2016-2017 Scholarship and Awards

Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Work in Geology ($1,000)

• Carolina Ramon-Duenas – Geology
• Delaney Robinson – Geology
• Eric Lunn – Geology ( Dept Excellence Fund)
• Hanlin Liu – Geology (UHGAA Endowment)
• Lei Sun – Geology (UHGAA Endowment )
• McKensie Kilgore – Geology
• Proma Bhattacharyya
• Shelby Johnston – Geology (Dept Excellence Fund)
• Tyson Smith – Geology
• Tithi Ghosh – Geology
• Yi-An Lin – Geology

Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Work in Geophysics ($1,000)

• Carl Buist – Geophysics (Dobrin Endowment)
• Hongru Hu – Geophysics (Dobrin Endowment)
• Jingjing Zhong – Geophysics (Dept Excellence Fund)
• Lian Jiang - Geophysics
• Lin Xiong – Geophysics
• Marwa Hussian - Geophysics
• Sharif Morshed – Geophysics
• Sriharsha Thoram – Geophysics (Dobrin Endowment)
• Suresh Dande - Geophysics (Dept Excellence Fund)
• Yinshuai Ding – Geophysics
• Yukai Wo - Geophysics

HESS Leader Scholarship ($1,000)

• Diana Krupnik – Geology
• Kirstie Haynie – Geophysics 

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Atmospheric Science ($1,000)

• Abigail Corbett – Atmospheric Science (Dept Excellence Fund)
• Alexander Kotsakis – Atmospheric Science
• Amir Souri – Atmospheric Science
• Ruixue Lei – Atmospheric Science

Geophysics Field Camp Scholarships (1,000)

• Mariah Taylor (Experimental Learning)
• Mathew Law (Leslie & Alan Wong)
• Mitanshu Shukla (Hess & Lisa Buckner)
• Mohammad Almatrood (Various)
• Shane Moreno - (Leslie & Alan Wong)
• Yuliya Banks - (Experimental Learning

Geology Field Camp Scholarships ($1500)

• Darren McKinnies (Shell)
• Michael Fonseca (Shell)
• Liam Lauckner (Shell)
• Noah Karsky (Shell)
• Stephen Martino (Shell)
• Valerie Smith (Shell)
• Ashley Guerrediaga-Torres (ExxonMobil matching gift)
• Julian Chenin (ExxonMobil matching gift)

Undergraduate Academic Excellence Scholarships in Geosciences  ($1,000)

• Amirah Azman
• Brook Runyon (Dodd’s Endowment)
• Daniela Pinzon-Arevalo (Dodd’s Endowment)
• Mariah Ganay (Dodd’s Endowment)
• Yasmine Dahlouk

Outstanding Undergraduate Geosciences Awards ($1,000)

• Margaret Bishop-Outstanding Sophomore

             Mr. Payton McCain

• John O'Leary-Outstanding Junior
  Stephen Martino
• Brian Eby-Outstanding Senior
  Ms. Karissa Pepin
• Outstanding Student in Environmental Science
  Kasey Mahaney

Outstanding TAs ($500)
Lower Level – Huizhong Yan

Upper level- Diana Krupnik and Trey Lobpries

Furbunch Awards

Shane Moreno  – Spring 2017

Kasey Mahaney – Spring 2017

Estwing Awards

Yuribia Munoz

Research Day Oral and Poster Awards

Student Research Day Oral Presentation

• 1st place (room 634)

Delaney Elyse Robinson

• 1st place (room 223)

Kurt Eric Sundell

• 2nd place (room 634)

Yukai Wo

• 2nd place (room 223)

Lillian Aurora Schaffer

• 3rd place (room 634)

Dustin Patrick Villarreal

• 3rd place (room 223)

Hongli Jing

Student Research Day Undergraduate Poster Presentation  

• 1st place

Ane Slabic

• 2nd place

Valerie Smith

• 3rd place

Julian B. Chenin

M.S. and Early Ph.D. Poster Presentation

• 1st place
• Janet Kong 2nd place

Yi-Wei Chen

• 3rd place

Beatriz Elena Serrano-Suarez

Advanced Ph.D. Poster Presentation

• 1st place

Shutting Yang

• 2nd place

Diana Krupnik

• 3rd place

McKensie Lynn Kilgore