Congratulations, UF BME Class of 2021!
“On behalf of the department, I extend sincere congratulations and best of luck to the Class of 2021. We are immensely proud of your work and accomplishments! Best wishes to each of you, and please stay in touch.”
Dr. Christine E. Schmidt
Message from Dr. Christine Schmidt
For information on the rescheduled ceremonies, visit commencement.ufl.edu
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Graduation Celebration
STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS
STUDENT Highlight Renae Burke
STUDENT Highlight Bryce Chapman
STUDENT Highlight Pablo Luna
STUDENT Highlight Leyda S. Marrero-Morales
Student Highlight: Yan Carlos Pacheco
Find your name or your graduate’s name — click on a degree below:
SPRING 2021 UNDERGRADUATESPRING 2020 UNDERGRADUATE
Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors)
Magna Cum Laude (High Honors)
Cum Laude (Honors)
Sofia Alemar, Cum Laude
Kata Alilovic, Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2020-2021
UF BME Undergraduate Student Award of Excellence, 2020
BMEntor
Noah Alter
Quincy Barton, Cum Laude
Yasmina Bassi, Summa Cum Laude
Zarella Berrocal
Ria Bhaskar, Cum Laude
BMEntor
Fahad Bhullar
Matthew Blackton, Cum Laude
Angel Bu, Cum Laude
Joshua Burgos
Renae Burke, Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2020-2021
Thapthim Bussararungsee
Maysen Calzon, Summa Cum Laude
James Carpenter
Cameron Celeste, Cum Laude
Bryce Chapman, Summa Cum Laude
Jacob Chytil, Cum Laude
Christina Collings, Cum Laude
Tiffany Conklin, Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2020-2021
Patrick Costello
Alexandra Cote
Remi Conley
Adam Davis, Cum Laude
Francesca DeVito
Siara Donelan-Rodriguez, Cum Laude
Caroline Doyle, Cum Laude
Joseph Dvorak, Cum Laude
Armoney Emmanuel
Koen F Flores, Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2020-2021
Cori Garrison, Magna Cum Laude
BMEntor
Natalie Geigel, Cum Laude
Harrison Goldstein, Cum Laude
Rylee Gorman, Cum Laude
Maxwell Gravenstin, Cum Laude
Rohan Gupta, Cum Laude
UF Presidential Service Award, 2021
Savannah Guyot, Summa Cum Laude
David Haas
Taylor Harrell
Amberlyn Hauck, Summa Cum Laude
UF BME Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, 2021
Zachary Jordan, Cum Laude
Saumya Kapoor, Cum Laude
Sarika Karri, Cum Laude
Madison Kelberman, Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2020-2021
Taha Zia Khan, Cum Laude
Avaneesh Kunta, Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2019-2020
Camryn Lewis, Magna Cum Laude
Patrick Lim
Baltasar Lopez Sardi, Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2020-2021
Carter Lurk, Cum Laude
Kimia Mahboub, Cum Laude
Dima Majbour, Summa Cum Laude
UF BME Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, 2021
By’ran McIntyre
Saiyuri Naidu, Cum Laude
Rachael Neary
Christina Nguyen, Cum Laude
Han Nguyen, Cum Laude
Natalie Ordoñez, Magna Cum Laude
Alexandria Ozycz
Yan Carlos Pacheco, Magna Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2019-2020
UF BME Undergraduate Student Award of Excellence, 2020
BMEntor
Miraj Patel, Cum Laude
Trishna Patel, Cum Laude
Rachel Peebles, Cum Laude
Diego Perez, Cum Laude
Easwar Prabakaran, Cum Laude
Hannah Rickles, Cum Laude
Nicholas Ros
Jordan Rosen
Jonathan Ryan, Cum Laude
Hajra Saeed, Cum Laude
Sophia Saenz, Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2020-2021
Ramya Saldanha, Cum Laude
Noslen Santana
Nicole Sarna, Magna Cum Laude
UF BME Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, 2021
Alan Shen, Cum Laude
Thomas Sherlock, Summa Cum Laude
Carli Sley, Cum Laude
Arman Tabarestani
BMEntor
Sara Thorsness
Joshua Tse, Cum Laude
UF Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, 2019
Natalia Vallenilla, Cum Laude
Rafaela Vieira
Jack Wang, Cum Laude
Anya Warren, Cum Laude
Jenna Williamson, Cum Laude
Julia Wright, Cum Laude
Matthew Wyers
Marija Zovko, Magna Cum Laude
SPRING 2021 GRADUATE (M.S. & Ph.D.)
