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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH CONVOCATION

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

16/17
JUNE 2023

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Convocation Ceremony
CONVOCATION
On this day, as the University of
Waterloo awards degrees and
celebrates the achievements of
a new generation of graduates,
the members of the University and
its guests share in a 900-year-old
ritual called convocation.
CONGRATULATIONS
Message from the Chancellor 2
Message from the President and Vice-Chancellor 3
Message from the Alumni Council Chair 4

OUR TRADITION OF CONVOCATION


A Calling Together 5
Connecting with Tradition 5
The Procession 6
The Mace 6
The Coat of Arms and Motto 7
Degrees and Honorary Degrees 7

A NEW TRADITION
Eagle Staff 8

Table of
DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY MEMBERS AND AWARDS
Honorary Doctorates 9
Distinguished Professors Emeriti 12

Contents Honorary Members of the University


Guest Speakers
Valedictorians
13
15
16

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023


FRIDAY EVENING CEREMONY
SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023 Graduate Degrees 18
Undergraduate Degrees 20

SATURDAY MORNING CEREMONY


Graduate Degrees 25
Undergraduate Degrees 29

SATURDAY AFTERNOON CEREMONY


Graduate Degrees 33
Undergraduate Degrees 35

SATURDAY EVENING CEREMONY


Graduate Degrees 41
Undergraduate Degrees 43
Outstanding Achievements 47

OUR TRADITION OF REGALIA


The Gown 49
The Hood 49

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Message from the Chancellor
Welcome graduands, family members, knowledge and imagination within our community.
and friends to the Spring 2023 convocation. From best-selling poets to NASA researchers and
venture capitalists, Olympians to CEOs of multi-
As Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, national corporations and leading environmentalists,
it is my honour to preside over this ceremony. we are providing the world with more Waterloo,
and it is making the world a better place.
Today, we welcome representatives from our
community including faculty, staff and alumni Profound disruptions persist globally – economic,
to share in and celebrate these achievements. technological, political, and social. This creates
challenges, but also opportunities like we’ve never
Convocation marks the growth of the University
seen before. The world needs our graduates to harness
of Waterloo family with all of our graduates as its
all their experiences to lead and shape the future.
newest alumni members. Since the institution’s
The exceptional knowledge and creativity they have
inception in 1957, we have conferred nearly 242,000
honed at the University of Waterloo has prepared all
degrees and certificates. Our alumni community
of them to be the leaders the world needs.
extends to over 150 countries, and offers a network
regardless of where the future takes our graduates. As our graduates cross the stage, they will bear the
privilege and responsibility of bringing the spirit and
The University of Waterloo is driven by a desire to
values of this distinguished institution with them,
uncover innovation through creativity. We are an
wherever their lives may lead. They now have an
institution founded in extraordinary times, and
opportunity to shape a better, more equitable world
as a result generates extraordinary leaders.
through their careers and community involvement.
When I look across our campuses and beyond, I see
impactful innovations coming to fruition. Examples Congratulations to all of
include using quantum to improve MRI capabilities, our graduates and thank
finding new methods to combat the spread of
you for continuing the
misinformation and integrating AI more seamlessly
into a variety of applications -- all three examples Waterloo tradition
are gaining momentum because of the work being of excellence.
done at Waterloo.

We are a community of innovative leaders who


seek out ways to solve the big problems of our time,
from solar geo-engineering that mitigates global
warming to miniature diabetes monitors that can DOMINIC BARTON
detect glucose. What can’t be lost is the breadth of Chancellor

“FROM BEST-SELLING POETS TO NASA RESEARCHERS AND VENTURE


CAPITALISTS, OLYMPIANS TO CEOs OF MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS
AND LEADING ENVIRONMENTALISTS, WE ARE PROVIDING THE WORLD WITH
MORE WATERLOO, AND IT IS MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.”

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Message from the President
and Vice-Chancellor
Congratulations to the Class of 2023. who can help address these challenges and build
a better future for humanity and our planet.
We are thrilled to welcome our graduates
and their family, friends and supporters Waterloo graduates are known for integrating
knowledge and problem-solving across disciplines.
to celebrate this momentous occasion.
I look forward to hearing about the passions, the
Today’s ceremony recognizes the hard work and innovations and impact our graduates will have
perseverance students demonstrated during their on their communities.
time at the University of Waterloo. The experience
We all have an opportunity, and a responsibility,
at Waterloo is more than the knowledge gained in the
to positively impact those around us. Let’s all work
classroom or library or the research undertaken in a
together to help shape the world for the better.
lab. It is about the relationships and networks forged
during each student’s time here. Our institution’s rich
history and the success of our alumni is rooted in
On behalf of the University
community. As graduates transition from student to of Waterloo, I wish you
alumni, I hope each will continue to stay connected the best of luck in the
to the Waterloo community.
journey ahead.
For the family, friends, and supporters of our graduates,
thank you. Thank you for being there for our students,
for supporting them and encouraging their success.
And thank you for being here today – this ceremony is
more meaningful as a result of everyone’s participation.

At the University of Waterloo, we pride ourselves on VIVEK GOEL


identifying and solving big, complex challenges facing CM
our world. This happens not only on our campuses, President and Vice-Chancellor
but across the globe through our network of alumni.
As the world continues to face multiple major crises
that cut across society, health, the environment,
technology and the economy, each new graduate
is among the future leaders and change-makers

“AS YOU BEGIN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR JOURNEY,


I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK UNCONVENTIONALLY.”

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Message from the Alumni
Council Chair
Congratulations Class of 2023! Throughout your career, I encourage you to stay
connected to your alumni community. There are
On behalf of the University of Waterloo more than 242,000 of us and we are here to support
Alumni Council and your fellow alumni, you as you work towards your goals. You can contact
congratulations on the successful completion Waterloo alumni from anywhere in the world –
of your degree. You demonstrated hard work, through our Global Ambassadors, Alumni Chapters
dedication and resilience. We are proud of you and online groups.
and delighted to welcome you as the newest
members of our community. I also hope you will join me in sharing your time,
knowledge and passion with the University. It is
Graduation is a significant milestone for you rewarding to volunteer with other talented alumni
both personally and professionally. I encourage and your unique perspective can benefit future
you to celebrate your achievement and take time graduates more than you know.
to appreciate the people in your life that helped
you along the way – your family, friends, Congratulations once again on your graduation.
classmates, and teachers. You have much to be proud of and a
very bright future ahead of you!
As you look ahead to the next phase of your life,
I’m confident that your time at Waterloo has I wish you all the best.
prepared you well. You have the expertise, creativity
and resourcefulness to tackle whatever problem
you choose.

Welcome to a network of more than


242,000 alumni, connected by their
experiences at Waterloo.

DIANA VANGELISTI
BES ’84 MA ’89
Chair, University of Waterloo Alumni Council

“THERE ARE MORE THAN 242,000 OF US AND WE ARE HERE


TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU WORK TOWARDS YOUR GOALS.”

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Our tradition
of convocation 1960s
CONVOCATION
AT WATERLOO

The ritual of convocation is a tradition that


honours the roots of the University, and is,
at the same time, a beginning for students
who now enter a new stage in their lives.
We welcome guests on this celebratory occasion
and thank you for being present to share in it. A CALLING TOGETHER
Both the symbols and the ceremony of convocation Students graduate at the end of a program of study,
look back far beyond the beginning of the University leading to a degree with a traditional name: Bachelor,
of Waterloo, back to the centuries of university life Master, or Doctor. On this day, their families and friends
in Western civilization which Waterloo joined six celebrate their success and their transition from one
decades ago. The founders of this University were status in life to another. Convocation has been, for
eager from the beginning to make it part of that long the past nine hundred years, a meeting of the whole
tradition, although they proudly asserted that they university community at which symbols are displayed,
were building a new and innovative university, with participants wear special attire to emphasize their
close ties to industry and an emphasis on practical official roles, and speakers share their wisdom and the
knowledge for building the future. values that the University seeks to teach. Convocation
(the name comes from Latin, which was once the chief
On this day, as ancient customs mix with the use of
language of higher education) is a calling together
up-to-date technology and the exuberance of a new
of new graduates to receive the symbols of their
generation, convocation connects a forward-looking
accomplishment, and a calling together of the older
university with the traditions that universities have
members of the university to be witnesses and join
observed as long as they have existed.
in the celebration.
The University of Waterloo grew out of an older
institution, Waterloo College. A still older one,
the University of St. Jerome’s College, soon became CONNECTING WITH TRADITION
federated with it, and the College of Optometry of
At Waterloo’s first convocation in June 1960, the
Ontario joined the family in 1967. Although all these
guest speaker was James J. Talman of the University
institutions were newcomers compared with Oxford
of Western Ontario, who told the audience a little
and Harvard and the Jagiellonian, the connection to the
about the history of Waterloo County and its industry.
traditional role and style of a university remains clear.
“The greatest resource we still have is the minds of the
Tradition underlies the proceedings of today’s people,” Talman said, “and this resource still remains
convocation, the continuity of this University with to be developed to its full potential. The people of the
centuries of academic experience. Passion brings the Grand Valley clearly appreciate this fact. As we see
proceedings to life, along with the enthusiasm with the success with which they developed the physical
which the University recognizes new achievements resources in the past, we can only conclude that they
and new ideas. will be just as successful in developing the intellectual
resources of the future. The University of Waterloo
can look forward to a brilliant and successful future.”

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THE PROCESSION
The most impressive part of the ceremony may be the
procession that begins it. The graduating students will
come in first, and as they fill up the main body of the hall,
they will give the impression that today’s ceremony really is,
as convocation used to be, a ceremonial meeting of the
whole University community.

After the graduating students have come in, the academic


procession will begin. First to enter is the ceremonial
Eagle Staff, a symbolic representation of the continuous
presence of Indigenous peoples of these lands, carried
in by an Eagle Staff carrier. Next, a selected faculty
member will carry the mace, a traditional symbol of
the University’s authority. Then faculty members enter,
walking two by two, dressed in their academic finery.

The final party to arrive is the Chancellor’s party.


The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the University
of Waterloo. The Chancellor presides over convocation
ceremonies every June and October and awards all
degrees, diplomas and certificates, including honorary
degrees. The Chancellor offers an inspirational message
for the graduands – at these ceremonies.

THE MACE
This solid silver and ebony wand was given to the
University in 1965 by the family of the late Stanley F.
Leavine and was designed by Toronto artist Eric Aldwinckle
and crafted by silversmith Harold Stacey to symbolize the
University as it was at that time. It displays lions, chevrons,
and the shield of the province of Ontario, from which the
University holds its charter to grant degrees.

The symbolic theme of the mace is unity amid diversity,


and tension in the creative intellectual process that strives
to bring forth a new individual. The design of the mace
interprets this theme in the idiom of the life process:
from the seeds at the base of the stave the mace grows in
unity and strength until it differentiates by a four-fold
separation into diverse elements.

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THE COAT OF ARMS AND MOTTO
The lions and chevrons also appear on the shield that
is the University’s coat of arms and that is imprinted
on the graduates’ diplomas. Derived from traditional
heraldry, it has been used since 1961 and was registered
with the Court of the Lord Lyon in 1987. The shield
uses the official colours of gold, black, and white, and
its symbols refer to the University’s base in the cities of
Kitchener and Waterloo. The unusual double chevrons
were borrowed from the coat of arms of Lord Kitchener
of Khartoum, and the red lions are like those on the
coat of arms of the Duke of Wellington, victor at the
1815 Battle of Waterloo. The lions also reflect the tough
and innovative spirit of the University’s founders and
builders, and the black and white in the chevron are the
colours of Prussia, reflecting the Germanic background
of many Waterloo County settlers. Beneath the shield
appears the University’s motto, Concordia cum veritate,
“In harmony with truth.”

DEGREES AND HONORARY DEGREES


Presentations of earned and honorary degrees, and the
speeches associated with them, take up most of the time
at Convocation. Undergraduate and graduate degrees
are awarded in each of our six faculties: the faculties of
Arts, Engineering, Environment, Health, Mathematics
and Science. Also included are students who attended
our colleges, Conrad Grebel University College,
Renison University College, St. Jerome’s University
and United College.

In addition to “earned” degrees awarded to students who


have met the requirements through years of effort, the
University of Waterloo confers “honorary” degrees to
The four-fold diversity is significant because of the
individuals who have been designated by the Senate, the
four faculties existing at the time the mace was
University’s academic governing body, as deserving special
presented to the University and as well of the four
honour. They, too, receive hoods, lined with the colour
church-related colleges federated and affiliated with
of the faculty that nominated them or with specially
the University. These diverse elements together
designated colours for other kinds of achievement.
form a crown, and the point of the crown, while
tending toward a union, do not quite touch. By tradition, public service is recognized with a
They remain as individuals suspended in tension Doctor of Laws degree even in a university that does
and yet engaged in deep harmony. This creative not regularly teach law. The individuals receiving
process is focused not on the traditional spherical honorary degrees are introduced during the
orb of static perfection but rather on an elliptical ceremony, and a brief citation is read to explain their
silver ovum – the egg-shaped symbol of creativity – various accomplishments deserving of recognition
the marvelous potential of a new individual life. by a university. One of the honorands will address
convocation after the degree has been given.

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A new tradition
EAGLE STAFF The Eagle Staff honours the University’s First Nations,
Métis and Inuit community members, as well as their
On September 22, 2022, the University of Waterloo traditions, cultures and strengths. It is a sacred item
held a Commitment Ceremony pledging action that holds a spirit within itself that is cared for by the
towards decolonization, Indigenization and Indigenous campus community, and that care
reconciliation. The University is committed to is reciprocated by the Eagle Staff.
fostering better understanding of Indigenous histories
Waterloo Region is situated on territory traditionally
and ensuring Indigenous knowledges and ways
shared by Anishinaabeg, Neutral (or Attawandaron),
of knowing are represented in our scholarship, in
and Haudenosaunee Nations. Though many nations,
our research and in our teachings. Weaving in the
including the Anishinaabeg, involve an Eagle Staff
knowledges, ways of knowing, and understandings
in their traditions and practices, we respectfully
of First Nation, Métis and Inuit peoples equips the
acknowledge that this is not the practice of all nations.
Waterloo community, especially Waterloo graduates,
With gratitude, we honour and celebrate the unique
with the tools and knowledge they need to create a
traditions of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit people,
better future for all. The commitment was formalized
and look forward to reflecting this diversity in spirit
through a Pipe Ceremony, after which President and
and custom as we move forward on this path of
Vice-Chancellor, Vivek Goel, was given the name
decolonization, Indigenization, and reconciliation.
“Ogiima” (meaning leader) and presented with gifts
of an eagle feather and two Wampum belts.

Building on the desire and responsibility to incorporate


Indigenous perspectives, the University of Waterloo
community came together for a ceremony on March 27,
2023, to welcome an Eagle Staff to the University.

An Eagle Staff is an important element of the


Indigenous relationship to Earth and those that have
protected it. It reflects the wisdom, strength and
honour of those that carry it in representing different
Nations across Turtle Island. By welcoming the Eagle
Staff, the University acknowledges the responsibility
to recognize, accept and incorporate Indigenous
perspectives in the ways we teach, govern and behave
as an institution. The Eagle Staff will be present at
future Waterloo ceremonies and celebrations and will
have a prominent place in convocation ceremonies.

“THE STAFF WILL SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL AND REMINDER OF THE


COMMITMENT WE MADE TO RECONCILIATION AND SERVE AS INSPIRATION
FOR OUR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY TODAY AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.”

VIVEK GOEL
President and Vice-Chancellor

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Honorary Doctorates
An honorary degree (honoris causa) is the highest honour conferred by the University. Through the conferring
of honorary degrees, the University of Waterloo seeks to recognize outstanding achievement, whether academic
or through service to society.

TREVOR HASTIE SEANA BRIDGET MCKENNA


PhD Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
Doctor of Mathematics, honoris causa THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / MORNING CEREMONY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY
Seana McKenna is a Canadian artist and director
Dr. Trevor Hastie is John A. Overdeck Professor of in theatre, television, and film. She has been a
Mathematical Sciences at Stanford University and member of the Stratford Festival for 30 seasons,
a member of the United States National Academy performing in over 50 roles. McKenna is a Member
of Sciences. He has made seminal contributions of the Order of Canada and is the recipient
to statistical computing, modelling, and machine of three Dora Awards, a Jessie Award, and a
learning, with over 200 research articles and six Genie Award. McKenna shows great versatility
books. He helped develop the statistical modelling in her roles and has challenged conventional
environment behind the R computing system that Shakespearean theatre norms as one of only
we all use today, invented or co-invented many a few female performers to take on the roles of
important tools in modern statistics, and authored Richard III, Lear, and Julius Caesar. She has also
numerous highly-acclaimed statistical software. received the Tyrone Guthrie Award in recognition
Having guided several generations of statisticians of her contributions to mentorship.
and data scientists with his work, Hastie is one of
the most influential statisticians of our time.

JOHN BORROWS
BA, MA, JD, LLM, PhD, LLD, DHL
ARLIE PETTERS Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
PhD, Provost THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY
Doctor of Mathematics, honoris causa
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 / EVENING CEREMONY Dr. John Borrows is a member of the Chippewas
of Nawash First Nation in Ontario and is professor
Dr. Arlie Petters received his PhD in mathematics and Loveland Chair of Indigenous Law at the
from MIT in 1991. At Duke University (1998 to 2019), University of Toronto. He is an internationally
he was the Benjamin Powell Professor of recognized scholar of Indigenous legal rights.
Mathematics and a professor of Physics, Borrows is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Economics and Business. Since 2020, he has He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,
served as the provost at New York University a Trudeau Fellow, and a Killam Prize and Molson
Abu Dhabi. His outstanding scholarship resulted Prize recipient. He received the Indigenous
in numerous honours, including the inaugural Peoples Counsel designation from the Indigenous
Blackwell-Tapia Prize (2002). Petters was selected Bar Association for honour and integrity in service
by the National Academy of Sciences to be part to Indigenous peoples, the National Aboriginal
of a permanent Portrait Collection of Outstanding Achievement Award in Law and Justice, and the
African Americans in Science, Engineering, Governor General’s Innovation Award.
and Medicine (2006), and named by the Queen
of England to membership in the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire (2008).

