Student Award Spotlights
2021
2021 AWS Poster Competition winners (September)
- Samuel Luther - 2nd place, graduate student track
- Chris Hickman, Amber Johnson, Colleen Woidke - 1st place, undergraduate student track
- Todd Anderson, Christopher Harman, Lewis Nerone, Michael Xu - 2nd place, undergraduate student track
- Jacque Berkson, Claire Cary, Allina Mlinaro, Scott Sheffield - 3rd place, undergraduate student track
- Evan Butler (WE student intern) - 1st place, high school track
William Siefert, Ph.D. WE 2024, awarded an AWS Graduate Research Fellowship (September)
"Ultra-intense laser plasma interaction with silica microspheres" focused on creating warm-dense-matter states (believed to be the state of matter at the core of super-earths, Jovian planets, etc.) in the laboratory to understand their properties better (August)
Thomas Avey, MSE doctoral student, awarded best student oral presentation award at Mg 2021 conference (July)
Binbin Wang, MSE doctoral student, awarded Presidential Fellowship (May)
Jianxiong Li, WE doctoral student, awarded Presidential Fellowship (May)
Presented on the effects of implementing a binary argon-helium gas mixture within the Laser-Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing process
Presented the process she developed that uses electrospinning to create both uniaxial and randomly oriented fibers at a high throughput rate. This innovative procedure has the potential to increase fiber production for commercial applications, meaning smart fabrics will be lighter and more versatile than what is on the market today.
Undergraduate Students Awards Ceremony (February 22)
2020
2020 American Welding Society Posters Competition - our students won 50% of the posters
Michael Moodispaw - Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Student
Steven J. Harmon Scholarship from the North American Die Casting Association
Rebecca Vilcheck - Materials Science and Engineering Student
Cheng-Han Li - Materials science and Engineering grad student
Fateh Mikaelli - PhD and Graduate Research Assistant, MSE
Allison Whitney - Materials Science and Engineering major
Patricia Loughney - Materials Science and Engineering PhD student
2019
Noah Talisa - Graduate Student (Physics)
Fateh Mikaeili - PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant, MSE

Wichurat Sakulpaptong, DDS and PhD Candidate in Division of Biosciences
Molly Baumann (Biomedical Engineering)
Associate Professor Heather Powell (MSE and Biomedical Engineering), Advisor

Sam Luther - Welding Engineering PhD Candidate
First place for artistic microscopy in 2019 International Metallographic Contest

Milind Pawar - Materials Science and Engineering PhD Candidate

Michael Moodispaw- Fourth Year dual Materials Science and Engineering undergrad and graduate student
5th Place at World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering

John Jamison- Materials Science and Engineering PhD Candidate
2019 ENGIE-Axium Scholarship Award