College of Engineering

Board of regentsRossanna Salazar, Chairman AustinWilliam F. Scott, Vice Chairman NederlandCharlie Amato San AntonioVeronica Muzquiz Edwards San AntonioJaime R. Garza San AntonioDavid Montagne BeaumontVernon Reaser III BellaireAlan L. Tinsley MadisonvilleDonna N. Williams ArlingtonDylan J. McFarland, Student Regent Huntsville

Brian McCall, Ph.D., Chancellor

University administrationKenneth R. Evans, Ph.D. PresidentJames Marquart, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic AffairsKevin B. Smith, Ph.D. Senior Associate Provost Brenda S. Nichols, D.N.Sc. Vice Provost for Digital LearningE. Craig Ness, M.B.A. Vice President for Finance and OperationsJohn Bello-Ogunu, Sr., Ph.D. Vice President for Diversity and InclusionPriscilla Parsons, M.B.A. Vice President for Information TechnologyVicki McNeil, Ed.D. Vice President for Student EngagementJuan Zabala, M.B.A. Vice President for University AdvancementJason Henderson, M.B.A. Athletics Director

academic deansWilliam E. Harn, Ph.D. Dean of Graduate StudiesJoe Nordgren, Ph.D. Interim Dean of Arts and SciencesEnrique “Henry” Venta, Ph.D. Dean of BusinessRobert Spina, Ph.D., FACSM Dean of Education and Human DevelopmentSrinivas Palanki, Ph.D. Dean of EngineeringDerina Holtzhausen, Ph.D. Dean of Fine Arts and CommunicationKevin Dodson, Ph.D. Dean of Reaud Honors CollegeDavid J. Carroll, M.L.S. Director of Library Services

Dear Graduates of Fall 2016, Relatives and Friends:

On behalf of the Lamar University Administration, the College of Engineering Leadership Team and faculty and staff of your academic department, congratulations on achieving this very significant milestone in your life. Each of you have worked hard, made new friends, received guidance and support from family, University faculty and staff, and friends. This ceremony has three purposes: First is to formally celebrate your

achievement. Second is to thank those who supported and helped you along the way, and finally, is to begin the next phase of your life where you will set new goals and pursue them with the same or even higher levels of dedication.

My challenge for you is to set the right goals. Set them high enough so that you must work both smart and hard to achieve them, and then feel that happiness that comes from seeing your hard work and excellent preparation pay off. It has been said many times that success is at the intersection of hard work and preparation.

In closing, I would ask that you maintain your ties to Lamar University. I encourage you to support your college through various activities, programs and scholarships and ask that you keep us updated on your many achievements to come.

Srinivas Palanki, Ph.D.Dean

Ceremony Program

Musical Prelude Lamar University Brass Ensemble Scott Deppe, Ed.D. Director of Bands

Academic Processional* Hsing-wei Chu, Ph.D. Chair of Mechanical Engineering Piper Professor Crown Imperial Lamar University Brass Ensemble Walton

The National Anthem* Debra Greschner, M.M.The Star Spangled Banner Instructor of MusicFrancis Scott Key

Welcome/Introductions Srinivas Palanki, Ph.D. Dean

Commencement Address Sina Nejad, P.E., P.Eng, President, Sigma Engineers

Certification of Graduates Srinivas Palanki, Ph.D.

Conferring of Degrees Kenneth R. Evans, Ph.D.

Presentation of Graduating Srinivas Palanki, Ph.D.Class/Investiture of Doctorates

Announcement of Sujay MahaleGraduates Doctoral Student Department of Industrial Engineering Manisha Patel Undergraduate Student Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering

Presentation of Order of Srinivas Palanki, Ph.D.the Engineer Evan Wujcik, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Concluding Remarks Srinivas Palanki, Ph.D.and Awards

Lamar University Debra Greschner, M.M.Alma Mater*G. Rhodes Smartt Lamar to thee we’re singing We will ever need thee Voices raised on high. As our guiding star. We will forever love thee To us you’ll always be Laud thee to the sky. Our glorious Lamar.

Academic Recessional* Hsing-wei Chu, Ph.D.

Please join us for an informal reception under the tent, located in the front of the Montagne Center, following the ceremony.

*Audience please stand.

To maintain the dignity of the program, guests are requested to refrain from unnecessary noises (air horns, etc.) and movement during the ceremony.

