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MEC Staff

Nia Soeharto, Ed.D.

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Program Director, Measurement and Evaluation Center
(713) 743-5441 | email Nia
Education:
Ed.D. in Professional Leadership, University of Houston, 2021.
MA in Mass Communication Studies, University of Houston, 1998.
MBA in Management Accounting, University of Indonesia, 1991.
BSc in Architecture Engineering, Trisakti University, 1989.  

  

Davlat Abduvali

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Dav
Education:
MS in Management Information Systems, University of Houston, expected December 2023 graduation.
Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, June 2014.
MBA in Finance, Hofstra University, New York, May 2000.
BS in International Economic Relations, International Kazakh-Turkish University, Kazakhstan, June 1998.

Anh Minh Trinh

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Anh
Education:
MS in Business Analytics, University of Houston, expected December 2023 graduation.
BBA in Management Information Systems, University of Houston, December 2021. 

Suchendra Reddy Yalamakuru

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Suchendra
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, expected May 2025 graduation.
BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, May 2021.

Supriya Talasila

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Supriya
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, expected May 2024 graduation.
BTech in Technology and Information Technology, R.V.R & J.C College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh, India, September 2020.

Sanjith Balachandran

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Sanjith
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, expected May 2024 graduation.
BSc. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, April 2015.

Mukesh Reddy Mavurapu

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Mukesh
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, expected May 2024 graduation.
BTech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, April 2021.

 

Former Employees 

Sindhu Gummadi

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Sindhu
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, expected May 2023 graduation.
BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India, April 2019.

Nguyen Le

Research Assistant/Data Analyst/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Nguyen
Education:
MS in Cybersecurity, University of Houston, Graduated December 2022.
BBA in Management Information Systems, University of Houston, December 2020.

VinayKumar Kundarapu

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Vinay
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, Graduated December 2022.
M. Tech in Wireless Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, April 2016.
BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, April 2016.

Harsha Deep Chitipothu

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Harsha
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, Graduated May 2022.
BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Visakhapatnam, India, April 2018.

Augusto Hernandez Rubio

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Augusto
Education:
MS in Statistics & Data Science, University of Houston, Graduated December 2021.
BS in Mathematics, University of Houston, May 2020.

Revanth Palreddy

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Revanth
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, Graduated May 2022.
BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India, April 2020.

Oliver Wiehr

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Oliver
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, Graduated December 2021.
BS in Computer Science, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, 2019.  

Yanhua Elaine Zhu

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Elaine
Education:
MSc in Business Analytics, University of Houston, Graduated May 2021.
BBA in Management Information Systems, University of Houston, December 2017.

Mututwa Mututwa

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Tutwa
Education:
MS in Cyber Security, University of Houston, Graduated May 2021.
MBA in Business Administration, University of Greenwich, London, England, 2019.
BS in Computing, University of Greenwich, London, England, 2013.  

Nithin Thankachan

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Nithin
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, Graduated May 2020.
BS in Information Technology, Army Institute of Technology, India, 2015.

Oyundari Ganbaatar

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Oyundari
Education:
MPP in Public Policy, University of Houston, Graduated May 2020.
BA in International Studies, School of Art Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2015.

Sara Katharine Moran

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Sara
Education:
MPP in Public Policy, University of Houston, Graduated May 2019.
BA in International Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, 2011.

Rangeet Pan

Research Assistant/Data Analyst/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Rangeet
Education:
MSc in Computer and Systems Engineering, University of Houston, Graduated May 2018.
BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India, 2012. 

Carl Ukegbu

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Carl
Education:
MSc in Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston, Graduated December 2017.
BSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2011.

Zhiqun (Zoe) Wang

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Zoe
Education:
MSc in Management Information Systems, University of Houston, Graduated May 2019.
BSc in Computer Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, China, 2004. 

Yu Yang

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Yulana
Education:
MSc in Accountancy & Taxation, University of Houston, Graduated December 2017.
BA in Management and Finance, East China University of Science and Technology, China, 2012.

Luis Rodolfo Zapata

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Luis
Education:
MSc in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology, University of Houston, Graduated December 2019.
BSc in  Industrial Engineering, Rafael Urdaneta University, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 2017.

Ruoyu (Rory) Zhuang

Research Assistant/Data Analyst/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Rory
Education:
MSc in Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, Graduated December 2018.
BSc in Electronics Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, 2015.   

My Linh Nguyen

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Linh
Education:
MSc in Business Analytics, University of Houston, Graduated December 2021.
BA in Business Administration, International University–Vietnam National University HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2019.

Amruta Prakash Ghodke

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email AmrutaEducation:
MSc in Computer Science, University of Houston, Graduated May 2019.
BSc in Information Technology, Pune Institute of Computer Technology, University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2014. 

Srikrishna Jadi

Research Assistant/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Srikrishna
Education:
MSc in Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, Graduated May 2018.
BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India, 2016.

Aadith Madapusi

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Aadith
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, Graduated May 2020.
BE in Computer Science and Engineering,  Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2018.  

Vishal Kumar Pallerla

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email Vishal
Education:
MSc in Computer Science, University of Houston, Graduated May 2018.
BSc in Electronics and Computer Engineering, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, India, 2015.

Mrithunjay "MJ" Balakrishnan Raghuraj

Research Assistant/IT
(713) 743-5442 | email MJ
Education:
MS in Computer Science, University of Houston, Graduated May 2021.
BE in India. 

 

Tolu Daramola

Intern/Data Analyst
(850) 339-6509 | email Tolu
Education:
MSc in Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, Graduated May 2019.
MBA, Florida A&M University, 2016.
BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, 2008. 

Kevin Davis

Intern/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Kevin
Education:
MSc in Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, Graduated December 2021.
BS in Mechanical Engineering, India.

Nada Haboudal

Intern/Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | email Nada
Education:
MSc in Engineering Technology, Computational Health Informatics, University of Houston, Expected May 2023 graduation.
BSc in Industrial Engineering, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2016.