This award recognizes the most outstanding doctoral student in each program, as selected by the faculty within the department. Recipients receive a stipend, certificate, and a medal to be worn at graduation.
2021-22 Awards
- Quentin Whitsitt, Biomedical Engineering (Advisor: Erin Purcell)
- Ian Kropp, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Pouyan Nejadhashemi)
- Apoorva Chandrakant Kulkarni, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Ramani Narayan)
- Megat Usamah Megat Johari, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Peter Savolainen)
- Renming Liu, Computational Mathematics, Science & Engineering (Advisor: Arjun Krishnan)
- Julian Blank, Computer Science (Advisor: Kalyanmoy Deb)
- Nick Ivanov, Computer Science (Advisor: Qiben Yan)
- Abdullah Karaaslanli, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Selin Aviyente)
- Brijen Miyani, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Irene Xagoraraki)
- JoAnn Ballor, Materials Science (Advisor: Carl Boehlert)
- Hoa Nguyen, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Haseung Chung)
2020-21 Awards
- David Filipovic, Biomedical Engineering (Advisor: Sudin Bhattacharya)
- Ryan Julien, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Steven Safferman)
- Quinn Sun, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Shiweng Cheng)
- Hamid Mohammadi, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Neeraj Buch)
- Nazanin Donyapour, Computational Mathematics, Science & Engineering (Advisor: Alex Dickson)
- Sudipta Banerjee, Computer Science (Advisor: Arun Ross)
- Yaojie Liu, Computer Science (Advisor: Xiaoming Liu)
- Sneha Banerjee, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Peng Zhang)
- Dipti Kamath, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Annick Anctil)
- David Hernandez Escobar, Materials Science (Advisor: Carl Boehlert)
- Justin Scott, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Tamara Reid Bush)
2019-20 Awards
- Victoria Toomajian, Biomedical Engineering (Advisor: Chris Contag)
- Kaitlyn Casulli, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Kirk Dolan)
- Kanchan Chavan, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Scott Calabrese-Barton)
- Ramin Saedi, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Ali Zockaie)
- Robert Termuhlen, Computational Mathematics, Science & Engineering (Advisor: Hui-Chia Yu)
- Yao Ma, Computer Science (Advisor: Jiliang Tang)
- Asif Iqbal, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Peng Zhang)
- Vidhya Ramalingam, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Alison Cupples)
- Chelsea Weiskerger, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Phanikumar Mantha)
- Yubo Zhang, Materials Science (Advisor: Jason Nicholas)
- Nilay Kant, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Ranjan Mukherjee)
2018-19 Awards
- Monica Setien, Biomedical Engineering (Advisor: Erin Purcell)
- Juan Sebastian Hernandez Suarez, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Pouyan Nejadhashemi)
- Lisaura Maldonado-Pereira, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Ilce Medina Meza)
- Farshid Felfelani, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Yadu Pokhrel)
- Mingzhe Li, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Weiyi Lu)
- Sarah Tymochko, Computational Mathematics, Science & Engineering (Advisor: Elizabeth Munch)
- Ali Munir, Computer Science (Advisor: Alex Liu)
- Saranraj Karuppuswami, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Prem Chahal)
- Camille McCall, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Irene Xagoraraki)
- Yuxiao Lin, Materials Science (Advisor: Yue Qi)
- Suihan Liu, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Rigoberto Burgueño)
2017-18 Awards
- Joseph Salatino, Biomedical Engineering (Advisor: Erin Purcell)
- Yuzhen Lu, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Renfu Lu)
- Sayli Bote, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Ramani Narayan)
- Ankit Agrawal, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Venkatesh Kodur)
- Michael Crockatt, Computational Mathematics, Science & Engineering (Advisor: Andrew Christlieb)
- Xi Yin, Computer Science (Advisor: Xiaoming Liu)
- Anand Chandrasekhar, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Ramakrishnan Mukkamala)
- Joshua Drost, Engineering Mechanics (Advisor: Tamara Reid-Bush)
- Zachary Curtis, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Shu-Guang Li)
- Yuanchao Liu, Materials Science (Advisor: Scott Calabrese Barton)
- Ruitao Song, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Guoming Zhu)
2016-17 Awards
- Emily Wrenbeck, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Tim Whitehead)
- Margaret Young, Materials Science Engineering (Advisor: Richard Lunt)
- Fariborz Daneshvar, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Pouyan Nejadhashemi)
- Joseph Salatino, Biomedical Engineering (Advisor: Erin Purcell)
- Ata Babazedeh, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Rigoberto Burgueño)
- Yogendra Kanitkar, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Alison Cupples)
- Hussein Hejase, Computer Science Engineering (Advisor: Kevin Liu)
- David Olson, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Manoochehr Koochesfahani)
- Jie Li, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Shanker Balasubramaniam)
2015-16 Awards
- Yingqian Lin, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Fei Pan)
- Caitlin Kowalsky Stein, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Tim Whitehead)
- Chen Zhang, Materials Science (Advisor: Thomas Bieler)
- Mohannad Naser, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Venkatesh Kodur)
- Fernanda Paes Wilson, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Alison Cupples)
- Joseph Roth, Computer Science (Advisor: Xiaoming Liu)
- Bin Fan, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Wen Li)
- Ali Al-Jiboory, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Guoming Zhu)
2014-15 Awards
- Zhiguo Liu, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Yan "Susie" Liu)
- Yimu Zhao, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Richard Lunt)
- Ajith Chakkedath, Materials Science (Advisor: Carl Boehlert)
- Nan Hu, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Rigoberto Burgueño)
- Mariya Munir, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Irene Xagoraraki)
- Muhammad Shahzad, Computer Science (Advisor: Alex X. Liu)
- Jun Zhang, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Xiaobo Tan)
- Brian Scott Strachan, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Steve Shaw)
- Christopher Cater, Engineering Mechanics (Advisor: Xinran "Sharon" Xiao)
2013-14 Awards
- Rui Chen, Biosystems Engineering (Advisor: Wei Liao)
- Phillip Angart, Chemical Engineering (Advisor: S. Patrick Walton)
- Robert Schmidt, Materials Science (Advisor: Eldon Case)
- Yi Sun, Civil Engineering (Advisor: Rigoberto Burgueño)
- Indumathy Jayamani, Environmental Engineering (Advisor: Alison Cupples)
- Soweon Yoon, Computer Science (Advisor: Anil Jain)
- Zhang Fan, Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Lixin Dong)
- Smruti Ranjan Panigrahi, Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Brian Feeny)
- Brian Weaver, Engineering Mechanics (Advisor: Roger Haut)
