Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering Commencement Program
140th Year of
COMMENCEMENT
Spring 2024
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering Commencement
May 12, 2024
Order of Ceremony
Processional – Colorado State Brass Quintet
Presentation of Colors – Air Force ROTC Wing Walker Honor Guard
National Anthem – Hayley Price and Audience
Welcome – Dean Allen Robinson
Land Acknowledgment – Dr. Melissa Burt
Introduction of the Platform Party – Dean Robinson
Announcement of Newly Commissioned Officers – LTC Matthew Tillman
Recognition of First Generation Graduates – Dr. Burt
Recognition of Honorary Society Members – Dr. Rebecca Atadero
Recognition of University Honors Program Scholars – Dr. Shawn Bingham
Introduction of Student Speaker – Dr. Atadero
Student Speaker – Rosa Henson
Introduction of Speaker – Dean Robinson
Commencement Address – Calvin Sisson
Conferring of Baccalaureate Degrees
Presentation of Class – Dr. Atadero
Conferring of Degrees – President Amy Parsons
Diploma Distribution – Dean Robinson and Department Heads
Charge to the Graduates – Dean Robinson
Closing Remarks and Announcements – Dean Robinson
Alma Mater – Hayley Price and Audience
Recessional – Colorado State Brass Quintet
On the Platform
Amy Parsons, J.D., President, Colorado State University
Dr. Rebecca Atadero, Interim Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Dr. Sam Bechara, Interim Director, School of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Shawn Bingham, Director, University Honors Program
Dr. Melissa Burt, Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion and Interim Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Dr. Edwin Chong, Department Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. David Dandy, Department Head, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Rosa Henson, ’24 Environmental Engineering
Chase Jackson, Academic Advisor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Matt Kipper, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs
Lt Col Scott McCoy, Air Force ROTC, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies
Dr. Cass Moseley, Vice President for Research
Dr. Christian Puttlitz, Department Head, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Kenneth Reardon, Associate Dean, Research
Dr. Allen Robinson, Dean
Dr. Charles Shackelford, Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Calvin Sisson, President and CEO, Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation and Walter Scott Family Foundation
LTC Matthew Tillman, Army ROTC, Professor of Military Science
College Marshals
Marshal: Chase Jackson
Assistant Marshals: Susan Benzel, Bella Pulido, Betty Sims
Rosa Henson, Student Speaker
Rosa, a Colorado native, first-generation student, is an environmental engineering major with an aerospace studies minor. She is a cadet in CSU’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 90 program. Post-graduation, Rosa will commission into the United States Air Force as a second lieutenant, beginning her career as an acquisitions officer stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Calvin Sisson, Commencement Speaker
Calvin serves as president and CEO of Walter Scott’s foundations – the Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation and the Walter Scott Family Foundation. He is also responsible for leading five additional unique and independent Scott family foundations as well as implementing the foundations’ philosophy and mission through their annual grant-making programs.
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Candidates for University Honors Scholar
Spring 2024
Owen Albright, Civil Engineering major. Thesis title: Casper Windfarm Design.
Cavin Alderfer, Environmental Engineering major. Thesis title: A Clean Cookstove for Sub-Saharan African Communities.
Audrey Bankes, Chemical and Biological Engineering major and Chemistry minor. Thesis title: Solid State Polymerization of L-Lactide and Biodegradable Polymer Applications.
Grace Blaskowski, Chemical and Biological Engineering major. Thesis title: Exploration of Hormones and Explant Types for C. roseus Adventitious Root Cultivation.
Joyce Bohn, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major and Mathematics minor. Thesis title: Step Up Prosthetics.
Emma Boyle, Environmental Engineering major. Thesis title: Irrigation District Design of Meadow Springs Ranch.
Michael Bradley, Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Remote Resettable Target System.
Chloe Brekhus, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major and Mathematics minor. Thesis title: Development of an Automated Bone Transport Device to Heal Critical-Sized Bone Defects with Distraction Osteogenesis.
Declan Buggy, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Developing an In-House Manufacturing Method for Pediatric Prosthetic Feet.
Ryan Calzone, Mechanical Engineering major with Aerospace Engineering concentration. Thesis title: Ekart.
Jamie Cast, Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Understanding Burning Homes and Structural Materials.
Olivia Doehr, Civil Engineering major and Mathematics minor. Thesis title: Project #35: Larimer County Canal Rehabilitation.
Parker Dunham, Chemical and Biological Engineering major. Thesis title: Caterpillar Methanol Marine Engine Reactor Design.
Tess Gardner, Environmental Engineering major. Thesis title: Rerouting Bulwark Ridge Trail and Redesigning Lookout Mountain Trailhead.
