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Student Honors and Awards

2019

2018

• Xufeng Xue - Outstanding Poster Award, 9th International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology (2018).
• Yue Shao - ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, which is given in recognition of the most exceptional scholarly work produced by doctoral students at the University of Michigan.

2017

• Yue Shao - Postdoctoral Fellow Shooting Star Award, 2018 BMES - Cell and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) conference.
• Yue Shao - Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. This award is sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Education to recognize the academic excellence of self-financed Chinese students studying overseas.

2016

• Yue Shao - Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research. This award is granted by the UM College of Engineering to Ph.D. students who demonstrate the innovation and creativity in their outstanding research achievements.
• Zida Li - Baxter Young Investigator Award (Tier 1). Baxter's Young Investigator Awards are intended to stimulate and reward research applicable to the development of therapies and medical products that save and sustain patients' lives.
• Yue Shao - Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, which supports outstanding doctoral students to work on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious and risk-taking.
• Yubing Sun - ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award (Honorable Mention), which is given in recognition of the most exceptional scholarly work produced by doctoral students at the University of Michigan.
• Shinuo Weng - Ivor K. McIvor Award, which is presented to senior graduate students in the UM College of Engineering who have demonstrated excellence in research and scholarship in applied mechanics.

2015

• Shinuo Weng - Rackham Summer Award. Graduate students are selected for this award to work on research, scholarly, or creative projects in collaboration with faculty mentors during the Spring/Summer term.
• Weiqiang Chen - ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, which is given in recognition of the most exceptional scholarly work produced by doctoral students at the University of Michigan.
• Yue Shao - Ivor K. McIvor Award, which is presented to senior graduate students in the UM College of Engineering who have demonstrated excellence in research and scholarship in applied mechanics.
• Shinuo Weng - Barbour Scholarship, which is presented by the UM Rackham Graduate School for women of the highest academic and professional caliber from the Orient to study modern science, medicine, mathematics and other academic disciplines and professions critical to the development of their native lands.
• Yubing Sun - Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, with the recognition of Special Award of Excellence. This award is sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Education to recognize the academic excellence of self-financed Chinese students studying overseas.
• Yi Zheng - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship.

2014

• Yue Shao - Alexander Azarkhin Scholarship, which is presented by the UM Mechanical Engineering to junior graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in research and scholarship in applied mechanics.
• Yubing Sun - Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award for Research. This award is granted by the UM Mechanical Engineering to a Faculty/Grad Student team that have jointly made significant contributions to research in materials and/or manufacturing.
• Weiqiang Chen - Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. This award is sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Education to recognize the academic excellence of self-financed Chinese students studying overseas.

2013

• Yue Shao - Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund Scholarship.
• Weiqiang Chen - Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research. This award is granted by the UM College of Engineering to Ph.D. students who demonstrate the innovation and creativity in their outstanding research achievements.
• Weiqiang Chen - Baxter Young Investigator Award. Baxter's Young Investigator Awards are intended to stimulate and reward research applicable to the development of therapies and medical products that save and sustain patients' lives.
• Weiqiang Chen - U-M Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant.
• Weiqiang Chen - American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship.
• Weiqiang Chen - U-M Microfluidics in Biomedical Sciences Training Program (MBSTP) Best Graduate Student Seminar Speaker.
• Weiqiang Chen - Richard F. & Eleanor A. Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement. This award is presented to outstanding graduate students by the UM College of Engineering.
• Yue Shao - Outstanding Paper Award, 2013 ASME Global Congress on Nano Engineering for Medicine and Biology.
• Weiqiang Chen - Outstanding Paper Award, 2013 ASME Global Congress on Nano Engineering for Medicine and Biology.

2012

• Weiqiang Chen - Outstanding Poster Award, U-M Engineering Graduate Symposium.
• Weiqiang Chen - Nomination by U-M for HHMI International Graduate Student Research Fellowship.
• Weiqiang Chen - Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research.

2011

• Yubing Sun - Rackham International Student Fellowship.
• Yubing Sun - Nomination by U-M for HHMI International Graduate Student Research Fellowship.
• Jennifer Mann - 2nd place, Ph.D. Student Paper Competition: Cell Mechanics and Signaling, ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference.
• Jennifer Mann - Marian Sarah Parker Scholars Program Travel Grant.
• Jennifer Mann - Best Poster Award, Annual Symposium of U-M Microfluidics in Biomedical Sciences Training Program (MBSTP).