Prizes and awards presented to degree recipients

Rice undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates reaped a number of fellowships, scholarships and awards this year.

Ann and Joe Hightower Superior Award in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Minjung Kim

Barbara Field Kennedy Prize in American History

• CarrieAnne Simonini DeLoach

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

• Syed Shahmeer Shams
• Jim Lu Zhang

Biosciences Award for Outstanding Leadership

• Isabella A. Gutierrez

Biosciences Award for Outstanding Research

• Calvin Michael Carroll
• Sueda Hafsa Cetinkaya
• Annelise Leah Goldman
• Abigail Page King
• Surabhi Reddy Madadi
• Omar Moussa Pasha
• Dru Gabriel Myerscough
• Aayushi Parthiv Shah
• Camila Cara Vinson

BP Prize for Best Research Paper on Energy Economics

• Lucas Benjamin Tyler

Byron Pope Award for Outstanding Performance in Master of Energy Economics

• Dustin Droll

Capt. Charles Septimus Longcope Award in History

• Arang Ha
• Miller Shores Wright

Caroline S. and David L. Minter Award for Best Graduating English Major

• Laura Omolara Fagbemi

Charles Garside Jr. Prize in History

• Nathaniel Dinu Askanase
• Kamil Samir Cook
• Pauline Claire Huff
• Katelyn Autumn Landry
• Victoria Kaori Saeki-Serna
• Kierstin Rea Wilkins
• Victoria Marie Zabarte

Chillman Prize

• Andrea L. Gomez
• Andrea Rebeca Rubero

Christine Croneis Sayres Memorial Scholarship in Art

• Alfonso Pelaez Rovalo
• Laura Elizabeth Semro

Christine Croneis Sayres Memorial Scholarship in Art History

• Christine Gjoerup
• Sumin Claire Hwang

Department of Spanish and Portuguese Cervantes Award for Outstanding Seniors

• Leenah Abojaib
• Devin Jaxsen Amodio
• Luke Isaac Cantu
• Karina Alexandra Cavazos Gonzalez
• Cynthia Yvette Garcia
• Rocio Gonzalez-Espresati Clement
• Rebecca Nicole Gonzalez-Van Wart
• Kazi Raqibul Hossain
• Christian Michael John Hulkow
• Elizabeth A. LaBue
• Mark Collin Lawrence
• Phillis Michelle Range
• Caroline Gilbreth Segers
• Cadfael D. Soulard

Department of Spanish and Portuguese Dr. James A. Castañeda Award for Best Essay in Golden Age Literature

• Leenah Abojaib

Department of Spanish and Portuguese María Teresa Leal Honors Thesis Prize

• Rocio Gonzalez-Espresati Clement
• Christian Michael John Hulkow

Dr. and Mrs. David M. Mumford Endowed Award

• Krithi Pachipala
• Ishaan Rischie

Dr. Joy Browne Award for Outstanding Senior in Cognitive Sciences

• Charlotte Rebecca Hirsch

Dr. Michael A. and Donna Kidwell Gibson Undergraduate Leadership Award in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• William Thomas Carsten

Edward B. Arrants Award

• Shreekumar Babasaheb Kale

Excellence in Academic Advising Award to Peer Academic Advisors

• Leenah Abojaib
• Alyssa Esmeralda Balandran
• Justin Ryan Cheung
• Diego Enrique Degenhart
• Indya K. Porter
• Chuying Su
• Akshaya Venkatesh
• Ben Li Zaltsman
• Jim Lu Zhang

Excellence in Art History

• Andreea Ioana Calin

Fiona Tolhurst Memorial Award

• Shucheng Yan

Frank Lee Berry Jr. Award in Art History

• Mia Dora Guien
• Shucheng Yan

Fulbright Award

• Raychel Bahnick
• Isabella Felicitas Bowers
• Maya Gabrielle Levitan
• Jinjiang Zhang

Gaston Rimlinger Prize

• Lucas Benjamin Tyler

Gene Hackerman Award

• Daniela Ennis
• Weisizhe Ma

George J. Schroepfer Jr. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Biochemistry

