NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING COMMENCEMENT May 14, 2010

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING Graduation Ceremony

Stewart Theatre North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 7 - 8:30PM

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING GRADUATION CEREMONY Friday, May 14, 2010

Program 7:00 PM

Introductory Remarks and Introduction of the Faculty Dr. Peter Fedkiw, Department Head Introduction of Alumni Speaker Dr. Russ O’Dell Remarks by Alumni Speaker Quint Barefoot Introduction of Student Speaker Dr. Lisa Bullard Remarks by Student Speaker Kendall Fitzgerald Recognition of Graduates

8:30 PM

Closing

Faculty and Staff Barbara E. Smith Sandra S. Bailey Ken Beatty Lisa G. Bullard Ruben G. Carbonell Joseph M. DeSimone Michael D. Dickey Saundra L. Doby Angela Efimenko Kirill Efimenko Peter S. Fedkiw

Richard M. Felder Michael Flickinger Jan Genzer Christine S. Grant Keith E. Gubbins Carol K. Hall Diane F. Harper Jason M. Haugh Sheila M. Hayes Wesley A. Henderson

Harold B. Hopfenberg Jesse Jur Robert M. Kelly Saad A. Khan Shirley Kow H. Henry Lamb P.K. Lim June W. McKoy David F. Ollis Russ O’Dell

Gregory N. Parsons Steven W. Peretti Bala Rao Richard J. Spontak Alison J. Stieglitz Orlin D. Velev Rajani Verghese Phillip R. Westmoreland Clarice A. Whitmarsh Hubert Winston Ching-Kit Yeung

Student Marshals Jeff Fadool, Jennifer Gowen, Bennett Rouse, Sindhu Sevala, Mariah Woodroof

Alumni Speaker − Quint Barefoot Quint Barefoot is a native of Greensboro, NC. He received a BS in Chemical Engineering from NC State University and also completed his MBA at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Upon graduation, Quint joined his small family business, Four Seasons Environmental, Inc. and proceeded to lead the company through a rapid growth phase from less that $1M in annual revenue to over $90M employing over 480 personnel in multiple offices until the business was sold to a private equity firm. After leaving Four Seasons, Quint was one of the founders of Monosep, LLC a service firm that provides innovative water treatment systems to the energy sector based in Lafayette, Louisiana. At the time the business was sold to Siemens AG in January 2006, Monosep had rapidly evolved as a premier water treatment firm with systems operating throughout the Gulf Coast region and 23 countries throughout the world. The company is now integrated into Siemens Water Technologies. Quint is currently involved in several entrepreneurial projects and serves as an active partner in Waters Edge Environmental – an environmental consulting business based in Raleigh, NC; Zappa-Tec – a firm dedicated to using super absorbent polymers for proper solidification of hazardous and medical wastes based in Greensboro, NC and Info-Gel, LLC – a manufacturer of fiber optic gels with plants in Charlotte, NC; Limerick, Ireland and Mumbai, India. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the NC State Engineering Foundation, serving on both the Marketing and Investment Committees and previously served on the Board of Directors at Greensboro Day School, participating on both the Development and Executive Committees. Student Speaker −Kendall Fitzgerald Kendall Fitzgerald is a native of Galax, Virginia. He graduated from Galax High School and also attended the Southwest Virginia Governor’s School. While at NC State, Kendall has been active in the University Scholars Program, played trombone in the marching band for four years, and served as an Engineering Ambassador. He also co-chaired the 2009 Krispy Kreme Challenge, a unique NC State tradition which raised $40,000 for the NC Children’s Hospital with over 5,000 participants. Kendall is a Park Scholar, member of Omega Chi Epsilon, link of the NCSU Golden Chain Society, and was recognized with the Outstanding Senior Award for Leadership in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. His summer experiences include a study abroad program in Florence, Italy; a summer internship with GE in the Combined Cycle Power Plant Group in Schenectady, New York; and a Research Experience for Undergraduates in the area of lignocellulosic biomass gasification at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. He has also conducted research at NC State in Dr. Wesley Henderson’s lab, working with ionic liquids for batteries and capacitors. After graduation, Kendall will join Syngenta’s Leadership Development Program, where his first assignment will be as a process engineer in St. Gabriel, Louisiana.

Quint Barefoot

Kendall Fitzgerald

Doctor of Philosophy Recipients Fadhel A Kh A Azeez Advisor: Dr. Peter Fedkiw

Jeremy Glen Immer Advisor: Dr. Henry Lamb

Shafi Mahmud Arifuzzaman Advisor: Dr. Jan Genzer

Adam Thomas Melvin Advisor: Dr. Jason Haugh

Laura Beth Dong Advisors: Dr. George Roberts and Dr. Doug Kiserow

Vinayak Rastogi Advisor: Dr. Orlin Velev

Sumit Gangwal Advisor: Dr. Orlin Velev

Amy L. VanFossen Advisor: Dr. Robert Kelly

Arif Omer Gozen Advisors: Dr. Jan Genzer and Dr. Richard Spontak

Rameshwar Yadav Advisors: Dr. Peter Fedkiw and Dr. Joseph DeSimone

Master of Science Recipients Charles D. Armstrong Yi Bian Karl E. Counts Jonathan Paul Halter

