Academic Achievement Award
Academic Achievement Award
Doctoral Dissertation
First Place: Yu Jie Lim, Nanyang Technological University
Second Place: Benjamin Fennell, Texas A&M University
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
Award Submissions
Submission Deadline: October 1
For questions reach out to academicachievement@awwa.org.
Past Recipients
Congratulations to the past recipients of this prestigious award.
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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