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

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2011 - 2012

Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering Honors Convocation Program

PostingoftheColors Army&AirForceROTC ColorGuardNationalAnthem Mr.PaulVillaluz’97,’06Welcome Dr.RamaVenkat,DeanIntroductionofDean’sListRecipients PresentationofScholarshipRecipients PresentationofTroyBartlettAward PresentationofGraebelScholarshipPresentationofDepartment,College&UniversityAwards Dr.RamaVenkat Dr.MohamedTrabia Dr.PeterStubberud Lt.Col.RobertHaug MAJNeilOscarson Dr.DonaldHayes Dr.JohnT.Minor Dr.HenrySelvaraj Dr.WoosoonYimRecessionalandAlmaMater Mr.PaulVillaluz’97,‘06

PleasejoinusintheGreatHallforarefreshmentsimmediatelyfollowingthe

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.

AngelynAccadChristopherAdamsSiavashAkramiJacobAlbrightMohammedAl‐KarawiWilliamAlleeJonathanAllenMakdaAndemeskelDanielAndersonTaylinAndersonAmandaApplingMarcieAraiJeevakeAttapattuJoshuaAurichJoshuaAurichJosephBaggsMichaelBairdJamesBakerGlennBanisabaIaniBatilovDesiBattleStephenBauschMorrisBen‐AouichaDarrenBennJimmyBenoitTrevorBergstromJohnBertiniJamesBivansJeremiahBolesAnthonyBongolanAnnieBouckJoshuaBreedenRobertBrownKentBuenaventuraMitchellBurtonJianPaoloBuzarAaronCajkaMarcCanlasAlanCarrenoDanielCauleyHugoChiangDavidChorpashRaulCollazo

AaronCornwellJamesDabinettRudolfsDambisTiffanyDannerChristianDatuinLucDelgadoEdwardDemarsShaneDieckmannJaredDobsonPhilipDupreeJoseElizondoJohnEnyeartRyanFarnsworthJeremyFelicianoAlexanderFitzjerrellsJimmyFloydJorgeFonsecaJonathonFountainAnnFrappierDavidFydaDeannaGalangJustinGalliSeanGannZeNanGaoGiovannyGarciaAlejandroGarciaTylerGeonettaRyanGilliganEnriqueGonzalezCahlGoukerCalebGreenCaseyGrif ithAveryHackerKristofferHarringtonBridgerHeizerMasonHillParkerHillKaitlinHoffmanJoshuaHorlacherRaymondImberStevenIrelandLaurenJacobsDallasJaeger

ChadJohnsonRobertJohnsonDevinJonesAleksandarJovkovicMichaelKajkowskiHiroshiKaoGeordanKellerStefanKirovToshihideKishitaWilliamKostanBarbaraKritYuryKulaginStevenLambertMinLongLanRyanLaranceChristopherLauxSamuelLeeJamesonLeeDerekLennonJosephLeonBrianLeonardArnaldoLeyvaHongzhongLiKyleLittonEricLoCarloLopez‐TelloJacobLynchJohnLystrupPhilippMaederBrianMagannDavidMannAaronMarianoStevenMattiEricMcdonaldRussellMclellanRubenMedinaKyleMelliesEdwardMendiolaChristopherMikhaelBrianMillerJosephMirabileMikhakMisaghianLidiaMorales

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AntonioMoralesRyanMortensonJasonMunizMaryMurphyBlakeNaccaratoCameronNealOttoNeidertShelbyNelsonDavidNguyenPhillipNixRomanGabrieleOcampoJoannaOpenaJorgeOrtizJulianOwyongMatthewPalmerDominicPanaliganAlexParkDarvinPatioErnestoPavonChristopherPhillipsNataliePinonJohnRaymondPlanasLouisPomboTikHoPoonThomasPorterBenjaminPowellLeahPrestonStephenPrettoTungQuyBrittanyRadkeKaiana Ragasa‐hamadaMariaRamosRichardRazackMatthewReyburnJorgeReynagaBlakeReynoldsMichaelRhodesNormanRichardsonMarieRodillonFrancellRodriguezNathanielRossLaylaRouasMarkRushforthRichardRyan

EliottSanchezAndrewSandersCarmelisseSangaLaurenSangalangJacquelineSchillRyanSchroederAshleySelvyCesarSerraltaAlexySerranoMonettaShawAmyShigetaKaylaShimMarynaShkrobatKenShultzJeffreySilerioJasonSilicDanielSilvaSeanSimsMarkSnyderJeremySternPatrickStilsonEricStorchDaneStrongDesmondTanMichaelTheilDinoTinitiganSuzanneTrabiaSarahTrabiaEdwardVanMeterSajuVarghesePabloVazquezChristianVegaAntonelaVerdhaKristiVerdhaLaertVerdhaBrianVincentXiangWangEmilyWeillJonnyWingerNicolas WongAdamWurtzelErnestoZamoraRamosZhengZengStephanieZobrist

