The Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) held it's Roger P. Webb Awards Program at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building Atrium on Monday, April 15, 2024, celebrating the outstanding achievements of its students, staff, and faculty.
With ECE Senior Associate Chair Ying Zhang leading the proceedings, over 50 students, five staff members and five faculty members received some of the School's highest honors in front of a packed crowd.
Among the most prestigious honors of the night, the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, went to Ghassan AlRegib for his outstanding contributions to research, education, and service.
The following is a list of the recipients of the 2024 Roger P. Webb Awards. The event was recorded and is available to watch online and all photos are available for download on the ECE Flickr.
Undergraduate Student Awards
HKN Outstanding Electrical Engineering Sophomore Award
Barnabe Marty
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the honor society for ECE, recognizes the electrical engineering student who is in their second year and who has the highest scholastic average.
HKN Outstanding Computer Engineering Sophomore Award
Pedro Chen
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the honor society for ECE, recognizes the computer engineering student who is in their second year and who has the highest scholastic average.
Electrical Engineering Junior Scholar Award
Prithvi Ulaganathan
This award recognizes the academic excellence and outstanding involvement in co- and extra- curricular activities of an electrical engineering student who is about to enter their senior year of study.
Computer Engineering Junior Scholar Award
Yash D. Vardhan
This award recognizes the academic excellence and outstanding involvement in co- and extra- curricular activities of a computer engineering student who is about to enter their senior year of study.
HKN Outstanding Electrical Engineering Senior Award
Aaron E. Wu
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the honor society for ECE, recognizes the senior electrical engineering student who has a very high scholastic average and who plays an active role in extracurricular activities.
HKN Outstanding Computer Engineering Senior Award
Maxime Beaulieu
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the honor society for ECE, recognizes the senior computer engineering student who has a very high scholastic average and who plays an active role in extracurricular activities.
ECE Undergraduate Research Award
Michael Meng
This award recognizes an electrical or computer engineering undergraduate student who has demonstrated an unusually strong aptitude for research.
ECE Outstanding Service and Outreach Award
Amanda Hegadorn
Georgia Tech has a responsibility to serve its local, national, and international communities. This award reflects the importance of improving people’s lives in the surrounding Georgia community and beyond. Investing time in such activities can have significant rewards for Georgia Tech in the future, and recognizing students who participate in and organize such activities helps to motivate other students to do the same.
ECE Faculty Award
Jennifer Wolfe
This award is given to the electrical or computer engineering student who, in the opinion of the ECE faculty, has done the most to improve the educational environment within ECE or Georgia Tech and has contributed significantly to both student welfare and student-faculty interactions.
Computer Engineering Senior Scholars
Bottom row (L-R): Michel Walid Maalouli, Youssef Jaafar, ECE Senior Associate Chair Ying Zhang, Michael Meng, Marshall Yuan. Second row (L-R): Kelvin Hau Loo, Sushant Guha, Aman Koul, Yash Venkatraju Kulkarni, John Bowzard. Third row (L-R): Hyochang Kim, Dennis Zubov, Andrew Julian Gunawan, Nirmal Karthik, Nicholas Yeoman Harris, Connor Talley. Fourth row (L-R): Eric Wahyudi Zielasko, Clifford Yao, Maxime Beaulieu, Yongnuo Yang. Not pictured: Nathaniel Gregory, Nicholas Augustus Mantione, Bo Han Zhu, Steven Zhao, Aiden Lyons Pek, Adrian Poss.
Electrical Engineering Senior Scholars
Bottom row (L-R): Joseph Johnson, Ashley A. Goodnight, ECE Senior Associate Chair Ying Zhang, Andrew Wang, Erik William Masselink. Second row (L-R): Alison Christian Yan, Charles Lindberg, Aaron Rieck, Adrian Alfonso Candocia. Third row (L-R): Colton Lee Walker, Hong Ray Teo, Thomas P. Contis (2023 awardee), Nicholas Jin Leone. Top row (L-R): Robert Patrick Pesch, Ryan Emadi, Brandon Joshua Young, Matthew Woodward, Not pictured: Bennett Bush, Caitlinn Ellis, Mihir Kasmalkar, Alex Schroeder, Eric Shi, Aaron Ellis Wu.
Graduate Student Awards
Colonel Oscar P. Cleaver Award
Biswadeep Chakraborty
The Colonel Oscar P. Cleaver Award is given to the Ph.D. student who presented the most outstanding Ph.D. dissertation proposal in the previous year.
ECE Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Awards
Rudranshu Datta and Justin Zhang
Teaching undergraduates is one of ECE’s most important missions. Teaching assistants are necessary to ensure that every student has the opportunity for personal attention during their course of study. These awards will be given to the GTAs who have demonstrated particular excellence in performing their duties.
ECE Graduate Research Assistant Excellence Awards
Piyush Kumar and Justin Zhang
Research is the cornerstone to ECE’s success. Nurturing bright and hardworking graduate research assistants (GRAs) are among the most important factors in ensuring that ECE remains a leader in the research community. These awards will be given to the GRAs who have demonstrated particular excellence in performing their duties.
Staff Awards
Hats Off Performance Award
Quoc Anh Nguyen, Lucretia Allen, and Eve Cuero
These awards recognize the classified staff members who have demonstrated exceptional job performance and/or service to ECE above and beyond the call of duty.
Research Spotlight Award
Ashkan Zandi
This award is presented to a researcher who has made a significant contribution to the research efforts in ECE.
Academic Spotlight Award
Barbara Howard
This award is presented to the researcher, classified employee, or general faculty member who has made a significant contribution to the ECE teaching or academic program.
Faculty Awards
Outstanding Non-Tenure Track Faculty Award
Sankaraleengam Alagapan
This inaugural award recognizes outstanding accomplishments and/or performance to a non-tenure track faculty member at any rank (associate, senior, or principal).
D. Scott Wills Mentoring Award
Douglas Blough
This award recognizes a faculty member whose mentoring of junior faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and Ph.D. students — in connection with teaching or research activities — over an extended period of time is judged to be exceptional.
Outstanding Junior Faculty Member Award
Nima Ghalichechian
This award recognizes the most outstanding assistant professors and/or associate professors in ECE with less than 10 years since their initial faculty appointment.
Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Member Award
Tushar Krishna
This award is presented to an associate professor or full professor no more than 10 years past his/her appointment as, or promotion to associate professor. The award recognizes exceptional performance in research, teaching, and service.
Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award
Ghassan AlRegib
This award is presented to the senior faculty member who has made significant contributions throughout his/her career.