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Nominations Open: April 1, 2024
Nominations Close: October 13, 2024

Previous Winners

This prestigious awards program to date has received a total of 735 nominations from exceptional students worldwide earning university STEM degrees and has awarded 180 of them as 20 Twenties winners.


20 Twenties Class of 2024

  • Ahmed Ashry, University of Maryland
  • Gabriela Gavilánez Gallardo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Grace Kim, Harvard University
  • Connor Lazzaro, Purdue University
  • Suraiya Nawaz, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
  • Maria Reitz, University of Michigan
  • Amrita Singh, University of Colorado Boulder
  • David Dezell Turner, University of Colorado Boulder
  • José Luiz Vargas de Mendonça, University of Michigan
  • Matthew Werneken, Columbia University
  • Kruti Bhingradiya, University of Maryland 
  • Sydney Giannuzzi, University of Central Florida
  • George Lewis Lamb, Technical University of Munich
  • Mallika Misra, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Sophia Papp, University of Michigan
  • Madelyne Rossmann, University of Maryland
  • Nick Tran, University of Michigan
  • Eszter Anna Varga, Virginia Tech
  • Lucy Waite, Virginia Tech
  • Joseph Westermeyer, University of Alabama

20 Twenties Class of 2022

Photo Credit:  Chris Zimmer Photography.

  • Jesudunsin Awodele, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Catherine Dominic, University of Texas at Austin
  • Emily Herrmann, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Tatiana Jaimes, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
  • Anoop Kiran, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  • Daniel Mayper, Purdue University
  • Luisa Piccolo Serafim, Duke University
  • Alina Santander Vinokurova, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
  • Caitlyn Singam, University of Maryland, College Park
  • David Wolmark, University of Southern California
  • Terelle Cadd, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Chloé Gentgen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Joshua Ingersoll, The George Washington University
  • Margaret Kilpatrick, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Perla Latorre-Suarez, University of Central Florida
  • Hailey Nichols, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Grace Robertson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Morgan Mackenzie Serra, University of Michigan
  • Julia Weiss, University of Michigan
  • Angie Zhang, Purdue University

20 Twenties Class of 2021

Photo Credit:  Nathan Mitchell Photography

  • Michaela Adams, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Daniel Gochenaur, Purdue University
  • Niloy Gupta, University of Maryland
  • Oscar Klempay, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Justin Lidard, Princeton University
  • Zachary Marshall, Purdue University
  • Shlok Misra, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Kriston Ramdass, Pennsylvania State University
  • Rikhi Roy, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Ryan Udell, Rice University
  • Rachel Cueva, University of Maryland
  • Shreyasvi Gowda, Cornell University
  • Logan Hill, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Caroline Kren, Purdue University
  • Emma Markovich, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Madeline McQueen, Ryerson University
  • Julie Pham, University of Texas at Austin
  • Swati Ravi, Columbia University
  • Ryan Strelau, Purdue University
  • Emily Williams, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

20 Twenties Class of 2020

Photo Credit:  Chris Zimmer Photography

  • Emily Beckman, Purdue University
  • Kate Byrd, Harvard University
  • Sean Devey, The University of Alabama
  • S. Reza Fattahi M., Sharif University of Technology
  • Shannon Gatta, University of Washington
  • Alexis Hepburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Michelle Lin, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Victoria Pellerito, Lawrence Technological University
  • Simon Shuham, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Laura Yenchesky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Valerie Bernstein, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Katherine Carroll, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Paula do Vale Pereira, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Kanika Gakhar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Jane Gillette, The University of Alabama
  • Chloe Johnson, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Julia Mihaylov, Johns Hopkins University
  • Ethan Plaehn, Purdue University
  • Gautham Viswaroopan, University of Colorado Boulder
  • David Zuehlke, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

20 Twenties Class of 2019

Photo Credit:  Chris Zimmer Photography

  • Mazen Albazzan, University of South Carolina
  • Ryan Blay, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Fatak Borhani, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  • Casey Evans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Stewart Isaacs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Akshay Kadhiresan, Cornell University
  • Vaibhav Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Adam Patel, Purdue University
  • Linda Rossmann, University of Central Florida
  • Jessica Zhu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Aaron Blacker, Purdue University
  • Joseph Ryan Block, University of Kansas
  • Adam Boro, University of Maryland
  • Alexis Harroun, Purdue University
  • Emily Jewell, Stanford University
  • Siddarth Kaki, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Frank Kozel, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Mark Moretto, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Samantha Rocker, Virginia Tech
  • Peyton Strickland, The University of Alabama

