C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2017

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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School of Engineering

Commencement

Convocation

Class of 2017

Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston Campus1:00 pm

Sunday, May 14, 2017

School of Engineering Administration

Thomas N. Farris, Ph.D., Dean

Jean-Patrick Antoine, M.Sc., Assistant Dean for Enrichment Programs, Director of Honors Academy

Michael Brown, M.Sc., Assistant Dean for EOF and Access Programs

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

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

Susan Kilduff, MPA, Associate Dean for Administration and Planning

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

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

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

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

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

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

Departments and Programs

Hae Chang Gea, Ph.D., Chair; Applied Sciences in Engineering, Packaging Engineering Program

Uta Krogmann, Ph.D., Chair, Bioenvironmental Engineering Program

Noshir Langrana, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Marianthi Ierapetritou, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Nenad Gucunski, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Narayan Mandayam, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohsen Jafari, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Richard Lehman, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Alberto Cuitino, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Order of Exercises

PROCESSIONAL

PRESIDING OFFICERDean Thomas N. Farris

MUSICAL SELECTIONSRutgers Glee Club

INTRODUCTION OF CHAIRPERSONS AND GUESTS

Dean Thomas N. Farris

PRESENTATION OF ENGINEERING SOCIETY,RUTGERS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Richard Cestone

STUDENT SPEAKERAnirudh Vojjala, Materials Science and Engineering

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMASDepartment Chairpersons

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 Bioenvironmental Engineering

Curriculum in Applied Sciences in Engineering

LAURA AGUIRRE-PENA 4

STEVEN AMORES 4

FRANCO CUMPA 4

MARK DOOKHARAN ROBERT EMMANUEL 4

GREGORY FIDLER 1

DANIEL FINNEGAN 1

ARKA GHOSE KRISTEN GONZALEZ DANISHA GRIFFITH JORDAN HAROZ JOSEPH HEO RICHARD KLUMB DAVID LEONG

STEVE LLANOS BRIAN MORRISON CHRISTINA PARRY NUPUR PATEL RISHI RAMPERSAD 4

MEHMET SENTURK CRISH SHAH MINHWA SOHNG BRIANNA SWINDELL 3,4

MICHAEL TAN 3

WESLEY WAVERSHAK SAMUEL WOLFSON SEAN YU

JULIA BURMISTROVA 3,5

DOMINICK CARDELLA DOMINICK CHIANG BRYAN EZAWA 1,5

ALAYNA FAMBLE 3,5

BRANDON FLORES

BOOKER GEORGE 1,5

LAUREN IACOBUCCI 1,5

ALEKSANDER KRIMBERG TAMIR LIEBER 3,5

JOSEPH PULKOWSKI 5

DONGYI ZHUYAN

Curriculum in Applied Sciences in Engineering, Packaging Engineering

DEON BROWN JOYCE CHANG 2,4

KEJI CHEN LENNA EMAMI 3

MAUREEN FEENEY 1,7

MORGAN HEMINGWAY 3

MOHAMMED HOSSAIN 2,4

SEUNG HWAN KOO 1

JOHN KRAL DOUGLAS LEE 3

BRIAN LOJA NARANJO 3

DIANA CRIS MAYORGA MAGGIE MCLEAN 2

ALEXANDRA NOWAK 2

ROBERT SEKELSKY BRETT SOLCHENBERGER 2

MONICA VALLEJO 4

RHYS WEINBERGER 3

FENGHUA ZENG 1

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Curriculum in Biomedical Engineering

