Graduate Student Awards for FallĀ 2008

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Shirley Tomes
Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Students compete for awards.

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This fall the annual student research symposium and homecoming events took place. We hosted a number of alumni and industrial representatives as well as many of the Georgia Tech faculty and staff.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the student research symposium and homecoming events this fall. We hosted a number of alumni and industrial representatives. The research symposium on Friday included five excellent presentations by senior graduate students who were finalists for the graduate student research awards. A committee of faculty and staff served as judges of the presentations. Congratulations to:

First Place ($1000):
Philseok Kim (Perry group)

Second Place ($750):
Chris Richard (Dickson group)

Third Place, tie ($300):
Srividya Mohan (Williams group)
Christina Young (Mizaikoff Group)

Runner-up ($100):
Doogie Oh (Orlando group)

In addition, awards for best posters ($75) were presented:

Graduate Student Poster - Glenn Harris (Fernandez group)

Undergraduate Student Poster - Cody Stone (Zhang group)

Outstanding Performance as a T.A. Awards were presented to:

JP Aragon, Diya Mohan, Dan Sabo, Gungor Ozer, and Alex Jonke.

Best Seminar award - Tina Dreaden

Other awards received after this event were:

Philseok Kim has been selected as a finalist for the 2008 MRS Graduate Student Award.

Kathy Woody has received an ACS Women Chemists Committee travel award, sponsored by Eli Lilly & Co, to present her work at the spring 09 ACS meeting.

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School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Categories
Institute and Campus, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Special Events and Guest Speakers, Research
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Keywords
chemistry
Status
  • Created By: Shirley Tomes
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Nov 16, 2008 - 8:00pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:02pm