Prizes and awards to degree recipients

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

Academy of American Poets Prize
Doha Kamel Aboul-Fotouh

Alan Grob Prize
Daniel Aleksandre Cortez
Kayla Ellen Hatchell
Yuxin Cecilia Liang
Shannon Hill McNamara
Rachel Margaret Mitchell
Jennifer Njeri Muturi
Dante A Zakhidov

Alan J. Chapman Award in Mechanical Engineering
Laura Helen Blumenschein
Erika M Danckers

Alice Pratt Brown Scholarship
Rosanna Kim Cross
Courtney Katherine Seng
Rachel Stanbery

Alpha Rho Chi Medal
Scott Austin Key
Isabella Marcotulli

American Institute of Architects Certificate
Yutian He
Rasem Mazen Kamal

American Institute of Architects Medal
Ningxin Cheng
Vy Drouin-Le

American Institute of Chemical Engineers South Texas Section Scholarship
Victoria Elaine Brooks
Gabriella Jeanet Guevara
William Patrick Kasper

Ann and Joe Hightower Superior Award in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ryan Cedric Roberts

Association for Corporate Growth Scholarship
Mitchell Phillip Currie
Brian Francis Nolan

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Charles Henry Adelmann
Kamal G. Shah
Ravi Uday Sheth

Ben Love – BNSF Railway Corp Endowed Scholarship
Karen Elizabeth Cook
Isabel Maria Gaeta
Dean Robert McKibben

Ben Love Endowed Scholarship
Indraneel Dileep Shikhare

Bernard Fuchs Scholarship
Jessica Nicole Bondurant

Beth Shapiro Award
Clara Katharine Roberts

Bill & Sally Ann Windle Endowed Scholarship
Robert W. Mark

Bill Wilson Prize for Best Electrical and Computer Engineering Design
Adam Seth Bloom
Sai Supreeth Mannava
Chase Elias Stewart

Billy Wohn Award
Seth Clarence Gearhart

Carl E. Isgren Iron Owl Award
Daniel Joseph Peera

Caroline S. and David L. Minter Award for Best Graduating English Major
Doha Kamel Aboul-Fotouh
Courtney Kendall Krolczyk

Center for the Study of the Presidency Fellowship
Daniel Aleksandre Cortez

Charles Garside, Jr. Prize in History
Emma Newall Hurt
Kara van Schilfgaarde
Walter Hurst Williamson
Yuanzhou Wu

Charles R. “Butch” Robinson-Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship
Courtney Lamon Gordon

Chevron Scholarship in Engineering
Jeremy Ryan Hunt
Spencer James Kent
Adam James McMullen
Sean Thomas Peters

Chevron Scholarships
Gloria Denisse Cahuayme Zuniga
Muhammad Rafeh

Chillman Prize
Sea Hoon Kim

Christine Croneis Sayres Memorial Scholarship in Art
Alana Mary Grace Anderson
Amiri Emmanuel Boykin

Christine Croneis Sayres Memorial Scholarship in Art History
Reed Sullivan Thornburg

Clark P. Read Award for Excellence
Molly Marie Cisneros

Classical Studies Prize
Daniel Alejandro Graves

Clifford Lefton Lawrence Award in British History
Caitlin E. White

Cooper M. & Zava Waldrop Lochridge Scholarship
Jessica Ann Neeley

Department of Spanish & Portuguese Cervantes Award for Outstanding Seniors
Iyza Fatima Baig
Emily Ruth Begnel
Kristin Marie Foringer
Lyangela Janelle Gutierrez
Andrea Paramo
Reed Sullivan Thornburg
Jessica Kathryn Wilder

Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts Chairman’s Choice Award
Maha Claire Elestwani

Donald I. Wood Award for Excellence in Teaching
San-Pei Lee

Dorothy Royer McCall Endowed Scholarship
Austin Layne Alvis
Liisa Katriina Price

Dr. and Mrs. David M. Mumford Endowed Award
Jesal Rajesh Shah
Kate Jordan Travis

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Best Graduate Student Paper
Christopher Joseph Dibble

