Spring 2026 Recognition Ceremony Program
Congratulations to the electrical and computer engineering Class of 2026!
And a specialÌýthank you to all of the friends and family who have supported our graduates during their time at CU Â鶹ӰԺ.Ìý
Table of ContentsÌý
ÌýÌý Today's Ceremony
ÌýÌý Awards and HonorsÌý
ÌýÌý PhD Candidates
ÌýÌý Master's Candidates
ÌýÌý Bachelor's Graduates
Today's Ceremony
Processional
Welcoming Remarks
Professor Chris Myers, Department Chair and Palmer Leadership Chair in Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
Acknowledgement of Award Winners
Undergraduate Student Address
Anika Mathur
Master's Student Address
David Farnsworth
Faculty Address
Dr. Zoya Popovic, Distinguished Professor, Lockheed Martin Endowed Chair in RF Engineering
Presentation of the PhD CandidatesÌý
Professor Eric Keller, Associate Chair for Professional and Online Masters Programs
Presentation of Master’s Candidates
Professor Eric Keller, Associate Chair for Professional and Online Masters Programs
Presentation of BS Candidates
Associate Professor Marco Nicotra, Associate Chair for Undergraduate EducationÌý
Closing Remarks
Professor Chris Myers
Reception
Please join us to continue celebrating our graduates. Light refreshments will be provided.Ìý
Awards and HonorsÌý
ÌýÌýWhite Ribbon: Engineering Honors Program, with honors
ÌýÌýPurple Ribbon: Summa cum laude, 3.9-4.0 GPA
ÌýÌýRed Ribbon: Magna cum laude, 3.8-3.899 GPA
ÌýÌýGreen Ribbon: cum laude 3.7-3.799 GPAÌý
Department Awards
ÌýÌýBest Thesis: Audrey Cheshire
ÌýÌýGraduate Service Award: Zoe Worrall
ÌýÌýExcellence in Graduate Research: Mandar Phadnis
ÌýÌýExcellence in Graduate Teaching: Fiona MajeauÌýÌý
ÌýÌýGraduate Outreach Award: Phaedra Curlin
ÌýÌýOutstanding Undergraduate Award: Ethan Lam, Edward Wawrzynek
ÌýÌýUndergraduate Community Impact Award: Alison Bloomfield, Arjun Dalwadi
ÌýÌýUndergraduate Cultural Impact Award: Thomas Ghirmatsion, Dominic Gonzales
ÌýÌýUndergraduate Perseverance Award: Stephanie Torres
College of Engineering & Applied Science Undergraduate Awards
ÌýÌýAcademic Engagement Award: Andrew Azad Ajamian
ÌýÌýAcademic Engagement Award: Leon Wolf Weigert
ÌýÌýCommunity Impact Award, Fall 2025: Anika MathurÌý
ÌýÌýCommunity Impact Award, Spring 2026: Stephanie Torres
ÌýÌýGlobal Engagement Award: Oliver BrowneÌý
ÌýÌýPerseverance Award: Alison BloomfieldÌý
ÌýÌýResearch Award: Andrew Azad Ajamian
ÌýÌýResearch Award: Arjun Dalwadi Ìý
ÌýÌýResearch Award: Connor Desrosiers Ìý
ÌýÌýResearch Award: Edward WawrzynekÌý
Doctor of Philosophy Candidates
Audrey Margaret Maravilla Cheshire
Advised by Professor Dragan Maksimovic
Dissertation: A High-frequency Flying Capacitor-based Drain Supply Modulator for Envelope Tracking Applications
Benjamin Cross
Advised by Professor Dejan Filipovic
Dissertation: Wideband, 3D-printed Feeds and Reflector Systems
Paul Alan Flaten
Advised by Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: Advanced Design Approaches to High-Performance Transmitter Components
Grant Martin Giesbrecht
Advised by Dr. Paul Dresselhaus and Professor Taylor Barton
Dissertation: Superconducting Kinetic Inductance Frequency Converters Using Nonlinear Transmission Lines
Ange-Thierry Ishimwe
Advised by Professor Tamara Lehman
Dissertation: Defending Against Transient Execution Attacks Efficiently
Kenneth E. Kolodziej
Advised by Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: Multifunction Phased Arrays: In-Band Full-Duplex Antennas, Front-Ends and SystemsÌý
Reyes Lucero
Advised by Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: Linear and Efficient Power Amplifiers from S- to V -Band
Collin Michael Wallish
Advised by Professor Dejan Filipovic
Dissertation: To Be Defended Summer/Fall 2026
Muhammad Yaqub Alam Mahsud
Advised by Professor Taylor Barton
Dissertation: Scaling the Load Modulated Balanced Amplifier to MMIC Operation
Jack Molles
Advised by Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: Analog Components for Wireless Power Transfer Systems
Aniruddha Girish Phatak
Advised by Professor Mahesh Varanasi
Dissertation: Two-dimensional Coded Caching: Multicast Set Grouping and Hierarchical Subpacketization
Channing Paul Philbrick, Jr.
