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Commencement Opening Ceremony May 12, 2018 Chicago, Illinois

Commencement Opening Ceremony Joshi Shaniel Amyn Katariwala Taha Khademinejad ... Ravi Reddy Gannavarapu Ankit Garg Nishtha Garg ... Neilabh Pandit Okhandiar Sreeharsha Pachipala

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CommencementOpening Ceremony

May 12, 2018Chicago, Illinois

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Illinois Institute of Technology2018 Commencement Opening Ceremony

The Twelfth of MayTwo Thousand and Eighteen

Ten in the morning

Ed Glancy Field31st Street and Michigan Avenue

Chicago, Illinois

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elcome to IIT’s 149th Commencement Exercise. The university community

extends cordial greetings to the families and friends who are gathered

here to celebrate the culmination of years of formal study.

For 2,514 students, today’s ceremony officially recognizes their academic

accomplishments during the 2017–18 academic year and inaugurates a new era in their

lives. With a broad foundation of both intellectual capability and experiential learning

that characterizes an IIT education, these graduates also take with them a sound

understanding of contemporary society and its values as they join thousands of other

IIT alumni.

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In 1890, when advanced education was often reserved for society’s elite, Chicago minister Frank Wakely Gunsaulus delivered what came to be known as the “Million Dollar Sermon” near the site Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) now occupies. Gunsaulus said that with a million dollars he would build a school where students of all backgrounds could prepare for meaningful roles in a changing industrial society. Philip Danforth Armour, a Chicago meatpacking industrialist and grain merchant, heard the sermon and came to share the minister’s vision, agreeing to finance the endeavor with the stipulation that Gunsaulus become the first president of Armour Institute.

When Armour Institute opened in 1893, it offered professional courses in engineering, chemistry, architecture, and library science. IIT was created in 1940 by the merger of Armour Institute with Lewis Institute (est. 1895), a West Side college that offered liberal arts as well as science and engineering courses. The Institute of Design, founded in 1937, merged with IIT in 1949.

In 1969, IIT became one of the few technology-based universities with a law school when Chicago-Kent College of Law, founded in 1887, became a part of the university. Stuart School of Business was added in 1969 with a gift from the estate of Lewis Institute alumnus and Chicago financier Harold Leonard Stuart. Midwest College of Engineering, founded in 1967, joined the university in 1986, forming the nucleus for IIT’s west suburban campus.

Today, Illinois Institute of Technology is a private, Ph.D.-granting university with programs in engineering, science, architecture, law, human sciences, design, business, and applied technology. More than 7,266 graduate and undergraduate students study here, coming from 46 states and from 100 countries.

Scientists and engineers from IIT are responsible for some of the world’s most important technological advances; IIT architects have shaped the skylines of cities globally; and Chicago-Kent College of Law alumni are impacting the legal system.

About Illinois Institute of Technology

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Three miles south of the Chicago Loop, IIT’s Mies Campus was designed by renowned architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1940, and IIT’s 19 Mies buildings are the highest concentration in the world. The American Institute of Architects designated Mies Campus as one of the 200 most important works of architecture in the country, and Mies’ S. R. Crown Hall, which houses the College of Architecture, was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2001.

Continuing IIT’s tradition of cutting-edge design, the university added two new buildings in 2003—The McCormick Tribune Campus Center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas, and State Street Village Residence Hall, designed by Helmut Jahn, named one of the Ten Most Influential Living American Architects by the American Institute of Architects.

IIT has three additional campuses. The Downtown Campus is home to Chicago-Kent College of Law, Stuart School of Business, and the Institute of Design. The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus in Wheaton, Illinois, offers graduate and undergraduate courses and houses the School of Applied Technology. The Moffett Campus, in Bedford Park, Illinois, is the home of the Institute for Food Safety and Health. IIT also has state-of-the-art distance learning programs.

About Illinois Institute of Technology, continued

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Much of the American academic ceremonial apparel is derived from that worn at British universities, particularly Oxford University. When Oxford was granted a charter in 1241, its members wore clerical garb because of the close connection between the university and the church. Academic apparel for colleges and universities in America was first introduced at Williams College in 1887. The Intercollegiate Commission drafted the first uniform code in 1895.

The bachelor’s gown is untrimmed, with long pointed sleeves, and is worn closed. The master’s gown has long, crescent-shaped sleeves and may be worn open or closed. The doctor’s gown has velvet facing down the front and three velvet bars on the bell-shaped sleeves. The velvet is either black or the color of the major field of study. For years, most gowns were black, but today most American institutions have followed the British custom of using red or college colors.

The hood is the most important and distinctive feature of the American system. It was originally intended as a head cover and shoulder cape. The color of the trim indicates the degree field; for example, purple is law, orange is engineering, lavender is architecture. The length of the hood and the width of the trim indicate the degree earned, the doctor’s hood being the longest and having the widest trim. The color or colors of the hood lining indicate the degree-granting institution. The Illinois Institute of Technology hood lining has the school colors, a single gray chevron on a scarlet field.

Academic Regalia

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Commencement Speaker

Howard A. TullmanExecutive Director, Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship, and former Chief Executive Officer of 1871

Howard A. Tullman is the first executive director of the Ed Kaplan

Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at Illinois

Institute of Technology. He is also general managing partner of

Chicago High Tech Investment Partners and of G2T3V, LLC, both

Chicago-based early-stage venture capital funds. Most recently,

Tullman was chief executive officer of 1871—where digital startups

get their start—and the chairman and CEO of Tribeca

Flashpoint College, which he co-founded in 2007. Tullman

is the former president of Kendall College and the former

chairman and CEO of Experiencia, Inc. Chairman of

the Endowment Committee of Anshe Emet Synagogue,

Tullman is a member of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s

ChicagoNEXT council, the City of Chicago’s Department

of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Cultural Advisory

Council, the Innovate Illinois Advisory and the Illinois

Arts Councils, and Cook County Board President

Toni Preckwinkle’s New Media Council. He is also a

member of the Advisory Board of HighTower Advisors,

Built in Chicago, and Imerman Angels. An adjunct professor at the

Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Tullman is a

regular guest lecturer at the Northwestern University Pritzker School

of Law. Tullman is also a director of Vehcon, Snapsheet, and Packback

Books, and has served as a longtime director and board chairman

of The Cobalt Group. A trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art

Chicago, the New York Academy of Art, and the Mary and Leigh Block

Museum of Art at Northwestern University, he also serves as the lead

director (and briefly, was chairman) of The Princeton Review. Over the

past 50 years, Tullman has successfully founded more than a dozen

high-tech companies.

He will receive an Honorary Doctor of Business, honoris causa,

recognizing his outstanding contributions to entrepreneurship

in Chicago.

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Student Speaker

Gina K. OberoiCandidate for the Degrees of Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Master of Food Safety and Technology

As a biochemistry undergraduate at Illinois Tech, Gina Oberoi was able to take a few laboratory-based electives within the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, which led her to discover her new life passion: food research and development. Now, she is graduating from the university with not one, but two degrees—a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree—which she attained through Illinois Tech’s accelerated co-terminal program.

Having grown up in west suburban Chicago, Oberoi says she chose Illinois Tech because the school’s focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education strongly appealed to her.

“Everyone needs to eat, so it’s fulfilling to know that wherever I find myself in my career, my work will have a real impact on the general population,” she says, adding that her dream job would be as a food scientist developing new grocery store items. “There’s a lot of misinformation and confusion about food, and I hope that one day I can contribute to filling in the general knowledge gaps so that people can have trust in the industry and what they are eating.”

Oberoi is well on her way to achieving her dream. During her time at Illinois Tech she completed internships at Procter

& Gamble Co., helping to develop fabric care products, and at Sensient Technologies Corporation, where she analyzed flavor and color development for pharmaceutical applications. She was also a microbiology teaching assistant at Illinois Tech and over the past academic year worked alongside researchers from the university’s Institute for Food Safety and Health. She was involved in clinical trials that studied food polyphenols, important compounds found in blueberries and raspberries, for example.

A member of the Institute of Food Technologists, Oberoi credits that organization for inspiring her to work hard as an Illinois Tech student, earning a high cumulative grade point average and Dean’s List honors for four years. Oberoi acknowledges that her mother, however, was one of her greatest supporters.

“She taught me when I was young that if I work hard and stay optimistic, anything I set out to achieve is possible,” recalls Oberoi. “I’d like to think that’s where my strong sense of ambition comes from.”

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Order of Exercises

Academic Procession

Presentation of ColorsBy IIT AFROTC Color Guard

The audience is requested to rise and remain standing until after the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

“The Star-Spangled Banner”Lyrics by Francis Scott Key, Arrangement by Jaret Landon

Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early lightWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet waveO’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

WelcomeAlan W. CrambPresident Congratulatory Remarks Bud Wendorf B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1971 Chairman, IIT Board of Trustees

The Conferring of Honorary DegreesRussell BettsProvost

Honorary degree recipients are recognized for their commitment to commerce, technology, innovation, and the betterment of global society.

Charles Adler—Co-Founder and former Head of Design, Kickstarter, and Founder of Lost Arts

Victoria Post Ranney—Frederick Law Olmsted Scholar and Co-Developer of the Prairie Crossing conservation community

Howard A. Tullman—Executive Director, Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship, and former Chief Executive Officer of 1871

Commencement AddressHoward A. Tullman

The Conferring of Bachelor’s DegreesAlan W. Cramb

Bachelor’s degree candidates will be presented by the deans of their respective colleges.

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Student SpeakerGina K. Oberoi, Candidate for the Degrees of Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Master of Food Safety and Technology Alumni Board SpeakerAndrea Berry Chairman, IIT Alumni Association Board of Directors and Trustee B.S. Computer Science, 1984 Broadcast Media Consultant The Conferring of Master’s Degrees and Juris Doctor Alan W. Cramb

Master’s degree and Juris Doctor candidates will be presented by the deans of their respective colleges.

The Conferring of Ph.D. DegreesAlan W. Cramb

Ph.D. candidates will be presented by Russell Betts, Provost.

