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2025 Fall Steering Committee<\/h6>\n

President<\/em>:
\nEmily McCabe, Mechanical Engineering
\n
\n<\/em>Committee Members:<\/em>
\nAbby Grillo, Mechanical Engineering
\nMarion Hagstrom, Mechanical Engineering
\nSerena Abraham, Electrical and Computer Engineering
\nTerra Lee, Child Development and Neuroscience
\nMarilyn Lionts, Computer Science
\nSriya Bapatla, Biomedical Engineering
\nMaddie Dudley, Mechanical Engineering
\nSara Purdue, Mechanical Engineering
\nManasa Sripati, Biomedical Engineering
\nAnna Machado, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n

Staff Advisor
\n<\/em>Michelle Bukowski, VISE Program Manager
\n
\nFaculty Advisor:
\n<\/em>Jie Ying Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/p>\n

2024-2025 Steering Committee<\/h6>\n

President<\/em>:
\nEmily McCabe, Mechanical Engineering
\nCommittee Members:
\n<\/em>Jumanh Atoum, Computer Science
\nAbby Grillo, Mechanical Engineering
\nMarion Hagstrom, Mechanical Engineering
\nSerena Abraham, Electrical and Computer Engineering
\nAnnie Benson, Engineering in Surgery and Intervention
\nTerra Lee, Child Development and Neuroscience
\nMarilyn Lionts, Computer Science
\nAllison McCabe, Cancer Biology
\nNancy Newlin, Computer Science<\/p>\n

Staff Advisor
\n<\/em>Michelle Bukowski, VISE Program Manager
\nFaculty Advisor:
\n<\/em>Jie Ying Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/p>\n

2023-2024 Steering Committee<\/h6>\n

President<\/em>: Nhung Hoang, Computer Science
\nProfessional Development Coordinators: <\/em>Emily McCabe, Mechanical Engineering, and Jumanh Atoum, Computer Science
\nSocial Coordinators: <\/em>Caroline Martin, Clinical Research Coordinator, and Behnaz Akbarian, Biomedical Engineering
\nSecretary: <\/em>Shiyu Wang, <\/em>Computer Science
\nCommunity Liaison: <\/em>Cristina Youwakim, Engineering in Surgery and Intervention
\nCommittee Members: <\/em>Neda Sardaripour, Biomedical Engineering, Praitayini Kanakaraj, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Abby Grillo, Mechanical Engineering
\nSecretary: <\/em>Shiyu Wang, Computer Science
\nVISE program coordinator: <\/em>Michelle Bukowski
\nFaculty Advisor: <\/em>Jie Ying Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/p>\n

2022-2023 Steering Committee<\/h6>\n

President<\/em>:\u00a0Nhung Hoang, PhD student, Computer Science<\/em>
\nEmily McCabe, PhD student, Mechanical Engineering
\nCaroline Martin, Research Assistant, NEURDY Lab
\nMorgan Ringel, PhD student, Biomedical Engineering
\nKatja Diaz-Granasos, PhD student, Interdisciplinary Materials Science
\nNeda Sardaripour, PhD student, Biomedical Engineering
\nPraitayini Kanakaraj, PhD student, electrical and computer engineering
\nShiyu Wang, PhD student, Biomedical Engineering
\nMichelle Bukowski, VISE program coordinator
\nFaculty Advisor<\/em>:\u00a0Jie Ying Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/em><\/p>\n

2021-2022 Steering Committee<\/h6>\n

President:<\/em>\u00a0Roza Bayrak, PhD student, electrical engineering<\/p>\n

Winona Richey, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nSarah Goodale, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nNhung Hoang, PhD student, computer science
\nHaley Adams, PhD student, computer science
\nCaroline Martin, Research Assistant
\nPraitayini Kanakaraj, PhD student, electrical and computer engineering
\nLaura Jade Elstub, Postdoctoral scholar, mechanical engineering
\nMichelle Bukowski, VISE program coordinator<\/p>\n

Faculty Advisor<\/em>: Ipek Oguz, Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/p>\n

2020-2021 Steering Committee<\/h6>\n

President:<\/em>\u00a0Saramati Narasimhan, post doctoral scholar, biomedical engineering<\/p>\n

Srijata Chakravorti, PhD student, electrical engineering
\nWinona Richey, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nSarah Goodale, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nEmelina Vienneau, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nRoza Bayrak, PhD student, electrical engineering
\nKatie Ozgun, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nKaty Riojas, PhD student, mechanical engineering
\nNhung Hoang, PhD student, computer science
\nMichelle Bukowski, VISE program coordinator<\/p>\n

Faculty Advisor<\/em>: Ipek Oguz, Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/p>\n

2019-2020 Steering Committee<\/h6>\n

President:<\/em>\u00a0Winona Richey, PhD student, biomedical engineering<\/p>\n

Srijata Chakravorti, PhD student, electrical engineering
\nLaura Masson, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nSarah Goodale, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nEmelina Vienneau, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nRoza Bayrak, PhD student, electrical engineering
\nKatie Ozgun, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nCarli DeJulius, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nSaramati Narasimhan, post doctoral scholar, biomedical engineering
\nMichelle Bukowski, VISE program coordinator<\/p>\n

Faculty Advisor:<\/em>\u00a0Ipek Oguz, Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/p>\n

2018-2019 Planning Team<\/h6>\n

Shika Chaganti, PhD student, department of electrical engineering and computer science
\nSrijata Chakravorti, PhD student, electrical engineering
\nColette Abah, PhD student, mechanical engineering
\nLaura Masson, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nSaramati Narasimhan, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nWinona Richey, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nJaime Tierney, PhD candidate, biomedical engineering
\nKristy Walsh, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nMichelle Bukowski, VISE program coordinator<\/p>\n

Faculty Advisor:<\/em>\u00a0Ipek Oguz,Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/p>\n

2017-2018 Planning Team<\/h6>\n

Shika Chaganti, PhD student, department of electrical engineering and computer science
\nSrijata Chakravorti, PhD student, electrical engineering
\nLaura Masson, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nSaramati Narasimhan, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nWinona Richey, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nJaime Tierney, PhD candidate, biomedical engineering
\nKristy Walsh, PhD student, biomedical engineering
\nMichelle Bukowski, VISE program coordinator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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