2022 Commencement

Congratulations to our 2022 Award Winners
and ALL our UCLA Samueli Graduates!

UCLA SAMUELI AWARDS AND HONORS

SCHOOL-WIDE OUTSTANDING BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Emily Rose Dunn
Chemical Engineering Spring 2022

HARRY M. SHOWMAN PRIZE

Griffith Collwyn Hesketh Hughes BS
Bioengineering Spring 2022

Vera Smirnova Koutnik PhD
Civil Engineering Spring 2022

Wenzhong Yan PhD
Mechanical Engineering Summer 22

RUSSELL R. O’NEILL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Matthew Xuehan Wang BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

STUDENT SPEAKERS

Nicholas Anthony Snyder BS
Chemical Engineering Spring 2022
June 11th, 12:30pm

Sandeep Singh Sandha PhD
Computer Science Summer 2022
June 12th, 1:30pm

NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMERS

Youngbo Shim BS
Civil Engineering Spring 2022
June 11th, 12:30pm

Chauncey Arturo Isom UCLA Alumnus
B.A. English Spring 1987
June 12th, 1:30pm

 

ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN STUDENT WELFARE

Juan Sebastian Banchs BS
Mechanical Engineering Sp 2022

Rakhi Banerjee BS
Bioengineering Spring 2022

Selin Berk BS
Aerospace Engineering Spring 2022

Allison Yirui Chen BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

Joana Sofia De Lacerda Lopes Correia BS
Materials Engineering Spring 2022

Stephanie Yuewen Du BS
Chemical Engineering Spring 2022

Eric Guillermo Estrada Oajaca MS
Civil Engineering Spring 2022

Jack Bryson Gardner BS
Computer Science and Engineering Spring 2022

Ryeder J Geyer BS
Electrical Engineering Spring 2022

Trevor Jay Gomez BS
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2022

Dylan Kenneth Gunn BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

Aidan David Hasegawa BS
Civil Engineering Spring 2022

Shahrul Kamil Bin Hassan BS
Electrical Engineering Winter 2022

Griffith Collwyn Hesketh Hughes BS
Bioengineering Spring 2022

Andrew Zheng Kan BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

Christine Kim BS
Computer Science Spring 2024

Vera Smirnova Koutnik PhD
Civil Engineering Spring 2022

Zachary Wai-Ho Lau BS
Electrical Engineering Spring 2022

Angela Chang Lu BS
Bioengineering Winter 2022

Steven Moran PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering Summer 2022

Lindsey Elizabeth Morrill
BS Aerospace Engineering Spring 2022

Sruti Munagala
BS Mechanical Engineering Spring 2022

Michael Stephen Munguia
BS Mechanical Engineering Spring 2022

Kate Rory Nabours BS
Chemical Engineering Spring 2022

Joelle Marie Narducci BS
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2022

Rohit Nema BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

Anabella Noguera BS
Civil Engineering Spring 2022

Alexandra F. Orloff BS
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2022

Shehan Muradali Parmar MS
Aerospace Engineering Spring 2022

Ashley Kate Prouty BS
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2022

Spurthi Rallapalli BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

Nikhil Raoshan Selvam BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

Param Tejas Shah BS
Computer Science Fall 2021

Benjamin Laurence Simmons BS
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2022

Lucas Hubert Tang BS
Civil Engineering Spring 2022

Caleb Dang Terrill BS
Computer Engineering Spring 2022

Kendrake Jay Tsui BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

Gillian Marie Vaughn BS
Electrical Engineering Spring 2022

Matthew Xuehan Wang BS
Computer Science Spring 2022

Yurika Yamada BS
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2022

Bryant Jung-Yuan Yang BS
Civil Engineering Spring 2022

Annie Yuan Zhao BS
Materials Engineering Spring 2022

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS AND HONORS

BIOENGINEERING

Griffith Collwyn Hesketh Hughes
Outstanding BS Spring 2022

Jasmine Thanh Trinh
Outstanding MS Spring 2022

Pei Han
Outstanding PhD Spring 2022

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Brandon Hoang Le Computer Engineering
Outstanding BS Winter 2022

Rohit Nema Computer Science
Outstanding BS Spring 2022

Cindy Zhang Computer Science and Engineering
Outstanding BS Spring 2022

Ruochen Wang
Outstanding MS Fall 202

Aayush Jain
Outstanding PhD Fall 2021

Special Recognition in Research
Vidushi Dadu
PhD Summer 2022

Tal Friedman
PhD Summer 2021

Licheng Guo
PhD

Siva Kesava Reddy Kakarla
PhD Spring 2022

SCHOOLWIDE MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Gorkem Camli
Outstanding Master of Engineering Summer 2022

CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING

Emily Rose Dunn
Outstanding BS Spring 2022

Berkay Citmaci
Outstanding MS Spring 2022

Siyao (Scarlett) Chen
Outstanding PhD Spring 2022

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Brandon Hoang Le Computer Engineering
Outstanding BS Winter 2022

Dan Song Electrical Engineering
Outstanding BS Spring 2022

Jameson Zhang Departmental Scholar
BS/MS Fall 2021

Feiqian Zhu Departmental Scholar
BS/MS Spring 2022

Circuits & Embedded Systems
Shi Bu
Outstanding PhD Fall 2021

Xingyu Liu
Outstanding MS Spring 2022

Physical & Wave Electronics
Ping-Keng Lu
Outstanding PhD Spring 2022

Signals & Systems
Samer Sarwat Nageeb Hanna
Outstanding PhD Fall 2021

Brianna McColm
Christina Huang Memorial Prize
BS Spring 2022

SCHOOLWIDE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Daniel Craigie Kivlovitz
Outstanding MS Spring 2022

Austin David Pennington
Outstanding MS Spring 2022

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Bryant Jung-Yuan Yang
Outstanding BS Spring 2022

Eric Guillermo Estrada Oajaca
Outstanding MS Spring 2022

Kayden Haleakala
Outstanding PhD Spring 2022

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Ashvin Nagarajan
Outstanding BS and Departmental Scholar Spring 2022

Annie Yuan Zhao
Outstanding BS Spring 2022

Anne Cardenas
Outstanding MS Spring 2022

Jin Huang
Outstanding PhD Summer 2021

Yepin Zhao
Outstanding PhD Fall 2021

MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Yoav Paz-Priel
Outstanding BS Aerospace Engineering

Shyan Shokrzadeh
Outstanding BS Mechanical Engineering

Ryan Daniel Alexander
Departmental Scholar Mechanical Engineering
BS/MS Fall 2021

Juan Sebastian Banchs
Departmental Scholar Mechanical Engineering
BS/MS Spring 2022

Sarina Kiani
Outstanding MS Aerospace Engineering

Yasamin Foroutani
Outstanding MS Mechanical Engineering

Stephen Anthony Samples
Outstanding PhD Aerospace Engineering

Mathieu Jacques Philippe Le Provost
Outstanding PhD Mechanical Engineering

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCHOOL

David Joseph Hill
MS Mechanical Engineering Fall 2022

Sara Margaret Hubbard
BA Communication Spring 2022

Ziyao Maggie Jiang
MS Architecture and Urban Design Spring 2022

Dannela Renee Gambol Lagrimas
BA Pre-Political Science Spring 2025

Savannah Grace Novencido
BS Materials Engineering Spring 2022

Chloe Nicole Slayter
BA Political Science Winter 2022

Jesalynne Alissa Torres
BS Biology Spring 2022

Natalie Jane Weber
BS Chemistry/Materials Science Spring 2022

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