Alumni Q&A: Hital Meswani News / March 4, 2026 From intellectually intense classrooms to leading one of the world's largest energy and petrochemical enterprises, Hital Meswani (ENG'90, W'90) traces much of his leadership and problem-solving mindset back to Penn Engineering. Read More
Jonathan Grau: Alumni Q&A News / December 1, 2025 Meet Jonathan Grau (ENG’09), an engineer whose career spans finance, product design and app development. Read More
Alumni Q&A: Farnia Fresnel News / August 4, 2025 Farnia Fresnel (ENG’98) currently serves as the president of the Lenserf Group, a business consulting firm in Philadelphia that specializes in leadership development, coaching and training. She earned her undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from Penn Engineering in 1998, followed by an MBA from New York University. In addition to... Read More
Alumni Q&A: Rhonda and Gentry Klein News / June 26, 2025 Rhonda (pictured above right) and Gentry Klein (above left) first met as undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 1997. More than 25 years later, they are still together, now married with five children. Rhonda (ENG’01, M’07) earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Penn, as... Read More
Alumni Q&A: Faisel Khan News / May 30, 2025 Faisel Khan (C’98, ENG’98) is the Chief Financial Officer of Sempra Infrastructure, one of three platforms at Sempra. Sempra Infrastructure develops, builds, operates and invests in the infrastructure critical to meet the world’s energy and climate needs. At Sempra Infrastructure, Khan oversees the company’s finance, accounting, information technology, cybersecurity and... Read More
Alumni Q&A: Isaiah Belle News / May 14, 2025 Isaiah Belle (ENG’00) has spent the last nine years at Google, where he currently works as a Staff Software Engineer and Technical Lead. Belle earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Penn Engineering in 2000 and a master’s degree in Instructional Technology and Media at Columbia in 2007. In... Read More
Alumni Q&A: Sevile Mannickarottu News / April 2, 2025 Sevile Mannickarottu (EE’99, GR’15) has spent the past twenty years working at Penn Engineering, where he has taught and mentored thousands of students throughout his career. He earned his undergraduate degree at Penn in Electrical Engineering in 1999, and prior to his time as a staff member at Penn, he... Read More
Alumni Q&A: Zhi “Mark” Yang News / March 3, 2025 Zhi “Mark” Yang (GEN’00, WMP’21) is the Managing Partner of SSoT Technologies Limited, a company that provides comprehensive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) solutions for the Electronics Specialty Gases (ESG) industry. Yang is also the co-founder of the Penn Engineering Alumni Club of China, who will be hosting their annual event... Read More
Alumni Q&A: Kristy Sundjaja News / February 4, 2025 Kristy Sundjaja (W’99, ENG’00, GEN’00) is currently the Chief People Officer at Taboola, an advertising and tech company best known for providing a recommendation engine for websites such as NBCU. In this Q&A, Sundjaja reflects on her time at Penn as a first-generation student and recalls a professor who taught... Read More
