2010 commencement program

COMMENC EMENTC E R EMONY 2 0 1 0

May SeventeenthTwo Thousand and Ten

Prudential CenterNewark, New Jersey

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WELCOME

Welcome to the 2010 commencement ceremony ofNew Jersey Institute of Technology. The universityextends heartfelt congratulations to its graduates ontheir accomplishment and commends the familiesand friends who have helped them reach this mile-stone of academic achievement.

By definition, commencement means “to begin tobe.” As the members of the Class of 2010 begin tobe, we wish them every success, confident that theyhave been well prepared for a life of contribution inthe 21st century, to meet its challenges and embraceits myriad opportunities.

Well done!

Information in this program is compiled prior tofinal certification of candidates for graduation.Only the diploma and certified transcript of eachstudent are official documents which attest to thegranting of a degree.

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TO OUR GUESTS

Commencement, an age-old tradition, is a joyous yetsolemn event signifying years of study and sacrifice.

To preserve the appropriateness of this augustoccasion —

The audience should remain seated throughout theceremony and until the recessional is completed.

There will be no standing in the aisles at any timeduring the ceremony.

Guests are not permitted on the arena floor.

Any attendee requiring assistance should contactuniformed Prudential Center personnel.

Members of the audience are asked to turn off cellphones and other electronic devices.

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

UNIVERSITY CEREMONY

Class Crier Annacler Harris-Blevin ’10Senior Class President

Grand Marshal and Mace Bearer Jack Gentul, Dean of Students

Processional Gonfalon CarriersCandidates for Baccalaureate DegreesCandidates for Master’s DegreesCandidates for Doctoral DegreesDistinguished FacultyGolden HighlandersBagpiperHonored GuestsUniversity OfficialsPresidential PartyAFROTCDetachment 490 Color Guard

Presiding Robert A. Altenkirch, President

Presentation of Colors AFROTC

The National Anthem Newark Boys Chorus

Greetings Robert A. Altenkirch, President

Speaker Steven B. Saperstein ’84, PresidentNJIT Alumni Association

Speaker Annacler Harris-Blevin ’10

Presentation of Honorary Degrees KathleenWielkopolski, ChairBoard of Trustees

Ralph IzzoChairman of the Board, President andChief Executive OfficerPublic Service Enterprise Group,Incorporated

Leon G. Smith, MD,MACPPast ChairmanDepartment of MedicineSaint Michael’s Medical Center

The Honorable Kim GuadagnoLieutenant GovernorState of New Jersey

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MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010 • 9:00 A.M.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

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Commencement Address The Honorable Kim GuadagnoLieutenant GovernorState of New Jersey

Interlude Newark Boys Chorus

Presiding Donald H. Sebastian, Senior Vice Presidentfor Research and Development

Presentation of Candidates Ronald S. Kane, Deanfor Doctoral Degrees Graduate Studies

Presentation of the Daniel A. Henderson, Chief Executive OfficerHashimoto Prize Phonetel

High GPA Award Presentation Donald H. Sebastian, Senior Vice President forResearch and Development

Presentation of Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

College of Architecture and Design Urs P. Gauchat, DeanCollege of Architecture and Design

John Cays, Associate DeanCollege of Architecture and Design

College of Science and Liberal Arts Fadi P. Deek, DeanCollege of Science and Liberal Arts

Robert S. Friedman, Associate ProfessorDepartment of Humanities

School of Management Robert English, Interim DeanSchool of Management

Shanthi GopalakrishnanAssociate Dean for AcademicsSchool of Management

College of Computing Sciences Narain Gehani, DeanCollege of Computing Sciences

Barry Cohen, Associate DeanCollege of Computing Sciences

Newark College of Engineering Sunil Saigal, DeanNewark College of Engineering

Fadi A. Karaa, Associate ProfessorDepartment of Civil and EnviromentalEngineering

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2004 • 1:30 P.M.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES: AFTERNOON CEREMONIES

Presentation of Candidates for Master’s Degrees

College of Architecture and Design Urs P. Gauchat, DeanCollege of Architecture and Design

John Cays, Associate DeanCollege of Architecture and Design

College of Science and Liberal Arts Fadi P. Deek, DeanCollege of Science and Liberal Arts

Robert S. Friedman, Associate ProfessorDepartment of Humanities

School of Management Robert English, Interim DeanSchool of Management

Shanthi GopalakrishnanAssociate Dean for AcademicsSchool of Management

College of Computing Sciences Narain Gehani, DeanCollege of Computing Sciences

Barry Cohen, Associate DeanCollege of Computing Sciences

Newark College of Engineering Sunil Saigal, DeanNewark College of Engineering

Fadi A. Karaa, Associate ProfessorDepartment of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering

Conferring of Degrees KathleenWielkopolski, ChairBoard of Trustees

Alma Mater

Recessional

Harp selections Odarka Polanskyj Stockert ’88

Listing of the Candidates for Doctoral Degrees begins on page 11.Listing of the Candidates for Master’s Degrees begins on page 26.Listing of the Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees begins on page 36.

HONORARY DEGREES

By its charter, New Jersey Institute of Technologyis empowered to confer honorary degrees uponindividuals of distinguished achievement inrecognition of their personal and professionalaccomplishments and their contributions tosociety.

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THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS,HONORIS CAUSAPresented to

THE HONORABLE KIM GUADAGNOLIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, STATE OF NEW JERSEY

The Honorable Kim Guadagno was born in Waterloo, Iowa. As achild, she moved frequently throughout the country before callingNew Jersey her home. Her husband, Mike, grew up in MonmouthCounty, where they decided to raise their three boys, Kevin,Michael and Anderson.

After graduating from Ursinus College in 1980, and then AmericanUniversity law school in 1983, Guadagno began her public career asa federal prosecutor. She earned a reputation as being tough andindependent, qualities that proved valuable during her successfultenure on the Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force inBrooklyn, NY. After Guadagno married her husband, she moved toNew Jersey, where she took a position in the United StatesAttorney’s office in Newark. For her achievements, she was awardedthe United States Department of Justice’s highest honor on twoseparate occasions. After leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Guadagno went on to serve as anAssistant Attorney General in New Jersey.

As an Assistant Attorney General and the Deputy Director of the Division of Criminal Justice, shewas in charge of statewide criminal investigations with oversight of 300 prosecutors andinvestigators. After leaving office in 2001, Guadagno became an attorney in private practice, yetcontinued her commitment to public service. She served on the Monmouth Beach planning boardfor sixteen years and later as Commissioner in Monmouth Beach from 2005-2007.

In 2007, Guadagno became the 75th Sheriff of Monmouth County, and the county’s first womansheriff. As Sheriff, she pursued an aggressive agenda to fight crime, strengthen community outreach,and enact a series of innovative policies across a 650-member agency with a $65 million budget. Inaddition to these responsibilities, Guadagno also taught at Rutgers Law School-Newark from 2001through her election as Lieutenant Governor in 2009. She was sworn in as New Jersey’s firstLieutenant Governor on January 19, 2010.

In recognition of her public service as New Jersey’s first lieutenant governor, New Jersey Institute ofTechnology is pleased to confer the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, upon TheHonorable Kim Guadagno.

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THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE,HONORIS CAUSAPresented to

RALPH IZZO, PHDCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP, INCORPORATED

Ralph Izzo, PhD has been chairman, president and chief executiveofficer of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG)since April 2007. He had served as president and chief operatingofficer of PSEG since October 2006 when he was also elected to theBoard of Directors. Earlier, he was president and chief operatingofficer of Public Service Electric and Gas Company. Since joiningPSE&G in 1992, Izzo was elected to several executive positionswithin PSEG’s family of companies. In these capacities, hebroadened his experience in the areas of general management,strategic planning and finance.

Dr. Izzo is a well-known leader within the utility industry, as wellas the public policy arena. His public policy experience includesservice as an American Physical Society Congressional ScienceFellow in the office of U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. He also served fouryears as a senior policy advisor in the Office of New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean, specializing inenergy, science and technology.

Dr. Izzo’s career began as a research scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, performingnumerical simulations of fusion energy experiments. He has published or presented over 35 paperson magnetohydrodynamic modeling. Izzo received his bachelor of science and master of sciencedegrees in mechanical engineering and his doctor of philosophy degree in applied physics fromColumbia University. He also completed the requirements for a master of business administrationdegree with a concentration in finance from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management. He islisted in numerous editions of Who’s Who and has been the recipient of national fellowshipsand awards.

Dr. Izzo is chairman of the board for the Drumthwacket Foundation. He serves on the board ofdirectors for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the New Jersey Utilities Association, the EdisonElectric Institute (EEI), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), The Center for Energy WorkforceDevelopment, and Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey.

In recognition of his outstanding professional achievements that have kept New Jersey on theforefront of energy sustainability, New Jersey Institute of Technology is pleased to confer the degreeof Doctor of Science, honoris causa, upon Ralph Izzo.

THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE,HONORIS CAUSAPresented to

LEON G. SMITH, MD, MACPPAST CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

SAINT MICHAEL’S MEDICAL CENTER

Dr. Leon G. Smith is an alumnus of Georgetown Medical School,Yale Medical School, and the National Institutes of Health. Heserved as chief of infectious diseases at Saint Michael’s MedicalCenter in Newark for 40 years before becoming chairman of thehospital’s Department of Medicine. He also has taught medicineand preventive medicine at the New Jersey Medical School.

He co-founded and participates in the Inter-City Infectious DiseaseRounds Group, which meets weekly at New York City/New Jerseyarea hospitals. Past president of the National Foundation forInfectious Disease, Dr. Smith has published extensively oninfectious diseases and has served on many committees of theInfectious Disease Society of America, which presented him withits Mentor Award for training more infectious disease fellows thananyone. He recently founded and funded the Infectious DiseaseHall of Fame at Saint Michael’s Medical Center.

Dr. Smith developed the first viral diagnostic laboratory in New Jersey, as well as HIV and hepatitis Cclinics at Saint Michael’s Medical Center. He has received numerous awards, including the ClaraBarton Award and the Best Doctors Award, and has served as a consultant to the Vatican. He co-chairs the Medical Society of New Jersey’s Bio-Terrorism Task Force and is a Master of the AmericanCollege of Physicians. Dr. Smith has continuously advised NJIT on medical education, and assistedNJIT to establish the accelerated pre-medical program with St. George’s University.

In recognition of his 45 years of dedication to the Newark community and the State of New Jersey asa physician and humanitarian, and for his support of the partnership between NJIT and St. George’sUniversity Medical School, New Jersey Institute of Technology is pleased to confer the degree ofDoctor of Science, honoris causa, upon Dr. Leon G. Smith.

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AWARD

THE HASHIMOTO PRIZEPresented to

SHUAI WANG ’10

Over a distinguished lifetime, Kazuo Hashimoto garnered more than 1000 patents and applicationsrelated to his invention of the telephone answering machine and other technical devices inelectronics and telecommunications. One hundred of these were awarded in the United States alone.

He was a recipient of Japan’s Medal of Honor, the Yellow Ribbon, and was one of the selectindividuals in his country esteemed as a Living National Treasure.

New Jersey Institute of Technology, in recognition of his extraordinary body of creative work and hisencouragement of invention, awarded him the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, at theseceremonies in 1994.

In May of 1995, the Hashimoto Endowment was established at NJIT through the generosity andvision of Dr. Hashimoto who found this university to provide an environment in which appliedresearch and scholarship flourish.

A key element of the endowment’s purpose is the annual award of the Hashimoto Prize to a doctoralcandidate in electrical or computer engineering who has demonstrated high achievement andpromise in the field.

New Jersey Institute of Technology is proud to announce the recipient of the Hashimoto Prize isShuai Wang, an outstanding scholar who has earned the degree of Doctor of Philosophy throughdistinguished scholarship and research in electrical and computer engineering.

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CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

APPLIED PHYSICS(Degree conferred jointly by NJIT and Rutgers-Newark, New Jersey)

† Peng GaoBS Applied Physics, Wuhan University, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Applied Physics, Wuhan University, People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Probing the Complex Magnetic, Electronic and Structural Properties in Correlated Manganese Oxides

Advisor:Trevor A. Tyson, PhD

† Kangzhu GuoBS Applied Physics, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaME, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey

Dissertation:Gaussian Beam Diaphragm Fiber Optic Sensor

Advisor:Ken K. Chin, PhD

* Ivan PadronBS Applied Physics, University of Havana, Cuba

Dissertation:Integration of Electronic and Optical Techniques in the Design and Fabrication of Pressure Sensors

Advisors:Anthony Fiory, PhDNuggehalli Ravindra, PhD

† Sreeya SreevatsaBS Electronics and Communication Engineering, People’s Education Society Institute of Technology,Bangalore, IndiaMS Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark,New Jersey

Dissertation:Carbon Nanotube Electronic Structures as Anti-Corrosion Coatings

Advisor:Haim Grebel, PhD

† — August 2009 graduates*— January 2010 graduates

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* Changyi TanBS Astronomy, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Plasma Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing,People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Relationship between Photospheric Magnetic Fields and Coronal Activities

Advisor:Haimin Wang, PhD

† Angelo P. VerdoniBS Applied Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado

Dissertation:High Resolution Solar Observations from First Principles to Applications

Advisor:Carsten Denker, PhD

BIOLOGY(Degree conferred jointly by NJIT and Rutgers-Newark, New Jersey)

* Jeff ChengBS Biochemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New YorkMS Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Bioinformatics Study of Altered Response to IFN-Γ Stimulation in Human Macrophage Subsequent toTB Infection

Advisors:Richard Pine, PhDMichael Recce, PhD

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING(Degree conferred jointly by NJIT and UMDNJ, Newark, New Jersey)

Ajitha PatlollaBS Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, IndiaMS Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Novel Electrospun Composite Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering

Advisor:Treena Arinzeh, PhD

CANDIDATES FOR DOCTORAL DEGREES

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

† Shuli TengBS Chemical Engineering and Technology, Dalian University of Technology,People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Investigation of the Dynamic Behavior of Particle Collisions and Size Attrition Mechanisms withinFluid Energy Mills

Advisors:Rajesh N. Dave, PhDCostas G. Gogos, PhD

* Qi ZhangBS Polymeric Materials and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Materials Processing Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology,People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Investigation of Coating During Particulates Attrition in Fluid Energy Mill (FEM)

Advisors:Rajesh N. Dave, PhDCostas G. Gogos, PhD

Huiju LiuBE Mechanical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, People’s Republic of ChinaME Mechanical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Hot Melt Mixing/Extrusion and Dissolution of Drug (Indomethacin) in Acrylic Copolymer Matrices

Advisors:Costas G. Gogos, PhDMarino Xanthos, PhD

CHEMISTRY

Ornthida Sae-KhowBS Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandMS Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Dissertation:Microextraction Techniques Using Carbon Nanotubes as the Media

Advisor:Somenath Mitra, PhD

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CIVIL ENGINEERING

* Kitae KimBS Civil Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, KoreaMS Transportation Planning and Engineering, Polytechnic University, New York

Dissertation:Optimal Train Control on Various Track Alignments Considering Speed and ScheduleAdherence Constraints

Advisor:Steven I-Jy Chien, PhD

* Joseph J. LifrieriBS Geology, City College of New York, New YorkMS Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Inter-Relationship of Mechanical and Bio-Chemical Processes Governing the Settlement of MunicipalSolid Waste (MSW) Using the (C+H)/L Ratio

Advisor:Dorairaja Raghu, PhD

Yavuz Yusuf UlusoyBS Civil Engineering, University of Gaziantep, TurkeyMS Civil Engineering, University of Gaziantep, TurkeyMS Transportation Planning and Engineering, Polytechnic University, New York

Dissertation:Optimizing Integrated Service for a Transit Route with Heterogeneous Demand

Advisor:Steven I-Jy Chien, PhD

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Nitesh Bhicu GuindeBS Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Goa Engineering College, Goa University, IndiaMS Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Hardware Support for Real-Time Network Security and Packet Classification Using Field ProgrammableGate Arrays

Advisor:Sotirios G. Ziavras, PhD

* Shuai WangBS Computer Science, Nanjing University, People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Soft-Error Resilient On-Chip Memory Structures

Advisor:Jie Hu, PhD

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COMPUTER SCIENCE

* Satish ChikkagoudarBS Engineering in Computer Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, IndiaMS Computer Science, California State University, Chico, California

Dissertation:Algorithms in Comparative Genomics

Advisor:Usman Roshan, PhD

Xinfa HuBE, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of ChinaME, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China

DissertationNew Data Structures, Models, and Algorithms for Real-time Resource Management

AdvisorJoseph Leung, PhD

† Pawel PlacekBS Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, PolandMS Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

Dissertation:Processing Techniques for Partial Tree-Pattern Queries on XML Data

Advisor:Dimitri Theodoratos, PhD

* Xiaoying WuBS Computer Science, Central South University, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dissertation:Semantics and Efficient Evaluation of Partial Tree-Pattern Queries on XML

