The annual Undergraduate Viterbi Awards were held on Wednesday, May 14th. Students were commended for academic, leadership and service achievements and were recognized through university-wide, USC Viterbi-wide and department-wide awards.
Congratulations to all of the 2014 award winners! For more photos of the event, see this Flickr album.
UNIVERSITY AWARDS
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(left to right) Awadi Rathugamage and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
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USC Trustee Award |
Awadi Rathugamage |
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Emma Josephine Bradley Bovard Award |
Ellen Feldman |
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USC Renaissance Scholar Recognition |
Brendan Colvert, Aerospace Engineering with a Philosophy minor |
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USC Renaissance Scholar Recognition |
Alyssa Zhou, Biomedical Engineering with a Business minor |
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USC Discovery Scholar Recognition |
Carlos Portela |
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USC Global Scholar Recognition |
Zachary Gima |
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USC Global Scholar Recognition |
Lauren Pochowski |
USC VITERBI-WIDE AWARDS
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(left to right) Zachary Gima, Kirsten Rice, Dean Yannis Yortsos, and Ian Malave at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
| Kiuel Senior Design Expo Finalists |
Happen (CSCI 477b): Samuel Couch, Spencer McClure, Kalyn Nakano, Jack Okerman, Kevin Sui, Jay Whang , Nelson Yi |
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Gary Norris Memorial Award |
Jason Zide |
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The Center for Engineering Diversity Award |
Christopher Gordon |
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Women in Engineering Award |
Allison Wisniewski |
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Outstanding Achievement by a Transfer Student |
Stephen Collins |
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Doris M. Gilliland Memorial Service Award |
Brenton Caldwell |
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Neighborhood Service Award |
Francisco Iturbe |
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Outstanding Achievement in Leadership |
Elise Takebayashi |
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Albert Dorman Future Leader Award |
Zachary Gima |
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Viterbi Student Ambassador of the Year |
Brenton Caldwell |
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Archimedes Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship |
Awadi Rathugamage |
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Alumni Advisory Board Award for Outstanding Student Organization |
Association for Computing Machinery |
| Grand Challenges Scholars | Mia Smith Zachary Gima Kirsten Rice Ian Malave |
USC VITERBI DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
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(left to right) USC Viterbi Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Chair and Professor Geoff Spedding, Awadi Rathugamage, and Dean Yannis Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
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Eyre Associates Award for Outstanding Achievement |
Awadi Rathugamage |
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The Laufer Prize for Outstanding Achievement |
Vivian Tsui, Stephanie Klimczak, Anton Schuetze-Coburn for “Heated Tooling for Curing Composites” |
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The Bleeker Award For Superb Craftsmanship |
Christoph Efstathiou, Awadi Rathugamage, Brendan Plecque for “Drag Reduction with Hydrophilic Coatings” |
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Student Achievement Award for Outstanding Ingenuity and Performance |
Danny Buecker, Katherine Will, Jordan Thayer, Montgomerie (Chris) Steele for “Automated Pan/Tilt Optical Tracking System” |
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Student Achievement Award for Outstanding Ingenuity and Performance |
Rachel Glazer, Daniel Dubin, Shveta Venkatram for “Wind Energy: Design and Testing of Microturbines” |
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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Student Achievement Award for Outstanding Ingenuity and Performance |
Anjali Daniels, Angela Bullon, Kathryn Masci, Kathryn Fries for “Portable UV Water Decontamination System” |
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(left to right) USC Viterbi Astronautical Engineering Chair and Professor Dan Erwin, Nicholas Helmer, and Dean Yannis Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
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Ad Astra Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement |
Nicholas Helmer |
| Astronautics Faculty Award for Student Achievement | Sarah Cusson |
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(left to right) USC Viterbi Biomedical Engineering Chair and Professor Norberto Grzywacz, Alyssa Zhou, and Dean Yannis Yortsos |
| Fred S. Grodins Award for Academic Excellence | Alyssa Zhou |
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(left to right) USC Viterbi Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Chair and Professor Steven Nutt, Ruojuan Yu, and Dean Yannis Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
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Lyman L. Handy Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement |
Ruojuan Yu |
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Charles J. Rebert Chemical Engineering Outstanding Student Award |
Ruojuan Yu |
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Charles J. Rebert Chemical Engineering Outstanding Service Award |
Emma Meinke |
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Ronald G. Minet Award for Best Design Project |
Seng Chai Ang, Yujun Chen, Garrison Crouch, Andre Kovach, Ju Hann Lee, Jonathan Rojas |
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Ronald G. Minet Award for Best Design Project |
Kevin Doran, Brandon Gold, Andrew Herzog, Tiffany Kao, Katherine McClung, Lauren Pratt |
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(left to right) USC Viterbi Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair and Professor Lucio Soibelman, Tae Yoon, Kirsten Rice, and Dean Yannis Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
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David M. Wilson Affiliates Award for Outstanding Achievement |
Tae Yoon, Civil Engineering |
| David M. Wilson Affiliates Award for Outstanding Achievement | Kirsten Rice, Environmental Engineering |
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(left to right) USC Viterbi Computer Science Professor David Kempe, Megan Sullivan, Marc Mendiola, Monroe Ekilah, and Dean Yannis Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
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Computer Science Outstanding Student Award |
Monroe Ekilah |
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Computer Science Outstanding Student Award |
Marc Mendiola |
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Computer Science Outstanding Student Award |
Megan Sullivan |
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Computer Engineering/Computer Science Outstanding Student Award |
Robert Puncel |
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Computer Engineering/Computer Science Outstanding Student Award |
Sangmook Jung |
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Computer Engineering/Computer Science Outstanding Student Award |
Tri Dung Nguyen |
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Computer Science Games Outstanding Student Award |
Kathryn Powell |
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Computer Science Games Outstanding Student Award |
Jonathan Chu |
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Computer Engineering/Business Outstanding Student Award |
Ian Malave |
| Computer Science Award for Excellence in Research |
Sangmook Jung |
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(left to right) USC Viterbi Electrical Engineering Professor Aluizio Prata, Ellen Feldman, and Dean Yannis Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
| Philip S. Biegler Memorial Award For Outstanding Achievement | Ellen Feldman |
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(left to right) USC Viterbi Industrial and Systems Engineering Professor Kurt Palmer, Zachary Wechsler, and Dean Yannis Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2014 Undergraduate Awards ceremony |
| Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering Outstanding Student Award |
Zachary Wechsler |
| Information Technology Program Outstanding Academic Achievement Award | Yung Keong Yap, Applied Computer Security minor |