AHMED ABDRABOU 3

AZKA AHMED 1

ALVARO ALDAZ CUEVAS SHASHANK ALLADI ZAHRAA ALSINAN TREVOR ALSTON 1,7

RIDDHI AMIN 1,7

FATEMEH ARAB

ANAND ARIKAREVULA 3

RIDA ARSHAD 1

MUHAMMAD ASAVIR THOMAS BABJAK 2,7

JENNIFER BAJOREK 5

THOMAS BAKER MELANIE BEAUMIER JORDAN BIAGI 1

5

BRENDAN BLAIR JULIEN BRADDOCK CHRISTIAN BUCKLEY 3

ZACHARY CANNON MATTHEW CHARNESKI ROHIT CHAWLA 3,5,7

JUSTIN CHEN 1

LESLIE CHINQUEE RYAN CHIYUTO 3

DANIEL CHOE MICHAEL CIESLAK JOSE COLLANTESSHREYANK DESAI 1

MATTHEW DESIMONE 1

KRISTIN DISTEFANO 2,6

ANDREW DOPP ABHINAV DULUR 3

LUIS FABIONAR 3

CINDY FARINO 3

ZIA FAROOQ 3

JOSHUA FIORILLO 3

FRANTZ FONTIN JOSEPH FREDERICKS JASON FRIEDMAN 2

DREW GAFFNEY 2

VARUN GANGWANI 3,7

ETHAN GARDNER MARK HABEK AEDAN HANNA ANDREW HANNA BRIAN HAVENS PEIDONG HE 1

JONATHAN HUANG 2

ADITYA HUBLIKAR 1,7

JAWWAD HUSAIN 3

MOHAMMAD S IHSAN 2

ROBERT ILOEGBUNAM IDIN JAFARI 2

ISHAAN JAIN 1,7

KATRINA JARA 1

RASHI JHA TEERAPAD JINDACHOMTHONG 2,5

MAURA JOHNSTON MACIEJ KABAT 1,6,7

PRIYAL KAPADIA PRANAV KATKAMWAR HIMANSHU KATTA 1,5,7

VARUN KHANDAVALLI KATHERINE KIM 2

SE-HEE KIM 3

SWETHA KODAMASIMHAM 1,6

LEONARD KORE VINAY KUMAR 3,7

BRYAN KWOK 1,7

DAVID LE 2

JOSHUA LEE 2

SARAH LIBRING 2,6

CORI LICHTER ETHAN LOPRETE ROHAN LUKOSE 3

POOJA MADDULA TIMOTHY MAHON FRANK MANCUSO RAMITHA MANIVANNAN 3

ROILAN MARTINEZ 4

MARK MASCERA 1

SEAN MCGRATH ANEREE MEHTA GEOFFREY MING 2

KALEE MISHRA 3

GERRY MONAGHAN 4

LIKHITHA MUSKU STEVEN NGUYEN 3,7

BIJAL NISRAIYYA 2

ABIMBOLA OKULAJA 1

ADAM PACZKOWSKI 3

AIZEEM PAROYA ANKIT PATEL JINALI PATEL KISHAN PATEL 1,7

KUNAL PATEL NIRALI PATEL 2,6,7

PALAK PATEL POOJA PATEL 3

SHREE PATEL VIVEKKUMAR PATEL 3

GOKCE POLACK 2

JIAYAO REN 1

MATTHEW RICHTMYER 2

ERIC ROMANO 4

NICKOLAS RUPERTUS 4

JOSEPH SASSOON GRANT SCULL 3

REEMA SHAH LINGTING SHI 1

COURTNEY SMITH 5

JUSTIN SOTOLONGO 1

CHRISTINA SPINELLI JULIA STONEHAM 2

ANJALI SUMAN 3,5

ISABEL TAMAYO YUYING TAN 1,6

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Curriculum in Chemical Engineering