• Jim Lu Zhang

George J. Schroepfer Jr. Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Biochemistry and Cell Biology

• Barbara de Freitas Magalhaes

Gilbert L. Hermance Award in Kinesiology — Health Sciences

• Meheret Shemeles Adera

Gilbert L. Hermance Award in Kinesiology — Sports Medicine

• Eduardo Gonzalez Villarreal

Graham C. Stebbings College Service Award

• Marykathryn Snapka Charles
• Tatyanna Michelle Epps

Henrietta Wood Memorial Prize

• Victoria Marie Zabarte

Henry Adams American Institute of Architects Graduate Medal

• Lene-Mari Sollie

Henry Adams American Institute of Architects School Medal

• Anna Yen Fritz

Honors in Cognitive Sciences

• Charlotte Rebecca Hirsch

Honors in Economics

• Moses Aaron Glickman
• Ranie Lin
• William David Miles
• Rachel Christian Moore
• Lucas Benjamin Tyler
• Matey Todorov Yanakiev

Honors in History

• Kamil Samir Cook
• Katelyn Autumn Landry
• Kinsale Eugene Reilly
• Victoria Kaori Saeki-Serna
• Benjamin Lev Schachter
• Victoria Marie Zabarte

Honors in Political Science

• Claire Marie Noel
• Lila McCleer Greiner

Honors in Psychological Sciences

• Aliza Rachel Brown
• Dylan Arthur Morgan
• Jonathan Isaac Najman
• Peter Joseph Nikonowicz
• Phillis Michelle Range
• Tomas Francis Russo
• Dillon Stewart

Houston Gas Processors Association Annual Scholarship

• Minjung Kim
• Andrew Pardes

Hugh Scott Cameron Service Award From the Student Association

• Camsy Yanru Huang
• Jake Poothullil Joseph
• Isabel Andrews Karohl

Inprint Marion Barthelme Prize in Creative Writing

• Colton Bradley Alstatt

Ira and Patricia Gruber Award for Best Honors Thesis

• Katelyn Autumn Landry
• Victoria Kaori Saeki-Serna

James Street Fulton Prize for Excellence in Philosophy

• Lillian C. Wieland

Jenessa Shapiro Award for Best Undergraduate Thesis

• Dillon Stewart

Jennifer and Purvez Captain Award for Outstanding Economics Dissertation

• Kirill Evdokimov
• Andrea Salvati

Jesse Tsu Sport Management Academic Achievement Award

• Hanyang Wang

Jessie Matthews Memorial Award in Studio Art

• Catherine Justine Hettler

Jimmy Disch Sport Analytics Award

• Caleigh Amanda Page

John L. Margrave Thesis Award in Chemistry

• Xun Chen

John P. McGovern Outstanding Premedical Student Award

• Aaron Cong-Anh Nguyen

John R. Kelly Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics

• Ajinkya Sanjeev Keskar

John W. Brelsford Award for Superior Scholarship, Leadership or Service

• Aliza Rachel Brown

John W. Gardner Award in Humanities

• Timothy Ryan Grieve-Carlson

Kathleen Gamber Ballanfant Award in Film and Photography

• Grace Lauren Vincent

Kathleen S. Matthews Teaching and Mentoring Award

• Camsy Yanru Huang

Kenneth R. Laughery Award for Best Master’s Thesis in Psychology

• Elisabeth R. Silver

Kristine Wallace Prize

• Janae Y. Bethea
• Daniel B. Crouse

Leroy C. Gibbon Award in Geology

• Damanveer Singh Grewal

Lindsay Roemmich Sport Management Achievement Award

• Jennifer Helen Spell

M.N. Davidson Fellowship

• Yidong He

Malcolm Gillis Award in Economics

• Joseph Connor Bowering
• Cara Yixin He
• Matey Todorov Yanakiev

Malcolm Gillis Prize in Mathematical Economic Analysis

• Lucas Benjamin Tyler

Master of Energy Economics Award for Scholarly Excellence

• Xinyi Kong

Mavis C. Pitman Memorial Prize in Art

• Sumin Claire Hwang

Max Freund Prize in German Studies

• Alec Dylan Bates-Artinian

Michael Maraldo Sr. Southwest Terrazzo Association Architecture Scholarship

• Yiying Chen

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

• Amelia Rose Peeples
• Allison Michelle Price
• Alisa N. Webb

Outstanding Bioengineering Design Project

• Anshuman Agrawal
• Corbett Stanton Fong
• Bhavya Gopinath
• Alex James Lammers
• Cole Alexander Ponsi
• Vanessa Javiera Salinas
• Kevin Sun
• Angelica Lolita Torres

