School of Engineering

Annual Awards Reception - Spring 2023

Outstanding Juniors

Avery Rogers	Civil Engineering
Paris Somerville	Computer Science
Nora Akere	Construction Management
Avery Stilwell	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ashley Vandersand	Industrial Engineering
Sierra Eigenmann	Mechanical Engineering
Ugochukwu Chukwuemeka Eleonu	Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering

Outstanding Seniors

Lukas Bixen	Civil Engineering
Michael French	Computer Science
Mikaylah Burris	Construction Management
David Kern	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Seth Allen Bedwell	Industrial Engineering
Ashlen Knabach	Mechanical Engineering
Thien Huu Nguyen	Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering

Outstanding Graduate Students

Cristian Rodrigo Tolava Torrico	Civil Engineering
Trevor Auten	Computer Science
Brianna Witherell	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Onur Topcu	Industrial Engineering
Negar Rafiee Dolatabadi	Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Outstanding Teacher

Jianwei Huang	Civil Engineering
Dali Ismail	Computer Science
Ralph Tayeh	Construction Management
Steve Muren	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sohyung Cho	Industrial Engineering
Terry Yan	Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Outstanding Alumni

George C. Andres	Civil Engineering
Jeff Croxell	Computer Science
Ryan Perryman	Construction Management
Andrew Maggio	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Craig Eversman	Industrial Engineering
Wesley Schooley	Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

 

School of Engineering

Outstanding Researcher	Albert Luo	Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Outstanding Service	Kamran Shavezipur	Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Outstanding Adjunct	Ted Pruess	Civil Engineering
Outstanding Service to the School of Engineering	Georgia Reynolds-Ratliff	School of Engineering

School of Engineering Donors and Awards

BRiC Partnership, LLC Scholarship
Sponsor: BRiC Partnership, LLC
Recipient: Josiah Olden Civil Engineering

Bill & Jean Luan STEAM Scholarship
Sponsor: Mr. Bill and Mrs. Jean Luan
Recipient: Agbaraoluwa Kayefi Kuboye Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering

C.A. Jones, Inc. Scholarship
Sponsor: C.A. Jones, Inc.
Recipient: Ethan Booth Construction Management

Charles F. and L. Jane Coffin Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: Mr. Charles H. and Mrs. Emily E. Coffin
Recipients: Ryan Hanks Computer Science
Luke Welsh Computer Science

Dr. Charles Alvin Wentz, Jr. Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: The Late Dr. Charles Wentz, Jr.
Recipient: Ugochukwu Eleonu Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering

CFMA of St. Louis Construction Management Scholarship
Sponsor: Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) -
St. Louis Chapter
Recipient: Dylan Hites Construction Management

Constellation Clinton Clean Energy STEM Scholarship
Sponsor: Constellation Nuclear-Clinton Power Station
Recipient: Connor Mayall Electrical & Computer Engineering

Grady Family Foundation Entrepreneurship Scholarship
Sponsor: The Grady Family Foundation
Recipient: Mukesh Kumar Das Industrial Engineering

James C. Fowler Scholarship in Engineering
Sponsor: Mr. James C. Fowler and Family
Recipient: Kylie Bolandis Civil Engineering

Jerry Kane Public Service Scholarship
Sponsor: Agency for Community Transit
Recipient: Brian Oehl Civil Engineering

Joseph A. Hamilton Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Mr. Mark and Mrs. Joanne Palmer
Recipient: Jakob Schoeberle Electrical & Computer Engineering

Juanita Jean Riley Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Dr. Tyria Riley
Recipient: Chauncey Haywood Electrical & Computer Engineering

Kay Guse Founder’s Award for (SWE) Student Leadership
Sponsor: Mr. Paul and Mrs. M. Kay Guse
Recipients: Kaitlyn Colligan Industrial Engineering, Avery Stilwell Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Mirella Eldridge Industrial Engineering

Dr. Laura McCullough Scholarship
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Foster
Recipient: Manny Ordoñez Webb Electrical & Computer Engineering

M. B. Corlew Memorial Award in Engineering
Sponsor: The Late Mrs. Mary Corlew
Recipient: Godfred Adjai-Darko Computer Science

NAWIC St. Louis - Construction Scholarship
Sponsor: National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) -
St. Louis Chapter
Recipients: Nora Akere Construction Management, Oye Efonkoya Construction Management, and Carter St. Cin Construction Management

PayneCrest Electrical Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: PayneCrest Electric, Inc.
Recipient: Jared Wright Electrical & Computer Engineering

