Past Recipients
Past recipients of CEE awards.
First Year Student Award
Recognizes one full time freshman from the CEE Department who has exhibited outstanding academic performance, leadership, and service to the academic community.
| 2023 Enzo Suarez |
2022 Larissa Cavalcante |
2020 Lesly Avecillas |
2019 Molly M. Saylor |
| 2018 Kush Patel |
2017 Jakob Guido |
2016 Peter O’Connor |
2015 Kiera Nissen |
| 2014 Hella Talas |
2013 Andrew Margiotta |
2012 Michael Vitello |
2011 Amer Hamad |
Sophomore Excellence Award
Recognizes one full time sophomore from the CEE Department who has exhibited outstanding academic performance, leadership, and service to the academic community. The student must have at least 25 credit hours completed at NJIT.
| 2023 Saad Rehmatullah |
2022 Elizabeth Mundkowsky |
2020 Haroon Afzal |
2019 Patrick J. Bury |
| 2018 Brian Barros |
2017 Roocha Surma |
2016 Deep Patel |
2015 Kenneth Yanga |
| 2014 Andrew Margiotta |
2013 Anthony Calvano |
2012 Asim Zaman |
2011 William Pennock |
Junior Excellence Award
Recognizes one full time junior from the CEE Department who has exhibited outstanding academic performance, leadership, and service to the academic community. The student must have at least 50 credit hours completed at NJIT.
| 2023 Alexandra Knowles & Jason Lin |
2022 Heba Yousef |
2020 Jas Ahuja |
2019 Niyam A Shah |
| 2018 Roocha Surma |
2017 Mateusz Zaranski |
2016 Whittier Hua |
2015 Stefanie Pacifico |
| 2014 James Farkas |
2013 Pedro Santos |
2012 Jay Patel |
2011 Michael Sadowski |
Senior Excellence Award
Recognizes one full time senior from the CEE Department who has exhibited outstanding academic performance, leadership, and service to the academic community. The student must have at least 75 credit hours completed at NJIT.
| 2023 Nora Chamesian |
2022 Christian Eriksson, Erin Foody |
2020 Paula Heredia |
2019 Rachel Werner |
| 2018 Phillip Costa |
2017 Aswina Ranasinghe |
2016 Rajeet Das |
2015 Gladis Oseguera |
| 2014 Lucas Martin |
2013 Christopher Vander Fliet |
2012 Shu Tham |
2011 Tai Luu |
Excellence in Leadership Award (formerly Student Leadership Awards, Outstanding Student Award)
Recognizes a graduating senior who has demonstrated significant leadership involving student activities, department services, and community service.
| 2023 Nestor Garcia, Lara Rios & Pedro Bandeira |
2022 Jas Ahuja, Joseph Almeida, Kayden Bevandoi |
2020 Jakob Guido, Mohamed Hassan, Matthew Laub, Rocco Cioff |
2019 George Gaye, Zachary Keator, Krzysztof Buz |
| 2017 Whittier Hua, Ankur Patel |
2016 Oscar Chaves, Kristina Espineli, Andrew Margiotta |
2015 Kevin Alvernaz, Mateusz Tchorz |
2014 Stan Agradnov, Edwin Puma, Rita Exposito |
| 2013 Tom Woloszyn, Eric Miranda, John Lynch, William Pennock |
2012 Rocco Cerami, Andrew Flory |
2011 Luz Zidziunas |
Masters Excellence Award
Recognizes one full time masters student from the CEE Department who has exhibited outstanding academic performance, scholarly work, leadership, and service to the academic community. The student must have at least 12 graduate credit hours completed at NJIT.
| 2023 Richard Marsh |
2022 Patrick Nguyen Nan Geneit, Anne Sinclaire Wamba Kenfack |
2020 Bruno Bezerra de Souza |
2019 Auiola Neziri |
| 2018 Jitendra Kewalramani |
2017 Adam Baba Abdulai |
2016 Steven Anen |
2015 Anthony Dezenzo |
| 2014 Brian Shiels |
2013 Jesse Horsford |
2012 Paul Rodriguez |
2011 Joshua Tooker |
Doctoral Excellence Award
Recognizes one full time doctoral from the CEE Department who has exhibited outstanding academic performance, scholarly work, leadership, and service to the academic community. The student must have at least 12 credit hours completed in the doctoral program at NJIT.
| 2023 Jin Fan |
2022 Catarina Baptista-Pereira |
2020 Anuruddha Jayasuriya |
2019 Lucas Martin |
| 2018 Wanyi Fu |
2017 Ahmed Khaled Abdella Ahmed |
2016 Janitha Batagoda |
2015 Michael Agbakpe |
| 2014 Cecilia Kelnhofer-Feeley |
2013 Patricia DiJoseph |
2012 Shabnam Darjani |
2011 Oruba Rabie |
Distinguished Young Alumni Award
Recognizes a NJIT alumni for their exceptional achievements in career, public service and/or volunteer activities that bring honor to the CEE Department, while still relatively young (<35 years of age).
| 2023 Carlos Lopez |
2022 Silvia Santos |
2020 Christopher Hanna |
2019 Diogo Santos |
| 2018 Kristina Ippolito |
2017 Muhammad Elgammal |
2016 Vatsal Shah |
2015 Diego Deveyga |
| 2014 Frank Perrone |
2012 Chrissa Roessner |
2011 Anthony Massari |
Distinguished Alumni Award
Recognizes a NJIT alumni for their exceptional achievements in career, public service and/or volunteer activities that bring honor to the CEE Department.
| 2023 Richard Maser |
2022 Wei Wang |
2020 David Good |
2019 Joseph F. Malandro |
| 2018 Matt Riegel |
2017 Patrick Natale |
2016 Jerry Gallagher |
2014 Joseph Fleming |
| 2013 Dennis Motiani |
2012 William Killeen |
2011 Ted Cassera |