Closing RemarksAlan W. Cramb Academic RecessionThe members of the audience are requested to remain seated until the academic recession is completed.

Grand MarshalJoseph OrgelAssociate Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Faculty MarshalsAndrew HowardAssociate Professor of Biology and Physics

Tanya BekyarovaProgram Director of M.S. and Ph.D. Programs, Department of Biology

Congratulations to Graduating President’s Student Advisory Council Members

President Cramb appreciates the contributions of the President’s Student Advisory Council and extends congratulations to its members graduating today:

Christian O. Arrieta (B.S. Computer Science), Gabriel Conners (B.S. Social and Economic Development Policy),

Morgan Peters, SGA President (B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Applied Mathematics), William Limestall (B.S. Physics, B.S. Astrophysics, M.S. Health Physics),

Shahzil Sheikh (B.S. Computer Science), and Hamze Leo Sukkar (B.S. Computer Engineering, Engineering Management).

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Degree Candidates

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Doctor of Philosophy Degree Candidates

Presentation of Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Russell Betts, Provost

Armour College of Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering

Samuel David BredesonArnold M. Evia Jr.Gayatri KaskhedikarKai QianBrianna Michelle RouxLagnojita SinhaSami I. SomoFeipeng YangDaniel A. Young

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering

Heon Ki ChoMohsen DirbazJianyuan FengJingwei GanSangwook LimChenlin LuPingkeng Wu

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering

Ibraheem AlothaimeenBahadir Veli BarbarosogluChi ChenJingya ChiBora JangFaezehossadat KhademiYongdoo Lee

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering

David Raymond HentrichLu LiuWenlong ShenLei Zhou

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering

Sebastian Anand Alphonse Joseph Rajkumar

Yagoob AlshariefEdidiong Anselm AttangAntonio Di GioiaDalong GuoDavid Haro AlonsoTianjiao LiuYue NieMaria Victoria Sainz de CeaYuteng WuXingwu ZhengNing Zhou

Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering

Liangjuan GaoJoshua Blaine McCarleyDarrell Raymond Montonera

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Xuanhong AnAditya GahlawatYan LuDaniel S. MiladinovichHirenkumar PatelStefan StevanovicAlvaro Vidal TorreiraNingchao WangYawei Zhai

Chicago-Kent College of Law

Doctor of Science of Law

Oranit Techarattanaprasert

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D O C T O R O F P H I L O S O P H Y D E G R E E C A N D I D A T E S

College of Architecture

Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture

Narjes AbbasabadiSaad Ali AlghamdiMohammed Hamzah AlkhabbazDan Costa BaciuAlia Mohamed FadelGilberto Osornio NietoAndrés Augusto Pinzón Latorre

College of Science

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics

Yu-Sin ChangZhuan ChengShibi FengHansen HaFrancisco HernandezYicong HuangJeffrey Allen MudrockDane Robert Wilburne

Doctor of Philosophy in Biology

Adriana Manas Nunez

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry

Xiaohan ChenNaiwei ChiMichael James FoodySiamak ShokriLasalle SwensonZheng YueHe Zhang

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science

Yanbo DengJacek DzikowskiLin GanJunze HanDouglas A. LautnerDi MaBingqing XieXi Zhang

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics

Shankar AryalSamuel L. BowermanYujia DingTanaz Angelina MohayaiKeith PedersenMedani Prasad SangroulaRachel L. SeibertMark Christopher Warren

Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education

Margaretann Grace ConnellLillian H. Degand

Lewis College of Human Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

Mogens Bill BaerentzenJennifer Rose BaileyMaura Irene BurkeMichael Keith CamaThomas Patrick CothranElizabeth Jean HowardNahren Mariem IshayaDaniel John KrieglsteinRachel Jean MeredithJonathan William MurphyKristian Peter NitschChristine M. OverforsAndrew MacLeod RandIlana ReifeEren A. RoubalSamantha Lynn De Dios SternRebekah M. Stevenson

Stuart School of Business

Doctor of Philosophy in Management Science

Yue ChenXinyi GeWenyi LiYilong LuoSandra Jean Hernandez RolnickiYuanyuan YangXinting Zhen

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Juris Doctor Candidates

Presentation of Candidates for the Juris Doctor in Chicago-Kent College of Law

Harold J. Krent, Dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law

Chen DengNicholas A. DennisBjondi DervishiPhilip J. DevonNing DingScott N. DomekRebecca K DowneyJonathan P. DowninKatelin V. DrassClarence D. East IVQwanchaize M. EdwardsSade V. EdwardsAlanna ElinoffJonathan EmmanuelCraig N. EttingerKristen G. Farr CapizziDerek A. FarrugiaWarren J. FasoneStefanie L. FerrariJawad FitterMargaret R. FleetwoodKenneth W. FleschStephanie FlowersMeaghan A. FonteinThomas FordKellie FoxJessica R. FranklinAudrey E. GambleMichael GandiniCarolina Garza-GongoraAva B. GehringerAlena GelfondKimberly L. GeorgeChristopher L. GerardiStephanie A. GerstetterPaige GoldbergEric B. GoldspielAlejandra Gonzalez-BedoyDaryl D. GrableConnor S. GreeneMatthew H. GriffinSadie G. GrunewaldGuy E. Guenther IIDarleen GuerreroWilliam Danaher Hacker

Juris Doctor

Yasser AbdullahJessica M. AbenanteCarlos M. AlarconAnn M. AlexanderLucas M AltenbaumerKara E. AngelettiGabriel J. ApratiGabrielle AronovichErika Nicole AugerRachel Marie AugsburgerAndrea AugustinasZachary S. AuslanderLindsay AyersLeiwei BaoJoshua G. BassKelsey BatesNaomi H. Bensdorf FrischMelanie A. BeswickShannon M. BeznerBader Z. BhattiNatalia V. BlauveltRachel Lynne BorsellinoBrianna R. BowerShawn A. BoykinCaleeb C. BrewleyFrancyn J. BrownPeter W. BuchcarDaniel G. BuntingErica A. BurgosSteven P. BurkeIndia C. BurtonBeatriz CarrilloEric CarterMichael Castaldo IIIKyle CasteloAnna CeragioliNicholas A. ChildsJake M. ChristensenWilliam CookDora M. CornelioNicolas C. CoronadoJessica K. DeetsBriana M. DemasterThomas A. Demetrio

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Sarine Rebecca HagopianAriel R. HairstonKerrington A. HallAlexis HalsellCullen D. HamelinAntwan HamptonJessica A. HannulaDaniel M. HazeShiyin HeMarni B. HeldGarrett W. HendersonKimberly A. HerringAlison M. HeydornTyler E. HinesKori HinojosaAdam A. HudobaAlexandria S. HuiskensBrennan B. HutsonChristopher A. IdeMarko IlichGuadalupe Jimenez HandAnna J. JirscheleMark C. JohnstonPeter A. JonesAnthony R. JosephMichelle K. KaminskiMossamat KarimMatthew J. KaslMiles A. KelsonCarly E. KennyJoseph R. KentMaaha KhanShahina F. KhanEvan J. Kline-WedeenKenneth A. KoppelmanMolly KordasChristine A. KorperAnte KovacevicKrista L. KreppKatherine A. LaRosaTimothy LavinoConnie LeeSo Young LeeRicardo LesperanceYuting LiCody L. LipkeJesse ListernickXiaoduo LiuMatthew J. Loffredo

Benjamin D. LothsonHaley M. LoutfyDina LupancuReginald F. LysSherif N. MahmoudBen J. MahonCaitlin E. ManganelliPatrick P. ManionMark MannSheena MarinRyan W. Mark-GriffinJessabelle MaxilomJody-Anne M. MaxwellZachary J. McCulloughColleen E. McNultyRachel MerendaAlexander M. MisakianJames D. MitchellRobin L. MohrDanielle M. MooreMax J. MorimotoKevin MurphyAshley A. NailKollin E. NavaQi NiuMax NovakEkaette ObotNickolas A. OgleJordan T. OneWendy OnofreJohn P. PalecznyNicholas PangerePalak V. PatelLauren E. PayneCody J. PeasleeAlida PecaninDavid R. PerksStephen T. PeronaSteven G. PerryStephen J. PigozziColin J. PochieLuis PolancoJesse D. PollansJun QiuKamran S. QureshiMonica J. RavenJaleesa ReedLaura K. ReichelPatrick Richel

J U R I S D O C T O R C A N D I D A T E S

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Daniel E. RistauJesse RobertsErin E. RuthJonathan S. SafronArek SamuelsAndrea Ileana SavageauLindsey N. SchmeidlerBenjamin E. SchwabNathan D. ScurtuKyle G. SerillaJeremiah E. ShaversAlexandrina ShroveMartin D. SliwinskiZachariah SnyderChristian A. SorensenLaura R. SuffiGeorge K. SuhEric SummersClayton W. SutherlandIzabela TanculaCharles A. TerryKairvi TijoriwalaHarshini TippareddyJin J. ToArturo R. TrafnyMartin F. TrainorTiffany T. TranJoshua J. TurnerPresley D. ValenzuelaKaran VashistPhilip VieiraThomas S. WebbLauren A WhiteMary H. WidmanBennett T. WilcoskyAisha L. WilliamsSarah M. WilliamsCollin M. WillmanMargot WilsonTilford YatesOmar I. YounisRaven E. ZeerMichael G. ZolfoKelsey A. Zubkoff

J U R I S D O C T O R C A N D I D A T E S

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Master’s Degree Candidates

Presentation of Candidates for the Master’s Degree in Armour College of Engineering

Natacha DePaola, Ph.D., Dean of Armour College of Engineering

Master of Biological Engineering

Sarah Ashton KirbyRenyuan MaXinhao ShaoNooshin Vahdani

Master of Biomedical Imaging and Signals

Kushal HerurNilkanth Pankaj PatelParth Sureshbhai PatelDawid Jozef Walus

Master of Chemical Engineering

Kumar AdityaFawad AliPhillip Eric AllenShibani BalasubramanianAlexander M. BlankenheimYue ChangChanglong ChenKailin ChenXin ChenDavid N. CookAlejandro Ferraces AzcunagaZeyuan GaoYoftahel Abera GebreYingqi GongYanfeng HanChanghun KimSrinidhi KishorPaul M. KolodziejMorgan Amber KretlowHugo Louis LeducHyeonseok LeeXi LiLi MaAkshay Ramdas MankamePablo Navarro Munoz DelgadoNa QiuElizabeth RainesMallory E. RollinsAndres Ruiz BelmonteShahineze Saada

