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1. View all the articles posted on Course 2 Wiki, and search through them using the search bar above.
2. After browsing the peer advisors’ bios, feel free to ask them questions by clicking on the Ask Me button.
3. If you have personal questions and would prefer to contact the peer advisors via email, you can obtain their contact info on MIT directory.

MechE students across various majors and concentrations, and at different stages of their MIT careers, volunteered as peer advisors. They offer forum-based advice to younger students on anything ranging from class tips and suggestions, to the UROP application process, to their personal experiences. Our peer advisors have had a wealth of experiences working for various companies during internships and professors during UROPs.

Biographies

Joy Lee – 2013 Major: 2A with a Concentration in Bioengineering
hey	Joy enjoys writing and playing IM Sports among other things. She has had a Course 2 UROP with the d’Arbeloff Laboratory for Information Systems and Technology and a Course 10 UROP.
Grant Iwamoto – 2013 Major: 2A with a Concentration in 1c (Civil Engineering)
	Grant is a senior in course 2A with a focus is Civil Engineering; he also has two minors, civil engineering and management.  He has work experience in Transportation Engineering (CH2M HILL), PCB Assembly (Promex Industries), and Civil Engineering (MISTI Japan).  He is involved with Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity, the MIT baseball team, and the MIT golf team.
Alan Xu – 2013 Major: 2 or 2A with a Concentration in Biomedical Devices
	Alan is an Associate Advisor with the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming (UAAP). He is also involved in MIT’s Yearbook, Technique, and various living group activities (including lots of cooking). He completed Year One of the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program (GEL) and has interned for Covidien, a medical devices company, interned abroad for Eléctricité de France, a nuclear-focused electric utility, and has had UROPs with the Media Lab and the Cellular Solids Lab.
Chacha Durazo – 2014 Major: 2A with a concentration in Control, Instrumentation, and Robotics, 15 (Management)
	Chacha likes to travel and study foreign cultures and languages. She likes to sing, is involved with religion, and is a part of the breakdancing group Immobilare. She also likes to cook, bake, eat, and build things. In the past, she has had a UROP with D-Lab, and a UROP with the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Engineering with Prof. Culpepper. This summer, she will be interning at General Compression, a company that works with wind energy.
Emily Hupf – 2014 Major: 2A with a Concentration in Product Design and User Experience
	Emily is involved in the Tech Catholic Community, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program (GEL). She likes indie rock, baking, travelling, and 3D printing. She has had plasma physics UROPs and a 3D printing internship with Formlabs. She has also worked for Stryker as a MechE test engineering and design intern.
Guangtao (Taotao) Zhang – 2014 Major: 2
	HASS Concentration: Economics Taotao is president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) here at MIT. She has had UROPs related to product design, robotics, control, and energy systems. She has participated in UPOP and LeaderShape. Taotao has also worked for General Electric as a testing engineer and for Logic PD as a Transportation Mechanical Engineer.
Katy Gero – 2013 Major: 2A with a Concentration in Robotics and Control
hey	Katy is involved in Student Government and is president of her dormitory. She is interested in lighting design projects, rock climbing, hiking, and figure drawing. She has interned at Innovations in International Health and she has completed a UROP with with the Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory (HML).
Chris Welch – 2013 Major: Mechanical & Ocean Engineering with a minor in Energy Studies
	Chris maintains an active presence on campus as an officer in Phi Beta Epsilon, a team lead on the Marine Robotics Team, a member of the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, and as a counselor for the Freshman Leadership Program. He has ample experience working with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and has worked within Chevron’s Energy Technology Company on their Metocean team. After completing another internship with Chevron in their Civil, Structural, and Marine Engineering unit, Chris intends to pursue a PhD in Applied Ocean Sciences & Engineering within the MIT-WHOI Joint Program.