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Program Alumni
Undergraduates
![]() Javionn RamseyJavionn graduated from Norfolk State University in Spring 2022 and is now in graduate school for Engineering at NSU. | ![]() Sage BrownSage graduated from Norfolk State in 2022 with his Engineering degree. Having interned with them for a couple of years prior to graduation, Sage now works as a Systems Engineer for Northrop Grumman. |
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![]() Kyii Sells-WheelerKyii graduated from FLC in December 2022 and is now a Civil Engineer for GeoMat. Kyii worked on the Porous Silicon Rocket project with Dr. Jessing. | ![]() Terrell CurleyTerrell graduated from FLC in December 2022 with an Engineering degree. He was a researcher with Dr. Jessing on various projects including the EBL Senior Sem team in coordination with CU-Boulder. Terrell is now working as a Failure Analysis Engineer with Microchip in Colorado Springs. |
![]() Kyle LearyKyle graduated from NSU in Fall 2021 in Engineering and is seeking employment in industry. | ![]() Baldwin Akin-VarnerBaldwin graduated from NSU in Spring 2022 in Physics and is now a Software Engineer at Leidos. |
![]() Kellyn HamiltonKellyn graduated from NSU in Optical Engineering in Spring 2022. She is seeking employment in industry. | ![]() Sean NesbitSean Nesbit graduated from NSU in Physics in Spring 2022 and is now in the NSU PhD program. |
![]() Niko ConmyNiko completed his Engineering degree in Spring 2022. Niko was part of the Porous Silicon Rocket team and stayed on to help in the lab after graduation. Niko interned with NREL and has been accepted to CU-Boulder for graduate school. | ![]() Nick LlarenaNick graduated from FLC in Spring of 2022 with a BS in Computer Engineering. He was part of the Senior Sem team with Dr. Jessing on the EBL nano-patterning project. Nick is now a Field Service Engineer at SCREEN-SPE in Oregon. |
![]() John HittiJohn completed his Computer Engineering degree at FLC in Spring 2022. He was part of the Senior Seminar EBL nano-patterning project with Dr. Jessing. He's now pursuing a career in industry. | ![]() Sarah BonestellSarah graduated from FLC in Spring 2022 with her Engineering degree. She was part of the EBL Nano-patterning Senior seminar project with Dr. Jessing. She is now a Civil Engineer at Colorado Department of Transportation. |
![]() Alex MotlerAlex graduated from FLC in December 2021 with a Physics degree. He was active in the EBL Nano-patterning project at both FLC and CU-Boulder. He is back at FLC now taking engineering classes to further his education. | ![]() Jacob FrazeyJacob graduated from FLC with Engineering in Spring 2022. He was part of the EBL Nano-patterning Senior Sem team with Dr. Jessing. He's now a Test Engineer at TerraPower in Bothell, WA. |
![]() Jesse DuranJesse graduated from FLC is Spring 2022 with a degree in Computer Engineering. He was primarily funded by the MARC URISE grant and worked with Dr. Li on the the ddPCR project. He is now working as an Electrical Engineer for Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico. | ![]() Kameron ForemanKameron graduated NSU in Fall 2021 in Mathematics an is now a Middle School Teacher. |
![]() Faith HintonFaith graduated from NSU in Spring 2022 in Mathematics and is now in a graduate program at Virginia Tech, majoring in Physics. | ![]() Nic TheobaldNic graduated from FLC with an Engineering degree in Fall 2021. He was part of the Lung-on-a-Chip Senior Sem team with Dr. Jessing and also worked on the Raman Spectroscopy research with Dr. Li. He is attending CSU for a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering. |
![]() Ian HahnIan graduated from FLC in Spring 2022 with his Engineering degree. He's now an Engineer with Agile Space Industries in Durango, CO. | ![]() Elizabeth BlackwaterElizabeth graduated from FLC with her Engineering degree in Spring 2022. Elizabeth was a researcher on the Porous Silicon Rocket project. She is pursuing a career in industry. |
![]() Lily VoneshLily graduated from FLC with a Psychology degree in December 2021. She is now working as a Clinical Research Coordinator at University of Utah Health. | ![]() Avery KilliferAvery graduated from FLC with a Math degree. He's now in Officer Candidate school for the US Army. |
![]() Tiarra WarrenTiarra Graduated from NSU in Chemistry in Spring 2021 and is now a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. | ![]() Katrina DetmerKatrina completed her Engineering degree at FLC in Spring 2021. She is a Produce Development Engineer at PADT, Inc. in Litchfield Park, AZ. |
![]() Tommy SwimmerTommy graduated from FLC in Spring 2021 with an Engineering degree. Tommy is now an Engineer-In-Training (EIT) at Colorado Department of Transportation. | ![]() James FergusonJames graduated from FLC in Spring 2021 with a Computer Engineering degree. James is now a Design Engineer for Accel-RF in Durango. |
![]() Noelle PierceNoelle graduated from NSU in Spring 2021 with a Biology degree and is now in a PhD program for Materials Science at Boston Univeristy. | ![]() Kory WellsKory graduated from NSU in Spring 2021 with a Chemistry degree. He'll be entering an MD/PhD program at Meharry Medical College. |