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DEBRA PEPLER MARK WILLCOX
OC, PhD, C, Psych BSc, PhD, DSc
Doctor of Letters, honoris causa Doctor of Science, honoris causa
THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / EVENING CEREMONY FRIDAY, JUNE 16 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY

Dr. Debra Pepler received her PhD in Psychology Dr. Mark Willcox is a medical microbiologist and
from the University of Waterloo and is a registered Professor in the School of Optometry and Vision
psychologist in Ontario. She is a Distinguished Science at UNSW, Sydney, Australia. His laboratory
Research Professor in the Department of focuses on understanding the etiology of adverse
Psychology at York University and a Senior events and comfort during contact lens wear.
Adjunct Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children. His research includes examining mechanisms of
As a clinical and research psychologist, she adhesion of ocular microbes and the development
has contributed to psychology through her of novel antimicrobial surfaces. He also studies
groundbreaking work in bullying, aggression, tear film proteomics and lipidomics, their
and other forms of violence experienced by relationship to contact lens comfort and how tears
marginalized youth. Her work has changed may serve as biomarkers for diabetes and cancer.
how professionals understand the frequency, Recent awards include the Korb Award from the
intensity, and impacts of children’s experiences American Optometric Association (2020) and the
of aggression and violence, helping to shape Barry Collin Medal from Optometry Australia (2017).
and inform Canadian public policy on violence
reduction within schools.

CRISTINA AMON
BASc, MASc, PhD, DSc,
YANXIN WANG Order of Canada, FRSC, CAE
PhD, CAS Fellow, IAGC Fellow Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa
Doctor of Science, honoris causa FRIDAY, JUNE 16 / EVENING CEREMONY
FRIDAY, JUNE 16 / MORNING CEREMONY
Dr. Cristina Amon is the Distinguished Alumni Professor
Dr. Yanxin Wang is professor of Hydrogeology and former dean at the University of Toronto’s
and Environmental Engineering at the China Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering.
University of Geosciences (CUG) in Wuhan. He is Under her visionary leadership, University of
also the president of CUG and head of the State Toronto’s engineering program has become a
Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental global hub for interdisciplinary research and
Geology. Wang’s research has produced major education and a shining example of diversity
advances in understanding of the sources, fate, and inclusion for women, People of Colour and
and transport of contaminants in groundwater Indigenous peoples in the engineering profession.
systems. Wang spearheaded the development She has been elected a fellow or honorary
of innovative remediation and management member of all major professional societies in her
strategies that protect millions of people from field. A pioneer in computational fluid dynamics
contaminated drinking water. Under Wang’s for thermal designs subject to multidisciplinary
visionary and effective leadership, CUG has constraints, Amon’s research is in thermal
become one of China’s top institutions in science transport in nanoscale semiconductors, energy
and technology. systems, EV batteries and biomedical devices.

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ROLA DAGHER JOHN BUZACOTT
Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa BSc, BE, MSc, PhD, DHc
SATURDAY, JUNE 17 / MORNING CEREMONY Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa
SATURDAY, JUNE 17 / EVENING CEREMONY
Rola Dagher, a leading figure in the Canadian
technology sector, has made it her mission Dr. John Buzacott, a former management sciences
to empower those around her. Immigrating to engineering professor, is a pioneering figure
Canada from war-torn Lebanon with an infant in in production and operations management.
the 1990s, Dagher worked as a retail sales clerk Buzacott’s work in developing a unified
before becoming the president of Cisco Systems framework and rigorous scientific foundation
Canada and currently as Dell Technologies’ of the approaches currently used in the design,
global channel chief. Rola sees diversity as the planning and control of manufacturing and
foundation for building a high-performance service systems has inspired scholars worldwide.
workforce and is a vanguard of inclusive His innovative use of stochastic models to explain
excellence. Dagher has been named a WXN Top many phenomena occurring in manufacturing and
100 Most Powerful Women in Canada, the Women service organizations has also distinguished him
in Communications and Technology (WCT) Woman as an exceptional researcher and educator. As a
of the Year and is an RBC Top 25 Canadian founding member of the Waterloo Management of
Immigrant Award winner. Integrated Manufacturing Systems research group
at the University of Waterloo, his contributions
to manufacturing analysis and modelling work
continues to be globally recognized.

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Distinguished Professors Emeriti
The Distinguished Professor Emeritus designation is made to faculty members who have had a distinguished
record of service in teaching and research in the University. The honorary award is granted upon, or shortly
after, retirement.

KENNETH R. DAVIDSON JOANNE WOOD


University Professor, PhD, FRSC, FIF, CMSF University Professor, PhD
Department of Pure Mathematics Department of Psychology
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 / EVENING CEREMONY THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY

Dr. Kenneth R. Davidson is one of the most Dr. Joanne Wood retired as professor from the
accomplished mathematicians in Canada. Department of Psychology after 33 years of service.
After completing his undergraduate degree at Wood is recognized as one of the foremost experts
Waterloo and his PhD at Berkeley, he spent two in the world for understanding how personality
years as a Moore Instructor at MIT before returning influences relationships – particularly how self-
to Waterloo as faculty in 1978. He has been esteem and agreeableness in one partner affect
awarded a substantial proportion of the research interpersonal interactions and relationship
prizes available to Canadian mathematicians, quality. She is also an expert on self-disclosure.
beginning with the Israel Halperin Prize in In recognition of her work, she has received the
Operator Algebras in 1985. This was followed by Faculty of Arts Award for Excellence in Research
an E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship in 1988 and a Killam and two University of Waterloo Outstanding
Research Fellowship in 1995. In 2014 he received Performance Awards. She is a Fellow of the
the David Borwein Distinguished Career Award Association for Psychological Science, the American
from the Canadian Mathematical Society for his Psychological Association – Division 8, and the
“exceptional, broad, and continued contributions Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
to Canadian mathematics.” He has been a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada since 1992, a
Fields Institute Fellow since 2006 and a Canadian
Mathematical Society Fellow since 2018. Davidson
is also a highly esteemed instructor and supervisor LORNE L. DAWSON
BA, MA, PhD
of 18 Master’s and 14 PhD students.
Department of Religious Studies,
Sociology and Legal Studies
THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY

Dr. Lorne Dawson retired as professor from


the departments of Religious Studies as well as
Sociology and Legal Studies. During his tenure at
Waterloo, he served as Chair for each department.
Dawson is a Research Fellow at the Balsillie School
of International Affairs and a Senior Associate at
the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
(University of Toronto). He is best known for his
contributions to the fields of sociology of religion,
and more recently, for his work on terrorism and
the process of radicalization that leads to violence.
In 2012, he co-founded the Canadian Network for
Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society, funded
by SSHRC and several government agencies.

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Honorary Members
of the University
The Honorary Member of the University designation is the highest honour a staff member can obtain at the
University of Waterloo and is granted upon retirement. It recognizes the individual for outstanding service
to the University as a whole, not limited to one department or faculty. For faculty members, it recognizes
distinctive administrative service to the University.

TERRY STEWART EDWIN ANDERSON


BA, MA BA
Information Systems and Technology Faculty of Mathematics
TUESDAY, JUNE 13 / MORNING CEREMONY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 / EVENING CEREMONY

Terry Stewart’s involvement with the University of Edwin (Ed) Anderson’s career in education began
Waterloo spanned nearly 50 years. He completed as a secondary school mathematics teacher in
BA and MA degrees in Recreation and Leisure Wingham, ON, from 1956 until 1970, when he moved
Studies in 1975 and 1976, respectively. He started to the University of Waterloo as a lecturer in the
his role as a research associate in the Department Faculty of Mathematics, where he worked until his
of Recreation and Leisure Studies in 1981, followed retirement in 1991. He helped lead the expansion
by microcomputer laboratory manager and of mathematics contests that now see more than
coordinator of the Leisure Studies Bank in 1984. 250,000 registrations annually from more than 80
His role changed to coordinator of computing countries and was integral to the success of the
in 1991, then manager of information technology Mathematics/Teaching undergraduate program.
in 2005, and director of information technology For almost 30 years after his retirement, Anderson
in 2012. Stewart retired in 2015. remained active in outreach activities, assisting with
contests, student workshops and strategic direction.

BARBARA SCHUMACHER
MD STEVEN FURINO
Campus Wellness, Health Services PhD
TUESDAY, JUNE 13 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY Faculty of Mathematics
Dr. Barbara Schumacher shepherded the campus WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 / EVENING CEREMONY
community through serious health challenges,
Dr. Steven Furino was a faculty member, first in
including cases of tuberculosis and outbreaks
the Department of Mathematics at St. Jerome’s
of meningitis and Swine Flu, while championing
University and then in the Centre for Education
progressive and equitable programs that enhanced
in Mathematics and Computing at the University
the lives of thousands of students, faculty and staff
of Waterloo, from 1989 until 2020. Furino was an
during her 39 year career at the University.
excellent teacher who won the Distinguished
Promoting mental well-being, tackling sexual
Teacher Award in 1989 and was a champion of
harassment, and establishing the Occupational
online education in the Faculty of Mathematics.
Health office for staff were just a few of her
He was also an outstanding administrator, serving
initiatives. In addition, Schumacher’s efforts in
as associate dean, undergraduate and assistant
promoting better health went beyond Waterloo and
dean. Furino’s distinguished service also included
benefitted people at universities across Ontario.
educational work in Africa and leadership in
And after retiring as Waterloo’s medical director of
the Faculty Association and the University’s
Health Services in 2015, she established a fund to
undergraduate communication initiatives.
help refugees continue their university education.

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SHARON LAMONT GEORGE FREEMAN
BA BASc, PhD
Library Faculty of Engineering
THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / MORNING CEREMONY SATURDAY, JUNE 17 / MORNING CEREMONY

A Waterloo alum, Sharon Lamont’s (BA, ’80) career Dr. George Freeman is a retired electrical and
spanned four decades, culminating in a Library computer engineering professor at the University
senior leadership position and other noteworthy of Waterloo. Freeman established a sterling
University-level achievements. During her career, reputation as an outstanding engineering
Sharon’s leadership and contributions to the educator throughout his career. He served as
Library, community and philanthropy advanced electrical and computer engineering’s teaching
the University’s progress toward building a and learning champion from 2018 until his
culture of inclusivity and excellence. Lamont’s retirement in 2022. Freeman’s work promoted
leadership extended across campus, notably with evidence-based practices for improved learning
the Waterloo Staff Association, United Way staff outcomes, mental health and community building.
campaign and Joint Health and Safety Committee. He also received the Dedicated Service Award from
One of her key achievements was leading the the Canadian Association of University Teachers
Library to Silver Certification from Excellence for his exceptional service to their academic staff
Canada. Sharon retired in May 2021 after nearly associations. Freeman’s research interests include
40 years of service. signal processing for digital communications,
optimal lossless data compression algorithms,
and storage and recognition applications in
speech and image coding.

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Guest speakers

SCOTT LEATHERDALE LISA AULTMAN-HALL


PhD, FAAHB PhD
School of Public Health Sciences Systems Design Engineering
TUESDAY, JUNE 13 / MORNING CEREMONY SATURDAY, JUNE 17 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY

Dr. Scott Leatherdale is a professor in the School Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall is professor and chair of
of Public Health Sciences. He is a Cancer Care Systems Design Engineering. Before joining the
Ontario Research Chair, a CIHR-PHAC Chair in University of Waterloo, she served as a professor
Applied Public Health Research, and a University of Civil Engineering at the Universities of Kentucky,
Research Chair at the University of Waterloo. Before Connecticut and Vermont. Aultman-Hall’s research
coming to Waterloo, he was a Scientist at Cancer focuses on sustainable transportation systems,
Care Ontario, responsible for leading Ontario’s especially methods to collect unique databases
cancer prevention system. For the past 15 years for modelling and analysis of long-distance
since joining Waterloo, Leatherdale has developed travel, transportation sector emissions, network
and led the COMPASS System, the world’s largest resiliency, streetscape design and non-motorized
and most comprehensive youth-focused cancer transportation. A common thread in her work is
prevention and mental health learning system. the pursuit of accessibility metrics that speak to
He was an inaugural winner of the Canadian equity. She served several leadership roles at the
Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Trailblazer Award interdisciplinary University of Vermont Transportation
in Population Health Solutions and is the first (and Research Center and as the associate director of
only) Canadian researcher to be awarded Fellow the National Center for Sustainable Transportation
status in the American Academy of Health Behavior. with the University of California Davis.
His proudest achievement is being the father of two
fun and energetic little boys, Thomas and James.

RAPHAEL AYAMBIRE
BSc, PhD ’21
TUESDAY, JUNE 13 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY

As the University of Waterloo’s 2021 Caivan


International Experience Postdoctoral Fellow,
Dr. Raphael Ayambire brings a unique perspective
to the challenge of planning and building the
world's future cities. After growing up in rural Ghana
supporting his parents’ agricultural activities,
he graduated with a BSc in development planning
in Ghana, then journeyed to Canada to complete
a planning PhD at Waterloo. Ayambire’s lived
experience and his education on two continents,
has shaped his passionate vision for future cities that
can respond to the climate crisis and transformative
new technologies while ensuring social equity makes
these communities truly sustainable. Ayambire will
continue working toward this goal as an assistant
professor in the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of
Architecture, Department of City Planning.

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Valedictorians
Katie Ivancic Faculty of Health Ammar Kamran Faculty of Arts
TUESDAY, JUNE 13 / MORNING CEREMONY THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / EVENING CEREMONY

Bennett Paul Gallant Faculty of Environment Tyler Jing Faculty of Science


TUESDAY, JUNE 13 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY FRIDAY, JUNE 16 / MORNING CEREMONY

Advitya Chhabra Faculty of Mathematics Ahmed Adelkader Faculty of Science


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 / MORNING CEREMONY FRIDAY, JUNE 16 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY

Yichen Carolyn Wang Faculty of Mathematics Toluwalope Wright Faculty of Engineering


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY FRIDAY, JUNE 16 / EVENING CEREMONY

Vincent Macri Faculty of Mathematics Maya Bishop Faculty of Engineering


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 / EVENING CEREMONY SATURDAY, JUNE 17 / MORNING CEREMONY

Thomass Muir Faculty of Arts Yonael Debebe Faculty of Engineering


THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / MORNING CEREMONY SATURDAY, JUNE 17 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY

Arjun Jain Faculty of Arts Matthew Linehan Faculty of Engineering


THURSDAY, JUNE 15 / AFTERNOON CEREMONY SATURDAY, JUNE 17 / EVENING CEREMONY

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FRIDAY

EVENING
CEREMONY
Degrees and diplomas from:

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Graduate Degrees
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Khan, Muhammad Shehryar Tangestani, Reza (Mechanical
(Mechanical and Mechatronics and Mechatronics Engineering)
Alhusain, Mustafa (Mechanical
Engineering) “Multi-Scale Modeling of Laser Powder
and Mechatronics Engineering)
“Improving the Multiscale Bed Fusion Process for Superalloys”
“Three-Dimensional CT Imaging
Morphological and Mechanical
and Microstructural Mechanical Wang, Chia-Pei (Mechanical
Properties of Laser Welded
Modeling of Corrosion and and Mechatronics Engineering)
Al-Si Coated 22MnB5
Freeze-Thaw Damage of Concrete” “Virtual Model Building for Multi-Axis
Press-Hardened Steels”
Machine Tools Using Field Data”
Bhatt, Neel Pratik (Mechanical
Kumar, Parichit (Mechanical
and Mechatronics Engineering) Wang, Jeremy Chan-Hao
and Mechatronics Engineering)
“Socially and Spatially Aware Motion (Mechanical and Mechatronics
“Development of a Magnetic
Prediction of Dynamic Objects for Engineering)
Levitation System for Additive
Autonomous Driving” “Riemann Solvers With Non-ideal
Manufacturing Processes”
Thermodynamics: Exact, Approximate,
Chakraborty, Apratim (Mechanical
Lacombe, Francis (Mechanical and Machine Learning Solutions”
and Mechatronics Engineering)
and Mechatronics Engineering)
“Fabrication of Hard-To-Process Zarringhalam, Reza (Mechanical
“Stability of Compressible Boundary
Ni-Based Superalloy Thin-Wall Parts and Mechatronics Engineering)
Layers in Presence of Smooth
Made by Laser Powder Bed Fusion” “Sensor Fault Detection and
Roughness and Wall Temperature
Fault-Tolerant Estimation of
Cheng, Zhi (Mechanical and Effects”
Vehicle States”
Mechatronics Engineering)
Martinez, Alejandro Pedro
“Flow Dynamics and Aeroacoustics
(Mechanical and Mechatronics
of Flow-Induced Vibration of Bluff
Engineering) MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Bodies”
“Monitoring and Control of Metal
Courtney, Matthew Ryan Additive Manufacturing Processes Banjo, Stephen Adewunmi
(Mechanical and Mechatronics Using Ultrasound” (Mechanical and Mechatronics
Engineering) Engineering)
Misra, Sirshendu (Mechanical
“Free-Flow Counterflow Gradient Baranovsky, Alex (Mechanical and
and Mechatronics Engineering)
Focusing for Protein Fractionation” Mechatronics Engineering)
“Wetting & Capillarity: From Thin
Deng, Zejian (Mechanical and Film Mediated Processes to Boulis, Raphael (Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering) Droplet-Surface Interactions” Mechatronics Engineering)
“Application of Game Theory to
Mohammadbagher, Ehsan Boychuk, Roman (Mechanical and
Interactive Lane Change Decision
(Mechanical and Mechatronics Mechatronics Engineering)
Making for Autonomous Driving”
Engineering)
Budnick, Dylan (Mechanical and
Farag, Heba Elsayed (Mechanical “Self-Localization for Autonomous
Mechatronics Engineering)
and Mechatronics Engineering) Driving Using Vector Maps and
“Eddy Current Probes Design Multi-Modal Odometry” Colpitts, Alyson (Mechanical and
for Defect Detection in Metallic Mechatronics Engineering)
Musikhin, Stanislav (Mechanical
Parts Made by Additive Dasari, Yashesh (Mechanical and
and Mechatronics Engineering)
Manufacturing Processes” Mechatronics Engineering)
“Microwave Plasma Synthesis of
Ghatei Kalashami, Ali (Mechanical Graphene and its Laser-Optical Ecclestone, Edward Joseph
and Mechatronics Engineering) in Situ Characterization” (Mechanical and Mechatronics
“An Integrative Investigation of Engineering)
Ramachandiran, Nivas (Mechanical
Liquid Metal Embrittlement in the
and Mechatronics Engineering) Gao, Tianyi (Mechanical and
Fe-Zn System: From Responsible
“Structure - Property Correlation Mechatronics Engineering)
Mechanisms to Mitigation Strategies”
in Additive Manufactured Ti-5553
Kaji, Farzaneh (Mechanical and Components” Gupta, Pratishtha (Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering) Mechatronics Engineering)
Shahidi, Ali (Mechanical and
“In-Situ Monitoring and Intermittent Gutierrez, Jon Edward (Mechanical
Mechatronics Engineering)
Controller for Adaptive Trajectory and Mechatronics Engineering)
“Model Predictive Controller Weight
Generation During Laser Directed
Tuning and Real-Time Learning- Jones, Joshua Taylor (Mechanical
Energy Deposition via Powder
Based Weight Selection” and Mechatronics Engineering)
Feeding”
Sun, Chen (Mechanical and Kamalpreet Kaur (Mechanical
Khamooshi, Mobin (Mechanical
Mechatronics Engineering) and Mechatronics Engineering -
and Mechatronics Engineering)
“Operational Design Domain Nanotechnology)
“Cooperative Vehicle Perception
Monitoring and Augmentation
and Localization Using Khan, Muhammad Fasahat
for Autonomous Driving”
Infrastructure-Based Sensor Nodes” (Mechanical and Mechatronics
Engineering)

