C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2018

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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School of Engineering

Commencement

Convocation

Class of 2018

Louis Brown Athletic Center1:30 pm

Sunday, May 13, 2018

School of Engineering Administration

Thomas N. Farris, Ph.D., Dean

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

Undergraduate Education

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

Michael Brown, M.Sc., Assistant Dean for Access Programs, Director of Educational Opportunity Fund

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Departments and Programs

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

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

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

Marianthi Ierapetritou, Ph.D., ChairHelen Buettner, Ph.D., Undergraduate DirectorDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

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

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

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

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

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

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Order of Exercises

PROCESSIONAL

PRESIDING OFFICERDean Thomas N. Farris

MUSICAL SELECTIONSRutgers Glee Club

INTRODUCTION OF CHAIRPERSONS AND GUESTS

Dean Thomas N. Farris

STUDENT SPEAKERVineet Shenoy, Electrical and Computer Engineering

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMASDepartment Chairpersons and Undergraduate Directors

RECESSIONAL

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

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Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science

Curriculum in Bioenvironmental Engineering

Curriculum in Aerospace Engineering

CHRISTOPHER CLEWS DEEP GAJJAR 2

HAMZA HUMAYUN 3

MAHENDRA KATABATHUNI 2

JASON LYONS 1

ROBERT PANCO 2

VAZGEN PETROSYAN 4

ALI REZA ELLIOT WEISS 1

DOMINICK CHIANG JOSEPH DITOMMASO 2,5

ISABELLA EKEDEDE 1,5

ALEX FARMER 5

RYAN KOSTRZEWA 5

NELSON LEAL 2,5

DANIEL SANCHEZ 2,5

CASSIDY SCHNEIDER 3,6

MICHELLE YAM 2,7

Curriculum in Applied Sciences in Engineering, Packaging Engineering

JEREMY BOND 2

KUAN-CHUNG CHEN JANGHYUK CHO MICHELLE GALLIC 2

SUH TAEK HONG EDWARD KIM 2,4

EDWARD LEE 4

CELINE MAZZI 2

DREW ORZECHOWSKI 1HARSH PATEL 2

ALEX PHUNG

FRANCES REYES MARAWAN SALEM 4

SOFIA SILVA 2

MONICA VALLEJO 4

JIAN WANG YUN-CHEN WANG GITTA WATSON JUSTIN YEE MAOQIU ZHANG 3

MUHAMMAD ZULQARNAIN

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Curriculum in Biomedical Engineering

MUNA ABDELRAZEQ 3

DHANISH ABRAR TYLER AGNEW MARYAM AHMED RUSHNA AHMED GRACE ALBEE

ISRAA ALI HAMZAH ALMADANI 2

SHREY AMIN ARAVIND AMOOR JESSICA ANASTASIO SAMR ATIEH 2

Curriculum in Applied Sciences in Engineering

LAURA AGUIRRE-PENA 4

MEHUL ASARPOTA JIRAMET BOONROUNGKAW ALICE CHEE JADEN DICOPOULOS ZAID HUSSAIN PETER KATZ JACOB MATHEWS SAHIL MEHTA

CRISTIAN OLAVARRIA NUPUR PATEL VISHAL PATEL ROHAN PUNDLIK MICHAEL SANZARI 2

IRFAN SHAIK YANIV SOFER ERIC WIEN 2

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VIKASH BANDI SAMANTHA BANSIL 3

