Clemson Bioengineering

2023 Departmental Awards

Clemson Bioengineering is very proud to announce recipients of the 2023 College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences awards!

College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences Award Winners

Robert W. Moorman Award – Vaishnavi Kanduri

Blue Key Academic and Leadership Award – Aniela Nozka

Phi Kappa Phi Certificate of Merit – Grace Haller


The 2023 Bioengineering Awards Ceremony was held at the Madren Center Owen Pavilion on April 21, 2023. Undergraduate and graduate award winners were presented by Dr. Dan Simionescu and Dr. Alexey Vertegel. The Department of Bioengineering Awards Committee is also pleased to announce the following 2023 Departmental Award winners: 

Undergraduate Award Winners

Larry S. Bowman Outstanding Bioengineering Junior Award – Sebastian Saenz

Barry W. Sauer Outstanding Bioengineering Undergraduate Researcher Award – Caroline Peak

Jonathan Black Undergraduate Leadership in Bioengineering Award – Allison Jacob

C. William Hall Undergraduate Departmental Honors Award – Micah Jordan

R. Larry Dooley Entrepreneurship Award – Rayyan Alam

Eugene M. Langan III Service Award – Grace Haller and Shreya Thammana

Melissa McCullough Diversity Undergraduate Champion Award – Maria Chavez

Poly-Med Outstanding Bioengineering Senior Award – Amanda Murray

S. W. Shalaby Outstanding Bioengineering Sophomore Award – Audrey Wessinger

The Samuel F. Hulbert Award – Dr. Richard diMonda


Graduate Award Winners

R. Larry Dooley Entrepreneurship Award – Devansh Shukla

Michael Zebuhr Award for Research – Dylan Chitwood

Melissa McCullough Diversity Graduate Champion Award – Tykia Blakney

Outstanding Graduate Bioengineering Teaching Assistant Award – Vishal Thomas

Eugene M. Langan III Service Award – Jessica Boulos

Page Morton Hunter Bioengineering Graduate Researcher Award – Michael Kurtz

Austin T. Moore Leadership Award – Megan Pitz