Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society

The International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines

Gamma Chapter of Pennsylvania
Department of Computing Sciences
University of Scranton
Chapter Formed 1985

Chapter Guidelines

  • The Gamma Chapter shall be located at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and its object shall be the promotion of high scholastic achievement and original investigation in the Computing Sciences.
  • The Chapter shall be governed by its Constitution and its amendments, and by By-Laws enacted to provide for routine governmental functions.
  • Persons eligible for election to membership to the Chapter shall not be judged according to race, creed, color, or gender, but must belong to one of the following categories:
    • An undergraduate student must have completed at least 64 semester hours of overall credit, with at least 18 in Computing Sciences courses (which are those courses designated for programs of study offered through the Department of Computing Sciences).  He/she must have a minimum GPA of3.2 both overall and in these Computing Sciences courses.
    • A graduate student must have completed at least one half of the graduate degree requirement (15 credits in Software Engineering courses), and must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in those courses.
    • A faculty member must have been regularly teaching courses in support of programs offered through the Department of Computing Sciences, at the University of Scranton, for at least one year.
    • A former student, at the time of his/her degree, must satisfy the same requirements as outlined for an undergraduate student.An honorary candidate shall be an individual of distinguished achievement in the field of Computing Science, otherwise ineligible for election to membership.
  • All candidates for election to membership shall be reviewed by a Faculty Advisory Committee.  Those reported favorably by the Committee shall be proposed for election to a standing committee on eligibility and membership, consisting of current members.
  • The executive Council of the Chapter shall consist of the Faculty Advisor, and the following elected officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary-Historian, and Treasurer.
  • The Faculty Advisor, who shall also be the presiding member of the Faculty Advisory Committee, shall consult on matters of Chapter Policy and act as auditor of Chapter finances.  He/she must be a member of the Computing Sciences Department faculty.
  • The chapter shall collect an initial induction fee of$80,and annual dues of $5 from each member.
  • An induction ceremony, including dinner, shall take place at the University of Scranton each spring.

Updated March 2024

"Members as of May 2023"

 
(All 448, with year of induction)

Members

Aldine, Brenda (2004)

Allerdyce, Brenda (1985)

Al Olayet, Thamer (2017)

Alsuhaibani, Feras (2014)

Alvarez, Sabrina (2021)

Amin, Sheetal (2003)

Anania, Peter (2003)

Anderson, Nathan (1995)

Anguita, Elena (1985)

Antosh, Joseph (1990)

Armstrong, Brian (2002)

Archer, Anthony (1988)

Atcavage, Carolyn (1985)

Aurora, Manish (1989)

Avilala, Chittaranjan (2001)

Babinski, Matthew (2020)

Balzani, Louis (2014)

Banta,Darlene (2004)

Barletta, Lori (1986)

Barrett, Elizabeth (2011)

Barrett, Patrick (2012)

Bassolino, Laura (2002)

Batten, Sean (1999)

Batzel, Sean (2019)

Becker, Mary Alice (1991)

Beckish, Michael (2001)

Behr, Kevin (2010)

Beidler, Kathleen (1999)

Benedict, Luke (2007)

Bennett, Colin (2019)

Bi, Yaodong (1994)

Bishop, Benjamin (2005)

Blasko, Brian (1987)

Boettger, Mason (2022)

Bogan, Patrick (1985)

Bonaventure, Gina (2002)

Borosky, Gerard (1985)

Borosky, Joseph (1998)

Bowery, Kevin (2021)

Brady, Maureen (2000)

Brannelly, Glenn (2019)

Brennan, Daniel (2012)

Bright, Norman (1986)

Brunetti, Luke (2023)

Burke, Austin (2004)

Burke, Frances (1986)

Burns, Martin (1991)

Burrell, Kyle (2018)

Cai, Dong (2004)

Calderon, Alexander (2022)

Camara, William Dinis (1998)

Candelli, Sally (1988)

Capobianco, Nicholas (2000)

Capper, Luke (2023)

Carone, Michael (2000)

Carpenter, Elizabeth (2021)

Carrill, Thomas (2004)

Carter, Nathan (1997)

Casabona, Joseph (2006)

Chabot, Felicia (2005)

Cheney, William (2004)

Chesna, John (1999)

Chiodo, Alex (2011)

Cichetti, Tyler (2023)

Clark, Terrence (1994)

