AMPAC Awards

Staff and Students

Awards

2009

  • Othmane Benfan:  A Shape Memory Alloy Controlled Heat Pipe based Thermal Switch - selected as a finalist for the ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition Student Competition (final results will be known after meeting in November 2009)
  • Ms. Ashley Ewh:  Idaho National Laboratory Summer Research Fellow, Summer, 2009
  • Mr. Travis Patterson:  Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellowship, 2009
  • Ms. Ashley Ewh:  Astronaut Scholarship, NASA

2008

  • Maddy Manjeri:  Deformation in NiTiFe Shape Memory Alloys - finalist at the Society of Engineering Science 45th Annual Technical Meeting, Oct. 12-15 2008, Urbana-Champaign, IL
  • Ms. Ashley Ewh:  Goldwater Scholarship, Goldwater Foundation
  • Ms. Ashley Ewh:  Astronaut Scholarship, NASA
  • Mr. Travis Patterson:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, General Electric Company and U.S. Department of Energy

2007

  • Yue Zhao:  2007 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
  • Ms. Jing Liu:  Austin L Grogan Memorial Scholarship, University of Central Florida
  • Mr. Travis Patterson:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, General Electric Company and U.S. Department of Energy
  • Yue Zhao:  MRS Graduate Travel Award 2007
  • Yue Zhao:  Ph.D. Dissertation Award (MMAE), 2007

2006

  • Ms. Jing Liu:  1st Place, 2006 Student Poster Competition, ASM International Central Florida Chapter.
  • Ms. Jing Liu:  Sapphire Award of Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Awards, Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society, 2006.
  • Mr. Emmanuel Perez:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, General Electric and U.S. Department of Energy
  • Mr. Travis Patterson:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, Siemens Power Generation and U.S. Department of Energy

2005

  • Yue Zhao:  Excellent Graduate Student award (MMAE), 2005-2006
  • Nidhi Mahaja:1st place in Poster competition, Colloids and Interface division of American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2005

2004

  • Ms. Jing Liu:  Zontal International Amelia Earhart Fellowship, Zonta Foundation.
  • Mr. Emmanuel Perez:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, General Electric and U.S. Department of Energy
  • Ms. Barbara Franke:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, Solar Turbines Incorporated and U.S. Department of Energy
  • Ms. Barabra Franke:  Honeywell Leadership Scholarship, University of Central Florida
  • Ms. Barbara Franke:  Austin L. Grogan Memorial Scholarship, University of Central Florida
  • Mr. Travis Patterson:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, Siemens Power Generation and U.S. Department of Energy

2003

  • Mr. Balaji Jayaraj:  2003 M.S. Thesis of the Year, University of Central Florida
  • Ms. Abby Puccio:  Presidential Fellowship, University of Central Florida
  • Ms. Abby Puccio:  NASA Astronaut Scholarship, NASA.
  • Mr. Emmanuel Perez:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, General Electric and U.S. Department of Energy
  • Ms. Barbara Franke:  University Turbines Systems Summer Research Fellowship, Solar Turbines Incorporated and U.S. Department of Energy
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