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Li, Joey Zheqiang (Mechanical and Chang, Luke (Mechanical and Sidhu, Manrajjit Singh (Mechanical
Mechatronics Engineering) Mechatronics Engineering) and Mechatronics Engineering)
Li, Lanyu (Mechanical and Chen, Lingfei (Mechanical and Thallani Kamalaksha, Suman Kumar
Mechatronics Engineering) Mechatronics Engineering) (Mechanical and Mechatronics
Engineering)
Lim, Mark (Mechanical and Chougule, Sanketh (Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering) Mechatronics Engineering) Wadhawan, Arjun (Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering)
MacCallum, Ben (Mechanical and DAK, RAHULKUMAR SURESHCHANDRA
Mechatronics Engineering) (Mechanical and Mechatronics Wang, Chenyu (Mechanical and
Engineering) Mechatronics Engineering)
Mahdi, Anas (Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering) Ding, Liping (Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering)
Mao, Ningyue (Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering) Elankannan, Chandrasekar
GRADUATE DIPLOMA
(Mechanical and Mechatronics Arslan, Sheikh Muhammad (Green
Mostafa, Kareem Ahmed
Engineering) Energy)
WafaaEldeen Ahmed Sedky
(Mechanical and Mechatronics Keshri, Nitish (Mechanical and Bhanushali, Adarsh Anilbhai
Engineering) Mechatronics Engineering) (Design Engineering – Co-operative
Program)
Nagorski, Michael Christopher Kocher, Tyler James (Mechanical
(Mechanical and Mechatronics and Mechatronics Engineering) Chang, Luke (Fire Safety)
Engineering) Chougule, Sanketh (Design
LI, Yanhui (Mechanical and
Pastula, Christopher (Mechanical Mechatronics Engineering) Engineering – Co-operative Program)
and Mechatronics Engineering) DAK, RAHULKUMAR SURESHCHANDRA
Malik, Taha (Mechanical and
Patel, Meet (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering – (Green Energy)
Mechatronics Engineering) Co-operative Program) Keshri, Nitish (Design Engineering –
Song, Shiyuan (Mechanical and Manohar, Ajay Krishna (Mechanical Co-operative Program)
Mechatronics Engineering) and Mechatronics Engineering) Kocher, Tyler James (Fire Safety)
Srinivaasappa Indira, Raj Arjun Marino, Anthony John (Mechanical Manohar, Ajay Krishna (Design
(Mechanical and Mechatronics and Mechatronics Engineering) Engineering – Co-operative Program)
Engineering) Navdeep, Navdeep (Mechanical Marino, Anthony John (Design
Stewart, Curtis Vinai (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering) Engineering – Co-operative Program)
and Mechatronics Engineering) Nedumaran, Kishore (Mechanical Navdeep, Navdeep (Design
Stothart, Alexander (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering) Engineering – Co-operative Program)
and Mechatronics Engineering) Nwokotubo, Malcolm Ugochukwu Nedumaran, Kishore (Design
Thibault, William Charles (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering – Co-operative Program)
(Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering – Co-operative Program)
Nwokotubo, Malcolm Ugochukwu
Engineering) Pai, Prajwal Prakash (Mechanical (Green Energy)
Tolofari, Tamuno-Ibim (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering)
Pai, Prajwal Prakash (Design
and Mechatronics Engineering) Pai Lotliker, Aaditya (Mechanical Engineering)
Wei, Wei (Mechanical and and Mechatronics Engineering)
Pai Lotliker, Aaditya (Green Energy)
Mechatronics Engineering - Pervez, Ibtehaj (Mechanical and
Nanotechnology) Pillai, Pranav Balachandran
Mechatronics Engineering)
(Design Engineering – Co-operative
Xia, Yuwei (Mechanical and Pillai, Pranav Balachandran Program)
Mechatronics Engineering) (Mechanical and Mechatronics
Rahmani, Reza (Green Energy)
Yuan, Shuying (Mechanical and Engineering)
Mechatronics Engineering) Roy, Roshan (Green Energy)
Rahmani, Reza (Mechanical and
Zhou, Jansen (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering) Shah, Jinesh Atulbhai (Design
Mechatronics Engineering) Roy, Roshan (Mechanical and Engineering – Co-operative Program)
Zhou, Yongzan (Mechanical Mechatronics Engineering) Shah, Shivangi Jayrajbhai (Design
and Mechatronics Engineering - Shah, Jinesh Atulbhai (Mechanical Engineering – Co-operative Program)
Nanotechnology) and Mechatronics Engineering) Shrestha, Bhimsen (Green Energy)
Shah, Nisarg Umang (Mechanical Thallani Kamalaksha, Suman Kumar
and Mechatronics Engineering) (Design Engineering – Co-operative
MASTER OF ENGINEERING Program)
Shah, Shivangi Jayrajbhai
Arslan, Sheikh Muhammad
(Mechanical and Mechatronics Wadhawan, Arjun (Design
(Mechanical and Mechatronics
Engineering) Engineering – Co-operative Program)
Engineering)
Shah, Tejas Prakash (Mechanical
Bhanushali, Adarsh Anilbhai
and Mechatronics Engineering)
(Mechanical and Mechatronics
Engineering) Shrestha, Bhimsen (Mechanical and
Mechatronics Engineering)

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Undergraduate Degrees
BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE Chen, Yang Jia, Chengyu *
Chen See, Benjamin Luke * Johanna, Sarah (Management
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Sciences Option) *
Chow, Adrian Hei Tung (Artificial
Abidi, Syed Mohammed Waqar
Intelligence Option) * Joseph, Evan Rea (Welding and
(Computing Option)
Chow, Ning Kelly * Joining Specialization) *
Adriano, Annroneth (Computing
Kagaya, Michiyo *†
Option) * Chu, William (Management Sciences
Option) Kalia, Nikhila (Entrepreneurship
Akpata, Ephraim Etinosa
Minor) *
Cojocar, Thomas Edward
Al-Joundi, Kadin Peter *
Curran, Jack Patrick (Welding and Karunaratne, Dinil Demetrius Perera *
Allen, Nathan Collin *
Joining Specialization) * Keating, Lauren Louise *†
Andary, Michael Christopher *
Dang, Jingwei (Management Kenjic, Nikola (Welding and Joining
Annosantini, Adam Stuart Sante Sciences Option) * Specialization) *
(Mechatronics Option) *
Davla, Shikhar * Kenneweg, Christopher James *†
Antoniades, Peter Anthony *
Dawson, Hugh Munroe (Physical Khadra, Hadi *
Aruchunan, Prasanthan Sciences Option)
Khan, Tahmid Ahmed
Assad, David Sameh * Deol, Harsukh Kaur *
Kim, Jae Hyung
Ayala Delgado, Armando Alexander Desai, Param *
Kim, Tae Hun *
Baranoski, Gabriel Euzebio Chirico Ding, Yusen
Kishorchandra, Ankitha
Barrington, Kyle Maxwell * Domaratzki, Samuel Peter *
Klarer, Connor James *
Barry, Veronica Juliet-Marie Dondertman, Lucas Emil *
Knibutat, Carly Alexandria
(Welding and Joining Specialization)
Dsouza, Snehal Ashlyn (Software Engineering Option) *
Beazley, Benjamin James
Duan, Rui Jia *† Kremer, Shannon Kristina *†
(Mechatronics Option)
Dunk, Benjamin Keith * Kuo, Varun Fu-Han *
Bhattacharya, Ardhendu Shekhar *†
El Khayri, Hicham * Laddaran, Alexsa Mae Cabisudo *
Bian, Zhen Bo *†
Embleton, Andrew Marc (Welding Lakhani, Ayaan Aly *
Boarder-Allen, Justin (Welding and
and Joining Specialization)
Joining Specialization) * Lalancette, Gabriel (Welding and
Fehr, Sylvia Breanne Joining Specialization)
Bolt, Collin Gerald (Environmental
Engineering Option) * Fernandez, Natalie Anne * Lalani, Rakeen
Bonner-Stanley, Justis Andrew Fletcher, Jacob Austin * Lecaj, Burim
Nathanial Fung, Adam Freeman Lee, Sanford *
Bradski, Simcha Rost * Gervais, Tristan Pierre * Lee, Seungjae *
Bruulsema, Timothy (Welding and Ghosh, Rapti Lew, Ryan Alexander *
Joining Specialization) *
Gibbs, Hannah Jane * Li, Jia Hong
Bunkheila, Jihad (Computing
Option) * Gurhale, Saurav Laxmikant Li, Larry *

Callam, Andrew Duncan * Hafeez, Saif Imran Li, Lin *

Canavan, James Spencer (Welding Hakim, Fawaz Suhail *† Li, Yu Rong *


and Joining Specialization) Han, Dong Gyu Li, Yuhao (Management Sciences
Cao, Lisa Hassanali, Hussein Option) *

Carreno-Molina, Oscar Manuel * Hergott, Megan Rita Liao, Kaiwen *†

Chai, Solomon Sanghyun Hole, Laura Christine * Liebenberg, Anna Brynn


(Computing Option) * (Biomechanics Option) *
Hu, Xingyu (Biomechanics Option) *
Chan, Billy Ngai Hun Liew, Shan-Sam (Artificial
Huang, Ningwei * Intelligence Option) *
Chateauneuf, Jacob Douglas *†
Hussein, Sana Liu, Eldon Sheng-Qian
Chaudhry, Jazab (Computing (Management Sciences Option)
Ingriselli, Daniel Igino *†
Option)
Jain, Dhruv Sandeep Liu, Geoffrey Jianfei *†
Chaytor, Duncan Llewellyn *
Jeyaganeshan, Nisha * Liu, Hairan

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

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Liu, Kimberly Kim Yen *† Randall, William Huey Gray Wey, Tze Sheun Vincent *
Looi, Horace Ingram (Management Ravani, Attilio *† Wong, Victor Hsiang-Yu
Sciences Option) *† Ren, Chenglong * Wren, Malcolm Isaac *
Luyt, Noah Forrest Saini, Ishan Wright, Toluwalope Oreoluwa David
Lydon, Daniel James (Welding and (Management Sciences Option)
Sarathchandran, Advika *
Joining Specialization)
Sarim, Muhammad *† Yang, Shi Jing
Majeed, Abdullah *
Schlotzhauer, Theodore Percy *† Yoo, Seungwoo
Malik, Gagan (Physical Sciences
Schneider, Alec John Mitchell You, Gary *†
Option) *†
(Welding and Joining Specialization) Yu, Yao
Manboadh, Kristal
Schwartzel, Daniel Michael Zaman, Fardeen Tausif
Mansy, Chris *
Sellner, Kevin George * (Mechatronics Option)
Marinakos, Apostolos Elias
Selvarasa, Kaarusan * Zhang, Andrew Changan
Marwari, Shray * (Mechatronics Option) *
Selvarasa, Kaurisan (Mechatronics
Masak, Conrad Ryan (Welding and Zhao, Hanqi *
Option) *
Joining Specialization) *
Shah, Grishma (Welding and Zhao, Nina Ranran
Mathivannan, Keerthigan * Joining Specialization/Management Zhou, Jim Tong *
Mehra, Shreshth (Mechatronics Sciences Option)
Option) * Shahid, Sahifa * MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
Metzger, Jeremy Dillon Bauman *† Agrahari, Abhinav *†
Shamsee, Ahsan Navaid
Miclăus‚, Alex-George (Mechatronics Ahamed, Kamran Karim *
Shaw, Joshua Allister Hiram *†
Option) * Alnader, Hashem (Artificial
Singh, Lovepreet *† Intelligence Option)
Miglani, Radhika *
Singh, Nikhil * Atif, Hunnain (Management
Milek, Stephen Del Grosso *
Singh, Shawn Rohan * Sciences Option, Computing Option) *
Min, Shuangrun (Life Sciences
Option) *† Sokic, Luka Michael (Biomechanics Bai, Tonghe (Artificial Intelligence
Option) *† Option) *
Moore, Emily Julia *
Song, Xianyu Baksh, Aidan Khaleel *†
Mozaffari, Michael *
Suherli, Shaela Brigitta * Banwait, Gursimmer (Artificial
Nakka, Paul Raju * Intelligence Option) *
Sullivan, Robert Miles *†
Naud, Martin Forrest *† Baribeau, Julia Nicole Nixon *
Tai, Felix Si Yuan
Ng, Tiffany (Computing Option) * Barlow, Andrew James (Artificial
Tan, Ryan
Nguyen, Mai Khanh Intelligence Option) *†
Tanary, Ryan (Mechatronics Option)
Obermayer, Mackenzie Carol Bearne, Christopher Lewis Hiroshi
(Biomechanics Option) * Thurairajah, Kaveeshan Akan (Biomechanics Option) *
(Physics Minor) *
Ong, Ivanseth Solis *† Bhatt, Shivam
Tiesma, Frederick Harrison Akira *†
Opeoluwa-Calebs, Oluwatofolafun Bird, Joshua Robert (Artificial
Damilola (Mechatronics Option) Tran, Kenton Intelligence Option) *†
Park, Jung-Eun Erica *† Tran, Tommy Black, Micah Jonathan *
Patel, Karan * van Huuksloot, Erin Alexandra Blake, Leif (Physics Minor) *
Patel, Manan Diptesh * Vance, Kodey Lloyd * Blatt, Joshua Alexandor (Computing
Waldner Khan, Thomas Andrew Option) *
Patel, Mann *
Wallace, Mark Elliott (Welding and Borromeo, Joseph Anthony *
Patel, Vaibhav Nilesh
Joining Specialization) Brett, Caleb Ian
Pereira, Zeeshan Rafiq
Walli-Attaei, Aaron (Management Broekhoven, Derek Louis
Pincus, Bennett J
Sciences Option) *
Cai, Charlie *
Poon, Bryan Chi-Ho
Wang, Edward *
Castro Lozano, Jorge Enrique
Poon, Julian Ho Yin (Management
Wang, Justin Fangzhi
Sciences Option) * Chakma, Andrea (Management
Wang, Lei * Sciences Option, Computing Option) *
Qian, Wenduo *
Wang, Rui Qin (Management Chau, Mackenzie Brian
Qin, Kathy *
Sciences Option) *
Chauhan, Advait Singh *
Quijano, Timothy Lorenz Liboro
Watson, Scott Tong *
Chen, Michael
Qureshi, Ayman Khalid
Werbowski, Drew Michael *†
Chiang, Eric Shun-Li *
Raina, Tejant Singh (Mechatronics
Westrik, Spencer John *
Option) Cho, Avery Ye-Jin *†

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

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Cho, Seonghan Ju, Jerry Tian Jian (Computing Murugathas, Thamilmaaran *†
Clark, Liam Edward Option) * Naik, Sameeksha *
Cui, Yuanlong * Kamal, Ahmad Nabil Yousef *† Nanji, Azum *
Dao, Eric-Khang Tan * Khan, Riyad Rafiq * Nasello, Michael Laurent *
Darhan, Harsimran Singh Khan, Wohsumoe Soyazhe Navalyal, Suchir *
(Computing Option) *†
Dawda, Hetal Bharat (Biomechanics Neliba, Kamila (Computing Option) *
Option) * Kim, Ihn Hwan *†
Nicholls-Harrison, Robert Benjamin
del Rosso, Matthew Anthony * Kim, Ryun * (Management Sciences Option)
Dellosa, Joshua Raymund *† Kim, Youngbin * Niu, Longchen (Physical Sciences
Diao, Ziyang * Kirton, Chad Anthony Cavour Option) *

Divecha, Keahn Rushad * Kitaev, Alexander *† Noia, Vanessa Sykiotis

Docker, Colin Alexander * Klassen, Nathan Daniel Steinmann * Ohayon, Sasha Armand *

