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Congratulations Class of 2020!
The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is devastated about how the current health crisis has affected the graduation festivities of many of our hardworking and deserving seniors. While we can’t replace the feeling of walking across that stage in front of friends and family, we’ve decided to feature some of our seniors on our official AIAS Graduates Class of 2020 page.Click each headshot to be redirected to each graduates’ portfolio!
Salma Abdelrahman
The Ohio State University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture) & Honors with Research Distinction
Minor: City and Regional Planning
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member
“My undergraduate degree ended with a six-hour-long roast session via Zoom, how did yours end?”
Fouz Abdullah
California State Polytechnic University in Pomona
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“If it took you longer, doesn’t mean you failed.”
Humyura Anika
Temple University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“A sweet ending to a new beginning.”
Curtis Bac
Lawrence Technological University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture) & Bachelor’s of Interior Architecture
Minor: City and Regional Planning
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are; the second is being happy with what you find.” -Auliq Ice
Genesis Baque
The City College of New York
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Fine Arts
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member, FORUM Planning Team Member
“Don’t be afraid of adversity. Superpowers don’t emerge in utopias. Com’on fellows, more adventure awaits!” #wedidit! #Class2020
Kyle Barber
Georgia Tech
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member
“People ignore designs that ignore people.”
Sandy Boutros
American University in Dubai
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Board of Directors Member
“But the remarkable thing is that when you skillfully combine the extrovert set of strengths with those of the introvert, you don’t just get addition. You get exponential results.” – Kahnweiler
Christina Brown
Carnegie Mellon University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch) & Master of Science in Sustainable Design (in progress)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
Nico Camero
University of Colorado Denver
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.” -Renzo Piano
Erin Conti
Illinois Institute of Technology
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member; National Board of Directors Member
“To fly we have to have resistance.” – Maya Lin
Mehi Younouss Diallo
Louisiana Tech University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Minor: French & International Studies
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; THRIVE or CRIT Live Planning Team Member; FORUM Planning Team Member
Architecture is not only a major or a job for me. It is a passion. I remember that whatever you do, do it well, and believe in yourself.
Genevieve Enriquez
Woodbury University
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member
“Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.” – Stephen Colbert
Haley Evans
Washington University in St. Louis
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch) & Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; THRIVE or CRIT Live Planning Team Member; FORUM Planning Team Member; National Committee/Task Force Member
“We are called to be the architects of the future, not its victims.”
― Buckminster Fuller
Gabrielle Foster
University of Kansas
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Minor: Business
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member
“The best is yet to come.”
Adalia Fullbeck
Kennesaw State University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Industrial Engineering
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“L.I.F.E. is Beautiful.”
Daphne Gsell
Temple University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member
“In the shadows of a golden age
A generation waits for dawn
Brave carry on
Bold and the strong”
– Journey
Citlalli Guerra
University of Texas at Arlington
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member
“You should join AIAS!
Are you coming to the event?
Are you a member?
Sorry I can’t I have a meeting.”
Katherine Hall
Kennesaw State University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“Experience is everything.”
Alifiyah Hassanali
American University in Dubai
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member; FORUM Planning Team Member
“I’ve got dreams that are worth more than my sleep.”
Laura Alejandra Herrera
Temple University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Minor: General Business Studies
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“If you want an easy life, don’t be an architect. If you want to make a change, be an architect.”
Stephen Kalenberg
South Dakota State University
Major: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture (B.F.A. in Architecture)
Minor: Construction
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member
“Hannah Montana said nobody’s perfect, but here I am.”
Alison Katz
Carnegie Mellon University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Social and Political History
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member; National Committee/Task Force Member
“We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ― Howard Zinn
Yasmin Kazeminejad
University of Oregon
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: FORUM Planning Team Member
“All our dreams can come true… if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Martha Kriley
University of California – Los Angeles
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member
“Embrace uncertainty, lean in to discomfort, and achieve change.”
Karianna Larson
South Dakota State University
Major: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture (B.F.A. in Architecture)
Minor: Construction
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; National Committee/Task Force Member
“Does this mean no more all-nighters?”