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2011 - 2012 Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

Scholarship Recipients

TharinduAbeygunawardanMaheshAcharyaCalebAlbornozMohammedAl‐Karawi WilliamAllee JonathanAllenSeleneAlvaraezPatrickAndersonMarcieAraiJoshuaAurich JosephBaggsMichaelBairdDineshBajracharya IaniBatilov MorrisBen‐Aouicha JamesBenavente StephenBertaRonaldBohne AnnieBouck KentBuenaventura JianPaoloBuzarAaronCajkaJackCheneyMarcCanlas

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AlumniGraduateScholarshipPatriciaSastaunikScholarshipGPSAEndowment/JamesAdamsScholarshipHonorsAccessScholarshipNASANVGrantProgram‐707xHonorsAccessScholarshipDeeSmithEndowedScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipConstMgmtAdvBoardScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipNelsK.EliasenScholarshipCollegeofEngineeringAlumniScholarshipJohnSWerthScholarshipMildredPCotnerAcademicScholarshipStanFultonHonorsProgramScholarshipMildredP.CotnerAcademicScholarshipLouisWoitishekScholarshipPatriciaSastaunikScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipStanFultonHonorsProgramScholarshipDeeSmithEndowedScholarshipEarlandHazelWilsonScholarshipCSUNHeadStartScholarshipCSUNLeadershipScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGUNLVBookstoreScholarshipMulticulturalEngineeringScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGHughesAlumniProvostScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipSolar&RenewableEnergyScholarshipWellsFargoGlobalScholarshipEngineeringGeneralScholarHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipUNLVBookstoreScholarshipSolar&RenewableEnergyScholarshipUNLVFoundationScholarshipO’RourkePlumbingScholarshipMary&JohnHughesProvostScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipSelma&TroyBartlettHonorsScholarshipProvost’sScholarship

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ZacharyCantu HenryChanAldoChaviraJackCheneyHugoChiangTiffanyCookJosephCooperJamesDabinettLucDelgadoJaredDobsonRonaldDuprauDestaEdosaJoseElizondoJohnEnyeartRoxanneFeigeJeremyFelicianoJamesFinleyJorgeFonescaAnnFrappierChequalaFuller JustinGalliCarlosGalvezAdrianGebilaguinTylerGeonettaTylerHansenJoshuaHerreraAlexanderHoeseKaitlinHoffmanMaeLaneeJoyJavierMatthewJohnsonAleksandarJovkovicHiroshiKaoGeordanKellerBrianKieatiwong

Bluecoats,Inc.ScholarshipMildredPCotnerAcademicScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGProvost’sScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipAthLicensePlateScholarship‐StipendProvost’sScholarshipCotnerScholarshipFundingMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipNSTECScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipWellsFargoGlobalScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGProvost’sScholarshipNASANVGrantProgram‐707XJRobertSlettenScholarshipMulticulturalEngineeringScholarshipNASAEPSCoRUndergraduateResearchScholarshipCJ&JimBradhamScholarshipLouisWoitishekScholarshipUNLVGeneralScholarshipStanFultonHonorsProgramScholarshipUNLVGeneralScholarshipCSUNPre‐ProfessionalScholarshipJammarrLBanksMemorialScholarshipMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipMulticulturalEngineeringScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipKennethMDevosScholarshipLouisWoitishekScholarshipMichaelPatrickKellerScholarshipStudyAbroadScholarshipCollegeofEngineeringAlumniScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipMaryDoughertyHonorsScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipDavid&BonnieAshleyScholarsMarieBWoodrichScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipEngelstadSchoalrshipProvost’sScholarshipMarjorie&VictorKukelScholarshipKennethMDevosScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipIntrepidEngineeringScholar

WilliamKostanNicholasLamekDerekLennon ArnaldoLeyvaReyAnthonyLibongcoCarloLopez‐TelloJacobLynch JohnLystrupRyanMayStephenMchargue RussellMclellanJessicaMenchacaJerichaMendozaDrewMillerNolanMooreOliveMusovskieBlakeNaccaratoShelbyNelsonLeandraNelsonTimothyNewellRomanGabrieleOcampoJoannaOpenaJorgeOrtizMatthewPalmerDominicPanaliganJaredPetersonJohnRaymondPlanasAndrewPolandLouisPomboTikHoPoonLeahPreston

