
2012 Engineering Award Recipients
Student Awards
Earle and Mildred Bailey Memorial Award
For scholarship and service to the College
Sharon M. Wolfson
Ging S. Lee Community Service Award
For outstanding community service
Eric R. Womer & Preetika Vishwanathan
Anita Cuadrado Memorial Award
For enthusiasm and devotion to the College
Charles R. Manning
Adam M. Miller Memorial Award
For Recognition of Superior Efforts to Enhance the Reputation & Prestige of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Megan Sperry
Engineering Alumni Association Student Leader Awards
For outstanding achievement and service to the College
Cassidy H. Blundell
Donald N. Dougherty
Oliver F. Kempf
Keri A. Mroszczyk
Joseph J. Pirrello
Obehi Ukpebor
Natalia M. Vieira
Kevin D. Zagorski
Dean’s Host Awards
For outstanding contributions to the College of Engineering programs
Joseph T. Greenspun
William G. Lally
Nicholas M. Luzod
Charles R. Manning
Natalia M. Vieira
Student Advisor Awards
For outstanding efforts advising and assisting fellow students
William F. Anthony
Yasmin M. Atefi
Aditi Basu
Cassidy H. Blundell
Kali K. Brong
Rachel N. Deraney
Donald N. Dougherty
Benjamin F. Duong
Louisa M. Going
Joseph T.Greenspun
Michael P. Kasparian
Iva Kokoshi
William G. Lally
Nicholas M. Luzod
Eric J. Markwith
Keri A. Mroszczyk
Imaly A. Nanayakkara
Stephanie J. Nelson
Olurotimi O.Ogunbiyi
Joseph J. Pirrello
Megan M. Sperry
Caroline G. Tennyson
Obehi Ukpebor
Natalia M. Vieira
Sharon M. Wolfson
Kevin Wong
Benjamin H.Weinberg
Matthew Chet- YenYee
Faculty Awards
Department Awards for Teaching Excellence
H. Steven Colburn
Biomedical Engineering
Douglas Densmore
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Caleb Farny
Mechanical Engineering
Outstanding Professor of the Year
Mark Horenstein
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Faculty Service Award
Hua Wang
Mechanical Engineering
Senior Project Awards
Outstanding Senior Design Project in Biomedical Engineering
“Control of Organization and Function in a Tissue-Engineered Vascular Patch"
Andrew F. Schiff
Angela W. Xie
P.T. Hsu Memorial Award for the Outstanding Senior Design Project in Electrical & Computer Engineering
“System for Sensing Neural Response”
Benjamin F. Duong
Nima Haghighi-Mood
Michael Kasparian
Parth P. Patel
Outstanding Capstone Design Project in Aerospace Engineering
“HERO: Extremely Short Take-Off & Landing, Transportable Humanitarian Aid UAV”
Matthew J. Appleman
Preston P. Buehrer
Alonso P. Holmes
Eric S. Munsell
Anissa Senouci-Bereski
Thomas C. Waldman
Outstanding Capstone Design Project in Manufacturing Engineering
“Saint-Gobain Abrasives“
Seif El Attal
Ricardo Hernandez Hilado
Jose Tineo Raga
Outstanding Capstone Design Project in Mechanical Engineering
“Mechanics of Materials Labs Reinvented “
Matthew D. Brooks
Clarence Chiho Lee
Paul A. DiTullio
Michael Sylvia
Mark A. Taddonio
Societal Impact Capstone Project Awards
1st Place: Caitlin M. Monahan, Dayana Rojas – Biomedical Engineering
“Robust Dissolution System for the Detection of Counterfeit Drugs in Resource-Limited Settings”
2nd Place: Kholood Al Tabash, Donald N. Dougherty, Eric A. Hsiao, Kenneth Zhong, Gregory A. Zoeller- Electrical & Computer Engineering
“iMedix – Patient-Nurse Communication System”
3rd Place: Rachel N. Deraney, Kaitlin C. Gargiulo, Chelsea Saniel – Biomedical Engineering
“System for Nucleic Acid Preparation for TB Diagnostics (SNAP-TB)”