Introducing the Annual Electrical and Computer Engineering

CHAIR'S LIST DINNER

SAVE THE DATE

Our Annual Chair’s List Dinner celebrates and honors the top 15% of students in each class — from sophomore to senior — in our Bachelor’s programs in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, as well as outstanding students in our Master’s program in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The event consists of two parts: an award ceremony and a networking session. During the networking session — the highlight of the evening — students visit each sponsoring company’s table, creating valuable two-way engagement.
For students, this is an opportunity to meet potential employers across various fields, gain exposure to industry, receive advice and practice professional networking and interview skills. For our industry partners, it offers a chance to showcase their organizations, connect directly with top talent, and build a recruitment pipeline.
All sponsoring companies receive a printed resume book of participating students to help facilitate conversations during the event.

EVENT

Date: Monday, September 15th, 2025
Time: 5:00PM – 7:30PM
Location: Ken Garff University Club – Rice Eccles Stadium
Attire: Interview Formal


2025 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT CHAIR'S LIST

Top Undergraduate Students

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Grant Andrews
Anthony Bolda
Nyah Bylund
Rebekah Doman
Nathaniel Fargo
Yazan Issa Sammaneh
Jordan Jones
Youngjae Kim
Charles Langer
Evan Lee
Peter Martin
Daniel McNally
Yishar Mendoza
Phat Nguyen
Luke Pepin
Jason Smith
Adrian Sucahyo
Carsen Villegas

Bachelor's in Computer Engineering

Isaac Anderson
Adam Billings
Miles Bovero
Jeffrey Hansen
Cam Tu Hoang
Hayoung Im
Luke Jones
Yewon Kim
Aidan Leary
Alexandra Leavitt
Matthew Morales
Zachary Osada
Hiram Perez
William Phillips
Caden Shmookler
Dean Smith
Kelly Tidwell
William Van Komen
Adam Welsh
Asher Young

Top Graduate Students

Master's in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Abhiraam Arun
Ian Ashworth
Carlos Carvajal
Jacob Cooley
Jacob “Cubby” DeBry
Kyle Gayly Gaylivyev
Kenneth Gordon
Giovanni Gutierrez
Nicholas Howard
Seoin Kim
Advait Mahajan
Connor Nuibe
Raksha Prasad
Hayley Tankersley

2025 Industry Sponsors

These companies have committed their time and attention to engage with the top students of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program. Together with the Department Chair, Hanseup Kim, the esteemed faculty of the department, and the industry partners, we will create pathways and open doors to our undergraduate and graduate student who strive for opportunities in the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering. We greatly appreciate their support.

Draper Laboratory

A Nonprofit Engineering Innovation Company

As a nonprofit research and development company, Draper focuses on the design, development, and deployment of advanced technological solutions for the world’s most challenging and important problems.

Our engineers apply multi-disciplinary approaches that deliver new capabilities to our customers:

  • We can formulate a concept and develop each component to achieve a field-ready prototype, or
  • We can combine existing technologies in new ways.

We leverage our multidisciplinary core engineering capabilities to design, develop, and deploy advanced projects aimed at solving global challenges. These projects are applied to several market areas within the national defense realm.

We’re proud to be a recognized world leader in Biotechnology Systems, Electronic Systems, Strategic Systems, and Space Systems.

L3Harris

A century of innovation, securing the world around us.

In a fast moving and increasingly complex world, L3Harris is anticipating and rapidly responding to challenges with agile technology – creating a safer and more secure future.

Moving fast requires trust, and moving forward requires disruption.

Forward-looking solutions that solve our customers’ toughest challenges.

Our Mission:

As the trusted disruptor, we innovate relentlessly and deliver capability with the speed, passion and determination that our customers demand in executing their most challenging missions.

Our values of integrity, excellence, and respect are at the heart of everything we do and inspire our team members around the globe.

GE HealthCare

At GE HealthCare, we see possibilities through innovation. We’re partnering with our customers to fulfill healthcare’s greatest potential through groundbreaking medical technology, intelligent devices, and care solutions. Better tools enabling better patient care. Together, we are not only building a healthier future but living our purpose to create a world where healthcare has no limits.

Blackrock Neurotech

“I want to create the link between human and artificial limb” – Dr Florian Solzbacher.

Our technology helps people:

Communicate Again. Dennis DeGrey sustained a spinal cord injury in 2007. Blackrock’s technology allowed him to type text and email messages.

Move Again. Aaron Ulland suffered a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body. Blackrock’s technology enabled him to move his own arm again with a brain-controlled exosuit.

Feel Again. In 2016, Nathan Copeland made headlines when he used his BCI to control a robotic arm and fist bumped President Obama. With the implants in his sensory cortex, he was even able to “feel” Obama’s hand.

Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman transforms bold ideas into operational realities with unparalleled expertise and a relentless focus on mission success. We pair a clear vision for the future with the experience to bring it to life. Trusted by those operating at the edge, our capacity to deliver with rigor and reliability – paired with speed, scale, and the ingenuity of our people – result in technology that performs when the stakes are highest.

Our advanced weapons are built for precision, adaptability and performance in no-fail missions. Our arsenal maximizes combat effectiveness today while driving revolutionary capabilities for the future, delivering smarter, more survivable and effective weapons with speed and affordability.

 

 

Rocky Mountain Power

Making Progress Toward a Better Future

Rocky Mountain Power has a vision for a resilient energy future and they’re making progress on it every day.

They are already the largest regulated utility owner of wind power in the west, and they are continuing to add renewable energy, expand energy efficiency and build a safer, more resilient grid.

As they make these important and necessary updates for the future, they are working to keep costs low.

They are committed to keeping energy bills low. Right now, they are making upgrades systemwide, strengthening the grid for safety and reliability, expanding their renewable capacity and more. And with every investment, they are putting in the work to keep costs down.

By connecting utilities and using diverse renewable resources across many states, they have reduced emissions and saved their customers $1 billion and counting.

They contribute $2 for every $1 donated by customers or employees to energy assistance programs.

Merit Sensor

For 30 years we have been supplying customers with accurate and reliable MEMS piezoresistive pressure sensors. 

We design and manufacture MEMS silicon dies that measure pressure from 0 to 15,000 psi in sensing environments from -40 to 150 °C. Our pressure-sensor dies are available in absolute, gauge, vacuum, and diferential configurations.

We also design and manufacture various pressure-sensor packages for integration into the applications of our customers. Some examples of our packaged sensors are the fully compensated TR Series, ideal for mass production in the automotive industry; the passively compensated BP Series, ideal for the room-temperature environment of medical devices; and the uncompensated RS Series, ideal for soldering and later calibrating on a control board.

In addition to our standard products designed for various applications, we also customize products to meet the specific needs of our customers (e.g., sensitivity, resistance, calibration). If the requirements are feasible and the NRE payment is sufficient, we will work closely with those customers who require a customized sensor.

Texas Instruments

At TI, our technology and our people are changing the world.

Our semiconductor chips can be found in every type of electronic system – from electric vehicles to industrial robots, solar panels to satellites.

We were pioneers in the transition of the world from vacuum tubes to transistors and then to integrated circuits – and we’ve been advancing semiconductor technology for decades. Each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make technology smaller, more efficient, more reliable and more affordable – making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. We think of this as Engineering Progress.

Nvidia

For more than 30 years, scientists, researchers, developers, and creators have been using NVIDIA technology to do amazing things. More than 4 million developers now create thousands of applications for accelerated computing. More than 40,000 companies use NVIDIA AI technologies, with 15,000 global startups in NVIDIA Inception.

NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to tackle challenges no one else can solve. Our work in AI and digital twins is transforming the world’s largest industries and profoundly impacting society.


2024 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT CHAIR'S LIST

Top Master's Students

Afroza Akhi
Quinn Alleman
Blayze Ashurst
Jason Barkdull
Corey Buchanan
Miguel Gomez
Chase Griswold
Benjamin Hayes

Kareena Hudson
Noah Lomu
Daniel Moreno
Jonathan Neumann
Nicholas Schneider
Tyson Skogerboe
Cristian Tapiero Maldonado
Mark VanDyke

Top Upper Class Students

Logan Allen
Sam Bailey
Carlos Carvajal
John Cimmarusti
Hayoung Im
Yazan Issa Sammaneh

Connor Nuibe
Kyle Patterson
William Phillips
Emma Wadsworth
Jonathan Wang
Edison Yang

Top Lower Class Students

Finnegan Bailey
Corbin Barney
Garrett Baxter
Eve Bradley
Justin Fahrenkrog
Derek Jenkins
Colin Liechty
Josh Martindale
Luke Rowberry

Sanaan Samar
Caden Shmookler
Dean Smith
Jefferson Than
Dhiab Vaheedudheen
Brandon Vo
Adrian Webb
Adam Welsh

2024 Industry Sponsors

These companies have committed their time and attention to engage with the top students of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program. Together with the Department Chair, Hanseup Kim, the esteemed faculty of the department, and the industry partners, we will create pathways and open doors to our undergraduate and graduate student who strive for opportunities in the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering. We greatly appreciate their support.

Raytheon

PacifiCorp

Draper Laboratory

Merit Medical

L3Harris

FLSmidth

Micron Technologies

Blackrock Neurotech

Intel

GE HealthCare