Spring 2026 Recognition Ceremony Program
Congratulations to the Civil and Architectural Engineering Class of 2026!
And a specialthank you to all of the friends and family who have supported our graduates during their time at CU ǸԹ.
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
, 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 ǸԹ Engineering partnership
Architectural Engineering| AREN
Civil Engineering| CVEN
The candidates in this program have applied for May or August graduation, and publication here does not represent official certification of meeting degree requirements.
Latin Honors*
Upon meeting all degree requirements, if an undergraduate student’s cumulative CU GPA (all coursework in the undergraduate career GPA on the CU transcript) is at least 3.700, the student will automatically receive a Latinate honor.
cum laude - GPA of 3.70–3.79
magna cum laude - GPA of 3.80–3.89
summa cum laude - GPA of 3.90–4.00
Other Honors
Purple and White cord | Chi Epsilon honor society
Yellow cord | Kiewit Scholar
White stole | American Society of Civil Engineers
Blue and Orange cord |
*Designations in this program are tentative, as final grades are not yet available.