The UA College of Engineering announced the outstanding seniors and graduate students of the fall 2013 semester at a commencement luncheon December 6.

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

SLIDE SHOW

Outstanding Seniors
• Homa Shayan, mechanical engineering; nominated by Arvind Raman
• Kevin Lewis, biomedical engineering; nominated by V.K. Viswanathan
• Marianna Yanes, biosystems engineering; nominated by Don Slack
• Carissa Foster, electrical and computer engineering; nominated by Hal Tharp
• Abigail Mize, electrical and computer engineering; nominated by Hal Tharp
• Jiachen “Jason” Xiang, mining engineering; nominated by Moe Momayez
• Kevin Duperret, optical sciences and engineering; nominated by Michael Nofziger

Outstanding Graduate Students
• Shirzad Hosseinverdi, aerospace engineering; nominated by Cholik Chan
• Siu Ling Leung, mechanical engineering; nominated by Cholik Chan
• Naruekamol Pookhao, biosystems engineering; nominated by Don Slack
• Donghwi Jung, civil engineering and engineering mechanics; nominated by Kevin Lansey
• Brian Philip Fox, electrical and computer engineering; nominated by Jeffrey J. Rodriguez
• Jeanette Frey, engineering management; nominated by Mike Arnold
• Wei Xie, industrial engineering; nominated by Haitao Liao