2026 Commencement speakers

Baccalaureate degree ceremony

Monday, May 18 | 9 a.m.

Keynote speaker:

Warren Hoburg

M.S.’11, Ph.D.’13 EECS
Astronaut, NASA

Student speaker:

Sarah Saadeh

B.S.’26 CE

Master’s degree ceremony

Monday, May 18 | 2 p.m.

Keynote speaker:

Sandra Rivera

Chair of the Board, VSORA

Student speaker:

Devan Perkash

M.Eng’26 EECS

Doctoral degree ceremony

Thursday, May 21 | 9 a.m.

Keynote speaker:

Reginald DesRoches

B.S.’90 ME, M.S.’92 CE, Ph.D.’97 CEE
President, Rice University

Student speaker:

Megan Teng

Ph.D.’26 ME