Research Excellence Awards are presented to graduate students who have completed original, innovative research, scholarship and/or creativity during their career at Drexel. The awards are designed to recognize widely disseminated student research with significant impact on the field or society.

Graduate College Award Winner - Master's

Krzysztof Mazur
Master's Program in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
College of Engineering

Graduate College Award Winner - Pre-Candidacy

Md Rasheduzzaman
PhD Program in Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering

College/School Finalists - Pre-Candidacy

Jennifer Villareale
PhD Program in Digital Media
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Shasha Yang
PhD Program in Neuroscience
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine

Graduate College Award Winners - Post-Candidacy

Hallie Espel-Huynh
PhD Program in Clinical Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences

Chelsea Myers
PhD Program in Digital Media
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

College/School Finalists - Post-Candidacy

Ahmad Arabi Shamsabadi
PhD Program in Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering

May Cheung
PhD Program in Nutrition Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Professions

Mallory Clites
PhD Program in Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

Austin Coley
PhD Program in Neuroscience
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine

David DiGuiseppi
PhD Program in Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences

Tamara Galoyan
PhD Program in Educational Leadership Development and Learning Technologies
School of Education

Julia Hildebrand
PhD Program in Communication, Culture and Media
College of Arts and Sciences

Ali Jazayeri
PhD Program in Information Science
College of Computing and Informatics

Sankalp Kota
PhD Program in Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

Amanda Marino
PhD Program in Business Administration
LeBow College of Business

Sarah Monaco
PhD Program in Neuroscience
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine

Erica Smith
PhD Program in Epidemiology
Dornsife School of Public Health

Graduate College Award Winner - Most Original & Creative

Xiaohan Zhou
Master's Program in Fashion Design
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design