Student Awards

2011

• Commencement Awards (given by CEE)

  • Undergraduate Student Awards
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Distinguished Service Award
      Erica Spiritos
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Scholarship Award
      Michael Panzitta
    • James P. Romualdi Civil and Environmental Engineering Award
      Matthew Pettit
  • Graduate Student Awards
    • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
      Amit Das
    • Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Service Award
      Chia-Gee (Luke) Chen and Omar De Leon
    • Mao Yisheng Outstanding Dissertation Award
      Ricardo Taborda

2010

• Commencement Awards (given by CEE)

  • Undergraduate Student Awards
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Scholarship Award
      Jeffery Miller
    • The James P. Romualdi Civil & Environmental Engineering Award
      Christopher Donlon
  • Graduate Student Awards 
    • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
      Asli Akcamete and Guizide Atasoy
    • Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Service Award
      Ricardo Taborda
    • Mao Yisheng Outstanding Dissertation Award
      Yunha Lee

2009

• Commencement Awards (given by CEE)

  • Undergraduate Student Awards
    • ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Student Award
      Jennifer Lawrence
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Distinguished Service Award
      Paz Gilboa
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Scholarship Award
      Nolan Kurtz
    • The James P. Romualdi Civil & Environmental Engineering Award
      Daniel Schoenfelder & Corey Tucker
  • Graduate Student Awards
    • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
      Shazeen Attari
    • Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Service Award
      Fernanda Leite
    • Mao Yisheng Outstanding Dissertation Award
      Tanapon Phenrat

2008 

• Commencement Awards (given by CEE)

  • Undergraduate Student Awards
    
    • ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Student Award
      Ryan Swick
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Distinguished Service Award
      Allison Reiko Baugham
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Scholarship Award
      Stephanie Seki
    • The James P. Romualdi Civil & Environmental Engineering Award
      Brandon Buschmeier
  • Graduate Student Awards
    
    • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
      Damian Helbling
    • Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Service Award
      Mario Berges
    • Mao Yisheng Outstanding Dissertation Award
      Chris Weber

• Graduate Student Awards
  

  • ICES Dowd Fellowship
    Saurabh Puri
  • International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring Best Student Paper Award 2007
    Seungbum Kim, advisor: Prof. Hoon Sohn
  • Johnson Controls Contest: Tomorrow's Energy Ambassadors, Managers and Scholars
    Shahzeen Attari, Ines Margarida Lima de Avezedo, Benjamin Flath, Constantine Samaras
  • NSF Fellowship
    Honorable Mention: Michael Pepe-Mooney
  • Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
    Tanya Spellman
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) - 1st Annual Graphics Award
    Ricardo Taborda, Leonardo Ramirez; advisor: Jacobo Bielak
  • International Society for Industrial Ecology Best Student Paper 2007
    3rd place: Paulina Jaramillo

• Undergraduate Student Awards
  

  • ASCE Pittsburgh Section Student Award Foundation American Bridge Leadership Award
    Stephanie Seki
  • ASCE Pittsburgh Section Student Achievement Award
    Ryan Swick
  • American Concrete Institute (local chapter) - Art Livingood Award
    Allison Reiko Baugham
  • Air and Waste Management Association (Allegheny chapter) - scholarship
    Daniel Schoenfelder

2007

• Commencement Awards (given by CEE)

  • Undergraduate Student Awards
    
    • ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Student Award
      Linda Kaplan
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Distinguished Service Award
      Corinne Scown
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr. Scholarship Award
      Nicholas Greco & William Kotterman
    • The James P. Romualdi Civil & Environmental Engineering Award
      Anand Boscha & Joseph Nam
  • Graduate Student Awards
    
    • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
      Semiha Kiziltas & Navid Saleh
    • Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Service Award
      Saurabh Puri & Heather Wakeley
    • Mao Yisheng Outstanding Dissertation Award
      Ran Liu 

• Graduate Student Awards

  • Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research 
    Paulina Jaramillo, Heather Wakeley, Britney McCoy
  • Colin U. Miller and Mary Hay Miller Charitable Trust for the Advancement of Education Fellowship
    Shahzeen Attari
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
    Corinne Scown; Honorable Mention: Christine Costello, Amelia Wright

• Undergraduate Student Awards

  • Michael Baker Diversity in Engineering Scholarship
    Laura Seitz
  • Morris K. Udall Scholarship
    Laura Seitz, Honorable Mention

2006

• Commencement Awards (given by CEE)

  • Undergraduate Student Awards
    • ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Student Award
      Eric Gonzales
    • H. A. Thomas, Sr., Distinguished Service Award
      Meridith Fry
    • H.A. Thomas, Sr., Scholarship Award
      Eric Gonzales
    • The James P. Roumaldi Civil and Environmental Engineering Award
      Steven Darnell
  • Graduate Student Awards
    • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
      Aysegul Askan
    • Paul P. Christiano Distinguished Service Award
      Aurora Sharrard

• Graduate Student Awards

  • ACS Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award
    (American Chemical Society)
    Navid Saleh
  • American Association of Cost Engineers Fellowship
    Semiha Kiziltas
  • Annual Student Night Research Paper Presentation Award
    Ran Liu
  • The 2006 James D. Cooper Award
    Seung Dae Kim
  • Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship
    Heather Wakeley
  • Environmental Research and Education Foundation Graduate Fellowship
    Shahzeen Attari
  • Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship
    Chris Weber
  • Ford Motor Company Graduate Research Grant
    Kerwei Sew
  • J.D. Liang Fellowship
    Pingbo Tang, Xing Wu
  • Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research
    Navid Saleh

• Undergraduate Student Awards

  • AICUP Michael Baker Diversity in Engineering Scholarship
    Laura Seitz
  • Michael Baker Corporation Fellowship
    Erin Murphy, Pei-Tzu Tsai, Jennifer Wong
  • Foundation Achievement Award ASCE Pittsburgh Chapter
    Richard Kung
  • Tom Johnson Engineering & Public Policy Washington Fellowship
    Corinne Scown
  • Max Kade Foundation
    Jeffry Goldberg