Congratulations Graduates!
Congratulations to our exceptional graduates in Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, Materials Science, and Medical Physics. The dedication and hard work of our undergraduate and graduate students have left a lasting mark, and the entire community wishes them continued success in all their future endeavors. These talented individuals are poised to make significant contributions to science, technology, and society at large.
(above) Andrew Yang, SEAS 2025 Class Valedictorian
Yang Named 2025 SEAS Valedictorian
Andrew Yang, (featured above) a double major in applied physics and applied mathematics, was the 2025 Columbia Engineering Valedictorian and Illig Award recipient
Senior Award Winnerrs
(left to right) Mihnea Leonte, Sarah Asher, and Andrew Yang
Undergraduate Award Winners
Meet the APAM Department Undergraduate Award Winners selected by the faculty in recognition of their outstanding achievements.
Applied Mathematics Faculty Award Winner: Mihnea Leonte
Applied Physics Faculty Award Winner: Andrew Yang
2025 Materials Science and Engineering Rhodes Prize: Sarah Asher
Congratulations 2024-2025 Graduates
Congratulations to our outstanding graduatets from Fall 2024 through Spring 2025!
October 2024 BS: Ken Kidangalil (AM), Vittorio Luzio (AM), Nathan Minyard (AM), Caidan Speth-McCrary (AM)
October 2024 MS: Mani Bayani (AM), Eugene Emono (AM), Ethan Li (AM) Niall Nethercote (AM)
October 2024 MPhil: Sidarth Raghunathan (AP)
October 2024 PhD: Sasaank Bandi (MSE), Andrew Bishop (AP), Sean Cohen (AM), Julia Hestenes (MSE), Xiaoyan Huang (AP), Tianwei Jin (MSE), Chenxing Luo (MSE), Mark Mathis (AP), Patrick Orenstein (AM), Bonan Shen (MSE), Yumou Wei (AP), Zirui Xu (AM), Qi Zhang (MSE)
February 2025 BS: Peiqi Ding (AM), Ashlyn Fulgham (AP), Caroline Sun (AM), Ari Willner (AP)
February 2025 MS: Yassine Bakkouch (AP), Shuangqi Bao (AM), Dylan Cawman (MP), Beiji Chen (AM), Wenting Cheng (AM), Javier Chiriboga (AP), Raul Cordies-Maso (MSE), Tianshu Dai (AM), Yishu Dong (AM), James Eckstein (AP), Karl Falb (AP), Samuel Freiberger (AP), Benjamin Gauthier (AM), Neil Hazra (AP), Runze He (MSE), Jingxuan Hu (MSE), Chuqiao Huang (AM), Yutong Huang (AM), Hongxi Jiang (AP), Ziyi Jiang (MSE), Peter Jin (AM), Ayman Khaleq (AM), Vanshika Kishore (AM), Alexandra Lachmann (AP), Zhizheng Lang (MSE), Eden Lee (AM), Katherine Lee (MSE), Chengze Li (AM), Dengyang Li (AM), Qiankun Li (AM), Tianyu Li (AP), Yanqi Liang (AP), Kaiheng Lin (AM), Zhaowen Lin (MSE), Chengyu Liu (AP), Rohan Lopez (AP), Cefu Lyu (AP), Julia Moncayo von Hase (AM), Caden Myers (MSE), Yernar Orda (MP), Marie Peduto (AM), Yudong Peng (MSE), Abhinav Radhakrishnan (AM), Yu Shan (AM), Frederick Sheehan (AP), Yanling Shen (AM), Jinkai Si (MSE), Arvind Singh (MSE), Yue Wang (AM), Ruicheng Wu (MSE), Yipeng Wu (AM), Jamie Xia (AP), Zhecheng Xiao (MSE), Yuhan Xu (AM), Yingsong Yang (AM), Zhihao Yang (AP), Jayanthi Yerchuru (AM), Xinran You (AM), Winston Yu (AM), Zhiqi Yu (AM), Ciming Zhang (AM), Liu Zhang (AM), Jianing Zhou (MSE), Zezheng Zhu (AP), Ketian Zou (MSE)
February 2025 MPhil: Yan Cheng (AM), Carl Elliston (AP), Benjamin Reilly (MSE), Hongjin Wang (MSE), Yin Zhou (AM),
February 2025 PhD: Rian Chandra (AP), Ling Lan (AM), Francesco Ruta (AP), Tianqi Wan (MSE)
May 2025 BS: Vikram Ailiani (AP), Samuel Andrello (AP), Kei Asano (AM), Sarah Asher (MSE), Lucas Bosteels (AM), Michael D’Agostino (AM), Karina Dovgodko (AM), Luke Filor (AP), Nicolaus Gagliano (AM), Chandra Gangavarapu (AM), Laya Gollamudi (AM), Jacobo Guzowski Lang (AM), Erik Heitsmith (AP), Tatsuya Hiki (AM), Aryaman Himatsingka (AM), Ethan Kim (AM), Connor Knezic (AM), Somin Lee (AM), Mihnea Leonte (AM), Ethan Lipson (AM), Dong Luo (AM), Marianna Mattin (AM), Jalaj Mehta (MSE), Raphael Mostov (AM), Geraldine Nina Montano (AM), Guillermo Peschard Rioboo (AP), Sridevi Pulugurtha (AP), Dylan Schmeling (AP), Neilesh Shrotri (AM), Farhan Tanvir (AP), Ze Wang (AM), Anna Weinacht (AM), Andrew Yang (AM), Andrew Yang (AM/AP), Shiqi Yang (AP), Tieqiong Zhang (AP), Yuqi Zhang (AM)
May 2025 MS: David Anderson (AM), Yao Cai (AM), Zhe Cao (AM), Alison Chen (AM), Han Chen (MSE), Yiwei Chen (AM), Yucong Chen (AM), Kyra Cho (AM), Malachi William Coleman (AM), Sophia Guizzo (AP), Aishwarya Gujarathi (MSE), Yusang He (AM), Jeffrey Holmes (AM), Plamen Hristov (AM), Chunying Huangdai (AM), Ilia Karp (MSE), Sangjoon Lee (MSE), Yitian Liang (AM), Zaikang Lin (AM), Bingyi Liu (AM), Mier Liu (MSE), Xinyi Liu (AP), Wendi Lu (AM), Qi Luo (AM), Jingwen Lyu (AM), John Magargee (AM), Emily Moy (MSE), Praneeta Nalluri (AM), Balzhan Smailova (AM), Jiahua Song (AM), Matthew Wilson (MP)
May 2025 MPhil: Garrett Beals (AP), Megan Eisele (MSE), Dion Ho (AM), Kristina Nabayan (MSE), Swarnava Sanyal (AP), Han Yong Wunrow (AM), Yuan Xu (AP)
May 2025 PhD: Yinan Dong (MSE), Madison Ihrig (AM), Richard Oliver (AP), Joseph Wild (MSE), Edith Zhang (AM), Yin Zhou (AM)
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AM: Applied Mathematics
AP: Applied Physics
MP: Medical Physics
MSE: Materials Science & Engineering