Awards and Recognition

One of EHP’s main goals is to foster successful students who go above and beyond for the things they are passionate about. This has led to many of our students being recognized for their work. Below is a selection of awards and recognition received by EHP students.

Scholarships & Fellowships

Many EHP students earned prestigious scholarships over the years, including:

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Cyrus Moezzi Haas
NSF Fellowship

Sasha Gladkova
Astronaut Scholarship
Michelle LIn
NSF Fellowship

Kya Sorli
NSF Fellowship

Emily Jane Zuetell
NSF Fellowship
Ellen Considine
NSF Fellowship

Ella Hushka
NSF Fellowship

Michelle Lin
Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship
201920182017
Michelle Lin
Brook Owens Fellowship
CU News Release

Ellen Considine
NASA Astronaut Scholarship

Ellen Considine
Goldwater Scholarship
CU News Release
Emma Simmerman
NASA Astronaut Scholarship

Ursula Brun Grunwald
Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship
Erica Wiener
NSF Fellowship


Christine Reilly
Astronaut Scholarship

Milica Notaros
NSF Fellowship

Christine Reilly
Brooke Owens Fellowship
201620152014
Bridger Ruyle
Udall Scholarship
(1 of 60 in the Nation)

Matthew Hurst
Marshall Scholarship
CU News Releas
Jeni Sorli
NASA Astronaut Scholarship
CU News Release
Featured in the Daily Camera
Stephen Kissler
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
CU News Release
Featured in the Daily Camera

Jasmine Brewer
Goldwater Scholarship
CU News Release
201320122011
Brittany Earle
Goldwater Scholarship
CU News Release

Jeni Sorli
Goldwater Scholarship
CU News Release
Srinidhi Radhakrishnan
Astronaut Scholarship
CU News Release
Featured in the Daily Camera

Anna Blackney
NSF Fellowship (PhD Program, University of Washington)
Chem-Bio News

Kelsey Whitesell
NSF Fellowship 
(PhD Program, CalTech)
eNote Article
Anil Damle
NSF Fellowship
(PhD Program, Stanford)

Samantha Johnson
NSF Fellowship 
(PhD Program, CalTech)

Kirstyn Johnson
Women in Aerospace Foundation Scholarship
Women in Aerospace News

Saikripa Radhakrishnan
Goldwater Scholarship
CU News Release

Srinidhi Radhakrishnan
Goldwater Scholarship
CU News Release
20102009
Matanya Horowitz
NSF Fellowship 
(PhD Program, CalTech)

Anna Lieb
Churchill Scholarship 
(Cambridge University, UK)
Featured in CU Engineering Magazine

Bruce Han
Colorado Medical Scholar

Justin Lee
Colorado Medical Scholar
 Anna Lieb
Goldwater Scholarship
CU News Release

Robert Rogers
Goldwater Scholarship
CU News Release

Graduation Awards

For each graduating class, the College of Engineering and Applied Science awards a number of students with Graduating Student Awards, based on their performance over their undergraduate career. Typically, EHP students are awarded a number of them each year.

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Cyrus Moezzi Haas
Outstanding Undergraduate of the College
 
Jenna Nielson
Colorado Engineering Council
Silver Medal Award

Braden Carroll
Academic Engagement Award
 
Jenna Nielson
Academic Engagement Award
 
Carrie Bishop
Community Impact Award
 
William Pryor
Wellness Award
Kaixin Cui
Academic Engagement Award

Erica Landreth
Academic Engagement Award

Michelle Lin
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award

Jenna Trost
Academic Engagement Award

Abigail Weeks
Colorado Engineering Council
Silver Medal Award





Jonathan Bosnich
Outstanding Undergraduate of the College

Ellen Considine
Outstanding Undergraduate of the College

Jacob Neilson
Academic Achievement Award

Zayna Pieper
Outstanding Undergraduate of the College

Vladimir Zhdanov
Academic Achievement Award
201920182017
Micheal Anthony
Outstanding Graduate for International Engagement

Vismya Bachu
Colorado Engineering Council
Silver Medal Award

Brent Frieden
Academic Achievement Award

Simon Hafner
Outstanding Graduate for Research

Marc Thomson
Outstanding Graduate of the College
Zoey Craun
Outstanding Graduate of the College

Katherine McQuie
Outstanding Graduate for Service

Evan Sidrow
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA
Bridger Ruyle
Colorado Engineering Council
Silver Medal Award

Matthew Hurst
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Alexandra Okeson
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Jonathan Reichanadter
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Scott Wurst
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Jay Arehart
Outstanding Graduate for International Engagement
201620152014
Alex Mault
Chair’s Outstanding Graduate Award
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Erica Wiener
Outstanding Graduate for International Engagement

