Twenty-three students, including several from the College of Engineering & Computing, and two student clubs were recognized last week for stand-out leadership, service, and scholarship at the 2025 Outstanding Student Life Awards
For nearly 30 years, the annual ceremony has recognized Panthers who excel academically and in the areas of distinguished service to others, citizenship, innovation, leadership, civic engagement and promotion of the Panther spirit.
Among these remarkable students, one especially outstanding College of Engineering & Computing Panther stood apart from the crowd, earning special recognition with the FIU Presidential Award.
This year’s Presidential Award was received by Yashas Hariprasad, a computer science doctoral candidate whose groundbreaking research in artificial intelligence addresses one of the most urgent technological crises of the 21st century: the global proliferation of deepfake scams. Expecting to graduate this month, Yashas already has three U.S. patents pending and has published 18 peer-reviewed research papers, book chapters and conference papers as well as having co-authored two books.
The following CEC students were recognized with awards:
Outstanding Innovation Award
Yonacary Wingard, Civil Engineering
Outstanding Scholar Award – Undergraduate
Arya Bhadrakumar Nair, Mechanical Engineering
Outstanding Leadership Award – Undergraduate (Senior)
Francesca Casanova, Civil Engineering
Outstanding Leadership Award – Graduate
Francisca Kasubi, Transportation Engineering Doctoral Program
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