Awards
| Academic Year | Name | Award |
| 2025-2025 | Vuong (Dustin) Nguyen Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics - Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation Award - Spring 2025 |
| Thomas Carroll Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng Michael Yantosca Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng |
PhD Showcase Fall 2024 - Judge's Choice Best Poster | |
| Meng-Chen (Martin) Lee Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng Lei Si Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
PhD Showcase Fall 2024 - Judge's Choice Honorable Mention | |
| Meng-Chen (Martin) Lee Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
PhD Showcase Fall 2024 - People's Choice Best Poster Lei Si Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen PhD Showcase Fall 2024 - People's Choice Runner Up |
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| Lei Si Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
PhD Showcase Fall 2024 - People's Choice Runner Up | |
| 2023-2024 | Rabimba Karanjai Advisor: Dr. Larry Shi |
Outstanding PhD Student |
| Vuong (Dustin) Nguyen Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
Outstanding Junior PhD Student | |
| Rabimba Karanjai Advisor: Dr. Larry Shi |
HPE DSI Artificial Intelligence Summer Student Showcase - 3rd Place | |
| Robert Griffin Advisor: Dr. Nikos Tsekos Meng-Chen Lee Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
PhD Showcase Spring 2024 - Judge's Choice Best Poster | |
| Aftab Hussain Advisor: Dr. Amin Alipour Dustin Nguyen Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
PhD Showcase Spring 2024 - Judge's Choice Honorable Mention | |
| Dustin Nguyen Advisor: Dr. Shishir Shah |
PhD Showcase Spring 2024 - People's Choice Best Poster | |
| Aftab Hussain Advisor: Dr. Amin Alipour Thomas Carroll Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng Meng-Chen Lee Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
PhD Showcase Spring 2024 - People's Choice Runner Up | |
| Soodeh Atefi Co-Advisors: Dr. Amin Alipour, Dr. Aron Laszka MD Tanim Hasan Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Outstanding Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2023 | |
| 2022-2023 | Rabimba Karanjai Advisor: Dr. Larry Shi |
Outstanding PhD Student |
| Qixin Deng Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Outstanding Dissertation - Spring 2023 | |
| Urmila Sampathkumar Advisor: Dr. Fatima Merchant |
PhD Showcase - People's Choice Runner Up | |
| Qixin Deng Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng Yigeng Zhang Advisor: Dr. Thamar Solorio |
PhD Showcase - People's Choice Runner Up | |
| Urmila Sampathkumar Advisor: Dr. Fatima Merchant |
PhD Showcase - Judge's Choice Best Poster | |
| Qixin Deng Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng Muhammad Naeem Akram Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
PhD Showcase - Judge's Choice Honorable Mention | |
| Shaila Zaman Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Outstanding Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2022 | |
| Daniel Biediger Advisor: Dr. Jaspal Subhlok |
Outstanding Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2022 | |
| 2021-2022 | Thomas Carroll Advisor: Dr. Albert M.K. Cheng |
The Honors College: Outstanding Honors Thesis |
| Thomas Carroll | UH Student Employee of the Year | |
| Qixin Deng Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
| Sikder Tahsin Al Amin Advisor: Dr. Carlos Ordonez |
Outstanding Dissertation - Spring 2022 | |
| 2020-2021 | Elena Torre Advisor: Dr. Albert M.K. Cheng |
The Honors College: Outstanding Honors Thesis |
| Jose Daniel Velazco-Garcia Advisor: Dr. Nikolaos Tsekos |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
| Duong Nguyen Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
Outstanding Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2020 | |
| 2020 | Kiet Dinh Sungmin Kim Nicholas Randall |
Undergraduate Excellence |
| Kishansingh Rajput | Outstanding MS Student | |
| Shaoshuai Zhang Advisor: Dr. Panruo Wu |
Outstanding Junior PhD Student | |
| Gustavo Aguilar Advisor: Dr. Thamar Solorio |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
| Shaila Zaman Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
| Luming Ma Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Outstanding Dissertation - Spring 2020 | |
| Houtan Faridi Advisor: Dr. Rakesh Verma Pallovi Romero Advisor: Dr. Nouhad Rizk |
Computing Research Association (CRA): Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher - Honorable Mention | |
| 2019 | Marko Jovanovic | Undergraduate Excellence |
| Sai Prashant Chintalapudi | Best MS Student | |
| Guangli Dai Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng |
Best Junior PhD Student | |
| Sudipta Kar Advisor: Dr. Thamar Solorio |
Best PhD Student | |
| Luming Ma Advisor: Dr. Zhigang Deng |
Best PhD Student | |
| Soumyottam Chatterjee Advisor: Dr. Gopal Pandurangan |
Best Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2019 | |
| Pavel Govyadinov Advisor: Dr. Guoning Chen |
Best Dissertation - Summer/Fall 2019 | |
| 2018 | Yilei Tian | Undergraduate Excellence |
| Xingliang Zou Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng |
Best PhD Dissertation | |
| Georgios Panagopoulos Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis |
Best MS Thesis | |
| Yuhang Wu Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris |
Best PhD Student | |
| Gustavo Aguilar Advisor: Dr. Thamar Solorio |
Best Junior PhD Student | |
| 2017 | Julia Hofmeister Duc Truong |
Undergraduate Excellence |
| Yu Li Advisor: Dr. Albert Cheng |
Best PhD Dissertation | |
| Mohammad Mainul Islam Advisor: Dr. Ioannis Kakadiaris |
Best MS Thesis | |
| Wellington Cabrera Pengfei Dou |
Best PhD Student | |
| Shahryar Baki Fan Yang Yuting Zhang |
Best Junior PhD Student | |
| Prasha Shrestha Nikolaos Sarafianos Seyyedeh Mirsharif |
PhD Showcase Winners | |
| 2016 | Xifeng Gao | Best PhD Dissertation |
| Yiqun Zhang | Best MS Thesis | |
| Yu Li Muhsin Zahid Ugur |
Best PhD | |
| Santosh KC Mengjun Leng |
Best Junior PhD | |
| Xifeng Gao Pengfei Dou Ashik Khatri |
PhD Showcase Winners | |
| 2015 | Ashik Khatri | Best MS Student |
| Panagiotis Moutafis Xifeng Gao |
Best PhD Student | |
| Dinesh Majeti Muhsin Zahid Ugur Charu Hans |
PhD Showcase Winners | |
| Cheng Wang Yen Le |
Best PhD Student | |
| Li Wei | Best Junior PhD Student | |
| Binh Le | PhD Showcase Winners, Oral Presentation | |
| Remi Salmon Salah Aldeen Taamneh Sujing Wang |
PhD Showcase Winners, Poster Presentation | |
| Binh Le Huy Nguyen |
Best PhD Student | |
| Xifeng Gao Yu Li |
Best Junior PhD Student | |
| Chrysanthi Chaleva-Ntina | Best MS Student | |
| Binh Le | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Best Overall Poster | |
| Apurva Gala | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Best Overall Poster | |
| Huy Nguyen | PhD Showcase Winner, 3rd place, Best Overall Poster | |
| Vishwanath Venkatesa | PhD Showcase Winner, Best Poster Content | |
| Xu Yan | PhD Showcase Winner, Best Poster Form | |
| Swaroop Pophale | PhD Showcase Winner, Poster Award, Honorable Mention | |
| Malcolm Dcosta | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Presentation Award | |
| Duc Duong | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Presentation Award | |
| Zechun Cao | PhD Showcase Winner, Presentation Award, Honorable Mention | |
| Ilyas Uyanik | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Research Presentation Award | |
| Avinash Wesley | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Research Presentation Award | |
| Sujing Wang | PhD Showcase Winner, Research Presentation Award, Honorable Mention | |
| Estefannie Gutierrez de la Garza Sabah Akbani |
Undergraduate Excellence Award – Category I | |
| James Bates Ha Vu |
Undergraduate Excellence Award – Category II | |
| 2012 | Waleed Faris | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Best Overall Poster |
| Apurva Gal | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Best Overall Poster | |
| Francisco Ocegueda-Hernandez | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Best Poster Content | |
| Nikhil V. Navkar | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Best Poster Content | |
| Hakan Haberdar | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Best Poster Design | |
| Ming-Chih (Mitch) Shih | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Best Poster Design | |
| Xiaohan Ma | PhD Showcase Winner, Poster Award, Honorable Mention | |
| Malcolm Dcosta Ilyas Uyanik | PhD Showcase Winner, 1st place, Research Presentation Award | |
| Emil Bilgazeyev Yuanfeng Wen | PhD Showcase Winner, 2nd place, Research Presentation Award | |
| Ayodunni Aribuki Vishwanath Venkatesan | PhD Showcase Winner, 3rd place, Research Presentation Award | |
| 2011 | Dainis Boumber | Undergraduate Excellence Award |
| Longyi Qi | Outstanding MS-Thesis Student | |
| Araly Barrera | Most Promising PhD Student | |
| Xiaohan Ma Khuong Vu Nikhil Navkar |
Outstanding PhD Student | |
| 2010 | Sinh Josh Nguyen | Undergraduate Excellence Award |
| Qing Li Xuqing Wu |
Excellence in Doctoral Studies | |
| Hien Nguyen Liqi Yi |
Excellence in Junior Graduate Studies | |
| 2009 | Maria Itkin Huy Nguyen Michael Slater |
Undergraduate Excellence Award – Category I |
| Kaleb Fulgham Ricky Gentry |
Undergraduate Excellence Award – Category II | |
| Wei Ding Deepak Roy Pradeep Buddharaju |
Best Overall PhD Award | |
