Departments Recognize Excellence in Teaching, Teaching Assistance and Stellar Students

The University of California, Davis College of Engineering celebrates faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students selected by the college's eight academic departments to receive Excellence in Teaching Awards, the Outstanding Senior Award and undergraduate student department citations.

Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented to one faculty member and one graduate student teaching assistant in each department for strong commitment to the educational mission and vision of the college and for consistently performing above and beyond expectations in teaching and mentoring the next generation of engineers and leaders.

The Outstanding Senior Awards recognize one graduating senior per major who has 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 citations, which recognize exemplary achievements or service among graduating seniors.

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

• Excellence in Teaching Award: Ruihong Zhang
• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: Ian Nielsen
• Outstanding Senior Award: Nicolas Almeida (Biological Systems Engineering)
• Department Citations: To be announced 

Biomedical Engineering

• Excellence in Teaching Award: Jen Choi
• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: Hayley Kumagai
• Outstanding Senior Award: Saahil Sachdeva
• Department Citations:
  • Claire Hsu
  • Saahil Sachdeva
  • Ernest Wang

Chemical Engineering

• Excellence in Teaching Award: Glaucia Helena Carvalho do Prado
• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: Joaquin Mogollon Santiana
• Outstanding Senior Award:
  • Qianyi Zhu (Biochemical Engineering)
  • Danny Nguyen (Chemical Engineering)
• Department Citations:
  • Tasneem Afiff
  • Jacob Aquillo
  • Frank Mao

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Excellence in Teaching Award: Jon Herman
• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: Riya Anilkumar
• Outstanding Senior Award:
  • Sydney Griffin (Environmental Engineering)
  • Simeon Buttery (Civil Engineering)
• Department Citations:
  • Dana Alkhunaizi
  • Jerry Dai
  • Natalie Dennis
  • Emmett Rayhill
  • Daniel Grimes
  • Garett Hawes
  • Lindsey Hollandsworth
  • Curtis Lee
  • Brandon Ng
  • JP Piro
  • Nika Self

Computer Science

• Excellence in Teaching Award: Dave Doty
• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: Jason Eissayou
• Outstanding Senior Award:
  • Christina Phan (Computer Science)
  • Jason Feng (Computer Science and Engineering)
• Department Citations:
  • Kim Calabrese
  • Alex Chen
  • Amabel Gale
  • Saili Karkare
  • Lauren Mandell
  • Mitha Mysore
  • Raddish Paik
  • Kei Rockwell
  • Darroll Saddi
  • Mira Stenger
  • Keena Vasiloff
  • Megan Wood
  • Leo Ying

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Excellence in Teaching Award: Weijian Yang
• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: To be announced
• Outstanding Senior Award:
  • Shawn Feezer (Computer Engineering)
  • Victoria Lam (Computer Engineering)
  • Manjari Talasila (Electrical Engineering)
• Department Citations:
  • Praneeth Eravelli
  • Earl Escobal
  • Jinsi Guo
  • Jonathan Hess
  • Alexander Ilusorio
  • Rayyan Islam
  • Sukhman Kahlon
  • Philip Kvamme
  • Shengmin Liu
  • Anusheel Nand
  • Calvin Oberhauser
  • Brian Olszewski
  • Luis Ramirez Padilla
  • Ziyad Samarah
  • Fatima Shaik
  • Kushagra Tiwari
  • Tao Wang
  • Peggy Zhu

Materials Science and Engineering

• Excellence in Teaching Award: Jeremy Mason
• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: William Hahn
• Outstanding Senior Award: Megan Hong
• Department Citations:
  • Vikram Gopalan
  • Kaitlyn Phipps

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Excellence in Teaching Award: Barbara Linke
• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: Michael Buonarati
• Outstanding Senior Award: Michael Taylor (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
• Department Citations:
  • Joshua Alder
  • Kayla Cunningham
  • Jaryd Leong
  • Tina Le
  • Madison Nickels