Advisor:Dimitri Theodoratos, PhD

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

* Handan Agirman-TosunBS Electrical Engineering, Hacettepe, Ankara, TurkeyMS Electrical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Dissertation:Generalized Discrete Fourier Transform with Non-Linear Phase: Theory and Design

Advisor:Ali N. Akansu, PhD

* Niu BoBS Electrical Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Electrical Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Communications over Wireless Networks: Cooperation and Channel State Information Requirements

Advisor:Alexander M. Haimovich, PhD

Han-Yun ChangBS Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New JerseyMS Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York

Dissertation:Growth, Characterization and Device Application of Si/Ge Nano-Heterojunctions

Advisor:Leonid Tsybeskov, PhD

* Ehsan Haghani DogahehBS Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IranMS Communications Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Dissertation:Service Oriented Networking for Multimedia Applications in Broadband Wireless Networks

Advisor:Nirwan Ansari, PhD

* Hana GodrichBS Electrical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelMS Electrical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Dissertation:Target Localization in MIMO Radar Systems

Advisor:Alexander M. Haimovich, PhD

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† Seon Woo LeeBS Electronics Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaMS Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Electrical and Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Intra-Connects and Conductive Polymers

Advisor:Haim Grebel, PhD

* Sara Gatmir MotahariBS Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IranMS Electrical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Dissertation:Inference Prevention in Ubiquitous Social Computing

Advisors:Quentin Jones, PhDSotirios Ziavras, PhD

* Pitipatana SakarindrBS Electrical Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, ThailandMS Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Adaptive Trust and Reputation System as a Security Service in Group Communications

Advisor:Nirwan Ansari, PhD

† Mohamed A. SalemBS Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptMS Electrical Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Dissertation:Practical Localized Waves Generation

Advisor:Edip Niver, PhD

* Miao ShiBS Electrical Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dissertation:Advanced Classification of OFDM and MIMO Signals with Enhanced Second OrderCyclostationarity Detection

Advisor:Yeheskel Bar-Ness, PhD

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* Igor StanojevBS Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia and MontenegroMS Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Cooperative Retransmission Protocols in Fading Channels: Issues, Solutions and Applications

Advisor:Yeheskel Bar-Ness, PhD

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES(Degree conferred jointly by NJIT and Rutgers-Newark, New Jersey)

* Ronnachai TiyarattanachaiBS Environmental Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandMS Environmental Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Dissertation:Institutional Controls and Brownfield Redevelopment

Advisors:Nancy L. Jackson, PhDDaniel J. Watts, PhD

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

* Sun OlapiriyakulBS Mechanical Engineering, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University,Phathum, Thani, ThailandMS Industrial Engineering, San Jose State University, California

Dissertation:End-Of-Life Analysis of Nanotechnology Products

Advisor:Reggie J. Caudill, PhD

Mojisola K. OtegbeyeBS Industrial Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, NigeriaMS Engineering Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:The Floating Contract between Risk-Averse Supply Chain Partners in a Volatile CommodityPrice Environment

Advisor:Jian Yang, PhD

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* Randy A. ReaganBS Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New JerseyMS Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MichiganMBA, New York University, New York

Dissertation:Resource Assignment in Short Life Technology Intensive (SLTI) New Product Development (NPD)

Advisor:Sanchoy Das, PhD

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

* Madhavi M. ChakrabartyBS Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal, IndiaMS Computer Application, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

Dissertation:Understanding Cognitive Differences in Processing Competing Visualizations of Complex Systems

Advisor:David Mendonca, PhD

Fang ChuBS Computer Science, Tiajin University, People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Variance Reduction Techniques for Estimating Quantiles and Value At-Risk

Advisor:Marvin Nakayama, PhD

Sukeshini GrandhiBS Mathematics, University of Madras, Madras Christian College, IndiaMS Mathematics, University of Madras, Madras Christian College, IndiaMBA, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Dissertation:Interpersonal Information Management in Communication Technology-A Relational Perspective

Advisor:Quentin Jones, PhD

* Kamolbhan OlapiriyakulBS Industrial Engineering, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University,Phathum, Thani, ThailandMBA, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand

Dissertation:Virtual World Commerce Adoption (VWCA): A Case Study of Second Life Investigating the Impacts ofPerceived Affordances, Trust, and Need Satisfaction

Advisor:George Widmeyer, PhD

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* Maria M. PlummerBS Computer Science and Mathematics, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, BarbadosMS Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Dissertation:Job Seeking and Job Application in Social Networking Sites: Predicting Job Seekers’ Behavioral Intentions

Advisor:Starr Roxanne Hiltz, PhD

† Faina R. PrivmanBS Computer and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaMS Computer and Information Science, Brooklyn College, New York

Dissertation:In-Group /Out-Group Dynamics and Effectiveness in Partially Distributed Teams

Advisor:Starr Roxanne Hiltz, PhD

Connie Marie WhiteBS General Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University, LouisianaMS Teaching Mathematics, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Dissertation:A Dynamic Delphi System to Support Decision Making by Large Groups of Crisis Management Experts

Advisor:Murray Turoff, PhD

† Xiang YaoBS Computer Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Astronautics and Aeronautics,People’s Republic of ChinaMS Information Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Design, Development and Evaluation of Collario, a Group Support System for CollaborativeScenario Creation

Advisor:Murray Turoff, PhD

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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Thelma G. ManningBS Chemical Engineering, University of Santo Thomas, Manila, PhilippinesMS Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, Manila, PhilippinesMS Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University of New York, New York

Dissertation:Novel Micron- and Nano-Scale Energetic Materials for Advanced Gun Propulsion, Their MaterialProperties, and Their Effects on Ballistic Performance

Advisors:Zafar Iqbal, PhDBoris Khusid, PhD

Vishal Rajendra MehtaBE Metallurgy, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, IndiaMS Materials Science and Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Formation of Screen Printed Contacts on Multicrystalline Silicon (mc-Si) Solar Cells

Advisors:Nuggehalli M. Ravindra, PhDBhushan Sopori, PhD

* Sudhakar ShetBS Metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, IndiaMS Materials Science and Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Oxide Semiconductors for PhotoelectrochemicalHydrogen Production

Advisor:Nuggehalli M. Ravindra, PhD

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES(Degree conferred jointly by NJIT and Rutgers-Newark, New Jersey)

* Manmeet KaurBA Mathematics, Delhi University, IndiaMS Mathematics, Delhi University, IndiaMS Applied Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Perturbed Spherical Objects in Acoustic and Fluid Flow Fields

Advisor:Denis L. Blackmore, PhD

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* Bo RenBS Mathematics, Wuhan University, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Applied Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Modeling and Quasi-Monte Carlo Simulation of Risk in Credit Portfolios

Advisors:David J. Horntrop, PhDWilliam J. Morokoff, PhD

* Qiming WangBS Mathematics, Nanjing University, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Applied Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Nonlinear Evolution of Annular Layers and Liquid Threads in Electric Fields

Advisor:Demetrios T. Papageorgiou, PhD

† Ye YangBS Applied Mathematics, Tiajin University, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Applied Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Reduced Order Models for Fluid-Structure Interaction Systems by Mixed Finite Element Formulation

Advisor:Sheldon Wang, PhD

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Mahesh Anant KhanolkarBS Mechanical Engineering, Karnataka University, IndiaMS Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Constitutive Modeling of Glassy Shape Memory Polymers

Advisor:I. Joga Rao, PhD

† Sai Chaitanya NudurupatiBS Industrial Production Engineering, Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology, India

Dissertation:Electrohydrodynamic Manipulation of Multiphase Fluids

Advisor:Pushpendra Singh, PhD

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* Yazan Ahmad MannaBS Mechatronics Engineering, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanMS Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Motion Coordination and Control in the Development of a Gait Rehabilitation System

Advisor:Zhiming Ji, PhD

* Chong PengBE Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei,People’s Republic of ChinaMS Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Optimal Synthesis of Planar Adjustable Mechanisms

Advisor:Rajpal S. Sodhi, PhD

Dawei WangBS Thermal Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Dongying, People’s Republic of ChinaMS Thermal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan,People’s Republic of China

Dissertation:Transport Mechanisms and Modeling of Riser Reactor

Advisor:Chao Zhu, PhD

TRANSPORTATION

* Geraldine Kelly LeoneBS Computer Science, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New JerseyMS Aviation Science and Management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,Daytona Beach, Florida

Dissertation:Operating Characteristics of Passenger Screening Processes and the Development of a PacedInspection System

Advisors:Sanchoy Das, PhDRongfang Liu, PhD

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URBAN SYSTEMS(Degree conferred jointly by NJIT, UMDNJ and Rutgers-Newark, New Jersey)

† Japheth KaluyuBS Management, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, New JerseyMS Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Determinants of Risky Sexual Behaviors of Kenyan Immigrant Men in the U.S. and DuringVisits in Kenya

Advisor:Dula Pacquiao, PhD

* Sallie Ann PorterBS Nursing, Georgetown University, Washington, DCMS Parent-Child Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New JerseyPost-Masters Certificate/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey

Dissertation:Safe Haven Infant Protection: Incidence of Use and Characteristics of Surrendered Infants andRelinquishing Users

Advisor:Jeffrey R. Backstrand, PhD

Rubab Itrat QureshiBS Medicine and Surgery, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar University, Pakistan

Dissertation:Experiences of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Post-Partum Period in Urban and Suburban ImmigrantPakistani Women

Advisor:Jeffrey R. Backstrand, PhD

† Aditi SarkarBS, Calcutta University, Calcutta, IndiaMS Applied Physics, New York University, New YorkMArch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Accessibility in Metropolitan Transportation Planning: Visualizing a GIS-Based Measure forCollaborative Planning

Advisor:Lyna Wiggins, PhD

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† Caryn Schneider YaacovBA Sociology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden, New JerseyMS Environmental Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelMS Urban and Regional Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelMS Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Dissertation:Dynamics of School Playground Use in Low-Income Neighborhoods: Four Case Studies fromNewark, New Jersey

Advisor:Maurie Cohen, PhD

Maria Beatriz YaburBFA, Institute for Advanced Studies in Fine Art, Armando Reveron in Sculpture, Caracas, VenezuelaMArch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Dissertation:Noxious Odors in Residential Environments: Coping in Reactive and Proactive Ways in ThreeNew Jersey Communities

Advisor:Karen Franck, PhD

CANDIDATES FOR MASTER’S DEGREES

NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BIOELECTRONICS

Yazan Ahmad Gharaibeh

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Sherif Abdel-Meseh* Yasser AliSuwah S. AmaraKatherine Susana Andrade

† Ghaith J. AndrowisGaurav Sunil BagweNaimisha Reddy BeeravoluSorav BhatiaBhumi Jagdishchandra BhattRakesh MukeshkumarBrahmbhatt

* Ravi T. BuddhdewAnirudh Anupam ChaturvediMohammad U. ChoudhryKevin CiszakAshley Marie CraigHarish Damodaran

*Meriam J. DawoodAndrew R. Feeney

*Maikel S. GaberaJames P. GillMelissa Antoinette GolobAlexander GoncharovRashi GrewalKhadidiatou GuiroJatin Ramesh JainNeha Mahendrakumar JainKaran Vijay JhaveriNikhil JoshiAmit Madhukar Kamble

† Sidharth Kapoor* Kohitij Kar* Seda Karamil† Swetha KarriAlekhya KaruturiNishanth KesireddyFederico A. Lazaro

*Mathew T. Long* Yen Chen Lu* Esther Sucharita Lucas* David McClish* Dhaval MehtaSandeepkumar MistryIan Mitchell

Piyush Sanjay ModakShilpa Nagendra

* Jaykumar Prakashbhai NaikMehran V. NaljayanAtul Narkhede

† Brooke Marie OdleQuam Olanrewaju Onigbanjo

* Vivian Chinelo OzokaDeep Siddhartha PandyaForum Bhadresh ParikhArif I. PatelBirva Bharatbhai PatelDhruv Yogesh PatelJayson Patel

* Kavita Patel*Mamta Yogesh Patel*Mehul N. PatelPankti Amrish PatelMatthew J. PfefferkornArchana ProdduturAndrew Joseph PskowskiAkshay Narendra Pujara

* Gregory N. Ranky* Carla A. ReforminaRobert F. RussoElizabeth C. Saharig-Romero

* Steven J. SeelmanAnushree B. Shah

* Daivratna MahendrakumarShahMark R. ShakerVishal Kumar SinghNiyati B. Soni

* Kavitha Subramanian* Priyanka Chandrakant TawareRosa E. TolentinoLori Ann TrofinoffDeepthi TumuluriEdward Duquesne Wardell

* Jon Edward Weimer* Yashasvi Reddy YeruvaJoshua Dean Young

† Joanna Ziarnik


Oluwakemi O. AdeniranOsagie Basil AgbohAdamu Saiza BalatDaniel M. BisharaParag Hemant BorgaonkarDai T. ChauKeke Kingsley Enemchukwu

* Karthik EticalaLakxmi Gurumurthy

Kumud Kanneganti* Birva Khamar* Cenk Kutar* David Onsy Malaty*Maneesh MerwadeFestus Ekhor OmorogievaJignesh PatelMiraat Ajay Patel

* Prashant D. Patel* Bharathwaja RabindranVigneshRatan Rupchand Shah

* Joseph Michael Siarkowicz* Sapna SinghLijo M. Varughese

* Shashank Lakshman Vummidi

CIVIL ENGINEERING

* Hussein G. AhmedBrian C. AscoleseBenjamin Yaw AtsemDena A. BaskousMohamed Alaa BassiounyAlvin Bermudez

* Cherno E. Cham† Ethel Amy ChanSydney C. Chan

* Cesar A. Costales* Sopan B. DesaiSaid A. ElmaltJoshua FinkDennis Gurevits

* Vishnudat Hardial* Christopher A. Henrickson* Zahra JabiniAnthony L. JackmanJemima Elizabeth Johnson

† Mohammad A. Khan† Alyssa D. KrakeZuowei LiShaoliang LiuFrank J. MascoliKhalid R. Mateen

* Jon Henri MayerMariusz K. Mazur

* Ilunga P. Mulangu* Yadunandan Mysore Lokanath

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MASTER OF SCIENCE

†— August 2009 graduates*— January 2010 graduates

Cristian E. Nieto-FrancoChul Soo ParkAnukul Patel

† Vanita Patel* Oruba Nidal Rabie† Jonathan D. ReutherRaquel RomeroLokchandran SivasubramanianCunzhi SongJacquelyn Patricia TookmanianJulio Trivino-SteekKingsley Ugochukwu

* Robert W. VerrengiaManan J. Vyas


* Parth Dilipkumar AminRamy Ayad

† Tom T. Boney* Jonathan Robert Cameron* Andrew P. Hofmaier* Joseph Matthew LeskowitsNisharg Rajendra Patel

* Vikas PatelGiovanny PulidoUsman Raza RahmanAbhi Mandela RavivarmaSunil ShivamalluParijat ShuklaAmrutha SureshBhargav Bhagesh TrivediVignesh Viswanathan

* Chaoyi Wang


Jyoti Kumar AgrawalSung Bo An

* Jimmy Anabwani† Matthew W. Bajor* Pavan KumarReddy Balannagari

* Krishna Chaitanya Balantrapu* Nandini NanjundeshwarBasappaRonak Hasmukhlal Bhatt

Pooja KailaschandraChandiwalRaghu Vamsi Chandrupatla

* Bo Chen* Puragundla NiranjanChoudharyAmitkumar HasmukbhaiChudasma

* Abhisheka DalalPatrick De Bella Jr.Kuntal DeshpandeAmar Annaji Dhore

* Seshu Kishore Dola* Enoch B. Dor* Nikhil DubbakaUzma Fathima

* Xiaosu Gao† Anish Goel*Michael Yilak Hailemariam* Suketu Dhirajlal HiraniIdongesit IdiongVibhu Jately

* Anupama JayateerthaYanal JijSreenath Kalikandan Sivadasan

* Dipti Satish Karkar† Kanwaljeet KaurNam Tae KimBrendan T. Kirby

* Revanth Kollipara* Vikas Raju Koppula* Jigar Ajay KothariSameer LatifSisi Li

* Ligeng Liao* Yu Liu* Henry B. Loo* Vilash Pappachen MadathilAshok MandadiMang MangNirosha Manthena

* Akash Mathur* Venkatesh Mekala* Peiyu Men* Neha Mittal* Vijay Babu MuddasaniNikhil Mukundan

* Palaniappan Muthukaruppan* Ramdas Sekhar Nair* Indus Kashi Nath*Michael J. NeubauerRaymond NganSanket Deepak Nikam

* Venkata Bhanu PrasadNuthakkiRamajayababu PachipalaYuan Pan

* Abhishek Ramanbhai Panchal† Bhavinkumar ManharbhaiPatel

* Harsh Ashwinbhai Patel* Hetal J. PatelNiki Dushyantkumar Patel

* Rajeshkumar B. PatelViresh Shantilal PatelPrayul Pankaj PorwalYanning QuBalachandar Rajamanickam

* Bindiya R. RanaAshish Ravindra RatnakarAldrin Kunal RegoSarah SamSertac SayinDolly Deepak Shah

* Di ShaoAbhinav Sharma

* Arun SharmaBhavin Hareshkumar Sharma

* Guang ShuGaurang Bipin bhai ShuklaHima Teja SiddaSamuel M. SiinoChetankumar BavachandbSohagiyaMahender Pal SoniSuraj SreekumarRahul Sreeram Babu Shankar

* Giancarlo Sunga* Kadir Tamkaya* Chintan T. Tandel* Atilla Tarcan* Venkata Sai Kiran TetaliGopal Thirumalai NarayananHardik D. Trivedi

† Gustavo M. Valdivia* Sumi Sara Varghese† Vandana VasudevaSudha VelamatiKarthy Sreekumary Venu

* Sharad Mohan VijalapuramBhuvaneshwari Vijayraghavan

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Shao-Yen WangXiaolu Wang

* Yingnan Wang† Nedime Pelin Yalcin† Jingyu Ye* Ji Zhang* Shenghao ZhangYifan Zhao

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Matthew Olubenga AinaTrina Yvette Anderson

* Shiva Harika ArekapudiJehoshaphat Olatunde Aribike

*Michelet Audige* Ayshvar BalasubramanyamRenzo E. Balcazar

† Liting BaoRaghavendra Keshav Baradwaj

† Marelis A. BernalAntoine Bernard Jr.

