2024-25 undergrad awards

2024-25 ChE Undergraduate Outstanding & Senior Awards

Sophomore Awards

Outstanding Sophomore Scholarship Award

The Outstanding Sophomore Scholarship Award recognizes an outstanding sophomore student on the basis of scholarship and in consideration of their accomplishments.

  • Sydney Madetzke

Outstanding Sophomore Leadership Award

The Outstanding Sophomore Leadership Award recognizes a sophomore student on the basis of their leadership and organizational involvement also taking into consideration technical and academic achievement.

  • Andrew Dyba

Junior Awards

George T. Tsao Award (Worthy Junior)

The George T. Tsao Award recognizes a worthy junior on the basis of scholarship and in consideration of their accomplishments.

  • Andrew Modin

Stephen Craig Award (Outstanding Junior)

The Stephen Craig Award recognizes an outstanding junior on the basis of scholarship and in consideration of their accomplishments.

  • Sameekshaa Prabhu Panemangalore

Centennial Scholarship (Exceptional Junior)

The Centennial Scholarship, which will help fund the student’s senior year in our School, recognizes an exceptional junior on the basis of scholarship and in consideration of their accomplishments.

  • Alyssa Kohl

Outstanding Junior Leadership Award

The Outstanding Junior Leadership Award recognizes a junior student on the basis of their leadership and organizational involvement also taking into consideration technical and academic achievement.

  • Becca Bedwell

Senior Awards

John Clarence Lottes Award

The John Clarence Lottes Award recognizes an outstanding senior student.

  • Jaatani Abdi

Lindsay Anne Williams Award

The Lindsay Anne Williams Senior Leadership Award honors a senior student based on service to Purdue, service to the community, character and organizational involvement also taking into consideration technical and academic achievement.

  • Giulia Episcopo
  • Kathryn Bingenheimer

Undergraduate Research Award

The Undergraduate Research Award recognizes outstanding students who have participated in chemical engineering research opportunities throughout their academic journey.

  • Jaatani Abdi

Gavin Sinclair Award

The Gavin Sinclair award is to recognize a senior student who has overcome adversity during their academic journey.

  • Arturo Lopez
  • Marcus Crossman

AIChE Award

The AIChE Award is given to a senior student based on his or her service to the department through AIChE.

  • Kamran Hajibayli

Omega Chi Epsilon Award

The Omega Chi Award was established in 1961 to recognize a senior student on the basis on scholarship, leadership and character.

  • Bradley Shannon

Marylin Forney Trailblazer Award

The Marylin Forney Trailblazer award recognizes an outstanding female student whose impact has helped pave the way for women in the field of engineering. The award is based on contribution and participation in the Women in Engineering Program, Women in Chemical Engineering Seminar, and leadership & service efforts within these programs throughout their academic journey.

  • Lily Brodzinski

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

The Outstanding Teaching Assistant award recognizes teaching excellence in senior level courses as voted by the senior students.

  • Austin Choi

Design Team Winners

First Place - TEAM 32

  • Charlotte Doekes
  • Keaton Hahn
  • Katie Huang
  • Kyle Martiniak
  • Calla Tucker
  • Mentor: Agrawal

Second Place - TEAM 5

  • Rylie Baldwin
  • Bailey Feller
  • Robert Gable
  • Sofia Gonzalez
  • Urvi Mathur
  • Mentor: Siirola

Third Place - TEAM 26

  • Avery Kimmel
  • Kaitlyn Mansfield
  • James Mock
  • Caroline Thorne
  • Ethan Wilcox
  • Mentor: Siirola

Honorable Mentions:

TEAM 8 (Amanda Cabral, Abby Delaney, Brianna Eden, Kyra Kapuscinski, Katie Testin)
TEAM 10 (Jaatani Abdi, Rosemary Alderton, Ramon Pardo, Heather Sledzinski, Ethan Trump)
TEAM 19 (Murat Agca, Cameron Bergman, Nathan Byrd, Sam Dunlap, Jadon Yeager)

Project Title: "Direct Air Capture and Fuel Methanol Production"