H-LSAMP Graduates

Rhiannon Moss completed her BS civil engineering degree from Texas State graduating summa cum laude with a 4.00 GPA. She also passed her FE exam in December.  She had internships with Manhard Consulting and Sundt Construction and worked in undergraduate research on water pollutant reclamation and sustainable materials.  In addition, Rhiannon was an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers Texas State Chapter, serving as the organization’s treasurer.  She served as a STEM tutor in the Collaborative Learning Center assisting students in chemistry, engineering, math, and physics courses. Rhiannon has accepted a position as a Field Engineer with Sundt Construction, Round Rock, TX.

Joel Osho graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree, majoring in electrical engineering with a concentration in micro and nano devices and a minor in applied mathematics. Joel had internships at the Idaho National Laboratory and ExxonMobil, and worked as part of the Semiconductor Team under Dr. Ariful Haque. He served as the External Vice President and was a founding father of the Texas State Chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and has coordinated multiple volunteer events during his time at Texas State University. Additionally, he worked as a tutor in The Collaborative Learning Center helping students with electrical engineering, math, and physics courses. After graduation, Joel will be starting his career as a Global Solutions Capital Engineer for the ExxonMobil Lubrication Plant in Beaumont, Texas.

Simren Pokhrel graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. civil engineering degree and she passed her FE exam in December. She was actively involved in the American Society of Civil Engineers Texas State Chapter and served as its vice president of internal affairs.  In addition, she served as a STEM tutor in the Collaborative Learning Center assisting students with engineering, math, and physics courses. Simren worked in undergraduate research in Shi Lab developing bio-concrete. Her senior design team received the Industry Choice Award at Ingram School of Engineering Senior Design Day.  She worked as an sustainability intern at the Office of Sustainability at Texas State University, a land development engineering Intern at Southwest Engineers in Buda, TX, and a structural applications intern at Nucor Insulated Panel Group in Lewisville, TX.   Simren has accepted a position as a design engineer at Nucor Insulated Panel Group in Lewisville, TX.

Jeremiah Soliz graduated cum laude with a B.S. degree in civil engineering and passed his FE exam in December. Jeremiah worked as a land development intern with LJA Engineering in Austin, TX and municipal intern at Schaumburg& Polk, Inc. in Kyle, TX.  He also worked as a research assistant studying oyster shell concrete applications.  Jeremiah was an active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter at Texas State serving as President and Treasurer she served as a STEM tutor in the Collaborative Learning Center assisting students with engineering, math, and physics courses.  He has accepted a project engineer position at Cude Engineers in San Antonio, TX

Mariem Bel Hadj Ali earned her B.S. degree in Biology with minors in Biochemistry and Pre-Medical Studies.  She was active in student learning and served not only as a STEM tutor in the Collaborative Learning Center, but also worked as a Learning Assistant for Functional Biology and a Supplemental Instructor for General Chemistry II.  Committed to a career in the medical profession, Mariem was able to secure internships and shadowing experiences with University Health in San Antonio, Methodist ER in Boerne, Al-Shalchi Family Practice in San Antonio, and Physicians Premier ER also in San Antonio.  During her time at TXST, she was active in student organizations, serving as the co-president of Women in Medicine and representing students as the Area 1 Vice-President of Texas Health Occupations Students of America statewide organization.  Marien also dedicated her time to serving others.  She worked as a volunteer with University Health, Chicktime (activities for at-risk youth), San Antonio Food Bank, Bobcat Build, and the San Marcos River Clean Up.  Mariem will be returning to school to complete her second bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at the University of Texas, San Antonio while studying for the MCAT and applying to medical schools.

Chloe Hinojosa graduated cum laude with a B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering (our first ME graduating class) and Physics.  Chloe worked as a metallurgist intern at Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group, a mechanical engineering intern at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, California, and a mechanical engineering intern at Raytheon Technologies.  She also worked on research projects with NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium working on lunar and Mars surface habitat module manufacturing and with Dr. Muci-Kuchler on strategies to teach systems-thinking to engineering students. She was active with both the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers. Additionally, he worked as a tutor in The Collaborative Learning Center helping students with engineering, math, and physics courses. After graduation, Chloe will be starting her career as a Mechanical Engineer with Raytheon in McKinney, Texas.

Gabriella Taverna graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. Electrical Engineering: Computer Engineering Concentration degree. She was actively involved in the Stelos Scholars Program with the Honors college, IEEE, and the Society of Women Engineers at TXST.  In addition, she served as a STEM tutor in the Collaborative Learning Center assisting students with engineering, math, and physics courses. Gabriella worked in undergraduate research in HiPE lab training AI software applications and as an undergraduate research fellow at Brown University working on multi-modal learning and socratic models withing artificial intelligence. Her senior design project focused on Wi-Fi sensing.  She also worked as an electrical engineering intern at Amida, a WFO Applications Engineering Intern at Cadence Design Systems, and a Technical Writing and Engineering intern at Advance Micro Devices (AMD).  After graduation, Gabriella will be working as a Systems Design Engineer 2 at AMD in Austin, TX.