Srinivas Palanki, Dean

Chemical EngineeringT. C. Ho, ChairTracy BensonTianxing CaiDaniel ChenJohn GossageClayton JeffryesDaniel KnightSidney LinHelen LouRafael TadmorTao WeiEvan WujcikQiang Xu

Civil and Environmental EngineeringLiv Haselbach, ChairNicholas BrakeMien JaoQin QianDan SuXing WuHao YangRenzun Zhao

Electrical EngineeringHarley Myler, ChairReza BarzegaranXiaofan HeKoji HiranoG.N. ReddySelahattin SayilGleb TcheslavskiRuhai WangYao XuHassan Zargarzedeh

Industrial EngineeringBrian Craig, ChairJaeyoung ChoJames CurryYueqing LiAlberto MarquezBerna TokgozEzra WariGary YentzenVictor ZaloomWeihang Zhu

Mechanical EngineeringHsing-wei Chu, ChairKendrick AungAli BeheshtiLiangbiao ChenPaul CorderKeivan DavamiXuejun FanRamesh GuduruPing HeXianchang LiA K M MazumderMalur SrinivasanChun-wei YaoJenny Zhou

College of engineering faCulty

Tracy Benson Nicholas Brake Maryam Hamidi Mien Jao Dan Su Berna Tokgoz

Evan Wujcik Hassan Zargarzedeh

faCulty marshals

DireCtors of graDuation CeremonyDavid Short Jr., Registrar

Barbara Price, Assistant Registrar Jenny Wagner, Assistant Registrar

DireCtors of reCorDs & registrationSummer Rather Natasha Walker

graDuation CoorDinatorsElisabeth Brown Mildred Piert

THE ORDER OF THE ENGINEER

The Order of the Engineer is a national organization whose purpose is to foster a spirit of pride, individual integrity, and responsibility in the engineering profession. It promotes ethics and professionalism in the practice of engineering and bridges the gap between education and practice.

Membership is voluntary and open to seniors and graduate students in EAC of ABET-accredited engineering programs, graduate students enrolled in other engineering programs housed in departments that administer EAC of ABET-accredited undergraduate programs, graduates of EAC of ABET-accredited engineering programs, licensed professional engineers, members of the Canadian Calling, and special individuals.

As part of this ceremony, inductees take a solemn obligation to themselves to “uphold devotion to the standards and dignity of the engineering profession”.

Each inductee who accepts the obligation receives a stainless steel ring. The ring is to be worn on the fifth finger of the working hand. Inductees are encouraged to wear the ring and to display the signed obligation certificate as visible reminders of the publicly accepted obligation as a contract with themselves.

OBLIGATION OF AN ENGINEER

(The candidates read aloud the parts in bold italic type.)

I am an Engineer. In my profession I take deep pride. To it I owe solemn obligations. Since the Stone Age, human progress has been spurred by the engineering genius. Engineers have made usable nature’s vast resources of material and energy for humanity’s benefit. Engineers have vitalized and turned to practical use the principles of science and the means of technology. Were it not for the heritage of accumulated experience, my efforts would be feeble.

As an Engineer, I pledge to practice integrity and fair dealing, tolerance and respect, and to uphold devotion to the standards and the dignity of my profession, conscious always that my skill carries with it the obligation to serve humanity by making the best use of Earth’s precious wealth.

As an Engineer, I shall participate in none but honest enterprises. When needed, my skill and knowledge shall be given without reservation for the public good. In the performance of duty and in fidelity to my profession, I shall give the utmost.

Dr. Sina Nejad is the founder and president of Sigma Engineers, Inc., established in Beaumont, Texas, in 1993. It is now one of the leading engineering and architectural firms in the area. A structural engineer, with expertise in Blast resistant buildings, he received his bachelor of science in civil engineering, master of engineering and doctor of engineering degrees, all from Lamar University, and was recently honored to be among Lamar University’s distinguished alumni.

As an avid supporter of this great university, he serves on Lamar University’s Civil Engineering Advisory Council, is a founding member of the President’s Circle, and is the president of the Board of Trustees for the University Foundation Board.

As one of his early volunteer projects in and around Lamar University, Dr. Nejad designed the full-size replica of the Lucas Gusher for the Spindletop celebration that was witnessed by thousands of spectators and former President George H. W. Bush.