ADEDOYIN ADEYEMO 1

AKINBAYONILE AKINOLA 3

DIDAR ALI 3,4

YAZAN ALMAIDANI 4

NADA ALY 4

ANDROYIANNIS ANTONATOS 3

EMIL ATTARDO BRIELLE BAKER MICHAEL BEVAN MANOJ BHAGROO 1

NICOLE BONINO JESSENIA CASTRO NATALIA CAUCAYO DANIEL CHATTEN 1,7

KIEN CHAU 1,4

DONALD CHAWLA 3

GUANZHANG CHEN 1

OLIVIA CRAIN 2

DANIEL CUNNINGHAM 2

DANIEL DABROWSKI 2

LAN DANG 2

ALEXANDER DE VERA SHANNON DEALAMAN ERIN DIPPOLD 1

JOSEPH DUNCAN 1

RAPHAEL DUNGCA CHRISTOPHER DZIEDZIAK 2,6

SALLY EBEDO MARIA GANDERA RACHEL GARDNER KRISHNA GOLLAMUDI NICHOLAS GRAVES 3

SAMANTHA GUMKOWSKA RIVUGA HAN 3

DECHENG HUANG 1

JO HUANG 1

YIHONG HUANG 2

MAHAM JAVED 2

XIAOFENG JIAN 3

KAI JIN 1

MEI JIN 4

ANDREW JOHNSEN 1

AJAY KASHI 3,5,6,7

DANIYAL KHAN 3

NOMAAN KHAN 4

DANIEL KONOVALOV 1

BHARATH KRISHNAMURTHI 3

JOSE LARRANAGACOSTEL LASCU LAN LE 1

ALBI LICKOLLARI YUXIN LIU ALYSSA LUECK EVAN MAHGEREFTEH DANIELLE MAINARDI WILLIAM MALONEY 3

GEORGE MARFO 4

KIRSTI MARQUEZ JOHN MATICCHIO 3

MICHELLE MATUTE DYLAN MCHUGH MAYTAL MERHAV 3

MICHAEL MILLICKER FARZIN MOTAMEDI NIRAJ NAYAK 3

ANDREA NGUYEN 2,4

MARY JOY NOVA 2

TREVOR ODGERS UMANG PARIKH 1,7

JIHYUN PARK 1

AMIT PATEL 1

RUKIL PATEL 1

NICHOLAS PATTERSON 2

EDWARD PAZ 3

ANQI PENG 2,5

DANIELLE RADIOLA 2

JOHN REIDKATRYNA ROKICKI KINTAN SAMPAT 3

BRIAN SAUERBORN 1

CHINTANKUMAR SHAH JONATHAN SHI 4,5

APURVA SRIVASTAV 3

NOUR SROUJI

MATTHEW TERYEK AKSHAT THAKORE YASH THAKUR RICHELLE TOBEY JAKUB TRAWINSKI 1,5

KENNETH TSAI VERONICA VIRAMONTES 2

MIGUEL VIVAR LAZO 2,4

KATHLEEN VIZZARD 3

QUINN WADE 1

ROBERT WARREN VINCENT WU BO XIAO 1

MICHAEL YANG

Curriculum in Civil Engineering

YOUSSEF AL FAHHAM 2

ANIKA ALAM 1

KATHERIN ANTON 4

CYNTHIA ARELLANO MATTHEW AUYEUNG 3

NICHOLAS BEYER BRIANNA BINOWSKI KYLE BOEHME CONAS CACCHIONE 4

EDISON CAMPOVERDE MARK CARR 2

CLAIRE CARTER 3

FRANCIS CASIMIRO 2

JOANNE CHAN 3

COLIN CHIANG CHRISTINE CHIN RYAN CHIN 3

IVY CHIO 4

FORREST CONNER MARCANTONY CUNHA THOMAS DAVIES 1,6

ANNE-GERTY DELICE HANNAH LAYNE DELOS REYES 3

VICTOR DONG WOO KANG ALEC DOTTO BRIAN EDWARDS SAID EL-HAWWAT 1,6,7

BENJAMIN ERB 3

MOSTAFA FALLAH ALEX FROMME ANTONIO GADALETA STEVEN GALARZA DONGJIAN GAO 1

HANNAH GERARD 2

ANDREW GLAUBMAN 1

PATRICK GORMAN JAMES GUINEE

ELIE HADDAD 3

IDDO HAMANI MOHAMMAD HAMAYUN 4

THOMAS HAYES ALEC HOCHENBERGER SAKINA HUSSAIN CHARLES HUYNH 2

JAE YOON JIN JORDAN KEREKES DANIEL KLAWUNN JOHN KROPA 1

CHARLES LAGALA RICHARD LEVAN 1

KINGA LOPATA ZBIGNIEW LOPATA RICHARD LOPER IV 3,4

BRANDON LOPRESTI 3

KATE LORUSSO 3

JOHN MACMINN 3

KEVIN MATTHEWS VINCENT MERCADO 3

NOAH MONETTI SYPRIAN NYABERI 3

CHRISTOPHER OBROPTA REBA ODURO KAMIL OLECHOWSKI AISHA PATEL 3

NIKITA PATEL NICOLE PATTERSON SPIRO PETROUTSOS MEYER RAAB 1

AMBER RADIOLA 3,4

MATTHEW RICHES SEBASTIAN ROSZKOWSKI ANNA SAJEWSKA TEJ SAVALIA 2

PETER SCHERRER

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CHANDLER STRYKERCHRISTIAN TABEDZKI 1,7

