The Graduate School is pleased to announce the Michigan Tech nominees for the Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award.
Summer 2016 Nominees
Environmental and Energy Policy
Valoree Gagnon
Chemistry
Melanie Talaga
Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) annually solicits for nominations for the MAGS Distinguished Master’s Thesis Awards to recognize and reward distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level.
Fall 2015 Nominee for the MAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Masters Thesis Awards
Biological Sciences
Miles Corcoran
Fall 2016 Nominee for the MAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Masters Thesis Awards
Environmental and Energy Policy
Amanda Kreuze
Biomedical Engineering
Ameya Narkar
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the awarding of the Portage Health Foundation Graduate Assistantships to provide support to PhD candidates. These assistantships are available through the generosity of the Portage Health Foundation. They are intended to recognize outstanding PhD talent in health-oriented research areas.
Summer 2016 Recipients
Biological Sciences
Robert Larson
Chemistry
Ni Fan
Chemical Engineering
Maryam Khaksari
Fall 2016 Recipients
Biological Sciences
Ida Fonkoue
Biomedical Engineering
Zichen Qian
Summer 2017
Chemical Engineering
Sanaz Habibi
Chemistry
Shahien Shahsavarri
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2014 awarding of the Graduate Education for Minorities (GEM) Fellowship. GEM provides a large network, financial support, and expert knowledge to help ensure student success in competitive academic and professional environments.
Chemistry
Christina Welch
Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Abayomi Famuyiwa
The King-Chávez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program is to increase the pool of traditionally underrepresented candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in post-secondary education.
Spring 2017 Recipients
Rhetoric, Theory and Culture
Sara Potter
Fall 2016 Recipients
Data Science
Karen Colbert
Environmental and Energy Policy
Marie Richards
Spring 2016 Recipients
Geology
Christine Torres Rosa
Fall 2015 Recipients
Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors
Amber Kemppainen
Biological Sciences
Ida Fonkoue
Forest Science
Joanna Rogers
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the Spring 2017 recipients of the Outstanding Teaching Awards. These graduate students have exhibited exceptional teaching abilities, have received excellent evaluations from students, and are respected by faculty in their respective departments. They are integral in the Univerisity’s teaching efforts. Congratulations, recipients!
(listed by nominating depertment)
Srinivas Kannan, PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Amaneh Eslami Kenarsari, PhD in Civil Engineering
Rachel A. Martin, PhD in Chemical Engineering
Mehdi Jafari, PhD in Electrical Engineering
Caoyang Jiang, PhD in Electrical Engineering
Aref Majdara, PhD in Electrical Engineering
Shane W. Oberloier, MS in Electrical Engineering
Zhiyuan Yang, PhD in Electrical Engineering
Michael J. Candler, MS in Environmental Engineering
Olivia A. Barbee, PhD in Geology
Matthew T. Custer, MS in Applied Ecology
Danielle Rupp, PhD in Forest Science
Mohammad Reza Amini, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Pradeep Krishna Bhat, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Sarah Jalal, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Lauren Knop, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Jianyang Lyu, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Muraleekrishnan Menon Muraleedharan Nair, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Joseph E. Oncken, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Jiajun Song, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Nathan D. Spike, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Xiang Zhou, PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Cameron W. Goble, PhD in Biological Sciences
Chelsea J. Nikula, PhD in Chemistry
Simeon K. Schum, PhD in Chemistry
Mustafa Gezek, PhD in Mathematical Sciences
Huanhuan Zhu, PhD in Mathematical Sciences
Kevin Waters, PhD in Physics
Kimberly Tweedale, PhD in Rhetoric, Theory and Culture
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition (originally conceived by The University of Queensland) celebrates both research and clear communication in a competition to get your disseratation across to a mixed non-specialist audience in only 3 minutes with only one slide. All student presenters are winners just for attempting this feat. Pictured in the photo are the winners according to the panel of judges and people’s choice award. If you missed this event this year, be sure to look for it next year.
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the following students have earned:
Doctoral Finishing Fellowships:
Spring 2015
Adam Coble, PhD Candidate in Forest Science
Khanh Cung, PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics
Jie Zhou, PhD Candidate in Materials Science and Engineering
Fall 2014
Yaoxian Huang, PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering
Gary Kaunonen, PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Sandra Owusu, PhD Candidate in Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
Venkata Ramana Pidatala, PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences
Jingtuo Zhang, PhD Candidate in Chemistry
Finishing fellowships provide support to PhD candidates who are close to completing their degrees. These fellowships are available through the generosity of alumni and friends of the University. They are intended to recognize outstanding PhD candidates who are in need of financial support to finish their degrees and are also contributing to the attainment of goals outlined in The Michigan Tech Plan.
Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Azad Henareh Khalyani, PhD Candidate in Forest Science
Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Thesis Award
Xu Yang, PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering
Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award
Elaheh Gorgin, PhD Candidate in Mathematical Sciences
Amanda Shaw, MS Candidate in Physics
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??DeVlieg Foundation Fellowships
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Recipients for fall 2011 were:
Irfan Ahmed, PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering
Surendar R. Dhadi, PhD candidate in Biological Sciences
Neluka K. Dissanayake, PhD candidate in Engineering Physics
Shu Wei Goh, PhD candidate in Civil Engineering
Amber M. Roth, PhD candidate in Forest Science
Recipients for spring 2012 are:
Zeyad T. Ahmed, PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering
Kefeng Li, PhD candidate in Biological Sciences
Charles L. Lawton Endowed Fellowship
Saikat Mukhopadhyay, PhD candidate in Physics
Zhiwei Peng, PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering
Doctoral Finishing Fellowship
Lindsey M. Shartell, PhD candidate in Forest Science
Neil V. Hakala Endowed Fellowship
Nominations are currently open for summer 2012 finishing fellowships. Materials are due no later than 4pm, March 14th. See complete details online about the application and review procedure.
The Graduate School is pleased to announce that the following students have earned the Doctoral Finishing Fellowship:
- Douglas Banyai, PhD candidate in Physics
- Rasika Kishor Gawde, PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering
- Ryan Lemmens, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
- Seyedmehdi Morazavi Zanjani, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
- Ranjeeth Naik, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
- Ruiqiang Song, PhD candidate in Civil Engineering
- Ehsan Taheri, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
- Khrupa Vijayaragavan, PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering
- Anqi Zhang, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
- Yunzhu Zhao, PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering
Photographs and details of awards and fellowships coordinated by the Graduate School can be found online.
Nominations are currently being accepted for spring 2015 finishing fellowships. Nominations are due Oct. 21 by 4 p.m. to Debra Charlesworth. Please see the website for full details.
Travel Grants for Summer 2014 have been awarded. The full list of Graduate recipients can be seen at Travel Grant Results.
Travel grants are awards that help subsidize cost of attending and presenting at conferences. These awards are sponsored by the Graduate Student Government (GSG) and the Graduate School. For more information on Travel Grants, please see Graduate School Travel Grants.
Should you have any questions, contact the GSG Treasure–Jennifer Winnikus at jawiniku@mtu.edu.