Congratulations to our 2025 Award Winners and ALL our UCLA Samueli Graduates!
UCLA SAMUELI ENGINEERING AWARDS & HONORS RECIPIENTS
SCHOOL-WIDE OUTSTANDING BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Ryan Chaiyakul
Computer Engineering Spring 2025
HARRY M. SHOWMAN PRIZE
Brynn Marie Beatty
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Yanxi (Steven) Yang
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
RUSSELL R. O’NEILL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Jacqueline Thuy-Tram Duong
B.S. Electrical Engineering Spring 2025
CHANCELLOR’S SERVICE AWARD
Renee-Randette Esinam Hlomador
B.S. Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Annmarie Ponce
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Summer 2025
Mahan Pourfakhr
B.S. Biongineering Spring 2025
Jamie Rose Weisel
B.S. Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Alvina Zhan
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
STUDENT SPEAKERS
Kendall Millett
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Undergraduate (BS) June 14, 12:30p.m.
McKenna Joy Davis
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Fall 2024
Graduate (MEng, MS, PhD) June 15, 12:30p.m.
NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMERS
Kelsey Shei Greenberg
B.S. Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Undergraduate (BS) June 14, 12:30p.m.
Li Julie Zhu
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Fall 2025
Graduate (MEng, MS, PhD) June 15, 12:30p.m.
ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN STUDENT WELFARE
Alyssa Makena Adriano B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Sujit Silas Armstrong Suthahar M.S.
Biongineering Winter 2025
Samprikta Basu B.S.
Computer Science and Engineering Winter 2025
Evan Michael Bird B.S.
Electrical Engineering Spring 2025
Joshua Burpee B.S.
Electrical Engineering Spring 2026
Kenan Cackovic B.S.
Computer Engineering Spring 2025
Margaret Wei-Mun Emily Capetz B.S.
Computer Science Spring 2025
Javier Carmona P.h.D.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Winter 2025
Brianna Elena Ceja B.S.
Civil Engineering Spring 2025
Sebastian Cervantes B.S.
Electrical Engineering Spring 2025
Anjali Pooja Chaparala B.S.
Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Randy Chen P.h.D.
Materials Science and Engineering Spring 2026
Genevieve Chin B.S.
Computer Science Fall 2025
Nicola Conta B.S.
Electrical Engineering Spring 2025
Fabian Sergio Del Villar B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Benjamin Jose Delgado B.S.
Electrical Engineering Winter 2025
Jacqueline Thuy-Tram Duong B.S.
Electrical Engineering Spring 2025
Daniella Emil Hanna B.S.
Civil Engineering Winter 2025
May He B.S.
Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Renee-Randette Esinam Hlomador B.S.
Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Yudi (Lydia) Huang B.S.
Electrical Engineering Winter 2025
Nikolas Idrogo B.S.
Bioengineering Spring 2025
Mia Irvin-Pollard B.S.
Electrical Engineering Fall 2025
Alexandra Yang Jensen B.S.
Bioengineering Spring 2025
Clara Eunseo Kang B.S.
Bioengineering Spring 2025
Ethan Lai B.S.
Electrical Engineering Spring 2026
Lauren Ga-Wing Lee B.S.
Civil Engineering Spring 2025
Mark Shinyoung Lee B.S.
Computer Science Summer 2025
Victor Manuel Lopez Cortes B.S.
Electrical Engineering Winter 2025
Aaminah Mustafa Malik B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Fall 2024
Nicolas German Mendoza B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Kendall Millett B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Sonni Alejandro Montanez B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Zoe Gianna Wareza Monterola B.S.
Materials Science Spring 2025
Claire Josephine Murphy B.S.
Materials Science Spring 2025
Noor Nakhaei P.h.D.
Computer Science Fall 2025
Isabella Natarelli B.S.
Materials Science Spring 2025
Oscar Eduardo Orantes Vega B.S.
Electrical Engineering Spring 2025
Emily Orozco B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Fall 2025
Lindsey Ellen Parsons P.h.D.
Chemical Engineering Summer 2025
Mahan Pourfakhr B.S.
Bioengineering Spring 2025
Anthony Rodriguez B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Brendan Russ P.h.D.
Chemical Engineering
Suraj Shah B.S.
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Grace Medeiros Simcock B.S.
Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Audrey Theresa Sogata B.S.
Bioengineering Spring 2025
Nia-Gabrielle St. Cyr B.S.
Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Jackson Robert Steele B.S.
Computer Science Spring 2025
Katherine Anne Stone M.S.
Bioengineering Spring 2025
Kaylee Maianh Tran B.S.
Computer Science Spring 2025
Valerie Ying Tran B.S.
Civil Engineering Spring 2025
Sara Wilson B.S.
Chemical Engineering Spring 2025
Emanuel Zavalza B.S.
Computer Engineering Spring 2025
Nathan Zhang B.S.