Michael P. SgariotoMoksha Girishkumar ShahFan SunSteven James ThorntonToni Rose VillafrancaHexu WangYanglong WangShuang YangXuan YiAdelyn L. Zelaya Lazo

Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohammad Zaid S. AlmaneeaKishan Jayantibhai BarwaliyaZheng CaiJigar Natawarlal ChauhanJoshua ChohanYifeng DuLaxmi Bhanu Srija Duvvuri VenkateswarluVatsala GautamZengqian GuoKevin R. HappRamya HemantWahhaj IrfanBhushan JavaregowdaShruthi KarunakaranAmrit KaurAshwinkumar Kavitha SanthanamTejan Rajesh KharangateVenkata Akhil Sairam KroviSiddhant Mahesh KulkarniAbhishek KumarGen LiYangxinyu LiSen LinPeijie LiuDiego Marcelo MartinDhanya Elza MathewAtif MirzaSai Kiran Narra Swaraj BabuShashi Kiran PechettiHarshil Pareshbhai ShahRavneet Singh

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M A S T E R ’ S D E G R E E C A N D I D A T E S

Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering (continued)

Kartik Ashish ShahRamakrishna Suresh ShanbhagSwati SharmaJunzhe SongSwati SoodTushar TejiNavaneeth Gowda ThandavamurthySanthosh Kumar ThummishettyVijay Srinivas TidaVaishak Tirumala LakshmikanthVishvendra Singh TomarAtmankumar Mangalbhai VaghamshiLovjyot VirdiRunnan XuJinpu Zu

Master of Electricity Markets

Nicolas Mariano Morell DametoYoungsik ParkAmeya Prasad Shirwadkar

Master of Engineering in Architectural Engineering

Stephen M. FossIbrane Rosendo JaurezVitoon JittasirinuwatAnna Lisa Marie MounierPauline Socheat SokEric WrightPangyan Zhang

Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering

Yogesh Kumar AnnamalaiThomas Adriaan Johannes BootRyan CunninghamShen GuoNing HuangTony Francis KizhakkekuttuKenneth B. NaylorShourav Yathindranath

Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Management

Sergio Arias SolorzanoEswari Sai Ratna BandreddiAyoub BenlyasHannah Elizabeth CiurejFenil Devangkumar DaliaAntonio Del Pozo MinguezLawrence E. DornAlbert Ficapal RomeroRichard FisherShirish Bhimrao GaikwadMarc Gil MartinezSwagat HallikeriJue HuangVenkata Suryakiran Varma KalidindiBhargavi KasuChandan Katta NarenMaruthi Suresh Babu KonganavarClara Isabelle Charline Le CocqJune Min LeeTingjun LeiSneha MahadevaNikhil Nandkumar MalbariFlorencio Michelena MachadoJabbar Hussain MohammedAlex Muchinik FalkonShaily PatelAchala PradeepkumarTala Basim Hussein QaddouraNithya Kamalam RajendranJeet Hasmukhlal RatanparaBhavesh Vijaykumar RaysoniEmmanuel Anice Trinita RodrigoOluwafeyiropo Olumayowa SanniRaj Nikhil ShahKarimulla Shahid ShaikYashrajsinh Jagdeepsinh SisodiyaImran C. WilliamsLei WuIsabella Zorra

Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering

Asra Fatima AliHaoran DuanJiabin LiAnusha ManikondaZhenyu Meng

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M A S T E R ’ S D E G R E E C A N D I D A T E S

Kshetij MoitraGeorge Michael VelezYintong WangGuozhu Zhu

Master of Engineering in Geotechnical Engineering

Ignacio Diaz-Caneja CamblorMarta Ortega Bonilla

Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering

Paul De Gomendiourrutia AranaKishorekumar Kenchanna ParvathammaArshdeep Singh KhairaNagashree Mylavaram SubbarajuKali Charan OrugantiHimal Sureshbhai PatelMeetkumar Shashikant PatelPaula Rey Gonzalez

Master of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering

Jeremy Elias FriedmanLeon Guillaume Yves Bernard LeroyWojciech A. LukaszczykBowen SunLe TaoYuan Kai TsaiSicheng Yang

Master of Engineering in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Harsh AminVipul BaggaAlvaro Berrocal BenitoAshley M. BillAlvaro Lorenzo Blazquez De MingoLuis Alberto Bravo SanzAditi ChandakHaresh ChandrasekharDongdong ChenWei ChenAlvaro Cuevas AycartLeire Andrea Cuevas CastilloRunzi CuiTejas Hemant DesaiJon Dominguez Aguirre

Alberto Díaz LorenzoSacha Antonin Alain EudesAlejandro Fernandez CanosaMiguel Angel Flores CaballeroDaniel Gabriel TorresUmesh Bharatkumar GajjarKashish Kinishbhai GajrawalaNirav Kanaiyalal GandhiNathan A. GardinerSidarth GopalkrishnanTyler C. GrudowskiJose Luis GuerreroVaibhav HansFrancisco Javier Hernandez RodriguezAlejandro De San Felix Herrera PerdomoNorikazu Jayme HondaHan HuAitor Igueregui BelakortuJairaj JoshiShaniel Amyn KatariwalaTaha KhademinejadSunder Rama Reddy KorsapatiParth Rajul LineswalaChang LiuJean Claude Jacques LucotXinghang MaAbhishek ManikondaJaime Marin Garcia San MiguelPau Martinez JimenezRamon Martinez ValdiviaKhalid Suleiman MatariyehAbhirav MathurKyeongha MinElvin K. MoyFrancisco Munoz SolerTejasmanoj MuralidharenDean NeillyKonrad NowakAva Marie ObenausMaulikkumar Harjivanbhai PanchalSergio Pardo FernandezJaykumar Jayantilal PatelVrushank Hirenbhai PatelIonut Octavian PrunutaMihaja Andriamampianina RaveloharisonAmrutha Gandhi ReddyEsther Rodriguez PiedracobaAndres Enrique Rojas VeitiaFlorent Quentin RousselEloy Rubio Blanco

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Master of Engineering in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (continued)

Gonzalo Sanchez MorellTodd Scott-DettlZhe ShiAmanpreet SinghQuentin Philippe StasseRichard T. Stubing IIIRui SunSanjana SureshNaga Teja Kiran TadepalliEdouard Maurice Joseph TchibozoBrigitte Luanne TempleDemis Manosh ThomasKoji TocmoAbhinav UpadhyayAlba Valbuena GuerraShivshankar Anbalagan VanniyarJorge Villalon RodriguezSatachai WongbenjaratHao WuRan XuHeewoong YangAaron YoungYongbo YuHengwei ZhangRuoxiang Zhao

Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering

Vardhman Pradipkumar AmbadeJonathan E. BaranowskiDemetria Esther BoatwrightYaxin ChenBrandon M. DennisAlberto Vicente FernandezMichelle GooMichael GrantMatthew Gerard HelfenbeinRuchitha Prasad KalapalaMinsun KuKai LiRaghav Tejaskumar MajmundarJoanna MarszalekChristian Alan OchoaNilaykumar Jitendrakumar PatelKatherine QuiggAnkush Suresh Ramkumar

Charlotte Alexa SauerZhenpeng Zhang

Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering

Alvaro Garcia TorresDerek Jordan JimenezChaofan LiHanghang LiHongyang LiMegha ParameswaraiahElise Estelle, Chloe PurguetteXavier Tomas I. RodriguezChandrapal Suyeeba Yadav

Master of Power Engineering

Brian M. Ornder

Master of Public Works

Luis Doreste HenriquezCristina Martinez NavarroMiguel Angel Serrano Leo

Master of Science in Architectural Engineering

Patrick Kevin Murillo CuetoBrett Andrew HorinAriel Shimea White

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

David Raymond ConnellRongfei FuHerbert Mason HedbergDylan Andrew Dragonett Nichols

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

Mengya Wang

Master of Science in Civil Engineering

Gargi Arjun DeoreXiaochen GaoHerve Cyrille Ndanga

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Master of Science in Computer Engineering

Shiyan ChenPedro Jose CujiBrandon K. DotsonYanqing GongSmitesh Ramesh LokareRahulbhai Vallabhbhai PatelSamuel L. RarickAlvaro Sanchez MartinAnuj Saxena Tsung-You ShihAlex G. ThompsonJunyi WangPeng WangPatrick T. WrightKai Zhang

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Abbass Mohammed E. Al NassirBenat Azkargorta MintegiDennis BarakAmolika Ajay BhonsleRahul Krishna BolisettyAyun J. BrownChao ChenPengpeng ChenShiyan ChenSimeng ChenChien-Hung ChouMaria Fatima Cremades BravoZheng CuiTingchang DengZhixi DengSiddharth Sachin DeshpandeAndrew R. DowTeresa Duran CarreteroTeresa Gomez FernandezTianfang GuiMiao HanXing HaoYikun HuangQi JiYang JiaZichao JinAmol Ashok KadamJaesun KohNamsik Kong

Sai Sathwik KotaJakub J. KowalczykShripad Vijayrao KulkarniKarthikeyan KumarAritra KunduRumin LangChanglin LiXu LiZhuofan LiSunny LinHao LiuKewen LiuTao LiuYibo LiuYubo MaoSaad MaqsudAlejandro Melchor MiguensPablo Menendez BlancoVinod Sankunni NairEric Navarro ComesHoang Van NguyenYuqing NiuJuhiben Pravinbhai PatelSyed Ammar QadirYunhai QiuVignesh RajagopalAhmad RazaFares Yussef RomanosCarlos Santos RancanoBernard Sarpong DuffourRajadurai SenthivelWesley Jacob ShermanKyeongkeun ShinGopika SuganthiPooja ThackerGuangheng TongVignesh VasudevanAlejandro Vazquez MarinoPaloma Vences GonzalezAtul ViswanathMeng WangWeiqi WangYifan WangChao WeiTianshi WeiYifan WuYuqing WuBowen XiMing Xia

