College of Science and Engineering 2025 Commencement program

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CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES!

Your relationship with the University of Minnesota and the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) does not end when you graduate—in fact it’s just beginning. We want to help you stay connected to your department, the college, the University, and each other. Congratulations on all you have accomplished, and welcome to the global community of more than 75,000 CSE alumni!

Alumni of CSE benefit from more than just their degrees

Accelerate Careers with the Maroon and Gold Network: This free online career and networking platform developed by the University of Minnesota Alumni Association (UMAA) allows alumni to give careerrelated advice to current students and fellow U of M grads. Learn more at umnalumni.org/maroonandgold.

Events both social and educational. CSE hosts a wide variety of events specifically designed for alumni each year. These events help alumni stay connected to the college and build new relationships and connections. View the full list of college events at cse.umn.edu/events.

Access to other U of M alumni wherever you go. There are over 30 alumni chapters around the globe so you can connect with other Gophers wherever you decide to live and work. Find one near you at umnalumni.org/networks.

An opportunity to share your experience. Recent graduates make great student mentors. The CSE Mentor Program runs every year from October to April. Information on how to sign up to be a mentor can be found at cse.umn.edu/mentor.

Join the CSE Alumni Board. Help develop events, volunteer opportunities, and educational programming for CSE graduates of all ages and serve as an advisor to the Dean on alumni matters. Learn more at cse.umn.edu/alumniboard.

Find more ways to stay connected and get involved at cse.umn.edu/alumni.

Don’t miss the latest CSE news and invitations to future events and volunteer opportunities— share your updated contact information at cse.umn.edu/update.

Share your CSE spirit with shirts, hats, and other gear from our online store.

Visit z.umn.edu/csestore to find out more!

2025 Commencement Ceremony

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CEREMONY ETIQUETTE

As a courtesy to the graduates and other guests, we ask that all guests remain in their seats and not enter the arena floor area to ensure a quick flow of graduates during the ceremony. Graduates should return to their seats after crossing the stage. Degrees are conferred at the end of the commencement ceremony. Please refrain from talking during the ceremony. Graduates are not allowed to take photos of any kind while they are on stage. No signs, flags, or other displayable artifacts are allowed in the audience or onstage. Air horns and other disruptive celebratory devices are prohibited.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Please silence all cell phones and other electronic devices.

PHOTOGRAPHS

For your convenience, we have made arrangements with professional photographers to take photos of each graduate. This service will enable you to have photographs of this special event. Family members and friends should remain in their seats and not enter the arena floor area.

Register by today with GradImages and save 20%: www.gradimages.com/registration. A photographer wearing a red vest will be available after the ceremony on the plaza to take photos of graduates and guests.

VIDEO RECORDING

This commencement ceremony will be video recorded and made available for viewing online. The website link to the video will be available after Friday, May 23 at cse.umn.edu/commencement .

HONORS AND DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS

College of Science and Engineering degree candidates may graduate with either Latin Honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude) or with distinction (distinction or high distinction) or both. Honors citations are provisional and do not become official until all requirements for the award indicated are fulfilled.

Latin Honors Awards: Cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude graduates complete honors requirements, including research leading to an honors thesis project

in their major. Students graduating cum laude have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 for the last 60 graded credits at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (UMTC). Magna cum laude awards require a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.66 and summa cum laude awards require a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.75 on the final 60 graded credits at UMTC.

Degrees with Distinction: Students earn graduation “with distinction” or “with high distinction” based on cumulative grade point average at UMTC with at least 60 graded credits completed at UMTC. Students graduating “with distinction” must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher in UMTC coursework at the time of graduation; students graduating “with high distinction” must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher in UMTC coursework at the time of graduation. Gold honor cords are worn by students who are graduating with distinction, and maroon and gold honor cords are for those students graduating with high distinction.

CEREMONIAL MACE

The University of Minnesota’s ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal carried by a respected faculty member or high-ranking university administrator to lead the official procession. Processions often feature a ceremonial mace at formal academic occasions. The history of the civic mace (carried by the sergeants-at-arms) begins around the middle of the 13th century. It has been a commencement tradition at the University of Minnesota since 1961.

DECORATIVE STOLES

Decorative stoles worn around the neck represent a variety of affiliations with the University, fraternities, ethnic clubs, or professional organizations.

HISTORY OF TASSEL COLOR

In the late 19th century the Intercollegiate Commission adopted a code of academic dress. Tassel colors chosen had traditional meanings. Science and engineering were given golden yellow and orange to signify the wealth of knowledge produced by research.