Clarke, Robert (1989)

Collins, Patrick (2016)

Connery, Timothy (1991)

Contes, Julia (1991)

Contiff, Joseph (1985)

Coolican, Mary (1987)

Coppa, Peter (2011)

Corcoran, Kelly (1995)

Courtright, Barbara (1985)

Covaleski, Richard (1985)

Cummings, Christopher (2012)

Cunningham, Philip (2010)

Curry, Kristin (2018)

Curtis, Paul ’84 (1992)

Daly, Seán (2014)

Danchak, Zachary (2023)

Dane, Michael (2015)

Dasari, Hepsiba (2010)

Dauer, Brian (2019)

David, Joshua (2018)

Davis, Evelyn (1986)

Davis, Jeffery (1988)

Davis, Robert (1996)

DeCarlo, Michael (2000)

DeCelles, Christopher (2005)

DeCelles, Salvador (2006)

Degler, Benjamin (2016)

Delevan, Michael Joseph (2019)

Derenick, Jason (2002)

Dermont, Marcus (2012)

DeSarro, Frank (1987)

DiCesare, David (2022)

Dillon, Jeanne (1987)

Dirlam, Debra (2004)

DiStefano, Marianne (1999)

Di Troia, Christian (2023)

Dittmar, Eric (2021)

Dixon, James (1998)

Doggett, Jeffery (1988)

Dolphin, Christine (1989)

Dombroski, Gerard (2003)

Dougher, James (1992)

Drozdik, Kristina (1991)

Duffey, Robert (1999)

Dwyer, Sean (2004)

Eagan, Robert (2011)

Easton, William (2011)

Eichelsdorfer, John (1987)

Erdman, Julia (2002)

Esposito, Evan (2020)

Fabiano, Joseph (1985)

Faltyn, Daniel (1997)

Filachek, Christopher (1995)

Fisher, Craig Alan (2014)

Flowers, Nicole (2001)

Fox, James (1990)

Fox, James (2023)

Franchak, Stephen (2012)

Frey, Raymond (2010)

Gallacher, Patricia (1990)

Gallagher, Clarence (2019)

Gallagher, Timothy (2021)

Gallia, Mark (1994)

Gangareddygari, Vijay (2003)

Garubba, Daniel (2006)

Garubba, Thomas (2003)

Gaughan, Sean (2022)

Gauntlett, Joseph (1987)

Gecawich, William (1985)

Geiger, Lawrence (1986)

Gelormini, Derek (2010)

Getts, Ryan (2004)

Gilmore, Mark (1996)

Gilmore, Shaun (2002)

Gioino, Patrick (2021)

Giordano, Ethan (2002)

Giulian, Brian (2001)

Glarakis, Alexander (1985)

Gnall, Joseph (2018)

Gochtovtt, Alexander (1988)

Gorel, Larry (1986)

Goss, Floyd (1988)

Graham, Christopher (1991)

Gray, Evan (2014)

Grega, Vincent Jr. (1985)

Grieb, Sean (2011)

Grizzanti, David (2004)

Groblewski, Maria (1990)

Gruszecki, Mark (2008)

Guerra, Nicholas (2023)

Guiton, Mark (1986)

Gunshannon, William (2011)

Gurski, Marybeth (1991)

Haggerty, Julie (1985)

Haggerty, Paul (1985)

Haher, Amy (1991)

Halfpenny, Kenneth (1988)

Hamilton, Brian (1998)

Hanusich, Andrew (2001)

Harding, Michael (1985)

Haser, Glenn (1997)

Heidelberger, John (1988)

Herre, Carol (1991)

Herrick, Daniel (2018)

Herrick, Harlan (1990)

Herschlag, Gillian (2021)

Holmes, Michael (2013)

Holt, Richard (2002)

Horger, Adam (2018)

Horger, Zane (2022)

Hughes, Edward (1988)

Hughes, Michael (1990)

Hundersmarck, Christopher (2006)

Huylo, Robert (2003)

Insogna, Albert (2000)

Jackowitz, Daniel (2010)

Jackowitz, Paul (1985)

Janic, Mary Jean (1986)

Janofsky, Thomas (1995)

Jaruszewski, Carlene (1986)

Jollie, Cheridy (1996)

Jones, Amanda (2013)

Joyce, Patrick C. (2005)

