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Letter from the Dean
Dear Engineering Graduates,
By nature of you being here today, you are among the best, brightest and hardest working engineers the world has to offer.
You have made it through one of the most rigorous engineering programs in the country. During your time as an engineering student, you have collectively spent thousands of hours researching, volunteering and
interning in the city of Houston, adding to the strength and vibrancy of our community. When you leave our labs and classrooms and embark on your careers, your professional contributions will have a resounding impact here in the city of Houston and around the world.
You are the thinkers, doers and creators of our modern world. You will be the designers, builders, problem-solvers and inventors of our tomorrow. Although you represent a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines, as you walk across the stage to accept your diploma, you will all have one thing in common: you are all world-class engineers.
From here, the world is at your fingertips. Work hard, give back, and trust in the knowledge you have acquired during your time as a student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering. Everything else will fall into place.
Congratulations, engineering Cougars! I look forward to seeing the impact your bright careers will have on our future and our world. Please stay in touch and fill me in on all of your successes: dean@egr.uh.edu.
Sincerely,
Joseph W. Tedesco Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean & Professor
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University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering
ConvocationFriday, May 15, 2015, 9 a.m. Hofheinz Pavilion
PROCESSIONAL Grand Marshal Chad Wilson Assistant Professor
Grand Marshal Leonard Trombetta Associate Professor
Faculty Banner Bearer Platform Party Dean Joseph Tedesco PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS UH Army ROTC NATIONAL ANTHEM Members of the Moores School of Music Concert Chorale WELCOME AND Joseph W. Tedesco INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean & Professor
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Charles E. Jones UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumnus
PRESENTATION OF HONORS Frank Claydon AND OUTSTANDING STUDENTS Director of the Division of Undergraduate Programs and Student Success
PRESENTATION OF Professor Claydon BACHELOR’S CANDIDATES
PRESENTATION OF William Epling MASTER’S CANDIDATES Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
PRESENTATION AND HOODING OF Jagannatha Rao DOCTORAL CANDIDATES Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
CLOSING REMARKS Dean Tedesco ALMA MATER Members of the Moores School of Music Concert Chorale RETIRING OF COLORS UH Army ROTC RECESSIONAL
Event music provided by Moores School of Music Brass Quintet A reception will be held in the Engineering Building 1, Commons Area, 1st floor,
immediately after the Ceremony. Refreshments will be served.
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Cullen College of Engineering
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, established in 1941, is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET and is ranked among the top 100 engineering schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Nearly 4,500 students are enrolled in engineering courses—3,282 undergraduates as well as 1,210 masters and doctoral students in biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, geosensing systems, industrial, mechanical and petroleum engineering. The college also offers interdisciplinary graduate programs in subsea, aerospace, materials, and computer and systems engineering. Chemical and mechanical engineering have ranked among the top programs nationally. The mission of the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston is to serve the Greater Houston community, Texas and the nation by educating engineers to assume leadership positions in the identification and solution of the complex technical challenges of society, to advance the state of knowledge through pioneering research and scholarly work, to facilitate the transfer of new technology to Texas and U.S. industries, to play a key role in economic development for the Greater Houston region and the State of Texas, and to benefit the public sector through service to the university, community, industry, government and the engineering profession.
