Academic Achievement Award
Academic Achievement Award
Award Recipients
First Place: Gabriel Cerron-Calle, Arizona State University, Arizona Section
Second Place: William Taylor, University of California, Davis, California-Nevada Section
First Place: Carrie Ellis, University of Rhode Island, New England Section
Second Place: Swastik Ghimire, Arizona State University, Arizona Section
Purpose of the Award:
The Academic Achievement Award encourages academic excellence by recognizing contributions to the field of public water supply. All masters thesis and doctoral dissertations that are relevant to the water supply industry are eligible. The manuscript must reflect the work of a single author and be submitted during the competition year in which it was submitted for the degree.
Award Criteria
Please submit a .pdf of your thesis or dissertation using the form below. Please attach a letter of endorsement from the instructor or major professor under whom your research work was performed.
Also attach a one-page abstract indicating the significance of your thesis or dissertation to the water supply industry.
Award
Doctoral Dissertation— First Place is $3,000 one-time award; Second Place is $1,500 one-time award
Masters Thesis— First Place is $3,000 one-time award; Second Place is $1,500 one-time award
Nomination or Submission Deadline
October 1
For questions reach out to academicachievement@awwa.org.
Academic Achievement Award Entry Form
Past Recipients
Congratulations to the past recipients of this prestigious award.
First Place Doctoral Dissertation:
Kathryn Lopez, Virginia Tech, Virginia Section
Second Place Doctoral Dissertation:
Nathan Moore, University of Toronto, Ontario Section
First Place Master’s Thesis:
Chantaly Villalona, Virginia Tech, Virginia Secion
Second Place Master’s Thesis:
Amélie Surmont, Polytechnique Montréal, Quebec Section
First Place Doctoral Dissertation
Yu Jie Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Second Place Doctoral Dissertation
Benjamin Fennell, Texas A&M University, Texas Section
First Place Doctoral Dissertation
Yian Chen, University of California, Los Angeles, California-Nevada Section
Second Place Doctoral Dissertation
Irene Garousi-Nejad , Utah State University, Intermountain Section
First Place Master’s Thesis
Padmanabhan Krishnaswamy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, California-Nevada Section
Second Place Master’s Thesis
Berkely Anderson, University of California, Davis, California-Nevada Section
First Place Doctoral Dissertation
Jie Yuan , University of Toronto, Ontario Section
Second Place Doctoral Dissertation
Lauren Kennedy, UC Berkeley, California–Nevada Section
First Place Master’s Thesis
Kelsey Lee Kundert, University of Waterloo, Ontario Section
Second Place Master’s Thesis
Nik Knezic, University of Waterloo, Ontario Section
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