C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2019

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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School of Engineering

Commencement

Convocation

Class of 2019

Louis Brown Athletic Center4:00 pm

Friday, May 17, 2019

School of Engineering AdministrationThomas N. Farris, Ph.D., Dean

Susan Kilduff, MPA, Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Planning

Henrik Pedersen, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Programs

Peng Song, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

Undergraduate EducationJean Patrick Antoine, M.Sc., Assistant Dean for Enrichment Programs, Director of Honors Academy

Michael Brown, Ed.D., Assistant Dean for Access Programs, Director of Educational Opportunity Fund

Jesenia Cadena, M.Ed., Assistant Dean for Engagement and Recruitment

Robert Ciervo, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Transfer Services

Lydia Prendergast, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Academic Services

Ilene Rosen, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Student Services

Cecilia Vargas, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for First-Year Students

Candiece White, MBA, Assistant Dean for Women in Engineering Programs

Departments and ProgramsHae Chang Gea, Ph.D., Chair Applied Sciences in Engineering, Packaging Engineering Program

Uta Krogmann, Ph.D., Undergraduate Director Bioenvironmental Engineering Program

David Shreiber, Ph.D., ChairIoannis Androulakis, Ph.D., Undergraduate DirectorDepartment of Biomedical Engineering

Helen Buettner, Ph.D., ChairYee Chiew, Ph.D., Undergraduate DirectorDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Nenad Gucunski, Ph.D., ChairHusam Najm, Ph.D., Undergraduate DirectorDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Narayan Mandayam, Ph.D., Chair Hana Godrich, Ph.D., Undergraduate DirectorDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohsen Jafari, Ph.D., ChairJames Luxhoj, Ph.D., Undergraduate DirectorDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Richard Lehman, Ph.D., Chair John Wenzel, Ph.D., Undergraduate DirectorDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering

Alberto Cuitino, Ph.D., ChairAssimina Pelegri, Ph.D., Undergraduate DirectorDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Order of Exercises

PROCESSIONAL

PRESIDING OFFICERDean Thomas N. Farris, Ph.D.

MUSICAL SELECTIONSRutgers Glee Club

WELCOMING REMARKSDean Thomas N. Farris, Ph.D.

KEYNOTE ADDRESSThomas A. Kennedy, Ph.D. ENG’77Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Raytheon Company

INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT SPEAKERIlene Rosen, Ed.D.

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education/Student Services

STUDENT SPEAKERJessica Tuazon

Mechanical Engineering 2019

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMASDepartment Chairpersons and Undergraduate Directors

RECESSIONAL

Note: All graduates are requested to remain seated untilthe turning of the tassels and the recessional.

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Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science

Curriculum in Biomedical Engineering

Curriculum in Applied Sciences in Engineering

CHENYU CAO 5

KUAN-CHUNG CHENROSSINA CRUZASHNI DATTANIAKASH DESAI 2,5

GEORGE GAINES 4

KRISTIN GIRGISVARUN JAINJOHN KIMESBEN KLARLUND 2,5,7

NOMAN MAKHDOOMCELINE MAZZI 2

NEHAL MOHAMED

RYAN MOREY 5

PETER MOTZENBECKERIFUNANYA OKAFORLAURA AGUIRRE PENAHEMAL RANASHANTAIJA RICEBELAL SAID 1

AYMAN SALEHZIHAN SHENGRISHAV SINGHKRHYSTOF SUTHERLAND 4

TRISTEN WALLACE 1

COLIN WILLIAMSON

CHIRSTEEN ABDALLASHEETHAL AJAKKALA 2

GABRIEL ALBACETE 1

COLIN ANDREWSZEINY AUBDOOLLAH 3

JOSHUA AZIZVIRGINIA QUIROS BARBOZAUPSANA BASNET 2

NURUL JANNAH BINTI ZAMBERI 1

RICHARD BRUNJEKEVIN CANLASSOFIA CASTRO-PEDRIDO 1,6

HILL CHANG 1,5,8

AMOGH CHITNISRACHAEL COHENCHRISTOPHER COPPOLA

Curriculum in Bioenvironmental Engineering

OTO-OBONG AKPAN 3,5

DAVID CHANG 2

HANNAH CONSIGLIO 3,8

DOROTA HAS 5

WILLIAM LIN 2,5,8

ANDREW LO 1,7

EVAN LUTZ 3,5

MUHAMMAD MUSHTAQ 4

BRIAN NKENKEJACOB REYESMARCUS SALAZARMAITHREYI THUKARAM

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Curriculum in Applied Sciences in Engineering, Packaging Engineering

MICHELLE CHENDAVID CHOPAULA GALVAO 1,8

MATTHEW HALLIHANVINCENT LOMBARDO 3

ANTOINETTE MARCIANO 1

SCOTT MEDRANO 4

ALEC RAMKISSOONRIDDHIMA RAODOMINIQUE SANTOSLEXI SCALA 2

EMILY SELLITTIPETER SEYFFARTADAM VENNEMEYER

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

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CAROLINE COYLEYASH DAVENICHOLAS DEMAIO 1,8

