Awards

Since our beginnings members of the CAB have received over 100 awards for research excellence.


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 student 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

 

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