20 Twenties Class of 2018

Photo Credit:  Chris Zimmer Photography

  • Aaron P. Aboaf, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Matthew Asper, University of Virginia
  • Nicholas A. Branch, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Rosemary K. Davidson, University of Maryland
  • Katherine Fowee, Purdue University
  • Christine Greve, Texas A&M University
  • Jared Ham, Colorado State University
  • Matthew L. Marcus, University of Maryland
  • Jocelino Rodrigues, University of Cambridge
  • Jeremy C. H. Wang, University of Toronto
  • Alexa Aguilar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Estefania Bohorquez, University of Central Florida
  • Arthur J. Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Luke Bury, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Jessica Lillian Dedeaux, Tuskegee University
  • James H. Gong, Columbia University
  • Namrah Habib, University of Arizona
  • Seamus Lombardo, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
  • Kimberly A. Q. Rink, Purdue University
  • Kenneth Wayne Smith, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology

20 Twenties Class of 2017

Photo Credit:  Chris Zimmer Photography

  • Keenan E. S. Albee, Columbia University
  • Jakob Bludau, Technical University of Munich
  • John L. Deaton, U.S. Air Force Academy
  • Jennifer Domanowski, Boise State University
  • Alexander W. Feldstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Kelly Henckel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Matthew Ryan Hurst, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Braven C Leung, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Kristen Railey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Rose Weinstein, University of Maryland
  • Geoffrey Andrews, Purdue University
  • Julia CrowleyFarenga, Purdue University
  • Julia Di, Columbia University
  • Karl Domjahn, The University of Queensland
  • Brian Free, University of Maryland
  • Rebecca E. Hill, University of Michigan
  • Rubbel Kumar, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Wanyi Ng, University of Maryland
  • Christine Reilly, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Emily Zimovan, Purdue University

20 Twenties Class of 2016

Photo Credit:  Chris Zimmer Photography

  • Deepak M. Atyam, Purdue University
  • Kathrine N. Bretl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Wout De Backer, University of South Carolina
  • Markus Geiss, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Jillian M. James, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Viha Parekh, The University of Queensland
  • Ariel M. Sandberg, University of Michigan
  • Pablo Trefftz Posada, University of Washington
  • Samuel Udotong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Sophia Yakoubov, Boston University
  • Trevor J. Bennett, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Imon Chakraborty, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Sylvie DeLaHunt, University of Maryland
  • Thomas B. Green, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Kursten K. O'Neill, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Elaine M. Petro, University of Maryland
  • James P. Stewart, Virginia Tech
  • Lauren N. Trollinger, University of Maryland
  • Christopher Weston, University of Michigan
  • Tyrell T. Yorke, Tuskegee University

20 Twenties Class of 2014

  1. Nathan Kidder, The Ohio State University
  2. Dustin Martin, Johns Hopkins University
  3. Tobias Niederwieser, University of Colorado Boulder
  4. Ronak Dave, Purdue University
  5. Lauren Smith, Case Western Reserve University
  6. Michael Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  7. Patrick Wessels, University of Colorado, Boulder
  8. David Boots, Royal Military College of Canada
  9. Christopher Reynolds, University of Michigan
  10. Lynsey Schroeder, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Stephanie Klimczak, University of Southern California
  • Christopher Nie, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Nicholas Picon, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Akash Shah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Elena Shrestha, University of Maryland College Park
  • Sarah (Weems) Troupe, Iowa State University
  • Nelson Yanes, University of Maryland
  • Raichelle Aniceto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Sarah Easterbrook, Arizona State University
  • Ryan Martineau, Utah State University

20 Twenties Class of 2013

  • Paul Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Bradley Cheetham, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Ryan Endres, University of Kansas
  • Gaines Gibson, Arizona State University
  • Kip Hart, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Kirstyn Johnson, University of Colorado
  • Linda Kuenzi, Arizona State University
  • Adriana Parra, University of Arizona
  • Jason Rabinovitch, California Institute of Technology
  • Sandro Salgueiro, University of Michigan
  • Caue Borlina, University of Michigan
  • Travis Edwards, University of South Carolina
  • Jake Gamsky, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Erin Griggs, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Yayu Monica Hew, Stanford University
  • Michael Lotto, University of Colorado
  • Daniel Lubey, University of Colorado
  • Daniel Prosser, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Edward Rocco, Pennsylvania State University
  • Michal Talmor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute