Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2022! As part of our annual graduation ceremonies, we are recognizing numerous students and teams for special achievements. These honors were announced during a special reception May 5.
AIAA Most Outstanding Senior
Chancellor’s Recognition Award (4.0 GPA)
Graduate Student Awards
Vise Award (Four Winners)
- John Martin, Advisor: Hanspeter Schaub
- Samuel Albert, Advisor: Hanspeter Schaub
- Sage Sherman, Advisor: Allison Anderson
- Tim Dittmann, Advisor: Jade Morton
The John A. Vise awards are presented annually to aerospace PhD students for demonstrated excellence in academics, research, and community service.
Graduate Award for Teaching
- Emma Markovich, Advisor: Francisco Lopez Jimenez
Graduate Award for Professional Service
- Jordan Dixon, Advisor: Torin Clark
Graduate Award for Research
- Alvaro Romero-Calvo, Advisor: Hanspeter Schaub
- Riley Reid, Advisor: Robert Marshall
Senior Project Team Awards
Best Engineering Understanding
- GUST (Adam Buencamino, Eric Cervantes, Luke Engelken, Alex Kenyon, Chris Krebs, Nic Mayhan, Jake Miles-Colthup, Anand Trehan, Billy Weigl)
- DROPS (Ben Capeloto, Alex Karas, Cody Watson, Nate Kuczun, Daniel GutierrezMendoza, Joshua Schmitz, Ian Chakraborty, Caroline Dixon, Sid Arora, Mia Abouhamad, Dominic Dougherty, Rafael Figueroa)
Best Systems Engineering Process
- TALON (Zac Vanlangendonck, Patrick Tippens, Christian Williams, Collin Kasunic, John Oliver, Anthony Danna, Selmo Almeida, Slava Rychenko, Jason Peloquin, Dante Vigil, Ethan Fleer, Nicholas Boender)
- GOATSES (Cody Wheeler, Quentin Morton, August Hauter, Elena Salgado, Gracie Antonucci, Isaac Timko, Nickolas Taylor, Jack Harrison, Ben Foehr)
- SBMS (Ian Adler, Shreeyash Nadella, Evan Meany, Benjamin Gavin, Nathan Zhao, Jamie Henault, Richard Folsom, Joseph Harrell, Devin Geegan)
Best Technical Communication
- BACCHUS (Connor Baldwin, Ben Chupik, William Gravel, Elijah Vance, Tanisha Anand, Bryce Glacken, David Shaw, Thyme Zuschlag, Kailey Rex, Libby Moore, Derrick Choi, Leah Selman)
- DROPS (Ben Capeloto, Alex Karas, Cody Watson, Nate Kuczun, Daniel GutierrezMendoza, Joshua Schmitz, Ian Chakraborty, Caroline Dixon, Sid Arora, Mia Abouhamad, Dominic Dougherty, Rafael Figueroa)
Best Verification and Validation
- NanoSAM III (Donny Wolfe, Austin Bathgate, Evan Hiemstra, Andrew Haskett, Alex Israel, Robert MacFarland, Peter Dicerbo, Amanda Nelson, Raymie Fotherby)