Join us in congratulating the following undergraduate students who have been selected for the Annual CS Departmental Awards - 2025. These outstanding students have carried out excellent research in addition to excelling in their coursework. Each recipient receives $1000 and a recognition certificate.
Alexander Geppert – Hagerty Award
Graduating at age 18 with a perfect 4.0 GPA, Geppert developed real-time robotic hand gesture control systems and was honored by Merck for innovation during his internship.
Jocelyn Chou – Magidson Award
Her thesis explores policy and ethical challenges in modern data privacy, proposing new frameworks for collective data impact.
Nate Blum – Magidson Award
A standout TA and systems researcher, Blum contributed to course development and collaborated internationally on transportation systems research.
Kal Pandit – Novielli Award
Recognized for his work on computer science education, Pandit co-authored a paper presented at SIGCSE 2025.
Joshua Park – Novielli Award
Conducted independent research on personalized LLM agent systems and submitted as first author to a top-tier AI conference.
Ramesh Balaji – Novielli Award
Honored for excellence in teaching, research, and systems engineering, Balaji demonstrated technical and mentoring capabilities at the highest level.
