Each spring, Purdue University’s College of Engineering recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of our graduate students and postdocs through several prestigious awards. Graduate students also select an outstanding faculty mentor who has gone above and beyond to serve the graduate students in their program.

Awards include:

• Magoon Excellence in Teaching Award
• Outstanding Graduate Research Award
• Outstanding Graduate Service Scholarship
• Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

The Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching is given to outstanding teaching assistants in memory of Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon, who have influenced the lives of many engineering educators early in their careers through this award. The following ECE students received this honor in 2023:

• David Burnett
• Kent Gauen
• John Gerguis
• Divant Jain
• Adam Kures
• Sophie-Thomason Payne
• Jie Zhu

The Outstanding Research Award goes to graduate students who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in research through publications, participation in professional organizations, and willingness to mentor others. ECE students receiving this honor in 2023 were Sarah Nahar Chowdhury and Ze Wang.

The Outstanding Service scholarship is presented to engineering graduate students who have provided outstanding service to the graduate student community, the School, the College, and/or the University. ECE’s Benjamin Nold was a 2023 recipient.

Finally, the graduate students in each School select an Outstanding Faculty Mentor to recognize his or her exceptional mentoring of engineering graduate students. These professors receive an engraved plaque with a personal tribute composed by the students. The graduate students in ECE chose Dallas Morisette, Research Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, to receive this year's award.

To see a complete list of current and past award recipients, please visit the CoE Graduate Education Program Awards page.