ALISON DENNINGJAY DESAIAISHWARIA DEVI 3

COREY DITMARS 1

GEORGE DURRANT 2,8

FATIMA ESTEBANMICHAEL FABIUNKEKATELYN FLEISCH 1,6,8

DYLAN FORENZO 2,6

BRENDAN FRANCYNOAH GOLDSCHMIDT 1,7

STEPHANIE GUILMETTE 2

MITALI GUPTAADEEB HANNA 3

PRAGYA HOODAAIMNA ISHFAQ 1

EDDY ITURBIDEDOROTA JAZWINSKA 1

DERRICK JOSEPH 3

AMANDA KANDILRACHITA KAPOORFARRAH KHALILCHRISTOPHER KIDCHOB 2,7

ADAM KNOWLESSAMUEL LANGLOIS 2

ISAAC LEERANA LEE 2

DANIEL LEFEVERSTELLA LIANGJORDAN LOUTAN 2

ASHLEY MAHLINH MAI 1,8

HEDY MAKRIS 2,5

ALAIA MASUDA 3

COLIN MCBRIDE 1

RICHARD MCCORMICK 2,7

OREN MERHAV 2,7

ANGELA MESEHA 2,6

ALEXANDRA MILOJEVIC 2

BISHAL MONDALRAPHAEL MORINMARCUS-ALLEN NICOLASNINO NINUAROCHENY NOZIERE 1

ELIZABETH OGUNTADEELISA ORSINI 2

ANKUSH PATELESHIL PATEL 1,5

HRIDAYI PATEL 1,6

RAJ PATEL 3

RUCHI PATEL 2,6

VIGNESHWAR PERUMAL 1

SHAUN PORWAL 3,5AMANDA PRINTON 1

VIVEK PUDURI 3

REBECCA RISMAN 1

MARCOS RODRIGUEZAKHILA SANKARAMANCHI 2

SOFIA SCANZIANI 1

ADITI SHAH 3

NISARG SHAH 2,7

SHYAMA SHAH 2

KRITI SHARMAALIYAH SHELL 2

LUIGI SIOPONGCOSHREYA SONI 3

SHRADHA SURESHMICHAEL TAENZERRHIANNE TALLARICO 3

JEEBA THOMAS 2

KIRSTEN TRINIDADTIFFANY TRUONGMARGARET VALCOURTBARBIE VARGHESE 1,6

SOMITH VERMASAMANTHA WHITTAKERSOPHIA YIANTSOS 3

Curriculum in Chemical Engineering

NICHOLAS ACCETTA 2

CARIMER ANDUJARZOLJARGAL BALSANDORJ 3

NISH BASHERIOMKAR BHAWMIK 5

ANTONIO DE CHELLIS 2

MONIZE CLAUDEMICHAL CZAJKOWSKI 1

DAVIAN DAVID-RAMPHAL 1,8

JUSTIN DIBENEDETTO

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL

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Curriculum in Civil Engineering

