Auburn Engineering recognizes outstanding students, faculty, staff, alumni at annual spring awards ceremony

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted its annual spring awards ceremony in the Brown-Kopel Center April 11. Students, faculty, staff and alumni were recognized for outstanding leadership and service to the college. 

“Our students, faculty, staff and alumni represent the best on campus,” said Mario Eden, dean of engineering. "It’s easy to celebrate their numerous accomplishments and we are proud of each one of them.”

Below are the 2025 award recipients:

Alley Family Graduate Student Leadership Fellowship

• Lucila Carias, Chemical Engineering
• Levi Petix, Chemical Engineering

100+ Women Strong Outstanding Departmental Annual Graduate Award

• Cassie Jones and Tithi Patel, Aerospace Engineering
• Vivian Usha and Margaret Otto, Biosystems Engineering
• Glogina Boakye and Kwaghtaver Desongu, Chemical Engineering
• Aline Bernegossi and Juliana Wood, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Nilanjana Raychawdhary and Mohammad Joghataee, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Sirin Chakraborty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Daniela Granados Rivera and Kazhal Gharibi, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Yoolim Cha and Kiandokht Pakravan, Materials Engineering
• Shree Ghimire and Mohammad Yasin, Mechanical Engineering

100+ Women Strong Leadership Graduate Student Award

• Pooja Zen Santhamoorthy, Chemical Engineering
• Zainab Olomowewe, Chemical Engineering

100+ Women Strong Leadership Undergraduate Student Award

• Abbey Godfrey, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Ashley Ketchner, Aerospace Engineering

100+ Women Strong Graduate Student Fellowship Award

• Kwaghtaver Desongu, Chemical Engineering
• Vivian Usha, Biosystems Engineering

100+ Women Strong Study Abroad Award

• Caroline Duncan, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Abby O’Dell, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Sage Patrick, Industrial and Systems Engineering

100+ Women Strong Inspiring Leadership Faculty/Staff Award

• Cheryl Seals, Computer Science and Software Engineering

Vandegrift Co-op Student of the Year

• Katie Day, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Award for Outstanding Student Organizations

• AU BrainSTEM
• Chi Epsilon
• Small Satellite Program

Fred and Mary Lou Birdsong Study Abroad Scholarship

• Sofia Roberts, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Lily Price, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Gavin Grann, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Morgan Watsic, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jeff and Linda Stone Leadership Awards

• Ayden Kemp, Aerospace Engineering
• Cailey Green, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Soundarya Korlapati, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Madeline Larkin, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Parker Megginson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Abigail Godfrey, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Jack Johnson, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Tylan Rudolph, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Ben Timm, Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Departmental Student Awards

• Katherine Clemmons, Aerospace Engineering
• Patricia Barnes, Biosystems Engineering
• Luke Cravey, Chemical Engineering
• Carolina Triboni, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Beau Brechtel, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Matthew (Hugh) Williams, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Grayson Shoub, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Parker Megginson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Caitlin Tran, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Cassie Hardy, Materials Engineering
• Benjamin Deas, Mechanical Engineering
• Mason Matrazzo, Wireless Engineering

Samuel Ginn Outstanding Engineering Student Award

• Carolina Triboni, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mark A. Spencer Creative Mentorship

Faculty:

• Sushil Adhikari, Biosystems Engineering

Student:

• Ayden Kemp, Aerospace Engineering

Outstanding Departmental Faculty Awards

• Blake Melnick, Aerospace Engineering
• Brendan Higgins, Biosystems Engineering
• Jeffrey Horne, Chemical Engineering
• Jose Vasconcelos, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Xiao Qin, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Daniel Geiger, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Tom Devall, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Mitch Ingram, Materials Engineering
• Michael Zabala, Mechanical Engineering

Fred H. Pumphrey Teaching Award

• Jeffrey Horne, Chemical Engineering

William F. Walker Teaching Awards

Merit:

• Joseph Majdalani, Aerospace Engineering
• Shiqiang Zou, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Superior:

• Michael Zabala, Mechanical Engineering

Research Awards for Excellence

Junior Faculty:

• Davide Guzzetti, Aerospace Engineering

Senior Faculty:

• Pengyu Chen, Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Staff Award

• Kelley Terry, Engineering Research Administration

Staff Champion for the Student Experience Award

• Laura Kincaid, Chemical Engineering
• Steven Moore, Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Departmental Alumni Awards

• Emily Zieman, Aerospace Engineering
• Eddie Wade, Biosystems Engineering
• Barry Pike, Chemical Engineering
• Molly Hughes, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Emily Traylor, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Gwen S. Frazier, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Sharlene Evans, Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Timothy Poe, Materials Engineering
• Randy Chase, Mechanical Engineering