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Every year UTIG recognizes the work of our hard-working staff and students. These members of UTIG have gone above and beyond in their work, both in administration and research. We honor them at a recognition luncheon. Thank you to all of our staff and students for their continuous hard work every day.
These are the recipients of UTIG Staff and Students Awards from 2011 to 2018.
| Year | Director’s Circle of Excellence | UTIG Research Excellence Award | Outstanding Young Researcher Award | Outstanding Support Staff Award | Eleanor Picard Excellence Award | Career Award | Graduate Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nathan Bangs Thorsten Becker Ginny Catania Pedro Di Nezio Brian Horton Luc Lavier Yuko Okumura John Snedden Harm van Avendonk | Harm van Avendonk | Cryil Grima | Rosalind Gamble Penelope Parr Steffen Saustrup | Judy Sansom | Patty Ganey-Curry Lisa Gahagan | Sophie Goliber Dominik Kardell Brandon Shuck |
| 2017 | Krista Soderlund Pedro DiNezio Ginny Catania Mrinal Sen Donald Blankenship Peter Flemings Sean Gulick Thorsten Becker | Mrinal Sen | Pedro DiNezio | Jessica Kolstad Kim Dan Duncan Jon Virdell | Sara Sieberath | n/a | James Biemiller Mason Fried Jennifer Harding |
| 2016 | Tim Bartholomaus Donald Blankenship Peter Flemings Sean Gulick Joseph Levy Mrinal Sen Krista Soderlund Laura Wallace | Joseph Levy | Tim Bartholomaus | Scott Kempf Gregory Ng Judy Sansom | Tessa Green | Cliff Frohlich | Enrica Quartini Xinyue (Dennis) Tong Chad Greene |
| 2015 | John Snedden Duncan Young Charles Jackson Mrinal Sen Peter Flemings Donald Blankenship Sean Gulick Krista Soderlund Ginny Catania | Peter Flemings | Yuko Okumura | Nancy Hard Anatoly Mrinov | Tom Richter | Larry Lawver | n/a |
| 2014 | Donald Blankenship Kirk McIntosh Peter Flemings Sean Gulick Joseph Levy Brian Horton Charles Jackson Luc Lavier John Snedden Harm van Avendonk Krista Soderlund Cliff Frohlich | Brian Horton | Joseph Levy Krista Soderlund | Sheree Courney Tom Richter | Mark Wiederspahn | James A. Austin, Jr. | n/a |
| 2013 | Donald Blankenship Ginny Catania Peter Flemings Sean Gulick John Holt Brian Horton Charles Jackson Luc Lavier John Snedden Harm van Avendonk Duncan Young | John Snedden | Britney Schmidt | Patricia Ganey-Curry | Lynda Miller | Ian Dalziel | n/a |
| 2012 | Mead A. Allison Donald D. Blankenship Ginny A. Catania Gail L. Christeson Peter B. Flemings John W. Holt Brian K. Horton Joseph A. MacGregor Kirk D. McIntosh Harm J. Van Avendonk Duncan A. Young | Donald D. Blankenship | Duncan A. Young | Eric Aiello Lynda Miller | Eleanor Picard | Paul L. Stoffa | n/a |
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