Academic Excellence Awards 2025

Congratulations to all those who earned scholarships, who made the Dean's List, and who were inducted into honor societies during the 2024-2025 academic year!

College of Engineering Awards

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Graduate Fellowship Endowment for Engineering

• Deepika Krishna Lankothu
• Kingsley Ochiabuto

Kelcy Warren Graduate Fellowship for Engineering

• Doreen Ntiamoah-Asare
• Bharat Pant
• Aileen Sengupta
• Scott Renkes
• David Reynoso
• Stephen Rubino
• Aileen Sengupta
• Elijah Sharp

Lawrence W. Stephens Endowment

• Oiuwatosin Stephen Attebi
• Justin Compton
• Richie Ranaisa Daru
• Keaton Dodd
• Afrin Fathima Hakeem
• Jacky Qi Huang

Dr. Shamim Sughra Malik Endowment

• Khushi Sameer Jadhav
• Khatere Karbassi
• Miguel Enrico Villena

Dr. Franklyn Alexander Doctoral Fellowship

• Mia Grubbs
• Phuc Nguyen
• Soheila Norasteh
• Kelly Patterson

North American Foundation Scholarship

• Elizabeth Bernal

Bettye M. Rady Scholarship

• Samia Alif Esha
• Dina Moalin
• Jeremiah Pitts

First Scholarship Provided from The Jack R. Woolf Endowed Scholarship

• Ryan Gurley
• Braelin Kinsel

Jack R. Woolf Endowed Scholarship

• Erin Cole
• Grace Nguyen
• Jacob Salyer
• Samuel Thomas
• Katherine Zoller

Karan Harbison Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Sydney Bunnag

Stephen Underwood Foundation Endowed Scholarship

• Sydney Bunnag
• Dominic Manzano

Dorothy J. And A.W. Cross Engineering Book Scholarship

• Blake Shipman
• Katherine Zoller

Glenn Carter Endowed Engineering Scholarship

• Kahlani Malone

Janet And Mike Greene Endowed Engineering Scholarship

• Brady Harris

Charlie And Mollie Daniels Family Endowed Scholarship

• Edosa Aigbuza
• Anthony Aiyedun
• Kennedy Amankwaah
• Bethel Bezabeh
• Michelle Delk
• Ekomobong Etim-Inyang
• Janet George
• Tanatswa Gwaze
• Choula Kammogne
• Rosita Njeumi

Huitt Zoller Endowed Scholarship for The College Of Engineering

• Laura Ibanez
• Bradley Scott

Mary Aline Baker Haden Endowed Scholarship

• Thomas W. Campbell
• Jacinda Williams

Resource And Energy Engineering Kelcy Warren Scholarship

• Jordan Nalepka
• Saurya Pandey
• Elisa Vasquez
• Hardik Shah Scholarship
• Shalom Emeka

Chance Vought Engineering and Science Endowment

• Tatyana McCree Smith
• Diego Mercado
• Nicholas Proni
• Nicole Tallman Smith
• Timothy Verkleir
• Ariel Zambeck

Patrica And Charles Jenkins Endowed Scholarship

• Om Patelk

Emma Frances (Raley) Argento Scholarship

• Hala Marardeh

Carolyn And Dan Carey Scholarship

• Antonio Delarosa
• Christian Nguyen

Dr. Jack Fitzer Memorial Scholarship in Engineering Endowed by Dr. Tony & Mrs. Joann Wong

• Naga Venkatesh Sripad Vayuvegula

Stephen C. Robb Scholarship in Engineering

• Roberto Azahar
• Edy Duran

Goldman Sachs – Computer Science and Engineering Scholarship

• Prakhyat Chaube

Outstanding Student Leader Award Funded by The Meister Family Endowment

• Devrat Patel

Outstanding Student Leader Honorable Mention Funded by The Meister Family Endowment

