The ninety-fifth graduation of University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) represented the ceremony with the highest number of doctoral degrees that has been conferred in that institution. Twenty-four students received their Ph.D. on June 12 of 2009. UPRM offers this degree since 1983 and it has been increasing its doctoral programs through time. This year the Department of Chemical Engineering graduated eight Ph.D. students, two were from Civil Engineering, two from Computing and Information Science and Engineering, six from Applied Chemistry, and six from Marine Sciences. Three students of the marine sciences program were working in topics related with remote sensing and bio-optical properties and closely collaborating with the GERS Lab. Deborah Cedeño and Marcos Rosado worked with Dr. Roy Armstrong and Ramón López was working with Dr. José M. Lopez. Marcos and Ramón also worked in the Mayagüez Bay project through a NASA and NOAA assistantships, respectively. Dr. Fernando Gilbes was member of the graduate committee of all these three students.
