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2016 USC Viterbi Undergraduate Awards

Graduating USC Viterbi students recognized for their outstanding academics, leadership and service
By: Hai Vu
May 12, 2016 —

Graduating students from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering were recognized on May 11th 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.

Congratulations to the award winners and graduating seniors! Photos of the event can be found on Flickr.
 

University Awards

USC Valedictorian Sulekha Ramayya
Emma Bradley Bovard Award Sulekha Ramayya and Anjali Shah
USC Renaissance Scholar Recognition Sulekha Ramayya
USC's Provost's Award Christopher Dorn and Avinash 
USC Global Scholars Rcognition Gabrielle Colvert
Grand Challenges Scholars Lindsay Barlow, Shira Bernard, David Butler, Kevin Cheberenchick, Alexander Coco, Gabby Colvert, Andrew  Couillard, Edgar De Leon, Jesus Dillion, Alania George, Shikhar Hupta, Delipe Helman, Lauren Howe, Paige Kehoe, Elyse Kellerman, Connie Li, Hanna Luk, Holly Mitchell, Alexei Naumann, Juliana Porter, Tyler Pullen, Libanos Redda, Kathryn Rosenfeld, and Jordan Seely

 

USC Viterbi-Wide Awards

(left to right) USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and Sulekha Ramayya at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

Garry Norris Promise Award Anchal Jain
The Center for Engineering Diversity Award Xavier Hernandez
Outstanding Achievement by a Transfer Student Christopher Dorn
Doris M. Gillard Memorial Service Award Alexander Coco
Neighborhood Service Award Gurmukh Sethi
Outstanding Achievement in Leadership Sarah Bass and Stephen Wilson
Albert Dorman Future Leader Award Jacob Hunter
Archimedes Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship Aduragbemi Jibodu
Viterbi Award for Outsanding Research Archana Bettadapur
Women in Engineering Award Sulekha Ramayya

 
 

USC Viterbi Departmental Awards


The Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department
 

(left to right) Professor Charles Radovich; USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos; and Aduragbemi Jibodu at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

Eyre Associates Award for Outstanding Achievement Aduragbemi Jibodu
The Laufer Prize for Outstanding Achievement Martin Keyt, Henry Bard, Matthew Del Toro, and Harlan Raine
The Tony Maxworthy Award
Timothy Sorrells, Ryan Kim, Nazareth Ashkharian, and Niko Intravartolo
The Bleeker Award for Superb Craftmanship Alex Coco, Kristjan Salasoo, Ryan Olliges, Stefan Raghavan
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Student Achievement Award for Outstanding Ingenuity and Performance John Cline, Matthew Tonokawa, Avinash Vakil, and Jacob Getter

 


The Astronautical Engineering Department
 

(left to right) Dan Erwin, astronautics chair; USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos; and Kristjan Salasoo at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

Ad Astra Award for Outsanding Academic Achievement Avinash Vakil
Astronautics Faculty Award for Student Achievement Kristjan Salasoo

 

 

The Biomedical Engineering Department 
 

(left to right) Ellis Meng, biomedical chair; USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos; and Lauren Haas at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

Fred S. Grodins Award for Academic Excellence Lauren Haas

 

 

The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
 

(left to right) Richard Roberts, Mork Family Department chair; USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos; and Corinne Cochran at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

Lyman L. Handy Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement Corinne Cochran
Charles J. Rebert Chemical Engineering Outstanding Student
Sarah Bass
Charles J. Rebert Chemical Engineering Outstanding Service
Gurmukh Sethi
Ronald G. Minet for Best Design Project TBD

 

 

The Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 

(left to right) Christopher Dorn; Professor Amy Childress; Luyue Zhang; and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

David M. Wilson Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Civil Engineering
Christopher Dorn
David M. Wilson Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Engineering
Luyue Zhang

 

 

The Computer Science Department
 

(left to right) Professor Jernej Barbic; Yunying Tu; USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos; and Dean Diamonstone Hutkin at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

Computer Science Outstanding Student Award Gabriel Carreria Mel De Fontenay,  Barret Richard Zoph, Michael Anthony Ciesielka, Youssef Biaz, and Shu Zhou
Computer Engineering/ Computer Science Outstanding Student Award  Tilghman Edward Naylor, Matthew Ford Pohlmann, Albert Wei Kang Chin, Angelica Huyen Calara Tran, Rebecca Zhen Hao, and Kimberly Ann Santiago
Computer Science Games Outstanding Student Award  Joseph James Boman, Amy Melody DiGiovanni, and David Taoyu Zhang
Computer Engineering/Business Outstanding Student Award  Dean Diamonstone Hutkin and Yunying Tu
Computer Science Award for Outstanding Service Award
 Ruyan Chen, Angelica Huyen Calara Tran, and Shirley Chung
Computer Science Award for Outstanding Research Barret Richard Zoph and Nolan Andrew Miller

 

 

The Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
 

(left to right) Eun Sok Kim, Ming Hsieh Department chair; Ben Kaito Shiroma; and USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

Philip S. Biegler Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement Ben Kaito Shiroma
Ming Hsieh Institute Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Spencer William Congero

 

 

The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
 

(left to right) USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos; Ashley Morris; and Julie Higle, ISE chair, at the USC Viterbi 2016 Undergraduate Awards ceremony

The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering for Outstanding Achievement Ashley Morris

 

 

The Information Technology Program
 

Information Technology Program Oustanding Academic Achievement Award Stephen Cavallaro and Michael Ciesielka