Academic year draws to end

Degrees and awards presented to Class of 2003

This year, 173 students completed the requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) degree (see graph on page 14 for statistics by department).

Graduates of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), their family, friends, and professors gathered outside the Friend Center for Engineering Education on a warm, sunny day to celebrate their achievements and receive awards.

Peter Bogucki, SEAS associate dean for undergraduate affairs, presented nine academic prizes to 11 graduating seniors.

Maria Klawe, dean of the SEAS, addressed her first graduating class and spoke of the qualities she has identified in the school's students and faculty: A belief that the truest measure of excellence is the difference made upon the world; a respect for others; and a joyous love of their work and the challenges it brings.

"These are the qualities that I hope as alumni you will continue to treasure," she said.

The following prizes were awarded at Class Day:

* Joseph Clifton Elgin Prize: Cynthia S. Lin (CEE) and James Christopher McQuade (MAE). This award is given to the student who has done the most to advance the interests of the school in the community at large. The prize honors the late Professor Emeritus Joseph Clifton Elgin, who was dean from 1954 to 1971.

* James Hayes--Edgar Palmer Prize in Engineering: Kristen Ann Bethke (MAE) and Erik Gregory Nielsen (EE). This award was established in 1968 by Zilph H. Palmer, Class of 1895, and Edgar Palmer, Class of 1903, and is awarded to the seniors who have manifested excellent scholarship, a marked capacity for leadership, and the promise of creative achievement in engineering.

* Jeffrey O. Kephart '80 Engineering Physics Award: Erik Gregory Nielsen (EE). This prize is awarded to the outstanding student in the engineering physics program as determined by the faculty.

* Calvin Dodd MacCracken Senior Thesis/Project Award: Cullen Blake (astrophys-ical sciences) and David McAllister Bradley (EE). This award honors Calvin Dodd MacCracken '40, and was established by his family to recognize the senior thesis or project work that is most distinctive for its inventiveness and technical accomplishment.

* J. Rich Steers Award: Jeffrey Michael Pasqual (MAE) and Karl Christopher Telleen (CEE). Given by the New York City Post Society of American Military Engineers to reward scholastic performance that demonstrates potential for further engineering study and practice.

* POEM Newport Award: Elizabeth Jennings Smythe (EE). This award is given to a senior who has demonstrated high scholastic achievement and high potential for leadership in the field of photonics, electrooptics, or optoelectronic materials.

* Tau Beta Pi Prize: Orion Steven Kwong-Yu Crisafulli (MAE) and Cynthia Pierre (ChE). This award is given to a senior class member who has significantly contributed a major part of his or her time in service to the SEAS.

* Lore von Jaskowsky Memorial Prize: Elizabeth Jennings Smythe (EE). This award was established in 2002 under the will of Woldemar F. von Jaskowsky, a researcher in MAE, to provide an award to a senior who has participated in research that's resulted in a contribution to the field, whose interactions with other students, faculty, and staff added to the quality of university life, and who intends to pursue a career in engineering or applied science.

* George J. Mueller Award: Jason Matthew White (ORFE). This award was established in 1991 by SEAS faculty and staff in memory of Dean George J. Mueller to honor the graduating senior who, over his or her four undergraduate years at Princeton, has most evidently combined high scholarly achievement with quality performance in intercollegiate athletics.

Graduate Mentoring Award goes to Luigi Martinelli

Luigi Martinelli *87, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, received a Graduate Mentoring Award from the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and was honored during the Graduate School's hooding ceremony Monday, June 2.

The McGraw Center, together with the Graduate School, instituted the award last year to honor faculty members who nurture the intellectual, professional, and personal growth of their graduate students.

Students praised Professor Martinelli's open mind, his systematic and logical approach to problems, and extraordinary patience.

"[Professor Martinelli] truly understands the role of the adviser in graduate student education," wrote one student. "He helps students to get the most out of themselves by not putting pressure on them, but by helping them solve their problems in their own way."

Professor Martinelli joined the Princeton research staff in 1987 after earning his Ph.D. and was named to the faculty in 1994. He teaches courses in aeronautics and mathematics in engineering, and his current research interest is the development of computer methods for aerodynamic analysis and design.

Vince Poor is Distinguished Teacher

Professor H. Vincent Poor *77 is the 2003 Distinguished Teacher of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS). This award is given in recognition of dedication and success in teaching undergraduate students.

He teaches ELE 391: The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century, one of the most popular courses on campus.

Recently, Professor Poor received a National Science Foundation Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars in recognition of his imaginative teaching applic ations.

