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Joan Manuel Dela Cruz, is currently pursuing a BS/MS in
Mechanical Engineering and is in the
fourth year of the five year BS/MS co-op
program. He first performed a Summer
Internship with Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation in Stratford, CT. Joan
created and analyzed damage
calculations and S-N (load cycle) curves
for S-76 tail rotor components which were based on previous
fatigue testing. He is a recipient of the Igor Sikorsky
Scholarship and has been an active member of the NU SHPE
(Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers). He also cofounded
a new student organization on campus known as
DRYVE (Dominican Republic Youth Volunteer Efforts
Gidley Dorlus, is pursuing a BS/MS in Mechanical
Engineering and is currently in the fourth
year of the five year BS/MS program. In
addition to being in the joint BS/MS
program, he wants to get an MBA in the
future. Gidley participated in an REU at
Harvard University. After completing his
first co-op, Gidley applied to and became
the third NU recipient of the Igor
Sikorsky Scholarship Program. He has been the Academic
Excellence Chair of BESS (Black Engineering Student
Society), which is the NU NSBE (National Society of Black
Engineers) student chapter and Public Relations Coordinator
of HSU (Haitian Student Unity). Gidley was also a participant
of the 2008 LSAMP Summer Bridge Program as an incoming
freshman.
Christian Mantilla, is currently in his fourth year at
Northeastern University. He is pursuing a
BS in Chemical Engineering. He is in the
Honors Program and has served as an RA
for the Honors LLC. He had his first coop
working for EMD Pharmaceuticals in
Cambridge, MA. He is also a member of
NU SHPE (Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers), and has been a
member of BESS (Black Engineering
Student Society) and EWB (Engineers Without Borders). As
a member of EWB, Christian traveled to Honduras, Central
America to help assess, design, develop and implement a fresh
drinking water delivery system into a targeted village
Christian is a former 2008 LSAMP Summer Bridge student
participant as an incoming freshman.
Rochelle Willis is from Boston, MA and received the Boston
Public School Scholarship to attend
Northeastern University. She is a fourth year
student who is currently pursuing a BS in
Civil Engineering scheduled to graduate in
2013. She plans to attend graduate school in
the Fall of 2013. She is a member of Chi
Epsilon, the Civil Engineering Honor
Society, where she serves as webmaster. She has served as the
PCI (Pre-Collegiate Initiative) Chair for the BESS chapter of
NSBE and is currently the Academic Excellence Chair.
Rochelle has also served as Secretary for CSO (Caribbean
Student Organization) and is currently Vice President.
Justin White is a fourth year BS Computer Engineering
Honors student and Reggie Lewis
Scholarship recipient. He was a
Gordon-CenSSIS Scholar and
performed an REU Summer of 2009 at
Northeastern University Gordon-
CenSSIS Engineering Research Center
working to accelerate CT imaging
reconstruction. Currently, Justin is
employed for his second co-op for the US Government – as a
Student Trainee in Washington, DC, where he has received a
complete background check and secret security clearance.
Babatunde “Baba” Ogunfemi, is in his fourth year pursuing
a dual major BS in Electrical and
Computer Engineering (ECE) as a member
of the class of 2013Baba has participated
in two co-ops and has done study abroad in
Paris, France where he was able to study
parallel programming and supply chain.
As an active member of NSBE, Baba was
selected to receive a Scholarship Award
from the Board of Corporate Affiliates (BCA) at the 2010
NSBE Annual Convention held in Ontario, Canada. He is
planning to go to graduate school. Baba was a participant in
the 2008 LSAMP Summer Bridge Program as an incoming
freshman.
Sarah Sanchez is in her third year of a five year co-op
program pursuing a double major BS in
Civil Engineering and BS in
Environmental Science as a member of the
graduating class of 2014. Sarah is
currently Vice President of External
Affairs for the NU SHPE (Society of
Hispanic Professional Engineers) chapter. Sarah is a CenSSIS
Scholar who performed environmental engineering
undergraduate research during the Summer of 2010, with
Professor Ferdi Hellweger. Her research involved the testing
of the Charles River and the effort being undertaken to clean
up and reclaim the Charles River for possible swimming by
the public. The research she performed essentially involved
E.coli testing on the Charles River. Sarah was a participant in
the 2009 LSAMP Summer Bridge Program as an incoming
freshman.
Samantha Kendrick is in her third year pursuing a BS in
Civil Engineering and a Minor in Mathematics. She
participated in a 2010 Summer REU as a Gordon-CenSSIS
Scholar. Samantha worked with Professor Akram
Alshawabkeh on the PROTECT project
(Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring
Contamination Threats) for her Summer
REU. She researched contamination
waste sites and hazardous sites in Puerto
Rico in the efforts of finding long term
sustainable solutions to cleanup the sites.
Samantha has been an active member of SWE (Society of
Women Engineers) and BESS (Black Engineering Student
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