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Cullen College of Engineering
ADMINISTRATION
Administration
Joseph TedescoElizabeth D. Rockwell Dean & Professor
Hanadi RifaiAssociate Dean for Research and Facilities
Suresh KhatorAssociate Dean for Graduate Programs and Computing Facilities
Frank ClaydonDirector of the Division of Undergraduate Programs and Student Success
Metin AkayChair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Michael HaroldChair, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Roberto BallariniChair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Badrinath RoysamChair, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Gino LimChair, Department of Industrial Engineering
Pradeep SharmaChair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Thomas HolleyDirector of the Petroleum Engineering Program
Russell DunlavyChief Advancement Officer
Stephen BangerterExecutive Director of Business Operations
Audrey GraysonExecutive Director of Communications
Lisa RobertsonExecutive Director of External Relations
Vita ComoDirector of Professional Development
Roshawnda AndersonAssistant to the Dean
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National Academy of Engineering Members
J.J. AzarPetroleum Engineering
Benton BaughSubsea Engineering
Charles CutlerChemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Bonnie DunbarMechanical & Biomedical Engineering
Christine Ehlig-EconomidesPetroleum Engineering
John LeePetroleum Engineering
John LienhardMechanical Engineering
Dan LussChemical & Biomolecular Engineering
James SymonsCivil & Environmental Engineering
Anestis VelestosCivil & Environmental Engineering
Kaspar WillamCivil & Environmental Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Metin AkayProfessor & Chair
Ravi BirlaAssociate Professor
Howard GiffordAssociate Professor
Nuri InceAssistant Professor
Kirill LarinAssociate Professor
Elebeoba MayAssociate Professor
Chandra MohanProfessor
Ahmet OmurtagAssociate Professor
Sergey ShevkoplyasAssociate Professor
Tianfu WuAssistant Professor
Yingchuan ZhangAssistant Professor
Cullen College of Engineering
FACULTY
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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Vemuri BalakotaiahProfessor
Patrick CirinoAssociate Professor
Jacinta ConradAssistant Professor
Vincent DonnellyProfessor
Demetre EconomouProfessor
Christine Ehlig-EconomidesProfessor
William EplingAssociate Professor & Associate Chair
Lars GrabowAssistant Professor
Michael HaroldProfessor & Chair
Konstantinos KostareloAssociate Professor
Ramanan KrishnamoortiProfessor
John LeeProfessor
Dan LussProfessor
Michael MyersAssociate Professor
Michael NikolaouProfessor
Jeremy PalmerAssistant Professor
Guan QinAssociate Professor
Jeffrey RimerAssistant Professor
Megan RobertsonAssistant Professor
Gila SteinAssistant Professor
Navin VaradarajanAssistant Professor
Peter VekilovProfessor
Richard WillsonProfessor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Roberto BallariniProfessor & Chair
Abdeldjelil BelarbiProfessor
Cullen College of Engineering
FACULTY
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Shankar ChellamProfessor
Mina DawoodAssistant Professor
Bora GencturkAssistant Professor
Craig GlennieAssistant Professor
Thomas HsuProfessor
Yandi HuAssistant Professor
Hyongki LeeAssistant Professor
Mo LiAssistant Professor
Yi-Lung MoProfessor
Kalyana NakshatralaAssistant Professor
Hanadi RifaiProfessor & Associate Dean
William RixeyAssociate Professor & Associate Chair
Debora RodriguesAssistant Professor
Ramesh ShresthaProfessor
Joseph TedescoProfessor & Dean