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Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (continued)

Yu XiaoZekun XiaoSinuo XuBaichuan YangGuang YangMuyu YangShengfei YinYifan YinSheng YuPeiran ZengXincheng ZhangYan ZhangKangrui ZhaoWanshi ZhongChangxi Zou

Master of Science in Environmental Engineering

Yicheng Zeng

Master of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Amar DzuburMuhammad Zubair FerozXiaowei HeWenyuan HouMathieu Jacques Philippe Le ProvostKaushik Murugesan PazhaniVaishnavi Sreenivash

Master of VLSI and Microelectronics

Rahul JoshyJianan LengSrihari NPrudhvi Sai RangisettiChitra S

Presentation of Candidates for the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Chicago-Kent College of Law

Harold J. Krent, Dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law

Master of Laws in Financial Services

Xiaoyan JiJianfeng LiuMingrui Wang

Master of Laws in International Intellectual Property Law

Chen ChenLin DaiLaurenn GoretaXinyao LiuJuan LuoZengwei MaMaria Ananda Sanz GarciaXuewen ShaoZhen ShaoZihan XuXuejuan YangTingwei Zhang

Master of Laws in Taxation

James PlucinskyDavid E. SillMary Anne Uhland

Master of Laws in Trial Advocacy

Jie HuangShiyi JiangHaoyu MaSiyuan QinJixiang ShiZhuo Zhou

Master of Laws in U.S., International, and Transnational Law

Dana AbbasBetsy C. AcostaPaisan ApiromvijitGe Bai

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Audrey Benzow†Iryna BerezovskaAdriano Bobo-FantoliAni BochorishviliLili BurdzglaSuphakanya ChancharoensookMariam ChumashviliRodrigo Antonio Cuevas TapariTata DuduchavaTheosevia Efthymiou†Anne Maylis FontanetRustam Gasimov†Bartosz Pawel GiernalczykFangyu GongNarek GrboyanTinatin GugunavaNicolas Christian GuthYuying HeAnastasiia HurtovaLevan IoselianiNino IsakadzeAndzelika Magdalena JaniczakIrakli KakubavaVadym KozmaOleksandr KrutiyTatsuya KuniokaTea LaliashviliWei Liu

Anna Marta MamelkaIlgar NahmadovLena PlankPakpoom PuntarangkulKaiyun QianGiorgi RekhviashviliPenprapa RittiphanyawongSamerkae SaneniamDavit SivsivadzeStefania StoikouTeerapong Suesatboon†Wenjie SunKeso TchigladzeTamar TsereteliGerasimos TsoudisNikolaos VasileiouMargareth Vera ZarachoYuhao WangZheng WuMengchen XuNing YangYingjie YangSolomiia YaremchukMakar YeghiazaryanMariam ZakareishviliYu ZengYong ZhangYuejiao ZhuangWiola Zurawinska

Presentation of Candidates for the Master’s Degree in the College of Architecture

Michelangelo Sabatino, Dean of the College of Architecture

Master of Architecture

Noor AlzabenTiange AnLakshmikanth Reddy AnantulaBryan BietschMoutaz Ibrahim BukhariHongyi CaiJunho ChoiLuis Pablo Del Rincon CamachoChen Ding

Nanqi FengYi GongJunchong HuSari KhaiyatZahida Marzaban KhanMalyadri Sreyasi KommanaZixin LiYu LinLinchao MaJunfeng Mao

† designates graduated with honors

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Master of Architecture (continued)

Lauren Ashley McPhillipsWilliam T. McguireFayez Fawzi MiraYeonjung NamKurt Charles PerenchioTao QuJiaming SunLazarus Manoah SwamidossBhargavi Bangalore ThyagarajNicholas Bernard Van AntwerpNishit Rahul VermaJulia Xavier Freitas WanderleyJune Mo YangZongli YaoJingfei ZhangXingyang Zhou

Master of Landscape Architecture

Yitong DuYi GaoYu SiJoshua Michael SlateJiaming SunZhimin Yang

Master of Science in Architecture

Wejdan Afaneh

Presentation of Candidates for the Master’s Degree in the College of Science

Xiaofan Li, Dean of the College of Science

Master of Applied Mathematics

Yixin FanJames B. HamiltonJingyuan HeBochao LangChenglong LiZhiwei Zhang

Master of Biology

Omar Martínez GonzálezDevin L. Nissen

Master of Chemistry in Analytical Chemistry

Abigail Kate CastilloKristin Zoe CorcoranJamie DoughertyKerry R. FullerGordon Craig HaringTayler McKenzie JusticeBrian Daniel LaneAaron Philip LavinderTri Q. LeBertil Sengabo NshimeNicole Michelle PellecchiaErena M. Sawyer Wagner

Master of Chemistry in Chemistry

Antao GaoWenlie HuangRui MaYinan WangHua XuShifang Yao

Master of Chemistry in Materials Chemistry

Courtney SchreySydney N. Smead

Master of Computer Science

Aashka Durgaprasad AgarwalMahima AgarwalVivek AgarwalVaibhav AggarwalXuekeranti AiniUllas Aithal-KotaShushupti Vijay AjmireShruti AkkalaElham Saleh S. AlamariHeli Ketan AminMithil Paragbhai Amin

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Manmeet Singh AroraNithin AshokAshutoshShringa BaisHemanth BalakrishnaSowmya BalakrishnaRakesh BalakrishnanGuangwei BanSaptarshi BanerjeeAbhay Nagaraj Bangalore RaghunathSashank Beerappa VanajakshiSudhindra Manohar Bellur VasudevaDevika BeniwalMartin Frédéric BergerShubham BhardwajChethan BhaskarArati Jairam BhatTanmaya BhattViral Girishkumar BhojaniSunaina Bidurga ShashikumarVishal Kumar BimalRohan Satishrao BordeAhsan BurneyReona John CerejoMohan Krishna ChagalamarriDheerajram ChandraAkshay Avinash ChaudhariSaloni ChauhanXuzhu ChenAbhiram ChepurJitu Cheruvathoor CherianRiten Mansukhbhai ChhatralaElliot William ChibeKiran Chikkanayakanahalli

DakshinamurthyPranav Sai DeenumsettiSwapnil Narayan DharawatVishwas Vidyadhar DhudumSuraj Kumar Ravindra Kumar DidwaniaMichael Ryan DrewsArchi Daniel DsouzaZhenyuan DuRucha Pramod DubbewarMadhav Mohan DubePoojitha Vagale DuggappaPooja Pradeep DusaneSai Mallika Keerthi DuvvuriYohann Michel William FallourdZhaolei Fang

Francesco Nicola FanizzaCristina Fernandez GarciaPatrick Thomas Gordon FlavelSameer GadneAlexandre Sebastien GalloDamini GaneshAnvesh GangasaniRavi Reddy GannavarapuAnkit GargNishtha GargAntoine Bernard Gilbert GargotVikram GavisiddeshwaraRohan Digambar GawadeSaba Soleha GhauriDavid Marius GhiurcoMouna GiriAlvaro Gomez HernandezAjay Krishnan GopalakrishnanSumanth GouruGagan Munisiddha GowdaSomsunder Kemparaju GowdaAman GudluriVaishnavi Venkatesh GudurAishwarya GunasekaranSujay GunjalAkash GuptaAmit Mangesh GuptaAnshul GuptaNishu GuptaShiksha GuptaSumedha GuptaVijay Kumar GuptaAkshata HegdeManoj HemanthParth Hemangbhai HindiaYizhi HongVaibhav Uday HongalChinmayee HotaYi Chen HsuehSilin HuangNadia Iglesias DiazSandeep InampudiShomron JacobAditya Balasaheb JadhavVandana JagadeeshVinay JagannathDivyank JainRohan Suresh JainIshu Jaswal

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Master of Computer Science (continued)

Jayavijay JayaveluAkshatha KadriAmandeep KalotraUday Chaitanya KanuriPrerna KapoorVeera Raghava Reddy KatamreddyKaran KatiyarJoeldeep KaurShreyas Keerthi RajuSaurabh KhetanSaisruthi KolanupakaSnehita Sushil KolapkarKunal KolhatkarDivija Sai KonankiRaj Hitesh KotakShiv Ram KrishnaBhasheyam KrishnanAleksandra E. KukielkoShreyas Subodh KulkarniMohit Anant KulpeAbhishek Prakash KumarVarun KumarShreesh Kumara BhatJean-Rodney LarrieuxAchal Narendrakumar LathiaZainab LatifMengjue LeiGuangda LiJinyang LiZhiquan LiZhizheng LiBobo LiangYi LiuMadhu LokanathXiangyu MaShraddha Vijay MahadikGovind MaheshwariDhruv MalikSowjanya MalluAnkit MalviyaZizhen ManSagar Prakash ManeShraddha Bhagwandas MantriBhargav MardimaniKumar Teja MaripuriJose Luis Martin CasarrubiosAna Maria Martinez SideraJaspreet Singh Marwah

George MathewPablo Medrano GastañagaTian MeiSatya Suveen Reddy MekalaPatrick Alfred MendusMilind Hiren MistrySanjay MohanSahil MokkapatiAnne Flore Nolwenn Morell-BretonniereJames Andrew MurnaneUzma NaazSandeep NagendraVenkata Karthik NagupalliSamruddhi Sunil NaikVinita Yagneshkumar NanavatiRichard J. NellisTai Xuan NguyenSandeep NurukurthiNeilabh Pandit OkhandiarSreeharsha PachipalaMahesh Kumar Panchavati RamprakashRushit Rakeshkumar PandyaAshwani PanwarSowmya ParameshwaraKomal Surendra ParchandPrajakta Prakash PardeshiAsad PatelDivya Paragbhai PatelHarsh Jayeshbhai PatelMeet Trushar PatelNiket Bhogilal PatelPurvank Dhimantkumar PatelAbhilesh Nitin PatilHarshavardhan PatilSharvari Avinash PatilSohan Manohar PatilChanukya Srinivasa Santhosh Kumar

PatnamCelin Christy Anandhi Paul JeyarajJunyi PengSharel Clavy PereiraAbhinav PimpalgaonkarAmruta Ashok PimpleAkash Pravinbhai PipaliaKartik PrakashNeha Vijay PrasadTejus PrasadVikas PrathapPriyankaRavikiran Puttaraju

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Adithya RamachandranChidambara Raja RamachandranHarish Gandhi RamachandranKoushik RamanHiral Rameshbhai RamaniPrashanth RamaprasadAnkita RameshShreya Manish RavalShashank RavindranathAniruddha RayRonit RudraMohd SadiqueVivek Sagar SahuSohan Sunil SamantTejas Atul SanganiManeesha SatyanarayananCharu SaxenaSharul SaxenaAhmed Yunus SayedPreyang Mukesh ShahRishabh Pareshbhai ShahRumin Mayur ShahMohamed Azhar Sarbuland ShaikhPrasanna ShanmuganathanMohammed Arbaaz ShareefChetan SharmaNishant SharmaShuxian ShenSyed Hamdan SherMohammed ShethwalaObafemi Ayotoyosi ShyllonAnand Kumar SinghChitrarth SinghChaitanya SistlaNaveenkumar SivasubramanianPooja Soma PrabhuKavana Somanahalli UmeshAlexandre Jean Henri SpehlerTejas SreenivasanAdarsh SrinivasaToyaj SrivastavaKarl A. StoughMeghana SubbannaChengxi SunJeevika SundarrajanSudipta SwarnakarBilal Ahmed SyedVenkatesh TahilianiTitus Thomas

Anshika TrivediRajarajeswari VaidyanathanHrushikesh VasistaChristopher John Ver HoefMandavi VermaJagruti Shashikant VichareWilfrido Vidana SayeghAbhishek VijhaniPavithra VinaySandeep VuzziniHao WangChen XuYifan XuPingyu XueDalin YangHua YangPurnima Ravi YargattiYixin ZengChen ZhangHongyi ZhouYue ZhouLin ZhuoShahid Mohammed Zubair

Master of Data Science

Ishita AgarwalAnkush AgrekarHarshaa BajajEduardo Ballesteros GrandeAshim BhattaraiShubham Vijay BotharaRaquel Buezo TordesillasManoj Kumar GaddamShubhankar GahlotSnehal Mohan GawasXiaojian LianCarlota Lopez Perez ArroyoPingchuan MaSardhendu MishraSayonti MondalPooja MutrejaZihan NiuHiral PatelRatnakar PawarJames Frank Radecki IIIVinod RaoSubhadeep RoyNaveen Sampath

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Master of Data Science (continued)

Sanjana ShashikanthAnil Jacob SimonRodrigo Tejeida EstradaDivya VasireddyYing WuZhitian XueShuyu Zhang

Master of Health Physics

Khulud Yasir A. AlsirajVictoria Grace BrownQuinon L. DayAhaileas Vasilios HarisisWilliam LimestallJeffrey T. ReillyTrenton Lee Yadro

Master of Mathematics Education

Christina Josette CastilloMichael Ali KuranAaron OppenheimerJacqueline Carmen Perales

Master of Science Education

Amaris Alanis-RibeiroKira BonkAutumn Charity BranchPaloma CorroMarlon JonesRyan KamphuisZifeng LiChristopher Michael KustuschDina Romanoff

Master of Science in Applied Mathematics

Geoffrey KristonJiazhen LuChunliang Zhao

Master of Science in Applied Physics

Pedro Rivero Ramirez

Master of Science in Biology

Furrukh AshrafKaylynn Marie BarkerQing ChenYihan ChenEric Robert EwertKenneth Ray Ford Jr.Yonghao HuRuili JieRanli LuMikayla J MazurJiaxing MiaoAdam Tyler NelsonXinhe PangBiaobiao PengChenling TangZonglin YangZijing Ye

Master of Science in Biology for Health Professions

Sylvia AdawiWilliam James CalderonYu ChenBrandon HomereMasun Jagrr Dayne JacksonNicholas Steven PolitisAndrew C. Rosner

Master of Science in Chemistry

Chen LiYiwei LinXiang LuHexi ZhangYiqing ZhangZirui Zhang

Master of Science in Computational Decision Science and Operations Research

Abhishek BhardwajChihung HsiehNithya MahadevanLan Wei

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Master of Science in Computer Science

Rachael N. AffenitSarthak AnandTanveer Singh AnandAnaïs Zahra Jeanne BonnetHaotian ChenXing ChenWeishu ChengRajkumar DevulapalliKunal DhandeRaj Sekhar DuttaChen GongTing JiangDivya KrishnamoorthyMing LiXiao LiXintian LiYidan LiZinuo LiXingyang LiaoYuan-An LiuZiyu LiuLi MaSufyan I. MenkFrank Lee Morgan IIIPiyush NathVickyben Rajnikant PatelVenkata Krishna Chaitanya PolavarapuTanmay Amarendra PradhanJiao QuYi QuUmashankar RajaramSai Ayshwaryalakshmi RavichandranShweelan Leon SamsonRan SuShriguru Chikkadi SubrayIva Annamaria VeseliChao WanYujiang WangLi XuPrajakta Rajendra YerpudeSahand ZeinaliRui ZhangTianlin ZhangKunyang ZhaoKaiyue ZhuYijie ZhuRui Zou

Master of Science in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics

Manyuan MaYihong Wu

Master of Science in Physics

Sarah AldakheelNathaniel M. BeaverClay S. Miranda ConteeJonathan M. EcheversEli RegenAdrian Andres Rivera TorresYiding Yu

Graduate Interdisciplinary

Master of Intellectual Property Management and Markets

Jessica FisherCaitlin Lloyd GardnerSmruti PatilYi Zhang

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Presentation of Candidates for the Master’s Degree in the Institute of Design

Denis Weil, Dean of the Institute of Design

Master of Design Methods

Julie Desnyder BrownDenise Marie BrozKatherine Nicole BussardJihye ChoeAlisa Maria DePedroPeter HodgesMihai HogeaSivaraj KaliappanVinod KizhakkeMarcello De Mello Pinta MagalhaesStephanie MeusburgerJenna Ahn PetersenMichael SauerBridget Marie SoldanSameer Krishna TendolkarBryan TerrillKatsuhiro Yamashita

Master of Design

Renee Lynn Albrecht-MallingerNigel Joseph AntonyAndrew V. BatesKetshi Ketan BavishiLaura Marie BiltzSarah Louise BraunsteinZachary CabanaGustavo Antonino CascioDiana Mathew CholankerilBryan Blue Santos CuevasIsabel DecShannon DelaneyAndrea EvermanYu Chieh HoAndrei HogeaJinjia HuangYuke HuangTirdad KiamaneshRan KuangJessica Pui-Hang LeeShangyanyan LiXuanbai LiYenan LinYuhao LiuMuhan MaSiyuan MaSahana MahadevanUrba R. MandrekarRebecca Anne MarshallIgnacio MartinezKira Helena NovakYi PengJennifer Lynn PetersonJohn F. PewApoorva Venkatesh ShenoyAlexa SternMeng YanJingwen YangWanying Zhu

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Presentation of Candidates for the Master’s Degree in Lewis College of Human Sciences

Christine L. Himes, Ph.D., Dean of Lewis College of Human Sciences

Master of Science in Personnel and Human Resource Development

Trenton J. AdamsGregory J. EricksonJoseph Michael FalcianoDanielle Monteleone FergusonTimothy Adam GeiselmanTaylor Nicole SimpsonSamantha SlevaYifei WangYige Xue

Master of Science in Psychology

Bethany Christine Apa DoodyRobert Brian BeedleTalissa DorsaintCintya C. Garcia MarquezCatharine Elizabeth HamiltonEllen HurdishMelissa Nicole Ivins-LukseMichelle Lynn JacksonWinter D. JohnstonKatherine Louise KereszturiJacob Lawrence MinerNora Kendall PlumbFrank Shu

Master of Science in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling

Katelyn Louise AldridgeKember Lee Ann BuhmanCamelle S. Burlock-NickolsonAshleynaes Padlan De VeneciaGrace GuflerSungun MalhotraEileen Mary MoeryHeather Marie MuellerMariam O. OthmanAngelina I. PapazovaDylan SaksLorenzo A. WashingtonMei Chu Yeung

Master of Science in Technical Communication and Information Architecture

Max KingQi ZhangMeiqi Zhao

Presentation of Candidates for the Master’s Degree in the School of Applied Technology

Carl Robert Carlson, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Applied Technology

Master of Cyber Forensics and Security

Naveen Kumar Reddy ChillakuruHaotian GuVinesh Chagan JethvaVenkata Ramakrishna KancherlaJoshua Peter KazanovaVavathar Mohammed MudassirJohn SiergiejRajat Somani

Master of Food Process Engineering

Anna KnoebelUdit Chetan MankadKatherine E. PangoriPrinkesh Kiran RakaHemavathi RaviHuixin WangEmily Rachelle WeylPaixuan WuDanyi XuSiyu ZhanYijie Zhan

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Master of Food Safety and Technology

Luyi CaoHanman ChangDawn Renee DelligattiYujie DuKruttika Ashok GavaliZhe LiZhouyu LiGina OberoiJanani Srinivasan VaidyanathanChinmyee Kiran SuleAishwarya SureshGeethaanjali VijayakumarLora WolskiChenghuan XuHaiqi XuDi XueYan ZhangYingyi Zhang

