2026 Awards
2026 Awards
2026 CS Awards
The Computer Science department periodically issues department awards for our most accomplished students. Here are the students who have won awards for the Spring 2026 Semester, and a short description of their accomplishments.
CS Medallion Award : Anthony Segrest
Anthony Segrest embodies academic excellence with the 2026 Computer Science Nhan Huynh Medallion Award. Double majoring with a BS in Computer Science and in Mathematics, he serves as VP of Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computing Honor Society and is a member of Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Anthony presented at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings and was awarded the Thomas J. Osler Memorial Scholarship. He ranked in the 86th percentile on the 2024 Putnam Mathematical Competition, and his team placed 1st at the 2024 ICPC Regional Programming Contest. Anthony plans to attend graduate school or work as a software engineer.
Dean's Outstanding Senior Award (DOSA): Sushanth Ambati
Sushanth Ambati is graduating with a BS in Computer Science and a Mathematics minor. He is a member of the Honors College, served as UPE Honor Society Treasurer, worked as a Community Assistant, volunteered as a CS Learning Assistant, proofread for Professor Bergmann’s open-source book, and was a senior full-stack developer on the Web Team. He completed multiple research projects and presented his latest work on “A Human Study on Memorization of Strong Random Seeds” at USENIX Security 2025. Sushanth serves as a Teaching Fellow and will continue his studies at Rowan in pursuit of his PhD in Data Science.
Dean's Outstanding Senior Award (DOSA): Ava Esposito
Ava Esposito is completing her BS in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. She is an active member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Honor Society and the Association for Computing Machinery – Women in Computing (ACM-W) student chapter. She utilizes her strong leadership skills on multiple E-boards, serving as the UPE Secretary and as the ACM-W Web/Public Relations Coordinator. Ava has served as a CS Learning Assistant for 3 years and also completed a CS Co-op at Lockheed Martin, where she continues to work as she finishes her graduate studies in the CS Accelerated Dual Degree Program (ADDP).
CS Outstanding Senior Award (CS OSA): Michael Greenbaum
Michael Greenbaum will graduate from Rowan University with his BS in Computer Science, along with a minor in Mathematics. He is a member of the John H. Martinson Honors College and has given back to the Computer Science community at large by serving as both a CS Learning Assistant and Tutor. As a Research Assistant collaborating with Dr. Guo, the conclusion of his research was a published paper on “GPU-Accelerated Maximal Quasi-Clique Mining” for IEEE BigData 2025. He also participated in the Rowan CS Co-operative Education Program working at Lockheed Martin, where he plans to continue his employment after graduation.
CS Outstanding Senior Award (CS OSA): Bobby Morgan
Bobby Morgan is graduating with his BS in Computer Science and has done so in only 3 years. He is a member of the John H. Martinson Honors College and served as VP of the Data Science committee of ACM. As the CS Web Team Manager, he coordinated the development and enhancement of 7 application projects, along with supervising and mentoring 10 student webmasters. Last summer, he also participated in ASRC research with Dr. Breitzman and Dr. Sun. Bobby plans to continue his studies in the CS Accelerated Dual Degree Program (ADDP) in pursuit of his MS in Computer Science.
CS Outstanding Graduate Award (CS OGA): Petro Skrypnyk
Petro Skrypnyk is completing his M.S. in Computer Science at Rowan University in Spring 2026. His graduate research focuses on extracting and validating acronyms from digital scientific documents using large language models, with the goal of building domain-specific acronym dictionaries for different fields of study. He has served as a CS Teaching Fellow for Introduction to Java supporting undergraduate student education, and gained professional experience at a software company contributing across database administration, quality assurance, and technical project management roles. Following graduation, Petro plans to continue to grow as a technical product manager while dedicating more time to his family.