2024-25 Outstanding Junior Engineers
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Ali Russell
Civil Engineering
Dual Major: Business Administration
Minor: Entrepreneurship
Experience:Â Bronco Athletic Association Intern, customer service specializing in event management and teamwork.
Activities:Â Boise State Student Philanthropy Board founding board member and ASCE Timber-Strong Team President.
Hobbies:Â Being creative and staying active, running a small photography business, cooking, quilting, running, skiing, and yoga.
Post-Grad Plans:Â Excited to pursue a career in structural engineering while obtaining my PE. Long-term I would like to start my own business in home development to combine my engineering and entrepreneurial goals.
Meridian, IDDual Major: Business Administration
Minor: Entrepreneurship
Experience:Â Bronco Athletic Association Intern, customer service specializing in event management and teamwork.
Activities:Â Boise State Student Philanthropy Board founding board member and ASCE Timber-Strong Team President.
Hobbies:Â Being creative and staying active, running a small photography business, cooking, quilting, running, skiing, and yoga.
Post-Grad Plans:Â Excited to pursue a career in structural engineering while obtaining my PE. Long-term I would like to start my own business in home development to combine my engineering and entrepreneurial goals.
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Caleb Shepherd
Civil Engineering
Experience:Â Structural Engineering Intern with Power Engineers.
Hobbies:Â Snowboarding, Legos, paddleboarding, and football.
Post-Grad Plans: Gain indsutry and career experience within the next 4 years while completing my PE, then maybe return to complete a master’s degree. Join engineering societies to keep up with sustainable engineering news and practices.
Twin Falls, IDExperience:Â Structural Engineering Intern with Power Engineers.
Hobbies:Â Snowboarding, Legos, paddleboarding, and football.
Post-Grad Plans: Gain indsutry and career experience within the next 4 years while completing my PE, then maybe return to complete a master’s degree. Join engineering societies to keep up with sustainable engineering news and practices.
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Jonathan Ambriz
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Minor:Â Applied Mathematics
Experience: Restaurant work including Flying Pie Pizza, Math Tutor for Athletics, Teaching Assistant for Digital Systems lab, and Power Engineers summer internship.
Activities: CHIP Ambassador for the Institute of Microelectronics Education and Research (MER), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), ECE Outreach, and the Neuromorphic Devices and Systems Lab.
Hobbies: Soccer, Transformers, and serving as a youth leader at my church.
Post-Grad Plans: Obtain my Masters in Electrical Engineering while teaching at a high-needs school district, ultimately I’d like to pursue my PhD and become a professor.
Kuna, IdahoMinor:Â Applied Mathematics
Experience: Restaurant work including Flying Pie Pizza, Math Tutor for Athletics, Teaching Assistant for Digital Systems lab, and Power Engineers summer internship.
Activities: CHIP Ambassador for the Institute of Microelectronics Education and Research (MER), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), ECE Outreach, and the Neuromorphic Devices and Systems Lab.
Hobbies: Soccer, Transformers, and serving as a youth leader at my church.
Post-Grad Plans: Obtain my Masters in Electrical Engineering while teaching at a high-needs school district, ultimately I’d like to pursue my PhD and become a professor.
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Daniel Titus
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Experience: Fencer for a small company, Scentsy assembly line, and Spanish-speaking mission.
Activities: IEEE at Boise State and Financial Officer of Latter Day Saints Student Association.
Hobbies: Audiobooks, hiking, social dance, and learning to play the guitar.
Post-Grad Plans: Plan to earn my Master’s degree while seeking internships before graduation with interests in the power or semiconductor industry.
Nampa, IdahoExperience: Fencer for a small company, Scentsy assembly line, and Spanish-speaking mission.
Activities: IEEE at Boise State and Financial Officer of Latter Day Saints Student Association.
Hobbies: Audiobooks, hiking, social dance, and learning to play the guitar.
Post-Grad Plans: Plan to earn my Master’s degree while seeking internships before graduation with interests in the power or semiconductor industry.
