Graduate Awards

Richard K. Dentel Memorial Prize in Urban Transportation

This prize was established by Mrs. Martha Clark-Dentel in memory of her husband, Richard K. Dentel, a former student in the Department of Civil Engineering. It is awarded annually to a student in the Department of Systems Engineering who has had the best overall performance at the University in the area of urban transportation.

2007 Huafang Cui and Christopher Puchalsky (Graduate) and James Charatan (Undergraduate)

2006 Thomas M. Fahey

2005 Nathan Maack

2005 Gregory A. Walker

2004 Christopher M. Puchalsky

2003 Huafang Cui

2002 See Undergraduate Awards

2001 See Undergraduate Awards

2000 Herbert Chan and Christopher Wallgren

1999 Jeffrey M. Casello

1998 See Undergraduate Awards

1997 Young-Jae Lee

1996 Undergraduate

1995 Undergraduate

1994 Edwin R. Kraft

1993 Nikola Krstanoski

1992 Undergraduate

The John A. Goff Prize

This prize was established in honor of Dr. John A. Goff, former Dean of the Towne School and Asa Whitney, Professor. It is awarded annually to a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics who has been selected by the faculty on the basis of criteria of scholarship, resourcefulness, and leadership.

2007 Mong-Ying Hsieh

2006 Adam J. Engler

2005 Joshua W. Lampe

2004 Carl Jannetti

2003 Sung Key Koh

2002 Karthik Mukundakrishnan

2001 Nilesh Mankame

2000 Joel M. Esposito

1999 George Joseph Jefferson, Jr.

1998 Mahesh Kailasam and Neelesh Patankar

1997 Venkat Krovi

1996 Srinivas Sripada

1995 Chau-Chang Wang

1994 Sreeganesh Ramaswamy

1993 Milind Jog

1992 No Awardee

Solomon R. Pollack Award for Excellence in Graduate Bioengineering Research (Established in 1993)

In recognition of Solomon R. Pollack's professional and personal contributions to bioengineering research and to his graduate students, this award is given annually to the most deserving bioengineering graduate student who has successfully completed research that is original and recognized as being at the forefront of its field.

2007 Brittany Coats

2006 Peter P. Ghoroghchian

2006 Nastaran Zahir

2005 Andrew Wheaton

2004 Julie Ying Hui Ji

2003 Yu Chen

2002 Michael Thomas Prange

2001 Adam W. Greenberg and Vasileios Ntziachristos

2000 Treena L. Livingston and William R. Ledoux

1999 Barclay Morrison, III

1998 Shih-Cheng Yen

1997 Andres Jose Garcia

1996 Zahi Adel Fayad and Clark T. Hung

1995 Rukmini Rao

1994 Bennett Levitan and Paul Sajda

1993 Purvis Hobson Bedenbaugh, III and Edward J. Vresilovic, Jr.

The Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff Award

This award is presented by the School of Engineering and Applied Science to a graduate degree candidate whose dissertation has resulted in or could lead to innovative applications of computer technology.

1992 No Awardee
1993 Aaron Watters
1994 Philip S. Resnik
1995 Limsoon Wong
1996 Dan Suciu
1997 Jonathan Kaye
1998 Bangalore Srinivas
1999 D. Scott Alexander
2000 Idith Haber
2001 Mahesh Viswanathan
2002 Davor Obradovic and Liwei Zhao
2003 Christopher Geyer
2004 Franjo Ivancic
2004 Karthikeyan Bhargavan
2005 David Chiang
2006 Insik Shin
2006 Marcelo Siqueira

2007 Ameesh Makadia

2007 Matt Huenerfauth


The S. J. Stein Prize (formerly The Electro-Science Laboratories Prize)

The S. J. Stein Prize is awarded to a Ph.D. or M.S.E. degree recipient for superior achievement in the field of new or unique materials or applications for materials in electronics. This prize acknowledges that achievement and encourages continued interest in this important field. This award is made possible by a generous donation from the S. J. Stein family.

1992 Simon John Laird Billinge
1993 Nancy A. Hughes
1994 John P. Sullivan
1995 Ping Han
1996 Jun Xu
1997 Rangachary Mukundan
1998 Erik Thiele
1999 Bryan Douglas Huey
2000 Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty Ali
2001 Jackson Robert Smith
2002 Brian W. Smith
2003 Albina Y. Borisevich
2004 Yu Wang
2004 Jae-Ho Chung
2005 Juraj Vavro
2006 Marc Cawkwell
2006 Hui Wu

2007 Roman Groger

Graduate Research Symposium Best Graduate Student Presentation

The "Best Graduate Student Presentation" awards at the Penn Engineering Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) are selected by a panel of experts from industry. The best graduate students selected by the GRS program committee are given the opportunity to present at the GRS. One award is presented for each of the three technology tracks: Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Biologically based Science and Engineering, and Physically based Science and Engineering. each year. The best presentation is selected based on the quality of the presentation and the creativity of the research.

2004 Matthew P. Huenerfauth
2004 Ken Lo
2004 Rahul Rao
2005 Fariyal Ahmed
2005 Michelle H. Chen
2005 Evangelos Vergetis
2006 Sebastian Burckhardt
2006 Brian Edwards
2006 Adam J. Engler

2007 Kandice Johnson

2007 Jonathan Clark (Postdoc)

2007 Nicholas Taylor

2007 Chen Xu