UB Engineering Students Receive Awards

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Students in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at UB received awards at the school's recent commencement ceremony.

Forty-two seniors were recognized for Engineering Distinction for having achieved a grade-point average of at least 3.5 in all engineering courses taken through the Fall 1999 semester. Forty three graduating students were inducted into the New York Nu Chapter of Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Society.

The graduates, their hometowns, majors and honors are:

ALBANY: Anthony Rigosu, Electrical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

ALEXANDER: Robert Todd Koch, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

AMHERST: Carrie Marie Harder, Electrical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter; Chun Kong Yeung, Mechanical, New York Nu Chapter

BROOKLYN: Karin Kit-Wai Mak, Electrical, New York Nu Chapter; Matthew Reed Sachs, Mechanical, New York Nu Chapter

BUFFALO: Nicholas Keith Adams, Electrical, Engineering Distinction; Matthew B. Copeland, Electrical, New York Nu Chapter; Joshua Elijah Davis, Electrical, New York Nu Chapter; Daniel Michael Grasso, Electrical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter; Melinda Joy Karwan, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter; Brian Michael Mentel, Civil, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter; Daniel Patrick Palermo, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter; James Michael Stiegler, Electrical, New York Nu Chapter; Martin David Sweeney, Mechanical, New York Nu Chapter

BYRON: David Andrew Corson, Mechanical, Engineering Distinction

CHEEKTOWAGA: Keith Jabcuba, Electrical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter; Kevin Michael Kolb, Electrical, Engineering Distinction; Daryl Molino, Chemical, Engineering Distinction

DERBY: Anthony John Kurek, Jr., Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

FAIRPORT: Jeffrey William Berman, Civil, Engineering Distinction; Stanley Michael Bileschi, Electrical, Engineering Distinction; Joseph Edward Price, Computer Science/Computer Engineering, New York Nu Chapter; Timothy James Reidy, Computer, Engineering Distinction

GRAND ISLAND: Joseph Michael Moritz, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

GREENFIELD CENTER: John Patrick Eddy, Mechanical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

GREENVILLE, PA: John William Zerr, Mechanical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

HAMBURG: Scott Paul Barnes, Mechanical, Engineering Distinction

HILTON: Brian Patrick Aylward, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

IRVINGTON: Daniel Edward McMullan, Civil, New York Nu Chapter

KENMORE: Matthew Leo Muehlbauer, Mechanical, New York Nu Chapter

HONG KONG: Laam A. Tse, Aerospace/Mechanical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

LOCKPORT: David John Adams, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter; Jeffrey Michael Farrell, Electrical, Engineering Distinction

MANLIUS: Yury Arkadii Perzov, Electrical, New York Nu Chapter

MARLBORO: Karianne Paolo, Industrial, Engineering Distinction

MASSENA: William David Kirkey, Electrical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

MENDON: Gordon Patrick Warn, Civil, Engineering Distinction

NEW HARTFORD: Nathan Daniel O'Donnell, Electrical, New York Nu Chapter

NEW YORK: Hashim Mwata Muhammad, Civil, New York Nu Chapter

NIAGARA FALLS: Anthony Joseph Vaccaro, Industrial, Engineering Distinction

NISKAYUNA: Kathryn Christian Kien, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

NORTH TONAWANDA: Andrew Thomas Olewnik, Mechanical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

ORCHARD PARK: Kevin David Todtenhagen, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

PAVILION: Jonathan Philip Barber, Industrial, Engineering Distinction

PITTSBURGH, PA: Catherine Teonia Jacob, Mechanical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

ROCHESTER: Scott Comstock, Civil, New York Nu Chapter; Michael Faciszewski, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter; Mangal Prasad, Electrical, New York Nu Chapter; Christopher Ihor Trojan, Electrical, Engineering Distinction

SANBORN: Renee Marie Bagwell, Mechanical, Engineering Distinction

SCHENECTADY: Gregory George Decker, Electrical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

SPRINGVILLE: Eric Leslie Faulring, Mechanical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

SYRACUSE: Stephanie Diane Schinzing, Industrial, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

UTICA: Helena Holeckova, Chemical, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

WEST SENECA: Gregory Gerald Mruk, Aerospace, Engineering Distinction, New York Nu Chapter

WILLIAMSVILLE: Zhou Shuai Ni, Computer Science, New York Nu Chapter; Jessica Anne Tworek, Chemical, New York Nu Chapter

WOODSIDE: Urszula Sporysz, Mechanical, New York Nu Chapter; Chang Hyon Suh, Electrical, Engineering Distinction