Matthew James Panning Christina Tang Juan Tomas Weaver

Graduate Student Accomplishments • • • • • • • • •

Laura Beth Dong – Dean’s Fellow; NSF Fellow; Graduate Recruiting Captain 2006-2007 Sumit Gangwal – 1st place award in the engineering category, NC State 4th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium; Schoenborn Research Award, 2nd place poster 2008 and 2009; 1st place poster, AIChE Conference 2009 Arif Omer Gozen – Graduate Recruiting Captain 2005-2006 Jeremy Glen Immer - Schoenborn Research Award, 3rd Place 2009-2010; Dean’s Fellow Adam Thomas Melvin – NIH/BTP Traineeship January 2005; Graduate Recruiting Captain 2005-2006; Best Paper Award, Graduate Student Division, ASEE Annual Conference 2009 Vinayak Rastogi –Schoenborn Research Award, First Place Poster 2009, 3rd Place Poster 2007 Christina Tang – US DOE GAANN Fellow Amy L. Vanfossen – Dean’s Fellow, Graduate Recruiting Captain 2007-2008 Juan Thomas Weaver – Graduate Recruiting Captain 2006-2007

Bachelor of Science Graduates Ryan Paul Abernathy Karen Rose Achtyl ** Veronica Lynn Adams ** Christopher David Austin Robert Alexander Ballard # Leigh-Ann Marie Bender (C) *** Michaela Rose Bennett (S) ** Travis Michael Bernard Megan Christine Bittner ** Tobias James Blackburn (C) Michael Pahl Brown * Steven Kenneth Burgess (V)(H)(UHP) *** Elizabeth Brooks Butler (V)(S) *** Juan Camilo Castaño-Moreno Kevin Michael Coley Timothy John Conaghan Zachary Nathan Conrad Raleigh Lloyd Davis (V)(H)(S) *** Aaron Michael Day *** David Benjamin Donnalley (C) Matthew Thomas Edds Onyinyechi Divine Edem Christian Stephen Estes (UHP) ** Michael Joseph Farrow # Kendall Alexander Fitzgerald (H)(S)*** Kyle Andrew Ford Courtney Henrietta Fox (H)(UHP) *** Leon Jonathan Garcia Jr. # Matthew Allen Gebbie Peter Amos Grochowski # Christopher Allen Hanson (H) *** Derek Lee Henderson Katherine Page Hoeferkamp (S) ** Alexander Bruce Hunt (C) * Luisa E. Islas (S) * Farshid Jafarpour (V) *** Lara Jeline Jazmin (V)(S) *** Jordan Leigh Jernigan * Haoyu Jin (UHP) *** Stacey Danielle King * Camille Heather Kump * Cum Laude # Summer 2010 graduate S – University Scholars Program

** Magna Cum Laude C – Cooperative Education Program UHP – University Honors Program

Hisako Kurebayashi ** Peter Christopher Kwiatkowski # Emily Victoria Lattimer Arouna Liloudini * Alexander Anthony Majeska Andrew James Martin ** Peter Charles McAnulty (UHP) ** Tyler Robert McCaw *** William Michael McDanel *** Zachary Tyler McDowell *** Daniel William McIlmoyle (C)(S) *** Justin Newton McKenzie ** Erik Alexander Mitran # Stephen Winford Morton (V)(S) *** Kevin David Nance Edward John Osika Jr. * Patrick Stephen Parr (UHP) * Natalie Gwen Patterson ** Scott A. Peacock (V) *** Daniel Shawn Peele (H)(UHP) *** Autumn Rachel Place (C) * Jeffrey Gordon Poley (V) *** Jeffery Bryan Bill Preece (C)(S) *** Yasir Ahmad Rashid (V) *** Bradley Dillon Reese David Thomas Rhoden (UHP) * Benjamin Michael Roberts Carter Tankard Smith Jordan Bradley Smith ** Michael Austin Smith Natalie Lynn Soto * Lauren Elizabeth Stanulis (C) Brendon C. Stout * Dustin Michael Stowell Jacob Lloyd Thelen (V)(S) *** Peter Craig Venema Amanda Margaret Vorenkamp Andrew Harvey Waltersdorf ** Cynthia Renee Warren Jodi Lyn White **

*** Summa Cum Laude H – Departmental Honors Program V – University Valedictorian (4.0 GPA)

Photographs from graduation, including individual photos of each graduate and the class photo, can be ordered at www.JimmyAllenPhotography.com

