SDSU Officers 2017 - 2018
Madeleine Rasche President
Major: Computer Engineering
Email: swesdsupresident@gmail.com
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Favorite Food: Any kind of Mexican food!
Fun Fact: I am a second generation engineer.
Internship/job experience: Adaptive Dynamics, Inc. [Summer 2015 - Present]
Favorite Quote: "Promise me you'll always remember. You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A.A. Milne
What made you choose Engineering? I hope to make a difference somehow with my degree, whether it be by building a new technology that helps the environment, or a new software that helps kids learn better. I want my degree to help me pay it forward.
Email: swesdsupresident@gmail.com
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Favorite Food: Any kind of Mexican food!
Fun Fact: I am a second generation engineer.
Internship/job experience: Adaptive Dynamics, Inc. [Summer 2015 - Present]
Favorite Quote: "Promise me you'll always remember. You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A.A. Milne
What made you choose Engineering? I hope to make a difference somehow with my degree, whether it be by building a new technology that helps the environment, or a new software that helps kids learn better. I want my degree to help me pay it forward.
Jennifer boman Vice President
Major: Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Bioengineering
Email: swesdsuvp@gmail.com
Hometown: Poway, CA
Favorite Food: Sesame chicken and white rice
Internship/job experience: Quality Engineering Intern at Accrivia Diagnostics
Favorite Quote: "Hakuna Matata"
What made you choose Engineering? I have always known I wanted to be an engineering with my dad being a Mechanical Engineer. I chose to emphasize in Bioengineering after being around my fair share of physical therapy through sports in high school and have since wanted to engineer prosthetics.
Email: swesdsuvp@gmail.com
Hometown: Poway, CA
Favorite Food: Sesame chicken and white rice
Internship/job experience: Quality Engineering Intern at Accrivia Diagnostics
Favorite Quote: "Hakuna Matata"
What made you choose Engineering? I have always known I wanted to be an engineering with my dad being a Mechanical Engineer. I chose to emphasize in Bioengineering after being around my fair share of physical therapy through sports in high school and have since wanted to engineer prosthetics.
CHANEL BERNARTE TREASURER
Major: Electrical Engineering
Email: swesdsustreasurer@gmail.com
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Favorite Food: Basically anything edible, but I tend to stick on the healthier side so that I can eat
more of it.
Fun Fact: I love to cook and workout.
Internship/job experience: Reliability Engineering Intern at Viasat
Favorite Quote: "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, and sacrifice." - Pele
What made you choose Engineering? I chose engineering because I loved math in high school.
Email: swesdsustreasurer@gmail.com
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Favorite Food: Basically anything edible, but I tend to stick on the healthier side so that I can eat
more of it.
Fun Fact: I love to cook and workout.
Internship/job experience: Reliability Engineering Intern at Viasat
Favorite Quote: "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, and sacrifice." - Pele
What made you choose Engineering? I chose engineering because I loved math in high school.
Anna gabriela reed Secretary
Major: Computer Engineering
Minor: Honors Interdisciplinary studies
Email: swesdsusecretary@gmail.com
Hometown: Everywhere! My dad was in the Navy until I was in high school, so we moved every 2-3 years. I was born in Jacksonville, FL, though.
Favorite Food: Lime Hot Cheetos, XXtra Hot Cheetos, Hot Cheeto Puffs
Fun Fact: I have 4 sisters and 3 brothers!
Internship/job experience: SEPP Software Engineering Intern at Rockwell Collins
Favorite Quote: "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - J.K. Rowling
What made you choose Engineering? I have to make sure we don't turn this world into a dystopian novel.
Minor: Honors Interdisciplinary studies
Email: swesdsusecretary@gmail.com
Hometown: Everywhere! My dad was in the Navy until I was in high school, so we moved every 2-3 years. I was born in Jacksonville, FL, though.
Favorite Food: Lime Hot Cheetos, XXtra Hot Cheetos, Hot Cheeto Puffs
Fun Fact: I have 4 sisters and 3 brothers!
Internship/job experience: SEPP Software Engineering Intern at Rockwell Collins
Favorite Quote: "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - J.K. Rowling
What made you choose Engineering? I have to make sure we don't turn this world into a dystopian novel.
