Distinction in Research & Creative Works
All Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering (BSB) candidates are eligible for this award. Applicants must be in good academic standing. A letter of support from a faculty member or center director is required. A student may self-nominate, and an adviser can nominate a student.
Applicants must complete the Student Application form and one faculty mentor who has worked with the student in research or design must complete the Supporting Faculty form. A letter of recommendation may accompany the Supporting Faculty form.
The student application and the adviser’s supporting letter are April 12th. Completed applications should be sent to Dr. James Long (james.long@rice.edu). The Bioengineering Undergraduate Awards Committee will make the selection for the students based on these guidelines and other documented, published procedures that the committee establishes.
Past Undergraduate Award Winners
- 2019-2020
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Outstanding Senior in Bioengineering: Jacob Mattia
Outstanding Service in Bioengineering: Whitney Gartenberg, Kevin Peng, Justin Tang, Shaurey Vesta
Distinction in Research and Creative Work: Grant Lu, Jacob Mattia, Maria Salazar
Outstanding Bioengineering Design Project: Autobits, with team members Mayank Ahuja (MECH), Kelvin Boateng (BIOE), Jason Dennis (BIOE), James McNaney (ECE) and Tory Songyang (ECE)
Outstanding Junior in Bioengineering: Nancy Cui, Kaiyi Jiang
- 2020-2021
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Outstanding Senior in Bioengineering: Nancy Cui, Anh Hoang Vu
Outstanding Junior in Bioengineering: Dara Okeremi
Outstanding Service in Bioengineering: Athena Chien, Diego Gonzalez, Carrigan Hudgins, Adalberto Machin, Tate Shannon
Distinction in Research and Creative Work: Athena Chien, Nancy Cut, Shawn Fan, Kaiyi Jiang, Lily Jiang,, Cooper Luck, Pujita Munnangi, Tate Shannon, William Wan
Outstanding Bioengineering Design Project: Aeropuff, with team members Franklin Briones, Athena Chien, Hope Fa-Kaji, Samantha McClendon, Pujita Mannangi, Rithika Proddutoor
Let's Get This Breath, with team members Hannah Anderson, Keeler Gonzalez, Dora Huang, Carrigan Hudgins, Eric Torres, Ahn Hoang Vu
- 2021-2022
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Outstanding Senior in Bioengineering: Alex Lammers
Outstanding Junior in Bioengineering: Ahalya Lettenberger
Outstanding Service in Bioengineering: Victoria Kong, Maya Levitan, Cole Ponsi, Angelica Torres
Distinction in Research and Creative Work: Anshuman Agrawal, Victoria Kong, Maya Levitan, Tasneem Mustafa, Dara Okeremi, Leonardo Sanchez Solis
Outstanding Bioengineering Design Project: Team InhaleEZ, with team members Anshuman Agrawal, Cole Ponsi, Vanessa Salinas, Kevin Sun
Underpressure, with team members, Corbett Fong, Bhavya Gopinath, Alex Lammers, Angelica Torres
- 2022-2023
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Outstanding Senior in Bioengineering: Andrei Mitrofan
Outstanding Junior in Bioengineering: Anushka Agrawal, Shannon McGill
Outstanding Service in Bioengineering: Travis Dowd, Vanessa Garlepp, Yannie Gui, Danny Nguyen
Distinction in Research and Creative Work: Shelby Desriches, Andrei Mitrofan, Spencer Shaw, Vivian Wong
Outstanding Bioengineering Design Project: EndoSoap with team members, Sofi Aguilara, Ariadna Gomez, Emily McAmis
- 2023-2024
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Outstanding Senior in Bioengineering: Anushka Agrawal, Shannon McGill
Outstanding Junior in Bioengineering: Sophianne Loh
Outstanding Service in Bioengineering: Faraz Asim, Shreya Majeti, Shannon McGill, Abi Parthasarathy
Distinction in Research and Creative Work: Anushka Agrawal, Erica Anton, Archit Chabbi, Griffin Kingsley, Thomas Kutcher, Vicky Liu, Sahana Prasanna
Outstanding Bioengineering Design Project: UroFlo with team members, Anushka Agrawal, Archit Chabbi, Richard Chan, Robert Heeter, Sahana Prasanna