HASAN ABBASI 3

DANIEL AFONSO 3

SUGOR AL-AWWADMATHIAS AMARO 4

JAYSON ANDRADEKATHERIN ANTONKYLE ARDEN 2

JOHN ARTETA 4

KENDI BAILEY 2

DANIELLE BAJOREK 3

MEGAN BANDOMER 2

GERARDO BATISTASAMANTHA BERNSTEIN 2

MICHAEL BERRIOS 1

SOPHIA BLANC 1

KYLE BYLSMA 2

ZIHANG CAI 2

GUANHONG CHEN 1

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

YAA DOMFEH 3

ANDY DRAGHI 3,7

JACOB ESPOSITOKENNETH FARIA 2

MARK FARRELL 2

BRIAN FLORESGEORGE GABOUNIA 2

JORDAN GORIS 3,4

QUINTON GREGER 4

DEBORAH HABIBMAHMUD HELALMATTHEW HENDERSON 2,8

SAHAR HILLEL 5

ALI HOLDENJIAMEI HONG 1

NIKITA JAINSTEVEN JOHANNEMANN 1

MATTHEW KACZYNSKIROBERT KAWALECBRENDAN LAWYER 3

CARLIN LEUNG 2,5

FANZHUO LIUALEXANDER LUBARSKY 1,7

CHELSEA MAGNUSSONREGINA MANALOJUSTIN MARLOWE 1,8

JOSEPH MAZZOCHETTEDANIEL MAZZOLA 3

SHANNON MCCLAFFERTYDAVID MICHALEK 3

KYLE MILLERSEAN PATRICK MONTEVERDEOLGA MORGUNOVDARYLL JAMES MUNOZ 1,8

ANNA NACHTIGAL 3

ARIF NAHID 3,4,5

HUMPHREY NARTEY 4

DANIELLE NEWMANN 4

HET PATELSAGAR PATEL 2

JOSHUA PEREIRAFELIX PERELMUTER 2

STEPHANIE PLANT 1

LISA-MARIE POPONNE 3

ORCHID POPONNE 3

ANTHONY POSYTON 3

MIA POWELLISABELLE PROKOPENKOCAROLINA RADECKI 2

SHUBHI SARAFDANIEL SARMIENTODANIEL SCHAARE 1,8

KAI SHEN 1

DANIEL SHEPSIS 3,7

JOSEPH SHOVLINANDRE SIMARD 4

JAKUB SITARZ 3

DEVAN SOLANKI 2,5,8

XINGYUE SUN 1

ALINA THOKKADAM 1,6,8

HUI PING TOH 3

RONALD TRAUGERJOSEPH TRAVERSCHRISTOPHER TSOVKONEVIN VATTADITROI VERGARA 3

ANDREW VEXALICIA VILLAFUERTE 2

ALLAN WANG 2,8

NATHAN YEZRILAREEB ZAIDI 1

ZICHANG ZHANGAHSAN ZIA

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KATHERINE CHEN 2

DANIEL CHENG 1

JENNY CHU 1

DERRON CLEMENT 4

ROBERT COURELJAMES COX 2

JASON CUSNER 3

RHEMMY DELAROSA 4

MICHAEL DIAZ 4

RITHIKA D'SOUZASARAH EDERY 1

ANDREW EDWINSADAM EISEN 1

FADI ESTIFAN 1,4

DANIELA FERNANDEZ 3

BRIAN FLAX 2

VERONIA GHALYNOAH GILCAROLINE GOBRIALEVAN GORDON 3

FATEMEH HADJARIAN 2

AUSTIN HALL 4

YOUSEFF HIJAZI 4

KEVIN JACKSONMITCHELL JACOVELLI 2

DANUJ JANIPATRICIA JEZEWSKAMICHAEL KEANE 3

BRIAN KENNEY 3

WALEED KHAN 2

MARAT KOTIK 3

DILLON KOWAL 3

CHENHANG LI 3

JUNO LIBERATOJORGE LIVIAPOMA 1,4

JOSHUA LIVIAPOMA 2,4

IRIS LOUREIRO 4

WALI MAHMOODAHMED MAHMOUD 4

MATTHEW MAJOROSSYSALVATORE MANETTO

BRIANNA MANTZ 1,7

MICHAEL MANTZ 4

NICHOLAS MATERA 3

ANTHONY MATTIAKAITLYN MCKINZIE 4

MATTHEW MCLAWRENCESAMUEL MILLERILIAS MIR 3

GLORIMAR MOREL 4

KEVIN MUNENE 1

BRENDAN NOONE 1

OLUWOLE ODUSOLAJUAN PRADA OJEDA 1

DANIEL OKECHUKWU 3

RICHARD ORTIZ 2

JEFFREY OSIEGBU 4

JUN HYUP PARKALISSA PERSAD 1

EMILY POOLEYTERENCE RUGGIERO 3

SERGIO RUIZ 3,4

RAMY SALIBCHELSIE SCARAFILE 2

FARIBA SHAMONTI 3

ABBHIRAMI SIDDARTHANJASPREET SIDHUJACLYN SMITHDISHA SONI 2

CASEY STACKABLEKINGA STOPKAYOSHLEE TAVERAS 4

CHARLTON THOMPSON 4

ANA TORRES 4

DENZEL TORRESCONNOR VIRONEMEGAN WATTAYSEGUL YAZICIYANG YU 1

CINTHYA ZHAGUI 2

THOMAS ZUKOFSKI 2

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering

FAHAD ABDULSALAM A ALGHAMDIESRAA ABDELMOTTELEB 2

ZEID ABDULRAZEQ 1

KYLE ABED 4

STEVEN ADLERMANVI AGARWAL 2,5

KRISTENE AGUINALDO 1,5

UMAMA AHMED 3

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

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AKSHITHA AJAYAN 1,5,7

JONATHAN ALCANTARA 3,5

ARCHANA ARJULA 2

STEVEN AROSEOBINNA ASIKABURUSAHANA ASOKANMUSHFIQ AHMED ATUL 1

