ECE Undergraduate Awards

At the conclusion of each academic year, the ECE Student Awards Committee selects winners for each of the annual departmental awards. Some awards are based solely on academic performance, while others are based on nominations from ECE faculty, staff and students.

Awards and Prizes

William S. Einwechter Award

Presented annually to one or more members of the ECE senior class who have demonstrated distinguished records of service to ECE and its students, to the College, and to the University.

2003 – Yujin Chung, Mary Allison Goodman, Renaldi Winoto
2004 – Aaron Dobbins, Jian Gong
2005 – Tania Khanna, ChenChow Yeoh
2006 – Pamela Chuang, Meghan Desai
2007 – Cindy Chong, Arojit Saha, Seth Spiel
2008 – Jared Frisch
2009 – Zheng Gu
2010 – David DeTomaso, Richard Zhang
2011 – Alex Gorenstein
2012 – Michael Chin, Aaron Ho, Andrew Kerns
2013 – Cameron Glass
2014 – Julie Wang
2015 – Sang Min Han
2017 – Amanda Pustis, Syed Tahmid Mahbub
2018 – Vaidehi Garg
2020 – Katie Bradford
2021 – Parker Miller
2022 – Akugbe Imudia
2023 – Smith Charles, Harris Miller

John G. Pertsch Prize

Presented annually to two outstanding ECE student scholars who have achieved the distinction of ranking first and second in their third year of study.

2003 – Noah Stein (first prize)
2004 – Setu Mohta (first prize), Woradorn Wattanapanitch (second prize)
2005 – Huixian Chen (first prize), Yaosen Terence Yeoh (second prize)
2006 – Ankur Moitra (first prize), Kevin Graf (second prize)
2007 – Sharath Bhagavatula (first prize), Hongyi Wu (second prize)
2008 – Wuhan Desmond Cai (first prize), Nicholas Hoerter (second prize)
2009 – Mengliang Yu (first prize), Skyler Schneider (second prize)
2010 – Brian Harding (first prize), Paul Swirhun (second prize)
2011 – Xiaofeng Gu (first prize), Gautam Chetan Kamath (second prize)
2012 – Hyodong Lee (first prize), Joshua Wen Hao Lui (second prize), Ackerley Liang Xun Tng (third prize)
2013 – Ivan Radojicic (first prize), Imad Karipper (second prize)
2014 – Isaac Kruger (first prize), Ian Vermeulen (second prize)
2015 – Elias Wang (first prize), Hyun Ryong Lee (second prize)
2016 – Alexander Rucker (first prize), Syed Tahmid Mahbub (second prize)
2017 – Yuqi Zhao (first prize), Danlu Huang (second prize)
2018 – Jacob Glueck (first prize), Drew Mera (second prize)
2019 – Kevin Ying (first prize), Rohan Patel (second prize)
2020 – Rohan Agarwal (first prize), Michaela Lin Battez (second prize)
2021 – Jade Pinkenburg (first prize), Yifan Zhang (second prize)
2022 – Courtney Golden (first prize), Emmi Wyttenbach (second prize)
2023 – Nelson Ooi (first prize), Ambrose Yang (second prize)

Sibley Prize

Presented annually to the senior with the highest combined average over all four years.

2004 – Aman Chawla
2005 – Setu Mohta
2006 – Yaosen Terence Yeoh
2007 – Ankur Moitra
2008 – Hongyi Wu
2009 – Wuhan Desmond Cai
2010 – Skyler Schneider
2011 – Brian Harding
2012 – Xiaofeng Gu
2013 – Guo Jie Chin
2014 – Matthew Stern
2015 – Isaac Kruger
2016 – Hyun Ryong Lee
2017 – Alex Rucker
2018 – Mark Zhao
2019 – Drew Mera
2020 – Kevin Ying
2021 - Michaela Lin Bettez
2022 – Jade Pinkenburg
2023 – Courtney Golden

Chen Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award

Presented annually to the ECE Undergraduate outstanding Teaching Assistant.

2016 – Syed Tahmid Mahbub, Joel Llewelyn
2017 – Nicholas Comly
2018 – Claire Chen
2019 – Paige Trexel
2021 – Megan Backus, Jade Pinkenburg
2022 – Samantha Cole
2023 – Vinay Bhamidipati, Nita Kattimani