Once again, ISE’s stars shined brightly at the 2024 C.A. Anderson Awards. There were many winners Tuesday night, but the big winner was assistant professor Ben Rachunok, who took home the C.A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award, an award that is voted on by the students.
Many ISE honors were handed out along with the Anderson Award at this year’s event. Congratulations to the following winners!!!
- APM Outstanding Sophomore Award – Andres Allegre Trevino
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – Corbin Goodwin, Edric Pham and Jack Wilson
- Shook Mentor Awards – Hardik Birla, Behnam Jabbari Marand, Tavila Sharmin, Audrey Westlund and Andrea Zamudio
- Outstanding Doctoral Scholar – Erik Rosenstrom
- Outstanding Master’s Student – Giowthami Lakshminarayana
- Distinguished Dissertation Award – Yunsoo Ha
- Staff Member of the Year – Christina Pucci
- Outstanding Service Impact Award – Karen Chen
- Outstanding Research Award – Xiaolei Fang
- Faculty Scholar Award – Sara Shashaani and Xu Xu
Photo Gallery
![Maria Mayorga standing at the podium welcoming everyone to the event.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-01-1200x675.jpg)
![Kanton Reynolds standing at the podium introducing several student organizations' officers.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-02-1200x675.jpg)
![The IISE student organization officers receiving their certificates.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-03-1200x675.jpg)
![Nur Ozaltin standing at the podium introducing the Alpha Pi Mu officers.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-04-1200x675.jpg)
![The Alpha Pi Mu officers receiving their certificates.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-05-1200x675.jpg)
![Nur Ozaltin presenting Andres Allegre Trevino with the APM Outstanding Sophomore Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-06-1200x675.jpg)
![The SME officers receiving their certificates.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-07-1200x675.jpg)
![The ISEGSA officers receiving their certificates.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-08-1200x675.jpg)
![The ORGSA officers receiving their certificates.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-09-1200x675.jpg)
![The ISE ambassadors receiving their certificates.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-10-1200x675.jpg)
![The HSECP students receiving their certificates.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-11-1200x675.jpg)
![Kalene Thomas standing at the podium introducing the MEM ambassadors.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-12-1200x675.jpg)
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![Audrey Westlund receiving an award via a Zoom call.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-14-1200x675.jpg)
![Students receiving their Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-15-1200x675.jpg)
![Audrey Westlund receiving a Shook Mentor Award via a Zoom call.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-16-1200x675.jpg)
![Tavila Sharmin receiving a Shook Mentor Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-17-1200x675.jpg)
![Behnam Jabbari Marand receiving a Shook Mentor Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-18-1200x675.jpg)
![Hardik Birla receiving a Shook Mentor Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-19-1200x675.jpg)
![Erik Rosenstrom receiving an ISE Outstanding Doctoral Scholar Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-20-1200x675.jpg)
![Gowthami Lakshminarayana receiving an ISE Outstanding Master's Student Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-21-1200x675.jpg)
![A friend of Yunsoo Ha receiving his ISE Distinguished Dissertation Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-22-1200x675.jpg)
![Christina Pucci receiving her ISE Staff Employee of the Year Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-23-1200x675.jpg)
![Karen Chen receiving an ISE Outstanding Service Impact Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-24-1200x675.jpg)
![Xiaolei Fang receiving an ISE Outstanding Research Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-25-1200x675.jpg)
![Xu Xu and Sara Shashaani receiving their ISE Faculty Scholar Awards.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-26-1200x675.jpg)
![Ben Rachunok receiving the C.A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-27-1200x675.jpg)
![Andrea Zamudio receiving a Shook Mentor Award.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-28-1200x675.jpg)
![Kalene Thomas posing with several of her MEM students.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-29-1200x675.jpg)
![Rob Lasson flashing his best Wolfie along with several MEM students](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-30-1200x675.jpg)
![Kalene Thomas and Rob Lasson posing with several MEM students.](https://ise.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ca-anderson-awards-2024-31-1200x675.jpg)