Honors Convocation Awards- Spring 2022
We recognize and honor students and faculty for outstanding performance in the 2021-2022 academic year. The recipients of named awards and scholarships are featured below.
2022 Awards
The Kerry Bruce Clark Award For Excellence In Teaching
Dr. Jessica Smeltz,
Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Sciences
College of Engineering and Science
The Charles E. Helmstetter Award For Excellence In Research
Dr. Jessica Wildman,
School of Psychology
College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
The Andrew W. Revay Jr. Award For Excellence In Service
Dr. Marshall Jones,
School of Psychology
College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
The Gavel Award
Dr. Brian Lail,
Department of Computer Engineering and Sciences
College of Engineering and Science
Outstanding Junior Award
Jacqueline Figueredo, College of of Aeronautics
Outstanding Senior Award
Zachary Ewing, Department of Aerospace, Physics, and Space Sciences
The Kerry Bruce Clark Endowed Scholarship In Marine Biology
Abigail Anne Stevens, Deepartment of Ocean Engineering and Marine SciencesThe Dr. J. Clayton Baum Chemistry Award
Cecilia Wurdack, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and SciencesThe Donald R. Mason Chemical Engineering Award
Laura Fronchetti Guidugli, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and SciencesDylan Huss, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Sciences
The John E. Miller Award
Merrick Lavinsky, Department of Aerospace, Physics, and Space SciencesThe Ashok & Kumkum Pandit Family Endowment Award
Cole Yorio, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
The Potter Award
Bruno Vizzone, Department of Aerospace, Physics, and Space SciencesFaculty Senate Scholarship
Wendy A. Barnes, College of AeronauticsAnthi Savvidou, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Sciences
The Florida Tech Chapter Of The Honor Society Of Phi Kappa Phi’s Scholar Award
Bindi Nagda, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Liana van Woesik, Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences
Outstanding Student Of The Year Awards
The outstanding students of the year listed below are undergraduate and graduate students selected by their academic units. The awards recognize well-rounded, active student-scholars who have made contributions to their academic program, university and community.
College of Aeronautics
- Ammar Omar S Alharbi
- Kelisha Ali
- Ziyad Sultan A. Alkhaldi
- Abdullaj Abdulaziz A. Alsehli
- Selise Kay Askeland
- Hassaan Saleh Bedeiry
- Kodey B. Bogart
- April Dabrowski
- Jacqueline Figueredo
- Ely Kassney
- Amber R. McCraw
- Karla Sofia Medina Romero
- Michael J. Nixon
- Rayan Nabil Saleem
- Michaela Cathlin Satter
- Eunseo Sin
- Blake Eric Wolanin
Nathan M. Bisk College of Business
- Wiam Ahmed Al Salmi
- Matthew Bowden
- Joshua Brathwaite
- Tracie Wells Collier
- Graziela Encarnacion
- Daniel Garcia Martin
- Fanny Hakanson
- Annalise Harry
- Ryan Hayden
- John Hill
- Jared Hunt
- Rachael Johnson
- Tristen H. Kang-Dixon
- Pawel Kazanowski
- William Langford
- Matthew HowardMaxwell
- David W. Miller Jr.
