Winners of Awards 2006 - 2007
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Achievement Rewards for College Scientists
Armen Arevian
Doctoral, Biological Sciences/Neuroscience
Thomas Dias
Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering
Michael Dinitz
Doctoral, Computer Science
Gabriella Engelhart
Doctoral, Chemical Engineering
Elisabeth Gilmore
Doctoral, Engineering & Public Policy/Chemical Engineering
Kevin Gimple
Doctoral, Language Technology
Alysha Grenko
Doctoral, Materials Science & Engineering
Kathleen Spees
Doctoral, Engineering & Public Policy
Daniel Wendlandt
Doctoral, Computer Science
American Association of University Women
Career Development Grant
Faith Cole
Alumna, History & Anthropology/German
Anti-Defamation League Campus Editors Study Mission
Marshall Roy
Junior, English/Creative Writing
ACM OOPSLA Student Research Award
George Fairbanks
Doctoral, Software Engineering
ACM SIGSOFT Conference Attendance Program for Students
Shang-Wen Cheng
Doctoral, Software Engineering
AICUP Commonwealth "Good Citizen" Scholarship
Abiola Fasehun
Junior, Philosophy/English
AIGA Context Show
Honorable Mention
Raelynn Miles
Master's, Design
AIGA WorldStudio Grant
John Pena
Master's, Art
American Vacuum Society Scholarship
Chao-Min Cheng
Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering
Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Award
3rd place, Editorial Category, Story of the Year
Marshall Roy
Junior, English
ATK-Nick G. Vlahakis Scholarship
Douglas Robl
Junior, Electrical & Computer Engineering/Engineering & Public Policy
Sophia Woodley
Junior, Material Science & Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
Kristen Henry
Senior, Chemical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
Michael Baker Diversity in Engineering Scholarship
Laura Seitz
Junior, Civil & Environmental Engineering/Engineering & Public Policy
Bank of Thailand Scholarship
Ed Yampratoon
Master's, Software Engineering
Boeing Information Systems Leadership Recognition Scholarship
Devin Blais
Junior, Information Systems
Daniel Broekman
Junior, Information Systems
Daniel Schultz
Sophomore, Information Systems
Broecker Memorial Fund, Pittsburgh Foundation
Asa Watten
Junior, Political Science
CIDR Conference Fellowship
Ryan Johnson
Doctoral, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh's Tough Art Residency
Joey Hays
Master's, Art
Eileen Maxson
Master's, Art
Gregory Witt
Master's, Art
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
James Ma
Doctoral, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cognitive Neuroscience Society -
Undergraduate Research Presentation Award
Ran Liu
Junior, Cognitive Science
Collegiate Level Piano Competition of the Steinway Society
1st Place
Hyemin Kang
Graduate, Piano
2nd Place
Eric Clark
Senior, Piano
Honorable Mention
Desta Hailu
Junior, Piano
CRA Female Undergraduate Research Award
Stephanie Rosenthal
Senior, Computer Science/Human-Computer Interaction
Convergys Corporation Scholarship Program
Danielle Kramer
Sophomore, Computer Science
Jacob Wilcock
Junior, Information Systems/Hispanic Studies
Anna Ly
Junior, Human-Computer Interaction/Business Administration
Conference on Design and Emotion
Best Paper
Min Kyung Lee
Master's, Design
Department of Homeland Security Scholarship
Courtney Sobers
Sophomore, Chemistry
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Take Etani
Alumus, Art
Dozzi Internship Grant
Jessica Kaercher
Sophomore, Design
Epic Metals Competition
Katherine Kozar
Junior, Architecture
Andrew Werner
Junior, Architecture
Lousia M. Jauregui
Junior, Architecture
Marc Manzke
Junior, Architecture
Frederique Turnier
Junior, Architecture
Patrick Russell
Junior, Architecture
Ford Motor Company Graduate Student Research Grant
Bilge Mutlu
Doctoral, Human-Computer Interaction
Freeman-ASIA
David Andrews
Freshman, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Eun Young (Samantha) Cho
Sophomore, Business Administration
Milton and Cynthia Friedman Internships in Washington, D.C.
