2023 Viterbi Master’s Student Awards
Accomplishments of Viterbi Masters students celebrated in annual recognition dinner
Graduate students from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering were recognized in May at the annual Viterbi Master’s Student Awards. Students from each department were commended for their academic, leadership, and service achievements.
| Department | Award Name | Recipient |
| Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering | Academic Excellence and Service Award | Safina Sahil Suratwala |
| Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering | Academic Excellence and Service Award | Hesam Setayesh |
| Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering | Outstanding Master's Student of the Year | Daniel Ley |
| Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering | Outstanding Master's Student of the Year | Yuan Luo |
| Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering | Master's Student Achievement Award | Johannes Reichert |
| Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering | Master's Student Achievement Award | Santosh Varadanahalli Narayan |
| Department of Astronautical Engineering | Rocket Scientist of the Year Award | Nathan Hirsch |
| Department of Astronautical Engineering | Rocket Scientist of the Year Award | Jonathan Zarate |
| Department of Astronautical Engineering | Systems Architect and Engineer of the Year Award | Stephanie Tu |
| Department of Astronautical Engineering | Systems Architect and Engineer of the Year Award | Cameron Lydon |
| Department of Computer Science/Data Science | Best Research Award | I-Chun Liu |
| Department of Computer Science/Data Science | Best Research Award | Ziyi Liu |
| Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award | Hardikkumar Arvindkumar Prajapati |
| Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award | Ayush Singh |
| Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Excellence in Service and Achievement Award | Ashish Kumar |
| Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Excellence in Service and Achievement Award | Aarushi Mann |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Best Master's Student in Materials Engineering | Andy Bae |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Best Master's Student in Petroleum Engineering | Ziyad Mohammed Alsahlawi |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Best Master's Student in Chemical Engineering | Yicheng Wang |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Best Master's Student in Chemical Engineering | Sanket Santosh Shinde |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Best Master's Student in Materials Engineering (Machine Learning) | Zhenkai Huang |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Best Master's Student in Materials Science | Yuxuan Du |
| Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering Research Award | Kexin Ma |
| Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering Service Award | Prathmesh Bakshhi |
| Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering Research Award | Asmita Shrestha |
| Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering Service Award | Rahul Vikhe |
| Viterbi Admission & Student Engagement: Viterbi Graduate Mentorship Program | Outstanding Mentor Award | Akshit Gupta |
| Viterbi Admission & Student Engagement: Viterbi Graduate Mentorship Program | Outstanding Mentor Award | Priyank Jain |
| Viterbi Admission & Student Engagement: Viterbi Graduate Mentorship Program | Outstanding Mentor Award | Leticia Leonor Pinto Alva |
| Viterbi Graduate Student Association (Ph.D.) | Leadership Award | Katie Cui |
| Viterbi Graduate Student Association (Ph.D.) | Leadership Award | Tristan McPhail |
| Viterbi Graduate Student Association (MS) | Leadership Award | Diana Pham |
| Viterbi Graduate Student Association (MS) | Leadership Award | Daniel Pereira Da Costa |
Published on August 7th, 2023
Last updated on August 7th, 2023