Fan is a Ph.D. student in the Robotics Ph.D. program. His research focuses on efficient inference on continuous and discrete problems modeled as factor graphs. He has served as a TA for the undergraduate version of Introduction to Robotics and a graduate seminar course. He is aiming to use audiovisual materials to help other students with different cultural backgrounds to better their teaching experience.

Tino is a Zimbabwean-born/Botswana resident M.S student in Cybersecurity. With a background in Computer Science and Mathematics, one of her many goals is to provide better platforms and substantial support for girls (and underprivileged children) at the K-12 level who want to get into S.T.E.M fields. Her belief is teachers lay the foundation for how the world is technologically developed. As a result, every child must be encouraged to achieve their aspirations, regardless of societal norms on gender roles.  

Genaro is from Mexico and is a first-year Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research focuses on printed electronics for applications in energy harvesting, sensing, and wireless communications. He has served as a TA before, and his goal as an ITA Liason is to help make the transition process for new ITAs as easy as possible.

Ximena is a 3rd year Joint Ph.D. in the School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on innovative development for human resource management in public administration. Particularly focused on telework and its effects on job attitudes. Her interest as an ITA Liaison is to help firm up the program for the future, identifying new key alliances to make this program a success.