National Student Paper Competition

2009 -- Current Winners:
First Prize: Brandon Curtis, The Pennsylvania State University
Second Prize: Madeline Midgett, Oregon State University
Third Prize: Barbara Ekerdt, The University of Texas at Austin
Honorable Mentions: Ryan Baker, Brigham Young University & Le Li, Tulane University

Sponsor:
Omega Chi Epsilon, the National Chemical Engineering Honor Society

Description:
The first-place winners from each of the nine Regional Student Paper Competitions present their prize-winning papers during the AIChE National Meeting in the fall.

Deadline:
Participants are selected on the basis of regional conference results.

Award:
First Prize-$500; Second Prize-$300; and Third Prize-$200; and a certificate.

Presentation: Awards are presented at the Natioanl Student Conference.

Past Recipients:
2008 -- Jeney Zhang (1st); Tyler Gunn (2nd); Alexander Leonard (3rd); Kyle Stephens (Honorable Mention)
2007 -- Thomas Schwei (1st); Kenneth Overton (2nd); Kristina Prachanaronarong (3rd)
2006 -- Stephen Sizemore (1st); John Frostad (2nd); Dennis Callahan (3rd); David Van Wagener (Honorable Mention)
2005 -- Theresa LaFollette (1st); Christian Vives (2nd); Emily Levi (3rd)
2004 -- Matthew Tobelmann (1st), Natalie G. Killmon (2nd), Michael Lovette (3rd)
2003 -- Stephanie Freeman (1st), Ali Mushfeghian & Abimbola Balogun (2nd tie)
2002 -- Curtis Luke (1st), Daniel Connolly (2nd), Micah Green (3rd)
2001 -- Diane K. Wegl (1st), Jose Otero (2nd)
2000 -- N. Hatch (1st), J. Richardson (2nd), P. Cielenski (3rd) 
1999 -- B. McNames (1st), T. Denison (2nd), M. Oye (3rd)
1998 -- S.A. Bhatia (1st), S. Bhatia (2nd), M. Freimuth (3rd)
1997 -- A. Scurto (1st), A. B. Stackpole (2nd), D. Olson (3rd)
1996 -- K. A. Ellis (1st), M. C. Brincat (2nd), N. Vukmirovic (3rd)
1995 -- C. S. Russ (1st), S. E. Criss (2nd), N. J. Nissing (3rd)
1994 -- M. Gordon (1st), V. Chock (2nd), S. E. Criss (3rd)
1993 -- D. A. Scott (1st), E. Lee (2nd), S. McAleer (3rd)
1992 -- J. Schramm Hales (1st), S. W. Pearson (2nd), M. E. Johnson (3rd)
1991 -- G. Nyberg (1st), J. P. McLean (2nd), M. Shaffer (3rd)
1990 -- J. Clayton (1st), R. Peck (2nd Place), F. A. Highsmith (3rd)