Student Excellence Celebrated at Honors Event

As the academic year nears its end, a season of celebration begins. Several students were recognized for excellence this year at the annual Student Honors Celebration on Thursday, April 24.

The following students were recognized at this year's event:

College of Computing

Donald V. Jackson Fellowship
Neha Rajesh Lakhani, Pratham Darrpan Mehta, Sagar Sakak

Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship
Dhyan D. Gandhi, Parisa Bolhavaeji, Maulishri Bhandari

Outstanding Graduate Head Teaching Assistant Award
Shail J. Patel

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Sunidhi Dhawan

Outstanding Undergraduate Head Teaching Assistant Award
Kavya Selvakumar

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
Lucas Zangari, Aryan Patel

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – Economics
Callahan Pace

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – History and Sociology
Morgan Kang

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – International Affairs
Jack Elliot

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – Literature, Media, and Communication
Camryn Bryant

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – Modern Languages
Sydney Wheeler

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – Public Policy
Ashley Cotsman

College of Design

School of Architecture

AIA Medal for Academic Excellence
Joseph Taylor

Alpha Rho Chi Medal
Addison Moses

School of City and Regional Planning

AICP Outstanding Student Award
Arthur Santos Miranda

School of Building Construction

John and Joyce Caddell Student Merit Award
Zuri Njenga

School of Music

Kim Scott Logan Award
Lauren Kellum

Scheller College of Business

Dow Chemical-P.C. McCutcheon Prize for Outstanding Student Achievement in Business
Chimdinma Ohamadike

Jennifer R. and Charles B. Rewis Award for Student Excellence in Accounting
Tara Ramesh, Charlotte Lawson

John R. Battle Award for Student Excellence
Logan Roach, Vaishnavi Vuyyuri, Khushi Afre, Sukrutha Suthari

College of Sciences

A. Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Prize
Phat Phan

Roger M. Wartell, Ph.D., and Stephen E. Brossette, M.D., Ph.D. Award for Multidisciplinary Studies in Biology, Physics, and Mathematics
Rehaan Naik

Robert A. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship
Jedrzej Konarkowski, Austin Shoemaker, Alexander Divoux

Cynthia L. Bossart and James Efron Scholarship
Sabrina Downie

Virginia C. and Herschel V. Clanton Jr. Scholarship
Haelin Lee

Metha Phingbodhipakkiya Memorial Scholarship
Arya Akbarshahi

College of Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Senior Scholar Award
Kush Bandi

Donnell W. Dutton Outstanding Senior in Aerospace Engineering Award
Anisha Singhatwadia

Biomedical Engineering

G.D. Jain Outstanding Senior in Biomedical Engineering Award
Alana Frankel

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Biomedical Engineering Award
Lukas Clark

S.K. Jain Outstanding Research Award in Biomedical Engineering
Charles Hong

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Chair’s Award — Outstanding Chemical and Biomolecular Junior
Michael Silas

Chair’s Award — Outstanding Chemical and Biomolecular Senior
Owen Pittman

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award in Civil Engineering
Liam Nunn

Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award in Environmental Engineering
Ewan Pritchard

Buck Stith Outstanding Senior Award in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Katerina Efthymiou

School Chair’s Outstanding Senior Award in Civil Engineering
Christopher Tyler Rhine

School Chair’s Outstanding Senior Award in Environmental Engineering
Harrison Pierce Baro

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Research Award
James De Ocampo, James Shin

Outstanding Computer Engineering Senior Award
Yoonsang Lee

Outstanding Electrical Engineering Senior Award
James Shin

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award
Christopher Liding

Evelyn Pennington Outstanding Service Award
Aron Cheng

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Excellence in Leadership Award
Lucia Touma

Materials Science and Engineering

American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) Student Chapter Award for Graduating Senior 
Jenny Gerber

School of Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Senior Award
Mitchell Messer

Mechanical Engineering

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Scholar Award
Samuel Kirschner

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering School Chair’s Award
Emily Winters

Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Awards
Jacques Singham, Alexey Khotimsky, Maham Mehmood, Joshua Mao, Stephen Britten

Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering 
Garrett Youngblood

College-Wide Awards

College of Engineering Honors Day Awards
Fatmah Alyammahi, Inho Lee, Phoebe Ann Phinizy Ellis, Luke Fincher, Hannah Reynolds, Andrew Chen, Dinuk De Silva, Robin Rathin Shah, Benjamin Du, Nicholas Stojanovic, Saanvi Bethi

Davidson Family Tau Beta Pi Senior Engineering Award
Gabriel Portilho Ackall

Institute Awards

Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Scholarship Award
Devansh Kaushik, Esha Venkat

Communication Center Assistant of the Year Award
Callie Wilson

Jordan Lockwood Peer Tutor of the Year Award
Abigail Reams

Honors Program Outstanding Student Award
Sarvasv Barara

Georgia Tech Faculty Women’s Club Scholarships
Reya Roshan, Rachel Bell, Param Desai, Amari Maple

Outstanding Tutor Award
Eric Baker

Outstanding PLUS Leader Award
Stephania Castro

Outstanding Learning Assistant Award
Emily Hill

The University System of Georgia (USG) Academic Recognition Award
Ashley Cotsman

Provost’s Academic Excellence Award
Alexander Divoux, Camryn Bryant, Aubrey Charron, Isabella Baker, Andrew DiBiasio

Love Family Foundation Award
James Shin