Bioengineering senior Jenna Aidikoff received the Maryland Daily Record's 2009 Circle of Excellence Scholarship, part of the Maryland's Top 100 Women awards program. Aidikoff was selected for her exceptional scholarship in engineering, education, and the work she performed at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, where she conducted research on Down Syndrome.

Materials science and engineering junior Elizabeth Ashley received a National Institute of Standards and Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. She will conduct research on the use of polymer thin films in semiconductors at the Material Measurement Laboratory.

Alyson Blair, a fire protection engineering student has received the 2009 A. James Clark School of Engineering Dean's Award. She is a member of the University Honors Program, the Primannum Honor Society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She is a member of the Women in Engineering Program, for which she mentored freshman female engineering students and assisted with major events. Blair was named a 2008-2009 Merrill Presidential Scholar.

Colleen Gulick, a bioengineering student, has been named one of the nation’s Top 10 College Women by Glamour Magazine.

Kathleen Hendrick, a mechanical engineering senior, received the A. James Clark School of Engineering Dean’s Award.

Erin Hylton, a civil engineering student is a Udall Scholar for 2012, in recognition of her work in environmental studies. She also received the Clark School's 2012 International Student Award.

Elizabeth Kenyon, an electrical engineering student with an international engineering minor, received a 2010 A. James Clark School of Engineering Dean’s Award. Kenyon graduated with a 4.0 GPA. She interned at the National Institute for Standards and Technology and Wabtec Railway Electronics, and participated in the Computer Security Scholars Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. She served as a Clark School Ambassador, Leader of ECE, tutor for the FLEXUS program and an Undergraduate Teaching Fellow.

Kristen Kern, a mechanical engineering senior and Clark School Ambassador, received the Kim A. Borsavage and Pamela J. Stone Student Award for Outstanding Service.

Senior mechanical engineering student Rachel Kerzner maintains an exceptional GPA, has been a member of the dean’s list for every semester of her college career, and will complete the Engineering Honors program. She is a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and Pi Tau Sigma international mechanical engineering society. Her leadership and service are exemplary, including participation in the QUEST quality enhancement systems program, the College Park Scholars program, Clark School Ambassadors, and Women in Engineering Advisory Board, and mentoring other students for QUEST and Women in Engineering. Rachel won the A. James Clark School of Engineering Dean’s Award in 2008.

Aerospace engineering student Leah Krombach was awarded the John Anderson Summer Research Scholarship. The Anderson Scholarship Competition is held as a means to encourage students in the aerospace related fields to discuss research, exchange knowledge, and generate interest in the field of aerospace engineering.

Ashley Lidie, a senior in materials science & engineering participating in the department’s five-year bachelor’s/master’s program, received a 2010 A. James Clark School of Engineering Dean’s Award. Lidie will begin her graduate work on solid oxide fuel cells under the direction of Professor Eric Wachsman. Her research at the Army Research Laboratory has led to several publications and presentations at national and international conferences. She is a member of several student organizations and the Alpha Sigma Mu honor society.

Chemical and biomolecular engineering sophomore Emily Lin was awarded a 2009 American Society of Plant Biologists Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Lauren McKay, aerospace engineering, was named a 2010-2011 Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar.

The Clark School's second annual John D. Anderson Scholarship in aerospace engineering has been awarded to aerospace engineering senior Breanne McNerney.

Laura Meyer, aerospace engineering undergraduate, collaborated with an elite group of students from around the country as part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, where they participated in a weeklong simulated mission to Mars. Meyer’s team included fellow student Justin Brannan and Heather Bradshaw (B.S. ’09, aerospace engineering).

Michelle Morgan is a senior in biological resources engineering who is completing the minor in international engineering, which is one of four Clark School available minors including Project Management, Nanoscience and Technology, and Leadership. Michelle has not only studied in Denmark and Australia, but she is one of the school’s staunchest advocates for international studies, staffing study abroad fairs, speaking at engineering information sessions and presenting international studies to engineering classes. Michelle Morgan won the A. James Clark School of Engineering International Student Award in 2008.

Tenaya Prince, a mechanical engineering senior, was the Region 2 First Place Winner among undergraduate students in the Technical Research Regional Showcase sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers for her research on embedded resistors and her paper, “Trimming of Embedded Resistors: 3D Electrical Modeling.”

Michelle Rosen, a mechanical engineering senior, was named the Top New Face in the first annual publication of EWeek’s 2012 New Faces of Engineering College Edition. Rosen was the top student chosen by ASME and is one of 15 students nationwide highlighted by EWeek.

Natalie Salaets is a senior in electrical and computer engineering working with Associate Professor Pamela Abshire to create an improved, interactive rehabilitation training system for post-stroke patients. Salaets was honored for her work with a 2009 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellowship at a U.S. Supreme Court reception last fall.

Meenu Singh, a sophomore civil engineering student at the Clark School, was named the 2011 Leading Women Award scholarship winner by the Maryland Daily Record. She was honored for her exceptional academic performance in engineering and her deep commitment to leadership and service to the campus and local community.

Bioengineering senior Jessica Stewart has been named the first recipient of the Jeffrey C. and Sandra W. Huskamp Endowed Bioengineering Scholarship.

Erin Strittmatter, a civil and environmental engineering undergraduate, received a 2011-2012 Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation Scholarship from the Department of Defense.

YiAn (Ann) Sun, chemical and biomolecular engineering and mathematics, was named a 2010-2011 Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar.

Senior electrical engineering student Khadijeh has worked for the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support since 5/22/06, and is a member of Tau Beta Phi. Khadijeh has accepted an internship to work with GE during summer 2008. Khadijeh Vahdat is the quintessential student employee who understands the importance of her position within the Clark School of Engineering and is truly dedicated to helping her fellow colleagues achieve academically. She was a nominee for the Undergraduate Student Employee as well for the Student Affairs Scholarship.

Sophomore chemical engineering student Lisa Wiest has been awarded a Boren Scholarship to spend the 2012-2013 academic year studying Korean at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.

Melanie Wong, civil and environmental engineering undergraduate, received the A. James Clark School of Engineering International Student Award. She has a 3.87 GPA. Wong has participated in the Gemstone Program and the QUEST Program and has interned with the U.S. Department of Energy and Post, Buckley, Shuh & Jernigan, Inc. She is vice president of the Society of Women Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers, served as an alternative spring break trip leader to New Orleans and is a member of Alpha Omega Epsilon Engineering Sorority.

Mary Yanik is a sophomore in chemical and biomolecular engineering. She spent her summer on a project that combined technology, education and social change with a trip to the other side of the world: she was part of a One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project team in Ambatoharanana, Madagascar. OLPC is dedicated to providing the world's poorest children with tough, low-cost laptops that are capable of connecting to the Internet and are pre-loaded with software and features designed to promote creativity and collaborative learning.