CEE Recognizes Outstanding Undergraduate Students

In 2022, five juniors and seniors were selected for School-wide honors recognizing their academic achievements, service, and leadership.

Aidan Labrozzi and Anthony Sanseverino received the Buck Stith Outstanding Junior Award, which honors juniors who have demonstrated both strong academic potential and a concern for the development of the School and the profession.

Thomas Papageorge and Zoe Zhang received the Buck Stith Outstanding Senior Award in Civil and Environmental Engineering. This endowed award recognizes the top graduating senior who has demonstrated both strong academic performance and contributed to the development of the School and the profession. Johanna Hall earned the School Chair’s Outstanding Senior Award in Environmental Engineering. This award recognizes a senior environmental engineering student who exhibits high academic performance, strong citizenship qualities, and leadership with a special emphasis on community service.

Six grad students recognized by Federal Highway Administration

Six master’s and Ph.D. students were awarded Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships, a prestigious fellowship program under the Federal Highway Administration.

Manuel Cuadra, Nakeia Jackson, Ronald Knezevich, Rachael Panik, Reid Passmore and Ariel Steele— graduate students in the Transportation Systems Engineering group—received the research grants. This year’s winners are creating innovative solutions to pressing infrastructure and transportation concerns, from crashes on rural roads to public health and safety in transportation agencies. The program’s mission is to attract the nation’s brightest minds to the field of transportation, encouraging future transportation professionals to seek advanced degrees, and helping to retain top talent in the U.S. transportation industry.