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.
- 2016: Peter Meisenheimer
- 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.
- 2016: Sergio Simanjuntak
- 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.
- 2016: Dylan Faherty
- 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.
- 2016: Fangqi Wang
- 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.
- 2016 Undergraduate award: Dylan Faherty
- 2016 Graduate student award: Sandra Murcia
- 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.
- 2016 Junior award: Porsinee (Peyton) Cholsaipant
- 2016 Graduate student award: David Starkebaum
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.
- 2016: Michael Crump
- Faculty of the Year
By a vote of the junior class:
- 2016: Tuesday Kuykendall
- Faculty of the Year
By a vote of the senior class:
- 2016: Dwayne Arola
- Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
By a vote of the junior class:
- 2016: Michael Crump
- Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
By a vote of the senior class:
- 2016: Zachary Neale