Mission
Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) promotes science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education through an exciting, mentorship-based process. PiE is a student outreach organization based in UC Berkeley and was founded in 2008 by members of Tau Beta Pi led by Xiao-Yu Fu. We strongly believe that no student should be denied a quality STEM education experience.
Team
Leadership
Karen Lee
Director
Jessica Au
Director of Corporate & Public Relations
Kirsten Nguyen
Director of Education
Jeanney Keo
Director of Programs
Charles Hong
Director of Engineering (Software)
Steven Lu
Director of Engineering (Hardware)
Project Managers
Ben Liao
Hibike/Runtime
Jesse Valva
Atlas
Ashley Byrne
Education
Rafael Ostrea
DevOps
Lizhi (Gary) Yang
PieSens
Kaitlyn Chan
PiE Sens
Karen Darken
Dawn
Matthew Guo
Dawn
Ryan Koh
Shepherd
Gregory Jerian
DevOps
Sophia Li
Mechanical
Kevin Zhu
Infrastructure
Albert Wen
Mechanical
Edward Choi
Dawn/Infrastructure (Software Coordinator)
All Staff and Bios
Rafael Ostrea
Intended Computer Science (L&S)
Mark Zhang
CS
Jialin Li
CS
Ryan Koh
Intended Computer Science
Lizhi Yang
EECS
Seiya
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Armen Phelps
Intended MCB, considering CS
Kevin Gao
EECS
Victor Huang
cs
Kunal Gupta
Data Science, Minor Computer Science
Matthew Xie
Computer Science
Michael Aydin
Computer Science
Ben Liao
Undeclared Engineering
Matthew Wang
Mechanical Engineering
Bob Dai
Computer Science
Xavier Balladarez
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Michael Wu
CS
Dixun Cui
Mechanical Engineering
Chad Wakamiya
IEOR
Alan Zhang
CS + Ling
Vivien Nguyen
Computer Science
Kevin Lu
CS *intended*
Claire Ko
Engineering Mathematics and Statistics
Michael Aydin
Computer Science
Ben Wefers
Mechanical Engineering
Scott Numamoto
EECS - tbh just CS
Andrew Wan
Computer Science
Steve Cao
Computer Science
Jeanney Keo
geography & society and environment
Julie Tran
Computer Science
Kirsten Nguyen
MCB + Edu minor
Jonathan Lee
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Alice Mo
Bioengineering
Jesse Valva
Applied Math
Julie Lum
MEB/EEP
Albert Wen
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisors
Pieter Abbeel
Associate Professor
Terry Johnson
Associate Professor
George Anwar
Lecturer
Alumni
Xiao Yu Fu
Founder | Univ. of Calgary
Matthew Chang
Amazon
Amy Fu
Samuel Fung
ThinkTank
Vanathi Ganesh
Advisor | Microsoft
Humphrey Hu
Carnegie Mellon
Douglas Hutchings
Advisor | UC Berkeley
Ryan Julian
Advisor | University of Southern California
Huda Khayrallah
Johns Hopkins
Nikita Kitaev
Advisor | UC Berkeley
William Li
Advisor | Sparks
Allen Li
Advisor | Facebook
Winston Long
Advisor
Robert Luan
Advisor | Apple
Peter Nakamoto
Think Surgical
Jared Porter
Phasespace
Dennis Wai
Advisor | Jet Propulsion Laboratory
John Wang
May Mobility
Or Weizman
Yelp
Baladitya Yellapragada
UC Berkeley
Daniel Lee
Advisor | Google
Tomoya Ogura
Advisor | Captricity
PiE Foundation
Mission
The Pioneers in Engineering Foundation is an independent, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its mission is to promote STEM education through an exciting, mentor-based process.
Donate
Donations to PiE are tax-deductible subject to federal and state charitable giving rules. If you would like to make a donation, please donate online now or email [email protected] to arrange your gift.
Board of Directors and Executive Officers
The PiE Foundation is led by a board of current and former PiE members.
Executive Officers
- Secretary: Winston Long
- CEO: Vivien Nguyen
- Treasurer: Jehan Yang
Board Members
- Xiao-Yu Fu
- James Hulett
- William Li
- Karen Lee
- Kirsten Nguyen
- Briana Niu
- Tomoya Ogura
- Seiya Ono
- Scott Numamoto
- Dennis Wai
- Alan Zhang
Acknowledgement
In 2015, Pioneers in Engineering obtained 501(c)(3) nonprofit status with the help of Michael M. Rosen of Fish and Richardson.
Information
Tax
- EIN 47-4554504
- IRS Determination Letter
Contact Us
Pioneers in Engineering Foundation 1862 Arch St Apt 4 Berkeley, CA 94709
Annual Reports
For more information about the participants of our past season, take look at our annual reports.
| Title | Date posted | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Report 2015 | October 11, 2015 | |
| Annual Report 2014 | ||
| Annual Report 2012 | ||
| Annual Report 2011 | August 23, 2011 |
PiE Annual Data
| Year | Participants | Schools | Mentors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 44 | 6 | 18 |
| 2010 | 60 | 8 | 27 |
| 2011 | 102 | 9 | 35 |
| 2012 | 265 | 20 | 90 |
| 2013 | 260 | 24 | 107 |
| 2014 | 276 | 20 | 86 |
| 2015 | 350 | 24 | 76 |
Quick Facts on PiE's RC Participants (in 2016)
Annual Household Income
| Family Income | Total | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| below $10,000 | 14 | 5% |
| $10,000 - $30,000 | 46 | 17% |
| $30,000 - $50,000 | 68 | 25% |
| $50,000 - $70,000 | 45 | 16% |
| $70,000 - $90,000 | 26 | 9% |
| $90,000+ | 78 | 28% |
47% of our participants live below the US median wage of $51,939 (US Census Bureau).
Some of our participants live below the US household* poverty line of $20,090 (US Dept. of Health and Human Services).
*household of 3 members
Gender Demographics
| Gender | Total | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 187 | 68% |
| Female | 88 | 32% |
1 in 3 of PiE's RC participants are female. This is doing better than most colleges in participation of females in robotics or computer science.
(Data: National Girls Collaborative Project)