Peer Advising
Global Engineering Fellows are engineering students who can help you by discussing study abroad options and reviewing the application process. They are also happy to address any other general questions you have about study abroad.
Drop in to meet with a Global Engineering Fellow Tuesday through Thursday from September 8 through December 10.
Global Engineering Fellows are available to meet with students in 109 Engineering Collaborative Research and Education Building (ECoRE), or they will be available via Zoom during that hour. Contact international@engr.psu.edu with any questions.
Natisha Shaikh | Team Lead
Office Hours: Wednesday, 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Degree: Civil Engineering
Study Abroad: Spring 2023 Embedded, Santiago Chile and May 2024; Como, Italy
Fun Fact: I’ve been to 11 countries!
Joe Simpkins | Global Engineering Fellows Peer-Adviser & Event Chair
Office Hours: Wednesday, 12:20 – 1:10 p.m.
Degree: Aerospace Engineering
Study Abroad: Maymester 2024; Galapagos/Ecuador Summers by Design and Spring 2025; the University of Waikato in New Zealand
Fun Fact: I have been sailing for almost all of my life.
Delaney O'Neal | New Global Fellow & Global Liaison Chair
Office Hours: Wednesday, 2:30 – 3:20 p.m.
Degree: Aerospace Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2025: Cross Cultural Engagement and Technical Presentations, Como, Italy; Summer 2026: Embedded, Global Engineering Fellows Pathways and Global Pillers Experience, Madrid, Spain
Fun Fact: I love trying to learn new skills!
Ariana Gonzalez-Miranda
Office Hours: Thursday, 10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Degree: Biomedical Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2025: Cross Cultural Engagement and Technical Presentations, Como, Italy. Winter 2026: Globalization, Technology, and Ethics, Embedded Program, Sydney Australia.
Fun Fact: I once traveled to two continents in a single day!
Riley Cook
Office Hours: Tuesday, 12:20 – 1:10 p.m.
Degree: Aerospace Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2024; University College Dublin Physics Program and Spring 2025; CEA CAPA French Rivera
Fun Fact: I have been skydiving.
Tai Shaefer
Office Hours: Wednesday, 1:25 – 2:15 p.m.
Degree: Computer Science
Study Abroad: Spring 2024 Embedded; Aruba, energy sustainability for small islands and Summer 2025 TSSP Tohoku University, Japan
Fun Fact: I like to hoop.
Cassandra Friend
Office Hours: Tuesday, 2:20 – 3:20 p.m.
Degree: Mechanical Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2024: Tohoku University, Japan. Spring 2025: Temple, Rome
Hansen Li
Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:25 – 2:15 p.m.
Degree: Computer Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2025: Arts / Comparative Wellness / Communications, Embedded Program to Paris and Amsterdam
Fun Fact: I help with an online video game project.
Isabel Ohanissian
Office Hours: Wednesday, 10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Degree: Industrial Engineering
Study Abroad: Insa Lyon, France. Summer 2025
Quote: "We are going around the world." — Jules Verne
Isaiah Suso
Office Hours: Thursday, 2:30 – 3:20 p.m.
Degree: Pre-Major: Intending Aerospace
Study Abroad: Fall 2024: First-Year seminar and intercultural engagement, Germany, Embedded Program. Summer 2025: Pforzheim Engineers Made in Germany
Fun Fact: I will go anywhere, as long as it is forward.
Jacob Lazar
Office Hours: Thursday, 2:30 – 3:20 p.m.
Degree: Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2025: IES Vienna, internship abroad
Fun Fact: I’ve lived on three different continents.
Lauren Maggi
Office Hours: Thursday, 12:20 – 1:10 p.m.
Degree: Architectural Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2024: Cross Cultural Engagement and Technical Presentations, Como, Italy. Winter 2025: Critical STS Issues, Sustainable Urban Redevelopment, Embedded Program to Sydney Australia. Winter 2026: Globalization, Technology, and Ethics, Embedded Program to Sydney Australia
Fun Fact: Studying abroad is the best decision you'll make.
Lindsay Baer
Office Hours: Thursday, 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Degree: Architectural Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2024: Summers by Design, Navarra Spain: Engineering Design. Summer 2025: Architectural Engineering: Rome, Italy
Fun Fact: I have surfed in the Bay of Biscay.
