2020 UC Merced Commencement Program

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

CANDIDATES FOR MASTER’S DEGREES Ogulcan Acikgoz Mechanical Engineering Master of Science

Jorge Armando Montiel Molina Environmental Systems Doctor of Philosophy Mina Naghshnejad Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy Elisabet Perez Coronel Environmental Systems Doctor of Philosophy Zhengxian Qu Mechanical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Maryam Shadloo Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy Mengjun Shu Environmental Systems Doctor of Philosophy James Robert Stinecipher Environmental Systems Doctor of Philosophy Jose Luis Susa Rincon Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy Anley Emanuel Tefera Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering Doctor of Philosophy

CANDIDATES FOR DOCTORAL DEGREES Jonathan James Ferry Mechanical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Nathaniel Sill Fox III Environmental Systems Doctor of Philosophy

Jose Domingo Alcala, Jr. Mechanical Engineering Master of Science Joseph Ibrahim Awwad Management Innovation Sustainability & Technology Master of Management Erik Alexander Bolch Environmental Systems Master of Science

Byran Conway Fuhrmann Environmental Systems Doctor of Philosophy Qufei Gu Biological Engineering and Small-Scale Technologies Doctor of Philosophy Ali Hassanzadeh Environmental Systems Doctor of Philosophy Wei-Chih Hung Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy Alireza Karimaghaloo Mechanical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Hsin-Ying Lee Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy Michelle Len Mechanical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy

Julia Burmistrova Environmental Systems Master of Science Alan Chengxi Cai Environmental Systems Master of Science

Yu-Ting Chang Electrical Engineering &

Computer Science Master of Science

Karnvir Singh Chauhan Management Innovation Sustainability & Technology Master of Management Patrick Isaac Coldivar-Valencia Management Innovation Sustainability & Technology

Melissa aw Environmental Systems Doctor of Philosophy Donglei Yang Mechanical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Management Melissa Jane Conn Environmental Systems Master of Science

Michael Cam Lun Bioengineering Doctor of Philosophy

e commencement ceremony and program are not o cial con rmations of degree information. Academic Honors are not awarded until a er the term in which all requirements are completed. To receive academic honors at graduation, an undergraduate student must achieve a grade point average within the top 2 percent of the student’s school for highest honors (***), the next 4 percent for high honors (**), and the next 10 percent for honors (*). Posthumous degrees are denoted by the following symbol ( ◆ ).