Spring 2025 Recognition Ceremony Program
Congratulations to the electrical and computer engineering Class of 2025!
And a specialÌýthank you to all of the friends and family who have supported our graduates during their time at Ãå±±½ûµØ.Ìý
Table of ContentsÌý
ÌýÌý Today's Ceremony
ÌýÌý Awards and HonorsÌý
ÌýÌý PhD Candidates
ÌýÌý Master's Candidates
ÌýÌý Bachelor's Graduates
Today's Ceremony
Processional
Welcoming Remarks
Professor Chris Myers, Department Chair and Palmer Leadership Chair in Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
Acknowledgement of Award Winners
Undergraduate Student Address
Travis Matthew Wood
Master's Student Address
Sanjay Kumar Siva Ravichandran
PhD Student Address
Aoife Henry
Honorary Speaker and Former Department Chair
Dr. David Chang
Presentation of the PhD CandidatesÌý
Associate Professor Eric Keller, Associate Chair for Research and Graduate Education
Presentation of Master’s Candidates
Associate Professor Eric Keller, Associate Chair for Professional and Online Masters ProgramsÌý
Presentation of BS Candidates
Associate Professor Marco Nicotra, Associate Chair for Undergraduate EducationÌý
Closing Remarks
Professor Chris Myers
Reception
Please join us to continue celebrating our graduates. Light refreshments will be provided.Ìý
Awards and HonorsÌý
ÌýÌýWhite Ribbon: Engineering Honors Program, with honors
ÌýÌýPurple Ribbon: Summa cum laude, 3.9-4.0 GPA
ÌýÌýRed Ribbon: Magna cum laude, 3.8-3.899 GPA
ÌýÌýGreen Ribbon: cum laude 3.7-3.799 GPAÌý
ÌýÌýBest Thesis: Jooeun LeeÌýÌý
ÌýÌýExcellence in Graduate Research: Aravind VenkitasubramonyÌýÌý
ÌýÌýExcellence in Graduate Teaching: Fiona MajeauÌýÌý
ÌýÌýUndergraduate Academic Engagement: Gustavo Sanchez and Mathias LabuszewskiÌýÌý
ÌýÌýUndergraduate Community Impact Award: Travis Wood, Andrew Huynh, Ayla TabiÌý
Doctor of Philosophy Candidates
Jan A. Bartos
Advised by Professor Shu-Wei Huang
Dissertation: "Leveraging Nanomaterials for Quantum Limited Sensing"
Samuel David Gilinsky
Advised by Professor Juliet Gopinath & Professor Victor Bright
Dissertation: "Novel Electrowetting Devices and Their Applications"Ìý
Aoife Henry
Advised by Professor Lucy Pao
Dissertation: "Machine-Learning-Augmented Control of Wind Farms"Ìý
Christopher George Hodgkins
Advised by Professor Joe Izraelevitz
Dissertation: "Direct Resumption of Execution After Asynchronous Failures"
Nick Johnathon Krull
Advised by Professor Emeritus Ed Kuester
Dissertation: "Modal and Network Analysis of Perforated Wave Guiding Structures Using the GSTCÌýApproach"
Jooeun Lee
Advised by Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: "Miniaturization of Microwave Radiometers for Internal Body Thermometry"Ìý
Michelle Pirrone
Advised by Dr. Adam Wunderlich and Professor Sean Shaheen
Dissertation: "Practical Test Waveform Classes and Methodologies for Interference Testing in Communication Systems"
Marco Pomponio
Advised by Professor Marco Nicotra
Dissertation: To Be Defended in Summer 2025
Ameya Suresh Ramadurgakar
Advised by Professor Melinda Piket-May
Dissertation: "An Electromagnetic, Robust, Over-the-Air Radio Frequency Fingerprinting of Wireless Devices Using Digital Modulation Techniques"
Skye Reese
Advised by Professor Dragan Maksimovic
Dissertation: "An Approach to Switching Converter Design using Machine Learning and DeviceÌýPhysics-based Component Models"
Jake Raymond Sahli
Advised by Professor Al GasiewskiÌý
Dissertation: "Europan Cryospheric Communications"Ìý
Gabriel Seymour
Advised by Professor Bob McLeod
Dissertation: "Automation and Computational Techniques for High-Fidelity Volumetric Additive Manufacturing"
Chandan Suthar
Advised by Professor Dragan Maksimovic
Dissertation: "High Performance Digital Control, and Synthesis of DC-DC Converters for Wide Bandwidth and High Efficiency"Ìý