On December 16, 2023 at 7:00 pm at Reynolds Coliseum, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering welcomes family and friends of our Fall 2023 graduates. We will be celebrating the dedication and commitment of our graduating doctoral, master, and bachelor degree students as they carry forward a tradition of excellence, accomplishment, and life-long learning.

Photos

Photos taken by ECE during the ceremony are available on our Flickr Photos taken by Photo Specialities of each graduate will be available a couple of weeks after the ceremony, and samples are provided directly to the individual by Photo Specialties.

Directions

From Western Blvd., turn onto Pullen Road, go through the stoplight and turn onto Dunn Ave. The parking decking will be on your left between Jensen Drive and Jeter Drive.

Commencement Notes

Date:
December 16, 2023

Time:
7:00 pm

Place:
Reynolds Coliseum

Speaker:
Dilip Bhatia

Student Speaker:
Nathan A. Sullivan

Doors Open:
6:30 p.m.

Please enter Reynolds from the Dunn Avenue Entrance.


Livestream

The ECE Department livestreams the Graduation Ceremony on this page at 7:00 pm EST on December 16, 2023.


Dilip Bhatia

Vice President, Chief Experience Officer, Lenovo

Dilip Bhatia is Chief Experience Officer, who leads all facets of the total experience, including global Customer Experience (CX), User Experience (UX), and Digital Experience for customers, partners, and employees (EX).
By uniting the company’s experience-focused disciplines under a mantra of ‘all voices matter’, he enables employees to prioritize CX, UX, and EX-centric processes generating personalized and more inclusive experiences for all.
Delivering data-driven insights to every business unit, Dilip leads Lenovo from being product-centric to a more customer-centric organization that listens to and learns from all of its employees, partners and customers. He serves as executive sponsor for Lenovo’s disability and neurodivergence advocacy employee resource group, ABLE, A Better Lenovo for Everyone.
His user experience (UX) organization works collaboratively to recommend innovative design approaches for the next-gen and future generations of products and services that celebrate diversity (via our Product Diversity Office) for all consumer, commercial and SMB PCs, AR/VR and smart device offerings, counting the legendary ThinkPad X1 family, premium Yoga PCs, Lenovo Legion gaming devices and more in Lenovo’s Intelligent Devices Group.
Prior, Dilip was General Manager of the ThinkPad Business Unit and helped launch the iconic ThinkPad X1 family. He also served a four-year stint in Beijing on international assignment as the Executive Director of Product Marketing for ThinkCentre Commercial Desktop line of offerings.

Dilip has over 20 years of experience at both Lenovo and IBM in various roles. Dilip graduated from North Carolina State University with a degree in Computer Engineering and also has an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is based in Morrisville, North Carolina.

Nathan A. Sullivan

Class of 2023

Nate is a passionate Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) transfer student. Originally from a quaint town north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his journey into ECE continued when he joined the university’s ECE department in the fall of 2021. Within the ECE community, Nate assumed the role of Treasurer for the ECE Ambassadors Student Organization, leading a t-shirt design contest and apparel sales that helped boost ECE pride for current students and alumni alike. Nate also actively contributed to the academic environment as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Linear Systems. Off-campus, Nate also donned different hats, from tutoring AP Calculus and even operating a Zamboni.
Nate’s professional journey consists of an internship with Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, co-op rotations at Cisco, and finally an internship with Garmin, where he excelled and secured a full-time Design Engineer role. He also plans to continue his academic studies part-time over the next year to complete his Master’s Degree next fall.

Special Accommodations

Guests requiring accommodation for a disability or any assistive devices or services to participate in this activity, please contact:

Rachael Gruber
Phone: (919) 515-5086
Email: ece-graduation@ncsu.edu

There will be seating available for guests requiring accommodation for a disability or any assistive devices or services to participate in this activity. No special tickets or notice is needed for this seating.

In addition, strollers are not permitted in Reynolds Coliseum. If you bring one with you, you will be asked to leave this in a designated area within the building but away from the Arena. It is recommended that you do not bring strollers with you if at all possible.

We suggest that you LEAVE ALL BAGS and STROLLERS in the car or at home. This includes purses or backpack. Know that if you must bring a bag, you must go through a bag check at the door before entering the building.



Next Graduation Ceremony

Information about the next Graduation Ceremony is not currently available.

Past Graduation Ceremonies

Spring 2024

The Spring Class of 2024 Commencement Ceremony held on May 2, 2024 in Reynolds Coliseum at 11:00 am.
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Spring 2023

The Spring Class of 2023 Commencement Ceremony held on May 4, 2023 in Reynolds Coliseum at 9:00 am.
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Fall 2022

The Fall Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony held on December 16, 2022 in Reynolds Coliseum at 6:15 pm.
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Spring 2022

The Spring Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony held on May 5, 2022 in Reynolds Coliseum at 11:00 am.
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Fall 2021

The Fall Class of 2021 Commencement Ceremony held on December 10, 2021 in Reynolds Coliseum at 1:00 pm.
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Spring 2021

The Spring Class of 2021 Commencement Ceremony held on May 14, 2021 in at 10:00 am.
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Fall 2020

The Fall Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony held on December 4, 2020 in at 10:30 am.
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Spring 2020

The Spring Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony held on May 7, 2020 in at 1:00 pm.
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Fall 2019

The Fall Class of 2019 Commencement Ceremony held on December 20, 2019 in Reynolds Coliseum at 4:00 pm.
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Spring 2019

The Spring Class of 2019 Commencement Ceremony held on May 10, 2019 in Reynolds Coliseum at 9:00 am.
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Fall 2018

The Fall Class of 2018 Commencement Ceremony held on December 19, 2018 in Reynolds Coliseum at 1:30 pm.
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Spring 2018

The Spring Class of 2018 Commencement Ceremony held on May 10, 2018 in Reynolds Coliseum at 2:00 pm.
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Fall 2017

The Fall Class of 2017 Commencement Ceremony held on December 15, 2017 in Reynolds Coliseum at 1:30 pm.
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Spring 2016

The Spring Class of 2016 Commencement Ceremony held on May 5, 2016 in McKimmon Center at 7:30 pm.
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Fall 2016

The Fall Class of 2016 Commencement Ceremony held on December 15, 2016 in Reynolds Coliseum at 10:00 am.
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Spring 2015

The Spring Class of 2015 Commencement Ceremony held on May 8, 2015 in McKimmon Center at 10:00 am.
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