Student Awards

Many Chemistry Major students are presented with awards throughout the academic year. We would like to celebrate their many achievements.

 

 

2016-2017

*Undergraduate Students

End of Year Awards presented at the Annual Chemistry Picnic, April 28, 2017
Mark Strong Award
James Herbort Award
Nicholas Yahna Award
  • Mark H. Strong* David J Karl Memorial Scholarship Award for the 2016-2017 academic year
     
  • Mark H. Strong* CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award For Outstanding First-Year Chemistry Major, recipient receives a copy of the 95th Edition of the CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry
     
  • Miriam Crane* – 50th Annual American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award. Recipient receives monthly highlights from Analytical Chemistry by e-mail along with a souvenir item and a certificate of recognition.
     
  • Corey Baldasare* 1st  Annual American Chemical Society, Physical Chemistry Division, Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry. One year complimentary membership in Division ofPhysical Chemistry. 
     
  • James Herbort* American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry, Outstanding Senior Undergraduate organic chemistry.  James will receive a one-year membership to the Division Of Organic Chemistry (withal the rights and privileges within)
  • Nicholas Yahna* – American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Award. Recipient receives journal subscription and a certificate of recognition.
Other Awards

Cody Fourman Award

James Herbort

Cody Fourman* – Patterson College Award (Dayton Chapter, American Chemical Society) - Outstanding Junior, April 19, 2017.

James Herbort* – Outstanding Poster Presentation, "Improvements to the synthesis of haplomyrtin and synthesis of a trifluoromethoxy analogue," Dayton Chapter of the American Chemical Society(ACS), April 19, 2014, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio,  Advisor: Dr. William Feld.

James Herbort* – Outstanding Poster Presentation, "Improvements to the synthesis of haplomyrtin and synthesis of a trifluoromethoxy analogue," Posters-in-the-Hall, Department of Chemistry, April 14, 2014, Wright State University  Advisor: Dr. William Feld.

**Graduate Students

End of Year Awards presented at the Annual Chemistry Picnic, April 28, 2017

2017 Chemistry Departmental Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards (Recipients will receive a monetary award and a Certificate of Recognition)

Amy McNeely Award
Joel Schmitz Award
  • Amy McNeely**
  • Meredith Miles**
  • Joel Schmitz**

 Gregory Bowers** Hypercube Scholar Award. Recipient receives Hyperchem pro release 8.0,  for molecular modeling software along with this framed certificate.

Other Awards

Kraig E. Strayer** – Sunshine-Wong Annual Meeting Travel Award, Midwest Association for Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, April 19-21, 2017, Rosemont, IL.  The recipient receives a $1,000 travel award to cover the winner's travel and housing expenses for the meeting, the meeting registration, and one year of membership. The award winner must present a poster and/or short talk at the meeting. Advisor: Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore

Meredith Miles Award
Nathaniel Brackett Poster

Meredith Miles** – Outstanding Poster Presentation, "Development of N-heterocyclic carbene-gold(I) complexes for therapeutic applications," with Rebecca McCall,2 Jannet Kocerha,2 Kevin Sidoran,3 Jonathan F. Arambula,2,4 and Kuppuswamy Arumugam,1Department of Chemistry and 2Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program, Wright State University, Dayton, OH,  2Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA,  3Department of Chemistry, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY, 4Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Dayton Chapter of the American Chemical Society(ACS), April 19, 2017, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Advisor: Kuppuswamy Arumugam

Nathaniel Brackett** – Outstanding Poster Presentation, "Incorporation of 5,8-dioxo-5,8-dihydroindeno-[2,1-c]fluorene into polymeric systems," Dayton Chapter of the American Chemical Society(ACS), April 19, 2017, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Advisor: Dr. William Feld

Kraig Strayer** – 1st Place Outstanding Poster Presentation, "A LC-MS/MS-Based Method for the Multiplex Detection of Fentanyl Analogs in Biological Matrices at Sub ng mL-1 Concentrations,” with Co-authors Heather M. Antonides, Matthew P. Juhascik, and Raminta Daniulaityte, Posters-in-the-Hall, Department of Chemistry, April 14, 2014, Wright State University, Advisor: Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore

Tina Kinstedt** –  2nd Place Outstanding Poster Presentation, "Extended conjugated chalcones as theranostic agents in Alzheimer’s research," Posters-in-the-Hall, Department of Chemistry, April 14, 2014, Wright State University Advisor: Dr. Daniel Ketcha

Joel Schmitz Graduate Excellence Award

Joel Schmitz** Wright State University, Graduate Student Excellence Award in Chemistry, April 12, 2017

 

2015-2016

*Undergraduate Students

End of Year Awards presented at the Annual Chemistry Picnic
  • Jessica B. Simpson* 
    David J Karl Memorial Scholarship Award for the 2016-2017 academic year
     
  • Jessica B. Simpson*
    CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award For Outstanding First-Year Chemistry Major, recipient receives a copy of the 95th Edition of the CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry
     
  • Jessica Clements* 49th Annual American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award. Recipient receives monthly highlights from Analytical Chemistry by e-mail along with a souvenir item and a certificate of recognition.
     
  • James Herbort* – American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Award. Recipient receives journal subscription and a certificate of recognition.
Other Awards

James Herbort* – Outstanding Poster Presentation, “Dioxyalkylene PEEK polymers containing vanillin subunits,” Dayton Chapter of the American Chemical Society(ACS), April 5, 2014, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio,  Advisor: Dr. William A. Feld.

Nick Yahna* – Patterson College Award (Dayton Chapter, American Chemical Society) - Outstanding Junior, April 5, 2016.

COSM Schloarship Awards

Dorine Umuhoza*  – Santosh and Rakesh Gupta Chemistry Scholarship and The Dr. Jean T. and Phyllis Nussey Dubois Memorial Scholarship

Tonae Boddie*  – The Dr. Jean T. and Phyllis Nussey Dubois Memorial Scholarship

scholarship recipients

Eyglo Wright* – Wright Patt Credit Union Scholarship

**Graduate Students

End of Year Awards presented at the Annual Chemistry Picnic

2016 Chemistry Departmental Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards (Recipients will receive a monetary award and a Certificate of Recognition)

  • Nathaniel Brackett**
  • Zachary Ewing**
  • Joel Schmitz**
  • JonathanTumey**

Rachel Wessner**, –  Hypercube Scholar Award. Recipient receives Hyperchem pro release 8.0,  for molecular modeling software along with this framed certificate.

Other Awards

Brady Hall** – Outstanding Poster Presentation, “Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization of Sulfonamide Based Bifunctional Monomers,” with Co-authors Jessica Munch, Luke Meyer, Advisor: Dr. Eric Fossum, Dayton Chapter of the American Chemical Society(ACS), April 5, 2016, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
James Ohaeri** –  Outstanding Poster Presentation, “Polymerization of PEEK AA+BB monomers containing meta-substituted oxyalkylene linkages,” Advisor: Dr. William A. Feld, Dayton Chapter of the American Chemical Society(ACS), April 5, 2016, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio,

Trevor Schmacher**, – Wright State University Graduate School Student Excellence Award.

Trevor Schumacher, an awardee of a 2016 Spring National American Chemical Society Meeting, Polymer Division, Outstanding Poster Award, March 16, 2016,  San Diego, CA. Advisor: Eric Fossum

 

 

2014-2015

Anna Foote**,  – Wright State University Graduate School Student Excellence Award.

Anna Foote

End of Year Awards presented at the Annual Chemistry Picnic

*Undergraduate Students

  • Maria Demidova* 
    David J Karl Memorial Scholarship Award for the 2015-2016 academic year
     
  • Maria Demidova*
    CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award For Outstanding First-Year Chemistry Major, recipient receives a copy of the 95th Edition of the CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry
     
  • John Ryan* 48th Annual American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award. Recipient receives monthly highlights from Analytical Chemistry by e-mail along with a souvenir item and a certificate of recognition.

