University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering 33rd commencement program

The Howard R. Hughes College ok Engineering
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
School of Engineering was established in 1984 which marked the start of a period of extraordinary
development and growth. The name of Howard R. Hughesfirst became associated with engineering
at the university in 1985 inhonor of the creative and innovative engineering of the late Mr. Hughes.
magnificent Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex early in 1989. The college is engaged in a
equipped laboratories in keeping with the teaching, research, and service mission of the college. The
College of Engineering was recently given approval by the Board of Regents to offer a Ph.D. in
College Diploma Ceremony Committee
Dr.
Dr. Robert Schill, Jr.
Dr. Robert Skaggs
Dr.
Following the ceremony, please join us for a reception honoring the graduates in the patio of the
Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex.
GRAND MARSHALL
Mr. Herbert Wells
GRADUATE MARSHALL
Dr. Moses Karakouzian
UNDERGRADUATE MARSHALL
Dr. Rama Venkat
COLLEGE DIPLOMA CEREMONY
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering • University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Saturday, May 11,1996
5:45 p ut.
PROCESSIONAL: Pomp and Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar Lillian Kollar
Organist
"AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL" Amy Albritton
Soloist
WELCOME and INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM GUESTS William R. Wells, Dean
UNIVERSITY GREETING Robert Ackerman
Vice President for Student Services
THOMAS T. BEAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION William R. Wells, Dean
Thomas T. Beam (posthumously)
FACULTY AWARDS Walter C. Vodrazka, Associate Dean
Distinguished Research Award - Dr. Darrell Pepper
Distinguished Teaching Award - Dr. Rahim Khoie and Dr. Mohamed Trabia
MESSAGE FROM THE 1996 GRADUATES Hans Yeager
DIPLOMA CEREMONY ADDRESS Senator Dina Titus
RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES William R. Wells, Dean
FAREWELL ADDRESS TO GRADUATES William R. Wells, Dean
RECESSIONAL*: Processional March by Benedetto Marcello Lillian Kollar
Organist
It is requested that guests remain in their seats until the Recessional is concluded.
CEREMONY SPEAKER
SENATOR DINA TITUS
Alice Costandina (Dina) Titus is a Nevada State
Senator and Professor of Political Science at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Titus
received the A.B. degree from the College of
William and Mary, the MA. degree from the
University of Georgia, and the Ph.D. degree from
Florida State University. She joined the
Department of Political Science at the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1977. Dr. Titus has
served in the Nevada Senate since 1989. Her
legislative service includes: Nevada Senate,
1989-95-one special and four regular sessions;
Senate Minority Floor Leader, 1993-95;
Legislative Commission: Alternate, 1989-91;
Member, 1991-93.
Dr. Titus’ affiliations include: Member,
Governor’s Commission on Aging; Aquavision Board of Directors; Las Vegas Little
Theatre Board of Directors; Nevada Appellate and Post-Conviction Project Executive
Committee; Nevada-California Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission; Clark
County Women’s Democratic Club; PEO (women’s sorority).
Dr. Titus is the author of Bombs in the Backyard: Atomic Testing and American Politics,
University of Nevada Press, 1986, and Battle Bom: Federal-State Relations in Nevada
During the Twentieth Century, Kendall-Hunt, 1989. She received the Spanos Outstanding
Teacher at die University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1985 and chaired die Nevada
Humanities Committee in 1984-86.
FACULTY AWARDS
Each year an award is given to recognize and reward the outstanding performance of the
College’s faculty in the areas of Teaching and Research. The recipient of the 1996
Distinguished Research Award
DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH AWARD
Dr. Darrell Pepper
Dr. Pepper received the B.S.M.E. (1968), M.SA.E.
(1970), and Ph.D. (1973) degrees from the
University of Missouri-Rolla. Following graduation,
he worked for Du Pont at the Savannah River
Laboratory in Aiken, SC, where he held various
technical and managerial positions. He
subsequently became Chief Scientist of the
Marquardt Company, an aerospace propulsion
company located in Van Nuys, CA, where he
worked on the National Aerospace Plane Program.
Dr. Pepper co-founded Advanced Projects
Research, Inc., an R&D company involved with
development and application of finite element
methods in fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and
environmental transport. He also taught
undergraduate and graduate courses in fluid
mechanics and computational methods at
California State University-Northridge. Dr. Pepper
joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering
at die University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1992.
He has authored or coauthored numerous technical
papers and reports, including two textbooks on the
finite element method, and a third textbook which
will appear this year. He is a Fellow of ASME,
Associate Fellow of ALAA, Associate Editor of die
ALAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat
Transfer, and editorial board member of Numerical
Heat Transfer. He is currently Chairman of the Ad
Hoc Committee on Computational Heat Transfer
for ASME.
The co-redpients of the 1996 Distinguished Teaching Award are:
DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Dr. Rahim Khoie
Rahim Khoie received his B.S. degree in Electrical
Engineering from Abadan Institute of Technology,
Iran, in 1977. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
in Electrical Engineering from University of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, in 1980 and 1986, respectively. Dr.
