The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering celebrated its annual awards banquet.
Photos by Matthew Cosner.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2025 Award Winners
Faculty and Staff Awards
2025 Scientist of the Year Award
Bronislaw Gepner
2025 Researcher of the Year Award
Patrick Hopkins
2025 Early to Mid-Career Researcher of the Year
Jason Forman
2025 Graduate Advisor of the Year
Cindy Chang
2025 Great and Good Service Award
Staff Team
2025 Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award
Gavin Garner
2025 Outstanding Aerospace Engineering Faculty Award
Chloe Dedic
2025 Outstanding Advisor Award
Natasha Smith
Graduate Student Awards
2025 Outstanding Graduate Research Award
Michael Jeong, Muhammad Waseem, Soroush Zare
2025 Outstanding Graduate Leadership and Service Award
Junior Noss
2025 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Madhurima Aryal, Max Chern, Jiacheng Guo
2025 John E. Scott Award
Alec Menzer
Undergraduate Student Awards
Columbia Scholarship
Craig Kalkwarf
George B. Matthews Scholarship
Tingyo Tan
Harold S. Morton Scholarship
Jose Elverdin
Louis T. Rader Chairperson Award
Kaitlin Cole, Harshit Dhayal
Diversity Leadership Award
Kathryn Geoffroy
Pilkey Scholarship
Mary Cotter