Cumaraswamy VipulanandanProfessor
Keh-Han WangProfessor
Kaspar WillamProfessor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jiming BaoAssociate Professor
Aaron BeckerAssistant Professor
Stanko BrankovicAssociate Professor
Ryan CanoltyAssistant Professor
Jinghong ChenAssociate Professor
Yuhua ChenAssociate Professor
Ji ChenProfessor
Frank ClaydonProfessor & Director
Jose Contreras-VidalProfessor
Xin FuAssistant Professor
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Cullen College of Engineering
FACULTY
John GloverProfessorZhu HanAssociate ProfessorThomas HebertAssociate ProfessorDavid JacksonProfessorBen JansenProfessorHan LeProfessorDmitri LitinovProfessorStuart LongProfessorPauline MarkenscoffAssociate ProfessorDavid MayerichAssistant ProfessorHaluk OgmenProfessor
Shin-Shem PeiProfessorSaurabh PrasadAssistant ProfessorBadrinath RoysamProfessor & ChairPaul RuchhoeftAssociate ProfessorDavid ShattuckAssociate ProfessorBhavin Sheth Associate ProfessorWei-Chuan ShihAssistant ProfessorLeonard TrombettaAssociate Professor & Associate ChairJohn WolfeProfessorYan YaoAssistant ProfessorWanda Zagozdzon-WosikAssociate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
Christopher ChungAssociate ProfessorQianmei FengAssociate ProfessorAli KamraniAssociate ProfessorSuresh KhatorProfessor & Associate Dean
Gino LimAssociate Professor & ChairJiming PengAssociate ProfessorLawrence SchulzeAssociate Professor
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ashutosh AgrawalAssistant Professor
Haleh ArdebiliAssistant Professor
Richard BannerotProfessor
Yi-Chao ChenProfessor
Bonnie DunbarProfessor
Matthew FranchekProfessor
Hadi GhasemiAssistant Professor
Karolos GrigoriadisProfessor
Yashashree KulkarniAssistant Professor
Dong LiuAssociate Professor
Philippe MassonAssistant Professor
Anastassios MavrokefalosAssistant Professor
Ralph MetcalfeProfessor
Jagannatha RaoAssociate Professor & Associate Chair
Jae-Hyun RyouAssistant Professor
Venkat SelvamanickamProfessor
Pradeep SharmaProfessor & Chair
Gangbing SongProfessor
Li SunAssociate Professor
Su Su WangProfessor
Kenneth WhiteProfessor
Cunjiang YuAssistant Professor
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Cullen College of Engineering
OUTSTANDING SENIORS
Each academic year one graduating senior from each of the eight undergraduate disciplines is chosen by the faculty of that department as the outstanding student of the year. From these eight students, one is chosen by merit of his or her superior scholarship and leadership to be the Texas Society of Professional Engineers Outstanding Senior of the Year, the highest honor awarded to a student by the college. The faculty, students and staff of the Cullen College of Engineering congratulate the 2015 recipients of these awards.
Outstanding Senior of the Cullen College of Engineering
Tessy M. Lal
Departmental Outstanding Seniors
Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Student Tessy M. Lal
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Student Connor Fernandez
Outstanding Civil Engineering Student Ryan Byrd
Outstanding Computer Engineering Student Daniel Romero
Outstanding Electrical Engineering Student Brian Roy McNeil
Outstanding Industrial Engineering Student An T. Trinh
Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Student Borith Seng
Outstanding Petroleum Engineering Student Brandon Saavedra
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Cullen College of Engineering
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
Spring 2015
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical EngineeringMatthew Hogan
