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Department Student Awards

We honor the accomplishments of our students who have shown outstanding academic achievements, presentations of the highest quality, or exemplary personal attributes in their discipline.

A. Ray Abernathy Water Environment Association Fellowship Endowment

Jessica Deaver2023 Recipient: Hatice Yildirim

Dr. Abernathy was a faculty member in the Department of Environmental Systems Engineering for many years. The Abernathy Endowment honors his many contributions to the Department. The fellowship supports graduate-level students currently enrolled or accepted to a master's degree in Environmental Engineering & Science or a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences.


  • 2022 Jessica Deaver
  • 2021 David Bahamon-Pinzon
  • 2020 Weiming Qi
  • 2019 Emily Blair
  • 2018 Emily Murawski
  • 2017 Mahmut Ersan
  • 2016 Nathan Conroy
  • 2015 Habibullah Uzun
  • 2014 Erin Partlan
  • 2012 Meric Selbes
  • 2011 Christina Anderson
  • 2010 Anthony Reid
  • 2009 Jennifer Horner
  • 2008 Jessica High
  • 2007 Ashley Eaddy
  • 2006 James Henderson
  • 2005 Ilke Erdogan
  • 2004 Anthony S. Danko
  • 2003 Jacqueline M. Smith
  • 2002 Rebecca Cline
  • 2001 Mehmet Kitis
  • 2000 James E. Roane
  • 1998 Sean Scuras

Linvil G. Rich Water Environment Association Fellowship Endowment

Julia Anne Funk2023 Recipient: Colby Cash

Supports graduate-level students currently enrolled or accepted to a master's degree in Environmental Engineering & Science or a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences.


  • 2022 Julia Ann Funk
  • 2021 Alex Gex
  • 2020 Ao Xie
  • 2019 Jessica Deaver
  • 2018 William Fulmer
  • 2017 Wilson Beita-Sandi
  • 2016 Peng Xie
  • 2015 Valton King
  • 2014 Hilary Emerson
  • 2013 Onur Apul
  • 2012 Jaclyn Ellerie
  • 2011 Andrea Hicks
  • 2010 Meric Selbes
  • 2009 Darryl Jones
  • 2008 Byung Joon Lee

Thomas Keinath Water Environment Association Fellowship Endowment

Philip Arve2023 Recipient: Meryem Soyluoglu

Supports graduate-level students currently enrolled or accepted to a master's degree in Environmental Engineering & Science or a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences.


  • 2022 Philip Arve
  • 2021 Harish Lakshmi Srinivasan
  • 2020 Cagri Utku Erdem
  • 2019 Cagri Utku Erdem
  • 2018 Xiang Li
  • 2017 Erin Partlan
  • 2016 Kristen Carpenter
  • 2015 Muriel Steele
  • 2014 Alex Hanna

R. Ken Tinsley Water Environment Association Fellowship Endowment

Soyluoglu2023 Recipient: Julia Ann Funk

Supports graduate-level students currently enrolled or accepted to a master's degree in Environmental Engineering & Science or a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences.


  • 2022 Meryem Soyluoglu
  • 2021 Amanda Tan
  • 2020 Spencer Lindsay
  • 2019 Zuo Zhou
  • 2018 Victoria Guerrero

Benjamin Clay Dysart III Environmental Engineering Fellowship Endowment

2023 Recipient: Sarah Donaher

Dr. Dysart was a professor in EEES (then named Environmental Systems Engineering) from 1968 - 1990. This fellowship was created to honor his contributions through generous donations from his many former graduate students. In addition to his celebrated career at Clemson, Dr. Dysart worked in industry as a scientific advisor to federal and international agencies and as President of the National Wildlife Federation.


  • 2022 Connor Parker
  • 2021 Gavin Gleasman

Dr. William R. Heatley, Jr. Graduate Assistance Endowment

ferguson.jpg2023 Recipient: Annelise Gonzales

Provides assistance for graduate students who are enrolled in a master's degree in Environmental Engineering & Science or a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences


  • 2022 Abi Roberts
  • 2021 Brennan Ferguson
  • 2020 Dawn Montgomery
  • 2019 Megan Hoover
  • 2018 John Sherwood
  • 2017 Nate Conroy
  • 2012 Hilary Emerson
  • 2008 Phung Pham
  • 2004 Brian Powell
  • 2003 Jessica M. Brown

The Jean G. Stillwell Award

Chiaviello profile2023 Recipient: William Cummings

This award is given to an outstanding junior student majoring in geology. The award was established in memory of Jean G. Stillwell, who graduated from Clemson in geology in 1982, then taught as a Lecturer in Geology until her death from cancer in 1993.


  • 2022 Annalee Chiaviello
  • 2021 Jennifer Briglio
  • 2020 Annelise Waling
  • 2019 Austin Bruner
  • 2018 Hailey Mundell
  • 2017 Riley Blais

Thomas Logan, Jr. Geology Merit Award

Bowman profile2023 Recipients: Annalee Chiaviello and Jennifer Briglio

This award is presented to a senior majoring in Geology with outstanding achievement and possessing personal attributes necessary for success in this discipline.


  • 2022 Cole Bowman
  • 2021 Annelise Waling
  • 2020 Austin Bruner
  • 2019 Alexandra Staub / Hailey Mundell
  • 2018 Riley Blais
  • 2017 Matthew Seigler
  • 2016 Merritt Earle
  • 2015 Dana Walters
  • 2014 Andrea Creighton
  • 2013 Alex Baldwin
  • 2010 James Christopher Ryan
  • 2009 Kirk Ellison / Ben Robinson
  • 2008 Daniel Paul Brown
  • 2007 Stephen Franklin Poterala
  • 2006 Phung Minh Pham
  • 2005 Jason Meadows / Jennifer Ann Oblinger
  • 2004 Anna Frances Perry
  • 2003 Jeffery Atteberry / Daniel George
  • 2002 Christopher W Hepler
  • 2001 Valerie E Martin
  • 2000 Amanda K Souders
  • 1999 Michael S Lamar
  • 1998 George D Adams
  • 1997 Sean A Galton / Jody Russel Gibson
  • 1996 Julie M Gray
  • 1995 Sheri Lyn Mazur
  • 1994 Gerald Oliver Black IV
  • 1993 Nicholas Brandon Kidd
  • 1992 Heather Therese Hawkins
  • 1991 Richard Lee / Richard White
  • 1990 Jerry Moore
  • 1989 Heather Michelle Astwood
  • 1987 Eric Hicks / Ronald Knight
  • 1986 Susan Dawson / Joseph Tinsley
  • 1985 Laura Ann Sacks
  • 1984 Laura L Burnett
  • 1983 Jean G Stillwell
  • 1982 William Brian Hughes
  • 1981 David P Sanders
  • 1980 Fred Jackson Bynum, Jr
  • 1978 Steven C Godfrey
  • 1977 Nancy Ruth Sowers
  • 1976 Thomas E Williams
  • 1975 Beulah Lynn Prosser
  • 1974 Frankie Elaine Campbell
  • 1973 William Edward Truman III
  • 1972 Stanley R Lewis

Environmental Scholars Endowment

environmental scholars2023 Recipients:

Olivia Dunn, Mojtaba Qanbarzadeh, Lisseth Casso Hartmann

Supports students pursuing a master's degree in Environmental Engineering & Science or a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences


  • 2022 Soheil Roudini / Jonas Smith/ Reid Williams
  • 2021 Jacob Arnold / Roksana Mahmud / Nicholas Szwast
  • 2020 Alex Ramos-Garcia / Lisa Manglass / Brennan Ferguson
  • 2019 Hao Wang / Kara Godsey / Connor Parker
  • 2018 Timothy Daniel / Kathryn Peruski / Ted Langlois
  • 2017 John Sherwood / Dawn Montgomery / Natasha Bell
  • 2016 Kayla Collins / Tim Johnson / Colby Thrash
  • 2015 Ed Helvenston / Jolanta Niedzwiecka / Yu Xie
  • 2014 Nathan Conroy / Mahmut Ersan / Wilson Beita-Sandi
  • 2013 Louis Hill / Alex Beebe / Tim Sattler
  • 2012 Kelly Grogan / Muriel Steele / Xiaoling Lu
  • 2011 Shanna Estes / Adam Mangel / Ting Shao
  • 2010 Jose Alfaro / Amer Kanan / Richard Hall
  • 2009 Hailian Liang / Dan Matz / Sam Sarkar
  • 2008 Laura Reid / Jim Chamberlain
  • 2007 Darryl Jones
  • 2006 Sowmya Suryanarayanan
  • 2005 Kevin Taylor
  • 2004 John Sivey / William Bratt / Jessica M. Brown
  • 2003 Jessica M. Brown / Lara Hughes / Adlar Chadwick Bird
  • 2002 Usarat Pakdeesusuk / Alper Elci
  • 2001 David Calhoun / Andy Imboden
  • 2000 James L. Myers

