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 Monday – Thursday from January 20 – May 1. 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: By appointment
Degree: Civil Engineering
Study Abroad: Spring 2023 Embedded, Santiago Chile and May 2024; Como, Italy
Fun Fact: I’ve been to 11 countries!
Alexandra Stumpf
Office Hours: Wednesday | Noon - 1:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
Degree: Industrial Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2024, INNOV@INSA Lyon, France
Fun Fact: I have 3 passports!
Joe Simpkins | Global Engineering Fellows Peer-Adviser & Event Chair
Office Hours: Tuesday | Noon - 1:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
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.
Mariana De Moura Lira Claudino
Office Hours: Wednesday | 11:00 a.m. - noon | 109 ECoRE
Degree: Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
Study Abroad: Spring 2023; Embedded Program Santiago, Chile and Spring 2024; IES Madrid
Fun Fact: I have lived in 5 countries on my own.
Natalie Monahan
Office Hours: Thursday | Noon - 1:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
Degree: Mechanical Engineering
Study Abroad: Maymester 2024; Engineering Design Singapore, Spring 2025 Temple University Rome, and the Summer 2025 iPRISM internship in Freiburg, Germany
Fun Fact: While I was studying in Rome, I traveled almost every weekend! (Countries: Morocco, Egypt, Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, Malta; Within Italy: Modena, Tivoli, Santa Marinella, Firenze, Milan, Venice)
Noah Borkowski
Office Hours: Tuesday | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE Building
Degree: Electrical Engineering
Study Abroad: Spring 2025; University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia with Arcadia
Fun Fact: I love watching movies and my favorite movie is Back to the Future.
Riley Cook
Office Hours: Monday | Noon - 1:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE Building
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.
Shiri Hollingsworth
Office Hours: Tuesday | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
Degree: Mechanical Engineering and Biology
Study Abroad: May of 2024; Cross Cultural Engagement and Technical Presentation for Engineers and Spring of 2025; IES Abroad Madrid: Engineering, Math, and Science
Fun Fact: I have 3 passports.
Tai Shaefer
Office Hours: Wednesday | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
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.
Ariana Gonzalez-Miranda
Office Hours: Monday | 11:00 a.m. - noon
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!
Cassandra Friend
Office Hours: Wednesday | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Degree: Mechanical Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2024: Tohoku University, Japan. Spring 2025: Temple, Rome
Delaney O'Neal
Office Hours: Tuesday | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
Degree: Aerospace Engineering
Study Abroad: Summer 2025: Cross Cultural Engagement and Technical Presentations, Como, Italy
Fun Fact: I love trying to learn new skills!
Hansen Li
Office Hours: Monday | 3:00 - 4:00 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: Thursday | 11:00 a.m. - noon
Degree: Industrial Engineering
Study Abroad: Insa Lyon, France. Summer 2025
Quote: "We are going around the world." — Jules Verne
Isaiah Suso
Office Hours: Thursday | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
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: Monday | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
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: Monday | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | 109 ECoRE
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: Tuesday | 11:00 a.m. - noon | 109 ECoRE
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.
