Awards
Awards
Since our beginnings members of the CAB have received over 100 awards for research excellence.
| Jared Rifkin | 2024 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Research Award |
| RJ Carpenter | 2024 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Research Award |
| Cori Espelien | 2024 | UVA Grad Thesis SLAM Winner |
| Cori Espelien | 2023 | SEAS Endowed Graduate Fellowship |
| Jared Rifkin | 2023 | SEAS Endowed Graduate Fellowship |
| Cori Espelien | 2023 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Research Award |
| Gabriella Wynn | 2023 | UVA Presidential Fellowship |
| Kristen Reynier | 2023 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Research Award |
| Sayak Mukherjee | 2023 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Research Award |
| Cori Espelien | 2022 | Outstanding Graduate Leadership Award |
| Kristen Reynier | 2022 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Research Award |
| Randolff Carpenter | 2022 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Best Oral Presentation |
| Samantha Kirby | 2022 | MAE Incoming Star Fellowship |
| Sayak Mukherjee | 2022 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Research Award |
| Sophie Tushak | 2022 | H. Clay Gabler Scholar’s Program Award |
| Jared Rifkin | 2021 | UVA Engineering is Beautiful Dean’s Research Art Contest, 1st Place, Graduate Student Category |
| Jared Rifkin | 2021 | National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention |
| Kristen Reynier | 2021 | UVA Miller Graduate Fellowship |
| Kristen Reynier | 2021 | UVA Presidential Fellowship for Collaborative Neuroscience |
| Hamed Joodaki | 2020 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Student Award |
| Kevin Kong | 2020 | MAE Distinguished Fellowship |
| Rachel Richardson | 2020 | Murray Mackay Young Researcher Award for Best Paper (IRCOBI conference) |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2020 | Beulah Bateman Memorial Scholar for the MWC Chapter of the ARCS Foundation |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2020 | Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Fellowship |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2020 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Student Award |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2020 | UVERS 1st Place Podium Presentation |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2020 | UVA Presidential Fellowship for Collaborative Neuroscience |
| Thomas Hartka | 2020 | AAAM Best Scientific Paper Award |
| Daniel Perez-Rapela | 2019 | 3rd best student paper at the 63th Stapp Conference, November 2019 |
| Hamed Joodaki | 2019 | 2019-2020 UVA MAE Distinguished Fellowship |
| Meade Spratley | 2019 | Orthopaedic Research Society New Investigator Research Award Finalist |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2019 | UVA Presidential Fellowship for Collaborative Neuroscience |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2019 | UVA Beulah Bateman Memorial Scholar for the MWC Chapter of the ARCS Foundation |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2019 | Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Fellowship |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2019 | UVA MAE Graduate Student of the Year |
| Sophie Tushak | 2019 | National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) |
| Taotao Wu | 2019 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Student Award |
| Taotao Wu | 2019 | MAE Distinguished Fellowship |
| Taotao Wu | 2019 | UVA MAE Outstanding Research Presentation of the Year (Ph.D.) |
| Taotao Wu | 2019 | UVA MAE Outstanding Graduate Student Award |
| Taotao Wu | 2019 | UVA MAE Distinguished Fellowship |
| Wei Zeng | 2019 | UVA Engineering (UVERS) 2019 Research Mentor of the Year Award |
| Ahmed Alshareef | 2018 | 3 Minute Thesis (3MT@UVA) Finalist |
| Ahmed Alshareef | 2018 | Virginia Engineering Foundation Graduate Fellowship |
| Brandon Perry | 2018 | UVERS 2nd Place Poster Presentation |
| Carolyn Roberts | 2018 | Murray Mackay Young Researcher Award for Best Paper (IRCOBI conference) |
| Carolyn Roberts | 2018 | UVA MAE Graduate Student of the Year |
| Carolyn Roberts | 2018 | Autoliv Diversity Fellowship |
| Carolyn Roberts | 2018 | UVERS 1st Place Podium Presentation |
| Daniel Shedd | 2018 | UVA Postodoc Symposium – Best Poster Award |
| Hamed Joodaki | 2018 | 3 Minute Thesis (3MT@UVA) Finalist |
