Andres A. de la Llera Kurth ’13 said that being awarded the Hoopes Prize has special significance coming from the underrepresented field of engineering sciences.

“Engineering and computer science do not appear too often in [Hoopes Prize winners’ lists]”, he said, noting that there were no engineering or computer science concentrators among this year’s Phi Beta Kappa Junior 24.

Kurth built a low-cost medical device meant for eye cataract surgery. He said his interest in the topic stems from his background in Chile, where cataracts are a significant health problem. His prototype worked successfully on fish eyes, and he said he hopes to patent his device by the end of the year.

“There are so many incredible theses written every year and to be selected out of those is really humbling,” Devine concluded.

A full list of winners is listed below:

Christian C. Anderson ’13, Hana Bajramovic ’13, Aditya Balasubramanian ’13, Devin R. Bean ’13, Zachary N. Bernstein ’13, Raj A. Bhuptani ’13, Nicholas F. Brazeau ’13, Seth H. Cassel ’13, Yi J. Chow ’13, Andrew Cohen ’13, Bradley L. Craig ’13, Ashok K. Cutkosky ’13, Carl Daher ’13, Lauren Dai ’13, Andres A. de la Llera Kurth ’13, Aaron J. Deutsch ’13, Christopher A. Devine ’13, Louis R. Evans ’13, John L. Ezekowitz ’13, Meghan L. Ferreira ’13, Daniel J. Frim ‘14, Katie L. Gallogly-Swan ’13, Julian B. Gewirtz ’13, Noah S. Guiney ’13, James B. Gusberg ’13, Layla Hazemi ’13, Samuel F. Himel ’13, Julia Hu ’13, Jessica Hwang ’13, Ethel L. Hylton ’13, Jillian J. Jordan ’13, Laila Kasuri ’13, Adam B. Kern ’13, Seungsoo Kim ’13, Kristie T. La ’13, Adam Lam ’13, Keli Liu ’13, Sara S. Lytle ’13, Julia G. Mason ’13, Bay B. McCulloch ’13, Sarah L. McCuskee ’13, James Meixiong '13, Adam K. Mitchell ’13, Ann M. Morgan ’13, Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey ’13, Kelsey H. Natsuhara ’13, Nicole Paulet Piedra ’13, MaryGabrielle Prezioso ’13, William M. Rafey ’13, Brianna Rennix ’13, Vaida Rimeikyte ’13, Christian B. Ronald ’13, Ryan M. Rossner ’13, Ariel L. Rubin ’13, Alexander L. Sahn ’13, Mary J. Sakellariadis ’13, Laura Savarese ’13, Leeann Saw ’13, Zachary T. Sheets ’13, Andrew Shindi ’13, Alicia C. Smart ’13, Thomas J. Snyder ’13, Georgia V. Stasinopoulos ’13, Sarah C. Stein Lubrano ’13, Elliot J. Stein ’13, Abby P. Sun ’13, Gabrielle M. Tandet ’13, Aparajita Tripathi ’13, Emily S. Unger ’13, Sezen Unluonen ’13, Gili Vidan ’13, Katherine E. Warren ’13, Mark Warren ’13, Olivia G. Weeks ’13, Zoe A.Y. Weinberg ’13, Benjamin B.H. Wilcox ’13, Frankie K.S. Wong ’13, Alice Xiang ’13, Alexa K. Zahl ’13, Michele Zemplenyi '13, George W. Zuo ’13

—Staff writer Melody Y. Guan can be reached at yguan@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @MelodyGuan.