• Rabina Acharya
• Jeremiah Pitts

Van Siclen-Davis Family Scholarship

• Malak Al-Noubani

Bioengineering Department Awards

Dr. Franklyn Alexander Endowed Fellowship for Biomedical Engineering

• Na Nguyen
• Saad Saeed
• Fatima Tasnim
• Yufeng Wen

Robert and Carol Eberhart Endowed Scholarship

• An Nguyen
• Amanda Estefany Salas Sanchez
• Huan Tran

Jennifer Hoa Nguyen Memorial Scholarship

• Khiem Le
• Awaise Shareef

Women's Vietnamese Minnesota Refugees Scholarship

• Nida Afzal

Alfred and Janet Potvin Award for Outstanding Bioengineering Students

• Vicki Ea
• Rowa Hamdan
• Laugi Hemshankar
• Le Hoang
• Binita KC
• Feabie Mendiaz
• Jiazhu Xu

Civil Engineering Department Awards

Arthur R. Poor Graduate Scholarship

• Mario Abdelmalak
• Ali Azzawi
• Saul Menjivar

Albert & Lee B. Halff endowed Scholarship

• Kelli Greenwood
• Terry Payne

Charlie M. Moore Civil Engineering Scholarship

• Muhsin Alfridawi
• Jonathan Bolivar
• Jacob Bugajsky
• Angel Castro Hernandez
• Diego Duran
• Eric Egwuonwu
• Karla Gonzalez
• Brooklyn Nguyen
• Diego Solis Martinez

Dorothy and Grover Grubb Endowed Scholarship

• Edna Basantkumar

Dr. John H. Mattys, P.E. Scholarship

• Juan Diego Aguilar
• Ramiro Flores Castro

Wier & Associates Scholarship for Civil Engineering

• Alex Castillo
• Uriel Gascon
• Jessica Guevara
• Ailyn Guiterrez

Gary Teague Civil Engineering Scholarship

• Ethan Bright
• Maile Dennehy

James W. Mitchell Scholarship for Civil Engineering

• Jacint Szabo

V.T. Hancock Texas Water Utilities Association Civil Engineering Scholarship

• James Dang
• Gonzalo Orocio

Construction Research Center Scholarship

• Mustafa Al Ajwad

Laura Goodnight Poor Civil Engineering Scholarship for Women

• Barbara Martinez

Stan and Jan Agee Endowed Scholarship in Engineering

• Angel Sanchez

American Concrete Institute Northeast Texas Chapter Endowed Scholarship

• Yusuf Kammaz
• Edgar Maldonado
• Benjamin Randall
• Micah Teel

Ernest L. Buckley Undergraduate Scholarship

• Andrew Garcia
• Micah Welch

Structural Engineers Association of Texas Scholarship

• Jordan Bruun
• Maria Islas Terrazas
• Gael Niganze

Outstanding BS Architectural Engineering Student Award

• Deija Barker-Colquitt
• Nichole Campanini
• Ramiro Flores-Castro
• Sarah Wolf

Outstanding BS Civil Engineering Student Award

• Eric Egwuonmu
• Ricky Esparza
• Andrew Garcia
• Gonzalo Orocio
• Benjamin Randall

Dallas Branch ASCE Civil Engineering Scholarship

• Alisa Pjetrovic

Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship

• Moboluwaduro Akande
• Swastik Khadka
• Jose Marquez
• David Reynoso
• Hina Siddiqui

Gene H. Carter/John J. Burgess Civil Engineering Endowed Scholarship

• Jostin Ponce Ferrufino
• Mario Rodriguez

Fort Worth Branch ASCE Civil Engineering Scholarship

• Sooraj Ahmad Kargar

Halff Associates Inc. Scholarship

• Abdulrahman Dibas
• Dereck Hernandez Contreras
• Jonathan Olivo

Joe E. Morgan and Betty D. Morgan Edowed Scholarship

• Koen Rankin

Joe J. Rady Scholarship

• Dipesh Adhikari
• Brittany Brown
• Angel Cazares
• Ian Correa
• Angela Diego-Domingo
• Ricky Esparza
• Isis Goana
• Chowdhury Md Zumail Izad
• Gloria Petty