SEERAT AZIZ 1,7

JONATHAN BAAY 2

MAHMOUD BACHIRDELBERT BAULDOCK 4

OZ BEJERANO 1,5

DYLAN BENAVIDES 2,4

VARUN BHANDARI 3

PARTH BHATT 3

YIMING BI 3

JONATHAN BOCCARDIAMINA BRIGHT 4

ANNETTE BRUCATOJOSEPH BRUNO 1

KYLE CALHOUNJOSEPH CELLA 2

CHRISTOPHER CENA 1

ALEXANDER CHAN 2,8

COREY CHENSHUYU CHEN 1

YUYANG CHEN 5

JOHN CHENGRUPESH CHINTA 1,5

JACK CHIU 2,5,8

AARON CHRISTIEKEEMO CLARKENICHOLAS CLEGG 1,5

JONATHAN COLELLAJOSEPH COLEMANADAM COSMASNICOLAS CROCEMICHAELA CSORNY 3

BRIAN CURRERICHRISTOPHER CZECHOWICZ 2

KEVIN DAIDAX DALWADI 1

LANCE DARRAGH 1

JOSEPH DELDUCA 3

ANUSHKA DESAI 2

ZIHAO DING 5

STEPHEN DINICOLANTONIORICKY DU 3

HAGAR ELSHENTENAWYMAHMOUD EMARA 2,8

ALEXANDER EVANGELISTA

HUAFENG FAN 1,5,8

HAMMAD FAROOQUICHRISTOPHER FAVORITOKARLO FERNANDEZ 3

JOSEPH FITZGERALD 2

SHANNON FLOOD 2

POOJA GADANI 1,5

SOUVIK GANGULYEMILIO GARCIAJONATHAN GARNERANKITA GEORGE 1,5,8

TYLER GEORGE 2

LUCAS GHANEMJOHANNA GORDILLO 4

MYKOLA GRYSHKO 2,5

ALEX GU 2,5,7

AARUSHI GUPTA 4

WILLIAM HEDAVID HOM 2

KEVIN HONEKERSALMAN SAKIB HOQUE 3

DANIEL HUANGLEON HUGHESSEAN HWANGJEFFREY ISAACS 1,5

JEREMIAH JACINTO 1

ANGELINE JACOB 5

ERIC JIANG 3

JINFENG JIANGNIKHIL JIJU 1,5

LU JIN 3

YUWEI JIN 2,5

FAITH JOHNSON 2,8

SVIKRITI KASICHAINULALUCINE KELLYNIHAR KHAREAVIV KHAVICH 1,5

KEON KIM 3,7

KYOWAN KIM 3,4

MIN JUN KIMSEYOUNG KIMTAEWON KIM 1

BRANDON KINARDMARGARET KIROLLOS 1,5

IVAN KONATARMURALI VENKATA KRISHNA GUNTIJEREMY KRITZ 2

YEONGEUN KWON 3

JEFFREY LAHEYANTHONY LAU 1

MINH DUC LE 1

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BILL LEE 2,5,8

KEN LEELAWRENCE LENOCIQUENTIN LESTERMITCH LEWBRENDAN LIHAOWEI LIGEORGE LILIEHOLMBRIAN LIN 1,5

YUFENG LIN 3

TIMOTHY LIU 1,5,7

CHRISTOPHER LOMBARDI 2

WESLEY LUI 2,5,8

NICHOLAS LURSKI 2,5,7

ANDREW MA 1,5,7

HIMATEJA MADALASALVATORE MAIORANA 3

ANTON MALIEV 1,5,8

MATTHEW MANN 2,5,6,7

ANDREW MARFITSIN 3,7

DAVID MARRERO 3

KEVIN MATUTEGAVIN MCKIM 2

BENJAMIN MERBERGIFTIDAR MIAH 2

BRIAN MILLER 3

AVANISH MISHRA 1,5,7

NIHARIKA MISHRARANGOLI MITTALCOLTER MOONEY 3

MICHAEL MULLIN 2

DEEPTANSHU MURDESHWARSIDDHARTH MUSALE 3,5,7

T. TONY NEWMARK 3

LAKSHMI SAI NITHYA GARUDADRI 3

SHOTA OGAWA 5

JI SOO OKJONATHAN OLCHESKIDIEGO ORDONEZSHIVAM PAREKH 1

DAVID PARK 2

AKASH PATELARTI PATEL 2

DHRUVIK PATEL 2,5

JAYNISHKUMAR PATEL 3

KISHAN PATEL 2

KISHAN PATEL 1

KRUPA PATEL 3

KRUTANT PATEL 3

MIT PATEL 5

NAKUL PATEL

NEAL PATEL 3

NIKUL PATELRAJAN PATEL 2

AKSHAYKUMAR PATILSAGAR PHANDAVINCENT PINENOFAREEN POURMOUSSAVIANMINGHAO QINBRIAN QIU 1,7

ZETIAN QIUCARLOS QUINTEROARTHUR RAFALMOHAMMAD REHANALEXANDER RIVERONJAKE RODINLEONARDO ROMANDANIEL ROMEROJOE ROMERO 4

HENRY ROSADO 4

RAYMOND DEL ROSARIOJASON ROSENTHAL 1,5,8

SEAN RUOFFKHAN SAIFULLAHRIDHIMA SAKHUJA 3,5,7

CHRISTOPHER SALANDRAFERAS SALEHSHERIF SALEM 2

DAVID SALSBURG 1

NICOLE SALTOS 4

RYAN SANGHVI 3

RICHARD SANTANAAKARSH SARDANA 1,5,8

JONATHAN SCOTT 1,6,8

HARSH SHAH 2,4

MALAY SHAHMANTHAN SHAHSUVA SHAHRIA 5

SAFA SHAIKH 1,5,7

ABDURAHMAN SHERIF 3

YAO SHI 1,5

DAFNA SHOCHATSAI SINGANAMALAGUNBIR SINGHROHITH SIVAKUMARBHARGAV SONANI 3,5

MICHAEL SPISAK 2

SMRUTHI SRIKUMARATUL SRIVASTAVA 2

CHRISTOPHER STILESXIAOYU SUNDHEEPTHI SUNDARARAJAN

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ZAIRAH AHMEDMALAK ALROMAIZAN 2

