MatSE Student and Alumni Awards Banquet Held

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois held the Student and Alumni Awards Banquet Friday evening at the iHotel. 

Undergraduate Student Scholarships

A.I. Andrews Scholars: 

Matthew Clawson 

Michael Gambino

Paul A. Beck Scholar:

Monica Paul

Harry J. Beckemeyer Jr. Scholar: 

Devon Papanicolas

Clifton G. Bergeron Scholars:

Rangarajan Thiruvengadam

Zixuan Wu

Louis R. Berner Scholar:

Zachary Haber

Gerson B. Bilow Scholars:

Joshua Khazanov

John Shimanek

Robert Bohl Scholars:

Jacob Dutler

Audrey Lee

Wesley Roth 

Otto Sr. and Mildred Capek Scholar: 

Adam Ladd

Earl J. Eckel Scholars:

Pranjal Agarwal

Matthew Goodalis

Guanning He

Yuming Huang

Lucas O'Bryan

Eugene Park

Tian Sang

Xiaolan Sun

Peilin Tian

Daniel Vaz

Wuwen Wang

Yao Yao

Yifan Yao 

Yusen Ye

Ruoyao Zhang

Ziqi Zhang

Haoling Zhao

M. Laird and Charisann Froberg Scholars:

Kevin Halloran

Christopher Plantz

Phillip H. Geil Scholar:

Yueh-Te Chu

Henry E. Grein Jr. Scholar: 

Tyler Jensen

Donald W. Hamer Scholars: 

Piush Behera

Julia Brodecki*

Rachel Lawless*

Paige Prendergast

Thomas Song

Yiqing Zhou*

Doris Maroney Krumwiede Scholar:

Lauren Smith

Joseph and Wyvona Lane Scholar:

Jack O'Neil

Robert E. and Karen Martin Luetje Scholar:

Simon Egner

Kevin Moore Memorial Scholar:

Anisa Nuanes

G. Ronald and Margaret H. Morris Scholar:

Thomas Molley

G. Ronald and Margaret H. Morris Opportunity Scholar: 

Sarah Gurns

James A. Nelson Scholars:

Sean Martinez

Kyle Perozek

Cullen W. Parmelee Scholars:

Mason Bushell

Bao Lam

Zachary Levell 

Samuel Li 

Jarod Meyer

Erik Ratta

Qingyang Zhu

Cullen W. Parmelee International Research Scholars:

Emily Foley

Yiyue Luo

David A. Payne Scholars:

Caelin Muir

Daniel Rosenthal

Frederick A. Petersen Scholar:

Justin Baker

Norman L. Peterson Scholar:

Deepa Kote

Larry D. and Carol Rakers Scholars:

Collin Andersen

Seth Lohman*

Kyle McKillop

John Syer

Whitney Tso

Ian and Victoria Robertson Scholar:

Brendan Wolan

C.M. Wayman Scholar:

Samantha Tatar

Wert Scholars: 

Trent Calderone

Qihua Chen

Jacob Diamond

Aik Rui Tan

Michael Toriyama

Huiru Zhang

Daniel Zhu

*Student has also received an Engineering Visionary Scholarship from the University of Illinois College of Engineering 

Undergraduate Student Awards

Alfred W. Allen Awards: 

Piush Behera

Mason Bushell

Brendan Eng

Adam Ladd

Rachel Lawless*

Zachary Levell

Qing Lin

Paige Prendergast

Lauren Smith

Yifan Yao

Ruoyao Zhang

Yiqing Zhou

Qingyang Zhu

Arthur L. Friedberg Awards:

Brendan Eng

Athena Lin

MatSE Alumni Board Award:

Andres Velarde

Sheryl Blair Tipton Award:

Bridgette LaFaye*

Graduate Student Award

2016 Annual Innovation Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis from Durgam and Subha Chakrapani Family Trust:

Liang Ma

Alumni Awards

Distinguished Merit Award:

Jennifer Lewis, B.S. Ceramic Engineering, 1986, Sc.D. Ceramics Science 1991 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 

Loyalty Award:

James McMahon, M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, 1983, Ph.D. Metallurgical Engineering, 1986

Young Alumnus Award:

Geoffrey Brennecka, B.S. Ceramic Engineering, 2001 (University of Missouri), M.S. Ceramic Engineering, 2002 (University of Missouri), Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering 2006

 

The student scholarships and awards presented would not be possible without the support of our alumni and industrial friends. Thank you!