Honors Convocation UNLV TBE-A Building

Honors
Convocation
UNLV TBE-A Building
Dr. William R. Wells Great Hall
April 19, 2012
Howard R. Hughes
College of Engineering
WELCOMES YOU TO THE
2011-2012
HONORS
CONVOCATION
Ceremony & Reception
EngineerInnovation.
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2011 - 2012
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Honors Convocation Program
PostingoftheColors
NationalAnthem
Welcome
IntroductionofDean’sListRecipients
PresentationofScholarshipRecipients
PresentationofTroyBartlettAward
PresentationofGraebelScholarship
PresentationofDepartment,College
&UniversityAwards
RecessionalandAlmaMater
Army&AirForceROTC
ColorGuard
Mr.PaulVillaluz’97,’06
Dr.RamaVenkat,Dean
Dr.RamaVenkat
Dr.MohamedTrabia
Dr.PeterStubberud
Lt.Col.RobertHaug
MAJNeilOscarson
Dr.DonaldHayes
Dr.JohnT.Minor
Dr.HenrySelvaraj
Dr.WoosoonYim
Mr.PaulVillaluz’97,‘06
Pleasejoinus
intheGreatHallforarefreshmentsimmediatelyfollowingthe
Convocation.
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2011 - 2012 Dean’s List
Undergraduate Students with at least 12 credits and a semester grade point average (GPA) of
3.50 or higher are eligible for the Dean’s Honor List. This list represents the Spring 2010 and
Fall 2010 Semesters.
AngelynAccad
ChristopherAdams
SiavashAkrami
JacobAlbright
MohammedAl‐Karawi
WilliamAllee
JonathanAllen
MakdaAndemeskel
DanielAnderson
TaylinAnderson
AmandaAppling
MarcieArai
JeevakeAttapattu
JoshuaAurich
JoshuaAurich
JosephBaggs
MichaelBaird
JamesBaker
GlennBanisaba
IaniBatilov
DesiBattle
StephenBausch
MorrisBen‐Aouicha
DarrenBenn
JimmyBenoit
TrevorBergstrom
JohnBertini
JamesBivans
JeremiahBoles
AnthonyBongolan
AnnieBouck
JoshuaBreeden
RobertBrown
KentBuenaventura
MitchellBurton
JianPaoloBuzar
AaronCajka
MarcCanlas
AlanCarreno
DanielCauley
HugoChiang
DavidChorpash
RaulCollazo
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AaronCornwell
JamesDabinett
Rudolfs Dambis
TiffanyDanner
ChristianDatuin
LucDelgado
EdwardDemars
ShaneDieckmann
JaredDobson
PhilipDupree
JoseElizondo
JohnEnyeart
RyanFarnsworth
JeremyFeliciano
AlexanderFitzjerrells
JimmyFloyd
JorgeFonseca
JonathonFountain
AnnFrappier
DavidFyda
Deanna Galang
JustinGalli
SeanGann
ZeNanGao
GiovannyGarcia
AlejandroGarcia
TylerGeonetta
RyanGilligan
EnriqueGonzalez
CahlGouker
CalebGreen
CaseyGrif ith
AveryHacker
KristofferHarrington
Bridger Heizer
MasonHill
ParkerHill
KaitlinHoffman
JoshuaHorlacher
RaymondImber
StevenIreland
LaurenJacobs
DallasJaeger
ChadJohnson
RobertJohnson
DevinJones
AleksandarJovkovic
MichaelKajkowski
HiroshiKao
GeordanKeller
StefanKirov
ToshihideKishita
WilliamKostan
BarbaraKrit
YuryKulagin
StevenLambert
MinLongLan
RyanLarance
ChristopherLaux
SamuelLee
JamesonLee
DerekLennon
JosephLeon
BrianLeonard
ArnaldoLeyva
HongzhongLi
KyleLitton
EricLo
CarloLopez‐Tello
JacobLynch
JohnLystrup
PhilippMaeder
BrianMagann
DavidMann
AaronMariano
StevenMatti
EricMcdonald
RussellMclellan
RubenMedina
KyleMellies
EdwardMendiola
ChristopherMikhael
BrianMiller
JosephMirabile
MikhakMisaghian
LidiaMorales
AntonioMorales
RyanMortenson
JasonMuniz
MaryMurphy
BlakeNaccarato
CameronNeal
OttoNeidert
ShelbyNelson
DavidNguyen
PhillipNix
RomanGabrieleOcampo
JoannaOpena
JorgeOrtiz
JulianOwyong
MatthewPalmer
DominicPanaligan
AlexPark
DarvinPatio
ErnestoPavon
ChristopherPhillips
NataliePinon
JohnRaymondPlanas
LouisPombo
TikHoPoon
ThomasPorter
BenjaminPowell
LeahPreston
StephenPretto
TungQuy
BrittanyRadke
Kaiana Ragasa‐hamada
MariaRamos
RichardRazack
MatthewReyburn
JorgeReynaga
BlakeReynolds
MichaelRhodes
NormanRichardson
MarieRodillon
FrancellRodriguez
NathanielRoss
LaylaRouas
MarkRushforth
RichardRyan
EliottSanchez
AndrewSanders
CarmelisseSanga
LaurenSangalang
JacquelineSchill
