Viterbi Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Meet the 2023 SURE Fellows
USC Viterbi School of Engineering hosted a total of 39 SURE fellows for the 2023 summer program. The SURE 2023 SURE cohort came from 28 colleges and university across the country and represent a diversity of academic backgrounds and engineering interests. SURE fellows were placed in 33 different laboratories within Viterbi and conducted research under the guidance of over 50 faculty members, postdocs, and PhD students. Funding for SURE fellows was supported by various partners, including Amazon, USC-Meta Center, MESA, and USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
Adin Aberbach
USC-Meta SURE Fellow
Swarthmore College
Computer Science, Math
Lab: Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems
Faculty/PI: Mayank Kejriwal
Department: Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Akash Anand
Amazon SURE Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Engineering
Lab: Wireless Devices and Systems Group (WiDeS)
Faculty/PI: Andreas Molisch
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems
Anna Babchanik
Amazon SURE Fellow
Cal State University, Sacramento
Civil Engineering, Applied Mathematics
Lab: Nweke Research Group: The N.E.S.T
Faculty/PI: Chukwuebuka Nweke
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Brendyn Bryan
Amazon SURE Fellow
Arizona State University
Aerospace Engineering
Lab: Advanced Composites Design Lab
Faculty/PI: Bo Jin
Department: Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Elijah Clarke
Amazon SURE Fellow
Seton Hall University
Physics
Lab: Applied Movement and Pain Laboratory
Faculty/PI: Jason Kutch
Department: USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Alexander Du
USC-Meta SURE Fellow
Duke University
Computer Science
Lab: Networked Systems Laboratory
Faculty/PI: Ramesh Govindan
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Raaid Elmelegy
Amazon SURE Fellow
Santa Monica College
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
Lab: Cyber-Physical Systems Group
Faculty/PI: Paul Bogdan
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems
Victoria Graf
Amazon SURE Fellow
Princeton University
Computer Science
Lab: Language Understanding and Knowledge Acquisition (LUKA) Lab
Faculty/PI: Muhao Chen
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Jeffery Guo
Viterbi SURE Fellow
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mechanical Engineering
Lab: Biomedical Microsystems Lab
Faculty/PI: Ellis Meng
Department: Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Jaya Hamkins
Amazon SURE Fellow
Johns Hopkins University
Biomedical Engineering
Lab: Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (Chung Laboratory)
Faculty/PI: Eun Ji Chung
Department: Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Matthew Horgen
USC-Meta SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Computer Science
Lab: Dynamic Robotics and Control Lab
Faculty/PI: Quan Nguyen
Department: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
You Qi Huang
USC-Meta SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Computer Science
Lab: ML Theory Group
Faculty/PI: Vatsal Sharan
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Jinoo Kim
USC-Meta SURE Fellow
Columbia University
Computer Science
Lab: Srivastava Group
Faculty/PI: Ajitesh Srivastava
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems
Rachel Kurian
Amazon SURE Fellow
Texas A&M University
Electrical Engineering
Lab: Khan Lab
Faculty/PI: Yasser Khan
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electrophysics
Leila Leibert
Amazon SURE Fellow
College of Marin
Computer Science, Applied Mathematics
Lab: Knowledge Capture and Discovery Lab
Faculty/PI: Yolanda Gil
Department: USC Information Sciences Institute
Tiffany Liu
Amazon SURE Fellow
UC Berkeley
Data Science
Lab: Data Science Lab
Faculty/PI: Viktor Prasanna
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems; Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Elyse Low
Amazon SURE Fellow
UCLA
Computational and Systems Biology
Lab: Duncan Lab
Faculty/PI: Dominique Duncan
Department: Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Emilio Mendoza
Amazon SURE Fellow
Santa Monica College
Mechanical Engineering
Lab: Advanced Composites Design Lab
Faculty/PI: Bo Jin
Department: Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Vikram Meyer
USC-Meta SURE Fellow
Vanderbilt University
Computer Science
