The Catholic University of America - School of Engineering

About the Program

The mentoring program is student-run and its success depends on the student mentors that volunteer their time to help out their fellow students. While students still have their faculty mentors to help them with deciding about what classes to take or where to go for help in a subject, some students find it a lot easier to talk with their peers. Whether it is recommending a teacher for a certain class, needing someone to look over a paper or critique a presentation, or learning about the different activities on campus, incoming freshmen should feel free to ask their mentors any questions about the CUA campus and DC. This is why the mentoring program was set up. If you have any questions please contact your mentor or contact one of the Co-Chairs listed below.

2006-2007 Mentoring Board Co-Chairs

Sarah Taylor / Sophomore, Civil Engineering

Joe Loeffler / Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering

2006-2007 Mentors and their Mentorees

Andrew Kalna / Sophomore, Civil Engineering

William Doyle

Richard Fields

Rian Foust

Evan Heisman

Sean Hess

Derek Hubbard

Bradley Miller / Sophomore, Engineering

Christopher McNicholas

Matthew O’Reilly

John O’Rourke

Brandon Page

Cristina Rentas

Katherine Rucky

Emily Casadaban / Sophomore, Engineering

Marvin Gunawan

Megan Jamiolkowski

Mary Ellen Johnson

Kerry McAuliffe

Mara McCawley

Gregory Pfefferkorn

Erica Gonzales / Sophomore, Civil Engineering

Joshua Clemente

Megan Dever

Patrick Lanni

Stephen Miller

Andres Navarro

Daniel Pisani

Irene Jorden / Sophomore, Civil Engineering, Architecture

Matthew Jacobs

Kevin Roach

Andrew Schade

Thomas Silvonek

Jacob Sybor

Kathryn Werner

Joe Loeffler / Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Jonathan Fox

Rosette Gianniotis

Andrew Gunderson

Patrick Hegedus

Kyrie Jig

Kalin Petersen

Joseph Tulskie

Kara Baumann / Sophomore, Electrical Engineering

Kevin Clarke

Edward Dawson

Arnaud Juleau

Jessica Kociolek

Michael Mahaney

Stephen Roscher

Andrew Smith

Kathryn Kazior / Sophomore, Engineering

Colin Bowkett

Sam Bugeja

Christopher Hudson

Nicole Ildefonso

Michael Puglisi

Anthony Rennekamp

Christopher Ridgeway

Nicholas Backert / Sophomore, Engineering

Philip Huynh

James Koehler

Benjamin Lopresti

Jose Mendiola III

Theresa Murray

Sean Nelson

Gregory Padden

Nicholas Berg / Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering

John Magro

Sean Monahan

An Ngo

Laura O’Laughlin

Rebecca Palmer

Sarah Percheski

Omar Monterrubio / Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering

Kevin Barry III

Thomas Breslin

Alvydas Civinskas

Andrew Fensham

Brian Pappas

Steven Prugno

Sarah Taylor / Sophomore, Civil Engineering

Adam Achrati

Matthew Brady

Charles Coffman

Kaitlin Kroeger

Connor Miegm

Philip Seacrist

Theodore Torrez

Evan Vogel

Thomas Giuliana / Sophomore, Engineering

Titilayo Adeleye

Thomas Bowers

LaRie Burgoyne

Sylvia Chin

Alyssa Dorval

Robert MacArthur

Professional Societies

The Mentoring Board highly encourages freshmen to get involved in their major's professional society. Each major has its own student run professional society. Not only is it a great way to meet upperclassmen in your major but it’s a great way to discover information about your field that is not in text books. Many of the societies have guest lecturers of professional engineering that visit CUA and talk about a project they are currently working on or what their company does. Many of the guest lectures are CUA Alumni and they love to answer questions that many of the students might have about his or her field. Not only do students learn a lot from attending these lectures, but it also helps to create contacts for future internships.

Listed below are the Professional Societies, including contact information.

American Society of Civil Engineers - ASCE

President – Kelly McDonald

Faculty Advisor –Dr. Panos Tsopelas

CUA Chapter Web Page – http://engineering.cua.edu/activities/asce

Professional Society Web Site – http://www.asce.org

American Society of Mechanical Engineering - ASME

President - Alan Van Epps

Faculty Advisor – John Judge

CUA Chapter Web Page - TBA

Professional Society Web Site – http://www.asme.org

Biomedical Engineering Society - BMES

President – Thomas Giuliani

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Tran

CUA Chapter Web Page - http://studentorg.cua.edu/bmes/

Professional Society Web Site – http://www.bmes.org/

Society of Women Engineers - SWE

President - Megan Payne

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Ramella-Roman

CUA Chapter Web Page - http://engineering.cua.edu/activities/swe/

Professional Society Web Site – http://www.swe.org

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - IEEE

President - Neil Smith

Faculty Advisor – Scott Mathews

CUA Chapter Web Page – TBA

Professional Society Web Site – http://www.ieee.org/

National Society of Black Engineers - NSBE

President -

Faculty Advisor – Otto Wilson

CUA Chapter Web Page – http://studentorg.cua.edu/nsbe

Professional Society Web Page – http://www.nsbe.org

NSBE Email Address – nsbecua_chapter@hotmail.com

Helpful Links

CUA Links

Http://cardinalstudents.cua.edu - Search and sign up for classes, view your student account.

Http://home.cua.edu - Student's homepage, you can access your files view campus announcements, view DC weather, search the school directory, etc...

Http://orientation.cua.edu/ - Information about CUA orientation.

DC Links

Http://wmata.com - DC Metro System Website - View Metrorail (Subway) and Metrobus schedules and maps.

Http://rideguide.wmata.com/ - Directions on how to get from one address to another using metro.

http://www.unionstationdc.com/ - Located on the Red Line, 10 minutes from CUA, great place to go see a movie, cheap eats and a few places to shop.

Http://www.930.com - The 9:30 Club really isn’t a club just a great place to see a lot of your favorite groups and bands. Not just local bands play here but major recording artist in this small venue.

http://www.nps.gov/nama/ - The National Park Service website for the National Mall.

http://www.si.edu/ - Official website for the Smithsonian Museums.

Last Revised 20-Mar-07 10:42 AM.