The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) bestows a number of awards on students each year based on recommendations, performance over the previous year, and/or the student’s current resume. Award recipients are selected in the Fall semester.

2022 - 2023 Graduate Awards

-- Awards for Excellence in Research --

Alice and John Jarvis PhD Student Research Award

  • Yan Li - Winner
  • Sushil Varma - Winner
  • Sheng Zhang - Honorable Mention
  • Tian-Yi Zhou - Honorable Mention

Shabbir Ahmed Award - Optimization

  • Hassan Mortagy
  • Sheng Zhang

Atlanta Air Cargo Association Award - Supply Chain Engineering

  • Dipayan Banerjee
  • Lacy Greening

Angela P. and Reed J. Baker Award - Advanced Manufacturing and Systems Informatics & Control

  • Shancong Mou

Robert Goodell Brown Award - Data Science and Statistics

  • Chaofan Huang
  • Jie Wang

Ed Iacobucci Award - Applied Probability and Simulation

  • Zhisheng Zhao
  • Prakirt Jhunjhunwala

Margaret and Stephen Kendrick Award - Analytics and Machine Learning

  • Sajad Khodadadian
  • Yan Li

Thos and Clair Muller Award - Health Analytics and Health Systems

  • Simin Ma

-- Additional Graduate Awards --

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award

  • Nicole Redder

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

  • Sushil Mahavir Varma

ISyE Outstanding Master's Teaching Assistant Award

  • Abigail Chambless

Phil and Delores A. Scott Graduate Student Health and Wellness Award

Awarded to students for taking the initiative to help themselves and others to stay healthy both physically and mentally.

  • Michael Biehler
  • Lacy Greening
  • Joseph Haden Boone
  • Vinaya Krishna
  • Joseph McCarthy
  • Meghan Meredith
  • Katja Meuche

2021 - 2022 Graduate Awards

-- Awards for Excellence in Research --

Shabbir Ahmed Award - Optimization

  • Jiaming Liang
  • Sebastian Perez-Salazar

Anderson-Interface Award - Energy and Sustainable Systems

  • Amin Gholami

Atlanta Air Cargo Association Award - Supply Chain Engineering

  • Jana Boerger

Angela P. and Reed J. Baker Award - Advanced Manufacturing and System Informatics & Control

  • Jialei Chen

Robert Goodell Brown Award - Data Science and Statistics

  • Liyan Xie

Ed Iacobucci Award - Applied Probability and Simulation

  • Daniela Hurtado-Lange

Margaret and Stephen Kendrick Award - Analytics and Machine Learning

  • Keyu Zhu

Thos and Clair Muller Award - Health Analytics and Health Systems

  • Zhaowei She

-- Additional Graduate Awards --

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award

  • Shangcong Mou
  • Tyler Perini

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

  • Xinyu Liu
  • Lucienne Loo

Phil and Delores A. Scott Graduate Student Health and Wellness Award

Awarded to students for taking the initiative to help themselves and others to stay healthy both physically and mentally.

  • Nidhima Grover
  • Miguel Campos Murcia
  • Katja Meuche
  • Vinaya Krishna
  • Ritesh Ojha
  • Yassin Watson

2020 - 2021 Graduate Awards

-- Awards for Excellence in Research --

Alice and John Jarvis PhD Student Research Award

  • Yatharth Dubey - Winner
  • Zhe (Jimmy) Zheng - Winner
  • Jiaming Liang - Honorable Mention
  • Daan Rutten - Honorable Mention

Shabbir Ahmed Award - Optimization

  • Jiaming Liang
  • Sebastian Perez-Salazar

Anderson-Interface Award - Energy and Sustainable Systems

  • Amin Gholami

Atlanta Air Cargo Association Research Excellence Award - Supply Chain Engineering

  • Jana Boerger

Angela P. and Reed J. Baker Award - Advanced Manufacturing and System Informatics & Control

  • Jialei Chen

Robert Goodell Brown Award - Data Science and Statistics

  • Liyan Xie

Ed Iacobucci Award - Applied Probability and SImulation

  • Daniela Hurtado-Lange

Margaret and Stephen Kendrick Award - Analytics and Machine Learning

  • Keyu Zhu

Thos and Clair Muller Award - Health Analytics and Health Systems

  • Zhaowei She

-- Additional Graduate Awards --

Georgia Tech Graduate Student Instructor Award

This award is from the Center for Teaching and Learning and celebrates the contributions to teaching excellence at Georgia Tech made by graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants.

  • Arvind Krishna

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award

This award is given to a graduate student who has shown excellence in teaching.

  • Arvind Krishna
  • Chungjae Lee

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award (On-Campus)

This award is given to a graduate student who has shown excellence as a teaching assistant.

  • Liyan Xie

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award (Online)

This award is given to a graduate student who has shown excellence as an online teaching assistant.

  • Sheng Zhang

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award (MTA)

This award is given to a graduate student who has shown excellence as a teaching assistant.

  • Saurabh Doodhwala

Phil and Delores A. Scott Graduate Student Health and Wellness Award

Awarded to students for taking the initiative to help themselves and others to stay healthy both physically and mentally.

  • Akane Fujimoto Wakabayashi
  • Nidhima Grover
  • Daniela Hurtado Lange
  • Prakirt Jhunjhunwala
  • Sajad Khodadadian
  • Arvind Krishna
  • Ritesh Ojha
  • Anjolaoluwa Popoola
  • Sushil Varma