MSE Annual Awards

Each year MSE faculty honor students in Materials Science & Engineering. Likewise, students honor outstanding teachers and mentors.

Student Awards

William E. Quist Award for an Outstanding Senior - Academic Achievement

For the senior who best demonstrates the academic achievement and the potential for professional leadership that Dr. Quist showed throughout his career. Academic achievement is based on cumulative GPA through winter quarter.

2024: Katherine Hinds
2023: Claire Anderson
2022: Taylor Juenke, Evan Truesdale
2021: Liyang Wang
2020: Christina Doty

Richard L. Norris Award for an Outstanding Senior - Potential for Professional Leadership

For the senior who best demonstrates academic achievement and the potential for professional leadership. Academic achievement is based on cumulative GPA through winter quarter.

2024: Veronica Lapitan
2023: Wyatt Blevins
2022: Michael Holden, Logan Oster
2021: Renjie Song
2020: Sophia Bidinger

James I. Mueller Scholarship Award for an Outstanding Junior - Leadership

For academic performance during the junior year. Provides a $750 stipend to attend the American Ceramic Society meeting in the next academic year. Honors academic achievement, professional activities, and exemplary qualities of leadership. Academic achievement is based on cumulative GPA through winter quarter.

2024: Celine Lityo
2023: Max Zipperer
2022: Drew Burky
2021: Taylor Juenke
2020: Emerson McNamee

Stephen P. Harris Memorial Award - Most Improvement in Academic Achievement

For the senior in whose academic record shows the greatest improvement during the preceding 5 quarters, through winter quarter of the current year.

2024: Michael Peters, Logan Snider
2023: Anita Korchemniy
2022: Griffin Chase
2021: Jerry Hung
2020: Ryder Bell, Madison Keck, Austin Lee

ASM International Scholarship Awards

For outstanding leadership and academic performance by a junior and a graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering. Provides a $500 stipend to each winner to attend the ASM/TMS Materials Week meeting in the next academic year. Awards are made on the basis of academic achievement, exemplary qualities of leadership and activities with the student chapter of ASM. Academic achievement is based on cumulative GPA through winter quarter.

2024: Unable to award this year
2023: Unable to award this year
2022: Unable to award this year
2021: Unable to award this year
2020: Tiffany Lo, Daniel Chai

Douglas and Barbara Allan K-12 Outreach Award

One $2500 award to a graduate student and a second $2500 award to an undergraduate student. These awards recognize students who perform outstanding outreach to K-12 students.

2024 Undergraduate award: Sophia Ceteznik, Alex Vass
2024 Graduate award: Chaman Gupta, Hareesh Iyer
2023 Undergraduate award: George Fennell
2023 Graduate award: Taylor Juenke
2022 Undergraduate award: Emmy Markgraf
2022 Graduate award: Jimin Qian
2021 Undergraduate award: Xitlalit Sanchez-Martinez
2021 Graduate award: Breena Sperry
2020 Undergraduate award: Katherine Adams
2020 Graduate award: Derek Mar

MSE Chair's Award

One $1000 award to an undergraduate student and a second $1000 award to a graduate student for academic excellence, societal engagement, and commitment to enhancing diversity in the Materials Science and Engineering department.

2024 Undergraduate award: Michel Bernardo
2024 Graduate award: Colin Marquis
2023 Undergraduate award: Kai Davis
2023 Graduate award: Guanyou Lin
2022 Undergraduate award: Brandon Lou, Victoria Wagner
2022 Graduate award: Ian Campbell, Gwendolyn Janda
2021 Undergraduate award: Erin Mee and Adam Alayli
2021 Graduate award: Zainab Patel, Ngozi Ezeokeke
2020 Undergraduate award: Ngozi Ezeokeke, Felicia Dunscomb
2020 Graduate award: Richard Revia, Zachary Neale

Teaching and Mentoring

MSE students vote to honor faculty and graduate student mentors in Materials Science & Engineering with the following awards.

Graduate Mentor of the Year

Selected by a vote of all MSE undergraduates for the graduate student who has provided outstanding contributions to the education and guidance of undergraduate students outside the classroom. Such mentoring may happen as part of engineering competitions or research projects, or may involve contributions such as explaining concepts, giving advice on improving grades or showing students how to find answers for themselves. Whatever their particular contributions, the recipients of the Graduate Mentor of the Year award are recognized for their efforts to enhance the undergraduate experience in the department.

2024: Colin Marquis
2023: Colin Marquis
2022: Chaman Gupta
2021: Jack Grimm
2020: Sierra Bishop

Teaching Assistant of the Year

By a vote of the junior class:

2024: Katherine Tang
2023: Colin Marquis
2022: Chaman Gupta
2021: Julia White
2020: Jack Grimm, Diwash Dhakal

Teaching Assistant of the Year

By a vote of the senior class:

2024: Katherine Tang
2023: Chaman Gupta
2022: Katherine Tang
2021: Shivesh Sivakumar
2020: Steve Chung

Faculty of the Year

By a vote of the junior class:

2024: Hanson Fong
2023: Matt Yankowitz, Eleftheria Roumeli
2022: Peter Pauzauskie
2021: Peter Pauzauskie
2020: Zachary Neale, Navid Zobeiry

Faculty of the Year

By a vote of the senior class:

2024: Dwayne Arola
2023: Eleftheria Roumeli
2022: Dwayne Arola
2021: Dwayne Arola
2020: Luna Huang

Faculty of the Year

By a vote of the AMP graduate students:

2024: Peter Pauzauskie
2023: Juan Carlos Idrobo
2022: Di Xiao
2021: Peter Pauzauskie

Faculty of the Year

By a vote of the Ph.D. graduate students:

2024: Kannan Krishnan, Eleftheria Roumeli
2023: Eleftheria Roumeli
2022: Dwayne Arola, Eleftheria Roumeli, Di Xiao
2021: Peter Pauzauskie