{"id":301,"date":"2020-04-27T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/?p=301"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:03:48","slug":"mabe-holds-virtual-celebration-for-top-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/news\/mabe-holds-virtual-celebration-for-top-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MABE Holds Virtual Celebration for Top Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UT MABE Honors Top Students\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_aWH257CB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 20th, MABE held its first-ever virtual awards celebration for the top juniors, seniors, and graduate students in the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although, there was some disappointment that the students couldn\u2019t be recognized in person at the department\u2019s annual awards banquet, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the virtual celebration still allowed everyone to come together to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents, grandparents, and spouses were also invited to attend the virtual celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to congratulate these students who have worked tirelessly and excelled in their studies this past year,\u201d said Interim Department Head Kivanc Ekici. \u201cI have no doubt these students will continue to do great things and have a bright future ahead of them. We are fortunate to have such wonderful students in MABE.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award winners included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samuel Pankratz<\/strong>, <strong>Andrew Wilcox<\/strong>, and <strong>Andrew You<\/strong><br>Outstanding Junior in Aerospace Engineering Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luke Stanley<\/strong>, <strong>Carson Helton<\/strong>, and <strong>Veronica Jeon<\/strong><br>Outstanding Junior in Biomedical Engineering Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Connor Shelander<\/strong>, <strong>Jeremy Hensley<\/strong>, <strong>Sebastian Sanchez<\/strong>, <strong>Micah Shirran<\/strong>, <strong>Rebecca Laughon<\/strong>, <strong>Preston Young<\/strong>, <strong>Konnor Porter<\/strong>, and <strong>Eilish Stanek<\/strong><br>Outstanding Junior in Mechanical Engineering Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Christopher Busic<\/strong>, <strong>Jonathan Dixon<\/strong>, <strong>Spencer McDonald<\/strong>, and <strong>Ethan Cerrito<\/strong><br>Outstanding Senior in Aerospace Engineering Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Benjamin Savitz<\/strong>, <strong>Bradley Moore<\/strong>, and <strong>Lauren Jennings<\/strong><br>Outstanding Senior in Biomedical Engineering Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alexandra Defilippis<\/strong>, <strong>William Davis<\/strong>, <strong>William Botts<\/strong>, <strong>Justin Wilcox<\/strong>, <strong>Alex Arbogast<\/strong>, <strong>Parker Trulove<\/strong>, and <strong>Zane Chapman<\/strong><br>Outstanding Senior in Mechanical Engineering Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Golter<\/strong><br>Student Leadership Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jiaqi Wang<\/strong>, <strong>Cary Smith<\/strong>, and <strong>Soheil Borhani<\/strong><br>Outstanding Graduate Student Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MABE hosted its first virtual awards celebration, honoring outstanding juniors, seniors, and graduate students for their achievements despite the challenges of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[71,70],"locations":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-awards-ceremony","tag-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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