2025 Commencement speakers

Baccalaureate degree ceremony

Wednesday, May 21 | 9 a.m.

Keynote speaker:

Clifford Chan

B.S.’92, M.S.’93 CEE
General Manager, EBMUD

Student speaker:

Trishala Jain

B.S.’25 EECS & Business

Master’s degree ceremony

Wednesday, May 21 | 2 p.m.

Keynote speaker:

Emmanuel Chao

B.S.’11, MEng’12 EECS
Hardware Engineering Manager, NVIDIA Corporation

Student speaker:

Paige Destiny Lyles

B.S.’23 CEE, MEng’25 IEOR

Doctoral degree ceremony

Saturday, May 24 | 9 a.m.

Keynote speaker:

John Schulman

Ph.D.’16 EECS
Co-founder & Chief Scientist, Thinking Machines

Student speaker:

Numi Sveinsson Cepero

Ph.D.’25 ME