2026 UPE Ceremony

2026 UPE Ceremony

2026 UPE Ceremony

On February 27, 2026, the Computer Science department held their Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) induction ceremony! Advised by Dr. Hristescu and Professor Chien, UPE is an international honor society that recognizes academic excellence within Computing and Information Disciplines at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

In order to be inducted into the UPE honor society, undergraduate students must have a 3.0 GPA minimum within their Computer Science classes, at least 45 Computer Science semester hours, and a recommendation from a professor. Similarly, graduate students must have a 3.5 GPA in both their current studies and their undergraduate studies.

As for faculty, staff must be employed full-time for at least half of a year and be responsible for undergraduate courses, graduate courses, or research work. Faculty inducted into UPE are also decided based on their degree, rank, publications, research, and more.

The 2026 inductees include:

  • Noel Abastillas
  • Fardeen Bilal
  • Antoine Chike Peeples Brown
  • Jermain Noel Calm
  • William D. Carr
  • Manuel Machado Dias
  • Kieran Edelmayer
  • Ahmen Faheem
  • Attanasia Anesu Garuso
  • Andre Gomes, PhD
  • Niqolas Savion Gonzalez
  • Michael Grehlinger
  • Theresa Marie Ingegneri
  • Dylan Jablonski
  • Quinn Alexandra Johnson
  • Michael Christopher
  • Pavani Laxmi Jupudi
  • Manish Chowdary Kalluri
  • Zoe Ann Konow
  • Cory G. Lillis
  • Ella Rose Marino
  • Kyle Middlestead
  • Jack Miller
  • Bobby Alfred Morgan
  • Tru Vin Hoang Quy
  • Evan John Ridgway
  • Joshua Rossell
  • Nicholas John Rua
  • Emily Faith Schwartz
  • Anveshna Singh
  • Petro Skrypnyk
  • Alexander Vu
  • Will Zakroff
  • Shai Zayden

After the UPE inductions, the Computer Science Department granted four awards to six outstanding students. Firstly, the Nhan Huynh Medallion Award for Excellence in Computer Science was awarded to Anthony Segrest. This award is presented to a student with the highest GPA in computer science courses, graduates in the Spring semester, and is recommended by a faculty member. Additionally, there were two senior awards given at the induction: Dean’s Outstanding Senior Award, given to Sushanth Ambati and Ava Esposito, and Head’s Outstanding Senior Award, given to Michael Greenbaum and Bobby Morgan. These awards are given to senior students who have made great contributions to the department, university, or community. Finally, one graduate award, the Outstanding Graduate Award, was granted to Petro Skrypnyk. Similar to the senior award, this award is given to a graduate student who has made incredible contributions to our department, university, or community. Congratulations to all of the awardees and their hard work! 

Along with the Distinguished Graduating Student awards, the department also awarded the Distinguished Alumni Awards, given to Dan Jones and Nick Perkins. Both working for Microsoft in New York City, these two alumni are passionate in creating networking and educational opportunities for Rowan’s CS students. Jones and Perkins organized a trip to Microsoft’s headquarters in New York City and currently organizes the department’s Tech Connect Days each fall semester.

Congratulations to all of the students, alumni, and faculty that were inducted and awarded at the UPE Ceremony!

 

Written by Cassandra Marie Nicdao | Posted 04.3.26