Outstanding First Year Ph.D. Student: 
2006-2007            Eric Laber, Yang Yang
2005-2006            Ali Shojaie, Runlong Tang, Nengfeng Zhou
2004-2005            Nam Hee Choi, Bodhisattva Sen, Harsh Singhal
2003-2004            Lili Yang
2002-2003            Jayanta Pal
2001-2002            Abhyuday Mandal, Zhiguang Qian 
2000-2001            Xiao Wang
1999-2000            Roshan Vengazhiyil, Bowei Xi
1998-1999            David Mease, Xianggui Qu, Tonglin Zhang
1997-1998            Enrique Alvarez, Wei Biao Wu, Hongquan Xu
1996-1997            Yao Wang, Donglin Zeng
1994-1995            Yu Zhu
1993-1994            Shao-Wei Cheng 

Outstanding Applied Masters Student:
2006-2007            Yijuan Yan
2005-2006            Jing Qian
2004-2005            Kathleen Dooley
2003-2004            Ui Hyun Lee
2002-2003            Tae-Kyun Kim
2001-2002            Brady West
2000-2001            Holly Price    
1999-2000            Su Bang Choe
1998-1999            Jahna Otterbacher
1997-1998            Javier Bussi
1996-1997            Dong-Yun Kim
1995-1996            Connie Wang

Graduate Student Instructor Excellence in Teaching:
2007-2008            Sonja Clark, Carrie Hosman, Jane Kleyman, Joel Vaughan
2006-2007            Daniel Almirall, Stacey Culp, Herle McGowan, Adam Rothman, HoKeun Sun,
                           Joel Vaughan, Yijuan Yan
2005-2006            Yasemin Akdas, Kathleen Dooley, Herle McGowan, Akarin Phaibulpanich,
                           Heidi Reichert, Amy Wagaman
2004-2005            Yasemin Akdas,Meric Bardakcioglu,Carles Breto,Kathleen Dooley,Rohit Kulkarni
2003-2004            Mohammed Elayan, Kamal Hamidieh, Amy Wagaman
2002-2003            Jennifer Hu, Earl Lawrence, Akarin Phailbulpanich, Jing Wang
2001-2002            Su Bang Choe, Lindsay Kellam, David Mease, Jessaca Spybrook
2000-2001            Enrique Alvarez, Dong-Yun Kim, Graciela Mentz, Holly Price, Bruno Sousa
1999-2000            Enrique Alvarez, Jennifer Hu, Bruno Sousa, Sonya Vartivarian
1998-1999            Jayanti Gupta, Dong-Yun Kim, Kirsten Namesnik, Jahna Otterbacher
1997-1998            Justin Fisher, Kirsten Namesnik, Bruno Sousa
1996-1997            David Hunter, Kirsten Namesnik, Mary Ann Wiehe
1995-1996            Debjit Biswas, Shih-Yen Huang, Huaiqing Wu