College Announces Spring 2016 Outstanding Seniors, Grad Students and Teaching Assistants

May 11, 2016

The UA College of Engineering honored outstanding seniors, graduate students and teaching assistants for the spring 2016 semester at a commencement luncheon May 2.

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Outstanding Seniors

Andrew Granatstein, Aerospace Engineering

Nominated by Arvind Raman, academic advisor

Tyler Toth, Biomedical Engineering

Nominated by Jeong-Yeol Yoon, professor

Claire Tritz, Biosystems Engineering

Nominated by Donald Slack, professor

Jeannie Wilkening, Chemical Engineering

Nominated by Anthony Muscat, professor and department chair

Luis Valdez, Civil Engineering

Nominated by Tribikram Kundu, professor

Nicolas Fajardo, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Nominated by Hal Tharp, professor and associate department head

Elizabeth Harris, Engineering Management

Nominated by Bob Lepore, engineering management program director

Heriberto Bujanda, Industrial Engineering

Nominated by Ricardo Valerdi, associate professor

Kayli McArthur, Materials Science & Engineering

Nominated by Elizabeth Cameron, lab coordinator senior

Eliza Dawson, Mechanical Engineering

Nominated by Arvind Raman, academic advisor

Mara Erhardt, Mining Engineering

Nominated by John Kemeny, professor and department head

Kaitlyn Williams, Optical Sciences & Engineering

Nominated by Michael Nofziger, professor and outreach coordinator

Ryan Bergsma, Systems Engineering

Nominated by Young Jun Son, professor and department head

Outstanding Graduate Students

Timothy Ashcraft, Aerospace Engineering

Nominated by Jesse Little, assistant professor, and Cholik Chan, associate head of graduate studies

Molly Keenan, Biomedical Engineering

Nominated by Trisha Stanley, graduate program coordinator senior

Caitlyn Anne Hall, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

Nominated by Muluneh Yitayew, director of graduate studies

Pablo Leonardo Mancheno Posso, Chemical Engineering

Nominated by Anthony Muscat, professor and department chair

Jaeho Shim, Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics

Nominated by Jennifer Duan, associate professor

Min Liang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Nominated by Hao Xin, professor

Gwendolyn J. Woods, Environmental Engineering

Nominated by Robert Arnold, professor

Matthew Dabkowski, Industrial Engineering

Nominated by Ricardo Valerdi, Associate Professor

Tony Jefferson Gnanaprakasa, Materials Science & Engineering

Nominated by Pierre Deymier, professor and department head

Sahand Sabet, Mechanical Engineering

Nominated by Mohammad Poursina, professor, and Cholik Chan, associate head of graduate studies

Karen Roth, Mining & Geological Engineering

Nominated by John Kemeny, professor and department head

Stephania Vasilieva, Systems Engineering

Nominated by Roberto Furfaro, assistant professor

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants

Yile Hu, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Nominated by Erdogan Madenci, professor, and Cholik Chan, associate head of graduate studies

Samaneh Fooladi, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Nominated by Parviz Nikravesh, professor, and Cholik Chan, associate head of graduate studies

Xiankun Xu, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Nominated by Qing Hao, assistant professor, and Cholik Chan, associate head of graduate studies

Long Cheng, Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Nominated by Eduardo Sáez, professor, and Greg Ogden, lab manager

Anshul Agarwal, Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics

Nominated by Robert Fleischman, professor, and Abigail Davidson, graduating senior

Nengyun Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Nominated by Wolfgang Fink, associate professor

Magnum Piña, Materials Science & Engineering

Nominated by Manish Keswani, assistant professor; Elizabeth Cameron, lab coordinator senior; and Pierre Deymier, professor and department head

Pei-Shan Hsieh, Systems & Industrial Engineering

Nominated by Wei H. Lin, associate professor, and Long Hai Le, rising senior

Zuoyu Miao, Systems & Industrial Engineering

Nominated by Don Bruyere, adjunct instructor