Success Starts with Support | Meet the Fall 2026 LA Team
Our Learning Assistants (LAs) support RPI's orientation experiences and host interactive first-year and sophomore workshops and programs throughout the year to help students thrive academically, socially, and personally. Led by four Learning Assistant Coordinators (LACs), our Fall 2026 LA team is made up of current students who represent the many different majors, class years and interests at RPI.
Fall 2026 Learning Assistant Coordinators
LAC Jacob
Major: Electrical and Computer Systems Engineer
- I ran 20 miles on my 20th birthday
- I like to take nature photos when I'm outside
- I'm from San Diego, California
LAC Nyati
Major: Biomedical Engineering
- I have two dogs - a sheltie and a corgi
- My favorite movie is The Mummy (1999)
- I love competitive speech and debate
LAC Chris
Major: Electrical Engineering
- I have been on over 50 different roller coasters
- I am a violin instructor and composer
- This will be my fourth year as a FRC Game Announcer
LAC Grace
Major: Chemistry
- I love trying new foods
- I love to run and hike
- I love crime shows
Fall 2026 Learning Assistants
LA Aidan
Major: Electrical and Computer Systems Engineer
- I have a plasma purple Mitsubishi mirage
- I helped each 300 chicken nuggets in one night
- I have three cats, and two of them are named after weather phenomena
LA D'Andre
Major: Computer Science and Information Technology
- I am left handed
- I like producing and writing music
- I ran track and field in high school
LA Ella
Major: Biomedical Engineering
- I love hiking and camping
- I grew mold five times my freshman year
- My favorite singer is Olivia Rodrigo
LA Gabe
Major: Aerospace Engineering
- I ran a half marathon on Rockway Beach
- My favorite movie is Real Steel
- I like playing tennis
LA Hana
Major: Biomedical Engineering
- My favorite game franchise is Legend of Zelda
- I love rhythm games
- I have a cat named Chicken
LA Henry
Major: Electrical Engineering and Electronic Arts
- I lived in LGBT special interest housing last year
- I'm from Birmingham, Alabama
- I want to work in the film industry when I graduate
LA Jayden
Major: Industrial Engineering
- I love to play the piano
- I've been on the news twice
- I participated in four years of track and field, six years of basketball, and two years of soccer
LA John
Major: Computer Science
- I have a dog named Rusty
- I starred in an hour-long film in high school
- I love music
LA Andrew
Major: Industrial and Management Engineering
- I love to cook and try new foods
- I enjoy working out and staying active
- I've recently started playing tennis
LA Ansh
Major: Computer Systems Engineering
- I have a Havanese dog named Tuffy
- A favorite movie of mine is Jurassic World
- I like playing spikeball
LA Camille
Major: Electrical Engineering
- My favorite games are Minecraft, R.E.P.O., and Club Penguin
- I am taking care of my first Aquarium
- I've recently overcome a fear of butterflies
LA Erik
Major: Computer Science and Engineering
- I love painting, hiking, and photography
- My research is quantum computing
- I've lived in Ecuador, Mexico, and the USA
LA Owen
Major: Computer Science and Information Technology
- I am a Physics I mentor
- I enjoy long distance running
- I am Azorean Portuguese
LA James
Major: Computer Science
- I'm from New Jersey
- I love nature photography
- I play the drums
LA Michael
Major: Computer Science
- I love citrus fruits
- I grew up on an island with three siblings
- I'm always down for a chess match
LA Ronan
Major: Cognitive Science and Computer Systems Engineering
- Stranger Things is my favorite TV show
- I love board games
- I want to learn to play the guitar
LA Jack
Major: Physics and Mathematics
- I love swimming with RPI Club Water Polo
- I recently got into sewing and embroidery
- My top three bands are AC/DC, Pink Floyd, and Deftones
LA Simon
Major: Electrical Engineering
- I write poetry
- I love Doraemon
- I am an active Techdump hunter
LA Winston
Major: Materials Science Engineering
- I like to swim and I've competitively been swimming since middle school
- I like to hike and play chess
- I have a bichon poodle named Rosie