BIJAN TAVAKOLI CHRISTIAN THORNE 3

EDGARDO TOLENTINO MICHAEL TROCCHIA LEEMEI TSOI 4,5

MICHELLE UMANA GABRIEL WADSWORTH 2

HAOJING WANG 1

KELLY WILSON 3

JAYANT WUNNAVA 3,7

HAOTING XIE 1

XINYU XU 1

BRIDGET YAKO 3,7

TIANHUI YANG 1

XINXIN YE 2,5

JOHN YESALAVICH YUE ZHANG 1

ZHEYU ZHANG 1

KENNETH ZONG 2

NICOLE ZOUGHEIB 1

8

OBADAH ABDULRAZEQ 3

DIVYA AGARWAL 2

SAJEEL AHMAD PERI AKIVA 1

MATTHEW ANDERSON ANNIE ANTONY 1,5

JACK AQUINO 1,7

ELIAS ARGIRIS YOREL ARMSTRONG SAHIL ARORA DANIEL AYOUB 1

ANUSHIYA BALAKRISHNAN VAMSHIKRISHNAN BALAKRISHNAN KENNETH BAMBRIDGE 1

PATRICK BARGOUD 3

SWAPNIL BASU ERIC BEST RAVI BHANKHARIA 1,5,7

RAGHAV BHARDWAJ 3

CEDRIC BLAKE 3

LEX BONDOC KAMERON BYNUM 4

FRANCIS CAP 3

JONATHAN CASTELLANO LOLA CASTELLANOS 1

ANDREW CHAN MATTHEW CHAN 1,5,7

AUGUSTUS CHANG 1,5,7

SPENCER CHANG 1,5,7

EDWARD CHAPPELL SRIHARI CHEKURI 5

JONATHAN CHENG WAI MING CHENG BRIAN CHU SOFANIA CUEVA 4

KEVIN CUNDEY MANTAV DALAL 1

MAYANK DASWANI 3

ALEXANDER DEWEY HARNEET DHAMI RINO DIAMANTE 3

NICOLE DILEO 1

CHAO DUAN BRANDON DUNLAP 5

DANIEL ECKELS RUSSELL EPSTEIN 3

MARINA ESKANDER WILLIAM EVANS CHENG FANG 1

STEPHEN FARKOUH OMAR FAROQUE 4

BRIAN FAURE 2

TERRELL FLOYD 4

NICHOLAS FROST 2

ABBAS FURNITUREWALLA 2

HUSSEIN GANDHI 1

LUKE GARVEY RYAN ANTHONY GATCHALIAN CHRISTOPHER GEORGE 3

RAMON GHOSSAIN 2

SRIRAM GIDUGU 1,5,7

RICHARD GRABOWSKI WILLIAM GRANT 2,5,7

ROBERT GROSS 1,7

OSCAR GUILLEN JAMES GURGEL JINJING HAN 1,6

ATHIRA HARIDAS 2

SHREYAS HIRDAY TRIET HO 1

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering

GABRIELIUS SESELGIS 1

PRIYAL SHAH 3

MUNESHWAR SHARMA 4

MICHAEL SHEEHAN 2

CHRISTOPHER SHOLY 2

SUVAMOY SIL JASLIN SINGH 1

CONRAD SONNTAG ANTHONY SRITAL THANACHAI SRITHANINRAT 1

AMANI STEELE-FERGUSON THOMAS STRAULINA HASSAN SYED

JEFFREY THOMAS NICOLE TODD NICHOLAS TSUI ALEC URBANO NAUMAN USMANI 3

BARRY VAN HORN JOSEPH VISAGGIO 1

CHRISTOPHER WALCZYK SARA WENGROWSKI 2

MICHAEL WILCOX SERGEY YUKHTANOV SHAZAIN YUSUF 3

KONRAD ZIELINSKI 4

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YI HONG KEVIN HORLAVADI BRICE HOWARD 5

MICHAEL HRYNIEWICKI GLEN HUANG 1,5,7

TIMOTHY HWANG THOMAS IPPOLITO 4

JUNAID IQBAL VIVEK JANI VIRAL JOGANI YASHRAJ JOSHI 3

AZEEM KAZI ANDREW KENNEDY 4

ISAAC KHANELES 3

EUN-SOL KIM JOHN KIM 3

KYUNG CHAN KIM KEVIN KIRWAN 3

NATHAN KJER JONATHAN KSIEZOPOLSKI HARSHAT KUMAR 1,5,7

EVAN LEE 1

MARCO LEE JUN LEON 2,5

GLORIA LEUNG 1,5

CALVIN LI HAOZHE LI KERRY LIU YUFENG LIU PHILLIP LOBUE CHRISTOPHER LOPEZ RICARDO LOPEZ LORENS LUGO 2

ANANTHA MAHAVRATHAYAJULA TALHA MAHMOOD RYAN MARTIN AMIN MASOOMZADEH 1

ADAM MASSOUD 1

LEE MATALON 2

NICHOLAS MAZZOTTA PRERAK MEHTA 4

RYAN MENDOZA 3

DANIEL MICHELIN 1

NICHOLAS MIELE 2

PRIT MODI INTAN MOHD ZACHARY MONTONE 3

KAUSTAV MUKHERJEE GOVINDARAJ MUTHUKRISHNAN 3

DARSHAN NANDHA 1

SYED NAQVI 3,6,7

NIKHIL NELSON 2

KIEN NGUYEN 1

THINH NGUYEN LIAM NOBEL KYUNG-TACK OH JI SOO OK JOHN O'LEARY ALESSANDRO ORSINI 1,5,7

OMAR OUF 3

KUSH OZA 1,5,7

DAVID PACHECO PARTH PARIKH 1,5

CHANG PARK AADESH PATEL 5

DYLAN PATEL HARSHIL PATEL ISHAN PATEL 4

JASEL PATEL MEHAL PATEL 3

NEIL PATEL 1,5

NIL PATEL SAHISHNU PATEL 2

ADAM PLOTZKER 2

PAVAN PUROHIT 4

MATTHEW PURRI 2

CHRIS RAMPRASHAD MARIO REGUS CORENTIN REJAUD 2,5

DANIEL REVIE CONSTANTINOS REXINES AHASAN ROB ELISA-MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ EMMANOUELA ROUSSOS JOSEPH SALMON EARL LOUIS SANTOS DANICA SAPIT 3

JEREMY SAVARIN 1,7

CHRISTOPHER SCHALAGO CHRISTINA SEGERHOLM 1,5

AKSHAYA SEKAR 2,7

VINEET SEPAHA GRISAM SHAH 3,5,7

MILAP SHAH 1,5,7

NIRAL SHAH 2,5,7

PRIYESH SHAH 1,5,7

M FAISAL SHAHID 1

SUBRAMHANYA SHANKARA PRASAD 3

NISHTHA SHARMA KEJIAN SHI ESTHER SHIMANOVICH 2,7

ROLAND SLAPPY

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MICHAEL SOSKIND 2,7

DOREEN SPARROW AJAY SRIVASTAVA 3

CHRISTOPHER STEINERT 2

MUDITHA SUARIS VISWANATHA SUBRAMANIAN HUBERT SULICH 2,7

WANSHU SUN 2

KIHYUN SUNG 1

POORNIMA SURESH 2,7

JAIMIE SWARTZ 1,6,7

MARC TABAGO 2,7

ERIC TAING ZONGWEN TANG COREY TONG SHERWIN TRIEU DYLAN TSAGUE ALLEN TUNG 1,5

ROBERT ULIS 1

SHAINA VALDIVIA ALEXI VARUGHESE GAUTAM VENKATESAN 1

JACOB VOORHEES 3

MEHUL VORA 2

MITCHELL WALIER 2

THOMAS WALTERS HONGRUI WANG JEFFREY WEST LUKE WIELGUS ANTHONY WONG 1,5,7

ETHAN WONG 3

KEVIN WU SEAN WU 5

YIFAN WU 3

RUOXI YANG YUE YANG 2

JUSTEN YEUNG 3

JIMMY YU DAVID ZAMORA JONATHAN ZELAYA 4

DEIVIDAS ZEMGULYS KEVIN ZHENG ZHONGYI ZOU

Curriculum in Industrial Engineering

SARAH ABDELAZIZ 1

DENNISON ADAD 1

AMMAAR AHMED 1

POORIA ANSARI 3,6

JESSE ANTEBI 2

TAYLOR AU 1,7

ANDREW BENTON 2

ISMAIL BOUZAIENE-AYARI MELANIE BRANDON 1

CARLO CARDENAS 4

ERIC CARVAJAL 3

NATHAN CHARI AYUSHI CHAUHAN 2,7

CHRISTINA CHO KRUTESH CHOKSI ZOE COMMONS 3,7

JOHN COSTA FARRIS CUNNINGHAM 2

DHRUV DAVE 2

GAVIN DEANGELIS 2

ALDI DINOSHI 2

LINDA ELSHERBINY VIDITA GAWADE 7

MATTHEW GENNARO KABIR GOLFPHIN 4

HILDUR GUDMUNDSDOTTIR 2

WILLIAM GUINTER WILLIAM JOYCE 1,7

SHAJJAD KHONDAKER 4

MICHAEL KOVACS 3

SAMEER LALWANI DANIEL LANE 3

GEORGE LEAVITT JULIA LEEDS 3

JIE LYU 2

GALENA LYUBENOVA 3

YIFEI MA 3

ANDRIA MARTINEZ JENNIFER MAURICIO ALEJANDRO MONSANTO SAMANTHA MUGANGA MEERA MURTI 1

ANDREW NELSON NEIL O'HARA JAMES OSHEL 2

JANKI PATEL JOSCELYN POLL 3

WILLIAM PROULX YUTING QIAO 3

CIERRA RAY PRIYANKA SABNANI 3

ZACKERY SEIBERT 1

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MOATAZ ABDELAZIM JOSEPH ADINOLFI 3

SYED ALI CHRISTIAN ALVAREZ-OBREQUE ROBERT ALVIANI 2

MILAN ANAND TEMILOLUWA ARIDEGBE MOHAMMED ARSALANUDDIN 3,4

THOMAS BADGER 3

JAMES BALLANCE 1,6

CHRISTOPHER BECHTOLD 1

ALEXIS BERGER MARK BERMUDEZ JATAN BHATT BRIAN BODZIUCH KEVIN BOHLIN 1

TIMOTHY BRADY 2

ANDREW CANNON 2,4,6

HONGXIANG CAO 3,6

PAUL CARAVAGLIA ANNA CARLSON 2

ALEC CHABUS

LAWRENCE CHAN 2

JONATHAN CHANG DOMINIQUE CHAPMAN 1

WATLEY CHARLES BEVERLY CHEN 3

CHUYANG CHEN 1

YU-CHUAN CHEN BYRON CHIU 2,7

WONYOUNG CHOI IMRAN CHOUDHURY KENT CHRISTIAN 2

HUBERT CHROSTOWSKI 2

ZACKERY CLEGG 2

MASSIMO CORIA 3

ANDREW CORREIA 1

ANTHONY CRAGO 2

DAVID DAVIS 1

ZACHERY DEHLMATTHEW DELAHOZ 3

COREY DELGADO ANTHONY DEORE 1

MAXIMILIAN DIGIANTOMASSO

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering

MADHAV SHARMA CHRISTOPHER SNYDER NATALIA SOLER YOLANDA SOLIS 2

ANVITA TIWARI KEVIN TUNNEY 3

ZACHARY VERDI YICHENG WANG 2

ANDREW WIERZBICKI TYNESHA WRIGHT CELINE ZAHREDDINE 3

Curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering

OJASWI AGARWAL 1,7

SALMAN AHMED WESLEY CHENG NICOLE CHU 2

AUSTIN CRUZ 3

JAMES DAVANZO 1

MEERA DHAWAN 3

MICHAEL DOMINGUEZ EDMUND HAN 1,7

TAIHAO HAN ELIZABETH HELCK CHRIS JESCHKE 1

PETER KATZ CHRISTOPHER KIBBE DONGHYUN KIM 1,7

LOYD KIMBRIAN KONG JACOB KUPFERBERG 2

MINSEOK KWAK CHRISTOPHER LOO ANTHONY MERINGOLO JUSTIN MOORE CHRISTINE NGUYEN 2

ANAND PATEL 1

JANKI PATEL 3

NIRALI PATEL 5

JENNIFER PLUMMER KELLY RUFFENACH 1,7

JAKE SALERNO AVIE SHAH ERIC SORIERO 3

RYAN SZETO 3

JOSHUA TEDESCO 1

ANIRUDH VOJJALA 2,7

JAMIE WOODING 1,7

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BRIAN DOLES ELIJAH DOMINGUEZ JOSEPH DOUGHAN 2

SACHIN DUGGAL PATRICK DUNGCA KASSI ELIKE-AVION TASHEA ELLIS SOWMITH ETIKYALA JEAN FERMIN 4

CALEN FIELDS MICHAEL FODERARO YIANNI FRANGOS 2

MARTIN FRONIUS 2,7

MICHAEL FUCHS 1,7

DIEGO FUNG 1,4,6

CHRISTOPHER FUSCOLETTI 2

DARREN GABOS IVAN GALLEGOS 1

DANIEL GAVRUSHENKO MICHELLE GIRALDO BRIAN GNAD 1

ALEX GOLDBERG PATRICK GOODHAND AKASH GOPALKRISHNAN WYATT GOULD JUSTIN GOUNTIS TIANYE GU 2

WILFRIED GUILHEN-PUYLAGARDE 2,4

ABANOUB HABIB 4

SAMANTHA HANSEN 1

MOHAMMED HASSAN 4

ZAYNAB HAZAVEH ADAM HELLER ERICK HERNANDEZ 1,6

CARSON HESS 3

DEANNA HICKMAN 3

BENJAMIN HOGAN 2,6

MATTHEW HORBACZ 1,7

STEPHANIE HULL JUSTIN JACOBS KEVIN JAKUBOWSKI JOHANNA JARAMILLO 4

SANDRA JARAMILLO 4

ALAN JARVIS 3

EDGARD JIMENEZ-CUCCHI ERIK JOHANSEN MATTHEW KANIS ANDREW KARLOVICH 3

JOHN-BAPTIST KAUZYA ROBERT KING 1

VINEETH KRISHNAMSETTY YUEH KUAN

RUXUAN KUANG XIANNA KUANG 3,4

ARJUN KUMAR 1

DIMITRI KUSTAS SHYAM LAD KHANG LAM STEVEN LATTNER 3

CHUN LAU 2,5,6

JACLYN LAZO 3

CHRISTOPHER LEE RICHARD LEE RYAN LEHNAU KEVIN LEITON EDWINA LIANE KEVIN LIAO 2

JUSTIN LICCIARDELLO 3

BRANDON LINDE JAZZ LINDQUIST CATHERINE LU JONATHAN LU ANGELO MACARAEG RYAN MACDONALD 2

ASAD MAHMOOD 3

JOHN MANKARIOUS 4

CHRISTOPHER MARIN 2

MATTHEW MAROLI 1

CONOR MCCAFFREY RYAN MCGILL PHILIP MEGNIN ZACHARY MENDEL MELANIE MENENDEZ RILEY MILLIGAN OMAR MOHAMED 1

CARLOS MORA 4

PATRICK MORMINO 3

ADAM MOSKOWITZ 2

STEVEN MUTEK SEKHAR MUTNURU 2

SEAN NICHOLS 1

TAYLOR NILES MIKEL NITTOLI MADELINE NIVAR 2,4

MACI NORDONE 2

ALAN NORTEY GABRIEL NUNEZ LUIS OCHOA JIHOON OH 2

JOON HWAN OH BRENDAN O'LEARY NELSON OLIVEIRA 3

ANEHITA ORIBABOR RYAN OSOLIN

1. Summa Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.65+2. Magna Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.4+3. Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.2+4. EOF5. Dual Degree/Double Major6. J.J. Slade Scholar7. Engineering Honors Academy

*Note: Honors notations in this booklet are based on the cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of the most recent fall semester. Final honors notations, including spring grades, will be included on the diploma and transcript.