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Best Thesis Award
Onja Harinala F. E. Razafindratsima

Edward B. Arrants Award
Edison Yi Ding

Edward D. McDonald Memorial Scholarship
Karan Sihota

Electrical and Computer Engineering Best Graduate Poster
Ardalan Amiri Sani
Narendra Anand

Electrical and Computer Engineering Best Senior Project
Jeremy Ryan Hunt
Spencer James Kent
Samuel Galen Schmidt

Eva Jean Lee Award
Claire Adatuma Uke

Excellence in Academic Advising
Parth Pradeep Agrawal
Victoria Lee Dobbie
Pooja Salguti Reddy

ExxonMobil Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Earth Science
Sally Marie Thurner

ExxonMobil Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award in Earth Science
Maya Frances Stokes

Farb Family Award For Outstanding Achievement for Phi Beta Kappa
Joseph Suhao Xu

Farb Family Award for Outstanding Achievement for the Shepherd School of Music
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Johnson

Financial Executive International Scholarship
Karima F. Jivani

Foley Brothers Scholarship
Ana Caraballo
Sabeeta Makani

Frederick B. Rudolph Award for Outstanding Biochemistry & Cell Biology Senior
David Samuel Lakomy
Ashish Bhaskar Patel

Fulbright Award
Aminat Adeola Adegabi
Lachezar Vladimirov Hristov
Lavanya Lakshmi Rao
Shayak Sengupta

Gene Hackerman Award
Sara Maria Rodriguez

Gene Hackerman Award for Women’s Athletics
Christal Joy Porter

General Colin Powell Commencement Award for Leadership
Daniel Aleksandre Cortez

George J. Schroepfer, Jr. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Charles Henry Adelmann
Marie-Therese Ivanova Valovska

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

George Martin Award
Jordan Neel Taylor

Georgiana Bolton Ladd Scholarship
Jeffrey Idehen

Gilbert L. Hermance Award in Kinesiology- Health Sciences
Cristina Marie Saez

Gilbert L. Hermance Award in Kinesiology- Sports Medicine
Adam Stephen Griffin

Global Geophysical Scholarship
Douglas Edward Crouch
Brian Francis Nolan

Gordon Douglas Watson Award in Corporate Management
Lauren Denise Madden

Graham C. Stebbings College Service Award
Tierra Shanice Moore
Omare Samuel Okotie-Eboh
Zachary Tyler Watterson

Greater Houston Business Ethics Roundtable: Bette Stead Ethics Scholarship
Muxin Li

Guy Hagstette Award
Maia Adele Simon

H.M. “Bud” Redditt Fellowship in Management
Daniel Puchot Ortiz Izquierdo

Harry B. & Aileen B. Gordon Scholarship
Victoria Grinbaum
Vaishnavi Narasimhan
James Bradley Prescott

Henry & Shirley Tsang International Scholarship
Marsha Bridgette Fernandes
Uri Perry
Yafei Ren
Fengyi Zhang
Chingiz Zhangeldin

Honors in Mathematical Economic Analysis
Esteban Andres Pimentel
William DeForrest Rogers
Xinyi Wang
Thomas Ryan Weidman

Honors in Cognitive Sciences
Travis Austin Bauer
Alexander Lam
Da Yae Jeong

Honors in Economics
Andrew Francis Clark
Nicholas Joseph Cornell
Kok Leong Teo
Vijay Krishna Venkatesan

Honors in History
Emma Newall Hurt
Louis Mitchel Lesser
Shelby Erin McPherson
Kara van Schilfgaarde
Walter Hurst Williamson

Honors in Philosophy
Allyson Catarina Arias

Honors in Psychology
Meghan Kathleen Davenport
Julia Lauren George-Jones
Adam Stephen Griffin
Lyangela Janelle Gutierrez
Emily Claire Mitaro
Linda Ton Nguyen
Allison Nicole Shields

