Faculty, Staff, and Student Awards for the 2014-2015 Academic Year
Faculty Awards
Ji-Xin Cheng: Coblentz Society Craver Award
Edward Delp: 2015 Scientist of the Year, Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) and International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
Craig Goergen: 2013 BMEGSA Outstanding Faculty Award, 2013 Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Service Award
Tami Kinzer-Ursem: 2015 Showalter Trust Award, 2015 Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Toledo Bioengineering Department
Michael Ladisch: Appointed by U.S. agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to serve on the board of directors of the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research. He also received the Morrill Award.
Alyssa Panitch: Women and Hi Tech Leading Light Risk-Taker Award
Kinam Park: New York-based Thomson Reuters Corp.'s “World's Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014”
Jenna L. Rickus: 2015 College of Engineering Faculty Award of Excellence for Advising
Ann E. Rundell: 2015 College of Engineering Faculty Award of Excellence for Engagement/Service, Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence 2015 Distinguished Women Scholars Award
Tom Talavage: Purdue University Faculty Scholar, 2015-2020.
Staff Awards
Asem Aboelzahab: BRAVO Award
Carla Brady: BRAVO Award
Jo Gelfand: BRAVO Award
Susan Hardy: 2013 Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Staff Service Award
Tammy Siemers: 2013 BMEGSA Outstanding Staff Award
Graduate Student Awards and Fellowships
Rebecca Bercich: Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award, Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award
Kevin Blum: Joe Bourland Travel Award for fall 2014
Kevin Buno: National Science Foundation Fellowship
Silvia Canelon: Joe Bourland Travel Award for fall 2014
Meghan Canter: Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award
Brandon Coventry: Ross Fellowship
Alarbi Elhashmi: Joe Bourland Travel Award for spring 2015
Shuo Han: Ross Fellowship
Clarissa Hernandez: NSF Fellowship, Purdue Doctoral Fellowship, T32 Fellowship for Biomedical Engineering and Diabetes Research
Roy Lycke: 2014 Fearnot-Laufman-Greatbatch Award
Will Hoggatt: Leslie A. Geddes Fellowship
Tyler Novak: College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award
Kai-chih Huang : Ross Fellowship
Evan Phillips: Joe Bourland Travel Award for fall 2014
Mrugesh Parasa: Frederick N. Andrews Fellowship
Nick Race: Joe Bourland Travel Award for spring 2015
Yue Ren: second place, Gold Division, 28th annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition
Ti’Air Riggins: Leslie A. Geddes Fellowship and GEM Fellow
Wessam Salameh: Lynn Fellowship
Gurneet Sangha: National Science Foundation Fellowship, T32 Fellowship for Biomedical Engineering and Diabetes Research
Joyatee Sarker: College of Engineering Outstanding Service Scholarship, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) predoctoral funding for 2014-15
Hannie Shih: Joe Bourland Travel Award for spring 2015
Arvin Soepriatna: Ross Fellowship
Diana Svaldi: National Science Foundation Fellowship Honorable Mention
Celina Twitchell: National Science Foundation Fellowship
Carolina Vivas Valencia: Joe Bourland Travel Award for fall 2014
Bobby Wilson: Joe Bourland Travel Award for fall 2014
Undergraduate Student Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships
Nicholas Braun: National Science Foundation Fellowship Honorable Mention
Leslie Cook: Haselby Outstanding Senior Student Scholarship
Anthony Corsten: Graduated with Distinction
Julia Fraseur: David and Stephen Grubbs Summer Research Award
Sydnee Hyman: Senior Design Best Project (team award)
Kaitlyn Jarry: David and Stephen Grubbs Summer Research Award
Alexa Malaspino: Senior Design Best Project (team award)
Peter Marshall: Havel-Decker Outstanding Junior Scholarship
Sean McDowell: Graduated with Distinction
Eric Miller: Senior Design Best Project (team award)
Joseph C Muskat: Award of Excellence - Top Research Talk SURF 2015
Ben Sather: Charles Wayne Sullivan Outstanding Sophomore Scholarship
Daniel Shyu: Charles Wayne Sullivan Outstanding Sophomore Scholarship
Kyle Thackston: Haselby Outstanding Senior Student Scholarship, Charles C. Chappelle Fellowship, Graduated with Distinction
Stephanie Theide: Havel-Decker Outstanding Junior Scholarship
MacKenzie Tweardy: David and Stephen Grubbs Summer Research Award
Lauren Watkins: Graduated with Distinction
Maxwell Youngs: Graduated with Distinction
Alexa Yrineo: Senior Design Best Project (team award), Charles C. Chappelle Fellowship
SURF Fellowships: Argote Pablo, Jynx Boyne, Jesse Bucksot, Stephanie Cernera, Spencer Chiang, Megan Chiu, Michael Drakopoulos, Sydney Gorman, Victoria Messerschimidt, Joseph Muskat, Daniel Romano, Elizabeth St. Clair, Andrew Witten, Kelsey Bayer, Nicholas DiCola