Pitzman’s Company Surveying Scholarship
Sponsor: Pitzman’s Company of Surveyors & Engineers
Recipient: Cory Baalman Construction Management

Raghupathy & Sailarani Bollini Scholarship
Sponsor: The Late Dr. Raghupathy & Mrs. Saila Bollini
Recipient: Narangoo Tumur Electrical & Computer Engineering

Russell C. Solomon Award for Excellence in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Family of The Late Mr. Russell Solomon, Jr.
Recipient: Kaitlyn Colligan Industrial Engineering

Sally Ferguson Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Agency for Community Transit
Recipient: Jessica Frisbee Civil Engineering

Senator William (Bill) Haine Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Agency for Community Transit
Recipient: Nora Akere Construction Management

Emeritus Dean Hasan Sevim Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: Emeritus Dean Dr. Hasan Sevim
Recipient: Courtney Smith Computer Science

Dr. Charles Alvin Wentz, Jr. National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Scholarship
Sponsor: The Late Dr. Charles Wentz, Jr.
Recipients: Ugochukwu Eleonu Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, Kayefi Kuboye Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, Josiah Olden Civil Engineering, and Virgie Jones Undeclared

Civil Engineering Donors and Awards

Dr. Charles Alvin Wentz, Jr. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Scholarship
Sponsor: The Late Dr. Charles Wentz, Jr.
Recipients: Magda Carbajal, William Denny, Harpreet Kaur, and Jaaron Williams

The Civil Giving Scholarship in Honor of Vicki LaRose
Sponsor: Civil Giving - The Charitable Arm of Civil Design, Inc.
Recipient: Kylie Bolandis

Dan Cote Memorial Scholarship in Civil Engineering
Sponsor: Mrs. Jo Ann Cote and Mr. Rich Oller
Recipient: Sam Schlegl

Oates Associates Civil Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: Oates Associates, Inc.
Recipients: Gregory Platt, William Denny, Kylie Bolandis, Sam Schlegl, and Brady Dillon

RJN Foundation Civil Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: The RJN Foundation
Recipient: Chandler Hans

Computer Science Donors and Awards

Gateway to Innovation Scholarship
Sponsor: Society for Information Management (SIM) - St. Louis Chapter
Recipient: Aiden Nelson

Grace Murray Hopper Memorial Award
Sponsor: Dr. Jimmie R. Hattemer
Recipient: Stephanie Lato

Heise Family Foundation Computer Science Student Scholarship
Sponsor: Mrs. Angela Heise and Family
Recipients: Abigail Mette, Jayme Greer, Godfred Adjei-Darko, Simran Patel, and Luke Welsh

William H. Gentry Computer Science Scholarship
Sponsor: Mr. Hal Gentry and Mrs. Jean Daniel-Gentry
Recipient: Zachary Sappington

Construction Management Donors and Awards

Bommarito Construction Scholarship
Sponsor: Bommarito Construction Company
Recipient: Ethan Booth

Brett Zoelzer Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Family of The Late Brett Zoelzer
Recipients: Kyle Doubet  and Tyler Lungu

Helmkamp Construction Scholarship
Sponsor: Helmkamp Construction Company
Recipients: Noah Scrogum and Zachary Wells

Holland Construction Services Scholarship
Sponsor: Holland Construction Services, Inc.
Recipient: Jonah Krieg

Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association (IPLSA) Scholarship
Sponsor: Board Members of IPLSA - Southwest Chapter
Recipients: Brayden Will Cory Baalman

Ralph F. Korte Scholarship Endowment for Construction Management
Sponsor: Mr. Ralph and Mrs. Donna Korte & The Korte Company
Recipients: Montalvo Del Rio and Dalton Fox

Relationship Builder Scholarship
Sponsor: Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Stefanie Perryman
Recipient: Dylan Hites

The Robert E. Biedermann Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Gremley & Biedermann, Inc.
Recipient: Brayden Will

Sherill Family Scholarship
Sponsor: Mr. David and Mrs. Sharon Sherrill
Recipient: Cory Baalman

Western Construction Group Scholarship
Sponsor: Western Construction Group
Recipient: Noah Scrogum

Electrical and Computer Engineering Donors and Awards

Mike & Verbal Blakey Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: Mr. Mike and Mrs. Verbal Blakey
Recipient: Avery Stilwell

Dr. Robert Rutledge Memorial Electrical Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: Family of The Late Dr. Robert Rutledge
Recipient: Caleb Probst

Dr. Charles Alvin Wentz, Jr. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Scholarship
Sponsor: The Late Dr. Charles Wentz, Jr.
Recipients: Izzy Lamonte, Seth Terry, Dexter Elmendorf, and Alex Abernathy

Industrial Engineering Donors and Awards

Kay Guse Family Industrial Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: Mr. Paul and Mrs. M. Kay Guse
Recipient: Ashley Vandersand

SooBok Wee Industrial Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: Dr. H. Felix Lee
Recipients: Marva Lockett, Chigozie Valentine, and Ugo Njoku

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Donors and Awards

Thomas P. Anderson Mechanical Engineering Scholarship
Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Anderson
Recipient: Conor Sands

Arthur A. Kuhlman Scholarship
Sponsor: The Late Mrs. Agnus Kuhlman and Ms. Sandra Mizer
Recipients: Peyton Weicht and Hunter Stewart

Dr. Charles Alvin Wentz, Jr. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Scholarship
Sponsor:
Recipients: Nicholas White, Elijah Weddle, and Gabriel Dudek

Evan David Allen Scholarship
Sponsor: SISCO - Southern Illinois Sheet Metal Contractors Organization
Recipient: James Metcalf

Sartoris Brothers All-Nighter Mechanical Engineering Scholarship
Sponsors: Mr. Daniel and Mr. James Sartoris
Recipient: Sierra Eigenmann

