The undergraduate, M.Eng., and Ph.D. graduation ceremonies were combined into one exciting and festive event on May 24 in the Statler Auditorium. With well over 600 people in attendance, the school honored 12 Ph.D. graduates, 100 M.Eng. graduates, and 85 B.S. graduates. Award winners announced at the ceremony are listed below.

Master of Engineering Awards

  • Lynne E. Bussey Scholarship

    Elliot John Kinder

  • Geraldine and Samuel Dell Master of Engineering Excellence

    Mariana Kessinger

  • Jack and Linda Muckstadt Graduate Award for ORIE Master of Engineering Excellence

    Meghan Flack

  • Lester B. Knight, Jr. Scholarship

    Aryaman Thareja and Lily Young

  • Andrew Schultz, Jr. Awards

    Kelian Tinen Touolac and Allie Van Wagenen

  • Silent Hoist and Crane Material Handling Prize

    First Place: Wegmans, “Integrated Scheduling and Prediction”
    Hyeon Gyu Chae, Tonghui Du, Kunyu Huang, Tianze Quan, Sijian Tao, Zhoutian Xu

    Second Place: Toyota Material Handling, “Automating Part Categorization”
    Ashna Gupta, Xingwei Li, Aryaman Thareja, Zenbang Xu, Youran Zhao

    Third Place: The Bail Project, “Justice Through Data”
    Zhijie Lin, Yuqi Peng, Zuchen Wang, Ziyue Zhang

Undergraduate Awards and Honors

  • Byron W. Saunders and the Allen H. Mogensen Awards for Outstanding Students

    Jian Kai Ang, Jessica Nicole Hensel, Adam S. Jovine, Joshua Max De Leeuw, and Claire Tan

  • Merrill Scholars

    Jian Kai Ang and Joshua Max De Leeuw

  • Outstanding Course Assistant

    Adam S. Jovine

  • Omega Rho

    Omega Rho is the operations research and management science international honor society. To be initiated into Omega Rho, students must be in the top 25% of their class. New members include:

    Reevu Adakroy, Jian Kai Ang, Kiran Aladin Chandrasekher, Joshua Max De Leeuw, Jessica Nicole Hensel, Jack C. Jansons, Adam S. Jovine, Elliot John Kinder, Ruochen Liu, Lucas Maley, Dylan McCreesh, Claire Tan, Leah Elizabeth Valente, Selina Xiao, Jiayi “Echo” Zhang, Sophie Zhao.