2024 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards

April 23, 2024

The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2024 recognize graduate students for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service. The award winners are:

Outstanding Graduate Research Award (PhD)

  • Noa Grooms, Bioengineering, PhD’24
  • Kyla Nichols, Chemical Engineering, PhD’24
  • John Moody, Civil Engineering, PhD’26
  • Moinak Ghoshal, Computer Engineering, PhD’24
  • Joshua Groen, Electrical Engineering, PhD’27
  • Baolin Li, Computer Engineering, PhD’24
  • Ankit Mittal, Electrical Engineering, PhD’24
  • Ilia Chiniforooshan, Mechanical Engineering, PhD’25
  • Guoyan Li, Industrial Engineering, PhD’24

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (PhD)

  • Nathan Caso, Bioengineering, PhD’28
  • Emma Meehan, Chemical Engineering, PhD’27
  • Xinhua Wu, Civil Engineering, PhD’25
  • Dani Gunawan, Computer Engineering, PhD’25
  • Elifnur Sunger, Electrical Engineering, PhD’25
  • Zahra Karimi, Mechanical Engineering, PhD’24
  • Ruibo Yang, Mechanical Engineering, PhD’27

Outstanding Graduate Leadership and Service Award (PhD)

  • Ana Vargas, Bioengineering, PhD’25
  • Sabrina Marnoto, Chemical Engineering, PhD’25
  • Maharshi Pathak, Civil Engineering, PhD’26
  • Siyao Liu, Mechanical Engineering, PhD’26

Outstanding Student Teaching, Service, and Leadership Award (MS)

  • Shubham Rajput, Bioengineering, MS’24
  • Andrew Carr, Chemical Engineering, MS’24
  • Samuel Cousineau, Sustainable Building Systems, MS’24
  • Bishoy Galoaa, Electrical Engineering, MS’24
  • Siddhartha Bariker, Information Systems, MS’24
  • Thejas Bharadwaj, Data Architecture and Management, MS’24
  • Tharun Cota, Information Systems, MS’25, Arlington
  • Yang Jiang, Information Systems – Bridge, MS’25, Silicon Valley
  • Ankita Patel, Information Systems, MS’24, Toronto
  • Kaleigh Sieczkowski, Information Systems, MS’24
  • Arun Verma, Telecommunication Networks, MS’24
  • Simiao Wang, Information Systems, MS’24, Seattle
  • Sashankh Rao Addanki, Data Analytics Engineering, MS’24, Vancouver
  • Pavan Kumar Gembali, Energy Systems, MS’23
  • Joshua Joseph, Mechanical Engineering, MS’23
  • Brinda Raj Lingaraju, Engineering Management, MS’24
  • Jeet Shrenik Loladiya, Engineering Management, MS’24
  • Anjali Premjit, Engineering Management, MS’24

Outstanding Graduate Student Impact Award

  • Zhenyuan Lu, Industrial Engineering, PhD’23