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Graduate Student Awards

• 2011 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

• November 28 - December 2, 2011
• Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
• Meeting Chairs: Cammy R. Abernathy, Paul V. Braun, Masashi Kawasaki, Kathryn J. Wahl

MRS Graduate Student Awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. MRS seeks to recognize students of exceptional ability who show promise for significant future achievement in materials research. 

Announcements regarding the application period for Graduate Student Awards at upcoming MRS Meetings are available here. The award prizes will consist of $400 and a presentation plaque for the Gold Awards and $200 and a certificate for the Silver Awards.  Questions may be directed to the Graduate Student Award Administrator, e-mail: gsa@mrs.org 

2011 MRS Fall Meeting Graduate Student Award Winners

Gold Awards

• Jiamian Hu - Tsinghua University/Pennsylvania State University
• Shu Hu - Stanford University
• Matthew Jones - Northwestern University
• Sung Kang - Harvard University
• Robert Macfarlane - Northwestern University
• Luisa Whittaker - State University of New York at Buffalo

Silver Awards

• Muge Acik - University of Texas at Dallas
• Mehmet Baykara - Yale University
• Laura Dickinson - Johns Hopkins University
• Akhilesh Gaharwar - Purdue University
• Kian Kerman - Harvard University
• Illan Kramer - University of Toronto
• Xiaoyan Li - Brown University
• Rameshwori Loukrakpam - State University of New York at BInghamton
• Amy Marconnet - Stanford University
• Hassan Masoud - Georgia Institute of Technology
• Elad Mentovich - Tel Aviv University
• Pratap Rao - Stanford University
• Jian Shi - University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Charles Sing - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jonathan Singer - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jin Suntivich - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Hailiang Wang - Stanford University
• Chong Xie - Stanford University
• Sa Zhou - Boston College

2011 MRS Fall Meeting Graduate Student Gold Award Winners

Row 1: Shu Hu, Luisa Whittaker, Jiamian Hu Row 2: Matthew Jones, Sung Hoon Kang, Robert Macfarlane

2011 MRS Fall Meeting Graduate Student Silver Award Winners

Row 1: Muge Acik, Sa Zhou, Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Laura Dickinson Row 2: Hassan Masoud Row 3: Pratap Rao, Amy Marconnet, Xiaoyan Li, Jonathan Singer Row 4: Kian Kerman, Jian Shi, Chong Xie Row 5: Jin Suntivich, Mehmet Baykara, Hailiang Wang, Elad Mentovich Missing from photo: Akhilesh Gaharwar, Illan Kramer, Charles Sing