Honors and Awards

Our students are incredibly talented and high-achieving, and we are proud to share the following honors and awards that they have earned over the years! 

 

A. Norman Hixson Laboratory Report Prize

  • Carol Wang
  • Kyle Kersey
  • Ashwin Koul

 

Albert Giandomenico Award (Bioengineering Department)

  • Michelle White

 

Alpha Chi Sigma Award (Chemistry Department)

  • Akaash Padmanabha
  • Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang

 

American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholastic Achievement Award

  • James Kwon 
  • Kyle Kersey 
  • Zachary Stillman
  • Alan Dai 
  • Akaash Padmanabha

 

ACS Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Award

  • Albert Xiao 

 

ACS Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry Award

  • Carol Wang 

 

American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Delaware Valley Section Awards

  • Alan Dai
  • Akaash Padmanabha 

 

American Institute of Chemists Student Award

  • Robert Tannenbaum
  • Ben Hammel 
  • Jin Soon (David) Lim

 

Andrew P. Sage Memorial Capstone Design Competition - Best Paper Award on the Climate and Transportation Track

  • Andy Eskenazi

 

Best Honors General Chemistry Student

  • Andreas Ghosh

 

Bioengineering Senior Design Leadership Award

  • Michelle White

 

Bruce and Cynthia Maryanoff American Chemical Society Scholar 

  • Sean Deresh

 

Center for Sustainable Separation of Metals (CSSM) Sustainability Ambassador

  • Sean Deresh

 

Dean's Scholars

  • Adithya Sriram
  • Jaron Ma 
  • Zachery Iton

 

Engineering Alumni Society E. Stuart Eichert, Jr. Student Award 

  • Gloria Lee

 

Excellence in Technology at the Society for Technology in Anesthesia Conference

  • Georgia Georgostathi

 

Hugo Otto Wolf Memorial Prize

  • Felipe Contipelli
  • George Popov

 

Hypercube Award

  • Jin Soo (David) Lim

 

John Couloucoundis Prize (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)

  • Drew Lilley

 

Joullie Scholar (Chemistry)

  • Akaash Padmanabha
  • Bernie Wang
  • Yein Yoon

 

Kleinman Student Council

  • Caroline Magdolen
  • Sean Deresh

 

Kleinman Undergraduate Energy Fellow

  • Ahmed Abdellah
  • Andy Eskenazi
  • Caroline Magdolen
  • Emma Glasser
  • Francisco Barrera
  • Richard Ling
  • Yein Yoon
  • Sean Deresh
  • William Deo

 

Melvin C. Molstad Prize (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)

  • Robert Tannenbaum
  • Hyuck Choi 
  • Carol Wang 

 

Merck and Company, Inc. Award

  • Alan Dai 

 

Misk Fellowship

  • Mohammed Suleiman

 

National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Philadelphia Section Award

  • Justin Qian 

 

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program

  • Abhi Ramkumar

 

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

  • Adithya Sriram
  • Vignesh Bhethanabotla 
  • Francisco Barrera
  • Matthew Hofmann

 

Penn Engineering Exceptional Service Award

  • Jaron Ma
  • Siddharth Challani
  • Alexander Proschel

 

Penn World Scholar

  • Majd Ayyad

 

Pennvention Prize

  • Yann Pfitzer 

 

Phi Beta Kappa

  • Adam Richte
  • Adithya Sriram
  • Alan Dai
  • Andy Eskenazi
  • Bernie Wang
  • Bhaskar Abhiraman
  • Christopher Stanczak
  • Emmy Cunningham
  • George Popov
  • Jaron Ma
  • Jin Soo (David) Lim
  • Justin Qian
  • Kyle Kersey
  • Michelle White
  • Roshan Patel
  • Yann Pfitzer
  • Zachary Stillman
  • Zachery Iton
  • Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang
  • Akaash Padmanabha
  • Yu Ren (William) Zhou

 

President's Innovation Prize

  • Luka Yancopolous

 

R.M. Brick Award

  • Ben Hammel 
  • Bernie Wang 
  • Jaron Ma 
  • Yu Ren (William) Zhou 
  • Zachery Iton
  • Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang

 

Ralph Teetor Award (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)

  • Andy Eskenazi

 

Richard K. Dentel Memorial Prize in Urban Transportation

  • Radhika Katti

 

Roy and Diana Vagelos Challenge Award

  • Benjamin Hammel
  • Adithya Sriram
  • Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang

 

Royal Society of Chemistry Award

  • Zachary Stillman

 

School of Engineering Senior Design Leadership Prize

  • Michelle White

 

Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar

  • Alan Dai

 

Startup Challenge Perlman Grand Prize

  • Yann Pfitzer

 

Tau Beta Pi

  • Adam Richter,
  • Akaash Padmanabha
  • Bhaskar Abhiraman
  • George Popov
  • Trisha Ramadoss
  • Vignesh Bhethanabotla
  • Zachary Stillman
  • Zachery Iton
  • Yu Ren (William) Zhou

 

The Netter Center Shah Family Prize for Innovative Undergraduate Student Projects

  • William Deo 
  • Abhinav Ramkumar 
  • Richard Ling

 

The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Chemists' Medal Award

  • Jin Soo (David) Lim 

 

The Sachs Program Student Arts Innovation Grant

  • William Deo
  • Abhinav Ramkumar 

 

Thouron Award

  • Zachary Whitlock

 

Victor W. K. Ku Memorial Award

  • George Popov 

 

William R. Graham Materials Science and Engineering Senior Design Award - Technology Innovation Prize

  • Bernie Wang and Ben Hammel 
  • Francisco Barrera and Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang

 

William R. Graham Materials Science and Engineering Senior Design Award - Social Impact Prize

  • Natalia Acero

 

William R. Graham Materials Science and Engineering Senior Design Award - Judge's Choice Award

  • Felipe Contipelli, Will Deo, George Popov, and Abhi Ramkumar

 

William R. Graham Materials Science and Engineering Senior Design Award (First, Second, and Third Prizes)

  • Jaron Ma
  • Jin Soo (David) Lim
  • Julia Fordham
  • Albert Xiao