Dr. Nejad is a member of numerous Texas and national professional societies including the Structural Engineering Institute, the Architectural Engineering Institute of which he is a founding member, and the Sabine Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers where he was named the engineer of the year in 2008.

Dr. Nejad is one of only twenty-one engineers approved to engage in the practice of architecture by the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners. He was appointed in 2013, by the Texas Governor to serve on the Board of Professional Engineers, where he continues to serve the engineering community. However, he has shared his expertise beyond state lines and national boundaries, as he is also a registered professional engineer in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. Nejad still makes time to give back to the Beaumont community, serving as chairman for both the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Building Code Board of Adjustment and Appeals for the City of Beaumont, and sits on the Advisory boards for Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital and BBVC Compass Bank. He is a member and past president of both the Symphony of Southeast Texas and the Anayat House and was named Small Business Person of the Year in 2004, by the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Sina Nejad has been married for 27 years to his beautiful wife Soheila, who is also the acting CFO of their company. They have two children, Amir and Layla, whom they named a Lamar University scholarship after.

DoCtor of engineering

Nidal Abdul Hamid AlsayyedSharan Chandrashekar KallolimathNing LouAjit Avinash PatkiPouyeh Rezazadeh

master of engineering sCienCe in ChemiCal engineering

Nikita Shirish BhaleraoVenkata Vinay Krishna

DoddapaneniAnudeep KareFrank D. Nato LopezAsad Hatim Vora

master of engineering in ChemiCal engineering Phu Duc DinhJian FangTarun Kumar GuptaSrinivas K. KonaTiffany Nicole MiguezPremkumar RavishankarUttam RimalParth Jagdishkumar ShahDilip Sharief ShaikBhushan Laxman ShindeManoj Kumar VadlamudiSaichaitanya VardineniTayebeh Zeinali

master of engineering sCienCe in Civil engineering

Debashis DasWeam Ahmad Elmahmoud

master of engineering in Civil engineering

Hafizul AlimNishanth BireneniIshwor DhakalDipika DhunganaAwandit GiriVishvas Vitthalbhai LimbachiyaNasib PandeyAakar Man Singh PradhanSajeeb ThakurPramod Reddy Yenna

master of sCienCe in environmental engineering

Andrea Michele DearingKarthik Pooranasamy

master of engineering sCienCe in eleCtriCal engineering Bulbul AhmedPankaj BhowmikSanmathi BirurmaligemarulasiMd Kamruzzaman

master of engineering in eleCtriCal engineering

Prashant AcharyaYashwanth Kumar Reddy AdiralaFiras Azzam Al KudsiMd Atahar AminGnana Thilagan AnnaduraiVenkata Rakesh AnneDwarika BaralMayur Kishor BaviskarKrishna Chaitanya BoligirlaMahesh Reddy ByreddyRakesh Reddy BythatagariDarshankumar Yashvantkumar

ChaudhariSaroj DahalGoutham Reddy GurramSudarshan KoiralaVeeravenkata Lakshman

MandapakaChiedozie Ekene OkoliAmrit ParajuliMohit S. RathodBisarad Trital

master of engineering in inDustrial engineering

Devang Jagdish BhandariSai Vikas ChinthakuntaTulasi Manas ChodapaneediKunal DahiyaAmardeep Singh GoriaAdedapo Oluwatayo IloriPraneeth KakarlaKiran Kumar Reddy KalluVenkata Ramana Kanakamedala

Khaja Hussain KandukuruAjay KaranamPremchand KommineniPardha Saradhi ManchikalapudiPrabil Babu MandakathingelViraj N. MandlikKarthik Kumar Reddy MareddySurya Pavan NishtalaSri Ram Kumar PamerlaYogesh PanathalaHarsh Nalinkumar PatelVilasben F. PatelManoj PatilSandeshreddy PatlollaSai Prem PottamDinesh Kumar Reddy SeelamManoj Reddy ShapuramPrabhu Thavutamudu GajendranJaswanth Yerapothina

master of engineering management

Venkata Sai Krishna AtmakuriDeepak Reddy BudamalaNaveen Chakravarthy ChallaSachin Kumar ChalvajiSricharana ChennaiahgariShashank ChinthalaSai Krishna Reddy ChinthalapaniSukhpreetkaur Jagdevsingh

