This document appears to be a yearbook from 2013 for Carnegie Mellon University Australia. It includes messages from the Dean, Executive Director, and Deputy Executive Director. It then profiles the staff, faculty, and students of the university that year. It provides an overview of the campus and city of Adelaide, Australia where the university is located. It shares photos and memories from students of their time on campus and events they participated in. It concludes with graduation and a message from the yearbook committee looking back on the year.

1. 2013
Yearbook

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3. Foreword
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Message from the Dean
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Message from the Executive Director
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Message from the Deputy Executive Director
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The Staff
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The Falcuty
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The Students
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Welcome to Adelaide
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Around the campus
and Our best moments
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Graduation
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Backlog of the Yearbook commitee
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Photo: Huong Eva
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4. Ramayya Krishnan
Dean of the Heinz College, Carnegie
Mellon University Pittsburgh
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I extend my warmest congratulations to the
graduates of Carnegie Mellon University
Australia’s Heinz College in Adelaide.
Since establishing in South Australia in
2006, we have focused on bringing all
the elements of Carnegie Mellon’s interdisciplinary, problem-solving approach
and advanced technology to the study of
critical societal and organizational issues.
Our Adelaide campus has provided us with
a uniquely diverse student cohort and an
ability to combine the study of information
technology and public policy. This has laid
a strong foundation for training future
leaders throughout this region, and the
world.
The graduates you see today have
succeeded in a rigorous and valuable
program of study and we are honored
to count them among our many other
graduates around the world. The students
presented here are now Heinz College
Alumni. My charge to them is to become-in the words of our founder--“men and
women of intelligent action who can
change the world”. I thank all family,
friends, faculty and administrators who
have helped our graduates reach this day,
and I congratulate these new alumni and
wish them the very best in the years to
come.
Every year, Carnegie Mellon University Australia
welcomes new batches of students representing the
very best and brightest the world has to offer. After a
few weeks on campus, many question whether they will
survive our demanding programs and all that comes
with earning a degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
Many doubt their abilities despite qualifications,
experience and outstanding achievements. Yet as the
studies progress, a miraculous transformation occurs
–not only do the students survive, but they excel as
capable, confident and competitive individuals. They
become well-rounded global leaders ready to face
anything and everything that comes their way.
The University would of course like to take credit
for the transformation, but this would not only be
presumptuous, but unfounded. Your degree is your
accomplishment, your triumph and your choice for
the future. At best CMUA was the supporting cast of
a play in which you were the star. The knowledge you
acquired from us will soon be replaced by new learning
and experiences as you excel in your chosen fields,
with a renewed confidence to conquer challenges,
and an intrinsic, invaluable understanding of your
limits and the ability to transcend them.
Carnegie Mellon
University Australia
Executive Director
So I leave you with this thought: Use your newly
acquired knowledge, abilities and confidence to do
great things, but never forget where you came from.
A large part of being the best is being humble.
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5. An American Degree.
An Australian Experience.
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Asia-Pacific, U.S.A, Europe,
Latin America, Africa and
the Middle East, creating
wide-reaching
networks
of contemporaries, global
experts and alumni.
Carnegie Mellon University
Australia which opened
in 2006 is a truly global
university campus, with
students, faculty and staff
representing more than 25
countries throughout the
Carnegie Mellon University Australia
Deputy Executive Director
Carnegie Mellon University
is
an
internationally
renowned university with
campuses in Pittsburgh,
Washington
D.C.,
and
Silicon Valley in the United
States, Doha in Qatar and
Adelaide in Australia. The
university
consistently
ranks among the top 50
universities worldwide and
boasts a significant number
of
highly-ranked
and
internationally recognised
degree programs. Carnegie
Mellon University is the
first American university
to establish a campus in
Australia.
Carnegie Mellon University
Australia is guided by an
Advisory Board of worldclass influential leaders
from around Australia and
the Asia-Pacific region.
The campus is situated
in the heart of the city's
central business district.
It
is
collocated
with
the
University
College
London's School of Energy
and Resources (Australia),
and world-class research
and
policy
institutes
including
the
Torrens
Resilience Institute, and
the Australian Centre for
Social Innovation.
