Congratulations to the 2023 Department Awards Winners!
Phi Beta Kappa Electee
Stefan Damchevski ’23
The Robert T. Haslam Cup
Victoria Yang ’23
The Roger De Friez Hunneman Prize
Ololade Abdulai ’23
Lourdes C. and Wing S. Fong Memorial Prize
Victoria Yang ’23
Anna Mai ’23
ChemE Special Service Awards
AICHE members
Julia Van Cleef ’23, Tatum Wilhelm ’23, Yijun Yang ’24, Ezra Gordon ’24, Duha Syar ’23, Victoria Yang ’23, Alfonso Restrepo ’24, Fiona Shortt ’24, Khiem Nguyen ’24, Annlin Su ’24, Megan Eaton ’24, Adeena Khan ’24, Austin Chin ’24, Seraphin Castelino ’23, Binette Wadda ’23, Smah Riki ’24, Freya Edholm ’23
Katie Bailey ’24
Undergraduate Student Advisory Board members
Freya Edholm ’23, Victoria Yang ’23, Rachel Ahlmark ’24, Ani Sibel ’24, Sydney Pyon ’25, Janet Teng ’25
Graduate Student Advisory Board members (GSAB)
Bert Neyhouse, Brianna Lax, Eric Hahnert, James Owens, Jennifer Fang, Mary Agnes Joens, Michael Li, Sydney Johnson
Diversity in Chemical Engineering (DICE) members
Alexander Quinn, Celestine Hong, Emily Krucker Velasquez, Jennifer Fang, Joseph Maalouf, K’yal Bannister, Karian Moreno Sader, Kat Fransen, Landon Schofield, Mateusz Wojtaszek, Nathan Wang, Sachin Bhagchandani, Sydney Johnson, Victoria Gomerdinger
Graduate Women in Chemical Engineering
Haley Beech, Kat Fransen, Kathering Steinberg, Kaylee McCormack, Kelsey Reed, Namita Nabar, Narumi Wong
The Graduate Student Council for Course X (GSC-X)
Kariana Moreno Sader, Alexis Hocken, Jenna Fromer, Elizabeth Fink, Thomas Sheehan, Daniel Markiewitz, Lexy LeMar
ChemE REFS (Resources for Easing Friction & Stress) Members
Akiva Gordon, Emily Krucker Velasquez, Xioajia (Cindy) Jin, Pradeep Natarajan, Leslie (Jianqiao) Cui, Joy Zeng
Edward W. Merrill Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Yi Jun Yang ’24
TA for 10.10 during the Fall 2022 term
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Eric Hahnert
TA for 10.50 during the Fall 2022 term
Outstanding Seminar Presentation
Fall 2022: Namita Nabar (Hammond Lab)
Spring 2023: Bhavish Dinakar (Roman Lab)
Chemical Engineering Outstanding Employee Award
Melanie Charette
Christopher Monaco
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Awards
Undergraduate Student: Duha Syar ’23
Graduate Student: Kat Fransen
Faculty: Fikile Brushett
Chemical Engineering Individual Accomplishment Awards
For outstanding contribution to the visit weekends and general recruitment efforts:
Kat Fransen
Katie Groenhout
Mary Agnes Joens
Eric Hahnert
Teaching Development Fellow (TDF): Pradeep Natarajan
Devotion to teaching: Rohan Kadambi
Mentor, Graduate Women in Chemical Engineering Group: Prof. Katie Galloway
ChemE HR: Bori Stoyanova
Recognition of Infinite Mile Award Winner
Chris Monaco
The Ellen J. Mandigo Award
Melanie Kaufman
C. Michael Mohr Outstanding Faculty Award
Prof. Will Tisdale
James Swan Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Prof. Arup Chakraborty
Michael Johnson Award
Juliet Okorie
The Rock Award
Nathan Stover