Inaugural Class of 2021
Wake Engineering celebrated the graduation of its first inaugural class, the class of 2021, in May 2021! Our inaugural class had 43 students. Approximately half of these students participated in study abroad and 70% participated in internships across diverse sectors of engineering practice. Furthermore, over 50% pursued minors and half participated in undergraduate research. This cohort of students were placed in either industry or governmental job positions (~70%), graduate school (~20%) or professional schools (~10%). The average salary range was roughly $75,000 with a range from $55,000 to $120,000. Some examples of employers included Oracle, AstraZeneca, Premier Health, SST Automation and Whiting-Turner.
John Hobson
Army Corp Engineer
Maxim Belyayev
Operations RLP Associate, Otis Elevator Co.
Noah Handwerk
Embedded Python Test Engineer, Actalent
Chloe Beatty
Project Engineer, Alberici Constructors
Dayton Diemel
Commercial Real Estate Broker
Adero Mandala
Project Engineer, Whiting-Turner Contracting Co
Goran Jovanovic
Project Engineer, Winter Construction
Regan O’Donnell
Associate Consultant, Putnam Associates
Zack Pagnani
MS Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Marguerite Walk
MS School of Business, Georgetown University
Lucy Vaughn
R&D Associate, AstraZeneca
Jacob Safee
School of Business, Southern Methodist University
Ayana Edwards
Supply Chain Associate, Dentsply Sirona
Hank Shaw
Technical Solutions Engineer, EPIC Systems
Sophie Ballou
PR & Influencer, Chasen Creative Media
Charlotte Van Houtven
Solutions Engineering Analyst, Deloitte Consulting
Zhijun Zhang
Tianjin, China
Wells Barefoot
Mechanical Design Engineer, Siemens
Brayan Martinez
FSO Technology Consultant, Ernest & Young
Morgan Wallace
Energy Management Specialist, Scheider Electric
Cameron King
MS Environmental Engineering, Duke
Aidan McCormack
Overhead Transmission Engineer/Scientist I at Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Hannah Grimm
Prototype Specialist, Duke Energy
Danielle Cantoni
Analyst, Accenture
Jemima Odetokun
MS Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Meredith Vaughn
Building and Architectural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Kenneth Edwards
Technical Solutions Engineer, EPIC Systems
Liza Fahey
Portfolio Management Analyst, FS Investments
Nicholas Rucinski
IDP Analyst, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Max Album
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technician, Mile Hybrid Automotive
Drew Foreman
Staff Engineer, Poulos & Bennett (Civil Engineering)
Gabrielle Prichard
Cloud Solutions Engineer, Oracle
Bryan Bennett
Clinical Research Data Scientist, Eko
Margaret Nyamadi
Analyst, Investment Analytics & Data, Dimensional Fund Advisors
Hao Tong
MS Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins
Ethan Cooley
Data Scientist, Stanson Health