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Suemy Batista
Materials Science & Engineering
Minor:Â Applied Mathematics
Experience: Undergraduate Researcher, Surface Science Lab (SSL); Idaho Conference Undergraduate Research presentation on Tunable Biomedical Device Degradation.
Activities: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Club de Ciencia en Espanol.
Hobbies: Reading, painting, traveling, listening to music, and movies.
Post-Grad Plans: Accelerated Masters in Materials Science and Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.
Panama City, PanamaMinor:Â Applied Mathematics
Experience: Undergraduate Researcher, Surface Science Lab (SSL); Idaho Conference Undergraduate Research presentation on Tunable Biomedical Device Degradation.
Activities: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Club de Ciencia en Espanol.
Hobbies: Reading, painting, traveling, listening to music, and movies.
Post-Grad Plans: Accelerated Masters in Materials Science and Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.
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Elle Cotton
Engineering PLUS
Minor:Â Environmental Studies
Experience: Volunteer with Ada County Juvenile Detention, volunteer with Edgewood Spring Creek Assisted Living, and volleyball summer camp coach at Boise State.
Activities: Boise State Women’s Volleyball Student-Athlete, Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
Hobbies: Skiing, camping, and hiking.
Post Grad Plans: Interested in working in the field of Sustainable Product Development.
Elk River, MNMinor:Â Environmental Studies
Experience: Volunteer with Ada County Juvenile Detention, volunteer with Edgewood Spring Creek Assisted Living, and volleyball summer camp coach at Boise State.
Activities: Boise State Women’s Volleyball Student-Athlete, Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
Hobbies: Skiing, camping, and hiking.
Post Grad Plans: Interested in working in the field of Sustainable Product Development.
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Charlie Strohm
Engineering PLUS
Minor: Business
Experience: Food service industry.
Hobbies: Wakeboarding, movies, and working out.
Post-Grad Plans: Interested in the manufacturing or design-related industries.
Loomis, CAMinor: Business
Experience: Food service industry.
Hobbies: Wakeboarding, movies, and working out.
Post-Grad Plans: Interested in the manufacturing or design-related industries.
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Maddie Jackson
Mechanical Engineering
Minor:Â Applied Mathematics
Experience: Undergraduate Researcher, Smart Materials and Systems Lab; summer research on Dr. Otanicar’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies grant.
Activities: Bender Autonomous Robotic Systems Vertically Integrated Project, COEN Senator for ASBSU, Rocketry Club, and the Nuclear Energy Club.
Hobbies: Beekeeping, reading, hiking, and plant enthusiast.
Post-Grad Plans: Accelerated Masters Program with a focus on digital image correlation systems, long-term goal to work in the energy field focused on solar or nuclear energy.
LaVerne, CAMinor:Â Applied Mathematics
Experience: Undergraduate Researcher, Smart Materials and Systems Lab; summer research on Dr. Otanicar’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies grant.
Activities: Bender Autonomous Robotic Systems Vertically Integrated Project, COEN Senator for ASBSU, Rocketry Club, and the Nuclear Energy Club.
Hobbies: Beekeeping, reading, hiking, and plant enthusiast.
Post-Grad Plans: Accelerated Masters Program with a focus on digital image correlation systems, long-term goal to work in the energy field focused on solar or nuclear energy.
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Iz Varland
Mechanical Engineering
Experience: Aeromechanics Intern at NASA Ames, Engineering Innovation Studio Supervisor.
Activities: Engineering Innovation Studio manager, Boise State Micro-g co-team lead, Autonomous Robotic Systems, Aerospace Club, and Bronco Drifters.
Hobbies: Building robots, building small-scale vehicles, and game design.
Post-Grad Plans: Working as a mechanical engineer, preferably in automation or robotics after attending graduate school.
Burlingame, CAExperience: Aeromechanics Intern at NASA Ames, Engineering Innovation Studio Supervisor.
Activities: Engineering Innovation Studio manager, Boise State Micro-g co-team lead, Autonomous Robotic Systems, Aerospace Club, and Bronco Drifters.
Hobbies: Building robots, building small-scale vehicles, and game design.
Post-Grad Plans: Working as a mechanical engineer, preferably in automation or robotics after attending graduate school.