Advised by Professor Kelvin Wagner
Dissertation: Fourier-Basis Active Structured Illumination Sensing (F-BASIS): Explorations in Turbulence-Resilient 3-D Computational Lidar Imaging
Jori Platt
Advised by Professor Dejan Filipovic
Dissertation: Broadband Antennas and Microwave Components Enabled by Additve Manufacturing
Alec Justin Russell
Advised by Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: Low Phase Noise MMIC Oscillators for Microwave Chip-Scale Atomic ClocksÌý
Georgia Lynn Sandidge
Advised by Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: Sensitivity Enhancement and RF Characterization of Rydberg-Atom Microwave Receivers
Gabriel Thomas Seymour
Advised by Professor Bob McLeod
Dissertation: Advancing Precision and Automation in Volumetric Additive Manufacturing
Shivangi Sinha
Advised by Professor Dragan Maksimovic
Dissertation: A high-frequency planar transformer with medium-voltage isolation and embedded thermal management
Stefan Stroessner
Advised by Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: Multi-objective Design of Microwave Power Amplifiers
Kai-Ting TingÌý
Advised by Professor Kelvin Wagner
Dissertation: Coherent Interferometry Systems for Multibeam Lidar and Imaging
Hamad Al Ghanim
Advised by Professor Joseph Izraelevitz
Dissertation: Exploration of Code Size Reduction Using Compiler Analysis
Carson Anderson
Advised by Professor Nicole Bienert
Dissertation: Machine Learning Methods for Inversion of Live Fuel Moisture Content
Calvin Henggeler
Advised by Professor Kevin Gifford
Dissertation: ADS-B Informed Modeling Radio Astronomy RFI from Airport Surveillance Radar
Zachary Traynor
Advised by Professor Albin Gasiewski
Dissertation: Statistical Characterization of a Low-Cost Software-Defined Radio for Passive Microwave Measurements
Master of ScienceÌý
- Kamaleddine Abou-Zhar
- Pramod Agastya
- Kendall Ahern
- Karl Paul Akert
- Meshal Ibrahim Alhazmi
- Abdul Rahman Alsherazi Alsabbagh
- Molly Catherine Alvine
- Andrew Aramians
- Xander Ault
- McKenzie Rae Ballif
- Brian Barrette
- John Barta
- Jayashree Baskaran
- Haley Elizabeth Basti
- Prudhvi Raj Belide
- Ivan Belotti
- Agnibha Bhattacharyya
- James Lowell Bohn
- Jack Brenner
- Zachary Buchman
- Matthijs Johannes Buuron
- Oscar Rene Castro
- Matthew Cerza
- Manuel Vasquez Chavez
- Anastasia Chernikova
- Steven Christensen
- Randy Alan Colio
- Oscar Coronado
- John Jared Creech
- Samir Y Dherar
- Shirin Ebadi
- Kirk Fabbri
- Donavon Walter Facey III
- David Farnsworth
- Kyle Flaherty
- Kian Fotouhi
- Vrushabh Ramesh Gada
- Ananth Gandela
- Aditya Mr. Ganesh
- Nathan Thomas Golding
- Abigail Renee Gookin
- Bharath Varma Gowribidanur Chinnappa
- Forrest Green
- Nicholas Hayes
- Seth Howard
- Nathan Scot Hudson
- Siddharth Rajah Iyer
- Alan Izquierdo
- Vaishnavi Pravin Jadhav
- Sriramkumar Jayaraman
- Paul Anthony Jensen
- Kevin Jones
- Anuja Dhananjay Joshi
- Rujuta Joshi
- Wesley Cornelis Gerardus Martinus Kerstens
- Madhura Mandar Keskar
- Davit Khudaverdyan
- Josh King-Nobles
- Toshihisa Kiyonaga
- Abhishek Dayanand Koppa
- Abhirath Koushik
- Brett Kuhlman
- Oluwaseun Olanrewaju Ladipo
- Aidan Reid Bhattacharya Lanphier
- Jaeseo Lee
- Tawai Lee
- Andrew Jensen Lin
- Nimisha Madapura Rajashekhar
- Mark Madler
- Muhammad Mahsoud
- Henri Malahieude
- Usman Maqsood
- Jorge Esteban Martinez
- Zane McMorris
- Daniel McVaney
- Karl Mickelson
- Brianna Miller
- Akruti Shailendra Mishra
- Ganeshakumar Mohanlingam
- Nabil Kamil Mosaad
- Anne Nyambura Mukabi
- Abhishek Ashok Nadgir
