Sophomore Academic Excellence Award

The Sophomore Academic Excellence Award is presented to the one National AIChE student member in each student chapter who has attained the highest scholastic grade-point average during his/her freshman and sophomore years, on recommendation of the Student Chapter Advisor.

Sponsor:
AIChE Foundation

2011 Winners:

Mia Korngruen, Rowan University; Steven Kelley, Drexel University; Skyler Jackson, Arizona State University; Aury Keller, Trine University; Brian Schuster, North Carolina State University; Sarah Clark, University of Michigan; Alexandra Bayles, University of Delaware; Josephine Chiu, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Marie Fulmer, New Mexico State University; Landon Mott, University of Kentucky, Paducah; Rachel Vinson, Oklahoma State University; David Monteiro, Stevens Institute of Technology; Scott Stanley, University of Missouri; Madeline Laizure, University of Tulsa; Chase Hacker, Mississippi State University; Ian Foerster, University of North Dakota; Kalpanee Gunasingha, Louisiana State University; Floren Herrera, United States Military Academy; Brandon Plaisance, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; Scott Shields, The University of Iowa; Matthew McCoy, University of California, San Diego; Christopher Porter, Bucknell University; Kerry Aldrich, Washington University, St. Louis; Ross McFall, Texas Tech University; Lisa Guay, University of Arizona; Kevin Wrobel, Texas A&M University; Jessica Long, Kansas State University; Hector Perez-Parra, Brigham Young University; Alexandra Kleven, Clemson University; Steven Cooper, Rice University; Elizabeth Crowder, University of Arkansas; Amber Trenkamp, University of Louisville; Nicole Giambrone, Villanova University; David Graves, University of Nevada, Reno; David Groschen, University of Minnesota; Stephanie Engel, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian Ratcliffe, Christian Brothers University; Matthew Summers, Washington State University; Anna McClung, West Virginia University; Benjamin Hammond, University of Virginia; Ashely Poe, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Taylor Dickman, Northeastern University; Chidanand Balaji, Cornell University; Yile Gu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Lucas Mathers, University of Maine; Avanti Shrikumar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Qinqin Gao, Manhattan College; Arturo Salinas, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Travis Nelson, University of Idaho; Micheal Balch, University of New Hampshire; Ibrahim Akaba, Rutgers University; Ross Browne, Brown University; Namrata Vora, John Hopkins University; James Kaczmarek, Auburn University; Brynn Livesay, Oregon State University; Spencer Wyant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Gawain Lau, University of Pennsylvania; Jeffrey Edsinga, University of California, Davis; Daniel Salem, University of Buffalo; Devon Hill, University of Kentucky; Anton Cottrill, Vanderbilt University; Logan Matthews, Michigan State University; Tamara Jaeger, University of New Haven; Natalie Aponte- Mendez, University of Puerto Rico; Lee Scott, University of Toledo; George Mathew, University of Florida; Ashley Spooner, Tuskegee University; Carolyn Mills, University of California, Santa Barbara        

Note: To be eligible for this prize, the nominee’s student chapter MUST file an annual report with AIChE. The reporting period is open from May to June 30, 2011. Award nominations may be submitted in advance of the report, with the expectation that the chapter will file a report by the reporting deadline. Award nominators will be notified after June 30 about any missing annual reports. Chapters will be allowed a one-month grace period after the nomination deadline to file a report.

Deadline: June 1, 2011 (The deadline has been extended to June 15, 2011)
For assistance, please contact AIChE Awards Administrator, Ph./Fax: 646-495-1331/646-495-1503; Email: awards@aiche.org.

Award:
- Free Registration to the 2011 Annual Student Conference (Valued at $75)
- $50 Travel allowance to be used towards the 2011 Annual Student Conference
- Invitation to the 2011 Student Leadership Development Conference - an exclusive conference offering student chapter leaders  additional opportunities to sharpen their leadership skills
-- Certificate of Recognition

The 2011 Annual Student Conference will take place from October 14-17, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN  

Complete your Sophomore Academic Excellence Award application here