Mark And Brenda Perkins Scholarship

• Emily Hernandez
• Harshdeep Singh

Outstanding Bs Construction Management Student Award

• Juandiego Aguilar
• Franklin Herrera Saucedo
• Nrushikesh Nikhil Patel
• Oscar Rodriguez Lopez
• Raul Romero
• Casey Ross

Outstanding Master Student Award

• Rudaba Adnin
• Tyler Hanks
• Arjay Lopez
• Cherish Vinodkumar Patel
• Nemika Sachin

Outstanding MCM Student Award

• Jayaprakesh Reddy Annamreddy
• Hardik Kumar Odhavjibhai Kalathiya
• Naga Vineela Kande
• Rutu Nimesh Mehta
• Vaibhav Patil
• Anjali Bhiku Samge

Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award

• Irhrat Baki Borno
• Kelli Greenwood
• Ehsan Rajaie
• Rohitashva Kumar Singh
• Adhora Tahsin

Professor Dayle M. Clark Endowed Scholarship

• Swastik Khadka
• Naima Zenika

Computer Science and Engineering Department Awards

John S. Schuchman Outstanding Doctoral Student

• Jordan James
• Poojitha Thota
• Rifat Arefin
• Sinong Wang
• Sunday Amatare
• Yangming Zhang

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

• Sayak Saha Roy
• Xiaowei Yu

Cyneta Networks Outstanding Graduate TA

• Elham Pourabbas Vafa
• Hafsa Billah
• Srinivasan Murali

Sabre Holdings Outstanding Professional CpE Student

• Sneh Acharya

Nokia Outstanding Pre-professional CS Student

• Song Tu Linh Do

Nokia Outstanding Professional CS Student

• Aavash Khareal

Vruwink Outstanding Grad Student

• Shashwat Tare

Raytheon Outstanding Professional SE Student

• Kevin Farokhrouz

Jeff and Lisa Smith Outstanding Graduate Researcher

• Gaurav Singh
• Nikolaos Ntokos
• Wenqi Jia

Hersed Kindness Award

• Armaan Nalli
• Raul Shakya
• Tuan Dang

Bill & Marsha Carroll Endowed Scholarship

• Bryant Minh Luong
• Paul Hunger Santana

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines)

• Aindrila Bhattacharya
• Ammar Rafiq
• Anmol Acharya
• Arian Goudar
• Aryan Mediratta
• Ayomide Ayowole-Obi
• Biplav Aryal
• Blake Shipman
• Hari Priya Hari Selvam
• Ismael Tovar
• Jack Pankaj
• Jocelyn Bui
• Kelly French
• Muhammad Kurram
• Nebojsa Kilibarda
• Rajesh Khadka
• Rency Ajit Kansagra
• Shrivarshaa Sakhamuri
• Steven Reid Fitzgerald

Electrical Engineering Department Awards

Alfred R. and Janet H. Potvin Distinguished Undergraduate Scholar in Electrical Engineering

• Rodrigo Rios Olvera

Barbara and Vasant Prabhu Scholarship Endowed by his Graduate Students

• Fairooz Simlan

Bernard and Ann Svihel Memorial Scholarship Endowment

• David Aboderin
• Carolos Mena
• Martiza Pulido
• Abrahem Sawan

Certificate Of Outstanding Achievement as an Undergraduate Student

• Fernando Villa

Dr. James R. Hellums Endowed Scholarship

• Auruba Islam
• Pablo Andres Romero Rodriguez

Dr. K. R. Rao Electrical Engineering Graduate Fellowship

• Aileen Sengupta
• Mersedeh Ashraphijuo
• Shreyya Prashant Nair
• Sanith Yedugani

