2021 CSE Graduate Commencement Program

2021 GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT C o l l e g e o f S ci e n ce an d En gin eerin g Grad uate Stu d e n t C om m e n c e m e n t

SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021 Virtual Ceremony • 1 P.M., U.S. Central Time

ACADEMIC COSTUME Academic gowns date back to the 14th century, when they served two functions of nearly equal importance: to indicate the academic rank of the wearer and to keep the scholar warm in the drafty stone halls of academia.

The markings, cut, and colors of the modern-day academic costume–cap, gown, and sometimes hood–indicate the academic degree, the field of study, and the institution that granted the degree. Master’s gowns, black and untrimmed, have pointed sleeves. Doctor’s gowns in the United States traditionally have been black with velvet front facings and crossbars on the sleeves, but in recent years a number of universities have adopted gowns of distinctive school colors.

A new University of Minnesota Ph.D. gown and matching tam made their appearance in 1988 to celebrate the centenary of the first Minnesota doctor of philosophy degree. The new Minnesota gown is maroon, trimmed with black velvet chevrons and gold metallic braid. The traditional gown may still be worn.

The Minnesota hood, which may be worn by anyone with a doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota, is black with a maroon chevron on gold. Each institution has its own pattern of colors on the hood, worn around the neck and down the back of the gown. The length and shape of the hood identify the most advanced degree the wearer has earned, and the velvet edging shows the field: blue for doctor of philosophy, light blue for doctor of education, and pink for the doctor of musical arts.

At commencement ceremonies hoods are worn by those who already have the doctoral degree. Degree candidates wear gowns appropriate for the degree they are about to receive, and new doctorates are hooded on stage.

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Table of Contents University Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 About the University of Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DEGREE CANDIDATES Post-Baccalaureate Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Master’s Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Doctoral Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING GRADUATES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 2021 VIRTUAL CEREMONY. Graduates are listed alphabetically by degree. If an individual’s degree was officially awarded by March 31, 2021, the degree award date is indicated.

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Administration UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ADMINISTRATION

Joan T.A. Gabel, President Rachel Croson, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Christopher Cramer, Vice President for Research Myron Frans, Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations Matt Kramer, Vice President for University Relations Jakub Tolar, Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Dean of the Medical School Michael Goh, Vice President for Equity and Diversity Ken Horstman, Interim Vice President for Human Resources Calvin Phillips, Vice President for Student Affairs Boyd Kumher, Chief Compliance Officer Douglas R. Peterson, General Counsel

BOARD OF REGENTS Mary A. Davenport James T. Farnsworth Kao Ly Ilean Her Douglas A. Huebsch Ruth E. Johnson Mike O. Kenyanya Janie S. Mayeron David J. McMillan Kendall J. Powell Darrin M. Rosha Steven A. Sviggum Kodi J. Verhalen

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEANS

Mostafa Kaveh, Dean Paul J. Strykowski, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Ellen Longmire, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Joseph A. Konstan, Associate Dean for Research DEPARTMENT HEADS

Perry Leo, Head, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Brenda Ogle, Head, Biomedical Engineering Gary Sands, Head, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences) C. Daniel Frisbie, Head, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

David Blank, Head, Chemistry Joseph Labuz, Head, Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering Mats Heimdahl, Head, Computer Science and Engineering Donna Whitney, Head, Earth Sciences Randy Victora, Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering Saif Benjaafar, Head, Industrial and Systems Engineering Benjamin Brubaker, Head, Mathematics Susan Mantell, Head, Mechanical Engineering Paul Crowell, Head, Physics and Astronomy 4

About the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, ranked among the nation’s top public universities, reflects the state’s deep commitment to education. It is almost alone among universities in the United States in its combination of three characteristics: an international research university, a land-grant institution with a strong tradition of education and public service, and a metropolitan academic community.

The Twin Cities campus, the University’s largest campus, is made up of 18 colleges and offers the full range of academic and professional degrees. A comprehensive campus in Duluth offers undergraduate and graduate programs. The Morris campus offers a four-year liberal arts program. Crookston offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in technical, career-oriented programs. Rochester is the newest campus and serves the academic and professional needs of southeastern Minnesota.

