C O N VO C AT I O N

May 2015

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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School of Engineering

Commencement

Convocation

Class of 2015

Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston Campus4:30 pm

Sunday, May 17, 2015

School Administrative Officers

Thomas N. Farris, Ph.D., Dean

Fred Bernath, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Henrik Pedersen, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Life Long Learning andProfessional Education

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

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

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

Michael Brown, M.Sc., Assistant Dean for EOF and Access Programs

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

Patricia Muisener, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for First-Year Students

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

Cecilia Vargas, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Transfer Services

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

Departments and Programs

Fred Bernath, Ph.D., Program Director; Applied Sciences in Engineering Program

Uta Kroggmann, Ph.D., Program Director, Bioenvironmental Engineering Program

Noshir Langrana, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Marianthi Ierapetritou, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Nenad Gucunski, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Athina Petropulu, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohsen Jafari, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Richard Lehman, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Alberto Cuitino, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department 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

PRESENTATION OF OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING SCHOLAR AWARD

Aaron Richton, PresidentEngineering Society

Rutgers Alumni Association

PRESENTATION OF OUTSTANDINGGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD

Dean Henrik Pedersen

STUDENT ADDRESSJessica Cruz, Mechanical Engineering 2015Shaleen Patel, Chemical Engineering 2015

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMASDepartment Chairpersons

RECESSIONAL

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 Biomedical Engineering

Curriculum in Applied Sciences in Engineering

MILES BORGESON 3

VINCENT BUHLERMATTHEW COCCAROJOHN COUCH 5

ANDREW DACOSTAADEMOLA DOSUNMUCHANDASSARA KANIKICHERLALAKERAM KISSOONHONG HONG LI 4

NGOC NGUYEN 4

SHAWN ORZECHOWSKIPETER SAADRONALD SCIMONEMICHAEL SCIORTINOSALVATORE SCRUDATO 3

DAMEN SORIENTE 1

MATTHEW SPERLINGBRIAN WELLS 1

BRANDON WILLIAMS

MENATOLLA ABOUELNASR 3

RICARDO AGUILARTODD ALTER 1

BRIAN AYERS 3

AHMED AYOUB 3

JESSE BAGLEYCHRISTOPHER BARGOUD 1

ETHAN BARNESSRINIDHI BELLAMKONDA 3

JOSHUA BENAVIDES 4

BRIAN BIXON 1

MATTHEW BRENNER 1

KEVIN CAPARINO 3

CHARLES CARABASI 3

JEANETTE CARONIA 1

HOONBYUNG CHAE 1

MOHIT CHAUDHARY 2

ALBERT CHENDANIEL CHUNG 2

CHRISTA COLINCO 2

EAMON COLLINS 1,5

PRAVALLIKA CONDAMICHAEL CONFORTICATHERINE CONNOLLY 1

JAKE COTTON 1

ABHINAV DAMARAJUMATAS EITMANTIS 1

MUHAMMAD ELBANAERHAN ERCILASUN

ARYA ESRAFILY 4

EMMA FLEISHERPRITHVI GANDHI 3

DAVID GEORGE 3

LINDSAY GIBSON-BROKOP 1

MICHAEL GLASSENALEXANDER GORSHKOV 2

AUDREY GREEN 1

MELANIE GROVES 2

MARK HANNAMALEXANDRIA HIPOLITO 1

KHANH HO 2,4

JULIAN HSUPHILLIP HU 2,6

OGHENETEJI ITIETIESAYELI JAYADENEDA KABI 1

JOSIAH KAM 3

JOHN KANTILIERAKIS 3

AKANKSHA KAPOOREVALDAS KARCIAUSKASBENNETT KERRWILAI KOSOL 2,6

JACOB KOVACSNASTASSIA KUDLAI 3

MICHAEL LA NEVE 3

DREW LAVISTA 1

MICHAEL LAZAR 1

ANDREW LEE

Curriculum in Bioenvironmental Engineering

WILLIAM BARTOSFARIELLE BRAZIERERIC DALEY 2

JIA HUANG

CATHERINE LILGEBERGERIC TRICOCCI 1,5

CHRISTINA TSOIJINLIN ZHANG

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Curriculum in Chemical Engineering

