Mechanical Engineering Graduates of 2021
From all the Faculty and Staff in the Mechanical Engineering department: Congratulations on your Graduation!
Mechanical Engineering Degree Candidates
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science
Minor in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
Matthew James Robinson
Awards
RICHARD S. & GRACE LEE AWARD
$500 Scholarship for Top BE Students Going to Grad School
Erick Nicolas Meza
Brian W. McCarthy
RICHARD S. & GRACE LEE AWARD
$500 Scholarship for Top Dissertation
Shrinath Deshpande, PhD - "Data-Driven Approach to Variational Synthesis of Mechanisms"
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Matthew John Mullin
Daniella Rose Hebert
Brian Joseph Lee Roberts
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER
Sean Vierling, for his work on the NSF-Funded Research Experience for Undergraduates
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY RECOGNITION AWARDS
Eric Froehlich, AIAA
William Grosse, Robotics Team
Amro Halwah, Robotics Team
Jamila Khanfri, Robotics Team
Joseph Maalouf, Robotics Team
Amanda Martuano, Motorsports Team
Matthew Mullin, AIAA
Mark Peniera, AIAA
Joseph Quispe, AIAA
Christopher Sherling, Motorsports Team
Sean Vierling, ASME
Eric Williamson, AIAA
Michael Wolinski, AIAA
Raidah Zaman, Robotics Team
Ethan Zeng, AIAA
Wen Zeng, AIAA
OUTSTANDING SENIOR DESIGN AWARDS
1st Place
Group 24, Bio-Electric Human-Machine Interface for Control of a Prosthetic Hand
Giselle Flores, Lesther Reyes, and Madeline Sanchez
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Ge / Rafael Tejada
2nd Place
Group 4, Automated Spice Dispenser
Muneeb Khan, Jack Nevicosi, William Wallace, Hong Zhan Yang
Faculty Advisor: Jay Mendelson
3rd Place
Group 22, Motorized Paddleboard/Kayaking Fin
Christian Funes, William Grosse, Justin Holland,
Neal
Shah
Faculty Advisor: Dimitris Assanis
UNIVERSITY AWARDS
Student Employee Mountain Mover Award
Sean Vierling
Presidential Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Vamiq Mustahsan
2021 Provost's Award for
Academic Excellence
Thea Vijaya Kumar
Matthew Mullin
Sean Vierling