KEVIN PADILLA 1

ROHAN PALEJA 2,6

TATSAT PAREKH JIN SEOK PARK 2

AMAR PATEL 3

APURVA PATEL KARAN PATEL NEAL PATEL NEAL PATEL NIKITA PATEL 5

PARTH B. PATEL 4

PARTH PATEL 2

SANAM PATEL 4

URVISH PATEL 1,6

ALEXANDER PAUL NICOLE PAULINO 4

ALEXANDER PEROTTI 1,6

MICHAEL PINILLA 1

MATTHEW POPPITI 3

EVAN PROVENZA 2

NATHAN PULLEN HAROON QAMAR 3

NADIA QUISPILAYA HERMISE RAJU 1,6

FAITH RAMESSAR NISHA RELE CHRISTIAN RIOS MARIO RIVERO DYLAN ROBERTSON 3

KAILA ROFFMAN 1,6

LUIS ROJAS RODRIGUEZ CHRISTOPHER ROSEMILLER 2

JUSTIN RUSSO 1

LOGAN RYAN ROBERT RYAN 2

SHAI SABAROCHE 2

PATRICK SALGUERO MICHAEL SANDFORD 1

MAX SARASOHN 1

KSHITIJ SASTE 3

VICTORIA SCHAMPER WILLIAM SCHOUTEN MARIO SEDKY SAAD 2

JORGE SEGURASEGURA JOHN SENGCO THOMAS SERAFIN ANDREW SETZ-KELLY 3

KANISH SHAH RONAK SHAH HASSAN SHAIKH 4

MUHAMMAD SHARIF 3

RAHUL SHETH

GUSTAVO SILVA-HUAMAN 3

KIRA SIMONE 2

KARAN SINGH RUPAL SINGH HARRY SONG JOB SRIGIRI JONATHON STRNAD KEVIN SUBRAMANIAN RIMSHA SYEDA 4

JOSHUA LORENZ TAMAYO 3,7

WILLIAM TERRAROSA TYLER TIMPANARO KATHERINE TING 1

ISHAN TIWARI 2

JAIR TORRES 4

JASON TORRES DENNIS TROFIMCHUK EVERETT TSANG 1,7

MARK UMBACH 3

KEVIN VAN PAULO VIEGAS 4

ERIC VINCIQUARRA MIRJETA VOJNIKA 1

STEVEN WALLACE CONGLI WANG MATTHEW WATTS 2

RYAN WRIGHT 2

SHIHCHIAN WU 3

BORIS YEKATERINOSLAVSKIY 2

DONGYANG YI 2

UMUT YUCEL 2

XIAO ZHENG 3

CHAO ZHOU

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James Jeremiah Slade

During 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 world-wide 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

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. Aligned with the missions of the State of New Jersey, Rutgers University, and the School of Engineering, the EOF program fosters 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 financially disadvantaged backgrounds. Through a myriad of programs, and working with faculty and staff across the SoE and the larger university to enhance students’ educational, personal and professional development, the SoE EOF program 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.

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About the Student Speaker

Anirudh Vojjala is graduating this year with a degree in Materials Science & Engineering. Since he joined the Engineering Honors Academy, Ani balanced his studies with many extracurricular activities and research projects to emerge as a student leader. He has held executive board positions for many organizations on campus, including the Engineering Governing Council and Theta Tau - Professional co-ed engineering fraternity. Ani has also worked for a year as a Resident Assistant in the Richardson Apartments. Ani loves singing and was instrumental in leading his A Cappella team, Nuttin’ But V.O.C.A.L.S., to a first place win at the most prestigious South Asian A Cappella competition in the nation, where he also won the award for Best Male Vocalist.

Starting this summer, Ani will be working full-time at Deloitte and will be pursuing a part time career as a musician.

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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.

The School of Engineering now includes seven undergraduate and graduate departments, including Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. In addition, undergraduate programs are offered in Applied Sciences in Engineering (which includes Packaging Engineering) and Bioenvironmental Engineering.

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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.

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C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2017

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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