VGVG SASA

The 2nd Annual

Viterbi Alumni &

Student Mixer

Viterbi Graduate Student Association

Saturday, September 24th

Schedule

1:00 – 1:30pm alumni check-in

1:00 – 2:00pm lunch for alumni, VGSA Senate, & Deans

2:00 – 2:30pm student check-in

2:00 – 3:00pm Alumni & Student Mixer

3:00 – 4:00pm department-specific alumni panels

ame: KAP165

ASTE: KAP134

BME: KAP137

CHE: KAP166

4:00 – 5:00pm desserts for alumni, students &

additional campus resources

CEE + ISE: KAP156

cs: KAP144/145/146/147/148

ee: KAP140/158/163

panelist

panelist

Amir nader aghayeghazvini antigen corporation

Project manager

university of southern California – m.s. mechanical engineering

university of Tehran – b.s. Mechanical engineering

Stephanie Fong edwards lifesciences

Technical development program engineer

University of southern California – m.s. mechanical engineering

University of southern California – b.s. biomedical engineering

James Humann Intelligent Systems Technology, Inc.

Research Scientist

University of southern California – Ph.d. Mechanical Engineering

University of southern California – M.S. Mechanical Engineering

University of Oklahoma – B.S. Mechanical Engineering

JONATHAN SAUDER nasa jet propulsion laboratory

Technologist, technology infusion group

university of southern California – ph.d. mechanical engineering

university of southern California – m.s. product development

Bradley university – b.s. mechanical engineering

Aerospace & mechanical

panelist

panelist

panelist

panelist

Dayung koh nasa jet propulsion laboratory

Postdoctoral fellow

university of southern California – ph.d. astronautical engineering

university of southern California – m.s. mechanical engineering

ajou university – b.s. mechanical engineering

Juha nieminen maidana research

Research assistant

helsinki university of technology– m.s. electrical engineering

university of southern California – m.s. astronautical engineering

Anthony shao microcosm, inc.

Systems engineer, space mission engineering & design

university of southern California – ph.d. astronautical engineering

university of southern California – m.s. astronautical engineering

adelphi university – b.s. physics

astronautical

panelist

panelist

panelist

Narendran murugan Edwards lifesciences

Regulatory affairs Specialist

university of southern California – m.s. Medical device &

Diagnostic engineering

Sairam Engineering College – B.S. Instrumentation & Control

Engineering

Travis peterson university of southern California

BME Ph.d. candidate, Biomechanics Research Laboratory

university OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – M.S. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

university of Washington – m.s. mechanical engineering

university of Minnesota, twin cities – b.S. biomedical engineering

Mandy lai peterson second sight medical products

Process Development engineer

university of southern California – m.s. biomedical engineering

university of Minnesota, twin cities – b.s. biomedical engineering

Herman tsang abbott laboratories

professional development program engineer

University of southern California – m.s. biomedical engineering

University of California, santa cruz – b.s. bioengineering

biomedical

panelist

panelist

panelist

Samantha huynh university of southern California

Bme Ph.d. student, Sanger Lab

university of southern California – m.s. materials engineering

Rochester institute of technology – b.s. mechanical engineering

Simin Mehrabani SCAQMD

Air Quality Engineer

university of southern California – Ph.D. Chemical & Biological Sensors

university of southern California – m.s. Chemical Engineering

Iran University of Science & Technology – B.S. Chemical Engineering

Siddhi sawant arkema coating resins

Health, Environment & Safety technician

university of southern California – m.s. chemical engineering

vishwakarma institute of technology, pune – b.s. chemical engineering

Sam schoenberg usc Viterbi energy institute

Program manager, laboratory for energy security systems

university of southern California – m.s. petroleum engineering

university of California, los Angeles – b.s. environmental science

Max Solanki Energy & Business Development Professional

university of southern California – M.B.A.

university of California, los Angeles – M.S. Petroleum Engineering

Montana Tech – B.S. Petroleum Engineering

Chemical & Petroleum

panelist

panelist

Edward Gandara Transtech Engineers, Inc.

Associate Engineer & Office Engineer

university of southern California – m.s. Civil Engineering

university of California, Irvine – B.S. Civil Engineering

Adarsh Hanchinal ETC Building & Design

Project Engineer

university of southern California – m.s. construction engineering

sri bhagawan mahaveer jain college – b.s. civil engineering

Balraj more southern ca association of governments

Transportation modeling intern

university of southern California – m.s. transportation & highway

engineering

university of pune – b.e. civil engineering

Joseph nad drs engineering inc., US Army

Project engineer, mos 91B Specialist

university of southern California – m.s. civil engineering

pondicherry engineering college – b.Tech. civil engineering

Civil & environmental

panelist

panelist

panelist

Leon aburime robert half, ucla

Salaried Professional/Consultant, ui developer

university of southern California – m.s. computer science

northern Illinois university – b.s. mechanical engineering

Bharathwaj nandakumar Treyarch/Activision

senior software engineer

university of southern California – m.s. computer science

Hindustan college of engineering, Chennai – b.s. electrical,,

electronics & communications engineering

Pallav rustogi eharmony

Software engineer

university of southern California – m.s. computer science

visvesvaraya technological university – b.e. information science

Computer science

panelist

panelist

Rishi sinha Facebook, inc..

