The College of Engineering is proud of its students who show they are the “Leaders and Best!” This page is dedicated to those graduate students who have been recognized for their achievements. We would like to showcase the achievements of all students who have received recognition for their work, so if you have been recognized (and are not already listed below), please let us know by sending email to ajrose@umich.edu.
2018-19
Richard F. and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding PhD Research
- Amanda Lietz, NERS
- Olivia Palmer, BME
- Stephen Taller, NERS
Richard F. and Eleanor Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement
- Abraham Addisie, CSE
- Lydia Atangcho, ChE
- Kathleen Chou, MSE
- James Coller, NAME
- Arianne Collopy, IS+D
- Malik Hassanaly, Aero
- Kevin Hughes, BME
- Sebina Kalawadwala, CEE
- Garima Malhotra, CLASP
- Sunming Qin, NERS
- Ellen Thompson, CEE
- Mohsen Taheri Andani, ME
- Manikandasriram Srinivasan Ramanagopal, Rob
- Manikandasriram Srinivasan Ramanagopal, Rob
- Yiling Zhang, IOE
- Xin Zan, ECE
Marian Sarah Parker Prize-Graduate
- Colleen Crouch, ME
Richard F. and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors
- Nel Escher, CSE
- Mary McMeekin, ME
- Tony Shin, NERS
- Phillip Yang, BME
Distinguished Leadership Award
- Laura Andre, ECE
- Sarah Cusson, Aero
- Michael Hua, NERS
- Kevin Lieberman, Rob
- Tom Logan, IOE
- Shannon Moran, ChE
ASME Graduate Teaching Fellowship
- Rachel Vitali, ME
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
- Keara Saud, MSE
3rd Annual Materials Research Symposium Winners
- Logan Williams, MSE
- Bryan Van Saders, MSE
CSE Graduate Student Honors Competition Winner
- Ofir Weisse, CSE
J. Robert Beyster Computational Innovation Graduate Fellows Program
- Matt Bartos, CEE
NWRI-Biolargo Graduate Fellowship
- Katherine Dowdell, CEE
Fiessinger Doctoral Scholarship
- Cassandra Champagne, CEE
Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE) Fellowship
- Sehwan Chung, CEE
Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Fellowship
- Anne Menefee, CEE
Charles M. Eastman Top PhD Paper Award
- Houtan Jebelli, CEE
NSF Graduate Fellowship
- Tyler Gerhardson, BME
- William Wang, BME
2019 Dow Sustainability Doctoral Fellows
- Cassandra Champagne, CEE
- Suzanne Chou, ME
- Morteza Taiebat, CEE
2019 Dow Sustainability Master’s Fellows
- Claire Dodinval, CEE
- Genevieve Sertic, CEE
- Kanchan Swaroop, CEE
- Maxwell Woody, CEE
Innovative Signal Analysis (ISA) Fellowship
- Caroline Crockett, ECE
- Nathan Kovarik, ECE
2018 Engineering Graduate Symposium Winners
- Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research Winner
- Amanda Lietz (NERS)
- Olivia Palmer (BME)
- Stephen Taller (NERS)
- Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research Winner Honorable Mention
- Rose Cersonsky (MACRO)
- John Gideon (CSE)
- Katherine Skinner (Robotics)
- Emerging Research
- Basic Science: Michael Wadas (ME)
- Social Impact: Glen Chou (ECE)
- Engineering Innovation: Katie Matton (CSE)
- Science Communication: Matthew Perez (CSE)
- Advanced Research
- Basic Science: Tyler Flynn (ME)
- Social Impact: Lauren Steimle (IOE)
- Engineering Innovation: Xiaotong Sun (CEE)
- Science Communication: Da Li (CEE)
- Scientific Visualization
- Xin Zan (ECE)
- People’s Choice Awards
- Advanced Research: Alireza Nafari (AERO)
- Emerging Research: Victoria Florence (Robotics)
- Scientific Visualization: Prashin Sharma (Robotics)