Note: Great care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in this commencement program; however, there may be unintended errors or changes without notice. This is not an official University of Minnesota graduation list.

College of Science and Engineering Administration

CSE Deans

Andrew G. Alleyne Dean

David Blank

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

Joseph A. Konstan

Associate Dean for Research

Beth Stadler

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Department Heads

Perry Leo Head, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Brenda Ogle

Head, Biomedical Engineering

Hua Zhao

Head, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences)

Kevin Dorfman Head, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Christy L. Haynes Head, Chemistry

Paige Novak

Head, Civil, Environmental, and GeoEngineering

Mats Heimdahl

Head, Computer Science and Engineering

Justin Revenaugh Head, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Justin Miedema

Assistant Dean for Advancement

David Pappone

Assistant Dean for Operations and CFO

Marc Skjervem

Assistant Dean for Student Services

Randy Victora

Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Archis Ghate

Head, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Benjamin Brubaker Head, Mathematics

Chris Hogan

Head, Mechanical Engineering

James Kakalios

Head, Physics and Astronomy

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

• Bachelor of Science in Earth Sciences

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

• Bachelor of Environmental Engineering

• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geosciences

• Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Bachelor of Materials Science and Engineering

• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

• Bachelor of Science in Physics

CONFERRING OF DEGREES

The Honorable James Farnsworth, Board of Regents

CLOSING REMARKS

David A. Blank, Associate Dean, College of Science and Engineering

MINNESOTA ROUSER

Please rise and join members of the marching band in singing the “Minnesota Rouser.” Minnesota, hats off to thee, To thy colors true we shall ever be, Firm and strong, united are we. Rah, rah, rah, for Ski-U-Mah, Rah, rah, rah, rah, Rah for the U of M.

M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A, Minnesota, Minnesota, Yay Gophers!

About the Student Speaker

RIMIKA DHARA

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Integrated Degree Program – Master of Science in Computer Science

Rimika Dhara is graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Computer Science through the University of Minnesota’s Integrated Degree Program. Originally from Mumbai, India, Rimika moved to the United States at the age of 14 and began her undergraduate journey as an international student navigating a new educational system, culture, and identity. Initially a student in electrical engineering, she explored a variety of majors before discovering her passion for coding—something she once believed wasn’t for her, especially after failing her AP computer science exam in high school and being the only girl in her first college coding class.

Her time at the University of Minnesota transformed that mindset. With the support of student organizations and a diverse, inclusive community, Rimika found the space to explore, build, and redefine what tech meant to her. She learned that she didn’t just want to code—she wanted to create, connect, and contribute. Today, her work lives at the intersection of human cognition and artificial intelligence.

As a research intern, Rimika investigates how large language models can be aligned with human preferences using reinforcement learning from human feedback. Her work spans eye-tracking-based alignment, improving language model outputs to better reflect human values, and designing recommender systems that adapt to user moods and behavioral patterns. Through internships at Oracle and Pearson, she worked on integrating large language models with complex datasets to make technical insights more interpretable, accessible, and robust.

At the University of Minnesota, Rimika was a deeply involved student leader. She served three terms on the Science and Engineering Student Board (SESB), including roles as Student Outreach Director, Mental Health Director, and Academic Affairs Director. Through these positions, she hosted events and conversations aimed at bridging gaps between students and faculty, advocating for improved curriculum feedback systems, mental health awareness, and increased representation of international and female voices in STEM.

Outside of tech, Rimika is a lifelong dancer. She has trained in Kathak, a classical Indian dance form, for 19 years and continued her passion for performance as a member of Minnesota Junoon, the University’s competitive Bollywood-fusion dance team. She also enjoys blogging about her technical experiences, working on coding side projects, reading, painting, and journaling.

Student Awards

President’s Student Leadership and Service Award

Akshara Molleti, Biomedical Engineering & Computer Science

Olivia Peche, Chemical Engineering

Shivangi Pandey, Mechanical Engineering

Zaid Dameh, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Tony Diggs Award

Excellence in Academics – App Developers Club

Excellence in Career Readiness – Society of Women Engineers

Excellence in Community Building – Engineers Without Borders

Excellence in Leadership Development – University of Minnesota Robotics

Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice – Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers

Excellence in Officer Transitions – Science and Engineering Student Board

Excellent New Group – Tech Horizons

Community Engagement Scholar

Echo Grey Qing Nelson, Mathematics

Degree Candidates

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Cooper Alexander

Micah Anderson

Will Asproth with Distinction

Apurva Balaji summa cum laude with High Distinction

Yagor Balotsin

Sylvia Berka

Feodor John Blinnikov with High Distinction

Blake Boedigheimer

Jayadeep Boya

Owen David Boyle

Sam Brunner

Justin Bunting summa cum laude with High Distinction

Stephanie Denisse Castillo Guevara

Owen Constine with Distinction

Rory Conway

Jesse Cook

Carson Cummings

Charlie Cushman

Michael Dallalah with Distinction

Broden Diederich

Dang Huy Do

Shane Drazkowski

Quinn Dzieginski

Zachary John Elliott

Travis Fetting

Isaac Faith Nahmad with High Distinction

Samantha Ashley Fortin

Nathan Gall with Distinction

Wesley Girardi

Adriana Goycoolea

Caroline Grande

Cole Philip Harcey

Avery Herdina

Gilbert Hilario

Joseph Hoang

Pranav Kartha

Nikki Katzke

Gavin Keithly

Cameron Kienitz

Ryan Levendusky with Distinction

Ethan Logeman cum laude

Connor Morley

Nolan Nguyen

Olivia Oldenburg

Simon Olsen

Jack Olson

Esther Ortega Kluger

Alexander Oty

Alexander Nelson Peik

Benjamin Pendleton

Marý Fjallstein Petersen

Janagan Ramanathan with High Distinction

Maxwell Reed summa cum laude with High Distinction

Samuel Reichenbacher

Benjamin Rothman with Distinction

Dan Rueter

Mykhail B. Sandacz

Quentin Saylor with Distinction

Simeon Shaffar

Owen Shane

Kevin Shull

Charles Siebert

Isidore Simon

Sadie Rae Snell

Michael States with High Distinction

Eric Stoudt with High Distinction

Ryan Swanson

Connor Switala

Jasmine Thayer with Distinction

Anna Timme

Rigo Turrubiartes

Jett Wong-Parker

Qiwen Zhang Huang

Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics

Eva Adhikari

Gökdeniz Baydar

Thomas Bethel

Lilia Bouayed

Hayden Da Silva

Emma de Bruin

Joshua Godar

Ethan Gramowski

William Honnold

Jacob Kean

summa cum laude with Distinction

Katrine Kompanets

Sydney Leggio

Ian Markano

Jacob Markus

Elsa Mead

Sudhanva Mohan

Gracee Patel cum laude

Leo Shierts

Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering

Brynn Campbell Arnold

Jad Awada with High Distinction

Rubie Ballantyne

Grace Ballard

Jovan Boshnakovski

Sarah Bulur with Distinction

Courtney Burroughs

Alexander Bursey

Albert Buss

Jacob Cahill

Lauren Carter

Clara Cashin with Distinction

Hailey Christianson

Makayla Cizek with High Distinction

Isabel Na Young Crofoot

Aidan Decker

Bilese Dinsa

Aashritha Doddi

Nathan Eberhart

John Ferguson with Distinction

Brylie JoElle Fladland

Natalie Fransen

Alicia Goeser

Riya Gunuganti

Samuel Hansen with Distinction

Sydney Haubenstricker

Olivia Hauge

Henry Heinks

Rachel Hilby with Distinction