RyanSchroeder
AshleySelvy
CesarSerralta
AlexySerrano
MonettaShaw
AmyShigeta
KaylaShim
Maryna Shkrobat
KenShultz
JeffreySilerio
JasonSilic
DanielSilva
SeanSims
MarkSnyder
JeremyStern
PatrickStilson
EricStorch
DaneStrong
DesmondTan
MichaelTheil
DinoTinitigan
SuzanneTrabia
SarahTrabia
EdwardVanMeter
SajuVarghese
PabloVazquez
ChristianVega
AntonelaVerdha
KristiVerdha
LaertVerdha
BrianVincent
XiangWang
EmilyWeill
JonnyWinger
Nicolas Wong
AdamWurtzel
ErnestoZamoraRamos
ZhengZeng
StephanieZobrist
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2011 - 2012
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Scholarship Recipients
TharinduAbeygunawardan
MaheshAcharya
CalebAlbornoz
MohammedAl‐Karawi WilliamAllee JonathanAllen
SeleneAlvaraez
PatrickAnderson
MarcieArai
JoshuaAurich JosephBaggs
MichaelBaird
DineshBajracharya
IaniBatilov
MorrisBen‐Aouicha
JamesBenavente
StephenBerta
RonaldBohne AnnieBouck
KentBuenaventura
JianPaoloBuzar
AaronCajka
JackCheney
MarcCanlas
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AlumniGraduateScholarship
PatriciaSastaunikScholarship
GPSAEndowment/JamesAdamsScholarship
HonorsAccessScholarship
NASANVGrantProgram‐707x
HonorsAccessScholarship
DeeSmithEndowedScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
ConstMgmtAdvBoardScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
NelsK.EliasenScholarship
CollegeofEngineeringAlumniScholarship
JohnSWerthScholarship
MildredPCotnerAcademicScholarship
StanFultonHonorsProgramScholarship
MildredP.CotnerAcademicScholarship
LouisWoitishekScholarship
PatriciaSastaunikScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
StanFultonHonorsProgramScholarship
DeeSmithEndowedScholarship
EarlandHazelWilsonScholarship
CSUNHeadStartScholarship
CSUNLeadershipScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
UNLVBookstoreScholarship
MulticulturalEngineeringScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
HughesAlumniProvostScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
Solar&RenewableEnergyScholarship
WellsFargoGlobalScholarship
EngineeringGeneralScholar
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
UNLVBookstoreScholarship
Solar&RenewableEnergyScholarship
UNLVFoundationScholarship
O’RourkePlumbingScholarship
Mary&JohnHughesProvostScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
Selma&TroyBartlettHonorsScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
ZacharyCantu HenryChan
AldoChavira
JackCheney
HugoChiang
TiffanyCook
JosephCooper
JamesDabinett
LucDelgado
JaredDobson
RonaldDuprau
DestaEdosa
JoseElizondo
JohnEnyeart
RoxanneFeige
JeremyFeliciano
JamesFinley
JorgeFonesca
AnnFrappier
ChequalaFuller JustinGalli
CarlosGalvez
AdrianGebilaguin
TylerGeonetta
TylerHansen
JoshuaHerrera
AlexanderHoese
KaitlinHoffman
MaeLaneeJoyJavier
MatthewJohnson
AleksandarJovkovic
HiroshiKao
GeordanKeller
BrianKieatiwong
Bluecoats,Inc.Scholarship
MildredPCotnerAcademicScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
Provost’sScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
AthLicensePlateScholarship‐Stipend
Provost’sScholarship
CotnerScholarshipFunding
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
NSTECScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
WellsFargoGlobalScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
Provost’sScholarship
NASANVGrantProgram‐707X
JRobertSlettenScholarship
MulticulturalEngineeringScholarship
NASAEPSCoRUndergraduateResearchScholarship
CJ&JimBradhamScholarship
LouisWoitishekScholarship
UNLVGeneralScholarship
StanFultonHonorsProgramScholarship
UNLVGeneralScholarship
CSUNPre‐ProfessionalScholarship
JammarrLBanksMemorialScholarship
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
MulticulturalEngineeringScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
KennethMDevosScholarship
LouisWoitishekScholarship
MichaelPatrickKellerScholarship
StudyAbroadScholarship
CollegeofEngineeringAlumniScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
MaryDoughertyHonorsScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
David&BonnieAshleyScholars
MarieBWoodrichScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
EngelstadSchoalrship
Provost’sScholarship
Marjorie&VictorKukelScholarship
KennethMDevosScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
IntrepidEngineeringScholar
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WilliamKostan
NicholasLamek
DerekLennon ArnaldoLeyva
ReyAnthonyLibongco
CarloLopez‐Tello
JacobLynch
JohnLystrup
RyanMay
StephenMchargue
RussellMclellan
JessicaMenchaca
JerichaMendoza
DrewMiller
NolanMoore
OliveMusovskie
BlakeNaccarato
ShelbyNelson
LeandraNelson
TimothyNewell
RomanGabrieleOcampo
JoannaOpena
JorgeOrtiz
MatthewPalmer
DominicPanaligan
JaredPeterson
JohnRaymondPlanas
AndrewPoland
LouisPombo
TikHoPoon
LeahPreston
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AcademicScholarship
HonorsAccessScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
EngineeringGeneralScholar
NASANVGrantProgram‐707X
Provost’sScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
MildredPCotnerAcademicScholarship
AcademicSchoalrship
CotnerScholarshipFunding
HonorsAccessScholarship
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
MildredPCotnerAcademicScholarship
BillWellsMemINCOSEScholarship
NASANVGrantProgram‐707X
GEARUPAcademicScholarship
MulticulturalEngineeringScholarship
LouisWoitishekScholarship
SaraLynneHalseyScholarship
CSUNTomWeisnerAcademicScholarship
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
Provost’sScholarship
GeneralInstitutionalScholarship
MichaleGailAndressMemScholarship
O’RourkePlumbingScholarship
StanFultonHonorsProgramScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
Mary&JohnmHughesProvostScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
EngelstadScholarship
GEARUPAcademicScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
MildredPCotnerAcademicScholarship
O’RourkePlumbingScholarship
Mary&JohnHughesProvostScholarship
MichaelPatrickKellerScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
CSUNHeadStartScholarship
GCWallaceScholarship
MulticulturalEngineeringScholarship
NASANVGrantProgram‐707X
StephenPretto
BrittanyRadke
PraveenRaj
MariaRamos
RancellRodriguez
LaylaRouas
RichardRyan
AndrewSanders
LaurenSangalang
AlexySerrano
KaylaShim
JeffreySilerio
BellaSmith
SandySolares
EdgarSolorio
DaneStrong
BraxonTawatao
TerinaTerlizzi
CharlieTorres‐Garcia
SarahTrabia
SuzanneTrabia
JoseTriay
SajuVarghese
AntonelaVerdha
BrianVincent
AndrewWarthan
RussellWells
DylanWilliams
StevenWilson
KevinWinnermore
AdamWolverton
NicolasWong AcademicScholarship
EarlandHazelWilsonScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
HerbCWellsMemorialScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
O’RourkePlumbingScholarship
CSUNLeadershipSchoalrship
Lydon&EfafGilmanEngineeringScholarship
EngineeringGeneralScholar
NASANVGrantProgram‐707X
Solar&RenewableEnergyScholarship
NASAEPSCoRUndergraduateResearchScholarship
EarlandHazelWilsonScholarship
Lydon&EfafGilmanEngineering
CotnerScholarshipFunding
GCWallaceScholarship
WellsFargoGlobalScholarship
HonorsAccessScholarship
HonorsAccessScholarship
EngelstadScholarship
EarlandHazelWilsonScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
EarlandHazelWilsonScholarship
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
GeneralInstitutionalScholarship
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
HonorsCollegeGeneralScholarship