Alan Wesley Eaton
Junior, Ethics, History, & Public Policy
Robert Kaminski
Junior, Policy & Management
Louisa Kinoshi
Junior, Professional Writing/ International Relations
Daniel Liptz
Freshman, Mechanical Engineering
Diana Miller
Junior, Architecture
Daniel Olsher
Master's, Language Technologies/International Relations
Andrew Peters
Sophomore, Ethics, History, & Public Policy
Vivake Prasad
Sophomore, Policy & Management/Political Science
Victoria See
Sophomore, Humanities & Arts (History and Art)
Ian James Tendick
Sophomore, Computer Science/Business Administration
Andrea Zonneveld
Junior, Biology
Fulbright Scholarship
Sarah Rubin
Master's, English
GEM Fellowship
Halimatu Mohammed
Doctoral, Chemistry
Joseph Akinyele
Master's, Software Engineering
German Chancellor Scholarship
Brian Mathias
Senior, Humanities & Arts (Psychology/ Music Performance)
Gilder Lehrman Fellowship
Kate Chilton
Doctoral, History
Marjory Glassburn Francis Project Award
Amy Johnson
Junior, Art
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Gregory A. Newby
Sophomore, Biological Sciences
Samantha N. Spath
Junior, Biological Sciences
Jonathan M. Stahlman
Junior, Physics
Lauren M. Thorpe
Junior, Science and Humanities Scholar, Biological Sciences
Google Anita Borg Scholarship
Lauren Chikofsky
Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering
G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey
Doctoral, Robotics
Stephanie Rosenthal
Senior, Computer Science/Human-Computer Interaction
Ling Xu
Doctoral, Robotics
Northrup Grumman Scholarship
Karen Tang
Doctoral, Human-Computer Interaction
Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research
Ph.D. Candidates
Paulina Jaramillo
Doctoral, Civil & Environmental Engineering (Ph.D. Candidates)
Heather L. Wakeley
Doctoral, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Master's Candidate
Britney J. McCoy
Doctoral, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Engineering & Public Policy
Vira I. Heinz Scholarship for Education Abroad
Vanessa VanSickle
Junior, Bassoon
Nicole Hallinen
Sophomore, Psychology/French
Andrea Cinkovic
Sophomore, Business Administration
Hibernian Research Award
Cian McMahon
Doctoral, History
H&SS Summer Internship Opportunity Grant
Abiola Fasehun
Sophomore, Philosophy/English
Andrew Hafenbrack
Junior, Social & Decision Sciences
Mark Rudnick
Sophomore, History/English
Laura Thoren
Freshman, H&SS Undecided
H&SS Study Abroad Scholarships
Brona Stein Buerger Scholarship
Michael Fitzgerald
Sophomore, English
Hannah Estermann Bergman Fund
Janice Weinberg
Sophomore, Information Systems/Human-Computer Interaction
Alumni Travel Fund
Diana Bush
Junior, Humanities & Arts (Architecture/Spanish)
Emily Clise
Sophomore, Political Science/International Relations
Julia Ende
Junior, Social & Decision Sciences
Jennifer Johnson
Sophomore, History
Theresa Myers
Sophomore, Science & Humanities Scholars (Chemistry/Psychology)
IBM Ph.D. Fellowship
Maria-Florina Balcan
Doctoral, Computer Science
ICES-Dowd Fellowship
Chao-Min Cheng
Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering
Philip H. Inman Award for Excellence in Conducting
Brian Hart
Master's, Conducting
Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship
Sebastian Herbert
Doctoral, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference
Best Poster
Hao-Chuan Wang
Doctoral, Language Technology
International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
Gregory Witt
Master's, Art
Jacob K. Javits Fellowships
Dale Fanning
Masters, Lighting Design
Jentel Residency
Adam Davies
Alumnus, Art
Thomas Johnson EPP Washington Fellowship
Darian Ghorbi
Junior, Mechanical Engineering/ Engineering and Public Policy
John Bistline
Junior, Mechanical Engineering/ Philosophy
Max Kade Scholarship
Shawn Mlynek
Sophomore, Voice
Robert Brown
Sophomore, Chemistry
Caitlin Corrigan
Junior, Social & Decision Sciences
Isabelle Gardocki
Junior, English/Modern Languages
Daryl Gleiche
Junior, Architecture
Alexander Kalke
Junior, Social & Decision Sciences
Anna Penchuk
Sophomore, Voice
Patrick Schnell
Senior, Architecture
Stephanie Sharick
Freshman, Materials Science & Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
Brad Stroud
