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A Graduate Research Symposium
Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) hosts an annual graduate research symposium called ESM Today. The symposium is open to all graduate students in the department to present their work to peers and colleagues, exchange ideas across the various research disciplines, and to hone their presentation skills. Presenters are required to explain their work in a way that is accessible to engineers and scientists who are not specialists in the presenter’s discipline. The symposium is organized by the ESM Graduate Student Council. Prizes are awarded for the categories of “best paper” and “best poster”.
2009 Winners
Paper Competition
- Grand Prize: Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani
- First Place: Sean Pursel
- Second Place: Sz-Chin Steven Lin
- Third Place: Michael Lapsley
- Honorable Mention: Yina Wei
- Honorable Mention: Nick Chernyy
- Honorable Mention: Jaya Koduru
- Honorable Mention: Vivek Verma
Poster Competition
- Grand Prize: Daniel Ahmed
- First Place: Xu Huang
- Second Place: Jinjie Shi
- Third Place: Hongyan Yuan
- Honorable Mention: Yue Bing Zheng
- Honorable Mention: Changjin Huang
- Honorable Mention: Dana Andre
2008 Winners
Other Competitions
- Grand Prize: Jinjie Shi
- Innovation Award: Xialoe Mao
Presentation Competition
- First Place: Yuebing Zheng
- Second Place: Brian Borawski
- Third Place: Padma Puthillath
Poster Competition
- First Place: Sean Pursel
- Second Place: Nick Chernyy
- Third Place: Nuno Dias
2007 Winners
Paper Competition
- First Place: Jonathan Pitt
- First Place: Yun Zhu
- Third Place: Luke Breon
Poster Competition
- First Place: Matt Kropf
- Second Place: Nick Chernyy
- Second Place: Guneet Sethi
2006 Winners
Paper Competition
- First Place: Ying Shan
- Second Place: Matt Kelly
- Third Place: Michael Pedrick
Poster Competition
- First Place: Eric Hauck
- Second Place: Jing Mu
- Third Place: Lance Haney
2005 Winners
Paper Competition
- First Place: Morgan Dautrich
- Second Place: Paul Sunal
- Third Place: Pedro Andia and Joe Geddes
Poster Competition
- First Place: Eric Hauck
- Second Place: Vivek Verma
- Third Place: Michael Pedrick