For Christine Li BS'26, @columbia became home the moment she stepped onto campus for move-in day. Four years later, she's leaving Morningside Heights as a Churchill Scholar. #SEASTheWorld2026
During her time on campus, Christine TA'd in the CS department for three years, contributed to three lead-author publications in quantum computing and computational art history, and served as Executive Director of the Columbia Ballet Collaborative, where she helped relaunch the Ivy Ballet Exchange.
After she graduates, Christine heads to Churchill College, Cambridge, to pursue an MPhil in Advanced Computer Science, followed by a PhD in quantum computing.
Congratulations Christine! Read more about her journey through our #linkinbio
Class of 2026, are you ready to #SEASTheWorld? Class Day is only one week away!
As we begin our countdown to May 18th, share all the ways you’re celebrating by using the hashtag #SEASTheWorld2026.
Find out more information on Class Day and Commencement season on our website #linkinbio #ColumbiaEngineering #Columbia2026
📣 Congratulations to our Valedictorian Danielle Maydan and Salutatorian Samir Farraj! 🎓
Danielle, a computer science major and Goldwater Scholar, will address her fellow graduates at the Columbia Engineering Class Day ceremony on May 18, 2026. She cherishes her time at Columbia Engineering for being able to pursue her passions for computational biomedical research, and community service and teaching. Danielle plans to enter medical school this summer and aspires to become a physician-researcher.
Samir, a chemical engineering major and C.P. Davis Scholar, developed an early commitment to using science and engineering to serve others--a principle that continues to guide both his academic work and professional pursuits. He has a strong passion for teaching and hopes to one day return to Columbia as a professor.
Read more about Danielle and Samir through our #linkinbio. #engineering4humanity #seastheworld2026
Meet Alexandra Bradbury BS'26, A @chem_cu and music double major who has spent four years at Columbia doing what she does best: bringing communities together. #SEASTheWorld2026
During her time on campus, Alexandra led the King's Crown Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary, served as VP and bassoonist of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, and music directed four student shows (three of them original). She also represented her class in Columbia's AIChE chapter.
After walking the stage, she'll spend a year in Scotland as a 2026 Saint Andrew's Society Scholar pursuing an MSc (Res) in Chemistry — researching the chemical recycling of nitrile rubbers — before heading to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music for an MM in Music Theory.
Congratulations, Alexandra! We can't wait to see where you go next.
Behind Brendan Stec's MBAxMS'26 entrepreneurial journey is a community of mentors, programs, and faculty who helped him during his time at Columbia.
His startup, Routerr Health — a smart logistics platform that uses AI to dispatch at-home clinicians — earned the $25,000 first prize at this year’s Millard Chan '99 Tech Challenge, a powerful example of what's possible when our students, faculty mentors, and entrepreneurship community come together.
His advice to the Class of 2026? "Keep building solutions to the world's toughest problems! We need engineers with a pro-humanity mindset, who believe technology should serve human flourishing, not become an end in itself.” #SEASTheWorld2026
Kavita Murthy BS'26 chose biomedical engineering because she wanted to build technologies that address real medical challenges. Four years later, the graduating senior has done exactly that — from her senior design project O₂-matic, a low-cost respiratory ventilation system, to research on a potential HIV cure that could reach patients in regions hit hardest by the disease. #SEASTheWorld2026
Kavita has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar and will pursue a PhD in Medical Science at Cambridge to research a more comprehensive malaria vaccine. Real #Engineering4Humanity in action!
Read more about Kavita’s Columbia journey through our #linkinbio
Cheng "Gavin" Gong PhD’26 did more than conduct research at Columbia — he helped shape the experience for everyone around him. #SEASTheWorld2026
As a teaching fellow for Biomedical Innovation I & II, he was nominated by his students for a Presidential Teaching Award. As a University Senator, he co-chaired two committees and served on the Executive Committee. And as a researcher, his first-author paper on a scalable imaging platform was just accepted by Nature Biotechnology.
Now, the graduating PhD candidate has been named Columbia Engineering's Campbell Award winner in recognition of his exceptional leadership and Columbia spirit.
Congratulations! Read more about Cheng’s Columbia journey through our #linkinbio #ColumbiaEngineering #Columbia2026 @columbia@columbia_bme
Meet Columbia Engineering's 2026 Graduate Class Day honorees! 🎓
Divyadarshini Thirugnanasambandan (MS, Business Analytics) will deliver the Graduate Class Day address on May 18.
Bernard Steyaert (PhD, Electrical Engineering) and Jagannaath Shiva Letchumanan (PhD, Electrical Engineering) will receive the Graduate Student Life Leadership Awards for their work strengthening our graduate community.
Congratulations to all three on this well-earned recognition! Read more about the awardees through our #linkinbio #SEASTheWorld2026 #ColumbiaEngineering
Nicholas Fuller PhD’02 started his career studying applied physics at Columbia Engineering, and today he’s helping shape the global innovation agenda for agentic AI and next-generation automation as vice president of AI & Automation at IBM.
“With the continued shrinking of our global village and the more keen awareness of our technical and non-technical challenges that the latter brings, there is probably no better time than in this AI age to be a graduate student,” Fuller said.
Read more at the link in our bio.
Bon appétit!
The undergraduate Class of 2026 celebrated their achievements last week at the annual senior dinner, which took place in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
“We are lucky, as Columbia Engineers, to have such a strong community. You have made memories that you will remember for years to come,” said Dean Chang in his remarks to the seniors. “But your time at Columbia is not over yet! There’s time to create more memories. Perhaps strengthen or even begin new friendships -- and prepare for the next chapter of your life!”
We hoped you enjoyed your night! Stay tuned for more tasty surprises. #SEASTheWorld2026
60+ projects. 200+ students. One unforgettable afternoon.
The 2026 Senior Design Expo is in the books! This showcase serves as a culmination of all the coursework done in the past 4 years, where students have the opportunity to form a team, research an existing problem, and then design, build, test, and showcase their inventive solutions.
Through these projects, our students become young engineers, confronting the challenges of the world today and learning how to address them. Thank you to every mentor, faculty, and group partner who helped turn years of coursework into real-world solutions!
#ColumbiaEngineering #EngineeringForHumanity
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Research means tackling the organ shortage. Too many people wait years—or die while waiting—for an organ to become available for transplant. Growing livers in the lab that the body won’t reject could increase the organ supply and reduce a patient’s need for lifelong immune-suppressing drugs.
Research Means #BetterTomorrows.
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