Graduate Student Awards

Description	Award
2025 Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award
The College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award is presented annually to a graduate student in the College of Engineering in recognition of the excellent quality of research carried out by that student.	The recipient of this award will receive a certificate and a cash award of $500, and be honored at the annual College-wide Graduate Student Recognition Event. Nomination Form
2025 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
The College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award is presented annually to a graduate student in the College of Engineering in recognition of special effectiveness in teaching undergraduates in a variety of settings.	The recipient of this award will receive a certificate and a cash award of $500, and be honored at the annual College-wide Graduate Student Recognition Event. Nomination Form
2025 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award
The College of Engineering Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award is presented annually to a graduate student in the College of Engineering in recognition of original work in the form of a Master’s thesis that has made an unusually significant contribution to the discipline.	The recipient of this award will receive a certificate and a cash award of $500, and be honored at the annual College-wide Graduate Student Recognition Event. Nomination Form
2025 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
The College of Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award is presented annually to a graduate student in the College of Engineering in recognition of original work in the form of a doctoral dissertation that has made an unusually significant contribution to the discipline.	The recipient of this award will receive a certificate and a cash award of $500, and be honored at the annual College-wide Graduate Student Recognition Event. Nomination Form
2025 Graduate Student Complete Engineer Award
The College of Engineering Gradaute Student Complete Engineering Award is presented to a graduate student in the College of Engineering in recognition of their exemplary demonstration of the Complete Engineering non-technical competencies.	The recipient of this award will receive a certificate and a cash award of $500, and be honored at the annual College-wide Graduate Student Recognition Event. Nomination Form

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2023-26: Kasey Moomau (MAEM)
2021-24: Grayson Minnick (MEAM)
2020-23: Jordan Rosenbohm (MEAM) and Meredith Sutton (CEE)
2018-21: Hunter Miller (BSE), Joshua Mueller (CHBE) and Luz Sotelo (MEAM)
2016-19: Christopher Davidson (BSE)
2015-18: Tasneem Bouzid (Biomedical)
2014-17: Walter Bircher (MEAM) and Daniel Geschwender (CSE)
2013-16: Thomas Frederick (MEAM), Abby Kelly (BSE), Eric Markvicka (MEAM), and Jodi Sangster (CIVE)

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Award

2021: Logan Pettit (MEAM)

NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) Fellowship

2021: Logan Pettit (MEAM)
2014: Corey Kruse (MEAM)

Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administation Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA LRGF)

2022: Jazmin Ley (MEAM)

Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award

2024: Ivon Acosta Ramirez (Biological Engineering)
2021: Ziyad Smoqi (Engineering, specialization in Materials Engineering)

Dean's Aawrd for Excellence in Graduate Education

2024: Dr. Rajib Saha (Richard L. & Carol S. McNeel Associate Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering)

Outstanding Research & Creative Activities Award

2024: Jesse Kuebler (Engineering, specialization in Materials Engineering)
2021: Jessica Lingenfelter (Engineering, specialization in Materials Engineering)

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

2024: Kanak Kanti Kar (Civil Engineering)

Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award

2024: Jordan Rosenbohm (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)
2022: Amir Monemian Esfahani (Engineering, specialzation in Biomedical Engineering)

Folsom Distinguished Master's Thesis Award

2021: Clayton Malone (CEE)
2021: Maria Cecilia Hall (Environmental)

Dean's Fellowship

2024: Samuel Underwood (Durham school of Architectural Engineering and Constructin)
2024: Muhammad Ahmad (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
2021: M. Khalid Saifullah (CEE)
2021: Ethan Davis (MME)

College of Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

2024: Ahmad Almaghrebi (Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction)
2023: Siamak Mirfendereski (Mechanical & Materials Engineering)
2022: Deepak Nadig Anantha (School of Computing)
2021: Hongbin Sun (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
2020: Shaobin Li (Civil & Environmental Engineering)

College of Engineering Outstanding Masters Thesis

2024: Prashant Subedi (School of Computing)
2022: Spencer Perry (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
2021: Andrew Reicks (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
2020: Pejman Ghasemzadeh (Electrical & Computer Engineering)

College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

2024: Kanak Kanti Kar (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
2023: Samuel Underwood (Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction)
2022: Sam Moayedi (Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction)
2021: Noelle Mware (Civil & Enviornmental Engineering)
2020: Subharthi Banerjee (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant

2024: Jesse Kuebler (Mechanical & Materials Engineering)
2023: Jordan Rosenbohm (Mechancial & Materials Engineering)
2022: Xinyuan He (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
2021: Amir Monemain Esfahani (Mechanical and Materials Engineering)
2020: Siavash Jafarzadeh (Mechanical and Materials Engineering)

