Class of 2022

Proud to The Graduating Class of 2022 Present ...

USD engineering and computer science graduates are leading the way in innovation and are prepared to enter critical and emerging technical fields within a global workforce. We invite you to take a look at some of the exciting careers our Changemakers have embarked upon since graduation.

Valedictorian Matthew Soares '22 (ISyE) received an impressive three job offers prior to graduating from the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering's Industrial and Systems Engineering program at USD. He is now serving as an industrial engineer I at Nordson ASYMTEK in Carlsbad, Calif. Computer Science Kanan Boubion is working as a software engineer at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash.

Rylee Bers is at Dell in Round Rock, Texas working as an intern.

Daniel Moran secured a position as an internship systems engineer at Cubic Transportation in San Diego, Calif.

Salina Tekele received four impressive offers and started with Boeing as a systems engineer in Mesa, Ariz. Tekele found the career opportunity through the Society of National Black Engineers (NSBE).

Nicholas Wilder is now a software engineer associate for Lockheed Martin in San Diego, Calif.

Electrical Engineering Gustavo Castaneda Florez received two job offers and serves as an electrical engineer at Northrop Grumman.

Narayan Gossai received three job offers and is now working as an RF engineer at Raytheon in El Segundo, Calif.

Ryan Grazko is working for Booz Allen Hamilton as a systems engineer in San Diego, Calif. Grazko had two job offers and found this position through USD’s engineering fall career fair.

Sydney Lew is serving as an R&D engineer for Abbott in Burlington, Mass. Lew connected with Abbott through the Society of Women Engineer's (SWE) national conference.

Yesenia Ponce Medrano is stationed in San Diego, Calif. for the Naval Information Warfare Command, Pacific.

Luke Noeldechen is an applications engineer RF for Advantest located in San Diego, Calif. Noeldechen had received three job offers and secured this position through SWE's Evening with Industry career fair.

Meghan Pipitone received two job offers and through an internship is now working as an electrical design engineer for the International Space Station at Honeywell in Glendale, Ariz.

Negahr Rastguiy received three job offers and elected to work as a manufacturing engineer for Clarity Design based in San Diego, Calif.

Kylie Rios was given three job offers and elected to work at Honeywell as a manufacturing engineer in Phoenix, Ariz. Rios secured the position through SWE’s Evening with Industry career fair.

Industrial and Systems Engineering Taylor Brown secured her position

through USD's engineering fall career fair and is now serving as a cost analyst at Booz Allen Hamilton, San Diego, Calif.

Lauren Hammack is a manufacturing engineer at Form Factor locally in Carlsbad, Calif.

Matthew Koebel was commissioned as a Naval Officer in the United States Navy.

Integrated Engineering Quinn Bigane worked an internship for Alvarez and Marsal while at USD and is now an associate for the company in Chicago, Ill.

Rosie Pham received two job offers prior to graduation and is now working for Seaspine in Carlsbad, Calif. Pham secured the position at USD’s spring career fair.

Kevin McDonald secured a position through the SWE’s Evening with Industry career fair as an applications engineer for Advantest in San Diego, Calif. Eric McGaw is a sales and operations trainee in Encinitas, Calif. for Flock Freight. McGaw connected with Flock Freight through USD’s engineering fall career fair.

Colton Landaiche is a mechanical design engineer at Primo Energy in San Diego, Calif.

Jane Kim is a pilot for the United States Air Force based in Randolph, Texas.

Austin Peters started pursuing a PhD in engineering education at Purdue University in Fall 2022.

Mechanical Engineering Alex Schmidt serves as a submarine officer for the United States Navy in Washington, D.C.

Nicholas Menz is a field service engineer for Copia Scientific in Taunton, Mass. Menz worked as an intern with the firm while attending USD.

Colin Hastings received two offers and is now working as a GIS technician for CAC Americorps for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Alder Young is an associate engineer for the Center for Transportation and the Environment in Berkeley, Calif. He also received two job offers before graduating.

Leonard Leau works as a rotational engineer for Boeing in North Charleston, South Carolina. He secured the position after attending the NSBE national convention.

Rhett Gavson is a mechanical engineer I for BSE Engineering in San Diego, Calif.

Ivan Fernandez received two offers prior to graduating and is now a project engineer intern for Pacific Rim Mechanical here in San Diego, Calif.

Meghan Rotter is a rotational engineer for Enterprise Products out of Houston, Texas. Rotter interned for the company while at USD.