† Mark Austin BishopRalph Kwasi BoatengThomas Francis Brennan

* Katherin Briceno* Erika Brown* Selvyn BrownDaniel R. CallesJuan Miguel CallesAvnika Pradip Chacha

* Sushma ChandrashekarAshish Vijay Chauhan

* Rohit Chauhan† Youji ChenPedro Timoteo Da Silva

* Richard Della RovereParag Sumant DessaiKausik DeyJonce DimoskiZilong FengAristides E. Flores

† Chen Ge† Robert GenitoPaul M. Goldberg

* Brian S. Gould† Viviana Gutierrez* Ted HaoHuan He

* David Carlo Hernandez*Michael C. Hlinka* Peter Jablonski* Chulwon KangMartin Kotowski

Theodoros KouloumprisChristopher Joseph La RoccaAnna Lai

* Jonathan Jamar LewisAidan LiRui LiBohang LiuYang LiuFei LuoLi MaHasan Mahmood

* Christian Anthony Maier† James William McArthur*Mohammed SuleimanMohammedJoseph Frank MonacoKiran Vivek Muthal

* Varun Deelip OberoiChukwuemeka John-maryOdenigboSubash Allan Mark Oliveira

*Malaykumar D. PatelKevin L. Patterson

* Jennifer M. Peak† Davi G. Pereira* Angel Antonio Perez Jr.* Percy E. Perez† Mary Petronis* Kiran Sanjeeva Poojary† Jacqueline M. Quinn* Kanwal S. Rafiq* Jugal Rajesh Rathod† Abram (Arkadiy) ReitblatSi Wen RenCarolina Rivera de RozynskiMargarita RodriguezRuben Dario Rodriguez

* Edward F. Rodzen* Faran Negus RolingsonVercelis Jarilla SamaniegoMichael David Sassi

† Ang ShaDarshan Suresh ShahDhaval Arun Shah

† Maunank Raj ShahLei ShiHasan ShuaibLatha Singanamalli

* Anusha SinghFrancisco J. TaverasThadsigatta Srinivas Murthy

* Suchita Thakur* Balavignesh Thirumalainambi* George V. ThompsonXin TongGassimou Toure

Priscilla U. Ukpah† Melissa Maria ValouraJacqueline Velastegui

† Daniel B. ViceShaoyou WangYu Wang

† Amit Ramesh Warambhe*William T.WardReginald Earl Warren

* Kevin Scott WikerArtur WojcikXiaodong XingYiben ZhangFanjun Zhu

ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Douglas Michael Ray

ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING

Sindhoor ChandrasenMaria Magdalena Colon

† Donald Ray Conger IIIBrian Crespi

* Neil GoldfineKritsada IntustitayakulRuihan KangYinghua LinChristopher David Mazur

* Gerald F. NichollsDuc V. Tran

† Shuangyi Zhang

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMSMANAGEMENT

Mahekkumar ChandrakantDesai

* Sarah P. FritzTanvi GandhiGar-Yee LaiNaheemot FehintolaOgunkunle


* Kelly Mercedes Alba* Babak Badri* Chen-Lun ChiuGrafton Zephaniah CupidEtiime Ebewo

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* Ravi Jayeshbhai GorAndre Higgins

* Christopher Imalla* Chaitanya Kumar KadiyalaAnoop KansalAkhilesh KrishnanandKulkarni

† Andrew B. Lombardino† Mayankkumar K.Mahadevwala

*Madhusudhan Mallareddy† Rahadames MatosVictor N. Mwangi

* Chaitanya Chandrakant NaikPriyanka Pakki

* Nikhil Ramesh Rane* Alok Max Cyril SaldanhaKaran Singh SianSivaram HariharanSubramaniam

* Gustavo J. Truyol* Suryaprakash Vegisetti* Kashyap Kamlesh VoraLevent Zerengok

INTERNET ENGINEERING

* Francis George Frederic† Anup KinkhabwalaSneha Koka

* Tuhina Sarkar

MANUFACTURING SYSTEMSENGINEERING

*Michael Gavin BradwayRushikkumar Kishorbhai RanaBrian Robert Seale


* Rutherford C. BestViktor Antonio Bohorquez

* Luis Enrique CardenasHernandezWei-Li Chuang

* Jose Fernando DelacruzSteve FariaSahil Goje

* Nithin Heeranandani* Cristian F. Jaramillo*Michael Howard Mardenfeld* Shiraz Munavar HussainJiYou NiEric W. O’Connor

* Gao PanJayneel Harish PandyaDeepak PatelKetankumar Balvantrai PatelKuntal Parbhu PatelVishagan RatnaswamyChintan Shirish ShahRoopak Shanmukhappa

* Dhaval Vasant ShrikhandeRamanpreet SinghSivakumar SivasubramonianDaniel Alexander Stonkus

* Ashwin TiwariJiayi TongSergey Virodov

† Luo Zuo

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ANDHEALTH ENGINEERING† Shawn Alexander Edwards* Stephen Michael GrumDana Leslie HarrisSalil G. JosephMayeana N. KamaraWayne B. Latta

*Mary Shavonne MonrinvilleBeatriz SanchezMarshall Walker Jr.

PHARMACEUTICALENGINEERING

Evelyn A. ChangKetan DarjiAparna DuttYuyang FengSrikanth GuntupallyJie Ru HeJasdip KaurBen Morumbwa

* Fidelis Ogochukwu OkohPrashanth Palle

* Abhishek Hemantkumar PatelAniruddh H. PatelArpita M. Patel

* Ruchir Arvindbhai PatelSatish Vishnubhai PatelSmruti RagunathTayaba N. RanaJacqueline RiveraGeorge Basem SabatSalem SaykaliAmit Kashyap ShahSowmya Thanigaivelu

† Feyzi Murat TurkerArdian Ukmata

* Sylvia Nagib WasefDilanji Bhagya Wijayasekara

PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMSMANAGEMENT

*Mbole EkaneyAmany ElswedySuman Subramania KrishnaKumar

* Kranthi Reddy Nimmanapalli* Syed Saad Rahman* Vasantha Devi Yalavarthi

POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS

* Jose Daniel Abi Karam Duran* Krunal H. Choksi*Mayur C. PatelArun Ramadass

* Udayachandran Santhakumar

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

* Vishal Maheshbhai AminSivakrishna AnnavaramVenkataVenkata UdaykiranBhamidipati

* Vitthal Shailen BhargavKeyur Dilip DeliwalaMina Youssef Hanna GadVarsha Madan Jain

* Apoorv Ranjan KhareVenkata Mahendra MajjiAalok Arvind Panchal

* Savankumar MaheshkumarPatel

* Kirthi Arjun Pucha* Senthil PuthaneriChittambalamSrinath ViswanathRamakrishnanCheng Shi

* Kaushik Vishwanatham

TRANSPORTATION

Harjit S. BalHema Bangalore AppeGowda

* Adiele EnyinniaNatasha RajaramAna Margarita SierraThomas L. Spencer

* Amutha VijayakumarKwadwo Yeboah-Acquah

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COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

NEW JERSEY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

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MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE

Albert BeteshCory S. ButlerJames Harry ChororosHae-An ChyunMatthew ColluraCharmee Hiteshkumar Donga

† Mirza Kamran Hasan* Deborah Kane

Steven R. KellerAlina Kurchenko

* Bryan Craig Lee Jr.Joshua A. Lindemans

* Anne Terese McTernan† Norman Richards MillerStacy MulrainMeagan Amanda OdellJoel I. OkpalaJason G. Ring

* Tim Rupp* Andriy ShulyarGurinderjit Singh

* Samu Szemerey* Anne Tonette Vasquez

MASTER IN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

Ruchita Acharya*Michael Thomas Adams* Chanda Dawadi

* Joseph A. DiNapoli IIIHyunsu S. LimRobin L.MurraySarahVivien DeLeon OllerRenuska Z. Papalexiou

* Robert D. PietrocolaDominick Antonio Rodriguez

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

† Gary Charles Bielicka Jr.


COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND LIBERAL ARTS

APPLIED MATHEMATICS

* Emmanuel Kersaint Jr.† Nemanja Nikitovic* Andrew PaikWei Song

† Jayson Eric Swanson† Shengbin Wang

APPLIED STATISTICS

Hao ChenSzu Chieh Fu

† Jingyue Ge* Harshani Herath* Thao Ho† Annat Katz* Xiaomu Li† Shiyu LinYang Liu

* Gavin LynchRahul Sharad PatilBryan M. PenczakZhiying Qiu

* Lucas Vata* Jing WangDeonca Williams

BIOLOGY(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)

Sandhya D. Bolikal* Jayshree Shantibhai Patel

CHEMISTRY

Parvathi Madhavi Catta† Jason Michael Hudzik* Jalpa Dipakkumar PandyaHemantbhai HasmukhbhaiPatelMayurbhai Ravikant Patel

* Silu ShengMegha ThakkarHao Wu

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYSTUDIES

* Jason Alexander Allen* Julie Patricia ConklinJulissa MoralesPatrick Eric NunooArthur Lee Robinson

* Jay D. Thakkar

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)

* Andrea R. Adams* Dylan Christo* Sharon Lynn Heller*William C. HomBrian Douglass Knight

* Jason Lonardo* Swetha Sree NallagulaJuliet Amauche Ogbonnaya

* Bina Pradyumanbhai Patel* Sharath Bhaskar Shashid Pillai* Bruce Benjamin Whitlock Ross† Dawn E. Slawsky

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ANDINDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

* Robert E. Weissman

PROFESSIONAL ANDTECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

* Keith G. Brathwaite† Richard ChineryRegina Sofija Collins

† Kenneth J. KistlerYvonne M. Kita

† Roberto A. Leal* Catherine R. Racette* Sharon Thomas

MASTER OF SCIENCE

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SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

Deepesh Prasad AdiyatAtul Shyamsunder Agrawal

*Mateen AhmadMatthew F. Amato

* Priyanka Anand* Kennedy A.AsareMahmoud Shoukri Daoud AssafYouness AssassiBenjamin Ari Basch

* Kingsley K. Bayoh*Moaied I. BetamourKomal Dilip BhattCelia Elizabeth Boniface

* Jason C. BostJames M. Brogan

*Michael Busch Jr.* Chun-Hao ChangAnand Chaturvedi

*Meng-Wei Chen* Leena Chopra* Jodimir B. DaSilvaChirag Mahendra DattaniGina DeSalvo-Tilton

* Edward P. DumalaPaulinus C. Egu

† Edgardo H. Engracia Jr.*Michael O. FaloyinSteven Ford

* Fatoumata Gakou* VipulKumar Gandhi* Gilbert M. Gatchalian* Arnab GuptaBasile G. HalkiadakisGeorge HatziemanuelGeorge S. Hatzinas

*Michael IngegnoDhiraj K. Jadwani

† Diane Danuta JazwinskiScott Vincent Kain

* Rishi KatdareJeffrey E. LefkowitzBrian Daniel LigasInez Y. LintonKimler D. Livingston-WilliamsonChia-Wei Lu

* Ikhlaq A.Malik* Sudhir Vasant MaratheSharadValsan PalliathBrijesh Patel

* Hiral K. Patel* Jayeshkumar Gandalal PatelKinman Ashwin PatelRushi Prafulbhai Patel

* Sanjay R. Patel* Rakeshkumar BhikhubhaiRafaliyaSheldon Rajkumar

Srisai RangaraoChetan ChandrakantRanpuraJing RenJose Antonio RiveraArthur Steven RobertsonGabriel Rodriguez

* Danyse Latrice Ryan* Shamsul Kabir Saadi* Varshil Prakash Sanghavi* Francisco J. SantiagoKamal B. Shah

*Mihirkumar Kanubahi ShahVinay ShahPooja SharmaSherelle Elise SpriggsAmy A. SteedDevarajan SundaravaradanBrijesh Rajnikant SuratiOscar Adam Tapia

* Richard J. Uniacke† Keshav UppalJulio P.Valdez

* Piyush B.ViradiaVictor S.WahbaThomas S.WattJoanna Ziarnik

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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT

Jacob AgyemangCarlin M. AlcantaraAsim AliRosalind BestYi-Chia ChengIulia Simona DociJohn Farmer

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

* Yu-Hsiu Chuang

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Jennifer A. Jackson

† Peter Fiagbe* Gagandeep Singh Grewal* Priyanka GuptaLouis M. GuzzettiMary E. Ho

† Hung-Ming Hsieh*Manasi Sopan Joshi* Anupama Krishnaswami*Wei-Cheng Lin

Aarzoo Dipakbhai PatelMihir N. Patel

† Francis PaulWarut Raksil

* Erin M. ReynoldsAmy Joy Sabri

Nkenna Usuwa

Cindy Y. Osorio * Daniel A. Silva


COLLEGE OF COMPUTING SCIENCES

BIOINFORMATICS

* Aparna Agrawal* Deepika Ananda† Monika Bihan* Harish BondalapatiGreg Chen

* Hareesh Chennuru* Praveen Krishna DesuParas Garg

* Stephen J. GriesmerYoung Jae HurWasay M. HussainVishnu Vardhan Reddy KollaAditya Kumar Maddala

* Anusha MakineniAnkur MalhotraAnirudh Reddy Nagaram

* Soundarya Narra* Krishna Jayanth Rolla* Varun Mohan Segu* Shefali Setia* Dhaval Atulkumar ShahRaghav SharmaShikha ShikhaSampath Kumar Tadikonda

*Manoj ThotakuraJoanne Suiman Tse

* Anurag Verma

BUSINESS ANDINFORMATION SYSTEMS

Seshasai Maharshi AdibhatlaKshitiz Agnihotri* Henri J. Baptiste* Parevi Chirag BharwadJuan C. Garay* Robert L HallAlice Phyllis Haney* Jeff HwangJaime W. Lopez*Mauricio ParedesAnkur SainiMaulik Jitendra Shah* Yash ShahGanesh Kumar Suresh

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Srujana Adusumilli* Shashank Aggarwal*Muhammad TahauddinAhmad

† Thauseef AhmedElangovan AnbalahanMithila Eliza Aranha

* Keerthi Priya AraniJalaj Pushpaksen Asher

*Mina AzibChinmay Prakash Bapat

† Hossein Bazldjoo* Yagnesh Dattatraya Bhat† Swarnjit Singh BhatiaPrathyusha BoppanaNivya Boppanda

* Urvish Ravishankar BurmanRedentor J. Casanova

*Moumita Chakraborty* Soumyajit Chakraborty* Neha ChandakShruti Chandrashekar

† Kevin Shen ChangDipti ChauhanXi Chen

* Cesar Cheng-RoblesAshish Selvaraj Chettiar

* Kapil Chhabra* Kunal Choudhary† Paul Chun* Bhagwat Geetha Chundi* Andrew Naresh Errol Corea† Michael Cuzzo* Lokesh Kumar DahiyaBalamurugan Danasekaran

† Michael DeCaro* Chandni Jatin DesaiGunjan Shailan Desai

* Patrick Fay† W. L. Roshan FernandoKranthi GarneniFrancis C. Gatti IIIGanesh GnanachandranDivya Goli

* Rahul Choudary GonuguntlaAditi Gupta

* Hari Sandeep Gutta* Jay S. Hamilton

* Charles Henches† Konrad C. HolczerYi-Huan Hung

* Oche Emmanuel Idoko* Sachin JainKartik JayaprakashVibhooti M. Jogalekar

* Devarsh Saurabh JoshiRavi Arun JoshiVedavyas Kadudas

* Shrilata Kallurkar VenkateshJian-Luen Kao

* Radhika Kasukurthi* Pawanpreet Kaur* Puneet Kaur† Donald J. KehoeGanesh Shankar Khandare

