REU Alumni

Celebrating over 16 years of REU ASSET program alumni (2009-2025) and their continued success in STEM fields

Program Impact

Over 16 years of excellence in undergraduate research

160+
Total Alumni
2009-2025
80+
Universities
Represented
25+
Faculty Mentors
Involved
120+
Research Projects
Completed

Alumni by Year

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Class of 2025

9 Alumni • 7 Universities • 7 Faculty Mentors

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REU ASSET 2025 Cohort

Alejandro Jimenez Gerena

Inter American University of Puerto Rico

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Mentor: Moreno Yaba

Bayden Hussien

Tufts University

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Mentor: Moreno Yaba

Ben Abraham

Kean University

Quantum Networking: Evaluating Entanglement Swapping Strategies by Simulation

Mentor: Dr. Deng Pan

Carlos Caros

Florida International University

Implementing SLMs in Edge Devices for Self-Driving Vehicles

Mentor: Dr. Pissinou, Dr. Luis Lago Enamorado and Alex Pissinou

Claudia Saleem

Florida International University

Comparing small language models for real time on device decision support

Mentor: Dr. Pissinou

Daniel Perera

University of Central Florida

LLM generate synthetic samples on speech samples

Mentor: Dr. Poellabaur and Enshi Zhang

Meythri Lakkireddy

University of Texas at San Antonio

LLM generate synthetic samples on speech samples

Mentor: Dr. Poellabaur and Enshi Zhang

Miguel Garcia

University of Texas

Implementing SLMs in Edge Devices for Self-Driving Vehicles

Mentor: Dr. Pissinou, Dr. Luis Lago Enamorado and Alex Pissinou

Moustafa Mohammed

George Washington University

Comparing small language models for real time on device decision support

Mentor: Dr. Pissinou

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