Khoie joined the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas in 1984. Since then he has been involved
in teaching solid state, semiconductors physics, and
electronics courses and research on high speed
compound semiconductor devices and optoelectronics.
He has published numerous technical papers in
proceedings and journals, and has received several
grants from sponsoring agencies. He is presently
working on compound semiconductor devices such as
high electron mobility transistor, resonant tunneling
devices, heterojunction bipolar transistor, and
photovoltaics in quantum wells. Dr. Khoie is a
member of: IEEE Electron Device Society, National
Center for Computational Electronics at University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, SPIE the International
Society for Optical Engineering, and Society for
Computer Simulation. He received the 1988 IEEE
Outstanding Branch Counselor Award, and served as
the Chairman of IEEE Student Activities in Southwest
Area of the United States in 1989.
DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Dr. Mohamed B. Trabia
Mohamed B. Trabia received the B.S. and M.S. degrees
in Mechanical Engineering from Alexandria University,
Egypt in 1980 and 1983 respectively. He received die
Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona
State University in 1987. Dr. Trabia joined the
Department of Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1987. He has
taught classes at die graduate and undergraduate levels
in mechanics of materials, dynamics of machines,
mechanical engineering design, computer-aided
geometric modeling, engineering optimization, and
energy methods in applied mechanics. His current
research interests include control of flexible robots, path
planning and obstacle avoidance of robots,
optimization applications to engineering design, and
fuzzy-logic control. He is a member of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers and the faculty advisor
for its student section at UNLV.
CANDIDATES FOR THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
Civil and Environmental Engineering
KENNETH WALTER ACKERET
EMELINDA MAANO PARENTELA
CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER’S DEGREE
Master of Science in Computer Science
WENLING CAI JOSEPH CHACKO GUORONG FANG JEFFREY TODD GILBRETH DAVID BRUCE GLASSER JUAN MANUEL GONZALEZ YU KIN HO JOHN GERARD HOWE
CARL MICHAEL LANE, H
YUCHENG LIU
CHARLES WILLIAM SCHLINDWEIN
VISALAKSHI THIAGARAJAN
DIEGO ANTONIO VINAS
SAMUEL K. WEST
GARY LEON WHITE
YAN ZHOU
Master of Science in Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
MURALI MOHAN ANDE SANDEEP BURLI MICHAEL ROBERT DUNNING JOE ALVIN HAUN YUPING HUANG
JEFFERY JAMES JENSEN KRISHNAPRIYA MADHAVAPEDDI MARISA GUIEB MANDOCDOC JOHN J. STAMMETTI MAN N. TRUONG
QUN WANG
Electrical Engineering
NARENDRA B. BALAKRISHNAN SHRIDHAR GANGADHAR BENDI JIANZHONG JIANG
VENUGOPAL KALLURI MYUNG HOON LEE
SRIDHARAN RAGHU MADABHUSHANAM WILLIAM MICHAEL O’DONNELL
G. S. RAJARATHINAM
Mechanical Engineering
BASSEL NAGIB ABDELNOUR ZORNITSA MARINOVA BOYADZHIEVA DAVID BRADLEY CARRINGTON RANDY S. CONN JAMES A. KAPPES
MURALI SRINIVAS KATHARI MICHAEL JAMES NALLEY KURT MICHAEL RABIDEAU A. KUMAR SATHAPPAN MICHAEL ANTHONY SCHWOB HARINDER SINGH SETHI XIAOLEI TENG T. R. VENKATESH
DOUGLAS JAMES WEAVER
CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR’S DEGREE
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bachelor of Science
JOSE ANTONIO ALCOCER
JENNIFER LEIGH AMES
JAMES MACAALAY AQUINO
SHAWNTINA GLORIA JONES BROWN
BRIAN L COOMBS
STEPHEN FRANCIS CREVOISERAT
BONNIE JEAN CROFT
EDWARD LOWELL DIBBLE
LORIN WADE ENTZEL
ROLANDO M. FARIAS (MAGNA CUM LAUDE)
TERA LINEE FERGUSON (UNIVERSITYAND DEPARTMENT HONORS, SUMMA CUM LAUDE)
VALERIE JEANNE FLOCK
JENNIFER ELLEN FRENCH
ANDREA DAWN FULTON
DAMIAN F. GREBLE
DAVID B. HAILE
