College honors spring 2025 outstanding graduates and teaching assistants

May 12, 2025

Faculty and staff award the semester's standouts with plaques and prizes.

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A large group of students and teaching assistants poses in the SUMC on the University of Arizona campus.

Undergraduate and graduate students, plus teaching assistants, representing all Engineering departments gather at the Student Union Memorial Center in April to celebrate their accomplishments.

Engineering faculty ended the semester on a high note, nominating 16 undergraduate seniors, 13 graduate seniors and 10 teaching assistants for awards that recognized their efforts to go above and beyond in their studies and research. The nominations were followed by a luncheon hosted at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center.

Each student who was honored received a framed award and a university gift bag to commemorate their academic career. Nominating professors made short speeches.

Seniors

Aerospace Engineering: Robert Lane

Architectural Engineering: Alyssa Schwengel

Biomedical Engineering: Ryan Mitstifer

Biosystems Engineering: John Esparza

Chemical Engineering: Callie Carrejo

Civil Engineering: Justin Reed

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Tyler Wilson

Engineering Management: Hannah Lehrfeld

Environmental Engineering: Elizabeth Wilson

Industrial Engineering: Jenna Childress

Materials Science and Engineering: Shelby Janssen

Mechanical Engineering: Veer Nayyar

Mining and Geological Engineering: Carter Brown

Optical Sciences and Engineering: Eliana Stilson

Software Engineering: Kari Cordes

Systems Engineering: Anna Fravel

Graduate Students

Aerospace Engineering: Adrien Bouskela

Biomedical Engineering: Laurel Dieckhaus

Chemical Engineering: Cameron Malloy

Civil and Engineering Mechanics: Pramesh Pudasaini

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Vijay Nafria, Noel Teku

Engineering Management: Isabel Parga

Environmental Engineering: Zaid Daher

Industrial Engineering: Shunyu Yao

Mining and Geological Engineering: Nilufer Akbulut

Software Engineering: David Ruddell

Systems and Industrial Engineering: Fenglian Pan

Systems Engineering: Jannatul Bushra

Teaching Assistants

Aerospace Engineering: Colby Thomas

Biosystems Engineering: Solomon Edo

Chemical Engineering: Matthew Dailey

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Ashley Nicole Tittelbaugh

Environmental Engineering: Sepideh Shirani

Materials Science and Engineering: Thomas Sweepe

Mechanical Engineering: Mehrdad Pourjam

Mining and Geological Engineering: Kate Brown Requist

Optical Sciences and Engineering: Chase Toncheff

Software Engineering: Haotang Li