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8 a.m. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 ALLEN FIELDHOUSE
RECOGNITION
AND AWARDS
CEREMONY
LEADERSHIP
Representatives from University Administration
Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor Jeff Vitter
Dean
Michael S. Branicky
Associate Deans
Arvin Agah
Lorin Maletsky
Assistant Dean
Herbert Tuttle
Department Representatives,
Chairs and Program Directors
Z.J. Wang; aerospace
Sara Wilson; bioengineering
Laurence Weatherley; chemical & petroleum
Dave Darwin; civil, environmental & architectural
Victor Frost; electrical engineering & computer science
Herbert Tuttle; engineering management & project management
Chris Fischer; engineering physics
Ted Bergman; mechanical
Student Awards
Outstanding Seniors in Majors
Sammie and Carl Locke Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior
Faculty Awards
The Gould Awards
The Miller Professional Development Awards
Sharp Professorship
Accompaniment
Kansas Brass Inc.
PROGRAM
Welcome from Master of Ceremonies
Kellie Amott
Presentation of Student Awards and
Gould Faculty Awards
Alvaro Papa Silva, president of Engineering Student Council
Presentation of Miller Awards and
Sharp Professorship
Dean Michael Branicky
Dean’s Remarks
Dean Michael Branicky
Presentation of Keepsakes to Graduate Students
Dean Michael Branicky
Associate Dean Arvin Agah
Department chairs
Associate Dean Lorin Maletsky
Presentation of Keepsakes to Undergraduates
Dean Michael Branicky
Associate Dean Lorin Maletsky
Department chairs
Associate Dean Arvin Agah
“Crimson and the Blue”
Recessional
Reception
A reception for graduates, their families, guests and School of Engineering faculty
and staff will follow in an open-air tent near Oliver Hall, south of Allen Fieldhouse.
In the event of inclement weather the reception will be canceled. Please meet
graduates, family members and friends outside Allen Fieldhouse or at the
reception as there is another ceremony in the fieldhouse immediately after this
celebration.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering
Sonja Monique Flesberg
“Mixing Enhancement in a Scramjet Combustion Using Fuel Jet Injection Swirl”
B.S., Ryerson University, 1992
M.S., University of Kansas, 2000
Major Advisor: Ray Taghavi
Alex Karwas
“An Unconditionally Stable Method of Numerically Solving the Equations of Motion for
Solar Sail Spacecraft”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2010
Major Advisor: Ray Taghavi
Travis Francis Lechtenberg
“Denisty Model Corrections Derived from Orbit Data to Characterized Upper
Atmospheric Denisty Variations”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2008
M.S., University of Kansas, 2010
Major Advisor: Craig A. McLaughlin
Leslie Smith
“The Effect of Pulsed Injection on Shear Layer Resonance in a Scramjet Combustion
Chamber”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2009
Major Advisor: Saeed Farokhi
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Amir Bachelani
Jin Seong Kim
Wen Li
Elijah Patterson
Vivek Ram
Bioengineering Program
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering
Annaria Nardone Barnds
“Biomechanical Markers as Indicators of Postural Instability Progression in Parkinson’s
Disease”
B.S., Washington Lee University, 2010
Major Advisor: Carl Luchies
Connor Dennis
“Bone Tissue Engineering Using Colloidal Gels and Native Extracellular Matrix
Biomaterials”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2010
Major Advisor: Cory J Berkland
Lindsey Ott
“In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Tunable Fibrous Scaffolds for Tracheal Tissue
Engineering”
B.S., Kansas State University, 2008
Major Advisor: Michael S Detamore
Rodrigo Dennis Camargo Perea
“The Impact of Exercise on Brain’s White Matter Integrity in the Aging and Alzheimer’s