Dr. David S. Snipes Memorial Student Assistance Endowment

blais profile2019 Recipient: Riley Blais

Provides student assistance for graduate students who are majoring in Hydrogeology within the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences


  • 2019 Riley Blais
  • 2018 Robert Moak
  • 2017 Yoel Gebrai
  • 2016 Samuel Muller

Best Graduate Student Presentations at Hydrogeology Symposium

grad-hydrology-presnetations.png2023 Recipients:

1st Place: Olivia Dunn, Megan Lapkoff
2nd Place: Reid Williams, Clem Laffaille

Master's degree students in the Hydrogeology program present their research at the annual Hydrogeology Symposium. Awards are given to three graduate students who gave the highest quality presentations.


2022

  • 1st Place: Brennan Ferguson, Rachel Uecker, Gavin Gleasman
  • 2nd Place: Olivia Dunn
  • 3rd Place: Evan Groome, Justin Trainor (Not pictured), Hao Wang

2019

  • 1st Place: Joel Neuder
  • 2nd Place: Matthew Seigler
  • 3rd Place: Kara Godsey

2018

  • 1st Place: Morgan Ivey
  • 2nd Place: Christian Pullano and Ryan Badum
  • 3rd Place: Issac Hayes, Henry Reed, and Morgan Thomas

2017

  • 1st Place: Robert Moak
  • 2nd Place: Rong Yu and Noelia Ruiz
  • 3rd Place: Ashley Pales and James Mills

Best Undergraduate Student Presentations at Hydrogeology Symposium

undergrad-hydrology-presnetations.png2023 Recipients:

1st Place: William Cummings
2nd Place: Annalee Chiaviello, Emily Vandale
3rd Place: Luke Cothran

Undergraduate majors in Geology are encouraged to present their research at the annual Hydrogeology Symposium. Awards are given to three students who have the highest quality presentations.


2022

  • 1st Place: Jessica Knox, Annalee Chiaviello
  • Runners Up: Drew Hiner, Kevin Keeney, Nina Leitch, Jennifer Briglio

2019

  • 1st Place: Alexandra Staub
  • 2nd Place: Ryan Moseley
  • 3rd Place: Rachel Capps

Paul K. Birkhead Memorial Scholarship

2021-2022 Recipient: Sam O'Cain

Awards one or more scholarships annually to incoming first-year students enrolling in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied & Sciences and majoring in Geology. The Office of Financial Aid selects awardees.


  • 2021-22 Sam C. O'Cain
  • 2020-21 Jessica M. Knox
  • 2019-20 Jessica M. Knox
  • 2018-19 Jessica M. Knox
  • 2017-19 Susan Allison
  • 2008-09 Andrew Patterson
  • 2007-08 Austin Hodge, Andrew Patterson
  • 2006-07 Shannon L. Hesse
  • 2005-06 Charles A. Miller
  • 2004-05 Scott W. Douglas
  • 2003-04 Charles B. Hoffman
  • 2002-03 Kimberly Walton
  • 2001-02 Tom Linton, Jennifer Oblinger
  • 2000-01 Marjorie Decocker
  • 1999-00 Jeffrey T. Atteberry
  • 1998-99 Katherine E. Gavounas
  • 1997-98 Dainna C. Brier
  • 1996-97 Kimberly A. Brauss
  • 1995-96 Kelly M. Anselmo
  • 1994-95 Tania B. Mazur
  • 1993-94 Gregory Kinsman, Peter Briere
  • 1992-93 Julie M. Gray
  • 1991-92 Rebecca J. Csordas
  • 1990-91 Mary R. Weinberger

Thomas M. Keinath Endowment in Environmental Engineering

keinath awards winners2023 Recipients:

Senior - Carson Allen
Junior - Raquel Jordan

Presented to senior/junior students majoring in environmental engineering with outstanding achievements and processing personal attributes necessary for successful accomplishments in this discipline. The award is given in honor of Dr. Thomas M. Keinath, a faculty member, department chair, and the Dean of the College of Engineering and Science during his 37-year career at Clemson University.