The University of Minnesota was founded as a preparatory school in 1851, seven years before the territory of Minnesota became a state. Financial problems forced the school to close during the Civil War, but with the help of Minneapolis entrepreneur John Sargent Pillsbury, it reopened in 1867. Known as the father of the University, Pillsbury, who was a University regent, state senator, and governor, used his influence to establish the school as the official recipient of public support from the Morrill Land-Grant Act, designating it as Minnesota’s land-grant university.

William Watts Folwell was inaugurated as the first president of the University on December 22, 1869. In 1873, two students received the first bachelor of arts degrees. In 1888, the first doctor of philosophy degree was awarded. The Duluth campus joined the University in 1947; the Morris campus opened in 1960, and the Crookston campus in 1966, and the Rochester campus in 2006.

One of the nation’s largest schools, the U offers baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in virtually every field—from medicine to business, law to liberal arts, and science and engineering to architecture.

University alumni include several Nobel Prize winners, a former chief justice of the United States, two former vice presidents, the heads of Fortune 500 companies, pioneers in medicine, two astronauts, civil rights leaders, top journalists, and men and women who have achieved distinction in every field.

Alumni and their families and friends are always welcome at the University. Alumni are invited to continue their relationship with the University through the University of Minnesota Alumni Association and its college associations.

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CERTIFICATES Miguel Miguelez Diaz

Degree: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Daniel L. Boley.

MASTER’S DEGREES Dyah Adila

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Ju Sun.

Anirudh Agarwal

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Anubha Agrawal

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Kevin Silverstein.

Soumya Agrawal

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Alina Allawala

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Medical Device Innovation. Adviser(s): Daniel L. Mooradian.

Ajay Krishnan Aravindan

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, January 29, 2021.

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kia Bazargan.

Arnuv Arora

Degree: Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering. Adviser(s): William L. Cooper.

Ahmet Şemi Asarkaya

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. Adviser(s): Derya Aksaray.

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Anandhakumar Asokan

Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Mourya Karan Reddy Baddam Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Jaideep Srivastava.

Colin Bain

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Allison Hubel.

Briana Ellie Bednarek

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): David K. Wood.

Michael Allan Benz

Degree: Master of Science in Management of Technology. Major: Management of Technology. Adviser(s): Tariq Samad and Charles W. Laingen.

Suman Bhaumik

Degree: Master of Science, January 29, 2021.

Major: Chemistry. Adviser(s): Donald G. Truhlar.

Zhuoran Bi

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Rui Kuang.

Rutvij Umesh Bora

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Daniel L. Boley.

Aaron Brau

Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Thomas Calhoon

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Mihai Marasteanu.

Tin Fung Ingrid Chan

Akash Chandrashekhar Dhotre

Fu Chaorui

Fan Ding

Degree: Master of Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Sebastian F. Behrens.

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Kia Bazargan.

Changchang Chen

Degree: Master of Financial Mathematics.

Major: Financial Mathematics. Adviser(s): Rina Ashkenazi.

Hao Chen

Degree: Master of Financial Mathematics.

Major: Financial Mathematics. Minor: Mathematics. Adviser(s): Rina Ashkenazi.

Denny Timwi Cheng

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Vinod Srinivasan.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Rui Kuang.

Jenson John Draper

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Lauren E. Linderman.

Zihe Fan

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Maryam Forootani Nia

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Krishna Shravya Gade

Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Anushree Choudhary

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Minor: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics.

Adviser(s): James D. Van de Ven.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Jaideep Srivastava.

Ravi Chowdhary

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Taner Akkin.

Bo Allan Cimino

Degree: Master of Computer Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Christopher-Marc Cumberbatch Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Jamsrandorj Dagvadorj

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos.

Cody Randal Geiser

Rishab Girdhar

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Ju Sun.

Blake Comstock Gorowsky

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): James D. Van de Ven.

Mitchell James Gross

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Casim Sarkar.

Jiajun Guan

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Kia Bazargan.

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Patrick Eóin Haney

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Michael W. Levin.

Sarah Rose Thorud Hanson

Degree: Master of Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Rui Kuang.

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Timothy M. Kowalewski.

