2026 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2026 were awarded to more than 50 graduate students across the Northeastern global campus for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service. The awards ceremony to recognize these students will be from 3:00-4:30 pm, on April 28, in the Raytheon Amphitheater in the Egan Research Center. The award winners are:
Outstanding Graduate Research Award (PhD)
- Timothy Boyer, Bioengineering
- Eric Zimmerer, Chemical Engineering
- Yiyue Yang, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Aswin Undavalli, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bin Luo, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Shaghyegh Mesforoush Mashhad, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jakub Kowalewski, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Zumrat Usmanova, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (PhD)
- Stuart Akeson, Bioengineering
- Chiderah Chukwuka, Chemical Engineering
- Xianglu Shen, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Hailing Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Maria Gianello, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Tong Zhou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jianlin Li, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Priscila De Azevedo Drummond, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Outstanding Graduate Leadership and Service Award (PhD)
- Justin Cross, Bioengineering
- Natesan Mani, Chemical Engineering
- Baiyu Chen, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Sergi Aliaga, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Aobo Liu, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards from the Office of the Provost and Office of the Chancellor
- Research: Nicolas Casilli, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Teaching: Naira Keshishian, Chemical Engineering
- Leadership: Vasuretha Chandar, Bioengineering
- Experiential: Aayushi Mishra, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Outstanding Student Teaching, Service, and Leadership Award (MS)
- Cheng Cai, Multidisciplinary Masters, Arlington
- Jiao Yang, Multidisciplinary Masters, Miami
- Vaishnavi Anand Kulkarni, Multidisciplinary Masters, Oakland
- Wesley Tanoto, Multidisciplinary Masters, Seattle
- Anqi Lin, Multidisciplinary Masters, Silicon Valley
- Qi Han, Multidisciplinary Masters, Toronto
- Sarvin Alizad Shahir, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Vancouver
- Bryce Axe, Bioengineering, Boston
- Eli Wirth-Apley, Bioengineering, Boston
- Sofia Roger, Chemical Engineering, Boston
- Anghela Tamayo, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boston
- Ankita Mandal, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston
- Rajesh Krishnan, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston
- Abhijith Raj Urs Ravishankar, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Boston
- Jiakun Yang, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Boston
- Justin Kim, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Boston
- Roman Dowling, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Boston
- Sneha Vaidyanathan, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Boston
- Venkata Kishan Madhav Grandhi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Boston
- Cheng-Yu Chang, Multidisciplinary Masters, Boston
- Ram Kumar Ramasamy Pandiaraj, Multidisciplinary Masters, Boston
- Shraddha Krishnavallabhdas Meshram, Multidisciplinary Masters, Boston
- Song Yue, Multidisciplinary Masters, Boston
- Yash Khavnekar, Multidisciplinary Masters, Boston
- Yuyang Wang, Multidisciplinary Masters, Boston