Kobe Hwong

Luke Ishag with High Distinction

Ishika Jain with Distinction

Serena Jain

Ahna Kammer

Gauri Kartha

Simon Kim

Julia King

Maya Kittelson

Meghan Abel

Jewel Onyinyechi Agbara with High Distinction

Majed Raed Alayed

Abdulrahman Ibrahim Alfaqeeh

Rakan Saleh Almadhi

Nawaf Fawzi Alskait

Isabella Anderson-Cufre

Sophia Anderson-Cufré

Faith Barington

Cal Berti

Ethan Blankenship

Zachary R Blasiman with Distinction

Jaja Chamlongrath with High Distinction

Jayden Chan with Distinction

Benjamin Chayet

Emily Wang Chen

Natinaeal Debebe

Lucas Edwards summa cum laude with Distinction

Peter Eggert

Liam Gagliardi

Calvin Golimbu

Josiah Grabanski

Braden Hamann with Distinction

Christopher Hanley

Jackson Harris

Luke Heberer with High Distinction

Candace Heitner

Zackary Hess

Justin Hoehne

Matthew Holien

Gavin Hougo

Lukas Hruby with High Distinction

Taylor Huber

Heather Johnson

Elisabeth Johnson

Rhea Joshi summa cum laude

Claire Ku with Distinction

Arthur Kwon

Brenden Lane

Tongjia Liu with Distinction

Ryan McKenzie

Audrey Miller summa cum laude with High Distinction

Andrea Milosavljević

Annemarie Miorin

Muneera Ameen Mohamud

Grace Rose Muller

Samyukta Munagavalasa

Erik Neidlein with Distinction

Lucas Nielsen

Jeremy Anthony OleaHerrera

Jesse Olson

Anjiya Panjwani

Ayur Patel

Olivia Peche with Distinction

Adalyn Pederson with Distinction

Nicholas Perszyk

Dalton Pfaff

Cristian I Pina F

Chloe Rebekah Plummer

Raed Hadi Alqahtani with Distinction

Paul Ricken with Distinction

Aaron Safarik

Alec Schwendinger

Camille Smith

Kyler Sood with High Distinction

Thomas Speich with Distinction

Bachelor of Computer Engineering

Ben Abbott with Distinction

Bashar Al Jashmi with Distinction

Mohammed Al Maawali

Mohammad Al Nadaf

Matthew Basken

Jacob Borham

Matthew Zebulun Breach

Josh Buretta

Cheo Cedillo

Esperanza Corral

Emilio Estevez Rincon with Distinction

Stone Farruggio

Ella Fidler with Distinction

Matvei Filippov

Seth Gentry

Daniel Gettel

Isaiah Guilfoile

Dillon Gustafson

Christopher Harper

Sydney Hendrickson

Jeremiah Hockett

Lillian Hymes with High Distinction

Ethan Jossi with High Distinction

Ethan Cai Keu

Wa’El Mohammad Khawaldeh

Angela Larson

Gabe Martens with Distinction

Kallen Murphy with High Distinction

Vasisht Natamai with Distinction

Jake Nemke

William Nichols

Thomas Nicklaus

Magnus O’Connor with High Distinction

Kaitlyn Pham

Croix Raney

Leticia Naomi Sakata with Distinction

Kevin Sarmiento-Alvarez

Roman Schifsky

Addisyn Schuster

Avinash Sivaraman

Jack Steege

Tyler Stoll

Jessica Ta

Nathan Tonn with High Distinction

Michael Ude

Alex Vanasse with High Distinction

Briar Volkman

Thomas Walker with Distinction

Joshua Washburn

Adan Wodzinski

Zachary Yang

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Gehad Abdelrahman with High Distinction