Kahlon, Harshdeep (2021)

Kaminshi, Corine (1988)

Karnoski, Shawn (2011)

Kashuba, Thomas (1986)

Kassm, Nada (1991)

Kaufman, John (2022)

Kausmeyer, Edward (2004)

Kearns, David (1987)

Kelly, Brian (2006)

Kelly, John (1985)

Kempter, Joy (1991)

Kennedy, Eamonn (2001)

Kepic, Paul (1986)

King, Robert (2011)

Kitcho, Kathryn (2015)

Klapatch, Calvin (1985)

Klassner, Frank (1987)

Klish, Emily (1997)

Kobayashi, Misako (2008)

Kokinda, Joseph (1994)

Kowalchik, Paula (1985)

Kozimbo, Kathleen (1986)

Kozlevcar, Frank (1988)

Kraker, Patricia (2003)

Krall, Christopher (1998)

Krashkevich, Yvonne (2006)

Krieger, Jonathan (2004)

Kroiss, Michael (2001)

Kumar, Ashok (1986)

Kuna, Valerie (2002)

Kung, Ho (1999)

Kwiatkoski, Jeremy (1985)

Lamphere, Amanda (2023)

Langan, Patrick (2016)

Larioni, Greg (1985)

Law, Robert (2012)

Lee, Gene (2003)

Lembo, Henry (2022)

Lenhart, John (2014)

Lind, Craig (2016)

Liskowicz, Mark (2018)

Little, Christopher (1989)

Lively, Jennifer (2001)

Lloyd, Harold (1991)

Locks, Kyle (2011)

Lodini, Daniel (2003)

Loitfelder, Ralph (2001)

LoManto, Joseph (2018)

Lucchese, Anthony (2022)

Lyons, John (2003)

Ma, Guanqiao (2021)

Maccari, Thomas (2020)

Mahon, Helen (2002)

Malloy, Barbara (1987)

Maloney, Patrick (1987)

Mancuso, Richard (2013)

Mangan, Kevin (1985)

Maradeo, Nicholas (1988)

Maroon, Peter (2000)

Martin, Dennis (1987)

Martynov, Michael (1994)

Marx, Gregory (2005)

Masters, Stacy (2000)

Maszeroski, Anthony (1999)

Matthews, Sean (2006)

Mauro, Thomas (2003)

May, Joseph (1988)

Mayo, Brian (1994)

McAndrews, Susan (1986)

McCauley, Christopher (2001)

McClain, Richard (1989)

McCloskey, Robert ’84 (1987)

McDyer, Christopher (2001)

McGivern, John (1985)

McGuire, Morgan (2022)

McTiernan, Sean (2019)

Meehan, Thomas (2023)

Meinke, John (1985)

Memmen, Brian (2022)

Mercatili, Keith (1997)

Meyers, Michael (1988)

Mezzacca, Marc (2005)

Mickiewicz, Alexander (2003)

Miller, Brett (2000)

Mills, Lorri (1992)

Mills, Matthew (2021)

Morgan, Michael (2003)

Morrow, William (2012)

Mullan, Ashley (2021)

Mulvihill, Tyler (2018)

Murray, Joseph (1987)

Myer, Ronald (1991)

Narsavage, Paul (1994)

Naughton, Robert (2022)

Nauroth, Christopher (1998)

Naveda, J. Fernando (1989)

Nguyen, Cuong (2022)

Nicolaro, Frank (2022)

Nidoh, Michael (2012)

Nonnemacher, Sean (2018)

Nordberg, Kevin (1988)

Noto, Kelly (1991)

Novitsky, Shane (2023)

Nowakowski, Duane (2005)

O'Boyle, Matthew (2000)

O'Hara, Christopher (1994)

O’Hara, Ian (2019)

† O’Malley, Ryan (2003)

O'Neill, Erin (1985)

Orr, Eamonn (2015)

O'Sullivan, Niall (1998)

Ochman, John (1989)

Olaski, Ronald (2004)

Oplinger, Bret (2013)

Orozco, Daniel (2004)

Owens, Matthew (2016)

Owens, Raymond ’78 (2013)

Ozovek, Jonathan (2003)

Pacelli, Frank (2008)

Paganini, Kevin (2006)

Panzarella, Michael (2003)

Pasciuta, Vincent (1994)

Patel, Hanskamal (2016)

Patel, Neelkanth (2022)

