Our Lab Members
Lab Director
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Laura Melissa Cruz Castro
Lab Director; Instructional Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education
Engineering education, machine learning, and computing education
PhD Students
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Maryam Khalid Multani
PhD Student, Engineering Education, since 2024
AI in education, women in engineering, and personalized and experiential learning
Undergraduate Researchers
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Evelyn Colon
Undergraduate Researcher, since 2024
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Elizabeth Robles
Undergraduate Researcher, MEST Data Science Team; Peer Mentor, COP2273, since 2026
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Andrew Dodds
Undergraduate Researcher, MEST Data Science Team; Peer Mentor, COP2273, since 2026
Peer Mentors
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Stephen Zell
Lead Peer Mentor, COP2273, since 2025
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Cristobal Andrade
Peer Mentor, COP2273, since 2025
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Anabel Pastrana
Peer Mentor, COP2273, since 2025
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Tristan Conway
Peer Mentor, COP2273, since 2025
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Sibi Seenivasan
Master's Student M.S. Data Science, Peer Mentor, COP2273, since 2026
Alumni
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Daniyal Abbasi
Master's Student Computer Science; LLM Researcher, 2024 to 2026
Now: Senior ML Engineer, Triomics
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Deivanai Thiyagarajan
Master's Student M.S. Data Science; LLM Researcher, 2024 to 2026
Now: Data Engineer, Meta
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Sainath Chettupally
Master's Student M.S. Data Science; LLM Researcher, 2025 to 2026
Now: AI Engineer
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Rishabh Srivastav
M.S. Computer Science; LLM Researcher, 2023 to 2025
Now: SDE II, Amazon
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Cameron Brown
Undergraduate Researcher, Computer Science, Peer Mentor COP3503C, 2022 to 2024
Now: Software Engineer, Autonomy Integration, Glydways
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Yemima Dort
Undergraduate Peer Mentor, COP2273, 2024 to 2025
Now: Cyber and Privacy Associate, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
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Daniel Melendez
Lead TA, COP3503C; Undergraduate Researcher, MEST, 2024 to 2026
Now: SWE Citi
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Diego Aguilar
Lead TA, COP3503C and COP2273, 2023 to 2025
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Ian Zhou
Undergraduate Researcher, COP3503C and MEST, 2023 to 2024
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Shruti Patel
Undergraduate Researcher, 2024 to 2025
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Manuel Alvarez
Peer Mentor, COP2273, 2025
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Corey Philips
Peer Mentor, COP2273, COP3503, 2023 to 2025
Now: SWE Lockheed Martin
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Kirill Luka
Peer Mentor, COP2273, COP3503C, 2024 to 2026
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Liam Gale
Peer Mentor, COP2273, COP3503C, 2025 to 2026
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Akash Kumar
Researcher, debugging project, 2024
Now: Software Engineer, ServiceNow
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Isabella Victoria
Graduate Researcher, 2023 to 2024
Now: Engineering Analyst @ Kimley Horn
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Kai Blahnik
Undergraduate Researcher, 2024
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Elizabeth Lourcey
Undergraduate Researcher, 2023 to 2024
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Camila Morales
Undergraduate Researcher, 2024 to 2025
Now: Search AI @ google