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Graduate Student Award and Fellowship Recipients

Akeley-Mandler Award for Teaching Excellence

Year Recipient
2024 Caden T. LaFontaine - nominated by Andrzej Lewicki
2023 Robert Orlando - nominated by Andrzej Lewicki
2022 Dewan Woods - nominated by Dr. Andrzej Lewicki
2021 Abigail Kopec
2020 Amanda O. Harrison
2019 Abhilash Kalam
2018 Brandon Dzuba
2017 Kelsie Niffenegger
2016 Ian Arnold
2015 David Blasing
2014 Gregory Robison
2013 Cyrus Vandrevala
2012 Adrien Chauvet
2011 Christos Deligkaris
2010 Alyssa Garrelts
2009 Jacob Hale
2007 Joshua Mattes
2006 John Buncher
2005 John Millis
2002 Jennifer Coy
2001 Bernard Griggs
Rekishu Yamazaki
1999 Timo Budarz
Michael Stohler
1998 Navin Deendyal
1997 Dale Human
Michelle Parry
1996 Richard Flack
1995 Tom Pekarek

Charlotte Ida Litman Tubis Award

Year Recipient Essay (pdf)
2024 Bhagya Subrayan
2023 Keiichiro Furuya Quantum Error-correction in Quantum Field Theory and Gravity
2023 Juehang Qin Extending the search for dark matter with advanced algorithms
2022 Amanda Depoian-Baxter Low Energy Backgrounds in Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers
2020 Yang Cao Photoluminescence of non-polar Nitride Semiconductors
2018 Ian Christie Thermal and Non-Thermal Signatures in Galactic Nuclei
2017 Dustin Hemphill The Behavior of the Primordial Universe
2016 Brianna Dillon-Thomas Quantum Percolation: Electrons in a Maze

Dr. Warner Black Award

Year Recipient
2024 Bowen Yan - nominated by Shawn Xingshan Cui
2023 Xingyu Gao- nominated by Tongcang Li
2022 Francis Walz- nominated by Prof. Shivaram
2021 Siddhant Pandey
2020 Alireza K. Ravari
2019 Scott Jensen
2018 Darryl Masson
2017 Jacques Pienaar
2016 Brendan Sullivan
2014 Abraham Olson
2012 Sourav Dutta
2011 Ozhan Koybasi
2010 Steven Kane
2009 Eric Sword
2007 Seth McConchie

Edward S. Akeley Award

Year Recipient
2024 Ranadeep Dastidar - nominated by Paul Duffell
2023 Guangjie Li- nominated by Jukka Vayrynen
2022 Keiichiro Furuya- nominated by Prof. Nima Lashkari
2021 Hao Zhang
2020 Michael D Higgins
2019 Adithan Kathirgamaraju
2018 Jingcheng Liang
2017 Sean Fancher
2016 Matthew Eiles
2015 Su-Ju Wang
2014 Shuo Liu
2010 John Buncher
2009 Chen Fang
2006 Stefano Chesi
2005 George Simion
2003 Brajesh Rai
2001 Christopher Tong
2000 Sadek Mansour
1999 Alexander Pozamantir
1998 Michelle Parry
1997 Samir Ranjan
1996 D. Catalina Marinescu
Mi-Ae Park
1994 Dennis Krause
1993 Robert Rice
1992 Donald Jacobs
1991 Giuseppe Santoro
1990 Murielle Villeret
1989 Luc Daemen
1988 Nivedita Deo
1986 Yao Wang
1985 Xiao Dong Zhu

Gabriele F. Giuliani Award

Year Recipient
2024 Ben Simon - nominated by Dr. Andrzej Lewicki
2023 Danielle Dickinson - nominated by Andrzej Lewicki
2022 Jared Newton - nominated by Dr. Andrzej Lewicki
2021 Dawith Lim
2020 Francis F. Walz
2019 Shiva Konakanchi
2018 Kennard Chng
2017 John Daniel
2016 Amartya Dutta
2015 Darryl Masson
Julian Varennes
2014 Ian Christie
Zachary Mitchell
2013 David Blasing

