Lafayette Engineering

Twelve straight years. Still climbing. 🏔️

Fresh off a 4th-place finish at the national steel bridge competition, Lafayette's Steel Bridge Team took in the views on a hike in El Paso the day after Nationals. 🌉

Congratulations to:
🔹 Marc Radossich '26 (captain)
🔹 Robbie Snyders '26
🔹 Rory Lunbeck '26
🔹 Brendan Fossetta '27

Their top-five finish marks Lafayette's 12th consecutive year placing in the top five nationally! 🐆✨

"It was incredible that a 4-person team managed to finish 4th in the country. I’m sure we were the smallest team at nationals," said Prof. Steve Kurtz, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and steel bridge mentor.

The Mechanical Engineering Department wrapped up the year with some strikes, spares, and camaraderie at the bowling alley! In addition to getting a great group photo of the graduating ME class with some of the ME faculty, the group honored the 2026 award winners:

🏆 Carl G., Jr. ’67 and Deborah B. Anderson P’01 Mechanical Engineering Prize For high academic achievement and promise for career excellence.
👉 Kira Marr

🏆 Karl J. Ammerman Prize Awarded to the “most deserving student” in the department, selected by the ME faculty.
👉 Owen Paschke

🏆 Professor Jeff Helm Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Award For excellence in the implementation of the engineering design process.
👉 Allison Overholt

🏆 Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award Awarded to an outstanding citizen of our department.
👉 Chris Allen

🏆 Mechanical Engineering Student Award Awarded to an outstanding classmate, voted on by the ME Class of 2026.
👉 Peter Curtis

🏆 Mechanical Engineering Thesis Award For outstanding accomplishment on a senior thesis.
👉 Ajani Martin (not pictured, but thoroughly celebrated!)

Congratulations, Class of 2026! We're so proud of our leopards! 🎉🐆✨

Lafayette's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department celebrated the induction of its seniors into the Order of the Engineer. Congratulations to all!

What’s next for Grace Trautwein '26? ✨ The Integrative engineering major with an environment and energy concentration, and a mathematics minor will be attending Stanford University to pursue her master’s in environmental engineering. 🎓 Congratulations Grace!

What's next for the Class of 2026: Grace Trautwein The opportunity to conduct research as undergraduates inspired her next steps and shaped her future