Parker John Bresnahan Jenkins

Jacob Louis Heinz

Mingxuan Jiang

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Casim Sarkar.

Nicholas Michael Hentges

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, January 29, 2021. Major: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): Steven J. Koester.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Wei Chen.

Degree: Master of Financial Mathematics.

Major: Financial Mathematics. Minor: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Rina Ashkenazi.

Olivia Johnson

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Taner Akkin.

Katrina Grace Hetico

Justin Charles Jones

Brandon Kremer Hoglund

Desmond Akira Kamas

Yuxuan Huang

James Jerome Kerber

Derek Robert Huston

Pradeep Kumar Kilaru

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Geoengineering. Adviser(s): Randal J. Barnes.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Tay I. Netoff.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Victoria Interrante.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Lauren E. Linderman.

Thomas Hutcheson

Degree: Master of Science in Management of Technology. Major: Management of Technology. Adviser(s): Tariq Samad and Charles W. Laingen.

Maria Pavlovna Iassonova

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Robert T. Tranquillo.

Safana Mohammed Ismael

Degree: Master of Science, August 31, 2020.

Major: Physics. Adviser(s): Joachim Mueller.

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Nainy Jain

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Casim Sarkar.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Rui Kuang.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Casim Sarkar.

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Chris H. Kim.

Aimee Marie Krebsbach

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): James D. Van De Ven.

Kishor Kunal

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Major: Electrical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Sachin S. Sapatnekar.

Prashanth Kurella

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Chih-Lin Chi.

Da Yun Kwon

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Sebastian F. Behrens.

Alex Michael LaValley

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Andrew Lamperski.

Jonathan David Lemke

Sydney Edda Matthys

Degree: Master of Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Karen A. Monsen.

Abhinav Mehta

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Changhyun Choi.

Raj Mehta

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Sachin S. Sapatnekar.

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Perry Y. Li.

Rishabh Mehta

Bochen Li

Brady Edward Miller

Zhiying Liang

Jason Moericke

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Jiarong Hong.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Abhishek Chandra and Jon B. Weissman.

Andrew Omar Loutfi

Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Michael Makmur

Degree: Master of Science, June 30, 2020.

Major: Astrophysics. Adviser(s): Patrick L. Kelly.

Anna Mandy

Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Shion Matsumoto

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Victor H. Barocas.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Ju Sun and Zhi-Li Zhang.

Degree: Master of Financial Mathematics.

Major: Financial Mathematics. Adviser(s): Rina Ashkenazi.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Paul R. Schrater.

Eric Benjamin Mohr

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kim A. Stelson.

Isaac Morales

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): James D. Van De Ven.

Raphael Mwangi

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Cavan S. Reilly.

Sreevatsa Saurabh Mylavaram

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

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Abda Nebi

Preethy Parthiban

Clint Michael Nelson

Mandakinee Singh Patel

Justin Carl Nelson

Pranay Patil

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Murti V. Salapaka.

Degree: Master of Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Biomedical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Alena Talkachova.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Abhishek Chandra.

Mayura Ajit Nene

Degree: Master of Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Degree: Master of Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Rui Kuang.

Degree: Master of Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Yashasvi Sriram Patkuri

Tao Ni

Nagendar Peethambaram

Joel Richard Nielsen

Melroy Pinto

Degree: Master of Science, February 26, 2021.

Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Daniel L. Boley.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Rui Kuang.

Benjamin Michael Niemiera

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Casim Sarkar.

Sylvester Chinedu Nwosuji Jr.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Minor: Health Informatics.

Adviser(s): Casim Sarkar.

Keerti Palanisamy

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Jungwon Choi.

Harish Panneer Selvam

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Minor: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): William Northrop.

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Degree: Master of Science, September 30, 2020. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Minor: Integrative Biology and Physiology. Adviser(s): Alena Talkachova.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Stephen J. Guy. Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): John M. Sartori.

Yuanyuan Qiu

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Paul R. Schrater.

Jacob Roger Quant

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Zhi-Li Zhang.

Roshan Rangarajan

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, August 31, 2020. Major: Mechanical Engineering. Adviser(s): Vinod Srinivasan.

