Congratulations 2025 Graduates and Award Winners! 🎓
Dr. Cateté and the CEREAL Lab are proud to congratulate our recent graduates, Bahare Riahi and Krish Patel on their respective Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees. Congratulations also to Erynn Elmore on winning the College of Engineering Scholar of the Year Award for Citizenship and Service. Erynn exemplifies a spirit of transformative vision and implementation through humanitarian contributions. Well done to all our remarkable achievers!
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Bahare Riahi
Bahare is a Ph.D. student who joined the lab in Fall 2023. Her research interests are in human computer interaction and user-centered design. Bahare helps on the SnapClass project, identifying … Continue Reading →
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Erynn Elmore
Erynn is a Ph.D. student who joined the lab in Fall 2020. Her research interests are improving the educational experiences of Black and Brown girls in computer science. Erynn enjoys … Continue Reading →
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Krish Patel
Krish Patel is an undergraduate Park Scholar who joined NC State in the Fall of 2022. He joins the CEREAL lab working on and researching ways to make machine learning … Continue Reading →
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Lauren Alvarez
Lauren is a Ph.D. student who joined the lab in Fall 2019. Her research interests are in machine learning and social justice with an emphasis on artificial intelligence for social … Continue Reading →
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Madison Thomas
Madison started her Ph.D. in the Fall of 2022 and joined the CEREAL Lab in 2023. Her research interests are in supporting undergraduate computer science education and tutoring. Madison also … Continue Reading →
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Monica Jin
Monica is a Class of 2027 Park Scholar in NC State’s undergraduate program majoring in Computer Science. Monica is an award-winning artist, and a teacher of English andProgramming for elementary … Continue Reading →
Alumni
Student Awards
Park Scholar Awards
- Monica Jin (Class of 2027)
- Krish Patel (Class of 2026)
Chancellor’s Leadership Scholars
- Brenda Chavez (Class of 2024)
Service/Leadership Awards
- College of Engineering – Scholar of the Year Award (Citizenship & Service) – Erynn Elmore (2025)
- Computer Science Graduate Student Leadership Award – Lauren Alvarez (2024)
- North Carolina State University Equity For Women Award Nominee – Isabella G. White (2024)
- Computer Science Graduate Student Leadership Award – Amy Isvik (2020, 2022)
Major Fellowships
- Fulbright Researcher Award (Rwanda) – Amy Isvik (2023)
- IBM Fellowship – Lauren Alvarez (2022)