Meet the team.
Our team works tirelessly to provide the best possible first year engineering experience. We have a diverse mix of industry professionals, university professors, and student leaders who bring their passion for engineering and innovation into everything they do.
Instructors

Ali Akbarian
Section(s): 1102
Section(s): 1102

Ted Baker
Section(s): 0201
Section(s): 0201

Dani Barker
Section(s): 0601, 1001
Section(s): 0601, 1001

Rick Blanton
Section(s): 0302
Section(s): 0302

Ethan Burbridge
Section(s): 1101
Section(s): 1101

Kevin Chiu
Section(s): 0602, 0702, 1201, FC02
Section(s): 0602, 0702, 1201, FC02

Josh Cocker
Section(s): 0701
Section(s): 0701

Mike Galczynski
Section(s): FC01
Section(s): FC01

Akshay Kandakumar
Section(s): 1202
Section(s): 1202

Amy Karlsson
Section(s): 0801
Section(s): 0801

David Kriesberg
Section(s): 0802
Section(s): 0802

Isabel Lloyd
Section(s): 0401
Section(s): 0401

Daanish Maqbool
Section(s): 1002
Section(s): 1002

Kevin Martz
Section(s): 0502
Section(s): 0502

Peter Sunderland
Section(s): 0501
Section(s): 0501
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Nam Facchetti

Matthew Paul
Undergraduate Teaching Fellows
UTFs are the backbone of our classrooms. They each provide direct support to one instructor and their students for the entire duration of the course.

Leeam Berman
Section: 0402
Section: 0402

Sabine Buccheri
Section: 0401
Section: 0401

Beatriz Dias de Sousa
Section: 0702
Section: 0702

Sara Durborow
Section: 1101
Section: 1101

Sean Eby
Section: 0801
Section: 0801

Natalie Finkelstein
Section: 0601
Section: 0601

Anushka Kaluskar
Section: 0301
Section: 0301

Sara Kamili
Section: 0502
Section: 0502

Talha Khan
Section: 1201
Section: 1201

Aaron Mengesha
Section: FC02
Section: FC02

Daniel Peloquin
Section: 0602
Section: 0602

Terrence Pierce
Section: 0201
Section: 0201

Kaylee Plecas
Section: 0501
Section: 0501

Deepika Pun
Section: 1202
Section: 1202

Sophie Scherz
Section: 0302
Section: 0302

Andrew Schwartzman
Section: 1002
Section: 1002

Stephen Snyder
Section: 1102
Section: 1102

Ryan Vacek
Section: FC01
Section: FC01

Caleb Vu
Section: 0802
Section: 0802

Maggie Yan
Section: 0701
Section: 0701

Sophi Zeiler
Section: 1001
Section: 1001
Laboratory Teaching Fellows
LTFs work behind the scenes to maintain our course technologies and develop new ones. They also offer technical support to students and instructors throughout the semester.

Emily Cleveland

Maggie Crooks

Zoe Edwards

Ann-Audrey Ezi

Anuraag Karunakaran

Larson Ozbun

John Paulenich

Lara Tran

Camille Wharff
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