Performance & capacity engineer

university of southern California – ph.d. computer science

Birla institute of technology & science, pilani – b.e. computer science

Artem stafeev bluebeam software

software engineer II

university of southern California – m.s. computer science

higher school of economics – b.s. software engineering

Brian vanover microsoft corporation

Software development engineer ii

university of southern California – m.s. computer science

rice university – m.s. statistics

Arizona state university – b.s. economics, b.s. mathematics

Computer science

panelist

panelist

Theodora chaspari university of southern California

EE Ph.d. candidate, Signal Analysis & Interpretation Laboratory

university of southern California – m.s. electrical engineering

national technical university of Athens – b.s. electrical &

Computer engineering

Sonal chhabria cisco systems, inc

Software engineer, wireless lan controller developer

university of southern California – m.s. electrical engineering - CN

M.S. ramaiah institute of technology – b.e. telecom engineering

Farrah gulzar Northrup Grumman corporation

Electronics & payloads technical intern

university of southern California – M.S. product development

university of southern California – b.s. electrical engineering - CE

Nikhil kulkarni ciena corporation

Sdn/nfv software engineer ii

university of southern California – m.s. Electrical engineering - CN

b.m.s. college of engineering – b.e. telecom engineering

electrical

panelist

panelist

panelist

Shirin nikaein edmunds.com

Senior product manager

university of southern California – m.s. Electrical engineering

university of southern California – b.s. electrical engineering

Aayush pathak Intel corporation

Silicon architecture engineer

university of southern California – m.s. vlsi engineering

amity school of engineering & Technology – B.S. Electronics &

communications engineering

Gaurang vador capilarity inc. / directv

Systems engineer

university of southern California – m.s. electrical engineering

swami vivekananda institute of science & technology –

b.e. instrumentation & control systems engineering

electrical

panelist

panelist

Arash Dowlatshahi Tesoro Corporation

Project Controls Manager

university of southern California – m.s. engineering management

University of Science & Research – B.S. Process Engineering

Pratik dutta deloitte consulting

Business technology analyst

university of southern California – M.S. Iindustrial & systems

engineering

Sathyabama University – B.S. Mechanical & Production Engineering

Olumakin Ogunduyile Deloitte Consulting

Senior Consultant

university of southern California – m.s. engineering management

Adelphi University – B.S. Physics, Mathematics, Engineering

Shruthi prakash pwc, LLP

Associate consultant, Forensics technology services

university of southern California – m.s. engineering management

Visvesvaraya technological university – b.e. electronics &

communications engineering

Industrial & Systems

panelist

panelist

panelist

panelist

Vidyadhara kachur rao kpmg

Tax associate

university of southern California – m.s. engineering management

b.n.m. institute of technology – b.e. electrical, electronics &

communications engineering

Jason texeira deloitte consulting

Business technology analyst

university of southern California – m.s. engineering management

Mumbai university – b.e. mechanical engineering

Keith wolzinger American Airlines, Allied Pilots Assn

Captain (Boeing 777), Los Angeles Safety Committee Chairman

university of southern California – m.s. aviation safety, Institute of

Safety & Systems Management

san Jose state university – b.s. aeronautical Operations

Marty zisner leidos

Principle system safety engineer

university of southern California – m.s. systems management,

Systems Technology, Research & Development

California state university, Northridge – b.s. health science,

Environmental Health

Industrial & Systems

panelist

Additional resources

Usc career center

careers.usc.edu

connectsc: exclusive online job listed portal

on-campus recruiting (OCR)

Viterbi career connections

viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/careers/

viterbi career gateway: engineering-specific career related resource

career advising

viterbi student-alumni mentoring program (vsamp)

Usc alumni career services

Careers.usc.edu/alumni

connectsc: exclusive online job listed portal

careerbeam: comprehensive virtual career management tool

Usc alumni association

Alumni.usc.edu

career access resource library: job directory & professional society collection

VGVG SASA

Thank you!

- Executive board - Joycelyn yip, president

Vinay LeeLadhar piratla, executive vice president

Yuta ando, vice president of communications

Ranveer ghatge, vice president of finance SneHa Elizabeth jose, vice president of programs

- Senators -

Archana bettadapur

Priyank bhavsar

Yamini billigiri-madhavan

Nikhil chandak

Zhangzhengrong feng

Priyambada jain

Sudha kaushik

Nimika sanjeev kumar

Rishi malhan

Megha manjunath

Hydari begum masuma

Lohith paripati

Karim samy

Taniket sawant

Vivek shelke

Bijan shiravi

Sameer srivastava

Vaibhav vishal

Qili wang

James webb

Viterbi graduate student association 2016-2017 senate