May 24, 2003, Issue 16S: Special Commencement Issue

Celebrating the Class of 2003

Perfect GPAs were not enough to earn the following 10 students departmental citations and two Bechtel awards. These eight men and two women were chosen by faculty as top in their fields because they stand out not just as students but also as people and as contributors to their social and academic communities.

While there are many more students just like them among the College of Engineering’s 721 undergraduate members of the Class of 2003, we have highlighted these students as a sampling of the diversity of nationalities, talents, and interests in this year’s graduating class...[FULL STORY]
This year's departmental citation winners don't just have great grades going for them. They are involved in and passionate about many things outside of school. They are leaders, activitsts, singers, rock climbers, world travelers and artists. They have started nonprofits and student societies, participated in student government and won prestigious awards like the Rhodes Scholarship.

2002 Bechtel Award winners:

Departmental Citation winners:

Bechtel Achievement Award: Ankur Luthra, EECS
Bechtel Engineering Scholarship: Jengyee Liang , IEOR


Bioengineering:
Nathan Huebsch
Civil & Environmental Engineering: Mark Wan


Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences: Peter Chen


Engineering Science: Kenny Kamrin
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research: Marc Oman
Materials Science & Engineering: Melissa Santala

Mechanical Engineering: Sidharth Patel
Nuclear Engineering:
Brian Quiter
Additional Engineering
award winners

Engineering News is published weekly when classes are in session. The next issue will be out August 18, 2003.

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