GIANT Student Diversity Leadership Awards

The IDEA Institute recognizes student-led GIANT team members who have made significant contributions towards the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Grainger College of Engineering through the GIANT program. The GIANT Student Diversity Leadership Award recipients include students who are instrumental to the success of their respective GIANT project initiatives, which has ultimately helped to foster a more inclusive community of engineers, community stakeholders, and IDEA Institute partners. The honorees include:

2024 Awardees

Exploring Alternative Modalities for Lecture Demonstrations: Kevin Wandke

In League with STEM: Caleb Bruhn, Amos Jeng, Kendall Koe, Julian Martinez, Bee Mensing, Leah Fields

2023 Awardees

Graduate Orientation for Women (GrOW): Rupal Nigam, Aadhy Sundarajan Parthasarathy, Aanchal Gupta, Tove Elizabeth Kopperstad, Ani Pirosmanishvili

HUG Initiative: Research Career Roadmap for Historically Marginalized or Underrepresented Genders: Mei-Yun Lin, Hsinju Chen, Mayura Kulkarni, Alyssa Huang, Erin Raftery, Leah Espenhahn, Matilde Figueroa-Carrillo

ASL Aspire: A Game-Based Vocabulary Platform for Deaf Students: Mona Jawad, Ethan Gaughan, and Amy Lee

Allies in STEM: Jazmin Aguilar-Romero, Samantha Rubeck, Anita Wo, Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, Shion Watabe, Rory Lusebrink, Mia Renna, Lingyun, Xu, Emily Lawson-Bulten, Paul Ruess, Whitney Sinclair, Edzna Garcia Ramirez, Renalka Khan, Kathleen Oolman

Three-pronged Approach for Retention of Underrepresented Minority Students (RISE-UP): Jamie Clark, Lonna Edwards, Mickeal Key, Sasha Yamada, Vongai Tizora, Eliza Wright, Linda Nguessan, Teagan Mathur, Jaden Edwards-Jones Gladden, Abdulgafar Sulaiman

Decreasing Barriers for Underrepresented Groups by Clarifying Expectations in Graduate School: Vidushi Ojha, Beleicia Bullock, Raul Platero

Peer Mentorship in a Virtual University Setting: Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, Julie Lorenzo, Paola Baldaguez Medina

Using Study Partners to Broaden Participation: Renato F. L. Azevedo, PhD