This award is given annually to the top first year student in the graduate program. It includes a stipend to purchase research books.
Current Recipient/s:
2022-2023 Yaozhi Yang
Past Recipients:
2021-2022 Zhaoyan Song & Yu Zheng
2020-2021 Lingxiao Zhao
2019-2020 Partha Sarkar
2018-2019 Cheng Zeng
2017-2018 Yue Bai
2016-2017 Bryant Davis
2015-2016 Chuji Luo
2014-2015 Qian Qin
2013-2014 Shaojun Zhang
2012-2013 Wei Xia & Robert Parker
2011-2012 Xueying Tang & Ruoxuan Xiang
2010-2011 Yeun Ji Jung
2009-2010 Hee Min Choi
2008-2009 Lei Huang
2007-2008 Chen Li
2006-2007 Douglas Sparks
2005-2006 Jihyun Song
2004-2005 Eugenia Buta
2003-2004 Aixin Tan & Vivekananda Roy
2002-2003 Zuoheng Wang