Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2020! We are celebrating our outstanding degree candidates with a special virtual commencement ceremony, and are recognizing numerous students and teams for special achievements. All individual awards and senior design team honorees were announced during the virtual ceremony.
CU Boulder / AIAA Student Paper Competition
- 1st Place - VISION (Adam Boylston, Adrian Perez, Andrew Pfefer, Bao Tran, Ben Hagenau, Cameron Baldwin, Ian Thomas, Mathew van den Heever, Max Audick, Tanner Glenn, Ted Trozinski, Zhuoying Chen)
- 2nd Place - BUBO BUBO (Charlotte Bellerjeau, Andrew Fendel, Keaton Fitton, Ethan Gabrielle, Karim Krarti, Nickolas Mororo, Kaitlyn Olson, Seif Said, Jesse Williams, Jeremy Yanowitz)
- 3rd Place - YELLOW Submarine (Forrest Barnes, Benjamin Bruce, Colin Claytor, Alexander Gill, Samuel Kersting, Griffith Kull, Daniel Liebert, Christian Mitchell, Matthew Ryan, Jacob Siegel, Caleb Sytner, Micah Zhang)
Senior Design Team Awards
- Best Systems Engineering Process:
- HALO (Braden Barkemeyer, David Cease, Kelly Crombie, Jared Dempewolf, Tyler Faragallah, Nolan Ferguson, Ryan Lansdon, Jacob Marvin, Kyle Mcgue, Paolo Wilczak)
- Best Verification and Validation:
- ATOMIC (Andrew Dellsite, Adam Farmer, Camilla Hallin, Corey Huffman, Nate Lee, Brendan Lutes, Jamison McGinley, Anastasia Muszynski, Hunter Peery, Jarrod Puseman, Erin Shimoda, Emily Webb)
- Best Engineering Quality: (2 Winners)
- BUBO BUBO (Charlotte Bellerjeau, Andrew Fendel, Keaton Fitton, Ethan Gabrielle, Karim Krarti, Nickolas Mororo, Kaitlyn Olson, Seif Said, Jesse Williams, Jeremy Yanowitz)
- YELLOW Submarine (Forrest Barnes, Benjamin Bruce, Colin Claytor, Alexander Gill, Samuel Kersting, Griffith Kull, Daniel Liebert, Christian Mitchell, Matthew Ryan, Jacob Siegel, Caleb Sytner, Micah Zhang)
- Best Technical Communication: (3 Winners)
- WRAITH (Matthew Barrett, Jared Bartels, Shannon Chott, Noah Crisler, Austin Cyrus, Julian Jurkoic, Alex Kirk, Dalton Turpen, Cal Van Doren, Maya West, Trevor Willson)
- CUBE3 (Michael Burke, Collin Doster, Rowan Gonder, Venus Gonder, Roger Heller, Adam Hu, Evan Johnson, Ben Pearson, Travis Peccorini, Britnee Staheli, Michael Strong)
- WIRMS (Nicholas Bearns, Emanuele Costantino, Marisa Exnicious, Jason Li, Bradley Lutz, Riley Perez, Lewis Redner, Sevi Senavinin, Samuel Shaver, Silvio Rossi, Eric Vanderwolf, Alexis Wall)
- Best Engineering Understanding: (2 Winners)
- VISION (Max Audick, Cameron Baldwin, Adam Boylston, Zhuoying Chen, Tanner Glenn, Ben Hagenau, Adrian Perez, Andrew Pfefer, Ian Thomas, Bao Tran, Theodore Trozinski, Mathew van den Heever)
- TOMCAT (Austin Scheck, Cole Kenny, Grant Novota, Jake Schroeder, Katie Steward, Lara Buri, Lauren De Moudt, Lucas Perry, Manuel Lindo, Matthew McCallum, Srikanth Venkataraman, Trevor Weschler)
Senior Design Individual Awards
- Most Effective Project Manager: Julian Jurkovic and Andrew Dellsite
- Honorable mention to Kaitlyn Olson and Joseph Grengs
- Most Effective Systems Engineer: Nolan Ferguson and Andrew Fendel
- Technical Leadership - Mechanical: Danny Liebert and Dalton Turpen
- Technical Leadership - Electrical: Grant Navoro and Lucas Zardini
- Honorable mention to Nathan Castile
- Technical Leadership - Software: Camilla Hallin and Micah Zhang
- Technical Leadership - Testing: Alison Jarvis
- Honorable mention to Cameron Baldwin
- Technical Leadership - Modeling: Charlotte Bellerjeau and Henry Moore
- Honorable mention to Emanuele Constantino and Alexander Pulliam
Undergraduate Award
- Outstanding Senior - Trevor Daniel Weschler
Graduate Awards
- Outstanding Graduate Student in Teaching - Jordan Maxwell
- Outstanding Graduate Student in Research - Kieran Wilson
- Outstanding Graduate Student in Service - Carlos Pinedo
- John A. Vise Award #1 - Valerie Bernstein
- John A. Vise Award #2 - Ian Collett
The John A. Vise Graduate Student Excellence Awards, which were established in 1999 by Mildred Vise, honor the memory of her son, John A. Vise, a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. The award, which consists of a certificate and a $3,000 fellowship, is presented annually to two PhD students who have demonstrated excellence in academics and research, and who have contributed community service.