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The Class of 2006!

Viterbi School Recognizes Outstanding Seniors

May 04, 2006 —
On Friday May 1, 2006 the USC Viterbi School celebrated the end of a 2005-2006 academic year with awards to some of their best and brightest seniors. In celebration of  undergraduate students' commitment to service, leadership and scholarship, an awards ceremony and banquet was organized by the Viterbi Admission & Student Affairs Office.
 
Students were recognized for their contributions in classrooms and labs, as student leaders and in service to the university, school, and campus community.
 
In addition to the award recipients, the following groups of students were recognized for this past year's accomplishments: the Freshman Academy Coaches, the Viterbi Student Ambassadors, and the Executive Boards of the Viterbi Student Organizations.
 

THE VITERBI AWARDS:

ARCHIMEDES CIRCLE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP
Awarded to a graduating Viterbi senior in recognition of academic excellence and given the honor to represent the Class of 2006 as the Viterbi School of Engineering Valedictorian at the Viterbi Commencement Ceremony.
awarded to: Kellen Sick, AE
 
ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LEADERSHIP
awarded to: Kelly Anne McLachlan, ChEP
 
THE DORIS M. GILLILAND MEMORIAL SERVICE AWARD
awarded to: Albert Holt, ISE
 
ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT ORGANIZATION
awarded to: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
 
CENTER FOR ENGINEERING DIVERSITY SERVICE AWARD
awarded to: Ana Marisa Ybarra, ChE
 
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AWARD
awarded to: Eun Sook Han, EE
 
VITERBI STUDENT AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR
awarded to: Sarah Williams, CSCI
 
100 YEARS OF ENGINEERING ESSAY WINNERS
First Place - Linda Deng, CSCI
Second Place - Yi Luo, EE
Third Place - Rachel Morford, EE & Justin Perez, CSCI
 

 

THE ACADEMIC AWARDS:

EYRE ASSOCIATES AWARD
For outstanding achievement in Mechanical Engineering.
awarded to: Kellen Sick and Gabriel Wyner
 
THE LAUFER PRIZE
Award to recognize student or students with the most scientifically meritorious project in the Senior Experimental Projects Laboratory.
awarded to: Arvin Shajanian and Kellen Sick
 
BLEEKER AWARD
The Bleeker Award for Craftsmanship honors excellence and imagination in the design and construction of experiments during the senior year laboratory course.
awarded to: Faizal Kamaruddin
 
AME STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Given to students in the AME Senior projects laboratory who have shown ingenuity and performance
awarded to: Nerses Ohanyan and Christine Marie Voss
 
FRED S. GRODINS AWARD
For academic excellence in Biomedical Engineering.
awarded to: Aaron Wong
 
L.L. HANDY AWARD
For outstanding academic achievement in the Petroleum Option in Chemical Engineering.
awarded to: Kelly Anne McLachlan
 
CHARLES J. REBERT OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
The outstanding student award in Chemical Engineering is given to a graduating senior with the highest academic achievement.
awarded to: Sarah Whitaker
 
CHARLES J. REBERT OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
The outstanding service award in Chemical Engineering is given to a graduating senior who has performed the most service to the department, university, and community.
awarded to: Fima Macheret
 
RONALD G. MINET AWARD FOR BEST DESIGN PROJECT
Awarded for the best Chemical Engineering 480 senior design project.
awarded to: Shien Cheong, Andrew Hart, Lauren Klak, Christopher Kolar, Fima Macheret, and Ana Marisa Ybarra
 
DAVID M. WILSON ASSOCIATES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
awarded to: Mark Weaver
 
DAVID M. WILSON ASSOCIATES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
awarded to: Deborah Khider
 
COMPUTER SCIENCE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE
Given to students who have distinguished themselves in service by volunteering time and effort in support of their department.
awarded to: Pamela Fox
 
COMPUTER SCIENCE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH
Given to student who distinguish themselves through excellence in research.
awarded to: Anna Huang Cheng-Zhi
 
COMPUTER SCIENCE OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
Awarded to a graduating student in CSCI who has achieved the highest gpa both in their major and university wide.
awarded to: Ryan Kohlbrenner, Stephen McHenry and Braden Thomas
 
COMPUTER ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
Awarded to a graduating student in CECS who has achieved the highest gpa both in their major and university wide.
awarded to: Joshua Letchford and Zachary Rosenfield
 
PHILIP S. BIEGLER MEMORIAL AWARD
For outstanding achievement in Electrical Engineering.
awarded to: Matthew Beck
 
DANIEL J. EPSTEIN DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
Awarded to students in recognition of their scholarship, leadership and services to the department.
awarded to: Rachel Kelley and Joshua Youngblood
The 2006 Engineering Valedictorian
Kellen Sick with Dean Yannis Yortsos
 
Kelly McLachlan was awarded both the L.L.
Handy Award for Petroleum Engineering
& the Leadership Award
 
The Gilliland Memorial Service Award Winner
Albert Holt & Dean Yortsos
Jack McConaghy (BSME '66, MSME '68), Dean Yortsos and officers of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Viterbi Student Ambassador of the year Sarah
Williams and VSA advisor Paul Ledesma
Michael Khoo, BME Chair awards Aaron Wong the Fred S. Grodins Award
Jim Moore, ISE Chair, gives kudos to Joshua Youngblood on behalf of the Epstein Department