Student Awards
Many Chemistry students are presented with awards throughout the academic year. We would like to celebrate their many achievements.
2011-2012
Undergraduate Students
2012 WSU Summer Undergraduate Research/Scholarship Recipient
Carly Jordan – Research Area: Benzylidene oxindoles for PET imaging, Advisor: Dr. Daniel Ketcha2012 WSU Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Co–curricular activities
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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 FossumAndria 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
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Joshua Baker
Advisor: Dr. Pavel Sizemore |
Dan Brown Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Turnbull |
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 Pavel Sizemore
Adam Stahler — Chemistry Department Outstanding Graduate Student, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel 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 Pavel 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 Pavel 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 Pavel 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 Pavel Sizemore






