Student Ambassadors
Becoming a GEP Ambassador is competitive and will require a resume, an application, and an interview by GEP Staff. As our Ambassadors graduate or move on to other activities, we will make a call for new applications.
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Andrea Pegg
Biological Engineering
Senior
International Places of Interest: Everywhere!
Hobbies: Dancing, Reading Books, Rowing and Learning!
Purdue International Experience: Pre-Freshman STEP program to China and Japan Summer 2017, Engineers Without Borders Assessment Trip to Bolivia Summers 2018 & 2019, Engineers Without Borders Member
Elliot Bissman
Mechanical Engineering
Sophomore
Hobbies: Outside of college, I love to bake, make and drink tea, and watch movies with my friends!
Purdue International Experience: While I don’t have any international experience yet, I was a member of the Global Engineering Living Community my freshman year and am now a member of GEARE, looking forward to studying and working as an intern internationally. I am passionate about renewable energy and hope to use my degree and experiences to get a job abroad working in the energy sector.
Keme Etta
Civil Engineering w/Sustainable Engineering Minor
Junior
International Places of Interest: Everywhere
Hobbies: Running, Working out, Listening to music, and watching documentaries.
Purdue International Experience: Member of Global Engineering Learning Community; I have not studied abroad in college yet. Right before covid I was signed up for a Maymester in Singapore and I hope that the course is available again this year.
Linete Taina Alvarez
Biomedical Engineering
Junior
International Places of Interest: LEAP-SJTU (Long Term Engineering Abroad Program- Shanghai Jiao Tong University), LEAP Technical University of Denmark and traveling to third world countries.
Hobbies: Night runs/bikes, listening to alternative and latin music, bowling, dancing, salsa and bachata.
Purdue International Experience: Part of the Global Engineering Community and Intending to study abroad in Denmark with the GEARE program.
Shelby Hedges
Industrial Engineering
Senior
International Places of Interest: Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Sub-Saharan Africa
Hobbies: Traveling, Photography, Cooking, Hiking, and Listening to Music
Purdue International Experience: Global Engineering Learning Community, presented at 2019 I2D Exposition, Research concerning Learning Center in Kenya. This is Shelby's 3rd year as a global ambassador. She became involved with global engineering during her freshman year throught the global engineering learning community and related research the following semester. Her global experience relates to sub-Sahara Africa from her research and worldwide product demand from her 2021 summer internship.