2014 BME Awards Picnic

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On Friday, April 18th, the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Annual Awards Picnic was held at the Women’s Field House on OSU’s campus. Department faculty, staff, and students came together for good food and great conversation. This annual event is organized and hosted by the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), OSU Chapter.

The highlight of this event is the awards ceremony. Awards are presented to undergraduate and graduate students in recognition for excellence in academics and leadership. In addition, The Herman Weed Excellence in Teaching Award is presented to one faculty member in recognition by his/her students of exemplary instruction and mentorship in service to students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. This year’s recipient was Thomas Hund, PhD, Associate Professor of BME. 

 

The Andreas F. von Recum Graduate Research Achievement Award is honored in recognition of excellence in research and investigative pursuits by a graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. This year’s recipient was Niki Blackstone, PhD candidate in BME, advised by Heather Powell, PhD, BME and Materials Science and Engineering Associate Professor. 

This year, the second recipient of The BME Staff of the Year Award was Kirsten Gibbons. This award is given to a staff member of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in recognition of their dedication to quality and exemplary service to the department.  

 

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Dr. Thomas Hund was presented with the Faculty Member of the Year Award.

 

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Kirsten Gibbons received the Staff Member of the Year Award.
    

 

Additional 2014 award recipients are:

Undergraduate

1. Junior Outstanding Scholar Award – Constantine Nicolozakes

2. Senior Outstanding Scholar Award – Brett Geiger

3. Research Achievement Award – Brett Geiger

4. Undergraduate Service Award – Ashley Chiu

5. Senior Leadership Award – Martin Spang

6. Biomedical Engineering Society Scholarship Award – Abd Al-Rahman Traboulsi and Natenon “Max” Tongtae

Graduate

1. Graduate Service Award – David Yeung

2. Graduate Teaching Associate Award – Jennifer Malik

Photographs from the picnic can be found here. 

Congratulations to all of our accomplished recipients!