Honors in Sociology
Rebecca Helen Raven
Tyler Matthew Woods
Jacob Anthony Hernandez

Houston Gas Processors Association Annual Scholarship
Ryan Cedric Roberts

Houston Gas Processors Association Endowed Scholarship
Sarah Schuele Munday

Hugh and Ann Roff Endowed Scholarship
Kelsey Quin French

Ira and Patricia Gruber Award for Best Honors Thesis
Emma Newall Hurt
Louis Mitchel Lesser

J. Kenneth S. Arthur Scholarship
Mark Christopher Crosby

Jack C. Pollard Endowed Fellowship in Engineering
Richard Peden Latimer
Jose Eduardo Reyes Jr.
Adam Patric Samaniego

Jack F. Maddox Scholarship in Management
Michael Robert Zeringue

James B. Walker Award for Outstanding Senior in Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Jaime Enrique Martinez

James Glanville Award
Brian Lloyd Nordstrom

James S. Waters Creativity Award
Matthew Aria Nojoomi

The James Street Fulton Prize for Excellence in Philosophy
Luke David Riel
Saira Ann Weinzimmer

Jason Chahin Innovation and Excellence Award
Iuliana Maria Hossu

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Black Business Student Association Award
Shanique Farquharson

Jesse Tsu Sport Management Academic Achievement Award
Mary Elizabeth Mohr

Jill Pitman Jones Award – Club Sports
Maya Frances Stokes

Jill Pitman Jones Award – Intramural Sports Female
Anna Maxine McRobert

Jill Pitman Jones Award – Intramural Sports Male
Jordan Augustus Bley

John F. Bookout Endowed Scholarship
Sorelle Charlotte Williams

John J. and Kathleen R. Wieland Scholarship
Sarah Ringold

John P. McGovern Outstanding Premedical Student Award
Eileen Louise Brady
Carissa Elaine Livingston

John T. McCants Prize
Rundong Nan

John W. Brelsford Award for Superior Scholarship, Leadership or Service
Julia Lauren George-Jones

John W. Gardner Award for Best Dissertation in Humanities
Derrick Gray
AnaMaria Theresa Seglie

Jones Fund Scholarships
Alejandra Calad Londono
Sebastian DeGregorio
Catalina Delgado Curtin
Ankit Jhamb
Shouzhen Luo
Sydney Wilmer Martin
Wei Si
Scott Paul Woolley

Jones Graduate School of Business Military Scholars Program
Ivor Johann Kristiansen
Jeffrey Conrad Rosser
William McCord Thigpen
Andrew Bright Vernon

Jones School Partners Scholarship
Corban Douglas Bates
Wei Wei Chen

Joyce Pounds Hardy Award for Outstanding Female Athlete
Natalie Beazant

Julian Huxley Award for Excellence
Preeya Bhavsar

Karen Ostrum George Scholarship
Karen Marie Dietz

Keeton Award in Painting and Drawing
Yutian He

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

Kinder Morgan Excellence in Management Scholarship
Hyun Joo Cho
Charles McKean Simmons

Kreidler Family Endowed Scholarship
Ryan Sims

Lee and Jean Blocker Endowed Scholarship
Blake Edward Parrish

Leroy C. Gibbon Award in Geology
Ananya Mallik

Lindsay Roemmich Sport Management Achievement Award
Justin Ray Wolin

Linguistics Prize for Excellence
Anai Magallon Navarro
Emily Ada Remirez

Lonnie Hoogeboom Scholarship
Katerina Maria Wiltz

Lorane T. Phillips Award for Excellence in Writing
Victoria Grinbaum

Louis and Peaches Owen Fellowship for Professional Masters in Engineering
Mariam Junaid