Science&ArtScholarshipFund
Harold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENG
MildredPCotnerAcademicScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
CollegeofEngineeringAlumniScholarship
CotnerScholarshipFunding
NelsK.EliasenScholarship
HonorsAccessScholarship
CotnerScholarshipFunding
CSUNStudyAbroadScholarship
HonorsAccessScholarship
MaryDoughertyHonorsScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
StudyAbroadScholarship
CotnerScholarshipFunding
WellsFargoGlobalScholarship
Provost’sScholarship
ChildofAlumniSchoalrship
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
DouglasOrrMemorialScholarship
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AdamYoung
ErnestoZamoraRamos
ZhengZeng
StephanieZobrist
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MaryDoughertyHonorsEndScholarship
KonamiGamingInc.Scholarship,CS
Marjorie&VictorKunkelScholarship
StationCasinosFamilyScholarship
Troy Bartlett Award
Troy dedicated his life to the service of others and through the Troy Bartlett
Service Award, the UNLV College of Engineering honors its most outstanding
senior for his/her service to others, both on the college campus and within the
localcommunity.InthiswayTroy’svisionofvolunteerismlivesonthroughthe
actions of others. His dedication to making the community a better place, is
achieved,onegraduateatatime.
This year the Troy Bartlett Award goes to Jaffer Almosawy. Jaffer is constantly
volunteering his time and efforts to represent UNLV, not only as a Student
AmbassadorbutalsoasamemberintheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers.Heis
the current Vice President of ASCE and plans on running for the upcoming
presidentposition.JafferwillgraduateMay2013withabachelor’sdegreeinCivil
andEnvironmentalEngineering.
JafferAlmosawy
Graebel Mechanical Engineering Outstanding
Student of the Year Award
Since 1999, the Graebel Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Student of the Year
Awardhasbeengiventothemechanicalengineeringundergraduatestudentwith
thehighestGPA.Thisyear,tworecipientswerechosen—AnnMarieFrappierand
KarinaSaenz,bothofwhomshowoutstandingpromiseinthe ieldofmechanical
engineering. They each receive a $1,000 award, made possible by Mr. William
Graebel.
Dr.WilliamGraebelisaProfessorEmeritusofMechanicalEngineering,University
of Michigan. He has been supportive of the Mechanical Engineering program at
UNLVsincehemovedtoSouthernNevada.
AnnMarieFrappier
KarinaSaenz
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Department Awards
Air Force ROTC
DistinguishedGraduate
CadetNicholasL.Green
Army ROTC
2012DistinguishedMilitaryGraduate CadetJimmyBenoit
2012OutstandingArmyROTCFaculty Mr.GeorgeCrisostomo
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Construction
CEEOutstandingTeacher
CEMOutstandingTeacher
CEEOutstandingSenior
CEEOutstandingSenior
CEMOutstandingSenior
CEMOutstandingSenior
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Dr.YingTian
Mr.NeilOpfer
JimmyFloyd
SeanGann
JonathanAllen
JaredEnglehart
Department Awards
Computer Science
OutstandingComputerScienceTeacheroftheYearDr.KazemTaghva
OutstandingComputerScienceResearcheroftheYearDr.LawrenceLarmore
OutstandingServicetoSchoolofComputerScience
Ms.LeeMisch
Electrical & Computer Engineering
DistinguishedProfessor
Dr.EmmaRegentova
BestTeachingAssistant
BartoszDuszel
BestUndergraduateStudentMarcieArai
Mechanical Engineering
OutstandingFaculty Dr.BrendanO’Toole
OutstandingTeachingAssistant Mr.FayedAhmad
Spring2012OutstandingGraduate
AnnMarieFrappier
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College Awards
Distinguished College Researcher
Recipientreceivesa$1000monetaryawardandaplaquetohonorthemfortheir
outstandingresearchcontributions.