Doria, Luke Domenic *† Kletke, Dawson Walker * O’Leary, Elijah Jacob David *

Drew, Elizabeth Margaret * Lai, Frank Yifeng * Palayew, Steven Ryan (Computing
Option) *
Du, Rachel * Lam, Adrian Chun Wing (Computing
Option) * Pandey, Keshav Dutt
Faryna, Daniel
Le, Jane Parikh, Neil
Fearon, Joshua
Le, Tuan Quang Minh * Park, Junha *
Feng, Ji Yuan (Artificial Intelligence
Option) * Lee, Chun Hei Jeffrey (Artificial Patel, Dhruv Pramodkumar *
Intelligence Option) *†
Fisher, Charles Randolph Patel, Nimit Jaideep *
Lee, David
(Computing Option) *† Patel, Sohun
Gallant, Trevor Jason Lee, Eric Younghoon *
Patel, Vrut Maheshkumar *
Gans, Ariel * Lee, Kaitlyn Victoria (Computing
Pathak, Anoushka
Option) *
Gencher, Matthew Evan * Picozzi, Matthew Thomas
Leung, Daniel J *
Ghosh, Ayush (Artificial Intelligence (Management Sciences Option) *†
Li, Junsong
Option) *† Piirsalu, Jacob Caleb (Artificial
Gillespie-Friesen, Noah Lin, James Jiayan Intelligence Option) *

Gopaul, Kavir Darron (Management Liu, George Yilong * Pistek, Urban *


Sciences Option) * Liu, Shu Yan *† Policelli, Dylan Nicholas *
Gupta, Nihit (Computing Option) * Lumibao, John Michael * Rahman, Parizeh Asaf
Gupta, Tushar Ma, Wei Min * Ramon Gaona, Ana Paula
Han, Daeun (Computing Option) * Mali, Aashmika * (Biomechanics Option, Management
Sciences Option) *
Hao, Brandon Manani, Dhruv (Artificial Intelligence
Option) *† Ray, Krishn Kiran Joshi *
Hari, Shyam Siddharth *
Manley, Thomas Allan Major Reda, Younes *
Hariharan, Saharsh
Manohara, Nirosh * Reza, Syed Fayyad Ali
Harrington, Ryan John *
Manoj Kumar, Kiran (Computing Rong, Zheng *
Hashi, Laila
Option) * Sabri, Faisal (Computing Option) *
He, Jason Jiachen *
Mathiarasu, Ganesh Krishna Sarwar, Sana *
Hernandez, David Lorenzo *† (Computing Option) *
Schnapp, Benjamin David (Artificial
Hillcoat, Sophie Rachel *† Mears, Zachariah Henry Howden *† Intelligence Option) *
Hsu, Selina * Mehta, Jainish Manojkumar Senthilkumar, Rajkumar
Hu, Chu Qing (Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Option) * (Biomechanics Option) *
Option) * Mei, Caitlyn * Shahriar, Fahim
Huang, Jimmy Ximing * Minhas, Pritika (Computing Option) * Shahriar, Shafin (Management
Huynh, Vu Julian Hoa-Chau Mittal, Ayush (Artificial Intelligence Sciences Option)
(Computing Option) * Option, Computing Option) * Shaju, Nick *
Hyeun, Jeesup (Software Moffett-Steinke, Kaelan Shane Sharma, Sakshi
Engineering Option) * (Computing Option)
Shayaan, Syed Muhammad *
Itua, Itohansose. Elaine (Artificial Mok, Gabriel Nicholas
Intelligence Option) Shin, Donghoon (Software
Mourcos, Andrew (Computing Engineering Option) *
Jain, Prashuk Option) *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

22 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


Shivakumar, Yathindra (Artificial Yu, Jason Da Wei (Artificial
Intelligence Option) *† Intelligence Option) *
Sivakaran, Thanushon (Computing Yu, Xinyue (Artificial Intelligence
Option) *† Option) *†
Skarica, Stephanie Thalen Zanker, Teva *
(Computing Option) *† Zaryab, Mahad (Computing Option) *†
Srivastava, Ankit Jagdish Zhang, Mu En (Artificial Intelligence
Steiner, Emily Anne (Computing Option) *
Option) *† Zhao, Yuchi *
Sullivan, Christina Lee * Zheng, Huanpeng *
Tam, Kendra Kum-Pui (Computing Zhou, Haoyu *
Option – Visual Culture in a Global
Context Minor) * Zwiebel, Joshua Jack (Artificial
Intelligence Option) *
Tam, Kyle Michael Jiu-Zhi *
Tamrakar, Suyog *
Tan, Zhuohua (Management CERTIFICATE IN CO-OPERATIVE
Sciences Option) * EDUCATION IN RESEARCH
Tang, Lyndon Elliot *† Annosantini, Adam Stuart Sante
Terisno, Lania Philia (Management
Sciences Option) *
Thiessen, Natalie Nicole Brawn * CERTIFICATE IN
Tims, Nigel * GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
Itua, ItohansosẹElaine
Tiou-Fat, Jason Eric Haoshan
(Software Engineering Option) *
Tipold, Glenn Masao *
Tran, Celine Yen Phuong
(Management Sciences Option,
Computing Option) *
Trehan, Aryan (Artificial Intelligence
Option) *†
Truong, Ian *
Unrau, Joshua Paul
Vijikaran, Gobishan (Management
Sciences Option, Computing Option) *
Von Friedl, Kathrine Elizabeth *
Vora, Hanz Jitendra (Computing
Option) *†
Walia, Kunal (Artificial Intelligence
Option) *
Wang, Bill
Wang, Siyi *
White, David Daniel *
White, James Clermont Christopher
Montana *
Windhaus, Brian Anthony *
Winter, Maximillian Thomas
Wong, Felix KaHin (Management
Sciences Option) *†
Wong, Jillian Claire *
Wong, Yanni Chun Yen *
Wu, Peixin *
Wu, Xiaofei *†
Wu, Zewen *†
Xiao, George

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 23


SATURDAY

MORNING
CEREMONY
Degrees and diplomas from:

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Graduate Degrees
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Khan, Asif Abdullah (Electrical Vera Solorzano, Enrique Gabriel
and Computer Engineering) (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Ahmadloo, Fatemeh (Electrical
“High-Performance Piezoelectric “Planning of Multi-Microgrids
and Computer Engineering)
Nanogenerators Based on Hybrid Considering Uncertainties and
“Control Loop Interactions and
Perovskite Nanomaterials for Spatial Characteristics”
Their Mitigation Schemes in
Energy-Harvesting”
VSC-HVDC Systems” Wang, Siyi (Electrical and Computer
Li, Zhuoran (Electrical and Engineering - Nanotechnology)
Alsharman, Mohammad Khaled
Computer Engineering) “Thermal Dynamic Imaging and
(Electrical and Computer
“Visual Content Characterization Thermal Management for Quantum
Engineering)
Based on Encoding Rate-Distortion Cascade Lasers”
“Towards Learning Feasible
Analysis”
Hierarchical Decision-Making Xue, Liang (Electrical and Computer
Policies in Urban Autonomous Mao, Chunyu (Electrical and Engineering)
Driving” Computer Engineering) “Privacy-Preserving and
“Scaling Permissioned Blockchains Regulation-Enabled Mechanisms
Barbosa de Queiroz, Rodrigo
via Sharding” for Blockchain-Based Financial
(Electrical and Computer
Matar, Amr Salaheldin Hashem Services”
Engineering)
“Scenario Modeling and Execution (Electrical and Computer Yazdani, Farzad (Electrical and
for Simulation Testing of Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Automated-Driving Systems” “Resource and Interference “Investigations Into Impedance
Management in UAV-Cellular Tuners for the Next Generation of
Córdova Sota, Samuel Alejandro
Network” Communication Systems”
(Electrical and Computer
Engineering) Miyoshi, Teppei (Electrical and
“Operation of Microgrids with Computer Engineering)
Conventional and Virtual Energy “Theoretical Studies on Terahertz MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Storage Systems” Quantum Cascade Lasers for Device Abdelkareem, Youssef Abdelrahman
Design Guideline” Fathi Ahmed (Electrical and
Devadiga, Anurag Anand (Electrical
and Computer Engineering) Parsapour, Mahsa (Electrical Computer Engineering)
“Analysis of Transformer Insulation and Computer Engineering) Aghamohammadi, Hamid (Electrical
Under High-Frequency Transients” “Understanding Feedforward and Computer Engineering)
Feedback Controller Components
Fouladi Azarnaminy, Arash Alam, Nova (Electrical and
In Human Movement Through
(Electrical and Computer Computer Engineering)
Optimization-Based Approaches”
Engineering)
Peralta Moarry, Dario Andres Azizi, Negin (Electrical and
“High-Performance Reconfigurable
Computer Engineering)
Piezoelectric Resonators and Filters (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
for RF Frontend Applications” “Modeling and Operation of Ground Ba Raean, Saleh Mohammed Salem
Source Heat Pumps in Electricity (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Gul M Khan, Omniyah (Electrical
Markets Considering Uncertainty”
and Computer Engineering) Bahlmann, Andrew Richard
“Congestion Management in Active Pil Ali, Abdollah (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Distribution Networks and its Cyber Computer Engineering) Barkhordar-pour, Hoda (Electrical
Security” “Grating Technology and System and Computer Engineering)
Development for High-Resolution
Hussein, Abdalla Mohamed Bastarache, Jean-Luc (Electrical
X-Ray Phase-Contrast Imaging”
Abdelaziz Mahmoud (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering) Stangherlin, Kleber Hugo (Electrical
“Operating Multi-User Transmission and Computer Engineering) Cai, Yifan (Electrical and Computer
for 5G and Beyond Cellular Systems” “Secure and Unclonable Integrated Engineering)
Circuits” Cai, Zhiping (Electrical and
Jarrar, Ibrahim Marwan Mousa
(Electrical and Computer Tekcan, Burak (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Engineering) Computer Engineering) Cerkauskas, Cyrus Xu (Electrical
“A Study on Turn-to-Turn Insulation “III-V Semiconductor Nanowire Array and Computer Engineering)
of Medium Voltage Motors Fed Avalanche Photodiodes”
Dempster, Rowan (Electrical and
by Variable Frequency Drives” Van Kasteren, Bradley Edward Computer Engineering)
Khaira, Navjot Kaur (Electrical (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
“Emerging Semiconductor Elghalhoud, Omar Mahmoud Rida
and Computer Engineering)
Nanostructure Materials for Abdulrahman (Electrical and
“Reconfigurable Cryogenic
Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes” Computer Engineering)
Microwave Devices Using Low
Temperature Superconducting Fardno, Fatemeh (Electrical and
rf-SQUIDs” Computer Engineering)

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 25


Gao, Zehan (Electrical and MASTER OF ENGINEERING Chauhan, Vivek (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Divya (Electrical and Computer
Gu, Zhao (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Cheng, Ruilin (Electrical and
Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Aggarwal, Adish (Electrical and
He, Ziran (Electrical and Computer Computer Engineering) Chopra, Kritika (Electrical and
Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Aggarwal, Tanvi (Electrical and
Houk, Anna Maria (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Chopra, Vimanyu (Electrical and
Computer Engineering - Quantum Computer Engineering)
Agrawal, Sheena (Electrical and
Information) Deshpande, Vaishnavi Amod
Computer Engineering)
Huang, Fangzheng (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Allahabadi, Hina (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Dhole, Shraddha Digambar
Jha, Piyush (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Alotary, Abdulrahman (Electrical
Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering) Dong, Tingcen (Electrical and
Jin, Huixin (Electrical and Computer Computer Engineering)
Amiri, Tahereh (Electrical and
Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Fan, Zekun (Electrical and Computer
Jodhka, Tejasvi Singh (Electrical Engineering)
An, Di (Electrical and Computer
and Computer Engineering)
Engineering) Feroz, Saad (Electrical and
Kananian, Pouya (Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electric
Ansari, Areeb Ullah (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Power Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Klashtorny, Artem (Electrical and Gao, Zhiyue (Electrical and
Arulselvam, Sahithyaa (Electrical
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering)
Lakhani, Ahmad (Electrical and Geng, Xiaoshuai (Electrical and
Arumugam, Shanthi Meena
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
(Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Lee, Hurn Ook (Electrical and Geng, Zhuliang (Electrical and
Bachani, Juhi Vasudev (Electrical
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering)
Li, Chao (Electrical and Computer Gong, Zhen (Electrical and
Baillie, Katherine (Electrical and
Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Lin, Shizhe (Electrical and Computer Gore, Ritika Shantaram (Electrical
Bal, Subham Biswajit (Electrical and
Engineering) and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Long, Guofei (Electrical and Computer Gossain, Hardik (Electrical and
Baladhandapani, Aswathy
Engineering - Nanotechnology) Computer Engineering)
(Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Ma, Haien (Electrical and Computer Guntimadugu, Suraj Raju (Electrical
Baluja, Swapnil (Electrical and
Engineering) and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Nooruddin, Sheikh (Electrical and Guo, Chen (Electrical and Computer
Baskaran, Poojitha (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Priana, Farhana Hossain (Electrical GUPTA, SHUBHANKI (Electrical and
Batra, Sushant (Electrical and
and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Robitaille, Marcel Joseph (Electrical Hao, Sheng (Electrical and
Batta, Prikshit (Electrical and
and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Sabour, Negar (Electrical and Hara, Bipinjot Kaur (Electrical and
Bhatia, Rubani (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Saha, Soumyadeep (Electrical Hoskin, David John (Electrical and
Bisen, Mimansa (Electrical and
and Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Nanotechnology)
Huang, Chenxin (Electrical and
Bobbiti, Shreya Reddy (Electrical
Schmidt, Lukas Fridolin (Electrical Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering)
Huang, Xin (Electrical and Computer
Borole, Sanket Subhash (Electrical
Tang, Xikai (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering)
Engineering)
Indarapu, Abhinav (Electrical and
Bremner, Eric (Electrical and
Tao, Liran (Electrical and Computer Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Engineering)
Iqbal, Azza (Electrical and
Burt, Michael Jared (Electrical and
Theivendran, Karthikan (Electrical Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering - Electric
and Computer Engineering)
Power Engineering) Ishleen, Ishleen (Electrical and
Wang, Jun (Electrical and Computer Computer Engineering)
Cao, Jingtao (Electrical and
Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Islam, Akib (Electrical and Computer
Yigzaw, Samuel Mulatu (Electrical Engineering)
Chang, Xinyi (Electrical and
and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering - Electric Jain, Charvi (Electrical and
Zhou, Xiang (Electrical and Power Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)

26 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


Jain, Priyanka (Electrical and Luo, Xuechen (Electrical and Perichiappan, Swetha Perial
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering) (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Jin, Kangwei (Electrical and Luong, Brian (Electrical and Piguing, Paolo Cristopher Mapa
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering) (Electrical and Computer Engineering -
Electric Power Engineering)
Jolly, Harpreet (Electrical and Mahajan, Tejaswini (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering) Potnis, Sagar Sanjeev (Electrical
and Computer Engineering)
Kakkar, Snigdha (Electrical and Mehta, Dharaben Mineshkumar
Computer Engineering) (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Prajapati, Chinmay Bakuleshkumar
(Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Kalakkadu Bhaskaran, Sai Meshram, Falgun Dnyanendra
Abhishek (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Qaiser, Rameesha (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Mistry, Heli (Electrical and Computer
Kanchanakuntla, Sindhuja Engineering) Ramesh, Sujitha (Electrical and
(Electrical and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Mo, Xiaoxue (Electrical and
Kaswan, Kashish (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Ratmono, Abdul-Halim Budi Santoso
Computer Engineering) (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Mody, Krutik Mukesh (Electrical and
Kaur, Harsimran (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Ren, Chendi (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering - Electric
Mohammed, Abdul Sadiq (Electrical
Power Engineering)
Kaushik, Parnika (Electrical and and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Ruan, Ziming (Electrical and
Mohammed, Khaja Amir Kafeel
Computer Engineering)
Khurana, Hitesh (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Samaha, Edmond (Electrical and
Mohammed, Suhail Tharappel
Computer Engineering)
Khwaja, Sarah Waheed (Electrical (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering) Momin, Arshad Mohammed Shafi Samanta, Rumna (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
KOTHURI, SRI TARUN (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Mostafa, Omar Walid Ahmed Ahmed Sandhu, Navjot Singh (Electrical
and Computer Engineering)
Laad, Uditya Uday (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Muppavarapu, Venkata Akhil Sasidharan, Vijiithaa (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Latne, Tejas Girish (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Murali, Vidhya (Electrical and Satheesh, Premchander (Electrical
and Computer Engineering)
Lenos, Jared Nikolai (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Naeem, Muhammad Osama Shah, Juhi Parag (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Li, Fengyan (Electrical and (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering) Naik, Harmin Kartik (Electrical and Shaheer, Mudabir (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Li, Jin (Electrical and Computer Computer Engineering)
Engineering - Electric Power Nambiar, Shrenik (Electrical and Shahpar, Bahareh (Electrical and
Engineering) Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Li, Mingyue (Electrical and Oahimire, Princess Gloria (Electrical Sharma, Aditya (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Li, Xiaoke (Electrical and Computer Panara, Jay (Electrical and Sharma, Himalaya (Electrical and
Engineering) Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Li, Xinyang (Electrical and Computer Pang, Chen (Electrical and Sharma, Rahul (Electrical and
Engineering) Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Li, Yang (Electrical and Computer Parikh, Dhrumilkumar Sandipkumar Shi, Anyi (Electrical and Computer
Engineering) (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Engineering)
Li, Ziyue (Electrical and Computer Patel, Dhairya Ajitkumar (Electrical Shi, Hongyi (Electrical and Computer
Engineering) and Computer Engineering) Engineering)
Lin, Yanhao (Electrical and Patel, Nagma Salimbhai (Electrical Singh, Amolpreet (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Lin, Zhen Rui (Electrical and Patel, Parth NITINBHAI (Electrical Singh, Gursahib (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Lingamsetty, Naga Yoshita Patel, Parth Bhadreshkumar Singh, Karanjot (Electrical and
(Electrical and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
(Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Liu, Aiyuan (Electrical and Computer Singh, Navneet Ishan (Electrical
Patel, Rishi Atul (Electrical and
Engineering) and Computer Engineering)
Computer Engineering)
Liu, Yuheng (Electrical and Singh, Ravideep (Electrical and
Patel, Riya Jitendrakumar (Electrical
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering)
Liu, Zihan (Electrical and Computer Singh, Sumati (Electrical and
Patel, Yash Ketanbhai (Electrical
Engineering) Computer Engineering)
and Computer Engineering)