SHYENNE BAHAR 3,4

NATHAN BALCOSLORENZO BORROMEOIVANA CHUJOANNE DALLAGNESE 1

KASSEM DARWICHE 4

BANGALY DIANE 2

THAI DUY DO 3

SCARLET DOMINGUEZ 3

ALANA EASTERBROOK 2,8

NADER ELSAYED 4

PATRICK FAVISXINGYE FENG 1

HANNAH FITZGERALD 2

MARVIN FUNES 3

BRIAN GAO 1,7

ZOHAIR HASAN 1

MIAN HASEEB 4

RONIT HEMRAJANISHIVANEE HENDRE 5

JENNIFER JONES 3

JIN KANGYULIN LI 3

ALEXANDER MANDIC 1

KEVIN MOONALEXIS MOONEY 1

NATHAN MOSER 2

CAITLIN MUNSONRYAN ONOSHKO 3

SANKALPA PAHARI 2

RUSHIRAJ PARIKH 2

DIMPLE PATEL 4

JENALI PATEL 3

ELIJAH PIERRE 4

AIMEE PRENDERGASTNAHIAN PROMEE 2

JANE PRUSZKOWSKI 2

MARAH RASLAN 2

SURAJ RATHODBRENDA REYES 2

SAUMYA SALHOTRA 3

SHAWN SANDHU 2

Curriculum in Industrial Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

EVAN SUNGBETINA TANJIAMING TANSANTOSS TAPIABROOKS TAWIL 1,5,7

JAMES TAYLORVINCENT TAYLOR 2,5

MALAY THAKERKYLE THAKKER 1,5

GOWTHAMA THANGAMATHESVARANKARTIKEY THAPLIYALADITHYA THIRUVALLUVAN 5

MICHAEL THUMANNYAOCHENG TONGBIRANE TOUREJACKIE TRAN 3,4

KABINE TRAORERONALD TUDORACHE 3,4

JACOB-XAVIER TUMULAKDEEPTI UPMAKA 1,5,7

KRITHIKA UTHAMANANDY VALFRANYER VELAZQUEZ 4

TRISTAN VENTURA 2

VINCENT VIGLIOTTI 3

STEVEN VO 3

EDWARD VORVOLAKOSCHRISTOPHER VOTTAMENGZI WANGJIMMY WEN 5

JUSTIN WONG 1,5,8

KRISTIAN WU 2,5,7

PERRY WUDANIEL YATESLOUIS YEUNGKEVIN ZARAZUADAVID ZHANG 2,5

RENDY ZHANG 1

YUHAI ZHANGYUXUAN ZHANGZHITONG ZHAO 2

MICHAEL ZHENG 3

JIANBIN ZHOUJINGCHAO ZHOU 3

WILSON ZHOUYIWEN ZHOU 1,5

TIAN YU ZHU

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EZRA ABLAZA 1,5

ETHAN BENDERLY-KREMEN 1

MICHELE CRISTIANO 1,8

ZIKUN DENG 3

EMMA FLORENTINETREVOR FREDERICK 1

JONATHAN GOLDMAN 2

ERIC GRONSKE 1,8

ALEXA HERRERA 3

MATTHEW HOMANNBENJAMIN HSUEH 2

NIKHIL JANI 3

PAYAL KAPADIA

JOYCE KIM 3

MIKIO LACAPRA 1,8

BRYAN MAGEROWSKIFRANK MANIACI 2

HUMA NAQVI 3

DANIEL NONNA 1,7

FRANCESCA ROMANOCAILLIN RYAN 1

ZAYED SEDDIKI 4

VATS SHAH 2

NOAH SMIALEKALEXANDRA SPITZER 1

KAITLIN WANG 1,7

Curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

NICHOLAS SASSO 3

SAMSUNDER SEALSALVATORE SEVERINILABIBA SHARIFKEVIN SHENJOSHUA SOSOOJOSE VIVAR-CASTRO 3

NEIL VORA 3

YUCHEN WANGRAN WEI 1

TSUNCHIEH WENCHI WONGDERYA YENIGUN 3

BRITTANY YESNER 2

DAHONG YIN 3

ANDREW YONGMATTHEW ZAKOWSKISUYANG ZHANG 3

XIU ZHENG 4

ANEEQ ZIA

Curriculum in Aerospace Engineering

ADAM BENNETT 1

MATTHEW CHIANESEABHISHEK CHOPRA 2,6

MATTHEW CRANESEAN DOUGHERTYANDREW DUFFERBRENDAN GALVINZACHARY GOLDBERGANDREY GRUZINOV 3

CHRISTOPHER HEGEMAN 2

SHAHZAIB HUSSAIN 2

DANIEL KELLYIBAD KHOKHAROLEKSANDER KRUL 2,6

ANDREW KRYNICKIPARTTH LAAD 3,6

RUT LINESWALA 2,5,6

ELIJAH LIPPE 1

MITCHELL LOCKEMICHAEL MAHONEYRAVI MEVAWALA 3

JEREMY MUNIZ 2

MAYA NAYAKSHARUK OZAIRAKSHAT PATKI 2

ANTHONY PELLICORIVAZGEN PETROSYANALEXANDER SANDUCUANTHONY SCHELLWILLIAM SCHWABPRATIK SHAHMANDEV SINGHABHAY SRINIVAS 1,8

BRAD STRZELEWICZ 2

DEAPRTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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GINO ALICANDRO 4

