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UCF sponsors several awards to honor excellence in research, teaching, and mentoring in graduate students and faculty. These awards play a crucial role in acknowledging the achievements of our graduate students while enhancing their academic journey. The college annually presents multiple award categories to celebrate the outstanding contributions of our graduate students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as crucial is recognizing faculty who have exceeded expectations in mentoring our graduate students. The college invites recent alumni or current faculty to actively nominate those who exemplify being a great mentor in guiding graduate students through their academic and professional growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newly added in the spring semester, the Award for Excellence by a Student Researcher celebrates exceptional graduate-level research and creative scholarship. This self-nominated award recognized, available during spring and fall semesters, empowers graduate students to showcase their work and fosters recognition and potential scholarships from the Graduate Student Advisory Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022-2023 Graduate Awards of Excellence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Federico L\u00f3pez Borghesi, Conservation Biology PhD, Conservation Biology Track, College of Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention: Terry Henley, Public Affairs PhD, Governance and Policy Research Track, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Award for Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bingna Lin, Hospitality Management PhD, Rosen College of Hospitality Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Kianna Greene, Creative Writing MFA, College of Arts and Humanities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award for Outstanding Dissertation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Engineering, Physical Sciences, and Life Sciences Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sabin Regmi, Physics PhD, College of Sciences
Dissertation: Observation of Novel Phases of Quantum Matter Beyond Topological Insulators<\/em>
Mentored by Dr.\u00a0\u00a0Madhab Neupane<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Science, Humanities, Education, Business, Fine Art and Health Sciences Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Olivia Newton, Modeling and Simulation PhD, College of Graduate Studies
Dissertation: Modeling the Effects of Diversity and Corporations on Participation Dynamics in Free\/Libre and Open Source Software Ecosystems<\/em>
Mentored by Dr.\u00a0\u00a0Stephen Fiore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Terry Henley, Public Affairs PhD, Governance and Policy Research Track, College of Community Innovation and Education
Dissertation: Financial Sustainability of Florida Cities: Comparative, Retrospective Modeling for Prospective Municipal Financial Health<\/em>
Mentored by Dr.\u00a0\u00a0David Mitchell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award for Outstanding Thesis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Science, and Life Sciences Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jaynlynn Sosa, Nanotechnology MS, College of Graduate Studies
Thesis: Atomic Layer Deposition for Personalized Drug Release Systems: 5-Aminosalicylic Acid as a Model Pharmaceutical<\/em>
Mentored by Dr. Parag Banerjee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, Business, Fine Arts, and Health Sciences Division<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Aaron Wizenberg, Kinesiology MS, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Thesis: The Acute Effects of Continuous and Intermittent Blood Flow Restriction on Sprint Interval Performance and Muscle Oxygen Responses<\/em>
Mentored by Dr. Ethan Hill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award for Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Science, and Life Sciences<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ahmad Elshennawy, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, Business, Fine Arts, and Health Sciences<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Farshid Safi, Associate Professor, School of Teacher Education, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award for Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Postdoctoral Scholars<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Early Career- tenure-earning or non-tenure earning faculty who are at the assistant level<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Bethany Backes, Assistant Professor, Violence Against Women Cluster and Department of Criminal Justice, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tenured or non-tenure earning faculty who are the associate or full level<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Nazanin Rahnavard, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Gulnora Hundley, Associate Lecturer, Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award for Excellence by a Graduate Student Researcher<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Spring Doctoral <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Stephine Feuer, Integrative Anthropological Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Master’s<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sydney Snowden, Political Science
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