Career Connections

Shayan Kaviani

Bio

Shayan is a scholar interested in surface science and organic semiconductors. He is pursuing a Ph.D. degree at UNL, where he is focused on developing organic electrocatalysts for electrochemical devices. He mentored Andy in this project, which resulted in a senior honor thesis for Andy during his B.Sc. studies.

Fun Fact

Shayan is a futsal player and believes this sport makes him creative. 

Lindsey R. Jarema

Bio

Lindsey is a chemical engineer who went to school with Andy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She works for Cargill as a Manufacturing Technology Engineer at a Cargill salt facility in Newark, California. When not at work, she is often gardening, surfing, or learning guitar, Spanish, or Mandarin.

Fun Fact

Lindsey's banjo is broken, but she insists that she's gonna get it fixed and fully become Kermit the Frog 

Nathan Borcyk

Bio

Nathan attended UNL and earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and have been a part of engineering design teams for projects with Johnson Space Center, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and the DoD. His hobbies include mechatronics projects, hanging out with his cat Paprika, and playing Rocket League. People sometimes describe me as granola.

Fun Fact

Instead of going to his college graduation ceremony, he got SCUBA certified for open water diving 

Tony Wambugu

Bio

Tony graduated from UNL with a chemical engineering degree and is pursuing a career in the medical field. He originally hails from Kenya and has attended several international institutions in the pursuit of a medical degree.

Fun Fact

Tony is an avid rugby player with a relaxed personality, which is quite different from most rugby players.

Nathan Snyder

Bio

Nathan is a Master's Mechanical Engineering student at UNL and knows Andy from the honors dorms! He has a vibrant personality that is very relaxed, inquisitive, and engaging.  He loves working on design projects especially when it comes to his car. Nathan's career goal is to possess a  product design management role.

Fun Fact

He is so obsessed with cars, he can tell you about the make, model, and drivetrain of a vehicle only by its headlights and taillights