Louis J. Walsh Engineering Scholarship
Laura Helen Blumenschein
Angelo Brian Micubo Cera
Kathleen Anne Champion
Erika M Danckers
Zhuoqi Du
Jeffrey Michael Dudek
Junli Hao
Charles Ho
Jeremy Ryan Hunt
Hojin Jeon
Yuhao Ji
Qijia Jiang
Matthew Michael Johnson
Mariam Junaid
Hanseul Kim
Carissa Elaine Livingston
Ryan Andrew McKnight
Boying Meng
Emily Claire Mitaro
Taylor Aaron Neal
Caleb Joshua Owsley
Rushi Nilesh Patel
Fay Z. Pauly
Sarah E. Schwettmann
Carolyn Mae Shuford
Luis Fernando Villa
Xinyi Wang
Thomas Ryan Weidman
Chi Tang Wu
Yuxuan Xie
Yuan Yuan
Xuaner Zhang

Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
Yutian He
Reed Sullivan Thornburg

Luce Scholarship
Nicolas James Thorpe

M.N. Davidson Fellowship
Celia Maria Fiallos

Malcolm Gillis Prize in Economics
Andrew Francis Clark

Malcom Gillis Prize in Mathematical Economic Analysis
Thomas Ryan Weidman

Margaret Everson-Fossi Traveling Scholarship
Edward Kerry Joyce
Ariel Rose Mucasey
David Steven Richmond

Mary Ellen Hale Lovett Traveling Fellowship
Yun Zhu Deng
Deniz Haklar
Yutian He

Maureen and Jim Hackett Scholarship
Kyle Anthony Rojas

Mavis C. Pitman Memorial Prize in Arts
Lydia Rose Smith

Max Freund Prize in German Studies
Deniz Haklar
Alexander Lam
Laura Katherine Michel
Ellen Marie Trinklein

MBA Class of 2007 Scholarship Fund
Robert Ross Van Paasschen

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows
Fortino Mario Garcia
Daniel Alejandro Graves
Joyce Marie Jones
Anai Magallon Navarro
Alexandrea Noel Perez
Deleon Jamall Labeau Reescano
Brianne Arrielle Rogers

Michael P. Friezo Family Endowed Scholarship
Jonathan David Rosenbaum

Microsoft Women’s Scholarship
Azalia Mirhoseini

Morris K. Udall Scholarship
Zachary Harris Bielak
Elizabeth Hutson Chilton

Morris R. Pitman Award in Architecture
Bader Albader

Myron A. Wright Educational Investment Fund
Cyrus Aghili
John Henry Trenchard

National Association of Women MBAs, Rice Chapter
Alejandra Calad Londono
Sarah Ringold
Wei Si
Katelyn R. Zachritz

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Christopher Allan Metzler

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Laura Helen Blumenschein
Eva Lauren Dyer
Spencer James Kent
Jaime Enrique Martinez
Rachel Epstein Marzen
Christopher Allan Metzler
Kamal G. Shah
Ravi Uday Sheth
Rebecca Jane Smith
Julia Zhao

NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage Scholarship
Cyrus Aghili

Norman Hackerman Fellowship
Yongji Gong

Nunnelee Preceptorship Fund
Lauren Elise Eggert
Celia Maria Fiallos
Yutian He
Seung Jun Lee
Isabella Marcotulli
Marcel A. Merwin

O.J. Brigance Courage Award
Gabriel Leo Baker

Outstanding Anthropology Major Award: Archeology
Aryn Grace Neurock

Outstanding Anthropology Major Award: Cultural Anthropology
Graham Douglas Hogg

Outstanding Bioengineering Design Project- Incubaby
Amanda Boone
Bailey Rose Flynn
Zaid Faisal Haque
Carissa Elaine Livingston
Caleb Joshua Owsley

Outstanding Bioengineering Design Project- Clotbot
Shukai Chen
Elisa Carolee Clark
Taylor Ashley Daileda
Morgan Emily Sutter

Outstanding Contributions in Bioengineering Design
Matthew Aria Nojoomi

Outstanding Senior in Bioengineering
Ravi Uday Sheth

Outstanding Senior in Cognitive Sciences
Da Yae Jeong

Outstanding Service in Bioengineering
Christopher Andrew Chuckran
Bailey Rose Flynn
Carissa Elaine Livingston