Population: A Diffusion Imaging Study”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2007
M.S., University of Kansas, 2010
Major Advisor: Robyn A Honea-Dickinson & Sara Wilson
Rong Tao
“Advanced Source Reconstruction and Volume Conductor Modeling for Fetal
Magnetocardiography”
B.S., Southeast University, 2008
Major Advisor: Mihai Popescu & Carl Luchies
Master of Science in Bioengineering
Mariad DeLynn Cocke
Alexander Thomas Hodes
Jennifer Melendez
James Edward Meyer
Kenneth Ryan Moulder
Corbin Nelson Reagan
Department of Chemical &
Petroleum Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Andrew Michael Duncan
“High-pressure Viscosity of Biodiesel, Diesel and Biodiesel Blends”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2007
Major Advisor: Susan Williams
Yan Gao
“Fundamental Studies of Refined Polyelectrolyte/Surfactant Nanoparticles- Bulk and
Interfacial Properties” B.S., Xian Jiaotong University, 2005
M.S., Xian Jiaotong University, 2008
Major Advisor: Prajnaparamita Dhar & Jenn-Tai Liang
Anahita Khanlari
“Engineering Hydrogels to Tune Mechanical Properties”
B.S., Iran University Science & Tech, 2005
M.S., Sharif University Technology, 2008
Major Advisor: Stevin H Gehrke
Weiwei Li
“Polyelectrolyte Complex Nanoparticle Nutrient Delivery System for Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery”
B.S., Inner Mongolia University, 2008
Major Advisor: Susan Williams
Griffin William Roberts
“Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Municipal Wastewater Cultivated Algae: Increasing
Overall Sustainability and Value Streams”
B.S., Parkland College, 2007
Major Advisor: Susan Williams
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering
Aishik Chakraborty
Timothy D. Mcdonald
Nicolas Mucci
Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering
Mauricio Vinassa
Department of Civil, Environmental
& Architectural Engineering
Master of Science in Architectural Engineering
Samantha Bakke
Loryn Nicole Goebel
John Cameron Lampe
Rebecca Martin
Meredith Nelson
Brent Randall Peek
Mariam Ibrahim Saifan
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Hao Liu
“A Finite-Element-Based Approach to Modeling Cracking & Repairs for DistortionInduced Fatigue in Steel Bridges”
B.S., Jilin University, 2007
M.S., Northern Jiaotong University, 2009
Major Advisor: Caroline Kayser Bennett
Xiaohui Sun
“Resilient Behavior and Permanent Deformations of Triaxial-Geogrid Stabilized Bases
Over Weak Subgrade”
B.S., Hohai University, 2009
M.S., Hohai University, 2012
Major Advisor: Jie Han
Master of Civil Engineering
Andrew Owen Brown
Stephanie Michelle O’Brien
Jay Duane O’Dell
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Allie Marie Bloxdorf
Ryan Robert Brettmann
Danielle Annette Delamaide
Megan Dierks
Muzai Feng
Jessica Galvis
Kevin Garrett
Bharath Reddy Kolli
Cody Prather LoMonaco
Feng Miao
Hemin Jalal Mohammed
Madan Neupane
Shivraj Patil
Grant Keller Polley
Bradley Robert Prewitt
Vishal Reddy
Sai Sudhakar
Mazharali Udaipurwala
Allie Wagner
Ricardo Gamarra Zapata
Master of Science in Environmental Engineering
Babak Mardan Doost
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science
Lindsey Yasarer
“Assessing the Impacts of Land-use and Climate Change for Water Resource Management”
B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2007
M.S., University of Kansas, 2012
Major Advisor: Belinda Sturm
Department of Electrical Engineering
& Computer Science
Master of Science in Computer Engineering
Siva Bobbili
Karthik Poduval
Vedamurthy Niranjan Pura
Brad Eugene Torrence
Dain Evan Vermaak
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
Mohammed Joumah F Alenazi
“Network Resilience Improvement and Evaluation Using Link Additions”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2009
M.S., University of Kansas, 2012
Major Advisor: James Sterbenz
Evan C. Austin
“Theorem Provers as Libraries ¿ An Approach to Formally Verifying Functional