Freshman, Business Administration
Knight Foundation News Challenge Grant
Daniel Schultz
Sophomore, Information Systems
Leica Fellowships
Fabian Heuppi
Master's, Software Engineering
Lynn University Second Violin Competition
Daniela Shtereva
Master's, Violin
Pierre Mayer Award at Tanglewood Music School
Emma Hancock
Master's, Violin
Marilyn Meltzer Prize Award in Design
Reina Takahashi
Junior, Design
Colin U. Miller and Mary Hay Miller Charitable Trust for the Advancement of Education Fellowship
Shahzeen Attari
Doctoral, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Silvia Bezer
Doctoral, Chemistry
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Fellowships
Lauren Adams
Master's, Art
Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship
Derek Hoiem
Doctoral, Robotics
Andreas Krause
Doctoral, Computer Science
Joseph F. Mulach and Louisa A. Mulach Scholarship,
Pittsburgh Foundation
Lindsay Liu
Freshman, Biological Sciences
NASA Graduate Student Research Proposal Fellowship
Salvador Desiano
Doctoral, Robotics
Nicholas Patronik
Doctoral, Robotics
Nicole Saulnier
Doctoral, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2006 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition
1st Place Freshmen Men Division
David Sweikowsky
Freshman, Voice
2nd Place Freshmen Men Division
Ian McEuen
Freshman, Voice
3rd Place Freshmen Men Division
Scott Beasley
Freshman, Voice
1st Place Freshmen Women Division
Nichole Thorpe
Freshman, Voice
2nd Place Freshmen Women Division
Melissa Johnson
Freshman, Voice
3rd Place Freshmen Women Division
Jennifer Hermansky
Freshman, Voice
1st Place Sophomore Men Division
Stephen Dagrosa
Sophomore, Voice
1st Place Sophomore Women Division
Ashley Batten
Sophomore, Voice
2nd Place Sophomore Women Division
Danielle Messina
Sophomore, Voice
3rd Place Sophomore Women Division
Jennifer Cherest
Sophomore, Voice
1st Place Junior Women Division
Chrystal Williams
Junior, Voice
2nd Place Junior Women Division
Abigail Paschke
Junior, Voice
3rd Place Junior Women Division
Caitlyn Glennon
Junior, Voice
1st Place Place Senior Women Division
Christina Chirumbolo
Senior, Voice
2nd Place Senior Women Division
Amanda Russo
Senior, Voice
3rd Place Senior Women Division
Helen Gruner
Senior, Voice
1st Place Upper Division Women Musical Theatre
Christina Chirumbolo
Senior, Voice
2nd Place Upper Division Women Musical Theatre
Abigail Paschke
Junior, Voice
3rd Place Upper Division Women Musical Theatre
Caitlyn Glennon
Junior, Voice
1st Place Lower Division Men Musical Theatre
Stephen Dagrosa
Sophomore, Voice
2nd Place Lower Division Men Musical Theatre
Ian McEuen
Freshman, Voice
1st Place Lower Division Women Musical Theatre
Danielle Messina
Sophomore, Voice
2nd Place Lower Division Women Musical Theatre
Ashley Batten
Sophomore, Voice
3rd Place Lower Division Women Musical Theatre
Rebecca Hadley
Sophomore, Voice
National Institute of Health - Summer Research in France
Denise Asafu-Adjei
Junior, Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
Joseph Bradley
Doctoral, Machine Learning
Nichole Cates
Senior, Materials Science & Engineering
David Durham
Doctoral, Engineering & Public Policy
Felix Duvallet
Senior, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Joseph Gonzalez
Doctoral, Computer Science
Michael Heilman
Master's, Language Technology
Bistra Iordanova
Doctoral, Biological Sciences
Mike Kasick
Doctoral, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Marissa Miracolo
Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering
Stephanie Rosenthal
Senior, Human-Computer Interaction/Computer Science
George Schaeffer
Senior, Science & Humanities (Mathematical Sciences/Linguistics)
Corinne Scown
Master's, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Robert Simmons
Doctoral, Computer Science
Maureen Tang
Senior, Chemical Engineering
John Thomas
Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering
Esther Yu
Senior, Physics/Materials Science & Engineering
Honorable Mentions
Nicholas Armstrong-Crews
Doctoral, Robotics
Aruna Balakrishnan
Doctoral, Human-Computer Interaction
Dmitry Berensen
Doctoral, Robotics
Byron Boots
Doctoral, Computer Science
Christine Costello