Phil Layton Award for Excellence in the Arts
Alissandria Blaise Benson
Alberto Rodriguez

Phillips 66 MBA Scholarship
David Eugene Allison
Erik Russell Bernal

Pi Delta Phi André Bourgeois Award in French
Eleanor Marie Allen

“R” Association/J. Fred Duckett Postgraduate Scholarship
Zachary Tyler Watterson

“R” Association/Margie E. Sass Postgraduate Scholarship
Erin Raechel Flanigan

Ralph Budd Thesis Award
Jizhou Li

Ralph S. Herman Memorial Scholarship
Melis Ugurlu

Ralph S. O’Connor Scholarship
Erik Russell Bernal
Andrew James Pierpont

Raymond Swift Medal in Art
Helen Anderson Eikenberg
Jonathan Alexander Rivera

Rice Energy Finance Summit Scholarship
Prashant Kompella Surya Sastry

Rice Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Senior Award
Ravi Uday Sheth

Rice Engineering Alumni Association International Service Excellence Award
Parth Pradeep Agrawal

Rice Engineering Alumni Association Leadership Excellence Award
Adrian Christopher Bizzaro
Adam Seth Bloom

Rice Engineering Alumni Association Outstanding Senior Award
Kamal G. Shah

Rice Engineering Alumni Association Research Excellence Award
Shayak Sengupta
Peter Yigitcan Washington

Rice Engineering Alumni Association Senior Merit Award
Parth Pradeep Agrawal
Connor Preston Barnhill
Juan Carlos Borbon
Sun Kyoung Choi
Nimish Mittal
Elizabeth Ann Pina
Qizhong Wang
Peter Yigitcan Washington
Xuaner Zhang

Rice Presidential Fellowship for Graduate Studies
Eva Lauren Dyer

Rice Scholar–Athletes of the Year
Amy Marie Czyz
James Scott Farrimond
Erin Raechel Flanigan
Catherine Meredith Gamble
Seth Clarence Gearhart
Nakachi Komise Maduka
Stephanie Nguyen
Brian Lloyd Nordstrom
Daniel Joseph Peera
Megan Nicole Shafer
Kirby Michael Taylor
Zachary Tyler Watterson

Rice School of Architecture Dean’s Award
Bader Albader
Sara Jacinto
Jaime Pages Sanchez
Pablo Daniel Ruiz Otaolaurruchi

Rice Service Award given in Memory of Dean Hugh Scott Cameron
Brian Christopher Baran
Abigail Annette Gordon
Daniel Michael Imas

Robert E. Phillips Award for Excellence in Presentation
Marsha Bridgette Fernandes
Kelsey Quin French

Robert H. Parks Jr. Leadership Prize for Excellence in Engineering
Lindsey Janet Witte

Robert L. Lohse Memorial Scholarship Fund
April J. Sinha

Robert P. Quin Award for Outstanding Male Athlete
Gabriel Leo Baker

Robert Patten Graduate Student Award
Lynn M. Fahey
Anneli R. Hoggard
Emily Thomas

Rosemary Watkin Barrick Traveling Fellowship in Architecture
Lauren Elise Eggert
Yutian He
Isabella Marcotulli

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
Jennifer Rose Gueler

Roy and Hazel Zeff Memorial Fellowship
Adam Stephen Griffin

Ruth and Gilbert Whitaker Endowed Scholarship
Matthew Austin Thurman

Saba Prize
Sarah Maria Long

Sallie Shepherd Perkins Prize for Best Achievement in Music
Hoi Yue Ng

Sallyport Award
Meghan Kathleen Davenport

The Sam Worden Endowed Memorial Fund in Geophysics
Rachel Epstein Marzen
Matt Boyce Weller

Samuel T. Sikes Jr. Scholarship
Zachary Harris Bielak
Cory Gene Black
Zhiting Cai
Ryan Cedric Roberts
Mengchen Tang