A Heart Artificial: Building the Foundation for the Development and Maintenance of In Vitro Tissue Mimetic Cardiovascular ModelsAdvisor: Dr. Ravi K. Birla
Nikita Mukesh PatelBioengineering a Three-Dimensional Cardiac Left VentricleAdvisor: Dr. Ravi K. Birla
Betsy Habeth SalazarDevelopment of Real Time Sensing Systems to Assess the Electrophysiological Properties of Bioengineered Cardiac TissuesAdvisor: Dr. Ravi K. Birla
Iman K. YazdiDevelopment of Nanostructured Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue EngineeringAdvisors: Dr. Mauro Ferrari and
Dr. Metin Akay
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical EngineeringAnupam Aich
A Free Heme Perspective to Sickle Hemoglobin PolymerizationAdvisor: Dr. Peter G. Vekilov
Gregory BugoshPerformance Studies of Multifunctional Pt/Pd Monolithic Catalysts for Hydrocarbon Oxidation Emission ControlAdvisor: Dr. Michael P. Harold
Daehak KimNanoparticles for Oil Field ApplicationsAdvisor: Dr. Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Indranil MitraTuning Melt/Brush Interactions for Functional Polymer FilmsAdvisor: Dr. Gila E. Stein
Rahul PandeyConfined Flow of Attractive Colloidal SuspensionsAdvisor: Dr. Jacinta C. Conrad
Abhijit PatilAcid Catalyst Transport in Chemically Amplified ResistsAdvisor: Dr. Gila E. Stein
Ashutosh Kumar SrivastavaChamber-Wall Interactions with HBr/Cl2/O2 PlasmasAdvisor: Dr. Vincent M. Donnelly
Siyuan Tian Sub-10 nm Nanopantography and Nanopattern Transfer Using Highly Selective Plasma EtchingAdvisors: Dr. Vincent M. Donnelly and
Dr. Demetre J. Economou
Chinedu D. Umeasiegbu Microstructure Studies of Tunable pH-Sensitive Mixtures of Cationic Surfactant and Hydrotropic SaltAdvisors: Dr. Ramanan Krishnamoorti and
Dr. Vemuri Balakotaiah
Shu WangDevelopment of Nanostructured Polymeric Materials from Sustainable SourcesAdvisor: Dr. Megan Robertson
¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
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Cullen College of Engineering
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Mossab Wahba El-TahanDevelopment and Characterization of a Self-Stressing Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)-Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) Composite Patch for Repair of Cracked Steel StructuresAdvisor: Dr. Mina Dawood
Paul HamiltonAutogenic Processes on Supercritical Submarine FansAdvisor: Dr. Kyle Strom
Chen Chuan J. KuoEvaluation of the Best Equation of State for Enhanced Oil Recovery Use in Ultra-high Pressure Hydraulic Calculation Advisor: Dr. Keh-Han Wang
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringMehmet Naci Agaoglu
Nonretinotopic Reference Frames for Dynamic Form and Motion PerceptionAdvisor: Dr. Haluk Ogmen
Ela BulutReaction Kinetics of Au Deposition by Surface Limited Red-ox Replacement of Pb Underpotential Deposition Studied by Surface ReflectivityAdvisor: Dr. Stanko R. Brankovic
Ruoli JiangManipulating Cells with a Dynamically-Reconfigurable Electro-Magnetic CoilAdvisor: Dr. Ben H. Jansen
Pratik Infer MotwaniPlasmonic Nanosensors for Improving the Sensitivity of Surface Enhanced Raman SpectroscopyAdvisors: Dr. John C. Wolfe and
Dr. Wei-Chuan Shih
Xiyao XinWireless Power Transfer Along Oil Pipe Using Ferrite MaterialsAdvisor: Dr. Ji Chen
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering
Tugba Onal OkyayCarbon Dioxide Sequestration through Microbially-Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation using Ureolytic Environmental MicroorganismsAdvisor: Dr. Debora Frigi Rodrigues
Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial EngineeringAli Arab
