ECE Commencement Ceremony
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:
May 4, 2023
Time:
9:00 am
Place:
Reynolds Coliseum
Speaker:
Scott Labrozzi
Student Speaker:
Caleb Wheeler
Doors Open:
Please enter Reynolds from the Dunn Avenue Entrance.
Livestream
The ECE Department livestreams the Graduation Ceremony on this page at 9:00 am EST on May 4, 2023.
Scott Labrozzi
Engineering Fellow and Vice President, Disney Streaming, the Walt Disney Company
Scott Labrozzi is a widely recognized expert in the streaming media industry with 30 years of experience in leading technology and product development involving video technologies. He currently has over thirty issued patents and has been honored with two technical Emmys.
After receiving his master’s degree in computer engineering from NC State, Scott started his career at Sun Microsystems developing video solutions. Thereafter, Scott co-founded his first start-up company, Osprey Technologies, where he continued to develop video software and hardware products that ultimately achieved wide industry recognition and adoption.
As a co-founder and CTO for his second start-up, Inlet Technologies, Scott became intimately involved in the evolution of Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) solutions and his team’s products became the industry standard for video streaming. Inlet’s success led to its acquisition by Cisco. As a Cisco Principal Engineer, Scott jointly led architectures related to ABR and advancements in video compression and was a lead author for multiple industry standards.
In 2016, Scott joined Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) and established a media processing engineering organization to develop MLBAM’s own video solutions. MLBAM was acquired by The Walt Disney Company becoming Disney’s streaming division. Scott is currently both the VP of Core Media Technology and an Engineering Fellow at Disney. He and his team are responsible for building the organization’s solutions which power Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, MLB and Star. He is further actively involved in various R&D efforts across Disney related to leading-edge advancements in media.
Caleb Wheeler
Class of 2023
Caleb Wheeler is a graduating senior in Computer Engineering who has lived and studied across the globe, from Florida to China, Canada, and Saudi Arabia, now calling Charlotte, NC home. As a co-founder of the Embedded Machine Learning Club, Caleb served as its first Vice-CEO, and subsequently offered his support in an advisory capacity. His interest in embedded systems was sparked while taking ECE 306, and he went on to serve as a teaching assistant in ECE 306 the following semester. Caleb’s strong passion for autonomous vehicles has been a driving force throughout his academic and professional career. He recently completed an internship at Tesla in the Autopilot division and has enthusiastically accepted a full-time position on the same team in Palo Alto, CA, where he also plans to complete his Master’s degree remotely as part of NC State’s ABM program.
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
Order of the Engineer
Many engineering and computer science societies’ codes of ethics include statements of the professional responsibilities of their working members. The purpose of this ceremony is to remind and encourage NC State College of Engineering students to be cognizant of these responsibilities as they embark on the professional phase of their lives. In addition, we wish to celebrate the conclusion of their time on campus and wish them well in future endeavors as they represent themselves, their families, the college and NC State itself.
The Recognition of Graduates Event on May 3, 2023 4:00 pm requires RSVP online.
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Past Graduation Ceremonies
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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