Category: Alumni News

Aalaa Mohammed, CMCE BTech expected class of spring 2022, received a new job offer as a Project Engineer at Suffolk Construction. She will be joining the Suffolk Career Start 2022 cohort in their New York City offices. Aalaa is currently conducting research with Prof. Anne Marie Sowder through the group project, “Investigating Project Success Factors in Post-Disaster Rebuilding Efforts in NYC,” part of City Tech’s CRSP program, and was previously awarded Best STEM poster at the 33rd Semi-Annual Dr. Janet Liou-Mark Honors and Undergraduate Research Scholars Poster Presentation (2020) for her solo work “Benefits of Pre-Construction Analysis: CET Senior Capstone Expands Understanding of an Urban Refuge at GallopNYC Sunrise Stables.”

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Carlos Piedrahita, CMCE class of spring 2020, started a new job as an APM at Sciame Construction. He is working at 335 Madison Avenue on a major renovation project and tenant improvements and is also enrolled in his third semester in the MS in Real Estate Development program at NYU. His career in construction started in 2017 thanks to CMCE Prof. Villatoro who referred him to a GC in Manhattan where he worked as an APM for almost two years. After that, he moved to a bigger company as an APM working on high-end commercial projects ranging from $1M – $20M before joining Sciame in 2021.

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Matthew Russelli, CMCE class of 2018, is currently a Project Manager for a GC that has contracts with the City of New York handling public school renovation projects. His most recent project repurposes an old classroom used for storage as a new computer lab.

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Danielle Ali, CMCE class of 2018, is currently working at Sciame Construction LLC on Wall Street as an Assistant Project Manager. She is currently working on the construction of The Studio Museum in Harlem, designed by Adjaye Associates. Sciame specializes in building unique structures and cultural institutions. She is also enrolled at Brooklyn College, in the Graduate Business Program earning a masters degree. Danielle has gained a multitude of skills in project management which she utilizes every day.

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Nicolas Rios, CMCE class of 2019, recently started a new position as a Project Commissioning Engineer with WB Engineers+Consultants. He is currently working on the retro-commissioning of various mechanical equipment within a Novavax Vaccine Lab in MD and the commissioning a UPS replacement in a CVS/Aetna Data Center in CT.

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Sandra M. Torres, CMCE class of 2018. As of March 2019, she was employed as an Assistant Superintendent for Sciame Construction, LLC and is currently assigned to The Frick Collection, an art museum and art history research center. The site consists of four interconnected buildings of which two are landmarks. The existing spaces will be renovated to varying extents. The Frick Art & Research Library, Music Room and Reception buildings will be expanded to create new spaces and a brand new underground theater/auditorium will be constructed. The total project is $170M and 201,000SF.

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Pape Thioune, EIT, CMCE class of 2016, is currently working as a Construction Site Manager in Senegal, on a 11,000SF one-story brick building.

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