Student Excellence Celebrated at Honors Event

Apr 23, 2026

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 23. 

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

College of Computing

Donald V. Jackson Fellowship
Andrew Flaherty, Grace Kim, Sri Ranganathan Palaniappan 

Marshall D. Williamson Fellowship
Ansel Erol, Madison Steinau, Ethan Yang

Outstanding Graduate Head Teaching Assistant Award
Ghazal Mirzazadeh

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Nawal Reza

Outstanding Undergraduate Head Teaching Assistant Award
Elias Lind

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
Joseph Thomas

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – Economics
Nidhi Reddy

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – History and Sociology
Cate Gemmell

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – International Affairs
Iris Allgrove

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – Literature, Media, and Communication
Sanika Tank

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – Modern Languages
Wesley Lanter

Academic Excellence Award for Graduating Students – Public Policy
Alison Eltz

College of Design

School of Architecture

AIA Medal for Academic Excellence
Elisabeth Walker

Alpha Rho Chi Medal
Nour Khalifa

School of City and Regional Planning

AICP Outstanding Student Award
Nick Albrinck

School of Industrial Design

Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Student Merit Award
Ebube Maduka-Ugwu (Graduate), Adam Saint-Jacques (Undergraduate)

Scheller College of Business

Dow Chemical-P.C. McCutcheon Prize for Outstanding Student Achievement in Business
John “Ryan” Halligan

Jennifer R. and Charles B. Rewis Award for Student Excellence in Accounting
Jorge Castaneda Perez, Mallory Maples

John R. Battle Award for Student Excellence
Victor Huang, Kai Lewis

College of Sciences

The School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Quarter Century Award
Sophia Buettner, Daniel Lamprea, Rowan Ray, Claire Riggs

The School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Arduengo Award
Arya Akbarshahi, Ryan Wiebold

The School of Psychology Moll Davenport Award
Kate Cole

Metha Phingbodhipakkiya Memorial Scholarship
Nick Elidor

A. Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Prize
Carlos Marcio De Oliveira E Silva Filho

Roger M. Wartell and Stephen E. Brossette Award
Sara Dixon, Nikhita Subramaniarao

Robert A. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship
Zachary Beddingfield, Kate Cole, Kathleen “Katie” Griffin

College of Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Senior Scholar Award
Alexander Payne

Donnell W. Dutton Outstanding Senior in Aerospace Engineering Award
Isabel Botelho

Biomedical Engineering

G.D. Jain Outstanding Senior in Biomedical Engineering Award
Neha Shahrawat

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Biomedical Engineering Award
Inho Lee

S.K. Jain Outstanding Research Award in Biomedical Engineering
Saif Khan

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Chair’s Award — Outstanding Chemical and Biomolecular Junior
Hannah Reynolds

Chair’s Award — Outstanding Chemical and Biomolecular Senior
Rohan Datta

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award in Civil Engineering
Juliette Bolte

Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award in Environmental Engineering
Sarah Moreno Amezquita

Buck Stith Outstanding Senior Award in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phoebe Ellis

School Chair’s Outstanding Senior Award in Civil Engineering
Sean Kirby

School Chair’s Outstanding Senior Award in Environmental Engineering
Bahar Banihashemi

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Computer Engineering Undergraduate Research Award
Aparupa Brahma

Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Research Award
Carlton Cort

Outstanding Computer Engineering Senior Award
Aparupa Brahma

Outstanding Electrical Engineering Senior Award
Carlton Cort

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award
Yubin Kim

Evelyn Pennington Outstanding Service Award
Phong Nguyen

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Excellence in Leadership Award
Sujan Ganesh Kumar

Materials Science and Engineering

Polymer, Fiber, and Textile Materials (AATCC) Distinguished Senior Award
Vikas Muralidharan

School of Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Senior Award
Jeremy Knight, Marissa Reichelscheimer

Mechanical Engineering

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Scholar Award
Aleksandar Bošković

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering School Chair’s Award
Vijay Sreenivasan

Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Awards
Owen Gil, Massimiliano Iaschi, Aastha Singh, Olivia Trask, Tarun Vinodkumar

Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Chair’s Award in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
Colin Gold

College-Wide Awards

College of Engineering Honors Day Awards
William “Alex” Abraham, Ansley Cheng, Sierra Czubaj, Martin Jaramillo Feijoo, Kate Hennigan, Felipe Martins, Advaith Menon, Paul Pelkowski, Khue Phan, Jackson Stahl, Jared Weitkamp

Helen Grenga Outstanding Engineer Award
Haasa Gaddipati

Davidson Family Tau Beta Pi Senior Engineering Award
Michael Silas

Institute Awards

Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Scholarship Award
Samantha Bolton, Atharva Amit Lele

Communication Center Assistant of the Year Award
Lillian Ayala

Jordan Lockwood Peer Tutor of the Year Award
Julia Artigue

John H. Martinson Honors Program Outstanding Student Award
Jessica Dasilva Bonet, Esha Venkat

Georgia Tech Women’s Club Scholarships
Charlotte Marie Cooper, Sania Ali Chaudhary, Jailyn Davila, Makaylah Deshield, Clear Holley, Isabel O’Connell

Outstanding Tutor Award
Javanith Wangsiriwech

Outstanding PLUS Leader Award
Marin Alter

Outstanding Learning Assistant Award
Egan Mejia

The University System of Georgia (USG) Academic Recognition Award
Elliot Huang

Provost’s Academic Excellence Award
Carlton Cort, Elliot Huang, Nour Khalifa, Margaret Wei

Love Family Foundation Award
Caleb Adams, Marielle Frooman