College and University-Level Award Recipients

Undergrad Program

College of Science Scholarships and Awards

College of Science Excellence in Research Award

The College of Science selects an overall award winner from the nominees submitted by each department.

Spring 2012 Jason (Qian) Xu
Spring 2010 Sean Howe (read Sean's Advice on Learning Mathematics)

College of Science Outstanding Senior Award

The College of Science selects an overall award winner from the nominees submitted by each department.

Spring 2012 Troy Comi
Fall 2011 Leandra Brettner
Fall 2010 Lauren Myers

Departmental Outstanding Seniors or Researchers (double majors)

Many of our students have additional majors in progress. Those nominated by another department for College of Science awards are listed below.

Spring 2012: Troy Comi (Outstanding Senior, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Spring 2012: Michael Stefferson (Outstanding Senior, Department of Physics)
Spring 2012: Troy Comi (Outstanding Researcher, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Spring 2012: Michael Stefferson (Outstanding Researcher, Department of Physics)
Fall 2011: Leandra Brettner (Outstanding Senior, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Spring 2011: Jennifer Sierchio (Outstanding Senior, Department of Physics)
Spring 2011: Felicia Werchan (Outstanding Senior, Department of Computer Science)
Spring 2011: Gregory A. Phelps (Outstanding Researcher, Department of Physics)
Spring 2011: Michael R. Mitchell (Outstanding Researcher, Department of Biochemistry)
Spring 2011: Benjamin Salazar (Outstanding Researcher, Department of Computer Science)
Spring 2011: Jennifer Sierchio (Outstanding Researcher, Department of Astronomy)
Fall 2010: Lauren Myers (Outstanding Senior, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Spring 2010: Alex Henniges (Outstanding Researcher, Department of Computer Science)
Spring 2010: Keeper Sharkey (Outstanding Researcher, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Spring 2010: Arshed al-Obeidi (Outstanding Researcher, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Fall 2006: Peter M. Manning, Jr. (Outstanding Senior, Department of Physics)

College of Science Ambassador (for Mathematics)

2011-2012 Karla Montemayor
2011-2012 Eleisha Jackson
2010-2011 Karla Montemayor
2010-2011 Eleisha Jackson
2009-2010 Raymundo Navarrete
2009-2010 Livia Zarnescu
2008-2009 Amanda Schaeffer
2008-2009 Livia Zarnescu
2007-2008 Brendan Fry
2007-2008 Haokun "Sam" Xu
2007-2008 Livia Zarnescu
2006-2007 Ivan Barrientos
2006-2007 Brendan Fry
2006-2007 Anita Lee
2006-2007 Haokun "Sam" Xu
2005-2006 Ivan Barrientos
2005-2006 Stephanie Kmotorka
2004-2005 Ivan Barrientos
2004-2005 Christopher Elofson
2004-2005 Stephanie Kmotorka
2003-2006 Ajit Divakaruni

Fischer-Franz Scholarship Award

Selected by the UGC. Outstanding Junior, majoring in the field of Astronomy, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and/or Physics on a rotating basis accordingly.

2005-2006 Kimberly Moody

Galileo Circle Scholarship Award

Two undergraduates are selected annually to represent each department within the College of Science.

2012 Spring: Rachel Baumann
2012 Spring: Jonathan Utegaard
2011 Spring: Gregory Islas
2011 Spring: Justin Lietz
2011 Spring: Doron Shahar
2010 Spring: Howard Cheng
2010 Spring: Lynn Garnaat
2009 Spring: Derrick Sund
2009 Spring: Alan Mackey
2009 Spring: Jennifer Sierchio (Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics)
2009 Spring: Shauna Story (Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics)
2009 Spring: Taylor Kessinger (Biology, Mathematics, Physics)
2009 Spring: Troy Comi (Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology)
2008 Spring: Amanda Schaeffer
2008 Spring: Sean Howe
2007 Spring: Ekaterina Spriggs (Computer Science, Mathematics)
2007 Spring: Kyle Marshall
2006 Spring: David Hernandez (Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics)
2006 Spring: Derek Hollman (Mathematics, Physics)
2006 Spring: Haokun "Sam" Xu
2005 Spring: Christopher McMurdie
2002 Spring: Ivo Seitenzahl (Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics)
2002 Spring: Althea Moorhead (Mathematics, Physics)

College of Engineering Scholarships and Awards

Engineering Mathematics Major Scholarships and Awards

2009 Ivan Grubisic (Engineering Mathematics Outstanding Senior)
2007- 2008 David Mares (Robert Cook Memorial Scholarship)
2007 Matthew Foster (Engineering Mathematics Outstanding Senior)
2006- 2007 David Love (Barnum, WE & Lucille Scholarship)
2006- 2007 Matthew Foster (Wilson Clarence Scholarship)
2005- 2006 Matthew Foster (Elias Scholarship)
2004- 2005 Ryan Hatch (Wilson Clarence Scholarship)

College of Engineering Outstanding Seniors (Math Majors with Double Degrees)

Spring 2009 Mitch Wilson (Mechanical Engineering)

da Vinci Circle Scholars

2011-2012 Vineet Dixit (Electrical Engineering)
2011-2012 Hari Subedi (Aerospace Engineering)

Honors College Scholarships and Awards

Dr. Richard Kissling Spirit of Inquiry Scholarship

2006 Haokun "Sam" Xu

Alumni Legacy Scholarship

2010-2011 Jonathan Cain

Pillars of Excellence Awards

Students are selected university wide by the Honors College, sponsored by the UA Bookstore.

2012 Aleksey Chernobelskiy
2012 Kunal Mangal
2012 Jason (Qian) Xu
2011 Mitchell Turbenson
2010 Arshed al-Obeidi
2010 Alex Henniges
2009 Jonathan Cain
2009 Ivan Grubisic
2009 Derek Hollman

Other University of Arizona Scholarships and Awards

UAHA Outstanding Sr. Award (University Alumni Hispanic Association)

Nominated by Mathematics faculty and awarded by UAHA. Must be Hispanic graduating senior noted for his/her outstanding effort and achievement.

2007 Spring Joseph C. Ortiz

Robie Gold Medal

2008 Spring: Matthew Hall

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