**Graduate Students

2015 Chemistry - Chemistry Departmental Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards (Recipients will receive $100 and a Certificate of Recognition)

  • Zachary Ewing**
  • Shannon Hennelly**
  • Jennifer Purvis**

Kara Geremia**,   Hypercube Scholar Award. Recipient receives Hyperchem pro release,  tools for molecular modeling software along with this framed certificate. Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum

8th annual Cleveland State Interdisciplinary Research Conference (CSIRC), Cleveland, OH. November 15, 2014

**Graduate Students

Sesha L. A. Paluri**,  – “Concentration and Time Dependent Uptake of Creighton Silver Nanoparticles in Vero 76 cells” (awarded “Outstanding Oral Presentation”), Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore.

 

 

2013-2014

*Undergraduate Students

End of Year Awards presented at the Annual Chemistry Picnic
 Sarah Izor
  • Sarah Izor
    David J Karl Memorial Scholarship, $400 scholarship for the 2014-2015 academic year
     
  • Sarah Izor*
    CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award For Outstanding First-Year Chemistry Major, recipient receives a copy of the 94th Edition of the CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry
     
  • Amy Willcox* 47th Annual American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award. Recipient receives monthly highlights from Analytical Chemistry by e-mail along with a souvenir item and a certificate of recognition.
     
Other Awards

Kristina Burban* – Wright State University, College of Science and Mathematics, Women in Science Giving Circle, $1500 STEMM Scholarship

Corrie Spradlin* – Wright State University, College of Science and Mathematics, Women in Science Giving Circle, $1500 STEMM Scholarship

Grace Klinger* Wright State University, Office of Student Activities, Advanced Student Leader and Outstanding Senior Leader

Amy Willcox* Wright State University, Office of Student Activities, Outstanding Senior Leader

Bram Spierenburg* – Outstanding Poster Presentation, "Synthesis of a Haplomyrtin Precursor from a TIPS Protected Intermediate," Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), April 1, 2014.

Corrie Spradlin* – Patterson College Award (Dayton Chapter, American Chemical Society) - Outstanding Junior, April 1, 2014.

**Graduate Students

2014 Chemistry - Chemistry Departmental Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards (Recipients will receive $100 and a Certificate of Recognition)

Michelle Edwards**

Jeremy Lear**

Kristy Wickham**

 

Godfred Boakye**,   Hypercube Scholar Award. Recipient receives Hyperchem pro release 8.0 tools for molecular modeling software along with this framed certificate. Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum

Other Awards

Kevin M. Dorney**, Wright State University, Graduate Student Excellence Award in Chemistry,

Kevin M. Dorney**, Outstanding Spectroscopy (SAS) Poster Presentation, "Determination of the Intracellular Fate and Trafficking of Chelerythrine, a Potent BH3 Mimetic and Na+/K+ ATPase Inhibitor, in Human Lens Epithelial Cell Cultures via Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)," Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society (ACS)/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), April 1, 2014. Advisor: Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore

Jacquelyn N. Bracco**Outstanding Poster Presentation, "Growth of Sparingly-Soluble Minerals: The Effect of Varying Ratio and Impurity Concentration," Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), April 1, 2014.

Kristy Wickman**, Outstanding Poster Presentation, "Novel Oxyalkylene Linked Polyimides," Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society (ACS)/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), April 1, 2014.

 

7th annual Cleveland State Interdisciplinary Research Conference (CSIRC), Cleveland, OH. October 13, 2013

Poster Presentation

Triet M Truong** – 3rd Place-Graduate Poster Presentation, “Monitoring the Health of Glen Helen Nature Preserve: Fall 2012 Sediment and Water.”  7th annual Cleveland State Interdisciplinary Research Conference (CSIRC), Cleveland, OH. October 13, 2013, Triet Truong receives a monetary prize and a Certificate of Recognition,  Advisor – Audrey McGowin,

 

 

2012-2013

Undergraduate Students

End of Year Awards presented at the Annual Chemistry Picnic

 

Laura Bailey Award

 

Ryan Selhorst Award

 

Jeremy Elleman Award

 