Asset Analytics for Smart Grid Infrastructure Under Natural DisastersAdvisors: Dr. Suresh K. Khator and
Dr. Zhu Han
Khaled EldressiA New Approach to Measure Intangibles in Economic Analysis of Advanced Technology ProjectsAdvisor: Dr. Gino Lim
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials EngineeringSzu Te Lin
Laser Manufacturing Modeling and Experimental Simulation on Metal Matrix Composite of Rapid FormationAdvisor: Dr. Ali K. Kamrani
¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
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Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
Gregory Donald JosephA Novel Approach to Robust Design Using Recent Advances in Robust and MultiObjective Optimization MethodsAdvisor: Dr. Jagannatha Rao
Qingzhao KongInnovation in Piezoceramic Based Structural Health MonitoringAdvisor: Dr. Gangbing Song
Qin LiMechanisms of Enhancing Solid Polymer Electrolytes Using Nanofillers and Ionic Liquid for Applications in Flexible Lithium Ion BatteriesAdvisor: Dr. Haleh Ardebili
Master of Science in Aerospace EngineeringArviandy Gustrianto AribowoJoshua FloresVivek Prabhakaran Menon
Master of Science in Biomedical EngineeringRose Ann M. HuynhTrac Duy NguyenYanshen YangAmarayca Zambrano Cobo
Master of Chemical EngineeringAbdulaziz DaabashCuong Tran NguyenLaura B. NicholsonVanessa M. PalaciosYoke Chuan Teoh
Master of Civil EngineeringRitchie A. Acosta
Master of Science in Civil EngineeringBarry AdkinsMustafa DalSindhu Bhaskaram DattatreyaBesart DibraMelvin Efrain GarciaSeyed Mohammad Hossein HosseinySri Lakshmi JastiCedric LingChandrahaas Unnava
Master of Science in Computer and Systems EngineeringSriteja AluriSuraj Bharath ChadaKrithivasan ChandranNikhita DesariAbhinay Reddy ErraAshwini Koushik Hochihally SudarshanKondal Reddy RamidiKaranj Bhagvanjibhai RupareliyaSrivatsa ShaileshRavi Teja Takkellapati
Master of Electrical EngineeringSrivatsan Badri NarayananRajashekar Reddy BillapatiSathvik BorraGuo ChenSharath Chandra ChindamFeliz Yohan Christian
¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
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Sai Krishnakanth Reddy DevireddyVarsha Dwajan Jayaprakashreddy DyapaPratik Abhay GhatpandeSriram GorantlaVishweshwara Rao GuntreddiAmeer HamzaAlexander F. HebertJiwat Jayanthi Heera NandaniOsagioduw IgiehonShashikiran KothakapuVarun Kumar KotteShobhit Kumar Vinoth KumarTarun Reddy MandaKrunal MandaniSrinivas Manne GajanandGustavo Alonso MartinezMayur Manohar NankaniPranay Kushal ParryNilakshi Vasudeo PatilHimaja PatsaVamsi Krishna PatwariAnkit SahuPratik Jitendra ShahRaj Ravindra ShenoySagar Malyavantham ShivaramAditya Anil SodhaniSai Krishna TadimetiSai Prakash Reddy Tippi ReddyPreethishri Trichy Prabha VenkataramanSrinath VedantamSoumya VeerSantosh Kiranmayee VemuriJingkai WuKavya YerrabandiMengyuan Zhang
Master of Science in Electrical EngineeringNyuykighan Karl Marvin MainsahStewart M. NashAteeth Kumar Thirukkovulur
Master of Science in Environmental EngineeringTaylour BurtonCaitlin Meyer
Master of Science in Geosensing SystemsYehing Piao
Master of Industrial EngineeringSiddardha Deccens AdusumilliDavid E. AguileraKarthik Reddy AmbatiSharat Kumar BusireddySayan ChakrabortySumantra Chatterjee Karim W. DayehAkshar DesaiGarima DoshiPoorna Sri Vikas DwaraGirish GanachariAnish GoyalAubrey Irene JohnsonNitin Menon KalappurakkalKhalid KayalAditya KommuShixiao LiuAkshit Reddy Lucky ReddyMahsa KamaliLalithendra Chowdari Mandava
Cullen College of Engineering
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