Dr.SajjadAhmad
Outstanding College Teacher
Recipientreceivesa$1000monetaryawardandaplaqueacknowledgingtheir
excellenceintheclassroom.
Ms.LeeMisch
University Awards
2012 NSHE Board of Regents’ Rising Researcher Award
Dr.SajjadAhmad,Civil&EnvironmentalEngineering
Alex G. & Faye Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr.Yi‐TungChen,MechanicalEngineering
CSUN Faculty Awards
CSUNFacultyAwardsinEngineering
Dr.MohamedTrabia,MechanicalEngineering
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College Awards
Special acknowledgement
to those that
Tau Beta
Pi, Engineering
Society
Inductees
assisted
withHonor
tonight’s
ceremony
TauBetaPiiscelebratingit’s125thAnniversary.Foundedin1885tomarkina
ittingmannerthosewhohaveconferredhonorupontheiralmamaterbydistin‐
NationalAnthem,PaulVillaluz,’97,‘06
guishedscholarshipandexemplarycharacterasundergraduatesinthe ieldofen‐
gineering,orbytheirattainmentsasalumniinthe
ieldofengineering,andtofos‐
AFROTCandArmyROTCColorGuard
teraspiritofliberalcultureintheengineeringcolleges.
Undergraduate
BoulevardTrophy
UNLVThomas&MackCatering
UNLVReprographics
DesignServices,JafferAlmosawy
CollegeofEngineeringStudentAmbassadors
CeremonyphotoswillbeavailableonthecollegeFacebook
oneweekaftertheevent.
Engineering.unlv.edu
http://www.facebook.com/hughescollegeofengineering
EngineerInnovation.
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THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SCHOLARSHIP DONORS
ASPE‐SouthernNevadaScholarship
MichaelGailAndressScholarship
BallyTechnologies,Inc.GraduateFellowship
BobMacDonalCirqueduSoleilScholarship
CDEP‐FortValleyScholarship
CamcoPaci icScholarship
CarolloEngineersScholarship
CDEPScholarship
Civil&EnvirommentalEngineeringScholarship
ClarkConstructionScholarship
ConstructionManagementAdvisoryBoardScholarship
DennisWaibelMemorialScholarship
NelsK.EliasenScholarship
GeneralEngineeringScholarship
G.C.WallaceScholarship
GraebelMechanicalEngineeringScholarship
IntrepidEngineeringScholarship
KonamiGamingInc.ScholarshipforComputerScience
RayKozakMemorialScholarship
Mrs.MargaretS.Wells&FamilyDr.WilliamR.WellsScholarship
MarjorieandVictorKunkelScholarship
MichaelPatrickKellerScholarship
NSPESouthernNevadaScholarship
NevadaMinorityEngineeringScholarship
NevadaPowerSierraPaci icGraduateFellowship
J.RobertSlettenScholarship
JammarL.BanksScholarship
JerryP.KingConstructionManagementScholarship
Dr.JohnS.WerthMemorialScholarship
JosephSedelmeyerScholarship
NationalSecurityTechnologies,LLCMEPScholarship
O’RourkePlumbingScholarship
PENTABuildingGroupScholarship
PeriniBuildingCompany
SchirmerEngineeringScholarship
HaroldandMaymeStockerScholarship
StructuralEngineeringAssociationScholarship
Troy&SelmaBartlettScholarship
ProfessorHerbertWellsMemorialScholarship
WingateFoundationScholarship
WolzingerFamilyEngineeringScholarship
WymanCivilEngineeringScholarship
UNLVCSUNScholarship
UNLVPresidentandProvostScholarships