Charlotte George, Environmental Engineering major. Thesis title: Aquatic Organism Passage on the South Fork Cache la Poudre River.
Alayna Gilbert, Chemical and Biological Engineering major. Thesis title: Chemical Analysis of Bio-Oils for Potential Use as Sustainable Aviation Fuels.
Sydney Graul, Biomedical Engineering major and Chemical and Biological Engineering major. Thesis title: Introduce a Girl to Engineering: Broadening Education for Women in Engineering.
Spencer Hicklin, Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Formula SAE Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project.
Ethan Ho, Computer Engineering major and Computer Science minor with Networks and Data concentration. Thesis title: 5G Technologies Senior Design.
Madeline Hoffmann, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Dual Lumen Steerable Microcatheter Design for Use at Coronary Artery Bifurcations.
Jason Jackson, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Open Insulin.
Iris Kessler, Mechanical Engineering major with Aerospace Engineering concentration. Thesis title: Electron Beam Emission from Satellites with Charge Mitigation Using an On-board Plasma Source.
Addison Lambert, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Understanding Fibrosis Through the Mechanical Stretching of NIH-3T3 Fibroblasts.
Katie Lennie, Environmental Engineering major. Thesis title: USFS Greyrock Trail and Trailhead Design Proposal.
Tanara Morrell, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Emergency Pediatric Scale.
Carina Morroni, Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: The Arduino Farm.
Christopher Mullen, Civil Engineering major. Thesis title: USFS Trailhead and Trail Reroute Design: Lookout Mountain and Bulwark Ridge Trail.
Ben Norby, Mechanical Engineering major and Machine Learning minor. Thesis title: Advanced Actuation Valve.
Teegan Obenshain, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major and Mathematics minor. Thesis title: Eco-Friendly Materials for Laparoscopic Surgery Training Platform.
Anika O’Brian, Biomedical Engineering major and Chemical and Biological Engineering major. Thesis title: Optimizing Protein Crystal Stability Using a Network of Disulfide Bonds.
Laiken O’Rourke, Civil Engineering major. Thesis title: Aquatic Organism Passage on the South Fork of the Cache la Poudre River.
Benjamin Pauletto, Electrical Engineering major with Electrical Engineering concentration. Thesis title: Novel MRI Technologies.
Sekar Prasetya, Electrical Engineering major and Mathematics minor with Electrical Engineering concentration. Thesis title: Telemedicine.
Genevieve Reyland-Slawson, Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Hydroponic Greenhouse.
Aidan Riley, Mechanical Engineering major with Aerospace Engineering concentration. Thesis title: Keck Automatic Balancing System.
Maddie Shafer, Biomedical Engineering major and Mechanical Engineering major. Thesis title: Emergency Pediatric Scale Design Development and Use Trials.
Alec Shields, Environmental Engineering major. Thesis title: Greyrock Trail and Trailhead Reroute.
Maas Van De Graaf, Civil Engineering major. Thesis title: Soldier Creek Trail Design.
Sam Vaughan, Civil Engineering major. Thesis title: Alta Vista Stormwater Project: An H&H Analysis.
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees
Spring 2024
WALTER SCOTT, JR. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Dean Allen Robinson
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Biomedical Engineering
Bauer, Shelby Rose +
Bennett, Brooke Bounleuth +
Bohn, Joyce Robbin + *
Brekhus, Chloe Rose + * =
Brown, Olivia Marie +
Buggy, Declan +
Eldeiry, Ali Ahmed +
Glagola, Christopher Ryan +
Graul, Sydney J. +
Hamid, Ali Muzaffarruddin +
Harrell, Jessie Rae +
Hoffmann, Madeline Rose + ^
Hrustanovic, Kanita +
Hyman, Kristen Emma +
Jackson, Jason K. + ^
Knutsen, Mitchell Taylor +
Kono, Brayden Rikio +
Kuhlmann, Forrest S. +
Lambert, Addison Elizabeth +
Lane, Benjamin +
Lawton, Sebastian Rokker + * #
Ledesma, Emmanuel +
Lynd, Matthew Christian +
McCabe, Gabriel C. +
Morrell, Tanara Mikayla + ^
Ngo, Tai +
Obenshain, Teegan Lea + *
O’Brian, Anika Marie + ^
Olson, Alexander Morris + * ^
Ortiz, Zachary Ryan +
Park, Dong Sung +
Rodriguez Lopez, Ryan Nyzek +
Ruzicka, Kevin Henry +
Shafer, Madison Marie +
Shorey, Rebecca May +
Stroyan, Kalaina Kathleen +
Thomas, Mahalia Leigh +
Valdez, Isabel Anastasia +
Wardono, Samuel P. +
Wittwer, Taylor Marie + ^
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ahr, Timothy W.
