On April 10, 2017, members of Georgia Tech’s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) faculty and staff, including Edwin Romeijn, H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair, and Dawn Strickland, Director of Student Services, presented awards to outstanding ISyE graduate and undergraduate students.

Graduate Awards

Alice and John Jarvis Ph.D. Student Research Award

This award is given to a Ph.D. student who has shown excellence in student research.

Winner: Xiaolei Fang 

Honorable Mention: Chih-li Sung and Xiaowei Yue

Award presented by: Edwin Romeijn, H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair and Professor

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award

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

Asteroide Santana

Award presented by: Alan Erera, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award

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

Amanda Chu

Award presented by: Alan Erera, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Undergraduate Awards

Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers Excellence in Leadership Award

The Leadership Award is given to strong leaders of student organizations in ISyE.

Anna Smith and Karan Agrawal

Award presented by: Chen Zhou, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies (Anna) and Timothy Brown, Managing Director for Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (Karan)

The Evelyn Pennington Outstanding Service Award

This award is given to a senior who has provided exceptional service to the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Graham Burke

Award presented by: Fran Buser, Academic Advisor

ISyE Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award

The Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society presents $500 to a senior with the best academic achievement, including GPA, rigor of curriculum, research, and other scholarly accomplishment.

Jiachen Shi

Award presented by: Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Power Early Career Professor and Associate Professor

COE Honors Day Award

The COE Honors Day Award is administered through the College of Engineering and given to the student who, at the end of the third year, has the best academic performance in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Elta Clarke

Award presented by: Natashia Boland, Professor

The Love Family Foundation Scholarship

The Love Family Foundation Scholarship is given each year to a member of the graduating class with the most outstanding scholastic record.  This is the highest honor awarded to a graduating senior by the Institute. The $10,000 scholarship is provided by the Gay and Erskine Love Foundation. 

Kaitlin Rizk

Award presented by: Natashia Boland, Professor

COE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award

The Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award is organized by The Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) and is awarded to an ISyE student who has demonstrated proficiency and promise in research.

Xiaofan Wu

Award presented by: Siva Theja Maguluri, Assistant Professor

ISyE Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award 

The Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) Award of $500 is given to a current student who has served as an undergraduate TA or grader for an ISyE course for at least one complete semester at the time of nomination. A committee in ISyE selects a recipient based on his or her nomination package and evidence of teaching effectiveness.

Shannon Gerhard

Award presented by: Lauren Silver, MPH, Academic Advisor

Kurt Salmon Associates Scholarship in Industrial and Systems Engineering

The Kurt Salmon Associates Scholarships of $850 are awarded to selected seniors in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The scholarship is based on academic merit and contribution to the School. 

Jakob Robinson, Ida Mizani, Bonnie Yang

Award presented by: Jonathan Lowe, Academic Professional

KS2 Technologies, Inc. Entrepreneurship Award

This award is presented to an industrial engineering student who has demonstrated entrepreneurship while pursuing the BSIE degree. The award of $1000 is to be used toward the student’s business or academics.

Brenna Fromayan

Award presented by: Gabi McGee, KS2 Technologies, Inc.

KS2 Technologies, Inc. Innovative Technology Award

This $500 award is presented to an industrial engineering student who has demonstrated innovative use of technologies while pursuing the BSIE degree.

Maithili Appalwar

Award presented by: Gabi McGee, KS2 Technologies, Inc.

Georgia Tech IISE Student Chapter Student Awards

The student chapter of IISE offers three awards of $1,000 each to recognize those with strong academic performance, service, and leadership.

Outstanding Senior Award

Morgan McCombs

Rising Star Award

Aniruddh Hari

Most Successful International Student Award

Maithili Appalwar

Awards presented by: Arjun Patra, President of Georgia Tech IISE