Outstanding Senior in Bioengineering

• Victoria Hui Kong
• Alex James Lammers
• Maya Gabrielle Levitan
• Cole Alexander Ponsi
• Angelica Lolita Torres

Patricia and Robert H. Parks Jr. Prize for Excellence in Economics

• Sukriti Agarwal

Peter Mieszkowski Prize for Honors Program Research

• Ranie Lin
• William David Miles

Pi Delta Phi André Bourgeois Award in French

• Christine Gjoerup

Raymond Swift Medal in Art

• Kinsale Eugene Reilly

RCEL Engineering Leadership Award

• Jade Alexandra McAdams

Robert H. Parks Jr. Prize for Excellence in Engineering Leadership

• Juan De La Garza Jr.

Ronald Soligo Public Policy Essay Prize

• Rachel Christian Moore

Roy and Hazel Zeff Memorial Fellowship

• Sofia Flores-Rojas
• Saba Prize
• Munevver Nur Duran

Sallyport Award

• Mason Patrick Reece

Sam Worden Endowed Memorial Fund in Geophysics

• John Timothy Sheehan
• Neng Xiong

Sherry Matusoff Merfish Award

• Caleb McClellan Dukes

Student Association Outstanding Seniors

• Meheret Shemeles Adera
• Alyssa Esmeralda Balandran
• Jacob Rock Doddridge
• Madeline Forbes
• Lila Breina Frenkel
• Nikhil Gattu
• Varun Naidu Kukunoor
• Nicole Ariel Lennon
• Shifa Abdul Rahman
• Morgan E. Seay

Susie Smith Vandiver Scholarship

• Victoria Kaori Saeki-Serna

Teaching Award for Student-Taught Courses

• Leenah Abojaib
• Avery Marie Bullock

Texas Society of Professional Engineers Outstanding Senior Engineering Students

• Samantha Fuentes
• Minjung Kim

Visual and Dramatic Arts Chairman’s Choice Award in the Arts

• Matthew Blaise Willis

Visual and Dramatic Arts Excellence Award for Film and Photography

• Jacob David Simon
• Isabel Ference Wiatt

Visual and Dramatic Arts Service Award, Honoring Randall McCabe

• Keshav Nikhil Wagle

Wagoner Foreign Study Scholarship

• Aruni Suchir Areti
• Kamil Samir Cook
• Natalie Claire Festa
• Annelise Leah Goldman

William C. Howell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

• Celine Dan-Tam Nguyen

William C. Lukes Memorial Award in Photography, Honoring Paul Hester

• German Uriel Gonzalez

Best Aerospace or Transportation Technology Award

• Jung Yoon Lee

Best Conceptual or Computational Modeling Engineering Design Award

• Kaitlyn Elisabeth Heintzelman

Best Energy-Related Engineering Design Award

• Leslie Karyme Arrazolo
• Juan De La Garza
• Ethan Verghese George

Best Environment and Sustainability Engineering Design Award

• Davis Richard Elder
• Elizabeth Fuller Groenewold
• Alexander James Ho
• Andres Mazas

Best Gaming, Creative or Innovative Technology Award

• Joshua Grady Holder
• Jade Alexandra McAdams
• Athena Gabrielle Odwuor
• Athena Gabrielle Odwuor
• Jarrett Thomas Prchal
• Jalil K. Spearman
• Sergio Octavio Espinoza Torres

Best Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Award

• Colin Christopher Edwards
• Theodore Elliott Hoisington
• Jae Hyen Kim
• Emiliano Mora
• Misael Ortiz
• Kimberly Rodriguez Parilli
• Spencer Brian Wong