Alali, Abdulaziz
Alali, Jawad F.
Alrefae, Dalal *
Baniqued, Lourlie Jannah Encendencia
Bankes, Audrey Claire * =
Barcenas Ramirez, Edna
Barrett, Emma Joann + * #
Belles Jr., Ronald James *
Blaskowski, Grace Le ^
Burdette, William Cody
Burns, Michael Scott
Cecil, Ava Marie
Chang, Nicholas Takashi
Cohn, Zachary
Confer, Anna *
Corkery, Mary *
Crook-Cocagne, Shawn M.
Cummings, Samuel Thomas
Doyle, Parker Alexander
Dunham, Parker David
Farrell, Skylar Makenzie
Galindo Vega, Mauricio
Gilbert, Alayna Nicole
Gordon, Kaylie Eileen ^
Graul, Sydney J. +
Hampton, Denzel Lamar
Herrera, Derek *
Hill, Madison Jie + ^
Hrustanovic, Kanita +
Kitzman, Chase D. *
Knutsen, Mitchell Taylor +
Lambert, Nathaniel J.
Lawton, Sebastian Rokker + * #
Lewis, Isaac Andrew * =
Loewecke, Caroline Alexis =
Lucero, Ethan Leo
Luna, Frank Joseph *
Lynd, Matthew Christian +
Manera, Ashley Eve *
Mazanec, Kyra * ^
McCarthy, Brian Capp #
McCraw, Katie Scarlett *
Mohrlang, Amanda R. * ^
Nguyen, Joy
Norman, Ryan Edward
O’Brian, Anika Marie + ^
Ontiveros, Hector R.
Park, Dong Sung +
Pickerel, Hunter Ryan
Rimelman, Ethan Cole
Rossi, Christopher Michael
Scheller, Mark J.
Tjalkens, Jake
Viridian, Markos Michael
Welch, Nathaniel J.
Civil Engineering
Albright, Owen Thomas
Al Sawafi, Majd *
Alzamel, Mariam Z.
Barker, Paul Samuel
Bohlmann, Dietrich J.
Botimer, Kaitlyn Mychal
Brockett, Cecilia ^
Campbell, Derek Gunner =
Collins, Patrick M.
Danna III, Vincent G.
Diaz Echeverria, Alexis D.
Doehr, Olivia Rose Lorenzo *
Doherty, Nicholas J.
Eifert, Matthew Aaron
Elder, Liam whiteroden
Henderson, Cade Palmer
Ho, Ngan Kim Lam
Hornbuckle, Sydney Nicole
Horwith, Benjamin M.
Jones IV, William Evan #
Lenz, Alec James
Lewis, Danielle Xiu Bei
Linstedt, Luke H.
Maciarello, Jonathan David
McCabe, Anissa Lanae
McConnell, Caroline Diaz
McMahan, Michael William
Miller, Jesse David
Mullen, Christopher
Nietzen, Daniella
O’Kane, Patrick Samuel
O’Rourke, Laiken A.
Pence, Aidan Richard
Piers, Clason V. *
Prendergast, Joseph
Read, Jordan Lee
Rico Garcia, Miguel A.
Risdon, Garrett
Saucedo-Peaz, Juan Antonio
Schonebaum, Matthew Kenneth
Schuler, Ashley N. *
Scott, Alex Liam
Steiblen, Tanguy Guillaume * ^
Storick, Evan Alexander
Thorson, Troy Theodore
Valenzuela, Zaire Elena *
van de Graaf, Maas Gijsbert Nicolaas
Vaughan, Samuel Bennett =
Wener, Clark F.
Wener, Anna Renee
Westhead, Jameson Stewart
White, Elliot Dean
Witaschek, Audrey Ann
Xiao, Yiqi *
Computer Engineering
Alqattan, Ali Ibraheem
Aulakh, Vikram S. *
Beer, Spencer C. *
Carbajal, Diego Julio *
Edling, Christopher Lawrence
Gonzalez, Alejandro +
Greeff, Ethan F. *
Ho, Ethan Yui Hin Shigeru *
Milo, Lawrence Ganaden *
Nilsson, Kyle J. * ^
Peccoud, Samuel John * ^
Pinto, Kyle Pede * #
Rentmeester, Kaitlin J. * ^
Electrical Engineering
Abdalrasoul, Hassan
Abdul Khalek, Jad Hisham *
Abdullah, Abubaker Zeyad Khaled
Albarr, Nasser Abdu
Algedheebi, Ali S. ^
Alharbi, Mohammed
Aljohani, Ziyad Awad
Alnami, Yahya Mustafa
Alotaibi, Muath Mutlaq A.
