2022 College of Engineering Undergraduate Student Awards

The UC Davis College of Engineering congratulates the students who have received Outstanding Senior Awards, Department Citations and Scholar Awards. These students demonstrate the best in leadership, academic achievement and service both in and out of the classroom.

Students with directory listings marked "confidential" have been excluded from the lists below.

2022 M.S. Ghausi Medal

The M.S. Ghausi Medal is named after the College of Engineering’s third dean, Mohammed S. Ghausi. The award is the highest honor bestowed upon one outstanding graduating senior from the College of Engineering. This year’s Ghausi Medal recipient is Gabriella "Gigi" Bond from the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Learn more about Gigi's experience at UC Davis.

2022 Outstanding Senior Award Winners

The Outstanding Senior Awards recognize graduating seniors who have made significant contributions to the learning environment through active academic engagement at UC Davis. This prestigious award is given to seniors across campus and is distinct from the departmental awards. Each College of Engineering department selects one graduating senior per major.

• Aerospace Science & Engineering
  Award recipient record is confidential
• Biochemical Engineering
  Connor Lyon
• Biological Systems Engineering
  Sasha Eckstein
• Biomedical Engineering
  Shannon Lamb
• Chemical Engineering
  Leo Jayachandran
• Civil Engineering
  Matthew Chen
• Computer Engineering
  Ryan Kim
• Computer Science and Engineering
  Benjamin Lee
• Electrical Engineering
  Thomas Abbott
• Environmental Engineering
  Ruby Telfer
• Materials Science & Engineering
  Chad Serrao
• Mechanical Engineering
  Siddhesh Yadav

2022 Department Citation Award Winners

The following students are recognized by their departments for exemplary achievements or service. 

• Biomedical Engineering
  Naijing Guo
  Gigi Bond
  Tzuwei Gabriella Lai
• Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  Sasha Eckstein
  Elijah Stockwell
• Chemical Engineering
  Jason Wu
  Nathanael Kang
  Michelle Lo
• Civil and Environmental Engineering

  Tingxian Liu
  Martin Liu
  Jessica Ha
  Laura Wadsworth
  Michelle Zhang
  Cham Said

• Computer Science
  To be announced
• Electrical and Computer Engineering

  Jacob Sillman
  Gabriela Garcia-Ortega
  Theodora Triano
  Elvin Huang
  Ankit Ohri
  Richard Dowd
  Vincent Huynh

• Materials Science and Engineering
  Pooja Rao
  Avery Adams
  Sevag Momjian
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  Shuhao Wan
  Michael Puso
  Faiza Alvi

2022 Chevron Scholar Award Winners

Chevron Scholar Award recipients come from multiple majors across the college and are managed by the College of Engineering Undergraduate Dean’s Office. The Chevron Scholar Award is made possible by the Chevron Corporation.

• Eshan Thilakaratne
• Georgy Zaets
• Christian Hernandez
• Parth Shah
• Jonathan Hale
• Issamar Garcia
• Julie Nguyen
• Nicholas Chan
• Xuan Huang
• Stacy Long
• Anish Kondepudi
• Kelsey Gill
• Ashna Reddy

All other scholarships for College of Engineering students are managed by the Undergraduate and Prestigious Scholarships office as well as the College of Engineering’s eight academic departments.

Dean’s Honors List

To see the quarterly Dean’s Honors List, click here.

Note: If you received an award but do not see your name on the website, it is because your directory listing is confidential. If you would like to have your name published, please complete a consent to release your directory information for this purpose and email the completed form to engugrad@ucdavis.edu.