Programs”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2008
M.S., University of Kansas, 2011
Major Advisor: W. Perry Alexander
Andrew Farmer
“HERMIT: Mechanized Reasoning During Compilation in the Glasgow Haskell Compiler”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2005
Major Advisor: Andrew Gill
David Paul Harvie
“Targeted Scrum: Software Development Inspired by Mission Command”
B.S., United States Military Academy, 1996
M.S., North Carolina State University, 2006
Major Advisor: Arvin Agah
Wenrong Zeng
“Content-Based Access Control”
B.S., Peking University, 2006
Major Advisor: Bo Luo
Master of Science in Computer Science
Jaisneet Bhandal
Naga Anusha Bommidi
Venu Gopal Reddy Bommu
Mahitha Doddala
Jason Michael Gevargizian
Sri Harsha Komarina
Rama Subramanian Krishnamoorthy
Ranjith Pazhangeril Krishnan
Jonathan Leon Lutes
Harish Rohini
Yadav Rohit
Sid Sethi
Sambhav Deep Sethia
Xiaomeng Su
Mohan Krishna Veeramachineni
Moiz Virani
Xun Wu
Rohit Yadav
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
Cameron Scott Lewis
“Ice Shelf Melt Rates and 3D Imaging”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2006
B.S., University of Kansas, 2007
M.S., University of Kansas, 2010
Major Advisor: S. Prasad Gogineni
Justin Garth Metcalf
“Signal Processing for Non-Gaussian Statistics: Clutter Distribution Identification and
Adaptive Threshold Estimation”
B.S. Kansas State University, 2006
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas, 2006
Major Advisor: Shannon Blunt
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Santosh Kumar Arvapalli
Manogna Bheemineni
Niharika Divekar
Keerthi Ganta
Divya Gupta
Vadiraj Pralhad Haribal
Aditya Kalluri
Deepika Kota
Jay William McDaniel
Madhuri Tejeswi Morla
Sreelakshmi Penmetsa
Kavyashree Pilar
Darshan Ramesh
Akshatha Rao
Sasank Reddy
Qi Shi
Master of Science in Information Technology
Michael David Allen
Majdi Mohammad A. Almessabeh
Ralph Bejan Baird
Michael Harmon George
Kevin Michael Houston
Myung-gu Kang
Komi Akounda Labitoko
Engineering & Project Management
Program
Master of Science in Engineering Management
Andrew Michael Beougher
Veronica J. Ford
Melody Mary Glasscock
James Donovan Katz
Nadeem Khan
Simon Kimatu Mutuku
Donald Romero
Majid Rozati
Brian Whittier Sifton
James P. Sisul
Richard Urio
Master of Engineering in Project Management
Paully Onyirimba
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
Timothy Daniel Craig
“Energetics of Lifting Strategies”
B.S., University of Kansas, 2003
M.S., University of Kansas, 2007
Major Advisor: Sara Wilson
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Taufiq Abdullah
Raoof Alabdullah
Chandrashekara Balagangadhara
Ashok Chidirala
Patrick Gordon Collins
Joshua Russell Harper
Satya Kalidasu
Jason Allen Knight
Haoran Li
Ryan O’Malley
Ramakrishna Kamath Suresh
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Russel S. Barnes
Justin Andrew Berndt
Aaron Thomas Blevins
Corey Michael Bredeson
Kellen Ammon Cross
Cameron Douglas Diaz
Ryan Grey Endres
Logan Daniel Fritz
Stephen Albert Hicks
Joshua E. Pritchard
Lauren Nicole Schumacher
Samuel Neil Shelton
Eric Scott Sherman
John Henry Toner
Joseph Michael Weaver
Christopher John Williams
Department of Chemical &
Petroleum Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Adam Doan Ahlstrom
Ryan C. Alonso
Tyler Joseph Betz
Joel Burton Billinger
Chalice Ann Blackford
Conor Lenai Bray
Keaton Taylor Brown
Maeley Kathleen Brown
Philip Anthony Cellitti
Elizabeth Anne Chesser
Monica Roy Chowdhury
Kimberly Ann Cole
Bekele Demelash
Henry Franklin Depew
Orion Dollar
Ann Elizabeth Nicole Eddy
Ibrahim Elandaloussi
Thomas Joseph Flynn III
Kyle Patrick Harrigan
David Li-The Hsiao
Natalie Michelle Hubbell
Hsiang-Tung Hung
Sammy Hamed Issawi
Jacob Mitchell Jaksetic
Minho Kim
Tiffany Lynne Kinsella
Brianna Marie Leiker
