Daniil Rose

I am an integrated undergraduate-graduate (IUG) student at The Pennsylvania State University, concurrently pursuing a Master of International Affairs (with a concentration in Law, Policy, and Engineering) alongside dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Engineering and German. My work operates at the nexus of technology, law, and institutional design, focusing on how complex systems are managed, regulated, and sustained.

Currently, I am spending the summer of 2026 as a Cyber Strategy Intern with Deloitte GPS in Washington, D.C. At Penn State, I serve as a research assistant under Dr. Larry Catá Backer, where I am currently co-authoring a law review submission exploring the intersection of blockchain governance, regulatory systems, and traditional jurisprudence. I also recently completed my term as the President of the 75th Assembly of the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), advocating for over 13,000 students in negotiations with university administration and state officials. Additionally, I had the honor of serving as the emcee for the 2025 Penn State Homecoming.

My analytical approach is grounded in hands-on engineering and public policy experience. In the policy sphere, I served as a WISE Intern for IEEE-USA in Washington, D.C., where I researched federal R&D policy, authored briefing materials, and lobbied on Capitol Hill. My engineering background spans from programming satellite payloads in C and Rust at quub, to collaborating on generative AI for robotics with Peraton Remotec and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to architecting a new IoT product line at RTD Embedded Technologies.

Looking ahead to the fall of 2026, I am applying to Ph.D. programs in Management Science and Engineering and Organizational Theory. My future research will focus on business organization, institutional memory, and systems theory. Ultimately, I aim to combine my multidisciplinary background in systems engineering, public policy, and student advocacy to serve in university administration, with the long-term goal of driving institutional innovation as a university president.