Congratulations to the electrical and computer engineering Class of 2023!
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
Today's Ceremony
- Processional
- Welcoming Remarks
Professor Chris Myers, Department Chair and Palmer Leadership Chair in Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering - Acknowledgement of Award Winners
- Holland Teaching Award Faculty Keynote
Assistant Professor Joe Izraelevitz - Undergraduate Student Address
Gala Bokhadour - Graduate Student Address
Haley Ross - Presentation of the PhD Candidates
Professor Sean Shaheen, Associate Chair for Research and Graduate Education - Presentation of Master’s Candidates
Professor Sean Shaheen, Associate Chair for Research and Graduate Education - Presentation of BS Candidates
Associate Teaching Professor Mona ElHelbawy, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education - Closing Remarks
Professor Chris Myers - Reception
Please join us to continue celebrating our graduates. Light refreshments will be provided.
Awards and Honors
Doctor of Philosophy Candidates
Emily Dupre Caldwell
Advised by Dr. Nathan Newbury and Alfred T. and Betty E. Look Endowed Professor Juliet Gopinath
Dissertation: "Ultra-long distance free-space optical time transfer for future femtosecond ground-to satellite clock networks"
Jake Alexander Cazden
Advised by Professor Dejan Filipovic, Hudson Moore Jr. Chair in Engineering
Dissertation: "Antenna Systems for Wideband Direction Finding and Spectrum Sensing"
Janko Čeliković
Advised by Charles Victor Schelke Endowed Professor Dragan Maksimovic
Dissertation: "Modeling and Control Optimization of DC-DC Power Converters for Battery-Powered Mobile Applications"
Gregory Cusack
Advised by Associate Professor Eric Keller
Dissertation: Enabling Application-Specific Programmable Compute Infrastructure
Thomas Lee Dearing
Advised by Assistant Professor Xudong Chen
Dissertation: "Efficient Trajectory Optimization for Constrained Spacecraft Attitude Maneuvers using Momentum Exchange Devices"
Devon Donahue
Advised by Associate Professor Taylor Barton, Lockheed Martin Junior Faculty Fellow
Dissertation: "Application of Multi-Port Reflectometry to Arbitrary Matching Networks for RF Power Amplifier-Integrated Load Impedance Sensing"
Gaeron Friedrichs
Advised by Professor Dejan Filipovic
Dissertation: "Machine Learning Enhanced Antenna Systems"
Kyle Jackson Goodrick
Advised by Professor Dragan Maksimovic
Dissertation: "Systematic Optimization of Multiple Voltage Domain DC Distribution Architectures"
Muhammad Umar Javed
Advised by Assistant Professor Xudong Chen
Dissertation: "Cooperative Estimation: Decentralized Gradient Flows, Acceleration and Synchronization"
Marija Marković
Advised by Associate Professor Bri-Mathias Hodge
Dissertation: To be defended in summer 2023
Nicholas Nardelli
Advised by Dr. Tara Fortier and Assistant Professor Shu-Wei Huang
Dissertation: "Ultra-Precise Optical and Microwave Synthesis with an Er/Yb:glass Frequency Comb"
Vyjayanthni Narumanchi
Advised by Professor Todd Murray (Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Dissertation: "Analysis and application of post-processing algorithms to enhance the performance of optical imaging systems"
Megan Robinson
Advised by Distinguished Professor Zoya Popovic, Lockheed Martin Endowed Chair in RF Engineering
Dissertation: "GaN Technologies for Microwave Heating and Broadband Receiver Applications"
Raymond James Sprungle
Advised by Professor Emeritus Ed Kuester
Dissertation: "Design Studies for Tapered Transmission Line Matching Circuits"
Robert W. Streeter
Advised by Distinguished Professor Zoya Popovic
Dissertation: "High-resolution Deep-tissue Microwave Thermometry"
Master's Candidates
Master of Science with Thesis
Anne Barlas
Advised by Associate Professor Bri-Mathias Hodge
Dissertation: "The Last 10% Challenge in a Deeply Decarbonized Power System"
Swastik Bimal Bhattacharya
Advised by Professor Jade Morton (Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Dissertation: "Remote Sensing Techniques for Surface Water Detection"
Trent Martin
Advised by Professor Dragan Maksimovic
Dissertation: "Modular Series-Stacked Bidirectional AC/DC Architecture"
Haley Allana Ross
Advised by Associate Professor Bri-Mathias Hodge
Dissertation: To be defended in summer 2023
Shivangi Sinha
Advised by Professor Dragan Maksimovic
Dissertation: "48V to 1V Active-Clamp Stacked Direct Forward Converter"
Aakriti Srivastava
Advised by Associate Professor Melinda Piket-May and Scholar-in-Residence Eric Bogatin
Dissertation: "Optimization of signal and return via in PCB for 20 GHz BW signal"
Muhy Eddin Za’ter
Advised by Associate Professor Bri-Mathias Hodge
Dissertation: "Machine Learning Framework for Power System Security Assessment"