JAMES MATTHEW HALL
GABRIEL A. HERRERA
KAIZAD J. IRANI
SCOTT ERIC JARVIS
CLAYTER E. JENSEN
KAYANN JONGSMA {SUMMA CUM LAUDE)
UNG YAO KU
PETER JOHN LAAS, III
IRENE Y. LAM
MICHAEL PATRICK LEONARD {MAGNA CUMLAUDE)
JOSEPH LIMA
MARTIN LEE LONG
ERIC HAMILTON LYON
JESSICA RUTH MARTIN
WILLIAM D. MCKAY
JEFFREY ALAN MCMULLEN
KARL OTTO MUNNINGER, III
MICHAEL JOHN PALACIOS
DANIEL SCOTT PAULIS {MAGNA CUM LAUDE)
APHAYPHONE PHOMNINH
ROBERT KALANI RAPOZA
RICK J. READ
SAID SADRI
MERRILL GENE SCHWEPPE
WILLIAM LEE SINGLETON
LISA ANN SOMMERNESS
RAQUEL ANN SPEERS
CHURAIRAT TANAKUL
JEFFERY R. THOMSON
ANTHONY L. VENTIMIGLIA
EMILIO MANAWAT VILLAROSA
WILLIAM LEE WATKINS
Department of Computer Science
Bachelor of Arts
ANDREW D. BAGDANOV PHANBAO STEPHANIE M. BROWN STEVEN W. ESTEP DAVID WILLIAM HARBER VICKY LYNN HARMON JOHN M. KOWALSKI {MAGNA CUMLAVDE) JAMES EDWARD LAWRENCE DEAN T. MARTIN
JEANETTE ELLEN BAUMAN MIX JASON M. PALMIRA USA BETH PUBINS CARLA R. RICKERD
Bachelor of Science
MARK R. CASS
PETER LAWRENCE ELTON (UNIVERSITY HONORS) JASON KENT FRAME EVERETT ROSS GIBSON BENJAMIN WRAY GREGG BRYAN TROY HARPER MICHAEL L. LYTLE THOMAS J. MENINI RUSSELL IAN MURPHY DAVID WILLIAM PITCH BARRY MICHAEL RIPPLE CHRISTOPHER E. SMITH EDWARD TAKASHI TONAI WEI-UN WANG MING HAN WU
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering
BRIAN ROBERT ALLEN
CAROLINE IVA GORROW
JAMES Y. L. HOUGLAND
MUHAMMED ARIF JAWADI
MONSIRIJINTASAWANG
WON KWANG KIM
LANCE KLEPPER
MOHAMMAD JAWWAD LATEEF
MARVIN R. LOVATO
JOHN-PAUL R. MARTINEZ
ALAN MCLEAN
JOEL CURTIS MIDDLETON
ANGELA MOLNAR (UNIVERSITYHONORS, CUM LAUDE)
ANDRfe P. MUNOZ
SANG K. NAM
RAYMUND SANCHEZ NICOLAS
DONALD JAMES ROLLO, HI
KATHY J. WHEELER
STEVEN JESS WICKEL (MAGNA CUM LAUDE)
CHRISTOPHER J. WOLF
HANS L. YEAGER (SUMMA CUM LAUDE)
JAMES DONG JUN YI
HEE SOO YIM
Computer Engineering
KISHOR P. PEMA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science
BLANE THOMAS BEILKE (SUMMA CUMLAUDE)
THOMAS WILLIAM CARDIN
TIMOTHY LES COLE
KELLY LAWRENCE HADLAND
NEIL EUGENE HODGE (CUMLAUDE)
MADELEINE GEORGE JABBOUR
RAYMOND C. KOZAK
COREY ALAN LIEBER
GAVIN KANE MEWHIRTER
STEPHEN ELLIS MICKEY
COURTNEY REED MILLBURN
STEPHEN THOMAS MULCAHY
MICHAEL JOSEPH PLINSKI
MARY ELAINE RADEL
MARK SASAKI
MICHELLE E. SLICHKO (CUM LAUDE)
BRIAN WILLIAM SOMPAYRAC (UNIVERSITYHONORS, CUMLAUDE)
LERTSAK UTHAILERSSUB
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HOWARD R. HUGHES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Administration
William R. Wells, Dean Walter C. Vodrazka, Associate Dean
Staff
Debra Duddlesten
Tracy Guinn
Faculty
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Edward Neumann, Chair
James Cardie
William Culbreth
Gerald Frederick
David James
Moses Karakouzian
Mohamed Kaseko
Samaan Ladkany
Barbara Luke
Shashi Sathisan
Walter Vodrazka
Herbert Wells
Maggie Kross, Staff
Cathy Dryer, Staff
Allen Sampson, Staff
Computer Science
Lawrence Larmore, Chair
Yonina Cooper
Ajoy Datta
Laxmi Gewali
Junichi Kanai
Kia Makki
John Minor
Lee Misch
Thomas Nartker
Roy Ogawa
Kazem Taghva
Evangelos Yfantis
Barbara Drake, Staff
Jay Nietling, Staff Greg Wohletz, Staff
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Yahia Baghzouz, Chair
William Brogan
Ashok Iyer
Rahim Khoie
Shahram Latifi
Eugene McGaugh
Ramon Martinez
Robert Schill
Sahjendra Singh
Peter Stubberud
Rama Venkat
Doreen Martinez, Staff
David Good, Staff
Mechanical Engineering
Robert Boehm, Chair Georg Mauer Samir Moujaes Bahram Nassersharif
Brendan O’Toole
Darrell Pepper
Douglas Reynolds
Robert Skaggs
Mohamed Trabia
William Wells
Woosoon Yim
Georgia Stergios, Staff John Morrissey, Staff
He said:
emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then it elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts of life. That is the engineer's high privilege.
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