The Department of Materials Science and Engineering offers the following undergraduate student awards:

Department Awards

Bradley Stoughton Student Award (Spring)
- Given to an outstanding senior in the Materials Science and Engineering Department.

Kahn Memorial Award (Spring)
- Given to a senior outstanding in materials science and engineering.

Allen S. Quier Prize (Spring)
- Given to the senior adjudged by the staff of materials science and engineering to have made the most progress in that curriculum.

Handwerk Prize (Spring)
- Given to a senior for outstanding achievement in the fields of chemistry, materials science and engineering or earth and environmental sciences.

Harmer Prize (Spring)
- Citizenship Award which is given to a sophomore, junior or senior.

Gilbert Doan Award (Spring)
-  Given to a sophomore for outstanding performance in academics and work-study activities.

Allison Butts Award (Spring)
- Given to a sophomore, junior or senior to support attendance at technical meetings or participation in overseas study.

Tarby Prize (Fall)
- Given to a junior for achieving the best academic performance during the first two years at Lehigh.

Materials Science & Engineering Department Chairs Good Samaritan Award (Spring)
- This award is given to a Materials Science and Engineering Student who goes above and beyond to assist and support the Materials Science & Engineering Department throughout the year.

DEI Champion Award (Spring)
- This award is given to an undergraduate student who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to and/or promoted DEI within the MSE Department.

 