Taylor Webster Outreach Coordinator
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Email: sweoutreachsdsu@gmail.com
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Favorite Food: Carrots
Fun Fact: I have a German Shepherd named Fenrir that is bigger than I am!
Internship/job experience: Mechanisms and Mobility intern at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2017)
Favorite Quote: "I wanna be the very best - like no one ever was." - Pokemon Intro, Season 1
What made you choose engineering: I love space and I want to work in the aerospace industry. I cry when I think about the Curiosity Rover. I mean, It sings itself happy birthday...
Email: sweoutreachsdsu@gmail.com
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Favorite Food: Carrots
Fun Fact: I have a German Shepherd named Fenrir that is bigger than I am!
Internship/job experience: Mechanisms and Mobility intern at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2017)
Favorite Quote: "I wanna be the very best - like no one ever was." - Pokemon Intro, Season 1
What made you choose engineering: I love space and I want to work in the aerospace industry. I cry when I think about the Curiosity Rover. I mean, It sings itself happy birthday...
Claire Pray Publicity
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Email: swesdsupublicity@gmail.com
Hometown: Orange County
Favorite Food: Any kind of bread
Fun Fact: I own an acre of land on Mars
Internship/job experience: Project Lead the Way intern
Favorite Quote: "Sometimes it's the people no one images anything of who do the things no one can imagine."
What made you choose Engineering? I chose engineering because of the fact that there are 300 ton, enormous metal aircraft that are somehow flying through the air and I wanted to learn how that was possible.
Email: swesdsupublicity@gmail.com
Hometown: Orange County
Favorite Food: Any kind of bread
Fun Fact: I own an acre of land on Mars
Internship/job experience: Project Lead the Way intern
Favorite Quote: "Sometimes it's the people no one images anything of who do the things no one can imagine."
What made you choose Engineering? I chose engineering because of the fact that there are 300 ton, enormous metal aircraft that are somehow flying through the air and I wanted to learn how that was possible.
Ali Dieguez MEMBERSHIP & Events Coordinator
Major: Computer Science
Minors: Spanish, Interdisciplinary Studies
Email: swesdsuevents@gmail.com
Hometown: Monrovia, CA
Favorite Food: Mangos
Fun Fact: I train in boxing and kickboxing.
Favorite Quote: "You were born with the ability to change someone's life - don't ever waster it." - Unknown
What made you choose Engineering? I love learning languages, so I became interested in computational
linguistics and I feel like one of the worst things you can waste is your brain, so I wanted a major that
challenged me while also allowing me to help nonprofits and advance social good initiatives.
Minors: Spanish, Interdisciplinary Studies
Email: swesdsuevents@gmail.com
Hometown: Monrovia, CA
Favorite Food: Mangos
Fun Fact: I train in boxing and kickboxing.
Favorite Quote: "You were born with the ability to change someone's life - don't ever waster it." - Unknown
What made you choose Engineering? I love learning languages, so I became interested in computational
linguistics and I feel like one of the worst things you can waste is your brain, so I wanted a major that
challenged me while also allowing me to help nonprofits and advance social good initiatives.
Bri manns Fundraiser
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Email: swesdsufundraiser@gmail.com
Hometown: Mason, Ohio
Favorite Food: Avocados
Fun Fact: My favorite activities are yoga and hiking.
Internship/job Experience: Airworthiness intern at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Favorite Quote: "The mind is everything. What we think, we become." Buddha
What made you choose Engineering? Since I was little I thought planes and cars were amazing and I wanted to know how they worked. Luckily, I found a major that combines my curiosity and my love for math and science.
Email: swesdsufundraiser@gmail.com
Hometown: Mason, Ohio
Favorite Food: Avocados
Fun Fact: My favorite activities are yoga and hiking.
Internship/job Experience: Airworthiness intern at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Favorite Quote: "The mind is everything. What we think, we become." Buddha
What made you choose Engineering? Since I was little I thought planes and cars were amazing and I wanted to know how they worked. Luckily, I found a major that combines my curiosity and my love for math and science.