Honors recognize achievement in engineering and computer science
The College of Engineering recognized student achievement through its annual honors and awards at the close of the academic year. The honorees represent students at every level of study, from first-year undergraduates through doctoral candidates, whose work reflects academic excellence and UD Engineering’s commitment to hands-on learning and real-world impact.
Air Force ROTC
Lt Col Brian F. Nicholas, Det 128 Chair
Distinguished Graduate
Justin McKay Holt
Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Ryan Zurakowski, Department Chair
Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Sophomore Award
Somin Park
Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Junior Award
Christian Le
Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Junior Award
James Mangano
Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Senior Award
Ryann Chatfield
Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Senior Award
Lindsay Gallagher
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Chairperson’s Award
Hailey Bonelli
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Chairperson’s Award
Cathleen Fisher
Biomedical Engineering Community Leadership Award
Kayla Siciliano
Biomedical Engineering Best Dissertation Award
Eric Sterin
Biomedical Engineering Chairperson’s Award
Olivia Bailey
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Chairperson’s Award
Olivia Dyer
Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Engineering Outreach Award
Maneesha Sahni
Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Departmental Service Award
Madeline Sobia
Krotine Anam
Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Remy Brettell
Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Best Paper Award
Sara Aboeleneen
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Millicent O. Sullivan, Chair
American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Engineering
Kyle Wodehouse
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Alumnus Award
Greg Myrick
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Graduate Award
Claire Lois
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Junior Award
Caroline Kulp
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Sophomore Award
Elizabeth Kiernan
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Nascent First-Year Award
Gregory Siegel
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Zeisberg Award for Excellence in Research/Laboratory Report
George Lauri
Benjamin Pohl
Garrett Reed
Chemical Engineering Alumni Laboratory Award
Ellen Freireich
George Lauri
Benjamin Pohl
Garrett Reed
Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Scholarship Award (First Year)
Alexander Hinton
Michael Guarino
Aaditya Joshi
Ashwin Mhadeshwar
Nolan John
Joshua Summer
Devika Ramakrishna
Brian File
Jillian Lybeck-Brown
Vishmi Rajapaksha
Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Scholarship Award (Sophomore)
Justin Stauffer
Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Senior Student Award
Giorgio Tasiopoulos
Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Undergraduate Research Award
Gavin Brownstein
Defne Elbeyli
Peyton Swanson
Jacob Nicosia
Fraser and Shirley Russell Teaching Fellow in Chemical Engineering
Claire Lois
Phillip and Ruth Evans Chemical Engineering Fellowship
Abby Polsky
James Van Antwerp
Richard Wool Award for Women in Green Engineering
Ching Mei Wen
Jackie Ngu
Robert L. Pigford Teaching Assistant Award
Nina Fratto
Claire Lois
Dominic Hoffman
Brock Hunter
Kaan Murat
Pragati Muthukumar
Matthew Pitell
Abby Polsky
Jianbo Yang
Saurabh A. Palkar Graduate Award for Mentoring
Michael Trautmann-Rodriguez
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Jack Puleo, Chair
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Alumni Award (First-Year)
Wren Rust
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Alumni Award (Sophomore)
Jacob Rippon
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Alumni Award (Junior)
Lorenzo Palazzo
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Alumni Award (Senior)
Caitlyn Zeller
Hagerty Environmental Undergraduate Award
Samantha Chittakone
Sustainable Civil & Environmental Engineering Award
Sasha Sehgal
Brayden Rochester
The RJN Foundation Civil and Environmental Engineering Award (Freshman)
Emily Berger
The RJN Foundation Civil and Environmental Engineering Award (Sophomore)
Catherine Hunt
The RJN Foundation Civil and Environmental Engineering Award (Junior)
John Iovino
The RJN Foundation Civil and Environmental Engineering Award (Senior)
Patricia Devine
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Junior Award
William Manns
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Senior Award
Nicole LaRiccia
Washington Area Railway Engineering Society Award
Ryan McMahon
AECOM Frank S. Waller Leadership Award
Nathan Wolhar
Delaware Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Junior Award
Alexander Reif
Delaware Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Senior Award
Marcus Gromofsky
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Service Award
Delaney Doran
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Service Award
Christopher Alegbeleye
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Muhammad Ishfaq
Civil Engineering Graduate Research Award
Utkarsh Gangwal
Environmental Engineering Graduate Research Award
Tawsif Raaz
Hagerty Environmental Graduate Award
Jiwon Choi
Center for Composite Materials
Dr. Srikanth Pilla, Director
