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Aerospace 2025 Graduation Awards

Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2025! As part of our  graduation week ceremonies, we are recognizing outstanding students and teams at the undergraduate and graduate level for special achievements.

Most Outstanding Senior and Chancellor's Recognition Award (4.0 GPA)

  • Madison Lin

CU Engineering Award for Academic Engagement

  • Ivy Hill

CU Engineering Award for Perseverance

  • Teegan Loretta Oatley

Graduate Award for Teaching

  • Alyxis Ellington

Graduate Award for Professional Service

  • Taylor Lonner

Graduate Award for Research

  • Julian Hammerl

Senior Design Team Awards

  • Outstanding Team: LEONIDS
    • Adrian Bryant, Quinten Krikava, Nicole Rogers, Polly Fitton, Tyler Renken, Murilo Tibana, Savar Rodine, Mark Turner, Andrew Vo, Shane Billingsley, Sam Allen, Daniel Mascarenas, Victoria Madden
  • Outstanding Professionalism: BLERP
    • Sophia Orlandella, Ben Martin, Rahul Sampangiramiah, Jacob Greco, Regan Craig, Alex Putnam, Ian Holm, Zach Malcomson, Ben DeBlasio, Jordan Richardson, Alexander Keller, Nikolas Welch
  • Outstanding Communication: WAFFLE
    • Matt Leidli, Bryce Pfuetze, Nathan Whittenburg, Ariana Bower, Vivian Young, Mikayla Cervantes, David McGraw, Summer McCluskey, Jordan Mosher, Nicholas Vialpando, Zachary McGuinn, Zachary Selleck, Zach Mund, Chris Franklin
  • Outstanding Creativity: TOMATOSOUPS
    • Oliver Jaeckli, Paige Catena, John Dallin, Eli Greene, Berenger Hickey, Abbitt Holland, Madison Lin, Connor McEniry, Aadi Pore, Logan Skulley, Will Steinfort, Philip Szeremeta, Tiannie Zhao
  • Outstanding Modeling / Simulation: HAWK
    • Sean Laufenberg, Matt Turner, Nathan Malyszek, Jackson Clark, Akram Alribi, Fahad Alawadhi, Nicole Crouse, Alex Kistamma, Bo Iacobbo, Chase Malanowski, Saikiran Chandramouli, Sebastian Escobar
  • Outstanding Prototype: OMEGA
    • Nikhita Sathiyan, Drew Barbec, Milo Casey, Trevor Castano,Logan Deison, Ethan Domagala, Felix Evrard, Gabe Law, Jacob Lei, Eric Meyer, Teegan Oatley, Anthony Tucciarone, Nick Young 

Senior Design Individual Awards

Outstanding Program Manager

  • Sophia Orlandella
  • Matthew Ramos

Outstanding Systems Engineer

  • Abbey Hicks
  • Polly Fitton

Outstanding CFO

  • Jacob Greco

Technical Leadership: Software

  • Winnie Regan
  • John Dallin

Technical Leadership: Electrical

  • Connor Larson
  • Liza Graybill

Technical Leadership: Mechanical / Manufacturing

  • Dana Gutierrez
  • Jordan Mosher

Technical Leadership: Systems and Testing

  • Alexandra Putman
  • Skyler Puckett

Outstanding Contributor Award

  • Kyle Goodall
  • Darius Mirhosseini
  • Kasey Connors
  • Teo Schollmaier
  • Adrian Northcutt
  • Peter Johnson
  • Anvie Gowrishankar
  • Taylor Bata
  • Sandra Sarinana