2009 Student Awards Reception
2009 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
STUDENT AWARDS RECEPTION
Friday, May 1, 2009
3:30 p.m.
Kay Boardrooms
Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
University of Maryland
For more information, please contact:
Undergraduate - Terry Island, 301.405.2199 or tisland@umd.edu
Graduate - Fitz Walker, 301.405.5-5139 or fwalker@umd.edu
2009 Award Recipients
Undergraduate Awards
The A. James Clark School of Engineering International Service Award*
Presented to a student who demonstrates significant involvement in international engineering activities through leadership or service.
Phillip Hannam
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Senior Award
Presented to the senior member who has contributed most to the student chapter:
Dana Colegrove
Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering Director’s Award*
Presented to an outstanding student who excels academically, provides outstanding
service to the Center and has a strong commitment to promoting diversity in engineering:
Bryan Henderson
Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering Service Award*
Presented to outstanding students for providing dedicated serviced to the Center, the university
community, and for their commitment to promoting diversity in engineering:
Elizabeth LeBrun
Keystone Design Challenge Award*
Presented to freshmen engineering design team participants that build
an autonomously controlled hovercraft that completes a specified course
in the minimum amount of time:
Fall 2008 Competition Winners:
C.J. Gorrell
Peter Sulich
Austin Zeleny
Spring 2009 Competition Winner:
Cory Peterson
Mechanical Engineering Department Academic Achievement Award
Presented to the junior in Mechanical Engineering who has attained the highest scholastic average:
Daniel Calderone
Joshua Kusnick
Mechanical Engineering Department Chairman’s Award
Presented to the senior in Mechanical Engineering who has attained the highest scholastic average:
Sarah Grice
Jackelyn Lopez
Mechanical Engineering Department Chairman’s Award for Leadership and Service
Presented to a student for outstanding service and contributions to the department:
Charles Choe
Mohamad Gabriel Affandy
Outstanding Engineering Co-op/Intern Award*
Presented to students who have demonstrated scholastic excellence, exceptional work performance and remarkable potential for a successful engineering career while participating in a cooperative learning or internship position:
Nathan Farlow
Steven Swern
Pi Tau Sigma Memorial Award
Presented to the senior in Mechanical Engineering who has made the most outstanding contributions to the University:
Charles Choe
Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Service Award
Presented to members for outstanding service and contributions to the student chapter:
Courtney Laigle
Michael Siemann
Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Sophomore Award
Presented to the sophomore in Mechanical Engineering who has attained the highest scholastic average:
James Maresco
Andrew Oles
Society of Automotive Engineers Senior Award
Presented to the senior member who has contributed most to the student chapter:
Thomas Doehner
Society of Automotive Engineers Service Award
Presented to a member for outstanding service and contributions to the student chapter:
James Ngan
* These awards were presented during the Clark School's 2009 Undergradaute Honors and Awards Ceremony on April 29, 2009.
Graduate Awards
A. James Clark School Fellowship
Presented to outstanding incoming doctoral students on behalf of the Clark School and supplements teaching assistantships and research assistantships:
Hyungdae Bae 
John Bush
Juan Cevallos
Ishita Chakraboroty
Zhichao Wang
Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program Fellowship
Presented to outstanding minority students in studying in the fields of engineering, natural science, and mathematics:
Sophoria Westmoreland
Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
Presented to outstanding students based on the quality of their work, and the potential contribution/significance of the dissertation to the student’s field of research:
Vidyu Challa
Danial Shahmirzadi
ASHRAE Charles Kannapell Student Scholarship
Presented to an outstanding ME graduate specializing in the HVAC area:
Magnus Eisele
ASHRAE Scholarship
Presented to an outstanding ME graduate specializing in the HVAC area:
Edvin Cetegen
Best Ph.D. Dissertation
Arindam Goswami
Coastguard Fellowship
Presented to exceptional commissioned officers who wish to earn a Master's degree in a field related to Naval Engineering:
Ryan James
Future Faculty Program
Presented to outstanding Clark School Ph.D. students intending to pursue academic careers at prestigious engineering schools:
Bavani Balakrisnan
Danielle Chrun
Haijun Liu
Risha Raj
Jessica Sheehan
Pingfeng Wang
(The Future Faculty Fellow program has been introduced to increase the number of Clark School Ph.D. graduates who obtain academic positions--in particular faculty positions in prestigious engineering schools. In addition, the Program is intended to improve the preparation of students for academic careers so that they can better succeed once they obtain such a position. Students admitted to the program are designated as Future Faculty Fellows. The program is highly selective. Fellows are chosen based on motivation for becoming a faculty member and potential for securing a tenure-track faculty position at a top-50 engineering school.)
Graduate Summer Research Award
Presented to outstanding doctoral students at mid-career:
Vidyu Challa
Hulka Energy Fellowship
This Fellowship, due to a generous gift from Ms. Barbara G. Hulka, supports the research of an outstanding graduate student working on alternative energy, generation, or storage:
Islam Ahmed
NSF Bridge Scholarship
The Bridge to Doctorate Program is an extension of Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Grant, and is presented to outstanding students who attend LSAMP institutions as undergraduates and who later want to pursue a graduate education:
Time Aigbe
Reuel Smith
Phi Delta Gamma Graduate Fellowship
Present to an outstanding student who best exemplifies interdisciplinary scholarship achievement:
Vidyu Challa