Patrick Michael McCann
John Edward Moore
Sarah Ann Moore
Jonathan Robert Mosher
Peter Francis Muehlebach
Trevor Russell Prater
Kaitlin Gail Rabe
Rex B. Rayfield III
Kenneth Ira Ritchey
Trey Anthony Scallions
Kathryn Marie Schmidt
Patrick Erik Sedarous
Clayton Keith Stanley
Graham Verne Stevenson
Caitlin E. Sullivan
Jessica Ann Swenson
Haider Sulaiman Tarar
Travis John Thomsen
Caitlin Hikari Uyemura
Bradley Wayne Vonada
Muzzammil Vora
Towne Reed Walston Jr
Bryan Phillip Weaver
Jerrica Lynn Werner
Jonathan William Whitlow
Chun Zeng
Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering
Mohammad A.M.A. Abdulaziz
Bader A.I.R. Alshatti
Eva Victoria Anderson
Thomas Boateng Appiagyei
Stephen Wesley Bacon
Peter Tre Bailey
Veeral Kirit Bhatt
Michael William Cleary
Dane Michael DeKing
Dipankar Dey
Jesse W. Flax
Zachrey Wayne Holsted
Teddy Jones
Samuel Young Lee
Yubai Li
Amirmasoud Moghaddami
Arshan Munif
Suraj Pillutla
Gayathiri Ramasamy
William Russell Rosso
Hassan Syed Shakil
Michael Patrick Treinen
Michael Patrick Widrig
Department of Civil, Environmental &
Architectural Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering
Rinad Abdulrazaq A. Alsinan
Benjamin Paul Anderson
Christopher Thomas Arpin
Laura Kate Assenmacher
Emily Fay Barker
Samuel Keith Calhoun
Nicholas Bird Call
Jacob Neil Cocke
Eryn Elizabeth Doran
Cody Robert Gibbens
Justin Michael Heaton
Chloe Ann Huxol
Maggee Katherine Kane
Charlotte G. Lamping
Kelly Christine Lowe
Jonathan Davis MacDonald
Travis William Theodore Louis Marshall
Meredith Jayne Megaffin
Kevin Dwayne Pearson
Katherine Ann Roth
Laura Elizabeth Seigel
Connor Martin Wesley
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Nathaniel Jotham Abeita
Eric Lloyd Babb
Sean Thomas Cameron
Emily Kathryn Cook
Mark Joseph Diebolt
Edward Joseph Fink
Sharon Kim Flanders
Jun Gao
Eduardo Andres Guillen Sucre
David Luo Hamateyo
Shashikiran Kambhampati
Ryan George Karlin
Rand Faris Khalil
Nicholas McClain Komin
Alex Daniel Koval
Patrick John Lewandowski
Elizabeth M. Maloney
Scott Jacob McConnell
Eleanor Josephine Meitl
Cormac Joseph O’Connor
Ondricek,Mark Douglas Ondricek
Carlos Antonio Patino
Jordan Robert Perlmutter
Ryan Michael Pohl
Cody Dean Porter
Lancelot Paul Reres
Christopher Eric Rice
Ronald Carl Rohr
Haley Diane Rundle
Samantha Kelsey Setter
Cihang Shen
Dylan Thomas Stang
Thomas Jasper Vance
Roberta Therese Wells
Hao Yuan
James Jordan Zacny
Department of Electrical Engineering &
Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Kellie Noreen Amott
Austin Applegate
Angela Great Benway
William Tyler Carey
Qin Chen
Ethan Ellis Christian
Kyle James Heeney
Thomas John Klug
Brandon Charles Meyers
Brent P. Mitchell
Francis Michael Perll
Cassandra Ramos Post
Scott Edward Tilson
Robert Austin Werner
Tyler Ray Yoder
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Shannon Elizabeth Bisges
Daniel Joseph Collins
Joshua Lynn Collins
Nikolas Andrew Colom
Adam Paul Drake
Zachary A. Flies
Nicholas Dean Gilliland
Eric Matthew Groves
Alex Dale Gustafson
Kendal John Harland
Christopher J Hogan
Travis Reid Johnston
Jiaxiang Li
Christopher David Markley
David Henri Menager
Zachery Allen Motsinger
Michelle Nichoal Perz
Gregory Alan Pregulman
Zane Madison Ralston
Preston W. Robertson
Ryan Glenn Scott
Monica Renee Shafii
Adam Frank Smith
Colby Norris Smith
Drew Winston Wallace
Ian Whitmore Weller
Eric Phillip Wenski
Alec Christopher White
Angela Patricia Wright
Katherine Wu
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Meteb E. Gh. E. Sh. Q. Almutairi
Christopher David Batsch
Tanner Luke Shubert Brunhoeber
Koosha Daneshi
Joshua E. Fraser
Ruofei Fu
Peter Joseph Gordon
Kai Lane Gustafson
Amanda Schultz Hellberg
Sean Holloway
Chao Jiang
Nicholas James Koerner
Brian Joseph Markus
Amanda Clare Parks
Paul Barton Plotkin
Gerald Brandon Ravenscroft
Aman Preet Kaur Sanghera
Scott Joseph Strycker Jr.
