Award given to a graduate student who has demonstrated dedication to the department and exempary performance as a teaching assitant. This award is given in honor of Professor Emeritus Irwing H. Shames. Professor Shames taught at UB for 31 years. He was the highest academic rank possible in SUNY, namely Distinguished Teaching Professor, while authoring several textbooks and numerous journal articles.

Excellence in Teaching Awards for Graduate Assistants (Graduate School)

Awards are given by the Graduate School, in the interest of encouraging and recognizing graduate students who have developed and demonstrated exceptional competence in teaching.

CSEE Chair's Recognition Award (Graduate)

Award given to student(s) who demonstrated high scholastic achievement and dedication to the department.

Robert H. and Catherine H. Goldsmith Fellowships (SEAS)

Awards were established by Robert (BS ME '51) and Catherine Goldsmith to provide a scholarship to offset the expense of the fifth year of tution for the combined B.S/M.Eng. program at the university at Buffalo.

National Graduate Awards

National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program is a highly competitive program that offers recognition and three years of financial support for advanced study.  Each year, fellowships are awarded to approximately 900 outstanding graduate students in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences.  The criteria for the fellowship include the demonstrated ability to plan and conduct research, work independently and as a member of a team, and effectively interpret and communicate research findings.  In addition, applicants are selected for their potential to effectively integrate research and education at all levels, encourage diversity, enhance scientific and technical understanding, and provide overall benefits to society.

EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship

This program awards graduate education fellowships for master's and doctoral level students in academic disciplines relating to environmental research, including the physical, biological, and social sciences and engineering.  The purpose of the fellowship program is to encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmentally related fields.  Fellowships provide up to two years' support for master's level students, and up to three years' support for doctoral students.  EPA awards approximately 100 new fellowships each year.

Other Awards

Julian Snyder Endowment Fund Scholarship (ASCE)

The Julian Snyder Endowment Fund was established by the Buffalo Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers for the purpose of supporting the student chapter(s)/branches and the students themselves.

Julian Snyder, for whom the scholarship is named, has a long and distinguished history with the Buffalo Section of ASCE.  He is the only member to hold the position of President twice; first in 1977 and again in 1981.  A Fellow of ASCE and ACI, he remains active in ASCE, Buffalo Section, continuing to chair committees and serve on the Board of Directors.  Dr. Snyder has been an officer and also served as a Director.

Having once been a Principal in local engineering firms, Julian Snyder now serves as an adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.  Dr. Snyder is listed in "Who's Who in Engineering," has a number of publications in national ASCE and ACI journals covering structures, education and computing, and currently holds nine state engineering registrations.

Diego Lopez Garcia received the Graduate Student Association (GSA) "Most Outstanding Student" Award.  The award is given by UB's Graduate Student Association.  All graduate students enrolled at any graduate program offered by UB are eligible as long as they are nominated by another graduate student (self-nominations are not allowed).  All nominations are reviewed by a committee appointed by the GSA.  The award is presented on "GSA Awards Night" held every spring.  His advisor is Dr. Tsu-Teh Soong.

Nagarajan Kannan, President of the NSPE (National Society of Practicing Engineers) student club at UB, received the NYSSPE New York State Society of Professional Engineers "Young Engineer of the Year" Award.  This award recognizes young NSPE members who have made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and their communities during the early years of their careers.  Any licensed professional engineer (P.E. or E.I.T.), NSPE member in good standing who is 35 years of age or younger as of January 1, 2003, was eligible for nomination.  His advisor is Dr. Stuart Chen.

Mr. Kannan also received the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) "Young Engineer of the Year" Award for the Erie/Niagara New York region on February 21, 2003, during the "National Engineer's Week" celebration. 

Hua Ye, a Ph.D student in Computational Mechanics, was awarded the IMAPS 2002 Best Student Paper Honorable Mention at the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society Conference in Denver, Colorado.  His paper was titled, "Measurement and Effects of High Electrical Current Stress in Solder Joints."  IMAPS is the largest microelectronics and packaging society in the world.

Mr. Ye also won the 2001 International Microelectronics and Packaging Society Award. Four graduate students received this award following an international competition. His advisor is Dr. Cemal Basaran.

Rajat Chakraborti, a PhD student in Environmental Engineering, has won a Fellowship from New York Sea Grant Institute for Spring semester 2001 as a Scholar Thesis Completion Award. This is in recognition of the outstanding work on in-situ particle aggregation studies using image processing technique and its potential application to contaminant transport in natural aquatics. He gave an oral presentation entitled "Non-intrusive characterization of fractal aggregates formed by alum" at the "technical session" of 2000 annual conference of American Water Works Association (AWWA) at Denver, CO.  His advisor is Dr. Joseph F. Atkinson.

Diego Lopez Garcia, a Ph.D. student in Structural Engineering, was awarded the 2001 EERI (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) Graduate Student Paper Award for his paper entitled, "A Simple Method for the Design of Optimal Damper Configurations in MDOF Structures." He also received a travel award to present his paper at the EERI Annual Meeting in Monterey, California, February 7-10, 2001. Diego’s advisor is Dr. Tsu Teh Soong.

Jagjit Kaur, a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering, was the recipient of the 2000/2001 Capstone Fellowship award from the Great Lakes Research Consortium, the 2000 Paul W. Rodgers Scholarship from the International Association for Great Lakes Research, and the Oral Presentation Award (3rd place) at the meeting of the Lake Ontario Chapter, Society of Toxicology, for her paper entitled, "Modeling the Impact of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on Bioaccumulation."  Her advisor is Dr. Joseph V. DePinto.

Rajat Chakraborti, a PhD student in Environmental Engineering, won a C.S. Mott Scholarship in 2000 from the International Association of Great Lakes Research.  This scholarship is awarded on the basis of scientific merit, presentation, originality of the research which is likely to make a significant contribution to the understanding of large lakes.  He also won an award for best student presentation at the annual meeting of IAGLR in June 1999. His advisor is Dr. Joseph F. Atkinson.