Scholarly Achievements

Our students have received a number of awards/fellowships/internships

Recent Student Research Awards (2003-current):

2019

Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Dr. Rui Xiong

GT MSE Best Poster Award, to Katarina Adstedt for pre-qualifiers

 

2018

MRS Best Poster Award to Jing Zhou

MSE Fellowships to Andrew Erwin, Jing Zhou, and Shuaidi Zhang

2017

DOE ORNL Graduate Fellowship to Andrew Erwin

NSF Graduate Fellowship to Michelle Krecker and Elizabeth Quigley

Excellence in ACS Graduate Research Symposium Award to Anise Grant for biomaterials

GT MSE Best Poster Awards to Elizabeth Quigley and Ruilong Ma for biomaterials

GT Best Poster PDF Award to Sunghan Kim for biopolymer multilayers

2016

NSF Graduate Fellowship, Anise Grant

GT Polymer Network Best Poster Awards, Ruilong Ma (1st) and A. Erwin

Outstanding Poster GTPN Award, Dr. S. Kim for LbL membranes

4th Annual GT MSE Spring Poster Session Awards, S. Malak (Best Overall Poster) and A. Grant (3rd Place in Biomaterials)

ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, W. Xu

2015

2nd Annual GT Postdoctoral Symposium Best Poster Award, J. Jeon

Chinese Government for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, K. Hu

3rd Annual GT MSE Spring Poster Session Award, S. Malak (3rd Place in Nanomaterials)

2014

GT Student Polymer Network Research Symposium Award, K. Hu (3rd Place Overall)

2013

Excellence in Graduate Research Symposium Award, I. Drachuk

Three Best Poster Awards, I. Drachuk, K. Hu, R. Geryak and R. Suntivich

2012

Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference Poster Award for $1500 travel grant, M. Gupta

SAIC Best Paper Award, I. Drachuk

2011

2011 SIAC Award, D. Kulkarni

2010

GT MSE Initiation Award, I. Choi

GT MSE Initiation Award, M. Gupta

GT MSE Initiation Award, D. Kulkarni

2009

SAIC Best Paper, M. Gupta

2008

MRS Gold Award, S. Singamaneni

GT MSE Research Initiation Award, K. Anderson

2007

MRS Best Poster Award at 2007 MRS Meeting, S. Singamaneni, Mike McConney, YH Lin, SH Chang, M. Lemieux

The Zaffarano Prize, ISU, S. Peleshanko

MSE Graduate Research Excellence Award, ISU, S. Peleshanko

2006

All-University Graduate Research Excellence Award, ISU, M. Lemieux

The Zaffarano Prize, ISU, K. Genson

Paper Award at Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science, ACS Natl. Meeting, K. Anderson

ACS Travel Awards, S. Peleshanko, M. Ornatska

2005

All-University Graduate Research Excellence Award, ISU, K. Genson

MSE Graduate Research Excellence Award, ISU, B Rybak

2004

MSE Graduate Research Excellence Award, ISU, H. Ko

2003

All-University Graduate Research Excellence Award, ISU, 2003, D. Julthongpiput

 

Recent Fellowships/internships (2003-current):

Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, R. Xiong

Applied Materials Internship, 2018, Shuaidi Zhang

MSE Fellowships, 2018, A. Erwin, J. Zhou, and S. Zhang

DOE ORNL Graduate Fellowship, 2017, A. Erwin

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2017, M. Krecker

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2016, A. Grant

AFRL Summer Internship, 2015, A. Grant

2015 COPE Graduate Student Fellowship, 2015, K. Hu

IC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2013, M. Gupta

NDSEG Fellowship, 2010, Z. Combs

MSE Corcia Fellowship, 2009, M. Gupta

NRC Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2009, M. McConney

NDSEG Fellowship, 2009, K. Anderson

AFRL Summer Internships, GT, K. Anderson, M. McConney, 2008

MRS Gold Award for Graduate Research, 2008, S. Singamaneni

AFRL Summer Internships, GT, K. Bergman, M. McConney, 2007

CIA Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2007, M. Lemieux

The NSF GAANN Fellowship, GT, 2006, K. Bergman

NRC post-doctoral Fellowship, 2006, K. Genson

MIT, ISN internship, 2005, M. Lemieux

Intel Research Center, Summer internship, 2005, K. Bergman

Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Internship, 2004, M. Lemieux

Intel Research Center, Summer internship, 2004, K. Bergman

University of Michigan, Summer Internship, 2004, W. Lio

Argonne National Lab, Internship, 2004, K. Anderson

NIST Post-doctoral fellowship, 2003, Duangrut Julthongpiput

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Summer Internship, 2003, J. Holzmueller

DoD fellowship, Honorable mention, 2003, K. L. Genson

Kyushu University, Japan, NSF summer internship, 2003, K. L. Genson