Ayushi Rastogi

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Lana Yarosh.

Bhaskar Ravishankar

Megan Lynn Schmidt

Logan Remington

Justine Joan Schneider

Shirui Ren

Ranja Bati Sen

Luke Jonathan Riveness

Ramsey Shaffer

Tony Roberts

Kartheshwar Shanmuga Sundaram

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Major: Electrical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Gerald W. Timm.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Chun Wang.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Allison L. Small.

Degree: Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering. Adviser(s): William L. Cooper.

Degree: Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering. Minor: Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration.

Adviser(s): William L. Cooper.

Vance Ryan

Degree: Master of Science in Management of Technology. Major: Management of Technology. Adviser(s): Tariq Samad and Charles W. Laingen.

Avneet Singh Saluja

Degree: Master of Science, December 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Asha Sankar Ramalaxmi

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Minor: Computer Science.

Adviser(s): Matthew D. Johnson.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Paul A. Iaizzo.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Degree: Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering. Adviser(s): William L. Cooper.

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Sachin S. Sapatnekar.

Ariel Shields

Degree: Master of Science in Management of Technology. Major: Management of Technology. Adviser(s): Tariq Samad and Charles W. Laingen.

Samridh Shrestha

Degree: Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering. Minors: Electrical Engineering, Management of Technology.

Adviser(s): William L. Cooper.

Degree: Master of Science, September 30, 2020. Major: Biomedical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Alena Talkachova.

Divya Shrinivasa Nairy

Venkata Pradeep Kumar Sarangula

Esha Singh

Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Shashi Shekhar.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Ju Sun.

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Divaakar Siva Baala Sundaram

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.

Adviser(s): Krishna R. Kalari.

Jakob E. Speert

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Rui Kuang.

Ajay Sridhara

Degree: Master of Science in Management of Technology. Major: Management of Technology. Adviser(s): Tariq Samad and Charles W. Laingen.

Bhaargav Sriraman

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Kendra Strode

Degree: Master of Science in Management of Technology. Major: Management of Technology. Adviser(s): Tariq Samad and Charles W. Laingen.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Jaideep Srivastava.

Roopana Vuppalapati Chenchu

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Mohana Krishna Vutukuru

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Jaideep Srivastava.

Andrea Maree Walker

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Junaed Sattar.

Ruyuan Wan

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Lana Yarosh and Maria L. Gini.

Kai Wang

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Volkan I. Isler.

Brett Conor Struthers

Weiqi Wang

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Marc Riedel.

Degree: Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering. Minor: Computer Science. Adviser(s): William L. Cooper.

Jiajun Tang

Yuanli Wang

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Abhishek Chandra.

Connor David Theisen

Zixing Wang

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Catherine Zhao.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Robotics.

Adviser(s): Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos.

Christopher Cole Thielsen

Roshan Wariar

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Geoengineering. Adviser(s): Randal J. Barnes.

Bergen Kai Thomson

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Allison L. Small.

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Tanveer Singh Virdi

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering. Adviser(s): Chris H. Kim.

Wenlong Wei

Degree: Master of Financial Mathematics.

Major: Financial Mathematics. Adviser(s): Rina Ashkenazi.

Kyle Lee Weisshahn

Ahmed Youssef

Samuel Nolan Wetzel

Haozheng Yu

Kathryn Lyn Whelan

Binger Yuan

Miles Freeman Wing

Jacob Thomas Zea

Sai Wu

Yao Zeng

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Bill Arnold.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Jia-Liang Le. Degree: Master of Science in Software Engineering. Major: Software Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin D. Wendt.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Paula M. Ludewig.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Lauren E. Linderman and Arturo E. Schultz.

Yidan Xu

Degree: Master of Financial Mathematics.

Major: Financial Mathematics. Adviser(s): Rina Ashkenazi.

Zhen Yan

Degree: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Major: Mechanical Engineering.

Adviser(s): James D. Van de Ven.

Zhiwei Yan

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Data Science. Adviser(s): Daniel L. Boley.

Zitao Yang

Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, December 30, 2020.

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Adviser(s): Keshab K. Parhi.

Ce Yao

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Allison L. Small.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Conrado Aparicio.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Hyun Soo Park.