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Maria S. NacinovichSiddharth Vallatharasu Namachivaya VallatharasuSandeep Kumar NeeradiAlekhya PakhalRiken Sanjaykumar PandyaKavya PelluruSriram PotluriNikhil PurwarKartheekvenkatanagamallikarjun RamakrishnavadlapatlaRifadh Mohammed Jeelani Vahitha Ghulam
Master of Science in Industrial EngineeringNitin MattaKrishna Saraschandra Ryali
Master of Science in Mechanical EngineeringRushabh Naishadhkumar BhansaliSaketh ChakilamSai Naveen ChimataSwapnil Prabhakar DurveSai Teja GaddipatiNeha JhingeShiva JoshiSai Pradeep KeesariPraveena KuntillaBehnam LabafRehan A. MallickAkshay Pravinchandra PatelKapil Praveenrao PawarHaden James PopnoeTianyu ShengAbbas TavakolianTatchanon ThanasiripongWeijie Wang
Xiaohua WangXiaoxiang Wang
Master of Petroleum EngineeringOluwunmi Olumide AkinbayoKumar Dinkar AnandRonald Ndifreke BickhamLe CaiTimothy Ryan DunneAishwarya GogoiThitaree LertliangchaiChang LiuYuanhang LiuAnkit Mirani William Fabio RamosShreyans SahuSarva Shakti Maan SehraRishabh Nandlal SharmaMark E. TurnbaughLuis Alberto Urdaneta NavaKaiyi Zhang
Master of Science in Petroleum EngineeringMalik Essam Hamzeh Al Salman Hoagie Reginald Hugh Merry
Master of Science in Subsea EngineeringJustin Charles AndersonAmin ElhamiChinenyeze C. EnwereuzohYusha HanLeonard Widya HartonoMohammed Ahmed G. ObeidKamorudeen S. Salako
¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
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Rohit Pandurang TodkarHari Kiran VeenaKanaka Venkata Naga Satish Vemuri
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical EngineeringSeyed Arshan Arshad 2, 6
Nicholas C. DiasThien-Song Thi Diep 2James Aaron Grigsby 6Thai Cuong N. Ho 3Usama Jazzar 1Tessy M. Lal 1, 6Zuan-Fu Lim 1, 5Quoc NguyenKent Emory PageDaniel Ryan Richards 3Sunil Jagdish ShahaniCameron K. Shoraka 2Suneil Tandon 3, 6
Hailey L. Teague 3Juliana I. ZaidFangfei Zhang
Bachelor of Science in Chemical EngineeringPaul Abraham 6Maneesh AnandRazin I. Arab 6Blake Thomas Broussard 6Ben Abraham CherianJoseph Robert DanaSergio De La FuenteBruck Hailu DegaffeAn DinhAnh Ky Hoang DoOmar Y. EnanChanelle Monete Ferguson
Feng GuoBing Shiang HsuBor-Yea Hsu 3Wamiq Iftikhar 6Corey Douglass Knutson-HuddlestonSean Michael KrausRobert Michael LangleyKim Mai Jennifer LeUyen LeBruce Christian LivingstonAbel LopezHuong Dieu LyLuis Dias Bumba ManuelDaniel Lilletvedt MastersSana Mateen 6Sheli C. Mauck 2, 7
Edward Rae Held McDowell IIIVanessa Laurene Mengue-Beyeme Mohammad A. Moiz 6Eliazar NavaShereen M. NawazHoang Vincent NguyenTam Quang Nguyen 3, 7
Thuy Thi Diem NguyenTochukwu OfoegbunaEzinne Amarachi OkokoIyibi Ronald Omie-AbbeyNicholas Michael RitcheyMunira TayyabAn The Tran 2Hayden Douglas TraskAn Tan TrinhChi Mai-Thi VoMichelle Xie 3, 6
Jia Pei Ye
Cullen College of Engineering
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
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Bachelor of Science in Civil EngineeringTawfeeq Ali Al-AjajJoshua Samuel BenitezLauren Naomi BlakeEdwin Saul CorcueraShane Coleman CosseyJohn Paul FloresJimmy Charlton Flowers Jr.Kenneth W. Fuentes 2Ryan Hymas HinsonAndrew Charles JohnsonIn Wook KangAndrew A. Landry 3Adilene MendinoJose G. MendiolaMarvin Cliff MorrisGunther NguyenCosme Reyes Jr.Ruby Rodriguez 3Thu Minh TangTimothy Tyler ThomasonJohn D. TranSusana VallejoDaniel V. VasquezGregory Michael Williams
Bachelor of Science in Computer EngineeringKevin Leonard Adams Jr. 2Scott Patrick GarrisonHector Javier ReynaDaniel Romero 3Erick SaucedoSamuel Jerome-Simon Stephen