Master of Industrial Technology and Operations

Nivid Jagdishbhai AkhaniLeena W. AntonyPuranjay Ashok AshjayJon Baraia-EtxaburuAbhishek BolimeraJaime Manuel Cantos SanchezAkshay Dilip ChhapwaleYu-Hsuan ChouGanesh Shivappa DadageAndrea DamenoJavier De La Pena CarrascosaJorge De La Puente GarridoInes De Madariaga AzcuenagaKrutarth Pradipkumar DesaiJosé Ignacio Diez ClosasJulia Mazzoni DuarteMark EdmondsonVictor EyrichMaria Fernandez De Mesa BusteloIrene Garcia AlonsoLaura Garcia SantamariaVishnu Vardhan Reddy GarlapatiViraj Vilas GavhaneAdam Erwin GollnickTejus HarishBenak Devaraj HunasagattaBarney Hunt

Vasin JittasirinuwatRishabh KaliaChandan Kallahally LingarajuSrinivas KatwePramodh Sharma KocherlakotaTejraj KoreAdithya KrishnaEduardo Lasarte ZapataAbdul LatifAlbert Macarron FabregatSharadvan Makonahalli ManuMani Krishna MallampatiJose Manuel Martinez PozueloCristina Marzal RomonJuan Mateo Sagasta EscondrillasUtkarsh MathurBenjamin Marc Philippe MazellierBilly McFarlandEnric Mir GonzalezPrateek MishraBrian John O’KaneAritz Ortigosa JimenezNarendrakumar PanchalMitul Ashokbhai PatelSaurabh PatilMaria Perez Coca LopezDiego Perez-Urruti Castillo-PucheXavier Pineda BardajiKarthikeyan PonnambalamSi QinArti RaikwarJasenko RakanovicIgnasi Raventos SeculiPrzemyslaw RebeszkoAshish Pal Singh RekhiJaime Rodriguez Munoz De BaenaGemma Romera BarberàBeatriz San Miguel TaboadelaCristina Sanchez MoleroCristina Bibiana Sanz RemirezVinayaka ShanmukhaGaurav Kishor ShendeMitesh Ashokkumar SoniChetan SrinivasShubham TaydeKashyap ThakkarJingyi TianPatricia Urzay GutierrezShazan Ehtashamul Haque Usmani

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Juan Vergara MunozMiguel Vicen SamperizGourish Vilas PaiMrunal WaniAlbert WinskiAvinash Babu YallaJon Zubieta GonzaloSimone Zwiazek Cavalieri

Master of Information Technology and Management

Rasika AdawatkarWlla Ahmad AfanehMayur AgnaniAnkita AgrawalNour Al-HabashNaif AlarwanMarwa Abdullatif AldriweshRawan Ali M. AlredainiAnanth Krishna AminMohnish AnandPaul ArguillereSumit Anand AsatiVishnhav AshokOjas Raghavendra AvadhaniThamizharasan BabuSuryadevi BalarajanNisha Dhananjayamurthy BanurSuhasini BasavarajappaSai Yashasvi Krishna BatturuYogesh Rajendra BhangdiyaAyush BhatAakanksha BhuriaShruti BhuyanPrashanth BoovaragavanKetki Mahesh BorawakeSathwick BoregowdaAquanda Marie BrooksEstelle Virginia BrooksAlexandre Florent Pierre Buisson-ChavotVictor Michel Robert BuzzegoliParag Mahendra ChandiwalPhanindra ChandraprakashRahul Chandrashekhar SulepethkarMary Poornima Reddy ChavaAniket Anil ChavanShrija Dilipkumar ChavanNavtej Singh ChawlaAditya Chebiyyam

Panyong ChenSri Raja Shashikanth ChivukulaSambhav ChopdaAbhishek ChoubeyVishu ChoudharyMervin William D. SouzaShefali DagarChakravarty DaraPaulomee DasmajumdarTanaya Arvind DaveHarshal Pandurang DeolekarAishwarya DevarajSai Abhisha DevireddyVidushi DharJiabin DongAnirudh Nikhil DuttAbhishek DuttaGeetanjali DwivediVivek ElankumaranAniruddha ErandeClement Pierre Francois Dit HardyDongyang FuLikhitha GaddipatiDinesh GanesanYash Ravindra GanorkarGabriel Garcia ArdilesFrancisco De Paula Garcia De La CorteSayali Laxman GateSaharsh Reddy GeedipalliVaishnavi Sanjeev GondaneShwetha GopalarathinamAyush GoyalRahul Madhusudhan GudihalShravan Kumar GuntiArjun GuptaVasu GuptaVijay Raghavendar HarimadhavanJeevith Hebbaka MallikarjunaiahReena HegdeHemanth Shashidhar HiremathJinqing HuangArun Anil HundiaVenkata Sai Sowmya IbrahimpatanamNadia Iglesias DiazRavi Kumar Indira GangaramHemanth Inukonda KamalakannanJaswanth Busnur JagadeeshDinesh Jaganath SinghAdwait Panditrao Jagtap

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Master of Information Technology and Management (continued)

Palak JainRupin JainRoshni Sanjaykumar JariwalaDaniel E. JarzenbowskiArpitha JayaramaMehul Shankar KadJitendra Ranu KadamMandar Tukaram KadamDhruv KadiaVarsha Kaggere RavikumarKarthik KalaiyarasuVarun Kambalipura PrakashPriyatham Sagar Kandral HariBadri Narayanan KannanNisha KanooVenkata Siva Gowri Naresh KantimahantiManthan Sudhir KapadiaVasuki Kumar KaushikDinesh KawatiaRatna Sudhir KendheDivya Ashok KhabiyaSupriya Dattatray KhadakeSwati Rajendra KhandalekarShashank Bharatlal KhedeLakshmi Anuhya KoduriNikita Kulin KothariVaishnavi Viraj KukadeAnup Shivram KulkarniKapilan KumananJustin KvedarasOshina Harish LalwaniVincent Charles, Francois LoucelXinyi MaIshita MagotraMeenupriya MahendranJatinkumar Ratilal MakaniGirish Jitendra MalekarSrikanth MamidiSurendar ManiHenil Kamalkumar ManiarMoein MayehJena Tushar MehtaSatya Krishna Kumar MekaNeha MishraHarshal Kantilal MistrySiddharth Bharat MistrySmita Mittal

Sharanya Mohan RajPradeep Raja MohanChristopher A. MontufarPratyusha MudrakartaAjay Kumar MukhiKedar Naresh NaikJayanth NanduriSrilekha Napa UgandharKeshav Narasapura RajagopalaiahShivam NarulaAbhishek Kiran NayakSagar Sudhir NayakDean E. NelsonKexun NiuRaquel Noblejas SampedroMuhammad Sohail Noor MuhammadGeorge W. NoortsPuneet OjhaSean Padayatill GeorgeManisha Milind PaiTanvi PaliwalSapna Pramod PandeyBo PangAnirudh PannuGrahi Rajesh ParmarAneesh ParthaHarsh Jagdishkumar PatelDeepak PaulswamyArturo Pavón EstradéNeil Ireneus PereiraStefi Theo PereiraKishor Ramchandra PhadatareAnikesh Ramachandran PillaiSonam PissayAnitha Ponnusamy ParamashivamSmita Raghunath PoteAdhishri Arvind PradhanShruti Sidramayya PuranikDeepak RadhakrishnaSuganya RaghuramanSantosh RajendraRajesh Kumar RajendranPallavi Ramakrishna RaoAswin RamakrishnanMadhumitha RaviKarthik Ram RavichandranChristabel Neras RebelloMeghana Ashwath ReddyLucia Rodriguez Sanchez

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Tulika SahuShabarish Sai NagEshaan SamantGomathi SambasivanAshit SathishPrateem Avinash SavaskarSaili Sandesh SawantZeshan Rajmohammad SayedElizabeth Sebastian RebelloShankari Seethalakshmi MohanakrishnanKartika SekarMuthu Krishnan SelvamLakshmi Narayanan SelvarajanErfan SetorkDhara Chintal ShahFalgun Subhash ShahKaran Samir ShahTanvi Dilip ShahAnirudh SharmaSravani ShatdarsanamAliya SheikhManisha ShettiHemant Jayant ShindeApoorv ShrawatJyoti ShuklaAfaque Hussain SiddiquiMili SinghNiti SinghShakshi SinghHimaniben Bharatsinh SolankiVikhyat TandonPratibha Somashekhara ThimmojiVignesh ThirugnanamMathews ThomasMarilyn Tresse Torres-BarriosMarat Kuatuly Tulepbayev-MonnieSri Haritha UpadhyayulaPrathyusha VangalaRajan VashishtVanaja VaskuriNaveen VelumaniDhivya VenkatachalamRamachandran VijayakumarLuis Villasenor MunozDhananjay Somnath WadekarHang ZhaoSunakshi Zutshi

Master of Science in Food Process Engineering

Jian DingDonna Stachler

Master of Science in Food Safety and Technology

Ruixi ChenChengyu GaoLeailin HuangSiman LiuXiyang LiuYuqi LuoTanvi Jayantkumar MhetrasSartaj Singh NarulaVidya NatarajanMagdalena Ivona NaziemiecYadwinder Singh RanaRunan YanLiyun ZhangShimei ZhangZijing ZhangAnqi Zhao

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Presentation of Candidates for the Master’s Degree in Stuart School of Business

John F. O. Bilson, Ph.D., Dean of Stuart School of Business

Master of Business Administration

Pralav AgrawalNigel Joseph AntonyBharanidharan AshokkumarVigneshwaran AsokanPrassanna BalasubramaniamLaura Marie BiltzDarshita BishtRebecca L. BuckZachary CabanaMatthew J. CahillLatasha Marie CattouseHarinath ChandrasekaranCunwang ChenRachel ChoeBrett Andrew FreibergRobert F. FultonYao GeLisa GiderofPrithveesh GoelShaurya GuptaAndrei HogeaElizabeth IdikulaYuke HuangPriyanka JagadishVijay KumarSalvador LopezTaeler LottinoMaulika Dhirubhai PatelJohn F. PewNambiraj SekarAgum SharmaAlexa SternMathana Krishnan SureshKirubhakara Rabin Suresh BabuJacob StreichKimberly SwiftDerek TarnowXiaoling TengMeera TonyJordan W. TrottoEstefania Alexandra Vega LuloWenshan XuKyle M. Zak