He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001. Professor Poor joined the faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1990 from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he was a professor of electrical and computer engineering.

He earned his bachelor's and master's of science from Auburn University, Ala. Professor Poor's Princeton Ph.D. is in electrical engineering and computer science.

General Prizes

Engineering students also claimed a number of general prizes and awards, including:

* Class of 1901 Medal: Catherine Denise Farmer (ORFE)

* W. Sanderson Detwiler 1903 Prize: Catherine Denise Farmer (ORFE)

* Department of Defense--National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship: Orion Crisafulli (MAE)

* Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize Fellowship: Cynthia S. Lin (CEE)

* Lucent Technologies Research Program for Women: Elisabeth Andrea Hon (EE)

* National Science Foundation Fellowships: Kristen Ann Bethke (MAE), Cynthia S. Lin (CEE), Jason M. Aughenbaugh '01 (ORFE), Rachel H. Fithian '02 (CS), Jennifer Patterson '98 (ChE), and Benjamin A. Runkle '00 (CEE).

* Applied and Computational Mathematics Independent Project Prize: Emmanuel Sebastian Sharef (ORFE)

* Kenneth Christopher Harris '65 Memorial Award for Religious Life: Jaquan Kalani Levons (ChE)

* Gregory T. Pope '80 Prize for Science Writing from the Council on Science and Technology: Benjamin Crawford Jones (MAE)

* Francis LeMoyne Page Visual Arts Award: Jason Philip Houck (CEE)

Athletic Prizes

* The William Winston Roper Trophy: Gregory Richard Parker (CS)

* The W. Lyman Biddle Medal for Heavyweight Crew: John David Cranston (ORFE)

* Bayard W. Read, Class of 1926 Lightweight Crew Award: Christopher Mansell Gill (CS)

* The Class of 1983 Award for Women's Crew: Elizabeth Anne Danaher (ORFE)

* The Class of '52 Football Award: Donald Scott II (EE)

* The M. Tyler Campbell Trophy for Lightweight Football: Brian Edward Mickus (ChE)

* The Class of 2000 Susan S. Teeter Award for Swimming: Molly Nancy Seto (CEE)

* The Morgan Award for Track: Jonathan Brodnax Bell (EE)

* The Myers Award for Track: Elizabeth Ann Grau (CEE)

* The Gifford Trophy for Wrestling: Gregory Richard Parker (CS)

* The Treide Trophy for Wrestling: John Holland Knorring (ORFE) and Gregory Richard Parker (CS)

Commissions

* U.S. Air Force: Michael B. Holl (MAE) and Andrew W. Hudson (EE)

Departmental Prizes

ChE

* Central Jersey Section, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Award for Overall Excellence in Chemical Engineering: Brian Edward Mickus

* Central Jersey Section, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Ernest F. Johnson Distinguished Service Award: Eva Katharina G. Steinle-Darling

* Michelle Goudie '93 Senior Thesis Award: Christopher Merrill Wahl

* Richard K. Toner Thermodynamics Prize: Brian Edward Mickus

* Ticona Senior Thesis Award: Brian Edward Mickus

* Merck and Co. Senior Thesis Award: Lydia Maria Contreras

* Proctor and Gamble Award for Outstanding Design Project: Lydia Maria Contreras, Erik Hanley, and James M. Whitacre

* Sigma Xi Book Prize: Kelly Courtney O'Hara

CEE

* Mack Angus Prize: Karl Christopher Telleen

* David W. Carmichael Prize: Courtney Elizabeth Clark

* Achievement Award of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Concrete Institute: Jean-Paul Ciardullo

* Moles Award: Elizabeth Ann Grau

* W. Taylor Thom Jr. Prize: Peter August Nelson

* The CEE Book Award: Deborah Joanne Brundage

* Sigma Xi Book Prize: Cristina Brosio

* Christine Trmal Prize: Cynthia Lin

CS

* Accenture Prize in Computer Science: John Alexander Halderman

* Computer Science Senior Prize: John Alexander Halderman

* Sigma Xi Book Prize: Jacob Weiss

* Service Award: Jeffrey Bigham and Benjamin Haskell

* The Joseph R. Strayer Prize in Medieval Studies: John Wei

EE

* John Ogden Bigelow Jr. Prize in Electrical Engineering: Andrew Gichan Chung

* G. David Forney Jr. Prize: Erik Gregory Nielsen

* Charles Ira Young Memorial Tablet and Medal: Elizabeth Jennings Smythe

MAE

* George Bienkowski Memorial Prize: Ryan Carter Kiskis, Shannon Maile Okuyama, Andrew Oliver Patton, and Margit Carmela Smulovitz

