Civil and Environmental Engineering Commencement
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Memorial Auditorium
Commencement Location & Details
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Commencement Ceremony - 12PM to 2:30PM
551 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305
Note: Parking permits are not required on campus over the weekend. (Sat-Sun)
Event Overview
The event will be livestreamed - link will be posted prior to the ceremony.
Light reception to immediately follow
Students must arrive and be checked in by 12 PM Noon to line up for the ceremony
CEE Commencement Ceremony Overview
Related Links for Commencement
Additional Details for CEE's Commencement Celebration
| Tickets, RSVP | Please let us know whether you will attend and how many guests you are inviting by submitting the CEE Commencement RSVP Form. You can submit as many times as you need to if details change. Only your last form will count please always include the total guest count each time. There is a max of 6 guests guaranteed per person. Please understand that this limitation is due to capacity and requirement to follow the Fire Marshal's safety code. |
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| Seating | We recommend that guests arrive early for the best seats. Doors will open at 11 am, should families choose to arrive early and select their seats. Please note that personal items should not be left on the seats as no security will be available. The department reserves seats in advance only for guests in wheelchairs or who need special access at the CEE ceremony. |
| Disability Accommodations | Request accessibility assistance here if anyone in your party will require a wheelchair or assistance traveling. For the accommodations at the main Stanford ceremony, please visit the Stanford Commencement website. Please note that the department does not have access to wheelchairs or golf carts, so these will not be provided at the department's diploma ceremony and reception sites. Guests are responsible for arranging their own transportation in and around the campus. Stanford Commencement Accessibility |
| Smoking Guidelines | Smoking is prohibited in outdoor locations where arranged seating (fixed or temporary) is provided for programs or events. Outdoor locations include but are not limited to, the Main Quadrangle, Stanford Stadium, amphitheaters, and courtyards. |
| Visa Letters | International students who are eligible to graduate, may request a Confirmation of Commencement 2025 Letter. The letter will be addressed to the eligible graduate and provides Commencement event information that has been confirmed. The eligible student may email to request this confirmation letter at: commencement@stanford.edu. For more information, please visit the Stanford University Commencement FAQ. |
Commencement is a time of celebration for the accomplishments of our graduates. To honor the spirit and significance of this occasion, any attendee causing disruptions or blocking people’s view and refusing to cooperate may be subject to removal from the venue
Department Awards
Student Awards
| Awardee | Award Title(s) |
|---|---|
| Ingrid Ackermann | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Caroline Adkins | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship |
| Rahemeen Ahmed | Stanford Community Impact Award, Stanford Alumni Association |
| Graduate Public Service Fellowship, Stanford Haas Center for Public Service | |
| VPGE Academic Achievement Award, Stanford Markaz Resource Center | |
| Eleni Alexandraki | Living Lab Fellowship, Sustainable Stanford |
| Claire Anderson | Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council JEDI Graduation Award, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Edward Apraku | Graduate Public Service Fellowship, Haas Center for Public Service |
| Mario Berges | Best Journal Paper Award, 2023 ASME Structural Health Monitoring & NDE Technical Committee |
| Eva Bianchi | Leavell Scholarship, Stanford Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Panagiotis Boltsis | Sustainable Finance Initiative Fellowship Award, Stanford Energy |
| Bianco Family Fellowship, Stanford Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| Gabriela Calana Somoza | 2023 Dean’s Graduate Scholars Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| 2023 Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral (EDGE) Fellowship Program, Stanford School of Engineering | |
| Allie Ćemalović | AY23-24 Research, Action, and Impact through Strategic Engagement Doctoral (RAISE) Fellowship, Stanford Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education |
| Elana Chan | Best Oral Presentation Award, 6th International Conference on Testing the Waters (TTW6) |
| Aakanksha Chaudhary | Schneider Fellowship, US Green Building Council |
| Madeline Connelly | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Maria Correa | Elected to Phi Beta Kappa |
| Leon de Souza | Stanford Community Impact Award, Stanford Alumni Association |
| Amtrak 2024 Academic Scholarship Program (Engineering) | |
| Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council Exceptional Master’s Student Graduation Award, Stanford School of Engineering | |
| Uli Degirmenci | DBIA-WPR Scholarship, Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) |
| Daniel Diaz Salgado | 2023 Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Yiwen Dong | CEE Rising Star, MIT CEE Rising Star Committee |
| Best Paper Award, Society of Experimental Mechanics, Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division | |
| Best Student Paper Award 2nd Place, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Dynamics Committee | |
| Akash Doshi | Annual Scholarship Award, American Council of Engineering companies (ACEC) & American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
| Annual Scholarship Award, Structural Engineering Association of Northern California (SEAONC) | |
| Lauren Excell | Best Paper Award, 6th International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands |
| Jessica Fairlie | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Jatzia Felix | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Esther Filipek | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Bryana Gastelum | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Jun Geng | Leavell Fellowship, Stanford Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Nathan Girmay | 2023 Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral (EDGE) Fellowship Program, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Andrea Green | 2023 Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral (EDGE) Fellowship Program, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Tess Hegarty | Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council JEDI Graduation Award, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Jordon Horton | 2023 Dean’s Graduate Scholars Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| 2023 Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral (EDGE) Fellowship Program, Stanford School of Engineering | |
