Department Head and Hamerschlag University Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Student Award
This award is presented to a senior who exhibits outstanding leadership and service.
Lawrence G. Cartwright Service Award
This award is presented to a senior who exhibits outstanding professional and university service.
H.A. Thomas Sr. Scholarship Award
This award is presented to a senior who exhibits outstanding scholarship.
Harold A. Thomas (1885–1973), Professor of Civil Engineering at Carnegie Tech, was an expert in hydraulics and was both an experimentalist and a mathematical modeler.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Award
This award is presented to a CEE graduating senior who has conducted outstanding research.
James P. Romualdi Civil and Environmental Engineering Award
This award is presented to a senior who exhibits excellence in the traditional areas of civil engineering, both academic and practical.
As an alumnus and longtime faculty member, James Romualdi touched the lives of many students in CEE. He was an expert in structural engineering, concrete design, failure analysis and transportation engineering. His research led to the innovation and patent of fiber-reinforced concrete.
Community and Engagement Excellence Award
This award is presented to a CEE undergraduate or graduate student who demonstrates exceptional leadership in fostering collaboration among groups—including students, faculty, staff, across different departments, and local and global organizations—to create meaningful academic, social, and cultural impact. The recipient actively initiates, leads or contributes to activities that promote long-term positive community engagement while inspiring others to participate and sustain these efforts.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
This award is presented to a graduate student who exhibits outstanding teaching ability.
Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Service Award
This award is presented to a graduate student who exhibits outstanding professional and university service.
Paul P. Christiano (1942–2001), an alumnus and faculty member of the Civil Engineering department, was known for his dedication to Carnegie Mellon. Christiano was an expert in structural and geotechnical engineering and led the graduate program in these areas.
During his tenure at Carnegie Mellon, he served as CEE department head, dean of the College of Engineering and university provost, and helped lead an educational movement that fostered the growth of interdisciplinary research on campus.
Mao
Yisheng
Outstanding Dissertation Award
This award is presented to a Ph.D. student who submits an outstanding doctoral dissertation.
Mao Yisheng was the first recipient of a Ph.D. from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1921. His career was an outstanding example of innovation in civil engineering.
AWARDING OF DEGREES
Bachelor of Science
Master of Science
Doctor of Philosophy
GRADUATES
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Civil Engineering
David Michael Abadi Akerman
Seth Brandon Altman** ◆
Aeryn Anderson
Purva Bommireddy ◆
Additional Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Dylan Lane Bonanno ◆
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Chloe Brown ◆ Minor: Drama
Samuel Chen** ◆
Mia Constantin Minor: Architecture
Jane Cassidy Evans Fleischman ◆ ●
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Alana Caroline Frederick
Paul S. Gonzalez
Luke Matthew Grupp** ◆
Carmen Lee Hagerty ◆
Jongwoo Han** ◆
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Kate Holland Hanson
Dalton Herschel Harmon
Aaron Agustin Hernandez
Beatriz Maria Holzbach
Augustus James Kamal** ◆
Anusha Tejas Modi
Miu Nakajima
Minor: Information Security, Privacy and Policy
Rory Elayne Oden ◆
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Justin H. Oh
Nolan Pitsenberger
Emiliano Plaza Grisanty Minor: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Kevin Z. Riordan**
Christopher Celso Rodas Ochoa
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Stella Masako Saame
Krishnav Sekhri ◆ Minor: Business Administration
Josiah Peter Sespico ◆
Noah Singer** ◆
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Autumn Maya Swartz
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Kaity Wang Minor: Chinese Studies
Tianqi Wang
Environmental Engineering
Madeline Ruth Falk ◆
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Carla Sofia Gomez-Fonseca Minor: Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Harrison Jacob Green ◆
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Isabella Krisky ◆
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
Samantha Elizabeth Lee ◆ Minor: Human-Computer Interaction
Antara Mageshwaran Minor: Cybersecurity and International Conflict
Flannery DuPree McNair ◆
Additional Major: Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Shria Shyam** ◆
Nicole Adamaris Vera
Sophie Isobel Vincens ◆
Additional Major: Engineering and Public Policy
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Medinat Akindele
Thomas and Maria Fok Presidential Fellowship
Sorawich Aungsuthar Fulbright Scholarship
Samuel Chen
George Washington Prize
Mia Constantin ASCE Achievement Award
Pratapaditya Ghosh
Air Quality Research and Study Scholarship; Air & Waste Management Association
Lindsay Graff
Dwight David Eisenhower
Transportation Fellowship
K&L Gates Presidential Fellowship
Carmen Hagerty Fifth Year Scholar
Kate Hanson
Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate Environmental Award
