The Outstanding UROP Student Awards recognize students for exceptional contributions as undergraduate researchers. Recipients are selected based on nominations submitted by UROP supervisors and mentors.

2025 Recipients

First-Year Undergraduate

• Saathvik Kannan ’28, UROP in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

School of Engineering

• Trent Lee ’26, UROP in MIT Energy Initiative

• Katie Spivakovsky ’26, UROP in Biological Engineering

School of Science

• Andrew Van Dusen ’27, UROP in Biology

• Tran Quang Vinh ’26, UROP in Physics and MIT Kavli Institute.

School of Architecture and Planning

• Lara Ozkan ’25, UROP in the Media Lab

Schwarzman College of Computing

• Vicki Carrica ’27, UROP in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

2024 Recipients

First-Year Undergraduate

• Hector Astrom ’27, UROP in the Media Lab

School of Engineering

• Gwyneth Margaux Tangog ’26, UROP in the Civil & Environmental Engineering/Materials Research Laboratory

• Emily Neill ’26, UROP in the Nuclear Engineering/Plasma Science & Fusion Center

School of Science

• Nate Woodward ’25, UROP in Physics/Lab for Nuclear Science

• April Cheng ’24, UROP in Physics/MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research

Schwarzman College of Computing

• Rohan Bosworth ’27, UROP in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

2023 Recipients

First-Year Undergraduate

• Sarah Cao ’26, UROP in the Media Lab

School of Architecture + Planning

• Vainavi Mukkamala ’23, UROP in the Media Lab

School of Engineering

• Sophia W. Chen ’23, UROP in Biological Engineering
• Elaine Siyu Liu ’24, UROP in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

School of Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

• Rhea Bhattacharjee ’25, UROP in History

School of Science

• Owen Dugan ’25, UROP in Physics
• Atharv Oak ’23, UROP in Biology/Whitehead Institute

Schwarzman College of Computing

• Boris Velasevic ’23, UROP in the Institute for Data, Systems, & Society

Sloan School of Management

• Tianyuan Zheng ’23

2022 Recipients

Outstanding UROP Student, First-Year Undergraduate

• Oreoluwa O. Alao ’25, UROP in Physics

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Architecture + Planning

• Sara V. Fernandez ’23, UROP in the Media Lab

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Engineering

• Naksha Roy ’22, UROP in Chemical Engineering

Outstanding UROP Student (Team), School of Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

• Aria C. Kydd ’23, UROP in Music + Theater Arts
• Skylar S. Larsen ’23, UROP in Music + Theater Arts

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Science

• Desmond L. Edwards ’22, UROP in Biology

2021 Recipients

Outstanding UROP Student, First-Year Undergraduate Researcher

• Vaishnavi Addala ’24, Electrical Engineering + Computer Science UROP in Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Engineering

• Zoë Marschner ’23, Electrical Engineering + Computer Science, UROP in CSAIL

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Architecture + Planning

• Osvy Rodriguez ’21, Electrical Engineering + Computer Science, UROP in the Media Lab

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Humanities, Arts, + Social Sciences

• Alison Fang ’23, Mathematics, UROP in Comparative Media Studies

Outstanding UROP Student, School of Science

• Agata Bikovtseva ’21, Chemistry, UROP in Chemistry