Past Presidents
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PRESIDENT(2021-2022)
OC EVENTS CHAIR(2018-2019) JONATHAN SANCHEZ Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering 2010 Time at UCI: During his first year on campus, he briefly played on the UCI rugby club team. While at UCI he was involved in the MAT Sci Club along with friends and classmates. In his senior year Jonathan was a team member for Free Wheelchair Mission during senior design. --------------- Bio: Since graduating from UCI, Jonathan has used his engineering background working at SmartHome in testing home automation hardware and software. He has also worked at OEM Press Systems as a Solidworks Enterprise Product Data Management Administrator and drafter. He currently works as an engineer for an industrial steam equipment manufacturer, Miura America Co., LTD. |
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TREASURER/HISTORIAN(2021-2022)
PRESIDENT (2019-2021) SECRETARY (2018-2019) PHOTOGRAPHER/HISTORIAN (2017-2018) OPERATIONS (2015-2017) AILEEN HUYNH Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Material Science Engineering ’12 Time at UCI: While at UCI, she has been involve with Imports@UCI as an active member and board member since freshmen year. She has been involved in Racecar Engineering as a senior project since junior year being a Chassis Team Member and Human Interface Team Lead with over 360 hours of time spent over the two years. Other involvements include Pi Tau Sigma, Material Science & Engineering Club, and did research in material science for 2 years. --------------- Bio: Aileen is currently working at an engineering service provider for product design and development specializing in medical device and diagnostic equipment. She helps families make and save money with the financial firm she is with while educating those in low, middle and high income how to better utilize their money into tax-free retirement. On the side, she is an aspiring photographer with a drive to capture moments in life with her camera. |
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PRESIDENT (2018-2019)
VICE CHAIR/PRESIDENT-ELECT (2017-2018) CRYSTAL MENA Degree: B.S. in Environmental Engineering ‘16 (UCI), M.S. in Civil Engineering ‘18 (CPP) Time at UCI: Crystal has been an active member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) as the External Vice President and served as Vice President of Recruitment for Phi Sigma Rho, the engineering and science sorority. She conducted water quality research in lagoons and in the Coastal Dynamic Lab, where she presented her research at symposiums. In addition to classes, she has worked with the Orange County Sanitation District informing the community about the wastewater treatment process and the benefits of water reuse. --------------- Bio: Crystal is a graduate student pursuing a master's degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, Pomona. Crystal works as a civil engineer in the land development group at Huitt-Zollars. She is also an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers OC Younger Members Forum. |
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PRESIDENT(2017-2018)
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR (2015-2016) JOSH JAGOW Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering ’11 Time at UCI: While at UCI he was involved with the student chapter American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Academic Senate and Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI). In his senior year he served as the Project Manager for the wind turbine project for senior design. In addition to a full course load, Josh worked 30 hours a week. --------------- Bio: Josh has utilized his engineering background and gift of public speaking to excel in sales engineering. He currently works in Commercial Building Systems Sales at the Air Treatment Corporation. Josh is a board member of the UCI Alumni – Los Angeles Chapter and the US Green Building Council. He is also an active participant of ASHRAE. |
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VICE PRESIDENT(2021-2022)
ADVERTISING & MARKETING CHAIR (2019-2021) LA EVENTS COORDINATOR (2017-2019) PRESIDENT (2016-2017) VICE CHAIR/PRESIDENT-ELECT (2015-2016) FOUNDER (2014-2015) KEVIN WOODS, P.E. Degree: B.S. in Civil Engineering ’11, M.S. in Civil Engineering ‘12 Time at UCI: Kevin was involved with the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Chi Epsilon Honor Society and Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI). --------------- Bio: At the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW), Kevin works as a Principal Civil Engineering Assistant. He has worked with GIS and right of way engineering, worked a water plan check counter in Malibu, designed water system improvements, performed analysis and planning for water quality projects, and currently works on traffic operations and electrical projects ranging from highway safety improvements to finding solutions to damaged traffic signal poles. He is also currently an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers' LA Younger Members Forum. |
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PRESIDENT (2015-2016)
FOUNDER (2014-2015) SITARA NAYUDU Degree: B.S. in Environmental Engineering, Minor in Management ‘11 Time at UCI: Sitara was involved with Engineering Student Council (ESC), the UCI Speech and Debate team, Pi Beta Phi, and the Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI). She was elected the undergraduate Student Body President in her senior year. In that time, she was also selected to be the first ever student to sit on the UCI Foundation Board of Trustees. --------------- Bio: Professionally, Sitara has taken her energy, charisma, and dynamism to the technology industry, where she has consistently functioned as the bridge between people, ideas, and product. As an early employee at Ring, the video doorbell company, Sitara helped build out the company’s smart home applications, first as a Senior Project Manager, then as a Senior Product Manager, helping to successfully position the company in its sale to Amazon. Now at Amazon, Sitara is spearheading the development of the Los Angeles chapter of Amazon Women in Engineering, helping to build a support and growth network for female engineers at the company. Prior to Ring, Sitara worked as the Manager of Implementation at Cargomatic, a start-up focused on creating efficiency in the shipping industry, and as a consultant at Kaiser Permanente, where she helped healthcare systems around the country implement software to manage their workflows. In 2019, Sitara was awarded the Lauds and Laurels – Distinguished Young Alumna award for her professional achievements and community engagement. |
Past Officers
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COMMUNICATIONS (2019-2020)
VICE PRESIDENT (2018-2019) OC EVENTS DIRECTOR (2017-2018) PHOTOGRAPHER/HISTORIAN (2015-2016) IRVIN HUANG Degree: B.S. in Electrical Engineering ’14, M.S. in Computer Science '17 Time at UCI: While attending UC Irvine, Irvin had his name misspelled constantly, whether it was as a marketing commissioner for the sustainability branch of student government, TGIF, or as the president of the school’s chapter of IEEE. While correcting these errors, Irvin helped lead a team to build UCI’s first ever maze solving robot, threw two campus-wide LAN parties and got an article published in the campus newspaper about baby pigs and bacon. He also wrote and researched about entrepreneurs, bedbugs, microgrids and created a tutorial on energy modeling software. --------------- Bio: In his free time, Irvin does judo at the Irvine Judo club and dances with the Southern Wind Lion Dance team at UCI. He also assists enterprise users with their software robots as a technical support engineer at Kofax and is a graduate student at Mississippi State University, where he is pursuing a MBA in Project Management, having completed his Master's in Computer Science at the University of Illinois already. During his downtime, he goes to Yelp Elite events, plays Pokemon Go and hosts boba nights for the OC IEEE Young Professionals group. |
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EVENTS CHAIR(2021-2022)
LOS ANGELES COUNTY EVENTS CHAIR (2015-2022) EMILY NG Degree: B.A. in Business Economics, Minor in Business Management ’10 Time at UCI: In addition to her studies, she completed the Disney College Program internship and served as Vice President of Finance for Phi Sigma Rho, the National Science and Engineering Sorority. During her last year, she studied abroad at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. --------------- Bio: Emily has completed a Certificate in Accounting at UCLA Extension and she is currently studying for the CPA licensing exams. She regularly attends events for UCI Alumni Association and serves as the UCI Phi Sigma Rho Alumni Association Vice President of Finance. |
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TREASURER (2019-2020)
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT (2018-2019) RICARDO NOGUERA Degree: B.S. in Chemical Engineering ’16 Time at UCI: Ricardo has been an active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) as the Vice President Internal. He also served as a Chemical Engineering Car Project Manager, a research and design project related to AIChE. He was a member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). In addition to classes, he has interned with Shell Oil Company in Deer Park, TX as a refinery engineer. --------------- Bio: Ricardo works as a wastewater operator at Irvine Ranch Water District. |
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COMMITTEE MEMBER (2018-2019)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (2015-2018) JASON A. TRAN Degree: B.S. in Electrical Engineering ’10 (UCI), M.S. in Electrical Engineering ’12 (UCLA) Time at UCI: As an undergraduate at UCI, Jason served as the President and Treasurer of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – UC Irvine Chapter. He also was involved in the Engineering Student Council (ESC) and a member of the Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. --------------- Bio: Jason is a Member of the Technical Staff at the Aerospace Corporation and a Ph.D student in the Autonomous Networks Research Group (ANRG) at the University of Southern California working on research in field of wireless networks and embedded systems. |
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OPERATIONS CO-CHAIR (2018-2019)
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT CO-DIRECTOR (2017-2018) BRIAN BROWN Degree: B.S. in Electrical Engineering ’08 Time at UCI: Before completing a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Brian spent 4+ years of active duty with the US Navy as an aviation electrician and 11 years in the reserves. Additionally he spent 3 years in the army reserves as a transportation officer. During his time at UCI he was involved with the school’s hybrid car team --------------- Bio: Brian is now an Engineer at Fisker automotive where he works with passive and active safety. Now living in Westminster he enjoys photography and motorcycles. |
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TREASURER (2017-2019)
CLEVER TAN Degree: B.S. in Civil Engineering '13 Time at UCI: During his time at UCI, Clever served as Public Relations Co-Chair with Engineering Student Council (ESC), helped found Theta Tau at UCI as Internal Vice President, and served as a member of the student chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). --------------- Bio: Clever is currently a Civil Engineering contractor at Orange County Public Works (OCPW) with the Traffic and Design group. He has worked on a variety of projects including intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Signal Synchronization, Traffic Control, Stage Construction, Signing and Striping, Bike Trails, Street Improvement, Street Lighting, Signal Design, and managing Neighborhood Traffic. |
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MEMBERSHIP CO-CHAIR (2017-2019)
JONATHAN WANG Degree: B.S. Civil Engineering '11 Time at UCI: Jonathan joined ESC during his junior year in college. During his senior year at UCI, he became the Marshal in Chi Epsilon. --------------- Bio: Jonathan currently works for a boiler company in Commerce, CA. In addition, he started a catering service company for his mother in January 2016. He hopes to find a way to share his mother's homemade meals with as many people as he can. |
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT CO-CHAIR (2017-2018)
ARIEL LOUIE Degree: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering ’18 Time at UCI: After transferring from a community college, Ariel became involved in the Engineering Student Council (ESC) and was a member of the Faculty Engagement Committee. Ariel enjoyed expanding her social and academic network. She joined the STEM sorority, Phi Sigma Rho and represented in ESC's President as the External Communications Chair. She also learned and conducted research on electrospray technology in the Electric Propulsion Lab. In her junior and senior year, Ariel was involved in the Rocket Engine Development design project and the UAV Forge deign project. Her true passion grew in UAV Forge. As a Mechanical Design member, where she developed an airframe and electronics housing for a VTOL tilt rotor aircraft. She was also the Documentation Officer and wrote project progress blogs on ucimaeprojects.com. With these two experiences, she became the Project Manager and lead UAV Forge towards the AUVSI SUAS Competition. As first time competitors, Ariel and her team placed within the top 40 teams. --------------- Bio: On her free time, Ariel enjoys swing dancing (thanks to the UCI Swing Club), Japanese pop culture, and cosplaying at anime conventions.. Fun facts about Ariel: she's played the violin for 10 years, she has a twin, and she loves to cook! Her favorite foods are curry, ceviche, and Korean cuisine. |
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT CO-CHAIR (2018-2019)
ANDREW “Drew” BROUWER Degree: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering ‘14 (UCI), B.S. in Physics, Minor in English Literature ’12 (USCB) Time at UCI: Drew attended UCI to earn his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering in the Computational Linkage Design Lab under Dr. J. Michael McCarthy. The transition from Physics methodology was bumpy, and Drew still does not trust Matlab. Drew also worked as a TA for undergraduate courses, and provided assistance in the machine shop and undergraduate laboratory spaces in Engineering Gateway. --------------- Bio: Drew is the proud husband of another UCI graduate, Michelle Maasz (Dance and Art History ’12). He works as an Assistant Project Manager for The Vertex Companies, a global Construction and Environmental Consulting firm. He and his wife recently moved back from a 19-month assignment in Germany, and they enjoy attending UCI Alumni events as often as their schedule allows! |
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MEMBERSHIP CO-CHAIR (2017-2019)
JOAN HSU Degree: B.S. in Civil Engineering ’14 (UCI), M.S. in Civil Engineering – Transportation ’16 (CPP) Time at UCI: While at UCI, Joan was involved with the student chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and was on the executive board for Engineers without Borders – UC Irvine (EWB-UCI) for 3 years. She was an active sister of the engineering and science sorority for women Phi Sigma Rho, and served on their executive board during her senior year. Outside of the engineering community, she was involved with the Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI), where she served as Visions Leadership Commissioner and held a leadership position with the Antleader Mentorship Program (AMP). --------------- Bio: Joan is currently working at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). Joan is a Transportation Engineering Associate with the Traffic Signal Design group. She has worked on a variety of City wide projects including Spring ^ Main Forward, Great Streets & Complete Streets designs, scramble crosswalks, and Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) projects. |
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OC EVENT CHAIR (2018-2019)
DEAN LALAP Degree: M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering and Business Management ‘16 (King’s College London), B.S. in Physics, Applied Physics Concentration in Electrical Engineering ’15 (UCI) Time at UCI: During the first two years, Dean was involved in the UCI Anteater Band where he played baritone horn and drum set. In this time he also joined Triangle Fraternity where he held the role of Marketing Director. In his third year while studying abroad at the University of Manchester, he served as the Marketing Officer for the Manchester Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (MANSEDS). Upon returning to UCI for his final year, Dean increasingly became more involved with Triangle, taking on the reigns as the Songfest Musical Director for a joint production of Hairspray with two other Greek organizations Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Epsilon Pi. With the help of Triangle, he also started a yearly high school hovercraft camp outreach program, where he and the team traveled to his alma mater Citrus Hill High School in Perris, CA to give underrepresented and disadvantaged high school students hands-on engineering experience with building a hovercraft from scratch. --------------- Bio: Dean's professional experience spans a wide range of industries, including retail, education, entertainment, finance, science, and engineering. Upon graduating from UCI, he went on to earn a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering and Business Management at King's College London. Dean currently works as a software engineer at Laser Associated Sciences. |
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OPERATIONS/WEBSITE CHAIR (2018-2019)
RONALD DOMHOLDT Degree: B.S. in Environmental Engineering ’16, M.S. in Climate Science and Engineering '18 Time at UCI: Ronald was an active member of Tau Beta Pi (TBP) and American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES). He interned at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Mars Missions: InSight and Rover 2020 and did --------------- Bio: Ronald recently graduated with his Master's degree and is seeking employment. He is an avid cyclist, Dodgers fan, and traveler. |
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STUDENT LIAISON DIRECTOR (2018-2019)
BISMARCK CHIANG Degree: B.S. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering '20 Time at UCI: Bismarck has been of service to Engineering Student Council in 2 key roles of External Vice President and Development Vice President. He has been apart of 2 senior design groups (Solar Airplane, Fuel Cell Data Center) and 1 UROP research projects. He has been a member of TOMO NO KAI, a Japanese & Japanese-American cultural organization at UCI. --------------- Bio: Bismarck is an avid reader and life long learner. On his free time, he enjoys reading self-development books that help him sharpen his people skills, habit formation, and personal finance. During long breaks, he is usually in a different state, county, and/or continent. Some of his recent travels include Illinois, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, & Japan. |
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (2015-2016,2021-2022)
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ Degree: B.S. in Computer Science '13 Time at UCI: While attending UCI Robert enjoyed volunteering for organizations on and off campus. He was the External Vice President for the IEEE Student Branch at UCI, the Vice President of Corporate Affairs for the Student Chapter of MAES: Latinos in Science in Engineering, a committee member of the ICS Student Council, a sponsorship and planning chair for the Zotcade and IEEE Lan Parties, a research assistant in the Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction (LUCI), and a student volunteer and tournament coordinator for the International Games Innovation Conference 2011. Robert also started UCI’s participation in the IEEExtreme Global Programming Competition in 2012, which UCI still competes in today and placed 2nd in the world in 2017. When he wasn’t studying or volunteering, he had internships at Quest Software, EMC Corporation, Operation Technology Inc, and Edwards Lifesciences. --------------- Bio: Since graduating from UCI, Robert has been a software engineer for consulting companies working on call center software, middleware for investment management firms, and cloud migration. He has also stayed involved with UCI by helping out the ACM student chapter with a quadcopter project, assisting in relaunching the ICS Alumni Chapter, and as a committee member at the launch of the Engineering Alumni Society. In his free time Robert enjoys upcycling items, growing his own food in containers/hydroponically/aquaponically, hiking, slaying internet dragons in video games, kayaking in the Newport Back Bay, and designing and building props for his annual Halloween and Christmas displays. |