Viterbi Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Meet the 2025 SURE Fellows
USC Viterbi School of Engineering hosted a total of 16 SURE fellows for the 2025 summer program. The SURE 2025 cohort came from 14 colleges and university across the country and represent a diversity of academic backgrounds and engineering interests. SURE fellows were placed in 15 different laboratories within Viterbi and conducted research under the guidance of over 14 faculty members, postdocs, and PhD students. Funding for SURE fellows was supported by various partners, including Amazon, USC-Meta Center, and USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Yasir White
Amazon SURE Fellow
Los Angeles Pierce College
Computer Science
Lab: LIRA
Faculty/PI: Erdem Biyik
Department:Â Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Alicia Lin
Amazon SURE Fellow
Princeton University
Mechanical Engineering
Lab: Fluid-Structure Interactions Lab
Faculty/PI:Â Mitul Luhar
Department:Â Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Sean Thompson
Viterbi SURE Fellow
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Computer Engineering
Lab: The Discover Project - Sport Lab
Faculty/PI: Massoud Pedram
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Angelica Peña
Amazon SURE Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
Mechanical Engineering
Lab: Haptics Robotics & Virtual Interaction (HaRVI) Lab
Faculty/PI: Heather Culbertson
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Eitan Feldman
Viterbi SURE Fellow
Rice University
Chemistry & Computer Science
Lab: Sharada Lab
Faculty/PI: Shaama Sharada
Department: Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Rileigh Mansfield
Viterbi SURE Fellow
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Applied Math
Lab: Nweke Research Group
Faculty/PI: Chukwuebuka Nweke
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Qingyang (Bob) Zeng
Amazon SURE Fellow
Harvey Mudd College
Computer Science
Lab:Â LIRA Lab
Faculty/PI: Erdem Biyik
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Hannah Feng
Viterbi SURE Fellow
Amherst College
Math
Lab: Kalluri Lab
Faculty/PI: Radha Kalluri
Department: Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Luke Bayliss
Amazon SURE Fellow
Williams College
Physics
Lab: Petersen Lab
Faculty/PI: Thomas Petersen
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Soumya Singh
Amazon SURE Fellow
East Los Angeles College
Computer Science
Lab: Interactions Lab
Faculty/PI: Maja Mataric
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Jordan Westphal
Viterbi SURE Fellow
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mechanical Engineering
Lab: RoboLAND Lab
Faculty/PI: Feifei Qian
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Cayley Tolbert-Schwartz
Amazon SURE Fellow
Yale University
Chemistry
Lab: McCurry Lab
Faculty/PI: Daniel McCurry
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Tanner Spendlove
Amazon SURE Fellow
Brigham Young University
Computer Science
Lab: Jon May's Lab
Faculty/PI: Jonathan May
Department:Â Information Science Institute
Sumayyah Ismail
Viterbi SURE Fellow
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Electrical Engineering
Lab: Biomedical Microsystems Lab
Faculty/PI: Ellis Meng
Department: Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ethan Foong
Viterbi SURE Fellow
Northwestern University
Computer Science, Computer Engineering
Lab: SLURM Lab
Faculty/PI: Daniel Seita
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Siddharth Bid
Viterbi SURE Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles
Physics
Lab: Dynamics & Controls Lab
Faculty/PI: Stephen Tu
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Published on October 19th, 2022
Last updated on August 4th, 2025
