Congratulations, UF BME Class of 2020!
“On behalf of the department, I extend sincere congratulations and best of luck to the Class of 2020. We are immensely proud of your work and accomplishments! Best wishes to each of you, and please stay in touch.”
Dr. Christine E. Schmidt
A MESSAGE FROM DR. CHRISTINE SCHMIDT
A message from uf bme faculty
NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ceremonies for the Class of 2020 have been postponed. For information on the rescheduled ceremonies, visit commencement.ufl.edu
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Virtual Graduation Celebration
BME student selected as HWCOE Commencement Student Speaker
UG Highlight Alexis Brake
UG Highlight Tran Ngo
UG Highlight Mark Maynes
undergraduate senior design projects
Find your name or your graduate’s name — click on a degree below:
SPRING 2020 UNDERGRADUATESPRING 2020 UNDERGRADUATE
Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors)
Magna Cum Laude (High Honors)
Cum Laude (Honors)
Kaitlyn Adams – Cum Laude
Alex Adolphson – Summa Cum Laude
Raffae Ahmad – Summa Cum Laude
Anaika Alezi – Cum Laude
Isaac Alonso – Cum Laude
Leilani Astrab – Cum Laude
Breanna Ausec – Cum Laude
Juan Ayala – Cum Laude
Rayner Bacal – Cum Laude
Brandon Badamtchian – Summa Cum Laude
Thomas Barrett – Summa Cum Laude
Kevin Bauer
Tiffany Berkley – Cum Laude
Samantha Betters – Cum Laude
Erika Bishop
John Blackman – Summa Cum Laude
Jacob Bloom – Cum Laude
Zachary Boogaart – Magna Cum Laude
Alexis Brake – Magna Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2018-2019 & 2019-2020
2020-2021 Attributes of a Gator Engineer Leadership Award
Jonathan Charles – Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2019-2020
Fiona Cheung – Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2019-2020
Madison Cydis – Summa Cum Laude
Tristin Dailey – Cum Laude
Chetan Dhulipalla
Maximillian Diaz – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2019-2020
Trystan Drew – Cum Laude (Honors)
Guillermo Escalona – Cum Laude
Joseph Ficarrotta – Summa Cum Laude
Valentina Garcia – Cum Laude
Samantha Gibson – Cum Laude
Christian Gozzo – Cum Laude
Jordan Grotz – Cum Laude
Layan Hanouch – Cum Laude
Cheima Hicheri – Magna Cum Laude
Jessica Hornyak – Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2018-2019
Yazeed Ismail – Cum Laude
Ryan Jacobs – Cum Laude
Jacob Jenkins
Yasameen Joulaee – Summa Cum Laude
Alex Kahn – Cum Laude
Tyler Kriznar – Cum Laude
Juan Leon – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2018-2019
Carlos Lezcano – Cum Laude
Kevin Ling – Magna Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2018-2019
Victor Lopez
Nicolas Lopez – Cum Laude
Jamie Maignan – Cum Laude
Samuel Martocci
Catalina Maureira – Cum Laude
Mark Maynes – Magna Cum Laude
Justin Mccauley – Cum Laude
Alaina McCumber – Cum Laude
Marco Melgar
Gantt Meredith – Cum Laude
Stephen Michel – Summa Cum Laude
Sydni Middaugh
Brecca Miller – Magna Cum Laude
Youssef Mohamed
Yasniary Morales – Cum Laude
Alexis Navarroza
Tran Ngo – Summa Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2019-2020
James-Bond Nguyen
Elisa Nieves – Summa Cum Laude
Sana Nimer – Cum Laude
Ashley Norris – Cum Laude
Alexia Poulos – Cum Laude
University Scholar, 2019-2020
Leena Pramanik – Summa Cum Laude
Jonathan Ptak – Cum Laude
Guo Qian – Cum Laude
Hunter Ramsay – Summa Cum Laude
Rene Respicio – Cum Laude
Dewarren Richardson – Cum Laude
Cooper Rickerson – Cum Laude
Garret Rittenhouse – Cum Laude
Brenna Rowland – Cum Laude
Maximillian Rozenblum – Cum Laude
Sara Scharf – Cum Laude
Sydney Shriver – Magna Cum Laude
Deepti Singam – Cum Laude
Colin Smith – Cum Laude
Jacob Stephens – Cum Laude
Lucy Tecle
Daniela Valero – Cum Laude
Tri-Kien Vu
Abigail Ziegler – Cum Laude
SPRING 2020 GRADUATE (M.S. & Ph.D.)