BORJAN ARITONOVSKI 2

HAMIDULLAH ASSADULLAHJACK AYREIKE AZUBUIKECLARA BAKHOUM 1

EVAN BALDACHINO 3

SHAH BANOANDREW BARCIACAMERON BARNESJORDAN BARNESDREW BECZA 1

SANJANA BHATALEXANDER BIRON 3

FAN BOCHRISTOPHER BODEINICHOLAS BONINI 1,7

DANIEL BOULIGAANDREW BOZZELLALEXANDRE BRITOMYCHAEL BRYAN 1,7

ALEXANDER BURKECHIDOZIE BURUZIE 1,4

VOLODYMYR BUSKOAIDAN CALLAHANHARRISON CAMPOPIANOJORDAN CANCELBENJAMIN CAREYRAFAEL RODRIGUEZ CASANOVA 3

EDWIN CASTILLO 2,4

JEFFERSON CEVALLOS-MELENDEZWANJUN CHAOHAOCHONG CHEN 1

ALLISON CHOI 1

NOLAN CHOI 3

STEPHEN CHRISTOSZACHARY CIRINCIONE 2

FRANK COFONE 3

MICHAEL CONTINANCY CONTRERAS 4

MATTHEW COSTA 1

DIMITRIUS CUGINI 1

MARINA DANIEL 3

ANSUMAN DAS 3

EMILY DAVIS 1

MATTHEW DEMETRISAAKASH DESAI 2,7

KYLE DEVINEPETAR DIMITRIJEVIC 3

CALVIN DOBRIN 1

THOMAS DONOHUEISAAC DRESDNERDENYSON DUKIEVICZ 2

MAHMOUD ELKAYAL 3

BRANDON ENG 3

YOUSSEF EWEIS 2,5

MICHELLE FIALKOFF 3

JADEN FIELDS 1

TERESA FRANZ 3

QIANG FUHARSHITHA GADANGI 3

ARIELLE MARIE GAMBOA 1,6,8

IVAN GARCIA 4

LAWRENCE GARDNER 1,8

THOMAS GARRITY 3

SIMON GEHRIGGREGORY GEUEKE 1

CHRISTOPHER GOLMCASSIDY GONZALEZ-MORABITO 2

ALEXANDER GUEVARAMARK HADDAD 1

RAKESH HALDER 1,6,7

MARK HANNATHOMAS HELLER 3

JOSEPHINE HONG 1

JUSTIN HRBEK 3

SYED HYDERNICHOLAS IACONELLIFRANK IATTARELLI 2

NITHYA IYER 2,8

PATRICK JAKUBOWSKIBAYRON JARAMILLO 4

JOHN JUNG 2,8

CHRISTOPHER KALAFATIS 2

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering

YOUSTINA TAWADROUS ALICE TCHOUDOV 3

SAMUEL TUCKERJONATHAN TUMALLE 1,4

MICHAEL WAESPY 3

KAITLYN WELCH 2,8

CHRISTOPHER YAPPATRICK ZAZZARO 3

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NIKOLAS KALLIMANISBENJAMIN KANEAHMET KASAPOGLULEONIDAS KATSIKIS 3

MICHAEL KEIMADEELA KHATOON 3

ABDELGHANI KHYATELAN KILIMNIKCAROLINE KIM 5

SAMUEL KIMARUN KINGAN 2,5

DYLAN KOVACEVICH 1,6,8

SUPRAJA NARESH KUMAR 3,5,6,7

SARAH LANDISBRIAN LANGEPATRYCJA LASKOWSKADANIEL LAUDIEN 1

SAMUEL LEETREVIS LEUNGMICHAEL LEVINEYUCHEN LI 3

JIAQI LIU 2,5

NASTASSJA LOPEZAYUSH LUTHRA 3

REGINA LYONSPRIYANKA MALHOTRABRANDON MANALO 3

PATRICK MCCARTHYNICHOLAS MCGINNIS 2

LAURA MCKINLEY 2

KHURRAM MEMONMATTHEW MILLERKRISTIN MIYAMOTOMADELEINE MODUGNO 1

STEPHANIE MORENO 4

IBRAHIM MORSY 2

CHE WAN MUHAMMAD AMIRADZIMRICCARDO MUIMATTHEW MULLER 2

JENNA MURPHY 1

RAYMOND MYTROWITZ 3

ERIC NADAVID NDUKWEMICHAEL NITZSCHE 1,5,6,8

KATRINA OLIVEIRA 3

ISAAC OSBUNHUGO PARRAGADEEP PATEL 1,5

DHRUVIL PATEL 4

JAINIL PATELKUSH PATELROMI PATEL 3

EVAN PEARCEANDREW PHAMHARSH PIMPLIKAR 2

MATTHEW POWISCHRISTOPHER RAGUSA 3

AMAN RAMNANI 1

ROBERT RANDOLPH 1,8

JONATHAN REISS 2

QILIN RENELIZABETH REYNESJOSEPH REZKALLA 3

KERI RICKMANCARLOS RICOFRANZ RIVERODELAGUARDACONNOR ROSSYITZCHAK ROTH 1

CHRISTOPHER SACELARIS 2,6

CARL VICTOR SALAZAREDGARD SANCHEZGABRIEL SANCHEZSAMUEL SANTIAGO 3

VALERIA SARO-CORTES 1,6

PATRICK SAUERBORN 2

ANTHONY SAVOCAKEITH SCHROEDERJOSHUA SCHWARTZ 2

ROBERT SERVILIO 1,8

DHAVAL SHAH 2

RAJ SHAHIMRHANKHAN SHAJAHAN 1

DANIEL SIBERINELOVJOAT SINGHLOVJOAT SINGHBRANDON SMITHKYLE SMITH 3

DANIEL STEVENS 1,7

JESSICA STRAUSS 2

MARIUSZ SUROWANIECADAM SWIERSKIMATTHEW SZUCS 3

OLIVIA TAHIRIPATRICK TANKAITLIN TAYLOR 2

MORGAN TAYLOR 2,7

SARAH THUEL

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1. Summa Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.65+2. Magna Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.4+3. Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.2+4. Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF)/ Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)5. Dual Degree/Double Major6. J.J Slade Scholar7. Rutgers Engineering Honors Academy8. Rutgers University Honors College

*Note: All awards and notations in this booklet are based on the enrollment status and grade point average at the conclusion of the most re-cent fall semester. Final awards and notations, including spring grades, will be included on the diploma and transcript.

