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UA College of Engineering Announces Spring 2013 Outstanding Seniors, Grad Students and Teaching Assistants

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UA College of Engineering Announces Spring 2013 Outstanding Seniors, Grad Students and Teaching Assistants

May 2, 2013
The UA College of Engineering announced the outstanding seniors, graduate students and teaching assistants for the spring 2013 semester at a spring commencement luncheon May 1.

 The slide show below features comments by nominators about what made their students or teaching assistants outstanding, followed by photographs from the awards luncheon.

Outstanding Seniors

Rohit Umashankar, aerospace engineering; nominated by Arvind Raman
Ina Kundu, mechanical engineering; nominated by Arvind Raman
Adam Bernstein, biomedical engineering, nominated by Erika Eggers
Katherine McCracken, biosystems engineering; nominated by Donald Slack
Lisa Guay, chemical engineering; nominated by Paul Blowers
Hwee Hwang, civil engineering; nominated by Kevin Lansey
Christian Von Oppenfeld, computer engineering; nominated by Hal Tharp
Parker Owan, electrical engineering; nominated by Hal Tharp
Sean Rice, electrical and computer engineering; nominated by Hal Tharp
Chelsea Ellis, engineering management; nominated by Michael Arnold
Bradley Rubin, materials science and engineering; nominated by Pierre Lucas
Tyler Morgan, mining engineering; nominated by Moe Momayez
Hannah Grant, optical sciences and engineering; nominated by Robert Norwood
Ashley Anhalt, systems engineering; nominated by Larry Head

Outstanding Graduate Students

Richard Ely II, aerospace engineering, nominated by Jesse Little
Fatma Mokdad, mechanical engineering; nominated by Samy Missoum
Naruekamol Pookhao, agricultural and biosystems engineering; nominated by Lingling An
Hao Wang, chemical engineering; nominated by Farhang Shadman
Madhumitha Raghav, environmental engineering; nominated by Wendell Ela
Xiaobin Ding, civil engineering and engineering mechanics; nominated by Lianyang Zhang
Greg Striemer, electrical and computer engineering; nominated by Jeffrey Rodriguez
Nicholas Manzini, engineering management; nominated by Michael Arnold
Russell Beal, materials science and engineering; nominated by Pierre Deymier
Weini Zhang, systems and industrial engineering; nominated by Guzin Bayraksan

Outstanding Teaching Assistants

Michael Balthazar, aerospace and mechanical engineering; nominated by Cho Lik Chan
Aaron Farber, aerospace and mechanical engineering; nominated by Cho Lik Chan
Alexandra Hartz, aerospace and mechanical engineering; nominated by Cho Lik Chan
Yifan Liang, agricultural and biosystems engineering; nominated by Muluneh Yitayew
Zhen Wang, chemical and environmental engineering; nominated by Paul Blowers
Seyedreza Anvar, civil engineering and engineering mechanics; nominated by Kevin Lansey
Michael Valenzuela, electrical and computer engineering; nominated by Jerzy Rozenblit
Ning Zhu, electrical and computer engineering; nominated by Richard Ziolkowski
Eric Herman, optical sciences and engineering; nominated by J. Scott Tyo
Dong Xu, systems and industrial engineering; nominated by Young-Jun Son