Student Accomplishments Karen Rose Achtyl – Business Administration Minor Veronica Lynn Adams – National Starch Scholarship Christopher David Austin – Minors in Spanish, Biomanufacturing, and Biotechnology Leigh-Ann Marie Bender – CH2M Hill Scholarship, Ecolab Ida C. Koran Scholarship, Littrell-Thorpe Scholarship Michaela Rose Bennett – Campbell Soup Scholarship Travis Michael Bernard – BS Paper Science & Eng, Pulp & Paper Foundation Scholarship Megan Christine Bittner – Naval Science Minor; Battalion Commanding Officer, Midshipman Battalion Tobias James Blackburn – Biomanufacturing Minor Steven Kenneth Burgess – Mathematics Minor, Engineering Ambassador Elizabeth Brooks Butler – Spanish Minor, Caldwell Fellows Scholarship, CBE Senior Award for Service and Citizenship Juan Camilo Castaño-Moreno – Biomanufacturing Minor Kevin Michael Coley – Business Administration Minor Zachary Nathan Conrad – BS Physics Raleigh Lloyd Davis – Park Scholarship, CBE Senior Award for Scholarly Achievement, Engineering Ambassador, Sigma Xi Award Onyinyechi Divine Edem – Biotechnology Minor Christian Stephen Estes – Biotechnology Minor Kendall Alexander Fitzgerald - Park Scholarship, CBE Senior Award for Leadership, Golden Chain Society, Engineering Ambassador Courtney Henrietta Fox – Park Scholarship, Morris K. Udall Scholarship, Engineering Ambassador, NSF Graduate Fellowship Matthew Allen Gebbie – Business Administration Minor Peter Amos Grochowski – Film Minor Christopher Allen Hanson - Forrest O. & Sandra Mixon BS&T Scholarship, Merck Engineering and Technology Scholarship Katherine Page Hoeferkamp – Biomanufacturing Minor, Undergraduate Research Grant Alexander Bruce Hunt – Co-op Ambassador Luisa E Islas – Caldwell Fellows Scholarship Farshid Jafarpour – BS Physics Lara Jeline Jazmin – BS Polymer & Color Chemistry, CBE Senior Award for Humanities, NC Textile Scholarship, Stone Scholarship Jordan Leigh Jernigan – BS Paper Science & Eng, Park Scholarship, Pulp & Paper Foundation Scholarship Haoyu Jin – BS Paper Science & Eng, Pulp & Paper Foundation Scholarship Stacey Danielle King – Robin Barker Jones Scholarship, Engineering Ambassador Camille Heather Kump – BS Paper Science & Eng, Pulp & Paper Foundation Scholarship, Resident Advisor Arouna Liloudini – Minors in French, Biomanufacturing, and Biological Sciences Alexander Anthony Majeska – BS Textile Engineering Andrew James Martin – BS Paper Science & Eng, Pulp & Paper Foundation Scholarship Peter Charles McAnulty – BS Paper Science & Eng, Pulp & Paper Foundation Scholarship, Eagle Scout Tyler Robert McCaw – Biomanufacturing Minor, Biogen Idec Scholarship William Michael McDanel – Biomanufacturing Minor, Novo Nordisk Scholarship Zachary Tyler McDowell – Biotechnology Minor Daniel William McIlmoyle – German Minor, Donald C. Martin Scholarship, Thomas Watson Memorial Scholarship Justin Newton McKenzie – Biotechnology Minor, James M. and Laura B. Johnson Scholarship, Michael B. Christie Scholarship: Stephen Winford Morton – Biotech Minor, Duke Energy Scholar, Faculty Senior Scholar, Eng. Ambassador, NSF Graduate Fellowship Edward John Osika Jr – Food Science Minor Natalie Gwen Patterson – Biotechnology Minor Scott A Peacock – Biotechnology Minor Daniel Shawn Peele – BA Chemistry, Music Minor (Piano Performance), Smith Scholarship, Thomas Scholarship Autumn Rachel Place – Biological Sciences Minor Jeffrey Gordon Poley – S. Frank and Doris Culberson Scholarship Yasir Ahmad Rashid – Biomanufacturing Minor, Russ O’Dell Senior Award David Thomas Rhoden – Biotechnology Minor, Caldwell Fellows Scholarship, S. Frank and Doris Culberson Scholarship Benjamin Michael Roberts – BS Applied Mathematics, Psychology Minor Carter Tankard Smith – BS Paper Science & Eng, Pulp & Paper Foundation scholarship, NCSSM Tuition grant Jordan Bradley Smith – Biotechnology Minor Lauren Elizabeth Stanulis – Environmental Science Minor Jacob Lloyd Thelen – BS Chemistry, Art and Design Minor, Forrest O. and Sandra Mixon BS&T Scholarship Peter Craig Venema – Engineering Ambassador Andrew Harvey Waltersdorf – Biotechnology Minor Cynthia Renee Warren – Biomanufacturing Minor, Henry and Nancy Thomas Scholarship These students served as officers in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),International Assoc. for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experiences (IAESTE), Omega Chi Epsilon (National Chemical Engineering Honor Society), Society for Women Engineers (SWE), the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE), or Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) Michaela Rose Bennett, Michael Pahl Brown, Elizabeth Brooks Butler, Juan Camilo Castaño, Justin Newton McKenzie, Stephen Winford Morton, Carter Tankard Smith, Peter Craig Venema, Cynthia Renee Warren

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