Driving Forces: Susan Soccolich

Susan Soccolich

Susan Soccolich initially thought that she would use her affinity for numbers in the insurance industry. However, after obtaining a Master’s in statistics from Virginia Tech, she realized that the actuarial career’s focus on crash financial impacts was not really in alignment with her mindset. Fortunately for VTTI, Susan did feel that utilizing her education… Continue Reading Driving Forces: Susan Soccolich

Driving Forces: Ihab El-Shawarby

Ihab El-Shawarby

Ihab El-Shawarby has had many roles at VTTI, reaching back almost 25 years. His first job as a data reductionist was taken while he worked on his doctorate in industrial engineering in the late 1990s. After receiving his PhD through a joint program between Virginia Tech and Ain-Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, Ihab headed back… Continue Reading Driving Forces: Ihab El-Shawarby

Driving Forces: Fang Huang

Fang Huang

Research associate Fang Huang is coming up on 20 years as an employee at VTTI. She started as a part-time employee in January 2002 while she was working on a master’s degree in computer science at Virginia Tech. She obtained a bachelor’s in electrical engineering at JiangSu University of Technology in China and subsequently taught… Continue Reading Driving Forces: Fang Huang