Student Honors Celebration

Each spring, students and their families are invited to the Student Honors Celebration, formerly the Student Honors Luncheon, to honor Georgia Tech students who have received Institute or college-specific awards throughout the academic year.

2020 Student Honors Award Winners

Center for Academic Success

Award Name Winner
Outstanding Tutor Award Katie Kicklighter
Outstanding PLUS Leader Award Daniel Silverstein
Outstanding Student Assistant Award Jurist Chan

College of Design Awards

Award Name Winner
AIA Henry Adams Medal Michelle Bunch
AICP Outstanding Student Award Shikha Jerath
Alpha Rho Chi Medal Anna McCuan
John and Joyce Caddell Fellowship Award Alisa Baghdasaryan
Katherine Fan
Kim Scott Logan Award Seth Holland
Stanley, Love-Stanley, P.C. Award Dominique Dawson
Bangsheh Akuchu
Industrial Designers Society of America Student Merit Award Abigail Ambrogi

College of Engineering Student Awards

Award Name Awarding School Winner
Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Senior Scholar Award AE Abigal McClain
Donnell W. Dutton Outstanding Senior in Aerospace Engineering Award AE Harrison Delecki
G. D. Jain Outstanding Senior in Biomedical Engineering Award BME Meghan Pollard
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Biomedical Engineering Award BME Yingnan Zhang
S. K. Jain Outstanding Research in Biomedical Engineering Award BME Anna Romanov
Chair’s Award – Outstanding ChBE Senior ChBE Bradley Wolters
Chair’s Award – Outstanding ChBE Junior ChBE Hannah Huang
School Chair's Outstanding Senior Award in Civil Engineering CEE Ben Weishaar
School Chair's Outstanding Senior Award in Environmental Engineering CEE Sarah Lowry
Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award in Civil Engineering CEE Ronald Knezevich
Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award in Environmental Engineering CEE Kristine Ferguson
Buck Stith Outstanding Senior Award in Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE Casey Erb
Outstanding Electrical Engineering Senior Award  ECE Louise Zhuang
Outstanding Computer Engineering Senior Award  ECE Nicholas Joaquin
Most Outstanding ECE Senior Co-op Award  ECE Lillian Anderson
ECE Undergraduate Research Award ECE Baris Volkan Gurses
Institute of Industrial Engineers Excellence in Leadership Award ISyE Casey Wood
Institute of Industrial Engineers Excellence in Leadership Award ISyE Kevin Kwon
The Evelyn Pennington Outstanding Service Award ISyE Abhita Moorthy
Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award ISyE Yujia Xie
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) Student Chapter Award for Graduating Senior  MSE Shaina Futch
School of Material Science and Engineering Outstanding Senior Award MSE Alexis Rile
School Chair’s Award, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering ME Amanda Hill
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Scholar Award ME Nishan Guna Sakaran
Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Award ME Tyler Bandini
Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Award ME Mason Murray-Cooper
Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Award ME William George Plummer
Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Award ME Siddharth Salunkhe
Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program ME/NRE Christopher Benjamin Adams
Davidson Family Tau Beta Pi Senior Engineering Award CoE Xueqiao Wang
COE Honors Day Award AE Karl Risley
COE Honors Day Award BME Amanda Wijntjes
COE Honors Day Award ChBE Luke Tomasovic
COE Honors Day Award CE Adair Garrett
COE Honors Day Award EnvE Matthew Falcone
COE Honors Day Award CompE Andrew Gauker
COE Honors Day Award EE Tolga Ustuner
COE Honors Day Award IE Mckade Stewart
COE Honors Day Award MSE Matthew Kuner
COE Honors Day Award ME Jacob Tjards
COE Honors Day Award NRE Jonathon Faulkner

College of Sciences Awards

Award Winner
A. Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Undergraduate Research Award Shaun Eisner
Georgia Tech College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Award Steven Creech
Georgia Tech College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Award Amitej Venapally
Georgia Tech College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Award Sara Brockmeier
Larry O'Hara Fellowship Honors Yuchen He
Larry O'Hara Fellowship Honors Suttipong (Jay) Suttapitugsakul
Larry O'Hara Fellowship Honors Deborah Ferguson
Larry O'Hara Fellowship Honors Hyeonsoo (Harris) Jeong
Robert A. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship Rachel Walter
Cynthia L. Bossart and James Efron Scholarship Maxwell Conte
Mehta Phingbodhipakkiya Undergraduate Memorial Scholarship Berna Aliya
Virginia C. and Herschel V. Clanton Jr. Scholarship Tsvetomira Peykova
Roger M. Wartell and Stephen E. Brossette Award Collin Spencer

Institute Awards

Award Name Winner
Alvin M. Ferst Award Genevieve Onyiuke-Kennedy
Alvin M. Ferst Award Ananya "Jane" Jain
Love Family Foundation Scholarship  Daniel Gurevich

Nunn School 2020 Student Awards

Award Name Winner
2020 Ivan Allen College Legacy Award Abigail Burke
2020 Ivan Allen College Legacy Award Rana Shabb
Third Place in the Career, Research and Innovation Development Conference Award (CRIDC) Adebola Olufunke
Stamps President's Scholarship Noah Craft
2020 Southeastern Writing Center Undergraduate Peer Tutor of the Year Award Genevieve Onyiuke-Kennedy
International Affairs Outstanding Undergraduate Award Madison Reddic

School of Public Policy Spring 2020 Awards

Award Name Winner
Outstanding Undergraduate Policy Student Jessica Copenhaver
Charlotte Densmore
Rachel Wexler
Outstanding Doctoral Policy Student Karl Grindal
Anmol Soni
Outstanding Master's Policy Student Richa Singhania
William H. Read Outstanding Graduate Student in Public Policy Evan Mistur
Liam Rattray Award at SPP Task Force Jenna Cliatt
Averie Lico
Audra Murphey

Event Status

All Georgia Tech sponsored events through the end of the Spring semester, including Athletics events, are cancelled, postponed or will move to a virtual format. We are evalauting our spring events and will post updates as soon as we can.

Event Contact

Serena Wallace 
Institute Event Manager
serena.wallace@comm.gatech.edu
404.385.3426

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