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