* Donald Janssen Dike Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research: Shannon Maile Okuyama; second: Michael Bradford Holl and Daniel Jon Ramsey; third: Christopher Gresham Langhammer and John-Paul Steven McGovern; honorable mentions: Kristen Bethke, Brent Bollman (EE), Orion Crisafulli, Ryan Carter Kiskis, Andrew Oliver Patton, and Joseph Alan Sarokhan

* Sau-Hai Lam *58 Prize in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Kristen Ann Bethke

* John Marshall II Memorial Prize: Louise Anne Conroy and Lavinia Urescu; second: Ryan Carter Kiskis and Joseph Alan Sarokhan; honorable mention: Andrew Oliver Patton

* Morgan W. McKinzie '93 Senior Thesis Prize: Jeffrey Michael Pasqual

* Morgan W. McKinzie '93 Senior Thesis Fund Prize: Shannon Okuyama; honorable mentions: Kristina Alemany, Kristen Bethke, and Brent Bollman (EE)

* Sigma Xi Book Award: Orion Crisafulli

* MAE Undergraduate Academic Support Award: Caleb Bonilla

ORFE

* Dr. Frank S. Castellana Prize in Operations Research and Financial Engineering: Joshua Couch Nichols

* Amhet S. Çakmak Prize: Elizabeth Anne Danaher and Christopher Corbett Schrader

* Kenneth H. Condit Prize: Carolyn Jeanne Lindsay

* Sigma Xi Book Award: Laura Kornhauser and Daniel A. Nash.

SEAS students show that one area of interest is not enough

This year, SEAS students again demonstrated their hearty appetite for knowledge in a wide variety of topics. One hundred and seventy of the B.S.E. students meet the requirements of at least one certificate of proficiency, which is Princeton's version of a minor.

The certificates of proficiency span 19 subjects ranging from visual arts and musical performance to African- American Studies and French.

Emmanuel Sebastian Sharef (ORFE) earned four certificates in East Asian studies, applied and computational mathematics (ACM), engineering and management systems (EMS), and finance.

Students earning three certificates include: Candace Lee Hamilton (ORFE) in African-American studies, American studies, and EMS; Scott Harris Lescher (ORFE) in musical performance, EMS, and finance; Sabyasachi Guharay (ORFE) and Varchas Honasoge Prasad (ORFE) in ACM, EMS, and finance; and Elizabeth Anne Danaher, Ryan David Goldenberg, Olivier Yves-Antoine Kamanda, Bryan Seijoong Oh, and Samuel D. Rosenberg in applications of computing, EMS, and finance.

Students earning two certificates include: Saloni Bharat Doshi (ORFE) in American studies and EMS; David McAllister Bradley (EE) in applications of computing and robotics and intelligent systems; Erik Gregory Nielsen (EE) in applications of computing and ACM; Matthew McCabe Angel (EE) in East Asian studies and engineering physics;

Juvaria Aumeerally (EE) in EMS and French; Karl Christopher Telleen (CEE) in architecture and EMS; Aaron Joseph Sarfatti (CS) in finance and the Woodrow Wilson School; Charles Tingyen Li (CS) in finance and Chinese; Orion Crisafulli (MAE) in engineering physics and materials science and engineering; Margit Smulovitz (MAE) in robotics and intelligent systems and environmental studies;

Erik Hanley (CHE) in engineering biology and materials science and engineering; Jason Philip Houck (CEE) in architecture and visual arts; Jean-Paul Ciardullo (CEE) in finance and materials science and engineering; Carl Shuo Zhang (ORFE) in applications of computing and EMS; and

Jared Roger Jensen (CHE) and from ORFE, Andrew Ian Baron, Kenneth Thomas Buonocore, Brian Yu Chang, Diana Rabb Clarkson, Edward Huang Cong, John David Cranston, Jason Phillip de Roulet, Catherine Denise Farmer, Kevin Mark Foster, David Michael Green, Taylor Alan Henricks, Anjum Hossain, John Holland Knorring, Laura Danielle Kornhauser, Carolyn Jeanne Lindsay, Akshay Mah ajan, Daniel A. Nash, Joshua Couch Nichols, David Bothwell Nielsen, Jong-Jin Park, Kaitlyn Faye Parlin, James Taylor Smith, Erin Elizabeth Tunstill, and Kevin Joseph Walsh in EMS and finance.