Meet the Officers
Overview
The California Theta Chapter officer team is made up of eight Executive Board members and eight Chairpersons. The reasoning behind this specific number of Officers stems from the wisdom of having “too many cooks in the kitchen” and the reasoning why a larger team is not necessarily more efficient than a smaller one.
Executive Board
President
Khoa Anh Vu
He/Him
Vice President
Jacob Scott-Metoyer
He/Him
vicepresidentinternal.csulbtbp@gmail.com
vicepresidentexternal.csulbtbp@gmail.com
Corresponding Secretary
Lauren Van
She/Her
Lauren is a fourth year electrical engineering student. Other clubs she’s involved in include AIChE’s Chem-E-Car team, and Formula SAE Electric. Her goal within engineering is to create and design theme park rollercoasters. Outside of school, Lauren spends her time baking, rollerskating, and travelling.
Recording Secretary
Diego Andrade Diaz
He/Him
Diego Andrade Diaz is a fourth-year undergraduate student at California State University, Long Beach, where he is studying both Aerospace Engineering and Physics. With involvement in several related clubs and research, he hopes to execute his passions of space exploration and advanced flight technologies in the industry focusing on aerodynamics, structures, or other akin ideas. On his free time, Diego likes to sing or play music instrumentally, explore areas for new spots to eat or chill at, and make plans to hang with friends.
Chairs
Webmaster
Bryan Tineo Ccasani
he/him
Bryan, is incoming to hes final year as a computer science major with a minor in
Cyber Security, he is graduating on May 2026. He’s skilled in full stack Software engineering. With a passion for learning new programming languages, Bryan also finds joy outside of coding, whether it’s playing his guitar, tennis, or basketball. As the society’s webmaster and ACM(Computer Machinery Club) president, he’s eager to contribute in the coming semesters.
Proffesional Development
Amanda Carolyn Luyks
She/Her
Born and raised in southern California, Amanda is a fourth year mechanical engineering student. She works part-time as a dance instructor at Southland Ballet Academy. When she is not studying or dancing, she enjoys reading, playing video games, and baking. Upon graduation she hopes to land a fulfilling career with an engineering firm and further develop her personal projects.
Social Events Coordinator
Ethan Michael Hinds
he/him
Ethan Hinds is a third-year mechanical engineering student here at Cal State Long Beach. He is also the design lead for the school’s Chemical Engineering Car team, and is one of our student tutors at the College of Engineering. Ethan has a deep passion for engineering and problem solving, and believes that good communication and close connections is key to being a great engineer. Ethan’s main interests are in energy and power efficiency – whether it’s manufacturing, transportation, HVAC, or even energy generation itself.
Initiation Ceremony Organizer
Anthony Nguyen
he/him
Advisory Board
Chapter Advisor
Chris Braga
they/them
Chris graduated from CSULB in 2023 with a bachelors in electrical engineering, emphasis in power. They serve the California Theta chapter of Tau Beta Pi as chapter advisor. Chris currently works at the Port of Los Angeles as an electrical engineering associate and is certified as an Engineer-in-Training by the California BPELSG. They are working toward their professional engineer license. In their free time, Chris likes ballet, writing, and playing Dungeons and Dragons, usually as a DM. They enjoy hearing from chapter members and are always open to messages – whether it be about industry, preparing for the FE exam, school, TBP, or anything else, including hobbies.