We have 21 systems engineering graduates for Fall 2024! Two earned their Doctorates of Engineering, six earned PhDs, eight received master’s degrees, and five received certificates.

 

Here’s a list of the graduates followed by select testimonials.

 

Congratulations to the graduates for this great achievement!

Kenny Corl, D.Eng.

Dallas Rosson, D.Eng.

 

Shiva Pourfalatoun, Ph.D.

Andrew Rictor, Ph.D.

Dahl Winters, Ph.D.

Barry Hawkey, Ph.D.

Jose Alvarado, Ph.D.

Jonah Greene, Ph.D.

 

 

Rik Chatterjee, M.S.

Jake Jepson, M.S.

Robert Lozon, M.S.

Andrew Watts, M.S.

 

Ryan Knowling, M.E.

Cody Slater, M.E.

Morgan Sterns, M.E.

Amber Moin, M.E.

 

Ian Trusedell, Certificate

Ariyan Aliakbarian, Certificate

Gabriel Picazo, Certificate

Tony Dansdill, Certificate

Patrick Highsmith, Certificate

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Barry Hawkey, Ph.D.

Hometown 

Portland, Oregon

 

Current Home

Full-time traveler. I haven't stayed in one city for more than 90 days since the pandemic!

 

Dissertation title

Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Software Development Practices Translated From Scene to Screen Using the Real-to-Real Method for Inter-Industry Learning

 

Advisor

Dr. Marie Vans

 

Favorite memory

"The PhD program was fully remote, but I took the opportunity to visit the campus in Fort Collins when I gave my final defense. Just being able to finally walk around campus - and hit the college bars in Old Town! - was a great capstone to the program.”

 

Post-graduation plans

“I retired before I applied to the program.  It's been a great way to transition into a slower way of life and was fun all the way through - but I'm looking forward to settling down even further. I traveled the world full-time all through the program, and I'll keep that up, but now I'll have more time to relax and enjoy each city.”

 

Thanks you’d like to give

“Dr. Marie Vans, Dr. Steve Simske, and Dr. Nick Roberts were all a great help!”

 

Anything else you’d like to share?

“If you're thinking of applying, don't worry too much about the time commitment. It will vary for everyone, but for me it was essentially two days a week for almost four years, and then one big push to write the dissertation.”

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Andrew Rictor, Ph.D.

Hometown

Oregon City, Oregon

 

Current Home

Oregon City, Oregon

 

Dissertation title

A New Automotive System Architecture for Minimizing Rear-End Collisions

 

Advisor or faculty mentor

Dr. Chandra

 

Post-graduation plans

“Currently I am pursing a Senior Systems Engineer position on a new Systems Engineering team at my company, Daimler Truck North America.”

 

Thanks you’d like to give

“I would like to thank my mother, West Rictor for her support, a good friend, Justin Benfield for the countless hours of collaboration and support throughout my graduate studies, and my co-workers and friends who helped with proof reading and editing manuscripts over the years.”

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Dallas Rosson, D.Eng.

Hometown

Mendon, IL

 

Current Home

Bremerton, WA

 

Dissertation title

Merging Systems Engineering Methodologies with the Agile Scrum Framework for DoD Software Projects

 

Advisors

Dr. Thomas Bradley and Ann Batchelor

 

Favorite memory

"Dinner with friends after passing my dissertation defense."

 

Post-graduation plans

"Continue working for the Navy and start part time lecturing at the University of Washington."

 

Special Thanks

"I would like to thank my spouse, Brian, and my parents, Gretchen and Randy, for all the support they have given.”