Student Honors & Awards

Dr. Ryan Zurakowski, Interim Department Chair

Best Dissertation Award
Meghan Kupratis

Biomedical Engineering Chairperson’s Award
Hanna Armstrong
Hannah Cohen
Yaren Usul

Biomedical Engineering Graduate Chairperson’s Award
Sobia Anam

Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Sophomore Award
Abigail Caridi
Ailyn Lopez

Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Junior Award
Sudha Anilkumar
Ruth Wilhelm

Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Senior Award
Emily Fitzgerald
Kristine Hauser

Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Best Paper Award
Mackenzie Scully

Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Engineering Outreach Award
Elise Hoover

Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Departmental Service Award
Filipa Ribeiro

Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Biswarup Goswami

Matthew Maguire Celebration of Life Memorial Award
Sarah Donaldson

Dr. Millicent O. Sullivan, Chair

2023 AICHE Minority Affairs Community Scholarship Award
Emmanuel Ortiz

American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Engineering
Rebekah Marks

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Sophomore Award
Defne Elbeyli

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Junior Award
Genevieve Kroll

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Senior Award
Miyu Mudalamane

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Graduate Award
Emma Sudduth

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Alumni Award
Alexandra Bayles

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Othmer National Award Recipient
Anvita Gonthina

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Zeisberg Award for Excellence in Research/Laboratory Report and Chemical Engineering Alumni Laboratory Award
Annika Hill
Finn Moran
Kate Ricciuti
Jillian Thoman

Center for Composite Materials Outstanding Senior Award
Hayden Marquard

Department Teaching Fellow
Dat Huynh

Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors First Year Scholarship Award
Madison Baker
Zachary Bernhart
Alexander Bregvadze
Aaron Cook
Lily Ditty
Ian Hegge
William Herron
Sathvik Kanithi
Quinlan Kraft
Caroline Kulp
Ryan Lange
Lars Lefkowitz
Braden Rogers
Jonathan Schess
Victoria Shultz
Kyle Wodehouse

Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Sophomore Scholarship Award
Anoushka Buddihikot
George Lauri

Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Senior Student Award
Julia Hatoum

Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Undergraduate Research Award
Miyu Mudalamane

John R. Eagle Scholarship
Jennifer Marcum
Randy Serafin
Kayla Wolf

Phillip and Ruth Evans Chemical Engineering Fellowship
Ross Klauer

Alexander F. Giacco Scholarship
Rithu Latha Rajendran
Quang Nguyen

Sylvia and Charles S. Joanedis Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Brian Barrett
Brady Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. James F. Kearns Scholarship in Chemical Engineering
Hussain Bunajmeh
Nicole Gill

Myrick Family Scholarship
Julia Hatoum
Annika Hill

Saurabh A. Palkar Graduate Award for Mentoring
Soumitra Bhoyar
Michaela Jones

Robert L. Pigford Scholarship
Ahmad Alkhudair
Evan Gantert
Rushmika Iyer
Tiffany Jung
Jaden Ly
Renee Nardy
Saurav Padhye
Sarah Prem
Maximus Ramirez
Vedant Subramanian
Aaron Xue

Robert L. Pigford Teaching Assistant Award
Thaddeus Egnaczyk
Sean Farrington
Ross Klauer
Tessa Posey
Anthony Stohr

Fraser and Shirley Russell Teaching Fellow in Chemical Engineering
Michael Trautmann-Rodriquez

John Allen Thoroughgood Legacy Scholarship in Chemical Engineering
Neel Kher

Richard Wool Award for Women in Green Engineering
Shelby Anderson
Jackie Arnold

Dr. Jack Puleo, Chair

AECOM Frank S. Waller Leadership Award
Annabelle Dorsett

Allan Myers Award in Construction Engineering
Alex Bottass
Natalie Botto
Emily Fasig

Center for Composite Materials Progress Award
Shagata Das

Civil Engineering Graduate Research Award
Jirat Laksanalamai

Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Award
Patricia Devine
Liam Naughton
Lindsay Putnam
Alexander Reif

Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Service Award
Hannah Power

Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Andrew Ahlborn

Delaware Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Junior Award
Gavin Saric

Delaware Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Senior Award
Edward Sollazzo

Steven K. Dentel Memorial Award
Genevieve Cordeiro

Francis E. Gardiner Jr. Scholarship
Genevieve Cordeiro
Slade Goldman
Ryan McMahon
Liam Naughton
Gavin Saric
Christopher Segreti

