34TH ANNUAL GRADUATION & SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION APRIL 27, 2018
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THANK YOU!
tonight's sponsors
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PROGRAM PARTNER SCHOLARSHIP DONORS Mr. Charles W. Hirst
- Alumni -
TABLE DONOR PROGRAM SUPPORTER
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2018
reception program
PARMA PAYNE GOODALL ALUMNI CENTER BALLROOM
Welcome
Ms. Natasha Celise - Director, MESA program Dr. Eugene Olevsky - Interim Dean, College of Engineering
Student Recognition
Ms. thelma chavez - coordinator, MESA program, maximizing access to research careers (marc), louis stokes alliance for minority participation (lsamp)
Remarks
Mr. alberto perez jr - degree candidate, mechanical engineering
Scholarship Awards
mr. leonardo hernandez, p.e. - deputy project manager rail/transit, hdr chair, mesa industry advisory board
Industry Award
Ms. natalie robertson - degree candidate, mechanical engineering
Graduate Recognition Ms. Natasha celise & ms. thelma chavez
Remarks
ms. elena arroyo - degree candidate, physics
Closing
dr. cathie atkins - associate dean, college of sciences
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2017-2018
mesa director's list
STUDENTS WITH 3.5+ SDSU GRADE POINT AVERAGE + DEGREE CANDIDATE
Aerospace Engineering devin burke makenzie coovert luis solano Michael Troester+ Chemistry Biochemistry ahmed elashmawy michelle nguyen citlayi villasenor Civil Engineering samuel alcaraz chrestina mansoor computer engineering reginald capanzana mark-yves gaunin cedric miller joseph morga
computer science justin adame diana bice+ krissel flores alyssa gonzales lauryn jefferson nicholas lograsso kyle sablan+ jose tiznado dwayne wilkes electrical engineering carlos callejas dominguez kenny huynh donny lazatin alejandro martinez bueno environmental engineering anais gaunin anita sanchez
mathematics applied mathematics eduardo torres davila mathematics science vicky mendieta lobato+ mechanical Engineering gabriella garcia matthew keegan azalea orozco christopher oyuela binh vu Mechanical engineering bioengineering marwa abduljabbar tristan nguyen statistics kristine dinh+
2017-2018
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degree candidates * MESA DIRECTOR'S LIST + DOUBLE MAJOR
Aerospace Engineering Nadmionor Casiano-Berrios Allan Gausin-Gamboa Michael Troester* Chemistry Faith Aynekulu Chemistry Biochemistry Erik Alvarez Noor Atto Civil Engineering Ivan Gonzalez-Sarmiento Sergio Montes Computer Engineering Abel Flores Omar Horta Alfonso Solis
computer science diana bice* edwin perez kyle sablan* simon yacoub electrical engineering jesus alberto flores michelle hernandez mathematics science vicky mendieta lobato* Mechanical engineering bioengineering samuel espinoza
mechanical Engineering alexandra arambula steven arroyave erica jane cabaluna erasmo canongo-larios eva cordova tri hoang engelberto macias alberto perez Jr. Natalie robertson jesus rodriguez+ physics elena arroyo jesus rodriguez+ statistics kristine dinh* priscilla medina
2017-2018
student recognition Instructional Student Assistants tutoring calculus: Laneiel lumido & vivian natalia pascual chemistry: madison kennedy circuits: christian rizzo computer programming: christopher alsheikh differential equations & physics: sindos nuhaily statics: miguel aguilar & jordan cain
SCI 296: pre calculus, calculus I, II Laneiel lumido kirsten manahan christopher oyuela sydney tran gardenia valenzuela
mesa student highlights miguel aguilar - stress engineer intern @ utc aerospace systems erik alvarez - chemistry ph.d. program @ louisiana state university elena arroyo - biological physics structure & design ph.d. program @ university of washington faith aynekulu - chemistry ph.d. program @ university of missouri, columbia noor atto - pharmd program @ university of southern california jamie blockey - intern @ nasa jet propulsion laboratory & NASA kennedy space center (florida) jazmin coronado - intern @ booz allen hamilton & nasa (maryland) samuel espinoza - mechanical engineering intern @ spawar jesus alberto flores - systems engineering technical intern @ northrop grumman michelle hernandez - electrical engineering intern @ sdg&e kenny huynh - rf microwave design intern @ northrop grumman nicholas lograsso - it intern @ sdg&e saul lopez-martinez - lsamp csu monterey bay summer reu @ costa rica donald mensah - experimental design intern @ spawar manuel ramirez - intern @ utc aerospace systems & navy nuclear propulsion officer candidate natalie robertson - product support engineer @ solar turbines anita sanchez - environmental engineering summer reu @ uc berkeley citlayi villasenor - lsamp csu monterey bay summer reu @ costa rica dwayne wilkes - software engineering intern @ viasat
2017-2018
scholarship recipients
AWARDED TOWARDS THE 2018-2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
Mr. Charles w. hirst: anais gaunin, environmental engineering sara alexis mora, civil engineering tristan nguyen, mechanical engineering schon siguenza, aerospace engineering kyocera: callie johnson, mechanical engineering saray robles, mechanical engineering MESA alumni fund: sara arredondo, mechanical engineering mesa california: reginald capanzana, computer engineering
northrop grumman: alyssa gonzales, computer science lauryn jefferson, computer science rick engineering company: ryan dinh, civil engineering tina trinh, Environmental engineering solar turbines: christopher oyuela, mechanical engineering luis solano, aerospace engineering utc aerospace systems: jennifer martin-velazquez, aerospace engineering donald mensah, aerospace engineering
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In memoriam,
MEHRABADI UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH RECOGNITION In honor of the late Dr. Morteza "Monte" Mehrabadi, who served as Dean for the SDSU College of Engineering from 2014-2018. Monte valued the MESA program, undergraduate research, and was instrumental in the existence of the Engineering & Interdisciplinary Sciences building.
MESA students conducting research under SDSU faculty during the 2017-2018 academic year advanced materials lab dr. khaled morsi sara arredondo corina lard haram nguyen climate informatics lab dr. samuel shen kristine dinh computational polymer & biological physics lab dr. arlette baljon elena arroyo computational & fluid dynamics aero-elasticity lab dr. gustaaf jacobs devin burke steven deng jennifer martin-velazquez donald mensah manuel ramirez schon siguenza
forsberg lab dr. erica forsberg jade johnson gustafson group lab dr. jeffrey gustafson erik alvarez faith aynekulu neuromems lab dr. samuel kassegne alberto perez jr. saray robles laura sandoval safe water lab dr. matthew verbyla anais gaunin structural biochemistry lab dr. tom huxford sara torres-robles citlayi villasenor water innovation & reuse lab dr. natalie mladenov anita sanchez
