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Rice Engineering awards more than $95,000 in scholarships, grants

More than 30 undergraduate and graduate students recognized for outstanding work.

Awards and Scholarships

The George R. Brown School of Engineering this year has given more than $95,000 in awards, scholarships and grants to undergraduate and graduate students.

The awards and their recipients include:

Fluor Daniel Engineering Scholarships

  • Matthew Hamrick, ‘22 CEE $1,700
  • Isabelle “Izzy” Williams, ’22 ChBE $1,700
  • Daniel Dibos Manzur, ’21 MECH $1,700

James S. Waters Creativity Award

  • Frank Y. Yang, ’21 ECE $1,000

Joe and Margaret Clegg Award

  • Catherine Kiela, ’22 MECH, $1,200

Rodd Selman Scholarships

  • Zainab Niaz ’23 ChBE $1,500
  • Esha Ghai ’23 ChBE $1,500
  • Kristina Montez ’23 ChBE $1,500
  • Cole Moore ’23 ChBE $1,500
  • Ben Walls ’23 ChBE $1,500

Texas Society of Professional Engineers Awards

Outstanding Juniors

  • Alex Lammers ’22 BIOE $200
  • Minjung Kim ’22 ChBE $200
  • Allison Price ‘22 CEE $200
  • Thea Yan ’22 MSNE $200
  • Kevin Dix, ’22 MECH and ECE $200

Most Outstanding Junior

  • Wyeth McKinley ’22 MECH $1,600

Outstanding Seniors

  • Rahul Kilambi ’21 MECH $200
  • Natalie Goddard ’21 MSNE $200
  • Nicole Tan ’21 ECE $200
  • Steven Kochvar ’21 CEE $200
  • Jonathan Bloom ’21 ChBE $200

Most Outstanding Senior

  • Eric Torres ’21 BIOE $1,400

Thomas Michael Panos Family Engineering Student Awards

  • Pierson Lund, ’21 MECH, $10,000
  • Jorge Tito-Arce, ’21 MECH, $10,000

Engineering Professional Masters Scholarships

  • Susannah (Scout) Elizabeth Dittmar, first-year Professional Master of Bioengineering (MBE) Program, Global Medical Innovation, BIOE $4,000

Louis and Peaches Owen Fellowship for Professional Master’s Degree in Engineering

  • Max Brigman, ’21 ChBE $12,500
  • Louis Stefan Smidt, ’21 ECE $12,500
  • Susannah (Scout) Elizabeth Dittmar, first-year Professional Master of Bioengineering (MBE) Program, Global Medical Innovation, BIOE $6,000

Hershel M. Rich Invention Award

  • Ved Ojha, third-year Ph.D. student, MSNE $2,500
  • Paul Mayer, third-year Ph.D. student, ECE $2,500
  • Sreehari Saju, third-year Ph.D. student, MSNE $2,500

Ralph Budd Ph.D. Engineering Thesis Award

  • Chelsea Clark ’20 Ph.D., ChBE, $3,500

Harrianna Butler Scholarship

  • Anonymous Ph.D. student, BIOE, $10,000

Learn more about our awards and scholarships available to our students each year.

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