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Student Awards
This list contains only those awards made during the month of April 2006. All Science scholarship donors and recipients will be honored at a College-wide celebration in September 2006.
University and College Awards
Outstanding Seniors
Michael Armbrust, computer science (honors) and mathematics
Mehmet Demirci, computer science (honors) and mathematics
Azam Ghafoor molecular biology
Tyler Janovitz molecular biology (honors) and entomology
Hayley Knollman, chemistry (biochemistry honors)
Laralynne Przybyla biology (biochemistry honors) and molecular biology
(honors)
Kathryn Schreiner chemistry (honors)
Deborah Simon, mathematics education
Stephanie Tieken neurobiology and physiology
Anna Treaster, physics (honors) and mathematics
Megan Utley, environmental geoscience.
Erin Wilson, actuarial science and statistics
Helen and David Henwood Top Science Scholars (Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors):
Freshmen
Andrew Buesking, chemistry
Katherine Byrum, biological sciences.
Shakeel Dalal, chemistry and physics.
James Humphrey, actuarial science and statistics.
Brian Hunter, actuarial science and statistics.
Pei Xin Lim, biological sciences.
Jessica Markstrom, mathematics.
Malia Mynderse, biological sciences.
Sharanya Prasad, biological sciences
Kaice Randall, biological sciences.
Amanda Sheffield, earth and atmospheric sciences.
Sophomores
Ryan Adams, computer science and mathematics.
Alice Foster, biological sciences.
Kimberly Long, chemistry.
Kenton McKasson, mathematics.
Whitney Palmer, biological sciences.
Shruthi Rajashekara, biological sciences.
Andrew Steenman, actuarial science and statistics.
Justin Troyer, chemistry.
Ferry Unardi, computer science and mathematics.
Juniors
Bret Bavar, computer science and mathematics.
Rebecca Boltz, earth and atmospheric sciences.
Henry Chou, biological sciences.
Alexei Czeskis, computer science and mathematics.
Spencer Hahn, chemistry.
Amber Meyerratken, physics and mathematics.
Jennifer Nelson, biological sciences.
Carmen Rhodes, actuarial science and statistics.
Ryan Stutsman, computer science.
Katherine Wooley, physics.
Gretchen Zahm, mathematics.
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Katherine Wooley, Physics
Charles McGauhey Leadership Award
Michael Armbrust, Computer Science and Mathematics
Hayley Knollman, Chemistry
David Mullaly, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Spira Undergraduate Summer Research Award
Amber Meyerratken, Physics and Mathematics
Lilly Purdue Alumni Scholarship
Michael Peregrim, Biological Sciences
Henry Chou, Biological Sciences
Shruthi Rajashekara, Biological Sciences
Katelyn Hausman, Biological Sciences
Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff Awards for Achievement
Benjamin W. Davis
Handel Arthur Jones
Jed Ramon Powell
Lailah A. Jackson
Carmen Nicole Rhodes
Joshiawa Lanair James Paulk
Koffi Vigninou Kissi
Sean Michael Bowen
Olivia Eve Johnson
College of Science Undergraduate Research Awards
Matthew Barrett, Mathematics
Benjamin Phillabaum, Physics
John Schaibley, Physics
Eric Robertson, Physics
Alice Foster, Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
A. A. Lindsey Graduate Fellowship in Ecology
Jennifer Cooper (P. Waser, Res. Director)
H. E. Umbarger Outstanding Graduate Student in Research
I-Mei Yu (J. Chen, Res. Director)
Cable-Silkman Fellowship
Jill Detwiler (D. Minchella, Res. Director)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants
Ben Fanson
Anne Hasselberg
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Honor Roll
Alfonso Fernandez
Michael Karadimos
Chad Pitschka
Vee-Yang Tan
Andrews Fellowship
Brian Coon
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Needs Fellowship
Kyle Hernandez
Purdue Doctoral Fellowship
Kyle Hernandez
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant
Johel Chaves
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship
Pallavi Joshi (D. Franklin, Res. Director)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Charles (Chuck) Rehrer (I. Camarillo, Res. Director)
Ross Assistantship
Haiqiong Li
Xin Zhou
ASIH Graduate Student Poster Competition
Krista Larson (R. Howard, Res. Director)
Graduate Student Fellowship Incentive Award
Johel Chaves
Laura Hughes
Charles (Chuck) Rehrer
Tim Williamson
Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellence Travel Award
Johel Chaves (K. Rabenold, Res. Director)
Krista Larson (R. Howard, Res. Director)
Women in Science Program Travel Grant
Candida Perera (I. Camarillo, Res. Director)
Biological Sciences Alumni Scholarship for 2005/2006
Malia Mynderse
Casey Roth
Will and Hellen Carpenter Scholar
Carley Carroll
Dr. Eric Dwayne Miller Scholarship for 2005/2006
Jennifer Nelson
Donald N. Jessup Memorial Scholarship
Malia Mynderse
Jennifer Stanley
NSF Predoctoral Fellowship
Laralynne Przybyla
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Interns
Jennifer Bartholomew
Ryan McCann
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Intern Honor Roll
Amy Carpenter
Nicole Macaluso
John Naylor
Mat Vross
2005 Singleton Award
Guy Watkins (I. Camarillo, Res. Director)
Apple Medical Corp. Summer Internship
Katie Hubbard
Sandy and Zippy Ostroy Research Experience for Undergraduates
Scott Messenger
Sanford Ostroy Undergraduate Research Internship
Marilyn Morrison
Jared Wilkinson
Purdue/Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Internships
LeAnn Blankenship
Katherine Byrum
Hwei-Gene Chin
Andrew Christopher
Elizabeth Clark
Anar Desai
Katey Ess
Alice Foster
Sahir Kotadia
Pei Xin Lim
Scott Messenger
Kristina Morrow
Melissa Nazareno
Ruchin Patel
Joshiawa Paulk
Kaice Randall
Ashley Robbins
Amina Shareef
Dawn Taylor
Valerie Turner
Alex Urban
Staci Weedman
Julie Wilmowski
Mat Vross
Noah Yoo
Gabriel Zentner
Merck & Co. Vaccine Sterile Operations Research Experience
for Undergraduates
Xiaoqing Lin
National Merit
Michael Chang
Henry Chou
Kendra Duhon
Kathryn Ess
Brett Goodwin
Carl Holland
Thomas Landrigan
Andrew Lautz
Rebecca Mercer
Jennifer Nelson
Danielle Noel
Laralynne Przybyla
Shruthi Rajashekara
Kaice Randall
Jennifer Wilson
Phi Beta Kappa
Juniors
Jessica Boyd
Matthew Cerasale
David Curfman
Kara Eberhardt
Adam Losch
Mallory Michalke
Jennifer Nelson
Josh Paulk
Katherine Stine
Seniors
Abby Kathleen Carr
Laura Goldman
Lynn Hamilton
Michael Peregrim
Laralynne Przybyla
Courtney Stateler
Joshua Tierney
Department of Biological Sciences Ambassadors
Brian Bouggy
Kiet Ma
Laralynne Przybyla
Stephanie Tieken
Department of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Advisory Group
Melissa Berning
Zachery Fisher
Nikki (Ashley) Hall
Lynn Hamilton
Christine Jonason
Handel Jones
Lindsey Junk
Kelley Krizek
Krystle King
Michael Kondrath
Andrew Lautz
Alex Patrevito
Laralynne Przybyla
Amanda Sykes
PRF Research Grants
1st Year
Parul Khurana (C. Staiger, Res. Director)
2nd Year
Johel Chaves (K. Rabenold, Res. Dir.)
Kristene Henne (A. Konopka, Res. Dir.)
Di Jia (S. Konieczny, (Res. Dir.)