| Lihan Huang | Living Lab Fellowship, Sustainable Stanford |
| Sabrina Ip | Siebel Scholar, Siebel Scholars Foundation |
| Ananya Jain | SPICE: Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement Awardee, Stanford Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education |
| Alexis Kam | Construction Management Association of America Northern California Scholarship |
| Prajwal Kammardi Arunachala | Juan Simo Thesis Award, Stanford Department of Mechanical Engingeering |
| Evan Kanji | Elected to Phi Beta Kappa |
| Sung-Eun Kim | Best Paper Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) IMAC Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division |
| Amanda Klepper | DBIA-WPR Scholarship, Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) |
| Anna Kogler | Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship, Stanford Vice Provost for Graduate Education |
| Ahmad Koya | Engineering Coterminal Fellowship, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Ahmad Koya-Oyefuwa | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| David Lee | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Adeline Leung | DBIA-WPR Scholarship, Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) |
| Jingxiao Liu | Best Journal Paper Award, 2023 ASME Structural Health Monitoring & NDE Technical Committee |
| Best Paper Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) IMAC Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division | |
| Dulce'Celeste Martinez | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Kevin Mayer | AY23-24 Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF), Stanford Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education |
| Barney Miao | Leavell Fellowship, Stanford Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Best Poster Award at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Research Review | |
| Aadhityaa Mohanavelu | Stanford Community Impact Award, Stanford Alumni Association |
| Benjamin Najm | 2023 Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral (EDGE) Fellowship Program, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Matthew Nguyen | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke | The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans |
| Adria Nyarko | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Isabela Onyshko | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Lavinia Pedrollo | Best Paper Award, the 9th IEEE World Forum on the Internet of Things (IoT) |
| Cesar Portocarrero Rodriguez | Graduate Public Service Fellowship, Stanford Haas Center for Public Service |
| 2024 Frank Figueroa Memorial Scholarship, The United States Social Security Administration | |
| Anoushka Raj | Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council Exceptional Master’s Student Graduation Award, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Partnerships for Climate Justice Fellowship, Stanford University | |
| Hugo Raphael Budd | Dean's Undergraduate Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Jessica Rose | Best Paper Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) IMAC Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division |
| Sofie Roux | Elected to the Stanford Emergence Student Accelerator 2024 Cohort |
| Sheel Sansare | Elected to the Stanford Emergence Student Accelerator 2024 Cohort |
| Kornel Schadl | Best Paper Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) IMAC Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division |
| Nimisha Singla | SPICE: Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement Awardee, Stanford Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education |
| Jenny Skerker | Excellence in DEI Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Yuuki Tanaka | Construction Management Association of America Northern California Scholarship |
| Yuan Tang | Living Lab Fellowship, Sustainable Stanford |
| Jacob Totaro | Stanford Community Impact Award, Stanford Alumni Association |
| Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council Exceptional Master’s Student Graduation Award, Stanford School of Engineering | |
| Mia Tucker Lochhead | Stanford Community Impact Award, Stanford Alumni Association |
| Stephanie Unur | Stanford Award of Excellence, Stanford Alumni Association |
| Alonso Vargas | Schaaf & Wheeler Student Scholarship, American Society of Civil Enginneers (ASCE) |
| Jinchen Xie | Elasticity Student Paper Competition Winner, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute |
| Susu Xu | Best Journal Paper Award, 2023 ASME Structural Health Monitoring & NDE Technical Committee |
| Winnie Zambrana Orozco | Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council JEDI Graduation Award, Stanford School of Engineering |
Because activities are highly decentralized at Stanford, it is difficult to learn about all of our CEE community member's accomplishments.
We are sorry if we have missed any student awards or recognitions in this list. Submit missing awards through this form.
Faculty and Lecturer Awards
| Awardee | Award Title |
|---|---|
| Jack Baker | |
| Distinguished Lecturer at QuakeCoRE’s 2023 Annual Meeting in New Zealand | |
| Ali Boehm | Elected to National Academy of Engineering |
| Open Science Champion Prize, Stanford Data Science | |
| Ronaldo I. Borja | 29th Jack W. Hilf Memorial Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2024 ASCE Region 10 Distinguished Lecturer, American Society of Civil Engineers | |
| Jenna Davis | Mimi and Peter Haas University Fellow in Undergraduate Education |
| Kyle Douglas | Excellence in Teaching Award, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability |
| Sarah Fletcher | National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award |
| Inspiring Early Academic Career Award, Stanford Faculty Women’s Forum | |
| Mark Jacobson | 2023 Worthy 100, Worth Magazine |
| Richard Luthy | 2023 Perry L. McCarty Founders’ Award, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) |
| Honor Award for Scientific Excellence, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry | |
| Bill Mitch | 2023 International ESG Association Fellow |
| Stephen Monismith | Tau Beta Pi Teaching Honor Roll, Stanford School of Engineering |
| Haeyoung Noh | 2024 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Best Paper Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) IMAC Dynamics of Civil Structures Technical Division | |
| Khalid Osman | Eugene L. Grant Award, Stanford Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Because activities are highly decentralized at Stanford, it is difficult to learn about all of our CEE community member's accomplishments.
We are sorry if we have missed any faculty and staff awards and recognitions in this list. Submit missing awards through this form.
Program Archive
View Graduate Programs from previous years
| Class of 2023 | |
| Class of 2022 | Replay Livestream Recording |
| Class of 2021 | |
| Class of 2020 |
Questions?
Contact Nan Aoki, Director of Student Services
(650) 725-2387
nanaoki@stanford.edu