College of Engineering Graduate Complete Engineer Award

2024: Oghenetega Allen Obewhere (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
2023: Hunter Miller (Biological Systems Engineering)
2022: Samuel Underwood (Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction)
2021: Courtney Keiser (Engineering, specialization in Materials Engineering)
2020: Luz Sotelo (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)

College of Engineering Graduate Poster Competition, UNL Spring Research Fair

2024 First Honors: Matthew Boeding (ECE) and Nosakhare Idiaghe (Engineering Education Research)
2024 Commendations: Anika Azme (CEE), Abraham Osingua (CHBE), and Habibollah Safari (CHBE)
2023 First Honors: Sahar Beigzadeh (Materials) and Jesse Kuebler (Materials)
2023: Commendations: Zina Ebrahim (DSAEC), Alyssa Grube (CHBE), Diego Israel Salazar Oellana (MEAM), and Anu Singh (Engineering Education Research)
2022 First Honors: Quasai Alomari (CIVE) and Emmanuel Akintunde (CIVE)
2022 Commendations: Faezeh Afshar Hatam (MEAM), Fae San Lee (BSE), Xiaowei Jin (Biomedical), Anne Stratman (ECE)
2021 First Honors: Amir Monemianesfani (Biomed); Courtney Keiser (Materials)
2021 Commendations: Samuel Flint (CSE); Brandi Brown (BSE); Thivani Senathiraja (CHBE)

Milton Mohr Graduate Fellowships

2024-25: Sadia Mannan Mitu (BSE), Junxiao Zhang (BSE), Oghenetega Allen Obewhere (CHBE), Sunayana Malla (CHBE), Ryan Haggerty (CEE), Qu Wen (CEE), Mehrdad Poursadegh (DSAEC), Houman Kosarirad (DSAEC), Paul Scalise (ECE), Ahatsham Hayat (ECE), Alexia Martinez-Ibarra (MEAM), Sahar Beigzadeh (MEAM), Alisha Bevins (SoC), and Md Rashedul Hasan (SoC).
2023-24: Gustavo Catro Garcia (BSE), Terence Irumva (BSE), Karen Acurio Cerda (CHBE), Mark Kathol (CHBE), Khalid Alkady (CEE), Clayton Malone (CEE), Kelly Arnold (DSAEC), Zina Ebrahim (DSAEC), Matthew Boeding (ECE), Ekaterina Muravleva (ECE), Grayson Minnick (MME), Logan Petiti (MME), Alisha Bevins (SOC), and Sepehr Tabrizchi (SOC).
2022-23: Fei San Lee (BSE), Ivon Acosta Ramirez (BSE), Niaz Chowdhury (CHBE), Sahand Serajian (CHBE), Sussan Moussavi (CIVE), Ryan Haggerty (CIVE), Kshitij Nikhal (ECE), Megan Stokey (ECE), Justin Brooks (MEAM), Jazmin Ley (MEAM), Nathan Taylor (DSAEC), and Hafiz Oyediran (DSAEC).
2021-22: Muhammad Khalid Saifullah (CEE), Amin Hosseini Zadeh (CEE); Pejman Ghasemzadeh (ECE); Megan Stokey (ECE); Aniruddha Gaikwad (MME); Bahareh Tajvidi Safa (MME); Ahma Almaghrebi (DSAEC); Connor Gee (BSE); Kari Heck (BSE); Adil Al-Siyabi (CHBE); Xinyuan He (CHBE); Niloofar Mansoor (CSE); Bowen Yang (CEE); Emmanuel Akitunde (CEE); Nasrin Naderi Beni (CEE); Ryan Haggerty (CEE); Sussan Mousavi (CEE); Seefat Farzin; CHBE); Ivon Acosta Ramirez (BSE); Twissa Mitra (BSE); Kossi Avegnon (MME); Austin Griswold (MME); Siamak Mirfendereski (MME); Mohammad Ali Takallou (DSAEC); Emily Ritzdorf (DSAEC); Cedric Armel Nimpa Fondje (ECE)
2020-21: Jiating Li (BSE); Jasreman Singh (BSE); Ehsan Zamani (CHME); Mohammad Islam (CHME); Shahab Karimifard (CEE); Sussan Moussavi (CEE); Yifeng Hu (DSAEC); Mitchael Sieh (DSAEC); Megan Stokey (ECE); Yili Jiang (ECE); Siamak Mirfendereski (MME); and Azadeh Mostafavi (MME)

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