Satyaj Bhargava wins Emma W. Locke Memorial Award

In memory of his mother, Charles A. Locke established the Emma W. Locke Memorial Award in 1946. The award is Pitt’s highest undergraduate honor, recognizing one senior each year for exceptional scholarship, character and leadership, with nominees selected by the deans of each undergraduate school.

This year’s honoree is Satyaj Bhargava, a student in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering and Frederick Honors College. A 2025 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar and author of multiple peer-reviewed papers, his research spans brain vasculature imaging, wet lab work in the MechanoBiology Lab and the development of DavaLo, a medication management system designed for underserved hospitals in India.

During a gap year, Bhargava will work as a clinical research assistant in the Pediatric Spine Department at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He is also a lead percussionist in the Pitt Symphony Orchestra, a National Collegiate Honors Council Student of the Year nominee and a Swanson School of Engineering University Scholar.