LEX TONG 7

SHIVANI TOPIWALA 2

MERT TOPRAK 2

CARMEN TROIASTEPHANIE TU 2,6,8

JESSICA TUAZON 1,7

JARRETT TYLER 4

JONAH VARUGHESEMIKE VIVAR 3,4

KEVIN VOZZAAIDEN WAGNER 1,8

ROHAN WALIA 1

KEVIN WOLF 3

DANIEL WOODSMICHAEL YANGNATHAN YANGSHUOHUANG YANG 1,6

ZIQING YE 3

BARAN YESILYURT 2

JUN SUN YOU 1,5,6

NICHOLAS YOUNGER 1

GEORGE YOUSSEF 3

MENG YU

JIACHEN ZHANGTE ZHANGDENNY ZHENG 4

XIAOLIN ZHONG 1

JIANNING ZHU 3

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Keynote SpeakerDr. Thomas A. Kennedy is chairman and CEO for Raytheon Company, a global technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions.

Before adding the responsibilities of chairman to his position in October 2014, Kennedy became CEO in March 2014, and he was elected to Raytheon’s Board of Directors in January 2014. He also serves as chairman of Forcepoint – a Raytheon joint venture established in 2015 to provide defense-grade cybersecurity solutions for the commercial market.

Kennedy joined Raytheon in 1983, starting in engineering on radar development. During his 36 years with the company, he has strived to improve the company’s operations, technologies and services to its customers. He holds several patents related to radar and electronic warfare systems, and he received the Aviation Week Laureate Award for his achievements on the Active Electronically Scanned Array program.

Prior to Raytheon, Kennedy served in the U.S. Air Force where he attained the rank of captain and was responsible for managing satellite launch vehicle avionics development and production programs. That service inspired his passion for supporting veterans, military families and STEM-focused educational initiatives that drive diversity.

Kennedy earned a doctorate in engineering from UCLA; and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Rutgers University and the Air Force Institute of Technology, respectively.

About the Student SpeakerJessica Tuazon, from Somerville, New Jersey, is graduating from the School of Engineering with a degree in mechanical engineering, with minors in mathematics and business administration. She is the vice president of RUSA, the undergraduate student body of Rutgers University - New Brunswick, a member of the Engineering Governing Council, and the internal vice president of the Rutgers Engineering Honors Council. Upon graduation, Jessica is pursuing a career in the construction design industry.

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James Jeremiah SladeDuring his long and legendary tenure as a professor of engineering mechanics at Rutgers University, James Jeremiah Slade was a noted researcher, a brilliant mathematician, and beloved by the students he taught for 36 years. Slade, who retired in 1964, received worldwide acclaim for his discoveries on the mechanics of turbulent sedimentation and self-excited oscillations and is credited with attracting many of the researchers who brought prominence to the School of Engineering, as well as to the university. The James J. Slade Scholars carry on a tradition of excellence in scholarship and research as exemplified by Slade.

Educational Opportunity Fund &Engineering Opportunity Program

The Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program is one of the nation's most comprehensive and successful state-supported efforts to provide access to higher education for economically and educationally disadvantaged students. Building upon its success, the EOF program at Rutgers was expanded in 2014 to include the Engineering Opportunity Program (EOP). EOF/EOP aligns with the missions of the State of New Jersey, Rutgers University, and the School of Engineering, fostering the educational, personal, and professional development of talented, highly motivated NJ students who are interested in a career in engineering and come from educationally and/or financially disadvantaged backgrounds. Through a myriad of programs, and working with faculty and staff across the school and the larger university, EOF/EOP recruits, retains, and graduates a diverse and socially, culturally, academically, and professionally competent population, while also building awareness of the field of engineering for students, parents, and educators.

Rutgers School of Engineering Honors AcademyThe Rutgers School of Engineering Honors Academy is a scholarly and community-focused program that offers students a unique opportunity to reach their full potential inside and outside the classroom. The program is designed to challenge, inspire, and support a select group of highly self-motivated engineering students who demonstrate remarkable academic ability, enthusiasm, intellectual curiosity, and a clear potential to make a difference as engineering leaders.

Rutgers University – New Brunswick Honors CollegeThe Honors College, built on a legacy of honors education at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, redefines interdisciplinary education by inviting students from across the liberal arts and professional schools to live and work together to address global issues through social innovation and transform their ideas into action. Curiosity. Knowledge. Purpose.

About Rutgers School of Engineering

Chartered as Queen’s College in 1766, Rutgers was the eighth institution founded prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1825, the name was changed to Rutgers College in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers, a veteran of the Revolution, “in gratitude for his numerous services” to the institution.

Under the land-grant program of 1864, instruction in agriculture, engineering and military education was introduced, and a program leading to the Bachelor of Science degree was established. The College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Engineering, designated separate units in 1914, were joined in 1918 by the New Jersey College for Women (which later became Douglass College). In 1917, the state legislature named the Rutgers Scientific School, which included the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering, as the state university of New Jersey, and in a similar action in 1945 all the units of Rutgers and the Agricultural Experimentation Station became truly the state university.