Dean’s List - Fall 2022

Jace Ackerman

Tope Adio

Godfred Adjei-Darko

Omone Nora Akere

Collin Amann

Jordan Asselmeier

Brandon Au

Cory Baalman

Syed Ammar Abdul Bari

Raj Bariya

Caleb Bayles

Tyler Bean-Catencamp

Seth Bedwell

Kevin Belobrajdic

Ryan Bender

Ethan Bennett

Lee Bequette

Madison Bilotta

Lukas Bixen

Zachary Bluhm

Steven Blunier

Lacey Boltz

Zayne Bonner

Robert Borik

Kevin Botterbush

Shawn Bowers

Maxwell Brandmeyer

Max Brentlinger

David Brider

Matthew Buchholz

Braden Burgener

Mikaylah Burris

Nicholas Burris

Nathan Buss

Colton Byrd

Kaitlyn Campbell

Payton Carroll

Nicholas Chastain

Joseph Cisler

Jason Clark

Seth Clyne

Amara Coleman

Clayton Cornett

Jacob Craven

Mckenna Daiber

Jonathan Daugherty

Avery Davidson

Christopher Day

Claudia De La Cruz

Macy Deck

Thomas DeClue

Kevin DeConcini

Colton DeLong

William Denny

Joseph Depke

Sean Derrick

Ann Doyle

Lacie Duff

Nathaniel Dyer

Jacob Edmiston

Evie Edwards

Trevor Eggemeyer

Eric Eickele

Sierra Eigenmann

Ugochukwu Chukwuemeka Eleonu

Josh Erwin

Tristan Essig

Taitt Estes

Zachary Fillback

Thomas Flach

Riley Flanigan

Matthew Fletcher

Angel Flores

Gabriela Francesca Flores Guevara

Joshua Ford

Seth Fourcault

Damon Fowler

Kaitrin Francis

Lucas Freeze

Caden French

Andrew Friedel

Jessica Frisbee

Kristian Fuhrman

Collin Fuller

Alex Garcia

Ethan Gardner

Gema Garibay

Francis Garrison

Jacob Geisen

Austin Geist

Zechariah Georgian

Nicole Andrea Gomez Romero

Richard Graves

Katherine Greuel

Alexis Gross

Margaux Guibal Britt

Joseph Haenel

Ryan Hagen

Wilson Hamby

Ryan Hanks

Jonathan Harris

Kyle Haschemeyer

Sophia Hasler

Austin Hayes

Dylan Head

Luke Head

Owen Helfrich

Austin Herkert

Kristen Hill

Darragh Hindrichs

Dylan Hites

Samuel Hutcherson

Colton Hyman

Iretomiwa Idowu

Matthew Jackson

Morgan Jackson

Landon Jansen

Keaton Jilg

Katherine Jones

Thomas Jones

Lena Juenger

Luke Karlas

Jamie Kattenbraker

Jason Kattenbraker

Dominik Kayser

Kaitlyn Kelble

David Kern

Daniel Kloppe

Ashlen Knabach

Abraham Koch

Aiden Kocher

Benjamin Kordick

Jonah Krieg

Ryan Kulasekara

Evan Labonte

Curtis Lake

Isabel Lamonte

Jacob Langer

Clifton Langhoff

Samuel Jay Dixon Layton

Long Thanh Le

Cara Levingston

Yankun Lin

Luke Ludwig

Max Ludwig

Austin Luebbers

Andrew Luthy

Qiuhao Ma

Tianji Ma

Kole Madrigal-Kaltenbronn

Jianan Mao

Joshua Marion

Joseph Masinelli

David Mathus

Connor Mayall

Bryce Mccarthy

Carter McClure

Ian McCormick

Andrew McCullough

Thomas Mcinerney

Camden Mckay

Dakota Mendoza

Alexander Merlo

James Metcalf

Abigail Mette

Steven Meyer

Alexander Miller

Kurtis Miller

Sophia Miller

Andrew Milloshewski

Ryan Monahan

Kaia Morena

Nicole Morgan

Olivia Morgan

Tyler Mowen

Graham Mueller

Ammar Naser

Aiden Nelson

Anna Nguyen

Thien Huu Nguyen

Edward Nooney

Regan Norrenberns

Lilly Oliver

Wisdom Eden Omodiagbe

Manuel Ordonez Webb

Henry Orteza

Shaun Pacatte

Yan Pang

Camryn Parker

Abin Paudel

Nicholas Payne

Lyndel Perry

Khoi Minh Pham

Rachel Piazza

Charles Poindexter

Zachary Poland

Riwaz Poudel

Mason Pritchett

Caleb Probst

Kameron Rachell

Kimberly Radecki

Patrick Rawson

Ben Raymond

Bryce Reeves

Zachary Renz

Graham Reynolds

Jaxon Rhoades

Blake Rhodes

Bryce Riemenschneider

Alexander Roberts

Caleb Robinson

Avery Rogers

Evan Rohlfs

Kyle Ronat

Kimberly Roskamp

Evan Rossell

William Sallenger

Jay Sanders

Leonardo Sandoval Pardo

Lucas Sandoval Pardo

Connor Sands

Zachary Sappington

Cody Schaefer

Dylan Schaller

Lucas Scheibal

Sam Schlegl

Ross Schmidgall

Katherine Schneider

Elijah Schumer

Noah Scrogum

Brenden Seehausen

Jacob Segelhorst

Thomas Siganga

Benjamin Small

Courtney Smith

Paris Somerville

Christopher Spanske

Zachary Specht

Garrett St. John

William Stanforth

Spencer Stearns

Brendon Steinacher

Cameron Stephens

Jacob Stephens

Jacob Sterr

Hunter Stewart

Avery Stilwell

Andrew Stingley

Robert Stock

Ryan Straeter

Dustin Stuart

Ian Stutz

Joseph Swan

Bryce Tate

Mason Taylor

Leopold Tejkowski

Seth Terry

Ronal Thapa

Isaac Thomae

Andrew Timmermann

Matthew Tipton

Silwana Tiwari

Katie Toennies

Nolan Tolbert

Nathaniel Tooley

Hung Ngoc Tran

Tyler Traub

Hung Luong Quoc Truong

Narangoo Tumur

Ashley Vandersand

Ana Vasquez

Ryan Vicic

Ryan Vogelbacher

Michael Voltz

Ryan Waegner

Ashley Wahome

Brendan Wallace

Nicholas Walters

Zachary Walters

Cole Warden

Carson Webb

Jarek Wehrle

Peyton Weicht

Matthew Weidner

Justin Weihe

Luke Welsh

Alex Wernex

Kyle Wesolowski

Evan Wessel

Jasmine White

Samuel White

Charlie Whittleman

David Wickman

Jacob Wilcoxen

Ian Wilgus

Carley Wilkerson

Joshua Wilkinson

Brayden Will

Jacob Williams

Makhaela Wilson

Joshua Winters

Gavin Witsken

Matthew Wolden

Cameron Woodard

Jessica Woodley

Ryan Woodruff

Aidan Wright

Makenzie Wright

Samuel Wynn

Yuchen Xia

Hangyu Yao

Frank Zachman

Lorenzzi Zappa

Tanner Zbinden

Jayden Zebrowski

Haibo Zhao

Hanqi Zhao

Jacob Ziolkowski

Claudia Zuber

Jared Zurliene