* John R. Klauser* Siva Ram Koppireddy* Swetha Kova* Aleksey Koval† Vipul Suresh KshirsagarTrivikram Kulkarni

* I-Ming LeeYang Li

* Leng Chu LoMiguel LombaXiaochuan MaDeepti MadirajuAnushri Harish Mahajan

* Steve MardenfeldChristina Joyce MathewGaurang MavadiyaPadam Mehrotra

* Darpan Bhagwan MhatrePaulius MikalainisAbhishek Avinash Mirajkar

MASTER OF SCIENCE

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† Alain D. Monroy* Allyson Moran* Sanjay Muddam* Sindurathy Murugan† Deepak MuthukrishnanBharath NagarajSyed Muzamil Naqshbandi

† Denis Tambelah Nchinda* Gautam NyayapathiAlexander OnikMelanie Jasmine PaesNiraj Dhiren Parekh

* Birva Hasmukhbhai PatelKaiwal Haribhai Patel

*Monilraj Mohanbhai PatelRutvij Kirankumar Patel

† Pallav PatilMansi Ambadas Pedgaonkar

* Rimmel H. Pereira* Vineet Shailesh PhillipsLavanya PolepalliClarence S. Pratt

* Ping Qiu* Ashish Rajbar* Abraham D. Rosales* Alan Howard RothschildNikhil Royal

* Abhilasa Sarma* Ankur Ashwani SaxenaAkash S. Shah

* Hetal ShahMadhav Harkishan ShahNirav Jitendra ShahParth M. Shah

* Saurin Kaushik Shah† Sandesh Anil Shaha

Rajdev Sharma* Jwalant M. ShastriSandeep Ramratan SinghAditya SirpalMilan N. Sutaria

† Sudhir Talasila* Abhijit TikekarDmitri Tikhonov

* Vipul Sharadrao Uplenchwar* Trupti Govind Vaish* Robin K. VargheseNeelesh Vatsa

* Prabakaran VeluNishant Kuttan VeluthedathKamaljit Singh Virk

* Salman Saleem Virk* Jigar VoraTzu-Ming WangWei WangYiyi Wu

† Niannian YangQiji Yao

† Yang ZhangZhang Zhao

*Wei Zhou

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTAND BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Andrew ChambersBernard Anthony Jones

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

* Elouafi Abdelhak† Bukola Akinfaderin† Ahmed A. Amin*Mark Joseph Arevalo* Purti Bajaj† Sandeep Kaur Bal† Shan S. Bala

* Devin Batra* Shelly BatraBindu Bharadwaj

* Rahul Bhat† Edward J. Biebel* Gregory P. CamarattaTyesha CarmenDev Cham

† Eugene Cho* Nitika ChoudharyRyszard ChrobakAnthony Louis Corio

* Schanel Patrice CrawfordMark CunninghamRoselin Daniel

† Jorge A. De La TorreUdesh R. De Silva

† Joelisio DosAnjosCelestino FranciscoVarsha Gore

* Sindhuri GuttaShannon Marie Hampton

* Aniket Manohar HerwadkarYige Huang

* James T. HuntAbraar HussainYomi IdrisKaiser IslamCherokee D. Jest-Allen

* Arsheel A. Khan† Michael Kim† Rahul Chandra KoneJanaki Krishnamurthy

* Damrong KruaysiriwongJie KuAshwin Kumar

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Reynold Cherian Kuriappurath† Ronald Godfrey MacauleyHimraj MahadeoJulia Anna Marlene MayerGilbert V. MolinaArfaa Mujeeb

* Annamalai Muthappan* Eric NersesianWilson Neyra

* Dennis Joseph O’ConnorTom OduorMartha J. PadillaHarshit J. Parikh

* Slavica Pepovska*Mercy Florence PeterWilliam Robert Piller

* Aseem Punchhi* Yanliang Qi

* Anup Raman* Jose Antonio Saafigueroa* Sohil Yogesh Sagar* Supriya Sahay* Nashid Anees Salahuddin* Payal Vinod SanghviSavitha SathyanarayanaPradip SavaliaJoshua Powers Sessions

* Ekta Shah† Parin R. Shah* Vinod Kumar Shanmugam* Rajat Satish Shetty† Prerana Shrestha* Peter Louis Simon† Deepender SinghPrat Tanapaisankit

* Jyun-Ze Tao* Aniket L. Thakor* Richard T. TuscanoPamela Ukpoma

* Ankit Y. Veragiwala

Vaibhav Ashok VichareSandeep VisveswaranIzumi WakamatsuChristopher DeEllis Wamble

*Manisha Wattal* Scott Christopher Williams* Brian WippichChui-Mei Wong

† Lei Xu* Ke Yang*Mo Yang* Gordon YeungNermin Yildiz

* Jungwoo YouChi Ho Yu

* Aulia A. Yusuf

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYADMINISTRATION ANDSECURITY

Timothy L. Gonzales

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INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM

MATERIALS SCIENCE ANDENGINEERING

* Qianqian Guan

Chao LiShangshangMu

MASTER OF SCIENCE

*WeiWang

CANDIDATES FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREES

XXX

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

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NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

JacquelinW.AbdelmalekJersey City

* Gutenberg D.AhimonMontvale

Mustafa H.AlqudahRutherford

Carlo T. BaylosisSummit

* Theresa L. BenonyUnion

MarkAndrew BirosNewark, DE

Joshua S.DelshadUnion

* Kathleen E.DeRosaEast Hampstead, NH

Kushal Gordhan DudhatNorth Bergen

† Navin DusejaEdison

Chinedu EzebuirohPiscataway

* Paola Fernandez-BricenoLong Branch

Rozalin Ramzi GrisJersey City

KetanMohan GujarathiBelleville

Stephen HrindoLinden

Crystal R. KaniaLivingston

* Bogumila SwietekGarfield

Mariya Shabbir TohfafaroshHackensack

Jimit JayeshVyasEdison

Aaron JacobWeyEast Brunswick

PeterWongNorth Brunswick

MariamM.YanniJersey City

* JumanahYasminOrange

Matthew S.YoussefBayonne

Adrian ZielinskiParamus


Martina Abd-El-MassehBayonne

Khaldoon E.Abu-HakmehLyndhurst

Shivang B.AdhyaruBloomingdale

Ingy Ezzat AhmedNewark

Babajide Ayotola AkeredoluNewark

Andrea C.AlcaldeNewark

† Asif AlliKissimmee, FL

* Zohra KhanEastWindsor

* Ariel LippmanPassaic

Zubair Shabbir LokhandwalaBridgewater

JessicaMavadiaEdison

Khaja Adil MohiuddinBergenfield

Srihari MummidiEast Brunswick

MalihaMuneerJersey City

* Avani P. PandyaJersey City

Meet D. PatelJersey City

Steffen A. PharaiKearny

* Sung Ting PoCloster

Andrew P. RocheHillside

* Rimi SahuBelleville

JosephA. SassoAvenel

Munish ShahGalloway

Prachi ShahOld Bridge

* Bishoy SidhomEast Brunswick

Alan SinghWayne

Maciej SprychaWallington

† — August 2009 graduates* — January 2010 graduates

XXX

Elijah AmarhNewark

AshishkumarManilal AminJersey City

Rasheid N.ArefPaterson

Carlo BadiolaUnion

Pablo BoteroParsippany

MaksimA. BurakhovichStaten Island, NY

Fabian CasteblancoSouth Plainfield

Shankha B. ChaudhuriParamus

Mara F. CrespoCarteret

Vinh Q.DangRoselle

Chetna Deepti EngineerJackson

Antoni GergesJersey City

MinaM.HannaBayonne

Chelise A.Hutchins-GraySouth Plainfield

SimonHuynhBridgewater

Fangzhou JinEdison

AlexVarghese JohnSpring Valley, NY

Razmenka LazoroskaGarfield

AlexanderMarkouToms River

RamyWilliamMarzoukJersey City

Monica AnnMaslowskiWayne

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Talal A.AbdallaJersey City

VincentM.AdamoMiddletown

† Bertha Solange AlfaroTotowa

Frank C.ArmstrongWaldwick

Muhammed S.AssalBelleville

* Maxemous G.AtallaJersey City

† Gary AubainLakewood

* Nizamettin AvciRutherford

MoradAwadClifton

Fred P. Beaudry IIISouth Amboy

Syed Ali Mohamed BilgramiGalloway

Jacqueline Sarah BunnerRaritan

John Francis CasellaHackettstown

David James ChewLafayette

Jean Junior DavilusEast Orange

* Emre DemirelHasbrouck Hts

Hitasha Ramesh DevnaniEdison

Kati R.DiRaimondoColonia

BryanM. EhnesRoselle Park

ShadyMassoudDayton

* TariqMoujtahidJersey City

Mayur BalkrishnaMundadaHackensack

RandyMurilloElizabeth

Sanga TekouMutahBelleville

SilvanaM.OrtizElizabeth

† Viral H. PanchalParlin

AnupV. PatelNewark

* Bhavita A. PatelJersey City

UrvishM. PatelJersey City

Nicholas Pasquale PersicoPlainsboro

Lekshmi Kandh PillaiWest Orange

Jonathan Raul RegoSpringfield

Fernando RivasNewark

Roger Oscar SaezPassaic

Paul J. SaporitoNewMilford

Nilay ShahDover

Deepika SinghEdison

* Sharon Rose ThigpenNewark

Gerardo TolentinoPlainfield

Edwin J.Walker Jr.New Brunswick

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XXX

Christopher Basim ElmasriJersey City

Omeed EntezarianHackensack

* Thomas P. FarinaNew Hyde Park, NY

* Anthony J. FelicettaPompton Lanes

Ross FloresBelleville

Christopher J. Forte-McRobbieSomerset

Manuel Fraga IIIKearny

Botamina B.GemianMilltown

* Samantha GonzalesClifton

* Michael GreendykNorth Haledon

Myles GuilfordEdison

† ChristopherMichael HannaAndover

* Chet R.HarriganBloomfield

† Alvaro HernandezNewark

* Phillip Robert InceUnion Beach

Asadullah JamaliNewark

Vanessa E. JorgeCarteret

Joseph C. JuzwinLanding

* Andrew J. KelemenMontvale

Piotr Krzysztof KurconHarrison

David LamNorthfield

* Navid RahmanPrinceton Junction

Ashley Jean RalstonNorth Plainfield

Marc K. RaoulNeptune

* Anis Khalaf RawashdehRutherford

† Juan D. RestrepoBergenfield

* Nelson R. RiveraNorth Bergen

Tiago F. RodriguesFords

Umar SaeedParlin

Faraz SafaieClifton

* Sorie SankohNorth Plainfield

JosephWilliam SantorelliBarnegat

* Michael TimkoWharton

* Daniela TolovGarfield

Peter D. TomosWallington

JoshuaW.TookerSecaucus

Tien TranBelleville

† JonathanMunsodValonesTeaneck

Tyler C.VandervalkLincoln Park

* PiotrWiszowatyBayonne

Matthew RichardYoungOaklyn

* Mark Lawrence Tandoc ZamoraSuccasunna

* AbrahamA. ZhininLodi

Mildort LaroseNeptune

Paul R. LathamNew Egypt

Christopher LaurentAsbury Park

Carlos A. LopezNorth Bergen

AsharMahmoodHasbrouck Heights

Jamal SadiqMahmudLawrenceville

† Daniel J.MarraffiniWashington Twsp

Dennis Michael McVeighRiver Edge

Kyrillos M.MesehaJersey City

Derek AungMoldauerEdison

CarlosManuel MorenoPerth Amboy

* Harvy E.MorenoRahway

* TimothyM.O’BrienStewartsville

* Sean O’KellySayreville

Nancy Elizabeth OliverGalloway

Bassey O.OnyileNorth Brunswick

Moises Ariel OrbePaterson

Omotayo OyelajaLinden

† Dominic S. PassanitaHaledon

Digant G. PatelIselin

Hiral K. PatelParsippany

Krupesh D. PatelPiscataway

Niraj S. PatelIselin

Raymond L. PersaudNewark

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* Oluwashina K.AlohunNewark

AtahanAtayWestWindsor

Marian NoemanAzizBayonne

* Duarte BarreiroHarrison

Luis Felipe BustamanteWest New York

† Steven Gerard CaputoWestWindsor

John DritsasCliffside Park

JamesWalter DuDaskoLakewood

Jaime A. FernandezBelleville

* Clifford HilaireElizabeth

Christopher JaegerStockholm

AjenM.KansaraHillsdale

* Tezveer Singh KharaUnion City

* Eric S. KratkyUnion

† Cesar A.MartinezKearny

Edrian S.NuguidOrange

Raul E.NunezHaledon

JeaninaM. PerezWest Orange

Brian G. PeytonMilford

Mario Antonio PinedaWest New York

† Walter Eduardo PiscoyaCliffwood

Daniel Armando ChavezClark

KeonA. ClintonSomerset

* Kevin A. CoelhoMountainside

† Mitul GhanshyambhaiContractorJersey City

† Jigarkumar K.DoshiEdison

Moetaz F. El-SafadiPaterson

Moses O. FamakinwaNewark

* Kevin FlynnBurlington

Justus O. IwuOrange

Muhammad Ijaz KhanJersey City

Lukasz K. KonikUnion

Darryl E. LewisSecaucus

ChristianMichael LigaWhiting

Michael Carlo LipariClifton

* Boyi LiuChicago, IL

* Tomislav LucinFairfield

Thanh K. LyWest Orange

† Piotr L.MachockiClifton

Devraj MahidaWarren

SalmanHaider NaqviKearny

Kerolos NashedJersey City

Eric J. RiveraRiver Vale

Maurice RualesClark

* Omair SaeedKenvil

† Enrique Saro-NunezWarren

* Jaskiran SinghSouth Orange

* Yadwinder SinghLittle Ferry

Khrizel Brual SolanoKenilworth

† Khizar SultanSan Francisco, CA

Marc-Ian O.VictorioBelleville

AvneeshVigIselin

* HangWuHarrison


AhmedM.AbdelghafarElizabeth

* Russell M.AdamsBoonton

James AkinleyeIrvington

Lee AndersonMidland Park

KevinM.ArgentieriMilford

† Emad-Ul AsarJersey City

Mehmet Nuri AyyildizLyndhurst

Parashar Shivashanker BhattMatawan

* Michael B. BoulusLyndhurst

Reniery CevallosLinden

John ChaletBloomfield

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CANDIDATES FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREESCDEGREES

XXX

† Chadwick NgMetuchen

Pius Osadolor OhenhenNewark

* OluwaseunA.OlarinreClifton

† Amaka C.OnyemekeihiaNewark

* Devin Jan PantilianoRidgefield Park

† Mitesh D. PatelRoselle Park

Priya J. PatelRockaway

Rujul S. PatelIselin

Robert J. PickelRiver Edge

* Scott A. PospishilWayne

† Julio L. ProanoPrinceton

* Diego QuintanaBerkeley Heights

Alexis Gerardo Quintero CastroBelleville

Dhiran J. RanaPassaic

Danny RiveraNewark

* Anshu SinghBelleville

Saurabh SinghNorth Brunswick

† Malik Adeyinka TelufusiIrvington

* Dana TomaszewiczOld Bridge

* Kevin A.VlietToms River

WeiWangHarrison

Senuka C.WeerahandiEdison

Carol SinclairBloomfield

† Richard T. TuscanoPrinceton Junction

MichelleWestonEast Orange

Concrete Industry ManagementTechnology Option

Leean R.OramaNewark

Construction EngineeringTechnology Option†Tom EnyimahAnsahHillside

Steven Paul BarberaWayne

Andrew Joseph BizubLake Hiawatha

* Andrew John BlissRockaway

* Sean ButlerSouth River

Charles Joseph BycroftBayville

MatthewV.CalogeraOld Bridge

Peter Anthony CampisiFairfield

Ivan A. CaviesesEastWindsor

* Peter CeckoParlin

MarcolmWhite ColemanIrvington

John Daniel DiFilippoScotch Plains

* Georgette DuCasseNewark

† MeghanMarie ElsmanWarren

Vincent J. GervasoniHamilton

ENGINEERING SCIENCE

MohamedAfifiWest Paterson

*Edmond K.ArmahTrenton

* Vimal AsokanWayne

Baheer HalimNewark

Joshua HenryIrvington

* Syed N.HussainPiscataway

Kirti Mary JosephFishkill, NY

† Gail M.Mc LeanBen Lomond, CA

* Louis A. RodriguezClifton

* HirshVardhan SinghLinwood

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Computer Technology Option

MohamedM.AbdallatifClifton

Thomas J.AllnattNewark

Kevin Brian BowdenOak Ridge

* Christopher Robert CarlsonOakland

Jeffrey Neal CuttinoNewark

Christopher EarleNewark

Kenechi EgbunaBoonton

Abdelfattah HammadPaterson

Patrice K. JagooMorristown

* GoranMilovanovicTrenton

Mary E. RhodesPassaic

* Adrian SapunxhiuPalisades Park

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XXX

* Ciara Nicole HallYardville

† Timothy T. JonesMetuchen

Michael JukusSouth Amboy

Victor J. LindoPaterson

Richard J. LindsayWest Orange

MiroslawMazurAvenel

* Richard GeorgeMcleanPlainfield

* Salvatore L.MinerviniWaldwick

† Kofi OseiHillside

* Anuj N. PatelJersey City

Kelton PredestinEast Orange

Amy Lynne RondenaPort Reading

Matthew R. SeptakMonroe Township

Michael O. SilvestreNewark

* Derek R. SmithSouth Plainfield

* AndresVanegasPerth Amboy

Juan DavidVillamil OsorioMiddlesex

† JacquyVincentIrvington

Construction ManagementTechnology Option

Allan B. BernoskyRoseland

* ArchanaVasudevan ChettyWhitehall, PA

Silvestre Antonio CompresBloomfield

† Michael CorreaCarteret

* AntonioMoises CorzoSuffern, NY

* Amitkumar Thakorbhai DesaiSouth River

* Cheick DiarraTeaneck

Christopher J. EbreoOld Bridge

† Vadim ErgardtSpringfield

* Maximino FerreiraMonroe, NY

* Richard HastrupRandolph

Horane HenryOrange

Mostafa N.HigaziUnion

Paterson Jean-BaptisteOrange

Juan C. JonElizabeth

Emmanuel LiensUnion

Vinskey LouissaintLinden

Arfan E.MughalJersey City

Bhavik R. PatelEdison

† Biren D. PatelSecaucus

Jay PatelJersey City

Vincent CalabresiBloomfield

* Jesus David CastanoMorristown

* Nicholas GambinoRaritan

* MarioM.GuglielmoCliffside Park

Dimith GuillaumeElizabeth

Jeff KinieryBranchburg

Sadia OsmanParlin

Mariusz PiskorzParlin

Obaid Ur RehmanNewark

George J. RodriguezStaten Island, NY

Blaese A. RomanoPittstown

Christopher J. SanFilippoWest Hempstead, NY

† Raymond Joseph Tintle IIINewMilford

Nicholas Francis ZakashefskiHillsborough

Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology Option

Francisco Javier AgreloKearny

Ronal E.AguirreJersey City

* StephenAkoAyangBaytown, TX

* VitorM.AntunesKearny

Robert AugustynowiczColonia

Jonel BoullNeptune

* Frank B. CaloMendham

† Jesse J. ChangRahway

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CANDIDATES FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREESDEGREES

XXX

Krunal J. PatelEdison

† Pinkesh PatelEatontown

† Pratik D. PatelSecaucus

* Smitkumar PatelHackettstown

* Kiel Salvatore PerrecaDenville

Jo-AnnM.QuevedoLinden

Fayez RahmanPaterson

† Anees Ur. RehmanNorth Plainfield

Rana Tanzeelur RehmanHarrison

† Roger St. FortHillside

* Artur StefaniakBayonne

* RuelVillahermosaUnion

WaleedWarradWeehawken

Timothy JamesWiersielisNew Brunswick

Manufacturing EngineeringTechnology Option† GouthamDassWashington

Winston Junior StewartGarfield

Mechanical EngineeringTechnology Option

BryanAndersonAndover

* Pierre Claudel Bien-AimeElizabeth

James P. Brady IIIWoodbridge

* Bryan K. BrouhardBudd Lake

Robert Adrian ThomasNewark

Ajay D. ThumarParsippany

* Kevin D. TrangoneParsippany

Carl VictorVentricelliLincoln Park

* Christopher J.VesperBranchville

* Alfred Hidrai YeseabLodi

JiheonYoonKearny

Surveying EngineeringTechnology Option

David Paul AguannoParsippany

* Sachdeep S.AroraPennington

† Mark C. BonzaniLong Valley

* Philip R.DemberLawrenceville

† AnthonyM.DevizioVerona

Giancarlo FricanoBridgewater

Michael Patrick KippJackson

* Messan Denagnon KonouTallahassee, FL

Andrew P. KubiakProspect Park

* LisaMarie PetersonProspect Park

JohnW. StewartCaldwell

Doriann L. BuzzettaPequannock

* Alexander CannaraRoseland

GinoAldo CarbajalKearny

† Kevin F.Daniel Jr.Oak Ridge

* Paul Robert DeRosaHopatcong

* Richard D. FerreiraColonia

† Dmitriy GrinbergSouth River

† Marshall L.HillNewark

Andy E. InnocentWest Orange

Jason Robert JawidzikMonroe Twp.

* RyanM. JohnsonSparta

Ji Hwan JungKearny

Philip LopesLivingston

Paul MakaruchaRahway

* BrianMcPeekSussex

RolyMedoisNewark

Caleb DeanMillerWharton

BrianM.NovakChatham

* Andrew E.OttoSouth Orange

Ankit A. PatelUnion City

Jason Paul PeachPort Murray

Edward Rodolfo SanchezUnion

Gregory P. SchemanEastWindsor

Jamieson Robert SimmsParsippany

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* David Bruce SwansonPhillipsburg

ChristopherM. TrebiskyMerchantville

AbrahamA. ZhininLodi

Telecommunications ManagementTechnology Option

JohnAbrahamBergenfield

† Wilex Nicolas AmboiseOrange

Dariel Gonzalez RodriguezUnion City

Alex NelsonWest Orange

ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING

Natasha A.MatrunichPittston, PA

* Emil M. TarifeBelleville


Julia Melissa BricenoCarteret

Marsha ChangClifton

* Patrick R. CussenGreat Meadows

Dudly DenotBethlehem, PA

John R.DessejourWest Orange

Dicknery DiazKearny

* RohamDowlatyariCranbury

* Etiime EbewoAvenel


*Uyiosa A.AbusomwanNewark

HemeH.AdlyBayonne

Raphael O.Nnamdi AkinseteNewark

* Nicholas JohnAlmeriniNorth Haledon

PatrickM.AlvaradoTrenton

† Bryce Henry AnzelmoLincoln Park

Erwin ArmijosWest New York

Bevnoty AttiaJersey City

* Arvin AutarJersey City

ImranAzizNewark

Eric Azim BacchusJersey City

* Rojan BanmaliBloomfield

Wali Christopher BarkerIselin

* Daniel P. BasileFreehold

Giovanny A. BedoyaBloomfield

Gregory Allen BendlEast Orange

* Vernon BentzNorthfield

* Kyle R. BognatzHackensack

* Atul GautamEastWindsor

Annacler Harris-BlevinParisppany

SolomonHeberGarfield

Jonathan JamesNewark

Alireza KariminiaElmwood Park

Reehana KhanMaplewood

Andrew C.KimLivingston

* Patrick Joseph KoscielnyClifton

Ovril MaddanNewark

† Ivan R.MartiFlanders

* Eric JohnMattessichDemarest

Rishi MehraEdison

Nancy N.NesheiwatWashington

* Anchung T.NguyenJersey City

Bhavik N. PatelJersey City

* Hanisha K. PatelWood-Ridge

Steven RibeiroElizabeth

* David RodriguezNewark

* Pratik A. ShahGalloway

† Carlo TogononBloomfield

AshutoshMicheal XalxoBelleville

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XXX

* Peter S. BoutrosJersey City

† Allan J. CabatuanHillside

Steven CaetanoNewark

JosephA. CaiolaEdison

Konstantin ChausMarlboro

† Alexander G. ChiangHillsborough

RalphMichael ChieffoMiddletown

Philip A. ClarkHillside

* Christopher John CsekeyHillsborough

Jefferson A. CuadraWest New York

Jamar K.DavisElizabeth

* ShawnM.DenningCranford

Jason Thomas DiPasqualeNewMilford

† Leanne B.DonlonBlairstown

* Sarah Ruth DwightRed Bank

* Michael EiblingConvent Station

† Khaled Z. El-BannaCranbury

Rachid J. ElkikFort Lee

Farqan KamalHarrison

John KimGlen Rock

Eric David KnorrMercerville

* Chris KolodziejWayne

† Hassan A. KrishtDearborn, MI

† Peter Carroll LaskarisWest Orange

* Christopher Thomas LepageOakland

Bo LiEdison

* Hui LinHarrison

* Mark Robert ListBloomfield

Patrick Anastas LiveseyNorthfield

Agostinho Sousa LivresBridgewater

† Joaquim LopesBloomfield

* Thomas F. LorysLinden

* KareemA. LoutfyCarteret

Christopher P.MacraeRandolph

Constantin NicoaraMateiescuPrinceton Junction

* Luis Carlos McReaNorth Bergen

* Leonardo R.MeraBloomfield

† Steve FariaPerth Amboy

† Benjamin S. FisherBrookside

Lawrence Alexander FranciscoPassaic

* RolandoAlberto GarciaAntunezLanding

* Jason J. GarciaWest New York

† AmgadA.GhalyJersey City

* Jonathan Stephen GrazianoBoonton

* Kirk GreenhouseMiddletown

Madonna N.HannaLodi

Christopher J. HatkeGreen Pond

Daniel Thomas HeimallSouth Amboy

Daniel S.HenriquesPerth Amboy

MichaelWilliamHetheringtonPort Monmouth

Muhammed Ehsanul HoqueNewark

Katrina Rachel HornsteinDuluth, MN

† Frederick K.HuangBloomingdale

* Robert J. HughesBrick

† Sameer S. JaffriEast Brunswick

* Jaeick JangPalisades Park

Jesse B. JesusKearny

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XXX

MateuszMichalecElmwood Park

† Aren RienaldoMillanMontclair

* JonathanMissonellieNewton

KilvinMitchell Jr.Dunellen

Ric A.MombayColonia

† Charles JonathanMondaltoHillside

* Kevin GeorgeMulliganRockaway

Tina Nadia NarineWest Orange

Gbandi NikabouNewark

* Michael John NolanJersey City

* Kevin Amenya NyamangororaEast Orange

David Olayiwola OladiranNewark

Aniel PadrinoSayreville

Salvatore F. ParisiMatawan

Ankur R. PatelParsippany

Andrew SuozzoOld Bridge

* Dawid SzastGarfield

Keivan Daniel TayebDumont

Andrew C. TomaselloBerkeley Heights

* Temitope Joel TowolawiRidgefield Park

† Joseph P. TrollWest Milford

Itoro O.UkpehNewark

* Thomas R.VegaGarfield

Harsh KaushikVyasBloomfield

Beata J.WecColonia

Liard N.WestonNorth Brunswick

Jaquoia TerlaneWorrellIrvington

† James R.YeagerUnion

John P. ZawisaFair Lawn

† Bhavin A. PatelJersey City

† Deepak PatelIselin

† Denish A. PatelJersey City

* Daniel R. PattersonOakland

* Brian R. PetersonEast Brunswick

Irvin Fan PhamRandolph

Davorin PiljicClifton

Edwin O. PimentelBloomfield

Partheepan RajaratnamEdison

* DavidW. SamuelCarteret

† Carlos E. SanchezKearny

* AnthonyVincent SforzaRahway

Daniel Peter ShabaNorth Haledon

John P. SheridanManchester

† Mithilsinh SisodiaClifton

* David SongPalisades Park

† Daniel Alexander StonkusMonmouth Junction

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COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

Taiwo Oluwatosin AdelaniNewark

WilsonAldahondoNewMilford

Sarah AlmukhtarRidgewood

Jaime AlvaradoCarteret

* AdamAmelchenkoPoint Pleasant Beach

Laura A.AsaibeneElmwood Park

Ali AslamNutley

Cory AttardoToms River

AngelenaMarie BadilloRoselle Park

† DenaA. BaskousAnchorage, AK

Gregory BassielyFreehold

Christina Ann BelleroBrick

* Christopher BrandPompton Lakes

Walter D. P. J. BrandtVienna

Eric Thomas BuckleyColonia

* Jose A. CamachoDayton

† Gregory CaponePaterson

Alexander John CarlsonSparta

Evangeline ChenFair Lawn

Richard J. CichonAvenel

Miguel A. ClarosVerona

Erin R. CollinsCalifon

GaudencioMartinezWest Orange

Jennifer S.MasottiSouth Salem, NY

Jason J.MattisonDover

* Nicole J.MirabelliPhillipsburg

Zachary C.MongioviKenilworth

TanzelaMonsoorNewark

Cynthia L.MontalvanRahway

Christopher D.MorellaMontvale

Joshua D.MurphyNewark

Ronald Joseph Nametko Jr.Manchester

† Maria Alekseevna NosovaWest Paterson

Brian Daniel NovelloRockaway

Raphael Kwame NyameOgoeToms River

Caitlin PalamaraSummit

Rafael I. ParedesElizabeth

Heli Pinillos GonzalezNewark

AgnieszkaM. PregowskaBridgewater

Anthony E. PrinciottaWestWindsor

† Alfio F. RaciteWoodbury

† Julian Junior RamosClifton

Carlos A. RodriguezHope Lawn

Andrew P. CoslowBayville

JustinM.CostaHazlet

Marco G. CusumanoCranford

* Eugene F.DassingCaldwell

Anirudh R.DhawanRandolph

Thomas Joseph DoresUnion

Kristi Leigh DrakePilesgrove

* Dominique I. DuroseauIrvington

William Logan EsareyTuckerton

* Julius R. EscalonAllendale

Christopher H. FranciscoNewark

Candido S. GudeStaten Island, NY

* Frank John GurdakCliffside Park

James C.HagelsteinLumberton

Kim Samantha HarrisRandolph

TinaM.HolmesNewark

* Majed I. IsamailLinden

Jihoon KimRutherford

* Aung Thu KyawWoodside, NY

Jacqueline LamMarlboro

* JamesMichael LopesElizabeth

Andrew L. LopezNewark

EnkelaMalellariLodi

AimeeMarianoNewMilford

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BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

NEW JERSEY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE


XXX

† Dominick Antonio RodriguezPrinceton

* Raquel RomeroBelleville

AlyssaMarie RoselliniTowaco

David J. RosenbaumWest Orange

† Erin Christine RossWayne

Fabian A. SaaNewark

ThomasWilliam SanquiniBrick

Jay TsaiHillsborough

* Adam F.ValenzuelaRidgefield Park

Ryan E.ValeseOcean

* JosephM.VivinoWayne

Hugh F.WetheredMontville

Christopher C.WhitleyPitman

Shawntel Marie YoungBrownington, VT

Jonathan Jacob SchaierFair Lawn

Jennifer L. SchmittRidgefield Park

StephenW. SchreyerEast Brunswick

* James Richard SchulenburgBasking Ridge

Peter J. SodermanParamus

Ryan Patrick SutherlandHarrisville, RI

AllanM. SylvesterHowell

JonathanM. TiongkoRochelle Park

Carmela Rosa TripodiMoonachie

Jair I. AlavaNewark

ChristopherM. BossaFreehold

† WalterW.ChitaAllendale

Carolyn CohenWhippany

Omar CorderoClifton

Alvaro DelgadoPaterson

* Lorin N.DiazGlassboro

† Ely DuranPassaic

* Lisa EdwardsEwing

* Nivien A. EltarraniMahwah

Alaine Anjelica FairweatherOcean

† HuyNguyen-DinhWest Hartford, CT

Loraine L.ObelloNewark

* Nelson Oswaldo ParadaBloomfield

Brian Edward PersaudJersey City

* Rachel F. PinnelasManalapan

† Pawel M. PregowskiBridgewater

Ray SalehBasking Ridge

* Matthew E. SassoNewark

* Cesar A. SerratoLinden

† AlesiaVictoria TrailStony Point, NY

* EmmaM.VinskiBridgewater

Dillon Andrew FernandoMonroe Township

Ivan O.GarciaHasbrouck Heights

Emily GranadenoNewark

† DesmondD.HayesLindenwold

Jonathan HincapiePaterson

AdnanHussainPaterson

Vasilios A. KalavrouziotisCherry Hill

Daniel R. KinsleyPearl River, NY

Zachary T. KnightOxford, PA

Michael R. LawsonLake Hiawatha

† Michael MudrykEastWindsor

Andres F.NaranjoBogota

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

Brian E. BorjaAvenel

James Scott Miller Jr.Piscataway

Allen Brian CatbaganJersey City

Reina L. GonzalezNorth Bergen

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND LIBERAL ARTS

APPLIED PHYSICS(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)Matthew R.C.AlbanoLodi

† Christopher Jonathan DalyDumont

* David Alexander GamarraClifton

† Naomi HauserWest Orange

John F. King Jr.Milford, DE

* Dhvanit MehtaEdison

* MatthewMonacoWest Caldwell

David E. RodriguezHarrison

DavidW. SuttonMarlboro

BIOLOGY(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)

*AnnaM.CastroHillside

Freeha Zahid ChaudhriJersey City

Joseph HannaJersey City

Katelyn Elizabeth KrynskiMiddletown

Ling LinHarrison

Swathi ManchikantiEdison

Royce ThomasMathewSyosset, NY

BharathMittapalliParamus

Natasha PandyaHasbrouck Heights

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)Joseph R. CorbettSouth River

* Carlos A. GarciaWest New York

* Janani RamkumarPlainsboro

Diana L. ReyesHarrison

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

* Matthew R.C.AlbanoLodi

* Karina L.AliagaLodi

Michael J. BellanichSouth Amboy

Phillip Derek BowdenWyckoff

* Temitope J. BrothersonHackensack

PauloMiguel CarlosCarteret

Fatima S. ElgammalWayne

Steven ElliottNewark

† Brian EmmanuelKearny

† Nadia A.GriffithsEast Orange

Jiaying Kary HeKearny

Kyle J.McCarthyCollingswood

Samil Madhusudan PatelPiscataway

Katie PiekielskiAtco

Scott John RietzeNewark

Zehra S. SadiqMount Laurel

Bhakti H. ShahHighland, NY

Monali ShahRockville, MD

Kiran G. ThomasWest Caldwell

KanWangAtlantic City

CHEMISTRY

Janaki ChandawallaAvenel

Mavis DennisJersey City

Alexander GurvitsColonia

* Veronika KharivSmithville

Yanal MerzaProspect Park

* Raymond J. SchweikertLakewood

* Dhwaniben Pravinkumar ShahParsippany

COMMUNICATION

SandyY.AwadWest Paterson

Christian D. CarrilloNorth Plainfield

† Elizabeth ChangParsippany

* Michael J. FerrughelliBelleville

* Katherine Rada HepfingerMason ,OH

* Glennis Sherefer Ray-JordanJersey City

Jeffrey David SciuecheMorganville

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE


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BIOLOGY(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)IkennaY.AchebeIrvington

Meena AladdinWayne

WagdiW.AssarWallington

Alex BritoHillside

David A. CentrellaHawthorne

SameepYogesh ChandraniPlainsboro

Charles EliasWest Caldwell

Amir S. FakhrzadehEast Brunswick

Tanima GangopadhyayJersey City

EvelynM.GonzalesNewark

† Michelle Mary JacobCloster

Anoop G. JosephNutley

Jane L. KimNewark

Eric LinMarlboro

NidaMahmoodHamilton

HISTORY(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)MarkA.DulayPassaic

MarkA. EspinosaNewark

Samelin S. FenelusIrvington

Michael F. GeorgiEast Brunswick

Andrew John KaczurAvenel

Brian Patrick LordMiddletown

* Silvia M.MendesUnion

† Michael Shawn SullivanBellmawr

Hala A. TahaWatchung

Michael C.WoyceEast Rutherford

Angela G.YeungEdison

Susie MegallaEast Brunswick

DivyaMirchandaniRutherford

Trushna N.MistryEast Hanover

MohammadN.NajibClifton

Urvashi J. PanditKendall Park

† Ashley A. PathickalTeaneck

Aleena Syed SabzwariFranklin Park

Noor SalamWarren

Ammar F. SaymehOld Bridge

* Mira Bhargav ShahPiscataway

Prapti Dipak ShahNorth Brunswick

† Razina E. ShiliwalaEdison

Bicky C.VettichiraYonkers, NY

Carmela J. ZoccaliClifton

COMMUNICATION

OluwaseunAladeseNewark

Kathryn LeeWightonWarren

Catherine N.MorrisonBloomingdale

† Falak NazClifton

Aminur RahmanKearny

Sandeep SinghCarteret

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY ANDSOCIETY

Atira GeorgeTeaneck

Mamaille Maille MainaMontclair

Brittney E.WalshHarrison

* Toai Dinh TranRockaway

Henry TsangGuttenberg

John Emmanuel Limon UmaliJersey City

Robert PatrickVellaOcean

Maria G.VictorUnion City

† Victor S.WahbaNorth Bergen

JingYuanBasking Ridge

BACHELOR OF ARTS

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SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

†Akbar ShamoonAhmadHighland Park

Arnel E.AlerteEastWindsor

Kyle J.AlvarezWest Orange

Alexander AmayaCliffside Park

* Michael A.AmegashieNewark

* Jose A.ArroyoNewark

Dimitri Anthony AthansWoolwich

† Christopher J. BacqueUnion Beach

* Edmund S. BannerEdison

* Alison T. BaumlinMonroe Township

Daniel O. BautistaPhillipsburg

Gregg E. BeckettStaten Island, NY

CharlesW. BellHaleiwa, HI

† Adrian R. BenjaminEast Orange

Michael BentoElizabeth

Michael A. BernardoSaddle Brook

† Rosalind BestOrange

* Sybrina C. BlissettSouth Orange

Sleiman BoulosHackettstown

Audrey BrittonWest Orange

† Andrea ButlerEdison

† Quaison David CarterTeaneck

Tanima ChaturvediFreehold

Jay D. KshatriyaLodi

Christa L. LapinigJersey City

* AlanM. LaQuagliaBloomfield

Oneeka Shandel LarocqueBelleville

† Amy LimRutherford

* Johnny LiuWayne

Sijia LiuEast Brunswick

Samuel F. LombardiNewark

Moussoukoro LyJersey City

† JasonMaengCherry Hill

Erik PerMagnussonNewark

Karen J.MarquesNewark

Jennifer MarquezBloomfield

* Jaclyn Brett McCaffreyBronx, NY

* Matthew F.MelodyUnion

Scott R.MilewskiFanwood

Mehrvish P.MirzaEdison

Spiro J.MolfetasWaldwick

AntonioMontuoriBloomfield

Carla NarvaezNewark

Erastus K.NdiranguLincoln Park

Louis NotoGarfield

Kehinde O.OyelolaRoselle

TaiwoA.OyelolaRoselle

† Mei Hua ChenEgg Harbor Township

Cosmin Lucian ChiujdeaNewark

Robert E. ColonNetcong

* Parthiv K.DalalJersey City

Philip Joseph D’AmoreWest Orange

Grismarie EchevarriaNewark

* Ryan Leonard EngEast Brunswick

Vanessa EngRidgefield Park

StephenAndrew EricksonEmerson

Miguel FarinasRidgefield

Veronica Giannine FranciaClifton

* Shahida GarnerWest Orange

* GaryWayne GarrisLedgewood

Marco L. GasparKearny

Tejpal S. GrewalWarren

Clarily GuzmanPerth Amboy

† Khalil H.HamiltonJersey City

† James Jeungho HanEastWindsor

* Asher HashmiJersey City

* Christopher F.HulseIselin

Mohammed Elsayed IbraheimRoselle Park

Joshua JohnBayonne

† AnumKalimParlin

† David KimDemarest

* Elizabeth S. KreherEdison

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS


XXX

Elizabeth PapanicolaouMontclair

† Christopher ParentiElizabeth

Darshan Kanti PatelPlainsboro

Kevin P. PatelSouth Plainfield

Mannan B. PatelVoorhees

† Carlos Eduardo PerezCranbury

Mark T. PerezTeaneck

Osvaldo PerezClifton

JeffreyWilliam E. Pierik-PagePlainfield

Cornelius Babatunde PopoolaNewark

Christopher D. RainesWest Orange

SoniaM. RealNewark

Daniel Herbert RichardsonJersey City

Anthony Barnes TunneroFlemington

Dhiraj VermaWarren

† Roger C.WangEast Brunswick

Gustav RagnarWarfvingNewark

* Herman F.WongHolmdel

Kevin Z. XiaoParsippany

MengchenYangHarrison

YuenYeeYeungKearny

SylviaVernaYoungNewark

Daniel James ZalinskyClark

Nathalie ZapataFair Lawn

* Xiaofei ZhaoMarietta, GA

Omar B. RimawiClifton

Brian L. RussellNewark

* FaizM. SafdarMount Laurel

Ashley A. SalazarSayreville

* Marie SamsonSpringfield

Gerard Hinlo SantaMariaJersey City

Erica Lynn SchultzWildomar, CA

† Christian J. SeesWayne

Gunjan S. ShahPiscataway

† Nilesh ShahJersey City

Christopher ShimMontville

Parandeep SinghNorth Brunswick

Mark SolonkovichNewMilford

Dasa StanimirovicNewark

† MonimeWanciqueIrvington

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT

Lailiane Christie LouzadaNewark

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

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COLLEGE OF COMPUTING SCIENCES

BIOINFORMATICS

* WasayM.HussainBergenfield

* Hajira Zia NaqviPine Brook

COMPUTER SCIENCE† Michael A. BarbosaNewark

† Sean Arthur BarstowFair Lawn

* Kunal BatraMorganville

† Michelle BeduPaterson

Nicholas R. BelottiRed Bank

BryanM. BenauroBrick

Steven Lewis BossieNorth Potomac, MD

Ronica S. BrisbonMaywood

* EdwardV. ChervenyakClark

Sahil ChoudharyWayne

† Erik A. CokeleyHightstown

Christopher L. CoraNewark

Kelli Jo CuriottoLincoln Park

Matthew GenbergWanaque

† KrishnaMurty GullapalliSuccasunna

* Vahid HamidullahUnion

* Raul E. RojasPaterson

Daniel Vincent RoseBergenfield

* Nelly H. SantosoSewaren

Kelly Kathleen SharpeOld Bridge

* Isaac SimRidgefield Park

David A. Smith IIBoonton

* MohamadNeal Marvin SugirinOld Bridge

Nicholas A.VelezMetuchen

Georgios N. ZavolasElizabeth

HUMAN COMPUTERINTERACTION(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)Kevin C.McMorrowNorwood

* Luis SuarezPerth Amboy

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Anthony JasonAliceaBayonne

† Sokol BedeniClifton

Ravi ChaudharyNewark

HichamDayjaJersey City

Shadi Shafik EltoukhyFarmingdale

Richard ArmandHeddyFranklin

Christopher HukushiBrick

Johmar JohnsonKearny

James KimFort Lee

Eric R. KoppelRutherford

JoshuaM.KotzClifton

* Jerry LinSpringfield

John LinShort Hills

* Alfred LombardiNorth Bergen

Anthony Robert LopezEast Rutherford

Jose Antonio Lozada GonzalezTrenton

* Michael JonMarks Jr.Browns Mills

JasonMartinToms River

* Nicole A.McKoyMatawan

Ricardo J.MercadoWest New York

Ryan JosephMetzgerToms River

† Daniel JohnMizerakGlen Burnie, MD

* Krishnapriya K.ModhColts Neck

† HakimAbdullahMohammedEdison

Christopher Robert OchsOcean Grove

Boney PatelNorth Bergen

Jason D. PearsonRockaway

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

XXX

Devon Carl FaceySouth Orange

James A.GrateWestfield

† Antonio GutierrezJersey City

† Anastasiya KrikunEdison

Kimberly L.MarkNorth Plainfield

Jason X.MeierPiscataway

Rohan NigamEdison

* Fiorella N. PezantesPerth Amboy

DamianAnthony ScottNewark

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

*Neil Edward AbadieSouth Amboy

Sharath S.AbrahamBogota

Edbert JohnAguilaClifton

† Jacob AgyemangNewark

* Michael AlfredoColonia

Tyler A.AutenMontville

† Drew BakkeRandolph

MauriceV. BestEast Orange

KevanM. BhattBelleville

* Jonathan R. BondocJersey City

† Daniel J. CamaroteMatawan

* Steve A.HogarthNeptune

David Charles HollOld Bridge

* JasonM. IannelliWashington Twp

Bilal KhanPompton Lakes

Marjan Hamid KhanNutley

† Charles D. KimEdison

* Adriaan KlaassenHoboken

* Sandra E. LafayetteNew Brunswick

Christopher E. LeeLincoln Park

Jeffrey Thomas LiuLivingston

Hector Lopez-SilveroNewark

* ThomasM.MarraffiniWashington Twp

Pinank N.MashruwalaNorth Brunswick

AlexanderMedinaPassaic

BrunoMendezKearny

Christopher A.MillerHawthorne

* Amber E.MorriseyFrisco, TX

Ryan Griffith NoonWyckoff

* Jose Luis Ortiz Jr.Irvington

Sahar OsmanParlin

† Michael Leonard PalumboRidgefield

* Jean C. CastroWest Orange

† Aaron Bolante CervasBelleville

Chuan-Wei ChangBridgewater

* Kok Jian CheahEast Brunswick

AbrahamChoEnglewood Cliffs

ChristopherWilliam ConnellyLake Hiawatha

* Christopher J. Conover IINewark

* JeremyAdamDamstromMaywood

* Jasmeen DhanoaLodi

† Brian Phillip DiefenbachCranbury

* KeithM. EppihimerMount Laurel

Jose L. EspinozaUnion City

Erica Anne FeldmanHillsborough

FilipeM. FerreiraUnion

Bryce D. FlorekHopatcong

* Brian Alexander ForgotsonClifton

Lilia Ibet GarayPaterson

Jaymin Piyush GoswamiJersey City

Sameer GovilMarlboro

Erica L. GugliemellaEdison

* Keith F. GuiraoElmwood Park

Glenn D.HanlonHopatcong

* Hansika HegdeOld Bridge

Kartheek A.HegdeOld Bridge

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Paul L. ParadaWest Orange

Akash Dhiru PatelPennington

Kaushal PatelPine Brook

* Reginald Santera PiliHamilton

Jose Carlos RamirezWest Paterson

Davis H. RanaPassaic

* John RecineEdison

Robert Michael Reese IIMount Laurel

† James R. StumpSaddle Brook

* Brian SylvesterHowell

Robert John SzpilaFairfield

* Kostandinos TaburasFlemington

Andrew J. TolentinoGalloway

AaronAdamVanBlarcomAllendale

Kevin J.WagnonTinton Falls

† Prabhat Kiran ZutshiJersey City

* AnthonyM.RegoHackensack

* JosephM.RodriguezSpringfield

Adrian Jamil RogersPemberton

Vincent R. ScuorzoMarlboro

Luv K. ShahPiscataway

FormanMoore Shemeley IVDelran

* Vladimir SkorykHamilton

† Benjamin SmithNewark

Gary A. SmithMaplewood

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COMPUTER SCIENCE(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)

* JohnV. Bellone Jr.Tuckerton

* Ahmad F. FahmyClifton

† Imsuk KimFort Lee

Hyacinthe NkurunzizaPaterson

† Bharat SheladiaIselin

† RenonW. StewartClifton

RomelW.MontoyaBelleville

† Peter Busayo OderantiVauxhall

Shyam P.OzaBergenfield

Brian D. PiccoliLincoln Park

Tafari D.WalkerKenilworth

INFORMATION SYSTEMS(Degree conferred jointly by NJITand Rutgers-Newark)

* Peter M. BerndSwedesboro

* Dongho ChoiPrinceton

Francis Antredu CodjoeNorth Brunswick

* JohnM.GuirguisDayton

† Sherry Denise HamptonNewark

Matthew T. LuminosoUnion Beach

Felix AlbertoMontanezBayonne

JoaquinMontoyaLittle Falls

BACHELOR OF ARTS

ALBERT DORMAN HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS

Khaldoon E. Abu-HakmehUyiosa A. AbusomwanShivang B. AdhyaruBabajide Ayotola AkeredoluMeena AladdinOluwaseun AladeseMatthew R.C. AlbanoSarah AlmukhtarEric Azim BacchusCarlo BadiolaRojan BanmaliSteven Paul BarberaGregory BassielyKunal BatraMichael J. BellanichMark Andrew BirosAlex BritoJacqueline Sarah BunnerLuis Felipe BustamanteJoseph A. CaiolaFabian CasteblancoIvan A. CaviesesSameep Yogesh ChandraniSahil ChoudharyErin R. CollinsChristopher J. ConoverAndrew P. CoslowChristopher Jonathan DalyAnirudh R. DhawanKati R. DiRaimondoNavin DusejaBryan M. EhnesFatima S. ElgammalRachid J. ElkikSteven ElliottWilliam Logan EsareyChinedu EzebuirohAmir S. FakhrzadehErica Anne FeldmanMatthew GenbergMichael GreendykCandido S. GudeAlexander GurvitsVahid HamidullahGlenn D. Hanlon

Andrew P. RocheAdrian Jamil RogersDaniel Vincent RoseAlyssa Marie RoselliniZehra SadiqRimi SahuEnrique Saro-NunezJennifer L. SchmittBhakti H. ShahMonali ShahMunish ShahPrachi ShahAlan SinghDeepika SinghJaskiran SinghMithilsinh SisodiaMacie J. SprychaRyan Patrick SutherlandAleena Syed SabzwariMariya Shabbir TohfafaroshAndrew C. TomaselloHenry TsangJohn Emmanuel Limon UmaliTyler C. VandervalkBicky C. VettichiraAvneesh VigJoseph M. VivinoEdwin J. Walker Jr.Beata J. WecHugh F. WetheredAaron Jacob WeyChristopher C. WhitleyPiotr WiszowatyHerman F. WongPeter WongMichael C. WoyceHang WuMatthew S. YoussefAdrian Zielinski

Joseph HannaAnnacler Harris-BlevinRichard Armand HeddyHorane HenryMostafa N. HigaziClifford HilaireDavid Charles HollMuhammed Ehsanul HoqueKatrina Rachel HornsteinPhillip Robert InceJonathan JamesJesse B. JesusVanessa E. JorgeAnoop G. JosephJoseph C. JuzwinCrystal R. KaniaTezveer Singh KharaJane L. KimMichael R. LawsonEric LinJohn LinLing LinVinskey LouissaintKareem A. LoutfyNida MahmoodSwathi ManchikantiJennifer S. MasottiJessica MavadiaKyle J. McCarthySusie MegallaDivya MirchandaniAmber E. MorriseyCatherine N. MorrisonSalman Haider NaqviTina Nadia NarineLouis NotoBrian Daniel NovelloEdrian S. NuguidUrvashi J. PanditRafael I. ParedesKaushal PatelBrian R. PetersonSteffen A. PharaiKatie PiekielskiLekshmi Kandh PillaiAminur RahmanJonathan Raul RegoDiana L. Reyes

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HONORS DESIGNATION

Honors Scholar— graduate of the Albert Dorman Honors College

HONORS DESIGNATIONS

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Mohamed M. AbdallatifUyiosa A. AbusomwanDuarte BarreiroMichael J. BellanichLuis Felipe BustamanteReniery CevallosChristopher William ConnellyAmitkumar Thakorbhai DesaiJigarkumar K. DoshiMeghan Marie ElsmanKevin FlynnRolando Alberto Garcia AntunezJoseph HannaKatrina Rachel HornsteinMichelle Mary Jacob

Christopher Robert OchsLisa Marie PetersonLekshmi Kandh PillaiAdrian SapunxhiuBhakti H. ShahPrapti Dipak ShahJaskiran SinghMithilsinh SisodiaMariya Shabbir TohfafaroshAvneesh VigBeata J. WecAaron Jacob WeyHerman F. WongMatthew Richard YoungAdrian Zielinski

Jason Robert JawidzikAnoop G. JosephCrystal R. KaniaRazmenka LazoroskaChristian Michael LigaMichael Carlo LipariJeffrey Thomas LiuLailiane Christie LouzadaJessica MavadiaKyle J. McCarthySusie MegallaMatthew MonacoSanga Tekou MutahSalman Haider NaqviCarla NarvaezLouis NotoEdrian S. Nuguid

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MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Khaldoon E. Abu-HakmehFrancisco Javier AgreloDavid Paul AguannoBabajide Ayotola AkeredoluMeena AladdinOluwaseun AladeseBryce Henry AnzelmoFrank C. ArmstrongRobert AugustynowiczCarlo BadiolaGregory BassielyKunal BatraAlison T. BaumlinAndrew John BlissJames P. Brady IIIBryan K. BrouhardJoseph A. CaiolaDaniel J. CamaroteChristopher Robert CarlsonAllen Brian CatbaganDaniel Armando ChavezSilvestre Antonio CompresChristopher J. Conover IIMichael CorreaJefferson A. CuadraKati R. DiRaimondoRoham DowlatyariSarah Ruth DwightRachid J. ElkikSteven Elliott

Goran MilovanovicAmber E. MorriseyTariq MoujtahidBrian Daniel NovelloAniel PadrinoAkash Dhiru PatelBhavik R. PatelHiral K. PatelKaushal PatelKrunal J. PatelBrian R. PetersonKatie PiekielskiAminur RahmanAleena Syed SabzwariFaraz SafaieMatthew R. SeptakPrachi ShahJamieson Robert SimmsDeepika SinghArtur StefaniakDawid SzastAndrew C. TomaselloKevin D. TrangoneBicky C. VettichiraEdwin J. Walker Jr.Michael C. WoyceHang WuJumanah YasminJiheon Yoon

Vadim ErgardtWilliam Logan EsareyChinedu EzebuirohErica Anne FeldmanBryce D. FlorekMatthew GenbergMichael GreendykKrishna Murty GullapalliGlenn D. HanlonAnnacler Harris-BlevinHorane HenryMostafa N. HigaziMuhammed Ehsanul HoqueRobert J. HughesChristopher HukushiSyed N. HussainJesse B. JesusJoshua JohnMichael R. LawsonJohn LinLing LinAriel LippmanVinskey LouissaintKareem A. LoutfyErik Per MagnussonNida MahmoodJennifer S. MasottiBruno MendezMateusz MichalecCaleb Dean Miller

HONORS DESIGNATIONS

The following designations are based upon cumulative grade point averages achieved priorto the spring semester:summa cum laude— with highest praise magna cum laude— with great praise cum laude— with praisegrade point average 3.85 - 4.00 grade point average 3.65 - 3.84 grade point average 3.40 - 3.64

CUM LAUDE

Shivang B. AdhyaruHeme H. AdlyJacob AgyemangMatthew R.C. AlbanoKarina L. AliagaSarah AlmukhtarVitor M. AntunesMaxemous G. AtallaDimitri Anthony AthansEric Azim BacchusRojan BanmaliMichael A. BarbosaSokol BedeniMark Andrew BirosBrian E. BorjaPablo BoteroAlex BritoTemitope J. BrothersonFabian CasteblancoJean C. CastroSameep Yogesh ChandraniElizabeth ChangMarsha ChangShankha B. ChaudhuriCosmin Lucian ChiujdeaAbraham ChoDongho ChoiErin R. CollinsAndrew P. CoslowPhilip Joseph D’AmoreParthiv K. DalalJoshua S. DelshadPhilip R. DemberJasmeen DhanoaJohn Daniel DiFilippoNavin DusejaBryan M. EhnesFatima S. ElgammalCharles EliasStephen Andrew EricksonAmir S. FakhrzadehSteve FariaThomas P. FarinaRoss FloresVeronica Giannine FranciaLawrence Alexander FranciscoLilia Ibet Garay

Brian D. PiccoliReginald Santera PiliJo-Ann M. QuevedoAlexis Gerardo Quintero CastroJanani RamkumarAnthony M. RegoJonathan Raul RegoAnees Ur. RehmanAndrew P. RocheTiago F. RodriguesDominick Antonio RodriguezAdrian Jamil RogersDaniel Vincent RoseErin Christine RossZehra S. SadiqRoger Oscar SaezMarie SamsonEdward Rodolfo SanchezThomas William SanquiniPaul J. SaporitoDamian Anthony ScottForman Moore Shemeley IVCarol SinclairAlan SinghSandeep SinghMohamad Neal Marvin SugirinMichael TimkoRaymond Joseph Tintle IIIGerardo TolentinoDaniela TolovChristopher M. TrebiskyJay TsaiAnthony Barnes TunneroTyler C. VandervalkRuel VillahermosaJuan David Villamil OsorioJoseph M. VivinoVictor S. WahbaChristopher C. WhitleyTimothy James WiersielisPiotr WiszowatyPeter WongMengchen YangJing Yuan

Gary Wayne GarrisVincent J. GervasoniReina L. GonzalezCandido S. GudeAlexander GurvitsVahid HamidullahAbdelfattah HammadMadonna N. HannaMina M. HannaJiaying Kary HeRichard Armand HeddyHansika HegdeClifford HilaireSimon HuynhPhillip Robert InceTimothy T. JonesVanessa E. JorgeJoseph C. JuzwinAndrew J. KelemenTezveer Singh KharaVeronika KharivJames KimZachary T. KnightEric R. KoppelAnastasiya KrikunAndrew P. KubiakEric LinBoyi LiuAgostinho Sousa LivresAshar MahmoodMamaille Maille MainaEnkela MalellariSwathi ManchikantiKimberly L. MarkMiroslaw MazurKyrillos M. MesehaJames Scott Miller Jr.Bharath MittapalliCynthia L. MontalvanJoaquin MontoyaRomel W. MontoyaCatherine N. MorrisonTina Nadia NarineBrian M. NovakSilvana M. OrtizRafael I. ParedesDominic S. PassanitaBhavita A. PatelPinkesh PatelAshley A. PathickalJason Paul PeachFiorella N. Pezantes

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSION

Daniel AmbrosePiero ArmenanteMichael A. BaltrushBasil BaltzisRobert BaratGolgen BenguMichael BieberAthanassios BladikasMarybeth BogerIsabel BraceroSylvana BritoBruce BukietMark BullockJames M. CalvinRong ChenNancy W. CoppolaRoy H. CornelyEugene DeessRichard W. EganRose FedericiAlexandra FileusAnthony Fiory

Elaine FrazierRichard GarberSol GlasteinJorge GolowaschRolanne HenryC.T. Thomas HsuWalid HubbiWilliam HunterDawn KlimovichBurt KimmelmanTalina KnoxLou KondicWalter KononKim KramerFrederick A. LittleNeil MaherMohamed MahgoubAlbert MartinezRobert MoranPriscilla NelsonCharles NievesGeorge W. OlsenBryan J. Pfister

Laramie PottsPaul RankyLynn RikerKaren RoachDaniel SalandJulian ScherAnthony W. SchumanJohn SchuringLaurent SimonCheickna SyllaGordon A. ThomasLeroy ThomasWilliam C. Van BuskirkZhi WeiGerald WhitmanJohn WigginsCyndi Wilson

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READERS

Janet BodnerCharles Brooks

John EganNorbert ElliotCarol Johnson

Robert LynchJerome Paris

MARSHALS

GONFALON CARRIERS

Newark College of EngineeringMaria Tohfafarosh

College of Architecture and DesignBrian Novello

College of Science and Liberal ArtsBhakti H. Shah

COMMISSION

Andrew Patrick Roche

School of ManagementLouis Noto

Albert Dorman Honors CollegeFatima Elgammal

College of Computing SciencesErica Feldman

AlumniSteven B. Saperstein ’84President, Alumni Associationof NJIT

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AWARDS

AWARDS EARNED FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THEYEAR OF GRADUATION

American Council on Education NetworkScholarship for Undergraduate WomenMariya Tohfafarosh

Banerjee ScholarshipOvril Maddan

Bergmann ScholarshipOvril Maddan

Alvin Cohan ScholarshipAndrew Tomasello

Construction Roundtable ScholarshipBrian Novak

Dr. Allan R. Cullimore ScholarshipChristopher SanFilippo

Dendrite ScholarshipKimberly Mark

Frank L. Dimitri ScholarshipKyrillos Meseha

Dingler Foundation ScholarshipIkenna Achebe

Norma Eng-Wong Memorial ScholarshipKati DiRaimondo

EOP Mobil Engineers ScholarshipOvril Maddan

EOP Panasonic Annual ScholarshipIkenna AchebeOvril Maddan

Exxon-Mobil ScholarshipMavis Dennis

Dr. Saul K. Fenster Expectional StudentScholarshipSusie Megalla

Dr. Saul K. Fenster Innovation inDesign AwardGiancarlo Fricano

Greenberg Farrow ScholarshipCynthia Montalvan

Solaia Henderson ScholarshipJesse JesusAvneesh Vig

Hess Foundation Merit AwardEdwin Walker

Hopper ScholarshipJoseph Hanna

Gordon S. Kalley ScholarshipMarsha Change

Morton A. Kreitchman ScholarshipRobert J. Hughes

Madame Mau Outstanding Female EngineeringStudent Endowment AwardKate BoardmanLekshmi Pillai

McGowan Family ScholarshipLekshmi Pillai

Merek E & T ScholarshipDeepika Singh

Newark Bay ScholarshipIkenna Achebe

Newark College of EngineeringOutstanding Senior Award–Biomedical EngineeringMariya Tohfafarosh

Newark College of EngineeringOutstanding Senior Award–Civil & Environmental EngineeringMatthew Young

Newark College of EngineeringOutstanding Senior Award–Electrical & Computer EngineeringSalman Naqvi

Newark College of EngineeringOutstanding Senior Award–Engineering TechnologyVinskey Louissaint

Newark College of EngineeringOutstanding Senior Award–Mechanical & Industrial EngineeringPhong Pham

Newark College of EngineeringOutstanding Senior Award–Otto H. York Department of Chemical,Biological & Pharmaceutical EngineeringRazmenka Lazoroska

New Jersey Institute of TechnologyBoard of Overseers ScholarshipMariya Tohfafarosh

AWARDS

AWARDS EARNED FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THEYEAR OF GRADUATIONNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyFaculty ScholarshipEric BacchusLuis F. BustamanteJoseph CaiolaKati DiRaimondoErica FeldmanJoseph HannKatrina Rachel HornsteinJesse JesusKimberly MarkSusie MegallaDivya MirchandaniZehra SadiqAndrew TomaselloJohn Umali

New Jersey Institute of TechnologyPresidential ScholarshipKatrina Rachel HornsteinTanzela MonsoorChristopher SanFilippoMariya TohfafaroshAvneesh Vig

New Jersey Outstanding ScholarsRecruitment Program ScholarshipErica Feldman

North Jersey American Institute ofChemical Engineers AwardPaul DupianoRandy MurilloLekshmi PillaiNicholas PersicoDeepika Singh

Omega Chi Epsilon Award–Chemical EngineeringRazmenka LazoroskaLekshmi Pillai

Otto H. York Department of Chemical,Biological & Pharmaceutical EngineeringDeepika Singh

William Paulus Jr. ScholarshipMarsha Chang

Pelson ScholarshipLuis F. Bustamante

Quasi Foundation ScholarshipIkenna AchebeHornae HenryAvneesh Vig

The Rosen Group Architecture DesignScholarshipCynthia Montalvan

Rufo Sanchez ScholarshipMarsha Chang

Saporito & Eckelmann Annual ScholarshipOvril Maddan

Schering-Plough ScholarshipKatrina Hornstein

Schoor DePalma & Canger GroupScholarshipKati DiRaimondo

Tartaglia Memorial ScholarshipJoseph Caiola

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GIFTS

IN RECOGNITION OF THE CLASS OF 2010

Proud parents, family and friends have recognized the accomplishments of individual membersof the Class of 2010. Gifts, in their honor, have been made to the university to provide supportfor future generations of graduates.

In honor of my sonOsagie Basil AgbohMagdalene Agboh

In honor of my sonOluwashina K. AlohunAdetutu Abdullah

In honor of my husbandGiovanny BedoyaLady G. Nunez

In honor of our sonCharles W. BellThe Bell Family

In honor of our sonAlexander M. CannaraKarmann & Lisa Cannara

In honor of our sonAlexander John CarlsonRon & Terry Carlson

In honor of our sonAllen Brian CatbaganMr. & Mrs. Danny Catbagan

In honor of my sonKevin CiszakJoanne Ciszak

In honor of our mom & wifeCarolyn CohenHutch, Kelly, Charlie, Matt, Sarah & Joe

In honor of my daughterDicknery DiazDinery DeHart

In honor of our sonAndrew Robert FeeneyCindy & Dan Feeney

In honor of our daughterErica Anne FeldmanThe Feldman Family

In honor of my sonRoss FloresRosalia Flores

In honor ofVincent J. GervasoniYour Family

In honor of our daughterRashi GrewalHarjeet & Kalwant Grewal

In honor of my wifeNirupama GuptaSurendra Kumar

In memory of the lateSmt. Shantr DevrSurendra Kumar

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In honor of our sonDavid Charles HollMr. & Mrs. Kevin Charles Holl

In honor of our sonPhilip LopesIsabel, Tony, & Mike Lopes

In honor of my sonJaime W. LópezElsa Lubina López

In of our son & brotherChristopher P. MacraeMom, Dad & Cori

In honor of our daughterAimee MarianoThe Family of Aimee Mariano

In honor of our sonEric NersesianMarie & Roy Nersesian

In honor of my husbandIvan PadrónElisandra Padrón

In honor of our cousinRafael I. ParedesMauricio, Luisa, Samuel & Sofia Paredes

In honor of our sonJamieson Robert SimmsMom & Doug

In honor of our sonJohn P. ZawisaGeorge & Adele Zawisa

In honor of our sonAdrian ZielinskiGrazyna & Wieslaw Zielinski

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IN RECOGNITION OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Members of the Class of 2010 have recognized the extraordinary people whose support hashelped them throughout their academic career. Gifts in their honor have been made to theuniversity to assist future students.

In honor of my momMagdalene AgbohOsagie Basil Agboh

In honor of my mom, grandfather & sisterCarmen Huancaya, Jose Huancaya, Zayda BalcazarRenzo E. Balcazar

In honor of my dad & momShivashanker & Bhanumati BhattParashar Bhatt

In honor of my husbandHarvey CohenCarolyn Cohen

In honor of my momMarie MooreDimith Guillaume

In honor of my wifeDelphine JonesBernard Anthony Jones

In honor of my fatherMuhammed Mushtaq MalikIkhlaq A. Malik

In honor of my mom, dad & brotherJanet, Michael & Casey McCarthyKyle J. McCarthy

In honor of my dadLetroy MedoisRoly Medois

In memory of momThe late Ruth MaruchaKevin A. Nyamangorora

In honor of my dadGeorge MaruchaKevin A. Nyamangorora

In honor of my wifeElisandra PadrónIvan Padrón

In honor of my mother & fatherElvira & Roberto RamirezJose Carlos Ramirez

In honor of my mom & dadHerman L. Richardson & Linda B. RichardsonDaniel H. Richardson

In honor of my momDingzhen FengXiaoying Wu

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Hon. Chris Christie (Ex-Officio)Governor of the State of New Jersey

Hon. Cory A. Booker (Ex-Officio)Mayor of the City of Newark

Kathleen Wielkopolski (Chair)Formerly of The Gale Company

Stephen P. DePalma, PE, ’72 (Vice Chair)Chairman and CEO (Ret.)Schoor DePalma, Inc.