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AcademicScholarshipHonorsAccessScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGEngineeringGeneralScholarNASANVGrantProgram‐707XProvost’sScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGMildredPCotnerAcademicScholarshipAcademicSchoalrshipCotnerScholarshipFundingHonorsAccessScholarshipMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipMildredPCotnerAcademicScholarshipBillWellsMemINCOSEScholarshipNASANVGrantProgram‐707XGEARUPAcademicScholarshipMulticulturalEngineeringScholarshipLouisWoitishekScholarshipSaraLynneHalseyScholarshipCSUNTomWeisnerAcademicScholarshipMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGProvost’sScholarshipGeneralInstitutionalScholarshipMichaleGailAndressMemScholarshipO’RourkePlumbingScholarshipStanFultonHonorsProgramScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGMary&JohnmHughesProvostScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipEngelstadScholarshipGEARUPAcademicScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipMildredPCotnerAcademicScholarshipO’RourkePlumbingScholarshipMary&JohnHughesProvostScholarshipMichaelPatrickKellerScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipCSUNHeadStartScholarshipGCWallaceScholarshipMulticulturalEngineeringScholarshipNASANVGrantProgram‐707X

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StephenPrettoBrittanyRadkePraveenRajMariaRamosRancellRodriguezLaylaRouasRichardRyanAndrewSandersLaurenSangalangAlexySerranoKaylaShimJeffreySilerioBellaSmithSandySolaresEdgarSolorioDaneStrongBraxonTawataoTerinaTerlizziCharlieTorres‐GarciaSarahTrabiaSuzanneTrabiaJoseTriaySajuVargheseAntonelaVerdhaBrianVincentAndrewWarthanRussellWellsDylanWilliamsStevenWilsonKevinWinnermoreAdamWolvertonNicolasWong

AcademicScholarshipEarlandHazelWilsonScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipHerbCWellsMemorialScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipO’RourkePlumbingScholarshipCSUNLeadershipSchoalrshipLydon&EfafGilmanEngineeringScholarshipEngineeringGeneralScholarNASANVGrantProgram‐707XSolar&RenewableEnergyScholarshipNASAEPSCoRUndergraduateResearchScholarshipEarlandHazelWilsonScholarshipLydon&EfafGilmanEngineeringCotnerScholarshipFundingGCWallaceScholarshipWellsFargoGlobalScholarshipHonorsAccessScholarshipHonorsAccessScholarshipEngelstadScholarshipEarlandHazelWilsonScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipEarlandHazelWilsonScholarshipMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipGeneralInstitutionalScholarshipHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGHonorsCollegeGeneralScholarshipScience&ArtScholarshipFundHarold&MaymeStockerScholarship,ENGMildredPCotnerAcademicScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipCollegeofEngineeringAlumniScholarshipCotnerScholarshipFundingNelsK.EliasenScholarshipHonorsAccessScholarshipCotnerScholarshipFundingCSUNStudyAbroadScholarshipHonorsAccessScholarshipMaryDoughertyHonorsScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipStudyAbroadScholarshipCotnerScholarshipFundingWellsFargoGlobalScholarshipProvost’sScholarshipChildofAlumniSchoalrshipMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipDouglasOrrMemorialScholarship

AdamYoungErnestoZamoraRamosZhengZengStephanieZobrist

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MaryDoughertyHonorsEndScholarshipKonamiGamingInc.Scholarship,CSMarjorie&VictorKunkelScholarshipStationCasinosFamilyScholarship

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Troy Bartlett Award

Troy dedicated his life to the service of others and through the Troy BartlettService Award, the UNLV College of Engineering honors its most outstandingsenior for his/her service to others, both on the college campus andwithin thelocalcommunity. InthiswayTroy’svisionof volunteerismlivesonthroughtheactions of others. His dedication to making the community a better place, isachieved,onegraduateatatime.This year the Troy Bartlett Award goes to Jaffer Almosawy. Jaffer is constantlyvolunteering his time and efforts to represent UNLV, not only as a StudentAmbassadorbutalsoasamemberintheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers.Heisthe current Vice President of ASCE and plans on running for the upcomingpresidentposition.JafferwillgraduateMay2013withabachelor’sdegreeinCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering.

