Congratulations to the recent award recipients and honorees in our department!

Whiting School of Engineering Convocation Award Winners

Below is the list of awards currently offered by the ECE Department.

John Boswell Whitehead Award – John Boswell Whitehead was named Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1910 and began a program in Applied Electricity that led to the formation of the Electrical Engineering Department. Professor Whitehead was also the first Dean of the School of Engineering. This award is presented annually for outstanding achievements in electrical and computer engineering by an undergraduate student.

William H. Huggins Awards – William H. Huggins was chair of the Electrical Engineering Department from 1970 to 1975. Dr. Huggins was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the IEEE, and was the recipient of the IEEE Educational Medal and the IEEE Edison Medal. These awards are presented annually to senior and junior students in Electrical and Computer Engineering for outstanding scholarship and service to the department and to his or her fellow students.

The Charles A. Conklin Award – Charles A. Conklin III earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1927. This award is presented to outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering seniors to recognize their academic achievements.

The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award – This award supports undergraduate student research and is awarded annually to an exceptional undergraduate student conducting research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. It was established by Emil ’56 and Faye Muly in honor of their family who include several generations of Hopkins alumni.

IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Excellence Award – This award recognizes individuals of ECE who have demonstrated exceptional academic accomplishments. This award is presented to a member who has not only excelled in scholastics, but has also exhibited sizable contributions to the university and the community through extraordinary character and leadership.

IEEE Leadership Award – The IEEE Leadership Award is given to a senior who has demonstrated significant leadership qualities and has served as a student leader during their time at Johns Hopkins.

The Electrical & Computer Engineering Student Service Award – This award is given to students who selflessly give their time, energy, and creativity to support and assist other students, faculty, and staff in Electrical & Computer Engineering.