- Ram Nadler
- Jack Daniel Napoli
- Induja Narayanan
- Manognya Neti
- Khoa Nguyen
- Iyona Lynn Noronha
- Jhon Leonardo Oblitas Cruz
- Andrea Christine Pabst
- Sourabh Pandharpurkar
- Jainil Dhyaneshkumar Patel
- Parth Narendrabhai Patel
- Vamshi Krishna Pathi
- Marco Perez
- Josh Perrine
- Allana Persaud
- Edgar Quintero
- Anirudh Raghunath
- Vedant Rajput
- Bhakti Ramani
- Alec Reece Ramirez
- Karthik Revoor
- Erick Reyes
- Cody Reynolds
- Domenic Paul Rodriguez
- Allison Elizabeth Rucker
- Nimish Sabnis
- Darshan Prabhakar Salian
- Vaishnavi Sanugommula
- Bhavya Saravanan
- Brennah Satterfield
- Nalin Saxena
- Benjamin Scheck
- Spencer Schiefelbein
- Lokesh Senthil Kumar
- Kaif Shahid Shaikh
- Aliza Urooj ÌýSiddiqui
- Sharar Sifat
- Andrew Skavicus
- Robert Stallman
- Satish Phani Kumar Tadala
- Tom Tate
- Madhavan Thothadri
- Tejasree Tikkam
- Siddhanth Toranagatti
- Miguel Angel Turcios Flores
- Aaron N Van
- Parth Varsani
- Joseph Vitug
- Thi Thanh Tuyen Vo
- Marcus Wolff
- Yun-Jen Wu
- Patrick Jean Zirnheld
Master of EngineeringÌýÌý
- Akshit Ulhas Bhangale
- Aditya Ganesh
- Nalin Saxena
- Andrew Skavicus
- Varun Srinivasan
- Siddhanth ToranagattiÌý
Bachelor of Science Graduates
Bachelor of Science - Electrical & Computer EngineeringÌý
- Andrew Ajamian
- Nasser Khaled Al Muaili
- Jeffrey Allen
- Owen Allison
- Abdulrahman Almutairi
- Ahmad AlSai
- Faris Hasan Balubaid
- Colton Ray Belleau
- Noah Bernstein
- Alison Julia Bloomfield
- Dillon L Brown
- Ryan Francis Buckley
- William Cade, III
- Ivan D Calderon
- Logan Caskey
- Kira Cenderelli
- Yi-Yang Chen
- Arjun Rajesh Dalwadi
- Peter Dessev
- Grant Dreasher
- Eli Alejandro Garcia
- Ryan Harlen Geist
- Jacob George
- Thomas Habte Ghirmatsion
- Henry Goodman
- Hayden Gromer
- Jack Haggard
- Thomas Ho
- Kevin Huang
- Lucy Hudson
- Davis Huynh
- Alyssa Michelle Jackson
- Ceara Johansson
- Alexa King
- Abhishek Dayanand Koppa
- Clay Kress
- Yi-Chun Liao
- Isabelle Lindfors
- Wyatt Massey
- Liam McAlexander
- Mason Christopher McGaffin
- Riley Moore
- Mateo Munoz
- Conner Neuhart
- Avery Peterlin
- Will Pfaltzgraff
- Evan Poon
- Mitchell James Potocsnak
- Joel Ramos Silva
- Zarin Saifee
- Zachary Ryan Schultz
- Hafsa Shaukat
- Zanghyeoun Shim
- Connor Sorrell
- Griffin Joseph Sweeney
- Bilim Sydykov Raimbekovich
- Emilie Teel
- Joshua Duncan Thomas
- Stephanie Milagros Torres
- Samuel Turner
- Gavin Unrue
- Aaron N Van
- George Griswold Ware
- Sean Steven Webb
- Julian Daniel WerderÌý
Bachelor of Science - Electrical EngineeringÌý
- Abdulaziz Alenezi
- Derek Allen
- Kylie Auerbach
- Dakota Augenstein
- Laurence Bristol
- Oliver Flint Hounson Browne
- Declan Oliver Clark
- William Cockrell
- Kamyar Reza Dargahi
- Connor Desrosiers
- Samir Yaseir Mohamed Dherar
- Alexander Economakis
- Ethan Edwards
- Amanda Mia Figueroa Diaz
- Kyle Franklin
- William Tutt Fraser
- Ava Savannah Ginsburg
- Dakota Golden
- Dominic Gonzales
- Matthew Gorbold McCardle
- Christian H Green
- Parker Gust
- Anthony Elie Hamamji
- Elias Haro
- Taite Hartman
- Ben Jacobsen
- Jeremy Kiarie
- Sean Kyuchan Kim
- Ethan Lam
- Whitney Q Le
- Colin Garrett Lees
- South Livermore
- Anika Mathur
- Geoffrey McIntyre
- Brendan McMahon
- Skyler Naclerio
- Luis Armando Reveles
- Andrew Rusin
- Suren Sargsyan
- James Anthony Shapiro
- Frankie Sharman
- Trevor Andrew Sribar
- Alejandro Valenzuela
- William Teunis Van Atten V
- Ilya Vitkovskiy
- Edward Rise Wawrzynek
- Leon Wolf Weigert
- Max Michael Whitney
- Phoebe Shiyu Wu
- Rui Ye
- Jonah Yunes