Alex Phan
Executive Director For Student Success at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Phan is an interdisciplinary leader blending eight years of academic research, engineering, and educational program design to drive student success at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering. With a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and hands-on experience from Pfizer to postdoctoral research, he translates complex R&D and software concepts into scalable curricula and access pipelines for high school, community college, and university students. He led a $1.6M regional workforce curriculum initiative and has taught applied topics from LabVIEW to computer vision, pairing experiential learning with teacher professional development. In his current executive role he focuses on cross-campus collaboration, staff growth, and expanding equitable access to resources and opportunities—bringing an entrepreneur’s mindset to institutional change. A former I-CORPS technical lead with a background in AI, VR, and app development, he uniquely combines technical depth with systems-level program delivery.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (A.S.), Chemistry, Associate of Science (A.S.), Chemistry at El Camino CollegeUniversity of California, San Diego
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Github contributions (5)
APhan1337/Parstagram
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
CodePath-THETIPPY/TheTippy
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch, 4 issues in 28 days
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