Graduate Student Award and Fellowship Recipients
Akeley-Mandler Award for Teaching Excellence
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Jonathan Sullivan-Wood - nominated by Dr. Sederberg |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sambit Banerjee & Vandana Ramakrishnan | |
| 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 |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Eric Liu - nominated by Prof. Shivaram |
| 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 |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Shayamal Singh - nominated by Prof. Greene |
| 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 |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Duha Alsurdi - nominated by Dr. Andrzej Lewicki |
| 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 |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrew Wildridge - nominated by Prof. Jung |
| 2025 | Kwing Lam Leung - nominated by Prof. Lashkari |
| 2025 | C.W. Robertson - nominated by Prof. Wang |
| 2025 | Vandana Ramakrishnan - nominated by Prof. Lee |
| 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 |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Jonah Quirk - nominated by Prof. Elliott |
| 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 |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Xinchao Zhou - nominated by Prof. Hung |
| 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 |
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Tatiana de Picoli Ferrerira - nominated by Prof. Vayrynen |
| 2025 | Ilana Bromberg - nominated by Profs. Lee, Arnold, Polin |
| 2025 | Danielle Dickinson - nominated by Profs. Lee, Arnold, Polin, Milisavljevic |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Haoyun Huang - nominated by Prof. Csathy |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 |
Ranadeep Dastidar Saumitra Phatak Shashank Kumar Abd-AlGhaffar Amer |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Miranda Pikus |
| 2025 | Euihyun Jo |
| 2025 | Yuzhuo Tian |
| 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 |
Wendell Lutz Graduate Research Endowment Fund in Physics
| 2026 |
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