Graduate students and postdocs recognized for excellence

Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering won fellowships and awards for excellence in teaching, research, pitches and posters in the spring 2019 semester.
Some of the student award winners honored at the 2019 Graduate Student Research, Teaching, and Service Awards Luncheon held on April 23 are shown with some of the faculty and staff from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering who attended the ceremony. From left to right: Jana Vincent, Yukai Zou, Jennifer Anderson, Clarissa Hernandez Stephens, Asem Aboelzahab, Andrea Acuna, Charles Babbs, Arvin Soepriatna, and Craig Goergen.

Andrea Acuna: Excellence in Service Award, Bilsland Fellowship

Jennifer Anderson: Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching, Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship, Summer Research Grant

Matt Arkenberg: Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship

Jiayue (Cherry) Cao: Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship

Hannah Cebull: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention, Summer Research Grant

Jonathan Cody: Advancing Health: Engineering-Medicine Partnership, Best Poster, Infectious Disease and Drug and Substance Abuse

Ashlee Colbert: Best Pitch, Engineering 2169 Pitch Competition

John (JD) Damrath: Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship; F30 Fellowship, NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases:

Jonathan Gaide: Charles C. Chappelle Fellowship

Kelsey Hopkins (with Georges Adam, ME): Advancing Health: Engineering-Medicine Partnership, Best Poster, Cancer and Developmental Disorders, Summer Research Grant

Yue Leng: Bilsland Fellowship

Katherine Leyba: Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship

Sarah Libring: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, CTSI Fellowship

Andrew Brightman, Assistant Head of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Professor of Engineering Practice (far left) is shown with the winners of the Engineering 2169 Pitch Competition (second from left to right): Carolina Valencia-Vivas, Ashlee Colbert, and Shruthi Suresh, all Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering graduate students.

Haesoo Moon: Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship

Rachel Morrison: Advancing Health: Engineering-Medicine Partnership, Best Poster, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Ángel Enríquez Mujica: Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship

Dimitrija Pecoski: Charles C. Chappelle Fellowship

Matthew Pharris: Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award

Hamna Qureshi: Advancing Health: Engineering-Medicine Partnership, Best Poster, Technology and Healthcare

Aya Saleh: Truitt Fellowship

Arvin Soepriatna: Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching

David Sohutskay: Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship, CTSI Fellowship

Clarissa Hernandez Stephens: Excellence in Research Award, Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship

Shruthi Suresh: Best Pitch, Engineering 2169 Pitch Competition, Innovation for Clinical Translation Fellowship

Jana Vincent: Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching

Carolina Valencia-Vivas: Best Pitch, Engineering 2169 Pitch Competition

Peiyi Zhang: Truitt Fellowship

Yukai Zou: Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching