Student Awards
Todd Whittaker, a Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD student in the Holewinski and Musgrave research groups, has been awarded the Quad Fellowship, a prestigious fellowship for citizens of the "Quad countries" (USA,
Ten graduate students and one post doctoral researcher were recognized in 2024 with Chemical and Biological Engineering Department awards.
Eight graduating seniors from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering were honored with 10 Graduating Student Awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science this year.
Fifteen undergraduate students were recognized in 2024 with Chemical and Biological Engineering Department awards.
Chemical and Biological Engineering students Claire Ely and Delaney McNally are among 438 U.S. college students awarded 2024 Goldwater Scholarships, which reward sophomores and juniors who are conducting research in math, science and engineering.
Five chemical and biological engineering graduate students and one ChBE undergraduate student have received 2024 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.
Kaustav Bera, a ChBE postdoctoral researcher, was awarded a three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation. The fellowship will support Bera’s postdoctoral training in studying the body’s maintenance of the gut epithelium.
Arkava Ganguly, a third-year PhD student in the Gupta research group, has been honored with a 2024 Teets Family Endowed Doctoral Fellowship. The fellowship provides $15,000 over two-years and supports students engaged in nanotechnology research.
Gesse Roure (PhD ChemEngr'23) received the CEAS Oustanding Dissertation Award; his research explores tiny-scale flows, with applications in waste treatment, mineral recovery, medical diagnostics and targeted drug delivery.
Ashish Srivastava and Katayoun Jamei received top fall 2023 honors from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.