ANDREW BASKHARON MARISSA BERGER 1,6,7

MRUDULA CHAKRAVARTHY 6

JOHN CHEN 2

PETER CHIEN MAHRUZA CHOUDHURY 4

CHRISTIAN COLLAZO-SARRA BRANDON CONKLIN 2

MAXWELL DENN AVI DESAI 2,7

RUSIV DESAI 3

VENKATESH DESHPANDE 1

DANIELLA DIGUGLIELMO MICHAEL DONZANTI 1,7

HALA ESSENMACHER CHRISTOPHER EVANS SREERAMA GOLLAKOTA JESSICA GUHT ZACK HOGAN 1

DAVID IVASHENKO SAMAN JAVED 4

BRANDON JONES 1,7

OMKAR JOSHI SHYAM KALARIA 1,7

KAVI KASABWALA MARIUM KHALID 4

FANYI KONG DEVIN LEE 1,7

CHRISTOPHER LEONARDI 2

JUNGYU LIM BRANDON LUNGO 2,6

JUILEE MALAVADE 1,7

SREE DURGA SAI SARANYA MALLIPUDI MICHAEL MASINO 1

KEVIN MEJIA 4

PHILLINE MIQUELA KEANA MIRMAJLESI 1,7

SABIKA MUSTAFA NEEL NIRGUDKAR 1,7

ONYEKA OGUAGHA JEREMY OLIVO YASER OURFALI 1

PHANI PALADUGU 2,7

SHIVANG PANDYA DANIEL PANIAGUA 2

DHRUVI PATEL NEEL PATEL ROSHAN PATEL SONAL PATEL 4

VIKASH PATEL GAUTHAM PAVULURI DANIELLE PEART SANDRA PELKA 1,7

DIVYA PENUMAKA ALISA PERMAUL JOHN PIRRO CHARLES RABOLLI 1,7

LUIS RIERA EMILY ROMAN AHMED SAKAR SARAH SALTER 1

SAPNA SANYAL 1,7

AMRUT SARANGI DHARTI SHAH MALHAN SHARIFF DHVANI SHIHORA 1

APOORVA SINHA 2

AMANDA SLOMKOWSKI JEREMY STEIN 6

MEET SUKHADIA SRUTHI SURESH MATTHEW TAMASI 2,6

VISHAL THAKUR YIWEN TIAN CHLOE TUCKER 4

RASHMI VASTHARE 1

SUDEEPTI VEDULA 1,5

KYLE VIDUYA 2

COLEBURN VIELEHR NILAY VORA 1

CANGSHUO XU YUCHEN YE GEORGE YOUSSEF COLLIN YUCIUS 2

JENNIFER ZELLER BENJAMIN ZOLA 1

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Curriculum in Chemical Engineering