2025 WSE Convocation Awards

  • John Boswell Whitehead Award

Awarded to Andrew Ying and Xingyu (Brian) Zhou

  • Charles A. Conklin Award 

Computer Engineering: Yanisa (Belle) Angkanapiwat

Electrical Engineering: Yuqian (Bruce) Zhang

  • William H. Huggins Award

Computer Engineering: Liwen Tran and Zeyn Schweyk

Electrical Engineering: Ashley Luo and Eric Ji

  • The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

Awarded to Nidhi Batra

2024 WSE Convocation Awards

  • John Boswell Whitehead Award

Awarded to Hoyeon Im, Michael Kruppa, and Ekin Gunes Ozaktas

  • Charles A. Conklin Award 

Computer Engineering: Eleni Daskopoulou and Sarah Wu

Electrical Engineering: Camden Shultz

  • William H. Huggins Award

Computer Engineering: Ryan Ahn and Liwen Tran

Electrical Engineering: Christopher Khoury and Mingyi (Louis) Zhang

  • The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

Awarded to Dana Kachman and Ekin Gunes Ozaktas

2023 WSE Convocation Awards

  • John Boswell Whitehead Award

Awarded to Hoyeon Im

  • Charles A. Conklin Award 

Computer Engineering: Bethany Kemp

Electrical Engineering: Jingyuan Wang

  • William H. Huggins Award

Computer Engineering: Trisha Pakkala, Eleni Daskopoulou

Electrical Engineering: Hee-Yun Suh, Michael Kruppa, Ekin Gunes Ozaktas

  • The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

Awarded to Casey Chen

2021 WSE Convocation Awards

  • John Boswell Whitehead Award

Awarded to Russ Huang

  • Charles A. Conklin Award

Computer Engineering: Vishnu Joshi

Electrical Engineering: Benjamin Huang

  • William H. Huggins Award

CE Junior: Jingguo Liang

CE Senior: Sara Weill

EE Junior: Peter Weiss

EE Senior: Robert Aviles

  • The Electrical & Computer Engineering Student Service Award

Awarded to Zachary Poole and Peter Weiss

  • The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

Awarded to Eric Rong

  • IEEE Leadership Award

Awarded to Kevin Nodarse

2020 WSE Convocation Awards

  • John Boswell Whitehead Award

Awarded to Travis Chan

  • William H. Huggins Awards

CE Junior: Vinicius Lepca

CE Senior: Lucas Robinson

EE Junior: Hoyeon Im

EE Senior: Ryan Hanks

  • The Charles A. Conklin Award

Computer Engineering: Isaac Mears

Electrical Engineering: William Rupenthal

  • The Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Service Award

Awarded to Zachary Poole

  • The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

Awarded to Tina Gao

2019 WSE Convocation Awards

  • John Boswell Whitehead Award

Awarded to Samuel Spetalnick

  • William H. Huggins Awards

CE Junior: Travis Chan

CE Senior: Nicholas Skacel

EE Junior: Gavin Mischler

EE Senior: Michael Signorelli

  • The Charles A. Conklin Award

Computer Engineering: Brian Fogelson

Electrical Engineering: Brandon Tran

  • IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Excellence Award

Awarded to Samuel Spetalnick

  • The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

Awarded to Eliza Cohn

2018 WSE Convocation Awards

  • John Boswell Whitehead Award

Awarded to Henrik Schuh

  • William H. Huggins Awards

CE Junior: Xinyi He

CE Senior: Elijah Pivo

EE Junior: Samuel Spetalnick

EE Senior: Daniel Vresilovic

  • The Charles A. Conklin Award

Computer Engineering: Lawrence Wolf – Sonkin

Electrical Engineering: Michael Mudgett

  • The Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Leadership Award

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Leadership Award recognizes significant achievement by a graduating senior for leadership and service in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Awarded to Jesse Rines

  • The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

Awarded to Sherry Chiu

IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Excellence Award

Awarded to Aurik Sarker

  • 2017-2018 Innovative Design Award

This award supports undergraduate students and is awarded annually to exceptional undergraduate students involved in the Robotics Design competition in fall 2017 in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department.

Awarded to Jesse Rines & Sydney Jackson

2017 WSE Convocation Awards

  • Charles A. Conklin Award

Awarded to Jeffrey Sham, Yeyi Yun

  • The Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Leadership Award

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Leadership Award recognizes significant achievement by a graduating senior for leadership and service in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Awarded to Seal-Bin Han

  • William H. Huggins Awards

William H. Huggins Award for a Junior in Electrical Engineering

Awarded to Michael Mudgett

William H. Huggins Award for a Junior in Computer Engineering

Awarded to Henrik Schuh

William H. Huggins Award for a Senior in Electrical Engineering

Awarded to Zhengyun Ji

William H. Huggins Award for a Senior in Computer Engineering

Awarded to Yuan Jing Yan

  • IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Excellence Award

Awarded to Zhengyun Ji

The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

Awarded to Gary Qian

John Boswell Whitehead Award

Awarded to Bo Liu

2016-17 Arduino Design Competition Award

The Arduino Design Competition challenges teams to design the most creative, innovative or unique device. Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It is intended for anyone making interactive projects. Arduino senses the environment by receiving inputs from many sensors and affects its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. Users can tell an Arduino what to do by writing code in its programming language and by using the Arduino development environment. This award honors the top team/developers in the annual Johns Hopkins Arduino Design Competition.

Awarded to Nicholas Duncan, Benjamin Hoertnagl-Pereira, Raphael Norman-Tenazas, Junjie Joseph Pan

2016 WSE Convocation Awards

John Boswell Whitehead Award

The John Boswell Whitehead Award in Electrical Engineering is presented to Zhuo Zhang.

William H. Huggins Awards

The William H. Huggins Junior Award for Electrical Engineering is presented to Zhengyun Ji.

The William H. Huggins Junior Award for Computer Engineering is presented to Bo Liu.

The William H. Huggins Senior Award for Electrical Engineering is presented to Ruta Patel.

The William H. Huggins Senior Award for Computer Engineering is presented to Michael Lombardo.

The Charles A. Conklin Award

The Charles A. Conklin Award in Electrical Engineering is presented to Andrew Dykman.

The Charles A. Conklin Award in Computer Engineering is presented to Clayton Minicus.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Leadership Award

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Leadership Award recognizes significant achievement by a graduating senior for leadership and service in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Leadership Award is presented to Adebayo Eisape.

The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award

The Muly Family Undergraduate Research Award is presented to Andrew Dykman.

2015-2016 Arduino Design Competition Award

The Arduino Design Competition is a platform where teams try to design the most creative, innovative or unique device. Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for anyone making interactive projects. Arduino senses the environment by receiving inputs from many sensors, and affects its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. You can tell your Arduino what to do by writing code in the Arduino programming language and using the Arduino development environment.

The 2015-2016 Arduino Design Competition Award is presented to Christopher Kulawik and Michael Patti.