Degree: Master of Financial Mathematics.

Major: Financial Mathematics. Adviser(s): Rina Ashkenazi.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): John S. Gulliver.

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Joseph P. Nieszner.

Luyao Zhang

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Allison L. Small.

DOCTORAL DEGREES Aliza Opila Abraham

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Mechanical Engineering. Adviser(s): Jiarong Hong.

Anas Abdullah Al-Hussayen

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): Emad S. Ebbini.

Faisal M. Almutairi

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): Nikolaos Sidiropoulos.

Matheus Araujo

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Jaideep Srivastava.

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Lucia Jane Baker

Wei-Heng Hsu

Aditya Bikram Bhandari

Clare Johnston

Xiaohui Chao

Panayiotis Konstantinou Kolliopoulos

Vasileios Charitatos

Yangming Kou

Rongsheng Chen

Tiffany Sum-Yee Lam

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics.

Adviser(s): Filippo Coletti.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, August 31, 2020. Major: Chemical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Kevin Dorfman.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): Jian-Ping Wang.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Chemical Engineering. Minor: Mathematics.

Adviser(s): Satish Kumar.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Michael W. Levin.

Bolei Di

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Chemistry. Adviser(s): Lee Penn.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Chemical Engineering. Minor: Mathematics.

Adviser(s): Satish Kumar.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Chemical Engineering. Adviser(s): Xiang Cheng and Chris Macosko.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Chemical Engineering. Adviser(s): Samira M. Azarin.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, February 26, 2021. Major: Electrical Engineering. Minor: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Andrew Lamperski.

Jinming Liu

Rachel Marie Edwards

Katherine A Maxwell

Kee Onn Fong

Pronab Mohanty

Sajna Hameed

Se Eun Oh

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Paolo Provenzano.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics.

Adviser(s): Filippo Coletti.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Physics.

Adviser(s): Martin Greven.

Mikayle Ashlyn Holm

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, December 30, 2020. Major: Biomedical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Paul A. Iaizzo.

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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, March 31, 2021. Major: Electrical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Randall H. Victora.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, June 30, 2020.

Major: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): JianPing Wang.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Mathematics. Adviser(s): Alexander A. Voronov.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, October 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Jaideep Srivastava.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, March 31, 2021. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Nicholas Hopper.

Nakul Pande

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, September 30, 2020. Major: Electrical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Chris H. Kim.

Cheng Peng

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Volkan I. Isler.

Bhavtosh Rath

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, December 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Jaideep Srivastava.

Jineng Ren

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, January 29, 2021. Major: Electrical Engineering. Minor: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Jarvis D. Haupt.

Sabirat Rubya

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, December 30, 2020. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Lana Yarosh.

Kaicheng Shi

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Materials Science and Engineering. Adviser(s): Russell J. Holmes.

Sina Shirinpour

Adam Martin Weidling

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): Sarah L. Swisher.

Mridul Yadav

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, October 30, 2020. Major: Chemical Engineering.

Adviser(s): David C. Morse and Frank S. Bates.

Jinfeng Yang

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Electrical Engineering. Minor: Computer Science. Adviser(s): David J. Lilja.

Malaney Carlie Young

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Adviser(s): Jonathan N. Sachs.

Lei Yuan

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Mathematics. Minor: Computer Science.

Adviser(s): Fadil Santosa.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, October 30, 2020. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Minor: Neuroengineering. Adviser(s): Alexander Opitz.

Yichao Zhang

MaryKatherine Southern

Yufeng Zhang

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Computer Science. Adviser(s): Gopalan Nadathur.

Karthik Srinivasan

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): Bethanie J. Stadler.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Materials Science and Engineering. Adviser(s): David J. Flannigan.

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Civil Engineering. Adviser(s): Alireza Khani.

Jorge Daniel Zhingre Sanchez

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, December 30, 2020. Major: Biomedical Engineering.

Adviser(s): Paul A. Iaizzo.

Haoran Sun

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Electrical Engineering. Adviser(s): Mingyi Hong.

Zhao Wang

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Chemistry. Adviser(s): Andreas Stein.

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