Awards
Academic Year | Name | Award |
---|---|---|
2024 | Robert Griffin Advisor: Dr. Nikos Tsekos Meng-Chen Lee Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
PhD Showcase - Judge's Choice Best Poster |
Aftab Hussain Advisor: Dr. Amin Alipour Dustin Nguyen Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
PhD Showcase - Judge's Choice Honorable Mention | |
Dustin Nguyen Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
PhD Showcase - People's Choice Best Poster | |
Aftab Hussain Advisor: Dr. Amin Alipour Thomas Carroll Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng Meng-Chen Lee Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
PhD Showcase - People's Choice Runner Up | |
Soodeh Atefi Co-Advisors: Dr. Amin Alipour, Dr. Aron Laszka MD Tanim Hasan Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Outstanding Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2023 | |
2023 | Qixin Deng Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Outstanding Dissertation - Spring 2023 |
Urmila Sampathkumar Advisor: Dr. Fatima Merchant |
PhD Showcase - People's Choice Best Poster | |
Qixin Deng Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng Yigeng Zhang Advisor: Dr. Thamar Solorio |
PhD Showcase - People's Choice Runner Up | |
Urmila Sampathkumar Advisor: Dr. Fatima Merchant |
PhD Showcase - Judge's Choice Best Poster | |
Qixin Deng Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng Muhammad Naeem Akram Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
PhD Showcase - Judge's Choice Honorable Mention | |
Shaila Zaman Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Outstanding Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2022 | |
Daniel Biediger Advisor: Dr. Jaspal Subhlok |
Outstanding Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2022 | |
2022 | Thomas Carroll Advisor: Dr. Albert M.K. Cheng |
The Honors College: Outstanding Honors Thesis |
Thomas Carroll | UH Student Employee of the Year | |
Qixin Deng Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
Sikder Tahsin Al Amin Advisor: Dr. Carlos Ordonez |
Outstanding Dissertation - Spring 2022 | |
2021 | Elena Torre Advisor: Dr. Albert M.K. Cheng |
The Honors College: Outstanding Honors Thesis |
Jose Daniel Velazco-Garcia Advisor: Dr. Nikolaos Tsekos |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
Duong Nguyen Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
Outstanding Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2020 | |
2020 | Kiet Dinh Sungmin Kim Nicholas Randall |
Undergraduate Excellence |
Kishansingh Rajput | Outstanding MS Student | |
Shaoshuai Zhang Advisor: Dr. Panruo Wu |
Outstanding Junior PhD Student | |
Gustavo Aguilar Advisor: Dr. Thamar Solorio |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
Shaila Zaman Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
Luming Ma Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Outstanding Dissertation - Spring 2020 | |
Houtan Faridi Advisor: Dr. Rakesh Verma Pallovi Romero Advisor: Dr. Nouhad Rizk |
Computing Research Association (CRA): Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher - Honorable Mention | |
2019 | Marko Jovanovic | Undergraduate Excellence |
Sai Prashant Chintalapudi | Best MS Student | |
Guangli Dai Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng |
Best Junior PhD Student | |
Sudipta Kar Advisor: Dr. Thamar Solorio |
Best PhD Student | |
Luming Ma Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Best PhD Student | |
Soumyottam Chatterjee Advisor: Dr. Gopal Pandurangan |
Best Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2019 | |
Pavel Govyadinov Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
Best Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2019 | |
2018 | Yilei Tian | Undergraduate Excellence |
Xingliang Zou Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng |
Best PhD Dissertation | |
Georgios Panagopoulos Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Best MS Thesis | |
Yuhang Wu Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris |
Best PhD Student | |
Gustavo Aguilar Advisor: Dr. Thamar Solorio |
Best Junior PhD Student | |
2017 | Julia Hofmeister Duc Truong |
Undergraduate Excellence |
Yu Li Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng |
Best PhD Dissertation | |
Mohammad Mainul Islam Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris |
Best MS Thesis | |
Wellington Cabrera Pengfei Dou |
Best PhD Student | |
Shahryar Baki Fan Yang Yuting Zhang |
Best Junior PhD Student | |
Prasha Shrestha Nikolaos Sarafianos Seyyedeh Mirsharif |
PhD Showcase Winners | |
2016 | Xifeng Gao | Best PhD Dissertation |
Yiqun Zhang | Best MS Thesis | |
Yu Li Muhsin Zahid Ugur |
Best PhD | |
Santosh KC Mengjun Leng |
Best Junior PhD | |
Xifeng Gao Pengfei Dou Ashik Khatri |
PhD Showcase Winners | |
2015 | Ashik Khatri | Best MS Student |
Panagiotis Moutafis Xifeng Gao |
Best PhD Student | |
Dinesh Majeti Muhsin Zahid Ugur Charu Hans |
PhD Showcase Winners | |
2014 | Cheng Wang Yen Le |
Best PhD Student |
Li Wei | Best Junior PhD Student | |
Binh Le | PhD Showcase Winners, Oral Presentation | |
Remi Salmon Salah Aldeen Taamneh Sujing Wang |
PhD Showcase Winners, Poster Presentation | |
2013 | Binh Le Huy Nguyen |
Best PhD Student |
Xifeng Gao Yu Li |
Best Junior PhD Student | |
Chrysanthi Chaleva-Ntina | Best MS Student | |
Binh Le | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Best Overall Poster | |
Apurva Gala | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Best Overall Poster | |
Huy Nguyen | PhD Showcase Winner, 3rd place, Best Overall Poster | |
Vishwanath Venkatesa | PhD Showcase Winner, Best Poster Content | |
Xu Yan | PhD Showcase Winner, Best Poster Form | |
Swaroop Pophale | PhD Showcase Winner, Poster Award, Honorable Mention | |
Malcolm Dcosta | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Presentation Award | |
Duc Duong | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Presentation Award | |
Zechun Cao | PhD Showcase Winner, Presentation Award, Honorable Mention | |