George W. Tautfest Award

Year Recipient
2024 Soumik Chandra nominated by Wei Xie
2024 Dillon Hasenour nominated by Paul Duffell
2024 Kwing Lam Leung nominated by Nima Lashkari
2024 Bhagya Subrayan nominated by Dan Milisavljevic
2023 Juehang Qin- nominated by Rafael Lang
2023 Zachary Davis- nominated by Dimitrios Giannios
2022 Keiichiro Furuya- nominated by Prof. Nima Lashkari
2022 Dmitry Kondratyev- nominated by Prof. Norbert Neumeister
2021 Yicheng Feng
2019 Adithan Kathirgamaraju
2020 Rui Xiao
2018 Ian Christie
2017 Jian Sun
2016 Shayne Reichard
2015 Kurt Jung
2014 Li Yi
2013 Qiuguang Liu
2012 Karolos Potamianios
2011 Quan Wang
2009 Bo Xin
2008 Terence Tarnowsky
Jason Ulery
2007 Viktor Veszpremi
2006 Anadi Canepa
2005 Kim Giolo
Amitava Roy
2004 Imre Pal
Carsten Rott
2003 Ricardo Vasquez
2002 Arnold Pompos
2000 Todd Keaffaber
Naresh Menon
1999 Mary Bishai
1998 Ekkehard Gerndt
Kara Hoffman
1997 Karoly Banicz
1996 Mark C. Kruse
1995 Ting Miao

H. Y. Fan Award

Year Recipient
2024 Haoyun Huang - nominated by Gabor Csathy
2023 Xinchao Zhou- nominated by Chen-Lung Hung
2022 Sean Myers - nominated by Gabor Csathy
2021 Cheng-An Chen
2020 Tzu-Han Chang
2019 Vidhi Shingla
2018 Ting-fung Chung
2017 Katherine Schreiber
2016 Brendan Sullivan
2015 Yang Xu
2014 Nianpei Deng
Colin Edmunds
2013 Dooshaye Moonshiram
2012 John Watson
2011 Nodar Samkharadze
2010 Chen Fang
2009 Mason Overby
Xuefeng Wang
2008 Sunanda Koduvayur
2007 Gang Chen
Xiangshun Lu
2005 Leilei Peng
2001 Heejun Jeong
2000 John Sutter
1998 Hyungjung Kim
Ralf Vogelgesang
1996 Ranbir S. Rana
1995 Abhilash J. Mayaur
M. Dean Sciacca
1994 Qingnan Wang
1992 Stephen Hoffman
1991 Jin Liu
1990 Thomas Gog
1989 Timothy Meisenheimer
1988 Eunkyung Suh
1987 Dwight U. Bartholomew

Karl Lark-Horovitz Award

Year Recipient
2024 Bhagya Subrayan - nominated by Dan Milisavljevic
2023 Xingyu Gao - nominated by Tongcang Li
2022 Chenwei Lv - nominated by Prof. Qi Zhou
2021 Michael Higgins
2020 Zhujing Xu
2019 James Nakamura
2018 Qi Qian
2017 Katherine Schreiber
2016 Jordan Steckloff
2015 Ethan Kleinbaum
2014 Sourav Dutta
2013 Brandon Johnson
2012 Helin Cao
2011 Miguel Araya-Arguedas
2010 Boyang Liu
2009 Artur Apreseyan
Ming Zhao
2008 Youngquan Xue
2007 Stefano Chesi
Kwan Jeong
2006 George Simion
2005 Manoj Varma
2004 Stanislav Tsoi
2003 Victor Pavlunin
2002 Miroslav Kopal
2001 Daniel Javorsek
2000 Maeng Je Seong
1999 Mihaela Dinu
1998 Indrajit Lahiri
1997 Samir Ranjan
1996 Robert M. Brubaker
1994 David M. Schaefer
1993 Brian Todd Huffman
1992 Ralph Wagoner
1991 Rodrigo G. Alonso
1990 Ximing Chen
1989 Giuseppe LaRocca
1988 David J. Klepacki
1987 Qun Shen
1986 Yongli Gao
1985 Sudha Gopalan
1984 Daniel M. Fleetwood
David C. Peterson
1983 Kong Thon F. Tsen
1982 Roger W. Minich
1981 Leroy D. Chapman
1980 Belvin S. Freeman
Wayne I. Imaino
1979 Enrique Fernandez
1978 Mark L. Boriach
Charles P. Beetz

Lijuan Wang Memorial Award

Year Recipient
2024 Jijun Chen - nominated by David Koltick
2024 Tatiana de Picoli Ferreira nominated by Erica Carlson
2024 Razan Hamed nominated by Sanjay Rebello
2024 Ramya Suresh nominated by Erica Carlson
2023 Riya Riya- nominated by Rafael Lang
2023 Jijun Chen - nominated by David Koltick
2023 Bhagya Subrayan - Nominated by Danny Milisavljevic
2022 Kiranmayi Dixit - nominated by Arnab Banerjee
2022 Norhan Eassa - nominated by Arnab Banerjee
2022 Amanda Depoian -Baxter- Nominated by Rafael Lang
2021 Bhagya Subrayan
Yimeng Wang
2020 Trang T Nguyen
2019 Vidhi Shingla
2018 Qi Qian
2017 Cassie Reuter
2016 Katherine Schreiber
2015 Mayra Cervantes
Su-Ju Wang
2014 Brianna Dillon
Vineetha Mukundan
2013 Dooshaye Moonshiram
Li Yi
2012 Katherine Davis
Niharika Ranjan Singh
2011 Kari Frank
2010 Laura Boon
Sunanda Koduvayur
2009 Alyssa Garrelts
Cristina Moody
2008 Laura Biedermann
Yu Zheng
2007 Chun Lan
2006 Valeria Strarovoitova
2003 Babita Dhayal
2002 Anadi Canepa
Baris Cetin
2001 Marta Zgagacz
2000 Jennifer Coy
1999 Jennifer Coy
Mihaela Dinu
Mary Bishai
1996 Kathleen Falconer

Ramdas Prize in Honor of Professor CV Raman

 Year  Recipient
2024 Cheng-An Chen nominated by Chen-Lung Hung
2023 Keiichiro Furuya- nominated byNima Lashkari
2022 Dr. Abigail Kopec- nominated by Prof. Rafael Lang
2021 Sayan Basak
2020 Katherine Schreiber
2019  Matthew Eiles

 

Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship

Year Recipient
2023-24

Batao Du

Jonah Quirk

Deepak Suresh

Xinchao Zu

2022-23 Xingyu Gao
Kunaal Joshi
Soutick Saha
2021-22 Yimeng Wang
John Banovetz
Yicheng Feng
Zhujing Xu
2020-21 Rui Xiao
Shivam Gupta
Alireza Ravari Karbkhsh
Tingting Shen
2019-20 Guodong Jiang
Zhe Li
Jeremy Munsell
Xiaoling Zhai
2018-19 Sayan Basak
Clayton Devault
Liang He
Adithan Kathirgamaraju
2017-18 Yifei He
Julian Varennes
2016-17 Shayne Reichard
Valentyn Stadnytskyi
Haoyu Wang
2015-16 Ting-Fung Chung
Ethan Kleinbaum
Deke Sun
James Tucci
2014-15 Shuo Liu
Li Yi
2013-14 Sourav Dutta
An Ran
2012-13 Daniel Whitenack
Nodar Samkharadze
2011-12 Eric Clausen-Brown
Yu Zheng
2010-11 Chen Fang
Jacob Hale
2009-10 Riei Ishizeki
Yihong Liu
Xuefeng Wang
2008-09 Roya Lahiji
Chang Liu
2006-07 Gang Chen
2005-06 Trinanjan Datta
2004-05 Mary Yang

Gary L. Wright Memorial Fellowship

Year Recipient
2013-14 Brianna Dillon
2012-13 Vineetha Mukundan
2011-12 Cristina Moody
2010-11 Wendi Wampler
2009-10 Kari Frank
2008-09 Alyssa Garrelts

Rolf Scharenberg Graduate Fellowship

Year Recipient
2024 Arghya Ranjan Das
2024 Dipanjan Das
2024 Tess Hoover
2023 Abigail Wesolek
2023 Rongjie Li
2023 Kevin Barrow
2022 Danielle Dickinson
2022 Sai Satyam Samal
2022 Hongshan Xu
2020 Kiran Dixit
Jijun Chen
Andrew J. Wildridge
Xinchao Zhou
2019 Pavani Devabathini
Ming Zhu
2018 Yicheng Feng
Ananthesh Sundaresh
2017 Rui Xiao
Zhujing Xu
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