Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) @ UCLA
Supported by
SURE@UCLA Cohort 2 – Summer 2024
The UCLA Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering launched during the summer of 2023. The purpose of the program, which is supported by Amazon, is to provide engineering and computer science undergraduate students who are first in their families to attend college or who have experienced socioeconomic or educational disadvantages an opportunity to conduct innovative and cutting-edge research for 8 weeks on the UCLA campus.
The SURE@UCLA program will not be offered for the summer of 2026 .
For additional questions, contact Jessica Martin-Gonzalez at jmgonzalez@seas.ucla.edu
SURE@UCLA Summer 2025 Cohort
Ifeoluwa Adagbon
Computer Science
Towson University
Elijah Najji De Guzman
Chemical Engineering
UCLA
Erick Ahumada
Computer Science
UC Irvine
Essence Gantt
Civil and Environmental Eng.
Howard University
Cyril Burke
Electrical Engineering
University of Rhode Island
Tatianna Hielscher
Computer Engineering
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Megan Bushman
Mechanical Engineering
UCLA
Precious Ikejiofor
Computer Science
Howard University
Ryan Carnine
Chemical Engineering
Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville
Hamid Kabia
Computer Science
Howard University
Andrew Lam
Computer Science
UC San Diego
Isrrael Sumano
Aerospace Engineering
UCLA
Diana Lawrence
Mechanical Engineering
Tuskegee University
Thao Tran
Biomedical Engineering
University of Oklahoma
Ayomide Olowookere
Computer Engineering
UCLA
Isabella Zardo
Computer Science & Mathematics
CSU Stanislaus
Aaron Pan
Mechanical Engineering
UC Riverside
Elias Zegeye
Computer Science
Howard University
Abigail Sapp
Information Assurance
Oklahoma State University
SURE@UCLA Summer 2024 Cohort
Hanifah Abatcha
Environmental Engineering Sciences
UC Berkeley
Olana Abraham
Computer Science
UCLA
Andrea Arreortua
Computer Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
Erick Ayala
Electrical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Omar Bahena
Electrical Engineering
UCLA
Paikea Barricklow
Computer Science
Columbia University
Ryan Buchanan
Materials Science and Engineering
UCLA
Moniriddh Bunyay
Data Science
UC San Diego
Njeri Gachoka
Computer Science
Santa Monica College
Eden Gezehagn
Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Eduardo Gonzalez
Mechanical Engineering
UCLA
Tauhid Khondker
Mechanical Engineering
CSU Long Beach
Curtis Manacsa
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
UC Berkeley
Malia "M.K." Mitchell
Mechanical Engineering
Howard University
Nora Nikbakht
Electrical Engineering/ Bioengineering
Santa Monica College
Antonio Ramirez
Mechanical Engineering
UCLA
Charles Zhu
Computer Science
UCLA
Taliyah Rice
Computer Science
Spelman College
Humberto "Tito" Rosas
Engineering Physics
Santa Monica College
Jazelle Saligumba
Mathematics (Statistics)
Pomona College
Beza Tezera
Computer Science
UC Riverside
SURE@UCLA Summer 2023 Cohort
Rishika Aggarwal
Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University
Serena Antoun
Computer Science
Virginia Tech University
Samuel Appiah Kubi
Robotics Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Fabian Del Villar
Aerospace Engineering
UCLA
Christopher Kurt Enriquez
Human Biology
Stanford University
Jennifer Fadul Marin
Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech University
Zumonjay Jackson
Mechanical Engineering
Los Angeles Trade-Tech College
Kennedy Keyes
Software Engineering
Mississippi State University
Adrian Medina
Computer Science
UC Berkeley
Kavan Mehrizi
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
UC Berkeley
Jeannette Merlos
Bioengineering
UCLA
Anna Nguyen
Computer Science
San Diego State University
Bright Ojo
Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Nadia Pelaez
Computer Science
University at Buffalo
Kevin Perez
Chemical Engineering
UCLA
Khadij Tandjia
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Morgan State University
Annie Villalta
Computer Science
Stanford University