Below you will find a list of awards given to members of the Center for Advanced Computation and Telecommunications (CACT) organized by category.

  • Charles Thompson - Awarded Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the President of the United States
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  • Kavitha Chandra - Receives Outstanding Young Engineer Award, Honorable Mention from Institute for Industrial Engineering (IEEE) - Eta Kappa Nu
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  • Karen Daniels - Receives Best Paper Award from Institute for Industrial Engineering
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  • Kavitha Chandra - Receives prestigious NSF Career Award from the National Science Foundation
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  • Charles Thompson - Awarded Analog Devices Career Development Professorship from Analog Devices
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  • Charles Thompson - AT&T Labs creates Charles Thompson Outstanding Mentor Award
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  • Kavitha Chandra - Francis Cabot Lowell Award Outstanding Younh Alumnus, UMass Lowell
  • Sylvia Isler - Francis Cabot Lowell Award Outstanding Young Alumnus, UMass Lowell
  • Vineet Mehta - University Scholar, UMass Lowell
  • V. Krishnan - Outstanding Teaching Award, UMass Lowell
  • Charlie Steele - Outstanding Teaching Award, UMass Lowell
  • Charles Thompson - Blackwell Scholar, UMass Lowell
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  • Charles Thompson - Elected Fellow for contribution theoretical and computational Acoustics from the Acoustical Society of America

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Sigma Xi

  • Jing Tsui, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Max Denis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Vajay Vasudevan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Kassani Kotsidou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Hetal Patel, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Prachee Sharma, Computer Science
  • Sang Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Miroslava Raspopovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Parita Amin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jimmie Davis, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Mital Parikh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jiraporn Pongsiri, Computer Science
  • Chun You, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ping Zhou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Tau Beta Pi

  • Jie Fu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jing Tsui, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Parita Amin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Mital Parikh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ping Zhou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Megha Sunny, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Davis Chhan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jessica Piper, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Marie Berzina, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Institute for Industrial Engineering

  • Karen Daniels - Receives Best Paper Award

Charlie Steele Scholarship

The Charlie Steele Scholarship is given in recognition of academic excellence to an international student enrolled in graduate study in either Computer Science, Mathematics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Students in CACT that have received the award are:

  • Miroslava Raspopovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jung Rim Hyun, Computer Science
  • Mital Parikh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Kassiani Kotsidou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Lawrence Poitier, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ambika Bhatta, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

Graduate Research Fellowship

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship is the premier research fellowship program of the United States:

  • Maria Berezina Green
  • Megha Sunny
  • David Chan, HM

NSF Awards Research Experiences for Undergraduates:

  • Megha Sunny.CMU
  • Ethan Phung,UML
  • Jose Amado,UML
  • Noel Billong,UML
  • Katherine Aho, UV
  • David Chan. MIT
  • Jenny Au,UML
  • Jessica Piper,Stanford
  • Sahir Shakir,UML
  • NSF GK-12 Fellowship

Enhance graduate education through leadership training that incorporates interdisciplinary research, communication techniques for delivering research concepts in high school classrooms, creation of synergy between targeted curriculum and research conducted at the University, mentorship, social impacts and diversity education. Provide high school students access to high-tech equipment, cyber-enabled platforms and GK-12 fellows as mentors.

  • Cory Miniter
  • Nick Trunfio
  • Chrisna Ngoun
  • Jenny Au
  • Katherine Aho
  • Dan Katz
  • Pratik Gandhi
  • Nicholas Misiunas
  • Blake Currer
  • Molly Clay
  • Anthony Vadarro
  • Taoufik Nabat
  • Zachary Howard
  • Ibrahim Aishawabkeh
  • Ayse Kalkan Savoy
  • Joshua Mason
  • Barbara Deschamp
  • Elaine Vejar
  • Max Denis
  • Mark Sherman
  • Tim Ficarra