AIChE Awards
Outstanding Student Chapter Award
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003 (last of 11 consecutive awards)
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014 (also received 10 consecutive year award)
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer National Scholarship Award ($1000)
1991-1992: Gloria Jennings
1992-1993: Julie Muenchow
1993-1994: Lisa Hoil
1995-1996: William Au-Yeung
1996-1997: Greg Levi
1999-2000: Joseph Mohr
2000-2001: Laura Itle
2001-2002: Bryce Nielsen
2003-2004: Tracey Irwin
2004-2005: Afton Thumser
2005-2006: Alexandra Olsen
2006-2007: Alexander Conway
2007-2008: Jessica Heth
2009-2010: Aaron Irons
2011-2012: Abby Neu
2012-2013: Jonathan Bachman
2013-2014: Nicholas Schickel
2014-2015: Daniel Yocius
2016-2017: Nathan Schuchert
2017-2018: Elizabeth Zimmerman
2018-2019: Ojas Pradhan
2019-2020: Michael Leyden
2020-2021: Collin Sindt
2021-2022: Nolan Burson
2022-2023: Anthony Wagner
2023-2024: Olivia Dohm
Minority Scholarship Award for College Students ($1000)
1997-1998: John Hook
2019-2020: Esmeralda Orozco
2021-2022: Edgar Salinas
Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence Award
1990-1991: Julie Muenchow
1991-1992: Renee Welter
1992-1993: Ryan Taber
1993-1994: Jennifer Kraus
1994-1995: Doug Carmichael
1995-1996: Justin Paul
1996-1997: Melanie Howard
1997-1998: Katie Busch
1998-1999: Kenneth Jones
1999-2000: Dustin Cole
2000-2001: Nicole Wall
2001-2002: Tracey Irwin
2002-2003: Julia McHugh
2003-2004: Alexandra Olson
2004-2005: Alexander Conway
2005-2006: Ryan Whitaker
2006-2007: Jamie Cecil
2007-2008: Tianjiao Wang
2008-2009: Scott White
2009-2010: Kelly McConnell
2010-2011: Scott Shields
2011-2012: Nicholas Glynn
2012-2013: Sean Fitzgerald
2013-2014: Nathan Schuchert
2014-2015: Bjorn Blomquist
2015-2016: Rachel Kessler
2016-2017: Adam Weis
2017-2018: Michael Leyden
2018-2019: Hank Gerst
2019-2020: Anthony Shirazi
2020-2021: Anthony Wagner
2021-2022: Eleanor Lopez
2022-2023: Liam Horan
SACHE Student Essay Award ($500)
1996: Greg Levi
1997: Angela Williams (Honorable Mention)
2000: Corey Kriegermeier
2001: Bradley Peyton
Mid-America Regional Conference Paper Contest (Renamed Student Technical Presentations Competition in ~2020)
1992: Kathleen Focht (2nd Place)
1993: Steven Ernst (2nd Place)
1996: Jennifer Kraus (2nd Place)
Kimberly Troutner (3rd Place)
2000: Laura Itle (4th Place)
2001: Greg Miller (2nd Place)
2005: Afton Thumser (2nd Place)
2006[1]: Alexandra Olson (1st Place)
Kathleen Doherty (2nd Place)
Tyler Kleene (3rd Place)
2007: Jackie Alcantar (1st Place)
Daniel Weber (2nd Place)
2008: Tyler Gunn (1st Place)
2010: Laura Northrup (3rd Place)
2011: Meeshanthini (“Meesha") Vijayendran (2nd Place)
2012: Samantha Westerhof (3rd Place)
2014: Elliott Glenn (2nd Place)
2016: Lu Liu (1st Place) and Matthew Johnson (3rd Place)
2017: Renae Kurpius (3rd Place)
2018: Ojas Pradhan (3rd Place)
2019: Ojas Pradhan (2nd Place)
2021: Deven Aman (3rd Place)
2022: Rachel Wu (3rd Place)
2023: Josiah Power (1st Place)
National Paper Contest
2006: Kathleen Doherty (participant)
2007: Daniel Weber (participant)
2008: Tyler Gunn (2nd Place)
2016: Lu Liu (participant)
2023: Josiah Power (participant)
Student Chapter Environmental Competition
1999: Mid-America Regional Conference (1st Place)
1999: National AIChE Meeting (2nd Place)
Chem-E-Car Competition
1999: National AIChE Meeting (3rd Place)
2001: Mid-America Regional Conference (3rd Place)
2002: Mid-America Regional Conference (1st Place)
2003: Mid-America Regional Conference (1st Place)
2011: Mid-America Regional Conference (4th Place)
Outstanding Student Chapter Web Page
2002: National AIChE Meeting (3rd Place)
2003: National AIChE Meeting (1st Place)
Outstanding Student Chapter Advisor
1996: Professor David W. Murhammer
Chem-E Jeopardy Competition
2012: Mid-America Regional Conference (1st Place: Ben Behrendt, Matt Gosse, Jameson Schoenfelder, & Jonathan Bachman; 2nd Place: Kelly Barnett, Jocelyn Dixon, Andrew Myers, & Michael Sealy; 8 teams competed)
2012: Annual Student Conference (Pittsburgh): 2nd Place (tied with Oregon State University) with 9 competing teams (Jonathan Bachman, Matt Gosse, Ben Ungs, Austin Hangartner)
2013: Mid-America Regional Conference (1st Place: Nick Schickel, Matt Taylor, Ben Ungs, Austin Hangartner; 3rd Place: Tyler Latcham, Ian Smith, Danny Yocius, Jake Crome)
2013: Annual Student Conference (San Francisco): 1st Place (beat Cornell University and Georgia Tech University in championship round) with 9 competing teams.
2014: Mid-America Regional Conference (1st place: Matt Taylor, Danny Yocius, Catherine Suchanek, Jake Crome; Participant – lost in preliminary round: Zach Behrendt, Michael Anderson, Connor Redmond, Montana McCabe). 9 teams competed.
2014: Annual Student Conference (Atlanta); 1st Place: Danny Yocius, Catherine Suchanek, Jake Crome, Zach Behrendt (beat Louisiana State University and University of California-Berkeley in championship round) with 10 competing teams.
2015: Mid-America Regional Conference (1st place: Jake Crome, Zach Behrendt, Alex Bartlett, Matt Johnson; Participant – lost in preliminary round: Marlis Owen, Daniel Davies, Nathan Schuchert, Elvis Flores). 12 teams competed.
2015: Annual Student Conference (Salt Lake City); 2nd Place: Zach Behrendt, Matt Johnson, Daniel Davies, Nathan Schuchert
2016: Mid-America Regional Conference (2nd place: Alex Barlett, Daniel Davies, Matthew Johnson, Nathan Schuchert; Participant – lost in preliminary round: Corinne Andresen, Andrea Diaz, Austin McKee, Brandon Van Cleave) with ?? competing teams.
2017: Mid-America Regional Conference (2nd place: Tyler Chlystun, Corinne Andresen, Maddie Hess, Tom Chase; Participant – lost in semi-finals: Nicole Loch, Bjorn Blomquist, Madison Murhammer, Lizzy Zimmerman) with 12 competing teams.
2018: Mid-America Regional Conference (1st place: Megan Jones, Zachary Kazmer, Madison Murhammer, Elizabeth Zimmerman) and (Participant – lost in semifinals: Corinne Andresen, Tom Chase, Tom Hodur, Kyle McCarthy) with 14 teams competing.
2018: Annual Student Conference (Pittsburgh): Megan Jones, Zachary Kazmer, Madison Murhammer, Elizabeth Zimmerman won preliminary round and lost in the semi-final round.
2019: Mid-America Regional Conference (2nd place: Kyle McCarthy, Michael Lake, Esmeralda Orozco, Jeremy Wallace; 3rd place: Jack Harford, Zach Kazmer, Michael Leyden, Ojas Pradhan; lost in the semi-finals since only 2 teams made the final round) with 12 competing teams.
2019: Annual Student Conference (Orlando, FL): 2nd place: Michael Lake, Michael Leyden, Esmeralda Orozco, Jeremy Wallace (14 competing teams)
2020: Mid-America Regional Conference [held virtually in October 2020] (2nd place: Dimitri Gatzios, Jonah Marks, Elijah Parr, Collin Sindt) and (Participant – lost in semifinals: Peyton Biddle, Kenzie Curran, Mason Lyons, Elizabeth Occhi) with 9 teams competing.