Summer PRF Research Grants
Swaathi Jayaraman
Sebenzile Myeni
Chad Pitschka
Prasad Siddavatam
Greg Ziegler
Department of Chemistry
Houghton Mifflin/International Center First-Year Undergraduate
Chemistry Award
Scott Dorrell
Alpha Chi Sigma Award
Sarah Stepro
Joseph Wolinsky Organic Award
Samuel Gardner
American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Award
Sean Bowen
Ben Freiser Award in Analytical Chemistry
Gregory Koval
Merck Outstanding Junior
Carol Johnson
R.S. Tobias Merit Scholarships
Freshman: Arisa Iwasaki
Sophomore: Melissa Brink
Junior: Erin Talbert
Hypercube Scholar
Derak James
Alumni Award in Physical Chemistry
Sarah Stepro
Lilly Industries Award
Stephen Davis
Lubrizol Foundation Scholarship
Meng Zhou
DW Margerum Undergraduate Research Award
Senior: Julie Lesniak
Junior: Joshua Robinson
DW Margerum Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
Haoshu Yang
Eli Lilly & Co. Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
David Kissick
Dreyfus Scholar
Joe Roswarski
Hach Foundation Scholarship
Theresa Doud
Jonathan Guthrie
Allison Helmuth
Racheal Martindale
Melissa Wilson
Frederick C. Mennen Memorial Scholarship
Stephanie Tumidajski
Harrison M. Stine Memorial Scholarship
Paul Carey
David Kissick
Alex & Bessie Oblad Scholarship
Kami Larson
Sabrina Stone
John J. Nash Academic Development Award
Melissa Brink
2006 Schering Plough Science and Innovation Award
Justin Wiseman
Robert R. Squires Scholar
Aristobulo Loaiza
Thomas W. Keough Graduate Scholar
Yu Xia
Alumni Graduate Student Teaching Award
Spring 2005 - Richard Perry
Fall 2005 - Allyson Wright
Willam F. Epple Teaching Award
Spring 2005 - Seung-Hyun Anna Lee
Fall 2005 - Shanna Daly
M.G. Mellon Award in Analytical Chemistry
Andy Moad
Ye Tian
John Leighty Scholarship
Michael Doud
Paul Wrighton
Zachary Van Winkle
Emerson Kampen Scholar
Mason Borlik
Katie Crosley
Melissa Kremholtz
Michael Trybula
H.C. Brown Organic Graduate Research Award
Ravi Krishnamoorthy
Bo Liang
Women in Science Travel Grant
Kim Andrews
Lee Cambrea
Aubrey Cavender
Heather Hodges-Loaiza
Ellen Steinmiller
NOBCChE Graduate Fellowship
Michelle Waddell
Alice Watson Kramer Research Scholar Award
Karin Ejendal
Amy Tabert
Department of Computer Science
Baker Hill Corporation
Paul Marks
Boeing Scholarship
Aaron Link
Caterpillar
Christopher Isaac
Cisco Systems
Jacob Fancher
Robert Insley
Richard Larson
Ryan Rueth
Cisco Systems Sales Division
Shishir Shah
CPP Scholarship
Zachary Tatlock
Crowe Chizek and Company LLC
Omar Alrawi
Jeremy Orlow
CS-EPICS Scholarship/Microsoft
Daniel Spaid
Philip Harnish
Joseph Fath
James Swedler
Daniel Tang
Eli Lilly and Company
Ryan Adams
Alexei Czeskis
David and Janice Fairchild Memorial for Nathaniel A. Johnson
William Harris
Flexware Innovation
Jason Akers
Guidant Foundation
Catherine Brown
Brett Bavar
Halstead Award
Murali Krishna Ramanathan
Harris Corporation
Joshua Koon
James Kung
IBM
Kevin Nuest
Aaron and Morgan Kunze Scholarship
Ferry Unardi
Lighthouse Award
Nicolas (Nick) B. Widman
Lockheed Martin
David Boersma
Motorola
Maria Heider
Prisilia Paramita
Neel Scholarship
Vaibhav Sahgal
Northrop Grumman
Alexander Hanna
John Horst
Casey Kolderup
Kevin Sanik
Raytheon Systems
Kyle Kral
Emil Stefanov
Anne and Robert Thomas Schowe Scholarship
Daniel Spaid
Siemens Corporation
Daniel Placacio
Wahyu Widjaja
Ryan Riley
Yasin Nilton Laura Silva
Verizon Foundation
Ryan Stutsman
Rimma Nehme
Outstanding Service to the Department by a Student
Michael Armbrust
Outstanding Graduate Teaching
Ryan Riley
Yasin Laura Silva
Association of Computing Machinery Top Graduate Teaching Assistant
Ryan Riley
Graduate Student Board Top Graduate TA
Jacques Thomas
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Linda Horn Memorial Scholarship
Debjani Deb
Henry Silver Scholarships
Alison Goss (Graduate Student)
Amanda Sheffield (Undergraduate Student)