Best Medical Device Technology Award

• Anshuman Agrawal
• Cole Alexander Ponsi
• Vanessa Javiera Salinas
• Kevin Sun

Beth Shapiro Award

• Ajah Chiann Hale

Bill Wilson Prize for Best Electrical and Computer Engineering Design

• Jie Ji
• Bertrand Louis Odinet
• Yufei Shen
• Zhanyi Sun
• Qixuan Yu

Dr. and Mrs. David M. Mumford Endowed Award

• Krithi Pachipala
• Ishaan Rischie

Excellence in Capstone Engineering Design

• Eunice Ida Aissi
• Dustin Allen Belsha
• Caroline Adair Courbois
• Marshall Faustino Doty
• Scott Johnston Fessler
• Elise Rain Gibney
• Aidan Patrick McAnena
• Jaanita Subhan Mehrani
• Christian Ronald Metoyer
• Oluwadara E. Okeremi
• Andreas Ignacio Piaggio
• Megha Reddy
• Leonardo David Sanchez Solis

Honors in Political Science

• Lila McCleer Greiner
• Claire Marie Noel
• Mason Patrick Reece

Honors in Sociology

• Ajah Chiann Hale
• Dylan Hai Nguyen
• Aaron Michael Vaughan

Ida B. Wells Award in Public Sociology

• Bianca Mabute-Louie

Jill Pitman Jones Award - Intramural Sports Female

• Hadley Margaret Kruse

Jill Pitman Jones Award - Intramural Sports Male

• Oland James Osaje Carter

John Ambler Award for Best Honors Thesis

• Lila McCleer Greiner

John P. McGovern Outstanding Premedical Student Award

• Aaron Cong-Anh Nguyen

John W. Gardner Award in Social Sciences

• Yuki Atsusaka

Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts

• Sumin Hwang
• Kipras Dovas Mazeika
• Christina Mei Zhou

Lyn Ragsdale Prize for Best Master of Global Affairs Capstone Project

• Eliana Ruiz Carrero

M.A. "Mike" Wright Award

• Kelly Avant
• Tohfe Bassam Beidas
• Francisco Alberto Gallegos
• Takeya T. Green
• Carlos Alberto Puentes
• Keri Sprung

Master of Global Affairs Award for Superior Capstone Writing

• Gabriela Angelo de Oliveira
• Madison L. Prause
• Max Freund Prize in German Studies
• Alec Dylan Bates-Artinian

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

• Jaanita Subhan Mehrani

Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

• Eric Wesley Wice

Outstanding Published Research in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

• Carsten Guillaume Bruno Grupstra

Outstanding RURS Poster Award in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

• Kennedy Leigh Coleman

Paul and Christiane Cooper Prize in Music Composition

• Alexander Lee Berko

People's Choice Award - Engineering Design Showcase

• Mahmoud M. Badawi
• Tremayne Julius Currie
• German Gonzalez
• Tyler Jerome Montague
• Antoine Xavier Pierre'Auguste
• Jakob P. Valdez
• Andrew Hua Yan
• Ben Li Zaltsman

Rice EMS Award for Public Service

• Rebecca Lee Egan

Weber-Durkheim Award For Excellence in Sociology

• Dylan Hai Nguyen

William P. Hobby Award for Best Political Science Paper Presented at a Professional Conference

• Jared Oestman

William W. Akers Senior Design Award in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Davis Richard Elder
• Elizabeth Fuller Groenewold
• Allen Jinhan Lin
• Andres Mazas

Willy Revolution Award for Innovation in Engineering Design

• Jaeger Bull
• Christopher Hugh Conway
• Corbett Stanton Fong
• Robert Anderson French
• Bhavya Gopinath
• Alexander James Lammers
• Vincent Solomon Pearce
• Brian S. Shepetofsky
• Brendan Michael Suckley
• Angelica Lolita Torres
• Matthew Foster Whaley

Woods Leazar Innovation Award for Excellence in Engineering

• Robert Chen
• Will Armstrong Coben
• Christopher Seong-Hwa Hong
• Tristan Slayde Mansfield
• Andrew Hsu Xavier