RCAC Student Spotlight : Elian Rieza
Name: Elian Rieza 
Year: Sophomore
Major: Computer Engineering
Position: Assistant Researcher
**Can you introduce yourself and share a little about who you are? ** Hello! My name is Elian and I’m an Assistant Researcher!
What are some of your main interests or passions? Some of my interests include Linux, servers, and drinking lots of coffee.
Can you tell us about your role at RCAC? What does your job entail? I am an Assistant Researcher handling tickets from researchers and the entire user base of multiple RCAC clusters, including Anvil and Gautschi. I also help the Apps team to cover issues facing the clusters.
What do you enjoy most about working at RCAC? Working at RCAC allowed me to handle servers on a day-to-day basis and, other than the fact that I'm a huge server nerd, it allowed me to learn more about Linux systems in a very friendly work environment.
Tell us more about your favorite project you like to show off!
Project title: Handling Apps tickets at RCAC
Project description: I handle tickets from the wide range of users that Purdue's multiple clusters cover and support. Whenever issues arise, I would be one of the first people to handle the ticket then I'd handle their issues, noting whatever arises in RCAC's database.
What did you learn from this project? A lot of patience, especially from (slightly, and understandably) upset researchers who thought they had lost their life's work (thankfully they hadn’t!).