  • Laura Bailey
    46th Annual American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award. Recipient receives monthly highlights from Analytical Chemistry by e-mail along with a souvenir item and a certificate of recognition. Advisor – Dr. David A. Dolson
  • Ryan Selhorst
    Hypercube Scholar Award. Recipient receives Hyperchem pro release 8.0 tools for molecular modeling software along with this framed certificate. Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Jeremy Elleman
    David J Karl Memorial Scholarship, $2000 scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year
  • Jeremy Elleman
    CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award For Outstanding First-Year Chemistry Major, recipient receives a copy of the 94th Edition of the CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry

 

Other Awards
  • Laura Bailey
    Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation, (ACS). "Kinetics of Collisional E-V Energy Transfer from Cl* to CO2," Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). March 12, 2013, Cash Award: $100, Advisor – Dr. David A. Dolson
  • Trevor M. Bobka
    Patterson College Award (Dayton Chapter, American Chemical Society) - Outstanding Junior, March 12, 2013, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
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Graduate Students

End of Year Awards presented at the Annual Chemistry Picnic

2013 Chemistry - Chemistry Departmental Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards (Recipients will receive $100 and a Certificate of Recognition)

 

Mary Abraham Award
Kevin Dorney Award
Michelle Edwards Award
Triet Truong Award
Other Awards
  • Kevin Dorney
    Outstanding Graduate Poster Presentation, (ACS). "Tangential Flow Filtration of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles: A Novel "Green" Nanotechnology Laboratory Experiment", Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. March 12, 2013, Cash Award: $100, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
  • Triet Truong
    Outstanding Graduate Poster Presentation, (ACS). "Establishing a global DNA barcode for marine leeches (Ozobranchus spp.) from sea turtles in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans" & "Monitoring the Health of Glen Helen Nature Preserve: Fall 2012 Sediment and Water", Dayton Chapter –American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. March 12, 2013, Cash Award: $100, Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
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  • Jacqueline Bracco
    Awarded a GSA Professional Development Grant for travel to attend the 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans. The value of the travel award is $400. Advisor – Dr. Steven R. Higgins
  • Triet M Truong
    Selected as a winner of one of the 2013 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry. Triet will receive a one-year membership to the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society and a check for $125.
  • Kyle Danielson and Triet M Truong
    Awarded a GSA Professional Development Grant for travel to the 33rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 - 8 February 2013. The value of the grant is $400. Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
  • Triet M Truong
    Awarded a Travel Grant to attend and present a poster at the 33rd Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 - 8 February 2013. The value of the travel award is over $1100.
  • Kevin Dorney
    First place Award for the Oral Presentation of "Routes to Single–Molecule SERRS–based Detection using Concentrated, Unfunctionalized Silver nanoparticles," at the The 6th Annual Cleveland State Interdisciplinary Research Conference (CSIRC) – November 3rd, 2012, Cleveland, OH. Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
  • Triet M Truong
    Second place Award for the Oral Presentation of "Establishing a global character-based DNA barcode for marine leeches (Ozobranchus spp.) from sea turtles in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins," at the The 6th Annual Cleveland State Interdisciplinary Research Conference (CSIRC) – November 3rd, 2012, Cleveland, OH. Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin

 

2011-2012

Undergraduate Students

2012 WSU Summer Undergraduate Research/Scholarship Recipient

  • Carly Jordan
    Research Area: Benzylidene oxindoles for PET imaging, Advisor: Dr. Daniel Ketcha

2012 WSU Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Co–curricular activities

Andria Fortney

Jeremy Lear

Other Awards:

  • Nhi H. Lam
    Outstanding Freshman CRC Handbook
  • Sasha Walton
    2012 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Jeremy Lear
    2nd place for the Poster, “Main Chain Alkoxy Substituted PPV,” at The University of Kentucky, Regional Poster Competition, Undergraduate Research in Chemistry, April 13, 2012, Lexington, KY. Advisor – Dr. William Feld
  • Ryan Selhorst
    Patterson College Chemistry Award (Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society – Patterson Awards Meeting, April 3, 2012) – Outstanding Junior, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Andria Fortney
    Preprint Travel Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Polymer Research, Division of Polymer Science, 243rd ACS National Conference–March 25-29, 2012, San Diego, CA. Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Andria Fortney
    3rd Place Award for Poster Presentation , "Tailoring the Solubility and Thermal Characteristics of Poly(ether ether ketone)s," "Bridging Research Communities," Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA., October 22, 2011. Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum

Graduate Students

 2012 Chemistry - Departmental Outstanding Teaching Awards

Catherine Anders

Joshua Baker

Dan Brown

Adam Stahler

 

  • Triet Truong
    Scholarship, Choose Ohio First Scholar, for the academic year 2012-13. Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
  • Triet Truong
    Selected for a Travel Award from the Division of Biological Chemistry to attend the fall ACS meeting in Philadelphia (19-23 August). The award provides $500 for travel and local expenses, Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
  • Adam Stahler
    Wright State University, 2012 Graduate Student Excellence Award, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
  • Adam Stahler
    Chemistry Department Outstanding Graduate Student, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
  • Nora Hunter
    Hypercube Software Award, Advisor – Dr. Paul Seybold
  • Catherine Anders
    Wright State University, College of Science and Mathematics(CoSM), Outstanding GTA Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
  • Catherine Anders
    Outstanding Poster Presentation, (SAS). "A SERS and SEM-EDX Study of the Antiviral Mechanism of Creighton Silver Nanoparticles against Vaccinia Virus", Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). April 3, 2012, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
  • Adam Stahler 
    Outstanding Poster Presentation, (SAS) and (ACS). "Improving the SERS-based sensing capabilities of silver nanorod thin films: A SERS study on the effects of fabrication temperature", Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). April 3, 2012, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
  • Courtney Sutherland
    Outstanding Poster Presentation, (ACS). "Poly(arylene ether)s prepared from functionalized 3,5–difluorotriphenylphosphine oxide", Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). April 3, 2012, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Mehmet Tatli
    Outstanding Poster Presentation, (ACS). "Facile Synthesis of Functionalized poly (arylene ether sulfone)s", Dayton Chapter – American Chemical Society/Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). April 3, 2012, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Triet Truong
    Recipient of a Wright State University, Graduate Student Assembly Original Work Grant. This award will support original research being conducted at Wright State University. Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
  • Catherine Anders
    The Wright State University nominee in the master's student category for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore

 

2010-2011

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate Students 2011 Summer Undergraduate Research/Scholarship Recipients

Kelsi Eberst, Advisor: Dr. Vladimir Katovic'

Kelsi Eberst

Andria Fortney, Advisor: Dr. Eric Fossum

Andria Fortney

Miyong Hughes, Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Lunsford

Miyong Hughes

Allie Meyerhoefer, Advisor: Dr. Ioana Pavel

Allie Meyerhoefer

2011 WSU Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Co–curricular activities

Ashley Huong Hoang, Advisor: Dr. Eric Fossum

Ashley Huong Hoang

Fadwa Constandinidis, Advisor: Dr. Eric Fossum

Fadwa Constandinidis

Other Awards:

  • Triet Truong
    Scholarship, Choose Ohio First Scholar, June 2011, Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
  • Huong Lan Hoang
    2nd place for the Poster "Kinetic studies on the nucleophile aromatic substitution reaction of 3,5–difluoroaromatic systems" at the University of Kentucky Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 15, 2011. Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Fadwa Constandinidis
    Preprint Travel Award, Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science, 2011 Spring National American Chemical Society Meeting, March 27–31, 2011, Anaheim, Ca. Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Miyong Hughes
    2011 American Chemical Society, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Sarah Kelly
    Patterson College Award (Dayton Chapter, American Chemical Society) - Outstanding Junior, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Triet Truong
    3rd Place, Poster Presentation "Identification of Sea Turtle Leeches using DNA Barcoding", Bridging Research Communities, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA., October 16, 2010. Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin

 

Amy Willcox, Emily Delman CRC co-Winners

Amy Willcox and Emily Delman (co-awardees) – Outstanding Freshman CRC Handbook Award

 

