2007 Commencement Awards

Graduate Dean's List

• James Boughton, Mechanical Engineering
• Joseph Kelly, Aerospace Engineering

Outstanding Baccalaureate Graduates

• Fazle Akbar, Aerospace Engineering
• Wisam Marjiya, Mechanical Engineering
• Scott A. McCormack, Engineering Technology (Manufacturing)

Outstanding Master's Thesis

• Frederick M. Courouble, Aerospace Engineering
• "Application of Constructive Neural Networks to America's Cup Racing Yacht Performance Optimization"
• Thesis Advisor: Eric Besnard

• Rahul V. Shinde, Mechanical Engineering
• "An Automated Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization Method"
• Thesis Advisor: Hamid Hefazi

Ph.D., Engineering and Industrial Applied Mathematics

• Adeline Schmitz, Aerospace Engineering
• Dissertation: "Constructive Neural Networks for Function Approximation and their Application to CFD Shape Optimization"
• Advisors: Dr. Hamid Hefazi, Dr. Ellis Cumberbatch, Dr. Robert Williamson, and Dr. Eric Besnard