Master of Mathematical Finance

Jiaxi ChenJunnan ChenShihao CuiBatsuren DavaademberelQi HeBowen HuYuan JiQian LiYanfeng LiuYouhan LuBeichen ShiLiwei TaoJingyi WangYiming WangZeyu Wang

Master of Public Administration

Jinling AiJesus Ayala Jr.Zhanna Badasyan Sr.Katelynn J. BanksMalcolm BrownJiaxing CaiDong DingBoli FengWeihe GaoYiwa GeLechen HanBo HeLauren HenselSandra LaPorteYing LeiSiyao LiXia LiuShiyun LuMengzhe MaQian MiaoYiming NiuJiayue ShiMengfei SongLun SuJianan WangSiqi WangYao Wang

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James L. Wright IINan WuYu XinLei XuZixuan ZhaoYumo Zou

Master of Science in Finance

Onias Aimadji NanitomAlice Helene AllimantKriti AmarSai Soujanya AnumukondaAlex Fabian Baez AvilesDarshan Venkatesh BhattaOscar Yovani CazalezGuanlin ChenShiwen ChenWei ChenVenkat Raj Kumar Reddy DadireddyHani Hosny ElgamalBei FangSrivatsa GargAnshu GhodawatYong HanHaina HuangChunxuan JiangJianjie JiangYuhang JiaoSamrudhi Sandeep KaulapureShruti Ramakant KhetanMai Hoan Anh LeBo LiLu LiZhiping LiZixiao LiZhihan LinDong LiuGeoffery Jinchow LiuJiaheng LiuMeiting LiuRunpu LiuShiqi LiuXijie LiuZixuan LiuFeiyang LuJunlin LuXiaoxiao LuoSai Harini NarayananSandhya NatarajanGowtham Chakkravarthy Nedunchezhian

Selvi

Zijie OuJuan Diego Palacios GodoyDhruv Manish PatelPunnatee PromminBohuan QiGaoxiang QianSiming QinSamadrita SenguptaRaina Hemant ShahVeronika ShestakovaTianzong ShiSnegdha SinghYukai SongZhe TangChong TengQian WanYihua WangYixin WangZixuan WeiLinjun WuSiliang XiongXiaxiaowei XuZheng YangShaoqing YuHang YuanShaoxuan YuanYe YuanTao ZhangYifan ZhangKaijie ZhengDa ZhouHanyi ZouYijun Zou

Master of Science in Marketing Analytics

Abdulrahman Ali A. AlgofailyRachel ChoeNidhi ChoudharyRiddhi Pramesh DandCatherine Rose DavisPeiyi DingYixin DuanYing GuPuyan HaoXuejie HaoXuejing HaoShuchi JainRitika JenaYiTing LeiLinxi Li

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Master of Science in Marketing Analytics (continued)

Yuxuan LiuAna Maria Lopez AlvarezNamrata ManjunathVenkata Hari Krishna Bharadwaj

PudipeddiLuisa RoubicekSarthak SharmaVanita SharmaSrikanth SomuYingying SongSrijagan Bharathwaj SrinivasavaradhanJiaqi SunYanjun TaoTaniya ThakkarAmit Anil ThanekarPianpian WangSiyu WangZixuan WangTian XieDongrun YangSijie ZhangYan Zhao

Master of Science in Marketing Analytics and Communication

Abdulaziz Hazzaa F. AlshehriCaitlin Mairead Reidy

Master of Science in Sustainability Management

Prajakta Suhas MeharunkarFlavio Santos UrteagaYidian Wang

Master of Technological Entrepreneurship

Karen Amanda Castillo Silva

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Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor’s Degree in Armour College of Engineering

Natacha DePaola, Ph.D., Dean of Armour College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Brayan Eduardo Abreu-GomezDiego BeginFrancisco J. BerriosAlvah W. BicknerEric Brekke §§Aaron BrownKyle BumpassPaulo Cummings PizzutoJose L. Garcia JimenezSneha Shriram GindodiyaStefan KnoerrSteven R. LawlessWojciech A. LukaszczykKonrad Nowak §§§Tomohiro Nozaki §Raja Vireshkumar PatelKatuwawala Gamage Iman Dilshike

PiyasenaAmelia Hana RuppBrandon Jordan Kee SitDemis Manosh Thomas §Aaron Y. WangJoseph A. YassinAaron Young §§§

Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering

Demetria Esther Boatwright §§§Michelle Goo §§Christos KaldisKeonho Lim

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Rachael N. AffenitYusairah Basheer §Michael P. BazerKasie Lee Braun §§Andrea CancinoJohn Kenneth Delos Santos §Yoftahel Abera GebreJason Green

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Gabrielle Charlotte HendersonKushal Herur §§§Amarah Khan §§Gabriel Kong §Morgan Amber Kretlow §Pujan MaharjanEgle Malinauskaite §Akshay Ramdas MankameMerjem Mededovic §Sofia C. Navarrete SilvaRubina NazneenJoseline Stacy NegreteDavid L. Oliver §§§Nilkanth Pankaj PatelParth Sureshbhai PatelVictoria Anne SmithKrithika SubramaniOmar Sherif Mohamed Safwat Tawakol §Dawid Jozef WalusAnna Jean WiseAdelyn L. Zelaya Lazo

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Okbay AbrahamChandler AllenEssa Almutar §Esmeralda AlvarezJoshua Michael ArevaloTahj-Edward Clifford AtkinsonAdam M. BarteckiAlexander M. Blankenheim §§Amber Brielle CarterDavid N. CookAshley Su Wen Dan §Alfonso J. DelgadilloSan Quan DinhGiuseppe Dario GalassoBryan J. GathmanUsman A. GhauriHui GuoOscar GuzmanPhillip HoangSarah Ashton Kirby

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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (continued)

Paul M. Kolodziej §Sherly LandeRodrigo MezaBrian Scott OberlinEduardo G. Padilla GodinezAbhimanyu Pudi §Timothy Lwarence ShoverMark F. Sivak §§§Jeremiah A. Stanek §Akalanka Waruna Bandara Tennakoon §§Sofiya Rumenova TotevaVi Tran

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Abenezer Mesfin AyeleJonathan E. BaranowskiRyan Thomas Blackburn §Ivan A. ChavezMicki Vivian ChungMatthew Copple §§§Brandon M. DennisGregory N. DohertySanjaa ErdenebaatarTerry HaynesAli Mahmoud IssaMonika Krystyna JachnaChaofan Li §Hanghang LiChristopher R. Lutzow §Terry MinerArtur Tomasz Olechno §§Farah Piatek §Alberto Reyes BarrazaJustin D. Rossman †Charlotte Alexa Sauer §Darpit A. ShahImran C. WilliamsEmma Louise Wittle §Yuchen XiaoWeronika Zasadzki

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Shuhei Aoki §§Timothy Ayodele §Jose Bribiesca

Julian Anthony DickensNathan C. Dobersztyn §Brandon K. Dotson §Jarad M. FlemingKyle Ander Hebel §Marco Antonio Herrera HerreraJay Edward Rush KorhonenThomas A. LatrofaJonas ManriqueDaniel Henry MevesMete Morris §§§Eldon Masao Nakagawa §§Oladotun O. OlayinkaAditya ParakhAndrew Jordan PattersonSamuel L. Rarick §Chris SandersHamza ShakeelJavier Sorribes Camargo §§§Mhd Hamze Sukkar §§Alex G. Thompson §Yael Armando TorresDominik M. WegielPatrick T. Wright §§§Sicheng Wu §Ling Xing Zheng

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Daniel Aguilera §Syed Muhammad Burhan Ali §Jacqueline Ann ArmstrongRuijing Bao §Lissette G. Beltran §Ayun J. Brown §Xipeng ChaiHongyi ChenTianqi ChengThomas V Chittilappilly §Yixin CuiPedro Jose CujiJeffrey CvikotaLakshmi Sirisha Damaraju §§Patrick H. DohertyJames M. Eubanks §Leonard D. Fuqua Jr.Victor M. GalvezMilica GvozdjanMiao Han

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Jason Peter HirmizLarisa June HurleyArvydas JarulisWasheq S. KhanZaid KhurshidNamsik KongJakub J. Kowalczyk §§Sergei LemeshJohn Paul Moy LeongChanglin Li §§§Yuyang LiSunny Lin §§§Cheryl R. LiningerChang Liu §§§Kewen Liu §Tao Liu §Gregory J. LivasScott Aaron MartinDaniel Maya Chavez §Daniel Henry MevesSamuel Philip MontagHoang Van NguyenManideep Varma PenmathsaManoj Varma PenmathsaNasif Saadman RabbiVignesh Rajagopal §Samuel L. Rarick §Jonathan E. RuminskiMarcin SalamonRicky SalgadoBrandon Kim SimonsNicholas E. StanekYifan WangJanek Steven WasagKelton Gum Hau Wong §Sicheng Wu §Sinuo XuGiovana Gisel ZavagliaLuoyi ZengLanxin Zhang §§Xincheng Zhang §Rukang Zhao

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management

Zaizhuo ChenTaylor S. FarrellDan Isaac GanDaniel E. Garza

Jair E GutierrezRafael Y. HerreraCarlos Enrique Kubler DiazXun MaPujan MaharjanJasmyn A. MaierNicolas Paul Mancero TufinoAlexander J. MaysJustice A. MosqueraElvin K. MoyFernando PranckeviciusWildaline SerinGolzar ShobeiriMhd Hamze Sukkar §§Latocha Joneil TerrelongeJudy Wu

Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering

Jonathon Joseph KaegebeinAndrew J. Kubacki §§§Kathleen Rebecca Mullin §§§Jack T. O’MalleyWeiliang Yao

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Anthony Gilbert AccoveZimchim Andrea AgomohPeter AgyemanEfemena AlobaTaha BandealiAshley M. BillTomasz Marcin Brzyski §Alexander Robert Buffo §Rafal BukowskiVicente T. ChapaXiaoyun ChenNicholas CusumanoKrzysztof CzopekDavid DeMarcoParrish G. DominguezJoseph D. DuggalSean Michael Duke §Jorell T. FerrarenTyler Barrett GaitherSamantha GalloJose L. Garcia Jimenez

