Members

2026-27 Cycle

Program Leads
	Nahush Shrivatsa is a student at NYU Tandon. He is currently working on analyzing power usage across HSRN and NYU switches. Outside of his technical interests, Nahush enjoys staying active. A fun fact about him is that he has completed two marathons and trekked to an altitude of 18,000 feet on Mount Everest! Nahush is the current Program Lead for the HSRN VIP.
	Victoria Ugochukwu is a undergraduate student at Tandon from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her technical interests are in Supply Chain and Operations. In her free time she enjoys baking, exploring and traveling. A fun fact about Victoria is that she is more outgoing than she looks. Victoria is the current Head of Operations for the HSRN VIP.

Team Leads

	Azriel Wang is a student at Tandon from Guangxi, China. His technical interests are in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Cybersecurity. He enjoys brewing coffee, photography and surfing the Internet in his free time. A fun fact about Azriel is that he is a radio ham. Azriel was the team lead of the Network Engineering Research team.
	Emma Burns is a student at Tandon from Boston, USA. Her technical interests are in Information Systems, Business Analytics and Industrial Biotech. In her free time she enjoys reading, gardenening, and finding new coffee shops. Emma’s fun fact is that she used to be a competitive freestyle skier for 8 years. Emma is the current lead of the Operations team.
	Ivan Bao is a Civil & CS student at Tandon. He is interested in data storage, network optimization, and machine learning. In his free time, Ivan likes to try new food and play music. A fun fact about Ivan is that he hates cheese. Ivan is the current lead of the Media Storage team.
	Divyanshu Mathpal is an graduate student at Tandon from Haridwar, India. His technical interests are in Backend and low level engineering. In his free time Divyanshu enjoys swimming and playing guitar. A fun fact about Divyanshu is that he has a great sense of humor. Divyanshu is the current lead of the Audio Applications team.
	Kevin Aguirre is student at Tandon from New York City. He is interested in full-stack software development and data science. Outside of technicals, Kevin goes to the gym, codes personal projects, reads books, goes on runs, cooks, and plays video games. His fun fact is that he likes to try different places to eat when he gets hungry. Kevin is the current lead of the Web Development team.

Alumni

| Sachin Iyer (Spring 2021-Fall 2022) was the founder of the current iteration of the HSRN VIP. He graduated from the Tandon School of Engineering with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science in Spring 2023. You can find more about him on his website. |

Sean Lai is a student at Tandon from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His technical interests are in Reinforcement Learning, AI, Deep Learning, and Algorithms. In his free time, he enjoys game design, video games, reading, and watching operas. A fun fact about Sean is that he once played Go at the amateur level. Sean was the Vice Program Lead and Head of Research Engineering for the HSRN VIP 25-26.

	Lander Duncan is a student at NYU CAS from San Fransisco, California. He is interested computer networking and systems. Lander was the Program Lead and Head of Infrastructure for the HSRN VIP during the Fall 2025 semester.
	Zack Nguyen was a student at Tandon from Hanoi, Vietnam. He is interested in web development and audio programming. In his free time, Zack enjoys brewing coffee and watching documentaries. Zack’s fun fact is that he lived in Charlotesville, Virgina for 3 years before coming to NYC. Zack was the Program Lead of the HSRN VIP for the 24-25 cycle.
	Diego Troy Lopez was a Senior Network Engineer at NYU IT, previous Program Lead for the HSRN VIP, and graduate student at Tandon from Orange County, California. His technical interests are in Network Engineering, Machine Learning, Systems Optimization, Security, Automation and Astroinformatics. For fun, he enjoys working out, reading, and boxing. A fun fact about Diego is that he never has free time. Diego was the team lead for multiple projects.
	Tia Kumar was a student at Tandon from Manila, Philippines. Her technical interests include Social Entrepreneurship and Data Science. In her free time, Tia enjoys scuba diving, playing touch rugby and baking. A fun fact about Tia is that she has a french bulldog named Bacon. Tia led the Business, Finance & Project Management team.
	Idan Lau was a student at Tandon from Hong Kong, China, and has technical interests in backend programming, data science and computer networking. Idan watches movies when he’s free, and his fun fact is that he does’t like to eat breakfast. Idan led the Network Engineering Research team.
	Kaiwen Guo was a student at Tandon from Jinan, China. His technical interests are in AI and Cybersecurity. In Kaiwen’s free time, he is a guitarist and drummer for a band called “Brittany Can’t Tell”. One fun fact about Kaiwen is that he has built a unique instrument similar to the stylophone. Kaiwen led the Real-time applications team.
	Yuheng Lu was a graduate student at Courant from Beijing, China. His technical interests are Full-Stack Development, Kubernetes and Cloud. In his free time, he hikes and spends time with his dog, Bagel. A fun fact about Yuheng is that he got lost in Myanmar. Yuheng led the Deployments team.
	Po-Hsuan Huang was a graduate student at Courant from Taipei, Taiwan. Her technical interests are in backend development. In her free time she enjoys hiking, yoga, and attending music festivals. A fun fact about Po is that she has completed Camino de Santiago. Po led the Audio Engineering team.
	Gloria Zhu was a CAS student from Acton, Massachusetts. Her technical interests include full stack development, computer networking, and computer science education. In her free time, Gloria loves to read books, make music covers in GarageBand, and enjoy the outdoors. A fun fact about Gloria is she walked the entire length of Manhattan, from Marble Hill to Battery Park, in 7 hours! Gloria led the Corelink AR/VR Team.
	Jaya Sabarish Reddy Remala was a graduate student at Tandon from Nellore, India. His technical interests are in Software Engineering, specifically Full-Stack Development. In his free time, Jaya plays the piano and reads books. A fun fact about Jaya is that one day he ate an entire pie of pizza. Jaya led the Web Development team.
	Nick Chao is from Hsinchu, Taiwan. His technical interests lie in Cloud, infrastructure, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Linux, and Python. For fun, he likes jogging and casual marathon runs. A fun fact about Nick is that he used to speak intermediate level German. Nick was the 2024 Spring Program Lead of the HSRN VIP. 👉🏻 Projects
	Olivia Feng is from Beijing, China. She is interesting in game development, and AR/VR application development. On her free time, She plays video games and snowboards. Her fun fact is that she has two cats. Olivia led the AR/VR Application team.
	Jasper Zeng is a graduate student at Courant from Jiangxi, China. His technical interests are in AI, Machine Learning and Cloud Computing. In his free time he enjoys hiking, Tennis and Badminton. A fun fact about Jasper is that he has no fun fact. Jasper was the team lead of the Computational Steering team.
	Azriel Wang is a student at Tandon from Guangxi, China. His technical interests are in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Cybersecurity. He enjoys brewing coffee, photography and surfing the Internet in his free time. A fun fact about Azriel is that he is a radio ham. Azriel was the team lead of the Network Engineering Research team.

HSRN Over the Years