Engineering Graduate Students Recognized at EGSO RA/TA Awards

Fifteen graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering were recognized on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at the Engineering Graduate Student Organization (EGSO) Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant Award Ceremony. The awards celebrate the extraordinary contributions and achievements of research and teaching assistants across the engineering departments.

“These winners are the best-of-the-best graduate researchers (RA) and teachers (TA) in the Swanson School of Engineering's Departments and Programs," said Bob Parker, associate dean for graduate education. "Their level research accomplishment and student appreciation for their hard work and dedication is exemplary, as evidenced by the comments from their faculty mentors.”

Click through the photos to see this year's winners.

Yingze Hou

Yingze Hou (center) received a 2023 Teaching Assistant of the Year Award for Industrial Engineering. He was recommended by Amin Rahimian (right) and poses with Taposh Banerjee (left).
Yiqi Tian

Tiqi Tian (left), 2023 Research Assistant of the Year Award, Industrial Engineering, with Dr. Bo Zeng (right)
Ryan Spangler

Ryan Spangler (left), 2023 Research Assistant of the Year Award, MEMS, with Dr. Dan Cole (right)
Fatemeh Azari

Fatemeh Azari (center), 2023 Teaching Assistant of the Year, MEMS, with Dr. Anne Robertson (left) and Dr. Brian Gleeson (right)
Pierangeli Rodriguez

Pierangeli Rodriguez (left), 2023 Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, MEMS, with Dr. Markus Chmielus (right)
Liangyan Hao

Liangyan Hao (left), 2023 Research Assistant of the Year Award, MEMS, with Dr. Wei Xiong (right)
Guangzong Chen

Guangzong Chen (left), 2023 Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering, with Dr. Steven Jacobs (right)
Zeineb Bouzid

Zeineb Bouzid, 2023 Research Assistant of the Year Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Siddarth Achar

Siddarth Achar (left), 2023 Research Assistant of the Year, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Abigail Gondringer

Abigail Gondringer (left), 2023 Research Assistant of the Year, Bioengineering, with Dr. Partha Roy (right)
Mona Abdelgaid

Mona Abdelgaid (left), 2023 Teaching Assistant of the Year, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, with Dr. Joaquin Rodriguez (right)
Alireza Enshaeian

Alireza Enshaeian (left), 2023 Research Assistant of the Year, Civil and Environmental Engineering, with Dr. Andrew Bunger (right)
Wenyun Lu

Wenyun Lu (left), 2023 Teaching Assistant of the Year, Civil and Environmental Engineering, with Dr. Amir Alavi (right)
Slavica Gavric

Slavica Gavric (left), 2023 Research Assistant of the Year, Civil and Environmental Engineering, with Dr. Aleksander Stevanovic (right)
Jinghang Li

Jingling Li (left), 2023 Teaching Assistant of the Year, Bioengineering, with Dr. Partha Roy (right)