Abdirahman Abdi

Sophia Abreu

Haniya Abuad

Anushree Acharya

Yashas Acharya

Leo Adams

Ghassan Ahmed Adhami

Rishabh Agarwal with High Distinction

Mahmoud Barbary with High Distinction

Ankitha Ajay with Distinction

Abdullah Al Housni

Omar Ali with High Distinction

Mohamed Hussein Ali

Yassin Ali with Distinction

Rayan Amir with Distinction

William Anderson

Michael Angara

Adam Arnett

Henry Artus with Distinction

Mikayla Babcock

Jenna Bailey

Samantha Mae So Ballesteros with Distinction

Sarthak Bansal

Yousef Barakat

Rahim Bardai

Ryan Lee Barnfield

Ryan Barth with High Distinction

Jack Baude

Blein Habtamu Bekele

Harshini Bellamkonda summa cum laude with High Distinction

Isaac Berlin

Isaac William Bratt with Distinction

Anthony Brogni summa cum laude with High Distinction

Maxwell Bryson

Priscilla Bunday with High Distinction

Evan Burkstrand

Jacob Cadavez with High Distinction

Anders Cameron

Aaron Castle with Distinction

Chue Chang

Jun Hao Cheh with High Distinction

Yuxin Chen with High Distinction

Jennie Cheng with High Distinction

Brandon Cheng with High Distinction

Rebecca Chu

Scott Cleven-Mulcahy

Jakson Coffin

Annabelle Coler with Distinction

Leo Conforti

Brooklyn Elizabeth Cooper with High Distinction

MJ Corey

Taylor Councilman

Mason Cutting with High Distinction

Aaron Dahl

Nhi Dang with High Distinction

Peter de Ruiter

Benjamin DeAcetis with Distinction

Maxwell Dehlin

Alexandra Delacruz with High Distinction

Will Devitt

Rimika Dhara with Distinction

Ryan Diaz summa cum laude with High Distinction

Ammaar Doctor

Erin Doss-Johnson

Daniel Dowdle with Distinction

Nick Droege

Shrainik Duddula

Lam Duong

Basma Mohammed Elaraby

Sam Empson

Eren Erisgen with High Distinction

Cameron Estes

Riley Findorff

Luc Forsans

Eric Zhong Fritsche

Israel Fuller with Distinction

Anirudh Ganesh with High Distinction

Rohan Ganugapati

Jonah Gaskill with Distinction

Samantha Gause

Rawda Ghalban with High Distinction

Roshan Gokul

Timothy Granatowski summa cum laude with High Distinction

Nathaniel Grenke with High Distinction

Mason Greseth

Gianni Guadagno

Andrew Guerra

Daniel Guille

Allan Habiger

Tanavia Harrington

Charles Hartman

Kayla Hartman summa cum laude with Distinction

Dylan Louis Haugee

Daniel Hawker with High Distinction

Mason John Hawver with High Distinction

Sebastian Helgeson summa cum laude with High Distinction

Rachel Hilby with Distinction

Vincent Hoang with Distinction

Henry Hoeglund with High Distinction

Nicholas Horst

Bin Hu with High Distinction

Jeffrey Hu with High Distinction

Keying Huang

Jolin Huang

Chenxi Huang with Distinction

Sasha Hydrie with High Distinction

Alex Iliarski with High Distinction

Bilal Irfaeyeh with Distinction

Sharmarke Ismael

Ravisha Jaiswal

Mohammad Sadegh Javid

Mickiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

Parker Johnson with High Distinction

Alaina Johnson

Bradley Johnson with High Distinction

Nathan Jorgenson with Distinction

Rishikesh Joshi

Kanishk Kacholia summa cum laude with High Distinction

Adam Kalt

Kyeongmo Kang

Janani Kannan

Lukas Karel with High Distinction

Pranav Kartha

Trent Kelly

Nicholas Kelly with High Distinction

Autumn Kenyon

Farhan Khondakar

Kobe Kimmes

Nathaniel Kjaer

Alexander Knusel with High Distinction

Sanketh Kodimala with Distinction

Curtis Kokuloku

Zachary Komar

Kent Nguyen

Theodore Nguyen

Eric Nguyen

Tri Nguyen

Hilton Nguyen

Muhammad Akram Norzaman

Austin Odusanya

Grant Ogren

Andrew O’KonskiMagnuson

Henry Olig

Jacob Olson

Sherryl Shi Tyng Ooi with Distinction