ALAN ALDANA FERNANDO ALVAREZ 3

PAUL ANTONICK 5

AHSAN ANWAR MATTHEW AQUINO YAZMIN ARMSTRONG 4

HAFSA ASGHAR 2

MAHA ASHRAF MUSTAFA ASLAMI MATTHEW BORSELLINO 1

AVANIEK CABALES 1

JOANNA CAI SIRIN CEYNEK 4

LIANN CHAO RAGHAV CHAWLA 3

ISAIAH CHEN 1,6

KEVIN CHI 2,7

YULY CHIANG YU JAKUB CHMIEL 1

SAURABH CHOUDHARI MONIZE CLAUDE 4

SHARON COLLADO GARRIDO 4

TRAVIS COTE 1

EMILY DIEP 1,6

KEVIN DO 5

TE'ARA DONALD BENJAMIN ESPOSITO 3

JAMES FORDER 1

MONICA GEORGE BENJAMIN GIBBARD 2

SEAN GINTER ANTONIO GONCALVES 1,6

CHRISTOPHER GORSKI 3

ARIANNA GRACE ANANYA GUTTA XUE HAN 1

ANTHONY HEULITT 1

NIDA HUSSAIN 4

MERAZUL ISLAM EDWARD IZETT 1,6

NATHANIEL JERRY WARREN JEUNG 2

ELISBELKA JIMENEZ 4

HAYOUN JUNG 1

JESS KHURANA 3

CALVIN KIM 1

JOHN KLACZANY 2

EUN GY KO CHRISTINA KROMPLEWSKI TARAS KRYZH 3,4

MELISSA LAM 2

JEFFERY LE 3

RUNXING LIN 1

KEVIN LOPEZ MICHELLE LOPEZ 4

JESSICA MCDONALD 1

ELIZABETH MCGINLEY 1,7

SHOAIB MEHKRI 3

SUNJAY MELKOTE 1,6

FELIX MILMAN 1

KEVIN MINEROFF CHRISTINE MONROY 1

OLGA MORGUNOV TIANYOU MOU 1

SHIVA MURALI BERNARD MURPHY ARIF NAHID 4MAX NAROZANICK 2,6

CATHERINE NKOUTCHE MATSINGANG ISRAEL ODERANTI ERIC O'TOOLE KAIVAL PANCHAL BHUMIK PATEL 2

HETAL PATEL MITESH PATEL PRIYA PATEL 4

SAGAR PATEL ZINA PATEL WILLIAM PENDEXTER JOSEPH PERONA 1

ANH PHAM 2,4

MCKENZIE PHARO ADAM PIEPOLI DEREK PINTO 3

NICHOLAS ROJVALL 1,7

BRIAN RONAN 1,7

GABRIEL RUBIO 3

DMITRIY RUCKODANOV 2,7

SHUBHAM RUSTAGI 2,7

EDGAR SANCHEZ BELLO AVI SHAH SHIVAMKUMAR SHAH 1

JOSEPH SHOVLIN SUBHAM SINGH ANDREW SLATER RAM SRIDHAR CHANDLER STRYKER MAREK SULICH MATTHEW SZE 1

Curriculum in Civil Engineering

JULIA ABBOUD 3

ERIC AFFRUNTI SAMIR AHMAD ISAAC ALVAREZ MOHAMED ASKER 3

AHMAD ATIEH ZACHARY BAGALIO DANIEL BARGIELSKI 1,4

BENJAMIN BERGER 2

CHRISTOPHER CAMAROTE BRIAN CAREY 1

ALLEN CHERBAKA BRETT CSORNY MATEO CUECHA AUDRA DIDZBALIS VICTOR DONG WOO KANG OSBEL DORVIL 4

JOHN EL-KHOURI 1

KIROLLOS GADALLA 1,4

STEVEN GALARZA JON GASKILL NICHOLAS GERKEN SHREY GHATE MINA HABIB 1

BRIAN HAFNER 1

ABDURRAHMAN HAGAG ALAIN HAJJMOUSSA 1

ALBERT HAJJMOUSSA 1

MUSTAFA HUSSAIN DAVID JORDAN TOBIN JOSEPH AISHA KHADBAI KAN KOUAKOU ALEXANDER LESNIAK CHRISTOPHER LEW KATE LORUSSO ANTHONY MAJURI 2

