Students Honored at Annual Celebration

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 29, 2016

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On April 20, the following students were recognized for their achievements throughout the past academic year.

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On April 20, the following students were recognized for their achievements throughout the past academic year. 

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This year’s annual Student Honors Celebration was held on April 20 at the Student Center and Ferst Center for the Arts.

Students were recognized for academic excellence in addition to other outstanding achievements and leadership. Awards were given at both the Institute level and within individual colleges.

Congratulations go out to the following students:

Institute Awards

  • Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Scholarship Award: Alexandra Flohr, Titilayo Funso, Henderson Johnson II
  • Georgia Tech Faculty Women’s Club Scholarships: Victor Barr, Kevin Cheng, Aliyah Hill, Reed Morris, Kexin Zhang
  • Merri Gaye Hitt-Strauss Memorial Scholarship: Namrata Kolla
  • Love Family Foundation Scholarship: Jonathan Tuck

College Academic Awards

College of Computing
  • Donald V. Jackson Fellowship: Katherine Cannella, Aditi Dhar, Apurv Verma
  • EDS (Electronic Data Systems) Rising Senior Award: Kartikay Kini
  • Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship: Emmanuel Amaro, Stefan Henneking, Andrew Nelson, Lalith Polepeddi
  • M.S. Research Award: Lalith Polepeddi
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Bobbie Eicher and Stefano Fenu
  • Outstanding Senior in Computing Award: Taylor Hartman
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award: Justin Cook
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
  • Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies (ALIS) Award: Matthew Schauer
  • Homer Rice Award in History and Sociology of Technology and Science: Alice Clifton
  • International Affairs Outstanding Graduate Student Award: John Krzyzaniak and Jon Schmid
  • James Dean Young Writing Award: Kristen Lawrence
  • Outstanding Economics Student Award: Shivang Sullere
  • William H. Read Award: Alexander Smith
College of Architecture
  • AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit: Joanna Bidani
  • AIA Henry Adams Medal: Brian Sudduth
  • Alpha Rho Chi Medal: Michelle Bunch
  • Stanley-Love-Stanley, P.C. Graduate Award: Alvin Ashby
  • Stanley-Love-Stanley, P.C. Undergraduate Award: Christian Coles
Scheller College of Business
  • Chambless Wilbern McGill Perseverance Prize: Mona Abraham
  • ConocoPhillips Scholarship: Alexander Rodriguez
  • Dow Chemical-P. C. McCutcheon Prize for Outstanding Student Achievement in Business: Daniel Obiorah
  • Jennifer R. and Charles B. Rewis Award for Student Excellence in Accounting: Chelsea Driscoll
  • John R. Battle Award for Student Excellence: Anuradha Banerjee
  • Naresh K. Malhotra Scholarship: Margaret Tikhonovsky
College of Sciences
  • Cynthia L. Bossart and James Efron Scholarship: Jeffre Allen
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) S. Rutt Bridges Award: Riannon Colton, Luis Cortes, Melat Hagos, Margaret Tokos
  • Mehta Phingbodhipakkiya Undergraduate Memorial Scholarship: Krishma Singal
  • Nickelson-Sutherland Prize: Zixin Jiang
  • Roger M. Wartell, Ph.D., and Stephen E. Brossette, M.D., Ph.D., Award for Multidisciplinary Studies in Biology, Physics, and Mathematics: Alexander Covington
  • Virginia C. and Herschel V. Clanton Jr. Scholarship: June Moon
  • Robert A. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship: Alex George
College of Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Senior Scholar Award: Joshua Price
  • Leon A. Tolve Outstanding Senior in Aerospace Engineering Award: Michael Marshall
  • Outstanding Academic Achievement in Biomedical Engineering Award: Stephen Pfohl
  • Outstanding Industrial Experience in Biomedical Engineering Award: Erin Greenhaw
  • Outstanding Senior in Biomedical Engineering Award: Karisma Gupta
  • Chair’s Award — Outstanding Chemical and Biomolecular Junior: My Duyen Tran Le
  • Chair’s Award — Outstanding Chemical and Biomolecular Senior: Scott Glover
  • Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award in Civil and Environmental Engineering: Daniel Rosborough
  • School Chair’s Outstanding Senior Award in Civil Engineering: Alexander Zickar
  • School Chair’s Outstanding Senior Award in Environmental Engineering: Sarat Calamur
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Research Award: Jennifer Hunter
  • Most Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Co-Op Award: Elisabeth Bradley
  • Outstanding Computer Engineering Senior Award: Ratchapong Tangkijvorakul
  • Outstanding Electrical Engineering Senior Award: Alan Dong
  • Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award: Martin Restrepo
  • Evelyn Pennington Outstanding Service Award: David Wang
  • Institute of Industrial Engineers Excellence in Leadership Award: Andree Curran
  • American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) Student Chapter Award for Graduating Seniors: Katherine Adams
  • School of Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Senior Award: Chunzi Liu
  • Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Senior Award: Patrick Younes
  • Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Awards: Preston Culbertson, Nicholas Selby, Joshua Wade
  • School Chair’s Award — Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering: Edward Booth
  • Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Scholar Award: Connor McNally
  • Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award — Nuclear and Radiological: Engineering Program, School of Mechanical Engineering: Mary Peters
  • Davidson Family Tau Beta Pi Senior Engineering Cup: Joshua Wade
  • Helen E. Grenga Outstanding Woman Engineer Award: April Gadsby
  • Henry Ford II Scholar Awards: Jacob Boyle, Christopher Campbell, D. Keith Coffman, Gregory Cooke, Ang Deng, Joshua Ekstedt, Jamin Hershberger, Anirudh Joshi, Cyril Lukianov, Madison Luther, Sean Monahan

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