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CIAN ALUMNI IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD “I feel truly blessed and humbled for the opportunity to have worked with CIAN during my Undergraduate Years at Tuske- gee University. I look forward to seeing and aiding more young minds come into and get degrees in STEM (now STEAM since they added Arts) related fields. Thank you all so very much for this amazing opportunity, and may we to continue the tradition of cultivating new an ERC of a similar magnitude, and I feel like it could have been an excellent addition to my graduate education.” Katia Shtyrkova (M.S., University of Arizona Alumnus). “My experience at TOAN was wonderful (2013-2015). CIAN was certainly a blessing. I learned a lot working with all state of the art equipment and the professors were very nt e m rn known school, yet we do not have helpful. I am in a bigger and a better “[CIAN] was wonderful and most helpful in making us understand the concepts. I also had a chance to visit UCSD for entrepreneurship ie n a s 3% Agwumezie (M.S.; Tuskegee Alumnus) I n young minds in these fields.” Feline be blessed with the resources and the capacity workshops where I gained lot of insights on opportunities and risks in starting a company...So this was truly a unique op- portunity for any graduate student...I am sure CIAN has played a major part in where I am today. Currently, I am working with Infinera as Hardware development test engineer.” Ajay Gautham 3 1% o Academia t n i y l ct Dire Manicka Sureshbabu (M.S.; University of Arizona Alumnus) 28 CIAN / Center for Integrated Access Networks