Hagerty Environmental Graduate Award
Cuijuan Feng

Hagerty Environmental Undergraduate Award
Ryan Kim

Dennis Mertz Scholarship
William Santacecilia

Micklin Family Engineering Scholarship
Chelsea Flaherty

Rosario P. Award
Jillian Sternig

Sustainable Civil and Environmental Engineering Award
Chelsea Flaherty
Caroline Gilliard

The RJN Foundation Civil and Environmental Engineering Award
Slade Goldman
Daniel Porotov
Matthew Spector

W. David and W. Corder Teter Civil Engineering Scholarship
Madeleine Boyle
Annabelle Dorsett
Seth Reynolds

VanDemark & Lynch Sophomore Award
Nathan Wolhar

Verdantas Award
Matthew Winward

Washington Area Railway Engineering Society Award
Jordan Thomas

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Junior Award
Caden Brooks

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Senior Award
Julia Malich

Badmus Family RISE 2.0 Scholarship
Axel Rodriguez-Leon

Engineering Alumni Association Award
Charlotte Gottilla
Ruth Wilhelm
Avery Wolverton

Charles B. Evans Prize
Arriana Bisram

Edward Thomas Grochowski Sr. Engineering Scholarship
Antoine Gravat
Andrew Ngo

George W. Laird Fellowship
Lauren Mottel

Jim Laser Scholarship
Cornelia Meiss

Lillian Sincoskie Scholarship
Tom Minh Le

TEHEKA RISE Scholarship
Joy Mwaria

Elbert C. Wisner RISE Corporate Friends Award
Simone Meyers
Bryan Cabrera Icte

Coach Irv Wisniewski Scholarship
Hanaa Abdallah

Dr. Weisong Shi, Chair

Daniel L. Chester Graduate Fellowship Award
Jon Kilgannon
Lauren Olson
Shayla Sharmin
Yifan Zhang

Computer and Information Sciences Distinguished Graduate Student Award
Cameron Ibrahim
Abhishek Karwankar
Prerana Khatiwada
Behdokht Kiafar
Jicheng Li
Tang Li
Xiaofan Li
Fudong Lin
Jiadong Lou
Ilya Tyagin
Kyle Wang
Qitong Wang
Jining Yu

Computer and Information Sciences Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award
Raphael Poulain

Computer and Information Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Shayla Sharmin

Computer and Information Sciences Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Kien Nguyen

Computer and Information Sciences Outstanding Sophomore Student Award
Owen He

Computer and Information Sciences Outstanding Junior Student Award
Simon Brugel

Computer and Information Sciences Outstanding Senior Student Award
Amani Kirunga

Computer and Information Sciences Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
Blade Tyrell

Computer and Information Sciences Undergraduate Honorable Mentions
Christopher Bennett
Michael Bocelli
Leo Chen
Avinash Chouchan
Gia Diaz
Zachary England
Bryant Ferguson
Mikaylla Haskins
Andrew Kallai
Nathan Manning
Christian Munley
Joy Mwaria
Rachel Robins
Giovanna Scozzaro
Ocean Shen
Nabiha Syed
Rana Tuncer
Abigail Walters
Ava West
Ella Wilkins

Steven Geracimos Memorial Award
Maxwell Wang

Hatem M. Khalil Memorial Award
Gavin Caulfield

Frank A. Pehrson Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Computer Science Research
Fengchun Qiao

John K. Scoggin Sr. Memorial Award
Sydney Segear

Lauri Pfeffer Shinn Memorial Award
Faith Lovell

Dr. Jamie Phillips, Chair

Bendett Fellowship Award
Mohammad Mamdoh Baksh

Computer Systems & Networking Graduate Faculty Award
Lars Folkerts

Dr. Charles “Chase” Cotton Cybersecurity Award
Sean Pearce
Antoinae Smith

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Award
Benjamin Mirotznik

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chairperson’s Award
Brendan Baird
Brandon Marafino

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Award
David Ellis
Zachary Moorman

Eta Kappa Nu Award
Rachel Ciganik
Tyler Rizak

The Harker Family Scholarship
Nora Charles

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Delaware Bay Section Engineering Award
Alex Mulrooney
Martin Olguin Lopez

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Delaware Bay Section Student Activities Award
Joshua Hyman
Yannick Nguenkam

Koerner Family Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Hannah Sinigaglio

Roscoe M. Lewis Jr. ’50 Endowed Scholarship
Thaddeus Karl

James H. Miller ’77 Scholarship
Brice Carlson
Michael Ward

Nanoelectronics, Electromagnetics & Photonics Graduate Faculty Award
Thunchanok Kaewnukultorn

