Past Students : Nutrition and Foods Program : Texas State University

Mohammad Ali

PhD student - Computer science

Sophia Hernandez

Sophia started working with the NUEVA project in Fall 2023. Sophia worked closely with Dr. Joni Charles to develop a cost analysis report. She participated in beta testing the NUEVA app and developed training resources for testing of the app. Sophia is pursuing a Master of Science in Human Nutrition with an expected graduation date of May 2025.

Chelsea Hopkins

Chelsea Hopkins worked with the NUEVA project as a student for her NUTR 4301 Career Exploration coursework. Chelsea was involved in throughout the process of older adult interviews for phase two of alpha testing. Chelsea also participated in data collection and created an ArcGIS map to optimize data related to community resources for older adults in Central Texas. Chelsea graduated from Texas State University in December 2023 with a Bachelors of Science in Human Nutrition.

Richard Knox

Richard started working with the NUEVA project in Summer 2023. He participated in data collection of community resources for seniors in Central Texas. Richard was involved in phase two of alpha testing of the NUEVA app and phase one of beta testing. Richard developed training and recruitment materials for app testing and has been in charge of updating the NUEVA website. He is pursuing a Master of Science in Human Nutrition with an expected graduation date of December 2025.

Tom Li

Tom started working with the NUEVA project in January 2024. He was the leader for the back-end development of the NUEVA app. He was the main point of contact for beta testing phase and worked on the development of a few app features. Tom graduated from the Master of Science in Computer Science in December 2024.

Mason Melead

Mason started working with the NUEVA project in May 2024. He redesigned the front-end of the app for delivery tracking, nutrition risk and social isolation risk assessments and delivery route management. Mason graduated from the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in December 2024.

Neha Ambhore

Neha started working with the NUEVA project in January 2023. She worked in the NUEVA app development and was involved in the interface and algorithms to process the data. Neha graduated from the Master of Science in Computer Science in May 2024.