August 19 - 21, 2009
WEPO '09
Women in Engineering Program Orientation

 

 

 

Leadership Team

 

Lead Mentor

Alyssa

Alyssa Adams

  • Email: aaa5030@psu.edu
  • Year: Super Senior
  • Major: Architectural Engineering
  • Engineering Experience: McClure Company - Design/Build Mechanical Contractors - Harrisburg, PA
  • Hometown: Lykens, PA
  • WEP Involvement: Rover (2005), Mentor (2006), Computer Lead (2007)
  • Other Involvement: ASRAE, MCAA, S:PACE, and SWE

Lead Rover

Niki

Niki Hooper

  • Email: amh5011@psu.edu
  • Year: Super Senior
  • Major: Aerospace Engineering
  • Engineering Experience: Internship with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Germany
  • Hometown: Apollo, PA
  • WEP Involvement: WEPOteer (2004), Rover (2005), Mentor (2006), Lead Rover (2008)
  • Other Involvement: Phi Sigma Rho and Best Buddies

Computer Activity Leader

Natalie

Natalie Bryner

Started at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

  • Email: nlb5002@psu.edu
  • Year: Super Senior
  • Major: Architectural Engineering (Construction Management Option)
  • Engineering Experience: Constitution Center - James G. Davis Construction - Rockville MD (2008), Washington DC National Baseball Stadium - Truland Systems Corporation - Rosslyn, VA (2007)
  • Hometown: Charleroi, PA
  • WEP Involvement: Mentor (2006, 2007)
  • Other Involvement: Society of Women Engineers (SWE) President, Treasurer - Student Chapter of the Partnership for Achieving Construction Excellence, Student Employee - Engineering Cooperative Education and Professional Internship Programs, Envoy - Engineering Cooperative Education and Professional Internship Programs, Envoy - Architectural Engineering Department, Volunteer Leader - Women in the Engineering Program Girl Scout Saturday Outreach, Presenter - Lion Scout High School Visit, Member - Student Society of Architectural Engineers, Member - Habitat for Humanity, Security Leader - THON

Design Activity Leader

Brianne

Brianne Wilburne

  • Email: bmw5044@psu.edu
  • Year: Senior
  • Major: Mechanical Engineering
  • Engineering Experience: Internship abroad with Cracow University of Technology - Cracow, Poland (2008), Chevron - New Orleans, LA (2007), Air Products - Allentown, PA (2006)
  • Hometown: Hershey, PA
  • WEP Involvement: Participant (2005), Rover (2006), Mentor (2007)
  • Other Involvement: Thon (hospitality), ASME (president), Mentornet

Spirit Leader

Joni

Joni Anderson

  • Email: jra204@psu.edu
  • Year: Super Senior
  • Major: Architectural Engineering (Construction Management Option)
  • Engineering Experience: This summer I have an internship with ISEC Inc. - interior specialty contractor (Columbia, MD) working as a Project Engineer on multiple projects around the DC area, Summer 2007 - Hensel Phelps Construction Company (Chantilly, VA) where I worked with an estimating team through a bid on the Marines Special Operations Command Complex (Camp Lejeune, NC) worth more than $300 million. Summer 2006 - Grunley Construction Company (Rockville, MD) where I worked onsite with a Project Superintendent during the restoration of the Mary E. Switzer Building (an old federal office building)
  • Hometown: Washington, PA
  • WEP Involvement: WEPOteer (2004), Rover (2005), Mentor (2006, 2007), Spirit Lead (2008)
  • Other Involvement: IM Co-ed Volleyball Captain, Secretary for SSAE/AEI, Work as a computer lab assistant for the Electrical Engineering Department