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STC Teaching Assistants
Honorary STC Ambassadors

STC Teaching Assistants

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Alekhya Malla 

Alekhya has worked as a Data Engineer for over 3 years. She is very passionate to learn new technologies and find solutions to real world problems with her expertise. She has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from GITAM University, India. Her interests are being up-to-date with the new developments around Data Analytics, IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning.

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Ken Ling 

Ken is interested in the stories of technologies, which contain new ideas and inventions in the trends. As a recent graduate in software engineering, he is excited to bring his strong foundation in computer science and software development to a dynamic and innovative team.

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Mahathi Vucha 

Mahathi has a BS in Information Technology from JNTU, India. She has industry experience as a BI Engineer for over 6 years. She has extreme interest to continue working in the data field and to pursue Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

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Sai Shravya 

Sai Shravya is currently a graduate student at CityU working as Teaching Assistant at School of Technology & Computing. Before starting as a graduate student she worked as Machine Learning Engineer in India. She is interested in problem solving and learning new stuff.

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Shelby Lynch 

Shelby is currently studying Data Science at CityU. In the past she studied computer science, linguistics, and artificial intelligence abroad in the Netherlands. She hopes to help students with their academic goals with her diverse educational background and flexible teaching methods.

Meet Your TA - Ajay Shrikrishna Naik

Ajay Shrikrishna Naik 

Ajay Shrikrishna Naik is a Teaching Assistant for the School of Technology & Computing, and he has done his B.E in Computer Science and engineering. He has over 11 years of extensive experience in architecture, design, and development of J2EE and Big Data applications. .

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Tyray Fortune 

Tyray served 4 years as a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne division at Ft. Bragg. He enjoys problem-solving and out-of-the-box solutions. He ended up joining a rigorous coding boot camp. Since graduating, he has been continuing his education through personal studies and in academic matters.

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Christopher Sharp 

Chris has a Bachelor of Science in Astronomy from the University of Washington in Seattle, developing experience in data science and software development through a couple of years of experience as a research assistant. He is hoping to use his education in Computer Science from the CityU to get into a PhD program in theoretical cosmology.

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Anahita Raeiszadeh 

Anahita has a Bachelor of Computer Engineering and a Master of Industrial Engineering. She has been working as Executive Manager and also Sales Engineering Manager for over ten years. She is now pursuing her interest in Computer Science and IT at CityU. She’s always been interested in Information Technology, Data Science and Machine Learning.

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Sakshi Desai 

Sakshi is pursuing her masters in computer science and did her bachelors in integrated science and technology from James Madison University Virginia. Background is in Test engineering and iOS development. Interest in iOS development, Blockchain and Technical management.

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Veerendra Sai Jagatha 

Veerendra has a Bachelor in Electronics and Communication Engineering from JNTU Hyderabad. He has experience as Full-stack Developer and Technical Advisor for 8 years. He is interested in Full-Stack Development and DataScience.

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Yared Shewarade 

Yared has been working as Data Engineer for different Institutions. He has experience in database technologies, and programming. He has a strong interest to work in Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, and predictive analysis.

Meet Your TA - Maram Elwakeel

Maram Elwakeel 

Maram Elwakeel is a Teaching Assistant for the School of Technology & Computing and also an MSCS student at CityU. She worked as a Software Engineer and has a bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Sciences from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. .

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TA Guidelines

STC Ambassador

What the TA can do:
The TA can only help technical issues of your course exercises, assignments, and virtual labs.

The TA is supporting your work, not doing your work on behalf of you.

What  the TA cannot do:
The TA cannot be involved in any grading according to the current City policy.

The TA may not resolve all of the issues due to his limited experiences and knowledge.

Qualifications

Must be a currently enrolled City University of Seattle – STC or SOM student. Position has at least two academic quarters commitment.

Student Ambassadors…

Help others through mentoring and outreaching. Represent the program to industry, outside organizations, and the community

Perks

Builds leadership and communication skills. Broadens career network. Real-world experience that will set you apart as a professional in the technology world

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Honorary STC Ambassadors

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Gabby Wargin 

Gabby has a Bachelor in Science in Psychology from Oklahoma State University. She is currently a stay at home mom and decided to pursue a MSCS after seeing all the tech opportunities in Seattle. After taking some information security classes she discovered a bigger and more exciting interest in Cybersecurity. She is now pursuing a MSCY. Her interests include cybercrime, security culture, and using her future degree and experience to make a positive impact in the world.

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Winter Wells 

Winter is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Cybersecurity. She have a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies from the University of Washington. Her passion is security awareness, and she is particularly interested in inspiring more high schoolers to consider a career in cybersecurity.

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Chunhui Xu (Hui) 

Hui's major was physics, so he has a mathematical foundation in calculus and linear algebra. Moreover, he has a strong interest in artificial intelligence algorithms. He has experience repeating certain artificial intelligence algorithms with code. Now he is working hard to study for a master's degree in CS.

TA Courses : CS 351 ON, IS 457 ON

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Wenzhi Xu  

Back in 2012, Wenzhi started to learn C/C++ and web development technology. After he graduated in 2015, he worked in Beijing for 5 years as a full-stack engineer and back-end engineer. Besides, he is interested in low-level and high-performance technology.