Altwejri, Mohammad Abdullah
Balzer, Thomas Karl ^
Bennett, Brooke Bounleuth +
Bileviĉius, Aironas
Biolchini, Anna L. #
Buehler, Emily G.
Castaneda, Uriel
Chasson, Ted S.
Conte, Anthony W.
Cox, Sarah Anne
Davis, Aaron Acey
Erickson, Christopher Andrew * ^
Esser, Brian David *
Fleming, Trenton
Green, Carson Tyler
Griess, Jeremy M.
Hayward, Derrick Brigg
Heacox, Morgan Nicole
Koetter, Elisa Josefine
Looney, Gavin Ryan
Lucas, Aaron Everett ^
Moon, Sunghee
Moore, Hayden Matthew +
Morais, Amos Rickesh
Ngo, Tai +
Pauletto, Benjamin T.
Prasetya, Katharina S. *
Rashed, Jarah Kh M. H.
Rhodes, Nickolas Varro
Riemer, Logan Michael *
Riley, Austin C.
Risch, Iliya S.
Shorey, Rebecca May +
Strevell, Steven H.
Tul-Id, Sean Uziel Damayo
Wojcik, Tyler Robert
Engineering Science
Guzman, Amber Marie + *
Environmental Engineering
Abel, Steven Philip
Alderfer, Cavin John ^
Alfaraj, Shooq Kh.
Alherz, Abdulmohsen
Almethen, Musaed O
Bowden, Benjamin Joseph * #
Boyle, Emma =
Dann, Sarah Elizabeth
Forster, Kiri L.
Fraser, Nathaniel Robert ^
Gardner, Tess Lillian
George, Charlotte Suzanne #
Henson, Rosa Ellen *
Lennie, Katie Ann
McDaniel, Keely Joan
Morris, Abbey Elizabeth
Morrow, Jack
Mowry, Emma Keeley *
Pfanner, Austria Joyce
Powers, Aaron K.
Rehm, Gina
Saenz Quiroz, Joana *
Shields, Alec
Vosberg, Shane
Willard, Kaitlyn Elizabeth
Willock, Kay C. ^
Mechanical Engineering
Abbott, Kevin Michael
Absher, David A.
Aldridge, Josiah
Alghamdi, Amjad
Almamari, Abdulmalik
Al Mamari, Osama M.
Al Mohammed, Muayad
Ames, Charles G.
Arphamongkol, Panchalika
Avers, Graham Daniel
Bailey, Teagan Douglas
Baird, Corbin H.
Bauchat, Nicholas Henry
Bauchat, Peter Reid
Bauer, Shelby Rose +
Beauchamp, Jacob M.
Beecher, Blake Alan *
Bentley, Alaina Faye *
Bishop, Jack Fox
Blake, Jordan Halston
Blake, Ryan Devlin *
Bohn, Joyce Robbin + *
Bradley, Michael Stephen
Brekhus, Chloe Rose + * =
Brown, Olivia Marie +
Buckley, Anna Lorraine
Buggy, Declan +
Burris, Brennan Michael
Butler, Seth J.
Calzone, Ryan N.
Carnes, Jacob B.
Cast, Jamie
Clark, Calista R.
Clausen, Connor Douglas
Cleveland, William S.
Coleman, Jayden A.
Connely, John Patrick
Cope, Caden D.
Costigan, Caleb James
Danford, Ryan Andrew
Decker, Jonathan D.
Del Toro Garza, Karia Azucena *
Diker, Eren
Doloughan, Nolan Pierce
Duffens, Riley Zane
Ela, William N.
Eldeiry, Ali Ahmed +
Fraire Aguilar, Saul
Gaertner, Karl William
Ghattas, Spencer B. *
Glagola, Christopher Ryan +
Golgart, Bradley Wade
Hamid, Ali Muzaffarruddin +
Hanney, Trent Nelson
Hanze, Andrew H. *
Harrell, Jessie Rae +
Harrod, Andrew Tyler
Harrod, Brian Conner
Hayes, Troy B.
Helfrich, Anna Grace ^
Hennessy, Samuel W. *
Herron, Jack D. *
Hicklin, Spencer Robert
Hodges, Calvin T.
Hodges, Joseph Mack ^
Hoffmann, Madeline Rose + ^
Huber, Landon J.