2020: Annual Student Conference (held virtually) 1st place: Dimitri Gatzios, Jonah Marks, Collin Sindt, Mason Lyons (12 competing teams).
2021: Mid-America Regional Conference [held virtually; hosted by the University of Nebraska]: 1st place: Dimitri Gatzios, Mason Lyons, Collin Sindt, Darrell Smith; 2nd place: Nolan Burson, Kevin Dial, Marie Ohlinger, Anthony Shirazi; Participant: Luis Barrera, Quintin Blad, Jack Cheville, Edgar Salinas [lost in semi-finals]. (9 competing teams).
2021: Annual Student Conference (Boston, MA) 1st place: Dimitri Gatzios, Collin Sindt, Mason Lyons, Darrell Smith (13 competing teams).
2022: Mid-America Regional Conference (held at Iowa State University) 1st place: Nolan Burson, Kevin Dial, Marie Ohlinger, Anthony Shirazi; 3rd place: Quintin Blad, Nicholas Brunn, Kiana Resch, Darrell Smith; Participant: Olivia Clark, Anthony Wagner, Rachel Wu, Justin Zellinger (lost in the semi-finals) (9 teams competing)
2022: Annual Student Conference (Phoenix, AZ) 2nd place: Nolan Burson, Kevin Dial, Marie Ohlinger, Anthony Shirazi.(14 competing teams)
2023; Mid-America Regional Conference (held at University of Missouri Columbia) 1st place: Nicholas Brunn, Liam Horan, Marie Ohlinger, Darrell Smith; Participant: Braden Jensen, Josiah Power, Kiana Resch, Anthony Wagner; Participant: Olivia Clark, Jack Renning, Lane Swartzendruber, Zach Thomas (15 competing teams)
2023: Annual Student Conference (Orlando, Florida) 1st place: Nick Brunn, Liam Horan, Marie Ohlinger, Darrell Smith (15 competing teams)
Safety & Health Division National Design Competition Award for Inherently Safer Design
2012: Derek Baerenwald, Jameson Schoenfelder, Buming Wu
2013: Kyle Kubat, Taylor Malott, Darren Youngs
2013: Matt Burian, Tyler Manning
2014: Tyler Latcham, Kyle Owen, Joseph Brodt
2014: Nevin Vijh, Robert Tempel, Megan Hall
2016: Devyn Lewis, Christopher Brown, David Paulini
2017: Austin McKee, Nicole Loch, Carrie Lindberg, Andrea Diaz
2017: Vincent LaPelusa, Will Dougherty, Carson Hemphill
2018: Madison Murhammer, Jackie Ricke, Rachel Seibel, Elizabeth Zimmerman
SAChE Team Award in Overall Safety
2012: Derek Baerenwald, Jameson Schoenfelder, Buming Wu
2013: Kyle Kubat, Taylor Malott, Darren Youngs
Jack Wehman SAChE Team Design Award (SAChE Team Award for Overall Safety)
2015: Ian Armstrong, Catherine Suchanek, Austin Hangartner
2017: Vincent LaPelusa, Will Dougherty, Carson Hemphill
2018: Madison Murhammer, Jackie Ricke, Rachel Seibel, Elizabeth Zimmerman
AIChE Student Design Competition – Team Category
2018: Madison Murhammer, Jackie Ricke, Rachel Seibel, Elizabeth Zimmerman (Honorable Mention)
2023: Alexa Barnes, Matthew Main, Nathanial Massa, Darrell Smith (Second Place)
AIChE Student Design Competition – Individual Category
2018: Bjorn Blomquist (First Place)
Washington Internship for Students of Engineering (WISE) Summer Program Participant
2012: Caitlin Andersen (“Precision Agriculture Technologies: Improved Nitrogen Efficiency and Atmospheric Pollution”)
AIChE Undergraduate Student Poster Competition
2018 (Annual student conference, Pittsburgh, PA) General Engineering and Engineering Education Category: Andrew Textor (2nd place)
Chevron 2021 ScaleUp Sponsor Essay Question Winner – Anthony Wagner