CEI will present awards during our Final CEI Interdisciplinary Seminar of the Year.
Clean Energy Scientific Achievement Award
Awarded to graduate students who have demonstrated extraordinary productivity in clean energy research and scholarship, and have contributed meaningfully to the scientific community. Faculty may nominate a student for this award by completing the form below and providing a brief statement describing how this student has shown exemplary accomplishments for the science and engineering of clean energy.
Clean Energy Outreach & Service Award
Awarded to graduate students who have demonstrated dedication and creativity when communicating STEM to a variety of audiences. This award is decided by CEI staff who work closely with graduate students participating in public outreach.
Previous Awardees
| Year | Scientific Achievement | Outreach and Service |
| 2023 | John Cenker Margherita Taddei |
Leo Zasada |
| 2022 | Shua Sanchez | Miguel Gonzalez Ricardo Rivera-Maldonado |
| 2021 | Jonathan Onorato | Mitchell Kaiser |
| 2020 | Yuanyuan Shi | Erica Eggleton |
| 2019 | Katie Corp Bevin Huang |
Akshay Subramanian Wes Tatum |
| 2018 | Bolun Xu | Erin Jedlicka Lauren Kang |
| 2017 | Dane deQuillettes | Sarah Vorpahl |
| 2016 | Yury Dvorkin | Katie Corp |