Dr. Mo-Shing Chen Scholarship in Power Systems

• Siyu Zhou

Dr. N. M. Stelmakh Outstanding Student Research Award

• Abhiram V. Premakumar
• Roopesh Kumar Polaganga

Floyd Cash Endowed Scholarship

• Victoria Lopez

Jack Fitzer Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Elijah Sharp
• Sheng Lu

John M. Goodwin Endowment Fund

• David Aboderin
• Auruba Islam

Laxmi and Raj Mrig Endowed Graduate Fellowship for Electrical Engineering

• Abhiram V. Premakumar
• Jay Kaushik Mehta

Professor Paul M. Cunningham Endowed Scholarship

• Bryan Lopez-Anaya

Research in Motion Scholarship Endowment

• Sanith Yedugani
• Dhaarani Subramanian
• Fairooz Simlan

Ron L. Cates Endowed Scholarship

• Alexander Andonov
• Auruba Islam
• Gabriela Castillo-Cecenas
• Nancy Guel

Samuel Clayton Quinn Scholarship

• David Aboderin
• Imelda Rodriguez Cruz

Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering Department Awards

Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering Outstanding Junior

• Abigail Ibarra

Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering Outstanding Senior

• Thomas Chapman

Bartley and Eck scholarship

• Guillermo Conlin
• Nolan Audette
• Thomas Chapman
• Timothy Verkleir
• Tyler Nguyen
• Wyatt Hampe

G.T. Stevens Scholarship

• Edouwayne Omere
• Elijah Wittman
• Guillermo Conlin

Elinor Pape Endowed Scholarship

• Chaitanya Sant Kumar
• Elijah Wittman
• Safwan Zaeem
• Sajid Bin Arif
• Somik Biswas

Don Liles Endowed Scholarship

• Adarsh Lal Anilal
• Mayra Long
• Safwan Zaeem
• Sajid Bin Arif

First Generation IE Endowed Scholarship

• Araceli Najera
• Daniel Flores
• Edouwaye Omere
• Elijah Wittman
• Elisabeth Orie
• Safwan Zaeem
• Tyler Nguyen

Keith and Carolyn Weiss Industrial Engineering Scholarship

• Elijah Wittman
• Thomas Chapman

Weiss Family Endowed Scholarship in Industrial Engineering

• Thomas Chapman

John and Pat Priest Family Endowed Scholarship

• Juventino Herrera
• Wyatt Hampe

The Marjorie and Russell Priest Family Endowed Scholarship

• Cameron Chadick
• Daniel Flores
• Edouwaye Omere
• Guillermo Conlin
• Nolan Audette
• Timothy Verkleir

Omron Foundation Scholarship

• Byron Larson
• Nolan Audette
• Sami Rezwan

RFID and Auto ID (RAID) Labs Outstanding Student

• Nathan Miranda

COSMOS Research Scholarship

• Hritik Vivek Patil
• Alpha Pi Mu
• Andrew Thomas
• Caleb Jackson
• Daniel Flores
• Deepika Krishna Lankothu
• Evan Haasl
• Hatim Merchant
• Jerifa Zaman
• John Conlin
• John Fisher
• Krut Raiyani
• Kushi Athma
• Mark Glendelle Gengania
• Matthew Moore
• Murtaza Poonawala
• Safwan Zaeem
• Sean Alizadeh
• Shaima Quran
• Somik Biswas
• Uthman Abiola Kareem
• Vishal Vijay Shetty
• Yash Fand
• Yi Cheng Huang

Materials Science and Engineering Department Awards

Academic Excellence Award

• Bharat Pant
• Gumaro Gonzalez
• Hsin-Hao Liang
• Jorge Mendoza
• Laveeza Ahmad
• Michael Lepere
• Moboluwaduro (Princess) Akande
• Nghi Bao
• Samuel Fuentes
• Sumit Batheja

Best Paper Award

• Aneela Davuluri
• Bharat Pant

Carl Wiseman Service Award

• Nghi Bao

Graduate Student Seminar Award

• Laveeza Ahmad
• Aneela Davuluri

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Awards

Pi Tau Sigma

• Unavailable