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6. MARK Charnley
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CHRISTINE
McLeod
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7. From the Classroom to the World
Carnegie Mellon University is helping to shape the world
through education, research and outreach.
The campus atmosphere offers opportunities to engage in
groundbreaking research. And it’s not just graduate students.
Undergrads often work alongside professors who are leaders
in their fields, with a student-faculty ratio of 10:1.
Approximately 96 percent of faculty members have a
Ph.D. or equivalent degree in their field. 99 percent of all
undergraduate classes are taught by faculty, who often teach
both undergraduate and graduate courses.
And it shows. Our alumni have gone on to become Nobel
Prize winners, tech company founders, inventors, orchestra
conductors, Oscar-winning producers, and more.
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Terry F. Buss, PhD, is Executive
Director and Distinguished
Professor of Public Policy.
Terry earned his doctorate
in
political
science
and
mathematics at Ohio State
University. Over the past
30 years, Terry has built his
career in both academe and
governement.
Paul is a 5th generation
Adelaidean. He holds a PhD in
Economics from the University
of Adelaide and he has three
decades experience working
as an economist in the public
and private sectors. As well
as teaching at CMUA, Paul
is principal of consulting
firm Chapman & King which
provides
information
and
advisory services for regional
South Australia. He is also a
Senior Research Fellow at the
Hawke Research Institute for
Sustainable Communities.
David Boyd is an adjunct
professor
in
the
Masters
of
Information
Systems
Management
Program
at
Carnegie
Mellon
University
where he teaches IT project
management and advanced
IT project management. Mr.
Boyd received his Masters of
Business Administration Degree
from Tulane University and has
pursued a long and successful
career as a project manager
and executive with major
strategy and IT consulting
firms. He founded and heads
David Boyd & Associates, a
successful strategy, IT, and
operations consulting practice
that serves large government
agencies, software vendors,
and
systems
integrators.
He is a frequent speaker at
government IT and operations
focused conferences.
Linda Chaousis, Creative Director Linda Chaousis
International, Adjunct Faculty, Carnegie Mellon
University Australia, has held a number of senior
management roles. In addition to several years
consulting experience in a range of industries
and sectors in Australia, the Middle East and the
United States, she has authored several books,
videos and management resources.
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9. Emil Bolongaita’s career has been driven by
twin commitments to advance international
development and international education.
Prior to his CMU appointment, Emil was
the Unit Head of the Central Asia Regional
Economic Cooperation Program at the Asian
Development Bank (ADB). Before joining
ADB, Emil worked with the U.S. Agency for
International Development as the director
of its Enhancing Government Effectiveness
project. He also managed the World Bank’s
distance learning program on governance
and anti-corruption in Southeast Asia. Emil
previously taught at the Elliott School of
International Affairs at George Washington
University, the Lee Kuan Yew School of
Public Policy at the National University
of Singapore, and the Asian Institute of
Management. He received his Ph.D. in
Government and International Studies and
M.A. in International Peace Studies from the
University of Notre Dame.
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11. HUONG Do aka “Eva”
One of the greatest things about CMUA is that
we have friends from all around the world. Being
here and knowing them is a precious chance and I
always exciting to know about about the cultures
and philosophies.
After the first few weeks in CMUA, I started to
realize how special every person here is, and how
lucky I am to meet each and every one of them.
Anywhere in CMUA, we can see the incredibles!
That quiet girl might be with a surprisingly strong
will that helps her to overcome all the challenges.
That lively guy may be great at time management...
Life at CMUA had been a journey to learn about
each and every one who is and has been part of
this family, and this experience had been very
delightful and rewarding. The time spent at CMUA
is one of the most important times of my life.
LACOLE Foots
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12. Laila Catherine Q. Deles
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Ronnill Enriquez
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13. I’d like to think that I’m fun-loving even
though tha fact mayhave been lost on
the many wonderful folks I had the rare
privilege to meet at CMU-A. Others have
also said that I’m a ‘workaholic’ and I
tend to agree with them. But then who at
CMU-A is not?
My experience at CMU-A was LIFECHANGING. I have been changed to the
extent that even I cannot stop myself
from getting better.
Every single second I spent there counted
immensely to my development both as a
person as a professional equipped with
the requisite knowledge, skills, attitude
and experience to be relevant wherever
I find myself on the globe.