Hutton, Cameron Anthony
Hyman, Kristen Emma +
Jackson, Jason K. + ^
Jackson, Ryan
Jenkins, Jacob Samuel
Johnson, Cooper William
Jones, Jeremiah C.
Jones, Zachary T.
Kerrigan Diesslin, Ryan J.
Kessler, Iris Maura
Kolset, Christian André
Kono, Brayden Rikio +
Koulinkovitch, Alexander I.
Kuhlmann, Forrest S. +
Lambert, Kihiro Alexander
Lambert, Addison Elizabeth +
Lane, Benjamin +
Langlois, Benjamin E.
Ledesma, Emmanuel +
Lee, Harris John *
Leuzze, Dominic Michael
Levi, Justin Philip ^
LiPuma, Andrew Thomas ^
Mackell, Connor
Marquardt, Michael Nicholas
Martinez, Mason Alonzo *
McCabe, Gabriel C. +
Mcdonough, George Michael
McGalliard, Sean F.
Meeker-Gordon, Lucie Anna
Miner, Ian
More, Matthew William
Morgan, Alyssa
Morgan, Benjamin David
Morrell, Tanara Mikayla + ^
Morroni, Carina Danielle ^
Nagengast, James K.
Nez, Joshua P.
Norby, Benjamin Paul *
Nugroho, Muhamad Farhan
Obenshain, Teegan Lea + *
Olson, Alexander Morris + * ^
Ohnstad, Matthew Warner
O’Malia, Dylan S.
Ortiz, Zachary Ryan +
Pelphrey, Daniel E.
Petterle, Justin T.
Plese, Katherine #
Porche, Kamren James
Porter, Benjamin Kyle
Posso, Annabelle Margery *
Powell Jr., William Lee
Querry, Joshua C.
Raspanti, Thomas William
Rawson, Sawyer
Reilly, Erin M.
Reyland-Slawson, Genevieve
Rice, Trenton James *
Richardson, Roger James
Rickert, Lauren
Riley, Aidan Sean
Roberts, Evan T.
Rodriguez Lopez, Ryan Nyzek +
Roland, Henry C.
Rotter, Jack Donovan
Rutledge, Ethan Alexander *
Rutter, Timothy Daniel
Ruzicka, Kevin Henry +
Samanth, Shibhi
Scheidt, Macayla Parcheta *
Scheller, Dylan Oliver
Schimmels, Julia Lauren
Shafer, Madison Marie +
Sherry, Parker Bruce
Slaughter, Bryan Joseph ^
Sloane, Matthew Robert
Smith, Lucas Joseph
Stahl, Samuel J.
Stephan, Connor Jerome
Stienike, Jonathan D.
Stokes, Jared Michael
Stroyan, Kalaina Kathleen +
Taff, Aidan Je-Wei
Thomas, Mahalia Leigh +
Thomas, Taylor James
Tilsch, Maximilian
Turner, Jared D.
Uyechi, Jackson D.
Valdez, Isabel Anastasia +
Valenzuela, Angel
Walsh, Devin Gerard
Wardono, Samuel P. +
Watkins, Jacob Daniel
Wherry, Spencer
Wittwer, Taylor Marie + ^
Young, Orion Ty
Zhou, Daniel X.
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees
Summer 2024
WALTER SCOTT, JR. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Dean Allen Robinson
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Biomedical Engineering
Berg, James +
Husen, Zabiba Buseiry +
Manoharan, Maria Sherly Rashmi +
Montes Ramos, Ailyn +
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Al Mashrafi, Maryam J.
Evans, John Christopher *
Husen, Zabiba Buseiry +
Manoharan, Maria Sherly Rashmi +
Murphy, Austen T.
Nishimura Garcia, Zaida Saori
Sosa, Benjamin F.
Civil Engineering
Chaffin, Tyler R.
Imes, Jayden
Computer Engineering
Alhumaidhan, Abdullah Khaled
Electrical Engineering
Aljumah, Malek A.
Alsuwaihel, Hamad Bader
Al Thabit, Faisal Mubarak O.
Legrice, Max B.
Lopez, Jorge Andres
Montes Ramos, Ailyn +
Robins, Max N. =
Stauder, Ross D.
Thourot, Ty William
Environmental Engineering
Aljotaili, Humood
Morales-Martinez, Diana Elizabeth *
Mechanical Engineering
Al-Rasbi, Mazin ^
Berg, James +
Seman, Bryan
White, Michael L.
* Candidates with minor
+ Candidates with second major
^ Candidates for cum laude
# Candidates for magna cum laude
= Candidates for summa cum laude
‡ Awarded posthumously