Graduate Students

  • Jeff Fogle
    Wright State University Graduate Student Excellence Award, Advisor – Dr. William Feld
  • Catherine Anders
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award , Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Joshua Baker
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award , Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Amanda Balaguer
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award , Advisor – Dr. Kenneth Turnbull
  • Adam Stahler
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award , Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Joshua Baker
    Best Poster Presentation, (SAS). "Estimating the Analytical and Surface Enhancement Factors in SERS: A Novel Physical Chemistry and Nanotechnology Laboratory Experiment", Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/ Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). March 1, 2011, Advisor–Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Michael Smith
    Best Poster Presentation, (ACS), "Effects of crystal orientation on the dissolution kinetics of calcite surfaces by an atomic emission spectroscopic and interferometric approach", Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/ Ohio Valley Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). March 1, 2011, Advisor–Dr. Steven Higgins

Jeff Fogle 2011 Graduate Student Excellence Award

Jeff Fogle receiving Wright State University Graduate Student Excellence Award
 Dr. Dan Voss (Interim Dean COSM), Dr. William Feld, Jeff Fogle

 

2009-2010

Undergraduate Students

  • Jessica Dagher
    2010 WSU Summer Undergraduate Scholarship Research Recipient, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Fadwa Constandinidis
    Patterson College Award (Dayton ACS Patterson Awards Meeting, March 8, 2010) – Outstanding Junior, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Anna Nickel
    Outstanding Freshman CRC Handbook
  • Rachael Stuck
    Best Undergraduate Poster – Posters in the Hall, June 4, 2010, Advisor – Dr. David A. Dolson

Graduate Students

  • Amanda Balaguer
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award , Advisor – Dr. Kenneth Turnbulll
  • Jared Duncan
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Rachel Aga
  • Jeff Fogle
    Wright State University, College of Science and Mathematics(CoSM), GTA, Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. William Feld,
  • Michael Mante
    ACS/SAS Best Graduate Poster Award, "Near Equilibria Dissolution of Calcite using a flow-through reactor (FTR): Implication for long term modeling of mineral dissolution in geologic formation", Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Patterson Awards Meeting, March 8,2010, Advisor – Dr. Steven Higgins
  • Kelsey Miles
    Wright State University, Presidential Award for Co-Curricular Activities, Advisor – Dr. Daniel Ketcha
  • Jennifer Monahan
    ACS/SAS Best Graduate Poster Award, Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Patterson Awards Meeting, March 8, 2010, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Jennifer Monahan
    Best Graduate Poster – Posters in the Hall, June 4, 2010, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Jennifer Monahan
    Department Outstanding Graduate Student, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Jennifer Monahan
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Amber Rumple
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Kenneth Turnbull

 

2008-2009

Undergraduate Students

Scholarships Awarded

David J. Karl Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)

  • Angela Griner

The Dr. Jean T. and Phyllis Nussey Dubois Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)

  • Khadijeh Alnajjar
  • Tyler Auvil
  • Christina Rainey

Edgar Hardy Chemistry Scholarship ($2,500)

  • Stephanie Gray
  • Sara R. Kelley
  • Kylee D. Lasure
  • Chelsea C. Riegel
  • Sara K. Knox
Student Awards
  • Douglas Gioiello
    Outstanding Freshman CRC Handbook
  • Kelsey Miles
    Best Undergraduate Poster (ACS) – Dayton ACS/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, March 5, 2009, Advisor – Dr. Daniel Ketcha
  • Kelsey Miles
    Patterson College Award (Dayton ACS) – Outstanding Junior, Advisor – Dr. Daniel Ketcha

Graduate Students

  • Erik Dihrkop
    Best Graduate Poster (ACS) – Dayton ACS/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, March 5, 2009, Advisor – Dr. Kenneth Turnbull
  • Andrea Elsen
    Best Graduate Poster (ACS) – Dayton ACS/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, March 5, 2009, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Andrea Elsen
    Outstanding Graduate Student, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Andrea Elsen
    Chemistry Department Outstanding Teaching Award(2-year awardee), Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Ed Kennedy
    Chemistry Department Outstanding Teaching Award, (2-year awardee), Advisor – Dr. Vladimir Katovic
  • Raghavendhar Kotha
    Hypercube Software Award, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Jennifer Monahan
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
  • Jodie Shoaf
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Vladimir Katovic

 