Center for Composite Materials Outstanding Senior Award
Rebecca Stutzman
Center for Composite Materials R.L. McCullough Scholars Award
Tania Lavaggi
Center for Composite Materials Research Progress Award (previously Progress Award)
Matthew Abraham
Center for Composite Materials Tsu-Wei Chou Composites Science and Innovation Award
Amit Deshpande
Center for Composite Materials Undergraduate Researcher Award
Matthew Nichols
Computer and Information Sciences
Dr. Weisong Shi, Chair
CIS Distinguished Graduate Student Award
Ilia Tyagin
Kien Nguyen
Cameron Ibrahim
Moath Erqsous
Hanna King
Aishwarya Chandrasekaran
Prerana Khatiwada
Owen He
CIS Undergraduate Honorable Mention
Gabriel Dokus
Connor Vitz
Aastha Desai
Varun Pappu
Coleman Walsh
Ian Guy
Meera Nambiar
Mizuho Okitani
Jessica Cunningham
Ember Kerstetter
Maddox Florez
Amanda Smarr
Samhain Ackerman
Aiman Ahmed
Giovanna Scozzaro
Selin Bacaz
Kacey Dove
Computer & Information Sciences Outstanding Senior Student Award
Duy Duc (Dustin) Tran
Computer & Information Sciences Outstanding Junior Student Award
Zack Sollenberger
Computer & Information Sciences Outstanding Sophomore Award
Kathleen Higgens
Steven Geracimos Memorial Award
Alexander Clawson
Hatem M. Khalil Memorial Award
Asher Mills
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
James Dracup
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Aaron Jarmusch
Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award
Bao Bach
Frank A. Pehrson Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Computer Science Research
Yuankai (William) He
Lauri Pfeffer Shinn Memorial Award (UG)
Maya Perry
Lauri Pfeffer Shinn Memorial Award (Grad)
Abbey Liu
The Daniel L. Chester Graduate Student Fellowship Award
Aishwarya Chandrasekaran
The Daniel L. Chester Graduate Student Fellowship Award
Shayla Sharmin
The Daniel L. Chester Graduate Student Fellowship Award
Austin Meek
The Daniel L. Chester Graduate Student Fellowship Award
Yuankai (William) He
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Hui Fang, Chair
Bendett Fellowship Award
Noor Afsary
Computer Systems & Networking Graduate Faculty Award
Jhon Ordonez Ingali
Nanoelectronics, Electromagnetics & Photonics Graduate Faculty Award
Zhama Tuofu
Signal Processing and Communications Graduate Faculty Award
Guangpu Guo
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Award
Daryl Tapel
Robert Calanza
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chairperson’s Award
Christian Keleher
Maya Rigor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Award
Ashlyn Bhagi
Ashrey Mahesh
Dr. Charles “Chase” Cotton Cybersecurity Award
Anas Masoud Fadhil Al Darwashi
Steven Jacovetti
Eta Kappa Nu Award
Laura Garcia
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Delaware Bay Section Engineering Award
Nicole Miletti
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Delaware Bay Section Student Activities Award
Maxwell Morrison
Avery Dortu
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Zhanhao (Charlie) Zhang
Fernando Bustos Marquez
Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Joshua Zide, Chair
Materials Science and Engineering Chairperson’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Peter Osazuwa
S.M. (Jahad) Jahadun-Nobi
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
Sampanna Mhatre
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
Wenjun Peng
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Graduate Service Award
Jason Lennon
Materials Science and Engineering Chairperson’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Abigail Sicher
Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Academic Achievement Award
Otto Burger
Simran Montagne
Gavin Brownstein
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Undergraduate Service Award
Aaron Wright
Megan Murtaugh
Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Bert Tanner, Chair
Mary and George Nowinski Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award
Tanner Mahoney
Mechanical Engineering Alumni Award – Outstanding Senior
Nicholas Weis
Joseph Yarbrough
Olivia Wilson
Mechanical Engineering Alumni Award – Outstanding Junior
Finian Fitzgerald
Andrew Warrington
Shokhin Sharipov
Mechanical Engineering Alumni Award – Outstanding Sophomore
Gabrielle Smith
Rebecca Villarreal
Jaime Kraus
Mechanical Engineering Chairperson Award – Outstanding Senior Design Team – Industry Partner Team
Ethan Stoecker
Kayla Siciliano
Nina Sgambulluri
Stephen Zrebiec
Mechanical Engineering Chairperson Award – Outstanding Student Leader
Abigail Nguyen
Logan Feiler
Alexandra Alatzas
Dominic Devito
Sydney Milea
Mechanical Engineering Chairperson Award – Outstanding Student Service to the Department
Julia Jacob
Alexander Walck
Nina Armstrong
Victoria Pizzurro
Ben Jordan
Professor Michael Keefe Award for Excellence in Application of the Engineering Design Process-Team Thermo Fisher Scientific
Jared Amoss
Alexander Spuckti
Jared Wierzbicki
Ciaran Destino
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
Emelia Van Slyke
Rachel Smith
Stephen Zrebiec
Cavan Conway
W. Francis Lindell Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award
Alyssa McCleary
Connor Sullivan
W. Francis Lindell Mechanical Engineering Award to the Distinguished Junior
Thomas Baer
Sofia Lopez
W. Francis Lindell Mechanical Engineering Award to the Distinguished Senior
John Cahill
Ariane Elyse Simbulan
Emma Staib
Jack Yoder
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Ying Peng
Zion Lee
Tsu-Wei and Mei-Sheng Lo Chou Dissertation Award in Mechanical Engineering
Chu Chu Chen
Graduate Achievement Award
Parker Grobe