SSE Honors Superb Academic Achievement, Leadership and Service in 2021 Graduate Student Awards
The SSE underscores the academic and interpersonal accomplishments of the master's and doctoral degree candidates who have made their mark on the school during the 2020-2021 academic year.
As the 2020-2021 academic year approaches its close, the School of Systems & Enterprises (SSE) commemorates the exemplary efforts of its master’s and doctoral degree candidates with an SSE tradition: the graduate student awards.
SSE has selected 15 recipients across its annual graduate student awards categories, which broadly recognize students for superb academic achievement in degree programs, capstones and theses, as well as leadership and service.
This year, SSE is proud to announce the following 2021 graduate student award winners:
Academic Achievement in a Systems Engineering Program
David Romens, Master of Engineering, Systems Engineering
Academic Achievement in the Engineering Management Program
Gina Dello Russo, Ph.D., Socio-Technical Systems
Academic Achievement in the Systems Analytics Program
Angelica Torres, Master of Engineering, Systems Analytics
Academic Achievement in the Software Engineering Program
Xinyi Ye, Master of Engineering, Computer Software
Haodong Wu, Master of Engineering, Computer Software
Academic Achievement in a Doctoral Program in the SSE
Safa Elkefi, Ph.D., Engineering Management
Outstanding Master’s Project Award
Yinghui Cai, Master of Engineering, Computer Software
Best Student Paper Award
Xiangpeng Wan, Ph.D., Systems/Industrial Engineering
Avishek Choudhury, Ph.D., Systems Engineering
Fabrycky-Blanchard Award
Raif Bucar, Ph.D., Engineering Management
Batyr Charyyev, Ph.D., Systems Engineering
Brian Chell, Ph.D., Systems Engineering
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Michael Lucic, Ph.D., Systems Engineering
Ross Arnold, Ph.D., Systems Engineering
Distinguished Leadership by a Ph.D. Student in the SSE
Ambrosio Valencia-Romano, Ph.D., Systems Engineering
SSE Exceptional Achievement Award
Avishek Choudhury, Ph.D., Systems Engineering
Xiangpeng Wan, Ph.D., Systems/Industrial Engineering