College of IST Ph.D. Award for Research Excellence

This award recognizes a senior College of IST doctoral student who has completed outstanding research, scholarship, and/or creativity during their career.

2024—Jiaqi Wang | adviser: Fenglong Ma
2023—Enyan Dai | adviser: Suhang Wang
2022—Thai Le | adviser: Dongwon Lee
2021—Dongsheng Luo | adviser: Xiang Zhang
2020—Huaxiu Yao | adviser: Zhenhui Li
2019—Rob Grace | adviser: Fred Fonseca; and Wenbo Guo | advisers: Xinyu Xing and Ting Wang

College of IST Award for Excellence in Teaching Support

This award honors a College of IST graduate student who served as a teaching assistant or instructional assistant and who exhibited exemplary commitment to student learning, reflective teaching practices, leadership, and professional growth as a teacher.

2024—Saranya Venkatraman | adviser: Dongwon Lee
2023—Johnna Blair | adviser: Saeed Abdullah
2022—Hangzhi Guo | adviser: Amulya Yadav
2021—Tiffany Knearem | adviser: Jack Carroll
2020—Wenbo Guo | advisers: Xinyu Xing and Ting Wang
2019—William Aurite | adviser: Prasenjit Mitra; and Dongkuan Xu | adviser: Xiang Zhang