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Featured Graduates of Spring 2023

collage of portraits of Fulton Schools Outstanding Graduates and Impact Award winners

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering recognizes students who have worked diligently to excel academically and contribute to advancing the Fulton Schools mission.

Each semester, the Fulton Schools selects members of the graduating class who embody academic excellence, leadership and community service during their time as students. These exceptional students have excelled in research, public service, entrepreneurship and outreach.

Students chosen as Outstanding Graduates are honored for their exemplary academic performance and participation in activities that enhance their engineering skills. Impact Award winners are selected for their leadership, volunteer and service roles that have positively impacted the communities. 

These students are deeply committed to making a positive impact on the world around them. Whether it is through volunteer work, community service, or other activities, these graduates are dedicated to improving the lives of those around them in the ASU community, Arizona and globally.

Learn about the exceptional graduates of the Spring 2023 class below.

Outstanding Graduates

Brendan Adair

Brendan Dee Adair

Serving in the U.S. Army inspired Brendan Dee Adair to pursue a career in environmental and resource management.

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Shaira Alam

Shaira Alam

Shaira Alam identifies as a problem solver and has found that her major of computer systems engineering brings the best of both worlds in hardware and software.

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Mitchell Bader

Mitchell Bader

After graduation, Mitchell Bader wants to become a user researcher to impact the safety, accessibility and inclusivity of engineering systems.

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Emmie Benard

Emmie Benard

Outstanding Graduate Emmie Benard honed her research ability through FURI and a Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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Aarushi Bharti

Aarushi Bharti

A natural leader, Aarushi Bharti positively impacted others and led the Women in Science and Engineering student organization as president during her time at ASU.

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Wyatt Blackson

Wyatt Blackson

Wyatt Blackson conducted biomedical research as a Helios Scholar for TGen and through both FURI and EPICS at ASU. Blackson will continue his education as a chemical engineering doctoral student at Stanford University.

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Taylor Brown

Taylor Brown

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers internship and winning a first-place award in an Associated Schools of Construction competition enhanced Taylor Brown’s education.

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Matthew Cardinale

Matthew Cardinale

Matthew Cardinale led a subteam to the CanSat Mechanical Engineering Competition. After graduating, he will begin work as a systems engineer for Northrop Grumman.

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Tianna Chemello

Tianna Chemello

Tianna Chemello aspires to use her engineering skills to help communities develop solutions that will enable them to gain and maintain access to clean water.

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Jasmin Falconer

Jasmin Falconer

Jasmin Falconer majored in electrical engineering to pursue her passion for physics. Her achievements earned National Merit and Goldwater Scholarships.

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Kolby Feyen

Kolby Feyen

Kolby Feyen attended ASU to pursue his dream of becoming an airline pilot. He was an aviation tutor, a flight instructor and the social chair of Alpha Eta Rho.

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Zachary Goode

Zachary Goode

Zachary Goode was highly involved in research ventures during his time at ASU. He plans to continue on that trajectory in the Accelerated Master’s degree program.

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Kealen Heinz

Kealen Heinz

Kealen Heinz has an appreciation for the industry, theory and academics surrounding the profession of software engineering.

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Michelle Houchins

Michelle Houchins

Michelle Houchins has been inspired by women in engineering and, in the future, hopes to be a leader making STEM and technology accessible to girls.

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Catherine Johnston

Catherine Johnston

Catherine Johnston has made a global impact through her involvement with the EPICS program, working on projects that reach from South Africa to Mongolia.

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Rahul Kashyap

Rahul Kashyap

Rahul Kashyap has enjoyed learning how he could use his passion for software to build real-world solutions and lead events like the Amazon Web Services Jam.

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Jacob Kopitske

Jacob Kopitske

Jacob Kopitske got heavily involved in ASU’s construction management program as a teaching assistant and by conducting doctorate-level research.

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Jimmie Macabou

Jimmie Macabou has already started using his engineering skills to improve processes and sustainability at places like Avnet, Banner Health and Tempe Town Lake.

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Tallin Speek

Tallinn Speek

Tallinn Speek has always been drawn to the way systems come together and how to develop them through creative ways of thinking and delivering meaningful solutions.

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Taylor Spencer

Distinguished as an exceptional graphic designer, Taylor Spencer plans to put his talents to use, working in branding to develop campaigns that will bring people together.

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Benjamin Tan

Benjamin Tan

A year of industry experience with an infrastructure consulting company during his undergraduate years expanded Benjamin Tan’s engineering skills.

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Parin Trivedi

Parin Haresh Trivedi

Parin Haresh Trivedi has excelled in research, participating in FURI and presenting his findings at an American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics conference.

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Ashley Tse

Ashley Tse has used her biomedical engineering skills to help people in a variety of ways, from hands-on projects to research to student clubs.

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Patrick Wojcik

Patrick Wojcik is looking forward to using his degree to make a positive change in the world, helping implement innovative solutions and streamline processes.

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Impact Award Winners

Samriddhi Agnihotri

Samriddhi Agnihotri

An aspiring entrepreneur, Samriddhi Agnihotri has already started addressing gender equity in engineering by founding The Girl Code to teach girls programming.

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Cecelia Alcantar

Cecilia Alcantar

As student body president of ASU’s Polytechnic campus and a member of the Fulton Ambassadors, Cecilia Alcantar made the most of her time at ASU.

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Ananay Arora

Ananay Arora applied his software skills to help others in the Google Developer Student Club, build innovative solutions at the Luminosity Lab and more.

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Imaya De Silva

Imaya De Silva

Imaya De Silva completed internships with major companies and got involved in research to help advance efforts to improve education for K-12 students

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Jasmin Falconer

Jasmin Falconer

Jasmin Falconer majored in electrical engineering to pursue her passion for physics. Her achievements earned National Merit and Goldwater Scholarships.

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Jonathan Ko

Jonathan Ko

Attorney Jonathan Ko decided to pursue an electrical engineering degree online to enhance his patent law knowledge or change his career focus to engineering.

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Swetha Manickavasagam

Electrical engineering graduate student Swetha Manickavasagam pursued her passion for diversifying STEM education through extracurricular activities.

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Leslie Miller

Leslie Miller

Leslie Miller plans to earn a master’s degree in electrical engineering in the Fulton Schools before beginning a job with the U.S. Space Force.

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Naysan Sahba

Naysan Sahba

ASU Next Generation Service Corps Scholarship recipient Naysan Sahba succeeded academically in electrical engineering and became a leader in his community.

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Jennifer Wong

Jennifer Wong

During her time at ASU, Jennifer Wong was an advocate for accessible and inclusive education in engineering.

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Convocation Speakers

Leslie Miller

Leslie Miller

Leslie Miller plans to earn a master’s degree in electrical engineering in the Fulton Schools before beginning a job with the U.S. Space Force.

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PhD Ceremony Speaker

Fantasi Nicole

Fantasi Nicole

Fantasi Nicole’s doctoral dissertation shares Black women’s doctoral program experiences to increase inclusivity and equity in higher education.

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Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student Award

Ashwin Chandwani

Ashwin Chandwani

Ashwin Chandwani’s doctoral research in power electronics converters led to 12 journal and 18 conference publications and two patents pending or issued.

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University Outstanding Graduates

Jennifer Wong

Jennifer Wong

During her time at ASU, Jennifer Wong was an advocate for accessible and inclusive education in engineering.

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