DANIEL ZUNGER 2

CHRISTOPHER ABBOTT 2

AMIRA ABDELSALAM 1

GILAN ABDELSALAMPRACHI AGRAWAL 3

SAMIR AHMED 3

IBRAHIM AKABANESMA ALYVARUN ANANTHANARAYANANJAYESH AVADHANISTEVEN AVERY 2

MARIA BARSOMNICOLE BASSOUS 1

CHRISTOPHER BLIZIOTIS 3

KENNARD BOWDEN 4

HARSHDEEP BRARSHANE BULKBRYAN CARGILLBONNIE CHANJESSIE CHANG 5

JAY CHAO 2

NICHOLAS COAKLEY 1

JOSEPH CONVERYDILLON COUGHLANJENNIFER DANGROBERT DESANCTIS 1

JIANAN DING 2

JEFFREY FEDORS 2

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DIANA LEUNG 2

HECTOR MALDONADO PEREZ 3

VINCENT MARTINLUISE MARTINIJENNIFER MCHALEMICHAEL MEDINI 2,5

WILLIAM MEDRANO 4

JEFFREY MIDOSE 2

ALYSSA MIELEMARCO MINGOZZI 1,6

HAIDER MIR 5

JAVAD MIRZA 3

SHIV MISTRY 1,6

PRIYA MOHAN 2,6

JOHN-SEBASTIAN MUELLERSHERIF NASSARSYLEEN NEELYTAYLOR NELSON 1

JAMES OBANIYI 3

AKSHAT PAREKH 2,6

NEIL PARIKHCHIRAG PATEL 2,5

DIPKUMAR PATELKRUPA PATEL 3

MISAAL PATEL 2

ROHAN PATELSONICA PATEL 1

HARSH PATHAK 1

KEVIN PENG 2,6

JESSE PERALTAROHIT PISECONNER QUINTEROJAYAKRISHN RAKKENCHATHCHRISTOPHER RATHNAM 1

YAMAN SAADIRIHAB SADIKDEREK SANCHEZJAY SHAH 1,5,6

PRASUN SHARMAALEXANDER SHINNNEIL SHUKLA 3

NICHOLAS SILVACARESSE SIMMONDS 2,6

DARREN SIU 2

KELSEY STECKLOWJOSHUA STROHLDIANA SUN 3,5

ARAVIND SUNDARARAJANLAYASRI SUNKAVALLISHAILI TANNA 1

CLARKE TONG 3

EVELYN TORRES 4

ELISE TRIVETT 1

HARRISON TSAIVIPIN TYAGIAMY TYSONNEVIN VARGHESE 1,6

JOSEPH VAVRA 3

SRIKAR VEDULABHARGAV VYASREBECCA WENOKOR 1

JAMES WONG 2,5

SAMUEL WOO 2

MICHAEL WUYASONIA YANKANNAH 5

CHUN YEUNG YIM 1,6

SHIPPON ZAMAN 4

Curriculum in Civil Engineering

JOSEPH ACABA 2

NICHOLAS AGOURASOMAR AHMEDANDREW AKANBIASHISH ALEX 3

MICHELLE BAKERKENNETH BRESSLER 3

ANTONIO BUCHEL 3

ALEXANDRA CAPURSOCHRISTOPHER CERCHIO 2

JONATHAN CHAN 3

NICHOLAS CHELIUS 1

NICHOLAS CONSTANTINO 1

ANDREW DAUS 1

NICOLE DEL MONACO 5

CHRISTOPHER DESALVOTYLER DRAPEAU 3

KEVIN DRISCOLLCOLIN DUFFY 2

TIMOTHY ENNY 2

DAVID FAHIM 2

CHRISTOPHER FARAO 1

SARAH FAVISMARCO FIDALGO 2

ALEX FIGUEIREDO 3

RYAN FINDLAY

KEVERN FRASERPARTH GANDHICHAIM GREENBERG 3

MATTHEW GROSSMAN 1

GREGORY GRUSZKAWEIHANG GUAN 3

ERIK GUNNMICHAEL HAUNERYUZE HE 1

JOANNE HORNG 3

SOHYUN JEONG 2,6

BRIAN KELLY 2

ZALAK KHAMARSRAVYA KHASNAVEES 3,5

JAMES KIM 1

RAAN KIMSOO YEON KIMKENNETH KOSTENBADER 2

CASSANDRA KOTSOLAKISKEVIN KROTULISBRYAN LEDEUG GI LEEKELVIN LEE 1

GAOPO LIU 1

HSIANG-KAI LIUNAIMAH MAJEED-SLOANELNAFTALI MALKA 3

ANTHONY MANNO 2

DEREK MCINTOSH 2