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 27


Sivaraman, Sriram (Electrical and Xie, Kunyang (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Song, Haoran (Electrical and Xu, Shuoni (Electrical and Computer
Computer Engineering) Engineering)
Song, Hongyao (Electrical and Xu, Xiaodong (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Song, Qian (Electrical and Computer Yang, Bai (Electrical and Computer
Engineering) Engineering)
Sun, Qiyang (Electrical and Yang, Kaihua (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Sun, Shaowei (Electrical and Ye, Sitong (Electrical and Computer
Computer Engineering) Engineering)
Sun, Yuan (Electrical and Computer Yuan, Runze (Electrical and
Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Suresh, Vidya Shree (Electrical and Zafar, Laeeq (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Suryanarayan, Shridhar (Electrical Zanzarukiya, Abhi Rajendra
and Computer Engineering) (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Talaviya, Niravkumar Vinubhai Zhan, Chengzheng (Electrical and
(Electrical and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Taneja, Mukul (Electrical and Zhang, FengQi (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Taneja, Sunidhi (Electrical and Zhang, Hanzhe (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Tao, Yuan (Electrical and Computer Zhang, Mingrui (Electrical and
Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Teli, Mrunal (Electrical and Zhao, Fengnian (Electrical and
Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Thayyil, Gopishankar (Electrical Zhou, Zihang (Electrical and
and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
TINGRE, OMKAR SATISH (Electrical Zhu, Yifan (Electrical and Computer
and Computer Engineering) Engineering)
Torcato, Shannon Bosco Francis Zuo, Siyuan (Electrical and
(Electrical and Computer Engineering) Computer Engineering)
Uttarwar, Priyanka Chandrakant
(Electrical and Computer Engineering)
VADALIA, SHYAM KIRITKUMAR
GRADUATE DIPLOMA
(Electrical and Computer Engineering) Lenos, Jared Nikolai (Software
Engineering)
Vaniya, Hardik Ravajibhai (Electrical
and Computer Engineering)
Vashishth, Adi (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Wan, Yulin (Electrical and Computer
Engineering)
Wang, Haoran (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Wang, Herong (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Wang, Lei (Electrical and Computer
Engineering)
Wang, Yihan (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Wang, Yutong (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)
Watchi Hayek, Maher (Electrical
and Computer Engineering)
Wu, Kunyuan (Electrical and
Computer Engineering)

28 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


Undergraduate Degrees

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE Dahiya, Karan * Ju, Haoyang *†


Datta, Aurchon * Kabir, Nikita
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
De Luca, Anthony Natale * Katugaha, Sathira Govindunath *
Academia, Raphael Buenviaje *
De Souza, Shimona (Management Khan, Ansar Zunnoon *†
Achimescu, Anda Adriana *
Sciences Option) *
Khan, Muhammad Ayan *
Acosta, Jesse Guillermo *
Demirel, Omer Faruk *
Khan, Salmaan (Economics Minor) *†
Aggarwal, Dhruv
Deol, Kawalpreet
Khanna, Yug *
Aguilar, Santiago *†
Ding, Wen Qi *
Khardenavis, Yuvika *†
Ahmed, Faduma Mahad *
Du, Rui Fei
Khattak, Saifuddin *†
Alam, Muhammad Hamza
Dullaert, Ryan Rumeng Xie (Artificial
Khurana, Tanmay *
Anton, Satyaana Intelligence Option) *
Kim, Daniel Byungha *
Arakcheev, Daniel * Ekundayo, Isemi *
Kim, Kaeun (Artificial Intelligence
Arora, Manbir Singh Emaish, Sultan *
Option) *
Baba, Joanne *† Erathasari, Gautham *
Kim, Sanghun Eric *
Bai, Yingjian Esfarayeni, Nita (Communication
Kluev, Yulia Tamara
Bakker, Braden Gerrit Oldejans and Signal Processing
Specialization) * Kuszmar, Robert *†
(Management Sciences Option) *†
Farlow, Robert William Ladd, Andrew
Banerjee, Arhan
Foster, Aidan Ronald Gordon Lam, Benny Daw Yeong *†
Bao, Leo *
Fourchalk, Patrick George Zung-Wah * Lam, Michael Andrew Jay
Bawa, Arjun (Communication and
Signal Processing Specialization) * Gallant, Morgan Anthony * Lau, Anthony Marcus *†
Beqo, Patrik * Gao, Chen Hao * Lee, Catherine *
Bhardwaj, Kartikeya Janendrakumar * Garcia Moreno, Jesus Francisco * Lei, Grace
Bhatt, Jai Vinish Grewal, Ikamdeep Singh * Li, Chengyang (Statistics Option) *
Bhattacharjee, Siddharth Guo, Si Qi * Li, Chenyang *†
Bhimani, Jawad * Guo, Zheng Hao *† Li, Mervin *
Boote, Trevor Thomas James Haber, Aviv Jesse Dawson *† Li, Ricky Jia Le
Booth, Mitchell David * Han, Gitae Li, Ruo Yu *
Brennan, Kevin Mitchell Gordon Han, Lucy Lu * Li, Shizhen *†
Cai, Catherine Jiahua (Artificial Hartman, Nathan Daniel James *† Li, Wen Hao
Intelligence Option) * Li, William *
He, Alvin Wenjun *
Cai, Yanqi * Li, Yuchuan *
He, Tiantian *†
Chacko, Caleb Thomas * Li, Yuyang
Hem, Emily Socheta *
Chang, Alisa Sara * Lin, Ga-Chun *
Heza, Ayesha
Chen, Alex Chen * Lin, Zhiming
Hodges, Quinn Henry *
Chen, Ze Liang *† Liu, Caroline *
Hopkins, Anthony John Paul Norman *†
Cherney, Cole * Liu, Jason Jie Shen *
Hou, Tianhong *†
Chik, Kevin Chun-Ting Liu, Jing *†
Hsu, Stephanie Cywie *
Chou, Tzu-Chun * Liu, Shuhan *
Hua, Andrew *†
Chowdhury, Nur-E Safwaan Haider Liu, Ted Lamson *†
Hua, Xiaoyun *
Chugh, Ruhani (Artificial Intelligence Liu, Tong *
Huang, Rennie *
Option) *
Hussain, Umar Farooq * Liu, Xialin *†
Chung, Colin Daniel *
Jabbour, Alexander * Liu, Zhe *
Cui, Shurui *
Jiang, Hong Bin * Liu, Ziqian *†
Cunha, Joshua Martins *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 29


Lohtia, Aditi (Management Sciences Rahman, Amio Mahmudur * Wan, Anson
Option) * Rahman, Iram * Wang, Anne *
Lou, Alain Zeyu * Ratnarajah, Nirosh * Wang, Conan *
Loui, Courtney Mui-Sum Rehman, Faizaan Haneef *† Wang, Guanyu
Lu, David Yiduo (Artificial Ren, Andy * Wang, Jiaxi (Management Sciences
Intelligence Option) * Option) *
Roorda, Joshua John Klapwyk *
Lu, Eugene Wang, Sibo *
Ryu, Kyunghan *
Luong, Emily * Wang, Yongkang *
Saha, Puranjoy *
Lyu, Mengze Wei, Jiamou
Sanchez, Sergio *
Ma, Jeff (Artificial Intelligence Wei, Yun Kai *
Option – Psychology Minor) *† Save, Shanay
Wu, Bill *
Maclean, Rian James Sawyer, Michael John Felix *
Wu, Darryl Jiayin *
Maghsoudlou, Kourosh *† Shah, Tayef Mahmud
Wu, Ivas *
Mahmud, Muaaz * Shapkota, Shusil *
Wu, Qianyi
Malik, Yash * Sharma, Madhur Kumar *
Wu, Shuangqi *
Manchanda, Harshit Sharma, Raghav
Wu, Yiru *
Mansoor, Moyez Farook * Shen, Tony
Xia, Raymond *
Mathur, Dhruv * Shi, Emily *
Xiao, Julie Zhu *
Mazza, Dante Shi, Ryan Dingrui *
Xing, Kehan *†
Mehta, Hetansh Nirajkumar Shikder, Efaz Aumee *
Xu, Jintao *†
Miller-Junk, Devon Scott *† Shim, Hyunnam *
Xu, Qiang *
Mistry, Chintan Sureshkumar * Sidhu, Agamjyot Singh
Yan, Simon Zijian *
Monga, Gurubaani Priya Singh, Arnav *
Yang, Haolong *
Naguleswaran, Girujan * Singhal, Siddhant
Yang, Jia Rui *
Natesh, Chandra Kumar Ashish *† Sirimanna, Akash Induwara *†
Ye, Alice (Management Sciences
Nesarajah, Shane Ashanth Siu, Gabriel Christian
Option, Artificial Intelligence Option) *
Ni, Chu Han * Srivatsa, Shreyas *
Ye, James ZiJie
Ni, Quancong Su, Chang
Yin, Ruohao *
Niu, Bryan * Su, Rebecca *†
Yu, Daniel Shanming *
Nogueira Serafim de Araujo, Lucas * Sweet, Connor Seamus (Artificial
Zhang, Enting *
Intelligence Option) *
Pande, Abhijeet (Communication Zhang, Gerald HZ *
and Signal Processing Tang, Darren Chun Ho *
Specialization) * Zhang, Haorui *
Tanveer, Tayyaab *
Panigrahy, Yathartha (Management Zhang, Jianxing *†
Tayal, Anushka (Entrepreneurship
Sciences Option) * Option) * Zhang, Jiarui *†
Parthasarathy, Harish Thukral, Pratham * Zhang, Nicole Jia-Wen *
Patel, Fenilkumar * Tien, Adriene Tin-Sing Zhang, Richard Long
Patel, Rushil Anilkumar * Tirukachi, Manasi * Zhang, Tianyi
Patel, Samarth Vimarshkumar *† Tran, Andrew * Zhang, Yifan
Patel, Samruddha Dhiren * Tse, Kaitlyn Wingyan Zhao, Heng *
Patel, Shyam Udun, Muradil Uygur * Zhao, Jason
Patel, Vishwesh Rohitkumar * Vallejo Cevallos, Steven David Zhao, Pei An *
Pathak, Riya * Van Den Hoven, Daniel Joseph * Zheng, Haochen *
Pattanaik, Satwik * Varone, Dillon Michael * Zhou, Kevin *
Peng, Andrew S * Varriale, Christian Joseph Zhou, Yi Xuan *
Pinto, Kyle Ryan * Vemulapalli, Rupakeerthana * Zhou, Yikai *
Qin, Chenyong (Entrepreneurship Vercillo, Stefan Noah * Zhu, Lixiang *
Option) *
Verma, Naman Zhu, Max *†
Qin, Qin *
Victorkumar, Richmond * Zhuang, Ziyi
Radwan, Khalid Medhat *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

30 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Sookoo, Naveela Nandini
Alant, Johan * (Communication and Signal
Processing Specialization) *†
Aneke, Ojorumi Oluwadamilare *†
Srinivasan, Aditya *
Asan, Feyza Nur (Artificial
Intelligence Option) *† Steblyk, Kateryna Tarasi *

Birbal, Vinai Daryl * Stracovsky, Roy *

Bojcev, Vojdan * Wang, Ningxuan *†

Chambers, Francis Alan Wang, Zizhuo *


(Communication and Signal Wu, Qinying *
Processing Specialization) *
Yu, Shiu-Chung *
Chandan, Kunal
Zaman, Zahin Mohammed (Artificial
Dobre, Florin Daniel *† Intelligence Option) *
Doering, Devinn Joseph *† Zargari, Shadi Saba *
Du, Bingjian *† Zhang, Luqi *†
Fahmy, Yehia * Zhang, Wanting *
Fan, Ziqian (Entrepreneurship Zhang, Xiaofei *
Option)
Fediw, Alexander Stefan
Ganapathy Senthilkumar, Shunethra * CERTIFICATE IN CO-OPERATIVE
Gu, Liufang * EDUCATION IN RESEARCH
Chandan, Kunal
Guarisma, Yrina *†
Liu, Ziqian
Hardy, David Fernando *
Ho, Charmaine *
Hu, Chun-De *
Hu, Dingjie *
Hussain, Ahmad Abrar
Jones, Colin Jonathan Clark *
Joung, Seong Hyeon *
Kakade, Rishikesh
Kochhar, Rohit
Lee, Sandy Yikay *
Li, Yuhai *
Lisk, Branden Alexander *†
Liu, Marley *
Mroczek, Jakub Leonard
(Computing Option) *
Newton, Brian Theodore *
Ouslis, Sebastian Elo *
Overton, Kiersten Ainsley
(Communication and Signal
Processing Specialization) *†
Paquin, Nicholas Alexander *
Paraschuk, Thomas William *
Petersen, Caleb Raymond
Rosehart, Thomas William *
Salahuddin, Jawaad (Artificial
Intelligence Option)
Sharma, Sarvath *
Simard, Audrée *
Singh, Jonathan Bhagwan *
Sood, Rajan

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

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SATURDAY

AFTERNOON
CEREMONY
Degrees and diplomas from:

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Graduate Degrees
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Jubinville, Dylan (Chemical MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Engineering)
Abou Chacra, David (Systems Abdel Hameed, Marawan (Systems
“Highly Filled, Durable, and
Design Engineering) Design Engineering)
Sustainable Wood-Plastic
“Modern Object and Visual
Composites from Recycled Afzal, Daniel (Chemical Engineering)
Relationship Detection in Images
Thermoplastics” Bell, Sydney Marie (Systems Design
from a Critical, Cognitive and Data
Perspective” Kim, A-Reum (Chemical Engineering - Engineering)
Nanotechnology) Bouzari, Negin (Chemical
Afshari, Mehdi (Systems Design
“Interface Dynamics of Soft Solids Engineering)
Engineering)
With Liquids, Solids, and Gels”
“Spatially Constrained Compound Caldwell, Adam Winston (Systems
Magnification Framework for Lee, Yebin (Chemical Engineering - Design Engineering)
Histopathology Whole Slide Images” Nanotechnology)
“Design of Functional Coating Cleland, Keith (Chemical
Almarzooqi, Khalfan (Chemical Engineering)
on Cellulose Nanocrystals for
Engineering)
Advanced Applications” Durmanova, Ekaterina (Systems
“Graphene Based Membranes
Li, Zhelun (Chemical Engineering) Design Engineering)
for High Salinity, Produced Water
Treatment by Pervaporation “Polydopamine-Based Thin Emir, Ebru (Systems Design
Separation” Film Composite Membranes for Engineering)
Pervaporative Concentration of
Cheraghi, Elahe (Systems Design Ferguson, Peter Spencer George
Potassium Acetate Solution”
Engineering) (Systems Design Engineering)
“Fabrication and Evaluation of Liu, Jiayu Alexander (Systems
Flynn, Scott Martens (Chemical
Polymer Nanocomposites for Space Design Engineering)
Engineering - Nanotechnology)
Radiation Shielding Application” “Improvements in Field Emission
Properties of Carbon Nanotube Fu, Haoyu (Chemical Engineering)
Duggins, Peter (Systems Design
Field Emitters” Izquierdo Martinez, Alfonso
Engineering)
“Learning and Decision Making Misaghian, Niloofar (Chemical (Chemical Engineering)
in Social Contexts: Neural and Engineering) Jaworski, Pawel (Systems Design
Computational Models” “Multiphysics Pore Network Engineering)
Simulation of Electrochemical
Ebrahimian, Arash (Systems Design Kamali, Seyedehsara (Chemical
Devices as a Design Tool”
Engineering) Engineering)
“Human Middle Ear: Material Nasr, Ali (Systems Design Engineering)
“Design, Dynamics, and Control Kim, Kyuyeon (Chemical
Characterization, Analysis of Effects
of Active-Passive Upper-Limb Engineering)
of Uncertainties, and Investigation
of Impacts of Medical-Device Exoskeleton Robots” Lahlou, Mariam (Systems Design
Attachment” Sabtan, Bader (Systems Design Engineering)
G Menon, Kavitha (Chemical Engineering) Ly, Sam (Chemical Engineering)
Engineering) “Human Factors in Esports:
Lyne, John (Systems Design
“Scheduling Process Operations Investigating Performance Measures,
Engineering)
Under Uncertainty and Integration Coaching Practice, and Stress
with Long Term Planning” Training in League of Legends” Manning, Max Ian Alexander
(Systems Design Engineering)
Gao, Xiguang (Chemical Vitelli, Michael Joseph (Chemical
Engineering - Nanotechnology) Engineering) Nadalian, Soheila (Systems Design
“Using Polymers to Improve the “Improving Productivity in Bioreactors Engineering)
Performance of Sulfur and Organic Through Control of Cell Heterogeneity” Nurzhanov, Merlan (Chemical
Cathodes” Wang, Jiaqi (Systems Design Engineering)
Heydari Beni, Nargess (Systems Engineering - Nanotechnology) Olfat, Seyed-Mahdi (Systems Design
Design Engineering) “Nanocomposite Based Infrared Engineering)
“Extracting ECG-Based Cardiac Photo Thermo Electric Detectors”
Post, Matthew (Systems Design
Information from the Upper Arm” Zarshenas, Kiyoumars (Chemical Engineering)
Hosseini, Seyedeh Maryam (Systems Engineering)
“Advanced Membrane for Rodriguez Ruiz-Andino, Irene
Design Engineering)
Desalination and Ion Separation (Chemical Engineering - Water)
“Secure Computation and
Proportionally Fair Collaboration Application” Schaef, Laura Kathleen (Systems
in Federated Learning of Design Engineering)
Histopathology Images” Seenivasan, Renuka Devi (Systems
Design Engineering)

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 33


Sharma, Gauri (Systems Design GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
Engineering)
Saadatmand Hashemi, Sanaz
Sivan, Vignesh (Systems Design (University Teaching)
Engineering)
Uereten, Ece (University Teaching)
Srinivasan Rammanoharan, Sneha
(Systems Design Engineering)
Sy, Jing (Chemical Engineering)
Yang, Huiyi (Chemical Engineering -
Nanotechnology)

