The University of Georgia College of Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of the graduate student awards for 2025, to be conferred during the College of Engineering Celebration of Excellence on April 10th.
Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching
The Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching honors graduate students who have demonstrated superior teaching skills and commitment to high-quality instruction related to the engineering program.
Sierra Milligan
School of Chemical, Materials & Biomedical Engineering
The Brahm P. Verma Award for Academic & Leadership Excellence
Established in honor of longtime University of Georgia engineering faculty member Brahm Verma, this award recognizes an outstanding graduate student for excellence in academics and leadership. Recipients are selected based on a combination of their academic performance, their research, their activity in professional societies, and their demonstrated leadership abilities.
Yi Wu
School of Chemical, Materials & Biomedical Engineering
Excellence in Graduate Student Research Award for the School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, & Mechanical Engineering
The Excellence in Graduate Research Award for the School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, & Mechanical Engineering recognizes graduate students for the quality of their research as demonstrated by student success in the publication of their work in prestigious, highly cited international journals.
Matt Chambers
Arunachalam Ramanathan