Andrew Steven Taylor
Cory J. Tindall
Tien Trien Truong
Michael Anthony Villamar-Vader
Daniel C. Viselman
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Kurt Austin Partridge
Engineering Physics Program
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics
Justin Lee Singer Anguiano
Yifeng Liu
Jacob Abraham Schneider
Ian Andrew Tait
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Austin Wesley Ahlgren
Amer Abdulkareem E. Alalwani
Rusul Al-Ani
Nick Blake Baggett
Stephen Thompson Bell
Andrew Boersma
Robert Patrick Bondi
Cory Michael Bondurant
Nathan William Bowman
Peter James Calvillo
Patrick Ellis Carttar
You Chen
Logan B. Coen
Daniel Lee Cross
Dalton A. Demel
Katharine Suzanne Doyen
Thomas Everett Dunn
Mohammed Ali El-Ostah
Rajab Ali El-Ostah
Shawn Feng
Dalen Charles Fink
Luke Alexander Foiles
John Steven Fredrickson
Vincent Michael Gerstner
Casey Michael Gile
Gregory Michael Graves
Alexis Christine Grimm
Blake Richard Hamilton
William Thomas Hamilton
Kevin Joseph Hemker
Cameron Henry
Paige Lynn Hildebrandt
Evan Murray Holcomb
Katharine Elizabeth Holland
Emily Anne Hrenchir
Taylor Rae Joyce
Jeremiah J. Karczewski
Homer Johnathan Kay
Alan Smith Kidd
Royce Daniel Kilgore Jr.
Jacob Thomas Konrade
Taylor Jacob Lawson
Cedric Glen Leimkuehler
Pei Liang Leow
William Blaufuss Libeer
Benjamin Anthony Liu
Patrick Michael Loftus
Morgan Conner Lottes
Colton Lowe
Luke R. Luallin
Alec Merino
Blake Aaron Meyer
Preston Moore
Jason Morris
Daniel James Muccino
Ammad Nazir
Chad A. Newton
Shane K. O’Brien
Jason Paschke
Neel Dipak Patel
Krystina Nicole Pingel
Lei Qian
Francisco Fernando Ramos-Carrizosa
Damon Allan Rea
Eric Joseph Reichling
David Salt
Setha Alex Sanoubane
Dillon Conrad Shupe
Myette Faye Tamboue Simpson
Kevin J. Sitek
Darrin Michael Sorem
Bailey Spickler
Michelle Kathleen Spiker
Kolton Wade Stimpert
Robert Murphy Stubbs
Sarah Morgan Taylor
Tabitha Teo Hui Ting
Evan Randall Thies
Chase Lee Vande Velde
Javier Jesus Martin Vizcarra Llavilla
Matthew J. Waegelein
Richard William Wagner Jr.
