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Atlanta, GA | Posted: May 7, 2021
Renay San Miguel
Communications Officer II/Science Writer
College of Sciences
404-894-5209
Summary Sentence:
Six students gain special recognition for accomplishments, research in a variety of disciplines
Full Summary:
Six students in the College of Sciences are honored with 2021 awards for significant accomplishments during a challenging school year.
Georgia Tech 2021 College of Sciences Student Awards
Luojia Zhang
Sophia Wiesenfeld
Kalen Patton 
Jennifer Kim 
Suraj Modi 
Eva EricksonOne College of Sciences student is a rising fourth-year, but she spent some of her non-research hours helping incoming first year students navigate the newness of Georgia Tech. Another became the Georgia Tech hockey team’s first woman player in school history. (Yes, Georgia Tech has a hockey team.) Yet another is helping a professor build an organic meteor database.
The six College of Sciences students honored for end-of-school-year awards and scholarships offer a wide variety of accomplishments. Join us in congratulating these winners of the 2021 College of Sciences Student Awards:
2021 A. Joyce Nickelson and John C. Sutherland Undergraduate Research Award
Presented to a student studying physics and mathematics.
Endowment gift of Jen Nickelson and John Sutherland.
Luojia Zhang
2021 Roger M. Wartell and Stephen E. Brossette Award
Presented to a student who studies at the physics/math-biology interface. Endowment gift of Stephen Brossette.
2021 Robert A. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship
Presented to a top graduating senior in the College. Endowment gift of the family and friends of former dean Robert Pierotti
2021 Mehta Phingbodhipakkiya Memorial Scholarship
Presented to a top junior in the College of Sciences. Endowment gift of Maranee Phing
2021 Virginia C. and Herschel V. Clanton Jr. Scholarship
Presented to a top pre-medical student in the College of Sciences.
Endowment gift of Herschel V. Clanton.
2021 Cynthia L. Bossart and James Efron Scholarship
Presented to a top out-of-state junior in the College of Sciences.
Endowment gift of Cynthia Bossart and James Efron.
