05/20/2025
2025 Engineering Awards
Congratulations to George Henderson `25, Jason Troiano `25, winners of the 2025 Travelers Companies Foundation Senior Research Prize for their project entitled "Emergency Thermal Balance". This prize is awarded to student(s) whose senior research project in the field of engineering has been deemed the most outstanding by an independent board chosen from Trinity faculty and The Travelers staff.
Congratulations to Isabelle Tagliaferro`25, Poojaa Prakash Babu `25, and Scarlet Heyes`25, winner of the 2025 Edwin P. Nye Award. This award was established in 1983 by family, friends, and colleagues of the late Professor Emeritus Edwin P. Nye and goes to an undergraduate who has demonstrated understanding and concern for the need to achieve a harmonious balance between man's technology and the natural environment. Selection of the recipient is made by the Engineering faculty.
Congratulations to Manny Chiappinelli `26, winner of the 2025 Hartford Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Prize. This prize is awarded by the Hartford Chapter of The American Society of Mechanical Engineering to a full-time junior or senior who is concentrating in mechanical engineering and has an exceptional academic record.
Congratulations to Kaleigh Spencer `26, winners of the 2025 Junior Engineering Book Prize. This prize recognizes a rising senior engineering major who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and shown evidence of professional development. The recipient is chosen by a vote of the Engineering Department faculty.
Congratulations to Hayden Kozola `26 and Tu Vu `26, winners of the 2025 Theodore R. Blakeslee II Award. This award was established in 1992 by the family, friends, and colleagues of the late Professor Theodore R. Blakeslee II, Associate Professor of Engineering, to reward the outstanding teaching assistant in engineering.