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