I also made some wonderful friends who
have and continued to enrich my life in
big and varied ways. They are going to
be in my courtiers for the rest of my life.
Moving to Aussie away from
them was a challenge for me
at the start; but true to life,
I had to fly and strengthen
my own wings. Life has a
way of making you live up to
your strengths, duties and
responsibilities to self and to
society.
The
opportunities
to
realise
your
strengths
and
complement
your
weaknesses come your way,
and the choice is indeed
yours to rise to the occasion.
I am in pursuit of ways in
which I can empower myself
to
contribute
effectively
to the empowerment of
the African people as I
promote
International
Relations. I found Carnegie
Mellon University a suitable
destination and on 26th
of April 2012 I took that
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bold step towards this
destination and indeed it
was a destination where
my life would soon be
impacted in ways I had not
envisioned.
With God as my greatest
fan, I had the right support
and motivation to journey
onwards towards a fulfilling
end.
If I could go back and
choose
the
people
I
would get to walk those
corridors with, share the
class rooms with, as well
as the challenges and the
satisfaction of overcoming
them in the time I would
be here, … I would move
right back to the future for
I can confidently say I had
the best in the people that
I met at CMU-A in the time
I was here.
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14. CMU life!!! Everyone had different
perception over this. Some say, it was
very tough while for some it was full of
traveling and partying. For me, it was
no life without friends. Some really close
friends like Navita, Nghia, Hoa, Huyen
and Ajay made CMU life an evident based
memory for me. There are thousands of
pics with these friends that will be with
me for the rest of my life.
Namaste everyone. My name is Zicky Aggarwal and I am awarded MSIT
degree by CMU. Two years in Carnegie had been a journey of learning and
building memories. Although the university seemed quite small when I first
saw it, however soon I realized that it was sufficient enough for the small
CMU-A family.
Being elected as the President of the student association brought new curve
to my life. It was the beginning of my career into leadership and gave my
life a whole new direction.
Ever since the first semester, friends like Jacqueline and Abhishek made life
more cheerful by hosting weekend parties. The trip to New Zealand with
Ajay had been a life time experience. Lectures with Prof. TK had always
been inspirational and full of career planning tips. And those with Yanusz
could not make life in CMU any more difficult. Riaz and Murli always kept the
educational journey smoother. This journey would have been incomplete
without Colin who always shared inspirational stories from his life, Linda
who always enlightened my path into leadership and Nereshnee who always
directed me into the right direction.
In my
life,Friends
and Family
play the most
important
role. After
all, success
is worthless
if there is no
one to share it
with.
A special thanks to Marco Salinas and Thien Huong Do (Eva) for being
closest to my heart and cushioning my journey from beginning till the end.
NGHIA Nguyen,
HUONG Eva,
HARISH Girishankar,
and SONALI.
(actually we were all
smiling!)
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15. DANIEL E. Del Duca
I am Economist by training and have also done
postgraduate studies in Data mining & market
research at the University of Bologna. During my
training as Master in Public Policy and Management
here in CMUA, I was part of the team that developed
an alternative model of co investment for the Strategy
and Delivery Division of Office of Prime Minister
and Cabinet, Government of Australia. I have also
worked in a project for Combating Drug trafficking in
Argentina.
My Experience at CMUA was mind Breaker. It was like
a reborn. Being at university Campus allowed me to
understand life from a different angle.
CMUA breathes knowledge and experience. Even from
a chance encounter in the student Lounge you get a
story to tell and an anecdote to remember for ever.
Everything in CMUA speaks about personal and
professional growth. Having the chance of being a
CMUA alumni is unique and unforgettable.
Most important thing in life:
Friends, family and happiness
WILSON Quan
My 4 years at CMU
have been a fantastic
and rewarding
journey. Seeing the
university grow and
the community that
has formed around it
has been inspiring. The
opportunity to learn
from a passionate
faculty and diverse
body of classmates is
an experience that I
would wholeheartedly
recommend to anyone.
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18. Energetic, agile, passionate and hard-working! Love
to make new friends, get involved in extra-curricular
activities... My experience at CMU has been simply
amazing! There are unparalleled opportunities at
CMU, to grow and develop yourself, and express
your ideas to the universe. CMU is undoubtedly the
best university in US!