Paulukonis, Michael (2010)

Pedley, Michael (2010)

Pegg, David (1986)

Perhac, Tracy Lynn (1987)

Petren, John (1994)

Petruski, Lisa (1991)

Pidich, Mary (2002)

Pirozzi, Glenn (2013)

Plishka, Richard (1988)

† Plonsky, Andrew (1992)

Potter, Sarah (2017)

Predenkoski, David (1990)

Prendergast, John (2018)

Prestifilippo, Matthew (2006)

Quinlan, Kevin (2001)

Quinn, Keith (2000)

Raymer, Robert (1992)

Reardon, Kevin (1994)

Redding, David (2011)

Reese, David (2023)

Ricker, Daniel (2018)

Rizzo, James (1987)

Roani, Mario (2019)

Robinson, Mary Ann (1986)

Rook, Mitchell (2018)

Rostock, Ralph (1992)

Rudniy, Alexander (2021)

Ruff, James (2020)

Rushen, Kathleen (2002)

Ryan, Gregory (1999)

Sami, Simal (2023)

Samuels, Christopher (2008)

Savarese, Raymond (1988)

Sawyer, Michael (2004)

Scaramastro, Michael (2007)

Scarangella, Michael (2001)

Schafer, Raymond (2001)

Schaub, Philip (2002)

Schirra, Joseph (1985)

Seitz, Charles (2023)

Sekela, Shawn (1987)

Serra, Joseph (1985)

Shah, Avish (2018)

Shah, Dhara (2010)

Shah, Hitesh (1998)

Shah, Parth (2019)

Sherwin, Michael (2014)

Shillingsburg, Steven (1996)

Shimkus, Thomas (1994)

Sidbury, James R. (1987)

Sikorski, Edmund (1988)

Simmons, Conner (2014)

Sincavage, Diane (1986)

Slack, Edward (2001)

Smarkusky, Debra’96 (2015)

Smart, Carolyn (2004)

Snyder, Stephen (1992)

Soares, Samuel (2017)

Sorge, Brian (1998)

Soy, Jane (1986)

Sparrow, Patrick (2005)

Speicher, Geoffrey (1996)

Spinosa, Joseph (2017)

Sponsler, Brandon (2019)

Sprows, Thomas (1995)

St. Ledger, Susan (1986)

Staretz, Nicole (2003)

Steffenauer,Robert (2001)

Stein, Rhonda (1992)

Stone, Moinca (1986)

Sudhakara, Suhasini (2010)

Sweeney, Dennis (2021)

Swierczek, Michael (1999)

Syme, Heather (2001)

Szymanski, Karen (2001)

Tailor, Akash (2019)

Tallman, Eric (2005)

Tanwar, Rajeev (2002)

Tarantino, Matthew (2015)

Taylor, Charles (1990)

Taylor, Tristram (2013)

Tamosaitis, Geraldine (1985)

Tartaglione, Daniel (2019)

Teschke, Jeffrey (1999)

Thoennes, Alexander (2018)

Tholley, Francis (2023)

Thomas, Ethan (2023)

Thomas, Justin (2020)

Tofani, Nicholas (2018)

Tomaine, Kris (2014)

Tomaine, Mark (1985)

Tomasofsky, Harold (1995)

Touch, Joseph (1985)

Travis, Kristin (2012)

Trigg, Ciara (2023)

Trischetta, Michael (2015)

Tronoski, John (1990)

Truszkowski, Christopher (2007)

Truszkowski, Thomas (1998)

Tyira, Melissa (2003)

Valleri, Carl (1988)

Vanora, David (2018)

Varriale, Roland (2008)

Vasky, James (2015)

Veca, Ann Marie (1991)

Vicente, Christina (2019)

Villa, Mathew (2016)

Vispi, Donald (2021)

Walker, Brendan (2010)

Walsh, Jason (2004)

Walter, Scott (1999)

Wang, Michael (2002)

Washo, Jason ’G13 (2019)

Wasilnak, John (1986)

Waugh, Justin (1997)

Webb, Jeffrey (2005)

Weller, Cheryl (1988)

Wetter, Kevin (2004)

Wierbowski, David’81 (2016)

Wierbowski, Judy’82 (2016)

Wierbowski, Shayne (2015)

William, William (1988)

Wooster, Angie (1988)

Wynn, Michael (2020)

