2021 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.
Click here to watch the complete recording and read the full article posted on May 5th, 2021 by Lila Jones on USC Viterbi News.
| Department | Award Name | Recipient |
| Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering | Academic Excellence Award | Omey Manyar |
| Astronautical Engineering | Rocket Scientist of the Year Award | Tyler Presser |
| Astronautical Engineering | Rocket Scientist of the Year Award | Shobhita Rajashekar |
| Astronautical Engineering | Rocket Scientist of the Year Award | Caroline O'Neil |
| Astronautical Engineering | Outstanding Master's Thesis Award | Joseph Lyon |
| Biomedical Engineering | Academic Excellence and Service Award | Niki Tavakoli |
| Computer Science | Best Research Award | Zhengyu Yang |
| Computer Science | Best Research Award | Xiao Song |
| Computer Science | Best Research Award | Ankith Mohan |
| Computer Science | Best Research Award | Zhehui Wang |
| Computer Science | Best Research Award | Sunny Singh |
| Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering | Master's Student of the Year Award | Mattie Germann |
| Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering | Master's Student of the Year Award | David Rozenboim Sepulveda |
| Viterbi Admission and Student Engagement | Outstanding Mentor Award | Mayank Gupta |
| Viterbi Admission and Student Engagement | Outstanding Mentor Award | Agam Ketan Shah |
| Viterbi Graduate Student Association | Leadership Award | Diego Jacome |
| Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Excellence in Service and Achievement Award | Evan Davis |
| Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award | Mingxi Lei |
| Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award | Zhiwei Deng |
| Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award | Zheng Wen |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | Master's Student Achievement Award | Saud Alfraikh |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | Master's Student Achievement Award | Andrew Zahn |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | Master's Student Achievement Award | Aoxuan Zhang |
| Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | Master's Student Achievement Award | Lixin Wang |
| Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering | Research Award | Pengxiang Zhang |
| Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering | Research Award | Harmita Golwala |
| Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering | Research Award | Yuxi Liu |
| Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering | Service Award | Maria Herrera Leos |