In Memoriam: 2020s
Rouzbeh Rastgarkafshgarkolaei (Engr ’21) of Charlottesville died Sept. 23, 2018. Originally from Iran, he earned his bachelor’s degree from Auburn University before coming to UVA for graduate school. He won the 2018 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Distinguished Fellowship and also helped found the Iranian Students Association at UVA. He was known as compassionate, generous and caring. Survivors include his parents and other family members.