The John M. Houchens Prize for Outstanding Dissertation (Previous Winners)

    May 2023

    Mohamed Tarek Mohamed Ali

    Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Studies, specialization in Translational Bioengineering

    Mentor: Professor Ayman El-Baz


    Emily Michelle Kempfer

    Ph.D. Chemistry

    Mentor: Assistant Professor Lee Thompson



    May 2022

    Heba ElSayed Mohamed Kandil

    Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering

    Co-mentors: Professors Ayman El-Baz and Adel Elmaghraby


    December 2021

    Brett Robert Janis

    Ph.D. Biology

    Mentor: Professor Michael Menze


    May 2021

    Ahmed M. Shaffie

    Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering

    Mentors: Professors Adel Elmaghraby and Ayman El-Baz


    December 2020

    Robert Chandos Monsen

    Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

    Mentor:  Professor John O. Trent

     

    May 2020

    Fatemeh Karami

    Ph.D. Industrial Engineering

    Mentor: Associate Professor Monica Gentili

     

    December 2019

    Dhruba Kumar Pattadar

    Ph.D. Chemistry

    Professor Francis Zamborini

     

    May 2019

    Tasha L. Golden

    Ph.D. Public Health Sciences

    Mentor:  Associate Professor Monica Wendel

     

    December 2018

    Cierra Nichole Sharp

    Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology

    Professor Leah Siskind

     

    May 2018

    Zhichao Lu

    Ph.D. Chemistry

    Mentor:  Professor Gerald B. Hammond

     

    December 2017

    Udika Iroshini Bandara

    Ph.D. Applied and Industrial Mathematics

    Mentor: Professor Ryan Gill

     

    May 2017

    Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah

    Ph.D. Urban and Public Affairs

    Co-Mentors: Professor Janet Kelly and Associate Professor Sumei Zhang

     

    December 2016

    Jessica Lee Weaver

    Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics

    Mentor:  Associate Professor Jason Smith

     

     

    May 2016

    Ehsan Hosseini-Asl

    Electrical Engineering

    Mentors:  Professor Jacek Zurada and

    Associate Professor Ayman El-Baz

     

    December 2015

    Venkat Kalyan Vendra

    Ph.D. Chemical Engineering

    Mentor:  Co-Chairs Professor Mahendra Sunkara and Associate Professor Delaina Amos

     

    May 2015

    Katherine Mae Efstration Winham

    Ph.D. Social Work

    Mentors:  Co-Chairs Associate Professor Seana Golder and Professor Bibhuti Sar

     

    December 2014

    Sajedah Mahmoud Hindi

    Ph.D. Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology

    Mentor:  Professor Ashok Kumar

     

    May 2014

    Fahmi Abdallah Fahmi Mohammed Khalifa

    Ph.D. Electrical Engineering

    Mentor:  Associate Professor Ayman El-Baz and Assistant Professor Karla Welch

     

    December 2013

    Ahmed Abd-Elrahman Elnakib

    Ph.D. Electrical Engineering

    Mentor:  Co-Chairs Associate Professor Aymay El-Baz and Associate Professor Tamer Inanc

     

    May 2013

    Lacey Morgan Litchfield

    Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Mentor:  Professor Carolyn Klinge

     

    December 2012

    Jeffrey John Bara

    Ph.D. Biology

    Mentor:  Associate Professor Susanna Remold

     

    May 2012

    Santoshrupa Dumpala

    Ph.D. Chemical Engineering

    Mentor:  Professor Mahendra Sunkara

     

    December 2011

    Jason Lee Hellman

    Physiology and Biophysics

    Mentor:  Professor Aruni Bhatnagar

     

    May 2011

    Vivekanand Kumar

    Chemical Engineering

    Mentor:  Professor Mahendra Sunkara

     

    December 2010

    Patrick Holt

    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Mentor:  Associate Professor John Trent

     

    May 2010

    Walid Missaoui

    Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering

    Mentor:  Associate Professor Hichem Frigui

     

    December 2009

    Michael Flaherty

    Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics

    Mentor:  Co-Chair Associate Professor Buddhadeb Dawn

    Co-Chair Professor Roberto Bolli

     

    May 2009

    Pankaj Chhaganbhai Patel

    Ph.D. Entrepreneurship

    Mentor:  Professor James O. Fiet

     

    December 2008

    Abdullah Yalcin

    Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Mentor:  Associate Professor Jason Chesney

     

    May 2008

    Nicholas Bryce Watson

    Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology

    Mentor:  Professor W. Glenn McGregor