Spring 2026 Recognition Ceremony Program

Congratulations to the Civil and Architectural Engineering Class of 2026!

And a special thank you to all of the friends and family who have supported our graduates during their time at CU Boulder. 

Table of Contents

  Ceremony

  Awards & Honors

  PhD Candidates

  Master's Candidates

  Bachelor's Graduates

Ceremony

Friday, May 1, 2026 | 5-8 p.m. | Benson Lawn

Processional

Candidates and Faculty

Opening Remarks

Distinguished Professor Karl Linden, Department Chair

Keynote Speaker

Jonathan Jones, P.E., P.H., BC.WRE, F.ASCE, Chairman of the Board, Wright Water Engineers, Inc.

Recognition of College Undergraduate Award Winners & Milo S. Ketchum Award Recipients

Milo S. Ketchum Award Recipient Address

Rico Nelson, BS in Civil Engineering

Presentations

Doctor of Philosophy Candidates | Architectural Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy Candidates | Civil Engineering

Master of Science Candidates | Architectural Engineering

Master of Science Candidates | Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Science Award Winners

Undergraduate Department Awards

Presentations

Bachelor of Science Candidates | Architectural Engineering

Bachelor of Science Candidates | Civil Engineering

Faculty Appreciation Presentation

Faculty Appreciation Awards

Closing Remarks

Distinguished Professor Karl Linden, Department Chair

Reception

Please join us as we celebrate our graduates. Refreshments will be served.

College Award Winners

Community Impact
Eleanor Ashley
Logan Kolander

Perseverance
David Huerta Gonzalez
Donovan Smith

Department Award Winners

Milo S. Ketchum Award
Rico Nelson

Ketchum Runners-up
Mary Grace Lehmkuhl
Julian Kotara

Academic Engagement Award
Anneliese Crayton
Evelyn Ingraham

Community Impact Award
Claire Harvie
Mary Grace Lehmkuhl

Culture Impact Award
Gabriel Contreras
Kailey Hoden

Global Engagement Award
Vadim Uzdensky

Perseverance Award
Jake Reynolds
Kenan File

Research Award
Maya Leizerovich
Simon Cox

Wellness Award
Erin Brown

Architectural Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy Candidates

Jasmine Garland 
Advisors, Kyri Baker and Ben Livneh 

Laksana Gema Perdamaian 
Advisor, John Zhai 

Martín Torres 
Advisor, Wil Srubar

Civil Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy Candidates

Kaitlyn Mariye Bishay 
Advisor, Ben Livneh 

Francisco Daniel Contreras 
Advisor, Cristina Torres-Machi 

Daniel Donado Quintero 
Advisor, Chris Senseney 

Janice Higuera 
Advisor, Angela Bielefeldt 

Nasim Mamaghani Ildiri 
Advisor, Mark Hernandez 

Paula López Álvarez de Neyra 
Advisor, Amelia Celoza 

Mostafa Mohammadian 
Advisor, Kyri Baker

Jorge Santiago Ramírez Núñez 
Advisor, Aditi Bhaskar 

Katharine Raye Rhoades 
Advisors, Abbie Liel and Shideh Dashti 

Elle Anne Stark 
Advisor, John Crimaldi 

Samba Siva Sai Prasad Thota 
Advisor, Rajagopalan Balaji 

Naiara R. Tonin 
Advisor, Mija Hubler 

Mohammed Zainalabdeen Zainy 
Advisor, Yunping Xi

Architectural Engineering
Master of Science Candidates

Gianni Carbonaro 
Suttichai Charoenkij* 
Kale Dohrman 
Kiera Fullick 
Antonio Adolfo Garza Quintanilla
Edward Jaeho Lee 
Mike McBride* 
Maja Sakiewicz* 
Fawaz Shaban 
Jonas Vilhelm Soegaard*

*Professional Masters Program

Civil Engineering
Master of Science Candidates

Kaitlyn Mariye Bishay 
Daniel Francisco Contreras 
Jeanette Marie Felmlee-Gartner 
Luísa Lopes de Freitas Guilherme 
George Kurtz 
Alexander Maurer 
Ha Hoang Nguyen 
Zachary Nuss 
Joshua Robinson
Matthew Walter Sabin 
Zachary David Schaad 
Sina Senji 
Jenna Stein 
Hayden Stolcis 
Joshua Tan 
Myles Peter Turner 
Lucia Venegas 
Cora Wiese Moore

Bachelor of Science
Architectural Engineering

Laila Khalid Al-Ghareeb 
Jack Arndt 
Kasem Alarbash 
Said Almohri 
Grace Apel 
Nolan Barry 
Hailey Bowman 
Simon Schermerhorn Cox 
Kenan Jeffrey File 
Colin Finnerty 
Valentina Gyassah 
Max Henzl 
Kailey Hoden 
Evelyn Ingraham, magna cum laude 
Justin Jachimowicz 
Reeves Sebele Kirby
Julian Alexander Lappas Kotara, cum laude 
Mary Grace Lehmkul, cum laude 
Manuel Lopez Vega 
Mason Lott 
Fintan Maloney 
Patrick Marina 
Kieran McCarron 
Josephine Dalton Mott 
Alianna Marie Rathke 
Grace Reyes 
Hind Raed Saeed 
Aiden Pirmin Smith 
Donovan Smith 
Alec Villas 
Daniil Ziumchenko

Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering Candidates

Eleanor Chuan Bing Ashley** 
Colin Bires
Coleman Kelly Bohmer 
Chase Michael Boyd 
Ty Braesch 
Erin Brown,** cum laude 
Tyler Ruane Buckley 
Charles Garrett Christian 
Gabriel Contreras Soto 
Kaitlyn Cooper** 
Anneliese Crayton, magna cum laude
Nicholas Joseph Dec 
Miguel Deherrera Dunlap 
Brenden Folsom 
Meredith Gadecki 
Rebecca Ann Gagliano 
Nathaniel Eli Garcia 
Luke Goodrich** 
Camilla Gostynski 
Nicholas Hallee, cum laude
Claire Harvie, magna cum laude 
Daniel Hernandez-Lopez 
Erick Herrera 
Bates Highsmith 
Drayson Hilkemeier 
David Huerta Gonzalez** 
Dustin Johnson 
Sarah Johnson 
Gunnar Johnson 
Logan Gregory Kolander 
Alexandr Charles Larson 
Maya Leizerovich 
James Levison 
JT Lewicki, magna cum laude 
Mai Ly Lim 
Maya Christine Linsenmeyer, magna cum laude
Wilder Lockwood 
Alicia Elizabeth Lopez 
Madisyn Manka 
Emmett Manzella
José Molina González 
Nolan Morse** 
Max Muilenburg 
Yared Mekonnen Mulugeta 
Mia Nava 
Rico Daniel Nelson, summa cum laude
Jacob Nolan 
Garrett O’Connor** 
Ashley Ramos Ortiz 
Andreu Eduard Ortodo Irausquin 
Natalie Parks 
Clara Place, summa cum laude 
Colin Rasmussen 
Jake Reynolds
Jonathan Rodriguez-Marin 
Conor Ryan 
Ryan Madruga** 
Zachary Sileo 
Jacob Edward Starke 
Liron Steiner 
Karolina Thuresson, magna cum laude 
Abigail Tomczyk 
Gerard Anthony Trujillo jr. 
Vadim Samuel Uzdensky, summa cum laude 
Zachary David Van Thuyne, magna cum laude 
Chase Anthony Vasquez 
Alec Marwan Zakhem
William Paul Zamagni

**Colorado Mesa University (CMU)/CU Boulder Engineering partnership