Eight graduate students from the Texas A&M University College of Engineering were recently honored with the 2022 Association of Former Students’ Distinguished Graduate Student Award, presented by the Graduate and Professional School and The Association of Former Students. The award recognizes graduate students from across Texas A&M who have excelled in either research or teaching, and it is divided accordingly into those two categories. This year, eight research awards were given to engineering students, listed below with their departments and faculty advisors:
Ali Akbari, biomedical engineering
Faculty advisor: Roozbeh Jafari
Hananeh Alambeigi, industrial and systems engineering
Faculty advisor: Anthony McDonald
Kaivalya Deo, biomedical engineering
Faculty advisor: Akhilesh Gaharwar
Swarn Jha, mechanical engineering
Faculty advisor: Hong Liang
Xiaoqiang (Jack) Kong, civil and environmental engineering
Faculty advisor: Yunlong Zhang
Tanmay Mathur, biomedical engineering
Faculty advisor: Abhishek Jain
Sakina Mohammed Mota, biomedical engineering
Faculty advisor: Kristen Maitland
Raiyan Seede, materials science and engineering
Faculty advisor: Ibrahim Karaman