Lab: Optimization for Data Driven Science (ODDS)
Faculty/PI: Meisam Razaviyayn
Department: Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems
Leslie Moreno
Amazon SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Computer Science
Lab: GLAMOR (Grounding Language in Actions, Multimodal Observations, And Robots) Lab
Faculty/PI: Jesse Thomason
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Monserratt Navarrete Vega
Amazon SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Biomedical Engineering
Lab: Haptics Robotics and Virtual Interaction (HaRVI) Lab
Faculty/PI: Heather Culbertson
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Victoria Nunez
Amazon SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
Lab: Armani Lab
Faculty/PI: Andrea Armani
Department: Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Sofia Pantoja
Amazon SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Aerospace Engineering
Lab: Advanced Composites Design Lab
Faculty/PI: Bo Jin
Department: Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Jai Raccioppi
Amazon SURE Fellow
Stevenson University
Biomedical Engineering
Lab: USC Neural and Modeling Interface Lab
Faculty/PI: Dong Song
Department: Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Jairo Reynoso
Amazon SURE Fellow
Victor Valley College
Mechanical Engineering
Lab: Computational Systems Biology Laboratory
Faculty/PI: Stacey Finley
Department: Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Molecular and Computational Biology
Jade Roman
Viterbi SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Biochemistry
Lab: Armani Lab
Faculty/PI: Andrea Armani
Department: Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Daniel Ruiz
Amazon SURE Fellow
UC Berkeley
Mechanical Engineering
Lab: Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Faculty/PI: Yong Chen
Department: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sebastian Sanchez
Amazon SURE Fellow
Bowdoin College
Computer Science, Physics
Lab: Savla Research Group
Faculty/PI: Ketan Savla
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems
Rahel Salemon
Amazon SURE Fellow
Brown University
Computer Science
Lab: Allegro Lab
Faculty/PI: Robin Jia
Department: Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Christina Simon
Amazon SURE Fellow
Cornell University
Fiber Science
Lab: Zhao Research Group
Faculty/PI: Hangbo Zhao
Department: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Oliva Sipes
Amazon SURE Fellow
Towson University
Chemistry, Biology
Lab: McCurry Lab
Faculty/PI: Daniel McCurry
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Aishu Sivamurugan
Amazon SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Lab: Cyber-Physical Systems Group
Faculty/PI: Paul Bogdan
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems
Bria Smith
Amazon SURE Fellow
North Carolina A&T State University
Kinesiology
Lab: Applied Movement and Pain Laboratory
Faculty/PI: Jason Kutch
Department: USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Oscar Sosa Cordova
Amazon SURE Fellow
Cal State University, Fullerton
Civil Engineering
Lab: Nweke Research Group: The N.E.S.T
Faculty/PI: Chukwuebuka Nweke
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Daniel Tavarez
Amazon SURE Fellow
Texas A&M University
Mechanical Engineering
Lab: Geosystems Engineering and Multiphysics Lab<
Faculty/PI: Birendra Jha
Department: Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dario Tringali
USC-Meta SURE Fellow
University of Buffalo
Engineering Physics
Lab: Analog/RF Integrated Circuits, Microsystems, and Electromagnetics (ACME) Laboratory
Faculty/PI: Constantine Sideris
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems
Lily Williams
Amazon SURE Fellow
University of Colorado, Denver
Biomedical Engineering
Lab: Locomotor Control Lab
Faculty/PI: James Finley
Department: USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Sydney Zagorin
Amazon SURE Fellow
University of Southern California
Civil Engineering
Lab: Muin Research Group
Faculty/PI: Sifat Muin
Department: Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jose Zaragoza-Calderon
Amazon SURE Fellow
Cal State University, East Bay
Computer Engineering
Lab: Autonomous Networks Research Group
Faculty/PI: Bhaskar Krishnamachari
Department: Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Systems; Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Published on October 19th, 2022
Last updated on August 8th, 2023
