2021 ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES C O M M E N C E M E N T GRADUATE CEREMONY Friday May 14, 2021 1:00 PM UB Stadium North Campus Kemper E. Lewis Dean UB Engineering 20v5:. 6/22/20 9:54 PM Page 2 22 COMMENCEMENT 2021 2020 Program Selections from Pomp & Circumstance Dean’s Award for Achievement by Edward Elgar John K. Schneider, PhD ‘90 Vice President of Technology for Qualcomm Opening Declaration Robert S. Miletich Mace Bearer, Chair of the Faculty Senate Student Address and Professor of Nuclear Medicine and Barnard Uche Onyenucheya, PhD ‘21 Neurology Conferring of Degrees Welcome Provost Weber Jefrey R. Errington Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, School of Engineering and Alumni Welcome Applied Sciences Jordan Walbesser President, UB Engineering and Applied Sciences Alumni Association National Anthem Anna Fernandez, BFA ‘21 Alma Mater Anna Fernandez, BFA ‘21 Introductions Jefrey R. Errington Closing Declaration Robert S. Miletich Greetings A. Scott Weber Provost and Executive Vice President for Selections from Pomp & Circumstance Academic Afairs by Edward Elgar Remarks Kemper E. Lewis Dean, Moog Professor of Innovation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences COMMENCEMENT 2021 3 UB Dental 20v9 for Print:. 5/20/20 8:03 AM Page 4 UBUB CollegeDental 20v9 of A&S for GradPrint:. 20v5:. 5/20/20 6/22/20 8:03 AM4:58 Page PM Page5 5 UB College of A&S Grad 20v5:. 6/22/20 4:58 PM Page 5 SUNY Trustee and UB Officials Eunice Ashman Lewin Jeremy M. Jacobs Satish K. Tripathi A.A. Scott Scott Weber Weber GrahamMichael L.E. HammillCain RobinJoseph G. J. SchulzeZambon, DDS, PhD A. Scott Weber Graham L. Hammill Robin G. 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He is the author of community.community. afairs, communications and external afairs, management, operations of parks and major professionalprofessional andand internationalinternational education; education; traininghistory of in sexuality. internal medicine He is the andauthor cardiology of community. years as department chair. professional and international education; “Sexuality and Form: Caravaggio, Marlowe, Over the last four years, Schulze has worked community colleges, and academic medical tourist attractions, hotel ownership and facultyfaculty development; development; diversity diversity and and inclusion inclusion at“Sexuality Barnes-Jewish and Form: Hospital/Washington Caravaggio, Marlowe, Over the last four years, Schulze has worked faculty development; diversity and inclusion and Bacon” (2000) and “The Mosaic to keep the College strong. 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He holds a AA member member of of UB’s UB’s faculty faculty since since 1983, 1983, Weber Weber clinical/researchConstitution: Political fellow Theology in clinical and cardiac increased research expenditure in the A member of UB’s faculty since 1983, Weber electrophysiologyImagination from atMachiavelli the University to Milton” of College and has secured major investments A former commissioner of the Niagara master’s degree and a doctorate in computer isis an an innovative innovative scholar scholar and and teacher teacher and and Imagination from Machiavelli to Milton” College and has secured major investments Jacobs owns the Boston Bruins and serves as is an innovative scholar and teacher and Pennsylvania(2012), and the School editor of of Medicine. three essay to enhance the College’s disciplinary Frontier Transportation Authority, Lewin science from the University of Toronto, as formerformer chair chair of of UB’s UB’s DepartmentDepartment of of Civil,Civil, (2012), and the editor of three essay to enhance the College’s disciplinary chairman of the National Hockey League’s former chair of UB’s Department of Civil, collections. His articles have appeared in excellence, including funds to support the was a founding member of the Roswell well as master’s degrees in statistics from StructuralStructural andand EnvironmentalEnvironmental Engineering, Engineering, Ancollections. internationally His articles recognized have appearedphysician- in excellence, including funds to support the Board of Governors. In 2018, he received the Structural and Environmental Engineering, numerous journals, and he currently College’s first two female SUNY Empire Park Alliance and a board member of the the University of Alberta and BHU. A fellow wherewhere hehe helpedhelped establishestablish UB’s UB’s scientist,numerous Cain journals, specializes and