Engineering at Rutgers dates back to 1864. Brevet Major Josiah Holcomb Kellogg, an 1860 graduate of West Point, was the first professor of engineering. The initial program, primarily civil engineering, produced a graduating class of seven in 1868. The first professor of electrical engineering was appointed in 1903, and in 1908 the Department of Mechanical Engineering was organized. In 1902 an act of state legislature established a ceramics department which became part of the College of Engineering in 1945.

The College of Engineering as a coordinate division of the university was created in 1914 and the Engineering Experiment Station was established in 1926. In 1999, the College of Engineering was renamed to the School of Engineering to reflect the comprehensive nature of our programs.

Today, the School of Engineering is a vibrant academic community whose richly diverse students and faculty members are committed to globally sustainable engineering. Its mission is built on a commitment to fostering the integration of education and research to achieve transformational innovation that is ethically responsible. With seven academic departments representing key engineering disciplines, world-renowned faculty, and nationally-ranked research centers, the School of Engineering currently enrolls more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, including doctoral students, and generates nearly $70 million in research expenditures annually. With a degree that is recognized around the world as comprehensive and leading-edge, the School of Engineering is training the next generation of innovators, across a broad spectrum of professions.

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The Academic Costume

The wearing of academic dress dates back to the early days of the oldest universities in the world. In the American Council on Education’s book entitled American Universities and Colleges, it is suggested that “Gowns may have been counted necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings frequented by medieval scholars. Hoods seem to have served to cover the tonsured head. . . .”

Throughout the years, European universities have continued to show great diversity in their academic dress. American universities, on the other hand, when they decided to adopt academic dress, immediately established a code of regulations which today is followed by almost all American institutions. The establishment of this code has made it possible to distinguish the bachelors, masters, and doctors and, at the same time, recognize the university which has given the degree.

The bachelor’s gown has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The master’s gown, worn open or closed, has oblong sleeves, the front part of which frequently is cut away at the elbow. The doctor’s gown has bell-shaped sleeves. It is worn open or closed. Cotton poplin or similar material is used for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and rayon or silk ribbed material is used for the doctor’s degree.

At Rutgers, members of the Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, as well as those who hold a doctoral degree from the university, wear the Rutgers gown, which is scarlet with black velvet front panels framed on the outer edge with gold cord braid. The velvet panels are embroidered with a crown and the year 1766 at the neck, signifying the university's founding as one of the original colonial colleges under King George III of England.

The hoods vary in size: 48 inches for the doctor’s degree, 42 inches for the master’s, and 36 inches for the bachelor’s. All hoods are lined in silk in the academic color or colors of the institution conferring the degree. If the institution has more than one color, the colors are shown in divisions using chevrons. The binding or edge of the hood is usually made of velvet in the color designating the subject in which the degree was granted. Black mortarboards are worn for all degrees.

Some of the colors in the binding of the hood are: maize, Agriculture; white, Arts and Letters; orange, Engineering; purple, Law; lemon, Library Service; green, Medicine; light blue, Education; olive, Pharmacy; blue, Philosophy; gold Science; and citron, Social Work.

The color or colors of the lining of the hood for the nine colonial colleges are: scarlet, Rutgers; crimson, Harvard; green-gold-silver, William and Mary; blue, Yale; red-blue, Pennsylvania; orange-black, Princeton; light blue-white, Columbia; brown, Brown; and green-white, Dartmouth.

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On the Banks of the Old Raritan(Rutgers Alma Mater)

From far and near we came to Rutgers,And resolved to learn all that we can;

And so we settled down,In that noisy college town,

On the banks of the old Raritan.

Refrain:On the banks of the old Raritan (my friends)

Where old Rutgers evermore shall stand,For has she not stood

Since the time of the flood,On the banks of the old Raritan.

Then sing aloud to Alma MaterAnd keep the scarlet in the van'

For with her motto highRutgers' name shall never die

On the banks of the old Raritan.

The Bells Must Ring (Rutgers ‘Fight Song’)

March, (wo)men of RutgersDown the field today.

March to another score,Forward to the fray;

Fight, men of RutgersAs in days gone by

Fight! For the Scarlet Flag over the rest must fly.

Keep Rutgers colors to the foreFor they must win so fight, fight, fight!And we'll advance some more to score,

The Rutgers flag flies high tonight, alright, alrightWe'll fling the Scarlet Banner out,

And Rutgers (wo)men will fight, fight, fight, fight, fight;The bells of Queens each victory shoutThe bells of Queens must ring tonight.

RU, Rah, Rah;RU, Rah, Rah,

Whoo-Rah, Whoo-Rah;Rutgers Rah

Up Stream Red TeamRed Team Up StreamRah, Rah, Rutgers Rah

Keep Rutgers colors to the foreFor they must win so fight, fight, fight!And we'll advance some more to score,

The Rutgers flag flies high tonight, alright, alrightWe'll fling the Scarlet Banner out,

And Rutgers (wo)men will fight, fight, fight, fight, fight;The bells of Queens each victory shoutThe bells of Queens must ring tonight.

C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2019

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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