Jonathan Bara Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jonathan Bara was a graduate student who received the degree Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1975. Within two years of his graduation, Jonathan suffered a heart attack and passed away at the young age of 25. Jonathan was recognized by both students and faculty as an outstanding teaching assistant, this endowed award was established in memory by his family to honor other outstanding GTAs within the department.

Award:  $1,000 cash award (amount was increased from $500 to $1,000 in 2017 by a generous gift from a Bara family member).  The selected student is honored at the annual fall ECE Graduate Student Banquet.

Congratulations to the following recipients!

2020 - Mehdi Malekrah

2019 - James Davis

2018 - Mehdi Malekrah

2017 - Aref Majdara 

2016 - Sakineh Yazdanparast

2015 - Bin Zhou

2014 - Zagros Shahooei and Marco La Manna

2013 - Jennifer Winikus

2012 - Jacob Yadon

2011 - Michael Blaser

2010 - Daniel Prindle

2009 - Xiaodao Chen

2008 - Adam Manty

2007 - David A. Meyer

2006 - David A. Meyer

2005 - Katherine M. Strojny

2004 - Peh Keong Teh and Rade Trimceski

2003 - Thomas A. Wallner

2002 - Jesse W. Fairchild

2001 - Zachary J. Owens

2000 - Thomas Despins

1999 - Terry Pavlik

1998 - Joel E. Leite

1997 - Jing Wang, Bala Ramachandran and Brian Ong

1996 -

1995 - 

1994 - Varada Karamchedu

1993 - Timothy Koets

1992 - Gunther Walther