Graduate students, faculty honored at spring graduate school awards
Published: Jun 4, 2021 1:33 PM
By Virginia Speirs
The Auburn University Graduate School recently hosted the annual graduate student spring awards ceremony. Over 100 graduate students, faculty mentors and university staff joined the virtual ceremony to recognize outstanding graduate students in 11 different categories including outstanding master’s thesis, outstanding doctoral dissertation and two different graduate fellowships. Among the award winners were 15 graduate students and faculty from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
“The graduate school spring awards ceremony is an annual event where we recognize outstanding graduate students and faculty at Auburn,” said Maria Auad, associate dean for graduate studies and faculty development in the college of engineering. “This year, we are thrilled to recognize our deserving students and faculty within the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. We are delighted to have them here at Auburn and we look forward to seeing all they will accomplish in their future endeavors.”
The list of engineering graduate students and faculty that received awards is below:
Outstanding Master’s Students
Sanjita Wasti, Biosystems Engineering
Outstanding Doctoral Students
Haishun Du, Chemical Engineering
Hemendra Kumar, Biosystems Engineering
Tharikaa Ramesh Kumar, Aerospace Engineering
Dan Xu, Civil Engineering
Chao Yang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Merriwether Fellows
Arash Tehrani, Mechanical Engineering
President’s Award
Sumaiya Islam, Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Dissertation Award
Richard Cullum, Chemical Engineering
Master’s Thesis Award
Vitale Kyle Castellano, Mechanical Engineering
Karthik Sridhar, Mechanical Engineering
Sanjita Wasti, Biosystems Engineering
First-Year Experience Mentorship Awards
Duha Ali, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Cody Shelton, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Outstanding Graduate Mentors
Davide Guzzetti, Aerospace Engineering
Joseph Majdalani, Aerospace Engineering
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