Bachelor of Science in Electrical EngineeringChristopher Minho AhnJuan S. Alarcon 3Shehnil AliJames E. Annis 1, 4Khaldon Y. BatnijAlexander Efren Bello 2Robert Godwin Smith BoswellJustin M. BrandonVictor R. BrzeskiFabiana Carolina Cirino 3Steven Huu DoJamal El AlaouiFergyl Estioco 6Sriram GoparajuJason Robert Le Gaspi 2Brian Lee 2Gilberto Martinez 2Zachary B. MayBrian Roy McNeil 1Sho Misawa 3An NguyenAlvaro Angel Ordonez 3Ernest L. PateniaJorge Revuelta 2Jorge Antonio Rivera 1Rabal Sheikh Meagan Michele ShoresTori Lee Speer-MansonSean Strickland 3Artemio Villarreal
Bachelor of Science in Industrial EngineeringFaraz AhmedNahyan Saud Ahmed 3
¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
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Shahd Abdulaziz AlotaibiYoussef Ben JemaaVeronica Neary By 3Rosendo Cardoso 1Adaezekwem Euphrasia Chukwu 3John W. Crawford 3Berk DoganMohammad ElsaadiSaeid Heidari 3Hamza A. KhawajaVictor M. MorenoDulce Orozco 3Orapun PhuthomdiConstantino Elias PinedaAreej Adnan RadwanAhmad RifaiMelissa SandovalLeon Joseph SmithAn T. Trinh 2Anita Vaezian 3
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical EngineeringMichael R. Abou-Nassif 3James J. AbrahamSalman AdilAlia R. AjeroTarek AkcharCarlos Jesus ArochaJose Miguel Briceno EnriquezRobert Henry ByersDaniel CamachoJoseph Tyler Campbell 6Kevin Alexis CantorErick CoronadoHanh M. DaoDylon Elliot DeAtley 3Bryan Thomas Diegelman
Jason A. DoucenHosanna Elizabeth EscalanteJohn-Roland EspinosaJeremy Dean EvansSheila Lizeth Galindo 2, 6
Francisco J. GamarraRachel Bremer GamblinKelly Bryan Gandy IIAlan Torres GarciaBryan R. GarzaWalter Jose Gomez SandovalIsaac Jalil GonzalezFrank Joseph GreenAndres Alberto GutierrezMehdi HatimShawn W. HavenerJohn C. HearnJason S. HendricksonJose Reynaldo Hernandez Jr.Nicholas Alan HluchanHue Chan Huong 2Nghia P. Huynh 2Jasmine A. James 3Mohamad Ibrahim KachmarBrian M. KneelandNavin Priyam Krishnasing 1Sarah Kristiansson 3Hannah Eve LauJessica Lynn LiberatoreJereomy Brandon LopezDavid Andrew MarquiseChristine Ann McDuff 1Juan MendezJesus MoraGustavo A. NavarreteNguyen Thanh NguyenSarmed M. OmranMitul V. Patel
Cullen College of Engineering
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION
¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
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¹ Summa Cum Laude - ² Magna Cum Laude - ³ Cum Laude - 4 Banner Bearer (highest GPA) 5 University Honors with Honors in Major - 6 University Honors - 7 Honors in Major
David J. PinedaSeneca R. Rinehart 3In Hey RobisonFernando RomoJordan P. RotheMichael Philip Russo 2Borith SengMatthew R. SimpsonRodrick Quintin SmithAndres D. SotoAlamdar Hasnain SyedJose TenorioJaison T. ThomasJackson Colton TidwellAndrew Kenichi TutiaNikhil Korah Varghese 3Shamshuddin Jalaluddin VenkaniQuentin L. Walker
Bachelor of Science in Petroleum EngineeringChiagozie Camillus AgbatahYousef Khalid Y. Alhammad 2Luai Abdullah Aljishi 3Jovanny Valentin AndradeAlexandrea Onza AntonioMark Luis BermudezSarah Jacqueline CastanyRensol H. Cheng 6Christopher A. Davidson
Tuan Ngoc DinhSaloumeh EbrahimzadehSeif Elfeky 6Kassem ElsayedKendall C. Farrell 2Juan Sebastian GarciaJoseph Daniel HarmierJason Thomas Hu 3Yannick Jimbuem YaoMohammed Ali KhanDonovan Patrick KuanHieu Quoc LeAna Chabeli Mend LopesDon D. NguyenJorge Alberto Pereida-Hernandez 3Hung PhamMarco ReginatoSyed Abdul RehmanKatherine Elizabeth Chere ReyesLuis F. ReyesOmar Isidro Rodriguez-ArellanoBrandon Saavedra 2Kendall J. Sizemore 3David Sang Hoon SongDaniela TassoTyler D. ToddKhoa Dang TranHunter Jackson WylieAntonio R. ZapataXi ZhangVenera Zhumagulova
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The Alma Mater
All hail to thee,
Our Houston University.