NICHOLAS NGAI 3

HOAITHU NGUYEN 3,4

QIN NI 1

WESLEY OKWEMBAMICHAEL PAMULA 2

INGRID PAREDES 2

BIANCA PATEL 1

JAY PATEL

SHALEEN PATEL 2

ABIGAIL MAE PAZBAOHUA QIAO 2

MILES RAFFAABDELHADY RAGIYASMEEN RAGI 2

SETH RANASINGHE 3,5

NICOLE RICO 2

HAFSA SADIQMANSI SANGHVI 1

MICHAEL SEBASTIANO 3,6

RHYTHM SHARMADEEPINDER SINGHBRIAN STEINBERGAARON STERN 2

PREETHI SUNDARARAJAN 3

JAY TAILOR 1

ELLIOT TAYLOR 2

NICHOLAS THISTLE 1

JAISE ULAHANNAN 3

KATHLEEN UVA 3

VETRI VELAN 1,5

JINGYAO WANG 1

YIFAN WANG 1

MERCEDES WU 1

YIXI XIAO 2

YAXI XU 1

ZEYU YANG 1

SANG-WEON YOOARVIN ZABALERIO 1

AUSTIN ZATORSKI 1

CHANGWEN ZHANG 3

TIANREN ZHANG 1

YULEI ZHANG 1

YUWEI ZHANG 1

YUAN ZHUANG 1,5

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Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering

COLE ABRAMSON 1

NYAMBI ACHOHARSH AGARWALKASIM ALAMZACHARY ALLIN 3

ASIM ALVI

DAMANPREET ANAND 3

EVAN ARBEITMANAMGAD ARMANUS 3,4

KSHIPRA ATTARDEMUSTAFA AYDINNEELESH BALAJI 2

WILLIAM FORAN 1

SHIVANGI GANATRAKAREN GARCIA 4

THOMAS GEREFFISAMMY GIRALDOTHOMAS GLATFELTERDALEXANDER GONZALEZ 3

DANIEL GORDONSTEFANY GURGELBRETT HAYHURSTSCOT HUMELUCAS JARAMILLO 2

ALVIN JOHNSONJOHN KAHLES 2

ALYSSA KANTORSHAW KELLERGIWOO KIMERIC KOETASSIAMAK KOOCHAK 2

AMIT KULKARNISEAN KWIATEKANNE DOMINIQUE LABORCEYIN LOK LAU 3,5

DELSSOHN LEEWENXIANG LEI 1

YAAKOV LEVY 2

KEVIN LYNCH 2

MICHAEL MALDARELLI 3

KRISTEN MALONEY 2

DEREK MANANSALASTEVEN MARZOWILLIAM MASSON 1

CORAL MCKEE 3,4

EDWARD MOLINA 4

BENJAMIN MOLINASCHRISTOPHER MONOPOLIS 1

TYLER MORRENROLANDA MOUSSA 3

ATUL MURTHYJACQUELINE NAMSUBIN NAM 2

ANDREW NASCA-MEDEIROSBRYAN NORTZ 2

JOHN OLDENBERGH 4

ALEXANDER OLIVARESDANIEL PADILLA 2

BRENO PAIVASERGIO PALOMO 4

ERICA PARRIOTT 1

AAKASH PATELAMIT PATELPARTH PATELPAVAN PATELSWATI PATELMICHAEL PAVELCHAK 3

GEORGE MICHAEL PE 1

BRANDON PETCHOCK 2

THOMAS PETTI 3

MICHAEL PORTAHECTOR RIOSTYLER RUPERTO 3

PIERCE RYAN 3

PEDRO SABILLONCHRISTOPHER SAGLIOCCOTHOMAS SALIBAAFOLABI SANUSI 1

LIZAINE AN SARANGLAO 1

KEVIN SAVAGE 1

JAMES SCHAPPELL 2

DONALD SCHLOSSERAAKASH SHAH 2,4

CYLE SICURELLAJOSHUA SILVERMAN 2

JAMES STEINBERGERDOMINICK STRUMOLOJOSE SUBERVI 4

AKASH SUTARIYA 2

MARLENE TOMSERGIO UMANTHONY VLAHOS 2

JONATHAN WALDNER 5

RUOFAN WANG 3

NYAPAULA WASHINGTONKHADEEJAH YANES 1

STEVEN ZAFRANIAMINE ZAOUIA 1

HONGYI ZHANG

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SUSMA BASELMICHAEL BEARDKRUNAL BHARGAV 2