![]() Cesar MolinaCesar completed an Engineering degree at FLC in 2021. He is now a Graduate Engineer at SEH, Inc. in Durango, CO | ![]() Zachry SzuraZachry graduated from FLC in Spring 2021 with an Engineering degree. He was affiliated with PEAQS, a researcher on the Senior Seminar Lung on a Chip project; his team developed a new design for the microfluidic device that is being used in the project. Zachry is interning at a local engineering firm, and then will move to Phoenix where he plans to work in industry. Eventually he plans to pursue a graduate degree. |
![]() Koby VargasKoby graduated from FLC in Spring 2021 with his degree in Engineering. Koby was active on the Thermoelectric Device team for two years. He is now a Hardware Engineer for Mindlance @ Meta in Redmond, WA. | ![]() Mark TorresMark graduated from FLC in Spring of 2021 with an Engineering degree. Mark was affiliated with PEAQS, a researcher on the Senior Seminar Lung on a Chip project; his team developed a new design for the microfluidic device that is being used in the project. He's now working as a Data Analyst in Austin, TX |
![]() Alex RommeAlex graduated from FLC with an Engineering degree in Spring of 2021. Alex was affiliated with PEAQS, a researcher on the Senior Seminar Lung on a Chip project; his team developed a new design for the microfluidic device that is being used in the project. He's now a Propulsion Test Engineer for Agile Space Industries in Durango, CO. | ![]() Ashah KoechAshah Koech graduated from NSU in Engineering in Spring 2021 and is now in the Engineering Masters program at NSU. |
![]() Madison BrooksMadison graduated from NSU in Spring 2021 in Engineering and is now an Engineer at Micron Technologies. | ![]() Cooper WiensCooper graduated from FLC in Spring of 2020 with a Biochemistry degree. He was an active leader in the Lung on a Chip project and will work with researchers in Summer of 2021 to continue knowledge transfer. Cooper is deciding whether he'll pursue a career in medicine or medical research and will be applying to graduate programs for Fall 2022. |
![]() Madeline StalderMaddy graduated from FLC in December 2020. After coming to FLC for a summer research experience, Maddy decided to stay and worked on PEAQS research for three years. Maddy is now in a PhD program at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Maddy was the recipient of FLC's Taylor Gibbons Award (Most Outstanding Physics Student of the Year). | ![]() Marcus WilliamsMarcus graduated from FLC in Spring of 2020 and was affiliated with PEAQS for two years, his primary funding being an NIH MARC grant. Marcus was a lead on the Lung on a Chip research with Dr. Jeff Jessing. He was spent two years in a post-baccalaureate program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is now in the UC San Francisco MD/PhD program. |
![]() Jimmy SumpterJimmy graduated from FLC in Spring 2020. He's be pursuing his PhD in Materials Science at University of Wisconsin. | ![]() Jacob HarrisonJacob graduate from FLC in Spring of 2020 with a degree in Biochemistry. |
![]() Thomas ColemanThomas graduated from NSU in 2019 and followed his dream of teaching STEM. He's now an 8th grade science teacher at Windsor Middle School, Baltimore County, MD. Here he's pictured demonstrating a rocket launch at Rocket Days in Fall 2018. |
High school Students
![]() Grace MartinezGrace graduated from Durango High School in Spring 2022 and is heading to Colorado School of Mines to pursue an Engineering degree. | ![]() Denzel FarmerDenzel graduated from Durango High School in Spring 2021, having completed his senior year full time at FLC as a concurrent student. He's starting at Columbia University in New York in Fall 2021, where he plans to major in Computer Engineering or Computer Science. |
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![]() Kalista PenaKalista graduated from Durango High School in Spring 2020 and is now pursuing an Engineering degree at FLC. | ![]() Patty PenaPatty graduated from Durango High School in Spring 2020 and is now pursuing a Computer Engineering degree at FLC. |
graduates
![]() Dan DurhamDan completed his Doctorate in Materials Science in 2022 and is now a Postdoc at Argonne National Lab. | ![]() Kazon HarriganKazon finished his Master's Degree in Materials Science at Norfolk State in 2022 and is now working for Old Dominion Electric Coop. |
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![]() Maitreyee Pharande, NSUMaitreyee graduated in 2021 in Engineering and is now working at NVIDIA. | ![]() Charles Owusu-Ansah, NSUCharles graduated in 2021 in Engineering and is now working at Micron Technologies. |
![]() Vu PhamVu Pham graduated in 2021 in Engineering and is now working for Liin Technologies, Inc. | ![]() Jonathan ValenzuelaJonathan completed his Masters in Materials Science at NSU in 2021 and will be entering the PhD program at Lehigh University. |
![]() Aslam KhanAslam graduated from NSU in 2020 with Electrical Engineering and is now in a PhD in ECE at University of Florida, Gainsville. | ![]() Nived MukundanNived graduated from NSU graduate program in Electrical Engineering in 2020. He completed an internship at Micron and is now employed at TSMC. |
PostDocs
![]() Min Hyuck KimMin completed his Postdoc at Norfolk State University in 2022 and now works for ASML Co. | ![]() Kathryn HaszKathryn completed her Postdoc at CU Boulder in 2022 and is now an Assistant Professor at Carthage College. |
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![]() Jun NishidaJun completed his Postdoc at CU Boulder in 2021 an is now an Assistant Professor at University of Tokyo |
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