Graduate Student Awards

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2024 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. More Information

2024 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. More Information

2024 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. More Information

2024 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. More Information

2024 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.



We are proud of our award-winning graduate students!

National Awards

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)



University Awards

Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award

  • 2021: Ziyad Smoqi (Engineering, specialization in Materials Engineering)

Outstanding Research & Creative Activities Award

  • 2021: Jessica Lingenfelter (Engineering, specialization in Materials Engineering)

Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award

  • 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

  • 2021: M. Khalid Saifullah (CEE)
  • 2021: Ethan Davis (MME)



College Awards

College of Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

  • 2023: Siamak Mirfendereski (MEAM)
  • 2022: Deepak Nadig Anantha (SOC)
  • 2021: Hongbin Sun (CEE)
  • 2020: Shaobin Li (CEE)
  • 2019: Qiang Li (Engineering, specialization in Biomedical Engineering)
  • 2018: Alyssa Mock (ECE)

College of Engineering Outstanding Masters Thesis

  • 2022: Spencer Perry (CEE)
  • 2021: Andrew Reicks (ECE)
  • 2020: Pejman Ghasemzadeh (Telecommunictaions Engineering)
  • 2019: Jiating Li (BSE)

College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • 2023: Samuel Underwood (DSAEC)
  • 2022: Sam Moayedi (DSAEC)
  • 2021: Noelle Mware (CEE)
  • 2020: Subharthi Banerjee (ECE)
  • 2019: Bora Pulatsu (DSAEC)
  • 2018: Hamid Bazgirkhoob (CIVE)

College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant

  • 2023: Jordan Rosenbohm (MEAM)
  • 2022: Xinyuan He (CHBE)
  • 2021: Amir Monemain Esfahani (Engineering, specialization in Biomedical Engineering)
  • 2020: Siavash Jafarzadeh (Mechanical and Materials Engineering)
  • 2019: Mingyu Gong (Engineering, specialization in Materials Engineering)
  • 2018: Meetpal Kukal (BSE); Qiang Li (CHBE)

College of Engineering Graduate Complete Engineer Award

  • 2023: Hunter Miller (BSE)
  • 2022: Samuel Underwood (DSAEC)
  • 2021: Courtney Keiser (Engineering, specialization in Materials Engineering)
  • 2020: Luz Sotelo (MEAM)

College of Engineering Graduate Poster Competition, UNL Spring Research Fair

  • 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)
  • 2020: Cancelled
  • 2019 First Honors: Amir Monemianesfani (Biomed); Fei San Lee (BSE)
  • 2019 Commendations: Mahdi Ghaleni (CHME); Amy Mantz (BSE); Daniel Rico (CSCE)
  • 2018 First Honors: Meetpal Kukal (BSE); Behrooz Motealleh (ChBE)
  • 2018 Commendations: Ufuk Kilic (ECE); Tyler Kozisek (BSE); Luz Sotelo (MME)

Milton Mohr Graduate Fellowships

  • 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)
  • 2019-20: Brandi Brown (BSE); Lixbeth Vallecilla Yepez (BSE); Shayan Kaviani (CHME); Levi Kramer (CHME); Shahab Karmifard (CIVE); Sussan Moussavi (CIVE); Deepak Nadig Anantha (CSCE); Baofeng Zhou (CSCE); Samuel Underwood (DSAEC); Amir Ebrahimifakhar (DSAEC); Subharthi Banerjee (ECEN); Matthew Hillfiker (ECEN); Jiangming Zhao (MME); Amir Monemianesfahni (MME)
  • 2018-19: Sarah Drummey (DSAEC); Dongfeng Fang (ECE); Nadia Intan (ChBE); Siavash Jafarzadeh (MME); Meetpal Kukal (BSE); Samuel Murray (ECE); Musa Norouzian Reykandeh (MME); Zameeth Sakkaff (CSE); Mohammadreza Shafieifini (CIVE); Kieren Smith (DSAEC); Tewodros Yosef (CIVE)

 

 



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