CATHERINE MANCHENO SALVATORE MANETTO 4

KEVIN MATTHEWS MICHAL MLUDZIK 4

ROSS MULCAHY 2

AHMAD NAJMI MATTHEW O'DOWD 1

MICHAEL PALLADINO YAN PAN 4

DEVEN PATEL RIKEN PATEL 2

JOHN PESCE 2

LUIZA PESSOA GUAZZELLI 1

JANE PETERKEN 2

BENJAMIN PODGURSKI GENESIS POZ DIAZ FAIZAN RAFI MICHAEL REXRODE 1

JOHN ROCHE JONATHAN RODRIGUEZ 1

DAREK ROLA-ZARZOR ALEXANDER SAMPEY EUGENIO SANTANA 4

LYRA GERMAINE SARANGLAO 2

TIMOTHY SCHUSTER ANDREW SHEHATA 2

HAILEY SHULMAN 3

NICHOLAS SIGISMONDI 1

RAISSA SILVA DIAS 1

CONNOR STUART 3

PERRY SU AYAH SUKKAR 3

JOEL VELEZ 4

CONNOR VIRONE RICHARD VOGT 3

VIET VU CHAN YANG 1

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CHRISTINA TAI 2

VANESSA TEIXEIRA ROSEMARY TOMAO 3,7

FELIX TOO 2

CHRISTINE TOROSIAN 2

NICHOLAS TOWNSEND HAAS 1,6,7

ANH TRAN 2

JING WANG 1,4

MENGYUN WANG 2

PHILIP WHONG 1

JONAH WILLIAMS 1,6,7

DAVID WYNTER RACHEL YANG 1,6,7

HEEJIN YEOM SHENGZHU YIN 1,5

IRIS YUNG 2

MAMNOON ZAIDI CORY ZRINKO 1

JOSEPH ZUCCARO

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RASHIKA AGRAWAL ALEJANDRO AGUILAR ESTEBAN WOO CHEOL AHN 1

KHALID AKASH MHAMMED ALHAYEK 1

ROY AN 2

DWAYNE ANTHONY TRIRMADURA ARIYAWANSA LORELIE ERIKA ARROGANTE 2

SUMATHI ARUMUGAM BESHOY AWADIBRAHIM BAHRAJ BALAJI VAMSHIKRISHNAN BALAKRISHNAN ARJUN BEDI 2

BRYAN BENALCAZAR NEHARIKA BHANDARI TEJAS BHOIR ZACHARY BLANCO 1

AKHILESH BONDLELA BRENDAN BRUCE 2,7

KATIE BRUETT TOMASZ BRZYZEK SEAN BYJU ANTHONY CAIVANO 2

ELIZABETH CARONIA 7

AISVARYA CHANDRASEKAR FARUKH CHEEMA DANIEL CHEN PHILIP CHEN 5

WENJIE CHEN 2

XI CHEN YAXIN CHEN SAMUEL CHEUNG 2

ANTHONY CHOU MICHAEL COLLINS 1,7

MILTON COLLINS ZACHARY CSORNY MATTHEW DA ROCHA THORSON DAI 1

WENYU DAI PAWEL DERKACZ ALEXANDER DEWEY STEPHAN DIMITROVSKI 2

DOMINIC DIPUMA 1,7

EMILIO DOMINGUEZ 4

ZHEN DU BRIAN ELLSWORTH 3,5

JOHN ENG

ELCHANAN FIALKOFF 1

AMA FREEMAN SAGAR GANDHI LUIS GARRIDO JESSE GATLING TIMOTHY GILLIGAN 3

KARA GREENWOOD NICHOLAS GRIECO 2

JANICE GU 1,7

ZHIHAO GUAN 2

NISHANT GUPT RAHUL GUPTA ADAM GURNEY 3

MICHAEL HABIB ANTOINE HADDAD DYLAN HERMAN 1

NAORIN HOSSAIN 1,5,7

JEFFREY HUANG FAHD HUMAYUN 3

STEPHEN INNIS YUELING JIANG JIMMY JORGE 2

ASHWIN KADARU PRANAV KANUKOLLU 1

HUSAIN KARIMEE PATRICK KAROL SVIKRITI KASICHAINULA RYAN KELLERMAN 1,5,7

