Clemson University Corporate and Foundation Relations

Clemson automotive engineering alumna provides career insight to current students

Rivkah Saldanha is a Clemson automotive engineering graduate and served as the Team Leader for the Deep Orange 5 concept vehicle project sponsored by GM. After earning her MS in Automotive Engineering in 2014, Ms. Saldanha went to work at GM in Detroit.

She returned to the CU-ICAR campus in February to speak with current students about how her CU-ICAR education and work on the Deep Orange project have benefitted her career.

Also pictured above are Aditya Yerra Verra, a fellow member of the Deep Orange 5 concept vehicle program who is pursuing his PhD in Automotive Engineering, Department Chair Dr. Zoran Filipi, and Associate Professor and Deep Orange faculty member Dr. Johnell Brooks.