Master's, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michael DeSpenza
Master's, Mechanical Engineering
Samuel Ganzfried
Doctoral, Computer Science
Paul Glass
Doctoral, Biomedical Engineering
Yu Shan Anny Huang
Doctoral, Engineering & Public Policy
Matt Kocoloski
Doctoral, Engineering & Public Policy
Michael Lentine
Student Researcher, Computer Science
Chytra Pawashe
Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering
James Rogers
Senior, Materials Science & Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
Aaron Roth
Doctoral, Computer Science
Anne Swift-Hendricks
Doctoral, Social & Decision Sciences
Veronica Yusz
Senior, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Kim Zanotti
Senior, Chemistry
Melissa Witzberger
Doctoral, Biological Sciences
Amelia Wright
Doctoral, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Benjamin Stephens
Doctoral, Robotics
Justin Feig
Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada
Doctoral Postgraduate Scholarship
Matthew McNaughton
Doctoral, Robotics
ARTCHICAGO "New Insight" Artists Display
Ian Ingram
Master's, Art
David Tinapple
Master's, Art
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh Scholarship
Brittany McCandless
Junior, Professional Writing/Creative Writing
W. Oren Parker Scene Design Award
Adam Koch
Senior, Drama
Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute Fellowship- Princeton
Breanna Zwart
Junior, Humanities & Arts
Raytheon Scholarship
Marc Novakouski
Master's, Software Engineering
Sandia National Laboratories Excellence in Computing Fellowship
Boris Sofman
Doctoral, Robotics
School of Architecture Awards
George Anderson Award
Rasika Savkar
Senior, Architecture
Gladys Ly-Au Young
Senior, Architecture
Burdett Assistantship
Cathy Chung
Senior, Architecture
Richard M. Gensert Award
Christina Lynch
Senior, Architecture
Jan P. Junge Award
Gabriel Cuellar
Senior, Architecture
Luther S. Lashmit Award
Benjamin Saks
Senior, Architecture
Akram Midani Award
Trevor Coolidge
Senior, Architecture
John Knox Shear Award
Michelle Lopez
Senior, Architecture
Louis F. Valentour Award
Ken Lau
Senior, Architecture
NCMA Awards
1st Place
Diego Taccioli
Senior, Architecture
2nd Place
Greg Tanski
Senior, Architecture
3rd Place
Rachelle Roll
Senior, Architecture
4th Place
Charles Helmstetter
Senior, Architecture
Honorable Mentions
Ryan Bottini
Senior, Architecture
John Park
Senior, Architecture
Paige Warman
Senior, Architecture
Siebel Scholarship
Michael Dille
Master's, Computer Science
Scholarship from the Smithfield Concert Music Series
Adam Richardson
Sophomore, Voice
Skowhegan Residency
Ian Ingram
Master's, Art
Skowhegan Summer Artist Residency
Tiffany Sum
Alumna, Art
Society of American Musicians Competition
Violin Young Artists Division
Daniela Schtereva
Master's, Violin
Sutton Internship Grant
Brittany McCandless
Junior, Professional & Creative Writing
Pittsburgh SPROUT Fund
Ian Ingram
Master's, Art
Summer Fellowship at Bucknell University
Zach Harris
Senior, Creative Writing
Symantec Fellowship
David Brumley
Doctoral, Computer Science
Taiwan Government Research Fellowship
Chao-Min Cheng
Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering
Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition
Eunice Keem
Master's, Violin
Teach for America
Clara Reyes
Senior, History
Adam Suhy
Senior, Science & Humanities (Biological Sciences/Chemistry)
Marci DeGrace
Senior, Science & Humanities (Modern Languages)
Andrea Hamilton
Senior, Humanities & Arts (Ethics, History, & Public Policy/Art)
David Rush
Senior, Science & Humanities (Psychology/Human-Computer Interaction)
Tisdale Fellowship
Cynthia Kuo
Doctoral, Engineering & Public Policy
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
Ken Lau
Senior, Architecture
Honorable Mention
Laura Seitz
Junior, Civil & Environmental Engineering/Engineering & Public Policy
United States Steel Corporation Scholarship
Courtney Ondeck
Junior, Material Science and Engineering
The Vanguard Women in Technology Scholarship Program
Anna Ly
Junior, Business/Human-Computer Interaction
Yahoo! Graduate Research Fellowship
Andrew Carlson
Doctoral, Machine Learning
Zelma H. Weisfeld Award for Costume Design & Technology
Brandon McWilliams
Master's, Drama