Program Alumni

Undergraduates

Hannah Carlson Hannah graduated from FLC with an Engineering degree in Spring 2023. She was part of the Jessing Porous Silicon Rocket senior seminar group. She's now an Associate Research Engineer for Zap Energy.	Dakota Rodriguez Dakota graduated from FLC with an Engineering degree in Spring 2023. He's now in graduate school at CU Boulder studying Electrical Engineering. Dakota was an active researcher on Dr. Jessing's lung on a chip project and also part of the porous silicon rocket senior sem group.
Tekiyah Robinson Tekiyah graduated from NSU in Spring 2023 in Chemistry and is now studying medicine at Virginia University of Integrative Medicine.	Anabella Machado "Bella" graduated from FLC in Spring 2023 with Environmental Science and Chemistry degrees. She is applying to graduate schools.
Kaitlyn Kukula Kaitlyn graduated from FLC in Spring 2023 with her Engineering degree. She's applying to post-bac programs.	Wilder Jensen Wilder graduated with his Engineering degree in Spring 2023. He's seeking employment in industry.
Javionn Ramsey Javionn graduated from Norfolk State University in Spring 2022 and is now in graduate school for Engineering at NSU.	Sage Brown Sage 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.
Kyii Sells-Wheeler Kyii 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 Curley Terrell 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 Leary Kyle graduated from NSU in Fall 2021 in Engineering and is seeking employment in industry.	Baldwin Akin-Varner Baldwin graduated from NSU in Spring 2022 in Physics and is now a Software Engineer at Leidos.
Kellyn Hamilton Kellyn graduated from NSU in Optical Engineering in Spring 2022. She is seeking employment in industry.	Sean Nesbit Sean Nesbit graduated from NSU in Physics in Spring 2022 and is now in the NSU PhD program.
Niko Conmy Niko 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 Llarena Nick 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 Hitti John 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 Bonestell Sarah 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 Motler Alex 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 came back to FLC for engineering classes to further his education. He's now interning at LaPlata Electric Assn.	Jacob Frazey Jacob 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 Duran Jesse 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 Foreman Kameron graduated NSU in Fall 2021 in Mathematics an is now a Middle School Teacher.
Faith Hinton Faith graduated from NSU in Spring 2022 in Mathematics and is now in a graduate program at Virginia Tech, majoring in Physics.	Nic Theobald Nic 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 Hahn Ian graduated from FLC in Spring 2022 with his Engineering degree. He's now an Engineer with Agile Space Industries in Durango, CO.	Elizabeth Blackwater Elizabeth 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 Vonesh Lily 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 Killifer Avery graduated from FLC with a Math degree. He's now in Officer Candidate school for the US Army.
Tiarra Warren Tiarra Graduated from NSU in Chemistry in Spring 2021 and is now a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.	Katrina Detmer Katrina completed her Engineering degree at FLC in Spring 2021. She is a Product Development Engineer at PADT, Inc. in Litchfield Park, AZ.
Tommy Swimmer Tommy graduated from FLC in Spring 2021 with an Engineering degree. Tommy is now an Engineer-In-Training (EIT) at Colorado Department of Transportation.	James Ferguson James graduated from FLC in Spring 2021 with a Computer Engineering degree. James is now a Design Engineer for Accel-RF in Durango.
Noelle Pierce Noelle graduated from NSU in Spring 2021 with a Biology degree and is now in a PhD program for Materials Science at Boston Univeristy.	Kory Wells Kory graduated from NSU in Spring 2021 with a Chemistry degree. He'll be entering an MD/PhD program at Meharry Medical College.
Cesar Molina Cesar completed an Engineering degree at FLC in 2021. He is now a Graduate Engineer at SEH, Inc. in Durango, CO	Zachry Szura Zachry 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 now a Civil Engineer for Hunter Engineering in Glenwood Village, CO.
Koby Vargas Koby 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 Torres Mark 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 Engineer for Infosys in Austin, TX.
Alex Romme Alex 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 Koech Ashah Koech graduated from NSU in Engineering in Spring 2021 and is now in the Engineering Masters program at NSU.
Madison Brooks Madison graduated from NSU in Spring 2021 in Engineering and is now an Engineer at Micron Technologies.	Cooper Wiens Cooper 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 has passed his MCAT and plans to attend medical school.
Madeline Stalder Maddy 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 Williams Marcus 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 Sumpter Jimmy graduated from FLC in Spring 2020. He's be pursuing his PhD in Materials Science at University of Wisconsin.	Jacob Harrison Jacob graduate from FLC in Spring of 2020 with a degree in Biochemistry.
Thomas Coleman Thomas 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

Donald Ledvina Donald graduate from Bayfield High School in May of 2023. He's now at FLC studying Computer Engineering and continues to be active in Dr. Li's research group.	Julia Earley Julia graduated from Animas High School in Durango in Spring on 2023. She's now studying Neuroscience with a Pre-Med track at Scripps College.
Sofia Maines Sofia graduated from Durango High School in Spring of 2023. She was a researcher with Dr. Jessing on multiple projects and an integral part of our team. She is now studying Engineering an University of New Mexico.	Grace Martinez Grace graduated from Durango High School in Spring 2022 and is heading to Colorado School of Mines to pursue an Engineering degree.
Denzel Farmer Denzel 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.	Kalista Pena Kalista graduated from Durango High School in Spring 2020 and is now pursuing an English degree at FLC.
Patty Pena Patty graduated from Durango High School in Spring 2020 and is now pursuing a Computer Engineering degree at FLC.