| Xiaohan Ma | 2009 PhD Student of the Year | |
| Eleni Sgouritsa Dan Biediger |
Best Master Student Award |
| Year | Name | Award |
| 2025 | Zhigang Deng | UH Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Program |
| Gopal Pandurangan | ||
| 2024 | Guoning Chen | |
| Gopal Pandurangan | ||
| Ioannis Pavlidis | ||
| Gopal Pandurangan | ||
| 2023 | Matthew Pariyothorn | UH Graduate School - Outstanding Graduate Advisor |
| 2022 | Nouhad Rizk | |
| Omprakash Gnawali | ||
| Ioannis Kakadiaris | UH Division of Research - Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity | |
| Panruo Wu | NSF CAREER Award | |
| 2021 | Zhigang Deng | |
| Nouhad Rizk | ||
| 2020 | Carlos Rincon Zhigang Deng Jaspal Subhlok |
UHCS Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching UHCS Faculty Excellence Award in Research UHCS Faculty Excellence Award in Service |
| 2019 | Aron Laszka Arjun Mukherjee |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award |
| 2018 | Gopal Pandurangan | UHCS Academic Excellence Award |
| 2017 | Elizabeth (Liz) Faig | UH President's Excellence Award |
| Nouhad Rizk | UH Teaching Excellence Award for Instructional Faculty | |
| Ioannis Pavlidis Thamar Solorio |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
| 2016 | Chang Yun | UH Teaching Excellence Award for Instructional Faculty |
| Guoning Chen | NSF Career Award NSM Junior Faculty Research Award |
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| Albert Cheng Ioannis Kakadiaris Shishir Shah |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
| 2015 | Albert Cheng | UH Lifetime Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research |
| Guoning Chen Zhigang Deng Larry Shi |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
| 2014 | Omprakash Gnawali Stephen Huang |
UHCS Chair's Choice Award |
| Edgar Gabriel Ioannis Pavlidis |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
| Thamar Solorio | Denice Denton Emerging Leader ABIE Award from The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) | |
| 2013 | Baez-Franceschi Zhigang Deng Olin Johnson Chang Yun |
UH Teaching Excellence Award for Group Teaching |
| Rakesh Verma | UH Lifetime Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research | |
| 2012 | Olin Johnson | UHCS Chair's Choice Award |
| Nouhad Rizk | UHCS Teaching Excellence Award | |
| Jaspal Subhlok | UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
| 2011 | Shishir Shah | UH NSM John C. Butler Excellence in Teaching Award |
| Barbara Chapman | UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
| Jehan-François Paris | UHCS Chair's Choice Award | |
| Chang Yun | UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
| 2009 | Rong Zheng | UH Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship |
| Zhigang Deng Edgar Gabriel Victoria Hilford Carlos Ordonez Shishir Shah Nikos Tsekos Rong Zheng |
UHCS Academic Excellence Award | |
| 2007 | Jaspal Subhlok | UH Innovation in Instructional Technology |
| Jaspal Subhlok | UH Teaching Excellence Award | |
| 2005 | Ricardo Vilalta | UHCS Research Excellence Award |
| 2004 | Ioannis Pavlidis | UHCS Research Excellence Award |
| 2003 | Ioannis Kakadiaris | UH Teaching Excellence Award |
| Ioannis Kakadiaris | UHCS Research Excellence Award |
| Year | Name | Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Jakub Kurzak (PhD '05) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Karis Ng (BS '12) Michael Slater (BS '11) Michael Wright (BS '13) |
UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award (Group) |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Eduardo Mendizabal Ruiz (PhD '12) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Troy Leblanc (MS ' 99, PhD '09) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Wei Ding (PhD '08) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Bojan Cukic (MS '93, PhD '97) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Pamela Szabo (BS '80) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Year | Name | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Jakub Kurzak (PhD '05) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Karis Ng (BS '12) Michael Slater (BS '11) Michael Wright (BS '13) |
UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award (Group) |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Eduardo Mendizabal Ruiz (PhD '12) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Troy Leblanc (MS ' 99, PhD '09) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Wei Ding (PhD '08) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Bojan Cukic (MS '93, PhD '97) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |
| Celebrating 50 Years Anniversary | Pamela Szabo (BS '80) | UHCS Outstanding Alumni Award |