- Natalie Odisho
- Michael Craig Pavlisak
- Bruce Rideout
- James Robbins
- Lilliam Rutherford
- Nicholas Scheesley
- Natalie Shah
- Alyson Shelton
- Christopher Sils
- Chandra Talerico
- Boris Jr. Villa Barros
College of Engineering and Science
Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences
- Brittany Cavin
- Josseanne Duarte
- Zachary Ewing
- Tengjie Gao
- Anderson Desouza Goncalves
- Tolbert Hobson
- Brooke Hursh
- Pietro Iapozzuto
- Daniel Kulp
- Trupti Mahendrakar
- Ruth Nichols
- Abbigale Smith
- Andrew Traficante
- Reese Van Putten
- Simona Vileniskyte
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Sciences
- Makyla Daniels
- Amanda Edwards
- Sophia Ferrizzi
- Michaela Foley
- Mcihaela Fredrickson
- Laura Fronchetti Guidugli
- Angelica Helton
- Rachel Hillner
- Dylan Huss
- Andre Laffitte Farina
- Nashaita Patrawalla
- Samantha Sequeira
- Al Ibtida Sultana
- Diana C. Velosa
Department of Computer Engineering and Sciences
- Khulud Alawaji
- Ahmed Muidh Alotaibi
- Mada Mohammed W. Althobaiti
- Seng Jhing Goh
- Wilner Gomes Viana
- Harita Patel
- Tiffanie Petersen
- Anais Ponsonnet
- Harold Raghunandan
- Anna Berenika Wojdecka
Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Robert Breininger
- Miles Pophal
- Anthony Stefan
- Erin Vorke
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Anuar Akchurin
- Sulaiman Al Sulaimi
- Hussain Alhatilah
- Javier Baez
- Caleb Froitzheim
- Alexis Hensley
- Alexis Linder
- Amanda McClure
- Mariana Migliori
- Omar Qasem
- Mariana Roelant
- Paul Ryan
- Nicholas West
- Cole Yorio
- Gennaro Blaize Zappariello
Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences
- Namariq Al Ghaithi
- Mohammad Barooni
- Mariana Carr
- Zarya Kanhouwa Dahl
- Sydney Goodman
- Akarshna Krishnarjun Iyer
- Gabija Karosas
- Cassandra O'Connor
- Christian Pagel
- Ceana Palacio
- Amie Stanley
- Liana van Woesik
- Xin Zhou
College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
School of Arts and Communication
- Hossam Sami Albualhamayl
- Pavel Nunez
School of Behavior Analysis
- Estefania C. Alarcon Moya
- Sidney Dukes
- Clayton Gindling
- Eliza Goben
- Kacie McGarry
- Kelly Melhorn
- Chiara Monanni
- Rachel Puan
- Emily Swope
School of Psychology
- Alyssa Ann Barsky
- Allyson Clubb
- Ali Ghannam
- Dominique Ghirardi
- Emily Leonard
- Alyssa Michels
- Dan Nguyen Michelle Sibol
- Kayla Goldbery
- Erica Reece
- Emily N. Salwak
- Analia Glova
- Paige Herr
- Simone Prata Coelho Reis
- Paige Elizabeth Wiseman
Honors College
- Michaela Fredrickson
- Angelica Helton
- Ruth Nichols
- Samantha Sequiera
- Blake Eric Wolanin
Distinguished Student Scholar Awards
The distinguished student scholars listed below are undergraduate students who have completed more than 55 credit hours at Florida Tech with cumulative GPAs of 3.8 or higher.
| Student | Degree Program |
|---|---|
| Abushal, Ali Abdulaziz M | Aeronautical Science, Flight |
| Mendes, Clara Aguiar, Ana | Applied Psychology |
| Ajabor, Chinedum | Software Engineering |
| Kathiri, Amna Rajab Ali Al | Civil Engineering |
| Al Riyami, Wadhah Nasser Mohamed | Finance |
| Al Sulaimi, Sulaiman Ali Sulaiman | Mechanical Engineering |
| Al Zaabi, Mohammed Said Ali Hassan | Aviation Management |
| Albalbisi, Khalid Waleed M | Aeronautical Science, Flight |
| Alharbi, Ammar Omar S | Aviation Management |
| Alhumaidi, Saleem Hassan S | Aeronautical Science, Flight |
| Alkhaldi, Faris Amer B | Chemical Engineering |
| Allen, Nathaniel | Psychology |
| Alotaibi, Ahmed | Electrical Engineering |
| Alsaleh, Abdulrahman Musaad A | Aviation Management |
| Alzahrani, Khalid | Aeronautical Science |
| Bachleda, Patrycja | Software Engineering |
| Baldino, Olivia | Chemical Engineering |
| Baranowski, Peyton | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Barnett, Alexia | Chemical Engineering |
| Benson, Caleb | Business Admin, Marketing |
| Binhalil, Saud Mansour A | Aeronautical Science |
| Blanchette, Jason | Accounting |
| Blasius, Chad | Business Adm/Sports Management |
| Borkey, Brent | Applied Psychology |
| Bornemann, Daniel | Software Engineering |
