Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui
Memorial Lecture & Award
Recognizing the research and mentoring efforts of graduate students on the Texas A&M campus.
2024-2025
Invited Speaker
Dr. Jennifer Dulin
Biology
"Navigating the Road to a Career in Academia"
Mentoring Award
Visheeta Chandolia
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Research Award
Minchae (Chloe) Kang
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Research Award
Shelby McGrew
Psychological & Brain Sciences
2023-2024
Invited Speaker
Dr. Maria Koliou
Civil & Environmental Engineering
"Potential for Achieving Post-Disaster Functional Recovery for Existing Buildings"
Mentoring Award
Eva Vitucci
Environmental & Occupational Health
Research Award
Kianna Arthur
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Research Award
Hannah Justen
Biology
2022-2023
Invited Speaker
Dr. Karan Watson
Electrical & Computer Engineering
"Teaching to Those Who Will Be Shaping Society in 2050"
Mentoring Award
Madison Edwards
Chemistry
Research Award
Ciera Cipriani
Materials Science & Engineering
Research Award
Rebecca Legere
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
2021-2022
Invited Speaker
Dr. Ya Wang
Mechanical Engineering
"Magneto-plasmonic Nanoparticles for Brain Therapeutics"
Mentoring Award
Morgan Thompson
Entomology
Research Award
Purboja Purkayastha
Chemical Engineering
Research Award
Seongmi Song
Health & Kinesiology
2020-2021
Invited Speaker
Dr. Cynthia Hipwell
Mechanical Engineering
"Nanoscale Phenomena in the Human-Machine Interface"
Mentoring Award
Madison Edwards
Chemistry
Research Award
Ava Brozovich
Medical Science, College of Medicine
Research Award
Rishita Das
Aerospace Engineering
2019-2020
Invited Speaker
Dr. Zofia Rybkowski
Construction Science
“Multi-functional and sustainable materials for 3D-printing environmentally adaptive resilient buildings"
Mentoring Award
Alyssa Meyers
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Research Award
Tabina Choudhury
Psychology
Research Award
Nida Obakate
Mathematics
2018-2019
Invited Speaker
Dr. Anne Shiu
Mathematics
"Finding Periodic Genes: From Mice to Mathematics"
Mentoring Award
Sarah Hartman
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Research Award
Daniela Alves de Oliveira
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Research Award
Purvali Chaudhari
Chemical Engineering
2017-2018
Invited Speaker
Dr. Melissa Grunlan
Biomedical Engineering
"Biomaterials Designed to Heal Bone Tissue"
Mentoring Award
Chloe Hawkings
Entomology
Research Award
Alexandra Zhdanova
Physics & Astronomy
2016-2017
Invited Speaker
Dr. Nancy Amato
Computer Science & Engineering
"Sampling-Based Motion Planning: From Intelligent CAD to Crowd Simulation to Protein Folding"
Mentoring Award
Rana Soltani-Zarrin
Mechanical Engineering
Research Award
Qiuyan Shao
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Research Award
Yanpu Zhang
Chemical Engineering
2015-2016
Invited Speaker
Dr. Karen Wooley
Chemistry
"Advanced Applications for Sophisticated Nanoscopic Devices"
Mentoring Award
Elissa Morris
Mechanical Engineering
Research Award
Ting Li
Physics & Astronomy
Research Award
Haifeng Yang
Chemistry
2014-2015
Invited Speaker
Dr. Tarla Peterson
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
"Smart Grid R[e]volution: Community and other small-scale power struggles"
Mentoring Award
Rachel Jordan
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Research Award
Amanda Hulse-Kemp
Soil & Crop Sciences
Research Award
Emily Rose
Biology
2013-2014
Invited Speaker
Dr. Jodie Lutkenhaus
Chemical Engineering
"Polymers for Plastic Power"
Mentoring Award
San Juanita Garcia
Sociology
Research Award
Van Cat Nguyen
Mathematics
Research Award
Elizabeth Sooby
Physics & Astronomy
2012-2013
Invited Speaker
Dr. Sherry Yennello
Chemistry
"Stellar Secrets: Earth-bound insights into elements through heavy-ion reactions"
Mentoring Award
Tiffany Pinder
Chemistry
Research Award
Mary Beth Browning
Biomedical Engineering
Research Award
Kelly Scribner
Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
2011-2012
Invited Speaker
Dr. Robin Murphy
Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue
"TAMU Rescue Robots at Fukushima and Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami"
Mentoring Award
Jennifer Marshall
Physics & Astronomy
Research Award
Eunhwa Ko
Chemistry
Research Award
Amelia Romoser
Veterinary Pathobiology
2010-2011
Invited Speaker
Dr. Deborah Bell-Pedersen
Biology
"Using Neurospora to Determine How Organisms Tell Time"
Research Award
Xi Wang
Physics & Astronomy
Research Award
Haiyan Zhao
Chemistry
2009-2010
Invited Speaker
Dr. Suma Datta
Genetics
"Prostate Cancer Progression in Flies and Men"
Research Award
Carmen Gomes
Biological & Agriculture Engineering
Research Award
Indira Jutoora
Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology
Research Award
Adrianna Moncada
Chemistry
2008-2009
Invited Speaker
Dr. Kim Dunbar
Chemistry
Research Award
Candi LaSarge-Jendro
Psychology
Research Award
Yolanda Vasquez
Chemistry
2007-2008
Invited Speaker
Dr. Perla Balbuena
Chemical Engineering
"Application of Nanotechnology to Catalysis"
Mentoring Award
Elky Almaraz
Chemistry
Mentoring Award
Susan Rollo
Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Research Award
Sabitha Papineni
Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology
Research Award
Yulia Surovtseva
Biochemistry & Biophysics
2006-2007
Invited Speaker
Dr. Lisa Campbell
Oceanography and Biology
"New Tools to Study Karenia Blooms: An Update"
Mentoring Award
Charlotte Burress
Chemistry
Mentoring Award
Maria Gutierrez
Rangeland Ecology & Management
Research Award
Jiwen Fan
Atmospheric Sciences
Research Award
Qinliang Zhao
Chemistry
2005-2006
Invited Speaker
Dr. Rosana Moreira
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
"Snacks with an Attitude: The Engineering Approach"
Research Award
Reagan Errera
Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences
Research Award
Dan Zhang
Atmospheric Science
2004-2005
Invited Speaker
Dr. Susan Golden
Biology
"Meshing the Gears of the Cynobacterial Circadian Clock"
Mentoring Award
Lydia Tapia
Computer Science
Research Award
Tamy Frank-Cannon
Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Research Award
Elena Kuznetsova
Physics
2003-2004
Invited Speaker
Dr. Theresa Fossum
Veterinary Medicine
"Heart failure: an epidemic in women"
Mentoring Award
Rosario Rodriguez
Chemistry
Research Award
Tatiyana Apanasovick
Statistics
Research Award
Catherine Gray
Animal Science
2002-2003
Invited Speaker
Dr. Dorothy Shippen
Biochemistry & Biophysics
"Maintaining an Edge: Telomere Structure and Maintenance in Arabidopsis"
Mentoring Award
Charlotte Burgess
Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences
Research Award
Jennifer Dworak
Electrical Engineering
Research Award
Anurdha Godavarty
Chemical Engineering
2001-2002
Invited Speaker
Dr. Ozden Ochoa
Mechanical Engineering
"Designing with Composites"
Mentoring Award
Lori Conlan
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Mentoring Award
Sheri Smith
Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
Research Award
Jing Li
Electrical Engineering
Research Award
Irina Novikova
Physics
2000-2001
Invited Speaker
Dr. Nancy Keller
Plant Pathology & Microbiology
"Molecular Pathways Governing Mycotoxin Biosynthesis and Sporulation in Aspergillus"
Mentoring Award
Dianna Alsup
Geography
Mentoring Award
Laura Hunsicker
Chemistry
Research Award
Dawn Kirby Maynard
Chemistry
Research Award
Dawn Rymer
Chemical Engineering
1999-2000
Invited Speaker
Dr. Marcetta Darensbourg
Chemistry
"Chemistry Pieces of a Biology Puzzle: Molecular Models for NiFe and Fe-only Hydrogenases"
Invited Speaker
Dr. Joanne Lupton
Human Nutrition
"Is Fiber Protective against Colon Cancer? It depends"
Mentoring Award
Chia-Huei Lai
Chemistry
Mentoring Award
Marina Petrukhina
Chemistry
Mentoring Award
Nancy Turner
Animal Science
Research Award
Jennifer Inlow
Chemistry
Research Award
Shawna Lemke
Veterinary Anatomy & Public Health
Research Award
Carrie Vyhlidal
Biochemistry and Biophysics