Graduate Awards

Dean's Award for Outstanding Scholarship


  • Jiban Krishna Adhikary* (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Keith Vertanen; Award Date: 2/21/2022
  • Dylan Gaines* (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Keith Vertanen; Award Date: 11/07/2020; Service
  • Siva Krishna Kakula ’21 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Timothy Havens; Award Date: 11/07/2020
  • Jason Hiebel ’19 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisors: Laura Brown and Zhenlin Wang; Award Date: 10/18/2019
  • Zhaoxiang Jin ’18 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Soner Onder; Award Date: 2/09/2018
  • Natasha Chopp ’17 (MS, Data Science); Advisor: Mari Buche; Award Date: 1/27/2017
  • Adam Mitteer ’17 (MS, Data Science); Advisor: Mari Buche; Award Date: 4/30/2017
  • Shreya Kumar ’16 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Charles Wallace; Award Date:  02/09/2016

*Current Student

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award


  • Dylan Gaines* (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Keith Vertanen; Award Date: 11/07/2020
  • Tino Moore* (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Soner Onder; Award Date: 10/18/2019
  • Meara Pellar-Kosbar ’22 (MS, Data Science); Advisor: Benjamin Ong; Award Date: 2/18/2022
  • Gorkem Asilioglu ’20 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Soner Onder; Award Date: 01/30/2014
  • Briana Bettin ’20 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Linda Ott; Award Date: 10/19/2017
  • James Walker ’17 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Scott Kuhl; Award Date: 10/17/2016
  • Paul Bonamy ’16 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisors: Jean Mayo and Steven Carr; Award Date: 10/01/2010
  • Alex Klinkhamer ’16 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Ali Ebnenasir; Award Date: 2/03/2016
  • Shreya Kumar ’16 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Charles Wallace; Award Date: 4/26/2016
  • Christopher Brown ’13 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Robert Pastel; Award Date: 10/16/2012
  • Dustin Larson ’11 (MS, Computer Science); Advisors: Steven Carr and Zhenlin Wang; Award Date: 2/17/2011

*Current Student

Graduate Student Service Award


  • Daniel Byrne* (PhD, Computer Science); Advisors: Nilufer Onder and Zhenlin Wang; Award Date: 2/18/2019
  • Gorkem Asilioglu ’20 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Soner Onder; Award Date: 2/06/2017
  • Shreya Kumar ’16 (PhD, Computer Science); Advisor: Charles Wallace; Award Date: 1/18/2012

*Current Student