2023-2024 Student Awards

Undergraduate Awards

 

Jeremy Sapp

2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference First Year Recognition Award

This award is presented to the most active freshman member within the Purdue AIChE student chapter.

 

Casey Gooden

2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference Donald F. Othmer Second Year Student Excellence Award

This award is presented to the member who has attained the highest scholastic grade-point average during their first and second years of undergraduate education within the Purdue AIChE student chapter.

 

2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference, the Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award

This award is presented to the member with outstanding academic achievement and involvement in student chapter activities. Casey is the first Purdue ChE to receive this scholarship award since 2014! Only 10 students from around the world are awarded this scholarship each year. 

Purdue AIChE Student Chapter

2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference, 2022 - 2023 Outstanding Student Chapter Award

This award is presented annually to those student chapters that show an exceptional level of participation, enthusiasm, program quality, professionalism, and involvement in the university and community.

The Purdue University AIChE chapter has won this award for 8 consecutive years (since the 2015-2016 school year).

 

 

Sydney Hummel

2023-2024 Astronaut Scholar

This scholarship is awarded to students in their junior and senior year of college studying science, technology, engineering, or mathematics with the intent to pursue research or advance their field upon completion of their final degree. Astronaut Scholars are among the best and brightest minds in STEM who show initiative, creativity, and excellence in their chosen field.

2023-2024 Churchill Scholar

This scholarship supports 14 American students each year who excel in engineering, mathematics, or the sciences, and who wish to pursue advanced independent research at the University of Cambridge while residing in Churchill College.

 Since the program’s launch more than 60 years ago, 14 Purdue students have been named Churchill Scholars, four of whom were named in only the last eight years.

 

Maddy Hoffman

Omega Chi Epsilon 2023 Outstanding Senior

Omega Chi Epsilon is the National Honor Society for Chemical Engineering. The Society promotes high scholarship, encourages original investigation in chemical engineering and recognizes the valuable traits of character, integrity and leadership.

 

Ariana Scott and Rithika Athreya

2023-2024 Dean's Leadership Scholars

The College of Engineering Dean’s Leadership Scholars are outstanding undergraduate students selected for their academic and leadership prowess. 

Rithika Athreya

2023 Purdue Engineering Fellow

Purdue engineering fellows have robust accomplishments and contributions to the College of Engineering. All with impressive abilities to think creatively and to develop innovative solutions to problems, whether in the classroom, student life or in the community.

 

 

 

Professional Master's Program Awards

 

Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award

 This award is given to the graduating Professional MS student with the highest cumulative GPA of their graduating class at the end of the Fall, Spring or Summer terms.

 

Lakshmi JincaLakshmi Sai Jinca

Awarded Spring 2023

 

Aman Bhargava

Aman Bhargava

Awarded Summer 2023

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Spencer Goldrich

Awarded Fall 2023 (tie)

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Marilyn Padua

Awarded Fall 2023 (tie)

Outstanding Service Award

This award is given to the graduating PMP student who has shown outstanding service in one or more of the following ways:

            1) Leadership excellence as an officer of the Professional MS Graduate Student organization

2) Provide outstanding service to the graduate student community, School, College and/or University, and/or the local communities of West Lafayette or Lafayette, IN through leadership and/or volunteer activities.

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 Anelis Susana Chiluisa Calvache

Awarded Summer 2023

 

Excellence in Professional MS Research Award (Academic Capstone) 

This award is given to the group(s) with the best capstone (Industry or Academic) project at the end of each semester. 

Mounika Anne

Awarded Summer 2023

Excellence in Professional MS Research Award (Industrial Project Capstone) 

This award is given to the group(s) with the best capstone (Industry or Academic) project at the end of each semester. 

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Ketan Paramesh Phadnis

Awarded Fall 2023

 

 

                               Jose Gutierrez

                                                    Awarded Summer 2023

 

Graduate Awards

Yufei Zhao

TRAvel for CollaborativE Research (TRACER) Grant

The TRAvel for CollaborativE Research (TRACER) grant, offered through the College of Engineering, has two objectives: to assist doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows who are strongly motivated and well prepared to secure faculty positions at top universities, and also to facilitate collaborations between College faculty and other top research groups and engineering colleges and universities.

Yufei Zhao will use the TRACER funds for a collaboration at Carnegie Mellon University from February-September 2024.

 

Hansol Wee

Faculty Lectureship Award

This award recognizes scholarly research and publication by a Purdue Chemical Engineering graduate student.