Vincent L. DeCaprio ’72, PhD (Vice Chair)President (Ret.)Vyteris, Inc.

Philip K. BeachemPresidentNew Jersey Alliance for Action

Dennis M. BonePresidentVerizon New Jersey, Inc.

Peter A. Cistaro ’68Vice President (Ret.)Gas DeliveryPublic Service Electric andGas Company

Elizabeth (“Liz”) Garcia, PE, ’73Manager, Public AffairsInfineum USA, LP

Anthony J. Knapp Jr.Proprietor (formerly)Black Horse Restaurant Group

Mariel O’BrienAstronomy & Physics EducatorNewark Museum

Binay Sugla, PhDChairman and CEOMobile Matrix, Inc.

Derish M.WolffChairmanBerger Group Holdings, Inc.

BOARD OF OVERSEERS

Emil C. Herkert, PE, DEE (Chair)Chairman and CEO (Ret.)Hatch Mott MacDonaldInfrastructure and Environment

Charles R. Dees, Jr., PhD(President and COO of the Foundation)Vice President, University AdvancementNJIT

Henry A. Mauermeyer ’72, ’74(Assistant Treasurer and Secretary of the Board)Senior Vice President for Administration andTreasurer, NJIT

Robert A. Altenkirch, PhDPresident, NJIT

Richard S. Bowles III, PhDExecutive Vice President andChief Compliance OfficerMerck & Co., Inc.

Gabriel P. CaprioPresident and Chief Executive Officer (Ret.)Amalgamated Bank

Norma J. Clayton ’81Vice President of Learning,Training and DevelopmentThe Boeing Company

James J. Coleman, Jr., Esq.ChairmanInternational Matex Tank Terminals

Nicholas M. DeNichilo ’73, ’78President and COOHatch Mott MacDonald

Rodney L. Dickens ’85President, Allegheny PowerAllegheny Energy, Inc.

Carlos DominguezSenior Vice PresidentOffice of the Chairman and CEOCisco Systems, Inc.

Albert A. Dorman, FAIA ’45Founding Chairman (Ret.)AECOM Technology Corporation

Irwin Dorros, PhDConsultantDorros Associates

Jerome Drexler ’55, PhDChairman and President (Ret.)Drexler Technology Corporation

Caren L. Freyer-DeSouzaVice President, DirectorNew Jersey Governmental RelationsParsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.

John J. Fumosa ’74Account ManagerSkanska USA

David C. GarfieldPresident (Ret.)Ingersoll-Rand Company

J. Robert Hillier, FAIAFounder, Hillier ArchitectureJ. Robert Hillier

Patrick J. McGowan ’88PresidentMcGowan Builders, Inc.

Raymond J. McGowan ’64Executive Vice President (Ret.)ExxonMobil Chemical Company

James G. MedeirosVice PresidentUnited Parcel Service

Vincent Naimoli ’62Chairman and CEOAnchor Industries InternationalChairman Emeritus/FounderTampa Bay Rays

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John J. NallinVice President (Ret.)United Parcel Service

George M. Newcombe ’69, Esq.PartnerSimpson Thacher & Bartlett

John H. Olson ’61, ’66Managing Director (Ret.)Northeast RegionMorgan Stanley

Veronica G. Pellizzi ’84Senior Vice PresidentBusiness SolutionsVerizon Communications

Robert D. Polucki ’66, Esq.Corporate Counsel and Secretary (Ret.)Ricoh Corporation

Louis E. PrezeauPresident and CEOCity National Bank of New Jersey

Teresa Truppi Prieto ’83General ManagerEngineered Coatings & Surface TechnologiesBASF Catalysts LLC

Thomas V. ReillyVice President and General ManagerTurner Construction Company

Philip L. Rinaldi ’68Private Equity InvestorPegasus Capital

John W. Seazholtz ’59Chairman of the BoardWestell Technologies

Donald H. Sebastian, PhDSenior Vice President forResearch and DevelopmentNJIT

Stephanie TonicSenior Vice PresidentWachovia Bank

Martin Tuchman ’62Chief Executive OfficerKingstone Capital 5

Michael A. WallExecutive Vice PresidentAccelerant Sales Group

Derish M.WolffChairmanBerger Group Holdings, Inc.

Victor A. Pelson (Emeritus)Senior Advisor (Ret.)UBS Warburg LLC

Joseph T. Welch III ’62 (Emeritus)Division President (Ret.)BD

UNIVERSITY OFFICERS

Robert A. Altenkirch, PhDPresident

Henry A. Mauermeyer ’72, ’74Senior Vice President for Administrationand Treasurer

Donald H. Sebastian, PhDSenior Vice President for Researchand Development

Joel Bloom, EdDVice President for Academic and Student Servicesand Dean, Albert Dorman Honors College

Charles R. Dees, Jr., PhDVice President for University Advancement

Theodore Johnson, PhDVice President for Human Resources andExecutive Director of Compliance, Trainingand Community Relations

Henry J. Ross, PhDChief of Staff, Office of the President

Holly Stern, JDGeneral Counsel

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HISTORY OF NJIT

The New Jersey Institute of Technology that weknow today has a rich history with its beginningsdeveloping from the industrial age. Like many ofthe port cities around the world, the Newark ofthe late 19th century was a thriving industrialcenter. Its factories churned out thread, metals,paints and leather goods. In Newark, ThomasEdison set the stage at his Ward Street factory forhis later astounding achievements, and Edisonrival EdwardWeston established the first factoryin the United States for commercial productionof dynamo electric machines.

On March 24, 1880, the Essex CountyAssemblyman in the state legislature introduced“An Act to Provide for the Establishment ofSchools of Industrial Education.” The NewarkBoard of Trade sponsored the bill. The Actestablished three schools of industrial educa-tion: one in Newark, one in Trenton, and one inHoboken. The first Board of Trustees met on July1, 1884. The Newark Technical School opened onMonday, February 9, 1885 with 88 students whoattended despite a terrible snowstorm.

The first class, mostly evening students, attendedclasses in a rented building at 21 West ParkStreet. Soon the facility became inadequate tohouse an expanding student body. To meet theneeds of the growing school, a second fund-raiser—the institution’s first capital cam-paign—was launched to support the construc-tion of a dedicated building for NewarkTechnical School. In 1886, under the leadershipof the school’s dynamic first director, Dr.Charles A. Colton, the cornerstone was laid atthe intersection of High Street and SummitPlace for the three-story building later to benamed Weston Hall in honor of the institu-tion’s early benefactor. A laboratory building,later to be called Colton Hall, was added to thecampus in 1913. Daniel Hodgdon served as thedirector of Newark Technical School from 1918to 1920.

Under Dr. Allan R. Cullimore, who led theinstitution from 1920 to 1949, the modestNewark Technical School was transformed intothe robust Newark College of Engineering.Campbell Hall was erected in 1925. During thelean years of the Depression and World War II,only the former Newark Orphan Asylum, nowEberhardt Hall, was purchased and renovatedby the college.

The post-war period was one of enormousactivity during which President Cullimore—liketoday’s post-Cold War university presidents—challenged the college to turn “war-time think-ing into peace-time thinking.” In 1946, about 75percent of the freshman class had served in thearmed forces. Robert W. Van Houten was actingpresident of NJIT from 1947 until 1950 whenthe board of trustees named him president.Cullimore Hall was built in 1958 and two yearslater the old Weston Hall was razed and replacedwith the current seven-story structure. Doctorallevel programs were introduced and six yearslater, in 1966, an 18-acre, four-building expan-sion was completed.William Hazell succeededDr. Van Houten as president of NJIT in 1970.

In 1973, with the addition of the New JerseySchool of Architecture, the institution hadevolved into a technological university, empha-sizing a broad range of graduate and under-graduate degrees and dedication to significantresearch and public service. A stronger-than-ever Newark College of Engineering remainedintact, but a new university name—New JerseyInstitute of Technology—signified the institu-tion’s expanded mission.

A broadened mission called for the creation ofa residential campus and the opening of NJIT’sfirst dormitory, Redwood Hall, in 1979 began aperiod of steady growth that continues today.Under the leadership of Saul K. Fenster, whoserved as president of NJIT from 1978 to 2002,two new schools were established at the univer-sity during the 1980s, the College of Scienceand Liberal Arts in 1982 and the School ofManagement in 1988. The Albert Dorman

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Honors College was established in 1994, andthe College of Computing Sciences was createdin 2001. In 2008, New Jersey School ofArchitecture was reconstituted as the College ofArchitecture and Design.

Today, with its four-pronged mission ofeducation, research, service and economicdevelopment, the university plays a critical rolein shaping New Jersey’s future. As a majorpublic technological university, NJIT is animportant conduit through which technologyflows into society.

University researchers seek new knowledge toimprove processes and products for industry.Through public and private partnerships andeconomic development efforts, the universityhelps to grow new business ventures that fuelthe economy. NJIT’s research program isamong the fastest-growing in the nation andranks among the top ten technological univer-sities in the nation for research expenditures.

The university’s extensive community outreachand economic development programs includethe Enterprise Development Center (EDC),New Jersey’s first and largest small-businessincubator—one of the top 25 in the nation—focusing on high-technology companies andminority-owned businesses.

NJIT has been designated a Center of AcademicExcellence in Information Assurance Educationby the National Security Agency.

As the state’s Homeland Security TechnologySystems Center, NJIT serves as a consultant fortechnology evaluation and develops prototypesof integrated homeland security systems fortesting, demonstration and training. The Centerfocuses on areas already identified by the federalgovernment as vitalto national security: intelli-gence and warning, border and transportationsecurity, protecting critical infrastructure and keyassets, emergency preparedness and response,and defending against catastrophic threats anddomestic counter-terrorism.

NJIT’s educational programs prepare studentsto be leaders in the technology-dependenteconomy of the 21st century. Our educationalprograms grow out of a century-long traditionof academic excellence, and our student body isone of the most diverse in the United States.Ninety-eight percent of NJIT’s full-time facultyhold the terminal degree for their field. Theuniversity’s faculty:student ratio is 1:13.

NJIT is ranked in the nation’s top tier of nationalresearch universities, according to the U.S. NewsandWorld Report’s 2009 Annual Guide toAmerica’s Best Colleges.U.S. News also namedNJIT the nation’s seventh most diverse institutionof higher education and 19th in the nation amongthe most popular national universities based onyield rate. According to Forbes.com,NJIT ranksamong the nation’s 25 “most connected” campuses.The Princeton Review named NJIT among thenation’s top 25 campuses for technology and as oneof the nation’smost environmentally responsiblecampuses. In a study by Academic Analytics,NJIT was tenth among research universitiesspecializing in science, technology, engineeringand math based on faculty scholarly productivity.In addition,Diverse Issues in Higher Educationranks NJIT among the nation’s leading schools forgraduating minority engineering and computerscience students.

NJIT’s goal for the next decade is to be recognizedas a top-ranked public research university, as anational leader in the education of underrepre-sented groups for the technological professions,and as a catalyst for a healthy New Jersey economy.

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TRADITION OF COMMENCEMENT

he pageantry and tradition of college anduniversity commencement ceremonies

originated more than 800 years ago in medievaluniversities of Europe.

These early universities were bodies or guilds ofstudents who took their name from the Latin worduniversitas,meaning a number of persons associat-ed into one guild or community. These guilds werededicated to the mastery of the arts and sciences.The master’s or doctoral degree denoted full mem-bership in the guild and admitted the recipient tothe practice of teaching. The bachelor’s degree, onthe other hand, originally indicated only that therecipient had entered a course of study leading tothe doctorate or master’s. Later, the baccalaureatecame to signify the completion of one level ofstudy preparatory to higher degrees.

The term “commencement,” which means begin-ning, originally referred to the occasion on whichthe student received the master’s degree and “com-menced” his career. Today, however, all levels ofdegrees are conferred at commencement.

Academic caps, gowns and hoods developed grad-ually from the long flowing robes that the teacherswore to protect themselves from the cold of themedieval buildings. As the scholars of the timewere usually clerics, their robes differed little fromthose used by the church orders. Slowly, certainstyles were designated for the universities, andthese, with minor modifications, are the costumesworn today. Hoods were originally fashioned afterthe monk’s cowl. The cap, with its tassels, evolvedfrom the skull caps of the scholar-monks. InFrance, where the degree system probably began,wearing the cap and gown marked the formaladmission of the student to the body of masters.

Today, academic regalia is standardized by theAmerican Intercollegiate Code.

In the United States it is traditional for academi-cians to wear the gown and hood of the universitywhere they received their highest degree.

The gowns of bachelor’s and master’s degree can-didates are usually without trimmings, whereasthose for the doctoral degree are faced down thefront with velvet and adorned with three velvetbars on the sleeves. The hood, a triangular fold ofcloth worn over the back of the gown, is faced withcolors which signify the field of study in which thedegree is earned. The colors of the lining are thoseof the college or university which granted thedegrees. The length of the hood increases witheach higher degree.

The cap may be the stiff-crown style (mortar-board), or the soft tam. The tassel for bachelor’sand master’s is black or color appropriate to themajor; those of doctor’s are black or golden. Thetassel is worn on the left side by those who havereceived a degree.

These colorful traditions culminate today in theacademic procession and the commencement cere-mony itself. They carry with them the splendorand majesty that is properly associated with such ahappy and important occasion and help remind usof the long tradition of higher education.

THE MACE

The mace, used today as a symbol of authority,also dates back to medieval times when it was usedfor an offensive weapon. Made wholly or partly ofmetal, and often spiked, it was used especially forbreaking armor.

In time, it became a staff borne by, carried before,or placed near a magistrate or other dignitary asan ensign of his authority.

The university’s mace is carried in the academicprocession, immediately preceding the undergradu-ate degree candidates. Presented as a class gift in theearly 1950’s, it is thirty inches in length and is markedat the head by the Bronze Seal of the university.

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THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION

The use of medallions or large medals, as sym-bols of office and authority, is also a traditionstemming from medieval times.

The presidential medallion of the university isstruck in silver and bears the official universitySeal. It is worn about the neck by the presidentof the university on ceremonial occasions.

The medallion was presented to the university in1968 by the Alumni Association.

THE GONFALONS

Gonfalons, the insignia or symbols first used byprinces or states in medieval Italy, have in recenttimes become widely used by colleges of majoruniversities. The 1987 commencement ceremonymarked their first processional use by New JerseyInstitute of Technology. Each of the NJIT collegesis identified by its own symbol and by the year ofits establishment.

Newark College of Engineeringhas as its ensign a chess rook, anancient symbol associated withengineering and problem-solvingas well as an early device in her-aldry. It is shown on a field of aca-demic orange with the year 1919,as the date when degrees were firstauthorized for the college.

College of Architecture & Designcarries as its symbol a representa-tional column head, the classicdenotation of the discipline whichis used throughout the college. Itis shown on a field of blue violet,the academic color, and bears theyear designation of 1973.

College of Science and Liberal Artsis identified by a lamp, anothermedieval symbol, commonly seenas a source of intellectual, moraland spiritual illumination. Thewhite and gold of the bannerencompasses both arts and lettersand theoretic and applied aspects ofscience. The college was organizedas a degree-granting entity in 1982.

The American eagle in flight isthe pictorial representation ofthe School of Management,symbolizing vision, control andintegrity. Often depicted on coinageand currency, the eagle enjoys a his-torical tie to business and manage-ment and is shown against lightbrown, the academic color of itsdiscipline.

The Albert Dorman HonorsCollege, represented by a scroll,was established in 1994. Thecollege aims to inspire andprepare NJIT Honors Scholars tosucceed through the higheststandards of personal andacademic achievement.

The College of ComputingSciences is represented as a circleof five segments symbolizing com-puting as an academic disciplinethat connects and enriches alldisciplines. The light blue back-ground signifies computing as adistinct discipline in its own right,while the colors in the circle repre-sent the other academic disciplines.

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ENGINEERING

1973

ARCHITECTURE

1988

MANAGEMENT

1993

ALBERT DORMANHONORS COLLEGE

COMPUTINGSCIENCES

2001

1982

SCIENCE &LIBERAL ARTS

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ALMA MATER

To Alma Mater fair and great,

our voices now we raise.

Our gratitude we demonstrate,

your steady voice we praise.

Your challenge on us never fails,

a world of knowledge calls.

In heart and mind,

our trust we’ll bind

to our NJIT.

We’ll hold your memory ever dear,

your spirit we’ll revere.

To you we’ll promise loyalty,

our own NJIT.

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2010 commencement program

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