The Department of Materials Science and Engineering honored its graduates and 2018-2019 departmental awardees at its annual commencement dinner at the University Club on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. The College of Engineering held its commencement event on Thursday, June 13 at 1:00 pm at the Mann Center, and Drexel Materials graduating senior Isabella Mendoza gave the undergraduate commencement address. Finally, a University-wide commencement ceremony took place on Friday, June 14 at 7:30 pm at Citizens Bank Park.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Awards
Outstanding Research Award
Hao Cheng
Outstanding Teaching Award
Yury Gogotsi
Outstanding Service Award
Richard Knight
Outstanding Faculty Innovation Award
Michele Marcolongo
Outstanding Staff Award
Sarit Kunz
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Mallory Clites
Yuan-Ping (Peter) Li
Outstanding Graduate Innovation Award
Chelsea Knittel
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Katrina Johnston
Natalia Noriega Pedraza
Outstanding Undergraduate Innovation Award
Rebecca Archacki
Grayson Deysher
Emily Herbert
Degree Recipients
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Alicia Susanne Busenius-Kriete
“Novel Biomimetic Proteoglycans for Molecular Engineering of the Urethra for Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence”
Supervising Professor: Michele Marcolongo
Mallory Christine Clites
“Chemical Pre-intercalation Synthesis Approach for Improved Energy Storage Performance of Layered Oxide Cathodes”
Supervising Professor: Ekaterina Pomerantseva
Zhiyuan Fan
“Cell Membrane-Derived Materials”
Supervising Professor: Hao Cheng
Amanda Huon
“Investigating Quadruple Perovskites: Synthesis and Characterization of CaMn7O12”
Supervising Professor: Steven J. May
Chelsea Elizabeth Knittel
“Tools for Prediction and Understanding of Self-Folding Behavior of Knitted Textiles”
Supervising Professors: Genevieve Dion and Caroline Schauer
Sankalp Sudhir Kota
“Synthesis and Characterization of the MAB Phases: Ternary, Nanolayered Transition Metal Borides”
Supervising Professor: Michel W. Barsoum
Andrew Charles Lang
“Physical Defects and Degradation Mechanisms of GaN-based Electronic Devices Explored by Transmission Electron Microscopy”
Supervising Professor: Mitra Taheri
Evan R. Phillips
“Cartilage Molecular Engineering Using Biomimetic Proteoglycans”
Supervising Professor: Michele S. Marcolongo
Jovana Radojevic
“Mechanical Properties of Compacted Powder Mixtures with a Hygroscopic Component: General Ideas and Special Cases”
Supervising Professor: Antonios Zavaliangos
Patrick Stuart Urbankowski
“Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Nitrides”
Supervising Professor: Yury Gogotsi
Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering
Bilen Akuzum
Tal Barzeski
Alicia Susanne Busenius-Kriete
Abraham Calvin
Helen Chiang
Mallory Clites
Sarah Lynn Culbert
Sarah Emily Gleeson
Kathleen McInerney
Cassandra Marie Pate
Prem Dilip Patel
Farhaan Husain Rizvi
Renee Lauren Timmins
Nicholas J. Trainor
Alexandria Ruth Will-Cole
Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering
Rebecca Ann Archacki
Megan P. Chatham
Christopher Robert Conley
Sarah Lynn Culbert (Cum Laude)
Grayson Brouse Deysher (Cum Laude)
Samantha Fontaine Dorman
Omar Nabir Elkassabany
James Frishkoff
Connor Evan Gill
Luisa Larissa Arnaldo Gomes
Alexander R. Grimaldi
Andrew C. Heitner
Carter Lawrence Henderson (Magna Cum Laude)
Emily Mary Herbert
Katrina Johnston
Noah E. Kortz
Maria Trigone Lefchak
Kyra A. Mele
Maria Isabella Francesca Mendoza
Maria Natalia Noriega Pedraza (Cum Laude)
Christine Mahinay Peifer
Jeremy Raphael Pitock
Alexander William Sherwood (Summa Cum Laude)
Renee Lauren Timmins (Cum Laude)