Cheston Opsasnick

Sebas Osorio with Distinction

Moses Palkar with Distinction

Aaron Palkar with High Distinction

Rishita Palle

Christopher Park

Luke Patefield with High Distinction

Aryan Patel

Vyap Patel with Distinction

Eric Patton

Gourab Paul

Nathaniel Paulson

Vahini Penmatsa with Distinction

Eric Petron

Adam Pettys

Don Pham

Phillip Pham

Kien Pham with High Distinction

Prashant Reddy Pilla

Jose Andre Porras Campos with Distinction

Kavya Prasad with High Distinction

Mia Lynn Prince with Distinction

Malak Raafat with Distinction

Sameen Rahman summa cum laude with High Distinction

Anindita Rajamani summa cum laude with High Distinction

Shardul Rao summa cum laude with Distinction

Namith Rao

Wyatt Rasmussen

Emilie Reich

Jessica Robbins

Ryan Roche summa cum laude with Distinction

Abigail Rossini

Sanjali Roy with High Distinction

Paul Rubanau

Aidan Giovanni Ruiz with Distinction

Anna Saeny with Distinction

Gustavo Sakamoto de Toledo

Mohamed Salem Yash Salunke

Jasper Sandbulte

Caleb Sannes with High Distinction

James Sargsyan

Ryan Sauers with High Distinction

Masooma Sayeda

Joseph Schaak

Laura Schoenzeit cum laude

Lucas Schottler

James Schramm

Avery Schuster

Jacob Schwantes

Benjamin Sebastian

Zoe Sepersky

Rohan Lacky Shah

Stuti Shah with High Distinction

Vyom Sharma

Vincent Sheeler with High Distinction

Noreen Si with High Distinction

Justin Silus with Distinction

Thomas Simon with Distinction

Rajan Singh

Yashasvi Singh

Vaagishwaran Sivakumar summa cum laude with High Distinction

Trevor Skupien

Kateryna Slobozhan

Tristan Sohr with High Distinction

Bar Soloveychik with High Distinction

Aryan Sood

Jason Sourivong

Megan Sprehe with Distinction

Ryan Srichai

Ben St. Clair with Distinction

Jack Steege

Josh Subhan with Distinction

Thomas Suiter

Jacob Sun

Nont Suphap with High Distinction

Owen Swenson

Felicia Tao with High Distinction

Alexander Tatley

Ethan Tenley

Fumisato Teranishi

Seng Thao

Fridley Thao

George Thompson with Distinction

Riley Thompson

Samuel Thorson

Samantha Timanus with Distinction

Benjamin Tollerson with High Distinction

Anna Ton Nu with Distinction

Minh Tong

Dinh Quan Tran summa cum laude with High Distinction

Daniel Tran

Macy Tran with Distinction

Liem Tran with High Distinction

Julia Minh Tien Thi Truong with Distinction

Chau Truong

Timothy Tu with Distinction

Rachita Udupa with Distinction

Aarussh Vaid with High Distinction

Vedant Vaid summa cum laude with High Distinction

Jafeng Vang with Distinction

Shridhar Vashishtha summa cum laude

Joseph Vohnoutka with High Distinction

Ross Volkov with High Distinction

Chi Vu with Distinction

Harrison Joseph Wallander with Distinction

Ian Walsh with Distinction

William Wang

Andy Wang

Robert Wang with High Distinction

Thomas Weber with High Distinction

Peiyuan Wei with Distinction

Zachary Wetmore with Distinction

Kieran White

Ethan Wilcox

Parker Wilson

Nehemiah Woldemariam

Junhan Wu with High Distinction

Uhlric Wymer

Maojie Xu

Ahmad Yasser with High Distinction

Seesy Yi

Jay Yoo with Distinction

Charlie Youngren

Nikki Yu with High Distinction

Waleed Zaro

Ryan Zettlemoyer with High Distinction

Congpei Zhou with High Distinction

Bachelor of Science in Data Science

Hamza Abdullahi

Isaac Ash-Johnson

Tori Benck

Samuel Binau

Danny Bui

Ava Hoffman Cavalco

Shiva Preetham

Chinthalacheruvu

Zaccheri Ciampone with Distinction

William Clatanoff

MJ Corey

Sania Data

Keenan Day

Parker Dustin

John Farley

Ivan Fierros-Pliego

Benat FroemmingAldanondo

