2012 Prize Winners

The student winners of the 2012 Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes were announced at a special luncheon with the Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis family. Philip Romero received the prize in Biotechnology for his work on developing statistical models of proteins with Frances Arnold. Michael Mello was the recipient of the prize in Seismo-Engineering, Prediction, and Protection for his work with Ares Rosakis on developing a novel methodology for identifying the unique ground motion signatures of supershear earthquakes. Leslie O'Leary received the prize in Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources for her pathbreaking work on the properties of semiconductor interfaces with Nate Lewis and Bob Grubbs. This year there were two winners for the prize in Nanotechnology. One winner was Andrew Jennings for his experimental and modeling work in nanomechanics with Julia Greer. The other winner of the Nanotechnology prize was Jordan Raney who has worked with Chiara Daraio to develop new chemical synthesis methods to control the properties of carbon nanotubes.

Winners Jordan Raney, Michael Mello, Leslie O'Leary, Andrew Jenning, and Philip Romero
with the Demetriades Family
(View photos of the 2012 luncheon)

2011 Prize Winners

The student winners of the 2011 Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes were announced at a special luncheon with the Demetriades - Tsafka – Kokkalis family. Fiona Chandra received the prize in Biotechnology for her work on glycolytic oscillations with John Doyle. Shelby Hutchens received the prize in Nanotechnology for her work on carbon nanotube foams with Julia Greer. Vivian Ferry recieved the prize in Entrepreneurship for her work on plasmonic photovoltaics with Harry Atwater. William Chueh received the prize in Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources for his work on solar-driven thermochemical fuel production with Sossina Haile. Matthew Faulkner was the recipient of the newest Demetriades - Tsafka – Kokkalis prize in the area of Seismo-Engineering, Prediction, and Protection for his work with Andreas Krause on using accelerometers in cellphones for detecting shaking from earthquakes. (View photos of the 2011 luncheon)

2010 Prize Winners

The student winners of the 2010 Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes were announced at a special luncheon with the Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis family. Xiquan Cui received the prize in Biotechnology for his work on biophotonics with Professor Changhuei Yang; Matt Eichenfield received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work in nanomechanics with Professor Oskar Painter; Morgan Putnam received the prize in Entrepreneurship for work on silicon solar cells with Professor Harry Atwater; and Andrew May received the prize in Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources for his work on thermoelectric materials with Professor Sossina Haile and Dr. Jeff Snyder. (View photos of the 2010 luncheon)

2009 Prize Winners

Erik Rodriguez received the prize in Biotechnology for his work with Professor Niles Pierce; Ke Xu received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor Michael Roukes; Virgil Griffith received the prize in Entrepreneurship for his work with Professor Ken Pickar; Joshua Spurgeon received the prize in Renewable Energy for his work with Harry Atwater. (View photos of the 2009 luncheon)

2008 Prize Winners

Melissa Archer received the prize in Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources for her work with Professor Harry Atwater; John Delacruz and Andrew Downard received the prize in Entrepreneurship for their work with Professor Ken Pickar; Rassul Karabalin received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor Michael Roukes; Sabastian Maerkl received the prize in Biotechnology for his work with Professor Niles Pierce.
(View photos of the 2008 luncheon)

2007 Prize Winners

Ghyrn Loveness received the prize in Entrepreneurship for their work with Professor Ken Pickar; Jang Wook Choi received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor James R Heath; Robert Walters received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor Harry Atwater; Jesse Bloom received the prize in Biotechnology for his work with Professor Frances H. Arnold.

2006 Prize Winners

Allan Drummond received the prize in Bioengineering for his work with Professor Frances Arnold; John Howard received the prize in Entrepreneurship for his work with Professor Ken Pickar; Michael Hochberg received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor Axel Scherer.

2005 Prize Winner

Jeffrey Endelman received the prize in Bioengineering for his work with Professor Frances Arnold.