Graduate Engineering Association (GEA) Student Ambassadors

The Graduate Engineering Association or GEA acts as "the voice of graduate students" in the School of Engineering and represents engineering across campus. Student membership to GEA is divided into two categories: Graduate Engineering Ambassador and Graduate Member. All currently enrolled graduate students are considered members of GEA. Ambassadors are selected each year for a fellowship (applications open in March 2019) to provide leadership within the organization through committees and recruitment support for both the school and departments/programs within engineering. They are an elite group of engineering leaders who work closely with adminstrators in the school to identify resources and strengthen our recruitment and retention efforts at KU. 

The organization further provides professional development, research/outreach, and travel opportunities for all graduate students in the school. To get invoved with the organization, email gea@ku.edu or one of the Graduate Ambassadors listed below.  Applications for the 2019-2020 GEA Ambassador Fellowship will open in early February. An email will be sent announcing the application is open to all current & incoming engineering students. 

Emilio Alverio Marketing & Commuications Committee MS Mechanical Engineering Previous Institution: University of Kansas Hometown: Quincy, IL	Aaron Blevins GEA Treassurer Travel Committee Chair Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Previous Institution: University of Kansas Hometown: Mayetta, KS
Cade Albert Research & Outreach Committee MS Mechanical Engineering Previous Institution: University of Kansas Hometown: Santa Calrita, CA	Alejandra Escalera Mendoza Professional Development Committee Co-Chair MS Aerospace Engineering Previous Institution: University of Kansas Hometown: La Paz, Bolivia
Camilo Giraldo GEA Vice President Marketing & Communications Committee MS Mechanical Engineering Previous Institution: Olivet Nazarene University Hometown: Medellin, Colombia	Danny Griffin Recruitment Committee Chair Ph.D. Bioengineering Previous Institution: Widener University Hometown: Frederick, Maryland
Ben Liu Research & Outreach Committee Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Computer Science Previous Institution: Beijing Jiao Tong University Hometown: HuNan, China	Bailey Miller Research & Outreach Committee Chair Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Previous Institution: University of Kansas Hometown: Leavenworth, KS
Sarah Morton Rupert GEA President Marketing & Communications Committee Ph.D. Civil Engineering Previous Institution: University of Connecticut Hometown: Oxford, CT	Jose Rocha Social Committee Chair MS Mechanical Engineering Previous Institution: University of Kansas Hometown: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Charu Srivatsa GEA Secretary Professional Development Committee Co-Chair Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Previous Institution: Jain University Hometown: Bangalore, India	Xingtian Tao Research & Outreach Committee Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Previous Institution: Northwestern Polytechnical University & University of Southern California Hometown: YueYang, China
Sirisha Thippabhotla Research & Outreach Committee Ph.D. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Previous Institution: University of Kansas Hometown: Hyderrabad, India	Tugba Turnaoglu Travel Committee Ph.D. Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Previous Institution: University of Oklahoma; Ankara University Hometown: Ankara, Turkey
Simon Velasquez Morales Recruitment Committee Ph.D. Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Previous Institution: University of Kansas Hometown: Medellin, Colombia	Gang Yang Travel Committee Ph.D. Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Previous Institution: China University of Petroleum Hometown: Dotong, China