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Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (continued)

Cody Alexander Garcia §Thomas Martin GlavanDavid Alejandro Gonzalez MendozaGuillermo GonzalezNoah William GriffithTyler C. GrudowskiNorikazu Jayme Honda §Katherine Victoria Marie HughesWeihan JiaAaron D. JordanDavid Jozef Judka §Tongmin Kim §Jordon KrenzBenjamin LanceMatthew S. Leahu §Anthony M LenoFilip LetkiewiczRamon Antonio Lopez IIIWojciech A. LukaszczykZachary M. MazurOmar MedinaCarlos MorenoElvin K. MoyWilliam P. MoyerArthur MurzydloJoseph R. NavarroHeather C. Nelson

Daniela Nieto Prada §Meredith O’LearyAva Marie Obenaus §§Olumayokun Olufemi OgunbekunRichard Opara-NduduJose Carlos PalaciosMatthew PavelichHector Perez §Sean C. PerryJoshua Alexander PopoviciJoseph H. PragerJose RangelChristopher W. RileyMiranda Georgina Rodriguez SosaArmando RodriguezCh Aadal Saeed §§§Kristopher B. SandersFarrzad Cyrus ShroffSamuel Slusher §Sukmoon C. SungAlan Tan §§Brigitte Luanne Temple §Koji TocmoMark Julian TomutaAaron Y. WangJason WhitakerKaylee WickaDaniel J. Wollin §§§Xinqi XiJackie YuWangqiao ZhangJakub Zurek

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Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor’s Degree in the College of Architecture

Michelangelo Sabatino, Dean of the College of Architecture

Bachelor of Architecture

Ian Elias AchongWejdan AfanehJaehong AhnCarolina Florencia Almeida AguirreHabibuddin AnsariJuan Azuero §Joseph Daniel BarbaMelia Ann-Elizabeth BarnesGarrett R. Bernhagen §Kathleen R. Birk §§§Liza Jannery CamachoIryna ChikhichinaSan Lae Lae Cho §Adalberto CoronelMunia DawoodZiwei Deng §Aishvi A. DesaiBlagovesta Georgieva DimenchevaLayalee Zahdan ElzahdanBritney EvansMattie L. GalganArian H. GarciaDaniel Kamil GodziszewskiArlene Michele Antonia HayesChengcheng Jiang §Tala KadroMohammad Mosallem Kassem §§Changhyun Kim §Minsung Kim §§Clayton B. Knapp §§Kevin J. Kosciulek §§§Carlos LandaNgoc H. Le §So Min Lee §Manuel Orlando Mendoza ParraYun Ki MinElham Mirzaei §Julia M. Mosqueda

Tra Thanh NguyenHyung-Joo Park §Jong Nyoung Park §Juyong ParkAnida PhetchanphengJoseph PintoJose Magdaleno QuinteroAkash Raymond Shuban RainaVirginia Elisa ReyesPeter J. RigaliAbigail L. SearlesDenis Aleksandrovich Serdyukov §§§Mario Andres Serrano Puche §Auriniko William Connery ShaversSamantha A. Sheppard §Ye SuNadezda Tagashova §Sara E. TorresFaiza Mahmood Uppal §Nolan Prescott Vack §Rodolfo VazquezCaleb G. Vick §Landon W. VowelsDavid M. Walczyk §§Jacob Robert Wall §Charles C. WebsterMary Marie WestJordan Davis WidjajaWei WuJunru Xu §§Luis Fernando Yanez Hernandez §Zheng YinStephen K. YoshidaKhaleela Sarah Zaman §Xiaoyu ZhangYechi ZhangRenrui ZhengGreta Marie Zola §

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Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor’s Degree in the College of Science

Xiaofan Li, Dean of the College of Science

Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics

Marissa C. Ashner §§§Yonas Abera Gebre §§§Genevieve Dawn HummelDavid Modlin §§§Jacquelyn Summers Newberry §Monica YunTanner Zielinski

Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics

Adam Robert Denchfield §Varrick Suezaki §Garrett Michael Collins Weidle

Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics

Joseph M. Arroyo §William Limestall §Beverly R. Lowell §

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

Luis Manuel Gomez GomezOmar Martínez GonzálezDevin L. Nissen §Gina Oberoi §

Bachelor of Science in Biology

Aislinn S. Davis §Rubab FatimaRicardo Herrera Jr.Quratulann KhanKayleigh Nayeon LeeNadyah MohiuddinIva Annamaria Veseli §§§

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Melisa Alkan §Carlos Alfredo BustamanteAkena Ochora LatigoNicholas Steven Politis §§§Yinan Wang §

Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems

Seungjun Oh §§Jason S. Segal

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Rachael N. AffenitXuekeranti AiniChristian Ortillana ArrietaMayank Bansal §Bhav BhallaAnkur Boruah §§§Ethan Kane CernokElliot William ChibeErica CusnariovAndrei Georgian Dumitru §Dominik K. FittAnthony M. Fleck §David Marius Ghiurco §Adnan Haider §§§Matthew HammondYuan HuangSpriha JhaVladimir Kolmakov §§Viktor KovesAleksandra E. KukielkoSebastian LesiakChunhao LiJinyang LiHayoung Lim §Danna Liu §§§Dennis Mamah MarteyMartin Patrick MelodySufyan I. Menk §Yani Georgiev MihaylovAqueel Miqdad § Muayed Wasim MohammedPaul T. MyersRichard J. NellisAlexander Mitchell NicoaraAsad Patel §Morgan Lee PetersTriet Minh Phan §Timothy K. Ragin

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Alrick Thanusine SayasavanhDhruvil Hiteshkumar Shah §Benjamin Michael ShaughnessyShahzil Aftab Sheikh §Seng Zhao Too §Gabriel Torres Jr.Scott M. TrinerKyle TurnerFaizan UddinChima Anthony UgonnaTony VadakumcheryMarkiyan VarholaMorgan WilsonMuneeb Yawari §Sang-Il YimJunjie YingSahand ZeinaliYixin ZengShuyu Zhang

Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics

Christian M. Jones §Amy MinasChristopher Zurowski

Bachelor of Science in Physics

Joseph M. Arroyo §Yonas Abera Gebre §§§Diego A. Gutierrez Coronel §§§William Limestall §Beverly R. Lowell §Aaron L. Vera BravoJialin Yu

Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelors’s Degree in Lewis College of Human Sciences

Christine L. Himes, Ph.D., Dean of Lewis College of Human Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Health and Wellness

Janki Pankaj Patel §§§Catherine Warin SchweigertMichelle Antonia ShelbyAume R. Waheed

Bachelor of Science in Communication

Madeline Marie BurrellShacara Tamyia LedbetterSara Victoria Lopez ZunigaEvan N. Williams

Bachelor of Science in Digital Humanities

Joseph R. ChaveroAmy Lynn Kamin §§§

Bachelor of Science in Humanities

Yonggyu BaekNicole Stritch §§Yuze Wei §Ning Zhang

Bachelor of Science in Political Science

Vlad BistriceanuJason R. Monsour

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Cesar Rafael ArmasSilvia Amor Armas §§Citlalli E. Bueno LaresXing ChenJigar Dedhia §Reya Clair Green §§Joshua B. Guberman §§§Shreya JhaPranathi P. Merneedi §§Nadyah MohiuddinMadiha Abdul Muqeet §§Ivan OrtizTamia Breshae’ PolkColt William ScrogginsLoretta Teresa Sutkus §Lindsay Jordan Zasadzinski

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Bachelor of Science in Social and Economic Development Policy

Zhanna Badasyan Sr. §§Gabriel Evan ConnersBrian DeJesus Gomez

Bachelor of Industrial Technology and Management

Leena W. AntonyBarney HuntCiaran T. LynchBilly McFarland †Andrius MeskuotisDenis Martin Nlom NjeeBrian John O’Kane §§Jasenko RakanovicTomas SiurnaAdam StosichErnest Adam TokarzRyan TranChristopher Lynn WaltonAlbert Winski §Chun Kit Conrad Yeung §Gerda Zigmantaviciute

Bachelor of Information Technology and Management

James Robert AtkinsAquanda Marie Brooks †Austin Cheng §Brian CurtisAndrzej CzopekMichael DieterleDinh Khang DuongUriel DuranCesar EscotoCraig Douglas FinnernTracy Francis §Nick Garcia LaraJason HedlundMarco A. HernandezConsuelo Huerta

Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor’s Degree in the School of Applied Technology

Carl Robert Carlson, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Applied Technology

Larry P. JiaoJonathan KeyDaniel Peter KolodziejLeonardo LaraHuy T. LeMelissa LindemannDanny MartinezJordan MynesSyed M. NayyerDean E. NelsonMichael G. NguyenTykiera M. Olive-StallingJaina ParekhPaul PerumallaDavid PowersVincenzo G. RajkovichAniello ScartozziBrian Semrau §Jabran Bin Shakil §§David Miles SobelMarilyn Tresse Torres-BarriosJohnny TrieuJunfeng WangEmmanuel Zambrano §

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Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor’s Degree in Stuart School of Business

John F. O. Bilson, Ph.D., Dean of Stuart School of Business

Special Honors Key:

† = Honors | § = cum laude | §§ = magna cum laude | §§§ = summa cum laude

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Shreyans AjmeraKatelynn J. Banks §Chriselda A. BellOscar Yovani CazalezXiaoning ChenMontserrat Viridiana CoronelEribertha GomezMayra GonzalezYiTing Lei §Xiang LiZixiao LiPhilip OrdillasScott M. ReardonIrma Andrea Rios SeguraJesus RiosZhongtian ShengVeronika Shestakova §Alfredo VillegasKapil VyasJunhao WuXiaxiaowei Xu §

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Student names listed in the commencement program are accurate as of April 30, 2018.

The program includes students who graduated in Fall 2017 and those who are candidates for

graduation for Spring 2018 or Summer 2018.

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