer internship with Nvidia, conducting design verification
Quote: “I loved getting to know my ECE classmates and students throughout the college. I made so many friends from first- and second-year math and science classes that I probably wouldn’t have gotten to know otherwise. The people at CMU are what I’ll really miss.”
Katherine Wu
Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
ACS Scholar | President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) | Feldman Presidential and Sutch Scholarship Recipient
- Interned at Becton, Dickinson and Company, identifying product safety failures
- Interned at Freudenberg Performance Materials, evaluating potential solutions for an optimized secondary carpet backing product
- Worked as a Teaching Assistant in Physics I course and as an Orientation Counselor for first-year students
- Served as a Tartan Ambassador and in multiple leadership roles with SWE, and was a member of Delta Delta Delta Delta and the Panhellenic Council
- Joining Medtronic as a Quality Engineer
Quote: “The Society of Women Engineers has been one of the most meaningful parts of my college journey. Through SWE, I’ve met so many incredible people, mentors, and lifelong friends who have shaped me in countless ways. I can’t wait to see all the amazing things SWE will accomplish in the years to come!”