Recent Student Honors and Awards
2008
- Holly Esquivel, former DMP student (2006), awarded a National Defense
Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (ASEE NDSEG) for graduate
school at University of Wisconsin.
2007
- Stacey Ecott (BS, 2007; DMP 2005) is featured in an article
about what Tufts University is doing to attract women into computer science.
- Lewis Fishgold (BS, 2005) will attend the University of
Texas-Austin on a first-year fellowship to pursue his Ph.D., April 2007.
- Holly Esquivel (DMP, 2006) will attend the University of
Wisconsin-Madison with funding to pursue her Ph.D., April 2007.
- Emily Gibson awarded the Lauri Pfeffer Shinn
Memorial Award, given annually to a woman CIS student in recognition
of a contribution to the CIS department and in recognition of academic
success, May 2007.
- Dave Shepherd awarded the Frank A. Pehrson Graduate
Student Achievement Award to a CIS graduate student in recognition of
outstanding performance and future potential in the field, May 2007.
- Zak Fry (BS, 2008) awarded the Hatem M. Khalil Memorial
Award to a CIS major in recognition of outstanding achievement in
software engineering, May 2007.
- Yana Novikova (BS, 2008) awarded the Lauri Pfeffer
Shinn Memorial Award, given annually to a woman CIS student
in recognition of a contribution to the CIS department and in recognition
of academic success, May 2007.
- Zak Fry (BS, 2008) awarded a travel award from the Alumni
Enrichment Fund to attend AOSD, his first research conference, in
British Columbia, March 2007.
- Ben Breech awarded a University Dissertation
Fellowship, March 2007.
- Holly Esquivel (DMP, 2006) receives an Honorable Mention for the
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Award, January 2007.
2006
- Sue Lister (BS, 2007) was awarded an Alumni Enrichment Award to
travel to the World Social Forum in Kenya in January 2007.
- Sara Sprenkle awarded University of Delaware CIS Department
Lauri Pfeffer Shinn Memorial Award given annually to one woman CIS
student in recognition of a contribution to the CIS department and in
recognition of academic success, May 2006.
- Ben Breech receives NASA Delaware Space Grant
Fellowship, May 2006.
- Emily Gibson receives fellowship to participate in
The Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology,
Women's Institute for Summer Enrichment, April 2006.
2005
- Emily Gibson receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, April 2005.
- Ben Breech receives NASA Delaware Space Grant Fellowship, April 2005.
- Sreedevi Sampath awarded University of Delaware CIS
Department Lauri Pfeffer Shinn Memorial Award given annually to one
woman CIS student in recognition of a contribution to the CIS department
and in recognition of academic success, May 2005.
- Sara Sprenkle awarded University of Delaware CIS Department
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, May 2005.
- Lewis Fishgold awarded the University of Delaware CIS
Department Quantum Development Corp. Outstanding Senior Award,
awarded to a senior computer science major in recognition of superior
academic performance in computer science, May 2005.
- Anteneh Anteneh awarded the University of Delaware CIS
Department Hatem M. Khalil Memorial Award in recognition of
outstanding achievement in software engineering, May 2005.
- Ki-Yong Kim awarded a teaching assistantship and
admission to graduate school in computer science at University of
Delaware.
Summer Internships
Students of the Hiperspace Lab have interned at the following places:
- Oakridge National Laboratories, TN
- Business Signatures, CA
- Google, CA
- Microsoft, India
- IBM Research, NY
- Microsoft Research, WA
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