MASTER OF ENGINEERING
Bei, Zhiqi (Systems Design
Engineering)
Burman, Ronnit Roy (Systems Design
Engineering)
Chen, Junwei (Systems Design
Engineering)
Chen, Yifan (Systems Design
Engineering)
Ding, Zhuxian (Systems Design
Engineering)
Flanagan, Nicholas (Systems
Design Engineering)
Hao, Wei (Systems Design
Engineering)
HASHEMPOURNOSRATABADI, ALI
(Chemical Engineering)
Kang, Kaidi (Chemical Engineering)
Karmakar, Rijubak (Chemical
Engineering)
Liu, Wenhan (Systems Design
Engineering)
Palakollu Venkataramana, Renuka
Devi (Chemical Engineering)
Qi, Lu (Chemical Engineering)
Rezazadeh, Seyedfaridoddin
(Chemical Engineering)
Shah, Kushan Bhavin (Chemical
Engineering)
Shaikh, Tabish (Chemical
Engineering)
Sharma, Shobhit (Chemical
Engineering)
Sudswong, Wanetha (Systems
Design Engineering)
Xu, Xiongyi (Systems Design
Engineering)
Yang, Bokai (Chemical Engineering)
Zagorodski, Nikita (Systems Design
Engineering)
Zhang, Shuo (Systems Design
Engineering)
Zhou, Haotian (Systems Design
Engineering)
Zhou, Yunan (Systems Design
Engineering)

34 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


Undergraduate Degrees
BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE Li, Yunqing * Wang, Kendra Manting (Computing
Lin, Elizabeth * Option) *
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Wang, Leon (Computing Option) *
Lin, Zhuoyun (Psychology Minor) *
Ali, Faraz Ghayas (Computing
MacDougall, Camryn Hazel * Wang, Michael (Computing Option) *
Option) *†
MacQuarrie, Kathryn Anderson *† Watson, Michelle Alicia (Artificial
Attias, Cedric (Sports Engineering
Intelligence Option, Computing
Specialization) * Maloney, Patrick Barry (Computing Option) *
Azmal, Sadia Salwa * Option) *†
Yan, Tom Liangze-Li (Computing
Brezner, Tomer (Management Manawadu, Venuri Kithara Option) *
Sciences Option) * (Software Engineering Option) *†
Ye, Jennifer Ai (Artificial Intelligence
Bui, Catherine (Computing Option) * Marotta, Teresa Diamante * Option, Computing Option) *
Butt, Nicholas Eric Roland McKibbon, Pierson James MacKenzie Yu, Yue chen (Computing Option) *†
(Computing Option) * (Computing Option) *
Chang, Teng Hung * Nazarali, Zarifa * CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Adamson, Emily Karen Joan
Chen, Ke Xin (Neural Engineering Ng Tang Fui, Leeam Siow Ying
(Materials and Manufacturing
Specialization – Computing Option) * (Computing Option) *
Processes Specialization) *
Chennan Kunnath, Aarzoo * Pandiaraju, Surya (Neural
Afifi, Ali Hasan Majed (Materials
Engineering Specialization –
Christensen Anderson, Kirsten Leigh * and Manufacturing Processes
Computing Option) *
Clayton, Benjamin Hamilton Specialization) *
Patel, Sonali Ashvin *†
(Management Sciences Option, Ahmad, Faique Faraz (Chemical
Computing Option) *† Pearce, Taylor * Process Modelling, Optimization
Deen, Hanaan Hussein Zainulab * Pinzon-Corral, Karla Ennette * and Control Specialization) *

Deol, Simranjot Singh (Neural Pothier, Sydney Emma * Ahmed, Aryan (Materials and
Engineering Specialization – Manufacturing Processes
Quinto, John Rafael Ranieses
Computing Option) * Specialization) *
(Computing Option) *
Deveau, Julianna Augusta * Ahmed, Muhammad Mahir
Rahman, Marwan A (Computing (Materials and Manufacturing
Dhillon, Jodh Singh * Option) * Processes Specialization) *
Ehlers, Kirsten Elizabeth *† Richer, Megan Frances * Akhand, Aamer *
Fricke, Alexander Jeffrey *† Ryoo, Hee-Woon (Computing Option) *
Al Katanani, Yazan Ismail
Galaszewicz, Milena * Saradhi, Srikar (Neural Engineering Mohammad (Chemical Process
Specialization – Computing Option) * Modelling, Optimization and Control
Groves-Wyllie, Rebecca Margaret *
Sohani, Muiz Ali *† Specialization)
Huggard, Benjamin Robert
Song, Jessy Jia (Neural Engineering Aldovino, Fatima Patricia Sevilla
Gautreau (Computing Option) *
Specialization – Computing Option) * (Materials and Manufacturing
Hughes, Vanessa Italia Anne * Processes Specialization) *
Sparkes, Sarah Mae *†
Janes, Elizabeth Laura *† Alikiotis, Periklis Dimitrios (Materials
Tanner, Breah Kathleen (Computing and Manufacturing Processes
Ji, Christina (Computing Option) *†
Option) * Specialization) *
Joseph, Shania Maria
Taylor-Debeau, Ethan Patrick * Ariawan, Antonius Wiseley *
Joshi, Akanksha (Computing Option) *
Terhljan, Naomi Skye (Computing Asrani, Zain (Energy and
Kaetheeswaran, Jathushan Option) * Environmental Systems and
(Computing Option) * Processes Specialization) *
Tien, Abigail Rei-Ting (Management
Kheiri, Soha Osama (Computing Sciences Option, Computing Option) * Bae, Sunho (Materials and
Option) *† Manufacturing Processes
Ting, Kayley Noelle (Computing
Kothiyal, Naomi (Computing Option) *† Option) * Specialization) *
Kurbis, Andrew Garrett Ziegler * Varenbut, Nick * Balaji, Arvind
Lam, Michael Sze Wai *† Veldhuis, Leah Nicole * Baun, Matthew Alexander (Physical
Sciences Option) *
Langdon, Matthew Cole * Vijayagopal, Harris (Neural
Engineering Specialization – Brake, Jarrid Bishop (Chemical
Le, Cathy (Computing Option) *
Computing Option) * Process Modelling, Optimization
Lee, Matthew Kenyon (Computing and Control Specialization –
Option) * Management Sciences Option) *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 35


Buskell, Jason Brady * Garcia-Marroquin, Sebastian Adriel Liu, Jingtian
(Chemical Process Modelling,
Byers, Jared Brian (Energy Liu, Yiran (Chemical Process
Optimization and Control
and Environmental Systems Modelling, Optimization and Control
Specialization) *
and Processes Specialization – Specialization – Management
Economics Minor) Gnanachandran, Aranjan * Sciences Option) *
Catly, Jazmine Joy (Materials Good, Cassidy Alyssa (Materials Lozano Castillo, Mariana (Chemical
and Manufacturing Processes and Manufacturing Processes Process Modelling, Optimization
Specialization) * Specialization) * and Control Specialization) *
Chan, Ching-Yuan (Materials Grech, Darby Jayne Luoma, Aleksi Aaron *
and Manufacturing Processes Greuel, Peter Everest * Luu, Victor (Materials and
Specialization) * Manufacturing Processes
Harrison, Craig Thomas *
Chaudhary, Rithik (Energy and Specialization) *
Environmental Systems and Hasan, Syeda Farisa (Materials
Mackay, Elizabeth Anne (Materials
Processes Specialization) and Manufacturing Processes
and Manufacturing Processes
Specialization) *
Chen, Yige (Materials and Specialization) *
Manufacturing Processes Hufton, Gregory Stephen (Energy
Magro, Kendall Lynn (Energy
Specialization) *† and Environmental Systems and
and Environmental Systems and
Processes Specialization) *
Cho, Elliot Zachary * Processes Specialization) *
Hurd, Ryan William (Energy and
Choi, Dong Wook (Energy and Environmental Systems and Malakooti, Cyrus Amir (Materials
Environmental Systems and Processes Specialization) * and Manufacturing Processes
Processes Specialization) Specialization) *
Jayakody, Jason (Management
Choi, Yun Woo (Chemical Process Sciences Option) McNeil, Shannon Katherine Pearsall
Modelling, Optimization and Control (Chemical Process Modelling,
Specialization) * Jindal, Priyanka *† Optimization and Control
Joyce, Idamae Elizabeth (Materials Specialization) *
Chughtai, Arsalan Ali (Chemical
Process Modelling, Optimization and Manufacturing Processes Melanson, Joshua Robbie Noël
and Control Specialization) * Specialization) * (Chemical Process Modelling,
Kanade, Siddharth Dipak (Chemical Optimization and Control
Crow, Andrea Gayle (Energy
Process Modelling, Optimization Specialization – Statistics Option,
and Environmental Systems and
and Control Specialization – Management Sciences Option) *
Processes Specialization)
Management Sciences Option) Muthalathu, Rithu *
Cuba Coltsmann, Marianna Isabella *
Kang, Dong Hyun (Materials Nguyen-Dang, Angeline Hoang-An
Cui, Songbo (Materials and
and Manufacturing Processes (Materials and Manufacturing
Manufacturing Processes
Specialization) * Processes Specialization) *
Specialization) *
Kapadia, Aaliyan Afroz * Nia, Tina (Materials and
Dauz, Irene Joy *
Kaur, Amrita (Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Dave, Param Ravin *† Specialization) *
Manufacturing Processes
d’Entremont, Sawyer (Energy Specialization) * Nicholson, Alexa Catherine
and Environmental Systems and (Materials and Manufacturing
Khan, Irfan Naved
Processes Specialization) *† Processes Specialization) *
Khan, Muhammad Rahim (Energy
Dhaliwal, Jasnain Kaur Ohaka, Tobechukwu Joshua
and Environmental Systems and
Diaz Contreras, Harumi Andrea Processes Specialization) * (Materials and Manufacturing
(Energy and Environmental Systems Processes Specialization) *
Kim, Daniel *
and Processes Specialization) * O’Hara, Guenevere Glory (Materials
Kim, Hyunseo (Materials and
Dima, Alexander Stephan (Chemical and Manufacturing Processes
Manufacturing Processes
Process Modelling, Optimization Specialization) *†
Specialization) *
and Control Specialization – Ohl, Robert (Materials and
Entrepreneurship Option) Kim, Soobin (Chemical Process Manufacturing Processes
Modelling, Optimization and Control
Ding, Yuhan (Chemical Process Specialization) *
Specialization) *
Modelling, Optimization and Control Okoronkwo, Tarela Chinyere
Specialization – Statistics Option) *† Kiszka, Michael Robert (Chemical (Energy and Environmental Systems
Process Modelling, Optimization and
Dudding, Casey Louise (Materials and Processes Specialization) *†
Control Specialization, Materials
and Manufacturing Processes Olatunbosun, Olamide Chukwudubem
and Manufacturing Processes
Specialization) * (Energy and Environmental Systems
Specialization – Management
Dutaud, Matthew Theodore Steven *† Sciences Option) * and Processes Specialization –
Management Sciences Option) *†
Feng, Alice Xue Ying *† Li, Chenxin (Materials and
Manufacturing Processes Ou, Loria (Chemical Process
Foell, Adrian Martin (Materials
Specialization) * Modelling, Optimization and Control
and Manufacturing Processes Specialization – Management
Specialization) * Liang, Jacky (Energy and Sciences Option) *
Environmental Systems and
Processes Specialization) *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

36 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


Pandey, Shraddha (Energy and Tong, Alice (Materials and Chausse, Jacob *
Environmental Systems and Manufacturing Processes Chen, Elijah Yilang (Computing
Processes Specialization) *† Specialization – Management Option) *
Sciences Option) *
Patel, Tirth Manoj (Energy and Chen, Houfu *
Environmental Systems and Tong, Jason Jiacheng (Materials
Processes Specialization) * and Manufacturing Processes Choi, Robert Ellis
Specialization – Management Chong, Kellie (Life Sciences Option,
Pun, Jason Lok Tin (Chemical
Sciences Option) * Computing Option) *
Process Modelling, Optimization and
Control Specialization, Materials Tran, Chris (Chemical Process Con, Austin Jarrod (Computing
and Manufacturing Processes Modelling, Optimization and Option) *†
Specialization – Management Control Specialization, Materials
Davis, Caleb Shepherd *†
Sciences Option) *† and Manufacturing Processes
Specialization – Management Dawson, Megan Mei *†
Raj, Shiani (Materials and
Sciences Option) * Dean, Cameron Lucas *†
Manufacturing Processes
Specialization) *† Tse, Alexander Tin Yin (Energy Deng, Cynthia (Physical Sciences
and Environmental Systems and
Remes-Gavin, Kael (Energy and Option) *
Processes Specialization)
Environmental Systems and Dimeck, Terese Magdalena *
Processes Specialization) * Varghese, Abin Anil (Materials
and Manufacturing Processes Fakhouri, Adnan *
Rizvi, Syed Haider (Energy and
Specialization) * Farfan, Paul Joshua
Environmental Systems and
Processes Specialization) * Villa Lema, Fabian Ismael (Chemical Fernandes, Guillaume *
Process Modelling, Optimization and
Romagnoli, Luca * Firmani, Christopher Tyler
Control Specialization) *
Rowntree, Faith Marie (Energy (Computing Option) *
Villeneuve, Alexandra Louise
and Environmental Systems and Gao, William Zechao (Computing
(Materials and Manufacturing
Processes Specialization) * Option)
Processes Specialization) *
Rutyna, Amber Marie (Materials Gharabaghi, Nick Nolan (Physical
Vinzon, Danielle Joy Lamasan
and Manufacturing Processes Sciences Option) *†
(Materials and Manufacturing
Specialization) *
Processes Specialization) * Graham, Scott David Moran *
Salvatore, Alexa Margaret
Wang, Hao (Chemical Process Grovu, Tristan Bradley *
(Materials and Manufacturing
Modelling, Optimization and Control Habashy, Karim *
Processes Specialization) *†
Specialization) *†
Sharma, Sayjal (Energy and Hafenberg, Patrick Andreas *
Wortman, Joseph (Energy and
Environmental Systems and Hanneson, Joshua Scott *
Environmental Systems and
Processes Specialization) *†
Processes Specialization – Harabin, Andrew Tadeusz *
Skidmore, Jeffrey Evan (Energy Management Sciences Option) *
and Environmental Systems and Hawkins, Connor Phillip *
Yang, Chelsea
Processes Specialization) Hawkins, Liam Gregory *
Yang, Xinge *†
Smyth, Emily Helen (Energy Henriques, Samuel Franco *
and Environmental Systems Yau, Jeng Haw (Energy and
Ho, Victoria Xin-Yue Chantal
and Processes Specialization – Environmental Systems and
(Management Sciences Option) *
Management Sciences Option) * Processes Specialization –
Environmental Engineering Option) * Hsiao, Jeriann Lauryn *†
Staines, Jakob Christopher Duarte
(Energy and Environmental Systems Ye, Zhen (Chemical Process Hu, Lihe (Entrepreneurship Option)
and Processes Specialization) * Modelling, Optimization and Control
Hung, Minren (Computing Option) *
Specialization) *
Sultana, Nusayba (Materials Jiao, Yixuan *†
and Manufacturing Processes Zhang, Hao Yu (Materials
Specialization) * and Manufacturing Processes Klassen, Brandon William *
Specialization) * Kunihiro, Joshua Ken Ito *
Sun, Duo (Materials and
Manufacturing Processes Zhu, Jin Yun *† Kurseja, Pavitra Deepak *
Specialization – Life Sciences
NANOTECHNOLOGY Lee, Brian Byungjun *
Option) *†
Swaminathan, Adithya (Chemical ENGINEERING Leon, Alyssa Mariana *
Process Modelling, Optimization and Alidina, Alina * Levinski, Nicholas Anthony *
Control Specialization) * Allan, Raegan Gilmour *† Maurice, Jacob Thomas *†
Thapa, Bishal (Materials and Bakbak, Haneen (Computing Option) * McCarthy, Christopher Ouyang
Manufacturing Processes (Computing Option) *
Specialization) * Bernstein, Hannah Rachel *
Bobtchev, George Simeonov * Moin, Muneeb Bin (Computing Option)
Thevasagayam, Eveline
(Management Sciences Option) *† Brodie, Pritika * Murphy, Claire Theresa

Tinline, Derian Alan * Cancellara, Cecilia Natalina * Naidoo-Edwardson, Kiran *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 37


