Cullen College of Engineering - University of Houston

ConvocationFriday, May 15, 2015

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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: [email protected].

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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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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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


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


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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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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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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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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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


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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


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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




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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


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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




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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


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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




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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


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


ACADEMIC REGALIA

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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

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