SPRING 2020 GRADUATE
Ph.D. GRADUATES:
Elliott Dirr
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Dissertation Title: Application of Targeted Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Organ Specific Neuromodulation
Kaitlynn Olczak
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Dissertation Title: Coatings for Improving the Performance of Neural Interfaces
Winston Chu
Advisor: Dr. David Vaillancourt
Dissertation Title: Advances in Neuroimaging of an Alpha-Synuclein Mouse Model and Human Brainstem
Nicholas Abuid
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Dissertation Title: Engineering Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Coatings for Antioxidant/Anti-Inflammatory Protection of Biomaterials and Tissue Grafts
Deanna Bousalis
Advisor: Dr. Christine Schmidt
Dissertation Title: Decellularized Tissues as Platforms for Disease Understanding and Therapeutic Development
M.S. GRADUATES
Ibrahim Almuteb
Advisor: Dr. Parisa Rashidi
Non-Thesis
Sarah Marie Barron
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Nichols
Non-Thesis
Cho-Lun Chiang
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis
Laura E Dinwiddie
Advisor: Dr. Wesley Bolch
Non-Thesis Master of Engineering
Carmen C Dominguez
Advisor: Dr. Walter Lee Murfee
Non-Thesis
Farid El Haddad
Advisor: Dr. Lakiesha Wiliams
Non-Thesis
Nien-Wen Hu
Advisor: Dr. Walter Lee Murfee
Master of Science Thesis
Lingyi Huang
Advisor: Dr. Mingzhou Ding
Non-Thesis
Alex Kahn
Advisor: Dr. Lakiesha Williams
Non-Thesis
Sushain Kaul
Advisor: Dr. Edward Phelps
Non-Thesis
Charles S Lazimi
Advisor: Dr. Edward Phelps
Non-Thesis Master of Engineering
Joshua Levi
Advisor: Dr. Aysegul Gunduz
Non-Thesis
Xinge Ma
Advisor: Dr. Mingzhou Ding
Non-Thesis
Yasiniary Morales
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Nichols
Non-Thesis
Shailini Nigam
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis
Phoebe M Nimocks
Advisor: Dr. Blanka Sharma
Non-Thesis
Matthew Sanchez
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis
Manan Rakesh Shah
Advisor: Dr. Blanka Sharma
Master of Science Thesis
Manav Biren Shah
Advisor: Dr. Jon Dobson
Master of Science Thesis
Ting Shan
Advisor: Dr. Jang Yeongseon
Non-Thesis
Jasminerajendra Singh
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis
Bhavin Soni
Advisor: Dr. Ruogu Fang
Master of Science Thesis
Haoran Tao
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis
Shreya Verma
Advisor: Dr. Ruogu Fang
Non-Thesis
Jiye Wang
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky
Non-Thesis
Weiqian Wang
Advisor: Dr. Mingzhou Ding
Non-Thesis
Yitian Wang
Advisor: Dr. Wesley Bolch
Non-Thesis
Alexander Weber
Advisor: Dr. Edward Phelps
Non-Thesis
Jiren Wen
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky
Non-Thesis
Xinran Wu
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky
Non-Thesis
Yakun Yang
Advisor: Dr. Blanka Sharma
Non-Thesis
Yibing Yang
Advisor: Dr. Aysegul Gunduz
Non-Thesis
Taylor Yuska
Advisor: Dr. Blanka Sharma
Non-Thesis
Yangru Zhou
Advisor: Dr. Parisa Rashidi
Non-Thesis
SUMMER 2021 UNDERGRADUATE
SUMMER 2021 UNDERGRADUATE
Falak Syed, Cum Laude
Aaron Choi, Magna Cum Laude
FALL 2021 UNDERGRADUATE
FALL 2021 UNDERGRADUATE
Natalie Evelev
University Scholar, 2020-2021
BMEntor
Leyda S. Marrero-Morales, Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2018-2019
UF BME Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, 2021
Katherine Messer, Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2020-2021
Danelle Smith, Cum Laude
Isaly Tappan, Cum Laude
BMEntor