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  <title><![CDATA[ISyE Honors Top Graduate and Undergraduate Students]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>This month, students at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) were presented awards for their exceptional efforts and contributions within the program and community.</p><p>Below are the awardees:&nbsp;</p><h5><strong>Graduate Awards</strong></h5><p>The program bestows multiple awards and fellowships to graduate students who have been recommended for quality and positive performance within the last year.&nbsp;</p><ol><li><strong>Atlanta Air Cargo Association PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Joseph Boone</li></ol></li><li><strong>Shabbir Ahmed PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Neelkamal Bhuyan &amp; Jingye Xu</li></ol></li><li><strong>Thos and Claire Muller PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Yuming Sun</li></ol></li><li><strong>Anderson-Interface PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Kevin Wu</li></ol></li><li><strong>Jerry and Harriett Thuesen PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Diptangshu Sen</li></ol></li><li><strong>Robert Goodell Brown PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Mengqi Lou</li></ol></li><li><strong>Ed Iacobucci PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Yuhao Wang</li></ol></li><li><strong>Margaret and Stephen Kendrick PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Alexander Bukharin</li></ol></li><li><strong>Angela P. and Reed J. Baker PhD Student Fellowship for Research Excellence</strong><ol><li>Young In Kim</li></ol></li><li><strong>ISyE Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor of the Year Award</strong><ol><li>Meen-Sung Kim</li></ol></li><li><strong>The Philip J. and Delores A. Scott Graduate Student Health and Wellness Award</strong><ol><li>Sixtine Guerin</li><li>Himadri Pandey</li><li>Zihan Zhang</li><li>Tanuj Deshmukh</li><li>Thomas Cabe</li><li>Sharay Gao</li></ol></li><li><strong>Alice &amp; John Jarvis Best Paper Award - Winner</strong><ol><li>Tianjiao Li</li></ol></li><li><strong>Alice &amp; John Jarvis Best Paper Award - Honorable Mention</strong><ol><li>Shaan Ul Haque</li></ol></li><li><strong>Alice &amp; John Jarvis Best Paper Award - Honorable Mention</strong><ol><li>Neelkamal Bhuyan</li></ol></li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><h5><strong>Undergraduate Awards</strong></h5><p>The undergraduate awards offer a number of scholarships and recognition to students each year, based on recommendations, past performance and the student's current resume. To learn more about each award, read <a href="https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/undergraduate/current-students/undergraduate-awards">here</a>.</p><ol><li><strong>Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Excellence in Leadership Award</strong><ol><li>Lucia Touma</li></ol></li><li><strong>The Evelyn Pennington Outstanding Service Award</strong><ol><li>Aron Cheng</li></ol></li><li><strong>The Evelyn Pennington Student Health and Wellness Award</strong><ol><li>Shirley Sharp</li><li>Piya Khakharia</li><li>Caroline Steiger</li><li>Brennan Haynes</li><li>Mohamad El Abou Khoudoud</li><li>Shalini Mehra</li></ol></li><li><strong>ISyE Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award</strong><ol><li>ZhiXian (Chris) Liding</li></ol></li><li><strong>Kurt Salmon &amp; Associates Scholarship in Industrial and Systems Engineering</strong><ol><li>Anna Park, Noreen Ali, Sristi Karamchandani</li></ol></li><li><strong>KS2 Technologies, Inc. Entrepreneurship Award</strong><ol><li>Guy Mastrion</li></ol></li><li><strong>KS2 Technologies, Inc. Innovative Technology Award</strong><ol><li>Sahana Yerneni</li></ol></li><li><strong>Nicholas &amp; Aurora Suarez Condezo International Award</strong><ol><li>Mariana Anargyrou</li></ol></li><li><strong>Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Outstanding Senior Award</strong><ol><li>Sam Deckbar</li></ol></li><li><strong>Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Outstanding Freshman Award</strong><ol><li>Mariana Anargyrou</li></ol></li><li><strong>Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Rising Star Award</strong><ol><li>Aron Cheng</li></ol></li><li><strong>COE Honors Day Award</strong><ol><li>Rohin Shah</li></ol></li></ol>]]></body>
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