On October 15, Rensselaer held its 11th annual Honors Convocation to celebrate the outstanding academic achievements of students and faculty.

The 2004 Founders Award, the ceremony's highest honor, was given to 70 RPI students. Other students honored include 54 students with a 4.0 GPA, and 27 graduate student fellowship awardees.

The Class of 2008 Rensselaer Medalists also were honored. The Rensselaer Medal is awarded to the top math and science juniors at almost 3,000 high schools around the world. Those who choose to attend Rensselaer receive a $15,000-per-year Rensselaer Medal Scholarship.

School of Science Founders Award Winners

School of Science Founders Awards Winners

This prestigious award was established in 1944 and is given annually to students who embody qualities of creativity, discovery, leadership, pride, and responsibility at Rensselaer.  

Fikri Avci, Stanley Bak, Philip Bloom, Joanna Coonradt, Kristopher Dawsey, Lane Dielwart, Robert Klees Jr., Elizabeth Kusel, Rebecca Lamb, Jordan Mader, Katherine Newhall, Roman Salasznyk, Warren Towne, Daniel Vissani, and Joseph Yasi.

4.0 Award

This award is presented to students who have maintained a 4.0 and have completed a minimum of 90 letter-graded credit hours. Transfer students being honored have completed a minimum of two full-time semesters. All winners received an “A” for each course taken. School of Science winners comprise:

Nicholas Cooper, Stephen Darrow, Jackson DeBuhr, Joshua Demolino, Michael DiMaio, Daniel Erb, Michelle Fisher, Sailaja Ghanta, Ethan Glasser-Camp, Lan Guo, Drew Houston, Timothy Jones, Bryan Knight, Tomasz Malisiewicz, Adam Marcus, Christopher Rivers, Eric Smith, Ronak Talati, Thomas Tresanky, Joshua Weisbrot, and Joseph Yasi.

Graduate Fellowship Awards

The following fellowships were awarded to in part to School of Science graduate students.

Charles S. and Helen Humphrey Fellowship

Awarded to graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in science or engineering.

Stephen Akinyooye, Kristopher Beevers, Christine Fiorillo, and Yao-Ming Huang.

Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship

Awarded to women pursuing their Ph.D. who have demonstrated academic excellence and outstanding professional potential in engineering or science.

Lynn Vandemeulebroeke

Philip H. Parthesius Fellowship

Students representing a wide range of academic interests have benefited from the generousity of the Parthesius family. The support this fellowship provides has aided Rensselaer graduate students for over three decades.

Deepa Mukherjee

Stanley I. Landgraf ’46 Memorial Fellowship

The Stanley I. Landgraf ’46 Memorial Fellowship is awarded to students based on their academic record and who exemplify a commitment to education and a sense of responsibility to others.

Ethan Atkins

Faculty Awards

Among the faculty honored were the two newest members of the Future Chips Constellation — Shawn-Yu Lin, Constellation Professor, Future Chips, and Professor of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy; and Christian Wetzel, the Wellfleet Career Development Constellation Professor, Future Chips, and Associate Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy.

Published October 22, 2004