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19. Adelaide is the capital city
of South Australia. The
city was founded in 1836.
Colonel William Light, one of
Adelaide’s founding fathers
designed the city in grid
layouts with wide boulevards,
large public squares and
entirely surrounded parkland.
We will tell you more about
charming Adelaide in the next
pages.
Join us!
Photo: Huong Eva
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20. “First trip in first days in Adelaide to the beautiful Hills
of Adelaide, we’ve got to see by our naked eyes the
abundant and amazing nature of Australia...Right after
the bird area I found a tree full of ripen apricot, OMG it’s
awesomely wonderful!...” Eva Huong
And we can easily see them right here on the
River Torrens in the middle of the city
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21. Don’t tell me you have never seen the beautiful statue! (Right at
the point where King William street crosses with Flinder street)
John McDouall Stuart (7 September 1815 – 5 June 1866)
was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished
and famous of all Australia’s inland explorers. Stuart led
the first successful expedition to traverse the Australian
mainland from south to north and return, and the first to
do so from a starting point in South Australia, achieving
this despite poor backing from the Government of South
Australia. His experience and the care he showed for his
team ensured he never lost a man, despite the harshness of
the country he encountered. (Wikipedia)
The photo of these scotties
was taken by Sarah, from CMU
Pittsburgh (but she studied in
Adelaide). So scotties so CMU!
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Map from http://www.weekendnotes.com/
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25. Around the campus
Facts:
Out and about: 5%
In the Campus: 95%
In the Campus and studying: 90%
But, look! We did have quality time!
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Our FIFA cup!
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29. International
Night
2012 and 2013
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32. BAGPIPE
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33. Your Group Photo
Stick it here
Graduation
December 2013
We want this Yearbook to
be available for you guys
by your Graduation Day
and we do not have a
Time Machine to fly there,
taking photos and put it
here. While waiting for
this technology, we do
this layout and you will
select and pick your best
moments to place it here!
Photo with your beloved ones:
Girlfriend & Boyfriend, or both
Family
Professor
House mates
Studyroom mates
Bestfriend
Funny moments
Hint: You also can write on
the whilte space next to the
photo frames
And more funny moments
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Background photo credit: FreeGreatPicture.com Thank you!
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35. CLUBS AND COMMITTEES
Student Social Committee
Abhishek Easwar President
Sonali Tharwani President
Vivek Venkatram Secretary
Zicky Aggarwal
Daniel Miller
Nakul Gandotra
Vivek Arora
Michael Kolisz
Meet Thakkar
Smriti Batra
Richard Tim
Shifang Peng
Qingqing Xue
Chen Zheng
Aakriti Bhargava
Shubham Jaiswal
Dhruv Kumar
Mithun Mathew
Arun Mehta
Shubhang Bhasin
Rucha Patil
Varun Puri
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Francisco Vives
Tania Dasgupta
Jaksha Shah
ENACTUS
Photo: Huyen Ngo
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Antonella Guidoccio President
Mayuresh Kulkarni
Oteng Karikari
Syed Sajjad Ali Shah
Rikio Chiba
Sumit Das
Siyu Pan
Alfredo Veron President
Francisco Vives
Zicky Aggarwal
Luka Romeo
Chen Sha
Dasom Kim (Ria)
Hoa Q. Le
Peng Donger (Winter)
Qiulu Gong
Samuel Affare
Yiyie Li
Zikun Xu
Bahar Forghani
Yang Jiang (Pallas)
Linh Nguyen
Student Representative Committee The Yearbook Committee
Zicky Aggarwal President
Zicky Aggarwal
Eva Thien Huong Do Secretary
Eva Thien Huong Do
Marco Salinas Secretary
Sonali Tharwani
Michael Kolisz Secretary
Nakul Gandotra
Iliya Karasev
Nakul Gandotra
