Award for Excellence honors graduate student achievement

The School of Engineering and Applied Science has given its annual Award for Excellence to 16 advanced graduate students who have performed at the highest level as scholars and researchers.

The six engineering departments nominated the recipients based on their achievements in courses, research and teaching.

“Graduate students are working in real time to expand the frontiers of what we know while serving as trusted mentors to undergraduate students,” said Dean Andrew Houck. “Vice Dean Gabriele Villarini and I are proud to honor these students who have excelled in all areas of this work and are prepared to achieve even greater positive impact for humanity as they move forward in their careers.”

Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Cole Hullfish
  • Illya Lyadov

Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Xinjie Huang
  • Yuqing Yan

Computer Science

  • Peter Halmos
  • Nicolaas (Nick) Kaashoek
  • Stephen Newman
  • William Yang

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Tuo Hu
  • Yiyi Li
  • Ruiyi Shen
  • Jonathan Zhou

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Jonghyun (Jong) Hwang
  • Yijie Xu

Operations Research and Financial Engineering

  • Yucheng Guo
  • Felix Hoefer

Related Departments

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Chemical and Biological Engineering

Advancing human health, energy, materials science, and industrial processes

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fundamental insights into the built and natural environments, and interactions between the two

Computer Science

Computer Science

Leading the field through foundational theory, applications, and societal impact

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

Improving human health, energy systems, computing and communications, and security

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Solving problems in energy, combustion, fluids, lasers, materials science, robotics and control systems, and nuclear security

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Operations Research and Financial Engineering

Developing mathematical and computational tools for making decisions under uncertainty