FRANK BOHN 1,5

LAUREN BORROMEOJEREMY BOWER 2

AEON BROWNORION CABRITAJOSEPH CAIAZZAJAMES CHANPHILIP CHAN 1

VINCENT CHENWEI CHEN 1,4

WILLIAM CHENG 3

HERRICK CHINGEVAN CHIPPSROBERT CHIUCHIH-TING CHO 2

JAKE CHOUYEHUDA COHEN 2

MATTHEW D'ANGIOLILLOKEITH DAVIESDANIEL DAVISGIOVANNI DEGRANDEANDREW DEMOLEASMATTHEW DENOVELLIS 3

JUSTIN DEOLIVEIRANEHA DESAIPAVAN DESAIJEFF DESTINEJEFFREY DI PAOLA 5

MANUEL DIAZ GRANADOS 1

TAM THANH DUONGOSASUMWEN EBOH 3

JACQUELINE EMERLE 1

KEVIN FAISTDAVID FELDHEIM 2

DAVID FUIVAN FUNG 3

CHRIS GERALDPAULRAJJEFFREY GILLEN 3

JONATHAN HAAS 3

MICHAEL HADAMMIRAJUL HAQUE 3

BORIS HAZANOVALEXANDER HILLSTEPHEN HOEFFNERJONATHAN HONG 3

TING HUANGTING-CHIEH HUANG 2

SELINA HUIERIC JACOB 3,5

KALPESH JOGANI 4

ALEJANDRA JURADO 4

RYAN KADRI 1,5

PARTH KANANIROBIN KARMAKAR 3

JOSEPH KAUFMANNSHARLINA KESHAVAMOHAMMAD KHAN 3

SOYAB KHATUMBRA 4

ANTHONY KINGCHI WAI KUOKMITCHELL LACSAMANAALAN LAMMOHAMMED LATIF 1

DAVID LAZAARBUFANG LIANGJONATHAN LIANG 3

CHUNKAI LIAO 2,4

MARVIN LIU 2

ALEXANDER LOH 1,5

JOSEPH MACPHEE 1

ALIHAIDER MAHMOOD 3

JOSEPH MAIOCHRISTOPHER MANCUSO 2

BRYAN MARSHALL 2

FELIX MATEODHEER MEHROTRA 1

ERIC MESADUSTIN MILLERNABIL MOHAMMADMICAH MOORE 2

STEPHEN NEWBERRY 1

KRISHA PAU OLANDAYGEGI ONIANIMARLON ORELLANA 2,4

STEVE PAKDANIEL PALANCHIVINAY PANJABI 2

KEITH PAPASUN JAE PARKAESHA PATELAKASH PATEL 1,5

JAINIL PATELJAY PATELSANGIT PATELTUSHAR PATEL 3

DAVID PATRZEBA 1,5

ANDREW PIERCE 1

ROBERTO POLANCO 3

ANTHONY PORTURAS 1

ALEX PUGHJAN RACOMA

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Curriculum in Industrial Engineering

