2022 Graduation Celebration


July 26, 2022

graduation, professors on stage and students in the audience

In the first in-person graduation event since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, the 2022 Environmental and Energy Management graduates participated among the more than 700 graduate and undergraduate School of Engineering and Applied Science students who graduated on May 13, 2022. The School of Engineering and Applied Science Graduation Celebration took place in the Charles E. Smith Center in front of more than 4,000 family members and friends of our graduates.

 

Professor Deason as School marshall

 

EEM Professor Jonathan Deason served as the School Marshall and moderated this year’s event.

Our keynote speaker was Aicha Evans, Chief Executive Officer of the autonomous automobile company Zoox, who got her Bachelor of Science degree from SEAS in 1996. 

Aicha joined Zoox as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in February 2019. In June 2020, Evans led the acquisition of Zoox by Amazon. Zoox was founded in 2014 to develop a complete ecosystem for delivering autonomous mobility, from the core autonomous technology and vehicle design to an operating model and revolutionary product experience. Towards that end, Zoox is building a fleet of fully autonomous, battery electric, zero-emission vehicles that are purpose built and optimized for ridesharing in cities. Based in Foster City, CA, Zoox employees are working to deliver safe, clean, and enjoyable mobility for the planet. 

Prior to joining Zoox, Aicha served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at the Intel Corporation, responsible for driving Intel’s long-term strategy to transform from a PC-centric company to a Data-centric company. Previously, she ran the company’s wireless efforts and oversaw a global team of 7,000 engineers. Prior to that she was General Manager of Intel’s Communication and Devices Group, overseeing a 7,000 person global organization. 

Prior to Intel, Aicha spent 10 years in various engineering management positions at Rockwell Semiconductors, Conexant and Skyworks. She also was a member of the Supervisory Board of SAP.

View the recording of the 2022 SEAS graduation celebration.

Click here to download a copy of this year’s graduation celebration program.

Dean Lach and Prof. Deason hood Seth BarnaPrior to the SEAS Celebration, a number of EEM grads enjoyed a reception that was held at the Potomac Square area across from the Gelman Library. And, on May 12, SEAS held the 2022 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony in which Prof. Deason hooded 2022 EEM Ph.D. graduate Seth Barna. View the recording of the doctoral hooding ceremony here.