Graduate Student Awards
Fred B. Seely Award, Outstanding TA for a TAM course
Kshitij Vijayvargia
Recognizes graduate students in the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics program who are determined to be the most effective teaching assistants.
James O. Smith Memorial Award, Outstanding TA for an ME course
Syed Angkan Haider
Given to the mechanical engineering student whose teaching assistant service has been exemplary. Students are chosen to receive this award because of their initiative, reliability, commitment to the students, and their overall contribution to the teaching mission.
Robert T. Coughlin and Betty J. Van Doren Coughlin Award for Teaching Excellence
Shahriar Nahid
This award is given in recognition of outstanding teaching in MechSE.
David Hinde Memorial Award
Md Muntasir Alam
Honors the memory of David Hinde, an alumnus of the department and former Research and Development Director of Hillphoenix. It is presented to a MechSE graduate student with a research interest in natural refrigerant technology.
Hassan Aref Memorial Award for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Anxu Huang
Awarded to a select TAM graduate student of good academic standing with a research interest, preferably, in fluid mechanics.
Graduate Award Honoring TAM Faculty and Michael A. & E. Ann Sutton
Yaswanth Sai Jetti
Given to an outstanding graduate student in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, with preference given to research in solid mechanics or experimental solid mechanics. Dr. Michael A. Sutton established this award to honor the profound impact that the outstanding faculty in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics had on his professional career.
Stanley I. Weiss Outstanding Thesis Award (ME)
Junyan He
Recognizes an ME student for an outstanding MS or PhD thesis.
Stanley I. Weiss Outstanding Thesis Award (TAM)
Md. Abul Bashar Emon
Recognizes a TAM student for an outstanding MS or PhD thesis.
Teaching Fellows
Fall 2023
Orcun Celebi - ME 430 (Failure of Engineering Materials)
Darioush Keivan Esfahani - ME 340 (Dynamics of Mechanical Systems)
Michael Focht - ME 482 (Musculoskeletal Tissue Mechanics)
Tanveer Hossain - ME 310 (Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics)
Yaswanth Sai Jetti - TAM 251 (Introductory Solid Mechanics)
Bakkshish Preet Singh - TAM 335 (Introductory Fluid Mechanics)
Kai Zhou - ME 330 (Engineering Materials)
Spring 2024
Vivek Garimella - ME 200 (Thermodynamics)
Md. Abdul Hamid - TAM 335 (Introductory Fluid Mechanics)
Gautham Krishnan - TAM 210 (Introduction to Statics)
Ruoyu Sun - ME 371 (Mechanical Design II)
Teaching Fellowships are awarded to MechSE students who have passed the doctoral qualifying exam and expressed an interest in a career in academia. Their selection is based on academic records, teaching ability, and potential for success in academia.