2014 SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence
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Published May 29, 2014 This content is archived.
Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence honors State University of New York students who have best demonstrated and been recognized for their integration of academic excellence with other aspects of their lives, which may include leadership, campus involvement, athletics, career achievement, community service or creative and performing arts.
Courtney E. Kodweis, Biomedical Engineering
Courtney has served as a teaching assistant for a freshman-level Engineering Principles course, and Forensic Anthropological Osteology course. She gave two poster presentations at the national OMICS conference and National Conference on Undergraduate Research. She published an article in the Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research and also conducted research in Hyderabad, India, through a National Science Foundation-sponsored program.
Andrew N. Lyons, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andrew has served in various roles as a co-op intern at Moog Inc., a company that develops aircraft flight controls. He was president of the UB Robotics Club and managed Space Vision 2012, a national student-run conference hosted by the UB chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).
Elise J. Martin, Biomedical Engineering
Elise has served as president of the Student Association club Impulse Dance Force. She is the Imagine It Recycling project leader for UB’s chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society. Martin is also a member of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society representing undergraduate students in the top eighth of their engineering class.
Phillip M. Tucciarone, Chemical Engineering
Phillip is the recipient of the Marshall Scholarship, which awards young Americans an opportunity to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. He also received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, as well as the Association of Council Members and College Trustees of the State University of New York Scholarship, which recognizes students for excellence in their academic performance and extraordinary commitment to their campus and/or community.