graduates

Dan Durham Dan completed his Doctorate in Materials Science in 2022 and is now a Postdoc at Argonne National Lab.	Kazon Harrigan Kazon finished his Master's Degree in Materials Science at Norfolk State in 2022 and is now working for Old Dominion Electric Coop.
Maitreyee Pharande, NSU Maitreyee graduated in 2021 in Engineering and is now working at NVIDIA.	Charles Owusu-Ansah, NSU Charles graduated in 2021 in Engineering and is now working at Micron Technologies.
Vu Pham Vu Pham graduated in 2021 in Engineering and is now working for Liin Technologies, Inc.	Jonathan Valenzuela Jonathan completed his Masters in Materials Science at NSU in 2021 and will be entering the PhD program at Lehigh University.
Aslam Khan Aslam graduated from NSU in 2020 with Electrical Engineering and is now in a PhD in ECE at University of Florida, Gainsville.	Nived Mukundan Nived 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 Kim Min completed his Postdoc at Norfolk State University in 2022 and now works for ASML Co.	Kathryn Hasz Kathryn completed her Postdoc at CU Boulder in 2022 and is now an Assistant Professor at Carthage College.
Jun Nishida Jun completed his Postdoc at CU Boulder in 2021 an is now an Assistant Professor at University of Tokyo

Program Alumni

Undergraduates

Hannah Carlson

Hannah graduated from FLC with an Engineering degree in Spring 2023. She was part of the Jessing Porous Silicon Rocket senior seminar group. She's now an Associate Research Engineer for Zap Energy.

Dakota Rodriguez

Dakota graduated from FLC with an Engineering degree in Spring 2023. He's now in graduate school at CU Boulder studying Electrical Engineering. Dakota was an active researcher on Dr. Jessing's lung on a chip project and also part of the porous silicon rocket senior sem group.

Tekiyah Robinson

Tekiyah graduated from NSU in Spring 2023 in Chemistry and is now studying medicine at Virginia University of Integrative Medicine.

Anabella Machado

"Bella" graduated from FLC in Spring 2023 with Environmental Science and Chemistry degrees. She is applying to graduate schools.

Kaitlyn Kukula

Kaitlyn graduated from FLC in Spring 2023 with her Engineering degree. She's applying to post-bac programs.

Wilder Jensen

Wilder graduated with his Engineering degree in Spring 2023. He's seeking employment in industry.

Javionn Ramsey

Javionn graduated from Norfolk State University in Spring 2022 and is now in graduate school for Engineering at NSU.

Sage Brown

Sage 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.

Kyii Sells-Wheeler

Kyii 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 Curley

Terrell 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 Leary

Kyle graduated from NSU in Fall 2021 in Engineering and is seeking employment in industry.

Baldwin Akin-Varner

Baldwin graduated from NSU in Spring 2022 in Physics and is now a Software Engineer at Leidos.

Kellyn Hamilton

Kellyn graduated from NSU in Optical Engineering in Spring 2022. She is seeking employment in industry.

Sean Nesbit

Sean Nesbit graduated from NSU in Physics in Spring 2022 and is now in the NSU PhD program.

Niko Conmy

Niko 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 Llarena

Nick 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 Hitti

John 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 Bonestell

Sarah 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 Motler

Alex 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 came back to FLC for engineering classes to further his education. He's now interning at LaPlata Electric Assn.

Jacob Frazey

Jacob 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 Duran

Jesse 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 Foreman

Kameron graduated NSU in Fall 2021 in Mathematics an is now a Middle School Teacher.

Faith Hinton

Faith graduated from NSU in Spring 2022 in Mathematics and is now in a graduate program at Virginia Tech, majoring in Physics.

Nic Theobald

Nic 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 Hahn

Ian graduated from FLC in Spring 2022 with his Engineering degree. He's now an Engineer with Agile Space Industries in Durango, CO.

Elizabeth Blackwater

Elizabeth 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 Vonesh

Lily 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 Killifer

Avery graduated from FLC with a Math degree. He's now in Officer Candidate school for the US Army.

Tiarra Warren

Tiarra Graduated from NSU in Chemistry in Spring 2021 and is now a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Katrina Detmer

Katrina completed her Engineering degree at FLC in Spring 2021. She is a Product Development Engineer at PADT, Inc. in Litchfield Park, AZ.

Tommy Swimmer

Tommy graduated from FLC in Spring 2021 with an Engineering degree. Tommy is now an Engineer-In-Training (EIT) at Colorado Department of Transportation.

James Ferguson

James graduated from FLC in Spring 2021 with a Computer Engineering degree. James is now a Design Engineer for Accel-RF in Durango.

Noelle Pierce

Noelle graduated from NSU in Spring 2021 with a Biology degree and is now in a PhD program for Materials Science at Boston Univeristy.

Kory Wells

Kory graduated from NSU in Spring 2021 with a Chemistry degree. He'll be entering an MD/PhD program at Meharry Medical College.

Cesar Molina

Cesar completed an Engineering degree at FLC in 2021. He is now a Graduate Engineer at SEH, Inc. in Durango, CO

Zachry Szura

Koby Vargas

Koby 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 Torres

Alex Romme

Ashah Koech

Ashah Koech graduated from NSU in Engineering in Spring 2021 and is now in the Engineering Masters program at NSU.

Madison Brooks