University System of Georgia Academic Recognition Day Award

Winner: Morgan Knowlton

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Excellence in Leadership Award

This award recognizes outstanding leadership of an ISyE student organization. The award recipient is selected based on the student’s breadth and depth of involvement and leadership in that organization. 

Winners:

• Oscar Aguilar
• Ria Thakkar

Georgia Tech IISE Student Chapter Awards

The Georgia Tech student chapter of IISE offers three awards to recognize those with strong academic performance, service, and leadership.

• Excellence in Leadership Award:
  • Oscar Aguilar
  • Ria Thakkar
• Outstanding First Year Award: Christophoros (Chris) Kontomaris
• Outstanding Senior Award: Jisoon (Mark) Lim
• Rising Star Award: Madeleine Pollack

The Evelyn Pennington Outstanding Service Award

This award is given to a senior who has provided exceptional service to ISyE.

Winners:

• Morgan Knowlton 
• Yassin Watson

The Evelyn Pennington Student Health and Wellness Award

This award is given to the students who show a concrete effort to engage in, advocate for, or lead in efforts to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression.

Winners:

• Joann Ahn
• Annika Callaham
• Hung Doan
• Hannah Erickson
• Adrianna Fu
• Anika Islam
• Cecilia McManus
• Carl Peterson

Undergraduate Research Symposium Presentation Award

The Undergraduate Research Symposium and sponsoring colleges and departments recognize students who have exceptional poster and oral presentations. Students are chosen for a poster award based on the quality of their presentation and are evaluated by judges for each college.

Third place winner (COE): Madeleine Pollack

COE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award

The Outstanding Undergraduate Research award is organized by The Undergraduate Student Research Program and is awarded to an ISyE student who has demonstrated proficiency and promise in research.

Winner: Mckade Stewart

Kurt Salmon Associates Scholarship in Industrial and Systems Engineering

The Kurt Salmon award is presented to selected seniors in ISyE. The award is based on academic merit and contribution to the School. 

Winners:

• Abigail Chambless
• Eman Mustafa
• Trevor Pope
• Jamel Thompson

KS2 Technologies, Inc. Entrepreneurship Award

The KS2 Technologies Entrepreneurship award is presented to current students who have demonstrated entrepreneurship while pursuing the BSIE degree. The award is to be used toward the students’ business or academics.

Winners:

• John Raj
• Raneem Rizvi

Nicolas and Aurora Suarez Condezo International Award

The Nicholas and Aurora Suarez Condezo International Award recognizes a student who pursues progress through education, strives to take tangible actions to improve their communities, and aspires to pay it forward to others in their lives.

Winner: Jisoon (Mark) Lim

ISyE Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award

The Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society presents this award to seniors with strong academic achievement, including GPA, rigor of curriculum, research, and other scholarly accomplishments. The winners’ names will be added to the perpetual plaque outside of the ISyE Academic Office.

Winner: Tejas Santanam

ISyE Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award 

This award is given to a current student who has served as an undergraduate TA or grader for an ISyE course for at least one full semester at the time of nomination. A committee in ISyE selects a recipient based on his or her nomination package and evidence of teaching effectiveness.

Winner: Veronica Bian