RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
CONVOCATION
May 2017
School of
Engineering
Commencement
Convocation
Class of 2017
Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston Campus
1:00 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 OFFICER
Dean Thomas N. Farris
MUSICAL SELECTIONS
Rutgers Glee Club
INTRODUCTION OF CHAIRPERSONS
AND GUESTS
Dean Thomas N. Farris
PRESENTATION OF ENGINEERING SOCIETY,
RUTGERS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Richard Cestone
STUDENT SPEAKER
Anirudh Vojjala, Materials Science and Engineering
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Department Chairpersons
RECESSIONAL
Note: All graduates are requested to remain seated until
the turning of the tassels and the recessional.
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Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science
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
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
Curriculum in Bioenvironmental Engineering
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 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
4
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 COLLANTES
SHREYANK 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
5
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 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 LARRANAGA
COSTEL 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 REID
KATRYNA ROKICKI
KINTAN SAMPAT 3
BRIAN SAUERBORN 1
CHINTANKUMAR SHAH
JONATHAN SHI 4,5
APURVA SRIVASTAV 3
NOUR SROUJI
6
CHANDLER STRYKER
CHRISTIAN 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
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
7
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
Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
8
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
9
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
10
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 KIM
BRIAN 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
Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering
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 DEHL
MATTHEW DELAHOZ 3
COREY DELGADO
ANTHONY DEORE 1
MAXIMILIAN DIGIANTOMASSO
11
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
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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
1. Summa Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.65+
2. Magna Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.4+
3. Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.2+
4. EOF
5. Dual Degree/Double Major
6. J.J. Slade Scholar
7. 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.
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 selfexcited 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 Mater
And keep the scarlet in the van'
For with her motto high
Rutgers' name shall never die
On the banks of the old Raritan.
The Bells Must Ring
(Rutgers ‘Fight Song’)
March, (wo)men of Rutgers
Down the field today.
March to another score,
Forward to the fray;
Fight, men of Rutgers
As in days gone by
Fight! For the Scarlet Flag over the rest must fly.
Keep Rutgers colors to the fore
For they must win so fight, fight, fight!
And we'll advance some more to score,
The Rutgers flag flies high tonight, alright, alright
We'll fling the Scarlet Banner out,
And Rutgers (wo)men will fight, fight, fight, fight, fight;
The bells of Queens each victory shout
The bells of Queens must ring tonight.
RU, Rah, Rah;
RU, Rah, Rah,
Whoo-Rah, Whoo-Rah;
Rutgers Rah
Up Stream Red Team
Red Team Up Stream
Rah, Rah, Rutgers Rah
Keep Rutgers colors to the fore
For they must win so fight, fight, fight!
And we'll advance some more to score,
The Rutgers flag flies high tonight, alright, alright
We'll fling the Scarlet Banner out,
And Rutgers (wo)men will fight, fight, fight, fight, fight;
The bells of Queens each victory shout
The bells of Queens must ring tonight.
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