Wayne State University's College of Engineering held its 55th annual Honors Convocation at the Michigan Science Center on Apr. 24. The convocation offers awards and other recognitions of distinction to individuals who have shown both excellent academic achievement and exemplary leadership in student activities and community service. "The College is proud to acknowledge the high academic standards that our students meet in pursuing and completing their degree programs. In addition, this convocation allows us to honor the dedication of our professors and academic staff in engineering education," says Wayne State College of Engineering Dean Farshad Fotouhi.
Students and their families filled the Science Center to celebrate the accomplishments of each other over the past year. Alumnus Luke Popiel BSECE '13 gave the keynote speech, offering congratulations and advice for the future engineers in attendance. Popiel is currently an operations support engineer at General Motors and is continuing his involvement with Wayne State University as a recruiter for General Motors Information Technology.
"This great event acknowledges the achievements of our hardworking students, staff and faculty. It gives us an opportunity to thank them for their determination and commitment to the College," says Maheen Asghar, undergraduate student in computer science and president of the Engineering Student Faculty Board.
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Below is a full list of awardees:
Engineering Alumni Association Awards
Monica Prasad, Outstanding Freshman/Sophomore Award
Douglas Harriman, Outstanding Senior Award
Lena Mashayekhy, Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Robert G. Wingerter Award
William Zygmunt, chemical engineering
Christina Wong, biomedical engineering
Colin Weir, mechanical engineering
Douglas Harriman, mechanical engineering
College of Engineering Award for Excellence in Teaching
Ana Djuric, assistant professor, engineering technology
Caisheng Wang, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
Daniel Grosu, associate professor, computer science
Department/Division Awards
Biomedical Engineering, Highest Scholastic Award
Radhika Rastogi, senior
Matthew Brown, junior
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Highest Scholastic Award
Mohammad Younis, senior
Michael Barnes, junior
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Highest Scholastic Award
Rachel Malburg, senior
Trevor Kirsch, junior
Sterling Frazier, Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant
Emma Bissonnette, Outstanding Senior Award
Computer Science
Highest Scholastic Award
Daniel Reinheimer, senior
Aaron Wilcock, junior
Chuan Li, Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant
Outstanding Graduate Teacher's Assistant
Behzad Bokanizad
Erfan Najimi
Yibin Wang
Lena Masheyekhy, Michael Conrad Award
Helpler Award
Safraz Rampersaud
Colin Kuna
David Paul Estep, John P. Stieber Award
General Motors Award
Yan Li
Areej Salaymeh
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Highest Scholastic Award
Calvin Trescott, senior
Justin Johnson, junior
Division of Engineering Technology
Highest Scholastic Award
Honghong Liu
Dominic Licavoli
Excellence in Teaching Award
Ana Djuric
Mohamed Salem Abderrahmane
Tracy Fahle Castle, Engineering Technology Service Award
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Highest Scholastic Average Award
Jamie Goryca, senior
Yuosef Ali, junior
Most Outstanding Seniors
Marcela Sanchez
Jihan Baldwin
Mechanical Engineering, Highest Scholastic Average
Kathryn Della Porta, senior
Kenneth Olsen, junior
Olbrot Travel Awards for Excellence in Graduate Students Research
Lena Mashayekhy
Mahyar Movahed Nejad
Ralph H. Kummler Award for Distinguished Achievement in Graduate Student Research
Eric Kim
Howard M. Hess Memorial Award
Michael McMillan
Ronald Murray
S.S. Lamba Memorial Award
Ali Badreddine
Pritam Singh Memorial Award
Zaid Almasarweh
Mostafa Daneshgar Rahbar
Tanji Westly Willoughby Memorial Award
Kayla Jordan
Tau Alpha Pi Honors Society Inductees
Curtis Chauvin
Firas Hakim
William M. Howell
Michael McMillan
Michael Harrison Mrozovich
Tau Beta Pi-Michigan Epsilon Chapter Inductees, Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Ahmad Alhabib
Nour Arafat
Shannon Bell
Rachel Berlin-Allaire
Martin Burton
Stephen Caren
Kathryn della Porta
Hussein Faraj
Minglei Huang
Dominic Isopi
Jerry Ku
Michael Lim
Anthony Mora
Kenneth Olson
Monica Shammas
Mathumitha Srinivasan
Apoorv Talekar
Calvine Trescott
Justine Valka
Yuan Yuan
Enia Zeqja
Winter 2015
Ali Al-Sharif
Sahar Ansari
Avik Chakravarty
Russell Charles
Farah Dubaisi
Mahtab Fard
Joseph Gualin
Markos Gerges
Taewon Kim
Joshua Klinger
Anthony Kurcz
Dana Nachawati
Sahadev Parajuli
Rohit Raut
Tan Son
Max Sydorchuk
Xin Yu
Michael Darson Award Recipient: Tau Beta Pi, Maryssa Mercer, president
Engineering Student Faculty Board Awards/Recognition
Outstanding Faculty Award
Mai Lam, biomedical engineering
Steven Salley, chemical engineering
Joseph Hummer, civil and environmental engineering
Thaer Jayyousi, computer science
Abhilash Pandya, electrical and computer engineering
Wen Chen, engineering technology
Jeremy Rickli, industrial engineering
Marcis Jansons, mechanical engineering
Safraz Rampersaud, basic engineering
Outstanding Teacher's Assistant Award
Armin Iraji, biomedical engineering
Bingwen Wang, chemical engineering
Fatemah Alighalehbabakhani, civil engineering
Paul Janiczek, computer science
Aby George, electrical and computer engineering
Mohamed Abderrahmane, engineering technology
Mohammad Abdollahi, industrial engineering
Apoorv Talekar, mechanical engineering
Shahab Eslamian, basic engineering
Outstanding Advisor Award, Casey Rue
Community Service Award
Evan Leedy
Marcis Jansons
Abhilash Pandya
Tonya Whitehead
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