INTERN ALUMNI
KurtLab Alumni: Undergraduate & Graduate Research Interns
Brad Berbells
brberb@uw.edu
Brad graduated in June 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington. After taking a kinematics and dynamics course taught by Dr. Kurt, he became interested in brain biomechanics and joined KurtLab. Brad was a key contributor to the UW–Seattle AISES Rocketry Club, where he served as the CAD Lead. He currently works as a Mechanical Engineer at Electroimpact Inc.
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Sophie Walters
Sophie graduated in summer 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington. During her undergraduate studies, she developed a strong interest in the intersection of medical imaging and artificial intelligence after taking a Medical Imaging course and hearing a lecture by Dr. Kurt in her Artificial Intelligence in Bioengineering class. She was actively involved in the UW chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society, serving in leadership roles including President and Public Relations Chair.
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Cynthia Pan
Cynthia graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and applied mathematics from the University of Washington. She joined the lab as a research intern with a strong interest in applying deep learning to medical imaging, focusing on neural network techniques for brain MRI segmentation. During her undergraduate studies, she also served as a lead teaching assistant for the CSE 12X series and contributed to the development of introductory computer programming courses.
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Alana Best
abest@stevens.edu
Alana is currently an undergraduate Chemical Biology student at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Alexandra Monti
akm168@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Alexandra is an undergraduate at Rutgers University New Brunswick pursuing a degree in biomedical engineering with a concentration in biomechanics.
Alyaa Elkhafif
aelkhafi@stevens.edu
Alya is a current undergraduate at Stevens Institute of Technology studying Mechanical Engineering pursuing a Political Science minor.
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Andrew Mulderrig
amulderr@stevens.edu
Andrew is a class 2018 alumnus who graduated with High Honors in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently working for Picatinny Arsenal and pursuing a Master's in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Anika Damera
adamera@stevens.edu
Anika is an undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a degree in Biomedical Engineering.
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Aytac Teker
ateker@stevens.edu
Aytac is a class of 2021 alumnus who graduated with a Master's in Mechanical Engineering.
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Brett Salazar (co-advised)
bsalazar@stanford.edu
Brett is currently pursuing an MD degree at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Expected graduation: Spring 2021.
Brigit Kain
bkain1@stevens.edu
Brigit is an undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a degree in Biomedical Engineering.
Brooke Stoddard
bstoddar@stevens.edu
Brooke is currently an undergraduate Chemical Biology student at Stevens Institute of Technology who plans to attend medical school after.
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Bruno Andino
bandino@stevens.edu
Bruno is a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Caroline Russo
crusso3@stevens.edu
Caroline is currently an undergraduate Biomedical Engineering student at Stevens Institute of Technology, who aspires to study surgery.
Carmine Freda Jr.
cfreda@stevens.edu
Carmine graduated with a Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering.
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Cassandra Gologorsky
cg492@cornell.edu
Cassandra was a student researcher at Kurtlab in the summer of 2018. She is currently an undergraduate student at Cornell University pursuing a Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering.
Colleen Shea
cshea@stevens.edu
Colleen is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Daniel Kamieniecki
dkamieni@stevens.edu
Dan is currently an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at Stevens Institute of Technology, who also plans to pursue a Master's in Robotics & Control.
Fatima Kazmi
fkazmi@stevens.edu
Fatima is a Temple University 2017 alumnus who graduated with a degree in Bioengineering concentration in Neuroengineering. She is currently a graduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology completing her Master's of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering.
Jing Li
jli103@stevens.edu
Jing is currently an undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, with Psychology concentration and planning to attend Neuroscience Ph.D. program in graduate school after graduation.
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Kyle Shepitka
kshepitk@stevens.edu
Kyle is a current undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Joseph Katerba
jkaterba@stevens.edu
Joseph is a current undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology, pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as a masters degree in Engineering Management.
Julia Zatyko
jzatyko@stevens.edu
Julia is a Biomedical Engineering major and is also part of the field hockey team at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Luke Langner
llangner@stevens.edu
Luke is a senior Mechanical Engineering major in the 4+1 Master's program at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is currently interning as an Engineering Technician in the Pharmaceutical Systems R&D Department of Becton Dickinson.
Maria Manoussakis
mmanouss@stevens.edu
Maria is an undergraduate student at Stevens pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering. She has completed previous research in different areas, Maritime Security and supply chain manufacturing, and looks forward to learning more about the Biomedical applications in the field of Mechanical Engineering.
Nick Rossi
nrossi1@stevens.edu
Nick is a class 2018 Stevens alumnus who graduated with High Honors in Mechanical Engineering.
Samantha Martino
smartino@stevens.edu
Samantha is currently an undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology, pursuing a Bachelor's in Chemical Biology.
Thomas McKenna
tmckenn1@stevens.edu
Tom is currently an undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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Zachary Lopez
zlopez@stevens.edu
Tom is currently an undergraduate student at Stevens Institute of Technology pursuing a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in computer science.