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 ('17)
  • Kyle Kersey ('19)
  • Ashwin Koul ('21)

 

Albert Giandomenico Award (Bioengineering Department)

  • Michelle White ('22)

 

Alpha Chi Sigma Award (Chemistry Department)

  • Akaash Padmanabha ('22)
  • Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang ('22)

 

American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholastic Achievement Award

  • James Kwon  ('20)
  • Kyle Kersey  ('19)
  • Zachary Stillman ('17)
  • Alan Dai  ('16)
  • Akaash Padmanabha ('22)

 

ACS Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Award

  • Albert Xiao ('16)

 

ACS Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry Award

  • Carol Wang ('17)

 

American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Delaware Valley Section Awards

  • Alan Dai ('16)
  • Akaash Padmanabha ('22)

 

American Institute of Chemists Student Award

  • Robert Tannenbaum ('17)
  • Ben Hammel ('21)
  • Jin Soon (David) Lim ('16)

 

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

  • Andy Eskenazi ('22)

 

Best Honors General Chemistry Student

  • Andreas Ghosh ('24)

 

Bioengineering Senior Design Leadership Award

  • Michelle White ('22)

 

Bruce and Cynthia Maryanoff American Chemical Society Scholar 

  • Sean Deresh ('23)

 

Center for Sustainable Separation of Metals (CSSM) Sustainability Ambassador

  • Sean Deresh ('23)

 

Dean's Scholars

  • Adithya Sriram ('20)
  • Jaron Ma ('17)
  • Zachery Iton ('17)

 

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

  • Gloria Lee ('23)

 

Excellence in Technology at the Society for Technology in Anesthesia Conference

  • Georgia Georgostathi ('24)

 

Hugo Otto Wolf Memorial Prize

  • Felipe Contipelli ('21)
  • George Popov ('21)

 

Hypercube Award

  • Jin Soo (David) Lim ('16)

 

John Couloucoundis Prize (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)

  • Drew Lilley ('18)

 

Joullie Scholar (Chemistry)

  • Akaash Padmanabha ('22)
  • Bernie Wang ('21)
  • Yein Yoon ('23)

 

Kleinman Student Council

  • Caroline Magdolen ('24)
  • Sean Deresh ('23)

 

Kleinman Undergraduate Energy Fellow

  • Andy Eskenazi ('22)
  • Caroline Magdolen ('24)
  • Emma Glasser ('23)
  • Francisco Barrera ('22)
  • Richard Ling ('20)
  • Yein Yoon ('23)
  • Sean Deresh ('23)
  • William Deo ('21)

 

Melvin C. Molstad Prize (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)

  • Robert Tannenbaum ('17)
  • Hyuck Choi  ('22)
  • Carol Wang  ('17)

 

Merck and Company, Inc. Award

  • Alan Dai  ('16)

 

Misk Fellowship

  • Mohammed Suleiman ('24)

 

National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Philadelphia Section Award

  • Justin Qian  ('19)

 

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program

  • Abhi Ramkumar ('21)

 

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

  • Adithya Sriram ('20)
  • Vignesh Bhethanabotla ('20)
  • Francisco Barrera ('22)
  • Matthew Hofmann ('22)

 

Penn Engineering Exceptional Service Award

  • Jaron Ma ('17)
  • Siddharth Challani ('19)
  • Alexander Proschel ('20)

 

Pennvention Prize

  • Yann Pfitzer ('19)

 

Phi Beta Kappa

  • Adam Richte ('21)
  • Adithya Sriram ('20)
  • Alan Dai ('16)
  • Andy Eskenazi ('22)
  • Bernie Wang ('21)
  • Bhaskar Abhiraman ('21)
  • Christopher Stanczak ('20)
  • Emmy Cunningham ('19)
  • George Popov ('21)
  • Jaron Ma ('17)
  • Jin Soo (David) Lim ('16)
  • Justin Qian ('19)
  • Kyle Kersey ('19)
  • Michelle White ('22)
  • Roshan Patel ('20)
  • Yann Pfitzer ('19)
  • Zachary Stillman ('17)
  • Zachery Iton ('17)
  • Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang ('22)
  • Akaash Padmanabha ('22)
  • Yu Ren (William) Zhou ('17)

 

President's Innovation Prize

  • Luka Yancopolous ('22)

 

R.M. Brick Award

  • Ben Hammel  ('21)
  • Bernie Wang  ('21)
  • Jaron Ma  ('17)
  • Yu Ren (William) Zhou  ('17)
  • Zachery Iton ('17)
  • Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang ('22)

 

Ralph Teetor Award (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)

  • Andy Eskenazi ('22)

 

Richard K. Dentel Memorial Prize in Urban Transportation

  • Radhika Katti ('19)

 

Roy and Diana Vagelos Challenge Award

  • Benjamin Hammel ('21)
  • Adithya Sriram ('20)
  • Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang ('22)

 

Royal Society of Chemistry Award

  • Zachary Stillman ('17)

 

School of Engineering Senior Design Leadership Prize

  • Michelle White ('22)

 

Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar

  • Alan Dai ('16)

 

Startup Challenge Perlman Grand Prize

  • Yann Pfitzer ('19)

 

Tau Beta Pi

  • Adam Richter  ('21)
  • Akaash Padmanabha ('22)
  • Bhaskar Abhiraman ('21)
  • George Popov ('21)
  • Trisha Ramadoss ('18)
  • Vignesh Bhethanabotla ('20)
  • Zachary Stillman ('17)
  • Zachery Iton ('17)
  • Yu Ren (William) Zhou ('17)

 

The Netter Center Shah Family Prize for Innovative Undergraduate Student Projects

  • William Deo ('21)
  • Abhinav Ramkumar ('21)
  • Richard Ling ('20)

 

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

  • Jin Soo (David) Lim ('16)

 

The Sachs Program Student Arts Innovation Grant

  • William Deo ('21)
  • Abhinav Ramkumar ('21)

 

Thouron Award

  • Zachary Whitlock ('20)

 

Victor W. K. Ku Memorial Award

  • George Popov ('21)

 

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

  • Bernie Wang ('21) and Ben Hammel ('21)
  • Francisco Barrera ('22) and Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang ('22)

 

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

  • Natalia Acero ('21)

 

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

  • Felipe Contipelli ('21), Will Deo ('21), George Popov ('21), and Abhi Ramkumar ('21)

 

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

  • Jaron Ma ('17)
  • Jin Soo (David) Lim ('16)
  • Julia Fordham ('16)
  • Albert Xiao ('16)