RIDWAN KHAN 1,7

VIKAS KHAN 1

CHRISTOPHER KIM SEYOUNG KIM NATHAN KJER SIMRAT KOCHHAR IVAN KONATAR AASHRIT KONDAPALLI MATTHEW KOUTSOUTIS 2

DMITRIY KOZOREZOV VIKRAM KRISHNA ASHISH KUMAR MITHULESH KURALE ASTON KUROCZKA MICHAEL LACSAMANA MANPREET LAMB KHOA LE 3

BRETT LECHNER KEVIN LEE KYUNGSUK LEE GREGORY LEONBERG 3

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering

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JAKE LEWANDOWSKI WILLIAM LEWENTAL FEIYAO LI HARRY LI 2,7

LINGYU LI 2

KEVIN LIN KENONG LIU YIYI LIU PETER LUO DANIEL MAAS LAWRENCE MACEREN 2,7

PHILIP MAK 5

SKYLER MALINOWSKI DHRUV MANSUKHANI RAPHAELLE MARCIAL KARNVIR MASHIANA ELENA MIKHAYLOVA 2

LUKE MILLER JAN MATTHEW MIRANDA ASIF MOHYUDDIN 1

BRIAN MONTICELLO 1

NATHAN MORGENSTERN 2

JAROD MORIN 1,7

MOULINDRA MUCHUMARI 1

GREGORY MUELLER 1

OSAMA NAIM ALEXANDR NAZARTSEV 3

JOSEPH NEWMARK KIMBERLY NGAI 2

COREY NORTON 1

ARJUN OHRI SEAN OLEJAR 1,7

GAO PAN 2

VATSAL PANDYA SHUBHRA PARADKAR 2,7

ANKEET PARIKH 1,7

RAMASESHAN PARTHASARATHY 5

MELVIN PASTRANA BONY PATEL DEEP PATEL DEEP PATEL 1,4

HARSH PATEL 1

ISHAN PATEL 4

KARTIK PATEL MIT PATEL 1

NAMIT PATEL 2

NILL PATEL RAJ PATEL RAJ PATEL RAJ PATEL 2

RISHI PATEL

SHIVANIBEN PATEL VIRAJ PATEL AKANKSHA PATHAK SARAH PEARSON VAN NHAT HUY PHAN KRISTINA POON KENDRIC NYLE POSTRERO 2

SAURABH PRASAD 1

MINXUAN QIN ZETIAN QIU KEVIN QUIZHPI 4

ZEESHAN QURESHI ARTHUR RAFAL KARAN RAJPUT 1,7

STEPHEN RIOTTO 1

ANDREW RODRIGUES 1

ANTONIO RODRIGUES LEONARDO ROMAN ANDREW RUAN GUY RUBINSTEIN 2

SHANNON SABINO 1

ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ OMAR SHABAN 1

SALMAN SHAHZAD 4

YUNQI SHEN VINEET SHENOY 1,5,6,7

YUNHAO SHI SEO BO SHIM 1

ARHUM SIDDIQI IMAD-UDDIN SIDDIQUI 2

PRABHJOT SINGH 3

ROHITH SIVAKUMAR BRANDON SMITH 2

SHEHPAR SOHAIL AUSTIN SU SHAKAED SUBIN PRAGATHI SUDHEER VARUN SUNDAR SRUJANA SURE NEIL SURTI MASATAKA TAKAHASHI NITHIN TAMMISHETTI 1,5

JIAMING TAN ALEXANDER TANG 1

YIWEN TAO BHARGAV TARPARA ROHAN UPASANI AKHIL VELAGAPUDI 2

PRITHVIRAJAN VENKATESWARAN 3

SAMUEL WANG SHEN WANG 2

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YIZHU WANG JONATHAN WEI LAUREN WILLIAMS KRISTEN WONG QI WU BINGQING XIANG 1

