Nominations for Student Awards
The EECS Department invites nominations annually from faculty, students and staff for these undergraduate and graduate awards. Please take the time to consider nominating deserving students for this year's student awards.
Nomination Procedure:
Compose a letter (approximately 1 page) for each nominee explaining your reason for recommending the student. Nominators should specifically address how the nominee meets the award criteria. Attach any relevant materials that will assist the Student Awards Committee in making their decision, such as: publications, CV, additional letters of nomination. The committee may seek additional information concerning the most promising nominees. Previous recipients of an award are ineligible to receive the same award again, but may be recommended for any remaining awards. Nominators are encouraged to refer to the description of each award, which includes a list of previous awardees.
2013 nominations are closed.
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
2013 Student Awards
Undergraduate Awards
Research
C.V. Ramamoorthy Distinguished Research Award (CS)
This award is for any student in the Computer Science Division based on outstanding contributions to a new research area in computer science and engineering.
Breadth
The Samuel Silver Memorial Scholarship Award
This award is presented annually to an Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences student, either undergraduate or graduate, who best combines intellectual achievement in science and engineering (in the classroom or in research activities) with serious humanistic and cultural interests.
Academic Achievement
Arthur M. Hopkin Award (EE)
This award honors an outstanding Electrical Engineering undergraduate who demonstrates seriousness of purpose and high academic achievement. To be used by the student for furthering his/her education.
Mark D. Weiser Excellence in Computing Scholarship (CS)
This scholarship provides merit-based tuition for undergraduate students pursuing degrees in Computer Science.
Personal Triumph
Eugene L. Lawler Prize (CS)
This prize honors a computer science undergraduate, graduate or reentry student from a disadvantaged group, such as disabled, ethnic minority, or a person who has surmounted unusual difficulties in pursuing a degree and has demonstrated academic effort.
Innovation
James H. Eaton Memorial Scholarship
This award is for an EECS graduate or undergraduate student who has demonstrated a keen sense of creativity and inventiveness.
Military Service
James Tullock Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is intended for EECS undergraduate and graduate students who are veterans of any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Design
Warren Dere Design Award
This award presented to a graduating senior in EECS whose accomplishment in engineering design is judged to be most outstanding. Evidence might include accomplishments during a co-op or internship assignment or on a summer job, or achievements on a project for an upper division design course.
Nonlinear Science
Leon O. Chua Award
This award is presented annually to an undergraduate or graduate student, or to a recent alumnus, for outstanding achievement in an area of nonlinear science from any discipline, including biological, engineering, mathematical, physical and social sciences.
Graduate Awards
Research
David J. Sakrison Memorial Prize
This prize is offered annually to a graduate student who has completed what is deemed by a faculty committee to be a truly outstanding piece of research.
C.V. Ramamoorthy Distinguished Research Award (CS)
This award can be made to any student in the Computer Science Division based on outstanding contributions to a new research area in computer science and engineering.
Breadth
The Samuel Silver Memorial Scholarship Award
This award is presented annually to an Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences student, either undergraduate or graduate, who best combines intellectual achievement in science and engineering (in the classroom or in research activities) with serious humanistic and cultural interests.
Altruism
The Demetri Angelakos Memorial Achievement Award
This award is presented annually to an Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences graduate student who is beyond the preliminary examination and is proceeding to a doctoral degree. The purpose of the award is to recognize a student who, in addition to conducting his/her research, unselfishly takes the time to help colleagues beyond the normal cooperation existing between fellow students.
Innovation
James H. Eaton Memorial Scholarship
This award is for an EECS graduate or undergraduate student who has demonstrated a keen sense of creativity and inventiveness.
Entrepreneurism
Sevin Rosen Funds Award for Innovation
This award recognizes innovative technical achievement with potential for entrepreneurial success. awarded annually to an EECS graduate student based on outstanding technical achievement in a research area in computer sciences or electrical engineering.
Personal Triumph
Eugene L. Lawler Prize (CS)
This prize honors a computer science undergraduate, graduate or reentry student from a disadvantaged group, such as disabled, ethnic minority, or a person who has surmounted unusual difficulties in pursuing a degree and has demonstrated academic effort.
Military Service
James Tullock Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is intended for EECS undergraduate and graduate students who are veterans of any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Systems, Communications, Control/Signal Processing
Eli Jury Award
This award is presented to a graduate student or recent alumnus for outstanding achievement in the area of Systems, Communications, Control, or Signal Processing.
Nonlinear Science
Leon O. Chua Award
This award is presented annually to an undergraduate or graduate student, or to a recent alumnus, for outstanding achievement in an area of nonlinear science from any discipline, including biological, engineering, mathematical, physical and social sciences.