Adeel is a first year student at School of Information pursuing Master of Information Management and Systems with a concentration in Product Management. Prior to joining Berkeley, he was working as a Senior Product Manager at a product startup in the sales and marketing space. He has a bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering from… Read More »
Group: Graduate Student Instructor
Graduate Student Instructor
Andrew Dickson
Communications for Engineering Leaders
I’m a grad student in Applied Science, working at the intersection between biology and computer science.
Ann Rutt
Communications for Engineering Leaders
Ann is a PhD Candidate in Materials Science & Engineering. Her research focuses on discovering new cathode materials for next generation batteries using computational methods. Ann graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2016 with her BS in Materials Science & Engineering and an additional major in Biomedical Engineering. She then worked as an experimentalist in… Read More »
Anurag Roy
Communications for Engineering Leaders
Anurag is a PhD student in the Medical Polymer Group at UC Berkeley and works on the tribology and mechanical behavior of orthopedic implants. He is the recipient of the Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Study. Anurag received his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Varanasi (IIT-BHU) in 2016.… Read More »
Brian Howell
Teaming and Project Management; Coaching for High Performance Teams
Brian Howell is currently a PhD student in the Multiphysics Simulation and Optimization Laboratory at in the Mechanical engineering. His research interests lie in non-convex optimization, numerical simulation, and materials science. His current work aims to develop optimization schemes for numerical simulations of non-Newtonian flow and UV-curing kinetics for additive manufacturing. Previously, he worked as… Read More »
Callie Rhoades
Communications for Engineering Leaders
Callie Rhoades is a multimedia journalist and second-year Master of Journalism student in the Graduate School of Journalism. She graduated in December 2019 from the University of Colorado Boulder with a BA in Journalism and a minor in Technology, Arts and Media.
Chris Ferenci
Communications for Engineering Leaders
Chris is a second year student at the Berkeley School of Information pursuing a Master of Information Management and Systems with a focus on Product Management and Data Visualization. Prior to joining Berkeley, Chris was the Creative Director and co-founder of design and web agency Mobile First Studios, led mobile product design at Environmental Systems… Read More »
Jonathan McKinley
Communications for Engineering Leaders
I am a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering working in biomechanics on microfluidic based models of the soft tissue in the spine. Having worked with the Fung Institute as a GSI since 2016 I have been thrilled to watch and take part in its growth into a world class institute. In this time, I have… Read More »
Lisa Torres
Communications for Engineering Leaders
Lisa is a second-year PhD student with research focusing on design optimization in total joint replacement. She began her studies as a transfer student who received her B.S. in mechanical engineering from UC Berkeley in 2014. After gaining a passion for the healthcare field, she obtained her M.S. in biomedical engineering from Columbia University in… Read More »
Melissa Abed
The Art of STEM Communication
Melissa is a 2nd year MS/PhD student in the mechanical engineering department at UC Berkeley and her focus is in materials. Her current research is investigating the influence of a radial stiffness gradient on composite bulk mechanics. More specifically, her work looks into these functionally graded materials to replicate the function of a healthy human… Read More »