Congratulations to the MIT SCM Class of 2026, and to the award winners listed below!
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Best Capstone Project
Nicolas Garcia Castañeda / David Moreno Orta
Title: Multi-Echelon Network Design Under Demand Uncertainty: An Optimization Framework for Strategic Decision Support

Capstone Project Runner Up
Sandeep Sharma / Diandra Riando
Title: Agentic AI For Dynamic Sourcing Pipelines

Capstone Project Honorable Mention
Eduardo Cuya Nizama
Title: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Tactical Vessel Planning in Large-Scale Maritime Logistics Networks
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Tutoring and Mentorship Award
Eduardo Cuya Nizama, Madeleine Hrycyna
Candidates for this award devoted time and resources to support their classmates, providing tutoring, leading study groups, or simply offering their support.

Class Spirit and Community Development Award
Isis Clark, Stephen Day
Candidates for this award went above and beyond in bringing the class together and helped to define the SCM community as positive, inclusive, and welcoming.

Leadership Initiative Award
Paige Ruhlman, Utkarsh Goel, Ian Wong
Candidates for this award took an active leadership role and provided guidance to the SCM class. They were the program liaisons, translating student needs to staff, and ensuring that the MIT SCM experience was enriching and rewarding for every classmate.

Jonathan Byrnes Award
Ben Cutler, Kevin Pilz
The Jonathan Byrnes Prizes for Academic Distinction and Leadership, awarded each spring by CTL to a residential and a blended SCM master’s student who demonstrate, in Byrnes’s own words, “both a strong academic record (but not necessarily the strongest), linked with a strong contribution to student life.”
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Academic Achievement Awards
Drew Fosgard
Maya Mercer
Kevin Pilz
Paige Ruhlman
Andres Vargas Perez
Awarded to students who maintained a 5.0 GPA and received an A+ on their Capstone Project