Computer Science Winter 2025
Theo Zhang B.S.
Computer Science Spring 2025
Lucy Zises B.S.
Computer Science Spring 2025
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS & HONORS
BIOENGINEERING
Natalie Kioko Tsubamoto
Outstanding B.S. Winter 2025
Kamryn Michele Scott
Outstanding M.S. Spring 2025
Yifan Wu
Outstanding Ph.D. Spring 2025
Departmental Scholars
Yuwei Xue
Spring 2025
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
Anya Khandpur
Outstanding B.S. Spring 2025
Priscilla Lim Zhi Xuan
Outstanding B.S. Spring 2025
Olivia Wang
Outstanding B.S. Spring 2025
Vickie Chen
Outstanding M.S. Winter 2025
Fang Zhou
Outstanding M.S. Winter 2025
Julius Owen Suherman
Outstanding M.S. Spring 2025
Xintong Yuan
Outstanding Ph.D. Spring 2025
Taylor Greg Smith
Outstanding Ph.D. Spring 2025
Richard Cheukyin Law
Outstanding Ph.D. Spring 2025
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Lauren Ga-Wing Lee
Outstanding B.S. Spring 2025
Lisa Lowe
Outstanding M.S. Spring 2025
Sven Malama
Outstanding Ph.D. Winter 2025
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Vivek Kumar Computer Science and Engineering
Outstanding B.S. Fall 2024
Jennifer Chen Computer Science
Outstanding B.S. Spring 2025
Taylor Yu Chen Computer Science
Outstanding B.S. Spring 2025
Krishi Sabarwal Computer Science
Outstanding B.S. Spring 2025
Haoyi Qiu
Outstanding M.S. Spring 2025
Yifan Tian
Outstanding Ph.D. Spring 2025
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Vidhya Prabhu
Christina Huang Memorial Prize
B.S. Spring 2025
Katherine Jean Sohn
Outstanding B.S. Computer Engineering Spring 2025
Caden Nicholas Davis
Outstanding B.S. Electrical Engineering Spring 2025
Circuits & Embedded Systems
Nhat Nguyen
Outstanding M.S. Spring 2025
Sidharth Thomas
Outstanding P.h.D. Winter 2025
Physical & Wave Electronics
Shahed-E-Zumrat
Outstanding M.S. Fall 2024
Haoxiang Ren
Outstanding Ph.D. Spring 2025
Signals & Systems
Osama Ashraf Hanna Habib
Outstanding Ph.D. Fall 2024
Departmental Scholars
Sophia Yingshin Chen
Fall 2024
Thomas Chu
Spring 2025
Jacqueline Thuy-Tram Duong
Spring 2025
William Shih
Spring 2025
Haoyu Zhang
Spring 2025
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Kyle James Kotancheck
Outstanding B.S. Spring 2025
Xuke Fu
Outstanding M.S. Winter 2025
Yang Liu
Outstanding Ph.D. Winter 2025
Yuan Zhu
Outstanding Ph.D. Fall 2024
Departmental Scholars
Isabella Karoline He
Spring 2025
Kyle James Kotanchek
Spring 2025
Leon Qibin Sit
Spring 2025
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Myrsini Melina San Marchi
Outstanding B.S. Aerospace Engineering Spring 2025
Sardor Umarov
Outstanding B.S. Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Jonathan Gray
Outstanding M.S. Aerospace Engineering Winter 2025
Weixuan Liu
Outstanding M.S. Mechanical Engineering Winter 2025
Nicholas Matthew Kuenning
Outstanding Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Winter 2025
Vedasri Godavarthi
Outstanding Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Fall 2024
Departmental Scholars
Sardor Umarov
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Siddharth Zalavadia
Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
SCHOOLWIDE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Andrew Lawrence Weiner
Outstanding M.S. Winter 2025
Joseph Kwee
Outstanding M.S. Winter 2025
Matthew Jacob Abuzalaf
Outstanding M.S. Fall 2024
SCHOOLWIDE MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Choon Yong Chan
Outstanding Master of Engineering Summer 2025
OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Samprikta Basu
B.S. Computer Science Winter 2025
Brynn Marie Beatty
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Spring 2025
Julia Chow
B.S. Civil Engineering Spring 2025
Daniela Cruz-Ramos
B.S. Statistics and Data Science Spring 2025
Kelsey Fu
B.S. Bioengineering Winter 2025
Megan Go
B.S. Computer Science Spring 2025
Adit Jain
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering Fall 2025
Lovleen Kaur
M.S. Aerospace Engineering Fall 2025
Isu Kim
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering Spring 2025
Johnson Liu
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering Spring 2025
Elizabeth Manka
B.S. Computer Science Spring 2025
Henry Nagle
B.S. Civil Engineering Spring 2025
JQ Shearin
B.A. History, Economics Spring 2026
Nidhi Sunkam
B.S. Electrical Engineering Spring 2025
