spring 2006 students

Arthur Todd Stevens

Arthur Todd Stevens is a 2006 graduate of the Master of Engineering Management Program at Duke University. He has previously attended the University of Maryland, College Park, studying Mechanical Engineering for his undergraduate degree. Todd presently works with Lockheed Martin in their Operations Leadership Development Program. In his free time Todd enjoys playing golf, reading about social dynamics and helping others.

Nishanth Lingamneni

Nishanth Lingamneni is a graduate of the Master of Engineering Management Program at Duke University. He has interned at Microsoft Corp in the summer of 2006 as an Associate Product Manager in Marketing and will be returning to Microsoft upon graduation. Over the past academic year, he has been involved as a research assistant with Duke’s Outsourcing Practicum, worked part time for AlphaMed Press and NetCentrics Corp on business oriented projects and is currently leading a team of students in developing the MEM program at Duke. He received his Bachelors degree from Osmania University, India in Electrical Engineering. In his free time, he likes to bar-tend, watch soccer and write restaurants reviews.

Shingayi Sikipa

Shingayi Sikipa is a Zimbabwean native brought up in six countries in Africa, Europe and USA. His background is in Chemical Engineering with research in the Biomedical Engineering field, as well as project management and consulting in the pharmaceutical industry. His most significant experiences have been volunteering for an HIV/AIDS orphanage in Zimbabwe, as well as developing a tool for identifying medical technology needs in developing countries.

Pengyu Cheng

Pengyu Cheng is currently a 2006 graduate of the Duke University Master of Engineering Management Program. He also attended Duke (Class of 2005) at the undergraduate level, completing degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. He is originally from Miami, Florida and enjoys playing and watching sports as well as spending time with family and friends.

Patrick Chen

Patrick Chen is a 2006 graduate of the Master of Engineering Management program at Duke University. Originally from Westford, Massachusetts, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from Cornell University in 2005. Patrick is currently a consultant with IBM.

Bansi Kotecha

Bansi Kotecha completed his Masters education in Engineering Management at Duke University in 2006. Previously, he graduated with an Electronics Engineering Degree from the Mumbai University in 2004 and then worked as an Analyst for Accenture, India Delivery Centre, Mumbai. Bansi plans to pursue a career in IT Consulting and eventually start his own company. He is passionate about cricket and loves to travel.

Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian

Ram is an engineer from Mumbai, India where he studied Electronics and Telecommunication. He has had a variety of experiences, ranging from interning at a large telecommunications network firm and an airline, to being part of a non-profit entrepreneurial venture. Ram graduated in 2007 from Duke University with a Masters in Engineering Management, after which he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington, DC. Ram is widely traveled, speaks four languages fluently, and is an avid philatelist.

Qi Weng

Qi “Fiona” Weng holds an Electronics Engineering degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. While a graduate student in Duke’s Masters of Engineering Management Program, Fiona contributed to outsourcing research on the Chinese engineering workforce economy. Fiona graduated in 2006.

Chun Wu

Chun Ning “Jimmy” Wu received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Northwestern University. After completing his Masters of Engineering Management degree in 2006, Chun Wu joined Deloitte’s New York office.

Arron Fan

Arron Fan came to the United States after completing a Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from Sun Yat-Sen University. In 2006 Arron Fan graduated from Duke’s Masters of Engineering Management Program where he was actively involved in engineering education research that pertained to China. Currently Arron is pursuing a Masters degree in Financial Math at the University of Chicago.