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2009 Graduate Student Awards
Chemistry graduate students win honors.
Atlanta (October 23, 2009) — Thanks to everyone who participated in the student research symposium and homecoming events over the weekend. The research symposium on Friday included five excellent presentations by senior graduate students who were finalists for the graduate student research awards. A committee of faculty served as judges of the presentations.
Congratulations to:
First Place ($1000): Rakesh Nambiar (Collard group)
Second Place ($750): Paige Stout (Kubanek group)
Third Place ($500): Chip Humphries (Payne group)
Runner-ups ($100): Tait Takatani (Sherrill group) and Jennifer Steeb (Janata group)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards ($100, Certificate, Glass Beaker Mug): Michael Bayless, Brandon Polander, Grant Hendrickson, Clarence Rolle
2008-9 Best Second Year Seminar Awards ($100, Certificate, Glass Beaker Mug): Michael Smith and Glenn Harris
Best Poster at Homecoming: ($75): Matt Hagy (Hernandez group)
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's premiere research universities. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report's top 10 public universities, Georgia Tech educates more than 16,000 students every year through its Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech maintains a diverse campus and is among the nation's top producers of women and African-American engineers. The Institute offers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more than 100 interdisciplinary units plus the Georgia Tech Research Institute. During the 2003-2004 academic year, Georgia Tech reached $341.9 million in new research award funding.