Congratulations Class of 2023!
The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) wants to recognize our hardworking and deserving members graduating this year, so we’ve decided to feature some of our seniors on our official AIAS Graduates Class of 2023 page. Click each headshot to be redirected to each graduates’ portfolio, thesis project, or social media!
Alyssa Scherger
Florida Atlantic University
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
“As an architect, you design for the present with an awareness of the past for a future which is essentially unknown. “ – Norman Foster
Tomás Stankiewicz
California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Sustainable Environments
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- Chapter Committee Member
- CRIT Journal Team Member
“Each candle casts its own shadow. Only when you place a second candle, next to the first, do the shadows disappear, illuminated by the other’s light” -Elie Wiesel
William Roarty
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Minor: Community and Regional Planning
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- Chapter Committee Member
“If the architecture is any good, a person who looks and listens will feel its good effects without noticing.” – Carlo Scarpa
Phillip Le
University of Houston
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Construction Management
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- FBD Team Member
“You will never fail until you stop trying” – Einstein
Eleanor Huntley
Kent State University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Minor: Business
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- Chapter Committee Member
Everyone say: “Gap year is a valid option.”
Jean Carlos Nieves Pérez
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- FBD Team Member
“From here on out I’ll improvise life, but at least I’ll have AIT after my name. That’s cool.”
Yash Akhouri
University of Oregon
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Interior Architecture
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- Chapter Committee Member
“Don’t forget to have fun along the way, be silly, have a laugh and spread happiness, even if you did pull a groggy all nighter :)”
Lucy Yang
Arizona State University
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- Quad Conference Planning Team Member
- National Board of Directors Member
“Feel the fear and do it anyway”
David Matute
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Major: Bachelor of Art in Architecture (B.A. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
“Believe in yourself. I did that and it worked out pretty well.”
Mia Karim
Holy Spirit University Of Kaslik
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- Chapter Committee Member
- National Committee/Task Force Member
- National Board of Directors Member
“Leaving a legacy isn’t about the fame; it’s about the impact. Let’s go out there and change the world one small step at a time.”
Ahmad Alajmi
California College of the Arts
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- Chapter Committee Member
- CRIT Scholar
“Thank you so much for the great memories!”
Nathan Becenti
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
“If I had a quarter for every cup off coffee I consumed”
Damari Williams
University of Illinois at Chicago
Major: Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.S. in Architecture)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
“I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also so much more than that. So are we all.”
Juanita Libreros Foronda
Savannah College of Art and Design
Major: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture (B.F.A in Architecture)
Minor: Production Design
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- Chapter Committee Member
- Quad Conference Planning Team Member
- FORUM Planning Team Member
- National Committee/Task Force Member
“Saying yes to new ideas, yes to possibilities, and opportunities is the foundation of thriving.”
Leslie Ponce-Diaz
Rhode Island School of Design
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Nature Sustainability, Latin American Cultural Studies
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” – Matthew 6:34
Ethan Samuel Lewis
Tulane School of Architecture
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Other Major: Bachelor of Science in Real Estate
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- CRIT Scholar
“What, me worry?”
Julia Andor
New York Institute of Technology
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Civic Engagement & Energy Science, Technology, and Policy
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- Chapter Executive Board Member
- AIAS Advocate
- National Committee/Task Force Member
- National Board of Directors Member
“Let’s build bridges, not walls.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
Francesco S. Mannino II
New York Institute of Technology
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture (B.Arch)
Minor: Graphic Design
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
- FBD Team Member
“Actively Designing a Modern Future.”
Ayse Elif Aydinli
California College Of The Arts
Major: Masters of Architecture (M.Arch)
Past AIAS Achievements:
- Chapter Member
“‘Listening’ is the ultimate key to an open conversation. Don’t forget that the school is the only place, where you are free to make mistakes.”
