MAE graduates at the department's Class Day celebration on May 27. Photo by Michael Franken
Princeton MAE honored its 37 graduating seniors in a Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 27, conferring honors and awards for outstanding academic achievement.
"We, the faculty and staff, are very proud of all 37 of you," said Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Edwin S. Wilsey Professor and chair of MAE. "We are so impressed with your creativity, your curiosity, your skills and insights, your accomplishments, and the depth and breadth of your thinking and doing. We hope that what you have learned and experienced here in MAE will serve you well into the future."
Bryan Alfaro and Alexander Kim were co-winners of the Sau-Hai Lam*58 Prize in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, which honors academic achievement and excellence.
Candace Do was awarded first place for the Morgan W. McKinzie ’93 Senior Thesis Prize. This award recognizes the best senior thesis in the department.
Sarah Fry and Liora Nasi Kazado were co-winners of the Donald Janssen Dike Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. This award honors excellent independent work.
Benjamin Benjadol and Devdigvijay Singh were both awarded the John Marshall II Memorial Prize, which recognizes the excellence of independent work related to aerospace engineering.
Charlie Rogers received the Enoch J. Durbin Prize for Engineering Innovation. This award recognizes special interest and aptitude in engineering innovation.
Pia Dicenzo and Nathan Gage were awarded the George Bienkowski Memorial Award for scholarship and service to the department.
Reese Knopp won the Sigma Xi Book Award for excellence in research.
The School of Engineering and Applied Science held a separate ceremony to recognize the graduating seniors. SEAS selected two mechanical and aerospace students for awards:
Sarah Fry received the George J. Mueller Award, recognizing a senior who has combined high scholarly achievement in the study of engineering with quality performance in intercollegiate athletics.
Devdigvijay Singh received the Lore von Jaskowsky Memorial Prize, which recognizes a student who has participated in research that has resulted in a contribution to the field, has added to the quality of the university life, and intends to pursue a career in engineering or applied science.
Princeton MAE's Class of 2024
Bryan Abraham Alfaro
Sau-Hai Lam*58 Prize
Faraz T. Awan
Ariel Bachman
Manali Sunil Badwe
Benjamin Lekmanee Benjadol
John Marshall II Memorial Prize
Jessica Genevieve Celuch
Justin Chae
Linda Chen
Pia Dicenzo
George Bienkowski Memorial Award
Candace Do
Morgan W. McKinzie ’93 Senior Thesis Prize
Orli Shlomit Epstein
Sarah Rose Fry
Donald Janssen Dike Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Nathan Gage
George Bienkowski Memorial Award
Avinash O. Gajai
Ben Gorse
Alexander Haywood
Isa Kessinger
Alexander Pil-Yong Kim
Sau-Hai Lam*58 Prize
Isabel Marie Kim
Reese Knopp
Sigma Xi Book Award
Patrick Dominick Kozak
Max Kreidl
Khoa Nguyen Dang Le
Sullivan Hugh Meyer
Liora Nasi Kazado
Donald Janssen Dike Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Pedro Miguel Neves Pimenta
Parker Harrison O'Neal
Vraj Jignesh Patel
Ariana Michelle Rausch
Sameer Harris Riaz
Durrah Afrina Ridhuan
Charlie Rogers
Enoch J. Durbin Prize for Engineering Innovation
Itai Evan Savage
Devdigvijay Sandeep Singh
John Marshall II Memorial Prize
Alex W. Tang
Kazuki Tojo
Kristen Marie Umbriac