Sherry Matusoff Merfish Award
Kendall Therese Post

Speros P. Martel Scholarship
Mitchell Phillip Currie

Spirit of Service Awards
Christopher Corey Chu
Kayla Ellen Hatchell
Christian Matthew Hauser
Anna Maxine McRobert
Boi-Chau Quynh Nguyen
Kendall Therese Post
Allison Nicole Shields

Student Association Outstanding Seniors
Brian Christopher Baran
Amanda Ruth Boone
Mary Margaret Cornaghie
Nicholas Joseph Cornell
Meghan Kathleen Davenport
Abigail Annette Gordon
Daniel Jon Marin
Brian Lloyd Nordstrom
Christal Joy Porter
Ravi Uday Sheth
John Zachary Timmons

Teresa L. Carrig Scholarship
Isak De Eskinazis

Texas Instruments Graduate Student Fellowships
Narendra Anand
Mohammad Mahdi Assefzadeh
Oscar Bejarano Chavez
Eva Lauren Dyer
Ye Fang
Mayank Kumar
Christopher Allan Metzler
Sharan Naribole
Raajen Patel
Martha Witick

Texas Society of Professional Engineers Outstanding Senior Engineering Students
Jonathan Max Berg
Adam James McMullen
Chase Elias Stewart
Lindsey Janet Witte

Texas Society of Professional Engineers Overall Outstanding Senior Engineering Student
Mariam Junaid

The Methodist Hospital System, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System, Texas Children’s Hospital and Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Endowed Scholarship
Scott Rather Schubert

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
Zachary Harris Bielak
Lydia Rose Smith

Tom Richard Moore Endowed Scholarship
Maximiliano Degwitz Tamayo

The Torkild Rieber Award in Geology
Michelle Jean Muth

TOSY Award
Trevor Caswell
Amy Marie Czyz

Turner Award
Ruocheng Yu

Verne F. Simons Scholarship Fund
Brian Robert Hagstrom
David Zhu

Vernon F. “Doc” Neuhaus Scholarship
Richard Charles Gaut

Wagoner Scholarship
Naomi Ruth Benecasa
Karen Elizabeth Haney
Disha Kumar
Anai Magallon Navarro
Andrew James Stout

Warren Thomas Thagard III Endowed Scholarship
Aaron Anthony Fellers

Weber-Durkheim Prize for Excellence in Sociology
Tyler Matthew Woods

Weiser Leadership Awards
Stephen Sanchez
Brian Sirovetz
Amanda Noel Wilson
Ruocheng Yu

Weiser Research Awards
Kewei Huang
Zhiwei Peng

Weiser Teaching Awards
Sarah Elspeth Knudsen
Stephen Sanchez

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

William D. Darden Award
Joseph Altshuler

William Howard and Marion Frost Keenan Fellowship
Travis Rex Boyle
John Henry Trenchard

William S. Mackey Scholarship
James William Heaton

William W. Akers Senior Process Design Award in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Taylor Nicole Boelkes
Carolyn Marie Cooper
Ryan Louis DuBois
Paige Marie Horton
Xinran Liu

William Ward Watkin Traveling Fellowship
Ningxin Cheng

Winters Family Fund
Kevin Kinte Bentley
Brittany Marie Wright

University Certificate in Civic Leadership
Aminat Adeola Adegabi
Daniel Aleksandre Cortez
Grant Allen Patterson
Kelsey Ann Walker

University Certificate in Engineering Leadership
Samuel De La Torre
John Jacob Gorman
Nicholas James Gruzdowich
Iuliana Maria Hossu
Jade Ruyi Nicole Juzswik
Kevin Jacob Koch
Rebecca Kai-Shuen Lam
Matthew Robert Lord
Ryan Andrew McKnight
Stephen Faust Palasi
Justice Brandon Perez White
John Gabriel Robertson-Lopez
Ivan Mikhailovich Tanakov
Thor Jason Walker
Lindsey Janet Witte