5/18/2017 Susan Mumm, Media Specialist
Written by Susan Mumm, Media Specialist
Aerospace Engineering at Illinois recognized several of the Department’s undergraduate and graduate students this spring with awards for scholastic achievement and other contributions.
AIAA Scholastic Achievement Award, presented in fall and spring semesters to the graduating senior with the highest GPA — Meng Feng of Des Plaines, Illinois (May 2017); and Jacob M. Dray of Wilmette, Illinois (December 2016)
Dale Margerum Memorial Award, honoring1979 graduate Dale Margerum, who was very involved in extracurricular activities and who died in an accident the summer after graduation. The award is presented to an undergraduate who exemplifies outstanding leadership qualities by participation in departmental extracurricular activities — Paul Detrempe of Menlo Park, California
H. Everett Sutter Passion for Flying Scholarship, awarded to an AE undergraduate who is uniquely passionate about flying — Peter E. Rebholz of St. Louis, Missouri
H.S. Stillwell Memorial Scholarship, presented in memory of Prof. H.S. Stillwell, founder of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and head of the department from its inception in 1944 until his death in 1976. The scholarship is presented annually to an undergraduate student in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement and extracurricular activities—Ryan M. Noe of East Peoria, Illinois; and Jonathan Zur of Encino, California
H.S. Stillwell Problem-Solving Scholarship was established by a generous alumnus as a tribute to H.S. Stillwell and the role he played as a mentor to students. It is given to a junior-level or first-semester senior majoring student majoring in aerospace engineering who exhibits exemplary problem-solving skills — Cassandra Kay Dickey of Yale, Illinois
Jo Ann Haynes Platt & Daniel Wall Platt Memorial Award, presented to the sophomore, junior or senior female undergraduate James Scholar and/or Chancellor’s Scholar studying aerospace engineering — Yukti Kathuria of Sonepat, Haryana, India
Michael W. Miller Aerospace Engineering Innovation Award, established to promote entrepreneurial ideas in the area of Aerospace innovation. This year’s award goes to the CAPSat CubeSat Team. — McKale F. Berg of Godfrey, Illinois; Dawn M. Haken of Champaign, Illinois; and Ethan T. Verebelyi of Tuscon, Arizona; Emilio Garcia of Urbana,Illinois; Channing P. Philbrick, Jr. of Evanston, Illinois; Richard J. Kunde of Urbana, Illinois
Robert W. McCloy Memorial Award, presented in memory of Prof. R.W. McCloy, who served on the faculty from 1945 to 1977, and was the first faculty member hired in the new Department of Aeronautical Engineering. He was known for his research and teaching in propulsion and for his pioneering work in jet propulsion. The award is presented to a junior or first-semester senior student in recognition of outstanding academic performance — Noel C. Brindise of Deer Park, Illinois; Katherine M. Carroll of Urbana, Illinois; and Ethan L. Clemmitt of Wilmette, Illinois
AE Alumni Advisory Board Fellowship, presented annually to a graduate student in recognition of outstanding research, academic performance, and research accomplishments — Gavin K. Ananda of Ampang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Faculty Outstanding Graduate Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Department’s teaching and/or research missions — Drew Ahern of Chicago, Illinois
Kenneth Lee Herrick Memorial Award, presented annually to a graduate student in recognition of outstanding research and academic performance — Antoine B.E. Blanchard of Duclair, France
Preston A. Henne Aerodynamics Fellowship in Aerospace Engineering, established to fund a graduate student in the area of aerodynamics. — Or D. Dantsker of Wyckoff, New Jersey
AE students also recently have garnered awards from several other organizations.
- Boeing Engineering Diversity Scholarship – Natalie C. Pfister of Rolling Meadows, Illinois; Kyle A. Schildgen of Mount Prospect, Illinois, Wesley J. Warton of Burr Ridge, Illinois
- Calvin Barnes Niccolls Memorial Scholarship – Nicholas J. Zuiker of Crestwood, Illinois
- Edward E. and Lillian Hussemann Memorial Scholarship – Andres Cuevas of Chicago, Illinois
- Edward E. and Elizabeth Joanne DeZwarte Engineering Scholarship – Alec J. Cepeda of Oswego, Illinois; Braulio Gomez of Chicago, Illinois
- Engineering Excellence Scholarship – Joshua V. Daniel of Des Plaines, Illinois; Steven L. Kosvick of Bolingbrook, Illinois; Nicole A. Zaworski of Northbrook, Illinois
- Engineering Freshman Scholarship – Brenda A. Reyn of Libertyville, Illinois
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- Illinois Engineering Achievement Scholarship – Destiny M. Fawley of Bloomington, Illinois; Elizabeth M. Fleming of Glen Ellyn, Illinois; Robert Morales of Plainfield, Illinois
- Illinois Engineering Enhanced Scholarship – Jack M. Johnson of Marengo, Illinois; Nicklaus O. Richardson of Maryville, Illinois