ZECHARIAH ABRAHAMHARIS ACKERMANIQRA AHMEDBRIANNE BEHRALYSE BELGRAVEANDREINA BRETON 4

GWENDOLYN CAMPBELL 1

ABHIJITH CHAKRAVARTHY 2

YUJI CHOISTEFANO CRAIGMANAN DESAIARUSHI DHARIANICHOLAS DIGIOVANNICHARLES FINLEYSIUCHEUK FUNG 3

ALICIA GASTONRYAN GHAIDA 3

ERIC GLIEBE 2

KENNETH HAURYJESSE HOLLOWAYWAJEEH IQBALJEREMY JIMENEZKNDRIM KADRIU 4

KEEHO LEEJOSHUA LEVY 3

KYLE MACKINNON

DUNCAN MAINASAYIR MALIKMEENA MALLELARYAN MARKEYNANCY METAWEAJITEN MISTRYTYLER MOGAVEROBASSEL MUDARRIS 3

CHIRAG PATEL 4

POOJAN PATELLAURA PAWLOWSKINICHOLAS PERRETTE 3

DANIEL PIERROTKYLE POTKAYNANG QUACH 3

ROHAN RATH 5

PALASH RATHORTAREK SAAD 4

IBAAD SADIQCESAR SANCHEZ 4

JOSE SANCHEZ 3

JOHN SCHRECKROBERT SCHULTZSHIVANG SHAHTEJ SUCHITRAHUL SUNKAVALLI

SYEDUR RAHMANHOLLY REMALYANTHONY REMOYANG RENJAROSLAW ROSZKO 3

CHARLES SABINJAY SANJAY BAJAJ 2

PRASHANTH SANKARANVINCENT SCARAMIAJASON SCATENA 1

SHIVANI SETHI 1

AAYUSH SHAH 4

NEIL SHAHVINAYADITY SHIVAKUMAR 2

THOMAS SLONAKER 3

DOUGLAS STANJESKIMIHAIL STANTCHEVDANIEL SU 3

MIN WOO SUNG 3

MINSOO SUNGTHOMAS SWEENEYROBERT SZELAST 1,5

BASAK TAKIMCI

LUCIANO TARANTO 1,5

JORDAN TEPPER 1

NIRJAN THAYAPARANJEAN THAYLORDSHELLEY TONG 2,5

MICHAEL TORIELLO 3

KRUTI TURAKHIADIEGO URQUIZA 4

MANOJ VELAGALETIJOSE VILLAMOR DELGADOQING WANG 2

YITAO WANG 3

JERRY WASDYKEJAMES WEIKYLE WRAFTERMICHAEL WU 1,5

LUKE XUSHU XU 1

MICKEY YEUNG 2

BRENNAN YOUNG 1

PETER ZHANGIAN ZIEDERJESSE ZIEGLER 1,5

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MICHAEL ABADY 3

ZACHARY ADAMSJOHN ADELHOCH 3

ADRIAN ALCANTARAWILLIAM ALLISONDAVID ALONSO 1

DAVID ALSTONLUDWIG ALTVATERDEBBIE ANDRES 2

JAY ANTALA 1

KYLE ANTONOWICHMATTHEW ANTOZZESKIILYA APTEKAREV 4

NABIL ARMOUTKRISTEN ASCIONE 2

MATTHEW BAJOREK 1,6

JEREMY BALISE 2

RAHEEM BALOGUN

BREANNA BANCHERI 2

SAMUEL BENEVENIAMAHARSHI BHATTACHARYACRAIG BITTEN 1

ANDRE BONEANDREW BRAVERMAN 2

ADAM BRODYTHOMAS BUONONATO 3

ERIC BYEONKEVIN CAAMPUED 2

BRIAN CAMPANALEJESSICA CHAMOUN 1

STEVEN CHEN 1

MICHELLE CHERNICK 1,5,6

WILLIAM CHERNIKDANIEL COLLISONNICHOLAS COLUCCIMATTHEW COOPER 3

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering

Curriculum in Materials Science and Engineering

BENJAMIN ALLENANDRES BEHRENSROBERT BENNINGMICHAEL BROWNAIMEI CHANG 4

ALVIN CHOIJESSE CROWLEY 2

CHARLES DOU 2

ALEXAI DOWNEYMAXWELL FREEDMAN 1

MICHAEL GEIS 1

NICHOLAS IMPELLIZZERIMANIKA JAINWESLEY JENGLENN KAMHANGSONGCHRISTIAN KIMDANIEL KONDRACKI 2

ELISA KWOK 2

CALVIN LEEJESSE LENTZ 3,5

JOHN LIMMATTHEW LU 1,6

KEVINCARL LUCEROIAN MAHER 3

DAVID MANOUKIANALLYSON MARON 2

