2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award Winners

Administrator standing on stage with a student accepting a framed award

Anne Converse Willkomm, Associate Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies (left) presenting an Outstanding Dissertation Award to Erin O'Brien, a PhD student in biomedical engineering (right), the Graduate Student Excellence Awards Ceremony & Reception May 30, 2024.

The Outstanding Dissertation Awards are presented to doctoral-level students who have written original, innovative dissertations that reflect great research and have or are likely to be disseminated widely and have significant impact on the field and society. This award is open to all doctoral-level students who have achieved candidacy and are expected to complete, defend their dissertation, and graduate in the current academic year (prior to September 6, 2025).

Office of Graduate Studies Award Winners

Elizabeth Lampe

PhD Program in Psychology

College of Arts and Sciences


Kateryna Shevchuk

PhD Program in Materials Science and Engineering

College of Engineering

College/School Finalists

Sarah Gift

PhD Program in Mathematics

College of Arts and Sciences

Madison LaBella

PhD Program in Business Administration

LeBow College of Business

 

Torin McFarland

PhD Program in Business Administration

LeBow College of Business

 

Thomas Charles Palazzolo

PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering

School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems

David Romanofski

EdD Program in Educational Leadership and Management

School of Education

 

Amir Sadighi

PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering

 

Qingyue Sun

PhD Program in Communication, Culture and Media

College of Arts and Sciences

 

Xizhi Tan

PhD Program in Computer Science

College of Computing and Informatics

 

Adam Walter

PhD Program in Materials Science and Engineering

College of Engineering