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- Joanne and Roger L. Plummer Scholarship – Jonathan D. Tomaszkiewicz of Rockford, Illinois
- PATHWAYS Engineering Scholarship – John W. Batke, Jr., of Wheaton, Illinois; Joel J. Khristy of Naperville, Illinois; Moiz Vahora of Chicago, Illinois
- Robert M. Stephens Engineering Scholarship – Kristen L. Brusich of Plainfield, Illinois; Sara E. Kochanski of Bensenville, Illinois
- William L. and Elizabeth A. Ackerman Scholarship – Edward Guan of Dunlap, Illinois; Connor J. Latham of Lakemoor, Illinois; Emily A. Tokarski of Barrington, Illinois
- WYSE Academic Challenge Scholarship – Joshua Reeder of Orland Park, Illinois
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Undergraduate Team Space Design Competition – First Place, Team Alma: Kyle Weiskircher, Michael A. Busch of Wichita, Kansas; Samyak T. Shah of Streamwood, Illinois; Andrew Slowik, Jacob Denton, Matthew E. Crisman of Champaign, Illinois; Andrew Holm; Second Place, Team LoCATE: Matt Ciastro, Joseph Lasser, Caite (McCarthy) Beck, Joseph Mueller, Jeffery Pekosh, Seth M. Zelman of Mount Vernon, Illinois; Third Place, Team TRIDENT: Sam Forgerson, Mihir J. Patel of Bloomington, Illinois; Jiby Mamen, Scott Neuhoff, Sabeeh Butt, William J. Kazakis of Des Plaines, Illinois
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- Diffenbaugh Fellowship – Patrick J. Sears of Urbana, Illinois
- Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship – Imran Hayat of New York, New York
- Give Something Back Foundation Award – Alberto Davila, Jr., of Crest Hill, Illinois
- 2016 IEEE/ION Position Location and Navigation Symposium Best Paper Award – Yuting Ng (with Assistant Prof. Grace X. Gao)
- Illinois Space Grant Fellowship – Ryne T. Beeson of Lake Forest, Illinois; Gabrielle E. Wroblewski of LaSalle, Illinois
- Illinois Space Grant Scholarship – Jorge Aranda of Gurnee, Illinois; Noel C. Brindise of Deer Park, Illinois; Katherine M. Carroll of Urbana, Illinois; Sara Legg of Naperville, Illinois; Lawrence E. Sheridan of Ottawa, Illinois; Jonathan Zur of Encino, California
- ION GNSS+ Conference Best Presentation of the Session – Sriramya Bhamidipati (with AE Assistant Prof. Grace X. Gao)
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- 2016 NASA BIG Idea Challenge – First place: Austin P. Scott of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Samuel J. Wywrot of Lombard, Illinois; Jose Mari Tuason, Steven L. Kosvick of Bolingbrook, Illinois; Sashang Gummella, Faculty advisor Zachary R. Putnam
- 2016 NASA Robotic Mining Competition Best Systems Engineering Paper – Illinois Robotics in Space team: Kaushik S. Ponnapalli of Champaign, Illinois; Deepa A. Kote of Frankfort, Illinois; Branden M. Kirchner of Champaign, Illinois; Gooyoung Jung of Tucson, Arizona; Byron B. Hopps of Winnetka, Illinois; Andrews Rodriguez Reina, Christina Choi of Mahwah, New Jersey; Daniel L.A. Woodall of Lebanon, Ohio; Jacob R. Drewniak of Rolla, Missouri; Karman P. Joshi of Carol Stream, Illinois; Malhar S. Jere of San Jose, California; Dean E. Romanchek of Lake Forest, Illinois; Adana Pappas, Alen E. Golpashin of Buffalo Grove, Illinois; Berkan Bolkan of Urbana, Illinois; Brandon D. Powers of Grover, Missouri; Brandon Woods, Brooke Polak of Warrenville, Illinois; Da-Yae Frail of Kewanee, Illinois; Dong Hoon Kang of Champaign, Illinois; Grant Brucker of Lake Forest, Illinois; Jean Won Park Kwak of Gangnam-Gu Seoul, Jeffrey Jun of Champaign, Illinois; Jiby Mamen, Joseph M. Stelter of Chicago, Illinois; Jordan Konick, Liam R. Power of Allentown, Pennsylvania; Lian Lu, Maximilian Sieb, Michael A. Kopera of Tinley Park, Illinois; Nathan L. Havens of Lisle, Illinois; Sang A. Lee, Tianyang Zheng of Shanghai; Ying Chen, Zhendong Yang of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Faculty advisor Brian Woodard
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- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship – Branden M. Kirchner of Champaign, Illinois
- 2016 Research Live! Finalist – Kyung Yun Choi of Champaign, Illinois
- Society of Plastic Engineers Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition Graduate Scholarship – Srikanth Raviprasad of Champaign, Illinois
- Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition – Second Place, Women in Aerospace at Illinois: Katherine M. Carroll of Urbana, Illinois; Melanie A. Ciancio of Urbana, Illinois; Ian M. Charter of Bonfield, Illinois; Sara E. Kochanski of Bensenville, Illinois; Sara Legg Dopico of Naperville, Illinois; Christopher G. Lorenz of Roselle, Illinois; Lui Suzuki of Irvine, California
- Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Chapter of the Year Award – Illinois Space Society
- University of Illinois Bronze Tablet (Top 3 percent of college graduating class) – Meng Feng of Des Plaines, Illinois; Jake J. Goldrich of Skokie, Illinois; Alex James of Reston, Virginia; Arthur C. Lapin of Orland Park, Illinois
- Yee Fellowship – Hao Chen of Champaign, Illinois
- Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship – Revathi Jambunathan of Urbana, Illinois