ChouhanSeshivarun DamaNeil DasViswanth GudavarthiHimateja JulakantiHimanshu Chandubhai KukadiaGautham Raj Manoharan

Sasidhar Reddy MaramreddyAndres Roberto Medina Fuentes

DavilaSujap Jagdishbhai PatelRaman PathakSamanth Kumar Yarlagadda

master of engineering sCienCe in meChaniCal engineering

Refaty MunniDeep NarulaAnil PrajapatiMd Saifur RahmanRezaur RahmanDivine SebastianMiguel Gerardo Sierra OrtizKetan Subhash SolankiAmr Anwar Mohamed Ismail

Soliman

master of engineering in meChaniCal engineering

Praveen Kumar ChakkaDenu DesharAmit Shankar DumbreSampath Kumar KandukuriVignesh KrishnamoorthyFenilkumar Dilipbhai PatelPavan Ashokkumar PatelLikhit Rao RangineniGaurav Maganbhai SavaliyaNisarg Harshadbhai ShahKhan Mohammad Sadmaan Shams

BaChelor of sCienCe in ChemiCal engineering

Jordan Matthew AndersonAmir HamidiAli Shah KeraiAdewale Andrew OguntimehinChau Tran

BaChelor of sCienCe in Civil engineering

Billy Ray Wilson III

BaChelor of sCienCe in eleCtriCal engineering

James Edward EllisChristopher Chukwuma InomaMark Roy Worth

BaChelor of sCienCe in inDustrial engineering

Maria Elineth Tamsen

BaChelor of sCienCe in inDustrial teChnology

Brett Anthony ButlerJason Riley CraigWilliam Scott DurhamDylan Dawson GriffinDarrell GrissomThomas Lee Holt Jr.Daniel Lawrence HulseyChristopher Xavier LopezJonathan David Sheppard

Aljuawan D. VerserJosh Aaron Waite

BaChelor of sCienCe in meChaniCal engineering

David Matthew AlemanMegan Lynn CampbellJonathan Aaron EvansRonald Reed RichardsonBenjamin Andrew RushingThomas Labo TallaritaEdward Yi

DoCtoral Dissertations

Alsayyed, Nidal Abdul Hamid – Nationwide Sustainable Metrics for Entrepreneurial Solar Photovoltaic Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) – Weihang Zhu, Supervising Professor

Kallolimath, Sharan C. – Development of Drop Test Board Vehicle and Impact Dynamic Analysis for Uniform Shock Response – Jiang J. Zhou, Supervising Professor

Lou, Ning – Advanced Micro-Machining Techniques Study and Application on Inconel Milling and Picosecond Laser Applications on Semiconductor Materials – Xinyu Liu, Supervising Professor

Patki, Ajit Avinash – Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling in Industrial and Lab-Scale Flares – Xianchang Li, Supervising Professor

Rezazadeh, Pouyeh – Knowledge-Base Application for Recommending Similar Safety Incidents in Large Data Set – James Curry, Supervising Professor

masters theses

Ahmed, Bulbul – Minimization of Crosstalk, Power Consumption and Inductive Noise in Interconnect – Selahattin Sayil, Supervising Professor

Awate, Diwakar – Stress Analysis of Gas Turbine Blade with Film Cooling – Xianchang Li, Supervising Professor

Bhalerao, Nikita – Polypyrrole Nanocomposites Reinforced with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes – Evan Wujcik, Supervising Professor

Bhowmik, Pankaj – Mitigation of Temperature Induced Single Event Crosstalk Noise by Applying Adaptive Forward Body Bias – Selahattin Sayil, Supervising Professor

Birurmaligemarulasi, Sanmathi – Design and Development of Web-Based Fuzzy Logic Expert System for Control Problems – G.N. Reddy, Supervising Professor

Das, Debashis – The Role of Work Place Charger on Plug-In Electric Vehicle Adoption – Xing Wu, Supervising Professor

Dearing, Andrea M. – Characterization and Proposed Uses of Harvested Rainwater in a Coastal Petrochemical Industrial Metropolis, Beaumont, Texas – Jerry Lin, Supervising Professor

Doddapaneni, Venkata V. K. – Finite Element Analysis of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Silicon Nitride – Sidney Lin, Supervising Professor

Elmahmoud, Weam A. – Developing a Conductive Cementitious Material as a Pavement Surface over a Wireless Power Transfer System – Nicholas Brake, Supervising Professor

