"Remember to think critically and independently," said Christos Maravelias, Anderson Family Professor of Energy and the Environment and chair of chemical and biological engineering. "This is the hallmark of your Princeton education, as you serve the nation and humanity in the spirit of Princeton's informal motto."

Although the Class of 2023 was smaller than average, that size allowed the cohort to gel into an especially tight-knit community, according to several of the graduates.

Maravelias emphasized the role of this community as well as the students' various support networks — the family members and friends and organizations who sustained the graduates throughout four years of personal and academic challenges.

Twenty of the graduates earned certificates in eight different programs, including sustainable energy, materials science and engineering biology, among others.

Seven graduates earned the University's academic honors; four earned high honors; and four more students earned highest honors.

Twenty-two of the graduates were inducted into one or more honor society: Sigma Xi, for distinguished scientific research; Tau Beta Pi, recognizing outstanding engineering achievements; and Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's preeminent liberal arts honor society.

Yaxin Duan received the department's top award, the Overall Excellence in Chemical Engineering Award, recognizing her exemplary coursework.

David Amelemah won the Ernest F. Johnson Outstanding Senior Thesis Award.
 
Janelle Arnold and Hojoon Kim each won a Michelle Goudie '93 Senior Thesis Award.

Zihan Lin won the Ernest F. Johnson Distinguished Service Award.

Richard Huang won the Sigma Xi Book Prize.

Kevin Yeung won the Richard K. Toner Thermodynamics Prize.

Richard Huang, Zihan Lin and Elizabeth Zheleznyakova each won a Christodoulos A. Floudas Chemical Process Design Award.

A separate ceremony held by the School of Engineering and Applied Science recognized the graduating seniors as part of the full BSE program. SEAS honored four CBE Class of 2023 graduates:

Janelle Arnold won the Joseph Clifton Elgin Prize, given to a student who has done the most to advance the interests of the School in the community at large.

Bridget Denzer won the Tau Beta Pi Prize, for her service to the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Jay Kaplan won a Calvin Dodd MacCracken Senior Thesis/Project Award, for a thesis project that is most distinctive for its inventiveness and technical accomplishment.

Michal Kozlowski won a J. Rich Steers Award, given by the New York City Post, Society of American Military Engineers to reward scholastic performance that demonstrates potential for further engineering study and practice.

Princeton CBE's Great Class of 2023

The full list of chemical and biological engineering students graduating in the Class of 2023, along with any honors and awards they received, is below:

Arthur Acuña
High Honors, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi

Fatinah Albeez
Sigma Xi

David Amelemah
Honors, Sigma Xi
Ernest F. Johnson Outstanding Senior Thesis Award

Janelle Arnold
Sigma Xi
Michelle Goudie '93 Senior Thesis Award, Joseph Clifton Elgin Prize (SEAS)

Stanley Cho
Honors, Sigma Xi

Bridget Denzer
High Honors, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi
Tau Beta Pi Prize (SEAS)

Arabella Dill-Macky
Sigma Xi

Yaxin Duan
Highest Honors, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa
Overall Excellence in Chemical Engineering Award

Christopher Dugan
Sigma Xi

Kelly Gallagher
High Honors, Sigma Xi

Richard Huang
Highest Honors, Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi Book Prize, Christodoulos A. Floudas Chemical Process Design Award

Britley Jones
Sigma Xi

Jay Kaplan
High Honors, Sigma Xi
Calvin Dodd MacCracken Senior Thesis/Project Award (SEAS)

Hojoon Kim
Honors, Sigma Xi
Michelle Goudie '93 Senior Thesis Award

Michal Kozlowski
Honors, Sigma Xi
J. Rich Steers Award (SEAS)

Zihan Lin
Highest Honors, Sigma Xi
Ernest F. Johnson Distinguished Service Award, Christodoulos A. Floudas Chemical Process Design Award

Hao Nghi Luu
Honors, Sigma Xi

Stephanie Monson
Honors, Sigma Xi

Loren Ormënaj
Sigma Xi

Stephane Pienaar

Ashwini Shende
Honors, Sigma Xi

Kevin Yeung
Highest Honors, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi
Richard K. Toner Thermodynamics Prize

Elizabeth Zheleznyakova
Sigma Xi
Christodoulos A. Floudas Chemical Process Design Award