Terry R. West Scholarship
Carrie Davis
Sandra Simonis
William J. Hinze Graduate Award in Exploration Geophysics
Saptarshi Dasgupta
Cedric J. Newby Award
Saptarshi Dasgupta
Spencer Fairfax
Alison Goss
Michele Gutenkunst
Dibyajyoti Tripathy
Kathryn Pokorny Scholarship
Amanda Sheffield
EAS Freshman Scholarship
Bradley Hegyi
Outstanding Senior
Kimberly Klockow, Megan Utley
Outstanding Graduate Student
Brian Hampton
Hannah Redmond
Department of Mathematics
Michael Golomb Math Award
Kyle Riggs
Eugene V. Schenkman Memorial Award
Bradley Rodgers
Jerison Memorial Award in Analysis
Eleanor Gamble
Akira Matsudaira
Merrill E. Shanks Memorial Award
Deborah Simon
Senior Achievement Award
Eleanor Gamble
Akira Matsudaira
Jacob Noparstak
Bess Walker
Christopher Willmore
Mathematical Association of America Math Competition team (second
place)
Kyle Riggs
Bradley Rodgers
Christopher Willmore
Putnam Team
Bradley Rodgers
Mathematics Scholarships
Glen E. Baxter Memorial Award
Joshua Robinson
Mark Hoppy Memorial Scholar
Matthew Barrett
Bradley Rodgers
Andris A. Zoltners Scholarship
James Martindale
Virginia Mashin Scholars
Jennifer Hicks
Sarah Wilson
Alton D. and Juanita S. Andrews Scholars
Lance Aschliman
Kevin Query
Katherine Quinn
Helen Clark Wight Scholars
Ashley Barnholt (freshman)
Linley Johnson (freshman)
Shauna McClure
Kenton McKasson
Arman Sabbaghi
Arthur Rosenthal Memorial Scholars
Zachary Blackwood
Margaret Brown
Jie Chen (freshman)
Joshua Lawrence (freshman)
David Meyer (freshman)
Patrick Odarczenko (freshman)
Christina Patrick (freshman)
Kelly Richardson (freshman)
Timothy Terlep (freshman)
Lauren Vickroy (freshman)
Leonard D. & Anna W. Berkovitz Scholarship
Matthew Barrett
Bradley Rodgers
Jamie Wiegandt
Jean E. Rubin Scholars
Jennifer Aschenbrenner (freshman)
Jennifer Bolam (freshman)
Collin Burry (freshman)
Amy Coleman (freshman)
Danielle Corona (freshman)
Laurence Forshaw (freshman)
Dustin Grogg (freshman)
Timothy Grosso (freshman)
Philip Hebda (freshman)
Ian Jones (freshman)
Anthony Lam (freshman)
Theresa Schmall (freshman)
Samantha Thomas (freshman)
PROBLEM OF THE WEEK PARTICIPANTS
FALL 2005
Certificates of Merit
Akira Matsudaira
Arman Sabbaghi
SPRING 2006
First-Prize Award
Alan Bernstein
Rahul Kumar
Certificates of Merit
Tomasz Czajka
Thomas Engelsman
Kevin Libby
2005-06 OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Parsa Bakhtary
Louiza Fouli
Janette Jaques
Travis Miller
Erin Moss
Philip Mummert
Gerald R. MacLane Award
Pak Tung Ho
The Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA)
– Celebrate Graduate Student Teaching
Parsa Bakhtary
Louiza Fouli
Travis Miller
Philip Mummert
Teaching Academy – Associate Fellow
James C. Price
Carl Cowen Exceptional Promise Award
Samantha Cash
T.T. Moh Award
Lingyun Qiu
Department of Physics
Society of Physics Students Awards
Zohar Aliya
Kevin O’Brien
Steven Carpenter
Joseph Krueger
Undergraduate Research and Poster Day
Margaret Stewart
Matt Marziale
Julia Novak
Jeffrey Fitzgerald
Celebration of Graduate Student Teaching
Jacob Hale
George Simion
Nominees for AAPT Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Jacob Hale
Roya Lahiji
Valeriia Starovoitova
John Buncher
Lark-Horovitz Award
George Simion
Edward Akeley Award
Sefano Chesi
Mandler-Akeley Award
John Buncher
Tautfest Award
Anadi Canepa
Lijuan Wang Award
Valeriia Starovoitova
Anna Treaster
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship
Trinanjan Datta
Department of Statistics
V.L. Anderson Scholarship Award
Laura DeLaney
I.W. Burr Award
Chun Han
Peng Zeng
L. J. Cote M.S. Excellence in Statistics Award
Patricia Yoshida
STATCOM Award
Yun Wang, Summer 2005
Alexander Lipka, 2005-2006
Outstanding Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Dimitar Vangelov
The William J. Studden Publication Award
Surya Tokdar
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