Celebrating Graduate Excellence (2025)

At this year’s Graduate Awards Ceremony, six MEAM graduate students were celebrated for their contributions to the Penn Engineering community through service, teaching, and academics.

Master’s Student Awards

Nina Gao ’25 was the recipient of the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s (SEAS) Outstanding Teaching Award for significant contributions as a teaching assistant in one or more courses.

Minku Kim ’25 and Quan Vo ’25 were the recipients of the SEAS Outstanding Research Award for significant contributions to faculty supervised research projects.

Yiding Zhang ’25 was the recipient of the SEAS Outstanding Academic Award for excellence in coursework and overall academic performance.

Doctoral Student Awards

Pratyaya Bhattacharya was the recipient of the SEAS Outstanding Teaching Award for his significant contributions to teaching in one or more courses.

Peter Caulfield was the recipient of the SEAS Outstanding Service Award. This award recognizes contributions that enhance the social well-being of other Penn Engineering Students.