Graduate Student Awards
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 Graduate Student of the Year award.
The award is open to BAE graduate students enrolled in a BAE M.S., accelerated M.S. or Ph.D. program 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 Jan. 31. Each nominee must provide a curriculum vitae and names of three references. The winner is selected by the BAE Graduate Committee by Feb. 28. No more than one award will be given each year.
Award criteria
- Academic performance (GPA, strength of program of study, timeliness in filing program of study and proposing research project, etc.).
- Research track record and research potential (journal articles, technical papers, scholarly presentations, performance in Graduate Seminar, honors and awards, etc.).
- Leadership and service contributions to the department, university and professional societies.