Outstanding students, faculty, and staff honored at SCI night
<p>SCI’s annual awards ceremony and dinner, SCI Night, was held at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel on April 11. The event recognized outstanding students, faculty and staff. The evening’s keynote speaker, Dr. William Harris, the president and CEO of the Science Foundation of Arizona, was introduced by Ira A. Fulton Dean Deirdre Meldrum. </p><separator></separator><p>The following awards were presented: </p><separator></separator><p>Distinguished Undergraduate Seniors: Kartik Talamadupula and David Weber<br /> Undergraduate Student Leadership: Joyce Tang<br /> Outstanding M.S. Student: Kaichi Zhou<br /> Outstanding Ph.D. Students: Donglin Xia and Zheng Zhao<br /> Graduate Student Leadership: Sudheendra Murthy<br /> Outstanding Teaching Assistant: Michael Verdicchio<br /> Programming Competition Winners:<br /> 1st: Josh Wolfe<br /> 2nd: Randy Compton<br /> Researcher of the Year: Kasim Selcuk Candan<br /> Teacher of the Year: Yinong Chen<br /> Service Faculty of the Year: Vimla Patel<br /> Young Investigator of the Year: Karamvir Singh Chatha<br /> Staff Excellence: Annelise Cole and Deborah Paterick<br /> Retiring Faculty Recognition: William Lewis, Pearse O’Grady, Joseph Urban and Susan Urban</p>