2026: Mark Robertson: Forbes 30 under 30 in Science Carmen Dunn: 1) ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research 2) USM Graduate Student Hall of Fame
2025: Anthony Griffin: 1) USM Graduate Student Hall of Fame 2) Eastman Fellowship Award 3) USM Graduate Student Research Award 4) AIChE Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research 5) SPSE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award 6) Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship 7) SPE Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship 8) AIChE - Annual LatinX in ChE Symposium, Best Oral Presentation 9) AIChE 3MT (Three-mintue thesis) Finalist Andrew Barbour: NASA-Mississippi Space Grant Scholarship Paul Smith: ACS PMSE Best Poster Prize Mikaela Sadri: ACS PMSE Best Poster Prize Zoe Gunter: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) Carmen Dunn: 1) USM Student Organization President of the Year 2) SPSE Catalyst for Excellence Award 3) Southeastern Polymer Forum Poster Award 4) SPE Foundation Gulf Coast Hurricane Scholarship 5) USM Graduate School Travel Award Ethan Bounds: SPSE Outstanding Undergraduate Student Research Award Amy Coronado: 1) SPE Foundation Dr. Matthew and Mrs. Patricia Harthcock Applied Plastics Research Scholarship 2) USM Three-minute Thesis People's Choice Award
2024: Mark Robertson: 1) Charles E. Hoyle Memorial Polymer Science Scholarship 2) APS DPOLY Short Course Early Career Travel Scholarship 3) Selected to Participate Future Faculty Workshop 4) UW Distinguished Young Scholar Symposiums (DYSS) Anthony Griffin: 1) College Travel Award 2) 2nd Place Oral Presentation in Susan A. Siltanen Graduate Student Research Symposium 3) Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Polymer Modifier & Additive Division Scholarship 4) Charles E. Hoyle Memorial Polymer Science Scholarship 5) SPE Foundation DuPont Tedlar Scholarship 6) USM Graduate Competitive Travel Award 7) AIChE Minority Affairs Community’s Janice Lumpkin Travel Award 8) Gulf Coast Polymer Conference People's Choice Poster Award Carmen Dunn: 1) National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) 2) Gulf Coast Polymer Conference Third Place Poster Award Kaleb Jones: 2nd place, USM Golden Idea Pitch Competition Paul Smith: 1) AIChE Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research 2) SPSE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award Sara Valdez: SPSE Catalyst for Excellence Award Demeria Moore: REU Best Abstract Award Moses Adedigba: MentorMe Galore Scholarship Amy Coronado: USM Three-minute Thesis Runner Up
2023: Mark Robertson: 1) APS DPOLY Chang Ryu Travel Award (two recipients each year) 2) USM Graduate Student Hall of Fame 3) USM Graduate Student Innovation Award (from Office of the Vice President for Research) 4) USM Graduate Research Assistant of the Year 5) ACS I&EC Graduate Student Award 6) 2nd place, AIChE Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research 7) Selected to Serve on Neutron Scattering Society of America Executive Committee 8) AIChE 3MT (Three-mintue thesis) Finalist Andrew Barbour: 1) Waterborne Symposium Best Undergraduate Poster Prize 2) Donald Drapeau Prize for Excellence in Research Presentation 3) SPSE Outstanding Undergraduate Student Research Award 4) NASA-Mississippi Space Grant Scholarship 5) USM SPSE Student of the Month Mikaela Sadri: 3rd Place Award in SAMPE Student Poster Session Anthony Griffin: College of Arts and Sciences Doctoral Research Grant Paul Smith: National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, People's Choice Poster
2022: Ryan Davis: USM SPSE Student of the Month Paul Smith: 1) 2nd place poster prize in Susan A. Siltanen Graduate Student Research Symposium 2) 1st place poster prize in Southern Soft Matter Annual Symposium 3) SPSE Alumni day, Poster Prize Honorable Mention 4) NSF I-Corps Entrepreneurial Lead Mark Robertson: 1) 1st place poster prize in Susan A. Siltanen Graduate Student Research Symposium 2) ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research 3) College of Arts and Science Graduate Student Travel Award 4) NSF I-Corps Entrepreneurial Lead Jonathan Perkins: 1) USM SPSE Student of the Month 2) Dean's List for Recognizing Academic Accomplishments Andrew Barbour: NASA-Mississippi Space Grant Scholarship
2021: Ryan Davis: USM Eagle SPUR Grant Award Mark Robertson: 1) DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR)Award 2) USM Three-minute Thesis Finalist Ashley Hanna: 2nd prize in the 2021 Undergraduate Research Symposium at USM Clayton Keene: 3rd place award in the Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science Symposium in POLY at the 2021 Spring National ACS meeting Jonathan Perkins: 1) Academic Excellence Scholarship Award 2) Mississippi Eminent Scholar Grant 3) Ford Family Foundation Scholarship
2020: Mark Robertson: 1) 2nd place presentation prize at 2020 Applied Polymer Technology Extension Consortium 2) NSF-NRT Trainee fellowship Alex Fortenberry: 1) 3rd place presentation prize at 2020 Applied Polymer Technology Extension Consortium 2) 1st Lightning round at 2020 Applied Polymer Technology Extension Consortium 3) NSF-NRT Trainee fellowship Jonathan Perkins: Dean's List for Recognizing Academic Accomplishments