Students, staff and faculty from the department came together to celebrate the achievements of the past year at a dinner on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in the Reitz Union after having to reschedule due to Hurricane Helene’s visit.
Department Chair Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos welcomed the crowd in his opening remarks. He was followed by Dmitry Kopelovich, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, who presented the undergraduate awards. Everyone enjoyed the buffet dinner before settling in to enjoy the graduate student awards presented by Mark Orazem, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. The evening closed with a celebration of Dr. Piyush Jain’s promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure and the awarding of six departmental Professorships.
Congratulations to all those who were recognized this evening!
Undergraduate Awards
John C. Biery Scholarship
Flynn Baliton
Susan Greenwood
Boyington/Chapnerkar Legacy Scholarship in Chemical Engineering
Alexandra Layton
Patricia Mariash
Arina Mubarakshina
Samantha Capobianchi
Chemical Engineering Excellence Fund – Giving Day – GRACE Symposium Poster Award
Sydney Antal
Pedro Cintron Baerga
Cirioli/Exxon Mobil Friends Scholarship
Holden Williams
Jacob Rothman
Isabelle Stark
Jaime Sukovich
Renan Custodio
Abbas Kothawala
Alexander Saperstein
Luke Babin
Alexandrya Aven
Boyd Nelson
Walid Barazenji
John Verderrosa
Dilan Commean
Anna Paulino
Sarah Murphy
Sean Mollitor
McGrane Endowed Fellowship
Gavin Johnston
Hannah Bagnis
John P. O’Connell Scholarship Fund
Sarah Flannery
Jason Hillman
Proctor and Gamble Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Jennifer Grenier
Ian Walsh
Schroff Family Endowed Scholarship in Chemical Engineering
Marian Pulgar
Dillon Parker
Matthew Prutzman
Jason Kwo
Danielle Geils
Webley Woods
Mei Adcox
Ryan Dauphinee
Justin Atlas
Emily Soto
Sebastian Sevilla
Andrew Ovalle
Daniela Hernandez del Rosario
Daniela Molina
Sean Clark
Gabriela Anceaume
Jonathan Otero
Jordan Lewis
Francisco Correia
Emily Domingo
Zella Tavai
Jacob Bemis
Dominick Szabo
Steven Shu
Pedro Cintron Baerga
Ian Lange
Cole Grass
Jingru Tan
Camille Grimaldi
Alexcia Plunkett
Jacob Blechman
Maria McDonald
Joshua Zeffren
Sanaa Lehri
Brooke Erickson
Maganda Holmes
Santiago Guanipa
Isabel Matias Cruz
Sophia de Almeida e C. Cunha Carvalho
Conan Hooker Humphries
Jim Sharp Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Diego Leon
Abigail Andal
Haden Cottrell
Howard W. and Norma J. Smoyer Scholarship/Fellowship in Chemical Engineering
Sydney Antal
Jinoh Yoo
Vasquez Endowed Scholarship
Cianna Scutero
Benjamin Bermudez
Graduate Awards
ChE Excellence Award
Abida Begum
Antara Das
Abdulfatai (Ayodeji) Faro
Angelin Reshmi Jacob Meena
Woochul Kwak
Nicolas Obeng
Utkarsh Suryawanshi
Amalakrishna Vemula
Ray W. Fahien Graduate Teaching Award
Shreyanshu Agrawal
Conor Pope
George L. Kirkland Scholarship/Fellowship in Engineering
Katharina Loske
GRACE Oral Award
Cynthia Ezeh
Victor Rivera-Llabres
GRACE Poster Award
Yunhan Chuai
Caroline Lubbe
Raymond Pho
HWCOE Award
Ivan de Barros Abraao de Souza
Shirsha Ganguly
Nishat Tasnim
Deep Thakker
Rohan Thota
HWCOE Dean’s Award
Daisy Aguilar
Zachary Hargus
Prathamesh Khandekar
Dheeraj Pedada
Akhilesh Upasani
Joshua Whitehead
Celine Xu
HWCOE Dean’s Fellowship Award
Katharina Loske
Collin Rude
Charlton Sullivan
M.S. Research, Leadership, and Service Excellence Award
Seyednima Ajayebi
Shivani Biskunda
Nanqi Lin
Henry Lutz
Peer Mentoring Award
Yinhao Jia
Ryan Johnson
Nicole Kragt
Sree Laxmi
Marisa Pacheo
Ph.D. Leadership and Service Excellence Award
Elizabeth Aikman
Nicole Kragt
Ph.D. Research Excellence Award
Mohammed Al Otmi
Chester Chiang
Hayden Good
Jooyong Shin
Faculty Awards
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
Piyush Jain, Ph.D.
New Professorship Recipients
ExxonMobil Gator Alumni Faculty Endowment in Chemical Engineering
Piyush Jain, Ph.D.
Alex Moreno Rising Star Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Yeongseon Jang, Ph.D.
Charles A. Stokes Endowed Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Ranga Narayanan, Ph.D.
William P. and Tracy Cirioli Term Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Mark Orazem, Ph.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Term Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Whitney Stoppel, Ph.D.
Dow Chemical Company Foundation Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Jason Weaver, Ph.D.