Yamona, John (2012)

Yanchulis, Charles (1989)

Yaninas, Scott (2008)

Yasiejko, Matthew (2005)

Yeselavage, David (1995)

Zacker, Sonya (2001)

Zambetti, Lisa (1985)

Zaverl, Eric (2001)

Zembrzycki, Audry (1986)

Zhai, Jiehua (2003)

Zielinski, Eric (2015)

Zych, Daniel (2023)

Current Officers 2023-2024

President – Cuong Nguyen '23 G '25

Vice President – Nicholas Guerra '24

Secretary – Ciarra Trigg '24

Treasurer – David Reese '24

Moderator: Professor Paul M. Jackowitz

Former Officers

 For 2022-2023:  

President – Timothy Gallager

Vice President – David DiCesare 

Secretary – Cuong Nguyen

Treasurer – Brian Memmen

Directors – Clarence Gallagher, Morgan McGuire and Justin Thomas

Moderator: Professor Paul M. Jackowitz

For 2021-2022:
President – Clarence Gallager

Vice President – Justin Thomas

Secretary – Ashley Mullan

Treasurer – Timothy Gallagher

Directors – Evan Esposito and Thomas Maccari

For 2020-2021:
President – Evan Esposito

Vice President – Thomas Maccari

Secretary – Justin Thomas

Treasurer – James Ruff

Director – Michael Wynn

 For 2019-2020:

President – Sean McTiernan

Vice President – Colin Bennett

Secretary - Michael Delevan

Treasurer – Brian Dauer

Director – Glenn Brannelly

 For 2018-2019:

President – Sarah Potter

Vice President – Kristin Curry

Secretary – Mark Liskowicz

Treasurer -   John Prendergast

Director - Joseph Spinosa

 For 2017-2018:

President – Craig Lind

Vice President – Joseph Spinosa

Secretary – Sarah Potter

 For 2016-2017:

President – Michael Dane

Vice President – Craig Lind

Secretary – Patrick Langan

Director – Eric Zielinski

 For 2015-2016:

President – Shayne Wierbowski

Vice President – Michael Dane

 Secretary – Eric Zielinski

 For 2014-2015:

President – Louis Balzani

Vice President – Conner Simmons

Secretary – Bret Oplinger

 For 2013-2014:

President – Christopher Cummings

Vice President – Amanda Jones

Secretary – Michael Holmes

Director: Bret Oplinger

 For 2012-2013:

President – Will Morrow

Vice President – Michael Nidoh

Secretary – Marcus Dermont

Directors: Chris Cummings, Daniel Jackowitz

 For 2011-2012:

President – Sean Grieb

Vice President – Elizabeth Barrett

Secretary – Shawn Karnoski

Treasurer – Robert King

 For 2010-2011:

President – Kevin Behr

Vice President – Derek Gelormini

Secretary – Dhara Shah

Treasurer – Michael Pedley

Directors – Phillip Cunningham, Daniel Jackowitz, Brendan Walker

For 2009-2010:

President – Joe Casabona

Vice President – Luke Benedict

Secretary – Chris Truszkowski

For 2008-2009:

President – Joe Casabona

Vice President – Daniel Garubba

Secretary – Yvonne Krashkevich

 For 2006-2007:

President - Dave Grizzanti

First Vice President - Patrick Sparrow

Second Vice President - Brenda Aldine
 
For 2004-2005:

President - Dave Grizzanti

First Vice President - Carolyn Smart

Second Vice President - Jonathan Krieger

Secretary - Darlene Banta

Treasurer - Brenda Aldine

 For 2003-2004:

President - Thomas Garubba

First Vice President - Alex Mickiewicz

Second Vice President - Jiehau Zhai

Secretary - Jonathan Ozovek

Treasurer - Melisa Tyira
 
For 2002-2003:

President - Jason Derenick

First Vice President - Ethan Giordano

Second Vice President - Rajeev Tanwar, Secretary - Laura Bassolino

Treasurer - Julia Erdman

 For 2001-2002:

President - Eamonn Kennedy

Vice President - Heather Syme

Secretary - Michael Kroiss

Treasurer - Rob Steffenauer

Director - Raymond Schafer

For 2000-2001:

President - Keith Quinn

Vice President - Peter Maroon

Secretary - Maureen Brady

Treasurer - Stacy Masters



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