2007-2008

Undergraduate Students

  • Tyler Auvil
    Patterson College Award (Dayton Chapter, American Chemical Society) – Outstanding Junior, Advisors – Dr. Daniel Ketcha and Dr. Eric Fossum.
  • Tricia Meyer
    3rd Place Poster, Undergraduate Polymer Session, National American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, La. Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum.
  • Tricia Meyer
    2008 WSU Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Co–Curricular activities.
  • Jennifer Monahan
    Best Undergraduate Poster (SAS) – Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, March 4, 2008, Advisor – Dr. David A. Dolson
  • Angela Griner
    Outstanding Freshman, CRC Handbook

Graduate Students

  • Andrea Elsen
    Chemistry Department Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Alan Forlines
    Best Graduate Poster (SAS) – Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, March 4, 2008, Advisor – Dr. David A. Dolson
  • Ed Kennedy
    Chemistry Department Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Vladimir Katovic
  • Lynette Prophyl
    Best Graduate Poster (SAS) – Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, March 4, 2008, Advisor – Dr. William Feld
  • Lynette Prophyl
    Outstanding Graduate Student
  • Lynette Prophyl
    2008 WSU Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Co–Curricular activities
  • Lynette Prophyl
    Chemistry Department Outstanding Teaching Award
  • Benjamin Southerland
    Best Graduate Poster (SAS) – Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, March 4, 2008, Advisor–Dr. Daniel Ketcha
  • Benjamin Southerland
    WSU Graduate Council Scholar (2nd Year)
  • Benjamin Southerland
    Regents' Scholar (2nd Year)
  • Charles Woods
    Hypercube Software Award – Advisor – Dr. Vladimir Katovic

 

2006-2007

Undergraduate Students

  • Travis Clark
    Undergraduate Honors Research Colloquium Presentation, Advisor – Dr. William Feld
  • Travis Clark
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  • Nicholas Hendricks
    3rd Place Poster, Undergraduate Polymer Session, National American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL., Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Nicholas Hendricks
    2007 Inaugural WSU Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Extracurricular Activities
  • Nicholas Hendricks
    3rd Place Poster at Kentuckiana Undergraduate Research Symposium
  • Tricia Meyer
    Best Undergraduate Poster – Dayton ACS/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Tricia Meyer
    Patterson College Award (Dayton ACS)–Outstanding Junior
  • Jennifer Monahan
    Best Undergraduate Poster (SAS) – Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, 2007, Advisor – Dr. David A. Dolson
  • Phuongkhanh Nguyen
    Outstanding Freshman, CRC Handbook

Graduate Students

  • Sweta Bose
    Environmental Sciences PhD Program Student Excellence, Advisor – Dr. Steven Higgins
  • Sweta Bose
    Best Graduate Poster (ACS) Dayton ACS/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, Advisor – Dr. Steven Higgins
  • Madhavi Challapalli
    Chemistry Department Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
  • Amanda Ike
    Best Graduate Poster (SAS) – Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, 2007, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Amanda Ike
    Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • David Postell
    Outstanding Chemistry Department Graduate Student, Advisor – Dr. David A. Dolson
  • Lynette Prophyl
    Best Graduate Poster (SAS) – Dayton Chapter American Chemical Society/SAS Patterson Awards Meeting, 2007, Advisor – Dr. William Feld
  • Michael Simons
    Hypercube, Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
  • Benjamin Southerland
    WSU Graduate Council Scholar (2nd Year)
  • Benjamin Southerland
    Regents' Scholar (2nd Year)
  • Nicole Speelman
    Chemistry Department Outstanding Teaching Award, Advisor – Dr. Suzanne Lunsford

 

2005-2006

Graduate Students

  • Gail Dean
    Best Graduate Poster – "Temperature Programing in the High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Separation of 20 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil, Sediment, and Sewage Sludge", Dayton Chapter, American Chemical Society/Society for Applied Spectroscopy Patterson Awards Meeting, March 7, 2006., Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
  • Pragathi Kadiri
    Best Graduate Poster, "Temperature Programing in the High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Separation of 20 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil, Sediment, and Sewage Sludge", Dayton Chapter, American Chemical Society/Society for Applied Spectroscopy Patterson Awards Meeting, March 7, 2006., Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
  • Kirby Underwood
    Outstanding Chemistry Department Graduate Student, Advisor – Dr. William Feld