Previous Awardees

Bradley Stoughton Student Award Recipients
  • Thomas R. Richards (1960)
  • Robert A. DePaul (1961)
  • Everett C. Oren (1962)
  • Richard H. Hopkins (1963)
  • Seth R. Thomas II (1964)
  • John D. Oakey (1965)
  • Howard H. Fitz II (1966)
  • Ronald C. Gower (1967)
  • Daniel F. Paulonis (1968)
  • Dale E. Newbury (1969)
  • Jeffrey C. Bowker (1970)
  • Timothy M. Wright (1971)
  • Lewis U. Davis, Jr. (1972)
  • Robert G. Bauer (1973)
  • Courtney J. Hill (1974)
  • Michael N. Helmus (1975)
  • John R. Paules (1976)
  • John A. Schatz (1977)
  • Thomas A. Castle (1978)
  • Robert F. Marrs (1979)
  • Theodore W. Fenicle (1980)
  • Robert C. Zillig (1981)
  • Scott A. Balliett (1982)
  • Dennis L. Haas (1983)
  • Jeffrey C. Nallin (1984)
  • Keith A. Brown (1986)
  • Joan D. Stanescu (1987)
  • James E. Heilman (1988)
  • Sarah G. Hayward (1989)
  • Sandra L. Verish (1991)
  • Timothy S. Hussey (1992)
  • Sara J. Dill (1993)
  • Kevin D. Johnson (1994)
  • Megan C. Slusser (1995)
  • Kevin L. Klug (1996)
  • Michael J. Blackwell(1997)
  • Jason J. Benkoski (1998)
  • Edward Gorzkowski (1999)
  • Jason T. Bloking (2000)
  • Kelly P. Eaton (2001)
  • Jonathan Charles Trenkle (2002)
  • Sara Elizabeth Jensen (2003)
  • Lauren Russo (2004)
  • Olga M. Stewart (2005)
  • James R. Neilson (2006)
  • Mark J. McLean (2007)
  • Peter G. Burke (2008)
  • David A. Browne (2009)
  • Douglas G. Ridyard (2010)
  • Michael S. Grimes (2010)
  • Daniel A. Grande (2011)
  • Nicholas J. Greybush (2011)
  • John A. Logan (2012)
  • Alexander J. Boys (2013)
  • Joshua C. Cook (2013)
  • Nadia M. Krook (2014)
  • Richard A. Michi (2015)
  • Brendan R. Eckardt (2016)
  • J. Zachary Lentz (2016)
  • Amanda L. Ruschel (2017)
  • Thomas G. Farinha (2018)
  • Michelle N. Kent (2019)
  • Sarah D. Boyer (2020)
Khan Memorial Award Recipients
  • Gabriel A. Lovasz (1964)
  • John D. Oakey (1965)
  • Joseph J. Korff (1966)
  • James W. Simpson (1967)
  • David M. Smith (1968)
  • David S. Kiefer (1969)
  • Eric Randich (1970)
  • John A. Janiszewski (1971)
  • Paul M. Kroninger, Jr. (1972)
  • Michael D. Skibo, Jr. (1973)
  • Chester J. VanTyne (1974)
  • Alton D. Romig, Jr. (1975)
  • John R. Paules (1976)
  • Joseph D. Kaiser (1977)
  • Michael T. Hahn (1978)
  • Debra L. Kaiser (1979)
  • John G. Speer (1980)
  • Scott A. Kriner (1981)
  • Joseph Stockunas (1982)
  • Edward Kahn (1983)
  • Dwayne H. Florenzie (1984)
  • Jeffrey C. Huling (1986)
  • Peter B. Kleid (1987)
  • Terrance S. Hahn (1988)
  • Ann Bolcavage (1989)
  • Susan Marra (1990)
  • Christopher P. Haid (1991)
  • Jason R. Kosek (1992)
  • Sean P. Hayes (1993)
  • Anthony M. Rutch (1994)
  • Matthew P. Taylor (1995)
  • Adam M. Scotch (1996)
  • Michael K. Ade (1997)
  • George N. Shannon (1998)
  • Wendy E. Kaneda (1999)
  • Peter J. Clark (2000)
  • Jennifer M. Antonacci (2001)
  • Aaron Daniel Paterson (2002)
  • Jason Andrew Gruber (2002)
  • Timothy Dorner Anderson (2003)
  • Laura Elizabeth Limata (2004)
  • Iping Lam (2005)
  • Matthew T. Meyers (2006)
  • Brittany L. Hamilton (2007)
  • Thomas Humplik (2008)
  • Alice B. Kodama (2009)
  • Daniel H. Bechetti, Jr. (2010)
  • Sarah A. Horst (2011)
  • Jason T. Bono (2012)
  • Matthew R. Adams (2013)
  • Sean D. McAnany (2014)
  • Allison P. Fletcher (2015)
  • Austin W. Keller (2016)
  • Hannah A. Maret (2016)
  • Allison E. Fraser (2017)
  • Zhenhui Chen (2018)
  • Vincent P. Rienzi (2018)
  • Andrew C. Goldman (2019)
  • Abigail T. Bettenhausen (2020)
  • Connor J. Leach (2020)
S. Kenneth Tarby Prize Award Recipients
  • David S. Fischer (2003)
  • Matthew T. Meyers (2004)
  • Mark J. McLean (2005)
  • Peter G. Burke (2006)
  • Alice B. Kodama (2007)
  • Daniel H. Bechetti, Jr. (2008) 
  • Sarah A. Horst (2009)
  • John A. Logan (2010)
  • Joshua C. Cook (2011)
  • Sean D. McAnany (2012)
  • Richard A. Michi (2013)
  • Hannah A. Maret (2014)
  • J. Zachary Lentz (2015)
  • Thomas G. Farinha (2016)
  • Andrew C. Goldman (2017)
  • Abigail T. Bettenhausen (2018)
  • Sarah D. Boyer (2018)
  • Ngoc Minh Tri Nguyen (2019)
  • Julia S. Patridge (2020)
Harmer Prize Recipients
  • Sean C. Kelly (2007)
  • Jamie L. Bertha (2008)
  • Alice B. Kodama (2009)
  • Anthony P. Ventura (2010)
  • Anna J. Robertson (2013) 
  • Rebecca M. Bay (2014)
  • Austin W. Keller (2015)
  • William K. Podrazky (2015)
  • Hannah A. Maret (2016)
  • Yunhao Li (2017)
  • Emma Isaacs (2018) 
  • Phacharapol Tanasarnsopaporn (2019)
  • Abigail T. Bettenhausen (2020)
Alan S. Quier Award Recipients
  • Edward Kottcamp, Jr. (1956)
  • William S. Toomey (1957)
  • William J. Smith (1958)
  • Paul J. Horvath, Jr. (1959)
  • Francis R. Varrese (1961) 
  • Sander A. Levy (1962)
  • John H. Weber, Jr. (1963)
  • Albert R. Comly, Jr. (1964)
  • Melvin R. Jackson (1965)
  • Robert J. Shaw (1966)
  • Fred B. Fletcher (1967) 
  • Timothy J. Kosto (1968)
  • Craig D. Clauser (1969)
  • Lawrence G. Emmer (1970)
  • John A. Puzauskas (1971)
  • Ronald H. Gailey (1972)
  • Louis Allegra (1973)
  • Michael L. Boyle (1974)
  • Robert W. Dunn (1974) 
  • Roland P. Zuk (1975)
  • Cheryl A. Ross (1976)
  • Leon G. Nusselt, Jr. (1977)
  • Alan J. Ottinger (1978)
  • Joseph R. Michael (1979)
  • Gregory J. Buragino (1980)
  • Conrad S. Ciccotello (1981)
  • John B. Gilluly (1982)
  • James E. Umbach (1983)
  • Eric G. Hakun (1984)
  • Lawrence S. Kramer (1985)
  • David H. Salisbury (1986)
  • Richard M. Thompson (1987) 
  • James K. Campbell (1988)
  • Stacey M. Slabik (1989)
  • Victoria L. Arndt (1990)
  • Brian J. MacDonald (1991)
  • Richard H. Smith (1992)
  • Christopher E. Mosher (1993)
  • Edward C. Gunzel (1994)
  • Patrick R. Justison;(1995)
  • Timothy D. Sellis (1996)
  • Robert W. Hengstebeck (1997)
  • Brian D. Newbury (1998)
  • Laura E. Roos (1999)
  • Patrick T. Kingson (2000)
  • Janine Collura (2001)
  • Suzanna Marie Klingensmith (2002)
  • Kenneth Daniel Adams (2003)
  • Amie Lynn Carbone (2003)
  • Yunhao Li (2004)
  • Neil D. Hurley (2005) 
  • Alex W. Hudgins (2006)
  • Victor D. Talotta;(2007)
  • Lisa A. Sheaman (2008)
  • Lauren N. Bacigalupo (2009)
  • Laura J. Diers (2010)
  • George J. Ferko, V (2011)
  • Christopher W. Chew (2011) 
  • Haley D. Conklin (2012)
  • Thomas I. Pallotti (2013)
  • Erin J. Barrick (2014)
  • Madeline M. Dean (2014)
  • William K. Podrazky (2015)
  • Baiyu Xiang (2016) 
  • Julia S. Kuhn (2017)
  • Joseph P. Cline (2018)
  • Jacob Dooley (2019)
  • Jillian P. Cowles (2020)