SPRING 2020 GRADUATE
Ph.D. GRADUATES:
Tianqi Shan
Advisor: Dr. Huabei Jiang
Dissertation Title: Photoacoustic Imaging and Its Application to Congenital Brain Diseases
Michaela McCrary
Advisor: Dr. Christine Schmidt
Dissertation Title: Development of Spinal Cord Injury In Vitro Model Systems and In Vivo Therapeutic Strategies
M.S. GRADUATES
Oluwatobi Adebayo
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis
Nawaf Alharbi
Advisor: Dr. Mingzhou Ding
Non-Thesis
Charles Ammons
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Non-Thesis
Nicole Bohmann
Advisor: Dr. Christine Schmidt
Non-Thesis
Muchen Cai
Advisor: Dr. Mingzhou Ding
Non-Thesis
Cameron Collins
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky
Non-Thesis
Paola Diaz-Portela
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Nichols
M.S. Thesis: A Motion Capture Study to Quantitatively Analyze Finger Joint Coordination in the Human Hand
Julieth Gomez
Advisor: Dr. Ayse Gunduz
Non-Thesis
Ruiyang Guo
Advisor: Dr. Peter McFetridge
Non-Thesis
Stephanie Herrera
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Hudalla
Non-Thesis
Aakanksha Jha
Advisor: Dr. Kyle Allen
Non-Thesis
Jyoti Jinde
Advisor: Walter O’Dell
Non-Thesis
Anthony Lukoh
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Non-Thesis
Blake McDonald
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Stabler
Non-Thesis
Henry Nguyen
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Rowlinson
Non-Thesis
Karim Mohamed Yousry
Advisor: Dr. Zhonghui Fan
Non-Thesis
Ryan Murphy
Advisor: Dr. Peter McFetridge
Non-Thesis
Jacqueline Palmer
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Rowlinson
Non-Thesis
Priyanka Pistolwala
Advisor: Dr. Walter O’Dell
Non-Thesis
Rahul Radhakrishna
Advisor: Dr. Lakiesha Williams
Non-Thesis
Megan Rahnama
Advisor: Dr. Parisa Rashidi
Non-Thesis Master of Engineering
Sara Spampinato
Advisor: Dr. Ayse Gunduz
Non-Thesis
Skylar Stolte
Advisor: Dr. Ruogu Fang
Non-Thesis Master of Engineering
Felicia Sedwick
Advisor: Kevin Otto
M.S. Thesis: Analyzing Distal Sciatic Nerve Growth and Structure in an Implanted Peripheral Nerve Interface
Kai Fu
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Otto
Non-Thesis
Fernando Sam Wong
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Hudalla
Non-Thesis
Changhao Xiong
Advisor: Dr. Mingzhou Ding
Non-Thesis
Yihan Zhang
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Hudalla
Non-Thesis
SUMMER 2020 UNDERGRADUATE
SUMMER 2020 UNDERGRADUATE
Brenda Burke
Christian Garcia
Youngseop Lee
Jonathan Lopez
Christie Nguyen
University Scholar, 2018-2019
Taylor Tripodi
Amanda Won
FALL 2020 UNDERGRADUATE
FALL 2020 UNDERGRADUATE
Warren Carrigan
Nicolas Kunigk
John McNamee
Asheleigh Mowery
Brandon Reid