RYAN MAYBERRY 3

COLLEEN MCDOWELL 2

JEFFREY MELZER 1

ANTANAS MOCKUS 3

DANIEL MOHRFELD 1

MICHAEL MONTGOMERYDUSTIN NG 3

KEVIN NGUYENTARA NIETZOLD 1

SHANE PATEL 1,5

VIVEK PATELTAYLOR PICILLO 1

MOIZ RAUF 1

SETH ROBINSON 3

JOSEPH SCHNEIDER-HAEFNER 1

SIVARAMPRA SIVA 1,5

PETER SPATOCCO 1

MARISSA TIERNODAVID WANGJENNIFER WEIR 1

JOSEPH WOO 3

JIAYUN ZHOU 1

DANIEL TRAMONTANOSCOTT VANEK 3

DYLAN VAS 3

RAYMON VILLANUEVACUONG VO 3

CALVIN ZHENG

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JESSICA CRUZ 4

MICHAEL CRUZ 1,5

DREW CUMMINGSTHEODORE DAMESALEXANDER DELGRARINO DENARDI 2

MATTHEW DESANTISHARDIK DHADUKMICHAEL DIBUONO 2

ALEXANDER DIGIACOMO 3

ANDREW DOROSHENKO 1

CRAIG DUBOISBRANDON EBERHARDTPHILIPPE EIDMARK EISENBERG 1

ANTHONY ELGHOSSAIN 2

RYAN ELMACHTOUBSTEPHEN ELSAKER 3, 4

MOHAMED ELSHARKAWITINA EMAMIROMMEL-JEF ESPINA 3

AMMAR FAROOQUIMATTHEW FISHMAN 3

JEROME FREDERICK 3,4

KEVIN FUJOHN GALVINVINCENT GANCITANO 1

CHRISTIAN GARCIA 4

GABRIEL GARCIAMICHAEL GARCIA 4

MATTHEW GAVILANES 1

DAVID GERHART 1

RYAN GLEASONJAMES GLIATTOTIMOTHY GLOWINSKIMATTHEW GUARINO 2

JONATHAN GULOAVIN GUPTA 1

DAVID HAAFDEREK HENRICHSENALEXANDER HEUCKEALBERT HSUEHADEDAMOLA IYIOLAOLUWASEUN JOSEPH 4

SEBASTIAN KAISER 3

ADAM KAUFMANJOHN KELLY 1

SARA KHALEDHARRISON KILLENEUGENE KIM 1

JAMES KIMDEANNA KO 2,6

NICHOLAS KREUTZER 2

MICHAEL KRUSINOWSKIRYAN KUHNANTHONY KUNCASPETER KYAING 4

IAGO LADEIAMAXIM LAZOUTCHENKOV 3,6

PIOTR LEGOWSKI 5

MATTHEW LEPOREALEXANDER LESHIKCHRISTOPHER LIOU 2

DAVID LIUMICHAEL LOUCALVIN LUJOSEPH MALANDRINOROHITH MANNAMCOLIN MCKEVITTMARK METTIASNATALIA MILLAN-ESPITIA 2

AMIT MISTRYNICHOLAS MONTANO 2

PEDRO MOREJONKEISHA MULLINGSJESSE MUNNING 3

RYAN NAPOLEONSHOTA OKAJIMA 1

DAVID OTTENSTEIN 1

KEVIN PAKDIEGO PALACIOS 1

SE HEE PARK 3,5

MASON PATEL 1

MAUNIK PATEL 3

MIHIR PATEL 3

ROMIT PATEL 4

ROSHAN PATEL 2

SEJAL PATEL 2

SUMIT PATELVISHRUT PATELKELVIN PAUPAUL PEPKOWSKILUIGI PETRUCCIVINCENT PHAN 1

RYAN PHILLIPS 3

MURAT PIKERBORIS PLAKALOVIC 1

MICHAEL POKAZANYEV 3

KEVIN PONCE 3

JOHN POPIVCHAK 2

JEDIDIAH POPONNECHRISTOPHER PORESKY 1

BRANDON PROETTO 3

GEORGE PUICA

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1. Summa Cum Laude2. Magna Cum Laude3. Cum Laude4. EOF5. Dual degree/Double Major6. J. J. Slade Scholar

*Note: Honors notations in this booklet are based on the cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of the fall 2014 semester. Final honors notations, including spring 2015 grades, will be included on the diploma and transcript.

