Graduate School honors 13 students, four faculty/staff from Auburn Engineering
Published: May 5, 2023 8:00 AM
By Joe McAdory
Thirteen engineering graduate students, three faculty members and one staff member were recognized at the annual Auburn University Graduate School awards ceremony, Friday, April 28, in the Melton Student Center Ballroom.
Auburn Engineering’s graduate program, which enrolled 1,150 students beginning the 2022-23 school year, was recently ranked No. 31 among public institutions nationally by U.S. News and World Report, No. 3 in the SEC and No. 1 in the state.
“Hard work and excellence are trademarks of our students, who continue to make an impact on campus through research and student organizations – but our graduate students also have a long history of making a positive difference within industry and academia beyond Auburn,” said Maria Auad, associate dean for graduate studies and faculty development. “It’s no wonder that graduate students from our programs are among the university’s best and I’m confident that they are among the nation’s best.”
Auburn Engineering graduate students/faculty recognized were:
- Ajay Jayswal, mechanical engineering (Merriwether Fellowship)
- Shiva Nageswaran, industrial and systems engineering (Three-Minute Thesis)
- Justin Harvell, chemical engineering (Three-Minute Thesis)
- Elaine Manning, chemical engineering (Rebecca Roden Award)
- Bipin Tiwari, aerospace engineering (Master’s Thesis Award, “Influence of Pulsatile and Inlet Velocity Profiles on Tracheal Airflow Characteristics”)
- Haishun Du, chemical engineering (Distinguished Dissertation Award, “Sustainable Preparation of Cellulose Nanfibrils and Their Applications for Multifunctional Nanocomposites”)
- Arun Poudel, mechanical engineering (Outstanding Master’s Student)
- Sam Sowell, aerospace engineering (Outstanding Master’s Student)
- Mousumi Akter, computer science and software engineering (Outstanding Doctoral Student)
- Naman Bansal, computer science and software engineering (Outstanding Doctoral Student)
- Cody Shelton, aerospace engineering (Outstanding Doctoral Student)
- Lokesh Silwal, aerospace engineering (Outstanding Doctoral Student)
- Elizabeth Lipke, the Mary and John H. Sanders Professor in chemical engineering (Outstanding Mentor)
- Panagiotis Mistriotis, assistant professor in chemical engineering (Outstanding Mentor)
- Robert Pantazes, assistant professor in chemical engineering (Outstanding Mentor)
- Elaine Manning, academic program administrator, chemical engineering (Rebecca Roden Award)
- Harrish Kumar Senthil Kumar, chemical engineering (Outstanding Graduate Student Council Member)
Diversity within Auburn’s 10 engineering fields of study – aerospace, biosystems, chemical, civil and environmental, computer science and software, electrical and computer, industrial and systems, materials, mechanical and wireless – provide graduate students with a host of masters and doctorate programs.
Prospective graduate students can learn more about Auburn Engineering, apply and schedule a visit here.
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Mousumi Akter, a graduate student in computer science and software engineering, with Graduate School Dean George Flowers, was among the college's 13 students recognized.