Benjamin Goff

Andrew Guerra

Charles Hart with High Distinction

Benjamin Hoang

Anna Hoitomt

Kennedy Johnson

Jordan Johnson

Kanishk Kacholia summa cum laude with High Distinction

Luke Kobza

Samuel Konstan

Alice Kormick

Nupur Kumar

Le Minh Khue summa cum laude with Distinction

Adrien Le with Distinction

Kevin Lin

Aaron Monarrez

Chiemeka Kenice Nwakama

Vahini Penmatsa with Distinction

Hasan Raza

James Sargsyan

Otto Schenk

Benjamin Sebastian

Anna Spack

Luke Strassburg summa cum laude with Distinction

Giang To summa cum laude with Distinction

Lane Versteeg with Distinction

Bachelor of Science in Earth Sciences

Joshua Brown

Alyssa Burton with High Distinction

Anjolie Buzo

Gabrielle Giving

Sara Nadian

Charles Petty

Calvin Ristow

Claire Sazama

Delaney Whalen

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

Tariq Al-Abri

Abdulaziz Rashid Hamed Albadi

Lily Andersen

Caleb Armstrong

Abhi Bijlwan

Jacob Borham

Eloisa Carrasco

Benjamin Check with High Distinction

Jason Chu

Rachel Craig

Justin Draheim with Distinction

Lillian Esping

Cooper Froemming with Distinction

Gavin Gugino with Distinction

Andy Hanson with Distinction

Conner Hartwig

Ethan Hill with High Distinction

Thomas Hinkley

Zhimo Huang

Zachary Jacobs

Jacob Kingsbury

Claire Koch

Nathaniel Lane with Distinction

Cameron Larson

Grace Magdelyn Madson

Jack Makelke

Kialie Malone with High Distinction

John Moy summa cum laude with Distinction

Gavin Neubauer

Andy Nguyen

Chase Nichols

Peter Nuon

Fiona O’Connor

Aditya Parida

Jonah Rawley summa cum laude with High Distinction

Sarah Kay Read with Distinction

Nickoli Saethre

Leticia Naomi Sakata with Distinction

Nicholas Sanger with High Distinction

Emily Schaefer

Noah Schmit

Trisha Sebastin

Olivia Seigler

Sean Smythe

Connor Anthony Solsrud with Distinction

Jack Struck

Megan Bunnaly Tan

Hannah Vieth with Distinction

Abdullah Warsame

Emma Whitson

Wenzhe Zhang

Bachelor of Environmental Engineering

Justine Anderson

Kendra Marie Arendt

Hailey Bargman with Distinction

John Boschek

Ian Brudnak Voss with High Distinction

Avery Butler

Indigo Davitt-Liu summa cum laude with Distinction

Carson Eccles

Jaron Frank

Josephine Gatto

Jacob Gontjes with Distinction

Robynn Hickman

Nathaniel Hiller

Amara Jackson

Klara Kondrak

Juliette Koskela

Elle Lennartson with Distinction

Emma Lonson

Imtisaal Naeem

Tessa Pauls

Carter Pechacek

Haley Plessel with Distinction

Madeline Reckmeyer with Distinction

Ethan Schnettler with High Distinction

Gannon Shilson

Owen Wold

summa cum laude with High Distinction

Bachelor

of Science in Environmental Geosciences

Gabrielle Bennett

Justin Bettendorf

Madeline Grace Dickenscheidt

Erin Hudson summa cum laude with High Distinction

Ethan Ilse with High Distinction

Kacie Malone with High Distinction

Makai Ogoshi

Miranda Pavlis

Marek Poplawski

Aaron Graham Sones

Miles Sterner with High Distinction

Sydney Waldrop

summa cum laude with High Distinction

Bachelor of Geoengineering

Ella DeToro

Sydney Heinzelmann

Alexis Trousil

Abdiwahid Yusuf

Bachelor

of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Mohameddeq Ali

Lane Mark Anderson

Kayla Becker

Jack Bly with Distinction

Jacob Bostrack

Johanna Breyen

Jared Burnett

Jonathan Cheng

Tenzing Choeyang

Jonathan Cubero with Distinction

Zaid Dameh

Ethan Del Sol

Emily Dobberpuhl

Carrigan Dock

Sophia Dorshow with Distinction

Noah Ebner Borst

Fartun Awale

Archisman Bandyopadhyay summa cum laude with High Distinction

Pedro Góis Bomfim

Manuel Castillo Jr.