KEXIN YANG SAMUEL YANG 5

JONATAN YANOVSKY 2

ANDREW YI HSINYO YIN 1

MICHAEL YOUSSEF ZOHAIB ZAHID 2,4

KATHERYNE ZAK-STRZALKA DAVID ZAMORA FUQUAN ZHANG ZHITONG ZHAO 2

ZHIHENG ZHU

Curriculum in Industrial Engineering

SELAIMAN AHMADI ALPAY ALDEMIR TARAKSHAYA BHATIA 3

GABRIEL BORGER FRENKI CACO MARIAM CATOVIC 2

ANGELICA CHAN KATY CHEN 6

BENJAMIN COHICK LUKE DANTE 2

KEVIN DZIUBA 1

MINDY ENG LUCILLE ESPOSITO 3

JONATHAN FREEMAN PRIYAN GANDHI 2,5,7

JACOB GOLDSTEIN CHRISTIAN HODGES MOHAMMAD HUQ 2

JEFFREY IP BRIELLE JEFFRIES 2

JUSTIN KOVACEVICH 2,7

DUYGU KUCUK RYAN LAMANTIA 2

ISABEL LI YUXUAN LIN 2

DANIELLE MAK VAIBHAV MALIK

CORY MCKENZIE 4

ARYE MENDELOW STEFAN MIRFAKHRAI MATTHEW OH RUSHIRAJ PARIKH 2,4

PRATIK PATEL KYLE PEARSON 3

VERONICA PIROG DANIEL PRESLAR ANIK RAY MICHAEL RIBEIRO 2

SAMER SALEH LANA SHARP 1

GEFEI SUN ZHUOYI TIAN 2

CHRISTOPHER TIPALDO MARK TREVENA 1

GESNY VAL SHIHAO WANG 2

YUCHEN WANG JARED WEINER BRIAN WONG MEIYUAN XU DAHONG YIN 3

YIJIE YUAN 2

JUNTENG ZHENG 3

ZOE ZYVITH 3

Curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering

JEAN CLAUDE ARAQUE SHIRLEY CASTANEDA JOOSANG CHAE 3

STEVEN CHENG 1,7

SARASWATI DESAI RISHI DHAR COLE GLADFELTER 3

JENNA HOLLAND 2,7

PRIYANKA KAMANIA 4

WESLEY KENDALL 1,7

SATYA SWETA KONDAPALLI RYAN LAY 2

BRIANNA LEARY 1

ALEX LEE 3

CHLOE LEE 1

ETHAN LERNER 1

ASHLEY LUSTER BRIAN MACDOWALL 2

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UMAR ABBASI SERGIO ABREU 3

DAPO ADEGBILE KEVIN AGHAEI JONATHAN ALBAR 1,6

MAAMEKONADU ASSASIE-GYIMAH 1

KELLY BABER 1

THOMAS BACLAWSKI 2

AKRAM BAIG DEVIN BASANOO 4

ANTHONY BASENESE JOHN BASTARDO RAVI BAUER NICHOLAS BILIS JESSICA BLUZE IAN BRISSON 3

OLIVIA BROGAN 3

JONATHAN BURNLEY ANTHONY CABRAL EVAN CALLAHAN 4

JORDAN CANCEL NATHANIEL CAPONE DANIEL CARROLLO 2

MIGUEL CEPEDA ELIZABETH CHANG 2,6

SIDHARTH CHATTERJEE 5

ABDULNASSER CHEBLY MINGJUN CHEN 2

CHIH-DENG CHIANG AUGUSTINE CHOI ANTHONY CHUN 1

AUSTIN CICCARINO 2,6

GLENN CLAYTON ROMELL CORPUZ MELANIE COTTON 1,7

DAVID CRISCI MARCELO CRUZ MARK CUADERNO ULTAN CULLEN 1

STEVEN CURBELO 3

ANDREW DE VENEZIA AUSTIN DECASTRO

MARISSA DELROCINI 1

JUSTIN DEMAREO DAMANI DENNIS RAHUL DESHPANDE 2

CHRISTOPHER DI PAOLA 1

NICHOLAS DILLON JUNHAO DONG GREGORY DOWDING ELLIOT EISENBERG 2

YOUSSEF EL GRAINI MAHMOUD ELKAYAL 4

NICOLE EMMANUEL JUAN ESTRADA BISHOY FARAG 2,4

MATTEO FERRARI BENJAMIN FIEDLER 2

JADEN FIELDS 1

CARLOS FLORIAN BRYCE FRANKLIN MICHAEL FREEDMAN MICHAEL FRISCHMAN 1

GEORGE GABECHAVA IAN GALLAGHER 1

CHAD GALLOP EMILY GALLOWAY 2

JAMES GALVAGNO RYAN GAMADIA 2,6

ALYKHAN GANGJI 2

JAMES GENTILE MATTHEW GROSSMANN YUNYANG GU CHRISTOPHER GUEVARA WEI-JIAN GUO 2,6

NOAH HARMATZ 1

ZIXUAN HE NICOLE HENAO 1

OMAR HIJAZY DANIEL HINCAPIE 2

HILLEL HOCHSZTEIN 1,7

MATTHEW HOWARD 1,6

JESSE HUBLER 1

ASIM HUDA

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering

ANGEL MATHEW MICHAEL MCALLISTER 3

MITCHELL MODZEL 1

JENNIFER ROETHKE KEREM SAHINER 1

ANTHONY SANTOS

PRIYA SHAH 1,5,7

DIVAS SINGH 3

YUHAN SONG PATRICIA TUQUERO DANIEL UM JOHN VARGA

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TYLER HURLEY MADELYN HUTTON 3

