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2024 Student Leadership Awards Winners
Individual in a Student Organization Awards:
Emerging Leader - A first-year, second-year, or transfer student in a student organization who demonstrates significant effort, leadership, and involvement in improving the organization.
Emerging Leader Winner:
Lydia Pauley, Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Unsung Hero - a member of a student organization who demonstrates significant contributions and/or initiative without holding a leadership position within the organization.
Unsung Hero Winner:
Nolan Yoerger, Iowa 3D Club
Outstanding Student Organization Leader - a leader in a student organization who displays significant dedication to the organization and its members by contributing to the organization's mission and goals, promoting diversity and service, and by creating community among the organization’s members.
Outstanding Student Organization Leader Winner:
Basil Saeed, Vice President, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Engineering Student Organization Awards:
Outstanding Student Organization for Diversity, Outreach, or Service - recognizes a student organization program or event that has made meaningful contributions to students, the University, and/or the surrounding communities through diversity initiatives, K-12 outreach, or service projects.
Outstanding Student Organization for Diversity, Outreach, or Service Winner:
Continental Crossings
Most Improved Student Organization - a student organization that has demonstrated significant improvement in membership recruitment, and/or improved the focus of the organization's mission or operation, and/or improved or implemented new programs.
Most Improved Student Organization Winner:
NEXUS Artineers
Outstanding Student Organization - a student organization that demonstrates significant initiative, creativity, perseverance, and integrity in its members throughout all areas of the organization.
Outstanding Student Organization Winner:
NEXUS Artineers
General Leadership Awards:
Outstanding College of Engineering Student Employee – a student employee in the College who has an excellent work ethic and who has made a positive impact in the workplace.
Outstanding College of Engineering Student Employee Winner:
Wimar Widiatmo, Engineering Peer Advisor, 4th year CEE
Outstanding Student Researcher - an undergraduate student researcher who demonstrates exceptional time, effort, and perseverance in pursuing research interests under the direction of a faculty or staff member.
Outstanding Student Researcher Winner:
Nitin Nagarkar, undergraduate researcher with Dr. Ratner, 4th year ME and ECE
Outstanding Teaching Assistant or Tutor - an undergraduate student who makes a major contribution to teaching and learning through exceptional work as a College of Engineering Teaching Assistant or Tutor.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant or Tutor Winner:
Jatin Dhamrait, 4th year BME and Tutor
Outstanding Mentor - an engineering student, staff member, faculty member, or alumnus who acts as a positive role model and provides exceptional guidance and support to students.
Outstanding Mentor Winner:
Derek Ikoma, Assistant Registrar
Engineer...and Something More – a student who exemplifies our motto for "Engineer and Something More" through substantial involvement in the college, the University, or the community. This involvement may be through service, leadership, and/or experiential education. It could include but is not limited to involvement in music, athletics, study abroad, community service, leadership, and/or campus organizations, etc.
Engineer...and Something More Winner:
Shreya Kulkarni, 1st year BME