We would like to especially thank the following people for offering their talents for the benefit of our wedding. Thank you all! We appreciate it more than we can express.
![]() Dr. Doug O'Handley |
We especially thank Dr. Doug O'Handley for being our officiant! Dr. O'Handley has been the NASA Ames Academy director for almost a decade, and he is also a faculty member in the physics department at Santa Clara University, even though he has supposedly "retired" from a 40-year long career in NASA and academia, including the role of Deputy Assistant Administrator at NASA Headquarters. |
![]() Dr. Sean Liu |
We would like to thank Dr. Sean Liu for offering to be one of our photographers. Dr. Liu works in the automotive industry, but has been an amateur photographer for many years and has done photography for several weddings. |
![]() Dr. Guanmin Feng |
We are delighted to invite Dr. Guanmin Feng as one of our photographers. Also in the automotive industry, Dr. Feng often does photography for the Jilin University of Technology alumni events, for which he has received universal acclaim. |
![]() Ms. Yao Ma |
Yao has been Shannon's close friend since elementary school years. We are so happy that she will be presenting a reading at our wedding ceremony, and that she has additionally offered her photography talents for the rest of the evening. She currently puts her artistic abilities to great use in the graphics design industry. |
![]() Ms. Marina Dang |
We would like to thank Marina for so graciously offering to present a reading at our wedding ceremony and dress Shannon's hair for the occasion. Marina currently pursues a doctorate in chemistry at Brandeis University and has done bridal hair dressing for several weddings. |
![]() Ms. Mindy Chang |
We thank Mindy for agreeing to provide some lovely piano music at our ceremony. A graduate of MIT, Mindy now pursues a doctorate degree in bioengineering at Stanford and has been studying piano and music composition for most of her life. |
![]() Mr. Sam Maurer |
We really appreciate that Sam has agreed to play the processional music at our ceremony. Previously Shannon's neighbor at MIT, Sam now currently works on a doctorate in bio-fuel technology at Berkeley. |
![]() Ms. Julia Thrower |
We are so excited to have our close friends sing a quartet at our wedding, featuring Julia as the beautiful alto voice. Julia was the model aerospace engineering student of our class, and she now works in Pennsylvania. |
![]() Mr. Brett Bethke & Ms. Anna Massie |
We are so happy that Brett and Anna have agreed to be featured in the quartet as the lovely tenor and soprano pair. Both close friends of ours from undergrad, Brett and Anna are now continuing doctoral aerospace studies at MIT. Furthermore, the exciting news from them is that they recently got engaged! |