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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Aakash Kumar Gupta Aakash Kumar Gupta
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Economics
Year: Junior
International Places of Interest: India, Dubai, China, Europe
Hobbies: Traveling, reading, playing guitar, soccer, and coding
Purdue International Experience: I love traveling and have participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Study Abroad Program in China and Hong Kong during May 2015.
Major: Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering
Year: PhD
International Places of Interest: Netherlands, Germany
Hobbies: Professional Practice Ambassadors, Rocket Club, hiking, traveling, sports
Purdue International Experience: Participating in a NASA Maymester Program comparing the flight test practices between the U.S and Europe which focus on the NASA X-plane program.
Major: Biological Engineering
Year: Sophomore
International Places of Interest: Everywhere!
Hobbies: Dancing, Reading Books, and Learning
Purdue International Experience: Pre-Freshman STEP program to China and Japan Summer 2017, Engineers Without Borders Assessment Trip to Bolivia Summer 2018, Engineers Without Borders Member
Major: Industrial Engineering (Expected)
Year: Freshmen
International Places of Interest: The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland
Hobbies: Running, swimming, rock climbing, playing volleyball, art, reading, and making crazy tea variations
Purdue International Experience: A member of the Global Engineering Learning Community.
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Year: Junior
International Places of Interest: India, France, Cameroon
Hobbies: Travel, swimming
Purdue International Experience: India Spring Break Trip 2016
Major: Biological Engineering
Year: Sophomore
International Places of Interest: Everywhere! But Taiwan is always going to be my favorite.
Hobbies: Singing, playing the piano, reading, cats
Purdue International Experience: Experiencing German Engineering Summer 2016, GEARE (plan to study abroad in German or Switzerland Spring 2018). Also lived in Taiwan for ten years before coming to America sophomore year of high school.
Major: Biological Engineering
Year: Sophomore
International Places of Interest: Iceland and Croatia
Hobbies: Traveling, tennis, and cooking
Purdue International Experience: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Study Abroad Winter Break, and Summer Internship Program at Tel Aviv Univeristy in Israel
Major: Electrical Engineering
Year: Sophomore
International Places of Interest: Germany, Iceland, Austria, Switzerland, Thailand
Hobbies: Hiking, rock climbing, drawing, physics, traveling, exploring
Purdue International Experience: Colombia Food Security and Sustainability Maymester Summer 2016. Uganda Trip for Engineers without Borders during August 2016. Has also been to Germany, Austria, Italy, France, and Tunisia in the past.
Major: Industrial Engineering
Year: Sophomore
International Places of Interest: Colombia, New Zealand, Europe, Japan, and Singapore
Hobbies: Rowing, music, and reading
Purdue International Experience: Global Engineering Learning Community, GEARE, China and Japan Study Abroad trips
Major: Computer Engineering
Year: Sophomore
International Places of Interest: Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, sub-Saharan Africa, and China
Hobbies: Traveling, playing tennis, going to the gym, and community service
Purdue International Experience: Would like to pursue the following study abroad in the near future: Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition (Italy)
Major: Industrial Engineering
Year: Masters
International Places of Interest: Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Europe
Hobbies: Traveling, cooking and baking, listening to music, and meeting new people
Purdue International Experience: Spring 2015 semester I studied abroad in Medellin, Colombia and performed and internship in Rionegro, Colombia during the summer of 2015.
Major: Industrial Engineering (Expected)
Year: Freshmen
International Places of Interest: I have a strong interest in working in developing nations.
Hobbies: Running, playing the ukulele, and being a member of the Navigators
Purdue International Experience: A member of the Global Engineering Learning Community.
Major: Aeronautical Engineering
Year: Junior
International Places of Interest: Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, and New Zealand
Hobbies: Running, playing drums and piano, listening to music and going to concerts, playing Wallyball
Purdue International Experience: Studied abroad in Cartagena, Colombia for 6 weeks during summer 2015 and traveled to Quito, Ecuador in January 2016 as the project manager of a global EPICS team.
Major: Industrial Engineering (Expected)
Year: Freshmen
International Places of Interest: Italy, Spain, Germany, sub-Saharan Africa, Colombia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan
Hobbies: Playing ukulele, reading books, soccer, go-karting, flight simulator, going to the gym and watching TV.
Purdue International Experience: A member of the Global Engineering Learning Community.
Major: Biomedical Engineering (Expected)
Year: Freshmen
International Places of Interest: China, Taiwan, Britain, Russia, Indonesia, Japan
Hobbies: Playing football, lacrosse, traveling, automotive racing, and landscaping.
Purdue International Experience: Was a member of the Global Engineering Learning Community, but plans on participating in the GEARE program in China or the United Kingdom.
Major: Electrical Engineering
Year: Sophomore
International Places of Interest: Japan
Hobbies: Soccer, traveling and learning
Purdue International Experience: Traveled abroad before coming to Purdue.