| Bowden, Ryan | Computer Engineering |
| Braukman, Angela | Physics |
| Butera, Franco | Business Admin, Management |
| Carmer, Kelly | Meteorology |
| Charles, Shane | Accounting |
| Cole, Jake | Aerospace Engineering |
| Contreras, Braden | Aerospace Engineering |
| Crocker, Kathryn | Oceanography |
| Cruz, Ricardo | Accounting |
| Daughenbaugh, David | Aerospace Engineering |
| Deatherage, Lisa | Management |
| Demarest, Scott | Physics |
| Devaney, Kathleen | Aviation Management, Flight |
| Duarte, Josseanne | Aerospace Engineering |
| Edgington, Benjamin | Business Administration |
| Elliott, Amanda | Physics |
| Ewing, Zachary | Aerospace Engineering |
| Feela, Hailey | Biomedical Science |
| Francis, Douglas | Business Admin, Management |
| Fredrickson, Martine | Forensic Psychology |
| Gano, Donna | Computer Information Systems |
| Garvey, Cole | Computer Information Systems |
| Goncalves, Anderson | Aerospace Engineering |
| Goodman, Sydney | Ocean Engineering |
| Gross, Zachary | Aerospace Engineering |
| Hamilton, Michael | Mechanical Engineering |
| Handler, Ian | Humanities/Prelaw |
| Harrison, Caleb | Management |
| Hayden, Ryan | Bus Adm/ Entrepreneurship |
| Henderson, Cailey | Biomedical Science |
| Heysler, Nickolas | Aerospace Engineering |
| Hobson, Tolbert | Aerospace Engineering |
| Hoyt, Jared | Computer Information Systems |
| Hursh, Brooke | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Ivarson, Andrew | Aerospace Engineering |
| Jerrolds, Laura | Business Admin, Marketing |
| Kassner, Ely | Aviation Management, Flight |
| Kenyon, Kaitlyn | Computer Information Systems |
| Kilpatrick, Taylor | Forensic Psychology |
| Koutros, Ryan | Meteorology |
| Kuzmichev, Nikita | Chemical Engineering |
| Land, Jeremy | Genomics & Molecular Biology |
| Lehtio, Tai | Biomedical Engineering |
| Lenart, Jillian | Computer Information Systems |
| Locke, Kiley | Applied Psychology |
| MacLeod, Caroline | Ocean Engineering |
| Mallah, Mohammed Abdullah T | Aeronautical Science, Flight |
| Marcus, Sean | Ocean Engineering |
| Maughan, Mitchell | Aviation Management, Flight |
| Mickel, Christopher | Mechanical Engineering |
| Mohn, Cramer | Business Adm, Healthcare Mgmt |
| Mooney, David | Aerospace Engineering |
| Murphy, Brian | Planetary Science |
| Naeher, Samuel | Aviation Management |
| Nelson, Alecea | General Biology |
| Nichols, Ruth | Astrobiology |
| Nixon, Michael | Aviation Management |
| Orzel, Ian | Computer Science |
| Paluzzi, Alexander | Ocean Engineering |
| Mikaela Paulin, Fanny | Bus Adm/ Global Mgmt & amp; Finance |
| Pinkerton, Alex | Computer Information Systems |
| Pophal, Miles | Mathematical Sci/Applied Math |
| Prata Coelho Reis, Simone | Applied Behavior Analysis |
| Pretto, Skyler | Electrical Engineering |
| Przedwojewski, Tabytha | Applied Psychology |
| Ramkalawan, Jordan Mark | Software Engineering |
| Raymond, Ronald | Biomedical Science |
| Roelant, Maria | Mechanical Engineering |
| Roy, Mallory | Aerospace Engineering |
| Saleem, Rayan Nabil S | Aeronautical Science, Flight |
| Sartorio, Michael | Business Admin, Marketing |
| Sequeira, Samantha | Biomedical Engineering |
| Shuck, Lorie | Management |
| Silcox, Christopher | Aviation Management, Flight |
| Smith, Aldrin | Applied Psychology |
| Smith, Abbigale | Aerospace Engineering |
| Smith, Jacob | Aerospace Engineering |
| Smith, Ryleigh | Computer Information Systems |
| Stone, Jonathan | Aerospace Engineering |
| Swigart, Emily | Forensic Psychology |
| Thomas, Isaiah | Computer Science |
| Toliver, Jennifer | Psychology |
| Tran, Duong Gia Huy | Aerospace Engineering |
| Uber, Nolan | Business Admin, CIS |
| van Woesik, Liana | Marine Biology |
| Vargas, Larry | Management |
| Vizzone, Bruno | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Wallace, William | Humanities/History |
| Watson, Zachary | Meteorology |
| Wheeler, Madison | Electrical Engineering |
| Winkworth, Miranda | Applied Psychology |
| Wood, Jeremy | Business Admin, Management |
| Yorio, Cole | Civil Engineering |
| Zars, Tyler | Computer Science |
| Zhu, Jinfeng | Aviation Management |