DUONG QUACHNOMAN RAFI 4

DHAVAL RANA 4

CAROLINE RAZUK 3

JAMES REMZA 3

ANTHONY REVERRIALEXANDER RIOTTO 3

MICHAELA RIVERADANIEL ROBERTSJAMES ROSSETTINISALLY ROUSHDY 2

TOM RUNKOZACHARY RYANMATEUSZ RYNKIEWICZ 3

DANIEL SABANOSPRITISH SAHOO 2

JOHN SANCHEZ 3

LUIS SANCHEZANDREW SANDLER 2

VEDANT SARDARICK SCHIENI 1

HEMANG SHAH 4

JAY SHAH 2

ZEAL SHAH 3

AISHA SHAIKH 1

JOHN SHARKEYSIDDHARTH SHARMA 5

BALTEJ SINGH 2

MATTHEW SIRKIN 1

JORDAN SMART 1

IVAN SOLOMAHHIN 2,6

BRANDON STASNYJOSEPH STEPHENSDYLAN STORMS 2

CAMERON STOWELL 1

JAKUB STRZEBONSKI 3

THAMINA SULTANA 4

ROBERT TEOFRIO 3

JAY TOBIA 1,6

LEIF TORNBERGANTHONY TORTORELLOADRIAN TURNER 1

TODD VACCAROUMANG VAISH 3

CHRISTOPHER VELOSO 2

BERTRAND WANG 1

WESLEY WAVERSHAKAPRIL WHITEJA'QUIS WILLIAMS 4

DAVID WOODMICHAEL WOODS 1,6

CALEB YUHAS 2

JONATHAN ZIRKLEGABRIEL ZOHAR

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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 world-wide 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 J. 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) 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 NJ, Rutgers University and the School of Engineering, the EOF program fosters the educational, personal and professional development of talented, highly motivated NJ students interested in a career in engineering, who come from educationally and financially disadvantaged backgrounds. Through myriad 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 Speaker

Jessica Cruz is graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the School of Engineering at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. From Paterson, NJ, Jessica is a graduate of the STEM Academy of John F. Kennedy High School. A committed member of the Society of Hispanic Engineers here at Rutgers, she served as historian, secretary, external vice president, and president. Jessica is proud to be an EOF student and gratefully acknowledges the support of that program. Jessica completed a co-op with Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products and an internship with Verizon. In June, Jessica will join Verizon full-time in the Engineering-Verizon Leadership Development Program.

Shaleen Patel is graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the School of Engineering at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. From Woolwich Township, NJ, Shaleen has been a dedicated member of the Rutgers University Mock Trial Association for four years and plans to attend law school in the future to become a patent attorney. Shaleen has been working as an intern for the last two years at Colgate-Palmolive. Shaleen has accepted a full-time position with Johnson Matthey and upon graduation will be working with them as a Process Control Engineer.

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About the University

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 (later entitled the Bureau of Engineering Research) 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.

Today Rutgers University on its three major campuses—New Brunswick/Piscataway, Camden and Newark—along with some ten other research and teaching locations provides programs for more than 65,000 students from 50 states and 115 countries in its 32 degree-granting schools and colleges. Rutgers is the only institution in the country to include in its heritage a colonial college of the eighteenth century, the land-grant tradition of the nineteenth century, and the development of the modern state university.

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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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Congratulations, Class of 2015!

Welcome to the Rutgers University Alumni Association, the university-wide alumni organization that all Rutgers graduates are automatically members of—for free, for life! You are joining a network of 460,000 proud Rutgers alumni worldwide, a legion of scarlet enthusiasts who shared many of the same experiences and traditions that you enjoyed throughout your time at Rutgers.

As you make the transition to proud Rutgers graduate, remember that Ralumni.com is your online headquarters for everything you need to know about the RUAA. Networking events, social outings, exclusive discounts, career resources, and volunteer opportunities await you as you embark upon this new chapter in your life.

Make sure to update your information at Ralumni.com to stay connected to Rutgers and to receive your Alumni Benefits Card and your free subscription to Rutgers Magazine. We also invite you to become an active participant in the many events the RUAA hosts each year, or in one of our 130+ alumni interest groups, including the Rutgers Engineering Society (RES).

RES was established in 1949 as the alumni organization of the Rutgers School of Engineering, offering a year-round schedule of activities, including workshops, career seminars, and opportunities to become involved with the school through various committees and programs.

We applaud you on this momentous achievement and look forward to sharing the next stage of your Rutgers life with you! Visit the links below to get started on your alumni journey.

Stay Connected!

Ralumni.comRutgersEngineeringSociety.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Engineering Society LinkedIn Group

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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.

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C O N VO C AT I O N

May 2015

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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