Yuanyuan Chen

Tasha Cohen with Distinction

Mason Cutting with High Distinction

Jeremy Davie with High Distinction

Paige Dentler

Ryan Diaz summa cum laude with High Distinction

Broden Diederich

Otto Foster

Cameron Gatz

Andrew Gill with High Distinction

Emma Irene Glotz with Distinction

Andrew Hale with High Distinction

Tyler Hansen with Distinction

Ari Helfand with High Distinction

Jacob Hetland

Peter Hillmann

Henry Hoeglund with High Distinction

Katie Hogan

Zhiye Hu

Michael Hu

Alex Iliarski with High Distinction

Grady Jerdee

Mickiah Johnson

Kriti Kamath summa cum laude

Lukas Karel with High Distinction

Nikodimos Kassaw

Zach Kerekes with Distinction

Michael Kougang

Joshua Krueger

Daniel Kukla

Sawyer Kupbens

Ania Kuznia with High Distinction

Dongze Li

Yuanchong Liu

Riley Lundgren with High Distinction

Jathin Mallampati

Nathan Mihm summa cum laude with High Distinction

Echo Grey Qing Nelson with High Distinction

Lara Newton with High Distinction

Luke Patefield with High Distinction

Carter Peed

Lucas Reckinger

Abigail Rossini

Kaleb Roth

Joseph Schaak

John Karl Schmid with Distinction

Laura Schoenzeit cum laude

Megan Schoenzeit summa cum laude with Distinction

Justin Silus with Distinction

Vaagishwaran Sivakumar summa cum laude with High Distinction

Kyler Sood with High Distinction

Raelyn Stiller with High Distinction

Isabela Tapperson

Joshua Taylor with High Distinction

Darshan Thapa

Dinh Quan Tran summa cum laude with High Distinction

Samantha Trost

Hillary Vo

Anne Marie Warren summa cum laude

Zachary Wetmore with Distinction

Biyang Wu

Torin Yang with Distinction

Addison Zinck

Yifu Zuo

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

Nabeel Abokor

Axel I. Alamo-Cuello

Jorge Aliaga del Campo

Elliot Anderson

Brooks Anderson

Dario Barrios Araya

Ben Bartoszek

Mason Bauer

Augustine Bearden

Tyler James Beckers

Jonathan Benmeir

Samuel Benzkofer

Jaden Berger

Alexander Borsgard

Pearse Bowden

Jacob Fritz Bowman

Nathen Brennecke with High Distinction

Bodie Brice

Nathan Brokering with Distinction

Samuel Bryan

Anton Burton with Distinction

Neo Canniff with High Distinction

Jose Cardenas

Stephano Cardoso

Shih Wei Cheng

Noah Cohen with Distinction

Bryan Javier Colón-Guzmán

Santiago Damonte Vegas

Devin Dasrath

Yahel E. De Jesús Vega

Danny DeLorenzo

Gabriella Dickman

Piper Digman

Hung Dinh

Toan Khanh Nguyen Do

Roger Easthouse

Owen Edstrom

Mohamed Elkhodary

Makaela Funke

Teddy Gezachw

Jacob Michael Gnerer

Andrew Gohman

Alexander Griffith

Emaan Hamdan with Distinction

Caden Hanninen

Nathan Harbinson

James Harrington

Jake Hausladen

Hayden Hommes with Distinction

Eric Hosch

Hisham Ibsais

Karsten Isaacson

Jack Iverson

Sneha Jacob with Distinction

Julia Jakubik

Saleeban Jama

Melvin James with Distinction

Rohan Reddy Janga

Aidan Johnson

Abigail Johnson with Distinction

Allison Jondahl with Distinction

Claire Kadwell

Maveric Kalenberg

Garrett Kawlewski

Cole Kiekow

Nikita Klimok

Austin Korzenowski

John Kroells

Lucas Kroneberg

Gus Krough

Nicholas William Kuffel

Noah Larson with High Distinction

James Le

Maxwell Lee

Shaun Lee with High Distinction

Jaxen Lindsey

James Mccabe

Matthew McDonald

Cale McDowell

Jon Meader

Mitchell Gorden Mell

Sharon E. Memoi

Allan Menk

magna cum laude

Alexander Misura with Distinction

Noah Mize with Distinction

Ian Modjeski with Distinction

Elizabeth Moline

Toshio Morizono

Ezra Morris

Antonia Moya Belaustegui

Winnafred Murphy

Mikayla Nelson

Alex Nesemann

Cody Nilson

Charles Olson

Owen Olson with Distinction

Jonathan Ose with High Distinction

Abdirahman M Osman

Blaine Thomas

Brandon Patras

Karl Pederson summa cum laude with High Distinction

Hannah Peters

Joe Poehlmann with High Distinction

Nesha Pokhrel

Andrew Pomes

Brian Douglas Pratt

Ryan Preston

Joshua Redepenning

Carson Redmond

Holden Rhomberg

Joel Roberts

Locke Rowland

Rohit Roy

Ethan Russell

Petar Sahinov

Aimee Sanchez

Jackson Sather

Matthew Schlicht

Jack Schlichtmann

Brady Schumann with High Distinction

Joshua Sereno with Distinction

Devon Shaw

Joey Shirk

Kitana Sibri

Mohamed Sirad

Jack Skare

Jake Sohre

Erik Spence

Caleb Spielman with Distinction

Ben Stark

Sophia Steblay

Joseph Stoll

Aidan Tengowski

Joe Tessman with High Distinction

Smile Tongkaw

Shane Totall

Devin Truchon

Spencer Tupy

Sandra Turner

Emma Tygart

Kenneth Uy

David Vang

Kongmoog Vang

Kongmeng Vue

Zakary Wadzinski with Distinction

Max Welty

Matthew Wenning

Zachary Thomas Wirta

Adam Witzel

Joshua Wlazlo

Lue Xiong

Bachelor

of Science in Physics

Eva Adhikari

Gökdeniz Baydar

Rand Bovard summa cum laude with Distinction

Emma de Bruin

Piper Eriksson

Siddharth Gorregattu summa cum laude with High Distinction

Miles Hanson

William Honnold

Andrew Jurchisin

Jacob Kean summa cum laude with Distinction

Carolyn Kearns with Distinction

Katrine Kompanets

Daniel Kukla

Sydney Leggio

Jacob Markus

Sudhanva Mohan

Milo Ophoven

Shardul Rao

summa cum laude with Distinction

Megan Schoenzeit

summa cum laude with Distinction

Akshat Sharma summa cum laude with Distinction

Bryn Soehren

Samuel Swartzendruber cum laude

Aaron Thomson

Jacob Wahlstrom

Mengyao Zhang with Distinction

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