Kamruzzaman, Md. – Design and Implementation of Sparse Matrix Converter with WBG Switches to Control Electric Machines – Mohammad R. Barzegaran, Supervising Professor

Kare, Anudeep – Metal Cation Uptake and Reduction Kinetics in Microalgal Cell Culture – Clayton Jeffryes, Supervising Professor

Munni, Rafaty – Numerical Simulation of the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of an Impinging Air Jet on a Flat Plate for Surface Drying – Xianchang Li, Supervising Professor

Narula, Deep – Green Electricity from Living Plant Spartina Patens Using Stainless Steel Wool as Current Collector Electrode in a Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell – Ramesh Guduru, Supervising Professor

Nato Lopez, Frank – Kinetic Evaluation of Lipid Oils Conversion to Biofuel Using Layered Double Hydroxides Doped with Triazabicyclodecene Catalyst – Tracy Benson, Supervising Professor

Prajapati, Anil – Aerodynamic Losses Calculation of a Turbine Blade with Film Cooling with Forward and Backward Injection by Numerical Method – Xianchang Li, Supervising Professor

Rahman, Md Saifur – Yielding Behavior of Single Layer, Multilayer and Functionally Graded Hard Thin Film Under Scratch – Ali Beheshti, Supervising Professor

Rahman, Rezaur – Numerical Analysis of Working Fluid Properties in Electrohydrodynamic Pump in a Square Channel Using Ansys Maxwell Ansoft – Jenny Zhou, Supervising Professor

Sebastian, Divine – Fabrication and Analysis of Super Hydrophobic Metal Surfaces – Chun-Wei Yao, Supervising Professor

Sierra Ortiz, Miguel – Low Cycle Fatigue of 2.25Cr-1Mo at Elevated Temperatures – Ramesh Guduru, Supervising Professor

Solanki, Ketan – Electrochemical Characterization of Vanadium Pentoxide (V2O5) and Activated Carbon (AC) Electrodes in Multivalent Aluminum Nitrate Al(NO3)3) Electrolyte for Battery-Type Hybrid Supercapacitor Applications – Ramesh Guduru, Supervising Professor

Soliman, Amr Anwar – Finite Element Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Contact of Coated Flat with Rigid Sphere: Yielding and Penetration Analysis – Ali Beheshti, Supervising Professor

Vora, Asad – Investigation of Electrospun Polyvinyl Alcohol Fibers Towards the Development of Manufacturable Wound Dressings – Evan K. Wujcik, Supervising Professor

alPha lamBDa DeltaFreshman Honors

Red, White and Gold Triple Cord

alPha Pi muIndustrial Engineering Honor Society White Cord joined with White Panel

Beta Xi ChaPter of Phi Beta Delta

International Student HonorsGold Medallion with Red and Yellow Ribbon

Chi ePsilonCivil Engineering Honor Society

White Stole

Delta-Beta ChaPter of eta KaPPa nu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor SocietyYellow Stole with Insignia,

Yellow Cord with Red and Blue Tassel

lu amBassaDorsStudent Ambassadors

Red and Gold Double Cord

lu honorsLatin Honors

Red and White Double Cord

lu veteransUS Military Veteran

Red, White and Blue Double Cord

omega Chi ePsilonChemical Engineering Honor Society

White Stole

honors

An Honor Graduate must have completed 60 hours at Lamar University for a 4-year degree. A student with a GPA of 3.5 or higher on all LU

undergraduate work will be awarded honors. Cum laude is 3.5 to 3.64, magna cum laude is 3.65 to 3.79 and summa cum laude is 3.8 to 4.0.

the orDer of the engineerUpholding Engineering Integrity

Orange Stole with Red Trim

orDer of omegaGreek Honors

Gold Stole with Logo, Gold and Ivory Cord

Phi Beta DeltaInternational Honor Society

Gold Medallion with Red and Gold Ribbon

Phi eta sigmaFreshman Honors

Black and Gold Double Cord

Phi KaPPa PhiJunior/Senior Honor Society

Yellow Stole with Insignia on White Background, White Medallion with a Blue Ribbon and Blue Cord

reauD honors CollegeGraduate who has completed 23 hours of honors coursework,

including an honors thesis, or 26 hours with eight hours of upper-level credits while maintaining a 3.25 GPA.

