2025 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards

The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2025 were awarded to more than 40 graduate students across the Northeastern global campus for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service. The award winners are:

Outstanding Graduate Research Award (PhD)

  • Aleksei Krotov, PhD’25, bioengineering
  • Barrett Smith, PhD’25, chemical engineering
  • Haoyu He, PhD’28, civil and environmental engineering
  • Rohan Basu Roy, PhD’25, computer engineering
  • Shaotong Zhu, PhD’25, electrical engineering
  • Juyeon Seo, PhD’26, mechanical engineering
  • Baris Tezcan, PhD’24, industrial Engineering

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (PhD)

  • Morgan Benson, PhD’26, bioengineering
  • Naira Keshishian, PhD’27, chemical engineering
  • Dehui Lin, PhD’25, civil and environmental engineering
  • Jianglin Lu, PhD’27, computer engineering
  • Bertha Pangaribuan, PhD’28, computer engineering
  • Noah Chicoine, PhS’25, industrial engineering
  • Sahil Shikalgar, PhD’25, industrial engineering

Outstanding Graduate Leadership and Service Award (PhD)

  • Catherine Karpova, PhD’27, bioengineering
  • Shalom Fadullon, PhD’27, chemical engineering
  • Elizabeth Bartuska, PhD’26, civil and environmental engineering
  • Joshua Groen, PhD’25, electrical engineering
  • Ammar Batwa, PhD’25, mechanical engineering

Outstanding Student Teaching, Service, and Leadership Award (MS)

  • Manasa Ganesh, MS’26, bioengineering, Boston
  • Matias Ng, E’24, MS’25, bioengineering, Boston
  • Richard Atta, MS’25, chemical engineering, Boston
  • Chaz Garraway, MS’26, climate science and engineering, Boston
  • Bishoy Galoaa, MS’25, electrical and computer engineering, Boston
  • DongXuan Zhang, MS’25, electrical and computer engineering, Boston
  • Sri Likhitha Anuganti, MS’25, data analytics engineering, Boston
  • Gaurav Shankar Chouksey, MS’24, engineering management, Boston
  • Aishwariya Elangovan, MS’24, engineering management, Boston
  • Sai Panindra Santosh Kumar Majj, MS’24, engineering management, Boston
  • Surya Sai Brahmendra Ramoju, MS’24, data analytics engineering, Boston
  • Yashwanth Vellore Umashankar, MS’25, engineering management, Boston
  • Veera Varuni Radhakrishnan, MS’25, data analytics engineering, Vancouver
  • Soumya Satish Hukkeri, MS’25, information systems, Arlington
  • Mayank Chadha, MS’25, cyber-physical systems, Boston
  • Neha Devarapalli, MS’25, information systems, Boston
  • Ali Goudarzi, MS’25, telecommunication networks, Boston
  • Zihao Liu, MS’24, information systems, Boston
  • Anjana Nandam, MS’25, information systems, Boston
  • Rakesh Soni, MS’25, software engineering systems, Boston
  • Jiang Han, MS’25, information systems, Oakland
  • Shuang Deng, MS’25, information systems-Bridge, Seattle
  • Panchami Baleri, MS’25, information systems, Silicon Valley
  • Rishabh Lokanathan Kaushick, MS’25, information Systems, Toronto

Related Departments:Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Multidisciplinary Masters (IT Areas)