David Thomas
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Mackenzie Belden
Outstanding Graduate for Service
Brittany Earle
Outstanding Graduate of the College

Jasmine Brewer
Outstanding Graduate for Research

Kirstyn Johnson
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Jelena Notaros
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Ashley Zerr
Outstanding Graduate of for Service

Jordan Burns
Outstanding Graduate for International Engagement
Stephen Kissler
Co-Outstanding Graduate of the College

Ilana Trumble
Co-Outstanding Graduate of the College

Kevin Dinkel
Outstanding Graduate for Research

Brandon Lin
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Elizabeth Horneber
Co-Outstanding Graduate of for Service

Jack Olsen
Co-Outstanding Graduate of for Service

Jared Levanthal
Outstanding Graduate for International Engagement 
201320122011
Jhenya Nahreni
Outstanding Graduate of the College
(December 2013)

Michael Skeen
Co-Outstanding Graduate of the College

Tracy Babb
Co-Outstanding Graduate of the College

Nicole Look
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Ariel Aguilar
Colorado Engineering Council 
Silver Medal Award
Joel Jones
Outstanding Graduate of the College

Anna Blackney
Colorado Engineering Council 
Silver Medal Award

Aaron Young
Outstanding Graduate for Service
Samantha Johnson
Outstanding Graduate of the College (Spring)

Riley Pack
Outstanding Graduate of the College (Fall)

Cody Cichowitz
Academic Achievement Award
Highest GPA

Anil Damle
Outstanding Graduate for Research
2010
Anna Lieb
Outstanding Graduate of the College 

Mark Kissler
Colorado Engineering Council
Silver Medal Award

National & International Awards

From the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to Aviation Week’s “The 20 Twenties”, EHP students have been busy taking the lead even outside of CU.

Aviation Week Network “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties”:

Ryan Blay
2019

Kirstyn Johnson
2013
British Academy of Film and Television Arts: Ones to Watch Award:

Tommy Hoffman
2015
Dare to be Digital International Game Development Competition:

Tommy Hoffman
2015
Genetech Outstanding Student Award:

Saikripa Radhakrishnan
2013
New Venture Challenge:

2021 Championships
Evan Kirk (HUG Solutions)
1st place Winner
$55,000.00

2020 Championships
Zayna Pieper (Frenz)
5th Place Winner
$2000.00

2019 Championships
Humsini Acharya (Stride Tech)
1st Place Winner
$100,000

Distinguished Senior Awards

The following College of Engineering and Applied Science awards are presented to graduating students to recognize excellent performance within their major departments.

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201920182017
coming soon…Joseph Castagneri
Engineering Physics
Matthew Hurst
Aerospace Engineering

Jonathan Tyler Reichanadter
Engineering Physics
201620152014
Ariel Hoffman
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Emily Randall
Computer Science

Andi Vicksman
Engineering Plus
Kirstyn Johnson
Aerospace Engineering

Emma Schumacher
Chemical Engineering

Jelena Notaros
Electrical Engineering

Jasmine Brewer
Engineering Physics
Srinidhi Radhakrishnan
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Saikripa Radhakrishnan
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Rachel Viger
Chemical Engineering

Michael Gartman
Civil Engineering

Stephen Kissler
Applied Mathematics
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A. Samuel Pottinger
Computer Science

Brandon Lin
Chemical Engineering

Christopher Corey
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nicole Look
Applied Mathematics
Anna Blackney
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Kody Mallory
Electrical Engineering 

Kristen Strobel
Architectural Engineering

Carson Teale
Engineering Physics 
Kaia Jerde
Chemical and Biological Engieering

Samatha Johnson
Chemical Engineering 

Kyla Maletsky
Applied Mathematics

Eric Pahlke
Electrical Engineering
2010
Anil Damle
Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Mark Kissler
Chemical Engineering

Anna Leib
Applied Mathematics

Holly Stevenson
Architectural Engineering

International Mathematical Contest in Modeling Awards

The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) challenges teams of university students to clarify, analyze, and propose solutions to open-ended problems. The contest attracts diverse students–all sponsored by a faculty advisor–from over 500 institutions around the world.

Each year, university teams each consisting of 3-students, submit solutions to one of three open-ended, complex problems within 96 hours of being posted. For each problem, MCM awards 3-5 first places and one overall named prize–so a total of 9-12 first prize winners per year.  Since 2009, Andrews has averaged about 15 teams per year.