Juan Manuel Lua
University of Texas at Arlington
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Minor:Environmental and Sustainability Studies & Urban and Public Affairs
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member
“I spent hours working on studio projects, drawings and models. I also spent more time picking a playlist and grabbing late-night snacks.”
Rachel Hunter Teresa Madryga
Washington University in St. Louis
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch) & Masters of Urban Design, & Masters of Construction Management
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“Set Goals & Crush them!”
Vaishnavi Magar
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Major: Master in Design Studies (MDes. Tech)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member
“You have to stop getting comfortable with the same path that everyone is taking. The day you do that, doors will open for you.”
– Vaishnavi Magar
Quinlan John McFadden
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; National Committee/Task Force Member
“Keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things… your curiosity will lead you down the path of success.” – Walt Disney
Wesley McGlory
Texas Tech University
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member
“Unlock your potential, and share it with with the world.”
Rema Mobarak
University of Texas at Arlington
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“Verily, with every hardship comes ease. (94:6)”
Gwendoline Albright Ndikumagenge
Andrews University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture) & Masters of Architecture (M.Arch) & Honors Scholar
Certificate: Undergraduate Leadership
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member; THRIVE or CRIT Live Planning Team Member; National Committee/Task Force Member
“Experiencing the beauty of the sunset or not, does not change the fact that the sun did set and that a new day is going to come and will be experienced” – Gwendoline Albright N.
Jenny Nguyen
University of Arizona
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; THRIVE or CRIT Live Planning Team Member
“Through education and hard work, you can achieve anything.”
– My Dad, David Nguyen (1961-2017)
Himesh Patel
New York Institute of Technology – Manhattan
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Energy Science and Technology
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member
“We are future. Architecture students are the toughest most resilient humans. Whether it’s the new way we design after this Pandemic, Climate Change, Poverty, Waste….it’s us that will fix it all”.
Roberta Pegg
Kent State University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Business
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member
“There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?” – Zaha Hadid
Graduate school here I come!
Jennifer Yuliza Pineda
University of Maryland
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member
“There are people in your life whom you unknowingly inspire, simply by being you.”
Danielle Pinette
Keene State College
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member, National Committee/Task Force Member
“Each new situation requires new architecture.”
-Jean Nouvel
Class of 2020: this is our new situation.
Maya Roufail
American University in Dubai
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member; FORUM Planning Team Member
“To innovate, one must first re-connect with the natural and man-made realities, questioning everything that impacts an individual’s life and a community’s well-being.”
Nour Rouhana
American University in Dubai
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future, for it is from the past that we learn.”
– Shaikh Zayed
Tannaz Rouhi
Woodbury University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Quad Conference Planning Team Member
“Our year was cut short but our dreams won’t be!”
Jose Asbiel Samaniego
Kennesaw State University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member
“Five years fly by fast, so make the most of it”
Sincerely, the OG i-archer
– Asbiel Samaniego
Jomarie Santiago
Florida A&M University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” -Albus Dumbledore
Henry Savoie
Auburn University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better” – John Paul II
Elise Skulte
Washington University in St. Louis
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“Do not go where the path may lead. Instead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kyra Stark
Auburn University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; National Committee/Task Force Member; National Board of Directors Member
“This isn’t the way I pictured graduation, but I can confidently say the past few months have made me more resilient, adaptable, creative, and grateful for my friends and family. Here’s to 2020.”
Jacie Thomas
Bowling Green State University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“Thank you to my family & professors! Let’s go explore the world!”
Devin Trakney
Temple University
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“How lucky I am to have something, that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
Brian Witney
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Committee Member
“A city is the place of availabilities. It is the place where a small boy, as he walks through it, may see something that will tell him what he wants to do his whole life.” -Louis I. Kahn
Alexander H. Wong
Morgan State University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member
“Phew…..6 years ago this moment felt so far away, yet here we are! Never forget the journey, Class of 2020!” – Alex W.
Jati Zunaibi
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements: 2020 CRIT Scholar; Chapter Executive Board Member; Chapter Committee Member
