STEP Alumni Profile: Shangari Meleschi

1. Attended: Worcester Polytechnic Institute 98-02' B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Partial Minority Affairs Scholarships 98'-02'
- Senior Capstone Design Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD

2. Attended: Worcester Polytechnic Institute 02-04' M.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Full Research Assistantship Scholarship 02'-04'
- Graduate Research Site Advisor, NASA Johnson Space Flight Center, Houston TX

3. Currently employed at GE Aviation in their advanced technology programs division and pursuing a company funded Ph.D. in M.E. part-time at Tufts University in Boston, MA.

4. Advanced Health Management Engineer/Technologist
- Completed 2yr Rotational Edison Engineering Development Program (EEDP)
- Supported the US Marines as an Aircraft Engine Field Service Rep. in San Diego, CA at Marine Combat Air Station Miramar (MCAS) and aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier (CVN72).