Leo Moro

Leo Moro says he came into the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering intending to take his time in deciding what field of engineering to focus on in his undergraduate years.

Moro now recalls that once he began studies in engineering management, “I never had any doubt it was the right program for me.”

Having now earned his degree in the field, he says “the skills and specialized knowledge I’ve gained are applicable in every part of life, whether it’s the industry or my personal life.”

Moro points out that he not only gained firsthand engineering experience and skills but “made new friends and learned a ton about myself and the world.”

As for his teachers at Arizona State University, he extends his gratitude especially to Professor of Practice Daniel McCarville and Assistant Teaching Professor Ali Kucukozyigit, faculty members in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, part of the Fulton Schools.

Moro says he appreciated how McCarville made learning engineering fun, and how Kucukozyigit, offered new perspectives on engineering and its challenges and possibilities.

He also appreciated School of International Letters and Cultures Teaching Professor Chiara Dal Martello “for her patience and kindness,” as well as Kiarash Ghasemzadeh, a consultant in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, for the encouraging challenges he presented to students.

Moro remembers the Fulton Schools’ introductory engineering course in which he and other students were assigned to build an automated robot capable navigating a maze and performing various tasks.

“We started off as complete strangers but ended up working well together and having a successful project,” Moro says. ”We still keep in touch to this day.”

Moro credits his engineering education at ASU overall for being especially life-changing in one particularly significant way.

“From my time here, I’ve learned to look at everything from a completely different perspective,” he says. “I think I’ve become a lot more curious about people, systems and the way we all work together in the world.”

He recalls the many times when teachers and other students in ASU’s engineering community helped him persevere through some of the tougher challenges of his higher education experiences.

“I just loved the environment, so I stuck with it,” he says. “If I had the opportunity to go back and do it again, I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Read about other exceptional graduates of the Fulton Schools’ fall 2024 class here.