Sultan Alsulaiti was born and raised in Doha, Qatar. Qatar is well-known for its rich sailing history and its trade with South Asian countries before becoming a British protectorate in the early 20thcentury. Even though Qatar is considered one of the safest and developed countries in our modern world, both his parents came from lower middle-class families that had to work hard in order to provide for themselves and gain a prestigious education that will help their children succeed in the future.
Sultan is bilingual, he speaks both Arabic and English which he learned simultaneously at school since a very young age. Sultan is focusing on learning more Afro-asiatic languages such as Somali or Hebrew.
Sultan is a Senior Mechanical engineering student. He transferred to Seattle Pacific University in the Fall of 2019 after being at the University of Washington-Seattle for the first two years of his college career. Sultan has gained many experiences with 3D CAD SolidWorks, Project management and Heat transfer analyses.
In the summer of 2020, Sultan worked as a maintenance engineer at Qatar Petroleum in Mesaieed Industrial City, Qatar. Sultan worked closely with the maintenance and scheduling teams under the Mesaieed Directorate. Some of the achievements Sultan made during his time with Qatar Petroleum are: Supply a risk analysis for maintenance orders using a risk matrix, prepare routine reporting on work done weekly and monthly, and work on a quarterly look-ahead plan of preventive and inspection work orders for Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) Plants around Qatar.
Go Inose is originally from Japan but has also lived in Malaysia, as well as visiting neighboring countries like Singapore Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, where he had been exposed to a lot of Southeast Asian culture. Go is also currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering at Seattle Pacific University, specializing in computer aided design and analyzing motions of fluids (fluid mechanics). His previous projects include designing and assembling parts of a scooter on SolidWorks, creating a volume controller to adjust the sound coming from a computer, and designing and printing a utility box to attach to a prosthetic hand. Go is currently working as an engineering researcher studying the behaviors of fluids with various viscosities. So, Go will be working through most of the fluid analyses on this project.
Katelyn Ashworth is from Southern California where she spent eighteen years until she moved to Seattle, Washington. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering, and a minor in Electrical Engineering at Seattle Pacific University. She has also studied abroad in Ireland for one semester, allowing her to gather insight on how other cultures live. She has taken engineering courses like the Thermal Science series, Electric Circuits, Computer Aided Design, and Tools and Systems, making her a very well-rounded engineer to tackle on this rigorous project. Katelyn has previously designed and built a robotic gardening arm giving her experience with agricultural engineering projects. Between her junior and senior years, Katelyn worked as a Project Integration Engineer at an engineering controls company that specializes in building maintenance systems and emergency ventilation systems. Her role at this company has allowed her to develop more knowledge about how fans and air conditioners are powered, can communicate to a user interface, and can cool down rooms. When she graduates, she hopes to work in the aerospace industry, applying her knowledge and experience she has gained through school and through her role as a Project Integrator Engineer.
Delyla Vue, a Hmong American, was born in Minnesota but lived in Wisconsin for much of her childhood. Delyla is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Seattle Pacific University, taking interest in sustainable and renewable energy. She has experience working with circuits and coding, but many of her professional work experiences deal with construction and power. Delyla’s first internship experience was with a company called Rushing, where she was first exposed to the construction, power, consulting, and sustainable approach to engineering. Her second internship experience was at McKinstry, where she learned and gained more experience with software and the electrical design process with retro-fit projects. After graduation, Delyla will be working for P2S Inc as an Electrical Design Engineer. In her free time, Delyla likes to read books, watch movies, hike, and cook.
Jannet Gabriela Rivas is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Seattle Pacific University. She is a first generation Mexican American and was born in Southern California in Rialto, CA. She was introduced to agriculture and gardening through her family and has enjoyed learning about many different plants with origins in the Americas, including plants that have been used for culinary purposes in her family for generations. Jannet has mechanically assembled a sprinkler system and a grow light setup to sustain plants during undergraduate research that focused on Mars agriculture. Her junior design project included a sensor-based automatic watering system for up to six plants circled around it where the focus was on the rotation and sustainability of the system. Jannet has worked at Michael Baker International for two years assisting Scott Roux, National Practice Lead for bridges, with meeting agendas, newsletters, informational updates, research and billing. While working with Scott, she learned about RFQs, engineering updates, and about bridge engineering and the roles that different engineers play in designing a single bridge.