| Matthew Panzer | 2018 | UVA MAE Young Researcher of the Year |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2018 | UVA Presidential Fellowship for Collaborative Neuroscience |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2018 | UVA MAE Graduate Student of the Year |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2018 | Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Fellowship |
| Taotao Wu | 2018 | Travel Fellowship to the World Congress of Computational Mechanics |
| Zhaonan Sun | 2018 | Double Hoo Research Grant |
| Ahmed Alshareef | 2017 | National Neurotrauma Society Symposium – Anthony Marmarou Award (Poster) |
| Carolyn Roberts | 2017 | AAAM Best Student Presentation |
| Jason Forman | 2017 | UVA MAE Scientist of the Year |
| Jason Kerrigan | 2017 | Forest McFarland Award (SAE Internationl) |
| Lee Gabler | 2017 | UVERS 1st Place Podium Presentation |
| Deepak Kosanam | 2016 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Margaret H. Hines Award for Best Poster Presentation |
| Robert Salzar | 2016 | UVA MAE Research Scientist of the Year |
| Adwait Mane | 2015 | UVERS 4th Place Poster Presentation |
| Ann Bailey | 2015 | UVERS 5th Place Poster Presentation |
| Ann Bailey | 2015 | AAAM Annual Scientific Conference – John D. States Award for Best Scientific Paper Submitted by a Student |
| Qi Zhang | 2015 | UVERS Poster Finalist |
| Qi Zhang | 2015 | 3 Minute Thesis (3MT@UVA) – 2nd Place & Audience Choice |
| Sebastian Giudice | 2015 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Margaret H. Hines Award for Best Poster Presentation |
| Jason Forman | 2014 | AAAM Young Achiever Award |
| Lee Gabler | 2014 | IRCOBI Young Researcher Award |
| Qi Zhang | 2014 | Stapp Car Crash Conference, John W. Melvin Student Award, 2nd Place |
| Ann Bailey | 2013 | IRCOBI Young Researcher Award |
| Richard Kent | 2013 | AAAM Award of Merit |
| David Lessley | 2012 | JSAE Annual Congress Excellent Technical Paper Presentation |
| Jeff Crandall | 2012 | SAE International Arnold W. Siegel International Transportation Safety Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 2010 | AAAM Award of Merit |
| Jason Forman | 2009 | Whitaker International Scholarship Grant |
| Richard Kent | 2009 | Election to Stapp Advisory Committee |
| Dipan Bose | 2008 | UVa Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies – Award for Excellence in Scholarship |
| Fran Lopez Valdes | 2008 | AAAM Endowment Fund – Student Research Grant/Dr. Richard P. Howard Memorial Scholarship |
| Jason Forman | 2008 | AAAM Best Student Paper Award |
| Jason Forman | 2008 | John Bell McGaughy Fellowship – Award for Outstanding Engineering Graduate Student |
| Jason Forman | 2008 | UVa Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies – Award for Excellence in Scholarship |
| Jason Kerrigan | 2008 | IRCOBI Young Researcher Award |
| Jason Kerrigan | 2008 | Myers Award for Outstanding Student Paper at an SAE Conference |
| Jason Kerrigan | 2008 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Engineering Meetings Board Outstanding Oral Presentation Award |
| Richard Kent | 2008 | AAAM Fellow |
| Richard Kent | 2008 | Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster |
| Richard Kent | 2008 | SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award |
| Richard Kent | 2008 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Fellow |
| Anthony Lau | 2007 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Margaret H. Hines Award for Best Poster Presentation |
| Dipan Bose | 2007 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Honorable Mention for best paper/presentation |
| Dipan Bose | 2007 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| Fran Lopez Valdes | 2007 | EUNESE Conference – Best Presentation Award |
| Fran Lopez Valdes | 2007 | La Caixa Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship |
| Jason Forman | 2007 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Margaret H. Hines Award for Best Poster Presentation |
| Jason Kerrigan | 2007 | UVa Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies – Award for Excellence in Scholarship |
| Jeff Crandall | 2007 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Fellow |
| Richard Kent | 2007 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award |
| Dipan Bose | 2006 | AAAM Endowment Fund – Student Research Grant/Dr. Richard P. Howard Memorial Scholarship |