Newport, Matthew Otis * Cho, Hyunjun Ng, Jeffrey Chiu-Hang (Computing
Option) *†
Park, Paul Jonghyuk * Cho, Yongwon (Management
Sciences Option) Nguyen, Kha Hoang (Management
Patel, Tirth
Chu, Carol Ran * Sciences Option, Computing Option)
Pautler, Justin David *
Chudasama, Abhaysinh Nguyen, Lena *
Pearson, Kate Elizabeth *†
Dharmendrasinh Oh, Nathan Michael
Piercey, Ethan Kristopher *
Dales, Alexander Charles Kyte * Olive Jr, David Matacot
Potnis, Setu (Computing Option) *
Debebe, Yonael Miheret Park, Joon Young *
Qudsi, Yazan Hani Mohammad * (Management Sciences Option)
Patel, Kiera Neena *
Rukavina-Nolsoe, Anna Grace * Dey, Aunosua *
Pena, Ainley Abigail *
Saini, Agosh Singh * Doleweerd, Kaitlyn Mary Louise
Pittman, Emily Faith *†
Scaini, Shakira Isaacs * Drak Sibai, Burhan
Qiao, Justin Cheng (Computing
Shan, Saad Shafqat (Management Dugan, Jeffrey Terrence Option) *
Sciences Option) *
Go, Yzabelle To (Computing Option) * Rajwani, Aliya *
Shaw, Benjamin David
Gurnsey, Flynn James Barber *† Ramamani, Sweta *
Shen, Paul (Artificial Intelligence
He, Jing Yi *† Ramezani, Hooman
Option, Entrepreneurship Option) *
He, Tian Ying Rao, Surin Tejas *
Shi, Mia (Mathematics Minor) *
Ho, Jonathan Benedict Rehders, Emma Katherine
Siddiqui, Mohammad Musaab
(Management Sciences Option –
(Computing Option) * Rivers, Hannah Elizabeth (Music
Economics Minor) Minor)
Singh, Angad *
Howard, Phoebe Elizabeth * Robens-Paradise, Samuel
Soni, Yashveer Viral *
Inglis, Katherine (Management (Computing Option) *
Spinazze, Michael Ross *† Sciences Option) *† Rooke, Clayton James *†
Syed, Mustapha Islam, Seeam Nizamul Ruegg, Matthew James
Tang, Teresa Siyun * (Management Sciences Option) *
Semin, Roman
Thompson, Etido Emmanuel *† Kalia, Chetan *
Seto, Vanessa *
Torrance, Skye Kristen * Khalid, Aaiza
Seu, Logan (Computing Option) *
Turkiewicz, Luca *† Khew, Paulina Grace (Software
Engineering Option) Shah, Amay Keval
Vandame, Océane (Computing
Kim, Daniel Hayoung (Computing Shah, Dhrumil Ketul
Option) *
Option) *† Sharma, Neil (Management
Verma, Priyanka *
Kim, Lynn * Sciences Option)
Wu, Dihan *
Landy, Alexandra Mackenzie Sun, Yizheng
Xu, Alexander Haoyan * (Society, Technology and Values Truong, Timmy
Zala, Brijrajsinh Dharmendrasinh *† Option, Management Sciences
Tsai, Carelynn Jialin *
Option) *†
Zhang, Zijian (Computing Option) *
Van Hemmen, Stephen Joseph *†
Lee, Carmen
Zhen, William (Computing Option) *
Wang, Emily *
Li, Carman *
Zheng, Joyce Yiran *†
Wang, Jenna *
Li, Sara Lok-Na *
SYSTEMS DESIGN Liu, Yuxuan (Computing Option) * Wang, Zi Yu *
ENGINEERING White, Arden Ruby Milsom *
Ly, Erin *
Almawi, Ahmad *
Wiese, Haydn John *
Malton, Margaret Anne
Ang, Cooper Ka-Ming *
Wilkinson, Joshua Jeffrey *
Matulis, Lucina Anna *
Ayyanan, Sasipriya
Williamson, James Quinn *
McGinnis, Cindy Lee
Bhatt, Ishaan
Wu, Yi Xuan (Computing Option)
McPhee, Mary Rennie Shaw *
Cao, Jiaru *
Xie, Elodie *†
Mehrotra, Aadit Sandeep
Carr-Pries, James Thomas
(Management Sciences Option) Xue, Youming *
(Cognitive Science Minor) *†
Monga, Rohan Zerbs, Jakob Alexander *
Chaudhry, Ahmad Tahir (Computing
Option) * Morenos, Seth Villaruz Zerbs, Thomas Gabriel *
Chen, Jennifer (Computing Option) *† Muir, Jess Douglas * Zhao, Andrew Chen Zhang
Cheng, Bernadette Ho-Sum Nagri, Hussein Zulfikar Zhu, Christopher Yuanlong
(Computing Option) * (Management Sciences Option, Zou, Xinyi (Cognitive Science Minor) *†
Computing Option) *
Chiang, Jianying (Management
Sciences Option, Computing Option)

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

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CERTIFICATE IN CO-OPERATIVE
EDUCATION IN RESEARCH
Bernstein, Hannah Rachel
Cancellara, Cecilia Natalina
Chen, Ke Xin
Jiao, Yixuan
Manawadu, Venuri Kithara
O’Hara, Guenevere Glory
Shen, Paul

CERTIFICATE IN
GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
Shen, Paul

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 39


SATURDAY

EVENING
CEREMONY
Degrees and diplomas from:

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Graduate Degrees
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Qabur, Ali Hussain I (Civil Engineering) Rafiee Pour Alavi Alavijeh, Ali
“Optimization of the Use of Post- (Management Sciences)
Akbarpour Safsari, Shaghayegh
Industrial Recycled Multilayer Plastic
(Civil Engineering - Water) Rendel, Rudi Alexander (Civil
Packaging (MPP) as Asphalt Modifier”
“Using Machine Learning to Engineering)
Understand the Hydrologic Impacts Taheri, Mahkameh (Civil Engineering -
Taylor, Alannah Rebeckah (Civil
of Permafrost Thaw-Driven Land Water)
Engineering - Water)
Cover Change” “Upscaling Fill-and-Spill Hydrologic
Processes” Vakili Tahami, Amir (Management
Almutairi, Haya (Civil Engineering) Sciences)
“Investigating Solutions for Terry, Jacob Ross (Civil Engineering)
Self-Healing and Crack Mitigation “Analyzing the Competitiveness of Yang, Shelley Hui Juan (Civil
of Flexible Pavement Materials” Transit-Integrated Ridesourcing Engineering)
Systems”
Aurilio, Roberto (Civil Engineering)
“Investigating and Developing Wang, Rui (Civil Engineering)
“Direct Method of Generating Floor MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Fatigue-Healing Characterization
of Asphalt Materials” Response Spectra for Structures Alnabelseya, Safaa
Under Earthquake Excitations at Chuang, Vincent
Awe, Olukayode (Civil Engineering)
Multiple Supports”
“Cured-in-Place Pipe Pressure Liner D’Sa, Bhadra Dhisana
Experimental Study” Younes, Taha (Civil Engineering)
“The Impact of Portland Cement on Dunn, Angus Emery David
Barbi, Paula Sutherland Rolim
the Performance of Cold In-Place Gupta, Maulshree (Co-operative
(Civil Engineering)
Recycled Pavement” Program)
“An Enhanced Mechanistic Analysis
Framework for Designing Resilient Zarei, Mohammad (Civil Engineering) Ip, Pui Yue Iris
Airfield Pavements” “Improving Predictive Models for Jabbarimoghaddam, Tala
Road Safety Screening: Cost-Benefit (Co-operative Program)
Chehrazi, Ali (Civil Engineering)
Data Analytics and Deep Generative
“Testing and Fretting Fatigue Joseph, Ashwati Teresa
Models”
Analysis of Bridge Stay Cable Wires (Co-operative Program)
at Saddle Supports” Zhang, Linbo (Civil Engineering)
“Bracing Requirements for Kiernan, Giulia Paige
Chopra, Shivangi (Management
Multi-Column Systems with Lee, Bogyeong
Sciences)
Nonuniform Stiffness and Semi-Rigid
“Gender Differences in Engineering: Lee, Salina Victoria
Connections”
A Data-Driven Study” Leung, Audrey
Zhao, Dandi (Civil Engineering)
Demircan Ozelcaglayan, Ezgi Li, Zhen
“Development and Evaluation
(Civil Engineering - Water)
of Testing Protocols for Fatigue Li, Zhi
“Evaluation of a Novel
Damage and Crack-Healing of
Beta-Cyclodextrin Functionalized Lin, Weeney
Bituminous Mixtures”
Nano Adsorbent for Removal McNeil, Alison
of Pharmaceuticals”
Mema, Iva
Kabir, Tamanna (Civil Engineering) MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE
“Development of Porous Rubber Ogbu, Chinenye Michelle
Pavement for the Canadian Climate” Anwar, Ahmed (Management
Paranthahan, Mayuri
Sciences)
Kafi Farashah, Mehran (Civil Patange, Poorna S (Water)
Engineering) Carroll-Woolery, Lannois
(Management Sciences) Puersten, Nicholas Michael
“Development of Sustainable
Asphalt Mix Solution for Use in Chu, Kington (Civil Engineering) Reinhart, Madeleine
Approach Intersection Pavements Saad, Esraa Mohamed Mahmoud
Kim, Tori Yeonjin (Civil Engineering
in Southern Ontario” (Co-operative Program)
and Planning)
Liao, Hui (Civil Engineering) Sermol, Alexandra
Lin, Simon Guan Min (Civil
“Optimizing the Performance of
Engineering - Water) Shehab, Hania Assem (Co-operative
Asphalt Mixes With High Reclaimed
McLaren, William Charles (Civil Program)
Asphalt Pavement Content Using
Rejuvenators” Engineering - Water) Trivett, Martha
Oyeyi, Abimbola Grace (Civil Mohseni Kiasari, Peyman Varshosaz, Parastoo (Co-operative
Engineering) (Management Sciences) Program)
“Lightweight Cellular Concrete Quosai, Peter Thomas (Civil Wang, Shiying
as Flexible Pavement Subbase Engineering)
Material: Field Performance Wang, Yidan
and Sustainability Study” Raeisi, Shamim (Management Yeh, Nancy
Sciences)
Young, Stephanie

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MASTER OF ENGINEERING Kardash, Jeremy Samuel Vasisht, Lakshya Raj (Co-operative
(Co-operative Program) Program)
Arbuckle, Spencer David (Civil
Engineering) Kaur, Damanpreet Vazdekis, Samer
Attaluri, Ramvinay Durgaprasad Koshe, Archish (Co-operative Vemuri, Vineesh (Co-operative
(Civil Engineering) Program) Program)
Burchell, Gregory Robert (Civil Liao, Xin Yu Wang, Lixin (Co-operative Program)
Engineering) Liu, Xingyu (Co-operative Program) WU, XINYUAN
Çako, Elisabeta (Civil Engineering) Liu, Xiyue (Co-operative Program) Yang, Yiwen (Co-operative Program)
Gade, Stephen James (Civil Lyu, Weiyu (Co-operative Program) Ye, Tiantian
Engineering)
Mehta, Mukesh Chautharam Yu, Xueyan (Co-operative Program)
Gindodia, Yashraj Sanjay (Civil (Co-operative Program)
Engineering) Zhang, Qiwei (Co-operative
Misra, Trinayani Kishan Program)
KarimianTaheri, Arman (Civil
Engineering) Mittal, Shubham (Co-operative ZHENG, YICHEN (Co-operative
Program) Program)
Modi, Siddhant Dipak (Civil
Engineering) Nadeem, Taha (Co-operative
Program)
Wakhale, Kaustubh Jayant (Civil
Nagpal, Devansh (Co-operative
GRADUATE DIPLOMA
Engineering)
Program) Dave, Meet Hemang (Data Analytics)
Nagwekar, Ronit Shashank Rajalingam, Vishnu (Data Analytics)
MASTER OF MANAGEMENT (Co-operative Program) Shah, Advait Rajeshkumar (Data
Padaki, Pradyumna Bhimrao Analytics)
SCIENCES
(Co-operative Program)
Saurav (Co-operative Program)
Pandey, Vibhum (Co-operative
Acikel, Yildirim
Program) GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
Adil, Arish (Co-operative Program) Jamal, Sondus (University Teaching)
Patel, Dharmik Ashishbhai
Ajadi, Oluwapelumi Emmanuella Pandey, Upasana (University
Patel, Dhruvkumar Dahyabhai
Akinlemibola, Oloruntoba Joseph Teaching)
Patel, Tithi Hitesh (Co-operative
(Co-operative Program)
Program)
Bai, Jiahui (Co-operative Program)
Pitek, Kaitlyn Jean
Chhabra, Pavneet Singh
Prakash, Meghana (Co-operative
(Co-operative Program)
Program)
Christopher, Allan Emmanuel
Rajalingam, Vishnu
(Co-operative Program)
Sawant, Omkar (Co-operative
Dalal, Sambhav
Program)
Dave, Meet Hemang
Saxena, Shishir (Co-operative
Elkhatib, Abdel Rahman Program)
Fox, Nicole Elizabeth Sehgal, Mohit (Co-operative
Ganeshan, Naina (Co-operative Program)
Program) Sehgal, Rakshak (Co-operative
Gaur, Pranjal (Co-operative Program)
Program) Shah, Advait Rajeshkumar
Ghorbani Siyavashani, Elnaz Sharma, Ankit (Co-operative
(Co-operative Program) Program)
González Arévalo, Tania Lorena Shetty, Tanya (Co-operative
(Co-operative Program) Program)
Gupta, Avantika (Co-operative Singh, Praveer (Co-operative
Program) Program)
Hegde, Ashik (Co-operative Singh, Raju Rhicha (Co-operative
Program) Program)
Hinds, Tiffany Singla, Rohan
Javaid, Roshan (Co-operative Sondhi, Arushi (Co-operative
Program) Program)
Jayakumar, Trupti (Co-operative Soni, Kartik (Co-operative Program)
Program)
Thyagarajan, Shobana Shree
Jiang, Lei (Co-operative Program) (Co-operative Program)
Kakade, Rachel Gajanan Tovar Hidalgo, Wilfredo Alejandro
(Co-operative Program)

42 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


Undergraduate Degrees
BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE Gomes, Nicolas Mendes (Building Poon, Joanna (Building Systems
Structures Specialization, Building Specialization)
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING Systems Specialization) * Purcell, Robert Gideon James
Adebiyi, Adebola Opeoluwa Grignano, Daniel Vincent (Building (Building Structures Specialization)
(Building Systems Specialization) Structures Specialization) Quattrociocchi, Alexa Julia (Building
Akhavan Tabassi, Rose (Building Gu, Fangming (Building Systems Structures Specialization) *†
Structures Specialization) * Specialization) * Rabinovich, Sean (Building Systems
Angkiriwang, Patrick Andersen Hioe, Michael Alexander (Building Specialization) *
(Building Systems Specialization) * Systems Specialization) Ramesh, Kanishk (Building
Arruda, Kaitlyn Marie (Building Howie, Kaitlyn Joanna (Building Structures Specialization)
Structures Specialization, Building Structures Specialization) Rana, Dilroz (Building Structures
Systems Specialization)
Hweija, Sham (Building Structures Specialization, Building Systems
Bigelow, Drew Thomas Walter Specialization) Specialization) *
(Building Systems Specialization) *
Jiang, Harry (Building Structures Rankovic, Stefan Marko *
Cao, Jocelyn (Building Systems Specialization, Building Systems Ryan, Ayden Grace (Building
Specialization) Specialization) *† Structures Specialization) *
Chan, Brian Edward (Building Kam, Serena Puiying (Building Sang, Xiaoqi *
Structures Specialization) *† Systems Specialization) *†
Saunders-Henning, Shein Rose
Chan, Megan (Building Systems Kassab Hassan, Ibaa (Building (Building Systems Specialization)
Specialization) * Structures Specialization, Building
Systems Specialization) * Sebastian, Cathy (Building Systems
Chen, Dylan
Specialization)
Chen, Herry (Building Structures Kim, Jongwon
Siciliano, Serena Louise (Building
Specialization) *† Kim, Lucas (Building Systems Systems Specialization) *
Choi, Youngjin (Building Systems Specialization)
Siddiqui, Jawaad Khawar (Building
Specialization) * Kovacs, Tristan Christopher Systems Specialization)
Chow, Jonathan Eugene (Building (Building Systems Specialization) *†
Stakheiko, Maria *
Systems Specialization) *† LeBrun, Mackenzie Noelle *
Su, Jason (Building Structures
Clement, Vincent Roy (Building Leung, Cheuk Fung (Building Specialization, Building Systems
Systems Specialization) Systems Specialization) * Specialization) *†
Coons, Susannah Julia Anne Li, Augusta (Building Systems Wu, Xiao Rui (Building Systems
(Building Systems Specialization) * Specialization) * Specialization) *
Dabrowski, Jan Jakub (Building Liao, Jessica (Building Structures Xu, Ya Ting (Building Systems
Structures Specialization) Specialization) *† Specialization)
Daviau, Maxime Adrien (Building Markwart, Amy Catherine (Building Xue, Yan Xin (Building Systems
Systems Specialization) *† Structures Specialization) * Specialization) *
DeLorenzis, Maria Luisa (Building Martin, Jillian Rose (Building Zafar, Balaaj (Building Structures
Systems Specialization) Structures Specialization) * Specialization, Building Systems
Dowling, Marley Kathleen Loft Mathanamohan, Sharuja (Building Specialization)
(Building Structures Specialization, Structures Specialization) * Zhu, Carrie (Building Systems
Building Systems Specialization) *
Mei, Yutao (Building Systems Specialization)
Elmaghrabi, Omar Khaled Mokhtar Specialization) *
(Building Systems Specialization –
Nathaniel, Joyceline Anne (Building CIVIL ENGINEERING
Management Sciences Option) * Abdelmessih, Ezzat (Structural
Systems Specialization)
Feng, Zi Rui Specialization) *†
Neals, Thomas James (Building
Fleming, Julia Marita (Building Systems Specialization) * Aggarwal, Madhvi (Structural
Structures Specialization) *† Specialization) *†
Ngilinga De Carvalho, Mapendo
Frise, Charles Taylor (Building Pierre * Ahmed, Aasil (Structural
Systems Specialization) Specialization) *
Oliver, Lacey Samantha (Building
Furtado-Herzig, Sarah M Rose Structures Specialization) Akpata, Emmanuel Omorose
(Building Systems Specialization) (Structural Specialization)
Paquette, Ethan Michael *
Giang, Amanda Kelley (Building Alexander, Jacob Francis
Patel, Drasti
Systems Specialization) * (Structural Specialization)

