Each year, the department recognizes truly exceptional graduate students by presenting them with one of the following awards. Awards are given at the Annual Blue Hat Ceremony, following the Design Day events.

Click the header to view a list of past recipients for each award.

Year Recipient
2022 Damir Akchurin

Year Recipient
2022 Hansen Guo

Year Recipient(s)
2022 Farzin Ahamdi
2021 Julia Carroll & Katiana Kontolati
2020
2019 Anthony Belfert
2018 Astrid Fischer
2017 Sriram Sankaranarayanan
2016 Saranthip Rattanaserikiat
2015 Ashley Feldman
2014 Aamer Haque
2013 Mehdi Jalalpour
2012 Mu Zhu
2011 Kara Peterman
2009 Arghavan Louhghalam

Year Recipient(s)
2022 Noah Wade
2021 Ashwini Gupta
2020
2019 Maxwell Pinz
2018 Mikhail Osanov
2017 Jinlei Shen
2016 Davide Fratamico
2015 Jimi Oke
2014 Matthew Stehman
2013 Caitlin Jacques
2012 Kara Peterman & Cynthia Zingale
2011 Alireza Asadpoure
2010 Luiz Vieira