Carlton E. Tucker Teaching Award—For teaching excellence

• Syed Raza G, Lahore, Pakistan

Harold L. Hazen Teaching Award—For teaching excellence

• John Dong G, Rochester Hills, MI
• Reid Kleckner G, Palo Alto, CA

Frederick C. Hennie III Teaching—For teaching excellence

• Hongkai Dai G, Hong Kong
• Keun Sup Shim G, Seoul, Korea

School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award

• Thomas Baran G, Shenandoah, IA

Robert M. Fano UROP Award—For best undergraduate research project

• Jacob N. Steinhardt ‘12, Vienna, VA

Morais (1986) and Rosenblum (1986) Fund—Awarded for best undergraduate research project

• Paul W. Quimby ‘12, Acton, MA

Licklider UROP Prize—Awarded for the best undergraduate research project in the area of human-computer interaction

• Steven Dickerson ‘11, Houston, TX

Anna Pogosyants UROP Prize—Awarded for the best undergraduate research project in computer science

• Paul Christiano ‘12, Saratoga, CA

Northern Telecom/BNR Project Award—For the best undergraduate laboratory project in 6.111

• Jennifer P. Chan ‘11, Highlands Ranch, CO
• Michael R. Stunes ’11, Madison, SD

George C. Newton Undergraduate Laboratory Prize—Awarded for the best undergraduate laboratory project

• Krishna T. Settaluri ’11, Ocala, FL
• Jorge D. Simosa ’12, Miami, FL
• Shijie Zheng ‘12, Alhambra, CA

J. Francis Reintjes Excellence in VI-A Industrial Practice Award

• Anh D. Nguyen G, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Xiawa Wang G, Shenyang, China

Morris Joseph Levin Award—For outstanding oral presentation of master’s thesis

• Sungjae Ha G, Watertown, MA
• Alexander Soane G, Chestnut Hill, MA
• Gabriel Tobon G, Orangebury, SC
• Angela Yen G, State College, PA

Charles & Jennifer Johnson Thesis Prize—Awarded for the best Master of Engineering thesis in the area of computer science

• Adam Belay G, Akron, OH
• Angela Yen G, State College, PA

David Adler Memorial Thesis Prize—Awarded for the best Master of Engineering thesis in the area of electrical engineering

• Katherine Lin G, Holmdel, NJ

William A. Martin Memorial Thesis Prize—Awarded for the best master’s thesis in computer science

• Nathan Beckmann G, Altadena, CA
• Stephen Shum G, Walnut Creek, CA

Ernst A. Guillemin EE SM Thesis Award—For the best master’s thesis in the area of electrical engineering

• First Place: Kuang Xu G, Suzhou, China
• Second Place: Kimon Drakopoulos G, Athens, Greece
• Second Place: Soheil Feizi G, Ardabil, Iran

George M. Sprowls Awards—For the best PhD thesis in computer science

• Benjamin E. Rossman G, Newton, MA
• Jinwoo Shin G, Seoul, Korea
• Benjamin Snyder G, Philadelphia, PA
• David A. Sontag G, Cambridge, MA

George M. Sprowls Honorable Mention

• Alexandr Andoni G, Mountain View, CA
• Chris Lesniewski-Laas G, Berkeley, CA
• Alexey A. Radul G, Kildare, Ireland

Jin-Au Kong Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Prize—Awarded for the best PhD thesis in electrical engineering

• Tarek A. El Moselhy G, Cambridge, MA
• Hsu-Yi Lee G, Taipei, Taiwan
• Vivienne Sze G, Dallas, TX
• Vincent Y. Tan G, Cambridge, MA

Jin-Au Kong Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Honorable Mentions

• Pouya Hashemi G, Tehran, Iran
• Byungsub Kim, G, Pusan, Korea
• Michael D. Vahey G, Madison, WI
• Lav R. Varshney G, Fayetteville, NY

David A. Chanen Writing Award—Awarded to the student with the best written paper in the subject 6.033

• Maksim Stepanenko ’12, Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Richard J. Caloggero Award—Awarded to an employee who demonstrated loyalty and dedication to the department

• Vera Sayzew, Undergraduate Administrator

Department Head Special Recognition Award—Awarded to an employee for exceptional departmental service

• Francis Doughty, Administrative Assistant
• Jarina Shretsha, Fiscal Officer
• Mira Whiting, Administrative Assistant

Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching—Acknowledges the tradition of high quality engineering education at MIT

• Konstantinos Daskalakis, Assistant Professor

Louis D. Smullin Teaching Award—Awarded to faculty members for their teaching excellence

• Polina Golland, Associate Professor
• Gregory Wornell, Professor

Jerome Saltzer Teaching Award—Awarded to a faculty member for sustained excellence in teaching of recitations

• Vladimir Stojanovic, Associate Professor

Burgess (1952) & Elizabeth Jamieson Award

• Robert C. Miller, Associate Professor
• Jacob K. White, Cecil H. Green Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Graduate Student Associate Graduate Counselor Award

• Vladimir Stojanovic, Associate Professor

Freshman Advisor Award

• Martin Schmidt, Professor

Best Advisor Award—presented by IEEE

• Leslie Kaelbling, Professor

Eta Kappa Nu Best Instructor Award

• Patrick Winston, Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science

Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching

• Rob Miller, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

MacVicar Faculty Fellow

• Patrick Winston, Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science