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 43


Alhassan, Sarra Hassan Fang, Lefu (Transportation Kool, Jordan Willem Alan
(Management Sciences Option) *† Specialization) *† (Transportation Specialization)
Ali, Azaan (Structural Specialization) * Ferazzutti, Anthony (Transportation Kurtz, Stefanie Anne (Geotechnical
Specialization) * Specialization, Structural
Alimi, Eklil (Geotechnical
Specialization) *
Specialization, Structural Frankovich, Luka Vincent (Structural
Specialization) Specialization) Lee, Jeseung (Structural
Specialization)
Alvarez, Riber Elenilson (Structural Fu, Yifang (Transportation
Specialization) * Specialization) *† Li, Herman (Structural
Specialization) *†
Amero, Ethan Timothy * Garcha, Chirjivan Singh (Structural
Specialization) * Liu, Abbly Jia Hui (Transportation
Anandappa, Tiana Nicole
Specialization) *
(Geotechnical Specialization) Ghobrial, Joshua (Structural
Specialization) * Liu, Phillip YiMei (Transportation
Balles, Nicole Antoinette (Structural
Specialization)
Specialization – Management Ghotra, Manpreet Singh (Structural
Sciences Option) * Specialization) * Ly, Jacob (Transportation
Specialization) *†
Bradley, Martin David Golebiowski, Claudia
(Transportation Specialization) *† (Transportation Specialization) * MacIsaac-Sun, Madeleine Frances
(Water Resources Specialization) *
Brzyski, Kamil Daniel Gordon, Andrew MacKay (Structural
(Transportation Specialization) * Specialization) *† McParland, Matthew Peter
(Geotechnical Specialization,
Busca, Benjamin Robert (Structural Gou, Zhi Peng *
Transportation Specialization) *†
Specialization) * Grewal, Manraj Singh (Structural
Miranda, John (Structural
Camarda, Tyler Allan Specialization) *†
Specialization) *
(Transportation Specialization) * Guirguis, David Ehab (Structural
Mizzen, Connor Matthew (Water
Campos, Ana Lia Ruiz (Water Specialization)
Resources Specialization) *
Resources Specialization) * Guirguis, Keristin Hossam
Moondi, Harkiran Kaur (Structural
Chan, Louisa Hau Yu (Structural Hakimi, Soleeman (Structural Specialization) *†
Specialization) * Specialization)
Morrison, Dominique Noella Margaret
Charky, Thomas George Edward Han, Yu Chen (Structural (Water Resources Specialization) *†
(Structural Specialization) * Specialization – Management
Mortillaro, Luca (Structural
Chaudhry, Noah Ali (Structural Sciences Option) *
Specialization – Management
Specialization) *† Hannah, Kelly Philomena (Structural Sciences Option) *
Chen, Harry Haosong Specialization) *
Muhammad, Shaheer (Geotechnical
(Transportation Specialization) * Harper, George William Scott Specialization & Structural
Chen, Shaowen * (Structural Specialization) Specialization) *
Chen, Xin (Transportation Hassan, Mazen * Muiruri, Kamande (Structural
Specialization) * Specialization) *
Hu, Xiaoge *†
Cheng, Dayi (Transportation Mujadidi, Ahmad Tariq (Structural
Illman, Walter Ricardo (Structural
Specialization) Specialization) *
Specialization, Transportation
Chingadu, Yovin Heylan (Structural Specialization) * Mullally, Farid James
Specialization) * (Transportation Specialization) *†
Jamieson, Nathan David (Structural
Cimino, Anthony Ryan (Structural Specialization – Management Ngo, Kelly (Transportation
Specialization) * Sciences Option) * Specialization) *
Coelho Martins, João Pedro Janzen, Ryan Peter (Structural Nicol, Owen Patrick (Transportation
(Structural Specialization) * Specialization) * Specialization) *
Collins, Troy Alexander Jeyakumar, Jonathan Kanna Nim, Somi (Transportation
(Geotechnical Specialization) * (Structural Specialization/ Specialization) *
Management Sciences Option)
Corrado Lopez, Jesus Antonio Pandya, Devarshi Jayeshkumar
(Structural Specialization) Khalid Khan, Labeeb (Structural (Structural Specialization)
Specialization) *
Cunanan, Gilbert (Structural Park, Se Joon (Transportation
Specialization) * Khan, Aiman (Transportation Specialization)
Specialization) *
Davis, Kyle Eric Robinson * Peng, Yifei (Structural
Khosa, Jaskaran Singh (Structural Specialization) *†
Deng, Jessica (Transportation
Specialization) *
Specialization) * Podgorniak, John Paul (Structural
Kim, Brian Hojung (Transportation Specialization)
Dyce, Russel Frank (Structural
Specialization)
Specialization) * Postma, Jaden Noah (Structural
Klassen, Benjamin Luke (Structural Specialization)
Ermers, Noah David (Structural
Specialization) *
Specialization) *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

44 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


Prinsen, Levi Andrew (Water Zhao, Ge (Structural Specialization) * Linehan, Matthew John *†
Resources Specialization) * Zhou, Chenghao (Structural Ma, William Graham *
Qin, Jiayu (Structural Specialization) * Specialization) *† Macdonald, Kyle Fraser *
Rust, Rebecca Anna *
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Messenger-Lehmann, Rachael
Rywak, Adam (Transportation Trillium (Hydrology Specialization) *
Aspin, Joshua Dennis Norman
Specialization) Montgomery, Jane Cecilia (Energy
Calder, Liam *
Said Hassan, Sahra (Transportation Specialization) *
Specialization) Chan, Nicolas Hiu Nam
Myles, Madeleine (Energy
(Pollution Treatment and Control
Sakthivel, Sarojan Specialization, Pollution Treatment
Specialization)
and Control Specialization) *†
Saxena, Rohan (Structural Chen, Yingqi (Water Resources
Specialization) Nasir, Malaica (Hydrology
Option – Earth Sciences Minor) *
Specialization, Pollution Treatment
Shah, Kavin (Structural Chiu, Wesley * and Control Specialization) *
Specialization) *
Choudhary, Faizan Ahmad Park, Jung Jun (Water Resources
Shin, Yoonhwan (Transportation
Chun, DongJae (Water Resources Option) *
Specialization) *
Option) * Paul, Sarah (Hydrology
Simone, Adrian Marco Paul
Corriveau, Riley Adam * Specialization, Pollution Treatment
(Structural Specialization)
and Control Specialization) *
Skantharajah, Shawn Vishnu Cota, Chad Michael (Hydrology
Specialization) *† Rai, Haryug Singh (Energy
(Geotechnical Specialization,
Specialization) *†
Structural Specialization) * Das, Shubhayu *
Ren, Jesse
Smadi, Hamzah Mamoon Dunbar, Paige Elizabeth
(Geotechnical Specialization, (Pollution Treatment and Control Reynolds, Hailey Michelle (Water
Structural Specialization) * Specialization) * Resources Option) *
So, Benny (Structural Specialization) * Fierastrau, Vlad Andrei * Santos, Dian Angelo
Sy, Liam Jacob (Structural Fraser Semenoff, Maria (Hydrology Shen, Oliver (Water Resources Option) *
Specialization) * Specialization, Pollution Treatment Stojanovic, Borislav
Tan, Denis Xi (Water Resources and Control Specialization) *
Suen, Julia Hoi-Yiu (Hydrology
Specialization) *† Gao, Xin * Specialization) *†
Taylor, Jack Ian (Structural Grenapin, Cedric * Thurai, Kohulan Calvin (Hydrology
Specialization – Management
Grover, Lakshaya (Energy Specialization)
Sciences Option) *
Specialization) * Tian, Yuan (Pollution Treatment and
Thampaiyah, Ahiesh (Structural
Huang, Rui Han Control Specialization) *†
Specialization)
Imtiaz, Muhammad Anzar (Energy Tucker, Madeline Gabriela *
Tran, Michael Nicholas (Structural
Specialization, Transportation Specialization) *† Vandenberg, Lukas Martin *†
Specialization – Management Jamal, Kiran (Pollution Treatment Viegas, Declan Anthony
Sciences Option) * and Control Specialization) (Pollution Treatment and Control
Truman, Ethan Thomas * Keyes-Krysakowski, Rudolf Gustaw Specialization)

Wang, Emeline Yi (Water Resources (Hydrology Specialization) * Vigneswaran, Sujeethan


Specialization) *† Khan, Ahmad Abdullah (Management Sciences Option) *

Waseem, Mahnoor (Structural Kichiy, Emma Nicole * Wolfsohn, Joshua Paul Schwartz *
Specialization) Yun, Mathew Tian Yang (Hydrology
Kim, Daniel (Hydrology
Westrik, James Andrew * Specialization, Pollution Treatment Specialization, Pollution Treatment
and Control Specialization) * and Control Specialization) *
Winger, Joshua Avery (Structural
Specialization) *† Kim, Jung Hyun (Pollution Treatment Zhao, Yili (Energy Specialization) *†

Wong, Brandon *† and Control Specialization) *


GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Wong, Jason Tsz Chun (Structural Kooy, Jacob Anthony Tate
Cristello, Robert Michael *
Specialization) (Hydrology Specialization) *†
Luong, Nathan
Wong, Yuk Ying (Water Resources Kuruppu, Anjali Purnima (Hydrology
Specialization) * Peterka, Chester William (Soil, Rock
Specialization) *
and Structures Specialization)
Yokhana, Catherine L Laliberte, Rayden Grace
(Pollution Treatment and Control Trask, Matthew Jeffrey *
(Transportation Specialization) *
Specialization) * White, Natalie Anne (Hydrogeology
Yuen, Shalom (Structural
Specialization) Leoni, David Gabriel Specialization) *

Zhang, Michelle (Structural Leung, Gareth Hon-Yiu (Energy Zhao, Ruowen (Hydrogeology
Specialization – Management Specialization) * Specialization, Soil, Rock and
Structures Specialization) *
Sciences Option) * Li, Yiming *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 45


MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING Kornberg, Zachary Aaron Walker, Samantha Anne *
Abou Sawan, Nicolas (Computing (Computing Option) Wong, Aiden (Computing Option) *
Option) * Krasinski, Caitlan (Statistics Option, Wu, Christiana Zheng (Statistics
Abu-Dumedah, Rawanna * Computing Option) *† Option, Computing Option) *
Adil, Ashba (Computing Option) * Kumar, Ashwuni (Artificial Wu, Sharon Yan (Computing Option) *
Intelligence Option) *
Afros, Sheila (Computing Option) * You, Olivia (Statistics Option,
Laventhiran, Suvaena (Computing
Ahillan, Tharani (Computing Option) *† Computing Option) *
Option) *
Archer, Justine Sarah (Computing Yu, Charles Matthew (Statistics
Lin, Emma (Computing Option) *
Option) * Option, Computing Option) *†
Liu, Qirui (Computing Option) *
Bacalear, Daniil (Computing Option) Zaidi, Syed Ali Haider (Computing
*Barnard, Francois (Computing Lu, Sabrina (Computing Option) * Option) *
Option) *† Mak, Pui Ying Janice (Computing Zheng, Zi Xuan (Computing Option) *
Bhalla, Gunchica (Statistics Option, Option) *
Computing Option) Mastantuono, Thomas (Computing
Bora, Vatsal (Computing Option) * Option) * BACHELOR OF
Burke, Paul Liam * Meiyappan, Aashan (Computing ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES
Option) *
Burns, Edward Dylan (Computing HONOURS PROGRAM
Option) Mena, Emilio Andres (Computing
Chang, Ardy *
Option) *†
Cao, Ming Xun (Computing Option, Chen, Nicole Wing
Artificial Intelligence Option) * Mhatre, Mihir Samir (Computing daCosta, Alexandra Mariko
Option) * Forte, Jordan Thomas
Chen, Tyler Jinn-Lung (Computing
Nagtegaal, Eric William (Artificial Kalloo, Salma
Option) *
Intelligence Option) *
Chidella, Shivani (Computing
Option) *† Nesarajah, Kokelan (Computing
Option) DIPLOMA IN ARABIC LANGUAGE I
Chow, Vincent Jonathan (Computing Abou Sawan, Nicolas
Option) *† Noor, Zain (Computing Option) *

Creasy, Benjamin Thomas Sharp Olynyk, Roman Walter (Physical


Sciences Option, Computing Option) *
(Computing Option) * DIPLOMA IN FRENCH LANGUAGE II
Curalli, Julian Alexander Park, Alexandra Rachel (Computing Abou Sawan, Nicolas
(Computing Option) *† Option) *

El-Refai, Lama (Computing Option) * Paroski, Liliana *

Exconde, Jillian Dawn (Computing Prasad, Karthik (Computing Option) * DIPLOMA IN GERMAN LANGUAGE
Option) * Prevost, Rachel Lauren * Abou Sawan, Nicolas
Farag, Tala (Computing Option) * Ren, Julia (Computing Option,
Farrahi, Delaram (Computing Artificial Intelligence Option) *
DIPLOMA IN SUSTAINABILITY
Option) *† Ren, Victoria JiaYuan (Computing
Balles, Nicole Antoinette
Fisseha, Bethlehem * Option) *
Grenapin, Cedric
Fraser, Scott Stephen (Computing Sanghera, Gurleen Kaur (Computing Ma, William Graham
Option) * Option) * Thampaiyah, Ahiesh
Gao, Ming (Statistics Option) *† Selvaraj, Rishega *

Geist, Ethan *† Selvarajah, Gogilan (Computing


Option) * CERTIFICATE IN
Gupta, Rohan (Computing Option) *
Senthilmanoharan, Geerthika GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
Hirji, Jenna (Entrepreneurship (Computing Option) * Hu, Xiaoge
Minor) *
Shokeh, Dana
Huang, Zhi Ming Adam (Computing
Option) * Sivekumaar, Suthan (Computing
Option) *
Issac, Anand Zacharia (Computing
Option) * Song, Arden Justice (Statistics
Option, Computing Option) *†
Jiang, Darren Han-Jun (Computing
Option) * Tanveer, Fahmida (Computing
Option) *
Jones, Timothy Francis Marc
(Computing Option) Tonigussi, Paloma Monette *

Khan, Usman Amin (Computing Tu, Mylene Grace (Entrepreneurship


Option) * Option, Computing Option) *

Kim, Soohyun (Computing Option) * Visva, Aswine Ajanthan (Computing


Option) *

* – With Distinction
† – Dean’s Honours List

46 Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


Outstanding Achievements
MEDALS AND AWARDS
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S
ACADEMIC GOLD MEDAL
Highest standing
in a Doctoral program
Muhammad Shehryar Khan

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S
ACADEMIC SILVER MEDAL
Highest standing in an
undergraduate degree program
Nick Nolan Gharabaghi

THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO


ALUMNI GOLD MEDAL
Outstanding academic achievement
Charles Matthew Yu

ONTARIO PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS FOUNDATION
FOR EDUCATION GOLD MEDAL
Kiersten Ainsley Overton

PEARL SULLIVAN EMERGING


GLOBAL LEADERS AWARD
Andrea Chakma

ROY DUXBURY LEADERSHIP


AWARD
Kathrine Elizabeth Von Friedl

THE JOHN FISHER AWARD


FOR LEADERSHIP
Julia Nicole Nixon Baribeau

THE ALBERT SHERWOOD


BARBER MEDAL
Orson Andrew Baines

Spring 2023 Convocation / UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO 47


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undergraduate and graduate students.
The Royal Canadian Mint produced these
medals in the past – but in the true spirit
of Waterloo, we’ve decided to make
them ourselves.

Carefully crafted on campus in state-of-the-art


labs, each medal is created out of nickel superalloy
using a 3D printer. The surface is finished by hand
to produce a brilliant shine. Through the process of
electroplating, the medal is then coated in 24-carat gold.
The result is a tribute to Waterloo’s most accomplished
graduates, made for each proud recipient by members
of the University community.

GO INSIDE THE LAB AT


uwaterloo.ca/impact-stories/new-gold-medals

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S ALUMNI GOLD MEDAL RECIPIENTS!


YOU HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE, AND EVEN MORE TO ANTICIPATE
IN YOUR FUTURE AS UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ALUMNI.

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Our tradition of regalia
THE GOWN
At the University of Waterloo, as at most universities, academic robes are worn only
on these special occasions. In the Middle Ages, robes were everyday clothing, and some
students were so poor they had nothing else to wear. The black wrapper now called a
“gown” served them as jacket, coat and sometimes bedclothes. Stone college buildings of
the Middle Ages were unheated and the colourful “hood” could be pulled up to help keep
out the cold wind. Today, the officers of the University, faculty members and graduating
students all wear garments that are symbolic, not functional.

The scholars and students in long-ago universities were generally monks and other
members of church orders. Over time, their vestments came to identify their universities.
There are many variations, and the exact hood, gown or hat worn by an individual
are determined by the university where they qualified. The array of colours and styles
demonstrates the worldwide range of universities from which Waterloo’s faculty have come.

THE HOOD
Hoods are unique in design and colour to each degree and each university. The academic
dress chosen for Waterloo is patterned after that of Oxford, the world’s oldest English-
speaking university. The chief officers on the convocation platform – the Chancellor
(the ceremonial head of the University) and the president (who is also Vice-Chancellor) –
wear gowns of the Oxford cut and trim, each with its own distinctive colour. The gowns
worn by recipients of honorary degrees have the same design, as do the black gowns worn
by candidates for regular degrees, and the red-and-green gowns which are Waterloo’s regalia
for Doctor of Philosophy degrees.

The ritual at convocation reflects the old custom that anyone in a university could wear
a gown, but a hood was the symbol for a degree.

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Academic Dress
BACHELOR’S

Bachelor of Bachelor of Bachelor of Bachelor Bachelor of Bachelor of Computing Bachelor of


Accounting and Applied Science Architectural of Arts Computer Science and Financial Environmental
Financial Management Studies Management Studies

Bachelor of Global Bachelor of Bachelor of Bachelor of Bachelor Bachelor of Bachelor of


Business and Knowledge Mathematics Public Health of Science Social Work Software
Digital Arts Integration Engineering

PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE

Doctor of Doctor of
Optometry Pharmacy

MASTER’S

Master of Master of Master of Master of Master of Master of Business, Master of Master of


Accounting Actuarial Science Applied Science Architecture Arts Entrepreneurship Catholic Thought Climate Change
and Technology

Master of Data Master of Master of Digital Master of Economic Master of Master of Master of Master of
Science and Development Experience Development Engineering Environment Environmental Fine Arts
Artificial Intelligence Practice Innovation and Innovation and Business Studies

Master of Master of Health Master of Master of Master of Master of Master of Master of


Health Evaluation Informatics Kinesiology Management Mathematics Mathematics Peace and Pharmacy
Sciences for Teachers Conflict Studies

Master of Master of Master of Master of Master of Master of Master of Master of


Planning Public Health Public Service Quantitative Science Social Work Taxation Theological Studies
Finance

DOCTORAL HONORARY DOCTORATE

Doctor of Doctor of Doctor of Doctor of Doctor of Doctor of Doctor of Doctor of


Philosophy Divinity Engineering Environmental Laws Letters Mathematics Science
Studies
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