Ilyas Uyanik | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Research Presentation Award | |
Avinash Wesley | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Research Presentation Award | |
Sujing Wang | PhD Showcase Winner, Research Presentation Award, Honorable Mention | |
Estefannie Gutierrez de la Garza Sabah Akbani |
Undergraduate Excellence Award – Category I | |
James Bates Ha Vu |
Undergraduate Excellence Award – Category II | |
2012 | Waleed Faris | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Best Overall Poster |
Apurva Gal | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Best Overall Poster | |
Francisco Ocegueda-Hernandez | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Best Poster Content | |
Nikhil V. Navkar | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Best Poster Content | |
Hakan Haberdar | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Best Poster Design | |
Ming-Chih (Mitch) Shih | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Best Poster Design | |
Xiaohan Ma | PhD Showcase Winner, Poster Award, Honorable Mention | |
Malcolm Dcosta Ilyas Uyanik | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Research Presentation Award | |
Emil Bilgazeyev Yuanfeng Wen | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Research Presentation Award | |
Ayodunni Aribuki Vishwanath Venkatesan | PhD Showcase Winner, 3rd place, Research Presentation Award | |
2011 | Dainis Boumber | Undergraduate Excellence Award |
Longyi Qi | Outstanding MS-Thesis Student | |
Araly Barrera | Most Promising PhD Student | |
Xiaohan Ma Khuong Vu Nikhil Navkar |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
2010 | Sinh Josh Nguyen | Undergraduate Excellence Award |
Qing Li Xuqing Wu |
Excellence in Doctoral Studies | |
Hien Nguyen Liqi Yi |
Excellence in Junior Graduate Studies | |
2009 | Maria Itkin Huy Nguyen Michael Slater |
Undergraduate Excellence Award – Category I |
Kaleb Fulgham Ricky Gentry |
Undergraduate Excellence Award – Category II | |
Wei Ding Deepak Roy Pradeep Buddharaju |
Best Overall PhD Award | |
Xiaohan Ma | 2009 PhD Student of the Year | |
Eleni Sgouritsa Dan Biediger |
Best Master Student Award |
Year | Name | Award |
---|---|---|
2024 | Ioannis Pavlidis | IEEE Fellow |
Gopal Pandurangan | IEEE Fellow | |
2023 | Matthew Pariyothorn | UH Graduate School - Outstanding Graduate Advisor |
2022 | Nouhad Rizk | Piper Professor |
Omprakash Gnawali | ACM SenSys Test of Time Award 2022 | |
Ioannis Kakadiaris | UH Division of Research - Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity | |
Panruo Wu | NSF CAREER Award | |
2021 | Zhigang Deng | Moores Professor |
Nouhad Rizk | UH Teach Excellence Award for Community Engagement | |
2020 | Carlos Rincon Zhigang Deng Jaspal Subhlok |
UHCS Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching UHCS Faculty Excellence Award in Research UHCS Faculty Excellence Award in Service |
2019 | Aron Laszka Arjun Mukherjee |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award |
2018 | Gopal Pandurangan | UHCS Academic Excellence Award |
2017 | Elizabeth (Liz) Faig | UH President's Excellence Award |
Nouhad Rizk | UH Teaching Excellence Award for Instructional Faculty | |
Ioannis Pavlidis Thamar Solorio |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
2016 | Chang Yun | UH Teaching Excellence Award for Instructional Faculty |
Guoning Chen | NSF Career Award NSM Junior Faculty Research Award |
|
Albert Cheng Ioannis Kakadiaris Shishir Shah |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
2015 | Albert Cheng | UH Lifetime Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research |
Guoning Chen Zhigang Deng Larry Shi |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
2014 | Omprakash Gnawali Stephen Huang |
UHCS Chair's Choice Award |
Edgar Gabriel Ioannis Pavlidis |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
Thamar Solorio | Denice Denton Emerging Leader ABIE Award from The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) | |
2013 | Baez-Franceschi Zhigang Deng Olin Johnson Chang Yun |
UH Teaching Excellence Award for Group Teaching |
Rakesh Verma | UH Lifetime Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research | |
2012 | Olin Johnson | UHCS Chair's Choice Award |
Nouhad Rizk | UHCS Teaching Excellence Award | |
Jaspal Subhlok | UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
2011 | Shishir Shah | UH NSM John C. Butler Excellence in Teaching Award |
Barbara Chapman | UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
Jehan-François Paris | UHCS Chair's Choice Award | |
Chang Yun | UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
2009 | Rong Zheng | UH Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship |
Zhigang Deng Edgar Gabriel Victoria Hilford Carlos Ordonez Shishir Shah Nikos Tsekos Rong Zheng |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
2007 | Jaspal Subhlok | UH Innovation in Instructional Technology |
Jaspal Subhlok | UHCS Teaching Excellence Award | |
2005 | Ricardo Vilalta | UHCS Research Excellence Award |
2004 | Ioannis Pavlidis | UHCS Research Excellence Award |
2003 | Ioannis Kakadiaris | UH Teaching Excellence Award |
Ioannis Kakadiaris | UHCS Research Excellence Award |
Year | Name | Award |
---|---|---|
Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Jakub Kurzak (PhD '05) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Karis Ng (BS '12) Michael Slater (BS '11) Michael Wright (BS '13) |
UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award (Group) |
Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Eduardo Mendizabal Ruiz (PhD '12) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Troy Leblanc (MS ' 99, PhD '09) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Wei Ding (PhD '08) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Bojan Cukic (MS '93, PhD '97) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Pamela Szabo (BS '80) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |