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

Mechanical Engineering, Packard Lab