RAVINA JANI 1,7BRYAN JARAMILLO 4

MATTHEW JARVIS 2

JIANHAO JI DANIEL JIMENEZ EDGARDO JIMENEZ ROLANDO JUAREZ 3

MATTHEW JURO 1,7

AKSHITA KAPASIAWALA SEEMA KHALID 3

ALI KHALIL RYAN KIM TERRY KIM DAMON KORPON JOSHUA KRANTZ MICHAEL KREWSUN 2

DANIEL KUBLER 1ALEXANDER LAGUTA JARED LAL ZICHEN LAO 1,6

ALEXANDER LAYNES CHAPARRO 4

JONG HWAN LEE JAMES LEVIN KENNETH LI 3

VIVIAN LI SALVATORE LIGUORI 2

JASON LIM 2,6

YOU-CHING LIN BRYAN LLUMIQUINGA 2

RHIANNON LONG MARCO LOPEZ 4

SRUTI MADHUSUDHAN YAO MAI 2,4

HARRY MALHI 2

ALBERTO MALVAREZ 3

QUSSAI MANSOUR ANTHONY MARRAZZO 3

BERNARD MBOCK EDWARD MCCLAIN 2

JOHN MCGILL JOSEPH MCGINLEY CODY MILLER RACHEL MILLER 1

SHAYAM MISTRY 2

RYAN MITCHELL 1

KEVIT MODH JAY MODI 4,6

WILLIAM MOFFITT 2

BRAYAN MORALES MEDINA

TANDE MUNGWA ADAM MURPHY 1

LANDEN NAPHTALI BHAVESH NARALA 1

MARCO NARVAEZ AJAY RAGUL NEELAKANDAN EMILY NG 2

JAMES NGANGA ERIC NI 1,7

TYLER NICHOLSON CHRISTOPHER OKONMAH THOMAS OLSON 2

MOLLY O'MARA MICHAEL ONYEZE 4

DANIEL O'REAR CHRISTOPHER PAGLIARO 1

DANIEL PAIK 4

HUA PAN VIKRAM PARA 1,5

MICHAEL PARRY 2,4

PHILLIP PASCETTA 2

DHRUVIT PATEL 1,7

HINAL PATEL 1,6

JAIMIN PATEL JAY PATEL 4

PRIYABEN PATEL SHIV PATEL 1

SIDDHARTH PATEL 3

CESAR PEREZ ANDREW PHAM DANIEL PRAKASH DOUGLAS PREZLOCK JONATHAN PRIETO OMAR QAYYUM 1

HENGMING QIU 1

ERICK RAMOS LIAM RAMSAY NABEEL RANGWALA YASH RAWAL SYED RAZA 4

NICHOLAS REED MICHAEL REHORN JIE REN 2

YANGKAI REN 4

ANDREW RIEDER YASIR RIZVI JARITZA RODRIGUEZ JEREZ 4

NATHANAEL ROVIRA SCOTT RUSSELL KATHLEEN SALDANA 4

IMRAN SAMIM

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

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

JESUS SANCHEZ JARAMILLO 3,5

ELANA SARASOHN 1

ARVIND SAXENA 2

ALEX SCHAEFER CARL SCHMITT MICHAEL SCOGNAMIGLIO KEN SEAH JOAO SERAFINI 1,6

GRISHMA SHAH OMAR SHALLAN BLAIR SIMELS DAVINDER SINGH 4

JOSEPH SPANIOL 1,6

TRAVIS SPAULDING SHAUN SPITZER DIVYA SRIVASTAVA 2,7

LOGAN STAHL 1

ANTOINE STEPHAN 1

SAHIL SURI MATTHEW SZUCS 3

MICHAEL TAVARONE 1

EDWARD TETTAMANTI NIRAJ THAKKAR SARAH THUEL CHUNG TIA

DAVID TIGUE WILLIAM TOWERS 1

ALEXANDER TRAN RACHEL TRISCHETTA ELYSE UMANSKY MIGGUEL VALDEZ 2

JAMES VERTES MAXWELL WACKERMAN ALLYSON WAGNER 3

DAWEI WANG YUFU WANG 1

JEREMY WELSCH 3

RACHEL WESTERBEKE 2

MARK WHITTAKER ADAM WINKLER KEVIN XU ZHENG XU 4

NITIKA YADLAPALLI 1,5,7

KAI-WEN YANG ZHENXU YANG CHARLES ZAJAC DAOQI ZHANG 1

YILIN ZHANG YUHANG ZHANG

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James Jeremiah Slade

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

Educational Opportunity Fund

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

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About the Student Speaker

Vineet R. Shenoy, from West Windsor, NJ studied electrical and computer engineering as well as computer science at Rutgers. During his time on campus, he has performed research in active authentication under the supervision of Dr. Vishal M. Patel, as well a research into spectrum sharing technologies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where he was selected as a plenary speaker for his work. He has served as the president and industry-mentorship program chair of the Rutgers Engineering Honors Council, the engineering futures chair of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi, as an instructor for the First-Year Interest Group Seminars (FIGS) program, and as a columnist for the school newspaper "The Daily Targum." He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Eta Kappa Nu, and Cap and Skull honor societies, and is a recipient of the Chancellor's Leadership Award.

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About Rutgers School of Engineering

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

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

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

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

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

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The Academic Costume

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On the banks of the old Raritan.

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

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

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

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

For with her motto highRutgers' name shall never die

On the banks of the old Raritan.

The Bells Must Ring (Rutgers ‘Fight Song’)

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

March to another score,Forward to the fray;

Fight, men of RutgersAs in days gone by

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

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

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

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

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

Whoo-Rah, Whoo-Rah;Rutgers Rah

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

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

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

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

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C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2018

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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