Our hearts fill with gladness
When we think of thee.
We’ll always adore thee
Dear old varsity.
And to thy memory cherished,
True we’ll ever be.
Words and music by Harmony Class of 1942
Cullen College of Engineering
THE UH ALMA MATER
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Academic Regalia
THE ATTIRE of the participants dates back to the 12th and 13th centuries, when universities began to be established in Europe. In 1321, at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, gowns were required attire not just for faculty members, but also for students of all classifications. Other European universities started requiring gowns, but there was not a standard design. In 1887, Gardner Leonard volunteered to design the graduation gowns for his class at Williams College. His design, as well as the standardization of colors to denote areas of study, were later adopted by an intercollegiate commission, and are the ones used today by most United States colleges and universities.
GOWNS. The bachelor’s gown has long pointed sleeves; the master’s gown has an oblong sleeve open at the wrists (some older gowns may be open near the upper part of the arm); the doctoral gown is fuller than the others with full-length velvet panels on the front and three velvet crossbars on each sleeve in black or in the color distinctive to the academic discipline of the wearer’s degree.
HOODS. The hood, worn by master’s and doctoral degree recipients, drapes over the shoulders and down the back and indicates the academic discipline to which the degree pertains; the field of the hood denotes the university that conferred the degree. The size of the hood indicates the level of the degree.
CAPS. The black mortarboard is the most common cap used. The tassel fastened to the center of the cap is black, although it may be the color appropriate to the subject of the degree. The tassel for the doctoral cap may be of gold thread. Candidates for bachelor’s degrees wear the tassels on the right side, shifting it to the left side after being awarded their degrees. Candidates for master’s and doctoral degrees wear their tassels on the left side from the outset and do not shift them after receiving their degrees.
BACHELOR’S DEGREES Gown: Black Tassel: Orange MASTER’S DEGREES Gown: Black Hood: Orange Tassel: Black DOCTORAL DEGREES Gown: Black Hood: Dark Blue Tassel: Old Gold
Cullen College of Engineering
ACADEMIC REGALIA
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Cullen College of Engineering
SPECIAL THANKS
A special thanks to the Convocation Committee and volunteers who assisted in making this memorable event possible.
Convocation Committee
Fallon Noel Convocation Coordinator and Administrative Assistant
Lesley Sisk Academic Advisor III
Shirley Mate Academic Advisor III
Miranda Vernon-Harrison Academic Records Coordinator
Roshawnda Anderson Assistant to the Dean
Volunteers
Erene AbrahamRachel Craig
Jenna DonnellyCyrena EdwardsVeronica Ellison
Katelyn FinneganKenneth Garcia
Sharon HallClaire Holley
Zaniffa JanTrina Johnson
Caitlin MacNeilKaitlin Mallory
Emily McGovern
Charkethia MimmsLupe MunozTracy Pringer
Jose RodriguezMonica Sanchez
Cecily SmithDawn Smith
Nicolette SolanoKimberlie Spencer
Anne SturmYolanda ThomasMeChelle Turner
Brandie Yale