Seidenberg Class of 2025 Student Awards

As the Spring 2025 semester wrapped up, students, families, faculty, and staff of Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems gathered on our NYC and Pleasantville campuses to recognize the Class of 2025 award recipients at our annual Awards Ceremonies.

Below is the full list of honorees from this year’s graduating class. Congratulations to you all—we are proud to celebrate your outstanding achievements!

Doctoral Awards

• Outstanding Student of the Year: Lisa Ellrodt

Graduate Awards

• Outstanding Student of the Year: Roshan Niranjan Kalpavruksha, Rohan Niranjan Kalpavruksha
• Computer Science Departmental Award: Ross Richard Carvalho, Kaiyin Chen, Yining Chen, Tarjanee Desai, Sharon Dsouza, Jenisha Gajera, Xinyu Guan, Rishita Gupta, Sivasankaran Kaleeswaran, Bala Selvaraj, Murali Kummari, Uday Reddy, Zaid Mohammad, Sushanth Nandeti, Jill Pathak, Dylan Pereira, Damin Shah, Amulya Thatha, Sarat Vanam
• Francis Marchese Software Development and Engineering Award: Parimal Borkar
• Cybersecurity Scholar Award: Hari Chodapuneedi, Samantha Henry, Linda Laryea, Ceasar Lugo, Austin Powlette, Matthew Shine, Arshdeep Singh
• Data Science Scholar Award: Esha Bawaskar, Amey Borkar, Julia Cardillo, Tejomay Kapadia, Aravind Yeddula
• Information Systems Scholar Award: Akshay Dhakan, Sravani Kola, Nishad Kolhe, Vaishali Laveti, Impanaa Lokesh, Durga Madhiraju Shashank Mysore, Viraj Rasal
• Human Centered Design Scholar Award: Tejaswini Khedkar, Angelique Perrin, Rosa Ramos, Jason Truong, Lalita Wongsakvanich

School Awards, Graduate

• Jean Coppola Award for Excellence in Service-Learning: Fabian Hiller
• Susan M. Merritt Computing Award for Academic Excellence: Riya Golani
• Seidenberg Civic Engagement Award: Ross Carvalho
• Graduate Alumni Achievement Award: Victor Zapata
• Seidenberg Leadership in Action Award: Tejomay Kapadia
• Career Services Award: Jill Pathak

Undergraduate Awards (Pleasantville)

• Scholastic Achievement Award: Isabella Coraci, Anthony Oramas
• Computer Science Departmental Award: Vincent Ret
• Information Technology Departmental Award: Charles Ten

Undergraduate Awards (NYC)

• Scholastic Achievement Award: Alyssa Lahaise
• Computer Science Departmental Award: Evan Frazier
• Information Technology Departmental Award: Huy Nguyen

School Awards, Undergraduate (Pleasantville)

• Jean Coppola Award for Excellence in Service-Learning Research: Ashley Peleg, Andrew Iadevaia
• Susan M. Merritt Computing Award for Academic Excellence: Madelyn Zambrano
• Seidenberg Civic Engagement Award: Ariana Contes
• Alumni Achievement Award: Thomas Karintholil
• Seidenberg Scholars: Victor Lima, Madelyn Zambrano
• Blue CoLab Innovation Award: Victor Lima
• Career Services Award: Meryl Mizell

School Awards, Undergraduate (NYC)

• Jean Coppola Award for Excellence in Service-Learning Research: Justin Boudreau, Nico Middleton
• Susan M. Merritt Computing Award for Academic Excellence: Nicole Romano, Fatima Bensassi, Audrey Louie
• Seidenberg Civic Engagement Award: Julia Tretyakov, Sachin Archer
• Seidenberg Involvement Award: Andrew Dinspechin, Junior Jean
• Seidenberg Scholars: Justin Boudreau, Amogh Iyer, Alyssa Lahaise, Solace-Simone Lattery, Paul Mash, Nico Middleton
• Career Services Award: Maisha Rauzat

Latin Honors (Pleasantville)

• Summa Cum Laude: Aaron Amalraj, Ariana Contes, Isabella Coraci, Anthony Oramas, Ashley Peleg, Vincent Ret, Madelyn Zambrano
• Magna Cum Laude: Dave Bileri, Ariel Cargill, Thomas Karintholil, Shahid Khan, Victor Lima, Meryl Mizell, Justin O'Neill, Mauricio Rabanales Cruz, Andres Rodriguez, Sebastian Roman
• Cum Laude: Gerardo Basso, Conor Jonassen, Dain Nishad, Kristan Panton
• With Distinction: Charlie Ten, Kelvin Rodriguez De Jesus

Latin Honors (NYC)

• Summa Cum Laude: Shalini Basu, Evan Frazier, Carson M Glines, Vasilios Koumbaros, Gregory Krupoff, Alyssa Lahaise, Kenny Luong, Audrey Louie, Huy Nguyen, Maisha Rauzat, Dominick Sacchetti, Tyler Stafford
• Magna Cum Laude: Joel Avendano Ascencio, Fatimazahra Bensassi, Justin Boudreau, Saatvik Chaudhari, Thomas Dinopoulos, Nathan Feng, Joseph Hilditch, Amer Issa, Solomon Khalili, Kevin Liu, Eleanor S Nealon, Russell C Ng, Nicole Romano, Ayden Rodriguez, Younes A Roumila, Pride Yin
• Cum Laude: Sahim Ahmed, Aleenah Alam, Sachin Archer, Patrick Casseus, Jason Forrisi, Gabriel Fanshteyn, Dante Hurr, Maleehah Jaaber, Nico Middleton, David Pinheiro Rosa, Paul Mash, Solace-Simone Lattery, Wilson Lu, Aaliyah Singh, Yared Yehualashet, Julia Tretyakov, Myron Zun Hao Weng
• With Distinction: John Bambury, Brandon Barrett, Andre D'sa