AEM celebrates its 2023 graduates

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On Saturday, May 13, the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics celebrated its graduating classes of 2023. 

More than 300 people gathered to recognize 69 BAEM, 13 Masters and 7 Ph.D. candidates who crossed the stage to receive their degrees. Associate Professor Melissa Green and Professor Ryan Elliott addressed the undergraduates and graduates, respectively, while Clare Graney-Dolan, BAEM 2023 was this year’s student speaker. 

Upon closing remarks by Professor and Department Head Perry Leo, the graduates and their families headed back to the Balas Atrium inside Akerman Hall for a reception to celebrate everyone’s achievements. 

Congratulations to this year's BAEM, MS, and PhD graduates on all of their accomplishments!

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BAEM recipients

Andersen, Nickalaus Curtis

Bachul, Joel

Bauers, Macy

Bellefeuille, Nathan Addison

Bugel, Joshua Gene

Burgoyne, Trevor Glenn

Chen, Zixin

Dang, Justin Thomas

Daniels, Bryce Donald

Denzien, Nikolas Marc

Douvier, Tyler William

Edwards, Ricka Vaughn

Elliott, Greta Ann

Erasmus, Theo

Euerle, Alexandra Claire

Filip, Dominic James

Fuhr, Theodore Martin

Gill, Nicklaus Kenneth

Grau-Firkus, Cooper

Habegger Mc Cabe, Erne Derubla

Hartford, Peter William

Hatlehol, Kjetil Seth

Johnson, Tyler Gregory

Johnson, Tyler Zane

Karalus, Calvin Patrick

Klatt, Kevin Egon

Konicek, Adam Thomas

Lundin, Gabriel Carl

Lyman, Richard James

Marcusen, Rick

McGuire, Michael Anthony

Meyer, Shawn Joseph

Monjeau, Cody Jameson

Nightingale, Melissa Marie

Nihart, Joseph

Nistler, Isaac

Oren, Benjamin J

Peng, Bo

Peterson, Samuel Joseph

Phan, Khoi Trong

Pierre, Ebenezer Lidson

Powers, Erica

Ray, Ben Nicholas

Restel, Jared

Robinson, Justin T

Saha, Kaustav

Samarasinghe, Amila Udara

Saner, Garvin

Schley, Benjamin

Schuster, Kyle Robert

Siem, Emily Madalyn

Smith, Michael Joseph

Sorby, Owen Redmond

Sorge, Benjamin

Stevens, Benjamin Sechol

Strasser, Rachel Marie

Sturges, Blake Cooper

Surine, Andrew Vieira

Templin, William Carl

Teshale, Ebise Waktola

Toriseva, Benjamin Kent

Walker, Benjamin Rainier

Wennen, Olivia Marie

White, Noah J

Witter, Jonathan

Wright, Jack

Yeager, Jared Alan

Yiran, Alemni

van Dyke, John Henry

MS recipients

Amato, Chiara

Cheah, Sze Kwan

Douglas, Joel Patrick

Grubish, Jason Michael

Houser, Kyle Jon

Hu, Yingjie

Nguyen, Vinh Le

Pahlani, Gunjan

Prajapati, Soham Jagadishchandra

Siekmeier, Kaleb Arthur

Singh, Anjanroop

Spicuzza, Frank Christopher

Tawaraya, Hironori

PhD recipients

Brandao, Filipe Leite

Chakraborty, Manash

Geistfeld, Eric Christian

Johnston, Zachary Michael

Kroll, Thomas Bahati

Morse, Nicholas

Pahlani, Gunjan