Gretar Tryggvason, left, professor and department head, welcomes students and guests to the 2024 convocation and luncheon. Awards were presented by academic coordinators John Soos, center, and Mike Bernard.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held its 2024 Convocation awards ceremony Thursday, May 23, directly following commencement. Full list of award winners below.

Charles A. Miller Award

Theo DeGuzman
Dominique Regli

James F. Bell Award

Kyungmo Choi
Madison Morrison

Robert George Gerstmyer Award

Aabhas Jain (J)
Zuriel Erikson Valencia Joven (J)
James Kaluna
Matthew Konkol (J)
Genevieve Mehra
Andrew Palacio
Catherine Pollard (J)

Creel Family Teaching Assistant Award

Evan LaTourrette-Ghez
Yensabro Kanashiro
Gargi Sadalgekar

William N. Sharpe Award

Krystal Lan
Delphine Tan

ME Special Achievement Award

Claire Elizabeth Borden
Nina Tedeschi

Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Student Council (MUSC) Award

Owen Mitchell
Andrew Palacio

Pi Tau Sigma Award

Theo DeGuzman
Alex Ren

Senior Design Project Team Award: IQT24

Theo DeGuzman
Genevieve Mehra
Owen Mitchell
Iris Renteria