  • 2022 Senior- Reagan Gregory
  • 2022 Junior- Carson Allen
  • 2021 Senior- Emma C. Ressler
  • 2021 Junior- Reagan Gregory
  • 2020 Senior-Julia Ann Funk
  • 2020 Junior- Hannah Sarver
  • 2019 Senior- Anthony Szwast
  • 2019 Junior- Allison McLane
  • 2018 Senior- Hannah McNulty
  • 2018 Junior- Autumn Brown
  • 2017 Senior- Emily Murawksi
  • 2017 Junior- Hannah McNulty
  • 2016 Senior- Jacob Tracy
  • 2016 Junior- Sarah Donaher
  • 2015 Senior- Lisa Watkins
  • 2014 Junior- Kyle Pohle
  • 2014 Senior- Katie Vanvalkenburg
  • 2014 Junior- Kristen Carpenter
  • 2013 Senior- Jaclyn Lauer
  • 2013 Junior- Katie Vanvalkenburg

George B. Nutt Award in Biosystems Engineering

nutt award winners2023 Recipients:

Senior - Samuel Holberg
Junior - Sarah Cribb

Presented to a senior/junior student majoring in Biosystems Engineering with outstanding achievements and possessing personal attributes necessary for successful accomplishments in this discipline. The award is given in honor of Dr. George B. Nutt, the first Department Chair of Agricultural Engineering at Clemson, who served from 1932 to 1955.


  • 2022 Senior- Michael Smith
  • 2022 Junior- Anna McClendon
  • 2021 Senior- Evan Patrohay
  • 2021 Junior- Michael Smith
  • 2020 Senior- Patrick Cusack
  • 2020 Junior- Evan Patrohay
  • 2019 Senior- Justin Jones
  • 2019 Junior- Patrick Cusack / Parker Raymond
  • 2018 Senior- Michael Calfe
  • 2018 Junior- Justin Jones
  • 2017 Senior- Elizabeth Zanin
  • 2017 Junior- Michael Calfe
  • 2016 Senior- William Davis
  • 2016 Junior- Elizabeth Zanin
  • 2015 Senior- Barbara DuBose
  • 2015 Junior- Cassidy Laird
  • 2014 Senior- Tyler Barzee
  • 2014 Junior- Tyler DuBose
  • 2013 Senior- Heather Sprague
  • 2013 Junior- Tyler Barzee

The Water Environmental Association of South Carolina Undergraduate Student Scholarship

Rogers profile2023 Recipient: Adam Rogers

Made possible by generous donations from members of the Water Environmental Association of South Carolina, this award recognizes an outstanding undergraduate student majoring in Environmental Engineering who is likely to work in the water or wastewater field upon graduation.


  • 2022 Claire Funk
  • 2021 Allison McLane
  • 2019 Mary Christina Phillips

EEES Spirit Awards

Spirit winners2023 Recipients:

Biosystems Engineering: Maddyson Frierson
Environmental Engineering: Alyssa Costello
Geology: Emily Vandale

The EEES spirit awards recognize one student in each undergraduate degree program who has made exceptional contributions toward building a positive atmosphere among their peers and the faculty.


2022

  • Biosystems Engineering: Sarah Langston, Matthew Lawrence
  • Environmental Engineering: Ren Garity
  • Geology: Jennifer Briglio

2021

  • Biosystems Engineering: Julianna Corbin, Evan Patrohay
  • Environmental Engineering: Danny Greene
  • Geology: Matt Yandle

2020

  • Biosystems Engineering: Graham Jeffries, Parker Raymond, Carrington Moore
  • Environmental Engineering: Hayden Page
  • Geology: Matt Yandle