JafferAlmosawy

Graebel Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Student of the Year Award

Since1999, theGraebelMechanicalEngineeringOutstandingStudentof theYearAwardhasbeengiventothemechanicalengineeringundergraduatestudentwiththehighestGPA.Thisyear,tworecipientswerechosen—AnnMarieFrappierandKarinaSaenz,bothofwhomshowoutstandingpromiseinthe ieldofmechanicalengineering. They each receive a $1,000 award, made possible by Mr. WilliamGraebel.Dr.WilliamGraebelisaProfessorEmeritusofMechanicalEngineering,Universityof Michigan. He has been supportive of the Mechanical Engineering program atUNLVsincehemovedtoSouthernNevada. AnnMarieFrappier KarinaSaenz

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Department Awards

Air Force ROTC DistinguishedGraduate CadetNicholasL.Green

Army ROTC 2012DistinguishedMilitaryGraduate CadetJimmyBenoit2012OutstandingArmyROTCFaculty Mr.GeorgeCrisostomo

Civil & Environmental Engineering & Construction CEEOutstandingTeacher Dr.YingTianCEMOutstandingTeacher Mr.NeilOpferCEEOutstandingSenior JimmyFloydCEEOutstandingSenior SeanGannCEMOutstandingSenior JonathanAllenCEMOutstandingSenior JaredEnglehart

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Department Awards

Computer Science OutstandingComputerScienceTeacheroftheYearDr.KazemTaghvaOutstandingComputerScienceResearcheroftheYearDr.LawrenceLarmoreOutstandingServicetoSchoolofComputerScience Ms.LeeMisch Electrical & Computer Engineering DistinguishedProfessor Dr.EmmaRegentovaBestTeachingAssistant BartoszDuszelBestUndergraduateStudentMarcieArai

 Mechanical Engineering OutstandingFaculty Dr.BrendanO’TooleOutstandingTeachingAssistant Mr.FayedAhmadSpring2012OutstandingGraduate AnnMarieFrappier

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College Awards

Distinguished College Researcher

Recipientreceivesa$1000monetaryawardandaplaquetohonorthemfortheir

outstandingresearchcontributions.

Dr.SajjadAhmad

Outstanding College Teacher

Recipientreceivesa$1000monetaryawardandaplaqueacknowledgingtheirexcellenceintheclassroom.

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

College Awards

Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society Inductees TauBetaPiiscelebratingit’s125thAnniversary.Foundedin1885tomarkinaittingmannerthosewhohaveconferredhonorupontheiralmamaterbydistin‐guishedscholarshipandexemplarycharacterasundergraduatesinthe ieldofen‐gineering,orbytheirattainmentsasalumniinthe ieldofengineering,andtofos‐teraspiritofliberalcultureintheengineeringcolleges.

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Special acknowledgement to those that

assisted with tonight’s ceremony

NationalAnthem,PaulVillaluz,’97,‘06

AFROTCandArmyROTCColorGuard

BoulevardTrophy

UNLVThomas&MackCatering

UNLVReprographics

DesignServices,JafferAlmosawy

CollegeofEngineeringStudentAmbassadors

CeremonyphotoswillbeavailableonthecollegeFacebookoneweekaftertheevent.

Engineering.unlv.edu

http://www.facebook.com/hughescollegeofengineering

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THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SCHOLARSHIP DONORS

ASPE‐SouthernNevadaScholarshipMichaelGailAndressScholarship

BallyTechnologies,Inc.GraduateFellowshipBobMacDonalCirqueduSoleilScholarship

CDEP‐FortValleyScholarshipCamcoPaci icScholarship

CarolloEngineersScholarshipCDEPScholarship

Civil&EnvirommentalEngineeringScholarshipClarkConstructionScholarship

ConstructionManagementAdvisoryBoardScholarshipDennisWaibelMemorialScholarship

NelsK.EliasenScholarshipGeneralEngineeringScholarship

G.C.WallaceScholarshipGraebelMechanicalEngineeringScholarship

IntrepidEngineeringScholarshipKonamiGamingInc.ScholarshipforComputerScience

RayKozakMemorialScholarshipMrs.MargaretS.Wells&FamilyDr.WilliamR.WellsScholarship

MarjorieandVictorKunkelScholarshipMichaelPatrickKellerScholarshipNSPESouthernNevadaScholarship

NevadaMinorityEngineeringScholarshipNevadaPowerSierraPaci icGraduateFellowship

J.RobertSlettenScholarshipJammarL.BanksScholarship

JerryP.KingConstructionManagementScholarshipDr.JohnS.WerthMemorialScholarship

JosephSedelmeyerScholarshipNationalSecurityTechnologies,LLCMEPScholarship

O’RourkePlumbingScholarshipPENTABuildingGroupScholarship

PeriniBuildingCompanySchirmerEngineeringScholarship

HaroldandMaymeStockerScholarshipStructuralEngineeringAssociationScholarship

Troy&SelmaBartlettScholarshipProfessorHerbertWellsMemorialScholarship

WingateFoundationScholarshipWolzingerFamilyEngineeringScholarshipWymanCivilEngineeringScholarship

UNLVCSUNScholarshipUNLVPresidentandProvostScholarships