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Departmental Awards
Each year the Computer Science Department awards a number of students, staff, and faculty who have done notable things in the previous year. The citations may be found here.
2015-2016
Undergraduate & Graduate Student Awards
Galileo Circle Scholars: Wei He, Lee Savoie, Junxiao Shi, Bijan Anjavi, Jesse Bartels, Daniel Dicken, Charlie Fractal, Eric Newberry and Savannah Perno
Outstanding Senior (Spring 2016): Benjamin Gaska
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award: David Porfirio
Undergraduate Service Award: Jesse Bartels
Undergraduate Teaching Award: Jeremy Mowery
Graduate Student Teaching Award: Nathan Sema
Graduate Student Research Award: Daniel Deblasio
Graduate Student Service Award: Shravan Aras
Staff Awards
CoSSAC UA Award of Excellence: Chelsea Skotnicki
Faculty Awards
Galileo Circle Fellow: Richard Snodgrass
Faculty Teaching Award: Lester McCann
Faculty Research Award: Saumya Debray
Faculty Research Award: David Lowenthal
Faculty Service Award: Saumya Debray
2014-2015
Undergraduate & Graduate Student Awards
Galileo Circle Scholars: Shravan Aras, Russell Lewis, David Porfirio, Samuel Rasch, Sean Stephens, Jennifer Tran, Karyn Vo & Babak Yadegari
Norman Burton Ball Galileo Scholarship for Women in Science: Emily Luu
Outstanding Senior (Fall): Staci Smith
Outstanding Senior Honorable Mention (Spring): Jimmy Fagan
Outstanding Senior Honorable Mention (Spring): Matt Gautreau
Outstanding Senior Honorable Mention (Spring): Christian Montoya
Outstanding Senior (Spring): Shloka Desai
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award: Brian Johanesmeyer
Undergraduate Service Award: Ian Tracey
Graduate Student Teaching Award: Kristle Schulz
Graduate Student Research Award: Babak Yadegari
Graduate Student Service Award: Isabel Kishi
Staff Awards
CoSSAC UA Award of Excellence: Bridget Radcliff
Faculty Awards
Faculty Mentor Award: Saumya Debray
Faculty Teaching Award: John Hartman
Faculty Research Award: Stephen Kobourov
Faculty Research Award: Beichuan Zhang
Faculty Service Award: David Lowenthal
Faculty Outstanding Achievement Award: David Lowenthal
2013-2014
Undergraduate & Graduate Student Awards
Excellence in Undergraduate Research & Outstanding Senior Award (Spring): Daniel Fried
Outstanding Senior Award (Fall): Zewei Jiang
Galileo Circle Scholars: Jean-Pierre Briede, Michelle Yung, Ricky Gorowsky, Robert Dreier, & Zuoming Shi
Galileo Circle Scholar & Lund-Wolfe Scholarship Award: Laura Vonessen
Outstanding Undergraduate Service Award: Katherine Maroney
Ralph Griswold Scholarship Award: Emily Leones
Graduate Student Teaching Award & Outstanding Graduate Service Award: Qiyam Tung
Excellence in Graduate Research: Aniruddha Marathe
Staff Awards
CoSSAC Star Award & UA Award for Excellence: Bridget Radcliff
CoS Staff Award for Excellence: Patricia Waters
Faculty Awards
Faculty Mentor Award: Patrick Homer
Faculty Research Award: Richard Snodgrass
Faculty Research & Teaching Awards: Stephen Kobourov
Faculty Service Award: John Hartman
2012-2013
Graduate Student Teaching Award: Qiyam Tung
Graduate Student Research Award: Md. Jawaherul Alam
Graduate Student Service Award: Dan DeBlasio
Outstanding Senior Award:
Kathryn Cunningham (Fall)
Yi Huang (Spring)
Excellence in Undergraduate Research: Ben Dicken
Galileo Circle Scholars: Ashley Mathews, Staci Smith, Md. Jawaherul Alam
CoSSAC Star Award: Christina Dentel
UA Award of Excellence: Holly Brown
CoS Staff Award for Excellence: Eneida Guerra de Lima
Faculty Impact Awards: Stephen Kobourov and Rick Snodgrass
Faculty Teaching Award: Saumya Debray
Faculty Service Award: David Lowenthal
2011-2012
Graduate Student Teaching Award: David Russell Lee
Graduate Student Research Award: Rui Zhang
Graduate Student Service Award: Nassim Mafi
2009-2010
Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award: Alex Henniges
Outstanding Senior Award:
Loren Chea (Fall)
Jonathan Nation (Spring)
Graduate Student Research Award: Barry Rountree
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Rui Zhang
Graduate Student Outstanding Service Award: Wesley Kerr
Staff Outstanding Service Award: Tom Lowry (Dept and COSSAC)
Faculty Impact Award: Chris Gniady
Faculty Outstanding Service Award: David Lowenthal
2008-2009
Undergraduate Student Outstanding Service Award:
Tasneem Kaochar (Fall)
Justin Samuel (Spring)
Faculty Teaching Award: Lester McCann
Faculty Outstanding Service Award: Saumya Debray
Staff Outstanding Service Award: Gregg Townsend (Dept and COSSAC), Rhonda Leiva (STAR)
Graduate Student Research Award: Igor Crk
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Jordan Marshall
Graduate Student Outstanding Service Award: Ranjini Swaminathan
Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award: Justin Samuel
Outstanding Senior Award:
Tasneem Kaochar (Fall)
Justin Samuel (Spring)
2007-2008
Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award: Juhani Torkkola
Student Outstanding Service Award: Drew Davidson
Outstanding Senior Award:
Andrew Winslow (Fall)
Drew Davidson (Spring)
Graduate Student Award for Service: Justin Cappos
Graduate Student Research Award: Joseph Schlecht
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Alex Balderrama
Staff Outstanding Service Award: Ana Rodriguez
Faculty Impact Award: Kobus Barnard
Faculty Outstanding Service Award: Greg Andrews
Faculty Teaching: John Hartman
2006-2007
Undergraduate Student Research Award: Ekaterina Spriggs
Student Outstanding Service Award: Scott Baker
Outstanding Senior Award: Ekaterina Spriggs (Spring 2007)
Graduate Student Research Award: Sriraman Tallam
Graduate Student Research Award: Praveen R. Rao
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Joe Fowler
Staff Outstanding Service Award: John Cropper
Staff Outstanding Service Award: John Luiten
Faculty Impact Award: Rajiv Gupta
Faculty Impact Award: Stephen Kobourov
Faculty Outstanding Service Award: John Hartman
Faculty Teaching Award: Saumya Debray
2005-2006
Outstanding Senior Award: (Fall): Jonathon Trimble
Graduate Student Research Award: Xiangyu Zhang
Faculty Impact Award: Rajiv Gupta
Faculty Teaching Award: John Hartman
Outstanding Service Award: Rick Snodgrass