Congratulations to the Mechanical Engineering Senior Award Recipients:
The Cornelius Prize
Awarded to the senior Mechanical Engineering student who is judged to have profited most by opportunities at Lehigh. The award is based on 70% scholarship, 20% on attainment in general culture, and 10% on development in personality.
2026 Alexander Kmosko
2025 Layne M. Raczy
2024 Zemichael D. Gebeyehu
2023 Evan R. Dare
2022 Abiola A. Oladipo
2021 Georgia M. Burlingame
The Alan H. Stenning Award
For excellence in an undergradute engineering project
2026 Dominic Zouras, "NASA VTOL Terrain Observation and Survey Tool (T.O.A.S.T.)"
2025 Harrison J. Jenkins
2024 Kylie S. Frew, Athanasios S. Cosse & Nolan T. Jetter
2023 Aaron J. Dovenspike
2022 Benjamin E. Kramer
2021 Susan H. Cheng
The Ferdinand P. Beer Award
For excellence in the field of Mechanics
2026 Owen Hale
2025 Madeleine R. Kelly
2024 Abigail E. Peters
2023 Daniel T. Cahill
2022 Zehao You
2021 Briana D. Boulton
The Thomas E. Jackson Award
For contributions to the development and/or use of the Thomas E. Jackson Engine Testing Laboratory
2026 Carly Preston
2025 Margaret A. Smith
2024 Nicholas M. Schorn
2023 Brent R. Catan
2022 Edward A. McCarty III
2021 Joseph J. Heffernan
2020 Randy James Cheung
H.R. and Y.B. Wei Prize (2 winners)
This award is funded through a generous endowment by Prof. Robert Wei and his wife Lee in honor and memory of Prof. Wei's parents who devoted their lives to education and national service. The prize recognizes an outstanding undergraduate student who has completed his or her junior year in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, and has demonstrated both outstanding academic achievement and leadership qualities.
2026 Olivia Lasee & Danny Walter
2025 Lily A. Swider & Gregorio Macchia
2024 Amanda E. Greaney & William D. Gregory
2023 Anna C. Peris & Alex Perlman
2022 Nathan Bowler & Philip G. Kaufinger
2021 Daniel J. Simon & Daniel A. Grumbles
2020 Kyle Bradley Sult & Samina Sunjo Forbath