Jacob Andrew Wernel
Yuchen Yan
Ayrton Martin Yanyachi Nina
Kenneth Matthew Zabel
Syed Ali Zaidi
HONORS
Recognizing Graduates from Summer 2014, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
Graduate Students
Doctoral Oral Defense/Examination
Arely Torres Dominguez Alejandra, chemical & petroleum engineering
Mohammed Alenazi, electrical engineering & computer science
Annaria Nardone Barnds, bioengineering
Yan Gao, chemical & petroleum engineering
Michael Ray Jantz, electrical engineering & computer science
Guoyi Ke, aerospace engineering
Anahita Khanlari, chemical & petroleum engineering
Erin Mychael Mannen, mechanical engineering
Ashwini Shikaripur Nadig, electrical engineering & computer science
Griffin William Roberts, chemical & petroleum engineering
Viraj Singh, mechanical engineering
Rong Tao, bioengineering
Wenrong Zeng, electrical engineering & computer science
Master’s Oral Defense/Examination
Peter Julius Anderson, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
Evan C. Austin, electrical engineering & computer science
Megan Dierks, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
Robert Everhart, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
Rasha Faraj, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
Lauren Ferris, mechanical engineering
Loryn Goebel, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
Omar Ismael, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
Farshid Kiani, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
Travis Francis Lechtenberg, aerospace engineering
Yingying Ma, electrical engineering & computer science
Roopa Nilesh Matole, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
Jay William McDaniel, electrical engineering & computer science
Justin Garth Metcalf, electrical engineering & computer science
Alice Riley, mechanical engineering
Amanda Jane Sutherland, bioengineering
HONORS
Recognizing Graduates from Summer 2014, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
Undergraduate Students
With Highest Distinction
Joel Burton Billinger, chemical engineering
Sean Thomas Cameron, civil engineering
Justinas Lialys, electrical engineering
William Blaufuss Libeer, mechanical engineering
Sarah Ann Moore, chemical engineering
Alexandria Denise Palomarez, architectural engineering
Joshua E. Pritchard, aerospace engineering
Lauren Nicole Schumacher, aerospace engineering
Ryan Glenn Scott, computer science
Darrin Michael Sorem, mechanical engineering
Travis John Thomsen, chemical engineering
Chase Lee Vande Velde, mechanical engineering
Joseph Michael Weaver, aerospace engineering
With Distinction
Samuel D. Buchanan, electrical engineering
Gregory William Burg, engineering physics
Colin Edward Clark, architectural engineering
Thomas Everett Dunn, mechanical engineering
Ryan Grey Endres, aerospace engineering
Shawn Feng, mechanical engineering
Dalen Charles Fink, mechanical engineering
Loryn Nicole Goebel, architectural engineering
William Thomas Hamilton, mechanical engineering
Teddy Jones, petroleum engineering
Jacob Thomas Konrade, mechanical engineering
Alex Daniel Koval, civil engineering
Brent P. Mitchell, computer engineering
Jonathan Robert Mosher, chemical engineering
Zachary David Olson, civil engineering
Elizabeth Suzanne O’Neil, aerospace engineering
Ryan Michael Pohl, civil engineering
Zane Madison Ralston, computer science
Damon Allan Rea, mechanical engineering
Preston W. Robertson, computer science
Katherine Ann Roth, architectural engineering
Kathryn Marie Schmidt, chemical engineering
Matthew Joseph Swaback, architectural engineering
Haider Sulaiman Tarar, chemical engineering
Andrew Steven Taylor, electrical engineering
Jacob Andrew Wernel, mechanical engineering
Kenneth Matthew Zabel, mechanical engineering
CRIMSON AND THE BLUE
(Sing first verse only)
Far above the golden valley
Glorious to view,
Stands our noble Alma Mater
Towering toward the blue.
Lift the chorus ever onward,
Crimson and the Blue.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater,
Hail to old KU.
Far above the distant humming
Of the busy town,
Reared against the dome of heaven,
Looks she proudly down.
Lift the chorus ever onward,
Crimson and the Blue.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater,
Hail to old KU.
Greet we then our foster mother,
Noble friend so true,
We will ever sing her praises,
Hail to old KU.
Lift the chorus ever onward,
Crimson and the Blue.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater,
Hail to old KU.
RECEPTION
A reception for graduates, their families, guests and KU School of Engineering
faculty and staff will follow in an open-air tent near Oliver Hall, south of Allen
Fieldhouse. Please meet graduates, family members and friends outside Allen
Fieldhouse or at the reception as there is another ceremony in the fieldhouse
immediately after this celebration. In the event of inclement weather the
reception will be canceled.
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Photography
To ensure a memorable ceremony for all guests, please remain in your seats during
the ceremony and save personal photography of graduates for after the program.
Lifetouch Special Events is the official commencement photographer for the
University of Kansas and will be providing professional photography services for
this event. To view images, go to www.events.lifetouch.com/ku
The School of Engineering will post a gallery of photos to Facebook –
www.facebook/kuengineering
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
143rd Annual Commencement
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