2024 Commencement Ceremony and Awards
Congratulations Class of 2024!
Photos of EE graduates are available through EE's Commencement page.
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FROM THE CHAIR
"Many of you were starting your studies when the pandemic hit, which made them not like anything you or we expected. But together we managed, and here you are,” stated Mark Horowitz, Yahoo! Founders Professor in the School of Engineering and department Chair.
"You are truly an extraordinary group. Not only because of all of your academic achievements and hard work, but also because you have shown incredible strength, resilience, and dedication through all the challenges of the past few years. It is this resilience, along with your education, which will serve you well moving forward.”
Continuing, he shared two pieces of advice,
Stay curious about the world and be willing to take some chances.
Remember that we all have much more in common than we are different.
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STUDENT SPEAKER
Sara Davidova (MS ’24) shared her lessons on the privilege of being a student, the beauty of being a teacher, and the fun of being in all of it together with your friends.
“...what makes the Electrical Engineering program truly outstanding is its propensity to build strong friendships. I am not sure if it is the shared struggle, or if there is some other magic about the major, but I can attest to you that every single one of us here has made the strongest bonds while despairing over dysfunctional circuits, misbehaving code, or a particularly brutal pset."
Congratulations to all of our graduates! And thank you to all their family and friends for joining us in honoring their accomplishments.
Presenting the Class of 2024 Awards and Honors
The 2024 Design Award
• Guilherme Beyruti Suranyi, for their project in EE 156 - 'Board Level Design, Laundry Tracker'
• Zhouhua Xie, for their project in EE 156 - 'Board Level Design, Dice Roller'
• Stefano Fantini Delmanto, for their project in EE 156 - 'Board Level Design, Kinetic Art Piece'
Centennial Teaching Assistant Award
• Griffin Holt
• Sneha Goenka
• Adam Dai (not pictured)
• Saksham Consul (not pictured)
• Aya Mouallem
James F. Gibbons Award
• Sara Davidova
• Geun Ho Ahn
• Lisa Gunnarsson (not pictured)
Bachelor’s Degree with Distinction
• Jack Glad
• Ava Jih-Schiff
• Will Michaels
• Justin Olah
• Christos Polzak
Bachelor’s Degree with Honors
• Ryan Wixen
• Frederick Nitta
Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Master’s Degree with Distinction in Research
Phi Beta Kappa
• Christos Polzak
• Jack Glad
• William Michaels
• Alexander Sun
Tau Beta Pi
• William Michaels
• Justin Olah
• Christopher Polzak
• Rohan Sanda
• Elena Grace Sierra
• Michael Yu
Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Scholastic Award
• Christos Polzak
• Michael Jonathan Yu
Ford Scholar Award
2024 Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council Exceptional Master’s Student Award
• Annie Ostojic
• Shreya Shankar
EE Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Teaching
Chair’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education