George Deodatis

Senior Vice Dean of Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Feniosky Peña-Mora

Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering; Professor of Computer Science

Raymond Farinato

Professor of Professional Practice in Earth and Environmental Engineering

Daniel Steingart

Stanley-Thompson Professor of Chemical Metallurgy; Professor of Chemical Engineering; Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Shaina Kelly

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Adeyemi Adeleye

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Oscar Nordness

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Alan West

Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Electrochemistry; Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Highlights from the ceremonies

Credit: Eileen Barroso

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Meet the Class Day Speaker

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Class Day speaker and EpiBone CEO Nina Tandon PhD’09 returns to the Engineering School to catch up with mentor and University Professor Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic. Find out how their longtime collaboration has evolved through the years and how their work on EpiBone is advancing personalized medicine. Credit: Jane Nisselson and Beatrice V. Mhando

STUDENT AWARD WINNERS

Zvi Galil Award for Improvement in Engineering Student Life
Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs (CORE)

Bernard Jaffe Prize 
Yunus Kovankaya 

School of Engineering and Applied Science Scholar Athlete Award
Elisa Luo

Campbell Award
Alexander Moreno

School of Engineering and Applied Science Student Activities Award
Katherine O'Reilly

Thomas "Pop" Harrington Medal
Athena Pagon 

George Vincent Wendell Memorial Award
Elias Tzoc-Pacheco

Robert D. Lilley Award for Socially Responsible Engineering
Engineers Without Borders: Yuba County

Morton B. Friedman Memorial Prize for Excellence
Yash Vijay Amonkar, PhD

Graduate Student Life Leadership Awards
Mark Barbet, PhD
Albert Fernandez Veiga, MS

Graduate Speaker
Camille-Louise Kouba Mbayo, MS

Valedictorian and Illig Medal Winner
Ethan Wu

Salutatorian 
Julia Zhao

FACULTY AWARD WINNERS

CEAA Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award
Lydia Chilton, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Xunyu Zhou, Liu Family Professor of Financial Engineering 

Edward and Carole Kim Award for Faculty Involvement
Hardeep Johar, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 

Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award 
Brian Smith, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Presidential Teaching Award Winner
Yi Zhang, Associate in the Discipline of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

ALUMNI AWARD WINNER

Columbia Alumni Medalist
Alexander A. Ned BS’87, MS’90 

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