| Jason Forman | 2006 | AAAM Endowment Fund – Student Research Grant/Dr. Richard P. Howard Memorial Scholarship |
| Jason Forman | 2006 | International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) Student Dissertation Grant |
| Jason Forman | 2006 | Stapp Car Crash Conference – John Paul Stapp Award, Best Paper |
| Jeff Crandall | 2006 | SAE – Longtime Member Service Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 2006 | Southern Consortium for Injury Biomechanics, Founders Award |
| Richard Kent | 2006 | AAAM A.J. Mirkin Service Award |
| Richard Kent | 2006 | Excellence in Diversity Fellow, University of Virginia |
| Richard Kent | 2006 | Excellent Technical Presentation Award, Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers |
| Richard Kent | 2006 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| Costin Untaroiu | 2005 | ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference PhD Student paper contest, Honorable Mention |
| Costin Untaroiu | 2005 | International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) Student Award |
| Jason Forman | 2005 | Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) – Collegiate Design Competition – 1st Runner-Up |
| Jason Forman | 2005 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Honorable Mention for best paper/presentation |
| Jason Kerrigan | 2005 | AAAM Endowment Fund – Student Research Grant/Dr. Richard P. Howard Memorial Scholarship |
| Jason Kerrigan | 2005 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Honorable Mention for best paper/presentation |
| Jeff Crandall | 2005 | AAAM A.J. Mirkin Service Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 2005 | United States Government Award for Engineering Excellence (DOT NHTSA) |
| Richard Kent | 2005 | AAAM Scientific Paper Award, (first author) |
| Richard Kent | 2005 | Excellence in Diversity Fellow, University of Virginia |
| Richard Kent | 2005 | Ohio State University Injury Biomechanics Symposium – Margaret H. Hines Award for Best Poster Presentation (with Tahsin Ali) |
| Dipan Bose | 2004 | International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) Student foreign travel grant for graduate internship |
| Jeff Crandall | 2004 | AAAM Fellow |
| Richard Kent | 2004 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| Richard Kent | 2004 | Technology Review’s TR100 “100 young people whose contributions to emerging technologies are poised to profoundly influence our world” |
| Jason Forman | 2003 | UVa Dean’s fellowship |
| Richard Kent | 2003 | AAAM Elaine Wodzin Young Achiever Award |
| Richard Kent | 2003 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 2002 | AAAM Best Paper Award |
| Richard Kent | 2002 | AAAM Scientific Paper Award, (co-author) |
| Richard Kent | 2002 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| David Lessley | 2001 | Z Society Shannon Award for the School of Engineering |
| Jeff Crandall | 2001 | AAAM Elaine Wodzin Young Achiever Award |
| Richard Kent | 2001 | International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact (IRCOBI) Best Young Researcher Award |
| Richard Kent | 2001 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| Richard Kent | 2001 | Stapp Car Crash Journal Student Paper Award – First Place |
| David Lessley | 2000 | UVa Chairperson’s Mechanical Engineering Senior Award |
| Richard Kent | 2000 | NASA – Langley Research Center GSRP Fellowship |
| Richard Kent | 2000 | Virginia Space Grant Consortium Aerospace Graduate Research Fellowship, 2000 |
| David Lessley | 1999 | UVa Chairperson’s Mechanical Engineering Junior Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 1999 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award |
| Richard Kent | 1999 | UVa Dean’s Fellowship |
| David Lessley | 1998 | Virginia Community Colleges Association Student Showcase Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 1998 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 1997 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 1997 | System Safety Society – Scientific Merit Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 1996 | AAAM Best Paper Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 1996 | Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Excellence in Oral Presentation Award |
| Jeff Crandall | 1996 | Stapp Car Crash Conference – Arnold W. Siegel Award for Outstanding Paper |
| Richard Kent | Who’s Who in Engineering Education |