Congratulations to two OSCUR PhD students at UIC on their 2026 College of Engineering awards:

• Gustavo Moreira received the COE Graduate Student Award for Exceptional Research Promise, which recognizes PhD students who demonstrate outstanding research accomplishments and exceptional promise as researchers during their doctoral training.
• Leonardo Ferreira received the COE Graduate Student Award for Teaching Assistance Excellence, which recognizes outstanding teaching assistants.

Gustavo led Urbanite and contributed to Autark; Leonardo led VA-Blueprint and contributed to Sidewalk Stewards.