Student Accomplishments – Spring 2025

June 1, 2025
Categories: Departmental News Tags: Departmental News, newsletter

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering takes great pride in the outstanding accomplishments of our students. Their dedication, curiosity, and drive to excel continue to reflect the strength of our academic programs and the supportive environment we strive to foster. Whether through research, leadership, teaching, or service, our students are making meaningful contributions to the university and the broader engineering community. From being recognized as “Top 5 Under 25” to earning top honors at research symposiums and excelling in teaching assistant roles, our students consistently demonstrate the caliber and character that define the CEE Department. We celebrate their achievements and remain committed to providing opportunities that empower them to grow as scholars, leaders, and engineers of impact. Read about all of their accomplishments below:

Top 5 Under 25

  • Jacob Leblanc
  • Aluanna Roberts
  • Daniel Rodriguez
  • Sam Villeda Salinas
  • Jamie Welday

Outstanding Research Assistant

  • Amirmohammad Samadzad

Outstanding Teaching Assistant

  • Mohammad Khalid

Research Symposium

1st Place – Anjumana Jannati Nur

2nd Place – Chideraa Ndubuisi

3rd Place – Rachel Irving

Mohammad Khalid

  • CEE Outstanding TA Award (April 2025).
  • UNCC Outstanding IOR award finalist (April 2025).
  • Future faculty teaching fellowship (Aug 2024).
  • Chair, Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) Committee, GPSG, UNCC (2024-2025).
  • Serves as the Vice President of the Graduate and Professional Student Government (2024–Present).

Nita Khanal

  • UNC Charlotte Graduate Outstanding TA award finalist (April 2025).
  • First-place poster presentation winner in the Engineering track at the Graduate Research Symposium-2024, UNC Charlotte.
  • Selected as one of seven Graduate Life Fellows (GLF) for the 2023-2024 from the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL), UNC Charlotte.

Anjumana Jannati Nur

  • 1st Place for oral presentation at GPSG Graduate Research Symposium (GRS 2025), UNC Charlotte.Title: Light-Activated Silver Nanoparticles To Eliminate Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.
  • 1st Place for poster presentation at Sixth Annual Graduate Research Symposium 2025, CEE, UNC Charlotte, Title: Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Light-Activated Nanoparticles Against Superbugs Through Sequential Light Exposure.

Chideraa Ndubuisi

  • 2nd Place in student poster competition at North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute conference in March in Raleigh
  • 2nd Place in the Department’s Graduate Research Symposium