Shubhang Bhasin
Smriti Batra
Isaac White
Varun Puri
Shifang Peng
Richard
Jaksha Shah
Vivek Arora
Salfikar Abbas
Varun Puri
Srinivasan Vembuli
Isaac White
Timothy Muecke
Shifang Peng
Anna Qinyi Chen
Abhishek Easwar
Vishwadhara Nanduru
Navita Mittal
Ivory Ndekei
Le Hoa
Erica Kane
Kainuo Yu
Luxuan Zhang
Tzu-Chuang Huang
Andrew Saunder
Luxuan Zhang
Reaksmey Hong
Shiyu Ling (Bright)
Anna Qinyi Chen
Venkatesh Yeluri
Isaac White Project Leader
Esther Ndanu Kwali
Richard Shannon Lim Tiu
Siyun Li
Rijia (Rebecca) Hou
Ruxin Han
Qingqing Xue
Meet Thakkar
Abdulaziz Al-Ohali
Aditya Padhye
Nilay Panchal
Brendan Carroll Project Leader
Shameel Abdul
Yi Zhang
Yan LI
Yang Cheng
Zhiwei Su
Corey Sattler
Rucha Patil
Varun Puri
Danyang Lao
Shubhuam Jaiswall
Leandro Digon
Aakriti Bhargava
Dhruv Kumar Project Leader
Jelena (Yunjia) Lu
Tania Dasgupta
Shubham Jaiswal
Ziwei Shi
Manoj Ravi
Nakul Gandotra
Shubhang Bhasin
Yan Liu
Arun Mehta
Nikhil Bhangale
Mithun Mathew
Naomi Wamahiu
Varun Puri
Naveen Mohan
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36. Backlog of the Yearbook Committee
Believe or not, we have been silently collecting
photos and eagerly talking now and then about
a team to do the yearbook since first days at
CMUA, early 2012.
First documents (outline, scopes of
timeframe) were set out in May, 2013.
work,
But nothing else had been done ever since as we
were so busy at school, all the time.
Finally, about 4 weeks before Graduation of
December 2013, we started sending out forms,
email and sms, asking everyone to share their
“CMUA moments” and “CMUA feelings”. Forms
were filled up. Photos were collected, edited, and
grouped up. Stories were connected to make a
flow. An elegant, clean and fresh style of layout
was designed.
We decided not to put countries and course of
study in the self introduction because we think
each of us, no matter what we studied or what
culture we are with, make up a beautiful CMUA.
No label needed.
Zicky Aggarwal
Eva Thien Huong Do
Tim Muecke
Hoa Quynh Le
Nakul Gandotra
Isaac White
Shifang Peng
Sonali Tharwani
Varun Puri
We decided to tell not just about our academic
life, but also about charmingful Adelaide
with its history and people, the Hills, River
Torrens, turquoise beaches and many beautiful
attractions.
Address
Torrens Building
220 Victoria Square
ADELAIDE SA 5000
The team was quite modest.
ZICKY - aka the Serious and Patient Team
Manager who was the key contact to all
students, staff, faculty, marketing team and
printing supplier.
EVA - aka the SuperKool Content Editor and
Graphic Designer, an CMUA alumni, who is
currently working in Adelaide.
TIM - aka Sweet Chocolate Monster, another
CMUA alumni who always offers valuable helps,
sharing all the painful experiences (of previous
Yearbook) and documents and even scarified
his big screen so Eva can work on two screens at
a time (this doubled the productivity!)
HOA - aka the Awesome Author who wrote the
“Foreword” from her internship desk in Malaysia.
And many other helping hands.
Carnegie Mellon University Australia
This is the dinner table where the Yearbook
get designed, editted read-proofed (several times)
and exported to FA for printing.
And I think it’s a mistake not to mention Toby The
Puppy, who stayed up late, curled up in his “croissant”
pose, calmly snoring by my chair many nights and
weekends. The sweet, always possitive and loyal
Toby is part of the Yearbook’s spirit! Sometimes he’s
joined by Connie - a true pocket rocket who likes
to chase Toby around till he’s tongued out and jaw
dropped breathing.
Telephone
+61 8 8110 9900
Facsimile
+61 8 8211 9444
Website www.cmu.edu.au
Email admissions@cmu.edu.au
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CONNECT WITH US
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We would like to send our Special Thanks to
ANGELO, the author of our the-best-ever,
shiningly beautiful ID photos, to ALICE from
Citrus Photography for her stunning Graduation
day photos; and to all school staff who have
been so helpful and supporting to us.
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