College recognizes scholarship, leadership at annual spring awards ceremony

Published: Apr 8, 2022 1:56 PM

By Cassie Montgomery

The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted its annual spring awards ceremony to honor outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni Friday at the Brown-Kopel Center. The event, hosted by Interim Dean of Engineering Steve Taylor, recognizes scholarship, leadership and a demonstrated commitment to the college.

“The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering attracts many of the top students and faculty in the state, region, nation and from all around the world,” Taylor said. “We are very proud of their success and are delighted to showcase their achievements.”

Below are the 2022 award recipients:

Frank Vandegrift Co-op Award

Justin Tran
Computer Engineering

Birdsong Study Abroad Scholarship

Charley Golden
Biosystems Engineering 

Garrison Haigh
Aerospace Engineering 

Greg McCallum
Aerospace Engineering 

Joseph Perrella
Aerospace Engineering

Levi Hoey
Mechanical Engineering 

100+ Women Strong Leadership Award

Liana Grace Wood
Industrial and Systems Engineering

Yukun Song
Civil and Environmental Engineering 

100+ Women Strong Study Abroad Award

Caroline Kinney
Mechanical Engineering 

Emery Keen
Mechanical Engineering 

Jessica Brouillette
Chemical Engineering 

Melanie Comoglio
Biosystems Engineering 

100+ Women Strong Graduate Fellowship

Layla Araiinejad
Industrial and Systems Engineering 

Alley Family Graduate Student Leadership Fellowship

Avinash Baskaran
Mechanical Engineering 

Mohammadjafar Hashemi
Chemical Engineering 

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Most Outstanding Student Organizations

Auburn Biomedical Engineering Society

Engineers Without Borders

Outstanding Student Awards

Justin Brouillette
Aerospace Engineering 

Dylan Bowen
Biosystems Engineering 

Danika Louw
Chemical Engineering

Brie Palmer
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sanchit Sethi
Computer Engineering 

Brianna Kristen Brown
Computer Science 

Tyler Daniel Bottomlee
Electrical Engineering

Liana Grace Wood
Industrial and Systems Engineering 

John Snitzer
Materials Engineering 

Tanner Middleton
Mechanical Engineering 

Matthew Levoy Bankston
Software Engineering

Chad Beibide
Wireless Engineering 

Samuel Ginn Outstanding Student Award

Liana Grace Wood
Industrial and Systems Engineering 

SGA Outstanding Engineering Student

Dylan Bowen
Biosystems Engineering 

Jeff and Linda Stone Leadership Award

Camille DiCarlo
Industrial and Systems Engineering 

Tyler Kynard
Electrical Engineering 

Ben Porter
Chemical Engineering 

Mark A. Spencer Creative Mentorship Award

Neil Hudson
Industrial and Systems Engineering 

Richard Sesek
Industrial and Systems Engineering 

Outstanding Faculty Members

Eldon Triggs II
Aerospace Engineering 

Sushil Adhikari
Biosystems Engineering

W. Jeffrey Horne
Chemical Engineering 

Jeffrey LaMondia
Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Dean Hendrix
Computer Science and Software Engineering 

Jason Clark
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Gregory Purdy
Industrial and Systems Engineering

Edward Davis
Materials Engineering 

Mark Hoffman
Mechanical Engineering 

Fred H. Pumphrey Teaching Award

Sushil Adhikari
Biosystems Engineering 

SGA Outstanding Engineering Faculty Member

Sushil Adhikari
Biosystems Engineering 

William F. Walker Teaching Awards
Merit

Richard Sesek
Industrial and Systems Engineering 

Russell Mailen
Aerospace Engineering 

Superior

Jeffrey LaMondia
Civil and Environmental Engineering 

100+ Women Strong Leadership in Diversity Faculty/Staff Award

Jessica Bowers
Office of Career Development and Corporate Relations 

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Research Awards for Excellence

Junior Award

Bryan Beckingham
Chemical Engineering 

Masatoshi Hirabayashi
Aerospace Engineering

Senior Award

Lorenzo Cremaschi
Mechanical Engineering 

Xinyu Zhang
Chemical Engineering 

Outstanding Alumni Awards

John Junkins
Aerospace Engineering 

John Bolte
Biosystems Engineering 

Keith Jones
Chemical Engineering 

Angela Fannéy
Civil Engineering 

Sean Cook
Computer Science and Software Engineering

Gizman Abbas
Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Margaret Haack
Industrial and Systems Engineering 

Carolyn Russell
Materials Engineering 

Veronica Sherard
Mechanical Engineering 

Rochelle Cook
Polymer and Fiber Engineering

Media Contact: Cassie Montgomery, cmontgomery@auburn.edu, 334.844.3668

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