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Amanda Vaughan  

Amanda has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Central Washington University. She worked in the industry for a year and a half as a Software Engineer before she decided to go back to school and discovered her interest in Data Science. She is now working towards her Master of Science in Data Science and hopes to go back into the industry as a Data Scientist in the future.

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Jamel Jara 

Jamel graduated from University of Colorado Denver with major Biology, minor Chemistry and Pre-med degree. He had worked in two major research areas such as Endocrine Disruption and Kidney Transplantation. He had also worked for Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices in different high positions for 11 years. Now, he is working to get masters in computer science at CityU of Seattle. He is interested to specialize at Artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Mary Oh  

Mary has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Biomedical Engineering and is working for Spacelabs Healthcare, a medical device company. She is now completing her Master of Science in Computer Science. She’s always been interested in technology and hopes to be a full-stack developer in the future.

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Guangwei Huang (Cedric)

Computer Vision, Software Development, Data Science

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Jerry Zeyu Chen  

After challenging himself in different fields, Zeyu discovered his passion for software development and design. His current experience includes cloud technology and full-stack development, especially building 3D graphics on the web front end. He is studying for a master's degree in computer science at Seattle City University.

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Yang Ren 

After finishing bachelor’s degree in British, Yang found traditional biology and life science need to be supported by mega data analysis and data visualization. With the foundation of bioinformatics, he began his journey in computer science and showed huge interests in data science and artificial intelligence fields.

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David Yi 

A US Army veteran, David has studied multiple different areas of STEM and eventually returned to his passions in Cyber and Information Security, in which he is currently pursuing his Baccalaureate here at CityU.

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Scott Zhou 

Software Development, Data structures and Algorithms, System Design

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Kim Mai Nguyen 

After challenging herself in different fields, Kim found her passion for Technology, especially in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Kim is also fluent in Vietnamese, English, and German.​

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RUAN ALMEIDA 

Ruan has 10+ years of experience acting as an IT project and portfolio management professional. In the recent past years he has been working as an Agile Coach and MBA teacher.

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Yu-Che Liu (Spencer)  

Studying Master of Science in Computer Science at the City University of Seattle. Yu-che has three-year working experience as a software developer and expert in developing Android applications and full-stack solution. Solving the problem using cutting-edge technology is his interest, for instance, machine learning for customer risk evaluation and disease prediction.

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Min Qiu 

After challenging himself in different fields, Min found his passion for programming. He worked as a Java Developer for 3 years and kept learning different skills. However, knowing Chinese technology stacks are different from the US. Now Min opens his interests for any technology from the US.

Smita Dutta

Smita Dutta 

She worked as a Senior Software Engineer for Philips HealthCare in India for two years. Smita studied graduate courses in Electronics And Electrical. She has experience in .Net development and going forward would like to explore in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Networking.

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Shanshan Yu (Friendy)  

After working for a pharmaceutical company in China, Shanshan found her passion for programming. She is interested in Machine learning, Data Mining, and Data Versuliazation. She enjoys challenges and exploration, now she is pursuing her master of science in computer science degree at the City University of Seattle.

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Aya Khalil  

She worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Computer Engineering Department at Pharos University in Alexandria for around two years. Aya studied graduate courses in Egypt, but she decided to complete her masters in CityU.

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Apiwat Chuaphan  

Career switched back when he realized that he spent more time with computers than flowers which let him to happily do it all over again. He is a fan of high technology innovations with great interests including cloud technology, AI, and things related to Python.​

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Dat (Dustin) Phan

He has experience in administrating Windows Server 2008 servers, SharePoint 2010 servers, and CentOS 6.9 servers, as well as developing Java OSGi plugins and performing program profiling for Java applications. His professional interest includes cloud computing and data structures.

Minh Truong

Minh Truong

Data Science and Data Analytics

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Tysu (Hiteishi) Reddy  

She has a bachelor of science degree in information security and worked for Test Mile, a startup company in software testing. She is extremely inspired by digital security, her insight and experience consist of systems administration and data security.

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Amrutha Vaidyanathan  

Java, C++, Software Development, Full Stack

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Clark Jason Ngo  

When he transitioned to technology, he found his passion for Software Development and Design and mentoring others to transition to this field as well. His experience now consists of full-stack development and cloud technologies.

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Kevin (Kuan-Ting) Chen  

In addition to his education, Kevin has approximately two years of research experience in award-winning robot projects using C++ and Python, along with a publication in Material Engineering. He is also fluent in English, Chinese, and Japanese.

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Tuan Khai

He earned his Bachelor of Design in Multimedia System at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Vietnam and worked as a Graphic Designer for half a year. When he came to the US, he shifted his path to Computer Science and found his interest in Data Science and Machine Learning.

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Wayne (Weilun) Ma  

Java, Data Structures and Algorithms

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Karthik Dinakaran 

Software Engineer

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Kevin (Peng) Wang  

Software Development, Cloud Technologies, Blockchain, Data Structures and Algorithms