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Kaoru Katayama

Signal Processing and Communications Graduate Faculty Award
Andres Ramirez-Jaime

Dave Sincoskie Electrical Engineering Scholarship
Giana Pennisi

Peter J. Warter Scholarship
Brendan Baird
Lilia Henkel

WCKM Photonics Endowment Fund in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Masudur Rahim

Wayne Westerman Entrepreneur Scholarship
Brandon Marafino

Westerman Family Graduate Research Fund Award
Luis Bustos Marquez

Dr. Joshua Zide, Chair

Center for Composite Materials Achievement Award
Munetaka Kubota

Koerner Family Foundation Fellowship
Eric Herrmann

Materials Science and Engineering Chairperson’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Vidhika Damani

Materials Science and Engineering Chairperson’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Arriana Bisram

Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award
Nazifa Arony
Francis Klincewicz

Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
Wilder Acuna
Mengying Yang

Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
S. M. Jahad Jahadun-Nobi

Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Undergraduate Service Award
Melanie Heider
Stephanie Synnott

Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Academic Achievement Award
Caitlyn Edgar
Abigail Sicher
Logan Whitesel

Dr. Gregory S. Chirikjian, Chair

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Delaware Section Outstanding Senior Design Final Presentation Award – Team Northrop Grumman
Rafe Garcia-Hidalgo
Prasanna Krishnamoorthy
Garrett Snyder
Kyle Wolf

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Delaware Section Outstanding Senior Design Final Presentation Award – Team Norwalt Design
Michael Forte
Colin Homassel
Joshua LaFrance
Jacob Meredith

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Delaware Section Outstanding Student Award
Kenneth Madden
Cayden Walker

Gregory W. Antal Annual Mechanical Engineering Scholarship
Jonathan Chellew
Yae June Jang
Emma Staib

Center for Composite Materials Progress Award
Lukas Fuessel

Center for Composite Materials R.L. McCullough Scholars Award
Soyeon Park

Center for Composite Materials Tsu-Wei Chou Composites Science and Innovation Award
Tania Lavaggi

Center for Composite Materials Undergraduate Researcher Award
Charles Whealton

Tsu-Wei and Mei-Sheng Lo Chou Best Dissertation Award in Mechanical Engineering
Kayla Pariser

Graduate Student Achievement Award
Soyeon Park

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Annamalai Muthupalaniappan
Noah Stiebritz

Professor Michael Keefe Award for Excellence in Application of the Engineering Design Process
Gwyneth Clarke
Bella Mayhew
Jenna Taylor
Emma Szympruch

W. Francis Lindell Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award
Connor Mccleery

W. Francis Lindell Mechanical Engineering Award to the Distinguished Junior
Kaitlyn Dohn
Russell Perdue

W. Francis Lindell Mechanical Engineering Award to the Distinguished Senior
Cameron Emmett
Madison Johnson
Andrew Smith

Mechanical Engineering Alumni Award – Outstanding Sophomore
Emma Staib
Nicholas Weis
Stephen Zrebiec

Mechanical Engineering Alumni Award – Outstanding Junior
Lauren Desantis
Owen Ferrone
Tyler Salmon

Mechanical Engineering Alumni Award – Outstanding Senior
Alex Abrams
Julieta Andrino

Mechanical Engineering Chairperson Award – Outstanding Senior Design Team
Matthew Abraham
Nick Bailey
Heirkhan Borjigin
Jessica Cohen
Brian Coyle
Michael Graden
Raymond Gusakov
Donovan Haverly
Ethan Hensinger
Anthony Jiang
Ethan Kacmarcik
Justin Orriols
Samuel Parker
Michael Pugh
Andrew Roth
Cole Shorter
Yajaira Vergara-Guzman
Alex Wolff

Mechanical Engineering Chairperson Award – Outstanding Student Leader
Colleen Cavagnaro
Kenneth Madden
Sibyl Roosen

Mechanical Engineering Chairperson Award – Outstanding Student Service to the Department
William Gaither
Annika Labrador

Ernest A. Mettenet Scholarship
William Louden
Kylie Taylor

Ralph M. and Sarah Joe Newman Scholarship
Mark Foerster

Mary and George Nowinski Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Nicolas Bailey

W. David and W. Corder Teter Mechanical Engineering Scholarship
Braden Cluett
Owen Ferrone
Michael Forte

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
Jessica Cohen
Lauren Desantis
Rafe Garcia-Hidalgo
Amelia Klinger
Tyler Phommachanh

Goldwater Scholar
Sudha Anilkumar

Tau Beta Pi

Dr. Abraham M. Lenhoff, Faculty Advisor
Georgia Angeletakis, President
Kaelyn Owens, Vice President/Treasurer