Graduate Student Awards

Naiqian Zhang Graduate Student of the Year

• Objective

  Each year the department honors an exceptional BAE graduate student in recognition of outstanding academic performance, research accomplishments and overall contribution to the department and profession with the Naiqian Zhang Graduate Student of the Year award.

  The award is open to BAE graduate students enrolled in a M.S., accelerated M.S. or Ph.D. program in Biological & Agricultural Engineering during the current academic year. A student may receive the award only once for each degree.

• Nomination and selection procedures
  BAE faculty and students may submit a letter of nomination detailing a candidate's performance and outstanding accomplishments. The deadline for submission of the nomination is January 31. The winner is selected by the BAE Graduate Committee by February 28. No more than one award will be given each year. Each nominee must provide a curriculum vitae and names of three references.
• Award criteria
  1. Academic performance (GPA, strength of program of study, timeliness in filing program of study and proposing research project, etc.).
  2. Research track record and research potential (journal articles, technical papers, scholarly presentations, performance in Graduate Seminar, honors and awards, etc.).
  3. Leadership and service contributions to the department, university and professional societies.

 

Other awards

Engineering Graduate Student of the Month

Engineering graduate scholarships, awards and opportunities

Graduate scholarships and grants

Graduate School travel funding