Recent Awards

2007

• Dr. Branko Popov was selected for the USC College of Engineering and Computing Research Award.
• Dr. Ed Gatzke was selected for the USC College of Engineering and Computing Young Investigator Award.
• USC Graduate Student Day Awards, Engineering and Physical Sciences category:
  • First prize: Scott Greenway, PEM Fuel Cell Electrode Structure Analysis Using EIS
  • Second prize: Michael Martinez, Modeling of the Water Phase Distribution in the Gas Diffusion Layer of a PEMFC Cathode;
  • Third prize: Attilio Siani of Chemical Engineering, SiO2-Supported PtFe Cluster-Derived Catalysts
  • First prize: Karen Uffalussy, Kinetic Characterization of Multimetallic Cluster-Derived Catalysts Used for Selective Hydrogenation of Citral, poster division
    
• Andy Stamps won a Centennial Fellowship from the USC Graduate School in the research category.
  
• Amy Beard won a Centennial Fellowship from the USC Graduate School in the poster category.
  
• Brenda Garcia-Diaz won the H. H. Dow Memorial Award of the IEEE Division, The Electrochemical Society.

2006

• Dr. Joseph H. Gibbons was honored by Omicron Delta Kappa when the circle established the Joseph H. Gibbons Outstanding ODK Senior Award presented on USC Awards Day.
• Dr. John W. Weidner received the Golden Key Faculty Award for Creative Integration of Research & Undergraduate Teaching.
• Christopher E. Long was named ECHE Outstanding Graduate Student.
• Vijay A. Sethuraman won the Student Achievement Award of the IEEE Division, The Electrochemical Society.
• D. Samuel Deutsch won first place Oral Presentation, Engineering & Technological Innovation, USC Graduate Student Day.
• Jian Zhang won second place Oral Presentation, Engineering & Technological Innovation, USC Graduate Student Day.
• Melanie Schaal won first place Scholarly Poster, Physical Science and Engineering, USC Graduate Student Day.
• Jennifer Laraque won first place Scholarly Poster, Life Science and Health, USC Graduate Student Day.
• Kathryn C. Johnson was awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
• D. Jason Owens was awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship. More
• Nishita Dalal was named ECHE Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
• Nishita Dalal won Outstanding Poster Award and Milliken Co. Outstanding Poster Award, USC Discovery Day. More
• D. Jason Owens was awarded a Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship.
• Karen Wigal and John Bedenbaugh were awarded Tau Beta Pi Scholarships.
• Michelle Casper was named the National Society for Professional Engineers Outstanding Senior in Chemical Engineering.
• Kendall Williamson, Chris Butch, Kathryn Johnson, Karen Wigal, and Jacob Hunter were awarded Magellan Scholarships.

2005

• Dr. Joseph H. Gibbons received the "Order of the Palmetto" Award from the Governor of S.C. More
• Dr. Thomas A. Davis received the Environmental Stewardship Award from the USC School of the Environment.
• D. Samuel Deutsch was awarded GRO Fellowship by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
• Soo-Yin Chin was named ECHE Outstanding Graduate Student.
• Marisa Palucis was named an NSF Graduate Fellow.
• Nishita Dalal won Second Place, AIChE student poster competition in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology division.
• D. Jason Owens was awarded a Tau Beta Pi Scholarship.

2004

• Dr. Christopher T. Williams received the Golden Key Faculty Award for Creative Integration of Research & Undergraduate Teaching.
• Dr. Michael D. Amiridis received the Michael J. Mungo Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.
• Dr. John W. Weidner was awarded Partner in Education: Richland School District Two, South Carolina.
• Inas M. Alnashef won the Student Achievement Award of the IEEE Division, The Electrochemical Society.
• Veeraraghavan S. Basker won the H. H. Dow Memorial Award of the IEEE Division, The Electrochemical Society.
• Janine Lichtenberger was named ECHE Outstanding Graduate Student.
• Halle McWilliams (MEERM Student, Advisor: Prof. M. A. Matthews) won Outstanding Master's Thesis, Physical Sciences, Math and Engineering, USC Graduate Student Day.
• D. Jason Owens was awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
• John Angelos, Joshua Spurgeon and Melanie Timmons were named NSF Graduate Fellows.
• Marisa Palucis and Jesse Shoultz won Tau Beta Pi Scholarship.
• Sarah Burrows won Second Place, USC Undergraduate Student Discovery Day Competition.
• Nishita Dalal won First Place, AIChE student poster competition in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology division.

2003

• Dr. Vincent Van Brunt received the AMOCO Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
• Dr. Michael A. Matthews received the Golden Key Faculty Award for Creative Integration of Research & Undergraduate Teaching.
• Dr. Ed Gatzke received an NSF career award.
• Dr. Joseph H. Gibbons received the USC Educational Foundation Service Award.
• Premanand Ramadass was awarded the Joseph W. Richards Summer Fellowship, The Electrochemical Society.
• Parthasarathy M. Gomadam won the Student Achievement Award of the IEEE Division, The Electrochemical Society.
• Daniela Mainardi was named ECHE Outstanding Graduate Student.
• Sarah Burrows won First Place, AIChE student poster competition in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology division.

2002

• Dr. Joseph H. Gibbons received the USC Educational Foundation Service Award.
• Venkat Subramanian won the Student Achievement Award of the IEEE Division, The Electrochemical Society.