From 2009-2018, Andrews students have won more first places and named prizes than any other university in the world. Out of 71,470 competing teams, 129 Outstanding Awards and 74 Named Prizes (from the 129 Outstanding winners) EHP has won 13 Outstandings and 12 Named Prizes. Our winners were:

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MAA
Branson Camp
Aloha Churchill
Steven Oakes

SIAM & MAA
Emma Goodwill
Lauren Marsh
Ishika Patel

201920182017
AMS
Andrews Jeseritz
Scott Marin
Vladimir Zhdanov

INFORMS
Brendan Palmer
David Sterns
Apara Venkateswaran

Outstanding Designation
Ellen Considine
Suyog Soti
Emily Webb
SIAM & MAA
Derek Gorthy
Christine Reilly
Marc Thomson

201620152014
MAA
Matthew Hurst
Nathan Yeo
Jordan Deitsch
Outstanding Designation
Derek Gorthy
Christine Reilly
Marc Thompson

SIAM & Two Sigma
Scholaship Award

Matthew Hurst
Nathan Yeo
Jordan Deitsch

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SIAM
Fiona Pigott
Christopher Aicher
Tracy Babb

MAA
Yueh-Ya (Sam) Hsu
Gregory McQuie
David Thomas
MAA
Stephen Kissler
Christopher Corey
Sean Wiese

INFORMS
Christopher Aicher

Tracy Babb
Daniel Sutton

20102009
MAA
Eric Benzel
Anil Damle
Colin West 
INFORMS
Anil Damle
Anna Lieb
Geoffrey Peterson


Research Awards

Each year, the College awards graduating students for excellence in the area of research.

Cyrus Moezzi Haas
2022
Allison Liu
2022
Jackson Peoples
2022
Kaixin Cui
2021
Simon Julien
2021
Michelle Lin
2021
Jenna Trost
2021
Simon Hafner
2019
Kevin Dinkel
2014
Jasmine Brewer
2015
Anil Damle
2011

Discovery Learning Research Symposium Awards

Discovery learning allows students to conduct research in an area related to their interests with faculty, graduate students, and industry or government partners.  Participating in discovery learning activities is especially encouraged for those students considering advanced degrees or a career in academia.

202220192013
coming soon…Gustavo Adrianzen
Civil Engineering

Sydney Levy
Engineering Plus

Michelle Lin
Aerospace Engineering

Emily Zuetell
Mechanical Engineering
Kayla Weston: Materials: 
The Substance of Things

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Erik Bergal: Sustainability:
It’s a Small World

Civil Engineering

Christopher Miller: 
Software/Data Analysis: The Techies

Mechanical Engineering

Ilana Trumble: 
Globally-Inspired Computing

Applied Mathematics
20122011
Shweta Maurya: 
Building Better Bodies

Mechanical Engineering

Elizabeth Horneber: 
Cool Solutions to Hot Problems

Chemical and Biological Engineering

James Patrick O’Brien: 
Computing with a Cause

Applied Math 
Robert Dong: 
Building Better Bodies
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Erica Jorgensen: 
Cool Solutions to Hot Problems

Chemical Engineering

Erica Brandt: 
It’s a Small World

Environmental Engineering

National Champions and Athletic Scholar Awards

Many EHP students are athletes, and they compete with the same standard of excellence they put into their academic work.

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201920182017
Alana Faller
USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships:
National Champion Cross-Country, Short-Track, and Team Relay
Caleb Penner
Highest Sophomore GPA
Track and Field

Michaela Wenning
Highest Senior Female GPA
Track and Field
Michaela Wenning
Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
Outdoor Track and Field

Michaela Wenning
Highest Junior GPA
Track and Field
201620152014
Michaela Wenning
Highest Sophomore GPA
Track and Field
Jeffrey Gay
USA Telemark Ski Association National Championships: 
Overall National Champion, Sprint Champion


David Emmert
Highest Sophomore GPA
XC/Track and Field
Rachel Viger
Highest Senior Female GPA
XC/Track and Field
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Nikki Look
Highest Sophomore GPA
Cross Country

Rachel Viger
Highest Junior GPA
XC/Track and Field
Byron R. White
Leadership and Initiative Award
XC/Track and Field

Nikki Look
Leadership and Initiative Award
XC/Track and Field

Rachel Viger
Highest Sophomore GPA
XC/Track and Field
Nikki Look
Highest Sophomore GPA
XC/Track & Field

Design Award Recipients

Alternative Fuel Prototype for Shell Eco-Marathon – 1st Place:
 Matthew Sturm and his Senior Design
National AECOM Water Academic Design Competition: 
Bryan Bei, Daniela Castaneda, Eric Millinger, and Lauren Schmeisser
National EWB Award: 
Lauren Schmeisser
Awarded for her work with Engineers Without Borders in Peru
2013 AlChE Poster Competition (Materials Engineering and Sciences Division): 
Kayla Weston
1st Place
A Method for Clean H2 Generation from Solar Heat and Water
2013 AlChE Poster Competition (Computing, Simulation and Process Control Division): 
Rachel Viger
3rd Place
Theoretical Model of a Thermochemical Metal Oxide Cycle for Hydrogen Production