By: Hai Vu
May 20, 2015 —
Graduating students from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering were recognized on May 12th at the annual Undergraduate Viterbi Awards. Several students were commended for their academic, leadership and service achievements in university-wide, USC Viterbi-wide and department-wide awards.
Congraduations to the award winners and graduating seniors! Photos of the event can be found on Flickr.
University Awards
| USC Trustee Award |
Harrison Lee and Jason Silverman |
| Phi Kappa Phi Student Recognition Award |
Stephanie Chow and Stephan Yortsos |
| USC Renaissance Scholar Recognition |
David Y. Zhang |
| USC Discovery Scholar Recognition |
Christoper Sandino |
| USC Global Scholar Recognition |
Faisal Alshafei, Stephanie Fong and Joycelyn Yip |
USC Viterbi-Wide Awards
(left to right) Tricia Xu and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| Kiuel Senior Design Expo Finalist |
Polyseum (CSI 529B) |
| Garry Norris Memorial Award |
Thomas Peaslee |
| National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars |
Renuka Fernandes, Joycelyn Yip, Matthew Lui, Colleen O’Brien, Lyssa Aruda, Dinesh Seemakurty, Stephanie Fong, Michael, Preudhomme, Yekaterina Glazko, Aleena Byrne |
| The Center for Engineering Diversity Award |
Naa Adei Mante |
| Outstanding Achievement by a Transfer Student |
Nicole Aeina |
| Doris M. Gillard Memorial Service Award |
John Davy |
| Neighborhood Service Award |
Kayla Tomizawa |
| Outstanding Achievement in Leadership |
Meaghin Riske |
| Albert Dorman Future Leader Award |
Lyssa Aruda |
| Viterbi Student Ambassador of the Year |
Lyssa Aruda |
| Archimedes Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship |
Samuel Kushner-Lenhoff |
| Alumni Advisory Board Award for Outstanding Student Organization |
ASCE |
| Women in Engineering Award |
Tricia Xu |
USC Viterbi Departmental Awards
The Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department
(left to right) Anton Schuetze-Coburn; Geoff Spedding, AME department chair; and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| Eyre Associates Award for Outstanding Achievement |
Anton Schuetze-Coburn |
| The Laufer Prize for Outstanding Achievement |
Min Maung, Bandon Uchimura, Kevin Sakumoto, Cody Sato |
| The Bleeker Award for Superb Craftmanship |
Elia Zinetti, Yiteng (Sophie) Xu, Chan-Ye (Chris) Ohh and Amir Kalantari |
| Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Student Achievement Award for Outstanding Ingenuity and Performance |
Rayed Khan, Derek Nielsen, Chase Totoris and Stefano Bauk |
The Astronautical Engineering Department
(left to right) Dan Erwin, astronautics chair; Jason Silverman; and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| Ad Astra Award for Outsanding Academic Achievement |
Jason Silverman |
The Biomedical Engineering Department
(left to right) Professor Michael Khoo, Alexander Tarashansky and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| Fred S. Grodins Award for Academic Excellence |
Alexander Tarashansky |
The Monk Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
(left to right) Richard Roberts, Mork Family Department chair; Saro Meguerdijian; and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| Lyman L. Handy Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement |
Saro Meguerdijian |
| Charles J. Rebert Chemical Engineering Outstanding Student and Outstanding Service |
Sao Meguerdijian (Outstanding Student) and Cen Tricia Xu (Outstanding Service) |
| Ronald G. Minet for Best Design Project |
Faisal Alshafei, Victor Huynh, Hana Jang, Garret Peters, Matthew Thomas and Alicia Wang, Tricia Xu |
The Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
(left to right) Luico Soibelman, Astani Department chair; Kyleen Marcella; Berkeley Johnston; and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| David M. Wilson Awards for Outstanding Achievement |
Berkeley Johnston (Civil Engineering) and Kyleen Marcella (Environmental Engineering) |
The Computer Science Department
(left to right) Professor David Kempe; Alex Jones; and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| Computer Science Outstanding Student Award |
Melanie M. Shaul, David Y. Zhang, Mingyu Qiao, Harry Trieu and Erika Larsen |
| Computer Engineering/ Computer Science Outstanding Student Award |
Yixin Cai and Alex Jones |
| Computer Science Games Outstanding Student Award |
Kenneth Nursalim and Adrian Bernard Swanberg |
| Computer Engineering/Business Outstanding Student Award |
Quentin Hsu |
| Computer Sciene Award for Excellence in Research |
David Y. Zhang |
The Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
(left to right) Eun Sok Kim, Ming Hsieh Department (Electrophysics) chair; Samuel Noah Kushner-Lenhoff and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| Philip S. Biegler Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement |
Samuel Noah Kushner-Lenhoff |
The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
(left to right) Dr. Julie Higle, Carinne Spears and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2015 Undergraduate Awards ceremony
| The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering for Outstanding Achievement |
Carinne Spears |
The Information Technology Program
| Information Technology Program Oustanding Academic Achievement Award |
Quentin Hsu |
