About MEC

Current Employees:

Nia Soeharto, Ed.D., MA, MBA.

Program Director, Measurement and Evaluation Center
(713) 743-5441 | Email Nia
Education:
Ed.D. in Professional Leadership, University of Houston, 2021.
MA in Mass Communication Studies, University of Houston, 1998.
MBA in Management Accounting, University of Indonesia, 1991.
BSc in Architecture Engineering, Trisakti University, 1989.  

 

Shreya Telavane, MS

Application Developer/IT
(713) 743-5442 | Email Shreya
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, May 2026.
BTech in Information Technology, S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, May 2020.

Ranjitha Basavaraju

Data Analyst/Application Developer/IT
(713) 743-5442 | Email Ranjitha
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, expected December 2026 graduation.
BE in Engineering in Electronics and Communication, Atria Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India, July 2019.

Hoang Dang Pham (Dan)

Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | Email Dan
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, expected December 2027 graduation.
BSc. in Computer Science and minor in Management Information System, University of Houston, December 2025.

Tharun Edla

Data Analyst/Application Developer/IT
(713) 743-5442 | Email Tharun
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, expected December 2027 graduation.
BTech in Information Technology, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India May 2023.

Sukalyan Das

Data Analyst/Application Developer/IT
(713) 743-5442 | Email Sukalyan
Education:
MS in Statistics and Data Science, University of Houston, expected December 2027 graduation.
BSc. in Computer Science and minor in Mathematics, University of Houston, May 2026.

Van Bao Nguyen Nguyen (Marvin)

Application Developer/IT
(713) 743-5442 | Email Marvin
Education:
MS in Computer Science and minor in Mathematics, University of Houston, expected May 2028 graduation. 
BSc. in Computer Science, University of Technology, Viet Nam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, October 2024.

Ashish Rao Soorneni

Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | Email Ashish
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, expected May 2028 graduation.
B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, B V Raju Institute of Technology, December 2025.

Yash Padhye

Application Developer/IT
(713) 743-5442 | Email Yash
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science and AI, University of Houston, expected May 2027 graduation.
BE in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India, June 2024.

Abbas Haider, MS

Data Analyst/Application Developer/IT
(713) 743-5442 | Email Abbas
Education:
MS in Business Analytics, University of Houston, December 2025.
BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Deccan College of Engineering & Technology (affiliated to Osmania University), Hyderabad, India, May 2016.

Ashish Adhikari, MS

Data Analyst
(713) 743-5442 | Email Ashish
Education:
MS in Engineering Data Science, University of Houston, May 2026.
BSc Honors in Computing (Software Engineering), Naaya Ayam Multi-disciplinary Institute (affiliated to University of Northampton), Kathmandu, Nepal, September 2021.
MS in Business Studies, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2021.
BS in Business Studies, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2013.