Bronze Medallion with Red and White Ribbon

ronalD e. mCnair sCholarFirst generation, low income, and underrepresented graduate who has completed graduate-level research internship, including undergraduate

thesis and research defense.NASA Blue Stole with Lettering, Lamp of Knowledge Medallion with

Red, White, and Blue Ribbon

smith-hutson sCholarSmith-Hutson Scholarship Recipient

Black Stole with Red Trim

tau Beta PhiEngineering Honor Society

White Stole with Orange Insignia

the aCaDemiC regalia

In its essential features, the academic regalia worn at American college exercises had its beginning in the Middle Ages. The oldest universities in Northern Europe grew out of church schools, and both faculty and students were regarded as part of the clergy. Hence, as their regular costume, they wore clerical garb borrowed largely from the monastic dress of their day.

The academic gown and hood were first regularly adopted by the University of Cambridge in 1284 and by the University of Oxford a little later. The custom transplanted to this country in Colonial times by King’s College in New York, now Columbia University. In 1895, American universities and colleges decided to standardize their academic styles and developed the intercollegiate code of academic costume. The style follows in the vein of the Cambridge tradition. The distinctive caps, gowns and hoods worn at present-day college and university functions denote the institution that granted the degree, the field of learning in which the degree was earned and the level of the degree – bachelor, master or doctorate.

The gown is usually of black material (serge or worsted for bachelors, the same or silk for masters and silk for doctors). Bachelor’s gowns have pointed sleeves and master’s have long pouch-like sleeves, which reputedly were once used to carry books. Doctor’s gowns are faced with panels of velvet down the front and three bars of velvet across each sleeve.

The hood, worn around the neck so as to hang down the back, is the principal emblem of the nature and source of the degree held. The colors in the hood lining are the colors of the school conferring the degree. The color of the border indicates the scholarly field of the wearer. Hoods may be worn only after the degree has been granted.

The cap, the square mortarboard in American universities, but a round, short, flat velvet hat in British, Canadian and some European universities, bears a tassel which may be black, or it may be colored

according to the scholarly field of the wearer. Only the doctors’ cap may be of velvet.

The degree colors are used for the edging of all hoods and may be used for the velvet facing and sleeve bars of doctors’ gowns and tassels on bachelors’ and masters’ caps. This includes: Arts and Letters – White, Commerce – Drab, Education – Light Blue, Engineering – Orange, Fine Arts – Brown, Humanities – Crimson, Law – Purple, Library Science – Lemon, Medicine – Green, Music – Pink, Pharmacy – Olive, Philosophy (Ph.D.) – Dark Blue, Physical Education – Sage Green, Science – Golden Yellow and Theology – Scarlet.

university maCe

Originally a medieval weapon and later carried by Sergeants at Arms guarding kings and high church officials, the mace has gradually assumed a purely ceremonial character symbolizing authority. As used in formal academic processions, the mace derives from the early university history. The Lamar University mace is traditional in design. The mahogany shaft is crowned by a head on which are mounted four representations of the university seal. The president of the Faculty Senate, who leads the academic procession, carries the mace in today’s ceremony.

aCaDemiC gonfalons

Gonfalons, banners that are designed to hang from a crossbar, have historical roots dating back to the 12th century when they served as the official emblems to represent the various districts of Florence, Italy. In more recent times, gonfalons have been adopted by academia to serve as symbols to represent each college within a university. Each college has their own representative banner with the dean from the respective college carrying the gonfalon in the academic processional.

Lamar University engages and empowers students with the skills and knowledge to thrive in their personal lives and chosen fields of endeavor. As a doctoral granting institution, Lamar University is internationally recognized for its high quality academics, innovative curriculum, diverse student population, accessibility and leading edge scholarly activities dedicated to transforming the communities of

Southeast Texas and beyond.

Special appreciation is extended to volunteers for serving as ushers for today’s commencement ceremony.

This program is not an official graduation list. This printed program lists students who are eligible to graduate pending the outcome of final examinations and final grades. Therefore, it should not be used to determine a student’s academic or degree status. The student’s permanent academic record is kept by the Records Department, P.O. Box 10010, Beaumont, Texas 77710. Students, faculty and staff members are selected without regard to their race, color, creed, sex, age, disability or national origin, consistent with the Assurance of Compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Executive Order 11246 as issued and amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.